At first, Guan Liang hadn't believed in any of it.
Divination, fortune-telling, karmic retribution, horoscopes-he hadn't believed in a single one.
Unfortunately, his superior could draw talismans and tell fortunes. Exposed to it day after day, Guan Liang had gradually started believing too.
Of course, like his superior, he only believed the good predictions, not the bad ones.
This time, however, Guan Liang had no choice but to believe.
It was too accurate.
The Three of Swords Reversed: after learning the truth, the Marshal would shut himself away and drown in his pain. Those around him would grieve as well.
Given the Marshal's mental state...
Thinking back on it now, that machine really had been right.
The Marshal really would lose his mind. He was very likely to make the wrong decision and cause irreparable damage.
If the Cauldron Master brought this matter before the Marshal... the consequences would be unthinkable.
He might freeze at first, then quickly collect himself and grant the Cauldron Master's request. Finally, the Marshal would welcome the death he had always dreamed of.
The Marshal wouldn't die on the Yaoqing.
He often mentioned Akivili, the Aeon of Trailblaze, and seemed eager to travel alongside the Aeon.
So whatever reason he had left would lead him to leave with the Aeon of Trailblaze. He would use the Aeon's power to reach somewhere humans couldn't go.
And in the end... die alone.
How alike they were.
His subordinates hadn't wanted to expose their wretched state or cause the Marshal grief, so they had chosen to die beneath the Colossus, in places few people ever visited.
The Marshal would make the same choice as his subordinates.
There was another possibility, too.
The Marshal might keep waiting.
He would have every researcher aboard the Xianzhou set aside their work