Chapter 26: Unknown (2/2)

Am I really going to die here today? He laughed bitterly.

Such a huge indentation, was it caused by the crash?

Ye Chong stepped gently on the wall and propelled to the toolkit at the corner sluggishly. It felt awkward to be in zero-gravity. Ye Chong sensed uneasiness for he couldn’t control his body strength freely like he was on the land which was a demanding requirement.

Ye Chong brushed off the thoughts because it was pointless.

He opened up the toolkit and found a durable fabric rope. He tied one end at the bottom of the driving seat and the other around himself. Due to the lack of gravity in space, if you were to float in the air without anything to hold onto, you should be expecting death anytime soon!

The idea of being dead in Mu’s embrace doesn’t seem too bad. Ye Chong forced a smile, trying to be optimistic in order to boost his will to survive so, he would be likelier to survive. Ye Chong continued to encourage himself.

Ye Chong thought of dispersing the fear towards the unknown deep in him; maybe this was the strong need of survival coming from inside of him.

He hovered over the indentation with caution.

The outside was dark like an abyss in the jaw of a gigantic monster; bottomless enough to engulf everything.

Ye Chong switched on the light tied to his wrist and took a deep breath from the oxygen supply of the kit and mustered his courage as he pressed at the edge of the crater and propelled out of the cabin.

The tightened nerves caused the muscles on Ye Chong’s face to lose senses. It was this slight paralysis which Ye Chong was certain that this moment was the only time he could be this nervous his whole life.

What awaited him on the outside? Meteors? Mutated life forms or some other strange apparitions? To human beings, the unknown instilled the most fear.

The powerful light coming from his wrist shone everything around him!

He flinched at the sight before him and was at loss for words!

He gathered his thoughts and started to ponder on chain of events that led to this damage. A guess would be that Mu, at his intense velocity somehow crashed into a spaceship at its vertical orbit which it didn’t dodge for some reason. In the end, Mu viciously thrust into the abdomen of the ship. The heavy crash was probably the cause of Mu’s injury. Ye Chong speculated.

Half of Mu’s body was still embedded inside the body of this spacecraft.

Exiting from Mu’s cabin led him to a long and narrow corridor with debris floating in the air. Horrible wreckage was seen around the corridor. There were signs of scorches too. It seemed like there was a major explosion!

The lighting system of the spaceship appeared to have been completely obliterated. The darkness of the corridor sent chills to his spine. It exudes undefined creepiness. Ye Chong was aware of the situation but remained calm. He was encouraged at the thought of his chance for survival!

He scanned all corners of the corridor aided by the light on his arm as he cautiously drifted to the deepest side of the path.