I'm not a drama god

"Oh... if you want to go back, you can just go back directly."

An Qingyu pointed in the direction of the candlelight, "You were rejected by the world because the power of the Crimson Star within you exceeded its capacity. Now I have sealed the excess power within you. Now, once you pass through the barrier, you will no longer be rejected."

"But I have to make this clear to you first: once you go back this time, you won't be able to use the same method to get out again..."

"Are you really sure about this?"

"……Um."

Chen Ling dusted off her opera robe, her ruby-like eyes fixed on the candlelight.

He had hoped to learn more about the Crimson Star from An Qingyu, but it seemed they were helpless against it too... In that case, there was no need for him to waste his time here.

This red star is aimed at them, and only they themselves can defeat it.

"Then we'll take you there."

An Qingyu said no more, and directly took Chen Ling into the air. With one step, they crossed an unknown distance and arrived in front of the hazy candlelight.

The candlelight flickered before Chen Ling's eyes, and vaguely, he could see a thin, membrane-like barrier clinging to the void.

“Once you cross this barrier, you can return to the corresponding Candlelight World.” Jiang Er’s voice rang in Chen Ling’s ears. “However, the flow of time in the Candlelight World is different from that outside… You should be prepared.”

"Ah."

Chen Ling turned around and bowed to An Qingyu and Jiang Er, "Thank you both for saving my life... If I have the chance to get out again, I will definitely find a way to repay you."

"You're too kind," An Qingyu said with a light laugh. "Alright, you should leave now, or... you'll regret it."

Without saying another word, Chen Ling's figure in the opera robe transformed into a stream of light and crashed directly into that thin membrane-like barrier!

Since Chen Ling was originally a being of this world, the barrier had no effect on him whatsoever, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The candlelight flickered silently in the void.

Beyond the world, a faint smile appeared on An Qingyu's lips.

"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Er asked softly.

"Chen Ling..."

An Qingyu took a deep look at the surging world of candlelight, then turned and slowly walked towards the direction of the meteor shower.

"Perhaps it won't be long... before we have another comrade-in-arms who is stronger than we can imagine."

"I need to go back and talk to the captain about this..."

"I imagine he'll be looking forward to it too."

……

Chen Ling seemed to have returned to the "deep sea" once again.

This time, however, he was not uncontrollably rising in the deep sea, but falling at an alarming speed. He could feel time and space flowing through his fingers, and countless lights and shadows flashing before his eyes.

Chen Ling was conscious. He was calculating the time in his mind. About a minute later, the flickering light and shadow in front of him finally coalesced into a leaden gray sky...

A figure draped in a theatrical robe plummeted like a shooting star from the leaden-gray clouds.

Boom-! ! !

The opera robe fell, and a visible shockwave swept across the rugged ground.

Amidst the billowing dust, smaller calamities were instantly blasted away, while the surrounding calamities, as if sensing some extreme danger, fled frantically in all directions.

After an unknown amount of time, a ghostly figure in red slowly rose from the crater...

Seeing this familiar gray world, Chen Ling felt a sense of peace.

He is back……

When his feet touched the black earth once more, Chen Ling's memories of breaking free from the barrier of the world and seeing An Qing and Yu Jiang'er felt like a dream, extremely unreal.

The world of candlelight, meteor showers, the Night Squad, Mr. Ji... these things are too far removed from him.

His top priority right now is to deal with Akahoshi.

Chen Ling took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, and after adjusting his mindset, his gaze swept around.

That's right... The last time he entered the save file, he brought the other nine lords to rescue Chu Changqing. After encountering the calamity, in order to cover the return of the other nine lords, he stayed alone in the Gray Realm.

"I almost forgot..."

"At this time, the Gray Realm and Earth have not yet officially intersected... I will be trapped here for a long time."

Chen Ling seemed to remember something and sighed softly.

Even as the time limit for saving the game expired, he was still locked in a life-or-death struggle with the Calamity...

What about mocking disaster?

Chen Ling looked for a long time but still couldn't see any sign of the disaster.

Logically, Chen Ling should return to the last point in time when he saved the game, which was the moment he fought the Mocking Disaster...

Now, Jiu Jun should have just returned to Earth with Chu Changqing, and then, driven by fate, gradually head to their respective bases to take in refugees, protect the safety of a large number of people in the chaos, and form the prototype of the future major realms.

Once I get back, I should be able to visit each of the major bases and try to bring Su Zhiwei and Yao Qing together so they can hold their wedding sooner...

Whoever restarts the world has their own unique timeline, and the owners of the other two timelines will be forcibly returned to the same point in time. I wonder where Liu Qingyan and Ying Fu will be randomly teleported to now?

Although he's back, there's nothing he can do. Now that he can't go back to Earth, Chen Ling can only wander aimlessly in the Gray Realm...

Chen Ling had also considered taking this opportunity to cause trouble for other world-ending calamities, but his current strength was not enough to kill any world-ending calamity alone. If he attracted the world's wrath, things would become even more complicated.

Left with no other choice, Chen Ling could only conceal her aura and stroll across the Gray Realm.

According to his calculations, the official convergence of Earth and the Gray Realm is still a few months away, and possibly a year or two away... However, he is now a Calamity, with an almost endless lifespan, so he can wait. He'll just be a little bored.

By the way... how about we go to the Ashes of Civilization and have a chat with Shen Qingzhu?

He's in the embers of civilization, so he shouldn't be affected by the reboot.

He just happened to run into An Qingyu and Jiang Er. If he told him about this, he might be very interested... However, this time, Chen Ling had nowhere to buy cigarettes.

As Chen Ling pondered this, he walked toward the embers of civilization. Along the way, all the calamities he encountered seemed to flee in terror, clearing a path for him.

After walking for about half an hour, just as Chen Ling was calculating how far he was from the embers of civilization, a rugged and blurry outline gradually appeared on the horizon.

"……Um?"

Chen Ling frowned slightly; he didn't recall such a thing existing in the Gray Realm.

He barely hesitated before changing direction and heading in that direction. As he approached, the shadows of human-built structures appeared in his field of vision, stretching for countless kilometers, like a vast and magnificent super wall!

Chen Ling suddenly stopped in her tracks!

He stared at the scene before him, his pupils contracting in disbelief…

"How can it be……"

"This is……"

"Human Realm???"