Chapter 1240 - Sorokins Bizarre Adventure 1 (1/2)
“The reaction is getting stronger, meaning I’m getting closer…”
Sorokin looked at the star map. Within a certain distance ahead, there was only one desolate planet. He was basically certain that Soul Flame was on this planet.
On the star map, this planet had no name, only a serial number. It was marked as a poor planet with no value for developing.
After the fleet advanced a while longer and was still quite some distances away from this planet, Sorokin stopped the fleet.
“All ships, stop advancing. Use astronomical observation instruments to observe the surface status of that planet.”
“…Observation complete. Boss, everything is normal on the planet surface. It’s desolate and has nothing worth paying attention to. The details still require field inspection.”
Sorokin nodded and ordered, “Hmm, send out a recon ship to land on the planet first. Everyone else, remain in stealth mode and standby here.”
He had a habit of being careful at all times. He was worried that Soul Flame might have a master, so he decided to test it first. Even if it was a desolate planet, he still had to repeatedly confirm there was no hidden danger.
The recon ship deviated from the fleet and quickly flew toward the planet. Sorokin secretly used his ability and possessed the captain of the ship.
A while later, the recon ship finally arrived on the planet. It activated all kinds of scanners and started to investigate the underground. However, after an entire hour, all results came back normal.
Sorokin immediately realized the problem and narrowed his eyes.
According to his senses, Soul Flame was right there, somewhere underground. There was no way it was not discovered unless someone had set up disguise devices underground, which would prove that someone was there.
“Even if the scanning can be avoided, the actual object can’t be hidden.”
Sorokin’s manifestation drew out a rough area on the planet’s underground model. He then ordered the crew to stop scanning and send robots to dig into the ground instead. He planned to dig a hole right toward the location of Soul Flame.
However, the moment the robots were dispatched from the ship, the recon ship suddenly became paralyzed. Its engine shut off, and it plummeted from the sky. The crew inside the cabin were bumping into everything around like they were inside a shaking tin can.
Sorokin suppressed his instincts and did not use any ability with his manifestation. When the recon ship was just about to crash onto the ground, a blue-purple magic gate suddenly appeared below it. The recon ship fell right in and disappeared.
At the same time, the mercenary group leader far away in the main ship hastily reported to Sorokin’s original body.
“Boss, we’ve just lost communication with the recon ship. It’s suddenly missing. Should we go take a look?”
“No need, move back for now.”
Sorokin’s eyes flickered.
It looked like there were indeed enemies near Soul Flame. Since he possessed the captain of the recon ship, he could now scout the enemies.
At this point of time, the vision and senses of the manifestation were being transmitted back to his mind.
After the recon ship fell into the magic gate, as if it had fallen onto a certain buffering platform, it did not crash, but the trembling of the cabin made the people inside fall down again.
The crew covered their bleeding heads. They hastily pressed on the operating table and said with panic, “Captain, all functions of the spaceship are frozen. We’ve lost contact with the others!”
Sorokin’s manifestation acted panicked and said, “Go put on the land exploration armor. Open the hatch manually, and take a look at where we are.”
As the order was given, the crew quickly changed and became land exploration armored warriors. Suppressing the nervousness in their hearts, they carefully pulled the hatch open.
Whoosh!
The sound of air pressure adjusting appeared as the hatch slipped open. After seeing what was outside, everyone froze.
This was a place that looked like an underground helipad. Outside was a group of mechanical suit warriors holding explosive energy firearms who surrounded the recon ship, aiming all their barrels at the hatch.
“What is this place?”
“Who are you?”
The crew of the ship were shocked.
The leader of the mechanical suit warriors outside coldly replied, “Disarm yourselves immediately, put your hands up, and walk out, or we’ll fire!”
This is an unknown organization? They should have been hiding in the underground of this planet.
Sorokin did not see any organization’s symbols on the mechanical suits of these people. He immediately acted nervous and cowardly. He yelled at the crew to throw away their weapons and led them out with his hands in the air.
Very soon, they were captured and imprisoned separately. Sorokin’s manifestation was alone in an interrogation room.
After quite a while, the room door was finally pushed open. A mechanical suit warrior who was clearly there to interrogate him walked in, still wearing the helmet. It sat opposite and said, “I ask, and you answer, or you die. Understood?”
Sorokin’s manifestation acted scared and nodded.
“I just searched your logs and found you belong to a mercenary group. Tell me, why have you come here?”
“I-I don’t know. I’m just following orders.”
Sorokin’s manifestation deliberately stuttered, but he was secretly relieved.
Through checking the logs and interrogating the crew, this unknown organization definitely knew that the rest of the mercenary group was there too. Luckily, out of caution, he had kept the rest of the fleet quite far away and ordered them to back away even further when the recon ship lost contact.
The interrogator asked many more questions. Sorokin’s manifestation’s answers had both truths and lies, keeping to the amount of information this captain should know while shivering.
He had been acting across multiple lives, so he was already a top tier expert and a competitive candidate at the Oscars, so he did not cause any suspicion.
After a while, the interrogator was done asking questions and was about to stand up and leave the room.
At this time, Sorokin’s manifestation’s eyes suddenly lit up. Through his eyes, Sorokin’s manifestation dashed into the interrogator’s body and tried to possess it.
He had to know more about this unknown organization, so possessing one of them was clearly the best choice.
Sorokin activated his ability in the blink of an eye with no signs at all. It was extremely well hidden. At such a close distance, this interrogator who was not even a Calamity Grade, of course, was defenseless. His body was instantly taken over.
Right after Sorokin took over the body, before he could feel glad, he shockingly discovered a bright flame in the mind of this body.
“Soul Flame’s seal‽”
The moment this interrogator’s mind was occupied by an outsider’s consciousness. As if it sensed something, this flame suddenly became volatile like it was about to turn into a sea of fire the next second and torch the mind of this body.
Sorokin’s expression changed. In an instant, he adjusted his soul frequency, made a series of complex adjustments, and shrouded this flame with his soul energy.
The next moment, this flame slowly calmed down but still did not look fully stable, as if it could erupt any time.
Seeing this, Sorokin was relieved.
He knew all too well about the effects of Soul Flame. It could plant this type of surveillance seal on others to prevent them from leaking certain secrets or getting their memories searched. Once triggered, the seal would instantly burn all related memories. The master of Soul Flame would also sense it.
This was effective against most people, even Beyond Grade As, but not Sorokin.
He had once been the master of Soul Flame, so he already knew everything there was to know about its abilities. With the specialness of his Esper Ability, he could temporarily dodge the Soul Flame’s seal. He was one of the extremely few who could infiltrate the Holy Accord in the universe.