Chapter 292: Sequence Stage Three

Geraldine’s blood flowed freely.

Before long, Caelum received the reply from a certain ancient god.

They chose to accept the deal.

Suddenly, Sheriff Marbury’s knocking was magnified without limit. It thundered through Caelum’s mind like a drumbeat.

The lingering pain left by the Memory Thief potion had not yet faded, and the whispers of the ancient god arrived after it.

Disordered, meaningless, chaotic sounds echoed inside Caelum’s mind.

Huge pain surged over him like a tide, as if it meant to tear his soul apart.

Sweat the size of beans slid down his face.

Caelum clenched his teeth and endured it without making a sound. Veins stood out on his forehead, and bloodshot threads spread through his eyes.

Along with the ancient god’s whispers, Caelum gradually felt a power descend from somewhere unseen and pour into his body.

His Investigator Sequence advanced on the spot.

Investigator Sequence Stage Three.

At once, Caelum’s five senses improved further.

Only this time, it was no longer a simple increase in sharpness.

It was a qualitative change.

Especially his sight.

From this moment on, everything in the world was no longer mere surface appearance in Caelum’s eyes.

His eyes could now see through the outer form of things and pierce into their essence, state, and inner connections.

Illusions, obstacles, and disguises could no longer block his sight.

They could not blind Caelum’s eyes.

At the same time, he could see the state of all things.

As for inner connections, it was exactly as the words implied.

In his eyes, the connection between things was no longer limited to logic.

It became something he could truly see.

This ability was undoubtedly powerful.

Compared with Stage Two, it was a qualitative leap.

Even so, Stage Three of the Investigator Sequence still did not possess much combat power.

Of course, that was only for ordinary people.

Caelum was different.

Back at Stage Two, the abilities of the Investigator Sequence had not been enough to bring out the power of One Hit Kill.

Now that he had advanced to Stage Three and gained the ability to see the state and inner connections of things, everything changed.

With this, the potential of One Hit Kill could finally be released to a considerable extent.

From now on, Caelum could display terrifying combat strength.

If he could see it, it meant it could become a target of One Hit Kill.

The increase in Sequence power soon stopped.

The whispers of that certain ancient god also faded away.

But Caelum’s head still hurt so badly it felt about to split.

Without hesitation, he stabbed the dagger into his own chest.

Madness, distortion, pain, injury, and every other negative state became targets for One Hit Kill.

Caelum erased them all with a single stab.

In an instant, his condition returned to normal.

Better than ever.

Sanity rising

Sanity: 100

Full value.

From this moment on, Caelum would possess absolute reason.

And because all negative states had already been erased by One Hit Kill, his Sanity would never drop again.

He pulled the dagger from his chest.

There was no wound at all.

Not even a drop of blood flowed.

The state of injury itself had already been erased on the conceptual level by One Hit Kill.

With this stab, Caelum had killed all negative states upon himself.

Viewed another way, he now possessed a powerful body beyond common sense.

He would no longer be injured.

He would no longer feel pain.

He would no longer suffer any mental influence.

A person like this was probably unable to die even if he wanted to.

That certain ancient god had no idea what kind of terrifying monster had been created by this transaction.

After sending down power, They withdrew Their attention.

Caelum now had absolute confidence.

Even if an ancient god appeared before him, he could face such a great existence without pressure.

Then finish Them with one stab.

One Hit Kill was a special ability that did not reason with anything.

Essence, Transcendence, infinity, concepts.

All of it could be erased.

It granted all things the purest death and end.

Realizing that Caelum might not be home, Sheriff Marbury had no choice but to leave in a hurry.

Although he was not the only one searching for Geraldine, and almost half of Cton Police Department had nearly turned the whole city over, he was still the one who would ultimately take the blame for this case.

He did not have much time to waste here.

No one knew how long passed.

Geraldine woke.

The first thing she did after opening her eyes was hurriedly touch her chest.

There should have been a grievous wound there.

But now it had vanished as if it had never existed.

A dream?

No.

Geraldine was certain that it had truly happened.

She raised her head and found that the basement had already been cleaned.

Soros’s corpse had disappeared without a trace.

Caelum had put his suit jacket back on.

He looked elegant, yet there was a mysterious air about him. Geraldine found him harder and harder to see through.

"I remember you stabbed me."

"You are fine now."

"What exactly happened?"

"Take care. I will not see you out."

"Why did you bring me here? Why are you letting me go now? At least tell me the reason. I am truly curious."

"I do not feel like explaining."

Geraldine could be curious all she wanted.

Caelum truly had no mood to explain to her right now.

In any case, his deal with the ancient god had been completed.

Naturally, Geraldine no longer needed to die.

And so, Geraldine was tossed outside by Caelum with her head full of confusion.

She had clearly felt as if she were about to push open the door to another world and glimpse the truth behind this one.

Yet Caelum had refused to let her get what she wanted.

The feeling made Geraldine itch with frustration.

At the same time, the pursuit mission issued by the hostile system continued to spread its influence.

Every player of the hostile faction could not help being tempted when they saw the mission reward.

A Wishing Star.

It was the same method as the game system.

Every player who participated in the pursuit of Caelum would receive a Wishing Star as long as they killed him and survived.

The one who dealt the killing blow would receive an additional reward.

With such a generous mission reward, how could the players hold back?

At once, they surged toward Cton like a swarm.

One hostile faction player after another appeared in the city.

A whistle sounded.

The roaring steel beast slowly picked up speed, releasing a cloud of white steam.

The train whistle echoed through the station.

Javier sat on the train and watched the people coming and going outside the window.

Barring accidents, he would never come to Cton again.

While other players were rushing in like mad, he chose to get as far away from this place as possible.

Looking at the pursuit mission issued by the system, he shook his head.

In his view, this was basically impossible to complete.

He had not been scared out of his wits.

It was just that on that night, when Caelum appeared before him, Javier had truly felt an extremely terrifying scent of death.

As someone of the Prophet Sequence, he firmly believed his judgment would not be wrong.

Caelum had already grown.

Killing him would not be easy.

Let those who did not know death go throw their lives away.

Javier had no intention of getting involved.