He Ao withdrew his gaze from the subtitles and looked at the blank Stone Tablet before him.
His gaze swept across the Stone Tablet. The surrounding scene shifted rapidly, quickly fading away until it became a magnificent city.
Dense crowds flowed back and forth. He Ao had suddenly appeared here, yet no one paid him any attention.
As though he had always been here.
A chilly wind blew through the sky. He Ao lifted his foot, his figure flashing like a streak of light as he passed through crowds and buildings. In an instant, he crossed the entire city and reached its edge.
A faint, chilly breeze brushed across his face. He raised a hand and touched the wind.
At the same time, scattered ice crystals fell from the sky into his palm.
Was it snowing?
He watched the ice crystals slowly melt in his hand.
Reward upgrade successful
At the same time, the system reward finally finished upgrading, a little later than before.
He Ao lowered his gaze and looked at the flashing system subtitles.
Congratulations, you have obtained: Historical Contract
At the first instant the universe was born, history began.
Time left traces upon space, and history was formed from them.
Everything in the world existed within history. They were the past of the future, and the future of the past.
When the first intelligent lifeform established civilization, history was recorded.
Thus, recorded history began.
But recorded history was, most of the time, not entirely true.
Those who recorded history could not document everything with the objective impartiality of machines. Once omissions and summaries became involved, people began dressing history up.
As long as people lived, they had positions. And positions affected impartiality.
No intelligent lifeform could record true history with absolute objectivity, even if it claimed to