Chapter 65: Leaving Earth (2/2)
The beast wave that had happened most recently had been particularly dangerous. If not for the few Realm of Sky experts who had appeared out of nowhere and helped save the stronghold, he definitely would have died. He had thought that he would live out the rest of his life at Jinlin, but to his surprise, he was suddenly carted off onto a spaceship! He had been on edge this entire time, terrified that he would be dissected and analyzed by aliens, so when he saw Lu Yin, he was so relieved that he nearly wept. Xu San had previously been quite wary of Lu Yin, but in this strange new environment, he was determined to cling onto the only person he knew.
Lu Yin burst out laughing, “Enough of that. You can stay with me. I’ll have someone arrange another room, so just wait here.”
Xu San exclaimed in surprise, “How ‘bout I room with you, Boss? I won’t go anywhere.”
“Nope, I don’t like staying with guys. Alright, just relax. You’re safe here, and there will be people protecting you. I’m pretty important in this place,” Lu Yin said airily.
Xu San was astonished, “Boss, this is an alien spacecraft, and you’re saying you’re pretty important?”
Lu Yin didn’t have time to explain everything, so he had the soldiers lead Xu San away and arrange a room for him next to Zhang Dingtian. Now, there were four earthlings aboard this spacecraft, five if he included himself. This was actually quite a high number of natives to be joining the core of the Empire from a trial planet; in most other trials, there would be at most three and they would be sent out to battlefields. Compared to the cream of the crop in the empire’s academies, the “geniuses” from the trial planets were nothing but trash. Earth was quite exceptional, especially considering that Liu Shaoge was able to enter the Innerverse.
A day later, Lu Yin was still studying star charts when the Perseverance shook a little, and there was a huge roar from the turtle. He went to the window to watch as the scenery outside disappeared in the blink of an eye, fading into the pitch-black darkness of space. He could see the beautiful blue Earth from his window, a dazzling sight.
Seeing the blue ball zooming away, he felt a bit troubled. He had lived on that planet for nearly two years and owed a majority of his memories to it; now that he was leaving, he had no idea when he would return.
Elsewhere in the spacecraft, Zhang Dingtian, Bai Xue, Xu San, and Seruzen were also staring at the beautiful planet. They had left this planet—their home—with no idea if they would be able to return. Perhaps, this was goodbye… The universe was vast and filled with all kinds of dangers, whether they be living creatures or the environment itself. As they were now, they didn’t have the strength to protect themselves.
Zhang Dingtian clenched his sword tightly and walked away with a steely determination in his eyes. Bai Xue looked concerned, but no one could tell exactly what she was thinking. Xu San kept muttering to himself about something and looked unwilling to leave. He had not wanted to leave Earth, but he was smart enough to know that he had no choice, which was also why he had kept his thoughts to himself. Seruzen was the most tranquil of them all and simply watched quietly as the blue planet disappeared from sight.
Much later, once the Perseverance was steadily traveling through space, Lu Yin headed towards Sigmund’s command center; as a general, the man was also the lead pilot of the spaceship. The command center was situated at the very top of the craft, but the interior seemed normal without the plethora of confusing buttons one would expect. There were only all sorts of star charts on various screens.
Sigmund looked out in the direction they were traveling with his hands clasped behind his back, “How does it feel to leave Earth?”
“Sad. I’m reluctant to leave,” Lu Yin stated.
The General turned towards him, “I’ve had you investigated, but other than the data we could gather about you from Earth, we couldn’t find anything. Can you tell me where you’re from?”
“I lost my memories,” Lu Yin answered, laughing as the man arched an eyebrow, “I don’t care if you don’t believe me. The only memories I have are those from Earth.”
Sigmund nodded, “It’s none of my business. I asked you to come here to tell you something.”