Chapter 0 (1/2)
”It is the best time, it is the worst; it is the age of wisdom, it is the age of folly; it is the time of faith, it is the time of doubt; it is the season of light, it is the season of darkness; it is the spring of hope, it is the winter of disappointment; there are all kinds of things before people, they have nothing before them; they are going to heaven, they are going to hell.”
— — ”Two Cities”
202, Hainan Sanya.
”Dad, dad, what did I find?”
The youngster wearing a straw hat excitedly raised the conch in his hand, as if it was an incredible treasure.
An excited light flickered on her immature face.
The bright-black eyes under the brim of the hat were free of impurities, as if the brightest stars were shining on the world.
A large hand landed on the straw hat. The reason why the light was reflecting the light was so hard to see, leaving behind only a tall figure.
A hearty laughter rang out, ”Good child, you've picked up such a treasure. Hurry up and bring it over to mother.”
”En!”
The youth nodded his head vigorously, then ran towards the beach with a smile on his face and a parasol.
The laughter echoed on the sands of Sanya, simple and happy.
Suddenly, the wind began to blow.
Without warning, a strong wind blew from the distant sky, blowing away the boy's straw hat.
”Ah, my hat!” The boy looked up and flew into the sky with his hat on.
The originally clear blue sky had been occupied by the continuously swirling gray clouds for some reason.
The wind swept through the Cloud Dragon, and the sky and earth changed color. It was as if a storm was about to arrive.
The young man's father, a tall and middle-aged man, hurriedly ran over and held the child's hand. At the same time, he shouted in the direction of the umbrella, ”Dear, let's quickly return to the hotel. It's going to rain …”
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the anxious voice of the young man, ”Dad, hurry up! What is that?”
The middle-aged man raised his head. In his line of sight, there seemed to be something passing by the gray clouds in the sky.
The red mark grew brighter and brighter, as if blood was seeping out of the grey cloud. It made one's heart extremely uneasy.
Just as the middle-aged man wanted to comfort his child, a red light flashed in the sky and a huge fireball came crashing down from the gray clouds.
The clouds tumbled and a huge hole was burned by the fireball.
As a result, the people on the beach could clearly see that behind the Cloud Cave, fireballs continuously flashed across the azure blue sky.
”Is that a shooting star?”
”Dad?”
The youth's face was filled with doubt.
It was not that he had never had a meteor before, but he had never seen such a huge fireball burning within him.
The middle-aged man had already forgotten how to answer the child's question. His eyes followed the fireball that flew out of the clouds, all the way until it fell into the distant sea.