Chapter 257: The Destiny (1/2)

Chapter 257: The Destiny

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

”Where are we?”

”Unknown,” Mu told Ye Chong who was the first morning bird among the folks thanks to his very best physique. Mu’s reply had always been that indifferent.

He took a look at the visuals. His drowsy eyes straightened themselves upon glance. Even an even-tempered person like Ye Chong became odd-tempered for a second because of the scene.

”What… are these?” whispered Ye Chong with his finger pointing at those layers of crimson fluttering in the projection, where the Coxcomb was currently sailing on. The layers were as thick as the bog, sometimes they were as thin as the fog. They could be dense, they could also be diluted as if a space rain had fallen. The nameless misty redness was giving the hologramic detection system a major interruption, where even Mu’s built-in detection system had to force its proximity reduced to almost nothing. What about Photon Mode? Ye Chong peeked at the outside through the window, the mode would be a hopeless attempt.

”Matches with the databank: Negative. Component: Unknown,” that statement from Mu gave Ye Chong another moment of flinched silence.

”Then how do we know if we are sailing in the right direction?” asked Ye Chong. Unlike the sea, a spaceship must locate its coordination all the time. It was not a journey that could be led by a general direction or they could sail way off the planned course easily, to nowhere… And there were tiny asteroids hovering in the space, reminding the Coxcomb to not take a reckless sail on them.

”I would say, we would have to rely on RnG,” said Mu helplessly.

…

Ye Chong was speechless…

The rest of the members woke up very soon after that. The tension, panic and screams Ye Chong was expecting could hardly be seen on them. Zhu Ling just got up and went back to her training room, while Lian Yue, after a nice stretch and a few rubs on his neck, sauntered back to the laboratory after muttering a few words. As for Little Rock… well, he stayed on the ground, as he looked upon the ceiling, dazing off in accordance with his routine.

Why none of them showed concern to our situation now? Wondered Ye Chong really peculiarly.

The Coxcomb travelled in the mystifying zone for the next three days, which he never made a breakthrough within. They were still in the red sea. The zone was rather quiet and nothing had happened just yet, while the supplies of living necessity as well as the batteries were more than sufficient.

The folks had once extracted the strange stream of scarlet to perform analysis, but their research resulted in nothing significant. Their outcome this far, was merely concluding that the scarlet had indeed a negative effect on transmitting signals while altering its viscosity periodically in the space. Whether it could be harmful to human body… they do not have a living subject to test it on, and none of them ever had the courage to experiment themselves.

As the exact coordination remained unknown for the whole time, Mu could not risk to perform a space-jump, so the Coxcomb remained on its unintelligible course.

After two days of tension facing the unknown, Ye Chong too regained his calmness as he withdrew his nervousness and locked back into his heart.

Qiu Man woke up on the third day, whom of course Lian Yue went extremely welcoming upon, although Ye Chong had taught this appeal-loving man that this very lady named Qiu Man was nothing he could lay his hands upon. He better not.

The first thing Qiu Man did was to take a look around. And she immediately understood her situation upon seeing Ye Chong.

”Who are you? What do you want from me? Where am I?” Qiu Man did not lose her grace, as she asked Ye Chong flatly, which was more than alluring to Lian Yue. She’s… She’s gorgeous! Moaned Lian Yue in his mind, finding Qiu Man to be someone finally able to balance out the masculinity and femininity on the ship, since well… Zhu Ling, the only female among them, depicted hardly any ladylike feature. And Lian Yue felt his heart being struck by something the very first glance he had on the lady. He felt his brain had gone short-circuit.

”The location. We have no idea as well,” replied Ye Chong, ignoring the first really silly question he thought. He did not intend to skip the second question though, he wanted something else first, ”Your identity?” stated he.

Ye Chong’s tone always felt like the wind on a winter day, which was freezing to one’s core. Even Lian Yue began sinking into his shirt and scurried from the place.

Qiu Man’s heart tightened but being as witty as she was, she knew acting cooperative would be a far better choice, ”I am the management of Research Center 79,” she said.

Ye Chong’s eyes were expressing nothing but coldness, they were not blinking as the stare went on.

And Qiu Man, as feeling pressured, could not help but to spit, ”My grandfather is the leader of the intelligence.”

Ye Chong withdrew his stare and made a light nod. That explained a lot. No wonder they conducted such outrageous act. He was not sure what exactly the leader of the intelligence did, but obviously it was not some random folks on the street.

”Gao Shichang… Have you heard of Gao Shichang?” asked Ye Chong abruptly.

”Ah!” Qiu Man covered her mouth, as her eyes were inflated with surprise, never expecting this young man inquiring this person. The boy seemed to be just in his twenties, while it had been 20 years since the incident happened. This boy should have nothing to do with the case… or… maybe not, could he be a relative to Gao Shichang? But according to reports, Gao Shichang should have no relative…

Ye Chong’s pupils shrunk, his heart raced. There’s something wrong from this woman. She must know something!

But Qiu Man’s following reaction was not according to his preference, as no matter what he asked, how he asked, she remained in total silence. Sigh… it looks like I’m the wrong person to do the enquiry… I should hand it to the expert. Shang still did this like his bread and butter.

I’ll let the expert do the job then. Thought Ye Chong as he got up and walked away.

Lian Yue was very displeasing to Ye Chong, with his disgusting expression stuck upon Qiu Man’s gestures for some hours daily. He had to make the man forget about women, there was a way of course - mech-engine research and development, Ye Chong would make great use of those rich information he stole from Donald’s research unit.

It felt like an reincarnation of their past on the Coxcomb, where Zhu Ling would spend her days and nights training, Little Rock would be doing nothing as something kept running in his head, while Ye Chong, with his vain partner Lian Yue would be analyzing the information he obtained.

Lian Yue, despite his vanity, was still a genius in engine-development. It took him only three days to fully digest the concept of Donald’s designs. And as Ye Chong had predicted, Donald was indeed facing a stuck-up situation in his research.