By Zephyria Para-la-la-lak-!
Those who were born and raised in the outskirts of Goryeo City do not live smooth lives.
For them, change usually comes without warning.
Project Solar 47
Record of 001
Crystal Blue is a highly concentrated energy aggregate that forms as if growing in contact with the ground in special areas.
The movement of the same substances is also easy, so it can be easily mined with equipment made using Crystal Blue.
Except for the fact that high-purity energy causes damage when it comes into contact with the skin, it does not cause any special rejection or adverse effects on the human body.
Truly God’s energy. This is the basic common sense of modern people trapped in the Comfort zone.
If you go to graduate school, you will get more detailed information.
Crystal Blue is presumed to be alien energy or a cosmic substance that the Earth has possessed since its birth.
The former means that something that flew in from outside the solar system one day affected the Earth, and the latter means that some event that occurred on Earth before the cataclysm created Crystal Blue…
We do not rule out the possibility that both happened. Even before Crystal Blue was discovered, Earth was practically a sinking ship.
At the point when resource depletion and pollution reached their peak, the world government tried many things at the crossroads of life and death.
Some of the data that remain like fragments tell of a connection with Crystal Blue.
Structure and properties of Crystal Blue
Geographical requirements of Crystal Blue production sites
Solar City A1, A2, A3
.
.
.
“What the…”
A Hologram Window that appeared in an instant. Jin Mu-hae narrowed his brows at the sight before him.
Blue documents were scattered in the air and floating around. When he touched it, the windows that had been scattered moved again like lightning.
“…!”
The floating data was connected like a mind map. The solid lines connecting the Hologram Windows looked like tree branches.
Indeed, it was the shape of a huge tree. Mu-hae hesitated for a moment and opened one of the documents in the center.
And he groaned softly. Someone’s research records were neatly listed there.
The table of contents and links were organized so that even a first-time viewer could understand, as if it were not a file made for personal use.
Whew, Jin Mu-hae looked back at the old desk. A strange pattern that was dented in the edge of the drawer, out of sight, flickered before his eyes.
A storage device that only direct family members could access. A lock that only close people could unlock.
An unknown sensation stimulates his heart more clearly. This was definitely intentionally given information.
For Mu-hae alone, and no one else.
“Solar, City…”
The contents he quickly scanned were also unusual. Mu-hae’s eyes narrowed at the place name he had heard somewhere before.
Why is the name of the Comfort zone that went extinct in the past written here?
Perhaps because he recalled the ghost stories of that place, the place name came to him particularly deeply.
‘You don’t know, kid. Solar City used to be a damn big city. There were many researchers, too. So those guys were arrogant. They thought they could get Blue more safely. That they could control the Beast and the Aberrant.’
‘They say they did human experiments. They took abandoned children and fried them with Blue… and eventually, they had results, right?’
Chills. Goosebumps run down his spine. Mu-hae felt like he had encountered something he shouldn’t have touched.
Still, he clenched his teeth and opened a few more documents.
There must be a reason why his father passed this on to him, he reached out, trying to calm his uneasy mind.
Beep- Bee-beep-.
Records with numbers were located in the center of the tree shape. Record of ‘000’. Each of those materials was invariably accompanied by a foreword like a memoir.
It mainly included a preliminary explanation for the reader, such as why they started this research and what information they used as a basis for analyzing the information.
…It’s funny. Jin Mu-hae had met researchers from Central several times for requests. They were mostly arrogant and conceited people.
They shared and enjoyed even trivial information in a way that only they could understand. They were by no means the type to provide such kind explanations so that even unrelated people could understand the research.
‘As I thought.’
This material was definitely his father’s. The more he read, the more convinced he became.
The man who was always locked up in his room was actually the brain of Goryeo City, and he left his life’s work as an inheritance.
The moment he realized that his father, who had always been indifferent to him, had handed over a significant asset. For some reason, Jin Mu-hae felt as if the dark room was brightening.
He didn’t know why, but his father was not an unemployed loafer.
But something more dangerous, more magnificent…
Project Solar 47
Record of 022
Geon has officially joined.
As a result, this project has become the beginning of change that encompasses various classes, beyond simple curiosity and rebellion.
It has also become easier to understand the trends of the powerful people who reign in Central.
A way has opened for humanity, complacent with Blue Energy, to escape the Dome and regain its original life.
Now, the next step is to confirm ‘that’, which remains only as an urban legend.
Resistance. The city’s subversive elements.
A researcher who discovered the buried truth, and perhaps a leader who could break down the entrenched irrationality and lead humanity out of the Dome.
“Damn it.”
He had learned a dangerous secret. The afterimage of his father, who had lived in isolation, lingered in Mu-hae’s mind.
If this guess was true, he could understand why he had a first-class criminal record.
Being abandoned in a slum and unable to get a job felt like a mild punishment.
The leaders of Central were sensitive to the order of the city. It was somewhat incomprehensible why they left this spark unextinguished.
Could the story about him be in this record? If so, the existence of the relic must not be revealed to anyone.
“…!”
Mu-hae’s eyes, hardened with tension, stopped abruptly at one side of the study.
“Did you find it?”
A pleasant, beautiful voice gently touched Mu-hae’s ear.
…Come to think of it, Joo-oh was here. He had forgotten for a moment because of the unexpected situation, but Joo-oh might have read all this information.
Jin Mu-hae quickly covered the Watch with his right hand. The light that was emitted was covered, and all the Hologram Windows floating in the air disappeared.
Beep-.
With a short sound, the light of the Watch stopped. The time and weather of Goryeo City were displayed again on the Watch, which had been out of order.
Only then did the red eyes he faced slowly were extremely clear and clean.
Joo-oh was only looking up at Jin Mu-hae, not paying attention to the Hologram Window or anything else.
He smiled slyly as he faced Mu-hae’s face. As if he had no interest in such top secrets in the first place.
His slightly disheveled hair looked fluffy and soft.
“…Ha.”
The shoulders that had been stiff with tension relaxed, and he let out a sigh. Mu-hae pressed his eyes once with his palm and sighed deeply.
“Yeah.”
“Heh. That’s good.”
“I’ll turn off the lights again and go, so sleep.”
“Okay. But where are you going?”
He hadn’t said he was going out of the house, but Joo-oh felt the sign like a ghost and grabbed his sleeve.
Mu-hae glanced down at his white hand and gently shook off his arm.
“Where am I going?”
“…”
“Go to sleep.”
“Don’t go.”
If Joo-oh hadn’t been an adult male he had picked up a few days ago, he might have suspected separation anxiety.
He had hardly been apart from him for the past few days.
“Are you going to follow me to the bathroom like this?”
Even when Jin Mu-hae sent him an unpleasant look, nothing changed. Joo-oh was just holding on to his clothes with that firm strength.
However, the difficulty and annoyance melted away at his next words.
“Aren’t you going to do something important?”
“What?”
“It’s night now. You won’t be able to stay long.”
Joo-oh advised in a voice that seemed to fade away.
With a gaze that seemed to see through everything, as if he knew where Mu-hae was going.
“…”
“…”
Jin Mu-hae was planning to put on his clothes and run out to Director Gil right away.
To question what he, who was said to be his father’s friend, knew.
Although he had not looked through many records, he was sure that he was among the ‘colleagues’ mentioned throughout the documents.
The most suspicious was the engineer named ‘Geon’.
Everyone called him Director Gil, and Mu-hae had received the same request from the person in question, so it would not be revealed under normal circumstances, but the real name of the Electronic Store on Moonlight Street was definitely Gil Seong-geon.
“…Okay.”
However, if he went to him at this time, he would not be able to have a deep conversation.
Director Gil was a man who went to bed early and woke up at the crack of dawn. He had once heard from Teacher Jung that his health was not very good.
In the past, he was like a furnace that ran without sleeping, but he had suffered aftereffects due to circumstances.
Only then did Mu-hae’s urgent mind calm down, and he let out a long sigh.
As if he had been waiting, the sleeve he had been holding onto slowly became lighter.
“Is Jin Mu-hae going to sleep, too?”
“Why?”
“Um, now I can go out and rest.”
The house where Jin Mu-hae lived was not cramped, but it was basically a 1.5-room structure.
All spaces except the study were Jin Mu-hae’s workspace and bedroom.
“Are you telling me to stay here?”
“No. If Jin Mu-hae goes out.”
In other words, it was a declaration that he would stick by Mu-hae’s side. He had a confident look on his face, as if he had suggested it first.
“…”
“Tch.”
Still, he gave up quite easily after seeing Mu-hae’s reaction. I’m really going to close my eyes and sleep. The mumbling voice felt like he knew something, so it was awkward.
Mu-hae didn’t answer, turned around, and left the study. As he closed the door with a click, the subtle, fragrant smell slowly dissipated and disappeared.
“Haaa.”
A large hand pressed down on his tired eyes. Jin Mu-hae took off his Watch and strode to the sofa.
He sat down so deeply that his body sank, and placed the Watch on the old side table.
Beep-. The Watch, which had been unlocked once, worked without any problems with just the fingerprint he usually used.
The Hologram Window, shining brightly in the darkness, reappeared. Jin Mu-hae crossed his arms and stared intently at the faint tree shape.
He wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight.