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After enjoying the special drinks, Qingni suggested going to Xingchahai to see the starry sky, and the two of them went along to relax.

Looking at the aircraft coming and going in the sky, Qingni talked about Yu Kong's glorious achievements in piloting the Star Chariot in the past.

Parents are always a child's first heroes.

This is why she aspires to become a legend like Yu Kong in the future.

However, after the Third Abundant War, Yu Kong never boarded the Starship again, and never even mentioned his past deeds.

Even when Qingni demonstrated her talent for piloting the Star Chariot, taking Yu Kong as her role model, Yu Kong displayed a strange kind of anger.

Walter believes that the complex emotions parents experience because their child is in danger are essentially a result of their worry for the child.

But...flying is the only thing I want to do. Because I've already touched the sky.

Chapter 105 The truth of the matter

Because I have touched the sky.

This was the first time Qingni had uttered these words, signifying her determination not to give up flying.

Birds that have touched the sky cannot live in cages.

In the later part of the story, Qingni receives a message that she needs to find the ornament that Yukong left behind at the scene, so the three of them set off together.

Walter then stated that he had come to the area where Xing was most proficient.

No matter how deep the treasure chest is hidden, you will find it.

Is there anyone better at finding an inconspicuous ornament from a pile of clutter than you?

These words made the audience blush.

"Shy, Uncle Yang, you flatter me!"

"Well, I don't really have any hobbies. I just like looking for treasure chests and rummaging through trash cans!"

"Haha, official self-deprecation is the most lethal!"

"I wonder if Xing is really this crazy in real life!"

After a search, the lost pendant was successfully found, and a hunting emblem was also found in the pendant's pouch.

This is a safety charm that pilots hang inside the Starship cabin to pray for good luck during their flights.

The item was carried around in a hanging ornament, suggesting it was something that Yu Kong valued highly.

Seeing that the item had been found, Walter asked Qingni to take it back, but Qingni said that she had a favor to ask them.

That is, to find out what his mother was thinking, why she had gone from a genius aviator to what she is now, and why she didn't want to become an aviator herself.

This is also the source of confusion for all viewers.

Perhaps we can subtly inquire with those in the know.

With Walter's words, a very familiar option popped up.

[Should we ask Jingyuan?]

So Xing and Walter went to the Shence Mansion to find General Jingyuan to understand the situation.

Upon arriving at Shence Mansion, it was clear that some time had passed since the main battle, and Jing Yuan's body had almost fully recovered.

After learning the purpose of their visit, Jing Yuan looked at the hunting badge they had brought and slowly spoke.

This relic is no ordinary artifact; it is a testament to blood and tears.

Thirty years ago, the two immortal ships, Yaoqing and Fanghu, were besieged by the people of Fengrao.

This battle was undoubtedly one of the most brutal in the long war between the Alliance and the People of Abundance.

Faced with a vast number of monstrous creatures several times their size, nearly a million fighter pilots fought to the death, but in the end, less than 100,000 survived and left the battlefield alive.

At the end of this defeated battle, the Emperor Bow Master appeared and wiped out the offensive of the Abundant Evil Creatures with a single arrow, thus ending the battle.

The hunting emblem was made from the ashes of the Emperor's Bow and Arrow.

For the survivors, it is a mixture of the blood of old friends, the ashes of enemies, and their own memories.

Yu Kong was a survivor of this battle, but her best friend Cai Yi was buried far from home and never returned.

After listening to Jing Yuan's introduction, many members of the Immortal Ship community in the audience exclaimed in admiration.

"So, it was the battle in which the Emperor Bow Master was responsible?"

“Alas, one of my card-playing friends is gone forever.”

"It is said that the battle was fierce at the time, Fanghu was almost captured, and the number of immortal ships was almost reduced to five!"

"Although the Emperor Bow Master intervened in the end, the entire Fanghu was also affected by the power, destroying countless caves and is still recovering."

"I remember, Dan Shu, from the main storyline of the Medicine King's Secret Teachings, had a friend who was accidentally injured in this attack!"

"After all, the Fengrao people had already landed on Fanghu's mainland, and there was really no other way!"

"Are the people of Fengrao really that terrifying? Even the Immortal Ship Alliance finds them so difficult to deal with!"

"No wonder Yu Kong turned out like this; he probably didn't want his daughter to go through the same thing."

After explaining the whole story to the two of them, Jingyuan continued.

[I shouldn't be saying this, but Qingni has the right to know about the past, because that past has begun to influence her future.]

After these words, Jing Yuan's image became much more approachable, transforming him from a distant general into a caring elder.

These seemingly trivial matters were of great importance to Jingyuan, concerning the mutual understanding between mother and daughter, even more so than the endless meetings and documents within the Shence Palace.

The two then found Qingni and relayed everything they had learned.

After listening, Qingni was more interested in what had transformed her mother from a genius aviator into the current air captain than whether she could become a pilot herself.

So Qingni decided to look for a diary that Yu Kong usually read, to see if the answer she was looking for was in it.

After finding the diary, it contained some of Yu Kong's experiences after becoming a pilot.

From the initial excitement of becoming partners with Caiyi, to Caiyi's inability to comfort her husband after his death in battle.

In the end, Caiyi also left him, and Yukong could only express his longing in his diary.

As Qingni searched, she also found an exchange diary written by Caiyi.

Besides the diary entries written around the same time as Yu Kong's, there's also a shocking truth inside!

It turns out that Qingni was not born to Yukong, but was the daughter of Caiyi and her sacrificed husband Guangyuan!

Furthermore, in her diary, Caiyi asked Yukong for help before heading to the battlefield.

If you survive, please help take care of Qingni. You can do whatever you want in the future, but you absolutely cannot become a fighter pilot.

The truth shocked Qingni; she never imagined that her dream would put her mother in such a difficult position.

But after learning everything about her mother, Qingni felt that she was actually closer to Yukong.

So he asked Xing and Walter to accompany him so he could have another good talk with his mother.

However, facing Yu Kong's stern expression, Qing Ni still hesitated, so Walter instructed Xing, who was of the same generation, to take action.

After Xing showed Caiyi's diary, Yukong, after his initial surprise, chose to tell Qingni the whole story.

I, like you, once yearned for the sky. I know what that feels like... to sail through the universe, surrounded by vast emptiness, with unimaginable wonders stretching into the distance.

Drifting like a lone boat among the stars—some call it loneliness, but we prefer to call it freedom.

Yu Kong gazed into the distance, his words filled with emotion. When he talked about the past when he and Cai Yi were captured and brought before Jing Yuan, a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

In the days that followed, the two became pilots together, though it was a cruel time when they never knew if their friend or even themselves would be able to return safely.

But those glorious deeds of shedding blood, soaring through the skies, sweeping away evil, and upholding justice are worth burning one's short life as a fox-person for.

Then the scene shifts to Yu Kong and Cai Yi inspecting the Star Chariot.

Seeing that incredibly familiar face brought a lump to Yu Kong's throat, who had been secretly observing.

The old Yukong was clearly more lively than it is now, like a mischievous friend teasing his best friend Caiyi.

Airborne: [What's wrong? You've been on maternity leave for a year, and your skills have gotten sluggish? Lost your confidence?]

Caiyi: [Get lost! I think you're just so excited because you haven't had a chance to fly with me in so long. Have you been missing me terribly?]

Soaring Through the Sky: [Yeah, I miss you so much. Without you by my side, the galaxy feels so small...]

The interactions between close friends bring a smile to one's face, but the ending of the story was already predetermined.

Chapter 106 Past and Future

In the past footage, after making a joke, Yu Kong said that he never expected Cai Yi to choose to come back and continue being a pilot after giving birth to Qing Ni.

This job is tough, tiring, and poorly paid. You have to risk your life every day and can only go back to Luofu a few times a year. I never expected that Caiyi would come back.

However, Caiyi stated that even if he had the chance to do it all over again, he would still choose to become a fighter pilot.

Because I have already touched the sky.

Seeing this passage for the second time, it represents Caiyi's experience of the beauty of the sky and her unwillingness to let go.

The brain is a strange organ. Having lived for over two hundred years, Yu Kong had long forgotten most of the casual conversations, but the one with Cai Yi remained crystal clear to this day.

Because that was the last casual conversation between Yu Kong and Cai Yi.

The scene shifts to the boundless starry sky, where the wreckage of a crashed starship lies.

Amidst the flickering flames amidst the ruins, Yu Kong helplessly cradled the fallen Cai Yi.

[The rescue is almost here, open your eyes! Qingni is still waiting for you! Guangyuan is already dead, Qingni can't lose you too! Wake up!]

The cruelty of war is fully displayed before the audience, and the two who were joking with each other just a moment ago are now facing life and death.

When I crawled out from the blazing wreckage of the starship, I saw the sky of that bloodless, tearless planet, untouched by its atmosphere.

That was the most beautiful sky I had ever seen, yet all I felt was unbearable sorrow. I could only crawl on the ground like a wretched ant, gazing at it longingly.

In my dream, I died that day.

The cruel scene, coupled with Yu Kong's sorrowful tone, immediately brought tears to the eyes of the audience.

"Holy crap, could this be a scene from the past or future of that four-star light cone?!"

"Really? Pam, you've hidden a knife in the light cone again!"

"Wait, isn't this a space comedy? Waaah, I'm not playing anymore!"

"Tears came out!"

"This is a family of loyal martyrs!"

"A million pilots, but in the end only a hundred thousand returned. It's too cruel!"

"Judging from her voice, Yu Kong used to be a lively girl!"

"Oh, world!"

After listening to Yu Kong's story, Qing Ni reaffirmed her commitment to pursuing her dreams, vowing never to back down even at the cost of sacrifice.

Yu Kong glanced at Qing Ni, who was already prepared, and realized that he himself was not yet ready. He then began to talk about the war from the past.

Do you know? Those cruel things never broke me. Me, Caiyi, and your biological father Guangyuan, we were prepared for this from the very beginning when we enlisted.

But do you know how we ultimately won that battle that took Caiyi's life... that took the lives of hundreds of thousands of comrades?

The story of Emperor Gong Si Ming taking action to wipe out the evil creatures is a well-known account.

At this moment, Yu Kong's tone suddenly turned self-deprecating.

Yes! The Emperor's Bow and Fate's boundless divine grace wiped out those monstrous creatures with a single strike! But just to stop their advance, we paid the price of hundreds of thousands of lives!

If crushing enemies is as easy as breathing for the Emperor's Bow Master... then what does our sacrifice matter?

That year, I was full of youthful vigor, piloting my warship, thinking the entire galaxy was mine.

When I was two hundred years old, I realized that I was nothing more than a speck of dust in the universe.

These words were resounding and thought-provoking, as if they had struck a chord in the souls of the audience.

Yes, in the face of the Star God's power, a single strike can resolve a crisis that hundreds of thousands of lives could not solve. What meaning would the sacrifice of that individual have?