[Golden finger + scheming protagonist + Cthulhu + corruption + mindless power fantasy]
Good news: Yang Wenshu is reborn before his fiancée can sacrifice him, and gets bound to a System that can judge sinners.
Bad news: The black-clad gentleman behind the System loves watching him lose his humanity, one step at a time.
At the engagement banquet, Lin Wei cries and demands a bride price. Yang Wenshu reveals the ledgers. The result: her lies are exposed, and the dead walk out of the projection.
All the guests: “Wait, why did a simple breakup turn into a supernatural incident?!”
At an abandoned factory, Lin Hao kneels and begs for help. Yang Wenshu forces him to lead the way.
The result: they find the hostage, and the Yellow King’s wedding banquet on the seventh underground level is already underway.
Lin Hao: “Brother-in-law, I really know I was wrong!”
Yang Wenshu, raising an eyebrow: “Don’t call me that. I’m just here to serve you up today.”
In a deep-sea dream, a cultist refuses to confess. Yang Wenshu summons the whispers from below the sea. The result: the sinner goes mad, and after waking, Yang Wenshu becomes sensitive to light, constantly sleepy, and forever hears the sound of the tide in his ears.
The Nightwatch Bureau orders him to stop using his powers. He refuses. The result: Su Wanqing becomes his watcher, and the only person who can bring him back when he loses control.
Every time he judges a villain, he draws closer to revenge, and closer to becoming the kind of person who revels in fear and suspects everyone.
Nyarlathotep applauds from the audience: “Keep going. You’ll become the most fascinating god.”
Yang Wenshu tightens his grip on the verdict: “Not so fast. You’re the defendant in the next trial.”