Chapter 1905: Liberating the Audience

Liberating the Audience

Chen Ling seized this trace of opportunity of clarity, pushing [Painting the Vermillion Face] to the extreme!

The scarlet seawater wrapping around him was gradually swept away by an invisible force, and Chen Ling's self-cognition also gradually recovered...

In the final analysis, for the Red Star to swallow his consciousness, it must erase the self-cognition of "Chen Ling". But as long as this anchor point was still there, Chen Ling was safe.

The scarlet seawater crazily scoured Chen Ling's surroundings. Chen Ling could clearly feel his anchor point was also being impacted.

If Chen Ling hadn't been fighting against the bewilderment of "Who am I" along the way, polishing his anchor point to be absolutely tough, I'm afraid the instant the Red Star's consciousness swallowed him, he would have already been assimilated...

But even so, for an individual consciousness to fight against the Red Star, this extraterrestrial object, was still an impossible thing.

What should he do??

Chen Ling looked at the endless scarlet seawater around him, extremely anxious in his heart.

Chen Ling seemed to have thought of something, a glimmer flashing in his eyes!

His consciousness quickly sank into the Stage.

...

Clack clack clack——

The strong light of the spotlights turned on one after another above Chen Ling's head. On the Stage, that Red-Clad Performer suddenly opened his eyes.

Chen Ling's gaze first fell on the Stage under his feet, pondering for a moment. Then his gaze continued to lift, looking at the dense black Audience off the Stage...

Chen Ling knew very well in his heart, although this Stage had a mysterious origin, it couldn't help him solve the immediate predicament. Its function was only "recording" and "Gacha Draw"... What truly had the possibility of threatening the Red Star's consciousness were these "malicious Audiences" gathered from the Gray World humans destroyed by the Red Star.

His lone consciousness was tiny and fragile before the Red Star's consciousness... But what if it was a group of people?

What if it was thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people?

So what Chen Ling had to do was not to fight against the Red Star with his own strength, but to release all the Audiences to fight against the Red Star's consciousness!

But the problem now was, even if he walked down from the Stage, the other Audiences would only slaughter each other on the Stage, deciding on a certain Audience to go out... How could he liberate all the Audiences from this Theater in one breath?

Chen Ling slowly turned around and looked at the huge curtain behind him. On the curtain, a picture of the completely scarlet outside was currently surfacing.

This curtain was exactly the "Fourth Wall" blocking between the Stage and the outside world. Once when the Expectation Value dropped below 20%, Chen Ling had returned to the outside world from here... Perhaps, this was the only passage out.

Chen Ling glanced at the screen in front of the Stage:

[Current Expectation Value: 95%]

"Since it's come to this... I can only give it a try." Chen Ling murmured to himself.

He stood before the curtain, violently clenching his fists... Then, he bombarded the curtain with all his strength!

Thump——!

A strong sense of concussion transmitted from the curtain to Chen Ling's hands.

The terrifying power almost directly shattered his arms, but at the same time, that curtain also seemed to loosen a bit... This was still the first time Chen Ling took the initiative to try and destroy the Fourth Wall when the Audience Expectation Value was higher than 20%.

A glimmer lit up deep in Chen Ling's eyes!

There's hope?!

[Audience Expectation Value +1]

[Current Expectation Value: 96%]

As two lines of characters floated up from the screen, Chen Ling could clearly feel that the Audience off the Stage at this moment all became restless.

They had been watching Chen Ling, always gazing at the outside world. They naturally knew Chen Ling had already boarded the Red Star... When Chen Ling began to try and smash through the Fourth Wall, these Audiences couldn't help trembling, an unprecedented light bursting from their scarlet pupils!

This trembling was not fear, but excitement, and... madness!

They were originally humans of the Gray World. They died because of the Red Star, and becoming like this today was also thanks to the Red Star's power. Seeing Chen Ling fighting to the death with the Red Star's consciousness right now, how could they not be excited?

Their pure malice had completely turned into the blazing fire of revenge, burning fiercely in the audience seats of the Theater!

The intense light in Chen Ling's eyes became even more concentrated. He ignored the pain in his right arm at this moment and raised his fist again...

And swung it heavily!

Thump——!!!

[Audience Expectation Value +1]

[Current Expectation Value: 97%]

Fine cracks surfaced on Chen Ling's right arm. Blood flowed along the wounds, dripping down onto the Stage.

Thump!

Thump!!

Thump!!!

The Audiences heavily trampled the earth with the soles of their feet, venting their excitement and anger. The dull sound was like drumbeats, becoming increasingly intense within the Theater!

Besides when Chen Ling first stood on the Stage and the Audiences' sense of novelty was at its highest, there had once been such a scene... This kind of vigorous and dynamic outburst of Audience emotion had not appeared for far, far too long.

And the trampling sound at this moment was several times louder than before, almost completely drowning Chen Ling on the Stage.

Thump——!!!

Chen Ling's third punch completely overlapped with the trampling sound of the Audiences.

Hideous cracks violently ran through the top and bottom of the curtain. This Fourth Wall blocking between the Theater and the outside world began to show gaps!

[Audience Expectation Value +1]

[Current Expectation Value: 98%]

Almost simultaneously, the external body of Chen Ling also began to be climbed upon by a touch of scarlet unique to the Calamity of Mockery.

A bizarre aura drilled out from the cracks of the Fourth Wall and scattered into the air. The Red Star's consciousness seemed to have realized something, and that endless ocean suddenly boiled violently!

"Are you crazy?!!"

"Don't forget, it's precisely because of the existence of these consciousnesses that your power was bred!"

"If you release them, your 'Negation' will also cease to exist!! Even your own consciousness will be completely swallowed by them!!"

"Do you think releasing them can defeat me?"

"No..."

"You will only personally push yourself into the abyss!"

The threat of the Red Star's consciousness transmitted into Chen Ling's mind.

The intense pain was already almost making Chen Ling fall unconscious, but he seemed to have not heard it at all, still gritting his teeth and continuously swinging the next punch!

Thump——!!!!!

[Audience Expectation Value +1]

[Current Expectation Value: 99%]

The Audience Expectation Value had already reached the highest in history.

Moreover, this time, it was no longer the Audiences' ridicule and mockery of Chen Ling's experiences, no longer looking down on everything as a high and mighty Audience... At this moment, everyone became part of the performance.

Only when the Audiences themselves also became part of the Stage performance would they push the sense of expectation to the highest climax.

Chen Ling's body was already tottering.

The blood-stained Great Crimson Theatrical Robe stood in the center of the Stage. He turned back and looked at the dense black Audiences behind him...

"Can't wait anymore... Everyone." Chen Ling spoke faintly,

"Then..."

"Enjoy this performance well."

Chen Ling took a deep breath, exhausted all his strength, and smashed a punch onto the crack-filled curtain!

Thump——!!!!

[Audience Expectation Value +1]

[Current Expectation Value: 100%]

The Fourth Wall on the Stage shattered with a bang!!