Chapter 1720: Knowledge of the Covenant

"[G-020] confirmed impact on target world."

"Target world candle light extinguished..."

"No survivors."

In the deep void.

A figure clad in a deep red cloak, carrying a black coffin on his back, stared at the fragmented world fragments in the distance, pity appearing in the depths of his eyes...

"We were still too late."

The moment the words fell, a solid soul body walked out from the black coffin behind him. A white dress swayed in the void, and fair fingers rested gently on the shoulder of the deep red figure.

"This is not your fault." A gentle voice sounded from the void, "[G-020] deviated from the scheduled orbit, even the Captain and Mr. Ji couldn't have predicted it. You were the first to discover the clues and rushed over at full speed... You have already done your best."

The deep red figure shook his head, "I am all-knowing and all-seeing, I should have predicted it earlier... It was my carelessness."

"No, the strangeness of those meteors was beyond our cognition, and it’s not the first time they’ve interfered with all-knowing and all-seeing." The woman in the white dress floated in front of him, looking seriously into those eyes full of self-reproach,

"That world is already destroyed, we should focus our attention on other surviving worlds, shouldn't we?"

The deep red figure was silent for a long time, and finally nodded:

"Yes."

He opened his mouth to say something else, when suddenly a scene from nowhere flashed through his eyes. He gave a light "huh" and turned to look in another direction in the void.

A pair of eyes as large as stars emerged in the void behind him!

Those eyes were too big, as if containing everything of the past, present, and future. Countless scenes flickered within like stars. In comparison, their figures were as small as sand floating in the universe.

Those all-knowing and all-seeing eyes seemed to have discovered something, and a faint smile curled at the corner of the deep red figure’s mouth.

"What’s wrong?" the woman in the white dress asked in confusion.

"An unexpected guest has arrived."

The crimson figure lightly adjusted the glasses on the bridge of his nose. The pair of eyes behind him instantly dissipated, and he took a gentle step forward, the hem of his deep red cloak moving without a breeze...

"Let's go. We're going to save him."

"Who?"

"That... actor who jumped off his own stage."

……

In the boundless void, a blood-stained, broken body drifted silently.

No one knew how long he had been drifting, nor did anyone know where he had drifted to. Time and space had vanished in this moment; only the blood mist constantly bursting from his body and the ghastly cracks served as the final countdown for his life.

Chen Ling felt as if he had had a dream. He dreamt that after he restarted the world, everything changed for the better.

He saw Su Zhiwei marry Yao Qing before she fell into her slumber. On the day of the wedding, the guests were numerous. Several of the Nine Lords arrived at the scene one after another: Lu Xun gifted a pair of bracelets crafted from stardust; Yang Xiao gave a crystal that seemed to seal away the aurora; Wu Tongyuan presented a book of "Crazy Math Problems" for their future child; even Lou Yu sent an incredibly beautiful baby crib...

He saw everyone drinking heavily that day, discussing how to deal with the Red Star together once they awoke from their slumber, while also pondering what name to give the child. Finally, everyone looked at him.

They smiled, their eyes filled with anticipation and trust.

"Director Chen, give our child a name." Su Zhiwei touched her belly, feeling a bit shy. "Dr. Chu said it's a girl..."

Chen Ling looked at the group gathered around the table, their eyes shining with light, and a sense of relief and peace he had never felt before welled up in his heart.

For some reason, he had a premonition... this time, they would definitely be able to defeat the Red Star.

If that was the case, what kind of name should he choose?

Logically, a name at a time like this should carry some auspicious meaning, like "Victory" or "Triumph," but Chen Ling thought that was tacky. Besides, she was a girl, so it should be more gentle... perhaps he could try a different direction?

If everyone was going to fall into a slumber, he hoped that after everything woke up, everyone would still be like this... As long as they could all stand together, there would always be a way to defeat the Red Star.

Chen Ling thought for a long time, and just as he opened his mouth to say something...

Everything around him seemed to be swallowed by darkness.

In his confusion and shock,

He fell rapidly!

……

"Yao Zhiyue."

The moment Chen Ling opened his eyes, he spoke this name.

Under the silent starry sky, a figure draped in a deep red cloak and a ghostly woman in a white dress were both stunned for a moment...

They looked at each other, then looked down at Chen Ling, their expressions somewhat strange.

Chen Ling finally began to regain his senses.

He climbed up from the ground in a daze, discovering that he was now in a strange place. The gray-blue, rugged land stretched into the distance, and the outlines of craters were vaguely visible in the distance. When he looked up, he could only see the boundless pitch-black void and the occasional wreckage of stars streaking by.

"Where... is this?"

"The wreckage of a world shattered by [G-020]." The crimson figure pushed up the glasses on his nose. "I saw you were in bad shape, so I came nearby... There is still some air left here. Although you don't seem to need to breathe, it makes talking more convenient."

【G-020】？

The format of this designation made Chen Ling feel a bit familiar. If he remembered correctly, Shen Qingzhu had mentioned this kind of designation; it should be unique to the destructive meteor showers like the Red Star.

Just waking up, Chen Ling's mind was still a bit chaotic. He seemed to realize something, but he quickly thought of something more important and immediately looked down at his body.

Without him knowing when, his body, which had been full of cracks and blood mist, had returned to its original state. The Red Star's power that had almost burst his body apart was nowhere to be found. His consciousness swept over himself, and he felt nothing at all.

"If you are looking for 'its' power, I have already sealed it up for you." The crimson figure raised his hand and produced a mirror from nowhere, holding it up to Chen Ling.

Only then did Chen Ling see that a red diamond-shaped mark had appeared between his eyebrows, eerie and mysterious. He brushed his fingertips over the surface of his skin, but felt nothing.

"You were more aggressive than I imagined, actually trying to assimilate 'its' power right now... Even the Captain and Mr. Ji wouldn't have dared to do that at your stage." The crimson figure looked somewhat helpless. "You simply cannot withstand this power right now... If you hadn't run into me, you would have truly died."

Chen Ling was still confused. He looked up in bewilderment at the completely strange crimson figure before him...

"Who... are you?"

The crimson figure smiled slightly. With a black coffin on his back, he gently reached out a hand to Chen Ling:

"Nice to meet you..."

"I am the Deputy Captain of the [Nightfall] squad, An Qingyu."