The Show Ends, the Curtain Falls

Chen Shu was certain that there were still people in the room, because it was this "person" who had torn away the fig leaf of his silence!

Let's rewind a bit, back to the time when Chen Shu tricked Yu Mu and left laughing.

Just as he grasped the doorknob, a brilliant idea suddenly flashed into his mind.

He felt he didn't have to leave.

It's the detestable Zhen Yi who should leave, not the universally loved Chen Shu.

So he didn't want to leave anymore.

He wanted to stay and see how things Fool's Society Change after he, the atmosphere controller, was gone, and how much information would circulate.

And he had a feeling that there might be more than just these people in the venue.

He shared the same thought as Cheng Shi, also believing that there was something wrong with the venue!

Actually, it wasn't just the two of them. Hu Wei's haste to leave when he saw "Zhen Yi" counting down might have been because he didn't want to stay here and cause new trouble.

So everyone probably thought of the same thing, but what they didn't expect was that "Zhen Yi" would actually make the first move!

Returning to Chen Shu, just as he opened the door and was about to step out, he used his talent of "Silence" to "silence" the gazes of the audience, making himself disappear from everyone's sight.

He then quietly closed the door and slipped into the nearby rubble ruins, silently becoming an intelligence gatherer.

The player with the [Silence] skill is the best at this, not to mention that he is the one who has gone the furthest on the path of [Silence].

In that instant, Chen Shu faked his departure, turning from the light to the shadows. He transformed from the loudest "cicada" who had already left the Stage of this Fool's Society into a silent "oriole" who returned to the stage!

When he overheard Qin Xin's conversation with the Blind Man, he realized that the secrets hidden beneath the Fool's Society were far greater than he had imagined!

He "accidentally" learned that Qin Xin actually controlled an organization that protected the good things in life, "accidentally" learned that his brother-in-law was indeed his brother-in-law, "accidentally" learned that his brother-in-law seemed to be very powerful, and this was the best confirmation of the news of the fall of [Prosperity].

Not only that, he also sensed that after Qin Xin and the Blind Man left, there seemed to be something else still inside the arena!

After all, he understands silence best, and right now, it seems there isn't enough silence!

So he didn't rush to leave, but waited patiently for a while longer. But unexpectedly, he encountered another acquaintance.

Another mantis, just like him, quietly appeared in the venue under Chen Shu Shukai's observation.

Old Man!

The Chosen of God by time, Old Man!

This "friend," whom I had almost led down the path of "silence," was now muttering his "acceptance speech," unaware that I, hiding under the rubble, had already turned on the recorder and recorded all of his somewhat childish remarks.

Chen Shu was overjoyed. He was confident that he could help Old Man go further on the path of "silence" when they met again. But just when he was happiest, an accident happened.

An inexplicable force suddenly ripped away his [silence] concealment, abruptly exposing his aura to the other party's perception.

It's important to know that Old Man is a Chosen of God and an Assassin is most adept at sensing his surroundings. Therefore, he immediately noticed that there were other people in the scene and instinctively entered combat mode.

What he didn't expect was that this "hidden bird companion" who was even more well hidden than himself was actually Chen Shu!

That Chen Shu that always silences people!

In that instant, Old Man's face looked like he was constipated.

When he heard Chen Shu say "Give me a hand," he decisively chose to leave the scene, because fighting was meaningless in front of Chen Shu.

It's like feeling frustrated after being deceived by Zhen Yi; fighting with Chen Shu will only make you angrier.

After all, once you've been scammed, you can at least comfort yourself by saying that the scammers' tricks were too sophisticated and that you weren't careful enough. But what about the above Chen Shu?

You can't blame yourself for not being as intimate as the other person, can you?

What hurts people is never the fist of the Chen Shu, but the tongue of the Chen Shu!

He's so good at talking; the cloth he weaves with words is so dense it's almost suffocating!

Therefore, this Chosen of God of "Time" decisively chose a tactical retreat.

After he left, Chen Shu's expression became unusually serious.

He knew that the moment had finally come to confront the true behind-the-scenes story of this gathering of Fool's Society.

But no matter how he "called out" to the real person behind the scenes in the venue, the entire venue An Jing, and there was no response other than the Chen Shu his own statement.

Silence and noise intertwined at this moment.

Chen Shu shouted until his voice was hoarse, but still no one paid any attention to him.

He felt that the other party probably didn't want to see him anymore, so he shook his Chen Shu and sighed, feeling very bored, and finally chose to leave helplessly.

This time, he's really gone.

Even without a response, he could guess who the person behind the scenes might be based on his observations and the conversations he had overheard.

He wanted an answer, not a real response, so he withdrew from the Chen Shu, having already stated that he knew the answer.

Shortly after he left, Change occurred again in this mediocre meeting room.

Dramatic Change.

The gold and silver had faded, the jade had become dull, and the chairs had decayed.

The once magnificent atmosphere of the venue gradually began to distort after all the attendees had truly disappeared.

It was as if an invisible hand had pulled a highly saturated filter out of this space, and soon the entire venue became deserted.

The glamour has faded, the splendor is hard to maintain, and beneath the gold and jade, there always seems to be nothing but rotten dross.

Looking back at the venue, all that remained, besides the collapsed Stage and passageways, were weathered and rotten seats, overgrown steps, and the mottled and faded Stage dome.

At that very moment, a crimson Curtain suddenly descended from the rusty dome above the ruins of the Stage.

As soon as the dazzling blood-red Curtain fell, it transformed into a rolling wave of fabric that spread in all directions, soon enveloping the entire venue.

Then...

With a "whoosh," the entire venue vanished into Void.

Meanwhile, on a Stage in reality, a man in a tuxedo carries a decayed, mottled glass ball to the edge of the Stage and carefully places it on a shelf filled with glass balls.

He wiped the dust off the glass ball with a delicate silk scarf, recalling the wonderful performances on Stage, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

"Look, the performances of mediocre people are always so wonderful."

He placed the glass ball correctly, then slowly retreated to the center of the Stage, bowed to the empty audience seats, and softly recited:

"The performance has ended, the show is over."

As soon as he finished speaking, the red Curtain on the Stage fell, covering him completely behind Curtain.

But then a golden card clicked out from behind the Curtain and landed perfectly in the center of the Stage.

The spotlight dimmed, but before the light completely disappeared, the details on the card could still be seen in the faint light.

The card had the words "Fool's Society" written in small characters in the center, and the card's number happened to be...

No. 11.