Chapter 148: Blemish Of Time (Part 2) I (2/2)

It was getting crazy difficult to avoid this topic so I repeated those usual words: ”I still have things to settle outside.”

”Get someone to do it for you. Just offer him immortality and I'm sure he'll do anything for you. Come in, quick,” Dahai insisted, grabbing hold of my protective gears.

”Won't you worry about having a stranger manage things outside?” I questioned.

”Just find someone reliable! You're almost 50, no? You're gonna regret this when you're past your prime. Plus, you're not giving me a sense of security by delaying your entrance.”

”What are you afraid of? Me running away?” I laughed.

”No, it's not that. I just feel that our business is big enough now. Join me and we can enjoy life, won't that be great? The money will continue coming in even if you join me now.”

I was convinced that Dahai was worried about me abandoning him. Becoming like him was the only way to let his guard down.

”Alright, alright. I'll join you next month and I will be living in unit 1, just beside yours,” I responded perfunctorily.

Dahai nodded smilingly.

I had my reasons for not wanting to go in. When I first heard Grandfather talking about the marvel that is Blemish of Time, it was curiosity that drove me toward the quest for the secret behind immortality.

After knowing that the key was a gra.s.s that produced such severe side effects, my interest in it vanished completely.

I had planned to delay my entrance for as long as I could. I wanted it to be my last resort if I ever get diagnosed with cancer or organ failure.

I slept in the kiosk at night and worked as the shop owner in the day.

The kiosk was in the village and the entrance to Blemish of Time was outside of the village.

One day, in the kiosk, an alarm threw me out of my slumber.

I opened my eyes to see a lit red light right at the bottom of the panel.

Other lights covered small issues like electrical power imbalance and so on, but the bottommost light symbolized the inductor at the entrance of Blemish of Time.

Something had gone wrong.

I took out a hunting gun from a drawer.

I fished out my satellite phone and gave Dahai a call.

He did not pick up.

With my gun, I ran out of the kiosk toward the village exit, hoping that it was just a small matter.

Something similar had happened before when a newly broke man tried to leave Blemish of Time but suffocated immediately upon taking a step out.

When I was near the exit, I started hearing helicopters.

They're  here.

I hid behind the fence and watched as large batches of armed men barge into the entrance of Blemish of Time.

In order to prevent violent fights from occurring within, we had prohibited the possession of firearms inside. The citizens wouldn't able to resist the armed men.

It was then that I noticed that these soldiers weren't wearing any protective gears.

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