Chapter 1609: Meeting Wen Shilin Again

On the bright stage.

An anxious Thought Storm appeared out of thin air like a visitor from beyond the heavens.

This was the second time Si Zai had entered this strange place. It was actually a bit puzzled: why was the other Chao Zai's mind a chaotic battlefield filled with all sorts of weirdness, while this Chao Zai's mind had such a mysterious theater?

Compared to the other Chao Zai, the Chao Zai personality here seemed to be following some kind of rule, giving off an inexplicably eerie and solemn feeling.

But Si Zai had no time to think about that now. If it didn't suppress this monster quickly, it would be ground to death in no time. Its gaze fell on the script at the edge of the stage, and the arm formed by interwoven thoughts grabbed it at lightning speed!

Then it charged straight at the beastly figure on the stage!

At the same time,

the beastly Chao Zai on the stage also opened its eyes abruptly.

It seemed to sense the theater being invaded by thoughts, and a ruthless look appeared in its scarlet eyes. It had no skills on this stage, but it could attack frantically in the outside world to influence Si Zai's thoughts.

Sure enough, with the earth-shattering battle outside, Si Zai retreated steadily, and the thoughts in the theater also dimmed visibly, as if blocked by invisible hands, making it difficult to approach the stage itself.

Si Zai felt these heavy difficulties and was almost moved to tears.

This matter had nothing to do with it in the first place, right?!

It was originally resting peacefully on the Storm Island, but Chen Ling's Thought Storm had dragged it into this heaven-defying battle... The most critical thing was that it had been forced to become Chen Ling's pawn, and now it had to risk its life fighting for Chen Ling.

And the culprit behind all this had already hidden in the audience below, watching the show quietly as if it were none of its business.

If it had known, it wouldn't have been so curious.

But complaints aside, Si Zai knew that the script in its hand was directly related to its life and death, and Chen Ling's deadline was almost up. It had to bring this to an end immediately!

The Thought Storm outside suddenly took on a visible tinge of black. Thousands of thoughts were conceived within it, and a mental storm capable of covering most of the Gray Realm was released at any cost!

Hum—!!!

At this moment, even the extremely brutal beastly Chao Zai was influenced by Si Zai for an instant, standing frozen in place like a statue.

Even though it possessed Thought Storm and Thought Invasion, it wasn't the real Si Zai after all. The opponent had many more skills like this... If Si Zai really fought for its life, it truly wouldn't be able to handle it for a while.

Taking advantage of Chao Zai's mental state being influenced, Si Zai in the theater made a comeback. That massive storm rolled directly over the dense audience and rushed toward the stage!

Thud—!

Just as it was about to cross the boundary between the stage and the audience, an invisible wall suddenly appeared, directly shaking Si Zai, which was flying at full speed, back.

Si Zai, which had put all its effort into charging forward, was hit quite hard. It took a full few seconds to barely recover. Being clever, it immediately realized that there must be an impassable barrier at the edge of the stage specifically targeting outsiders...

And at this moment, the beastly Chao Zai influenced by Si Zai seemed about to wake up, holding its head with both hands like someone with a hangover, dizzy and unaware of where it was.

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Si Zai's mind. It didn't try to force its way onto the stage again, but instead used all its strength to throw the script at the stage like a flying knife!

The shimmering script streaked across the silent theater like a fast-moving meteor, even illuminating a corner of the dim audience...

The faint light flickered across the cheek of a certain audience member in the first row. Those hollow and mocking eyes seemed to recall something, and a brief struggle flashed deep within them.

The fourth wall of the stage did not block the script.

When the beastly Chao Zai finally recovered and looked ahead, it saw a blue light magnifying rapidly before its eyes, and then it hacked into its forehead like a blade!

The dense text on the surface of the script mixed with the faint light, pouring frantically into the beastly Chao Zai's body. Bursts of beastly roars erupted from its mouth, and its face was filled with struggle and pain.

At the same time, the beastly Chao Zai outside also completely lost control. It clutched its head with both hands and ran wildly across the earth like a madman... The moment it retracted the domain that negated everything, Si Zai felt as if it had been granted amnesty. Without a trace of lingering attachment, it dragged its shattered thoughts and vanished in an instant.

Thud—thud—thud!!!

Chao Zai's beastly claws hammered frantically at the earth beneath it, as if venting the pain in its mind. At this moment, it only felt another version of itself constantly surging from the depths of its mind, tampering with its perception of this world and turning everything into a mess.

On the stage,

the pitch-black figure, kneeling in pain, began to grow human skin bit by bit. The sharp claws on one hand retracted, gradually turning into clean, neat human fingernails... Even the eerie, terrifying black face began to gradually change into the face of a human!

"I..."

"I am not..."

Its hideous mouth opened and closed continuously. In the garbled beastly roars, human sounds began to appear, as if another "self" was breaking out of its cocoon!

"I am not... a monster... I... don't want to... kill people..."

"Roar—!"

"Who... am I..."

"Roar—!!"

"I have a name... I'm almost remembering it... the purpose of me coming here..."

"Roar—!!!"

Under the pale spotlight, the beastly Chao Zai, which had been invincible just a moment ago, had turned into a half-human, half-Chao monster.

Half of its body still retained its brutal beastly posture, but the other half had not only turned into a human body, but as that eye gradually regained clarity, it even began to outline clothes...

On the stage, there is destined to be only one protagonist;

Of the two personalities, only one is destined to remain.

This was a battle between self and self, the purest battle of will.

Fortunately, everything written on the script was detailed enough. Everything from his past became the fulcrum of this battle of will. Those firm, sorrowful, and resolute pasts surged frantically into the black shadow's mind, impacting everything of the other half of the beastly personality...

"According to the laws of Aurora City, I have the right to independent media action; even law enforcers have no right to interfere with my actions... Move aside!"

“……”

"The iron fist of justice may be late, but it will never be absent. Since my news report couldn't take you down... then I'll take you down right now!"

“……”

"I'm not leaving... I want to watch this city from here, until the very last moment."

“……”

"I am an Aurora Daily reporter... Wen Shilin."