Sayilin said calmly.
“What?”
Jason asked in shock.
“We are
waiting, six of us.” Sayilin said happily.
“Are you
sure you want to get in?” He asked slowly.
“What do
you think?” Titainein shouted.
Jason
opened the door and soon all his teammates arrived at the bridge. When Lucis
told them where Jason was heading to, his friends just couldn’t let him risk
his life and sat there doing nothing. Looking at his friends, Jason knew he
didn’t need to tell them how dangerous it was going to be. Right now they were
waiting for his order.
“The
bridge is very similar to the one we were trained on. Let’s get into positions.
Vampire, you take navigation. Erikon, go to the dark engine room and wait for
my order. Sayilin, pilot position. Idi, radar control. Titainein,
communication. Orizy, weapon system” Jason said quickly.
Erikon
headed to the engine. Others quickly got into their positions.
“Erikon,
the door is open. Let me know when dark engine is ready.” Jason talked to
Erikon using his watch.
“Copy that.”
“Navigation
is online and ready.” Lucis said as he brought up the galaxy mapping interface.
“Set the
course for planet Etitaeg.” Jason said hastily.
“Communication
ready.”
“Piloting
system is online.” Sayilin said.
“All
defensive weapons are online. Authorization code is required for the use of
offensive weapon and we don’t have one.” Orizy said.
“Noted.”
Jason said.
“Jason,
dark engine is online. We need to extract more dark energy.” Erikon called in
on Jason’s watch.
“Radar
is clear. It is still early.” Idi said easily.
“Sayilin,
take her out.” Jason said.
The
ceiling slowly opened. Cruiser General Klizan blasted off into the space like a
silver bullet.
“This is
weird.” Titainein said as the cruiser was extracting the dark energy from the
surrounding.
“What is
it?” Jason asked.
“The
flight control didn’t hail us. They always ask flight plan and other stuff.”
Titainein said.
“In this
case, we are lucky. What do we say if they ask?” Lucis said.
“Jason,
you really surprise us sometime.” Titainein said happily.
“You
mean this cruiser?” Jason asked.
“No, I
meant you scored a date with a first species.” Titainein chuckled.
Others
also smiled at Jason.
“Jason,
dark engine is ready to roll.” Erikon called in.
“Lucis?”
Jason asked.
“The
course is set. 280 billion light years. Estimate time is four hours and 12
minutes. We are ready to enter dark matter passageway.” Lucis said.
“Sayilin,
punch it.” Jason said decisively.
Sayilin
pushed the throttle forward.
Under
the hull, the black liquid from the dark engine started to circulate and it
moved faster and faster. The cruiser started to blend into the background. When
the circulating liquid reached maximum velocity, cruiser disappeared into the
dark matter passageway.
Chapter 26
Mark was sitting on the ground
of a prison cell. He had been awake for a while. He was expecting some Glycan
to question him, but nobody showed up.
In
another prison cell next to the one holding Mark, Kalan, Doisgy, Caytion and
Zserie were looking at the two restrained Hylocan through a big window. Right
now, those Hylocans were unconscious. Kalan had their eyes covered and their
bodies fixed on surgical tables. There wasn’t even a fight. When those Hylocans
reached a corridor inside the facility, Kalan ordered the attack and his men
released nerve gas. The two Hylocans didn’t even have the chance to fire a
bullet.
“Are you
sure covering their eyes is enough?” Kalan said as he glanced over at Zserie.
“Yes,
they are just so-so Hylocans. They have to see the target within 10 meters to
read its mind.” Zserie said confidently.
“What if
they have some self-destruction mechanism?” Doisgy asked.
“I don’t
think so.” Zserie said.
“Did we
find anything in the craft they arrived in?” Kalan asked.
“It was
a short range space vessel. In order
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