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

Originally, Ian believed that the so-called certain death danger must have originated from the Ironclad Shark's lair encountering some kind of labyrinthine situation, causing significant environmental changes—without mentioning anything else, just the localized heating near the nest would surely deal a heavy blow to the sharks that were sleeping and attempting to grow and transform. It wouldn't be strange for them to die.


After all, the entire ecosystem of the Southern Sea Labyrinth very likely revolved around abnormal mutations and high-energy catalysis caused by nuclear radiation leakage from the orbital accelerator… Given that, it wouldn't be odd for it to occasionally release heat either, especially with the recent situation of potential major changes in the ruins, it all seemed quite reasonable.


However, the reason for the Ironclad Sharks encountering danger turned out to be very simple.


Chapter 177 Pirate Armor (3/3)