Five Frozen Centuries

Chapter 146: Deathly City

Wei Huo frowned. Do I know my parents? Of course... No, I don’t.

Wei Huo only knew that his parents were researchers. They often had not come home, and the longest they had been gone for was half a year. Wei Huo did not know what they were up to. This was mainly because his parents had told him that he should not know much. However, at times, his parents would bring back some high-tech toys for him. Those toys had built a good foundation for his science subjects.

Wei Huo asked System Number Two, “What do you know?”

A video appeared on the screen of System Number Two. “I’m part of a human spirit community. After humans die, they return to our embrace. Then, we record some people’s rare memories. This is a video memory. Take a closer look!”

Wei Huo looked at the screen. He was seeing through a person’s eyes. As the person walked, the screen kept shaking. Someone who got carsick would probably have felt dizzy.

The owner of this pair of eyes seemed to be a hooligan. There were seven to eight people with tattoos with him. They were all holding machetes and standing around a person.

“According to my calculations, you’re only three months old.”

Soon, Wei Huo saw another person through that person’s eyes. That person looked like an ordinary young man wearing a white coat and glasses.

He looked ordinary, but his face resembled Wei Huo’s.

A few hooligans suddenly charged toward the young man. However, the young man turned around and his eyes shone with red light. The light flashed past and the dust on the ground was swept away. The image of the ground turned black!

Wei Huo frowned. “Is that an imposing field?”

Even through the video, Wei Huo, who was familiar with the imposing field, could tell that this was a real imposing field.

Wei Huo asked, “Was this my father as a young man?”

System Number Two said, “There’s not much information about your father in the database. Take a look at the rest.”

The screen suddenly changed. This time, he saw through the eyes of a soldier. The soldier was standing very steadily, so the image almost did not shake. On one side of the soldier was another soldier. The two of them were standing in front of a steel gate. It was a tunnel with steel walls all around. It looked like a secret base.

The owner of that pair of eyes should be a guard. He and another guard were guarding this place with real guns in their hands.

Right at that moment, footsteps could be heard coming from one side of the tunnel. Seven to eight people were walking over. Two guards immediately bowed toward the other side of the tunnel. The image shook, and Wei Huo saw two familiar people.

They were his father and mother!

However, Father Wei and Mother Wei looked much younger and more serious. Their eyes were cold, and they were not as gentle as they used to be. A group of guards was following them. Only the two of them were wearing casual clothes.

Father Wei and Mother Wei arrived at the steel gate. They entered the password and passed through facial recognition and iris recognition. A red light flashed across Father Wei’s eyes. Finally, the steel gate opened.

Through the guard’s eyes and the open steel gate, Wei Huo saw a gigantic black spacecraft and countless staff that was working on it.

Boom!

Ten seconds later, the steel door closed and the image turned dark.

Wei Huo frowned. “What are my parents doing?”

System Number Two asked, “When was the last time you saw your parents?”

Wei Huo thought about it and replied, “I had a video call with them three days before the time halt. The last time I saw them should have been half a year ago. However, they should have returned home the day of the time halt. I had to go to school, so I was separated from them.”

System Number Two said, “This ship left Earth three months ago. Take a look at this video.”

Soon, a blurry image appeared on the screen. It was similar to what a person would see after applying eye drops. It was a little blurry. Soon, a person appeared in the viewer’s line of sight. The image was unclear because it was a little blurry, but the person did not seem to be over 30 years old.

“You’ve worked hard!” Wei Huo could tell that it was his father’s voice.

An aged voice was heard as the video played. “Captain... Captain, have we embarked on a trip to the starry sky?”

Father Wei said, “We will enter the space gate in three hours. As per your request, we woke you up from the freezing hibernation chamber.”

The aged voice said, “I’ve lived a lifetime... I have no regrets in my life since I was able to see this great stargate!”

At that moment, a seven-colored light circle appeared in the video. The surrounding air was scrunched up, and some colorful fish were swimming in it.

Father Wei said, “We have arrived at the edge of the stargate and are about to enter it... We will follow the footsteps of the ancient sages and witness the greatest miracle. Xiao Han... Xiao Han, what’s wrong?”

The image turned dark. Xiao Han was dead and had returned to the sea of consciousness.

Wei Huo asked, “What did you show me?”

System Number Two said, “I don’t know much about it either. Those who know about this are either still alive or have had their memories washed away by the imposing field. I only know that this is an international project that is top secret.”

“So I was abandoned?” Wei Huo asked softly.

System Number Two said, “Do you still want to follow me? You were just an ordinary person back then. Traveling in the universe often takes centuries or millennia.”

“I understand.” Wei Huo sighed. “It’s good that they left.”

Now that Wei Huo could fly, he was faster than the Black Dragon. He said, “Tell me the location of my house before the time halt.”

System Number Two said, “At this speed, the Black Dragon will reach the northwest after 135 days.”

135 days?

A cool breeze grabbed Wei Huo, who gradually floated up. Moments later, the cool breeze turned into a hurricane. The strong wind pushed Wei Huo into the sky and made him pass through the clouds. A moment later, a pair of flame wings appeared behind Wei Huo. With a flap of the wings, Wei Huo turned into a meteor and flew into the distance.

Perhaps he did not believe in System Number Two, or maybe he thought that his parents should have left something for him. Wei Huo used all his strength to fly. He spent 135 days riding the Black Dragon, but he only spent 31 days flying alone.

As he flew across the sky, the friction between him and the air made a rumbling sound. The rumbling sound reached the ground, causing people to look at him.

Wei Huo finally arrived at his destination 31 nights later. However, what he saw was an empty city.