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After the crimson meteor streaked across the sky, human civilization came to a standstill.
From that day on, people could no longer manufacture a single rocket, a single nuclear bomb, an airplane, or a car... The pyramid of civilization built by modern science collapsed with a crash, and the disaster was far from over.
The gray world arrived with the descent of the crimson meteor. It was like a ghostly reflection behind a mirror, gradually dragging the civilized world into the abyss of chaos.
In this era, human lives are as insignificant as dust;
In this era, humanity shines as brightly as the stars.
As the great edifice was on the verge of collapse, some people saw an actor standing on the ruins of civilization. His red cape was as red as blood, and he alternated between laughing and crying.
The curtain of the era slowly opened behind him. He spread his arms and softly whispered to the countless living beings,
"The great show... begins."

I'm no thespian deity.

Chen Tan couldn't help but swallow hard.

"How... how is this possible??" he said hoarsely. "Without a heart and with his head almost chopped off, he can still move?"

"Where did the opera costume on him come from? Didn't we not put it on him?!"

"I don't know!!!" Li Xiuchun was completely consumed by fear and replied incoherently. "When he crawled out from underground, he was already wearing this opera costume... It's the same opera costume we draped over him when we buried him last night!

"He's a ghost... He's really a ghost!!

"A ghost coming to claim our lives!"

"Nonsense! There are no ghosts in this world!"

The scene in front of him was so strange that Chen Tan's legs also felt a little weak from fear. But in the end, he summoned up his courage, picked up a dinner knife on the ground, and stabbed it towards Chen Ling's face!

He had killed Chen Ling twice, so he could kill him a third time!

No matter what was inside his body, apart from looking scary, it didn't seem as terrifying as the calamities rumored outside. This gave Chen Tan a considerable amount of courage.

The sharp dinner knife cut through the air. Just as it was about to touch Chen Ling, it suddenly stopped in mid-air.

Chen Tan was taken aback. He tried his best to exert force with the hand holding the knife, but he couldn't move it any further, as if an invisible big hand was gripping the blade of the dinner knife and holding it firmly in mid-air.

A strange giggle came from behind Chen Ling.

The next moment, the dinner knife in Chen Tan's hand disappeared out of thin air. In its place was a long, slender red piece of paper.

Chen Ling, with his glazed eyes, chewed and swallowed the axe and the kitchen knife in his mouth. He stared straight at Chen Tan, took a step forward, and mechanically and hoarsely repeated the same sentence:

These simple three words made Chen Tan's scalp tingle!

He had no doubt that the next moment, Chen Ling would grab his head, stuff it into his mouth, and chew it to pieces.

"The Audience"