I Became the Most Popular Character by Acting as a Villain in the Manga

Chapter 100

"Divination?" I propped my chin on one hand and said flatly, "Alright."

From his attitude, he was just playing along to pass the time.

"Little Xuechao, Lin Lang's divinations are very accurate." Yuan Lan propped his elbows on the table, his fingers intertwined, and smiled as he introduced to me, "He's a very famous fortune-teller here in S City. He doesn't easily do divinations for others. Many people who want to find him for a divination can't even get an appointment."

I chuckled lightly: "Is that so? Then I've profited?"

"That's right." The person who spoke was Lin Lang. The tarot cards flipped and shuffled above her palm, like a visually stunning performance. She said with a grin, "This is a welcome gift for you. I like the smell of your lure-pheromone."

I: "..."

It whets your appetite, doesn't it?

In a place where special ability users gathered, the smell of lure-pheromones was always mixed.

When too many special ability users gathered, the lure-pheromone smells emitted by the crowd could even attract mutated species that wanted to hunt.

Although the Apocalypse Society itself raised many mutated species and was strong enough not to be afraid of them, they were still in the habit of taking X8 pills to conceal their lure-pheromones. Among the ten people present, only I and Yuan Lan had not taken the pills. The cool fragrance of plum blossoms and the smell of cream mixed together, smelling very sweet and refreshing.

Except for the herbivorous Mu Xinyue, the others in the Apocalypse Society were all carnivorous. They had no feeling for the lure-pheromone of Yuan Lan, who was also carnivorous, and only thought it was an ordinary creamy sweet smell, just like smelling a perfume with that scent.

Only Mu Xinyue, due to her different alimentary nature, would find Yuan Lan's smell delicious.

And I was an omnivore, on everyone's menu.

Hearing this, Mu Xinyue "hmphed." Even though she thought I smelled very fragrant, she still said stubbornly, "I think it's just so-so."

As soon as she said this, the atmosphere became a little awkward.

Lin Lang had just said she liked my lure-pheromone, and then she immediately said it was so-so, as if she was deliberately being a contrarian.

Lin Lang, however, ignored Mu Xinyue's words. A faint smile appeared in her eyes as the tarot cards interspersed and flipped in the air, like fluttering butterflies.

Lin Changqing, who was sitting on the other side of Mu Xinyue, wanted to ease the atmosphere. He propped himself up on the table, leaned over to look at me, and started a new topic: "Bai Xuechao, are you herbivorous or omnivorous?"

"Omnivorous," I said.

Seeing that I had answered and hadn't ignored him, making the atmosphere even more awkward, Lin Changqing breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Oh, that's a very rare alimentary nature."

Special ability users have 11 special ability types.

Except for the special-type which could be awakened by all alimentary natures, for the remaining 10 special ability types, carnivorous and herbivorous could each awaken 5.

Therefore, sometimes, as long as one knew what special ability type a certain special ability user had, they could basically determine their alimentary nature.

For example, the healing-type could be awakened by herbivorous special ability users, but not by carnivorous special ability users.

But omnivorous special ability users were an exception. They could awaken all 11 special ability types and could also level up by eating any kind of mutated species without discrimination, without having to distinguish between mutated plants and mutated animals.

Therefore, many special ability users of other alimentary natures would envy omnivores.

Currently, in the composition of special ability users' alimentary natures, carnivorous special ability users accounted for about 70%, herbivorous special ability users accounted for 20-30%, and omnivorous special ability users accounted for less than 10%, being the smallest in number.

Carnivorous special ability users had the highest degree of body enhancement, and their special ability types were more aggressive, with most of them at the top of the food chain. Of course, there would be some exceptions.

Herbivorous special ability users were not weak either. Although their special ability types were slightly less aggressive than those of carnivorous ones, they could awaken the very useful healing-type special ability, as well as the extremely rare space-time-type and psychic-type special abilities.

As for omnivorous special ability users, apart from the special-type which was common to all three alimentary natures, it would be better if they could awaken the special ability types of herbivorous special ability users. If they awakened the same special ability types as carnivorous special ability users, unless their special ability was very powerful, their body enhancement would not be as high as that of carnivorous special ability users, and their only advantage would be that they could eat anything to level up quickly—however, carnivorous special ability users could make up for this by eating a lot.

Based on this, Mu Xinyue felt that she was stronger than me and more useful to Yuan Lan.

She had heard from Yuan Lan when they went shopping together today that I had an elemental-type water special ability, while she had a healing-type special ability.

"Am I not rare because I'm herbivorous?" Mu Xinyue was not the type to hold things in. She spoke her mind directly. Except when facing Yuan Lan, she always said what was on her mind.

This sentence made the atmosphere a little awkward again.

Lin Changqing felt that he had chosen the wrong topic. He was about to break into a sweat and quickly agreed, "You're rare too, rare too."

Yuan Lan had a smile on his face and said nothing.

Over there, Lin Lang had finished shuffling the cards. The tarot cards automatically fanned out on the table, with the black-and-gold backs facing up. A circle of golden flower patterns was drawn on them, with a golden hexagram in the center.

"Tarot divination is more accurate for short-term fortunes," Lin Lang snapped her fingers, and four cards floated up two inches, still with their backs facing up. "Let's see the fortune for these four months."

I nodded slightly: "As you wish."

Lin Lang said: "Today is October 14th. First, let's see the fortune for the remaining half of this month."

The first card turned over towards Lin Lang first. She raised an eyebrow after seeing the face of the card, then used her special ability to flip the tarot card over, with the face of the card facing me.

On the face of the card was a wheel, with different symbols on it. On top of the wheel was a sphinx with a sword. On the left and right were a snake and a jackal. In the four corners of the card were a person with wings, an eagle, a lion, and a bull.

However, this card was upside down.

"The Wheel of Fortune reversed, hmm... it doesn't look very good," Lin Lang's handsome and heroic eyes held a faint smile as she comforted, "But interpreting the cards requires looking at the other cards together. A blessing in disguise, don't worry, let's see what the other cards are like first."

I wasn't worried at all. I was still propping my chin with one hand, and made a 'please' gesture with the other.

At the same time, I asked Xiao 6 in my mind: "Is she accurate?"

"The second card, November." The tarot card turned over, and Lin Lang raised her eyebrow again, then flipped the card over for me to see. "Three of Swords."

The face of the Three of Swords looked uncomfortable—

It was a fiery red heart, pierced from top to bottom by three crossed swords. The background was a gloomy sky with thick clouds raining down.

Xiao 6 said: "It's accurate and not accurate..."

I asked: "What do you mean."

"It's alright, let's look at the third card, December." Lin Lang turned over another card, and her expression began to become a little strange. She showed the face of the card to me.

"Ten of Swords."

If the image of the Three of Swords was already unsettling, then the image of the Ten of Swords was even more unsettling—

A man was lying face down on the shore, his face unseen. Ten swords were stabbed into his back from top to bottom, and the first sword was even stabbed into his head. The background was a blue lake and mountains, a little yellow sky, and large patches of black and dark clouds, as if the dawn was being gradually devoured by darkness.

Even without knowing the meaning of this card, one could tell from the image on the card that it was not good.

Yuan Lan had a thoughtful look on his face.

Mu Xinyue, who was sitting next to me, pursed her lips, as if she was holding back a laugh.

Jing Han, who was sitting at the end of the row opposite her, had been watching her. Seeing that Mu Xinyue was happy, the corners of his mouth turned up very slightly. Qiao Wenjie, on the other hand, was sitting at the end of Mu Xinyue's row. He propped his fingers on his mouth, looking at the tarot cards floating in the air, with a hint of schadenfreude in his eyes.

Lin Changqing stared at the tarot cards, his expression a little puzzled, I don't know what he was thinking.

Mortar, who was surfing the internet, also stopped surfing, retracted his special ability, and watched and listened to this divination seriously.

Everyone else was watching too.

Only Tao Ru, sitting next to Lin Changqing with his arms crossed, leaning against the back of his chair, was wearing VR glasses as if it had nothing to do with him, immersed in his own world.

At the same time, Xiao 6 explained: "Lin Lang's divination ability is not a special ability, it's a kind of metaphysics. His divinations are particularly accurate because his results perfectly correspond to the 'pre-run' plot, but... you know."

Without Xiao 6 having to say more, I already understood.

According to the pre-run plot, I had already died at the end of last month. So now Lin Lang was basically... doing a divination for a "dead person's" future?

This was a bit interesting.

Over there, Lin Lang was about to flip the fourth card.

She glanced at me and found that not only was there no trace of worry on my face, but there was also a hint of a smile.

"What's wrong?" I hooked my lips and smiled faintly. "Please continue, don't mind me."

His voice was clear and cool, with a hint of casual indifference, very pleasant to listen to.

"...The last card, January of next year." Lin Lang's eyes widened slightly after she flipped the last card. She slowly controlled the tarot card to turn over for me to see. "The Tower."

The image of The Tower was even more unsettling than the swords cards.

A tall tower on a mountaintop was struck by a golden lightning bolt and destroyed. The crown on top of the tower fell, and the windows on the top and body of the tower were on fire, spitting out sparks. Two people were falling headfirst from the tower. The background was complete darkness, with lead-gray dark clouds floating.

Lin Lang rarely felt a headache coming on.

She just wanted to casually do a fortune-telling for me as a newcomer, but she didn't expect it to get worse with each card. It felt like she had given someone a stack of hell money for their birthday.

I said: "Please interpret the cards."

Lin Lang composed herself and began to interpret the cards one by one.

"The Wheel of Fortune is constantly turning. When it's upright, everything is lucky. When it's reversed—" Lin Lang paused, then chose to say it bluntly, "You will become unlucky, and everything will develop in a bad direction, getting worse and worse, and you can't stop it, because this is your destiny."

In fact, if she had drawn this kind of card, she could have comforted the other person by saying that it might be a bad thing in the short term, but it might be a good thing in the long run.

But looking at my next three cards, Lin Lang really couldn't bring herself to say it. She didn't want to ruin her own reputation.

I propped my cheek on one hand and looked at Lin Lang with interest, saying, "Hmm, please continue."

I could understand.

A dead person, what luck and good things could they have?

Lin Lang pointed to the Three of Swords and explained: "Its meaning is sadness, loss, and pain."

She then pointed to the Ten of Swords next to it and said: "This card indicates that you are experiencing the darkest moment of your life in December. The meaning is also pain, as well as endings, despair, failure, and so on. Any negative words you can think of can be applied to it."

"But I don't just look at the meaning of the cards when I interpret them. I also look at the card face and go by my feelings." Lin Lang placed the Three of Swords and the Ten of Swords together. "I feel that the problem, what's causing you pain, is mainly your body. Secondly, you will encounter something that will make you sad next month, and your emotions will also trigger physical problems. You may even have to undergo surgery."

I raised an eyebrow.

Hmm... in fact, if we're talking about the cause of death, it was indeed a physical problem triggered by emotions. After that incident, my already poor physical condition rapidly declined, getting worse and worse.

I was indeed undergoing surgery when I "died." It was at that time that I was bound to the System Xiao 6.

At this moment, Tao Ru suddenly took off the VR glasses he had been wearing and looked at me.

His eyes were a little complicated, as if he was looking at someone through me, and a look of reminiscence and sadness appeared in his eyes.

"With swords in your heart, I feel that you have a bad heart," Lin Lang used her special ability to make the Three of Swords fly in front of me, followed by the Ten of Swords. "This man's back is full of swords, which could have represented a problem with the spine, but I think your problem is in the areas corresponding to the swords, which are the respiratory tract, lungs, and stomach, and other internal organs."

I took the two cards in front of me and placed them on the table, smiling faintly: "This is really a bit of metaphysics." Get full chapters from novelfire(.)net

How should I put it?

I had so many health problems, she would probably be right no matter what she said.

But I was in respiratory failure when I "died," and I had a tube inserted into my trachea. If Xiao 6 hadn't appeared, the next step would have been to cut open my trachea, so it was indeed a problem with my respiratory tract and lungs.

But that was all in the past. Lin Lang was divining my future.

Perhaps it was because I was considered a "dead person," so the cards Lin Lang drew were all about my life before I died? After all, if we look at the development before I died, all the cards so far could be corresponded to, with the Wheel of Fortune representing my deteriorating health.

Yuan Lan also nodded at this time and said: "Little Xuechao does have a problem with his heart... and his lungs too."

"The last card..." Lin Lang's dark brown eyes looked at me seriously, even a little solemnly, and said, "Bai Xuechao, you will die within four months."

As her words fell, the surrounding atmosphere seemed to freeze, and for a moment, it was so quiet that even breathing could be heard.

Lin Changqing frantically winked at Lin Lang, who was sitting diagonally opposite him, his eyes almost blinking out of their sockets: It's Bai Xuechao's first day joining the Apocalypse Society, and at a party held to welcome him, you're announcing that he will die within four months?

Lin Lang didn't even look at Lin Changqing. She was looking at me.

Even knowing that he would die within four months, the expression on my delicate and pale face remained calm, like a smooth, mirror-like lake without the slightest ripple.

Yuan Lan was the first to speak, asking, "Is it still a health problem?"

"It seems so," Lin Lang pointed to the Ten of Swords I had placed on the table. "In my case, the simultaneous appearance of the Ten of Swords and The Tower represents death."

She had The Tower float in front of me and explained: "The Tower represents destruction, accidents, and disasters. In terms of health, it means you will suddenly fall ill, and your condition will worsen dramatically in a short period of time. The situation will be very bad, and you can't be saved."

At this point, I could be sure that Lin Lang's cards were all telling the story of my life "before I died."

I had indeed suddenly fallen ill at that time and started to receive emergency treatment.

For me, this divination was just talking about my past, so I didn't feel much.

But for others, this was my future.

—He was destined to die.

Lin Changqing hissed, supporting his forehead as if in pain, while secretly observing the expressions of Mu Xinyue and Yuan Lan.

The corners of Mu Xinyue's mouth were almost unable to be suppressed, and her depressed mood had clearly improved a lot.

Unnoticed by anyone, Yu Ruolan stared blankly at me, her violet eyes filled with sadness and reluctance, as if she was lamenting my short life. She had finally met someone who could notice her again.

"Although Mu Xinyue told me yesterday that Little Xuechao's health problems are all congenital and she can't cure them with her special ability, but—" Yuan Lan propped his elbows on the table, his hands clasped under his chin, and pouted, saying unhappily, "I don't want Little Xuechao to die so early, it's not even four months. Is there no way?"

In fact, if you calculate carefully, it's at most three and a half months, because October is already almost halfway over.

Lin Lang said: "Let me draw an advice card."

She snapped her fingers, and a tarot card flew out from the spread on the table.

After the tarot card was turned over, Lin Lang shook her head: "There's no way."

On this card, a skeleton knight was riding a white horse, holding a black flag with a white five-petaled rose painted on it. Under the skeleton knight's white horse was a king who resisted death but was trampled over. A woman and a child were kneeling on the side. A bishop stood before the white horse, his hands clasped together as if in prayer to the skeleton knight.

"Death represents an end," Lin Lang said, not knowing if it was a comfort or not, to me, "No one, man or woman, old or young, can escape death. You are just ending your life earlier than others."

I: "..."

What a thing to say.

I tilted my head: "Then... thank you for the divination?"

"Since Little Xuechao doesn't have long to live, I'll have to cherish this time even more!"

Yuan Lan cupped his face with both hands and gave me a bright and sunny smile. "In the days to come, I will be inseparable from you and take you to play everywhere~"

Mu Xinyue's face, which had just brightened up a little, fell at once.

I said: "There's no need."

Yuan Lan cupped his face and strongly recommended: "The things I do are all very interesting!"

I thought to myself: Then I want to be with you even less.

Who knew how perverted the things Yuan Lan found interesting were.

At this moment, the sound of a dining cart's wheels rolling came from the corridor, and it was getting closer and closer, accompanied by the sound of many footsteps. It should be the servants from the kitchen coming to deliver dinner.

As expected, a few male and female servants in maid outfits soon walked in. The maids were responsible for lighting the candles they brought and placing the candlesticks on the long table, while the male servants placed the various dishes from the dining cart in front of the corresponding people.

Although the result of my divination just now was very bad, it didn't affect the mood of the other members of the Apocalypse Society much. After all, they weren't familiar with me, and whether I lived or died was not important to them.

Yuan Lan's expression was unreadable, and I didn't know what he was thinking.

Perhaps it was as Yuan Lan said, he would take me to play everywhere in the remaining time. As for what we would play, that was an unknown. After I died, it was very likely that I would become one of Yuan Lan's human specimens, occasionally taken out by Yuan Lan for viewing.

Right now, the only person who truly felt sad for me was probably Yu Ruolan.

As the two male servants were setting the table, I was having a conversation with Xiao 6 in my mind.

"Xiao 6, I plan to make Lin Lang's divination come true," I said with great interest. "What do you think?"