Chapter 181 - Ancient Remains (XV)
Editors: Kitty & Humu
“Ah! The captain is awake.” There was a familiar voice sounding out by his ear.
Xing Yan opened his eyes, raised his head, and swept his gaze around him. There were several familiar and strange faces around him. It was hard for him to recall who these people were. Currently, he could hardly recognize his companions with whom he had been through life and death together.
But his companions knew nothing about his current state at the moment. John was the first to rush forward, bear-hugged Xing Yan tightly, and almost cried out in tears, “Captain, it’s so nice to see that you haven’t died!”
“Tsk, crow"s mouth. With Captain’s capabilities, how would he die!” w.a.n.g Yu punched John who was beside him although his thin body could only hit John’s leg.
John did not care. He rubbed at Xing Yan who was in his embrace in excitement until Xing Yan started to frown. He put his hand on John’s head and moved his face away. Xing Yan secretly suppressed his inner irritability that was surging up and could not help but take a look at his own hands.
His hands were shaking slightly. They were shaking so faintly that it was hard to tell.
Strange, very strange.
I feel like…… I am currently forgetting certain things, certain people, certain occurrences at a rapid rate.
But why would I forget?
“Are you all in the lifeboat?” Noen standing over at the other side suddenly opened his mouth. He checked the safety settings at the door of the lifeboat. After making sure that there was no problem, he breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to the crowd and said, “We must first open the valve at the dock outside so that the lifeboat can fly out. But Abyss has already gone to do that. Now our goal is to guard the lifeboat and check whether there are insects and other things in the boat.”
After Noen spoke, people spontaneously scattered to explore this small lifeboat. But Xing Yan did not look like he was in a good state, so w.a.n.g Yue and others helped their captain to sit in the seat of the s.p.a.ceship’s cab to get some rest. After that, several people left the cab temporarily.
But Noen did not go. He watched several human beings leave the cab one by one. Under his mask and helmet, it was hard to decipher what expression he had on. He remained silent for quite a while. Then he turned around and walked towards Xing Yan, who was lying there resting.
At that time, it was not known what kind of thoughts drove Noen. He neither really hated human beings nor was he afraid of death. He did not even have any conflicts of interest with this group of humans. But suddenly a voice in his mind told him to do so, so he followed the command of that voice.
He took out a knife-like weapon from his armor and walked slowly towards Xing Yan.
The first one to die was always the one left behind. This was always the case in movies.
He went behind Xing Yan and held up the blade in his hand.
He thought he would be able to do it easily, for Xing Yan looked very weak: his limbs were listless and pale, and when he walked, he looked as if he was floating. All these signs showed that he would not be able to resist.
In fact, Xing Yan was really powerless. The secret chamber’s will lingered in him for a period of time and drained all his energy. It even destroyed and occupied his soul to a certain extent. He should have been extremely weak at this point in time.
But outcomes were always very unexpected.
Just as Noen swung the blade of his knife and chopped down at his opponent’s head, he felt the incredible pain coming from his right hand, which was holding the knife. At that moment, he turned his head to look at his right hand holding the knife. He found that his hand had been cut off inexplicably!
Blood gushed out and splashed onto the helmet on Noen’s head. His amputated hand, still holding the blade, fell to the ground with a crash. Pain pulsed from the wound and crawled and filled his brain.
The other party was not holding a knife, and there was no one else behind him. The other members of Team Ghost Shadow were not present. So why?
Noen turned his head in horror to glance at Xing Yan, but he saw that Xing Yan, who should have been weak, sat on his seat as he slightly raised his head before turning to look at Noen…… The expression in the depths of his eyes looked unusually sharp and incisive.
This fellow!? Even before he screamed, he felt a sharp pain in his legs. He looked down in surprise and found that when he was unaware, a straight, b.l.o.o.d.y line was cut across his legs. It was like an invisible blade had cut his leg!
Without the support of his legs, Noen fell to the ground uncontrollably. He was still a strong fighter, and he did not let out a scream. He only breathed out heavily.
“It’s strange…… It’s strange……” Xing Yan looked at the fallen Noen as he murmured to himself, “I feel like I’m constantly forgetting something…… Something has eroded my soul.”
“But it doesn’t matter. Everything in the universe and the stars is eternal. The spatial powers will give me great power.”
Xing Yan showed a ferocious smile, “It is me who should be the strongest human being.”
“Kill me, and none of you will be able to fly this ship.” Noen lay on the ground, gasping helplessly. He who had lost his hands and legs was losing blood at a very quick rate. There was a lack of oxygen in his brain, and his sight became dark. But he did not forsake his calm judgement.
He did not know why he had wanted to do it, but he had already done it, and he had to find a way that would lead him to victory.
“That was why I didn’t kill you.” Xing Yan slowly collected himself from the chair. In fact, his body was still very weak, but he still felt a very strong and vast energy that filled his soul. Xing Yan suddenly wanted to understand where the energy came from. Yes, it came from the crevice between s.p.a.cetime.
In the crevice of s.p.a.cetime when he was torn into countless pieces.
Xing Yan walked to Noen’s side and lowered his head as he gazed at Noen.
At this time, the members who had gone to check the lifeboat returned to the c.o.c.kpit one by one. w.a.n.g Yue was the first one to return. As soon as he came in, he stood at the door and did not dare to move. There was alien blood on the ground…… The blood of a Polarisian was white.
“Capt…… Captain?” w.a.n.g Yue felt that he was in a dilemma. He had already seen the dying alien lying on the ground, and Xing Yan was standing next to the alien. When he heard w.a.n.g Yue’s voice, he looked back at him, and the look in his eyes was br.i.m.m.i.n.g with killing intent.
w.a.n.g Yue had never seen Xing Yan look at his companions in this manner.
“Ask Jiang Li to stop his bleeding.” Xing Yan’s voice was also full of indifference. He seemed to be stripped of all his feelings of warmth, leaving only his cruelty and cold-bloodedness.
w.a.n.g Yue did not dare to disobey the order. He immediately turned around and ran to find Jiang Li.
And this time, Luo Jian also returned from killing the insect swarm.
When he returned, he was already exhausted. Even though he had the ability to deal with the swarm, Luo Jian’s energy was not infinite when facing an endless insect swarm. In the end, he was still weak. So when he returned, he was almost on his last breath and carelessly let some insects bite him.
“Pain, pain, pain…” Luo Jian rubbed his aching arm, and his fingers even began to turn white. He raised his head and looked at the huge valve on the top of the cabin. As soon as the valve was opened, the air in the cabin surged out. At once, Luo Jian felt a bout of shortness of breath.
He understood that he had to get back to the lifeboat quickly.
At this time, the door to the lifeboat opened in front of Luo Jian. Luo Jian had an excited expression, and his fatigue was immediately swept away. He rushed to the lifeboat with all his strength and swept away some insects that wanted to climb into it.
But when Luo Jian ran to the door of the lifeboat, an unexpected figure appeared at the door, blocking his way.
“Xing Yan?” Luo Jian stopped running and breathed a sigh of relief. “It’s good that you woke up—”
Before Luo Jian was done speaking that sentence, he felt an unpleasant aura. He instinctively stepped back and immediately felt some invisible blade cut across his chest, which merely made a hole in his clothes. The clothes he was wearing were protective clothing made by future technology. Just like this, it was damaged by that invisible blade.
But fortunately, his keen instinct and combat awareness saved his life.
That was the spatial blade, which could cut off all power!
Luo Jian raised his head as he gazed in shock at Xing Yan. He knew that only Xing Yan could use his spatial abilities, but he saw Xing Yan’s cold expression which made Luo Jian suddenly recall the first time he met the stalker. That expression was exactly the same as the stalker’s.
But he was not a stalker because his irises were not red.
“Why?” Luo Jian would not be muddled by his feelings because of his attachment to Xing Yan. He calmly held his blade in front of his chest. He knew that there must be something wrong with Xing Yan which he did not understand and did not notice.
Did the secret chamber do something to him?
Xing Yan just looked at Luo Jian with cold eyes, “You hold too many uncertainties. I can’t trust you.”
What was going on with this guy? Luo Jian narrowed his eyes and his mood fluctuated. He said to Xing Yan, “Did you choose to abandon me at the last moment? Have you forgotten everything previously?”
“Previously?” Xing Yan’s expression did not change, “There is no previously.”
Luo Jian was no longer weak now after he exited the Asura Realm. If he was the same as his past self, he might have felt that he was dealt a huge blow and hurt because of Xing Yan’s att.i.tude towards him. However, the current Luo Jian was different. Luo Jian did not want to retreat because of this. He knew that he must find a way to fix this situation.
“Xing Yan! I don’t know what you are thinking, but from the beginning to the end, I didn’t do anything wrong when I entered the secret chamber with you. Even if you don’t believe me, you can cancel the team formation contract after we escape from here. Why are you falling out with me now at this moment?”
Xing Yan stood at the door of the lifeboat with a sneer. His smile was very horrifying. “You are too strong. You will become a stumbling block on my way forward. Wouldn’t it be better to get rid of you here?”
He was crazy! This was definitely the root of the problem!
Luo Jian had thought that even if the present Xing Yan did not have the feelings he would have for him in the future, judging from the various att.i.tudes he had shown before, he at least held good feelings towards Luo Jian. Moreover, his att.i.tude towards him was not as cold and cruel as he was being now.
Could it be……
“Xing Yan, tell me, is there something wrong with you?” Luo Jian waved his blade and cut an insect that was hovering by him into two. However, his eyes did not leave Xing Yan, and his face became gloomy.
“Something wrong?” Xing Yan standing over there tilted his head, and he raised the corner of his mouth to show a smile. In an instant, that appearance would remind Luo Jian of the stalker from the first secret chamber that he escaped from, specifically Luo Jian’s newbie secret chamber. He could remember the stalker’s slight smile.
d.a.m.n! Luo Jian gritted his teeth with indignation, but inwardly, he began to feel helpless. He changed his mind and skipped through numerous plans to break this deadlock. However, he still could not come up with a good plan. Finally, he found that it would be better to fight Xing Yan and knock him down. It was fine if he was unreasonable, but now he was too overbearing. However, this method could only control Xing Yan for a short period. After all, the time limit for this chamber was three hours, and they did not have much time left.
So Luo Jian raised Duan Li’s knife with his right hand, bent his legs slightly, leaned forward, and using the back of his left hand, he supported the sword in a standard sword-holding posture. He said to him, “I’m afraid you won’t let me into that s.p.a.ceship, but I don’t want to stay in this d.a.m.ned place forever, so I can only……do a disservice to you!”