636 Inside and Outside Show (1/2)

Zheng Shiliu was a man, a twenty-four-twenty-five years old man with elegant appearance.

Even the most demanding person would admit that Zheng Shiliu was at least a man well worth a second look. Among the average looking stand-up comedians in his batch, his appearance stood out.

However, among the thirty thousand performers, handsome ones were not few, more than one people were better looking than Zheng Shiliu. Nevertheless, Zheng Shiliu was undoubtedly the most popular star in the City of Immortals in the past month. The story about him had been serialized for thirteenth times, with ratings and popularity continuing to rise with each episode. The shops in the 3B Area even started selling merchandise with his theme.

The basis of this popularity was the lingering and touching love story of Zheng Shiliu and his sweetheart.

The main line of the story was roughly like this: Zheng Siliu was a poor man from the bottom of society. By chance, he got a ticket for a giant luxury ship that could travel across the ocean. On that huge ship, by chance coincidence, he was lucky to meet A Luo, a young woman who 'dared to love and dared to hate' from a rich and influential family, and henceforth opened a path of an unusual love...

In the previous thirteen episodes, the audiences had been fascinated by how the two young people defied the power and not afraid of the strong etiquette of love, but they also afraid when they watched the luxury ship accidentally collided with a giant sea beast. The ship's hull broke and gradually sank, putting the two young lovers' lives in danger… Finally, the show seemed to be near the end. Zheng Shiliu and A Luo were also facing the test of separation.

At this point, countless people in the City of Immortals were worried about this couple. People could not restrain their curiosity at all: What would actually happen to Zheng Shiliu and A Luo?

As far as reason was concerned, Zheng Shiliu was, of course, alive—otherwise, how else could he perform on the stage? However, in the previous dozen performances, Zheng Shiliu's face was always still like a corpse, and he showed no emotion when reciting his lines. Many people began to doubt whether he was truly still alive.

Moreover, even if he was still alive, what about A Luo whose every frown and every smile had a hundred charm? Did she die in the disaster, which then killed Zheng Shiliu's heart?

All of these would be revealed in this episode.

Therefore, although Shu Si was well aware that this idleness would probably affect his Eight Desolation Six Directions Soup, he still could not help it.

”In any case, the dead face is not the only one who has the Eight Desolation Six Directions Soup. But if I miss this show, I'm afraid there would be no replay in the future.”

Thinking to this, Shu Si became more confident with his decision. Lying down under the tree, he seemed very satisfied.

A moment later, Zheng Shiliu's group of stand-up comedians finally came. More than ninety percent of the space on the signboard was occupied by Zheng Shiliu's story.

In the last episode, the screen showed a bright moon and stars-filled sky, as well as the ice cold sea.

The hull of the ship had almost sunk, and the passengers on the ship were mostly buried at the bottom of the sea. The giant ship had hit a sleeping deep sea beast. When the beast was awakened, it killed all the cultivators on the ship. Only ordinary mortals survived because it didn't put them in its eyes. However, as the ship sank, the lives of these ordinary mortals gradually came to an end.

As for the protagonists of the story, Zheng Shiliu and A Luo, at this time, were quietly waiting for their fate on the sea.

When the giant ship sank, Zheng Shiliu found a piece of plank, but the area was limited, it could only accommodate one person. Right now, A Luo was lying on that plank, weeping, while Zheng Shiliu was almost submerged in the cold sea. He was trying to say his last words to A Luo.

Because of the cold, Zheng Shiliu's words were trembling. Yet, he kept on talking. Talking about the past, talking about the present, talking about the future, even about stand-up comedy.

”A Luo, I-I hope at this last moment of my life, I could see your smile, so that when I fall asleep at the bottom of the sea, I could dream of you smiling.”

”I don't want you to sleep, I just want you to live!”

”No, it is you who should live. Promise me, live for me, live healthily and happily forever…”

——

Outside the stage, many audiences began to cry for Zheng Shiliu's words.

Even the little mouse Shu Si who had always been scolded as heartless, could not help but wipe his eyes from the tears. ”Motherf*cker, how could there be sands in this City of Immortals.”

However, as he wiped away his tears, he suddenly saw a flash of bright light on the signboard, covering everything up. The deep night sky, the cold sea… gradually turned into nothingness under that bright light.

Shu Si was stunned and directly stood up. ”W-What is happening here? Could it be that there was an immortal who came at the last second and saved everyone? That's why Zheng Shiliu, who should've died could perform stand-up comedy here?”

However, the next moment, a cold voice came, which broke everyone's guess.

”The boring show ends here.”

As the bright light gradually faded, hundreds of the group stand-up comedy performers disappeared from the stage, leaving only a figure in black.

A long silence ensued.

Under the extreme shock, many people didn't know how to react at first, but soon, the scolding sound of the people blotted out the sky of the City of Immortals.

”F*ck you, who do you think you are!”

”It's the climax of the story, damn it!”

”Kill this son of a b*tch!”