Vol 20 Chapter 12-1 (1/2)
The five people from team China who boarded the spaceship earlier seemed lost. Xuan was in a state with his heart's devil and hadn't spoken a word. He set up a fraction of the grand plan in the beginning of the movie and brought the movie into his plan through HongLu. However, he had started to lose himself, evidenced by the lack of senses on his expression. The second cause that contributed to their condition was no one knew how to pilot the spaceship. Aliens certainly had different physiological structure to humans and wouldn't design a cockpit with chairs and keyboards to accommodate human pilots. The spaceship originally in Area 51 was modified during the years of research while this spaceship was purely belonged to aliens. Inside the cockpit was a glowing podium and nothing else. The spaceship resembled a prison of steel.
After studying the spaceship for some time, Zheng had no choice but to talk to Xuan. ”I know you are battling your heart's devil but can you wake up for a moment please? We are not progressing anywhere like this. We might as well ride a rocket like the president proposed.”
As Zheng spoke, Xuan walked over to the podium. He placed his hands on it and a light cylinder projected above it. Exotic rune words emerged on the cylinder. Xuan seized it with his hand then closed his eyes. The spaceship slowly elevated, bringing excitement to the rest of the group. Before they got a chance to speak, the sudden acceleration crushed everyone onto the floor.
The force made Zheng bend his body but he laughed when he saw Xuan lying on his stomach in comparison. ”Look at you getting pinned down… Haha. Hey, how did you maintain conscious with the heart's devil?”
Xuan didn't speak as he climbed up from the floor. Their bodies were strong enough that the acceleration force couldn't actually pin them on the floor. It was the suddenness that brought down everyone.
The atmosphere grew dense with Xuan keeping his mouth shut. Heng laughed and said. ”I wonder how Xuan controls this spaceship. How did he know to read those words that are obviously not derived from human languages?”
The question eased some of the awkwardness Zheng was experiencing from the lack of response from Xuan. He said. ”It's a simple reason. Do you remember the captured alien in the movie? It possesses telepathy, which is the alien version of psyche force. The researchers in Area 51 discovered aliens do not have a sound reproduction system, so they probably transmit messages mentally. The spaceships in the movie and the ones that attacked us have extremely quick reflexes. There's a high chance the aliens pilot the spaceships through psyche force. The Lambda Driver is the closest thing to psyche force among all the abilities we have here.”
Zheng noticed Heng looked shocked from his answer. Heng chuckled. ”Your thinking has grown closer to Xuan and HongLu when we didn't realize it. Hoho. Maybe you will become a weirdo like them one day.”
(Is that so? I have grown…)
Zheng was surprised to hear Heng's opinion. He knew he had been improving all this time, little by little with each trial of life and death he survived. It didn't appear to be much each time but his improvements have accumulated to a high degree. By the time he looked back at himself, he realized it was no longer mere improvements but an evolution of himself beyond humans.
(Is this the goal of the realm's existence? Survive. As long as one can survive, they will eventually evolve. When enough tiny evolutions accumulate on an individual, even a lizard will grow into a dragon… I didn't realize I have become so strong already.)