Memories That Appeared in His Mind

After hearing this news from Gus, Hua Zhen no longer had any desire to keep training. Why the hell train? Finding a way to get through this hurdle was what mattered most, alright~

Seeing his grief-stricken expression, Gus assumed he was afraid of Hua Ye and softly reassured him, "Your Highness, there's no need to be afraid. This is actually easy to resolve. At the Angel King's birthday banquet, you just need to avoid drawing the First Prince's attention!"

"Hua Ye? Why would I be afraid of him? He hadn't met me before, had he?" Hua Zhen said with a raised brow.

"Eh? Then, Your Highness, this is..."

Hua Zhen's eyes shifted twice before he put on an act and sighed. "Do you know why I decided earlier to cancel the meeting with Consort Xin Yao?"

Gus shook his head. "I don't!"

Pointing at his head, Hua Zhen spun a complete lie. "You noticed it too. Because I'd been fooling around these past two days, something went wrong in here. I was worried that if Consort Xin Yao, or the Angel King, discovered this... I wouldn't be able to avoid a punishment!" After saying that, he looked at Gus expectantly. "How about... helping me think of a solution?"

There had to be some explanation for all his unusual behavior. Amnesia was a foolproof excuse. Gus did not doubt him at all. After all, this was a world that believed in science. No one would think in the direction of soul possession or anything like that.

"Th-this..." After hearing him, a visible layer of cold sweat seeped across Gus's forehead. How had he forgotten that His Highness had lost his memory? If the Angel King found out, he, as a guard, would inevitably be charged with negligence. There was no need to imagine the outcome. His face turned ashen at once.

Well, that was hopeless. Hua Zhen sighed inwardly and waved helplessly. "Forget it, forget it. Just tell me what kind of person I used to be—my personality, behavior... It'd be best if there were recordings or something. Maybe seeing them could help my memories..."

"That's right!" Gus suddenly slapped his thigh and said excitedly, "Your Highness, in order to understand the growth of you and the Fourth Prince, the Angel King specifically ordered us guards to make regular records of your daily lives. We've kept all the Light Energy Projections!"

"Really?" Hua Zhen's eyes immediately lit up. This was an unexpected windfall, wasn't it? He took two steps, rushed behind Gus, jumped onto his back, and urged, "Then what are we waiting for? Hurry and take me back!"

"Yes, Your Highness!" Gus understood immediately and did not waste time. With a bang, his white wings spread wide. After beating them sharply twice, he carried Hua Zhen into the sky.

"Hey, I—lower, lower! I'm afraid of heights..."

"Ah... Your Highness, don't pull my hair..."

After rushing back to the Bedroom Palace, Gus finally took out the Light Energy Projection device under Hua Zhen's expectant gaze.

It was an object no bigger than a palm. Its octagonal, tower-shaped base supported a floating sapphire-blue sphere, and it looked exquisitely crafted. After Gus fiddled with it a few times, the orb immediately emitted a faint glow. Soon, Hua Zhen realized that his bedroom was rapidly disappearing.

No, it was being covered by something. The bedroom became a hall in only a few seconds. The scene was truly astonishing, giving him the illusion that he had never entered the bedroom at all and had been standing in the main hall the entire time.

"This technology... a holographic projection?" he said, swallowing.

"Our Angel Civilization mastered Light Energy Projection technology long ago. It isn't considered particularly advanced technology!" Gus said.

After clicking his tongue in amazement for a while, Hua Zhen knew this was not the time to study it. Watching the recordings and learning the former Third Prince's speech and behavior was the priority. It might be treating a dead horse as if it were alive, but it was still a possible solution.

"Gus, start it. If this can help me recover my lost 'memories,' then not only will I be fine, you won't be punished for negligence either, right?"

Gus's hands paused. He was deeply moved by Hua Zhen's casually fabricated words. His Highness was so young, yet he was still thinking of him... Quietly committing this kindness to memory, he wasted no more time. Under his operation, the device finally began playing.

As princes of Angel Palace City, their status was noble. Unlike Gus and the others, they did not need to worry about matters such as resources. Once they reached adulthood, regardless of whether they were good or bad, the genes in their bodies would be upgraded under the Angel King's arrangements.

So not everything in the world was fair. Just as the saying went, all roads led to Rome, but Romans were born there.

To ordinary angels, the princes of Angel Palace City enjoyed inexhaustible wealth and resources, endless delicacies, boundless scenic beauty, and the fawning flattery of those beneath them. Their entire lives should have been carefree and happy. But was that really the case?

Only after watching the recordings did Hua Zhen realize that it was not. It was lonely at the top. Setting aside the intrigues and struggles for the throne within the Imperial Family, the former owner's daily routine alone left him clicking his tongue in disbelief.

In order to ensure that the princes' Gene Upgrades went smoothly after adulthood, Angel King Hua Que was extremely strict about their schedules. They had to get up at five or six every morning, dress, wash up, and eat breakfast. After that came four full hours of foundational theoretical study. They rested for an hour at noon, and in the afternoon, a specialized tutor would come to teach them the ways of an emperor.

From the age of six until they reached adulthood at twenty, they had to repeat this life every day. It was utterly insane.

"This is practically erasing children's nature!"

Looking at the little boy beside him, who wore an expression devoid of all hope, Hua Zhen felt that he was like a puppet on strings, controlled by the deep rules and strict discipline of the palace city. Whatever they told him to do, he had to do. He was truly pitiful.

No wonder Gus said earlier that seeing Consort Xin Yao was the happiest thing for him. Not only did he not need to study all this dull, tedious knowledge, he could also see the mother he missed. That was perfectly normal for a child~ Hua Zhen thought.

Turning to Gus, he said, "Leave the holographic projection here for me to watch. Go take care of your own business!"

"Understood, Your Highness. Call for me anytime if you need anything!"

The images in the Light Energy Projection could not possibly record every single thing from the former owner's six years of life in full detail. They came in segments. As Hua Zhen watched, one particular segment suddenly caught his attention. It was from when the former owner received Enlightenment Education.

Enlightenment Education for children in the genetic age was not about teaching them how to count or perform addition and subtraction. What they were taught was far more profound. For instance, the segment currently playing explained the Super Gene within angels' bodies.

A Super Gene was not what people imagined. Just because it involved the word "gene" did not mean it was connected purely to biological research. Angel Civilization had fallen into this misunderstanding tens of thousands of years ago because it had failed to understand this point, and as a result, it had never truly perfected the Angel Gene.

Only later, after careful research by the Scientific Research Council, did they discover that Super Gene research was actually a massive undertaking centered on technology and supplemented by biology.

Simply implanting genes could only improve an ordinary person's lifespan and combat strength. It could not enable the use of Dark Energy. At that point, something called a Gene Engine was needed.

A Gene Engine, also known as a Gene System, served an especially important role. It could help angels absorb the unstable Dark Energy around their bodies, then use certain super algorithmic formulas contained within it to transform and manifest that Dark Energy for attack. At that point, they would become First Generation Angels like Gus.

Hua Zhen listened with great interest to these explanations of such futuristic theories. It was not because he loved learning. He simply found them novel.

"Speaking of Gene Systems, that reminds me. I did transmigrate here, after all. Could there be some kind of system or an old grandpa living in my head? Isn't that what's popular these days?" He pinched his chin and thought as he silently recited the words in his heart dozens of times.

When he received no response whatsoever, he gave a bored yawn. "A novel is still just a novel. I'm really stupid for believing transmigration would come with some kind of cheat..."

Shaking his head, he lazily propped up his chin and said, "Second-generation Angels can live for tens of thousands of years. Then wouldn't a Third Generation Divine Body..."

?!! Huh? A Third Generation Divine Body? What was that?" Hua Zhen's expression froze. Why had he said that so naturally?

Unexpectedly, the instant that thought arose, familiar yet unfamiliar terms and their corresponding explanations surged into his mind all at once like floodwaters bursting through a dam...

Third Generation Divine Body: upgraded from a genetic carrier on the foundation of a Second Generation Super Warrior. It could independently absorb Dark Energy without the assistance of a Gene System, and its physical strength experienced a qualitative leap. Ordinary Dark Alloy Weapons could not cause any harm to the carrier, allowing it to reach god-level.

Fourth Generation Divine Body: with the aid of powerful calculations from a database, atoms could locate one another. Even if the body were cut into two pieces, the parts would still gather together under the supply of energy and return to their original programmed form. It broke free from the limits of physical death and achieved a form of immortality.

Sacred Body: on the foundation of a Fourth Generation Divine Body, every atom not only stored immense energy but also recorded all of the body's data. As long as a single atom remained, it could be resurrected through the conversion of equivalent energy.

Data Vault...

Heavenly Blade Judgment...

Stellar Drive...

Wormhole Transportation...

Hua Zhen's expression was somewhat vacant. More accurately, he was completely dumbfounded. He could be absolutely certain that he had no so-called system. These things seemed as though they had always been part of his memories...

"Gulp~"

Stretching out his neck, he swallowed hard. His limited vocabulary allowed him to say only two words.

"Holy... holy shit!!"