Chapter 215

Chapter 215

"Could it be that they both saw that sky from earlier too..."

"How exactly does this parallel dimension trigger??"

Yi Tiantian was utterly perplexed. Why did these strange things always happen around him? And it seemed like every time the parallel dimension triggered, it occurred in his vicinity.

"Could the alternate reality be connected to the rumor system too?"

After a moment of contemplation, Yi Tiantian decided to remain calm and see what Yang Yang would say.

But to his surprise, Yang Yang was unusually excited, his eyes sparkling with excitement behind his glasses. Normally so quiet, Yang Yang's cheeks flushed red, as if he had just seen something thrilling.

Both Yueyue and Yi Tiantian were startled by Yang Yang's strange reaction. Especially Yueyue, who was sitting in the passenger seat. She gripped the edge of her seat, worried that Yang Yang might suddenly lose control and endanger them all.

However, the crazy episode she feared didn’t happen. Yang Yang quickly regained his composure, seemingly aware that he was still driving, and reined in his excitement.

But both Yueyue and Yi Tiantian had already noticed Yang Yang's expression.

Soon, they arrived at the seaside café. Yang Yang, suppressing his excitement, parked the car and led Yi Tiantian toward the entrance. Yueyue, who had been excited earlier, now felt her joy dissipate completely due to Yang Yang's earlier behavior.

With Yang Yang leading the way, still buzzing with excitement, Yueyue and Yi Tiantian, now feeling a bit uneasy, followed him into the seaside café.

The café, located by the sea, offered stunning views of the ocean and sky. Its remote location made it a peaceful retreat.

Yang Yang had chosen this quiet, secluded spot in Quanzhou for a reason. A birthday surprise in a busy commercial street would have attracted too much attention from fans.

Pushing open the café's glass door, Yang Yang gestured for Yi Tiantian to enter first.

Without hesitation, Yi Tiantian stepped inside. But as he crossed the threshold, his heart raced, and those strange images flashed before his eyes again.

This time, the vision didn’t last long. By the time Yi Tiantian snapped back to reality, he found himself facing a crowd of people.

"Surprise!!"

Everyone raised their confetti tubes, spraying colorful streamers into the air. In the center were three people Yi Tiantian knew well: Fei Cheng, Xie Yi, and Gang Fengxing.

Still reeling from the eerie, blood-red vision he had just seen, Yi Tiantian felt a wave of dizziness when he suddenly found himself surrounded by people. To keep up appearances, he forced a smile, though it felt stiff and unnatural.

"Tiantian, happy birthday."

Fei Cheng spoke first, his eyes filled with gentle affection as he looked at Yi Tiantian.

Feeling a bit shy with so many people watching, Xie Yi turned his head slightly and mumbled, "Happy birthday."

Unlike Xie Yi, Gang Fengxing thrived in crowds. The more people around, the more enthusiastic he became, eager to show how much he cared for Tiantian Ge.

"Tiantian Ge!! Happy birthday!!"

Finally regaining his composure, Yi Tiantian smiled back at them, his expression becoming much more genuine.

Before Yi Tiantian could respond, the three men wheeled in a cream cake topped with a '24 years old' candle. The café owner dimmed the lights, and Fei Cheng, standing at the center, held the cake. The flickering candlelight reflected in his eyes, casting Yi Tiantian's image in its glow.

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you..."

Gang Fengxing led everyone in clapping and singing the birthday song.

Xie Yi quietly went around behind Yi Tiantian and placed a party hat on his head, which he had prepared earlier.

"Tiantian, come and blow out the candles!"

The three men stood opposite him, looking excitedly at Yi Tiantian, while Fei Cheng held the cake in front of him, two candles burning brightly.

Since coming to this world, Yi Tiantian had made many friends. Although the emotional connections of the people before him were somewhat confusing, each of them treated him with genuine sincerity.

Yi Tiantian could sense all of this.

So, even after experiencing the parallel universe event, he still felt incredibly happy seeing them celebrating his birthday. He closed his eyes, pressed his hands together in front of his chest, and silently made a wish in his heart.

"I hope for world peace."

Yi Tiantian thought to himself.

Everyone was moved by Yi Tiantian's generosity. None of them expected that in front of three handsome men, instead of thinking about romance, Yi Tiantian was wishing for the happiness of all mankind!

How noble of him!

After making his wish, Yi Tiantian opened his eyes and prepared to blow out the candles.

But the moment he did, he suddenly saw that the café, which had been decorated for his birthday, had turned into a pile of ruins. Outside the window, the once calm sea was now surging with waves as high as two or three meters, making the air feel heavy and oppressive.

But that wasn’t the most eerie part. What truly horrified Yi Tiantian was seeing a group of people in black robes kneeling by the sea. Their exposed arms all bore a tattoo of a striking snake, and some had already fainted from maintaining their kneeling position for too long, while others foamed at the mouth, looking as if they were about to die.

Yet, even in their weakened state, they remained kneeling.

Yi Tiantian turned his head to get a better look, but it felt as though someone had suddenly grabbed his arm. He whipped around, and standing before him was a man with a blurred face, his arm also bearing the snake tattoo, staring at him with eyes as big as light bulbs.

"Yi Tiantian? Why are you still standing there? The ceremony is about to begin!"

Ceremony?

Yi Tiantian frowned. From the moment he saw the snake mark, he knew he had been thrown into another timeline. And from what this man said, there seemed to be another "Yi Tiantian" in this timeline, and he was about to participate in some kind of ceremony.

But he didn’t have enough information yet to fully figure out the situation. It would be good if he could get more details from this man’s mouth.

Just as Yi Tiantian was about to respond, the scene shifted again. He found himself back in his original timeline because Fei Cheng and the others were in front of him again.

They held the cake with the candles now extinguished, but all three looked at him worriedly. Earlier, Yi Tiantian had just stood there, like he was completely out of it, not reacting even when Gang Fengxing waved his hand in front of him.

Seeing Yi Tiantian’s eyes finally move again and his blinking resume, everyone let out a sigh of relief.

Fei Cheng looked at Yi Tiantian with concern, silently asking with his eyes, "Did you see the parallel universe again?"

Yi Tiantian nodded slightly in the dark. He hadn’t just "seen" it; he had interacted with the other timeline.

But Xie Yi and Gang Fengxing had no idea what had happened. They just thought Yi Tiantian’s mental state seemed off today, as he had been spaced out for so long.

"If I had stayed there a little longer, I could have gotten more information about the ceremony. And why were there so many men in black robes kneeling, refusing to stand, even as some of them fainted from exhaustion..."

Yi Tiantian didn’t notice, but in the corner, Yang Yang’s expression changed repeatedly. From initial shock, it turned to surprise, and finally, his eyes took on a look of obsession, with a hint of admiration as he looked at Yi Tiantian.

He knew the moment of truth was drawing near.

"Sorry, I stayed up too late last night, and I’m feeling a bit dizzy today."

Yi Tiantian tried to smooth over his strange behavior from earlier.

"Come on, let’s sit down and enjoy the cake!"

Gang Fengxing quickly urged Yi Tiantian to sit down, while Xie Yi called the waiter to bring up the pre-arranged meal.

Fortunately, Yi Tiantian didn’t encounter anything strange after that, and the other dimension didn’t appear before his eyes again.

The three of them went all out to cheer Yi Tiantian up. Gang Fengxing even got the two assistants to sing love songs, much to the dismay of Xie Yi and Fei Cheng, who watched with speechless looks as he pulled out a bouquet of pink roses from behind.

After the meal, they played for a while longer, and in the afternoon, Yueyue and Yangyang drove the well-fed and thoroughly entertained Yi Tiantian back home. Before leaving, Actor Fei suddenly ran up to Yi Tiantian’s side.

Both Xie Yi and Gang Fengxing, who had just come out of the café, watched Fei Cheng curiously.

"See you tomorrow, Tiantian, I have something important to tell you."

Fei Cheng’s voice was hoarse but filled with gentleness, and his eyes were brimming with doting affection.

At that moment, Yi Tiantian’s heart skipped a beat, sending a thrill through him. He only came to his senses and nodded.

"Okay."

Almost everyone present understood Fei Cheng’s intentions at the same time.

Behind them, Gang Fengxing and Xie Yi exchanged a glance, a warning bell going off in their minds, but they quickly understood the appropriate response.

It’s just tomorrow, they made a mental note!

On the way home, Yi Tiantian felt the cool sea breeze. Although the scenery was peaceful, his mind was racing.

"What could Actor Fei want to tell me? Could he be planning to confess to me…"

No, no, it’s more likely he’s going to talk about the Dusk Society.

Blushing at his own thoughts, Yi Tiantian shook his head and pushed the idea aside.

For once, Yi Tiantian went to bed early. He didn’t know why, but he soon fell asleep.

But everything that happened today wasn’t going to let Yi Tiantian sleep peacefully. As soon as he closed his eyes, he felt a shiver, and the scenery around him changed again.

Once again, the sky was a blood-red hue.

The villa complex had turned into a pile of useless rubble. Many black-robed figures stood on the ruins. Suddenly, an elderly man holding a sheepskin scroll shouted, "This is the voice of the gods!"

Then, the other black-robed figures dropped to their knees as if under a spell.

The old man with the sheepskin scroll then loudly proclaimed, "After reducing the Earth’s population by sixty percent, we have finally received the favor of the gods. Now, all we need to do is sacrifice the Pure Child, and we will witness the arrival of the Dusk Lord!"

There was too much information in those few sentences, and Yi Tiantian memorized it all, his brain working overtime to digest the meaning.

The Dusk Society in this parallel dimension was indeed a real organization. The unusual blood-red sky had confirmed its authenticity.

But from what the old man said, they had sacrificed sixty percent of the world’s population—this was the kind of thing only a cult would do!

And the old man also mentioned a key term, "Pure Child." It seemed that once the Pure Child is sacrificed, the remaining forty percent of humanity will witness the Dusk Lord’s arrival.

As Yi Tiantian’s thoughts raced, the black-robed figures who had been kneeling suddenly spat blood and collapsed to the ground, dead, surrounded by pools of blood.

The old man holding the sheepskin scroll seemed oblivious to everything around him as he clutched the scroll tightly, his expression agitated and his voice rising as he shouted to the sky, "You are also part of the sacrifice!"

The eerie scene left Yi Tiantian frozen in place. The next second, the old man suddenly turned to look at him. His hollow eyes were like an abyss, and on his wrinkled face was a tattoo of a green snake, its flickering tongue exuding an evil aura.

The old man stared at Yi Tiantian and muttered, "You..."

Before Yi Tiantian could make out the words, a chill rose from behind him, and his breathing quickened dramatically.

At that very moment, Yi Tiantian bolted upright.

He gasped heavily, sweat dripping down his forehead. Looking around, he found himself in his room, everything normal, still the cozy little villa.

"Was that just a dream or something that happened in another dimension?"

Yi Tiantian sat up, feeling a wave of dizziness. He held his forehead for a moment to recover, but then he heard a creaking sound from the direction of the bedroom door.

Someone was at the door!

A cold sweat broke out on Yi Tiantian's spine. Only he and his two assistants had keys to the villa, and it was the middle of the night. The assistants wouldn't come over, which meant someone had likely broken in.

His throat tightened, and he swallowed hard, trying to make as little sound as possible as he got out of bed. The only thing in the room that could be used for defense was the desk lamp. Yi Tiantian grabbed it and cautiously moved toward the door.

His nerves were on edge, and he began to wonder if he was hallucinating again. But there was no sign of the green snake symbol, and the villa hadn't turned into ruins, so he was likely still in the current dimension.

Gritting his teeth, Yi Tiantian tightened his grip on the lamp and swung his arms out as he looked behind the suddenly opened door.

But the doorway was empty, and his swing landed in thin air.

"Did I leave the door ajar when I went to sleep?"

Yi Tiantian walked out into the corridor and looked around. Everything was calm, with gentle moonlight spilling through the window, casting a soft glow on the floor and his pajamas, as if everything was perfectly normal.

"Maybe I really just didn't close the door properly."

"I'll check around."

In a hurry, Yi Tiantian turned on all the lights and thoroughly searched every corner of the villa. In the quiet of the night, his villa was brightly lit.

After checking all the rooms with the knife, he found nothing.

This reassured Yi Tiantian, and he put the knife back in the kitchen before heading back upstairs to his room.

Everything was normal, just as it had been before.

"I guess I really was overthinking. This recent parallel dimension stuff is really getting to me."

"Everything's fine. Better get some sleep."

With that thought, Yi Tiantian got back into bed, preparing to fall back asleep.

But as soon as he closed his eyes, thoughts of the Dusk Society and the blood-red sky from the parallel dimension flooded his mind.

Restless and unable to sleep, Yi Tiantian sighed and reached for his phone to scroll through it.

But the moment he opened his eyes, a chill shot through him.

He was startled by a blurry black shadow that suddenly appeared before him!

"Ah!! What the—!"

Yi Tiantian was startled and cried out in surprise.

The shadow above him resolved into a human face. He was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, and his eyes had a disturbing, twisted look. The corner of this person's mouth was slightly raised, with a smile so terrifying that it sent chills down one's spine.

Most importantly, Yi Tiantian recognized the person before his eyes!

It was Yang Yang!

But this wasn't the Yang Yang he knew. His appearance and demeanor were completely off, like he'd turned into someone else.

But at least it was someone he knew, not a burglar, so Yi Tiantian let out a breath of relief.

"Yang Yang, what are you doing here in the middle of the night? You really scared me!"

However, to his surprise, the familiar face of Yang Yang couldn't hide the maniacal smile spreading across his lips. In a voice so distorted that Yi Tiantian had never heard before, he spoke.

"I am not Yang Yang. I am the president of the Dusk Society, Cheng Yuwen."