I'm not a drama god

Nightfall Squad?

A question flashed through Chen Ling's mind.

He should have already crossed the world barrier and arrived outside the world by now... According to Shen Qingzhu's previous statement, the world is candlelight, and outside the candlelight... there are actually people?

And it sounds like there's more than one.

Despite her doubts, Chen Ling reached out and shook hands with An Qingyu.

"Chen Ling".

In the boundless darkness, a hand draped in a theatrical robe gently clasped together with a deep red cloak.

"My name is Jiang Er, Jiang as in Jianghai, Erhai as in Erhai." A clear voice came from the void, and a ghostly girl in a white dress waved to Chen Ling.

Chen Ling was stunned. He himself possessed the ability to control ghosts, so he naturally sensed that the girl in front of him did not seem to be alive...

Strangely, the other party did not seem to be an ordinary ghost. Ordinary ghosts would not last long in the mortal world and would dissipate, but Jiang Er had a peculiar and extremely powerful force field on his body, which was maintaining his existence.

"Are you surprised?" An Qingyu seemed to see Chen Ling's doubt and explained with a light laugh, "Her ability is a bit special. It allows the soul to exist in a stable form... and it can affect more than just herself."

Whether it was Chen Ling's imagination or not, An Qingyu seemed to deliberately raise her voice when she said the last sentence.

"You're from 'that' world, right?" Jiang Er blinked. "Then have you met the arrogant guy?!"

The moment the words "cool guy" appeared, Chen Ling suddenly realized something.

"You... are the teammates he was talking about?"

Chen Ling remembered that when she was chatting with Shen Qingzhu before, he mentioned that there were other people outside the Candlelight World, and words such as "captain"... Now it seems that he was referring to An Qingyu and others.

Even someone as powerful as Shen Qingzhu is just a member of this team? Then what kind of person is the "captain" they're talking about?

“That’s right.” An Qingyu nodded. “It seems you’ve already met him.”

“…I’ve seen it.”

Is he alright?

Chen Ling thought for a moment, "It seems okay, but it looks a bit boring."

An Qingyu and Jiang Er exchanged a glance, both noticing the subtle meaning in each other's eyes, and tacitly skipped the topic.

“I heard him say that the Red Star’s numbers were compiled by a person called ‘Deputy Captain An’…” Chen Ling’s memory became clearer and clearer. He looked at An Qingyu in front of him and tentatively spoke.

“It was me,” An Qingyu readily admitted. “But it’s nothing special. I just divided the stars in that meteor shower according to their different characteristics and sorted and numbered them according to their distance from the candlelight world… Ultimately, it’s just a ‘naming method’.”

"Then you must know a lot about Akahoshi?"

"You mean [Y-012]?" An Qingyu's gaze turned serious. "To be honest, it's extremely dangerous. Among all known meteors, its existence is very unique... Moreover, it possesses a very strong sense of self. The more advanced a civilization is, the more likely it is to target it..."

"So far, no world that it has targeted has survived..."

"Your world is an exception."

An Qingyu raised his hand and pointed in a certain direction. Chen Ling followed his hand and could see a faint candlelight, appearing and disappearing in the end of nothingness.

"I don't know exactly how you did it, but the fact that you were able to hold off [Y-012] six times on your own... I, the captain, and Mr. Ji are all extremely shocked."

Chen Ling asked in surprise, "Shocked? You've all transcended this world, this shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

Chen Ling originally thought that with the strength of this group, dealing with the meteor shower would not be a problem, and dealing with a red star should be a piece of cake. Why would they feel troubled by it?

“I told you, [Y-012] is special…” An Qingyu shook her head.

"To be honest, when this meteor struck your world, we all thought your destruction was inevitable. But unexpectedly, you turned the tables and trapped it in your world..."

"The world of candlelight possesses infinite possibilities and can also give rise to many incomprehensible existences. Captain and Mr. Ji both came from their own worlds. The fact that your world could trap [Y-012] without any ascended powerhouses indicates that it possesses unimaginable potential."

"We have been waiting for the second person to emerge from that world."

"and many more!"

Chen Ling keenly caught something, "You just said... the second one?"

“That’s right.” An Qingyu nodded. “Like you, he escaped the world’s barrier by accident. Strictly speaking, he didn’t get out on his own… but at least he got out.”

An Qingyu paused for a moment, then added:

"correct……"

He called himself the first Red King.

Upon hearing the words "First Red King," Chen Ling felt as if thunder was roaring in her mind!

The first Red King... the legendary figure who pioneered the "reversal of the era and restart of the world," the first leader of the Twilight Society who held the foundation of the Heavenly Dao Ancient Treasury, the most mysterious existence among all the Red Kings... actually broke away from the world barrier due to an accident, just like me?

"Where is he now?" Chen Ling immediately asked.

“I don’t know.” An Qingyu sighed. “After he broke free from the world barrier, he disappeared… Even I can’t figure out where he went.”

Chen Ling frowned, lost in thought.

Chen Ling never expected that her unexpected escape from the world barrier would not only lead her to encounter the Nightfall Squad and escape a near-death experience, but also to learn the whereabouts of the first Red King... This legend's image in Chen Ling's mind became even more mysterious and majestic.

"Then how should I get back?" Chen Ling asked immediately.

"Do you want to go back?" An Qingyu raised an eyebrow.

"Your world is still under the threat of [Y-012]... Now that you've come out, why put yourself in danger again?"

"I can take you to the captain and Mr. Ji. With their help, even if you don't go back, you can break through the limits of your original world and become a transcendent being... That's the safest and most secure way, isn't it?"

"Can I wait until I ascend to a higher dimension before going back to deal with Red Star?" Chen Ling asked in return.

"No... The flow of time in your world is different from that outside. By the time you complete your dimensional ascension, your world will probably have already been destroyed by the Red Star."

"Then I want to go back."

Chen Ling answered without hesitation.

Chen Ling didn't care about ascending to a higher dimension at all. He only wanted to fulfill his duties as the sixth-generation Red King, return to the rebooted world, and then completely eliminate Red Star.

In that world... there are still many people waiting for him.