Chapter 730: My Heaven
I don’t want to ride my bike and run. I don’t want to shout or yell either.
I want to go on a long journey. I want to find that “huge idea,” I want to find that “overwhelming scent,” I want to find Brother Gu Yu.
I have to find a way to save “Jade City,” but I don’t have much time. I counted: now there are only twenty-two people left in Jade City including me. If I don’t do something quickly, Sister Siwei and Brother Gu Yu will never have a home to come back to.
So in the next cycle, I shook off those subjects who kept chasing me to ask about “ascension,” and found the equipment I had hidden in advance.
I put on my crown, tucked in my sword, adjusted my cloak, mounted my steed, and set off for the place called “Dao City.”
Sister, I will take this cloak with me. I will take my broken heart and the swallow’s corpse, and find our heaven.
I also promise you I will act like a real eight-year-old. I will call all men “Brother” or “Uncle,” and all women “Sister” or “Auntie.”
There is nothing else I want to do. I just want to become a true “hero.”
This time, I will embark on this journey alone. I won’t trust anyone again, and I won’t join any organization, just to find a path that can save us.
…
“Dao City” is indeed a very strange place.
The number of living people here far exceeds my imagination. The smells on them are varied and fascinating.
In just a few hours since I arrived, my nose has started to itch.
But… are all the people here so enthusiastic?
That big guy behind me has been following me for a long time. Although the smell on him isn’t unpleasant, I really don’t want to join any organization. Why does he have to push me?
“Fuck!” the big guy said while running. “Kid, you’ve had enough, right? You have a bike to ride, but I don’t. Just give me a straight answer—are you in or not?”
I squeezed the brakes on my bike, stopped, and turned back to look at him.
“Uncle, are you a… are you a ‘Resonator’?”
“Fuck… yeah, I am.” The big guy bent over, breathing heavily. “What, you too?”
“How long have you preserved your memory? Do you know what happened twelve years ago?” I asked again.
“Twelve years ago…?”
The big guy straightened up and scratched his head. The muscles on his arms bunched up, making him look much stronger than Zhou Zhenglong.
“Yes,” I nodded. “It seems something big happened here twelve years ago… do you know?”
“Fuck… your ‘Resonance’ lasts way too long…” He paused. “I don’t know, though… how about I take you back to ask our leader? He really likes recruiting ‘Resonators.’ Even though his memory isn’t long, he should have left some notes or something…”
“That won’t be necessary,” I replied. “I don’t want to join an organization. Sorry, Uncle.”
“You’re a stubborn kid…” He sighed helplessly. “Even though you have memories, you’re still a child. Wandering around this place recklessly is a bit dangerous no matter how you look at it.”
“It’s fine, I’m not afraid,” I said. “Thank you.”
I’ve had enough of places where people gather together, and I’ve had enough of things like “leaders.” Even without their help, I can find that person’s scent with my own nose.
I smelled it once, and there’s no way I could ever forget it.
If I can really find him, I will follow him wherever he goes, until he tells me why he called me.
I don’t need anyone’s help. I can do it myself.
I got back on my bike and was about to head deeper into the city.
“Ah, fuck… recruiting for ‘Heaven’s Gate’ is getting harder and harder…”
The big guy’s voice rang out behind me again, but at that moment I squeezed the brakes once more.
I turned my head slowly and asked softly, “Uncle, what did you say your organization was called?”
“Heaven’s Gate,” he said. “What? You’ve heard of it?”
“Heaven…” I pinched the cloak behind me.
The moment I arrived in Dao City, this man was chasing after me asking me to join their organization… Could he be an “angel”?
He came looking for the prince with a broken heart and the swallow’s corpse, to take them all into heaven.
“Uncle, what’s your name?” I asked.
“Zhang Shan,” he said. “Do you know me?”
I frowned slightly. “Zhang San…?”
Before she died, my sister told me: “Maybe any ordinary person around us—a Zhang San, a Li Si—or someone very inconspicuous is the angel.”
Was that what she meant? It seems there is a fate guided by the unseen… Is this man precisely the angel?
“What Zhang San…?” He also frowned. “Shan! As in mountain!”
“I’ll go with you, Uncle,” I looked at him and said seriously. “Take me to ‘Heaven.’”
Either way, at least this man’s scent isn’t bad. There’s no loss in going to have a look.
“Go to ‘Heaven’…” Zhang Shan shook his head helplessly. “You make it sound like I’m taking you to die. We’re called ‘Heaven’s Gate’!”
After saying that, he paused and added, “But Chu Tianqiu once said… it used to have a two-character name. What was it…”
I turned my bike around and rode up beside him. “Let’s go, Uncle.”
“Alright, finally got you to stay, kid.”
He reached out to pat my head. I instinctively wanted to dodge, but after a moment’s thought, I held back.
“Strange kid. Follow me closely.”
I nodded and slowly pedaled my bike to follow him.
Will joining “Heaven” help me find that special smell faster?
If the owner of that smell is really many times more powerful than me, I would even take off my crown and kneel on one knee before him, just begging him to revive Jade City and bring my Sister Siwei back to me.
Maybe I’ll have to keep acting like a little child, but that’s okay. I will protect everyone.
I am Zheng Yingxiong from Jade City.
I will carry this heavy scent on me and start lying.