Charlie saw the people’s shocked and flustered expressions, so he said lightly. “To tell you the truth, I’m not the special envoy from the Qing Eliminating Society. The real special envoy is under my control now, and all the members of the Armed Calvary Guards have already sworn their allegiance to me to fight by my side against the Qing Eliminating Society. So, I came to ask you whether you would like to fight alongside me like them?”The crowd was in an uproar as soon as Charlie said this!No one expected that things would turn out so unexpectedly!However, 3900 was shocked and could not help but say, “Sir, if what you’ve said is true, none of us would be able to survive today. Even if you obtain the real antidote from the real special envoy, we would only be able to live for another week. Even if we wanted to fight alongside you, I’m afraid we would be powerless.”3900’s words made all the dead soldiers who were in shock feel extremely depressed for a moment.Everyone knew that
From the time that 3900 could remember, his father had used practical actions to let him understand that the fate of the dead soldiers was extremely difficult, but each generation was still living strong and producing offspring with the sole purpose of hoping that their own bloodline would finally be able to break the shackles of the Qing Eliminating Society one day in the future and truly gain freedom.There were several difficulties in front of this goal, and the first difficulty that needed to be crossed was the severe poison that occurred regularly in their bodies. There was really no need to talk about this kind of poison. No matter how many dead soldiers and generations had tried, they still had no way to get rid of this strange poison.Although 3900 had never forgotten his father’s earnest teachings, he also knew very well that this was simply something he could not accomplish. He had even pinned his hopes on his son and even his son’s future son. The mentality of all
After all the poison in the dead soldiers’ bodies had been successfully eliminated, Charlie walked down the stone steps and came to the plaza.Thousands of people looked at him and groveled before him thankfully. The leader, 3900, choked up and said, “Sir, I would like to thank you for your great kindness on behalf of all the dead soldiers and their relatives!”The others also knelt on the ground like him and shouted respectfully, “Thank you for your great kindness, Sir!”Charlie looked at the thousands of people kneeling on the ground and said calmly, “Get up. From now on, you will no longer be slaves, and you don’t have to kneel and grovel before anyone.”After saying that, he did not wait for the others to respond. Instead, he said to 3900 who was kneeling respectfully at the front, “Take me to visit the place where you live.”3900 said respectfully, “Understood!” With that said, he stood up and pointed to the back of the plaza as he said, “Sir, the area where the dead sold
Charlie nodded and said seriously, “After all, there are thousands of people here and only a few hundred people on the ground. It would be impossible to transfer everyone to live on the ground. The sudden increase in the number of people at once would also arouse the public’s suspicion and speculation.”Having said that, Charlie changed the subject and continued, “However, the passage between the dead soldiers and the ground will remain unobstructed from today onward. You should coordinate internally to allow some people to go to the ground in multiple time slots every day so that they can feel the real day and night as well as see the real sun, moon, and stars.”3900 was incredibly thrilled when he heard this and quickly said gratefully, “Thank you, Sir! Thank you, Sir! I’m satisfied as long as the children get to see the real world and breath some fresh air!” Charlie said with a smile, “All of you can go out, but you still have to lie low for the time being. So, everyone has to c
“Enjoy the sunrise?!”3900 was stunned and at the same time asked excitedly, “Are you serious, Sir?!”Charlie nodded. “I just said that I will make sure that the dead soldiers can take turns to go to the ground at any time in the future. The first time right now will be reserved for the children who have never seen the sun, moon, and stars before.”3900 was very excited, but he suddenly remembered something and asked Charlie, “Sir, is it still dark outside now?”“Yes.” Charlie said, “It will be dawn in half an hour.”3900 looked at the dense lights on the ceiling and sighed. “It seems that day and night are completely reversed for us compared to how it is outside.”Charlie smiled slightly. “They don’t want you to be able to calculate the date in real life, so they will naturally reverse and distort time and reality for you.”Having said that, Charlie added, “But you don’t have to worry. Day and night here will be consistent with the outside world from today onward. I will get so
Both Noel and 3900 were a little surprised.They did not expect that Charlie would intend to use Ten Thousand Armies to help them solve a simple shopping problem which obviously sounded a little exuberant. However, when they thought of how everyone would truly be able to earn money through daily labor in the future to purchase various things from the outside world for themselves and their families, they could not help but look forward to it.This was especially so for 3900 who did not have as much freedom as Noel did. After all, Noel was already a banner commander in the Armed Calvary Guards. Even though he also did not get paid, he got to live above ground and had better knowledge of the world compared to those who lived underground all year round and were isolated from the world. In order to let his son understand that the earth was round, 3900 had been continuously explaining this fact to his son for years.However, his son had never been out on a mission and had never seen t
Children under the age of three were accompanied by their mothers, whereas those under the age of three came to the ground one after the other, hand in hand with their siblings or friends. There were more than seven hundred children under the age of eighteen on the roof of the copper mine office building breathing in the fresh air they had never breathed before as they stared at the eastern skyline with excitement and anticipation. The moment when there was the first glimpse of light in the sky, all the children were so excited that they did not even dare to blink out of fear that they would miss the first sunrise in their lives.Although these pitiful children had heard their parents talking about the sun since they were young, none of them knew what the sun really looked like.After all, there was not a single photo related to the sun in the dead soldiers’ living quarters. Some children could not believe their parents’ words that after the shining fireball ascended to the sky
At this moment, all the children’s eyes were attracted by the rising golden object!As the arc of the rising sun became wider and wider, the golden light dyed the entire sky along with the entire sea golden.The sky was full of rays of light, and the sea was sparkling!The rising sun distorted the light of the skyline, making it look dreamier. The children as well as the parents who were taking care of the young children were all stunned.Even though the light was becoming more and more blinding, no one wanted to blink.The mothers of those young children as well as those children who were entering adolescence subconsciously held their best buddies tightly. They were all in small groups and had already burst into tears uncontrollably. Even if they were to rack their brains underground for another twenty years, they would still be unable to come up with a reason for the scene in front of them now.Soon, the round ball of golden sun had completely broken out of the sea level, a
As such, intent on keeping up his pretense, Jacob answered the phone, "Looking for me, Matilda?""Uh-huh," Matilda replied, and asked, "You didn't show up at Senior University, and your sub is saying you probably won't be coming for a while? Is that true?""Oh—right, that," Jacob quickly said. "Well, it's true—the gist of it is that the Association is getting busy with a project. As the vice president, I probably shouldn't be staying at Senior University all the time, right?""Heck, Mr. Bay called me last minute, telling me how busy we're going to be and that I was needed. That's why I had to go back, but I will head over to campus again when I have the time."Matilda knew right then that those were all excuses.However, she did not expose Jacob, instead asking, "Well, when are you free? So that I can send you my wedding invitation?""Oh, the invitation?" Jacob quickly chuckled. "You really didn't have to come to me—just pass it to Walker, my sub lecturer. He can pass it to me wh
The next afternoon, there was a sudden change of lecturers for the calligraphy class.Despite being the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, Jacob never showed up, instead getting a substitute instructor to replace him.Matilda had come with the invitation Yolden had written for Jacob, but seeing that Jacob wasn't at the lecture hall, she waited until the class was over to ask the sub, "Excuse me, can I ask why Mr. Wilson wasn't teaching this class?""He's busy at the association," the sub replied. "So, I'm taking over his class."Curious, Matilda pressed, "Then, would you happen to know when he will be coming?""Probably not for a while," the sub replied. "He delegated other classes to me as well, telling me that I could just stick to the PowerPoint slides."Then, he asked, "Do you have business with Mr. Wilson?"Matilda nodded. "Yes, but I can call him myself. Thank you."Leaving the lecture hall, Matilda called Jacob, who was goofing off in his office
On the other end, Matilda was left staring at Jacob's reply in confusion.She had presumed that Jacob would understand when she mentioned inviting his whole family that he should be coming up with an excuse to skip attending her wedding.That was the most ideal solution.As such, she was shocked that instead of playing along, Jacob's reply was short and blunt.[No problem. The four of us will be there!]Perplexed, Matilda was left wondering what Jacob meant. Was he really going to attend her wedding with Elaine?The thought left Matilda frowning as she absolutely didn't want to see Elaine—especially not at her own wedding.Yolden was writing an invitation when he saw the somber look on her face, and he couldn't help asking, "Is there a problem?""Jacob replied," Matilda admitted. "And he's saying that he will bring his whole family.""Really?" Yolden was confused too, as he was hardly as eccentric as Jacob. "But he's afraid of his wife and shouldn't be telling her at all…
Charlie was driving Jacob to Thompson First when the latter received the text from Matilda.Seeing that they were reaching the front gates, Jacob promptly snapped at Charlie, "Charlie, stop the car now!"Charlie did so and asked in curiosity, "What's wrong?""Matilda just texted me," Jacob replied, showing the chat log between him and Matilda.Charlie was just glancing at it nonchalantly when he saw that Matilda's contact name was 'AAA July Florist'."Wait, why is that Aunt Matilda's contact name?" He exclaimed in surprise."I changed it."Jacob explained gingerly while reading through the text Matilda sent. "Her profile picture is an iris, so I changed her contact name to a florist since I'm mostly worried Elaine would peek into my phone.""Anyway, she's asking if I'm attending her wedding with Yolden. They would send us an invitation if I accept, extended to our whole family… what do you think I should say?"Charlie asked in return. "You're planning to skip it, aren't you? T
Then, Matilda suggested, "How about this—I'll ask him before deciding." "I'll pass on inviting the rest of my former classmates too. They're too vain and love comparing, so I'd rather not have anything to do with that. Also, there are our Korean friends who have it together, and they were telling us to invite them if we were going to get married. We have to keep our promise, right?""Yeah—then, it's basically decided. Aside from Charlie, we shall invite our colleagues and Korean friends while we wait for an answer from Jacob."Yolden nodded and said, "Now, I'll talk about the honeymoon—cut me short if you have a different opinion."Matilda nodded, resting her chin on her hands and smiling. "Shoot. I'm all ears."Feeling a little embarrassed by Matilda's glowing stare, Yolden took a sip of his ice water before continuing, "My idea is to head to the States for our honeymoon after the wedding…"He trailed off, staring at Matilda and waiting for a response.However, she was merely
"Oh, Jacob…?"Matilda chuckled awkwardly. "Just today, he offered to buy me dinner, but I said I didn't have the time, and I also told him about our wedding… So, we should invite him since he's aware of it.""Jacob offered to buy you dinner?" Yolden exclaimed in surprise. "Did he say why?""Nope," Matilda shrugged, smiling. "Probably just dinner between old classmates."However, she was actually smart enough to guess Jacob's intention even though Jacob was inviting her somewhere near campus. That was why she had also mentioned she was marrying Yolden while turning down Jacob, all so that he would give up on her.After she had managed to get over their past fling completely, she didn't want to give Jacob false hopes before she walked down the aisle.In the same regard, she didn't want to worry Yolden, and therefore, had deliberately discouraged Jacob.Be that as it may, Yolden was smart too.He knew about Matilda and Jacob's past and that her son, Paul's full name was Paul Jam
Before Charlie had arrived, Jacob was still furious that Matilda would soon marry Yolden.After Charlie came, however, he was instead worried that Matilda would send him a wedding invitation.Meanwhile, Matilda and Yolden were discussing their list of guests.They had different social circles, but most of their friends were Stateside, and they only had some distant relatives in this country.Still, they had colleagues in Aurous Hill. Matilda had classmates too, but she was out of touch with them aside from Jacob, whom she often met.Still, as they discussed who should be invited, Matilda first suggested, "Let's go through everyone. First, our Stateside friends… I don't think we should tell them at all since it's a long journey, and inviting them would seem tactless. What do you think?"Yolden nodded, smiling, "I was just thinking the same thing. We're close with our Stateside friends and always keep in touch, but inviting them to our wedding might be a stretch. We'd just hit a wa
With that being said, once Matilda was thrown in the mix, Elaine would suddenly become an African honey badger, with every bit of black air force energy that was implied.As such, if Jacob had managed to be brave and take that one step back then, Charlie would have tried to help, stopping Elaine from harassing Jacob or Matilda.However, the reality was that Jacob had to bungle the chance when Matilda offered it to him.That was why the best option was for Jacob to understand that he couldn't get together with Matilda now so that he would feel much better.And since he had always been a coward, Charlie's slight intimidation cleared his head considerably.He then sighed, "Well, that's just life—you don't always get what you want, and you should never try to claim what you couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to choose Matilda over thirty years ago, so not being together now only makes sense.""Now, I can only pray that Elaine never finds out… or at least that things don't get out of h
Then, Jacob quickly pressed, "Dear boy, maybe you could stay a few days instead of taking more jobs. At least you could be there to stop my wife if she snaps.""Sure," Charlie chuckled, cheerfully agreeing to it. "Don't worry—Claire's returning in a couple of days too, and you'll be fine with us around. You're cheating in your mind, anyway…"Pausing, he then added a reminder, "But if she's really furious, just bear with her beatings and clawings. Live and let live, as they say."That left Jacob sulking, however. "What the hell! If I knew this would happen, I should have just taken her to court and divorced her openly! That way, I'd definitely make things work with Matilda. Yolden wouldn't even stand a chance!"Charlie had to keep a straight face. "Now, you're not quite right there—don't you know what would happen to your wife if you took this to court?"Jacob snorted coolly. "Elaine would just snap at me, hit me, and make sure I don't get a cent in the divorce. That's no big deal—