Chapter 056
The angel-looking face of Xiao made her mother laugh at her pouty lips. She was actually asking where they were going but her mother was only giving her some smiles that somehow didn’t make her to be fine. She wanted answers and not those playful smiles. Indignantly, looking at her mother’s side profile, Xiao pursed her lips into thin lines as if she was about to make a bad thing towards her mother. But when the latter turned to face the younger, Xiao was immediate in changing dishevelled appearance and made her face contort.
What’s this? Why am I with mother? Is this already what they call after death? Or am I still alive and just having a dream?
“What’s wrong, sweetie?” asked Xiao’s mother.
“Nothing,” Xiao replied nonchalantly. She veered her eyes towards the bus window and looked at the things they happened to pass by.
Why does this place looks so odd and weird? It f
Chapter 057 “Code Nine! What happened, she just suddenly dropped down? Is something wrong with her system?” “We have to check first. I doubt it…” “Why are you doubting?” “I don’t know. This is the first time that happened… it’s unusual.” “Are you sure?” Xiao’s eyes had slowly opened as she hears random voices and it felt weird when she recognized them as somewhat robotic. It just didn’t suit well to her ears. Slowly, she moved her body as soon as she’s awakened from her unconsciousness. She remembered her long dream, and felt weird once again. It was long for her because a lot of things happened inside her dream, as she witnessed various occasions which she has never seen before. It was truly the weirdest dream of all. And my head hurts even until now. I could feel the cracking sound of my skull even if I’m already fully awake… She had thought as she stood up from lying on the floor, which she found odd the moment she did. She
Chapter 058 Xiao couldn’t believe whatever she was hearing at the moment. It seems like she just keep on receiving information, but nothing ever has come into her perception. She still was confused about the things surrounding her, her true identity, what place she was in and the very fact about her mother. “So, you’re basically saying I’m in a complete different dimension?” Xiao incredulously asked as she arched a brow. “Sort of,” The8 nodded with a smile as he suddenly swiped his hand in the air; a three-dimensional image of a globe has projected while floating just above his opened palm, “you’re currently in Universe XXII, the parallel universe with Earth. The trigger happens when the necklace felt you were in danger. This is your mother’s creation. She made this world in order to save you from death. And that explains why you’re here, right now.” Xiao looked at the globe, it was indeed oddly similar to Earth, but she could feel that it was way dif
Chapter 059Passing through the security door system, Xiao exited the room as she steps out to the balcony area. She wasn’t sure if the term was correct as it looks completely different from a ‘normal’ balcony. More like, ‘futuristic-looking’ should be the correct one, but she opted to stick into what she’s been used to. As soon as she leaned over the blue metallic railings, she looked up to the dark vast skies. She sees nothing but darkness as she couldn’t even spot any stars. Universe XXII was completely different even though it was still oddly similar. The world didn’t have any astrological patterns. The moon, the sun, Xiao couldn’t find any of those. Similar with day or night, it didn’t exist too. Instead, everything was surrounded with nothing but darkness. The scientific and mechanical stuffs (best example was the spaceship that they’re currently riding) that produces various types of light rays were the
Chapter 060“Seems to be thinking so hard, I wonder what’s in your mind…” The8 appeared out of nowhere, making her startled but; since, she’s already used to The8 being like that, she actually had seen it coming beforehand. No more wonders left.“Just about things…” she tried to say before thinking of something that could be a great alibi, “randomly thinking what’s gonna happen in the future,” she lied. It has been a good thing for her since then. She started to become a professional when it comes to lying, to the point it seems real. And by the fact that The8ʼs a robot, it was even easier for her to pull some strings.“There’s no need for you to have it that way. You’re already in the future,” The8 stared at her, “if you know what I mean,” he said, as he continued eyeing her, as if indirectly saying something.“I know,” she imme
Chapter 061“The ship is under attack!”“We are under attack!”Fear erupted right before their eyes. The8 was quick to elevate his emotions as he swiped the air, he let out a profanity, “I didn’t see it coming. I was too late to realize.”Damn this. I thought the cracked opening was caused by the portal… I’m so dumb for not realizing that Phantoms can actually hide their presence which is unable for the radar to detect. The8 had thought as he cursed once again at the back of his mind. He looked at Xiao, as he pursed his lips. I didn’t want you to suffer any of these… I didn’t know they’d end up showing themselves now. He had thought upon hearing the red alarm sound, indicating that the ship was currently in danger and being trespassed.“What do you mean now?” Xiao asked as soon as she felt the ship was shaking. The ceiling was creating some
Chapter 062Asphalt and Code Nine were alarmed when the ship suddenly took a huge shaking, that’s when they felt that someone or rather something was trying to damage the front of the ship. Aside from the huge strike, under Code Nine’s radar, she saw that those weren’t weak attackers at all. She felt a huge amount of radioactive energy which might mean that they’re facing the most feared cyborg-robots in the universe.“What was that?” asked Asphalt, under a fearful façade.“I bet someone is attacking the ship! We have to let them know right away!” Code Nine shouted under her breaths while pertaining to Xiao and The8, as she tried to keep her words minimal. She didn’t want to let Asphalt knows about the Phantoms if she wasn’t sure yet. She has to let The8 informed first. As they immediately run towards the center area of the ship, the shaking continues. And even though the ship was built with rigi
Chapter 063“The8, they’re coming so near!” Code Nine shouted and it was annoying because of his automated sound, but Xiao did not bother looking at him as she just focused herself to The8 who’s directly staring at her face.“I promise you, Xiao,” he whispered, “Don’t be scared,” he kissed the top of her forehead and Xiao, once again, broke down as she felt her heart crushing. The ship was entirely shaking and even Cheska’s voice has been surrounding them all the time, updating them all the time, that some trespassers had infiltrated the ship. But to Xiao, she couldn’t even pay attention to those things as her mind went haywire. She was more focused on The8, as she once remembered Hei, behind his facial expression. It was exactly the same the last she saw him. She felt breaking when she saw The8’s eyes that somehow resembled Hei’s. She somehow imagined what things would be in the future as sh
Chapter 064The reminiscent memory flashed away from Xiao’s mind as soon as she was awakened from her reverie. She watched how The8 swiftly covered her front view just to stop her from the sight of the black robot. It was so swift that it made her heart skip a beat as soon as he did. She felt warm for a moment, but it didn’t last long when the next thing happened, as a tear dropped down to her cheek. She looked at The8 who just guarded her body from the robot’s sudden attack. She couldn’t breathe nor exactly process what just happened. It was so sudden that she didn’t even see it coming. She was just left agape, seeing The8’s synthetic skin being damaged, as she had vehemently gasped upon the showing of his real form. The metallic structure beneath his outerior form has been revealed when the black phantom made a great attack, embarking a dealt damage onto The8’s arm.Xiao was left frozen as she shouted The8’s name. She e