Chapter 56: Chapter 56 Lost (Part 1)
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The products from the Xyrin Empire were famous for their high quality.
However, even the most high-quality product has its limits. When one’s luck is down to a certain extent, even Xyrin Empire products will encounter a series of incredibly improbable accidents, resulting in errors.
Pandora’s jump system started very smoothly, working as perfectly as the sun at eight or nine in the morning. Unfortunately, within ten seconds of entering the space gate, we crashed into the remnants of a destroyed world, from some unknown time. The mixed barriers of time, space, and law left the little one spinning. The sunny morning met sudden cloudy and rainy weather.
At this moment, Sicaro took over Pandora’s navigation. And then we crashed into a second world fragment…
In this critical moment, Sandora displayed the decisiveness and wisdom of a Xyrin Empress. She immediately activated her own navigation system, accurately adjusted our coordinates, and then we crashed into a third fragment…
When Sandora fell with swirly eyes, I knew I was the only one left to take on the remaining tasks. Even though I was just a half-baked Xyrin Emperor, I successfully pulled from my brain’s database the method to take over the plane’s jump navigation system using the highest authority and also mastered the essentials of this system.
Then, just as I was confidently about to perform my first self-controlled plane jump, the already battered navigation system finally broke down completely…
This, as the saying goes, was misfortune never coming alone. You see, the probability of crashing into world fragments during a space jump is less than one in a thousand, and the likelihood of those fragments being strong enough to affect the Xyrin space navigation system is less than three in ten thousand. Now, hitting three such fragments in a row meant that…
Let’s see, one in a thousand times three in ten thousand times…
Anyway, the odds were just very low…
When I came to, I found myself in a pitch-black forest. —Speaking of which, why does traveling through space often lead to landing in forests? Can’t the coordinates be set to someplace a bit more creative?
Thousands of kilometers away in an abandoned shed, where Sicaro lay on the ground after crashing through the roof, he suddenly felt a chill over his whole body.
I moved my body a bit and found I wasn’t injured. My clothes were just a bit dusty. It seemed that although there was a glitch in the jump coordinates, the landing was relatively safe.
In the same abandoned shed, Sicaro, whose clothes were torn from falling through the roof, shivered again.
In my spiritual connection, the signals from Sicaro, Sandora, and Pandora were all very clear. Although we were far apart, communication wasn’t a problem. Additionally, Sandora informed me that Lin Xue was with her, putting my mind at ease.
Despite her powerful superpowers, Lin Xue’s self-preservation ability was undoubtedly the weakest in this unknown otherworld.
The recent accident caused a small malfunction in Pandora’s space jump system. According to the information Pandora sent me, it would take about a day to repair those devices, so we couldn’t regroup for the time being. However, Pandora told me that Qianqian and her sister were now guarded by two powerful Angel Envoys known as the Space Twins, so I didn’t need to worry much about their safety.
I brushed off the dirt on my clothes and began to seriously observe my surroundings.
This was my first impression of the forest.
A palpable malice emanated from all directions, as if the forest was rejecting my presence.
This feeling was quite eerie because I couldn’t really describe it. The surroundings were a gloomy, dark forest with towering ancient trees blocking out the sky. I couldn’t even see a trace of light through the dense branches and leaves. If not for my body being enhanced by Sandora and my increased spiritual power and perception after becoming the Xyrin Emperor, I wouldn’t be able to see my hand in front of my face. This wasn’t normal because even the thickest forest should allow some light unless— the entire forest was shrouded in something.
I took a deep breath, but the air was cold and damp, an abnormal coldness devoid of the warmth typical of a dense forest. The oppressive feeling came from every plant around, with a hint of familiar sensation. I was surprised— I felt a crazed desire to attack from these plants!
This forest was filled with unsettling factors.
These plants shouldn’t be able to attack me. Thanks to the extensive world system knowledge that Sandora and Pandora drilled into me, I could easily recognize these plants weren’t demonized creatures. Despite a pervasive invasive aura, their inability to move posed no threat to me— as long as I didn’t go near them.
…Unfortunately, that wasn’t an option. I didn’t plan to stay put and starve.
As a Xyrin Emperor who had played the role of a lazy deadbeat among ordinary people for so long, it seemed it was time to stretch my muscles a bit. Otherwise, I might forget the command set in my brain someday.
So, I straightened my face, observed my nose, mouth, and heart, stood like a rigid pine, and exuded a certain energy with myself at the center…
Ahem, due to the absence of an audience, let’s skip these steps…
I skillfully connected with the Xyrin Mother Star, submitted a command, confirmed the launch— a series of actions flowed smoothly. It took less than a second, thanks to Sandora and Pandora training my spiritual power and remote control regularly. According to Sandora, although I was a carbon-based life form with much lower qualities than a Xyrin Apostle, my spiritual power was special. It allowed me to connect with the Xyrin Mother Star without external aid. Enthralled by her research interest, Sandora invested thirty percent of her energy into studying my spiritual power. The result was that my speed in launching a Mother Star strike was now less than a second!
With a steady hum, a continuous white light swept across, cutting a gaping wound hundreds of meters wide into the dark, eerie forest. The brilliant sunlight finally shone in, dispelling much of the oppressive atmosphere of the forest.
I dusted off again and proceeded along the broad path opened by the Xyrin Space Cannon, walking into the forest’s depths. In that direction, I felt a peaceful and delightful energy distinctly different from the surrounding atmosphere.
Not far from this forest, in a valley.
Qianqian and Chen Qian held each other’s hands tightly, stunned by the shocking scene before them.
At that time, Qianqian and Chen Qian were in their shared room, with Qianqian trying to comfort Chen Qian, telling her not to worry about Chen Jun and the others.
Until something in Qianqian’s waist pouch suddenly started vibrating violently.
When the two girls recovered from the intense dizziness, they found themselves in an unfamiliar valley, with two noticeably smaller constant stars compared to Earth’s sun lazily casting their light on the ground.
After a few minutes of discussion, the girls finally concluded one thing: they had traveled— and it seemed to be to a desolate place.
Qianqian was quite a bold and brave girl, and Chen Qian’s fortitude could make ordinary men feel inadequate. But faced with this situation, they didn’t fare much better than average girls, instantly gripped by panic and the sorrow of potentially never seeing their loved ones again.
It was at this moment that a peculiar pair of twins appeared.
They had matching silver-white ear-length short hair, identical beautiful faces, and identical metallic-looking war robe-like clothing. The only difference was their eyes.
One emitted a bizarre, ghostly blue light from her left eye, while the other’s right eye burned with a deep red flame that sent shivers down one’s spine.
Qianqian finally regained some composure and asked with a trembling voice. Though the twins only silently looked at them, Qianqian was sure these twins, obviously not human, possessed enough power to easily kill her.