Chapter 2 - Native American? (2) (1/2)

Chapter 2: Native American? (2)

Clack-clack-clack-clack-clack!

The sound of the computers’ engine running was amplified tens of times, strumming Kiwoo’s eardrums.

Was he nervous? His heart pounded voraciously and his mouth parched.

「One minute before operation. Review for final check.」

A full voice echoed from the speaker.

Kiwoo re-examined himself.

From safety shoes, security pieces, bags, and parachutes… he checked over it at least ten times and found nothing amiss.

“All clear,” Kiwoo said.

‘What if something were to go wrong? Could the operation be stopped?’ Kiwoo wondered.

No. Probably not.

The entrance would be sealed off the moment this… this incomplete time machine started.

There was no turning back.

For Kiwoo to survive and save the human species, he’d need to accurately warp the earth’s atmosphere into the past times, otherwise, he’d die of unconditional death.

This experiment was an unproven hypothesis. It was mere gambling.

Ten men, Kiwoo included, put their stakes and fundings to this creation for the sake of humanity. Had they been given more ample time, the creation would have been further developed and the probability of success higher.

‘There’s little chance for success…’

There was no guarantee that he would travel back into the past, and if he did, he’d warp into space and meet death instantly. The universe was vast and the blue planet was merely a speck of dust.

It would be good if he wasn’t buried alive in the ground during the process, or warped over the vast ocean only to drown should the travel through the passage of time prove successful.

Kiwoo thought it best not to think any further. It’d only give him a sense of hopelessness for something he had no answer for.

He’d die too if proven a failure.

…Still… someone has to.

And he was the chosen one.

This was their only hope to save humanity against the astronomical odds of their extinction.

The plan was simple but the execution complicated.

Kiwoo was to travel to the past and accelerate the development of science. Then, at present time, the current state of technology would be developed enough to change the course of Narva’s direction or migrate and become an interplanetary species before Narvas would be able to reach the surface of the earth.

「5… 4… 3…」

The countdown coming from the speaker continued at a rapid pace.

Then, it reached zero.

With an enormous sense of pressure that no human could withstand, Kiwoo vanished and flew away.

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Whooooooosh!

“Ugh!”