I Am Not the God of Drama

Chapter 1443: When Humanity's Stars Shine Brightest (2)

'Lu Xun...'

Chen Ling murmured to himself as he saw this scene.

Chen Ling hadn't expected that at this critical moment of humanity's survival, it would be Lu Xun who stepped forward once again, becoming the savior of all mankind... This leader of the Nine Monarchs had already calculated everything, and even after his death, he continued to radiate his remaining warmth for humanity.

The sky was filled with a red glow as scarlet as blood. The massive body of the Red Star slowly brushed past the Earth's sky. Its distance was too close, so close that the humans on the ground could clearly see the pitted contours of this meteor's surface by just squinting their eyes.

At the same time, an indescribable power surged out from the meteor.

It was not energy emitted by any living creature, but rather it seemed more like some kind of special radiation. That radiation was emitted from the surface of the Red Star, easily penetrating the atmosphere and falling upon the Earth... Its distance from the Earth was too close, so close that a large portion of the radiation it emitted was absorbed by the Earth. Deep within civilization, where no one could detect it, a vortex was gradually forming.

Chen Ling himself possessed the power of the Red Star, so he was relatively sensitive to the Red Star's radiation. He could feel that this Red Star, which was close at hand, was causing some kind of impact on this planet... but he could not specifically sense where this impact was directed.

Some kind of change was quietly taking place on Earth.

Right at this moment,

Chen Ling's gaze suddenly seemed to catch something, and he abruptly looked toward another direction on the ground.

"What... is that??"

A cluster of red light.

A cluster of red light exuding a terrifying Demigod's Aura was currently rising from the Earth...

It looked like a red star rising from the Earth, and also like a person walking through the air. As the distance between the Earth and the Red Star reached an unprecedented proximity, that red light stepped through the void step by step...

He was trying to board the Red Star.

"The Red King?!!"

Sensing the surging Demigod's Aura of the Path of the Actor, Chen Ling instantly guessed the person's identity.

Not only Chen Ling, but high-level figures in the other Human Domains also sensed that aura of the Path of the Actor sweeping across heaven and earth one after another. They simultaneously looked at the red figure soaring into the sky, their eyes filled with astonishment!

When everyone, even the World-Ending Calamities, were terrified of the Red Star's descent, the Red King actually chose to go against the current and actively approach the Red Star?!

Was he crazy???

The red theatrical robe fluttered in the air. The Red King's figure rapidly ascended from the ground, but at the same time, the Red Star was also "brushing past" the Earth at an extremely fast speed... Rather than calling this an "ascension to heaven," it was better described as a "star chase"!

The closer he got to the Red Star, the more powerful that mysterious radiation force became. Streams of particle storms from the void swept all around. If even a single wisp fell upon the Earth, it would be an ultimate natural disaster capable of destroying more than half a domain.

At this time, the figure in the theatrical robe still headed against the wind without hesitation. His figure was tottering on the verge of collapse amidst the terrifying particle storms, and his aura also began to flicker violently like a candle in the wind, but he still persevered in chasing the Red Star unremittingly!

Because the distance was truly too far, Chen Ling could not see the details clearly. He could only vaguely see that red figure pausing again and again during the process of chasing the Red Star. He did not know what it had encountered, but its aura was becoming increasingly weaker, and its speed of pursuit was getting slower and slower.

Just when he was about to be unable to catch up with the Red Star, something unknown happened, and his speed soared once again!

He actually crossed directly through the void and forcefully set foot on the surface of the Red Star!

And then,

His figure and aura both completely disappeared without a trace.

"Did he succeed?" Chen Ling spoke with furrowed brows.

Based on the posture just now, the Red King should have indeed stepped onto the Red Star, but why did he suddenly disappear?

Was he instantly obliterated by the Red Star? Or did he go deeper into the Red Star? What exactly was on the Red Star? What was the Red King's purpose for risking his life to set foot on the Red Star??

One doubt after another surged into Chen Ling's mind. The Red King's tender, youthful face emerged from his memories, and Chen Ling suddenly felt that he increasingly could not see through this master of his...

...

"Is that... the boss of our Dusk Society?"

Jiang Xiaohua pointed at the red afterimage charging toward the Red Star in the distance and asked in confusion.

"An old geezer pretending to be young."

"An old thief who steals gold!"

Jian Changsheng and Sun Bumian both snorted coldly at the same time. The latter in particular spoke with a tone of gnashing teeth...

Although the three of them were unforgiving with their words, after seeing that red-clothed figure disappear onto the Red Star, a flash of worry that could hardly be concealed appeared in their eyes.

The Red King was the pillar of the Dusk Society. Although he rarely appeared on normal days, a Dusk Society with the Red King and a Dusk Society without the Red King were worlds apart... If the Red King encountered any accident on the Red Star, the days of the Dusk Society would probably be very difficult afterward.

"Stop looking, if we don't leave now it will be too late," Sun Bumian couldn't help but remind them as he saw the Cessation Calamity still indiscriminately slaughtering people in the distance.

Even if Lu Xun had altered the trajectory of the Red Star, it could not completely break humanity's current predicament, because the greatest catastrophe facing humanity right now was not the Red Star...

It was the Calamities.

Although the Red Star's trajectory had deflected, and these World-Ending Calamities no longer had to worry about being drawn into the Civilization Embers, the current situation was no longer as simple as the World-Ending Calamities cheerfully bidding farewell to humanity and then turning around to leave.

The conflict between humanity and the Calamities had begun ever since the Great Cataclysm period. Billions of people had died due to the Calamities after the Gray Realm Convergence. Had it not been for the Nine Monarchs stepping in to stabilize the situation, humanity probably would have been nearly extinct long ago...

Following the establishment of the Nine Great Realms, the World-Ending Calamities had not given up on hunting humans. Their relative stability over these past three hundred years was only because they had no guarantee of victory, or because they did not want to fight the Nine Monarchs to a mutually destructive outcome. Once they discovered humanity exposing a weakness, they would proactively strike like ravenous wolves eyeing their prey.

The destruction of the Aurora Domain was the best example.

Nowadays, although the World-Ending Calamities no longer had the threat of the Red Star, under their attacks, the Human Domains had already been thoroughly devastated. As long as they took one more step, they would be able to completely destroy humanity. How could they possibly turn around and leave?

Not to mention that most of their Calamity territories had already been dragged into the Civilization Embers by the Red Star right now. Even if they wanted to return, there might not necessarily be a place for them to return to.

In the distance, the Cessation Calamity frantically slaughtered the humans who advanced wave upon wave.

Jian Changsheng was silent for a long time, but still shook his head.

"No... I'm not leaving."

"Why??"

"I promised the Hanging Jade Domain to help them resist the Calamities... I will not go back on my word." Jian Changsheng paused for a moment. "Not to mention that when we were in the Ancient Vault of the Imperial Path, the Lord of Hanging Jade saved our lives. I can't just watch helplessly as he is defiled by a Calamity."

The words of persuasion that had reached the tip of Sun Bumian's tongue came to an abrupt halt.

The ring of Killing Intent circulated behind Jian Changsheng. He gripped his sword with one hand, and his entire person darted upward like a swimming dragon, charging without hesitation toward the meat grinder that was the Cessation Calamity!

"...This idiot."

Sun Bumian muttered to himself. Watching Jian Changsheng charge toward the Cessation Calamity like a moth to a flame, he finally gritted his teeth and closely followed suit, flying out in a flash!