Wang Jincheng's Worldview Shattered
Chen Ling was very awake, at least for now.
Before being blown up from overeating, Chen Ling had been in a muddled state. His body's instincts overpowered most of his rationality, just like when he was having a roast chicken buffet in the Warehouse back then.
Chen Ling also wasn't clear on where this craving came from, but the Red Star Aura was indeed a great tonic for him. After being blown up once from overeating, his physical fitness was even stronger than before. A sense of power filled every muscle in his body, like volcanoes ready to erupt.
Not only that, the Spiritual Power in his mind was also unprecedentedly full, even faintly feeling like it was overflowing.
After Chen Ling was reborn, the Red Star Aura permeating the air had almost been completely swallowed by him, and his rationality returned. But in his perspective, the only red-robed bishop who was still alive and radiating Red Star Aura was like an exquisite dessert left over after a full meal, available for him to taste.
Anyway, this red-robed bishop was going to die too. Satisfying his little craving before dying shouldn't be too excessive a request... Of course, Chen Ling wasn't interested in hearts or anything like that. He was just craving the last sliver of Red Star Aura left inside the bishop.
"But... what exactly is going on?" Chen Ling muttered to himself.
This wasn't Chen Ling's first time encountering the Red Star. Back then in the Timeline Save File, he had seen Red Star Fragments tens of millions of times larger than this, but he didn't feel the slightest temptation from them. After the Red Star Aura drilled into his body, there was also no such sense of fullness and satisfaction as there was now.
However, a group of Scarlet Heaven Cultists with only a few slivers of Red Star Aura could have such an effect. Chen Ling couldn't help but let his imagination run wild. If he obtained that complete Red Star Fragment from the Scarlet Heaven Cult... what would happen then?
Chen Ling's gaze fell on the surroundings again. Wherever he looked, he could no longer see the figure of the other scarlet bishop, and sighed with some regret.
"You... you are..."
In the pool of blood, Wang Jincheng stared blankly at Chen Ling, as if his worldview had collapsed.
Only then did Chen Ling notice that there was actually a group of Audience members nearby. Wang Jincheng was closest to him. Covered in injuries, he was incredibly pathetic, but compared to the physical pain, the inner shock seemed to be even more severe.
Chen Ling touched his own cheek, thinking to himself that he couldn't muddle through this time... However, these few blocks had already been destroyed to this extent, and a great war between the two major Domains was probably imminent, so there was indeed no need to continue his disguise.
Thinking of this, Chen Ling glanced at the 37% Audience Expectation Value, and an "evil" thought suddenly surged into his heart.
He smiled and walked up to Wang Jincheng,
"What, very surprised? My dear Director Wang."
"You are... Six of Hearts?? No, you are Lin Yan? Just who exactly are you???" Director Wang spoke hoarsely.
Chen Ling raised his hand with a half-smile. With a tear of his fingertips on his chin, "Chen Ling's" face fluttered gently into the air, and "Lin Yan's" face was displayed in front of Wang Jincheng. This wasn't over yet. He tore again, and actually turned into "Li Ruohong's" face again!
"Guess, who am I?"
[Audience Expectation Value +2]
Three faces changed consecutively in front of Wang Jincheng. This Stagecraft directly dumbfounded Wang Jincheng, making his brain stall.
"This is impossible... You and Boss Lin appeared at the same time... You are clearly the person who is least likely to be Six of Hearts. How did you do it?!!" Seeing Li Ruohong's face appear, Wang Jincheng had already realized the crux of the problem. But he couldn't figure out for the life of him what was going on with Chen Ling and Lin Yan appearing in front of him together at that time?!
"Just some small tricks, it's not important."
Chen Ling patted Wang Jincheng's shoulder and smiled, "I said, you can't catch me... Now, I'm back. Thank you for your care during this time, Director Wang. You are a good person."
You are a good person.
Crack——
These few words fell in Wang Jincheng's ears, buzzing like thunder. His face instantly turned ashen.
...
"What, didn't your Boss Lin say that I will always be an honored guest of the Jinghong Theater?"
"..."
"This Boss Lin is indeed brimming with talent..."
"..."
"The boss of this Jinghong Theater is a true gentleman..."
"..."
"You don't need to blame yourself too much, you can't be blamed for this... Boss Lin is a good person. I'm not surprised he would make this kind of choice."
"..."
At this moment, Wang Jincheng's experiences over the past few days flashed through his mind like a movie. He stared blankly at the smiling but silent Chen Ling in front of him, his own certain words still echoing in his ears, only feeling that his whole person had cracked.
Seeing Wang Jincheng's ashen face, as if he had eaten a weight, the smile on the corners of Chen Ling's mouth became even more radiant, and he patted the latter's shoulder.
"You did very well, child."
[Audience Expectation Value +3]
Having earned five points of Audience Expectation Value from Wang Jincheng, Chen Ling was fully satisfied. He was just about to leave when Wang Jincheng's voice rang out from behind him again:
"Why did you help us?" Wang Jincheng's brows furrowed tightly,
"You are a member of the Dusk Society. Shouldn't we be on opposing sides?"
Chen Ling stopped his steps,
He looked back at Wang Jincheng and slowly held out two fingers:
"First, I didn't help you, all this was just an accident... Second, the Dusk Society and humanity have never been on opposing sides."
Wang Jincheng froze in place.
Chen Ling didn't say anything more to him either. Passing by Wang Jincheng's side, he walked straight into the distance.
But he had only taken a few steps when several figures walked over from all directions, blocking his way.
Several Floating Life Painting members who arrived later surrounded Chen Ling, their expressions varying when looking at him... Some were horrified, some were wary, and some had witnessed the entire process of Chen Ling Breaking the Deadlock with their own eyes, their expressions incredibly complex.
Behind them, Yang Muquan, wearing a black and white spotted top, was walking towards here with a serious expression.
Seeing this, Chen Ling couldn't help but chuckle, continuing the first half of his sentence:
"However... you major Domains seem to have always been opposing us."
"Destroyer of the Aurora Domain, highest-level wanted criminal of the Human Domains, Dusk Society [Six of Hearts]... Chen Ling." Yang Muquan tucked his Walkie-talkie into his chest, as if having just confirmed his identity with his superiors, and slowly spoke,
"Although you temporarily resolved the Scarlet Heaven Cult crisis, according to Human Covenant Article 139, we must take measures against you..."
In the distance.
Seeing Chen Ling surrounded by everyone, Jian Changsheng frowned and was about to set off to rush over there.
But the next moment, a palm stopped him.
Jian Changsheng looked back and found that it was exactly 10 of Diamonds who stopped him, and immediately asked:
"What are you doing? They are using numbers to bully the few, aren't we going to help?"
"Wait... don't be anxious first." 10 of Diamonds's eyes stared fixedly in Chen Ling's direction. "Let's first see what Six of Hearts' reaction is..."