Chapter 594: Turning Around

Chen Ling was very helpless.

After returning from the Era Archive, it was already evening. The sky outside was completely dark, and the theater was exceptionally dim and quiet because there were no electric lights... He thought he could finally rest today.

But facts proved that he had underestimated the enthusiasm of the people around him.

"Special Envoy." Huang Shuyue lowered her voice and whispered in his ear, "I heard that this block has lost power, and I was worried that it would affect you, so I immediately sent someone to purchase a batch of lanterns and send them to you... If all these lanterns are hung up, the brightness will definitely not be worse than the effect of electric lights."

“……”

Chen Ling looked at the two large trucks of lanterns outside the door, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. "...Thank you."

"You're welcome, this is what I should do." Huang Shuyue's eyes curved into a smile, and the brilliance of the lanterns in the room was reflected in her pupils, like a sky full of stars that couldn't be hidden.

"By the way, is there no progress on the things I asked you to find?"

"Not yet." Huang Shuyue shook her head, her expression becoming serious. "I have visited several botanical experts, showed them the appearance of the petals, and even sent someone to the South Sea Domain, but no one recognized this flower... Most of them believe that this flower does not look like a species on Earth."

"...Not a species on Earth??" Chen Ling was stunned.

These petals were spread under the Lord of Red Dust. If these flowers were not a species on Earth, wouldn't that mean the Lord of Red Dust is not on Earth? Where else could she be? Did she hide herself in space??

"If it doesn't work, maybe I can go to the South Sea Domain myself and confirm it with those experts again," Huang Shuyue said.

"Forget it, no need... I'll find another breakthrough from somewhere else."

Just as the two were talking, the lanterns inside and outside the theater had all been hung up. Dozens of lanterns were evenly distributed in every area, making this the brightest building in the entire domain.

Some residents who were bored in the dark at home saw this brightly lit theater and couldn't help but come over to join in the fun, causing the number of people queuing at the entrance of the theater to be unprecedentedly large, and the crowd almost blocked the entire road.

"Sir! There are too many guests outside today, when shall we start the performance?" Kong Baosheng, who was sweating profusely, ran over and asked.

At this point, it was impossible for Chen Ling to rest, so he waved his hand helplessly:

"Prepare, start on time."

"Okay!"

As Chen Ling turned to go back to the backstage to prepare, the entrance of the theater also became busy.

Jian Changsheng and the Ten of Diamonds stood at the door with drooping faces, starting to sell today's performance tickets according to the queuing order. Their movements were mechanical and stiff, like two emotionless ticket-checking machines... Since there were more and more audience members in the theater, Kong Baosheng alone could no longer complete all the work, so the two members of the "professional team" had to be forced to work part-time to stand guard and check tickets for Chen Ling.

"This job is really boring enough." Jian Changsheng complained in a low voice.

"Boring, but it's also a part of camouflage and lurking," the Ten of Diamonds replied expressionlessly. "Do ordinary work well to blend into the lives of ordinary people... And you don't have to stand every day. Today is the Jack of Spades and the Nine of Hearts going to search for the Red Dust Base at night, and tomorrow it should be our turn."

"That's what you say." Jian Changsheng looked up at the endless queue behind him and couldn't help but speak, "But there are really an extra large number of people today... Is it because of the power outage?"

"Should be."

"Tsk, it would be better if it lost power tomorrow... It just happened to lose power on the day I checked tickets. What bad luck."

"Speaking of which, the power outages in the Red Dust main city have been a bit too frequent recently."

"Frequent power outages? So what?"

"You just joined the Twilight Society not long ago and haven't dealt with other forces much... It's normal that your perception isn't that keen," the Ten of Diamonds narrowed his eyes slightly. "Sometimes, you have to see the essence through the phenomenon."

"...What do you mean?"

"Have you heard of the Jiangtian Sect?"

……

Outside the theater.

Liu Qingyan looked at this brightly lit theater, and the moment the red clothes flashed by, her heart moved slightly.

A red silk thread appeared in her field of vision, as if crossing the void, connecting with the person in red, and the other end of the silk thread was connecting to her heart.

It's him, it's really him...

Even Liu Qingyan didn't expect that Chen Ling would play three different roles in his three entries into the Red Dust Domain, and the style change between the Golden Society special envoy last time and this Red Dust famous actor was too big... But this also further proved Chen Ling's top-notch attainments in camouflage and lurking.

As ticket checking began, the surrounding crowd began to approach the theater. Liu Qingyan, who was mixed in the crowd, also moved forward along the queue unconsciously.

"There are only three tickets left. Those who didn't queue up don't have to be discouraged. We will issue tomorrow's number plates here. If you are interested, you can enter the venue in advance with the number plate tomorrow~"

Jian Changsheng's shouting came from the front.

One performance ticket after another was sold, and the people in front entered the venue one after another, filling most of the audience seats under the stage, leaving only a few seats left. The figures queuing behind saw this and immediately sighed.

When Liu Qingyan walked to the front of the queue, there was only one ticket left in Jian Changsheng's hand... This would be the last admission ticket for Chen Ling's performance tonight.

Jian Changsheng was stunned when he saw that the last "lucky audience member" was a beggar, but he still said:

"Hello, do you want to buy a ticket? One hundred each."

“……”

Liu Qingyan reached into her pocket. There were indeed a few silver notes inside. Although she lived frugally like a beggar on weekdays, she was not short of money... She looked deeply at the brightly lit theater, was silent for a moment, and shook her head.

"Forget it... no need."

After saying that, she turned around and walked back to the back of the queue, her figure gradually disappearing into the darkness.

Jian Changsheng was also stunned. He didn't expect that someone had queued for so long and was about to get the last ticket, but turned around and left... Even if she didn't want to watch the performance, buying this last ticket and reselling it would definitely sell for two hundred, which is a sure-win deal.

But thinking of the girl's attire just now, it might be true that she couldn't afford the ticket price, so she had to leave helplessly... Thinking of this, Jian Changsheng couldn't help but feel sympathy.

"Then next one."

The figure behind Liu Qingyan had already prepared for the possibility of not being able to buy a ticket and was stomping his feet in annoyance. Seeing this scene, he was ecstatic and bought the ticket without hesitation, running into the theater bouncing and jumping.

Liu Qingyan walked through the crowd silently, as if she hadn't heard anything behind her.