Gloomy Sky Hidden God

The first star that passed away extinguished two thousand years ago.
Four hundred years later, the mysterious Calamity of Heavenly Fall destroyed the civilization of the previous era, returning thriving cultures to ignorance.
Since then, stars gradually vanished, the Firmament grew dark and dim, and a new civilization rose from the starless wilderness, flourishing once more.
Yet, what accompanied this were war, death, destruction, and hatred.
The flames once aimed at the Firmament were used to slaughter the people of enemy nations, and the raining clouds once engineered to alter deserts were turned into floods that engulfed the land.
Humans once again began to kill each other for wealth and power... but no one looked up at the sky.
They lost the Guidance of the stars Above the Sky, forgetting the awe of gazing upon the Milky Way.
They were all prisoners.
One thousand six hundred years after the Calamity of Heavenly Fall, a young child awakened memories of his past life.
He wanted to break the Cage, to throw off the shackles.
He wanted to become a star.
To return to Above the Sky.
"I don't care about how the people of this world live, whether they're well-fed or not, whether they can dress warmly or live comfortably, whether they have dreams or hopes. I don't care about their loves and hates."
"I just want to go Above the Sky."
——Ian.

Above The Sky

Slowing down, Ian arrived at a shallow bank exposed after the tide receded. His gaze swept over the breathing holes in the sand and directly spotted a bamboo clam lurking beneath, a type of shellfish that resembled bamboo stalks.


This shellfish, rich in nutrition and delicious in taste, dwells in the soft beaches near the sea. It digs burrows and escapes immediately at the sign of any disturbance, which is why, even though it's very tasty, it's hard to catch unless one is an expert.


Although sprinkling table salt into the holes can lure the bamboo clams out, in this era on Terra, high-purity table salt is far more expensive than the readily available seafood.


The bamboo clam that Ian had set his sights on gave off a dense white mist. Among the ordinary food ingredients that weren't Sublimation materials, it was considered top-tier, measuring over thirty centimeters long and very plump.


Chapter 52 Assassination