Chapter 1459: Tears of the Red King (III)

My name is Chen Yan.

I am a genius of the Opera Divine Dao.

That person wearing a mask, who called himself "Red King," told me this again and again... He said I should hold my head high, I should be confident at all times, because in this era, there is no one with more potential in the Opera Divine Dao than me.

He said I would definitely be able to become a Demigod in the future...

But what is a Demigod?

After that rainy night, the Red King stayed in District 3, and I didn't go home. My brother was dead, and only my foster parents who wanted to kill me were left at home. I didn't want to go back; I didn't know how to face them.

The Red King took me to live in the woods on the back mountain, and he taught me many things... such as the secret techniques of the opera path: "singing, reciting, acting, and fighting."

"You are not of the Opera Divine Dao, why do you know the secret techniques of the Opera Divine Dao?" I asked him.

"I really don't know them." The Red King smiled. "But I once met an Opera Divine Dao practitioner who didn't belong to this era. He knew these things, so before I came to find you, I specifically asked him for advice... I am just repeating what he said to you."

The Red King touched my head and said again:

"He is a very special existence. You will meet him in the future... His surname is Sun."

I seemed to have some talent. The Red King only relayed a part of what that Opera Divine Dao practitioner said, and I slowly figured out the complete secret techniques.

Especially the "singing" secret technique. I always felt that using this technique just to sing the "lyrics" of old opera scripts was a waste of talent. This technique could influence people’s souls through opera tones and melodies; it should have more powerful uses.

During these days, he took care of me like a relative, cooking for me, teaching me secret techniques, and washing those dirty opera robes for me...

I asked him why he was so good to me.

He said...

Because I am the hope of the next world.

I didn't understand what he meant... I had no relatives left in this world. My brother was dead, my foster parents wanted to kill me, and now he was the person I trusted most.

I asked him if I could take him as my master. After all, he had taught me a lot of knowledge about the Divine Dao and Realms, as well as the secret techniques of the opera path. I had long regarded him as my master.

Hearing this question, he was stunned.

He thought for a long time.

Then he refused.

He said he had never taken a disciple and didn't want to take one. If I wanted, I could treat him as a brother.

He taught me on the back mountain for three days. Within three days, I had mastered the complete four major secret techniques.

That day, he told me he was leaving...

I asked him what he was going to do.

He said the Red King always has his own things to do.

I felt some regret. Did I learn too fast? If I were a bit dumber and learned slower, could he have stayed a few more days?

Before leaving, he gave me a playing card, a jade pendant, and a strange metal piece.

"From now on, you are the Heart of Hearts 6 of the Twilight Society." He said, "Do you remember the goal of our Twilight Society?"

"Reverse the era, restart the world."

These three days, he had been chanting this sentence, and I remembered it very clearly.

"Hmm... In a while, I will issue tasks to you through the Twilight Society’s channels. If you encounter a fatal danger that you cannot solve during a task, crush this jade pendant, and I will come to save you."

I nodded. "Then what is this?"

"This is the Era Archive."

He patiently told me everything about the Era Archive. He said this was the key for the Twilight Society to open the next world, the future of humanity, and now... the future of humanity would be paved by me.

After listening to him, I was very nervous and scared.

I stuffed the archive back into his hand.

"This is too precious, I... I don't dare..."

As a newcomer who had only stepped onto the Opera Divine Dao for a few days, a First-Order Opera Divine Dao practitioner, how could I dare to shoulder the future of all humanity?

But he didn't listen to my explanation and stuffed the archive back, saying seriously:

"You are Heart of Hearts 6; there are some things you will have to face sooner or later."

"Use it with confidence..."

"Even if you fail, I will be there to back you up."

Since he said that, I really couldn't refuse anymore, and finally accepted the archive.

Before he left, I was restless for a long time, and finally tentatively entered the Era Archive...

For me, it was a very strange era.

I pushed open the door of a restroom and saw a magnificent building like a palace, with countless gorgeous, scrolling plaques hanging on those shops, selling things I had never seen before.

I looked for a long time before I found the door to leave that building, but there were such tall buildings everywhere outside, and there were all kinds of cars on the road, all in shapes I hadn't seen in the Aurora Realm. Everyone was dressed very specially, and my opera robe looked out of place...

Nervous, uneasy, fearful, lost...

This era was too grand.

There, I was like a lost lamb.

The Red King had told me that after entering the Era Archive, I should go to a place called Shennongjia as soon as possible to meet those Nine Sovereigns.

But I searched for a long time in that era like an ant on a hot pan, and I couldn't find the Realm Train to Shennongjia. I asked passersby, and they said to go to Shennongjia, I had to take a plane, transfer to a high-speed train, and then take a bus... I didn't understand, I really didn't understand.

After finally being taken to the airport by someone, I got lost inside for a long time. They said I had to buy a ticket, but also said I needed some ID card...

That day, I missed the exploration time of the Nine Sovereigns that the Red King had mentioned.

I was so regretful. Why wasn't I a person of this era? If I knew this era well enough, I wouldn't have wasted so much time here, and I wouldn't have missed the Nine Sovereigns’ exploration...

I really am a piece of trash.

After coming out of the Era Archive, I cried for a long time. I had failed the Red King’s trust in me, and I had also destroyed the future of humanity.

I didn't sleep for two days and two nights. The immense pressure made me nearly collapse. Finally, I walked out of the back mountain, but on my way to buy ingredients, I was discovered by those organ traffickers from Ice Spring Street...

I was only First-Order, and I didn't have any skills with attack power, but I tried every way to maneuver and fight with them!

Face-changing!

Disguise!

Opera secret techniques!

I regretted countless times why I had stepped onto the Opera Divine Dao. If I were of the Soldier Divine Dao, perhaps I could have killed them head-on long ago... It was snowing heavily those days, and I was like a rat in a gutter, waiting for an opportunity in the dark at all times.

Finally... I found it.

At a suitable opportunity, I stole that ritual artifact that looked like a ring and killed them with my own hands.

That was the first time I killed someone in my life...

The thick smell of blood made me feel nauseous. I stood on the messy corpses, my hands still trembling uncontrollably, but my heart was beating stronger than ever before... I was terrified, I was scared, but... I stepped on their corpses and straightened my spine.

Yes...

This world doesn't need a weak and harmless Chen Yan.

Since I have stepped onto this path, weakness is the original sin. My weak spine will become a fatal flaw, and my fragile emotions will become the root cause of everything failing. From that rainy night when I was saved by the Red King, the once harmless Chen Yan disappeared... The Red King had high hopes for me, and I didn't want to disappoint him.

My name is Chen Yan.

I am the [Heart of Hearts 6] of the Twilight Society.