Chapter 660 The Shadow Returns
Chapter 660 The Shadow Returns
"I am the first ancestor... I am the end of everything in this world, I am everything!"
"No, no, no, I'm Neo, the New Federation's imperial pilot. I'm the former legend of Hercephener..."
"Who am I?"
"Where is this?"
"I want to survive. I want to go back. My people are waiting for me."
"I don't care who you are, get out of my head!"
Boom.
The bed beneath him was broken by a punch. Neo woke up from the nightmare, gasping for breath and covered in cold sweat.
The servant who heard the noise broke open the door and rushed in: "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Someone saw Neo's sweaty head and immediately went to get a hot towel. Neo took it and covered his face with it, and was silent for a while.
Neo took away the hot towel. His face, which had become ruddy from the heat, was distorted, revealing visible nervousness and panic. He gasped and asked, "Where is Lu Yun now?"
"Sir, the Archon is in the Empire right now and hasn't returned yet."
The guard also noticed that Neo was not in a good state and said, "Do you need me to tell the Administrative Office to contact the Archon?"
Neo shook his head and said, "Go call Old Man Jun."
When the guard was about to leave, he called him back and added, "Call Yao Yu and Al over as well."
After waving away the servants in the room, Neo stood up and lifted up the bed that was broken into two pieces. His tense face had returned to normal, but the cold light in his eyes became more intense.
Neo lifted a floor tile and found that there was no solid ground underneath, but a groove with a metal box inside.
There are traces of rust on the metal surface, which obviously shows that it has been there for a long time.
This was the private residence where Neo used to live. It had been sealed since he was secretly executed, and he only moved in again after his resurrection.
So no one knew that there was such a box hidden under the bed.
Neo blew away the dust on it, stretched out his thumb and pressed it against the keyhole. A sharp spike quickly pierced out from inside, piercing his finger. Blood flowed into the keyhole. There was a sound of mechanical shaft running from inside, and then the lock bounced upwards.
"After so many years, I thought you had long since become corrupted, but I didn't expect you to be waiting for me here."
Neo muttered to himself, looking somewhat alert, and sighing about the past.
He opened the box and found a black, flat piece of meat inside, like some kind of animal liver.
The piece of meat was wriggling slightly, and countless tiny tentacles stretched out and climbed onto the box, trying to crawl out and climb onto Neo.
Neo immediately covered the box, locked it, and then took the box to the hall.
The unique jet sound of a shuttle was heard from outside, and soon Jun Qingshan, Yao Yu and Al appeared at the door one after another.
"I heard you're in trouble. Your men are hesitant and won't explain clearly. What happened?"
Jun Qingshan asked loudly before entering the house.
Neo glanced at it helplessly, and after the three people came in, he put the box on the coffee table.
Yao Yu's expression changed slightly, and he said solemnly: "I smell the breath of the void."
Jun Qingshan and Al's expressions changed at the same time. Void, this is the term that the universe cares about most nowadays.
Neo looked at Al: "Al, have you had any unusual dreams recently?"
Al shook his head.
Neo sighed, it seemed that it was indeed causing trouble.
"What on earth is it that calls us here so urgently? What's going on?"
Jun Qingshan asked solemnly.
Neo opened the box and showed the pieces of meat to the three people.
“This is an unknown creature that I accidentally discovered back then. It possesses unique powers that can strengthen the body.
It was thanks to it that I was able to transform from a soldier into a mecha pilot.
But it also has side effects, which is that my mind is affected from time to time, and I have some real hallucinations."
"A real hallucination?"
Jun Qingshan looked at him in confusion.
"Yes, it's an illusion, but I'm pretty sure it's real, just happening in the void."
Neo sighed and recounted a past event: "The reason I was so eager to initiate change back then was because of this. It showed me a scene of destruction. I was horrified and frightened, so I desperately wanted to gather the strength of the entire Federation to fight against that possible destruction."
"Later, I was killed by them, but Lu Yun's rise gave me new hope. I hoped to use Lu Yun's hand to accomplish what I failed to do back then. But when Lu Yun accomplished all this, those signs disappeared.
I was very confused about all of this. At first, I thought it was Lu Yun's power that changed the possible 'future' and caused it to go silent."
Jun Qingshan: "Could it be that it has changed again now?"
"Yes."
Neo looked at the piece of meat that was about to crawl out of the box and closed the box again.
He said: "I just saw some 'illusions' through it again.
I also understood why it suddenly revived, because it was called.”
"call?"
The three of them looked at Neo.
"Yes, it's the summons of the 'Ancestor'. Its origin is unknown, but it is certain that it has a deep connection with the 'Ancestor'. Through it, I can see some of the 'Ancestor's' past. In my dream, I seemed to have become that 'Ancestor' and I could sense some of the 'Ancestor's' thoughts.
And just now, the 'Ancestor' was gathering strength."
Neo clenched his fists tightly, his pupils dilated, and stared deeply at the three people: "The 'Originator'... is coming."
……
stomping on...
Imperial Royal Academy.
Ophelia was wearing a silver-white pilot's uniform, and her hard military boots made crisp sounds as they stepped on the floor.
Along the way, people greeted her and said hello from time to time, and Ophelia just nodded in response.
"What's wrong with Teacher Ophelia? She looks so hurried."
"Yeah, it seems like there's something urgent."
"From the direction she's heading, it seems like she's heading towards the laboratory. Who's in the laboratory?"
"I heard that the Federation's governor is in the lab. Are you looking for him?"
Listening to the students' discussions, Ophelia pushed open the door of the laboratory and found Neofa.
Looking at Lu Yun behind the observation window, Ophelia asked solemnly, "How long will the experiment last?"
"We are only halfway through the process, and it will take at least another half a month to stabilize."
Neofa glanced at the data board and looked at Ophelia in confusion: "What happened? Why are you so anxious?"
Ophelia took a deep breath, calming her anxiety. After glancing at Lu Yun, she whispered, "The 'Ancestor' might be coming again."
The sound was so quiet that the other researchers were concentrating on their work and didn't hear it clearly.
But at this moment, Lu Yun's mental power filled the entire room, and any tiny movement could not escape his perception, so he heard it.
He opened his eyes, and a strong light bloomed in his eyes, then slowly converged. A dense layer of runes appeared on his body through the tight lab coat, emitting an extremely strong oppressive aura.
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