Chapter 838: "Action"
"This is..."
In the theater, Chen Ling looked at everything on the screen, his eyes wide with shock!
Everything outside had entered a mysterious domain. Everyone except Chen Ling was drawn into it, and now, only from Chen Ling's perspective within the theater, could the entire process be clearly seen.
Lines of text scrolled before him, tracing backward from the present moment. It was like flipping through a script from the last page forward, encompassing all actions, dialogues, and environmental changes that had occurred in this area.
Action: Kongwang beheads Tu Tian with a 'blade'.Kongwang (activates Soul Shock): "Shock!"Special Effect: Finger of Delusion Destruction sweeps across the old district, severing the bodies of Pu Xiacan and the Young Sect Master, as the earth melts away.Special Effect: Finger of Delusion Destruction breaks through the Rock Moon, piercing through Li Shengmen's body.Sun Bumian (his expression changed): "Oh no!!"Action: Kongwang is sealed into the Rock Moon by Li Shengmen.
The text stopped abruptly at this line.
8 seconds...
From the moment Chen Ling activated it, this domain had rewound a total of 8 seconds. This seemed to be the limit of the domain, or perhaps, Chen Ling's current limit.
Chen Ling, clad in a large red opera robe, stood calmly above the void. Wherever his gaze landed on a line of text, the surrounding world would lock onto the corresponding frame, like an edited film.
He was like a director on a stage; everything "performed" within the domain was like a toy in his hands.
Finally, his fingertip rested on the second-to-last line of text:
Sun Bumian (his expression changed): "Oh no!!""I negate,"
As Chen Ling's hoarse, mechanical voice sounded, this line of text instantly slid away and vanished. In its place, a new line of smaller text began to recompile!
It was as if the great hand of fate had once again taken up its pen, rewriting a line of script for the world.
Weaving Fate.
During this process, crimson blood began to flow from Chen Ling's seven orifices. Large patches of red started to seep from beneath his skin, as if numerous capillaries were rupturing and collapsing!
However, in his out-of-control state, Chen Ling showed little reaction to these anomalies; every move he made was incredibly calm.
Soon, a new line of text replaced the original script:
Sun Bumian (suddenly realizing something): "Get down!! He's about to activate the Finger of Delusion Destruction again!"
Immediately after, Chen Ling added two more words to the subsequent two lines of script:"almost," "nearly."
Modifying one line of script and adding two words. After completing these changes, Chen Ling had turned into a bloody mess. The blood flowing from his seven orifices made him a horrifying sight, and his face was as pale as paper.
Then, Chen Ling raised his palm and lightly snapped his fingers in the air:Snap—!
The world line instantly reset.
Chen Ling's previous out-of-control state abruptly ceased. His consciousness, still in the theater, instantly returned to his body. Before he could fully recover, Chen Ling felt the current state of his body, and his vision spun wildly!
An unprecedented sense of weakness enveloped Chen Ling's mind. He staggered, nearly collapsing to the ground, only managing to support himself with his hands, and began to vomit blood uncontrollably.
"Ugh—"
Everything around him seemed to flow backward, returning to eight seconds prior.
District Three had not yet been annihilated by the Finger of Delusion Destruction, and a massive Rock Moon hung in the air. Almost simultaneously, Sun Bumian, as if remembering something, suddenly shouted:"Get down!! He's about to activate the Finger of Delusion Destruction again!"
Everyone present was startled, then quickly ducked down!
Boom—!!!A black torrent erupted from deep within the Rock Moon, instantly tearing a gap in it and nearly piercing through the confident Li Shengmen, who was standing nearby!
That wasn't all. The black torrent swept across in an extremely short time, carving a diagonal arc. It nearly bisected Pu Xiacan and the Young Sect Master, who had just been there. Fortunately, they both ducked down in time, allowing the torrent to graze over their heads before finally slamming into the distant earth!
Under the power of the Finger of Delusion Destruction, the earth vanished into nothingness. The terrifying shockwaves caused almost everyone to vomit blood, sending them flying backward in all directions like kites with severed strings.
Kongwang's figure flew out from the shattered Rock Moon, directly charging toward Tu Tian, who was closest, and appeared spectrally behind him.
"Shock!"
Soul Shock momentarily froze Tu Tian in place. Kongwang's hand rose and fell, severing the opponent's head.
The earth beneath Tu Tian vanished. A figure shrouded in ancient killing intent darted out from the side, but with his timely conversion to the Divine Might Path, Kongwang slapped it into the abyss.
Feeling the weakness brought by two consecutive uses of the Finger of Delusion Destruction, Kongwang knew he couldn't maintain it much longer. Fortunately, with people dead or wounded, they were now scattered like loose sand.
"Ghost Gate, close."
The slowly closing Ghost Gate was held open by an invisible force. A soul slowly opened its eyes above him, its purple pupils exposed to the air!
"Thank you for your gift... If not for you, I might have been too weak to even scatter my soul..."
Everything was progressing methodically backward, like a play that had already been arranged. Meanwhile, the director behind the scenes, after vomiting blood for a long time, finally started to recover.
Chen Ling watched the familiar yet strange plot unfolding before him, experiencing a strong sense of unreality.
Chen Ling had imagined what his domain might be: perhaps opera performance, transformations, or controlling scenes or similar tricks... But he had never expected it to be "directing."
From No-Phase, Scarlet Magic, to Weaving Fate, and then the secret opera arts of singing, reciting, acting, and martial arts, as well as Painting Vermillion... After being transmigrated for so long, Chen Ling's mastery of "drama" was gradually expanding, so much so that he had almost forgotten that he used to be a professional director.
Director Chen was very shocked by this domain of his, and he liked it very much.
Undoubtedly, this domain was exceptionally powerful. Chen Ling could freeze, review, and alter predetermined plotlines within a certain timeframe, but it also had many limitations.
Firstly, there was the mental energy consumption. Freezing the world and reviewing the plot itself didn't consume much energy. After all, freezing the world wasn't stopping time; when he called "Cut," everything paused, but Chen Ling couldn't actually affect the world itself. He merely observed everything from a "director's" perspective, and reviewing the plot was the same.
However, once it involved modifying reality, the consumption was incredibly terrifying. Chen Ling merely changed a single sentence of Sun Bumian's and added two words to each of the next two lines, yet he nearly vomited himself to death... This was not only a drain on Chen Ling's mental energy but also an extreme burden on his body!
Secondly, there was the logical consistency. Chen Ling had to ensure that the modified script remained logically coherent. For example, regarding the sentence he changed for Sun Bumian... Sun Bumian himself was extremely familiar with Kongwang's divine abilities, so his early warning perfectly fit his character. However, if it were changed for Jian Changsheng to say that line, it would be "out of character," and Chen Ling would be unable to make such a modification.
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