"Dad... why are you here?"
"Am I dead?"
"Is this hell?"
Lin Xiaotian's voice was already tinged with tears. His psychological defenses had collapsed the moment he saw the anomaly in the sky. Now, his long-dead father had suddenly appeared before him. As if clutching at a lifeline, he kept asking his father question after question.
"Dad, what happened to this world?"
"I'm scared."
"I want to go home."
"..."
The eye in the sky had awakened the deepest and most terrifying fear within him. At this moment, he had cast aside almost all the composure of an adult and become an innocent child again, hugging dad and crying without stop.
Yet his dad still did not answer. He merely steered the motorcycle steadily around one Acid Pit after another.
This was exactly the image of dad that Lin Xiaotian had always imagined: composed, strong at heart, and full of power... At almost every moment, the man before him overlapped with the fantasy in his heart. Though the other man did not answer, Lin Xiaotian was already certain that this was his dad.
He had appeared at the most critical moment, saved him, and was now taking him out of this strange town.
This was a scene that could only have appeared in his dreams.
More than once, Lin Xiaotian had wondered what dad would be like if he were still alive. Now, he had actually been allowed to "see" him.
His wish had come true!
From childhood to adulthood, dad's image had always been complete in his mind. His dad had been a disaster relief hero, a Superman who saved the world. Though he had left early, he had always been the backbone of the family. Every member of the family took dad as their example.
"Dad."
He called