Chapter 1104 - : Science and Magic (1/2)

“Record the data right now!”

“345.126.091… recording of space waves complete. Beginning to gather data!”

Gazing at the electronic screen, Manny couldn’t conceal his emotions. He rubbed his hands together and stared at the data before him. Ever since this black slate was uncovered, he had never seen such strong reactions from it. But for the past few days, it seemed to have come alive. It constantly transmitted signals to the outside world, which excited the research team led by Manny. They had worked hard for years and there were finally some results. They felt like their hard work had finally paid off. Shortly after Manny gave his orders, folks of the huge experimental lab got busy right away, returning to their seats in an orderly manner and beginning to record all data released from the black slate. Looking at this scene, Manny felt his eyes watering. When he unearthed this black slate back then, he knew instantly that it was an extremely crucial discovery! And now, everything was finally coming to fruition!

“Professor Manny, everything is going well!”

“Good! Continue!”

Stifling his agitation, Manny stroked his large beard and replied. He lowered his head and typed all over the keyboard to compare the new and old data. Ever since the black slate was dug, Manny had been constantly researching it. He was astounded to discover that it was always releasing a faint signal to a certain place in deep space as though trying to make a connection. This instantly piqued his curiosity. He detected that this black slate from outside human civilization might possibly be the bridge of contact between civilizations in outer space! Human civilization might possibly change entirely due to its existence!

Even though Manny tried searching for a pattern to the signal to decipher it, but what exceeded his expectation was that logically, the signal transmission of any civilization should be objective. However, the signal from this slate was extremely chaotic. It would occasionally send out a series of orderly waves, followed irregular ones. This left Manny in a headache. Even though he tried everything, the progress was extremely slow until recently when it suddenly had a strong response for some unknown reason. The irregular signal waves were also gradually being grasped. Next, as long as he decipher the signal, they would enter a whole new world!

Beep———!

At the same time, the ear-piercing siren blared, disrupting the old professor from his thoughts. For some unknown reason, he instinctively had a bad feeling.

“What’s happening?”

“Professor! The signal waves from the black slate are becoming unstable. The speed has become faster than we predicted… no, it can’t be detected. We can’t record it!”

“Increase power output immediately. Also, transmit all previous data to the main computer! Activate the isolation system!”

“High energy response detected in the target, Professor! Suppressor power has reached a critical point!”

“———!”

It only took an instant.

Manny looked on helplessly at the black slate floating in midair as it suddenly exuded a mysterious and murky white ring of light that expanded to the surroundings. Standing before the massive ring of light, the specially-reinforced tempered glass and alloy walls stood no chance at all. They were as though non-existent as the ring of light passed through them, before continuing to proliferate. Shortly after, the bright, white light dimmed abruptly.

That wasn’t due to an issue in electricity. Instead, there was a murky curtain concealing the dazzling brilliance. In an instant, not only did everyone’s vision turn black, but the electronic screen flickering with images turned pitch-black and unresponsive. No one seemed to realize what happened. The instant the ring of light erupted, they instinctively hugged their heads and lay on the ground. And now, they cautiously crawled to their feet and exchanged terrified looks with one another. They were completely speechless. They also didn’t notice that their shadows were constantly twisting and distorting.

“W-What just happened?”

“Is everyone alright? Anyone hurt?”

Shortly after, everyone got up on their feet and stared at their surroundings in uncertainty. They couldn’t be blamed since what happened was too bizarre. After scanning the place, they realized the air was gradually transforming into a certain type of turbid, liquid-like presence and several strip-like objects were seen fluttering.

What exactly are those?

“Grrrr…”

While everyone was panicking, a sudden, deep growl of a monster rumbled in their ears, causing them to group together in a fluster. The soldiers in charge of security at the side raised their weapons and stared vigilantly at their surroundings. After all, they were sent here to prevent accidents like these and now, an accident had really happened!

“Leave here immediately!”

Even though Manny was unaware of what was happening, he instinctively felt like the situation was far from good. He extended his hand to push up his gold-rimmed glasses and commanded. The other researchers headed to the exit quickly under the escort of the soldiers. But it was a pity that their reactions were too slow.

“Ahhh!”

Screams filled the lab.

Blood splashed after one of the soldiers collapsed to the ground after being pounced on by a monster leaping out from the shadows. Before he got to fire his weapon, its razor-sharp fangs had torn his throat apart. At the same time, other shadowy monsters dashed across the lab swiftly and the researchers who couldn’t escape in time were also forced to the ground, turning into minced meat in the blink of an eye.

“Fire! Fire!”

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The other soldiers finally pulled themselves together from the shock, raising their weapons and firing at the monsters that suddenly appeared, while shielding the fortunate researchers who survived and were escaping. But shortly after, they were shaken to realize that not only were their weapons ineffective on the shadowy monsters, but they had also attracted their attention. A few seconds later, many more monsters leapt out from the shadows. Not only from the surface, but also from above as they expanded their wings and pounced with bare fangs and brandishing claws.

The battlefront fell apart almost instantly.

“Arghhhh!”

Manny lay on the floor, widening his eyes in terror at this scene that was like hell on earth. Right in front of him, the researchers and soldiers were ripped apart and gobbled up by monsters jumping out from the shadows. They struggled to break free from the devil-like monsters, but were dismembered mercilessly at the very next moment. Manny had also witnessed a soldier with his leg bitten off and crawling toward the exit. However, he was instantly captured and tossed into the air, before being torn apart like a rag doll. The strong stench of blood assailed his nostrils, staining the white, spotless floor. But now, Manny could no longer care about that.

I have to get out of here. What exactly is going on? Where did the monsters come from? Damn it, why didn’t the siren sound!

Logically, the siren would sound automatically as soon as the core experimental lab was attacked and other places would be sealed off. But for some reason, the siren didn’t sound at all. Besides, the auto-defense mechanism used to eliminate threats was completely unresponsive. Of course, Manny didn’t know that the system had ‘defected’.