"Eldest Young Master! Eldest Young Master!!"
The Old Butler shouted at the top of his lungs, calling out to Yan Xishou beside him. Unfortunately, the latter couldn't hear him at all anymore. He clutched his ears with a ferocious expression, stumbled to his feet from the ground, and dashed toward that twisted and deformed door.
Seeing Yan Xishou get up alone, the Old Butler's expression drastically changed. He wanted to grab the corner of his clothes to stop him from running around blindly, but his hand only grasped empty air.
"I can't die here... I don't want to die!!" Yan Xishou's mouth opened and closed, letting out low roars amidst the booming sounds. His gaze toward that twisted door was full of a desire to survive. He didn't know what the hell happened in this damn place; he just wanted to leave here as soon as possible!
He crossed the squirming paper floor and finally arrived in front of that door. He tried to reach out and pull the door handle, only to discover that the door handle had already been reduced to two dimensions, drawn onto the flimsy door, completely impossible to grasp.
In a fit of rage, he kicked at the door before him. The paper-like door was easily kicked open with a large hole, and his entire person froze in place.
Behind the door was not the familiar hallway and main hall, but a dark red passage leading to an unknown destination. The surface of the passage was covered everywhere with squirming Red Paper, looking very much like the esophagus of some beast currently swallowing...
"No... this is impossible! This is impossible!!"
Terror surfaced in Yan Xishou's eyes. He blankly stared at that esophagus that seemed to be welcoming him, subconsciously wanting to step back.
Yan Xishou waved his limbs in terror, desperately trying to grab onto the inner wall on the side, but couldn't find a point of leverage at all. He could only scream miserably as he frantically fell down the esophagus...
And then, his miserable screams abruptly ceased.
The kicked-open door gradually repaired itself, obscuring the dark red esophagus behind the door, as if everything just now had never happened... The Old Butler was still crawling in place. Having witnessed the entire process with his own eyes, his face was incomparably pale!
"Crazy..." he muttered to himself. "Everything in this world... has gone crazy..."
Swish—!
Before he could finish his words, the squirming floor curled up again, enveloping his figure and tossing him directly into the esophagus... Everything happened too fast. It was as if in the blink of an eye, the entire building fell into a deathly silence.
...
Beneath the red clouds, the Paper Puppet Master looked at everything before him, deep terror and incomprehension surfacing in his eyes...
At this moment, he had already stepped on a Paper Puppet and soared into the air. When he looked down at the Stars Chamber of Commerce below, he found that all the buildings seemed to have come alive, growing heads, torsos, and fangs, slowly twisting within the devastated estate.
No, not just the buildings... Even the flowers, plants, and trees growing by the roadside began to frantically sway their bodies, like evil ghosts bearing their fangs and brandishing their claws in the fierce wind.
Under the gaze of that eye suspended high in the sky, all non-human objects seemed to be endowed with life. This estate, originally inhabited and dominated by humans, had turned into a crazy Stage belonging to a non-human carnival within just a few short seconds!
A large number of people fleeing in all directions were eaten clean by these living buildings, trees, stone steps, and even drifting fallen leaves. Blood flowed on the ground of the estate, and miserable wails resounded endlessly. The entire Stars Chamber of Commerce was dyed with a layer of blood!
And that hollow and eerie pupil just quietly suspended above the red clouds, looking down at everything below, like an Audience member.
"I can't stay in this place any longer..."
The Paper Puppet Master was terrified. He was also a powerhouse who came from another Realm and had seen all sorts of storms and waves, but the scene before him had truly exceeded his cognition... That eye suspended high above the red clouds was absolutely no ordinary Calamity!
He was about to turn around and continue fleeing when a sharp pain suddenly transmitted from his feet!
The Paper Puppet Master cried out miserably and violently looked down, only to see that the flying Paper Puppet he was originally stepping on had actually split open a fanged mouth from its center, firmly gnawing on his ankles. The sound of bones snapping continuously rang out, and the intense pain almost made him faint on the spot!
Even his Paper Puppets had been affected?!
The Paper Puppet Master didn't have time to think much. With a loud roar, he slashed down with the Paper Knife in his hand. After the Paper Puppet was split in two, it released his ankles. His entire person rapidly fell, crashing heavily onto the ground of the chamber of commerce's estate.
"Crap!" The Paper Puppet Master was alarmed in his heart. He immediately wanted to get up and run wildly outward, but just as his feet tried to support his body, his entire person tumbled headfirst onto the ground.
His feet had already been gnawed to uselessness by the Paper Puppet. Thinking of walking out on his own was simply wishful thinking, let alone running... His face was as pale as paper. Without hesitation, he folded sticky notes, instantly turning them into two Walking Sticks, supporting his body as he moved outward bit by bit.
Bean-sized sweat rolled down his cheeks. That hunched body right now was like a reptile struggling to advance in a pool of blood. The miserable screams were still coming from all directions, making his heart race!
Thud—!
A muffled boom came from directly in front of him. A fierce wind carrying the smell of blood brushed past his cheeks.
The Paper Puppet Master's body violently jolted. He slowly and stiffly raised his head. Unbeknownst to him when, two massive buildings that had come alive had already appeared before his eyes, like two ferocious giant beasts crawling within the blood-colored estate, completely sealing off all his routes of retreat.
And the Paper Puppet Master at this moment had already lost all his Paper Puppets. The only combat tool he possessed was the sticky notes in his hands that had already turned into Walking Sticks...
As those two ferocious giant beasts charged forward with furious roars, deep despair surfaced in the Paper Puppet Master's eyes.
...
Stage.
Thud— Thud— Thud!!
The black shadows in the audience seats continuously trampled on the Theater's floor with their feet, emitting thunderous sounds. Their scarlet pupils stared fixedly at Chen Ling On Stage, their eyes full of anger and questioning!
At this moment, the empty seats in the audience area were increasing in number. A large number of the Audience chose to leave the audience seats and began to intervene in the Performance in reality...
Chen Ling's expression was incomparably solemn. He looked back. Behind that drawn curtain, the scenes in reality were continuing to play out... He seemed to be standing in an extremely high place, looking down at everything in the Stars Chamber of Commerce. Blood and fire occupied most of the land in the estate. A crazy Performance exclusively belonging to non-human substances was in full swing.
"It's much more severe than last time..." Chen Ling didn't hesitate to walk up to the curtain, reaching out his hand toward the other end of the scene.
But this time, when his fingertips touched the scene, it generated extremely terrifying resistance. It was as if there was a hard and thick wall in front of him, making it difficult to advance...
Chen Ling froze in place.
He... seemed to be unable to go back.