Chapter 430: Noah's Ark
Chapter 430: Noah's Ark
Translator: Oneshotwonder Editor: Hitesh_
After Wang Tong had ascended through the gate, the Ivantian Prince followed suit. The third chosen warrior was Michaux, and the fourth was Heidi.
The onlookers were shocked and elated by the number of chosen warriors, but the Templar masters knotted their eyebrows as concern shifted in their eyes.
Suddenly, a light-headedness came over Karl. He immediate shouted out, "Hey, stop! Who is f*cking with me?" Half a second later, he realized that he was also afloat in the air.
Lie Jian's patience was wearing thin, and he found it hard to believe that the Templar would instead choose a buffoon such as Karl over him. While thinking this, Lie Jian charged up his soul energy and decided to fly himself to the entrance. However, he was unable to lift himself up for no more than three feet before an unseen force nailed him back to the ground.
Dangling in the air, Karl was speechless. He had never thought he would actually hit the jackpot.
A few seconds later, people watched as Zhou Sisi was also lifted up. However, unlike Karl, Zhou Sisi didn't seem to be surprised by the development.
The light in the sky was waning as the gate slowly closed up. Lie Jian was not the only one who was disappointed by the outcome, as Li Shiming was also denied the entrance to the sacred hall.
However upset he was, Li Shiming kept his confident mask on his face, as if he didn't mind the Blade Warrior ignoring him even a bit.
As soon as Wang Tong entered the threshold, he found himself surrounded by a thick fog. This fog reminded him of his first encounter with Li Feng. Amidst the fog, Wang Tong discerned a flickering light that pulled his body closer. When Wang Tong was only a few feet away from the glowing light, he reached into it and felt something familiar: a memory stick?
"Hello?"
"Balls! HELLO? Anyone here?" Wang Tong shouted. Even as he was about to ask about how to get Mr. Wannabe out of the crystal space, he felt that the fog was retreating, and the world around him was fading away by the second.
"For f*ck sake! All these efforts for a memory stick?"
Patroclus watched the person in front of him. His eyes held the fragile edge of calm that threatened to explode.
"Can you do it?" The host asked.
"Do I have a choice?" Patroclus asked.
"No."
"Then, why do you ask?" Patroclus turned around and disappeared without even spare his host a final glance.
"You can ask one question." A voice told Heidi.
Heidi paused for a second and said, "How would the Kaedians and Earthlings live in peace?"
"The answer is in your heart."
Heidi nodded and also disappeared from the sea of fog. She already had the answer, but she kept on denying and refusing.
But, she would not do it anymore.
"Hello? Anybody? Where is the treasure?" Karl looked around for any discernable valuables.
As he looked around another corner, a giant fireball appeared out of nowhere and wheezed towards him.
"Holy sh*t! Is this the Hall of Valhalla or the Hell of Valhalla? Boss! Boss? Help ME!"
When the fireball was about to engulf Karl whole, his mind held only one thought, "I will never come here again!"
Zhou Sisi stared at the elegant face in front of her as a mix of excitement and resignation rose inside her.
"Are you willing to oblige?"
"Yes."
"He needs you. "
"I know."
"You will get nothing out of him."
"I never wanted anything."
"The end is near. Here, this is for you."
"Wait. If you know the end is coming, why don't you stop it?"
The beautiful girl gave Zhou Sisi a mesmerizing smile and said, "When you are looking at things from my spot, you will understand why. The humans can't survive on blessings; they can only survive through hard work and a perpetual struggle."
The light surrounding the woman faded, and so did Zhou Sisi's conscious.
"Ahhhh! HELP!" Karl jumped out of his bed. "Sh*t! Sh*t! Sh*t! I am still alive?"
"Yes, Mr. Karl." A Templar's disciple bowed to him.
Karl padded himself from head to toe, making sure his limbs were still attached.
"What...What happened?"
"You had been in a coma for three days after you walked out of Valhalla." Envy was written all over the boy's face.
"Oh... Where is everyone else?"
"Young master has already awakened. He is in the main hall."
"Thank you."
Karl was the last one to wake up. Both Wang Tong and Patroclus were able to walk out of the sacred land and remain conscious. However, their faces suggested that they had very different experiences.
Heidi and Zhou Sisi had been staying in their rooms ever since they came out of the gate. As for Michaux, no one had seen him coming out, but news reached the court two days later that the divine master had already safely arrived on Mars.
All the chosen ones kept things to themselves and didn't say a word about what had happened in Valhalla… well, except for Karl.
"Boss, Boss! They almost got me KILLED!" Karl shouted as soon as he saw Wang Tong.
"You look pretty lively to me."
"Yeah! But... But, there's no treasure!" Karl complained.
People shook their heads in dismay. The gods already blessed Karl, but his foolishness blinded him.
Ma Dutian and Wang Buting sauntered into a meeting room.
"It has to be it! What's the next plan?"
"Are you sure that there are no other ways?"
"I am afraid not. We can't make this stuff up. No one knows for sure when the Zerg army would descend upon us."
"No other choices then..."
"No. Fortunately, we had been preparing for this day for many years, and it is about time to put our planning into actions."
"Wang Tong still needs time though."
"I hope he will be ready before the war starts."
"Perhaps, I can help. Let me tell you..."
"Sounds like a plan to me!"
Irritated by the lack of attention, Lie Jian left the Earth. Many young fighters had decided to stay for a few more days; it was a rare opportunity to learn from the Templar.
Wang Tong and his friends had decided to stay at the court a bit longer. On the third day of their stay, they learned the astonishing news on TV: House Ma had completed the new battery technology! What was more, they had already built the biggest spaceship the world had ever seen, called the Noah's Ark!
With the help of the new energy source, House Ma had turned iron and steel into a formidable space cruiser that was capable of raining destruction on Zergs from galaxies away. Thanks to House Ma, the humans had taken a solid step towards galactic domination.
The deployment of Noah's ark also meant that the space cities were no longer vulnerable to Zerg raids.
The ship was two thousand and three hundred meters long in total, weighing over five million ton. This space fortress could accommodate over a hundred thousand residences.
Its weapon system used the cutting edge technology, and was five times more effective than standard weapons. It boasted a one Megaton gun, and its broadsides were filled to the brim with artillery batteries that defended the ship from all angles. The new battlecruiser had made the previously largest ship, the Zeus class battleship, look like a peanut.
On its virgin voyage to Andromeda Galaxy, House Ma had invited all military experts to be aboard the ship to evaluate its might and endurance. It would pass through a few pirate hot spots, and therefore, the trip should tell a thing or two about its capability in real-life warfare.
To be invited to sit on the Ark's virgin voyage was an honor for most people. Although Ma Dutian wished that he could sit on the ship that he had devoted his life to, he had other business to attend, and therefore, Ma Xiaoru would be sitting in for her father. The crew aboard consisted of three teams: the armed force, the tech, and the logistics crew. Although the battlecruiser looked like a hunk of cold metal traveling in the inhabitable deep space from the outside, it was a vibrant city filled with life inside.
House Ma had invited not only the established experts on the cruiser's virgin voyage but also many elite students, since it would be an excellent opportunity for the students to learn.