[Winter Day Planet]
No one knew what was said in the secret communication between the mysterious underground City Lord and His Majesty the Emperor that night, nor what kind of secret trade and agreement was reached between the two parties. In short, the final result of this matter was that the turmoil in the Cuneiform District quickly subsided, but the military takeover by the First Legion came to an end.
His Majesty the Emperor even issued a decree directly designating Winter Day Planet as an autonomous region. As a result, control of planet returned to the hands of Ye Shu.
Although Zhou Jiuya was burning with the desire to find Jiang Ci’s whereabouts, he completely disagreed with this outcome. “—I need an explanation!”
In the communication, the Emperor did not show his face; only a clear and refreshing voice came through the communicator. “The Forbidden Abyss is no longer on this planet and we have obtained everything else we need. It is unnecessary to expend a large amount of military and financial resources to occupy and take over a planet.”
Zhou Jiuya knew what he meant by “everything else we need.” For more than two hundred years, Ye Shu had been using the facade of the interstellar black market to protect the Forbidden Abyss. As a result, the underground city of Winter Day Planet was a complete breeding ground for darkness and evil.
There were many secret transactions between imperial nobles and the Winter Day Planet, such as weapons, drugs, human trafficking, and so on, and what Pei Changyun wanted to obtain was evidence of these transactions.
His indifferent tone carried an emperor’s characteristic coldness and murderous intent. “The Empire has gradually entered a period of peace, and it is time to cut off some of the branches and leaves that have been gnawed by worms.”
Of course, Zhou Jiuya knew all this, but this reason was not enough to convince him. “What’s the deal with the Zerg nest on Winter Day Planet?”
This question made the Emperor pause slightly, and he let out a faintly ambiguous chuckle. “Who knows? You should go ask Huo Chao this question.”
“Hiding so many Zerg eggs in the Forbidden Abyss’ wreckage, then secretly bringing them to hatch on this planet, and even concealing it from everyone for three hundred years…”
Three hundred years. Everyone thought that Ye Shu, that stubborn little brat, was simply trapped in the past and couldn’t come out, just guarding Forbidden Abyss. But in reality, what he was hiding was a Zerg nest
—A future Zerg army.
It’s unknown what came to his mind, but Pei Changyun actually laughed. “As expected of him, he even lied to me…”
At this point, the Emperor repeated to himself absentmindedly, “You even lied to me…”
Zhou Jiuya was silent for a moment, understanding the reason for Pei Changyun’s compromise.
Because it was an order from Huo Chao.
For them, just this explanation was enough.
“But the Zerg…”
They are the enemy.
An enemy they’ve only struggled to defeat.
But Huo Chao wouldn’t do something that would threaten all of humanity, so he must have left behind some way to perfectly avoid a second war with the Zergs.
Just as Zhou Jiuya was contemplating, he suddenly heard Pei Changyun speak up,
“—Remember that child on Earth who seemed capable of controlling the Zerg?”
The silver-haired alpha’s pupils widened abruptly.
“You mean…?”
We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.
“Yes, a new Zerg King has been born.”
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“—Ktja’r atf xfs Leb Jtjb ifoa obg er.”
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“I’ll find him as soon as possible.”
The crisp tapping stopped abruptly, and Pei Changyun coldly said,
“What are you looking for? Haven’t you already found him?”
“…”
Noticing Zhou Jiuya’s momentary shock, the Emperor let out a cold, contemptuous laugh,
“Otherwise, who do you think could control the Forbidden Abyss with an A-level core? How could the Zergs that have been hiding on Winter Day Planet for three hundred years suddenly appear?”
However, Pei Changyun’s most certain reason was still—
“Huo Xianfeng…”
The Emperor mused over this name.
“Just those three words ‘Huo Xianfeng’ are already… the most obvious statement.”
Atop a towering white tower, two teenagers gazed together towards the distant sky. It was still early morning, and the sky was pitch black, with only a few sparse stars remaining.
‘Huo Chao, let’s build a country we like together in the future.’
‘Mmm… sounds a bit troublesome, but sure.’
The young Pei Changyun showed a look of surprise at this answer. He turned and asked, ‘Troublesome? Then why did you have to join the army and drag me along?’
‘Because I need a consul.’
Huo Chao lazily replied, ‘After thinking about it, you’re the most suitable candidate.’
The young Pei Changyun was slightly taken aback. He turned and suddenly asked in a soft voice, ‘Huo Chao, what’s your dream?’
‘Dream, huh…’
The black-haired teenager repeated in a daze, as if pondering deeply. Then, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed Pei Changyun down.
Eh?
In an instant, he plummeted down from the towering tower, a strong sense of weightlessness hitting him, and his eyes suddenly widened.
At that moment, the howling wind tore through the air, the shadow of death creeping up. He struggled to open his eyes in the chaotic airflow, only to see Huo Chao leaping from the high tower as well.
‘Feel the wind, Pei Changyun—!’
His white robe suddenly bulged in the wind, resembling a snow kite whistling down!
Whoosh——
At that instant, dawn broke—
The golden-red sunlight fell on the young man’s face, it was the first time Pei Changyun had seen such a radiant and exuberant smile on him; it truly resembled his name—
—Like a warm and ardent morning sun.
At that moment, Huo Chao suddenly opened his arms, as if embracing the whole world, and he was also embracing him.
‘My dream is to become the wind.’
‘Not controlled by anyone, unrestrained—’
Huo Chao didn’t have time to finish the last word because Pei Changyun couldn’t bear it any longer—
‘No more nonsense, find a way to land!!!’
Otherwise, they might really fall to their deaths.
‘Ah ah ah!’
So Huo Chao immediately summoned the Forbidden Abyss in a panic, avoiding the headline news of “Two teenagers jumping off together, suspected double suicide ” the next day.
After landing, Pei Changyun was a bit weak in the legs and a bit angry, so he directly punched him to the ground.
‘You’re such a chuuni, Huo Chao!’
‘—You too!’
Huo Chao grabbed Pei Changyun’s ankle and pulled him down, retorting,
‘What country are you still building? Pei Changyun, why don’t you just become the emperor!’
The two of them rolled around on the grass, exhausted, and finally lay down together, lazily watching the morning sun rise slowly from the east.
“…”
Neither of them spoke at the time, until, after a long silence, Pei Changyun suddenly heard Huo Chao whisper to him,
‘Don’t worry, all our dreams will come true.’
At that moment, no one could have imagined that these casual words would actually come true.
Fate played a huge joke on them.
Many, many years later, Pei Changyun strategized and maneuvered among the major powers, ultimately overthrowing the Alliance and ascending to the throne as Emperor. Meanwhile, Huo Chao, in that doomsday disaster, leaped from the Forbidden Abyss into the tsunami-like swarm of Zergs, being swallowed by the explosion that destroyed the world—
Engulfed by the faraway winds.
‘In the future,’
‘No one will… control our lives anymore.’
“…”
In reality, this memory flashed back in the Emperor’s mind for only a few seconds, but it felt as though he were drowning in the deep sea, about to perish. It took all his strength to break free and return to reality.
Initially, when Pei Changyun first saw the name “Huo Xianfeng” in Zhou Jiuya’s report, he knew—
—That young man is Huo Chao’s secret.
But at this moment, Zhou Jiuya did not understand the implications of this name. Nevertheless, he had similar suspicions, but there were still many doubts.
“Huo Xianfeng’s age and physical characteristics don’t match with the one on Earth.”
“Zhou Jiuya, remember,”
Pei Changyun sneered,
“Never judge the Zergs by human standards, especially—”
“The Zerg King.”
M1zushi: omgggg backstory
anyways, do you remember the prologue’s first paragraph?
On the day Earth greeted its doomsday,
Boundless light engulfed the world, (the nuclear bombs)
Yet in that moment, I witnessed;
Countless lives, heedless of all, rushing towards me— (zergs rushing towards HC)
It pretty much fits how Huo Chao died!
also, in ch8 zhou jiuya compares HXF to an unnamed person who was lost to the faraway winds(长风). this metaphor appears again in this chapter!
you may also recall that HC named the capital as Eternal Cloud Planet. It was a mistake from my part bcs it’s not the same character as 长, so I’ve fixed it to Lasting Cloud Planet
Finally got a glimpse of them… Hopefully there are more… 😗
Thanks for the chapter~~
I love the back story! Thanks for the chapter!!
Oooo I love the backstory!! Thank you for the chapter!!
Thank you for the chapter 😍
Thanks for the chapters
I see Pei Changyun and Huo Chao as a CP now 😳
AGREED!! the whole time I was reading I was like, “….is this? 🏳️🌈👀?” lmaooo
REAL 😭
Y’all the translator confirmed it 🤩
thanks for the chapter!
The backstory of PC and HC is so good. Love how even the side characters are so vividly brought to life!
Thanks for the chapter 💞
You know that feeling of shipping a CP but also devastated bc you know they ultimately don’t have a happy ending? :’)