Chapter 1602: The Real and Fake Mockery King

It was a quiet man wearing a simple shirt and a brown vest.

He had a press pass hanging on his chest and an old-fashioned camera slung at his side. His eyes were closed, and he floated silently amidst the surging aurora... as if he were asleep.

Aurora Daily reporter,

Wen Shilin.

That was it. Fabricating a non-existent character from scratch was a castle in the air; without a massive amount of detailed writing to build it up, it couldn't stand on its own... Instead of that, it was better to copy a character who already existed.

Although Chen Ling didn't know Wen Shilin’s past, he now had plenty of ways to find out.

As patterns of facial makeup emerged on Chen Ling’s face and the cinnabar-like corners of his eyes bloomed silently, Wen Shilin’s life script flowed through Chen Ling’s mind like a babbling brook.

【Painting the Crimson Face】!

Not only that, but as Chen Ling activated this skill, another skill was activated simultaneously:

【Soul Memory Technique】!

The 【Soul Memory Technique】 could provide a direct overview of a soul’s past life, like reading an outline; while 【Painting the Crimson Face】 could directly generate a life script, allowing one to see specific details as if immersed in them, like a detailed manual that could be flipped through at any time...

With the two abilities superimposed, Chen Ling didn't even need to actively think about how to write the biography. Everything about Wen Shilin appeared in detail on the paper in his hands, guided by his own hand.

The compatibility of these three skills far exceeded Chen Ling’s imagination; it even felt natural, as if they were meant to be together. He believed that even the Fifth Generation Red King in his lifetime might not have surpassed him in the mastery of this skill.

This could no longer be considered a simple character biography...

What he held in his hands was Wen Shilin’s complete life.

But precisely because of this, the 【Play of All Living Things】 was taking shape very slowly. By the time Chen Ling reached the edge of the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest, the script was less than half finished.

Meanwhile, under the distant firmament, a rift suddenly opened!

Yang Xiao had made his move.

As the rift opened, several figures rode a gecko into the sky, rushing straight toward the opening.

The two world-ending entities battling in the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest both turned their gazes there, seemingly puzzled... Chen Ling knew he had to act.

He stepped on the toad and crashed onto the other side of the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest like a meteorite, the world-ending aura of the Calamity of Mockery surging out!

"Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh..."

"Turbid!!"

"Can you not even beat a fake of me?!"

Chen Ling’s descent directly shifted the attention of the two world-ending entities away from the rift and toward him... The Calamity of Turbidity was stunned to see a second Calamity of Mockery radiating a world-ending aura appear.

It kept shifting its gaze between the Calamity of Mockery in front of it and Chen Ling in the distance, stunned and suspicious.

The Calamity of Mockery was also taken aback when it saw Chen Ling appear and heard those words...

Then,

Its mouth stretched to its ears, and it began to laugh wildly!!

"Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh-heh..."

"Fun... this is so much fun!!!"

"What kind of skirt do you like to wear???"

The Calamity of Mockery examined this identical "self" as if looking at the most fun toy in the world, its scarlet pupils filled with desire and delight.

But it didn't strike rashly. The Calamity of Mockery was evil, not stupid. Facing a "self" that radiated the exact same aura, it wouldn't rush in blindly, after all, it knew how strong it was... It had intended to find an opportunity to test Chen Ling’s strength first, but Chen Ling jumping out proactively made it even more unpredictable.

Just as Chen Ling drew all the attention, Wu Tongyuan and the others in the distance had completely vanished into the rift.

Chen Ling knew they had returned safely.

With a heavy stone lifted from his heart, Chen Ling became even more reckless. He mimicked the Calamity of Mockery’s wild laughter and pointed at it:

"I think you’d look good in a short skirt!!"

The Calamity of Mockery paused,

Then responded hideously:

"Heh! I like watching others wear them! I don't like wearing them myself!!"

"I like watching others wear them too! But I don't wear them myself!!"

"No!! You must wear one!!"

"I am Mockery!! I am the King of World-Ending!! Why should I wear one!?"

"I am the real Mockery!! You are the fake!! You must wear one!!"

“……”

Watching the two identical Calamities of Mockery curse at each other, the Calamity of Turbidity felt like it was dreaming. This towering world-ending calamity was now as confused as a child.

Just then, a bloated, shadowy figure appeared from nowhere, and a fourth world-ending aura suddenly descended!

"You... all stop arguing..."

"I... am... the Calamity of Mockery... heh..."

No one knew when the Calamity of Delusion had appeared, but when its ugly and clumsy "fake-person cosplay" showed up, the expressions of both Calamities of Mockery froze simultaneously!

Then, they both wore expressions of absolute physiological disgust.

"Get lost——!!"

"Get lost——!!"

The Calamity of Mockery could accept someone imitating it, and it even enjoyed the fun, but if the imitator was too clumsy and ugly, it would choose to stomp them to death.

As the Calamity of Mockery kicked out, a cloud of red mist sent the stumbling Calamity of Delusion flying. After a burst of blood mist, the latter became a black dot and vanished into the horizon.

"I am Mockery!"

"I am the real Mockery!!"

"Heh-heh-heh-heh-heh! Then let’s find a judge to see who is the real one!!"

Chen Ling directly triggered a thought storm, visualizing the Calamity of Thought in his mind... The next second, a cloud-like shadow appeared directly above the Bitter Flesh Turbid Forest!

This was the fifth world-ending aura to appear!

The Calamity of Thought had no physical form and could ignore space. Chen Ling only needed to trigger a slight thought storm to lure this guy over from the Island of Thought...

The original Calamity of Thought was also very confused. It had sensed a second thought storm aura in this world, and when it followed the thoughts to find the source, the scene it saw almost scared it into fainting.

"Tell us!! Which of us is the real Calamity of Mockery?!"

"Tell us!! Which of us is the real Calamity of Mockery?!"

Both Calamities of Mockery spoke while laughing wildly.

[Audience Expectation +3]

[Current Expectation: 79%]

The Calamity of Thought felt like it had gone mad.

Terrifying existences like the Calamity of Mockery had appeared in pairs... Could it be that the entire Gray Realm was going to become their playground?

"Speak!" The Calamity of Mockery was already impatient. "Guess wrong, and I’ll kill you!!"

"Heh-heh-heh-heh... guess wrong, and I’ll make you wear the dress I just made..."

"That’s my line!!!"

"Heh-heh-heh-heh..."

The Calamity of Thought looked at the two Calamities of Mockery in a daze, then turned its gaze toward the Calamity of Turbidity, as if seeking help to see what kind of trick these lunatics were playing... but it was met with an equally bitter and helpless gaze.