I'm not a drama god

No one knew what was going on in Chen Ling's heart at this moment.

The only thing left in his mind was Xuan Yujun's seemingly casual "hello"... But the amount of information contained in it was explosive for Chen Ling.

Seven generations of Red Kings...

But now I am only the sixth generation?

Chen Ling was certain that the Xuan Yu Jun just now was definitely not from another world. The power of the God Particle was not enough to support him to cross different worlds, so he came from the future of the Time Archive World...

In other words, had he successfully restarted the world? The archived era overwrote the original world, and this became the "sixth generation world" that he had personally opened.

But...here, seven generations of Red Kings appeared.

The handover of the throne of the Red King is by no means as simple as the handover of an ordinary position. Chen Ling inherited the will of the fifth generation Red King after his death, and took charge of the Dusk Society to become the sixth generation Red King... and Chen Ling also knows his own character. He is not the kind of person who would give up halfway and give the throne of the Red King to someone else if he doesn't want to do it anymore.

Does the appearance of the Seventh Red King mean... that my future self is dead?

Could it be that in the sixth reboot, humanity still failed to defeat the Red Star? Even if I, the world-destroying disaster, became the Red King, I couldn't change humanity's fate of failure?

Or was it that Xuan Yujun was playing another huge joke on him?

The archived time period allowed Chen Ling to understand the past and also foresee part of the future. Last time, he predicted Wuji Jun's failure, and this time... he predicted his own failure.

At this moment, Chen Ling suddenly felt that foreknowledge was really not a good thing.

If he knew in advance that all his efforts would ultimately result in failure, how would he approach the next steps? How would he sustain himself through this most tragic and painful era?

"Director Chen..."

"Director Chen??"

Yang Xiao patted Chen Ling's shoulder gently, which woke Chen Ling up from his confusion and self-doubt. He took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down as much as possible.

He turned around and saw the Nine Lords standing in the rain waiting for him.

"That Ji Xuan just now was from the future, wasn't he? What on earth did he mean?" Wu Tongyuan muttered softly, "Didn't we agree to be comrades? Why are we fighting?"

"I think he has no ill will towards us." Lu Xun said thoughtfully, "Based on my understanding of him, he might... just want to pretend in front of us?"

"……what?"

"No, is he sick?" Qi Muyun couldn't help but curse.

"But I have to say, this is indeed the character of this kid... After achieving great success in his cultivation, he traveled through time back to the starting point to show off his powerful strength in front of his ignorant companions back then... Well, he's very pretentious." Wen Ruoshui also nodded repeatedly.

"..."

There were also doubts and confusions in their eyes, but they were different from Chen Ling. They had Chen Ling as their backbone. Deep down, they knew that Chen Ling would protect them and give them guidance, so they were not too panicked... But who could give Chen Ling guidance?

If we know that this time the outcome will still be failure, then what's the point of gathering the Nine Lords now, painstakingly planning for the future, and risking everything to find a glimmer of hope for humanity?

Chen Ling thought he had calmed down, but when he actually saw Jiu Jun, the self-doubt and nihilism still surged in his heart. He knew that he still couldn't ignore the facts.

"Director Chen, has your face recovered?" Yang Xiao walked up and asked.

"……Um."

Chen Ling looked up at the sky. The drizzle was still falling. He seemed to have made up his mind. He turned to the others and said, "Go to the tent next to us and take shelter from the rain for a while... I'll be back soon."

Although they didn't know what was wrong with Chen Ling, everyone nodded, carried the unconscious Ji Xuan, and walked straight into the tent.

When they walked away, Chen Ling slowly closed her eyes...

Next second,

An invisible heart python climbed onto his shoulder.

Chen Ling seemed to sense its presence and gently stroked the snake's head with his hand, his tone somewhat complicated:

“…I’ll leave it to you.”

The heart python spewed out red letters, as if responding to Chen Ling, then suddenly opened its bloody mouth and bit towards Chen Ling's brain!

Predicting the future is a double-edged sword, especially when you know that your best efforts will not be rewarded, you will continue to feel lazy deep down in your heart... and perhaps, this laziness at a critical moment will become the reason for your ultimate failure.

Chen Ling knew that he was now the core figure of the real world and the archive of the era, and his character absolutely could not show any weaknesses. In this case...

Then forget it.

Forgetting Ji Xuan's words and the inevitable failure, Chen Ling took the initiative to cut off a piece of his memory, allowing himself to return to the state where he was not shaken at all and was full of determination for the future.

As the Heart Python continued to chew and then swallowed the memory into its stomach in one gulp, after a moment, Chen Ling's eyes slowly opened.

There was no longer any confusion in his eyes, only the sharpness and determination that belonged to the fifth generation Red King.

And a hint of doubt:

"Ok?"

"I am..."

When Chen Ling turned his head, he met the eyes of the Heart Python lying on his shoulder. He was stunned for a moment when he saw the Heart Python appear inexplicably, and then he seemed to realize something, frowning slightly, as if he was lost in thought.

After a long silence, he waved his hand, dispersed the heart python, and strode towards the tent in front.

When Chen Ling walked into the tent, Yang Xiao was on the phone.

"Um...yes, we're all together."

"..."

"What did you say? But..."

"..."

"No, I might agree..."

"..."

"I know, of course I would too... but we are scientists..."

"..."

"Yes, I can't speak for them... Anyway, this is my answer."

The tent was very quiet, and everyone was looking at Yang Xiao. Chen Ling could feel an extremely tense atmosphere as soon as she came in... Even after Yang Xiao hung up the phone, this atmosphere still did not disappear.

"What happened?" Chen Ling asked.

Yang Xiao held the phone in his hand and remained silent for a long time...

"The war has begun... They want me to go to the front line."

As soon as these words came out, the brows of the others furrowed slightly, and Chen Ling seemed to have guessed that this day would come, and his eyes narrowed unconsciously.

Nowadays, all the most advanced scientific products have become obsolete. After experiencing crazy nuclear strikes around the world, the world war will not stop... Nuclear-weaponized countries will drop bombs on each other, and non-nuclear-weaponized countries will not be easily spared. In this extremely chaotic era, people's greed and ambition will not diminish, but will expand rapidly.