Chapter 50 (2/2)

How could a person who was friends with loneliness break down because he felt lonely? Are you kidding?

Wei Huo guessed that the note was left by God. However, after careful considerations, he thought it was impossible. If it was the omnipotent God, he would have known Wei Huo’s character well and would not leave any notes.

Moreover, why would the superior God care about such an unimportant person like him.

It was now without a doubt that Lu Qiqi was the one who left the note behind. She had gained a soul after getting along with Wei Huo for that time period. She became a true human, and as the saying went ‘Men Speak Kindly In The Presence Of Death[2]’. Lu Qiqi left behind her equipment and a white lie on her deathbed for him.

She made a white lie because she did not want Wei Huo to break down upon her death. She hoped that time could heal all pains.

The more Wei Huo thought, the more he felt that was the truth. After all, the game was still flawed even after 300 years. The concept of time was different for God and mankind. Perhaps several hundred years was only a few hours for God. In reality, were all games not produced in several years?

However, Wei Huo hoped that his speculations were wrong. After all, he really wanted the halted time to end and to communicate with humans. All the face-slapping and acting cool were just jokes. His only wish now was to see a moving human.

Just like an old man, even if he was profoundly learned, he had not wanted to act up. The only thing he wanted to do was to meet more people, communicate more, visit his children and descendants, then leave this world without regrets.

Why did human’s mentality grow old with the body? It was because when humans know that their time is running out, they don’t want to do meaningless things. They only want to see and hear the world.

However, Wei Huo’s mentality had not grown old. He knew that he could still do a lot of things because he had a long lifespan.

Yet, he had not wanted to do meaningless things. For example, he wasted so much time and energy to build the shelter, but it ended up that humanity’s time was still halted.

As time went by, the 300th year had passed, and the 301st year had arrived. Time was still halted for humans and Wei Huo finally understood everything.

The 300-year time halt was only a white lie from Lu Qiqi on her deathbed.

He was bustling about for over 60 years for nothing. The shelter could have saved a lot of people but it was meaningless now. It was very depressing to work hard with hopes, but achieve nothing in the end.

Wei Huo could not hold back himself. He smashed his fist on the wall that was protected by the golden light. Not even a single trace was left on the wall. It did not even make a sound. That meant the golden lights were still protecting those who had been halted.

Wei Huo’s eyes were flickering. He was unable to determine whether he should be angry about Lu Qiqi’s lie. Although people made white lies for a good reason, it was a severe blow to the person who was deceived when they learned the truth.

The kind of blow when one had to suffer greater disappointment after gaining hope.

The kind of blow when one gained nothing after working hard.

The kind of blow when one had wasted time thinking he was doing something meaningful.

[1] ‘Wandering Beyond’ is one of the chapters in the Zhuangzi Text. ‘The mushroom that lives only for a morning has no idea of the phases of the moon, the cicada who lives only for a few days does not know the season of springs and falls’ meant to see only a small piece of the big picture.

[2] ‘Men Speak Kindly In The Presence Of Death’ is a Chinese idiom that means men always speak the truth, and their words will always be out of goodwill on their deathbed.