Chapter 1903: Path of Escape

Path of Escape

From the moment Chen Ling woke up here, [Painting the Vermillion Face] had always been in an overloaded activation state.

But Chen Ling was very clear, he didn't activate [Painting the Vermillion Face] at all, and in this world, besides him, the only one who could trigger [Painting the Vermillion Face]... was only one person.

"The makeup of the play, the drum of Nuo Exorcism... and that bizarre palm."

"They exist here, yet they are not part of the Red Star's consciousness. They didn't attack me, but continuously tried to catch my attention, as if wanting to remind me of something."

"And it's precisely these details that made me start to become vigilant..."

"And what truly made me certain of all this, is another matter."

With Chen Ling's narration, the questioning and doubt in the youth's eyes gradually faded, replaced by a scalp-numbing coldness and indifference.

"...What?"

"But... this is impossible."

"The second and third generations, I am not clear about, but the fourth and fifth generations, it's absolutely impossible for them to just give up like this."

The Fourth-Generation Red King was Yao. He personally trained his own younger brother into the next generation of Nameless Actor. How could he himself pat his butt and leave this world, leaving such an unsolvable despairing situation for his younger brother?

The Fifth-Generation Red King goes without saying. Chen Ling didn't believe he would just accept that Earth was already at its wits' end and leave alone like this.

"If my guess is correct, this gate should just be an Illusion you created. You brought every generation of Nameless Actor who boarded the Red Star to this gate, lured them inside, and then completely obliterated them..."

"You, are not some second-generation Nameless Actor at all... You just stole his appearance, his identity."

"You..."

"Are the Red Star's consciousness itself."

Chen Ling's words were sonorous and forceful.

The moment his voice fell, the swelling pain at the corner of his eyes suddenly disappeared.

The forcibly triggered [Painting the Vermillion Face] began to activate according to Chen Ling's mind. The hazy field of vision gradually became clear, and the thin mist covering the ground dissipated accordingly...

Four silhouettes branded in the void, like rivets driven into this world, were outlined before Chen Ling's eyes.

Their entire bodies were pitch black, like branded shadows. Chen Ling couldn't see the details on their bodies clearly, and could only barely make out the outlines...

One person wore a Theatrical Robe, looking like a youth, with long hair tied high behind his back. It was exactly the Fifth-Generation Red King;

The person beside him wore a Nuo Exorcism robe, exactly the same as the one draped over Chen Ling's body, with a small drum straddled across his waist. It was exactly the Fourth-Generation Red King Yao;

As for the person further beside, Chen Ling couldn't recognize him, but behind him seemed to have a thousand hands extending. Looking at the outline, it was exactly that evil eye hand that tugged Chen Ling at the door just now;

As for the last black shadow, it was completely identical to the "second-generation Nameless Actor" before Chen Ling's eyes.

Even though Chen Ling already had mental preparation, seeing these four figures, his mind still shook.

Just now the burning pain in his eye sockets, the Nuo drum he heard, the Nuo clothes on his body, and the evil hand at the door... were all these four silhouettes hidden in the thin mist warning Chen Ling.

Seeing that Chen Ling discovered the truth behind the thin mist, the youth seemed to have completely given up pretending.

His clothes gradually faded, his outline gradually blurred. Scarlet red seeped out from his body, gradually occupying his entire body. Thick earth veins extended out from the earth of this world, interweaving with it, like an existence bred from here imitating a "humanoid shape".

Yes, it still retained a human outline. Perhaps this was the most distinct and profound biological form recorded by its core after swallowing massive amounts of Earth's civilization fragments. But its face had no facial features, its entire body was smooth and symmetrical, like a scarlet puppet with absolutely perfect body lines but without any recognizability.

It was the incarnation of consciousness created by the core of the Red Star.

It just stood quietly there like this, and an emotionless voice rang out from its body:

"...You are wrong."

"Where am I wrong?"

Chen Ling subconsciously frowned.

"This gate is not some Illusion." The scarlet consciousness slowly raised its head, as if looking in the direction of the Gate of Many Mysteries, "This was indeed left by that damn guy... and stepping into it can really break away from this world."

"This gate was never some trap, but a true path of escape."

Chen Ling was stunned...

This gate, is real??

He turned back to look at that Gate of Many Mysteries again. As the thin mist dissipated, the text on the two sides actually had a second half slowly surfacing:

Left side: The Red Star covers the world, all things are at their wits' end, please enter this gate;

Right side: The mysterious door connects the universe, one step into the river of stars, I protect your safety.

Each side had four extra words, but the overall meaning instantly changed.

The original "The Red Star covers the world, all things are at their wits' end" felt more like a sentence passed on this despairing world, persuading everyone who came before this gate to give up struggling, step into the mystical gate, and leave this place...

But reading it now, "all things are at their wits' end" didn't refer to the world losing hope, but referred to the situation of the person standing before the gate.

"The Red Star descends. If you are already at your wits' end, please walk into this gate... This gate leads outside the world. Once there, I will protect you comprehensively."

One must know, this place was on the Red Star. Those able to stand before this Gate of Many Mysteries must have seen the sentence the first-generation Nameless Actor left on the Spirit Tablet, and chosen to desperately board the Red Star as the later generations of Nameless Actors.

So this gate was specifically left by the first generation for the other Nameless Actors. He knew that perhaps many people would sacrifice themselves to step onto the Red Star because of that sentence, so he specifically left a backup plan for them...

However, he was actually able to open a gate leading outside the world on the Red Star?

How on earth did he do it?!

"You people... the stupidity is truly passed down in one continuous line." The cold voice rang out,

"The opportunity to retreat unscathed is clearly right in front of your eyes, yet every single one of you would rather die than leave, insisting on staying here to research how to defeat me... In the end, you can only end up with this kind of outcome."

Chen Ling's gaze swept across the surroundings.

The fifth generation, the fourth generation, the third generation, the second generation... These four Nameless Actors, every one of them had once stood before the Gate of Many Mysteries like him, every one of them had the opportunity to transcend this world...

But in the end, not a single one of them chose to leave.

On these silhouettes, Chen Ling could no longer feel any aura. They seemed to have disappeared for a long time, only leaving behind a blurred shadow, a trace of unwilling residual thought, engraved in the Red Star's consciousness...

Chen Ling's fists clenched unconsciously, cold Killing Intent spreading in the air.

"I will give you one last chance."

That scarlet figure raised its hand and pointed at that Gate of Many Mysteries,

"Leave this place, don't come back..."

"Otherwise, you will also become my 'collection' like them."