Chapter 1456: Red King's Tears (I)

Boom—!!

The lake of Changdao Guzang was turbulent at this moment. The figure, dressed in a red robe with black patterns, stood blankly in front of the coffin, feeling as if their scalp was about to explode!

"You are A'Yan..."

"No... you are A'Yan from the previous world!!"

Chen Ling knew very well that the Chen Yan of this world was already dead, having died with his brother Yao on that rainy night. This was because the human body he was currently using was Chen Yan's—however, he was using Yao's face.

Given this, the Chen Yan before him definitely did not belong to this world... He came from the previous world, before the reboot.

If the world Chen Ling was in was called the "Fifth Generation World," rebooted by the Fifth Generation Red King, then the Red King Chen Yan before him came from the "Fourth Generation World," rebooted by the Fourth Generation Red King... He emerged from the Fourth Generation World, initiating the Fifth Generation World, and only then did Chen Ling come into existence.

"How could this be..."

"How could this be???"

Chen Ling looked down at the skin he had torn off. He could feel that this piece of skin contained many memories of the Red King...

This was why the Red King had called him here.

He had hidden all the truth,

within this piece of skin.

Chen Ling trembled as he raised his hand, slowly placing the skin onto his face...

The next moment,

memories, like a movie disc from Xidao Guzang, suddenly unfolded before Chen Ling's eyes!!

My name is Chen Yan.

I was Heart 6 of the Twilight Society.

I am the Red King of the Twilight Society, who rebooted the world once.

I am a demigod of the Theater God Path.

I am...

The Fifth Generation Actor, Nameless.

Boom—!!!

Pale lightning flashed across the ink-like clouds.

Rain poured down relentlessly. A god-like thunderstorm drenched the muddy ground, and in the rippling reflections of the puddles, a young figure in a theatrical robe sprinted down the street.

Meanwhile,

in the void behind him, Chen Ling slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing the familiar streets of District Three before him, and the familiar sprinting figure of the young boy, Chen Ling's heart trembled slightly...

"Is this... the Red King's memory?"

Chen Ling's perspective closely followed the young boy.

"Dad, Mom! It's raining heavily outside!"

The young boy's theatrical robe was soaked. He ran under the eaves of a house and finally stopped, panting, speaking as he opened the door.

The cold wind of Aurora City seeped in through the open door crack, causing the kerosene lamp on the table to sway slightly. In the dimly lit living room, a couple simultaneously looked towards the doorway, with somewhat nervous expressions...

"A... A'Yan is back?"

"Quickly, come sit."

Chen Yan entered the house. The first thing he saw was the candle-lit cake on the table. He was stunned for a moment, then his eyes visibly lit up!

"Mom, what day is it today? Why are we having cake?"

"Today... is the day your brother is scheduled for surgery."

"Brother is having surgery?" Chen Yan asked, surprised. "Has he finally found a matching heart?!"

"...Mm."

"That's great... that's wonderful! This way, once he recovers, he can come to the school's evening performance to watch me act!"

Chen Yan's eyes sparkled like stars.

Witnessing this scene,

Chen Ling, in the void, frowned deeply...

It seemed the story development in this current world was exactly as he remembered.

His brother Yao suffered from a congenital heart condition and had little time left. Chen Yan, the adopted child, became the target of his adoptive parents... On this night, they would personally kill Chen Yan, take his heart, and send it for surgery for their biological son, Yao.

But they hadn't expected that the organ traffickers would not only steal Chen Yan's heart but also steal all of Yao's organs, eventually burying both of them in a mass grave.

In the Fifth Generation World, which was Chen Ling's world, it was the Red King who appeared in the mass grave, rescued Chen Yan who had lost his heart, and placed Zhaozai—that is, himself—into Chen Yan's body... Then, at Chen Yan's plea, the Red King used his ability to alter Chen Yan's and Yao's identities within District Three, allowing Chen Yan to ultimately live on as his older brother.

In this Fourth Generation World, before the reboot, how would everything unfold?

Under the watchful eyes of his adoptive parents,

Chen Yan happily finished the cake on the table.

His eyelids seemed to grow heavier and heavier. He, who had been continuously telling his adoptive parents about recent school events, gradually began to babble incoherently, eventually collapsing onto the table.

Thud—

The lamp on the table swayed silently.

"I'm sorry... truly sorry." He heard his adoptive father, Chen Tan, whisper, "Yao's illness needs a heart... You'll be willing, won't you?"

Chen Tan reached under his seat and pulled out a sharp axe he had prepared earlier. His adoptive mother beside him couldn't bear to watch, turning her head away...

Just as Chen Tan was about to reach Chen Yan.

The front door suddenly swung open.

Creak—

Cold rain swept in with the biting wind, pouring into the dilapidated living room.

The adoptive parents, preparing to act, froze.

Chen Ling was also somewhat confused.

At this point in time, no one should have opened the door and appeared... Chen Ling looked back. The next second, he froze in place.

The dim lamplight illuminated the night outside. Amidst the swirling wind and rain, a figure wearing a black and purple theatrical robe, with a ferocious Nuo mask on their face, stood outside the door. A pair of sharp and complex eyes gazed into the room.

How could a Nuo figure appear in this era??

The Nuo aura emanating from that figure was all too familiar to Chen Ling. He looked at the unfamiliar figure before him, a bewildered expression appearing in his eyes...

The only Nuo figure Chen Ling knew was Shen Nan... But he was certain that this person before him was definitely not Shen Nan.

This was a character who had never appeared in the Fifth Generation World.

Could it be...

"Who are you? What are you doing in my house?" Chen Tan was now in a complete panic. He hid the axe behind his back, pretending to shout angrily.

The Nuo figure gently raised a hand, and a terrifying aura instantly knocked both adoptive parents unconscious to the ground.

He slowly walked into the house,

gently picked up the unconscious Chen Yan,

then turned without a word and walked out into the night rain.

Chen Ling's perspective followed the unconscious Chen Yan, and also this mysterious Nuo figure, moving through the torrential night rain... But there seemed to be a force around the Nuo figure, redirecting the rain directly. No matter how heavy the rain outside was, neither he nor Chen Yan in his arms got a single drop on them.

That was the power of a Ninth-Tier Demigod.

After an unknown period,

Chen Yan's eyelashes fluttered, and he vaguely opened his eyes in the figure's arms.

At this moment, Chen Yan was still groggy under the influence of the medicine. He didn't know what had happened or why he had suddenly appeared here... The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the ferocious Nuo mask in the rainy night.

"Who... are you?" Chen Yan asked, half-asleep.

The Nuo-masked figure slowly lowered his head.

He looked at Chen Yan in his arms. The corner of his mouth under the mask lifted slightly... His voice was incredibly gentle:

"You can call me... the Red King."