Free Web NovelChapter 284: Chapter 284: Father and Son
The laws of physics were a joke in this corner of this universe.
Han Soi stood in the middle of a shifting desert where the sand changed from white to gold to deep violet in the blink of an eye. He wasn’t just in a different space; he had fallen into a world where Time itself had forgotten its name.
He looked down at his watch...a high-precision mechanical device that didn’t rely on the Star Net. According to the internal gears, only twenty-four hours had passed since he fell in a spatial rift. Only one day.
But Han Soi’s eyes told a different story.
Perched on his shoulder was a magnificent, slender serpent with iridescent black scales and small, elegant wings. This was his son, Xiao Bai. When they had been thrown into the portal, Xiao Bai was a tiny hatchling, barely a few months old, small enough to fit inside a shirt pocket.
Now, the little serpent was nearly a meter long, his body thick with powerful muscles and his gaze sharp and intelligent. In what felt like a year of constant walking, Xiao Bai had grown from a baby into a beast.
"Fucking hell," Han Soi cursed, his voice raspy from the dry air. "What kind of cursed land is this?"
He had been walking for what felt like hundreds of days. On this planet, there was no true day or night. The sky would flicker, and suddenly, he would feel his hair grow longer or the stubble on his chin thicken. He would step through a shimmering ripple in the air...a localized time portal and find that while he had only taken one step, another month had vanished into the void.
His expression twitched with every form he saw in the distance. Every time a silhouette appeared through the haze, his heart would leap into his throat.
Is it Yue Yue? Please, let it be Yue Yue.
He had hoped that he was the lucky one that she had fallen near him. He hadn’t stopped moving for a single day, driven by the desperate hope that she was just over the next sand dune. But every silhouette turned out to be a rock or a skittering Zerg.
He looked at Xiao Bai, who was quietly gazing at the horizon. Han Soi felt a bittersweet ache in his chest. He was happy his son was growing strong, but he was heartbroken that they were missing the normal milestones of a child’s life. In this place, Xiao Bai was losing his infancy to a glitch in the universe.
The little serpent sensed his father’s distress. He slithered down Han Soi’s arm and nuzzled against his cheek, his wings flapping softly with a rhythmic thrum.
"Father... Father..." The voice resonated directly in Han Soi’s mind. Even though Xiao Bai was still in his beast form, the rapid growth had forced his mental powers to mature. He could communicate with a clarity that far surpassed his chronological age.
"Don’t be sad, Father. We will find Mother. She is safe. I can feel her," the little serpent murmured, his violet eyes glowing with a strange, ancient light.
Han Soi reached up and stroked the serpent’s head, a rare, soft smile breaking through his dark expression. "You’re right. Your mother is powerful. She’s the treasure of our world. No one can harm her easily."
He placed his hand over his heart, feeling the faint, lingering warmth of his connection to Yue Yue. "I can feel her too. She’s out there. We just have to keep moving through this mess."
"Yes! Mother is the best! I will protect you both!" Xiao Bai chirped, circling around Han Soi’s head like a streak of dark lightning.
The moment of peace was shattered by a high-pitched screech.
From the violet dunes, a swarm of Zerg...small, needle-toothed scouts began to pour out like a black tide. There were hundreds of them, their many legs clicking against the hard ground as they sensed the fresh meat in the center of the desert.
Han Soi’s eyes turned cold. He reached for his weapon, his "Villain Mode" bubbling just beneath the surface. He was tired, he was frustrated, and these bugs were the perfect target for his rage.
But before he could strike, Xiao Bai let out a piercing hiss.
The little serpent’s scales began to crackle with a violent energy. His eyes turned from violet to a deep, terrifying purple.
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A massive bolt of Purple Thunder...the most guarded and powerful technique of the Winged Serpent Clan descended from the swirling green clouds. It didn’t just hit one Zerg; it branched out like a web of divine judgment.
The air was instantly filled with the smell of rot and the sickening stench of burning chitin. In a single second, the entire swarm was turned into charred, smoking husks. The purple lightning sizzled on the sand, melting the grains into black glass.
Han Soi stood frozen, his hand still halfway to his artifact. He looked at his son in absolute awe.
"Purple Thunder..." he whispered. "You’ve awakened the clan’s highest ability already?"
He didn’t know whether to call his son a one-year-old child or a few-month-old baby. The talent was monstrous. Even in the history of the Winged Serpent Clan, no one had mastered the Purple Thunder before the age of ten.
Xiao Bai, however, didn’t look proud. The little serpent immediately scrunched up his face, his tongue flickering out in disgust at the rotting, burnt smell of the fried Zerg.
"Ugh! Father, this is so disgusting! My nose hurts!" The "powerful warrior" who had just annihilated an army immediately shrunk himself down and dived into Han Soi’s large coat pocket, hiding his head under the fabric. frёewebηovel.cѳm
Han Soi’s lips twitched as he looked at the field of fried bugs. The heavy tension in his chest eased slightly, replaced by a sense of dark amusement.
"Who asked you to fry them all at once?" he teased, patting the pocket where the little serpent was shivering. "You’re the one who turned the desert into a barbecue pit."
"I didn’t know they would smell like that!" Xiao Bai grumbled from the depths of the pocket. "Next time, I’ll just chop them. No more stinky lightning."
Han Soi shook his head and looked toward the West. His son was a genius, time was a mess, and the world was falling apart. But as he felt the small, warm weight of Xiao Bai in his pocket, he felt a new surge of strength.
"Let’s go, Xiao Bai," Han Soi said, his voice firm. "We’ve wasted enough ’years’ in this place. It’s time to find your mother and go home."
He stepped forward, crossing another shimmering ripple in the air. Behind him, the scorched Zerg turned to dust.
