Chapter 1548 - Lifting Off (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The strange “rock”, which had been in the crater in the forest for a week, finally moved.
Early in the morning, the little creatures living nearby were stunned by a strange sound. After determining that it was not the sign of another round of explosions, the daring animals slunk up to the edge of the crater through the woods and bushes, then proceeded to look at what the “rock” from heaven was up to. They were surprised to find that the culprit who smashed a big hole out of the forest had changed. The once black shell was now shining in silver and white. There was a beautiful halo floating over its armor, like the ripples on a lake’s surface.
A strange humming sound like wind blowing in a cave was heard coming from the belly of that weird thing.
Several little beasts with pointed grayish-white ears grabbed the branches and looked down from above. They were furious when they thought about their homes—the beautiful tree holes. The “rock” from space had destroyed their squats, which were now pinned under the belly of that strange object. The little beasts held on to the branches and roared at the thing in the crater from a distance, they thought was safe. They were trying to chase the uninvited guest away.
This time, it seemed like they had succeeded.
The silvery-white monster began to lift off with the bright blue light shooting out of the nozzles at the rear and notches around the waist. This seemingly heavy behemoth seemed to have lost its weight as it lifted off in the air and flew away.
That damn strange thing had finally flown away.
The little animals in the forest looked in disbelief before cheers broke out among them—or it could be just their random scream as they fled. A few little beasts with gray-white pointed ears still clung to the branches. They looked at the crater left behind by the silver-white thing, trying to find their beautiful tree holes. But they were disappointed.
They chirped and exchanged opinions with each other. Figuring that it was no longer suitable to this place home, they decided to move to the forest, where there were many frames and “stone trees”, to find their next beautiful tree holes.
“How does it feel to be able to fly again?” Hao Ren asked with a smile.
Standing next to the projector at the center of the flight deck, Nolan was checking the flight data with enthusiasm.
“Awesome!” Nolan’s arms were in akimbo, and she swung her silvery-white ponytail. “I was worried for the past few days that I would have the flying disorder. You know what, it turns out that I am born to fly. I have never felt so good!”
“Great.” Hao Ren nodded with a smile. Nolan, the ship girl had been debilitated for a week, and today, she finally regained her spirits, which was a good thing. “How’s the spacecraft doing?”
“It is better than expected!” Nolan seemed so happy that she had created a bunch of firework and lantern special effects using a hologram. “The power reactor works excellently, the shield is stable and sturdy, and the weapon system is as powerful as new. The main gun seems to still have a little problem, but I think it will be ready to blast anything away in a few hours!”
“All right, all right. I understand how happy you are. But you better concentrate on flying this thing for now.” Hao Ren waved his hand at Nolan to calm her down. “We need to be wary of the Divine Storm in the galaxy. The latest surveillance report from the drone cluster shows that the Divine Storm only exists in deep space and is now generally calm, but do not be too carried away lest the storm will come after us.”
The bluster worked. Nolan suddenly looked around like a frightened rabbit, as if she could weaken the presence of the several-hundred-meter-long spaceship in space.
Hao Ren felt a sense of relief. Compared with when she was still a Gray Fox mercenary who had been through the mill and brought out of Zorm’s dreams, Nolan now looked more cheerful than before. Perhaps, this was the AI woman’s actual “personality” setting?
The spacecraft had left the planet’s atmosphere, but it did not accelerate away. Instead, it activated various interfering and cloaking mechanisms and moved closer to the high orbit unhurriedly. Ahead in its flight path was the Zenith, the miraculous space station that the native inhabitants of the planet had built, gleaming under the sunlight.
Hao Ren turned to look at the two robot girls, N-4 and N-6, who were sitting not far away.
The other Executors were also on the Petrachelys. After N-4 and Hao Ren reached a consensus, N-4’s ground forces, including those who had fled before, became the temporary passengers of the Petrachelys and were in standby mode in a visitor compartment. N-4 and N-6 were on the flight deck to answer questions from Hao Ren.
N-4 and N-6 were fascinated by the Petrachelys, which was built with technology that they had never seen before. They had been in awe, especially when the spacecraft lifted off.
Meanwhile, Hao Ren was quietly observing them.