"Have you finally remembered the name of the man who fought you in Felinton?" When Hua Zhen spoke Ao Ge's name, Luo Ji's chest heaved violently, and his face twisted ferociously.
He had been very unfamiliar with his father. Most of what he knew came from his mother's accounts or the Light Energy Projections she had preserved.
He only knew that his father had been a man who, for the sake of his civilization, had dared to face the powerful—a responsible man with courage and conviction.
What Luo Ji remembered most vividly was still his mother. Though hundreds of years had passed, her gentle, loving face remained deeply etched in his heart, impossible to erase.
No one would find Bang Ni unfamiliar. She had been the only Region Chief of the Eastern Federal District to escape alive from the civilization's Main Star when Hua Zhen went to train in the Fellinton Civilization after coming of age.
Her civilization had suddenly suffered disaster, and then her beloved had died. Such a blow would have been agonizing for anyone, much less a pregnant woman.
Back then, Ai Wen, the Acting Prefect of Felinton, had feared punishment from Hua Zhen for his dereliction of duty and had never stopped hunting Bang Ni. Yet even so, she endured and successfully gave birth to the child born of her love with Ao Ge.
For a woman to raise a child alone into adulthood, all while constantly guarding against discovery by the angels—the hardships involved were easy to imagine.
From the moment Luo Ji was born, he and his mother had lived a life of constant flight and escape. Fortunately, with the Black Crystal they had brought out of Felinton, the mother and son had been able to change their identities and live in relative peace.