Chapter 103: Your Performance Has Only Just Begun!

What does that mean?!

Su Ming still said nothing.

He only used that eerie mask, silently staring at the maddened 【Director】 before him.

"Did you think you tore my script?"

"You fool! You only perfectly... completed the final interview!"

【Director】 exhausted his last strength, laughing joyfully.

"Did you hear? The wailing of billions of living beings!"

"The whole world is applauding you, the sinner who rang the death knell with your own hands..."

【Director】 ignoring the agony, wildly spread his arms.

"We are merely bait!"

"And you, the craziest fish, finally took the bait!"

"Chosen by those... real Audience!"

His gaze pierced Su Ming, looking toward the endless void that was collapsing.

In his eyes lay bone‑deep fear, mixed with a hint of pilgrim‑like fervor!

"They will come for you!"

"They will place you in the most splendid box, to toy with for eternity!"

"And your world, your compatriots, everything..."

"Will all be a trivial ticket price paid to them!"

"Hahaha, having an Actor as perfect as you, I have no regrets in this life, a perfect curtain call!"

"And you, my dear male lead..."

"Your performance has only just begun!"

Amid the mad laughter, 【Director】's body explosively burst.

【Audience Expectation Value+4444】!

Above the Soul Dagger, black vapors churned.

【Soul Dagger growth progress: 5711/】!

One kill brought thousands of points of terrifying growth!

But Su Ming's emotions showed little fluctuation.

Excitement?

Fear?

Regret?

None.

He simply lifted his head slowly, using the pair of Eye of Truth hidden beneath his mask, scanning the collapsing void.

"Ticket?"

"Heh!"

"So... my world is worth only a single ticket price?"

"Hahaha——!!!"

【Director】's body, though shattered,

still the mad laughter echoed the final reverberation in the ever‑collapsing void.

"Ha—!"

Su Ming also laughed.

His laugh was low, yet crazier than the echo.

He recalled his parents' tragic death inside a car, a sorrow no one cared about.

He recalled Xia Weiwei's obvious contempt when she rode in a luxury car.

He recalled this world's ubiquitous filth, hypocrisy, and betrayal.

Is this a good place?

No!

It is a junkyard even he himself wants to smash with his own hands.

But...

"In the end, this is our world."

"Yet you use us, the maggots who dare not show our faces, only peeking with our eyes, as entertainment?"

"And you even want to box me up to toy with?!"

Su Ming, tired of laughing, gradually straightened his posture amid the collapsing light.

"One day, I will follow your gaze, crawling step by step from this junkyard to stand before you!"

"Then, I will take your eyeballs..."

"One by one, pluck them all!"

As Su Ming spoke, he took the prop left behind after 【Director】's dispersal into his hand.

It was a bound ancient script.

【Name】: Life Script (one of the Twelve Heavenly Kings' artworks)

【Quality】: Quasi-Myth

【Function One】: 【Insight Script】! Designate a target to glimpse all of its life fragments! (Only once; after use, the Life Script does not disappear!)

【Function Two】: Resonance Tracking! While holding this script, it can resonate with the other Twelve Heavenly Kings Artifacts, sensing their general direction!

【Function Three】: Sorrow and Joy Script! Collecting the Twelve Heavenly Kings Artifacts allows them to be fused into the Sorrow and Joy Script, granting absolute control over the Theatre of Sorrow!

"Sss!"

After reading the news, Su Ming took a deep breath, and his eyes suddenly became intensely fiery!

The purpose of this thing...

It's too big!

Resonance Tracking lets him search for those items, turning the needle‑in‑a‑haystack task into something with direction!

The chance of completing the twelve‑piece set has at least doubled!

And Script Insight can completely erase a person's secrets!

That means...

Su Ming clenched his fist.

Dad, Mom!

Wait for me!

Su Ming shook his head, steadied his thoughts, and turned toward the place where the Reincarnation Female Lead dissipates.

In the void, a shattered, blood‑stained silver crown floated silently.

Su Ming snatched it into his hand!

【Name】: Reincarnation Crown (one of the Twelve Heavenly Kings Artifacts)

【Quality】: Quasi-Myth

【Function One: Sorrowful Reincarnation】: Designate a target, forcibly dragging them into their most painful, most desperate memory for an eternal cycle! (Can be used only once; after use the Reincarnation Crown does not disappear!)

【Function Two: Sorrow and Joy Script】: Collect the Twelve Heavenly Kings Artifacts, fuse them into the Sorrow and Joy Script, and obtain absolute control of the Theatre of Sorrow!

"Good stuff!"

This thing is the super‑enhanced Fourth Act Ticket!

There is no time limit; once caught, it's an endless hell!

This is a one‑shot divine artifact!

Trying to get out of it...

Basically impossible!

Because...

He just personally experienced its power!

"Currently, aside from the Chimei Scroll's Draw Ground as Prison ability, nothing makes an item vanish directly!"

"Is that Draw Ground as Prison even stronger than imagined?!"

"Huh?!"

And just then.

A cold, supreme Will suddenly descended, its voice echoing throughout the Theatre!

【Mid‑Autumn Festival, officially concluded!】

【Begin tallying rewards for the 【Performance Role Expectation Ranking】!】

【Ranks 100 to 31, reward: one item of Excellent quality!】

【Ranks 30 to 11, reward: one item of Epic quality!】

【Ranks 10 to 2, reward: one item of Legendary quality!】

Outside the Theatre.

The Will vanished, reward distribution ended!

…

And inside the Theatre.

Only the Will information visible to Su Ming continues to appear!

【Rank 1, reward: one item of Myth quality!】

"This reward... is pretty stingy."

Su Ming muttered under his breath, unable to hold back his complaint.

Blue, purple, gold items...

Isn't having a hand enough?!

"Let me see, what's up with this broken chair?!"

Su Ming's Eye of Truth activated, landing on the old, floating red seat before him.

【Name】: Remnant of the Audience Seat

【Quality】: Myth (Unique)

【Function】: Altar Anchoring! It can permanently anchor any altar onto the Remnant of the Audience Seat!

【Note】: Changing the anchor target requires a 72‑hour cooldown; when changed, the original anchored altar will appear at its current location with no loss.

After reading the information.

Su Ming's whole body trembled, his scalp prickled!

"WTF?!"