Chapter 1908: "Approving" Audience

"Approving" Audience

In the slaughter between red and black, a third color appeared.

That was not any extreme pure color, but an assembly of human figures of all shapes and colors...

They stood in the dilapidated world of consciousness. Below their feet was the surging scarlet tide, but because they stood very close to each other and their number was extremely large, even the scarlet tide couldn't drown them.

"Unexpected, unexpected... in this life, there's actually still a chance to hit the Red Star?"

Seven of Hearts Jin Fugui stood at the very front, looking at the red and black in slaughter, and couldn't help sighing with emotion.

"Those society members from the Sixth Generation world have missed out on too much." Nine of Hearts also crossed his arms over his chest, the corners of his mouth curling up slightly, "Fortunately, we are souls from the Fifth Generation world. Once the Red King left, we also had no way to continuously exist, and could only be taken into the umbrella..."

"Didn't expect that boarding the Red Star could still come in handy."

"However, there really are quite a few old acquaintances..." Chu Muyun's gaze swept across the surroundings.

The Fifth Generation world, former Deputy Director-General of the Enforcers, Tan Xin.

Beside him was a dense black batch of Enforcers. Not only Hong Xiu and Han Meng, but all other Enforcers who died in the Aurora Domain had also converged here...

At the edge of the Enforcer team, Xi Renjie lowered his head, also standing among them.

By his hand, he was holding a young girl wearing a pale yellow cloak, who at this moment was also widening her eyes in pleasant surprise, looking around...

Integration Faction, Xi Xiaotao.

"Brother..." Xi Xiaotao looked up at Xi Renjie and softly called out.

"What's wrong?" Xi Renjie smiled and lowered his head.

"These red threads... what are they?"

Xi Xiaotao raised her palm and pointed at her own chest. Only to see that at the position of their chests were tied vermilion silk threads of varying thickness.

Xi Xiaotao's and Xi Renjie's silk threads were about the same, but the red threads of the Dusk Society members nearby were obviously much thicker. Hong Xiu's was also very thick. Looking at the ones on the chests of the other Enforcers, on the other hand, they were much thinner...

These red threads floated out from the position of their hearts, extending all the way into the depths of nothingness... as if they all converged in the same place.

"This... I don't know either." Xi Renjie shook his head.

"It's 'anchor points'." A voice came from behind.

Xi Xiaotao turned back to look, only to see a simple Teacher figure wearing a shirt, currently leading a group of children, walking forward.

"Teacher Ye!!" Xi Xiaotao's eyes lit up.

"These red threads are the 'anchor points' occupied by 'Chen Ling' in the lives of each of us." Teacher Ye pushed up his glasses, "You can understand it as Chen Ling's 'level of importance' to each of us."

Old Wolf on the side scratched his head, "Uh... the 'Ling content' of our lives?"

"...You can understand it like that too."

Teacher Ye paused, "In short, every soul in the umbrella has witnessed Chen Ling's Divine Path Certification, right?"

"That is to say, whether it's us people who once had intersections with Chen Ling, or those ordinary people who never bumped into Chen Ling in their entire lives, have all witnessed everything Chen Ling did for the Fifth Generation world..."

"Regardless of what their attitude towards Chen Ling used to be, at least now the vast majority are 'approving' of Chen Ling."

"Moreover, we all exist because of Chen Ling. As the Audience, the current us are no longer 'negating' him, but 'approving'..."

"If my guess is correct..."

"This is Chen Ling's most important weapon to fight against the Red Star."

Teacher Ye is worthy of being Teacher Ye, immediately perceiving the current situation and guessing Chen Ling's thoughts... But right after his voice fell, a Dusk Society member beside him silently raised his hand:

"Uh... I have an objection."

"It's not like everyone feels 'approving' towards Red King, My Lord, right?"

Everyone followed his line of sight to look, only to see a figure draped in a British Overcoat and wearing a black Fedora, currently standing in the crowd with a sunken face, his complexion as ugly as could be.

The Fifth Generation world, the Silver King.

Not far away, there was also a white-clothed ghost shadow with a cinnabar mark on his glabella, eyes closed, floating in the void.

Ghost Path Special Envoy, Kongwang...

No matter what, Kongwang didn't expect that after being killed, his soul returned to the Ancient Vault of the Ghost Path. He was originally prepared to lie dormant for a long time and return to the world, but ended up being directly swept away from the Ghost Path by Chen Ling's Red Paper Umbrella, and then witnessed Chen Ling's Divine Path Certification... When he came out again, he had already become part of the power fighting against the Red Star.

"...Ahem, with so many people, it's normal for some 'malicious Audiences' to mix in." Teacher Ye's expression was somewhat strange.

Among the battlefield of red and black, these "Audiences" endowed with lives were like ink dropped into water, beginning to gradually spread and magnify.

From the original few hundred, to thousands, then tens of thousands... Chen Ling continuously sowed the seeds of "life". Imperceptibly, densely packed red threads extended from nothingness, covering his surroundings with a faint layer of vermilion divine radiance.

And every time a malicious Audience was converted into an Audience possessing a life, the vermilion around Chen Ling would become slightly more concentrated. Wherever he passed, the scarlet ocean that once almost drowned Chen Ling's consciousness would be repelled to the surroundings by some invisible force!

Just as Teacher Ye deduced just now, the current Chen Ling was no longer a simple "individual consciousness".

Every Audience's "approval" of Chen Ling, under the effect of the Red Star's power, became the anchor of Chen Ling's consciousness, his consciousness expanding at an astonishing speed!

The Red Star's consciousness, currently entangled with the malicious Audience, perceived all this, a touch of astonishment surfacing in its tone:

"What are you doing??!"

From its perspective, Chen Ling's existence rapidly grew from an ant. Not only did he begin to possess the number and scale of these malicious Audiences, but he was also more organized, more tenacious and fierce than a plate of loose sand!

"What am I doing?" Chen Ling sneered,

"You and I originally have the same origin. You can be immortal and indestructible through others' 'approval'... why can't I?"

Thanks to the Red Star fusing itself together with Chen Ling, Chen Ling's consumption of activating the [Play of All Sentient Beings] was completely borne by the Red Star. Exactly because of this, the spreading speed of all sentient beings was incomparably fast.

Imperceptibly, the Audiences endowed with personalities by Chen Ling had already occupied the majority of the hundreds of thousands of Audiences... Annexing all the malicious Audiences was also just a matter of time.

And Chen Ling's consciousness at this time could already pose a sufficient threat to the Red Star's consciousness.

"You doing this has no meaning whatsoever!" The voice of the Red Star's consciousness rang out,

"No matter how we slaughter each other here, as long as there are still people on Earth who know of my existence, you can't obliterate me!"

"Moreover don't forget, now we have already begun Fusion. You are a part of me. As long as someone on the outside still remembers you, I am also immortal and indestructible!"

Chen Ling was stunned.

He looked down at his own body. Those blood-vessel-like earth veins had already completely connected him together with the Red Star... Strictly speaking, there was no longer a "Chen Ling" now. He only existed within the Red Star's consciousness.

He and the Red Star shared one existence. As long as the outside world continued to Observe them, then both of them were indestructible.

If Chen Ling was swallowed by the Red Star's consciousness from the very beginning, then in the end, he would only become a silhouette, a pitiful soul that was indestructible but unable to resist the Red Star.

But now Chen Ling's consciousness had become powerful. This was a war destined to have no outcome... Perhaps, it was also the ending the Red Star's consciousness was unwilling to see from the very beginning.

But could it be, just let him coexist with the Red Star's consciousness here?

No...

The First Generation's purpose was "Capture, Fusion, Replace". As long as Chen Ling didn't completely replace the Red Star, then everything would never end.

Chen Ling remained silent for a long time,

Ultimately, he smiled slightly, speaking calmly:

"Then, let the world completely forget us..."

"When neither of us is Observed by external existences, we simultaneously lose the ability to be immortal and indestructible. At that time... I'll be able to completely 'eat' you."

"You say forget, and it can be forgotten?" The Red Star's consciousness sneered,

"How far are we from Earth now, do you know? Right now you can only be trapped here, you can't do anything... until the next person who boards this place appears."

"However, even if there really is a next person, his final outcome will also be the same as you..."

"You people can change nothing."

Chen Ling's eyes narrowed slightly:

"That might not necessarily be so."

Chen Ling raised his palm, a revolver engraved with mysterious patterns falling into his palm out of thin air.

As Chen Ling's fingertips gently flicked, the revolver's cylinder spun rapidly amidst a burst of clicking sounds. His memories surged into it like a tide, a bullet rapidly taking shape!

Endless red and black divided the shattered world into two;

A Red-Clad Performer stood at the chaotic boundary,

Slowly pressing the muzzle against his own temple...

"You've made a mistake about one thing."

"Standing here, is indeed only me..."

"But what decides the success or failure of this war is not here, not with you and me..."

"But,"

"With all sentient beings."

The corners of Chen Ling's mouth curled up slightly, he forcefully pulled the revolver's trigger!

Bang——!!