The next morning.
There was no sunlight to be seen in the snowy area, and the snowflakes were still falling without any sign of slowing down.
On the starry sky battleship. Selena came to Aric's cabin early to wake him up. After a night's sleep, Aric felt refreshed.
Last night, his deal with Black Dragon ended in failure. Although the Black Dragon said at the end that its other half would come to find him, Aric didn't take it seriously. It had been five hundred years. If it really have to come, it would have come long ago. Why would it wait until now?
As for whether the "Silas" could really cure his blood cancer, Aric gave up without any hesitation. Following Selena to the battleship's restaurant. He saw her just tapping a few times on a strangely shaped machine.
Then, two test tube-shaped bottles fell out from the bottom of the machine and rolled gently onto the lifting platform. The metal platform rose and handed the test tube bottles to the two people.
"What is this?" Aric asked curiously.
"PCE-002 supplements can maintain energy throughout the day and make you feel full without feeling hungry. They have a sweet taste, so you should like them."
Selena picked up the supplement, opened the lid and drank it.
"Is it... it's over?" Aric was stunned and looked at the supplement which was less than 20 ml. This was breakfast?
"Yes, when we are in combat readiness, we have to stay alert at all times and have no time to eat. One PCE-002 supplement is our daily ration," Selena explained.
Fortunately, Aric's requirements for food are not high, otherwise this kind of life without delicious food would be very boring and tedious.
"Drink quickly, the captain is still waiting for you."
Aric responded and drank it in one gulp. The moment the supplement entered his stomach, he felt a surge of heat, his hunger was swept away, and his feeling of fullness remained stable at a saturated state.
As he smacked his lips, he could even smell the faint sweetness lingering between his teeth. Aric couldn't help but sigh inwardly, it was truly magical. Soon, Selena brought him to the cabin he was in yesterday.
Inside the cabin, Captain Ethan still looked calm and composed, sitting quietly in the upper seat.
"Good morning." Captain Ethan greeted in a calm tone.
"Good morning, Captain." Aric stepped forward, smiled slightly, and responded politely.
"We still have a mission to carry out, so you can't come with us. However, I will arrange a land cruiser to take you to the Ninth Sequence City in the Federal Alliance."
Captain Ethan stood up and then nodded to Hank next to him.
"Hank, give it to him."
Then, Hank strode towards Aric, holding a metal box in his hand.
"What's this?" Aric took the box and asked in confusion.
"Open it and take a look."
He stroked the metal box with his hand, and suddenly he felt a cool sensation. There was a slight "click" sound, and the box opened automatically. There was only a simple-looking metal bracelet in the box.
Aric had no idea what this thing was, so he looked up at Captain Ethan curiously. Selena walked to his side, took out the metal bracelet, and put it on Aric's hand.
"This is a personal digital terminal. Once you wear it, it will automatically record your genes and connect to your neurons. No one else can use it unless you authorize it."
Selena explained while helping him activate the digital terminal.
"This is the lowest-level digital signal terminal, with relatively simple functions. If you want to upgrade in the future, you can go to the Starlink Department in any Sequence City."
After Selena's explanation, Aric finally understood the function of this bracelet.
Digital signal terminals are similar to the mobile phones of the past, but their sense of technology is definitely not comparable to that of mobile phones.
The first is gene recording. With this, no one can steal your terminal information. The second is neuronal connection, which allows you to control the terminal through thought. After the terminal is upgraded, the controllability will be even richer.
Although there is no display screen, all operations can be performed through holographic projection.
According to Selena's description, the digital information terminal can also store "external derivative nano protective layer" and "super-powered nano-mecha components". As for these, Aric does not know much about them at present.
After so much introduction, he wanted to ask a question in particular. After thinking about it for a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask.
"Um... uh... um... Miss Selena, can the holographic projection be used to project videos?"
Selena was speechless, Captain Ethan was stunned, and Hank was petrified on the spot... The three of them looked at him together, their eyes sharp.
"Ahem...Okay, just pretend I didn't ask." Aric coughed awkwardly twice. Damn! I should have known not to ask.
"Yesterday's vital scan revealed that you have cancer. Although it's a low-grade, Category 4 disease, given your physical condition, you won't survive more than five months."
Captain Ethan looked at Aric and told him his situation directly without any reservation.
"There's no medicine here to treat you. You'll need to go to Sequence City to get it. I've already entered the passcode into your personal digital terminal, along with a letter of recommendation."
"Calculating the time, we should be able to catch up with this year's Evil Bender examination. As long as you can become a Quasi-Evil Bender, it should be easy to obtain medicine."
Aric nodded, and his expression became a little solemn.
Captain Ethan noticed his anomaly and asked, "What's wrong? Do you have any other questions?"
Aric stared into Ethan's eyes, trying to read the information he wanted from them. However, those eyes were too calm.
"I'm curious, why are you doing this for me?"
He still asked about the doubts in his heart. They had just met, but he had done so many things for him, as if it was arranged for him on purpose. Aric asked himself, if he met a stranger of unknown origin, would he do the same? Without a doubt, the answer is no.
For a moment, the cabin became very quiet and the atmosphere was a little depressing.
"You don't have to accept it."
Captain Ethan spoke casually, and then looked at Hank beside him and gestured.
"Send him off the battleship."
"Yes!"
Hank walked forward without hesitation and picked up Aric with one hand, as easily as picking up a chicken.
"Hey hey hey...I accept! I accept!"
Aric was so scared that he screamed and waved his hands around.
Half an hour later.
An aircraft that looked like a heavy armored vehicle slowly took off from the deck of the ship and headed into the distance.
On the deck, Ethan, Hank, Selena and several robots watched the land cruiser disappear at the end of the sky.
"Captain, is this guy really reliable?" Hank asked, gazing off into the distance.
Captain Ethan remained silent, and Selena continued, "If you want to enter deep space, you'll probably have to wait a very long time."
"Deep space? He's lucky to have survived in this low-level galaxy." It was obvious that Hank didn't think highly of that guy....
"The leader only ordered us to come and pick him up; he'll have to walk the rest of the way on his own. The war in the Kalos Galaxy is nearing its end. Once we're done with things there, we'll come back and see how much he's grown." Ethan said lightly, then turned and walked into the cabin.
The battleship gradually rose into the air, its speed increasing, breaking through the atmosphere, leaping out of the Milky Way, and then docking with a super starship parked in the starry sky. The next second, this super starship suddenly disappeared in the galaxy.
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On the other side, Aric, sitting in the land cruiser, was still thinking about what had happened before.
"Intelligent AI driver 'Zero' is here to serve you. Destination: Federal League, Ninth Sequence City. Autopilot activated. Automated navigation diagram is being planned..." A mechanical voice sounded in the cockpit.
A transparent blue screen appeared in front of Aric's eyes, showing his current location. A zigzag red route was slowly mapping out the next route.
He found that the world pattern in the post-era had completely changed.
The most prominent landmarks are: Federal, Midland, Taos, and Wolfe, the four major alliances, as well as a number of large and small evil forbidden residences and unexplored areas...
"Navigation successful. This trip totaled 11,000 kilometers, avoiding three extremely dangerous seas, twelve forbidden evil residences, and twenty-two dangerous areas."
"Flight time: eighty-two hours and twelve minutes."
"Real-time passenger status monitoring has been activated, real-time temperature adjustment has been activated, real-time itinerary broadcast has been activated, super-powered radar detection has been activated, and super-powered defense system has been activated..."
One system after another started up automatically, and Aric sighed inwardly at the rapid development of technology today.
It is unimaginable that in such an extreme living environment, human beings can still achieve a qualitative leap in technology.
After three hours of driving and land cruising through the snowy area, there were no more snowflakes to be seen outside. Aric watched the scene outside.
The lush forest stretches endlessly, and you can't see the end at a glance. Every tree here is extremely tall, as if trying to compete with the sky for height.
After twelve hours of driving, the sky gradually darkened.
Aric saw two rows of staggered lakes appearing below. Their shapes were very strange, just like human footprints, but they were abnormally large.
"Zero, what is the lake below?" Aric asked curiously.
"Serial number 117, the Forbidden Residence of Evil Spirits."
"The lake is the footprint left by the Giant of Jackson when the third generation of the Evil God Solomon fought against the evil Giant of Jackson a hundred years ago."
Aric swallowed his saliva. There were actually footprints in such a big lake. How big were the giants on Earth?
After driving for twenty hours, Aric saw a stone city appear in the darkness.
Zero told him that it was the work of the evil Gorgon Medusa.
The second day of sailing...
Aric only saw a corner of this world, and felt indescribably lonely in his heart.
The once glorious world has now become dilapidated.
This is a fragmented world torn apart by evil, an era full of darkness and death.
Aric's expression was gloomy. He didn't know where to go. In this era, he didn't even have a belief worth relying on. A person, without any constraints and without any worries.
After a period of grief, Aric recalled his past, his journeys to the polar regions, his adventures... Finally, he perked up and a gleam of light returned to his eyes.
I am a polar explorer, and what I yearn for is freedom, fearlessness and adventure!
Isn't this world my best battlefield?
Let me take you on the craziest polar expedition, a journey where I risk my life!