Chapter 866: Chapter 27 Approaching Death_4 Chapter 866: Chapter 27 Approaching Death_4 But later, there must have been some unexpected occurrence, as plans could not keep up with changes, resulting in Jask not waking Angelica from her hibernation as planned.
Perhaps he encountered some trouble;
Maybe there was always some crisis around Jask, and for safety reasons, he chose not to wake Angelica mid-journey.
In 2400, a colossal catastrophe erupted on Earth for reasons unknown, almost destroying the whole of human civilization, rendering the Earth’s environment unsuitable for living.
Years of wars and famines swept across the globe.
But before that time point, Jask had already begun the development of Mars and had moved many people’s Hibernation Pods there in advance, managing to avoid the catastrophic disaster on Earth.
Both Zheng Xiangyue and Angelica’s Hibernation Pods were preserved on Mars, needless to say, this was all Jask’s deliberate arrangement.
The matter with Zheng Xiangyue, although he himself was merely presenting someone else’s gift.
But the lunar promise with Zheng Xiangyue was made by Jask, and since he promised Xiangyue and knew well in advance about the impending catastrophe on Earth in 2400, he naturally arranged for her transfer in advance.
Earth was abandoned by humans, Mars developed rapidly, and everything seemed to align with Jask’s expectations.
Yet for reasons unknown, Jask still believed he had failed.
So, like leaving a last will, he woke Angelica from her Hibernation Pod, deliberately told her very little, and for safety reasons, sent the still twenty-something Angelica to take refuge on Earth.
No place could be safer than the abandoned Earth.
The interplanetary bus service, Earth to Mars, was deliberately controlled to run once every two years, if you dared to travel to Earth, you’d have to wait two years to return.
With this move, communication between Earth and Mars was effectively locked down.
Therefore, indeed as Jask said, if the purpose was to take refuge, Earth was definitely the preferred location.
According to Angelica,
Jask did not die a natural death, as Xiangyue and Old Master Wei Shengjin had said.
Instead, he was murdered or died in a failed battle.
This kind of battle was not an open one; it remained hidden beneath the currents of history and the mists of time, just like what Lin Xian was currently experiencing.
But still, one thing made Lin Xian feel incredulous…
[On such a powerful Mars under Jask, who could silently kill Jask?]
On Earth, Jask was just one of the world’s wealthiest men;
But on Mars, he was the unchallenged ruler.
Such a high position and power.
Could he too be murdered for usurpation and then have his death disguised as natural?
Things were not that simple.
In the predetermined history of The Fifth Dreamland, was the person who killed him the same individual who murdered Jask?
Lin Xian had mostly understood this part of history; now, it was time to ask some questions that concerned him.
Looking at Angelica, he said softly,
“Your notebook here doesn’t record the date of my death.
Do you still remember it?
Do you remember the day I passed away?”
“Indeed, it isn’t recorded in this notebook, but it’s documented in other notebooks.
Although the years of traveling on Earth have made me lose the other notebooks, your death date, I remember vividly—”
You died on that day.”
Lin Xian was astounded.
It’s already late May 2024 now!
Based on the original history, I have less than two months to live?
Lin Xian couldn’t help but take a sharp breath and continued to ask,
“So how exactly did I die?
Angelica shook her head, closing her eyes:
it was a gruesome death…”
“[You were beheaded with a single slash at the neck, decapitated, and died instantly.]”