"Buzz!"
Just as Shaw was about to be engulfed, a circle of ripples suddenly appeared around him. These ripples were like ripples on the surface of water, passing through Shaw's body at lightning speed and reverberating in the endless void.
"Chi …"
The moment this ripple reverberated, the figure in front of Shaw disappeared at the same time. All Shaw could feel was a pair of strong hands grabbing his shoulders and lifting him up!
"Huff, huff …"
Shaw's eyes were wide open in shock as cold sweat dripped down his body like rain.
"What did you see?"
The artificial intelligence asked in a puzzled voice. After repeating the question several times, Shaw slowly came back to his senses.
His body was limp and he was still in a state of shock. "It's, it's my wife, she came to find me..."
"Please relax Mr. Shaw, it was just an illusion."
The artificial intelligence immediately comforted him. "We can prove that there was nothing in front of you just now."
"But..."
Shaw opened his mouth and the previous scene replayed in his mind. He shuddered and wanted to believe the artificial intelligence's words, but his intuition told him that everything that happened just now was not as simple as an illusion.
"The reality anchor has been activated."
The artificial intelligence continued. "It has the ability to stabilize reality and at the same time, it can also block the invasion of the subspace airflow."
Xiao nodded with lingering fear in his heart.
While the two of them were talking, Shaw looked around again. When he saw the floor-to-ceiling windows, he noticed that the vines attached to the spacecraft were slowly retreating.
"Those vines... are retreating?"
Shaw was stunned. "Is this the effect of the reality anchor?"
"It seems so..."
The artificial intelligence was a little hesitant. After that, the entire spacecraft trembled faintly again and began to climb at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Ten kilometers per second, twenty kilometers per second, thirty kilometers per second...
Xiao Weiwei heaved a sigh of relief as he looked out the window at the passage of time. He pushed away the hand that was supporting him and turned to the floor-to-ceiling window. "AI, you said that the outside world is a subspace and doesn't belong to the real universe?"
"That's right, you can think of this as a mirror world of the real universe."
The artificial intelligence answered and then asked again, "As you said, the spacecraft has broken free from the quagmire and has restarted. So what can you see?"
"I …"
Shaw took a deep breath. For the first time, his pale pupils seemed to be in a daze. "I see a vast space. It's magnificent and distorted. It's filled with some kind of law, but it doesn't seem to be logical... It's like a dream..."
"This place is completely different from the universe in my memory. I see countless indescribable light orbs around me … These light orbs are like living creatures, they seem to want to tell us something …"
"I see … a majestic blood-red continent in the sky ahead … That continent is very, very far away … It's even farther away than the solar system … No!"
Shaw's eyes gradually became vacant. He suddenly frowned and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. "It's not just one continent. There's another dark continent ahead of us on the left... One, two, three, four..."
"God, there are four continents in this space! Each continent is thousands of times larger than Earth... AI, you're right, my superpower seems to have been born for this place. My eyes can't see reality, but in this place, I can easily see through the space and time of light years... "
Listening to Shaw's murmurs, the artificial intelligence could not help but feel puzzled. It was not even sure if all this was just Shaw's sleep talk or if he really saw things that ordinary people could not see.
The spacecraft continued to accelerate and continued to accelerate for more than ten minutes. Suddenly, there was a flash of hesitation in Shaw's eyes. He frowned and said, "AI, turn the spacecraft."
"What's wrong?"
The artificial intelligence was puzzled. But because it had already received a certain order, and because it directly obeyed Shaw's words, the Courage Voyager deviated a few degrees to the right...
"There's another sea of vines in front of us about tens of thousands of kilometers away."
Shaw replied in a low voice, "If we don't make a turn, we'll hit that cluster of vines in a few minutes and then we'll be entangled by them again..."
The artificial intelligence could not help but look in the direction of the spacecraft. But no matter how hard it looked, all it could see was a dusky void. It was as if this world was in a perpetual state of dusk.
The spacecraft continued to accelerate...
Now that they were free, the spacecraft could return to the real universe. However, every time they left the subspace, the spacecraft's coordinates had to be calculated using a set of complex formulas. If they returned from the subspace without reaching a certain coordinate that represented absolute safety, there was a high chance that they would crash into an asteroid in the real world, destroying the spacecraft and killing everyone on board.
Moreover, the experiment was more important now, so the spacecraft did not leave the subspace and continued to move closer to the coordinates.
"Deviate left by 15 degrees..."
Shaw gradually became more proficient at this. Like a human navigator, he stared at the floor-to-ceiling window and his eyes scanned the area like a subspace radar. "There's a group of jellyfish-like things in front of us on the right, we have to avoid them..."
"We avoided them! D * mn it, that thing is chasing us! "
Shaw shook off the cold sweat on his forehead. "Is that thing a living creature? It's so strange... It's exactly the same as the monsters in my nightmares! "
The artificial intelligence looked in the direction that Shaw described, but it only saw a distorted misty vortex at the location that Shaw described. There was no jellyfish-like thing in sight.
As the spacecraft continued to accelerate, the second half of the journey was almost completed in the blink of an eye. Seeing that the spacecraft was gradually approaching the coordinates, the artificial intelligence finally stopped hesitating and activated the warp engine again. A black bubble appeared out of thin air and instantly enveloped the entire spacecraft!
If one were to look at the spacecraft from the outside, they would see that the spacecraft was swallowed by a black hole. As the black hole expanded and contracted, it completely disappeared without a trace. Along with it, the Courage Voyager disappeared...
"Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle."
The strange sound of flowing water once again rang in Shaw's ears. At the same time, he felt his vision go dark and the world that he could see was once again reduced to nothingness.
For some reason, Shaw felt an inexplicable sense of loss in his heart when he saw this.
However, this feeling was immediately shattered by the joy of survival. He still remembered the words that were said before the mission. As long as he could survive this voyage, he would be free!
Freedom...
Shaw murmured in a low voice. He felt that the two people who had been guarding beside him had once again approached him. At the same time, the spacecraft's artificial intelligence spoke, "Congratulations, Mr. Shaw. You've become the only surviving Delta-level experiment member in the spacecraft. Not only that, but you've also successfully completed the flight mission. I believe that after reading the experiment report, the higher-ups will consider granting you freedom."
"Wait, what did you say?"
Shaw was about to leave when he was suddenly shocked by the artificial intelligence's words. "You said that I'm the only surviving experiment member? What does that mean? "
"It means exactly what it means."
The artificial intelligence replied calmly, "When you first lost control of your emotions, the other experiment members also showed signs of losing control of their emotions. Psionicists like you are more vulnerable than ordinary people when faced with subspace. Even after I activated the reality anchor, I still couldn't save the lives of those people."
"Is, is that so?"
Shaw felt cold sweat dripping down his back.
Before he could think further, he was once again taken away by the two Black Knights.
...
"The spacecraft has reappeared!"
Three minutes later, in the Mars Spire 2 base, Nancy's voice came from the speakers. She said in surprise, "After two hours of disappearance, the Courage Voyager has returned to reality and appeared in Jupiter's orbit as promised!"
"Returned?"
Chen Chen's originally solemn expression slowly returned to normal. "What's the casualty situation? Did the man named 'Shaw' survive this voyage?"
"You're right."
Nancy was convinced. "Just as you expected, out of the ten experiment members in the entire spacecraft, Shaw is the only survivor. Not only that, according to the artificial intelligence's report, Shaw also made a huge contribution to this mission!"
"As I thought..."
Chen Chen nodded to himself. Shaw was originally blind and blind people had a natural advantage in the subspace. This was something that Chen Chen had already proven long ago.
However, Shaw was not only blind, he was also a special psionicist at the visual level. This special psionic ability combined with his original identity as a blind person made it easier for Shaw to understand the existence of the subspace than ordinary psionicists.
"Navigation?"
Chen Chen looked at the report sent by Nancy with a thoughtful expression. The report stated that Shaw was like a god when entering the subspace. He easily guided the spacecraft through the subspace tide and at the same time, he could see through the hidden subspace traps along the route. It could be said that he was a subspace navigator.
"Not only that, but your conjecture has also been confirmed."
Nancy continued. "The reality anchor has a certain resistance against the subspace, but it's not a protective tool after all. I'm afraid it can only barely suppress the subspace airflow in the spacecraft. I think that your black slate is the one that has the power to resist the subspace."
"Resisting it is a bit exaggerated."
Chen Chen shook his head. "Back then, I was able to shatter the black slate in the subspace and snatch it from Zhao Shanhe's hands. Naturally, the existence in the subspace can do the same. Therefore, the black slate is only a layer of insurance for me when I enter the subspace."
Chen Chen raised his hand and looked at the black slate in his palm, then put it back into his body. "Inform the Courage Voyager to return the way they came. Also, tell Shaw to get ready, I want to meet him in person."
"Understood."
Nancy answered.
...
Mars was about 550 million kilometers away from Jupiter. With the speed of an ordinary spaceship, it would take a full month to get there, and this was under the condition that the spaceship could continuously accelerate. If the acceleration time was not enough, it would be like flying from Earth to Mars —
Although the distance between Earth and Mars was only one-eighth of the distance between Mars and Jupiter, it would still take seven days. In theory, the performance of the nuclear fusion engine could continuously accelerate the spacecraft for several years, up to a maximum speed of one-tenth the speed of light.
This meant that the further the distance between the two, the faster the average speed of the spacecraft until it reached one-tenth the speed of light.
With the use of the subspace warp method, it only took two hours to travel from Mars to Jupiter. This was after the spacecraft was trapped in the subspace halfway through the journey. If there were no delays throughout the journey, it would only take ten minutes.
This time, the Courage Voyager did not encounter any accidents. It quickly left the subspace and returned to the orbit of Mars. After that, Shaw was picked up and brought back to Mars.
When Shaw set foot on the surface again, he could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although he could see again with his eyes that were originally blind in the subspace, it was still a subspace that was fraught with danger. His life could be in danger at any time. Between regaining his eyesight and surviving, of course, he knew which one to choose.
At this time, he was still being carried by the two Black Knights toward an unknown location. Xiao Youxin wanted to ask, but the guy next to him was like a robot, not responding to his questions at all.
"Ding!"
The elevator dinged and Shaw was carried in by the two guards. However, as soon as he entered the elevator, he frowned slightly.
In this elevator, he felt that the temperature of the air was much lower than outside. At the same time, he did not know if it was an illusion, but he could faintly smell the smell of sulfur.
When he entered the elevator, he could feel that the two guards might have let down their guard because the enclosed space of the elevator made them let go of him at the same time.
"Officers, may I know where I'm going now?"
Shaw could not help but ask again. This was not because he was a chatterbox, but because ever since he lost his eyesight, he had gotten used to collecting information about his surroundings in various ways. Only by doing so could he feel a sense of security in his perpetual darkness.
However, he was destined to be disappointed. The two guards beside him still did not answer.
There was only a deathly silence in his ears.
Shaw licked his lips. At this time, he was inexplicably anxious.
Hmm? Something was not right...
Suddenly, Shaw was startled. This was because he realized that he could not hear the heartbeats of the two guards beside him.
Did the two of them leave? However, the elevator did not seem to be descending. I don't feel any falling force...
Shaw's heart gradually began to panic. He could already feel that something was wrong.
Instinctively, Shaw began to retreat bit by bit. If this was indeed an elevator, then his movement should have allowed him to quickly reach the wall of the elevator. This would give him a sense of security.
Click...
However, when he took the first step back, he suddenly heard a slight sound of friction. At the same time, he seemed to have stepped on something.
It was like a person's thumb...
Buzz!
Shaw panicked. In the next second, he heard an unstable buzzing sound coming from above his head. He knew that it was because the lights above the elevator were constantly flickering. At the same time, he could also smell that the smell of sulfur was getting stronger and stronger!
"Could it be..."
Shaw clenched his fists tightly and summoned the courage to slowly open his eyes. In an instant, he felt the hairs all over his body stand on end!
This was because in front of him, a woman with a fist-sized penetrating wound in the middle of her cheek was standing quietly, less than half a meter away from him!
"Shaw, I don't want to lose you."
The woman's voice sounded dreamy and dreamy. She sounded like she was crying. "Even if you kill me and shoot a gun through my mouth, I don't want to leave you..."
She walked toward him step by step. Her cold, deathly hand rested on Shaw's shoulder. At the same time, the wound in the middle of her cheek glowed with a dazzling white light!
"Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Shaw screamed at the top of his lungs. He kept struggling but the other party's hands were like iron pincers embedded in his shoulders. At the same time, the other party kept moving closer to his face!
Shaw shut his eyes tightly. He was on the verge of a mental breakdown. "D * mn it, Tina, what do you want... What do you want!!!"
The bloody hole in her face was completely pressed against Shaw's. At the same time, Shaw could only hear intermittent murmurs that sounded like they came from the depths of hell.
"Become, one with, me..."
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