Chapter 1457: Red King's Tears (1)

Red King's Tears (1)

Rumble——!!

The lake surface of the Ancient Vault of the Courtesan Path was turbulent at this moment. The figure draped in the red-based, black-patterned Theatrical Robe stood blankly in front of the Coffin, only feeling as if his scalp was about to explode!

"You are A-Yan..."

"No... you are the A-Yan of the previous world!!"

Chen Ling was very clear in his heart that the Chen Yan of this world was already dead, dying together with his Brother Yao on that rainy night. Because this human body he was currently using was Chen Yan's... only, he was using Yao's face.

Since that was the case, the Chen Yan before him absolutely 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 walked out from the Fourth Generation World, opened the Fifth Generation World, and only then was there the subsequent Chen Ling.

"How could it be like this..."

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

This was the reason why the Red King called him here.

He hid all the truths,

Inside this face skin.

Chen Ling raised his hand tremblingly, slowly sticking this face skin onto his own face...

The next moment,

Memories suddenly opened up before Chen Ling's eyes like an Optical Disc of the Ancient Vault of the Drama Path!!

...

My name is Chen Yan.

I was once the Six of Hearts of the Dusk Society.

I am the Red King of the Dusk Society who Rebooted the World once,

A Demigod of the Path of the Actor.

I am...

The Fifth Generation [Nameless Actor].

...

Rumble——!!!

Pale lightning flashed through the ink-like clouds.

The rain poured down wildly. The thunder and rain resembling divine wrath drenched the muddy earth. In the reflections of the rippling puddles, a young man's figure wearing a Theatrical Robe ran rapidly along the street.

At the same time,

In the nothingness behind him, Chen Ling slowly opened his eyes.

Seeing the familiar streets of District Three before him, and the back of that familiar young man running, Chen Ling's heart jolted slightly...

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

Chen Ling's perspective followed closely behind the young man.

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

The young man's Theatrical Robe was already soaked through. He ran under the eaves of a house and finally stopped panting, speaking as he opened the door.

The cold wind of Aurora City drilled in from the crack of the open door, blowing the Kerosene Lamp on the table so it swayed slightly. In the flickering living room, a couple looked at the door simultaneously, their expressions somewhat nervous...

"A... A-Yan is back?"

"Quick, quick, have a seat."

As soon as Chen Yan walked into the room, he immediately saw the cake with lit candles on the table. He was taken aback at first, and then his eyes visibly brightened!

"Mom, what day is today? How come we're eating cake?"

"Today... is the day your Brother is about to have his surgery."

"Brother is having surgery?" Chen Yan spoke in pleasant surprise, "Did he finally find a matching heart?!"

"...Mhm."

"That's great... that's great! This way, when he recovers well, he can go to the school party to watch me perform Singing!"

Chen Yan's eyes were as bright as stars.

Seeing this scene,

The Chen Ling in the nothingness frowned tightly...

It seemed that the story development of this world currently was completely identical to what he remembered.

Brother Yao suffered from congenital heart disease and had little life left. Chen Yan, this adopted child, became the target of his adoptive parents... On this night, they would kill Chen Yan with their own hands, take his heart, and send it for their own biological son Yao's surgery.

But they didn't expect that the organ traffickers would not only steal Chen Yan's heart but also steal all of Yao's organs, and finally bury them together in a Mass Grave Mound.

In the Fifth Generation World, which was Chen Ling's world, it was the Red King who appeared at the Mass Grave Mound, rescued the heartless Chen Yan, and stuffed the Calamity of Mockery, which was himself, into Chen Yan's body... Then, under Chen Yan's pleading, the Red King used his ability to tamper with the identities of Chen Yan and Yao within District Three, allowing Chen Yan to ultimately live on with his Brother's identity.

In this Fourth Generation World before the Reboot, how would everything develop again?

Under the gaze of his adoptive parents,

Chen Yan finished eating the cake on the table full of joy.

His eyelids seemed to grow heavier and heavier. Originally he was still constantly telling his adoptive parents about recent events at school, but he gradually began to speak incoherently, and finally collapsed onto the table with his head down.

Thud——

The lamp fire on the table swayed silently.

"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry." He heard his adoptive father Chen Tan's whisper, "Yao's illness needs a heart... you'd be willing, right?"

From under the seat, Chen Tan pulled out a sharp axe he had prepared long ago. The adoptive mother on the side couldn't bear to watch anymore and turned her head away...

Right when Chen Tan was about to arrive before Chen Yan.

The front door was suddenly opened.

Creak——

The icy rain swept in amidst the cold wind, pouring into the dilapidated living room.

The adoptive parents who were preparing to make their move were stunned.

Chen Ling was also somewhat bewildered.

At this point in time, no one should be opening the door and appearing... Chen Ling looked back, and in the next second, he froze in place.

The dim lamplight reflected the night scenery on the street. Amidst the swaying wind and rain, a figure draped in a black and purple Theatrical Robe, wearing a ferocious Nuo Mask on his face, stood outside the door. A sharp and complex gaze was currently staring inside the house.

Nuo?

How could a Nuo Exorcism appear in this era??

The only Nuo Chen Ling knew was Shen Nan... but he was very certain that the person before him was definitely not Shen Nan.

This was a Role that had never appeared in the Fifth Generation World.

Could it be...

"Who are you? What are you doing at my house?" Chen Tan was currently extremely panicked. He hid the sharp axe behind his back backhandedly and pretended to shout angrily.

That Nuo Opera figure gently raised his hand, and a terrifying aura directly knocked the adoptive parents unconscious on the ground.

He walked slowly into the house,

Gently picked up the unconscious Chen Yan,

And then turned without a word, walking into the night rain.

Chen Ling's perspective followed the unconscious Chen Yan, and also followed this mysterious Nuo Opera figure, shuttling through the torrential night rain... But there seemed to be a force around this Nuo Opera figure that directly diverted the rain. No matter how heavy the rain outside was, not a single drop fell on him and Chen Yan in his arms.

That was the power of a Rank 9 Demigod.

After an unknown amount of time,

Chen Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he groggily opened his eyes in his embrace.

At this time, Chen Yan was still under the effect of the medicine, dazed. He didn't know what happened, why he suddenly appeared here... The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was that ferocious Nuo Mask in the rainy night.

"You... who are you?" Chen Yan asked, half asleep and half awake.

The figure in the Nuo Mask slowly lowered his head.

He looked at Chen Yan in his arms, the corners of his mouth under the mask rising slightly... His voice was extremely gentle:

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