Chapter 177 (1/2)

Chapter 177

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Chu Shen appeared suddenly in the middle of downtown. Apparently they had rebuilt the town after the bug invasion. Luckily it was in the middle of the business day so no one was around. His mom, Lucas, Aslo, and Chrissa had appeared with him and were looking around.

Lucas suddenly grinned. “Hey Chu Shen. I’ve connected with the tachyon comm system from Sparta. This is indeed my dimension.”

Chu Shen grinned as well. “Welcome home Lucas.”

Lucas shook his head. “I still have a way to go before I actually get home. Alright, let’s get to the edge of town where I can summon the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p. Then we can make our way to the nearest jump gate and teleport to Sparta.”

Chu Shen nodded. He turned to face everyone. “Alright guys, you heard Lucas. We’re going to the edge of town before we go to Lucas’ hometown. Come on, follow us.” He grabbed his mom’s hand. “Don’t worry mom, just stick with us and we’ll keep you safe.”

Chu Lai nodded and then followed Chu Shen as they ran towards the edge of town. The crowded buildings started to give way to trees and gra.s.s until soon there was no houses for a mile either way on the road. Lucas surveyed the area quickly with his cybernetic eyes before giving it the go ahead.

He teleported his s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p out of his pocket dimension. Chu Lai looked at the metal s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p in awe. “What is this thing? I’ve never seen anything like it before.”

Chu Shen smiled. “Lucas is a dear friend of mine but he is also comes from a unique dimension. Here, the people do not cultivate. Instead, they use artifacts to manipulate Qi and fight. They’re masters in the creation of tools and Lucas’ body is actually an artifact.”

Chu Lai looked at Lucas stunned. “Is this true?”

Lucas smiled and popped open a panel on his arm, revealing the internal mechanisms. “It’s true. We call people like me cyborgs, were people that augment our body with artifacts. We even create artifacts that mimic humans that we call androids.”

Chu Lai shook her head. “What a weird place this is.”

Chu Lai followed everyone as they entered Lucas’ s.h.i.+p. “It really is weird mom. Remember that no one in this dimension knows how to cultivate, they don’t have the strength we do. Just try and act like a mortal for now mom.” Chu Shen tried to guide his mom as they strapped themselves into the chairs in the command center.

The viewscreen showed the ground outside. With a rumbling the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p lifted off the ground and flew up into s.p.a.ce. Chu Lai gasped as she saw the viewscreen transition between the blue sky to starry s.p.a.ce. “What is this? I’ve never heard of anything like it.”

Chu Shen grinned. “There are planets that contain continents. We actually live on a planet ourselves. Between the planets is vast amounts of s.p.a.ce and stars. The artifact we’re on can travel in the s.p.a.ce between planets, allowing us to visit other worlds. We’re actually going to Lucas’ home planet right now.”

Lucas started searching the GalacticNet, the universe's version of the internet. Finding the coordinates he needed, he activated the hyperdrive. With a flash, they disappeared and reappeared some distance from a transfer station.

Upon arrival, Lucas activated the comm system. “This is Lucas, the captain of the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p Rogue. I would like to request the usage of the transfer station, medium-s.h.i.+p size to Sparta please.”