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

"No worries, it's just simple synthesized sugar. It needs to be catalyzed to become a hallucinogenic anesthetic, but we are just stirring it with water, so it's purely nutritional."


Ian himself had a Pure Rock Body and was naturally immune to common parasites and toxins, but he also had a Silver Chip. He certainly knew the sugared water they were drinking was safe.


However, he did feel a bit sentimental, "The Giant Gold Mushroom actually doesn't kill the host through symbiosis—it makes the host's carapace harden and increases its strength. The host gains more power, and the Giant Gold Mushroom can disperse its spores further. Overall, it's a win-win situation for both parties."


"But as the symbiosis progresses over time and the fungus spreads within the body, the host inevitably becomes a half-fungus organism that dislikes moving. Eventually, it simply buries itself, seeing itself as a huge Giant Gold Mushroom."


Chapter 246: Indescribable Inheritance (2/3)