After Clover decided to play along with them, he waited to see what General's Eslers next move would be. He really wanted to see what this inspection was really about.
Suddenly, Clover felt an abrupt tug and his spaceship jerked forward, causing him to lose his balance and lean toward the control panel of his ship. Clover quickly tried to regain his balance before immediately trying to find out what had happened.
Looking up, Clover could see multiple red alert messages flashing across the holodeck. These messages kept on flashing constantly in Clover's vision, causing him to go dizzy just from seeing them popping up one after the other.
Quickly closing his eyes to relieve the headache that was starting to assault him, Clover swiped his hand across the alert messages, causing them to disappear from sight. Then, while massaging his temples, Clover called out.
"Trudy, what just happened? Why is the ship moving?"
Clover called Trudy to answer his quest
Clover's words were meant to sow doubts and suspicion in the minds towards the people of the blackthorn border fortress in the minds of the others waiting to enter into the realms. The thing is that people with the ability to travel between realms were not simple. They were usually from certain forces that had considerable influence in the universe. Although those who travel between realms by going through the void between realms would not be from powerful forces since more powerful forces had direct means to cross realms, it was still not wise to underestimate these forces. All forces, no matter how small, as long as they had the ability to cross between realms, would definitely possess certain secrets that they wouldn't want to share with others. Especially for smaller forces in the universe. Although their secrets might not be worth much in the universe, they were still the foundations on which that force relied to grow. If these secrets were leaked or stolen by o
"Damn those bastards... they are really ruthless!"Clover cursed out loud in his ship after leaving the blackthorn border fortress. Currently, his ship was cruising through the void towards the green river in the distance. After the inspection that Clover still had doubts about till now, he was let to go back and join the line to pay the toll to enter into the green river middle realm.The thing is that despite all that had happened, Clover had to start from the back of the line all over again and line up in order to pay the toll to enter the realm. This discovery had made clover very annoyed. The fact that he would have to start all over again left a bad taste in Clover's mouth.He did not know if the blackthorn border fortress did it on purpose, but Clover decided not to say anything and obediently queued up once again. Unfortunately, this was not the reason clover was cursing.The actual reason that made Clover so mad that he cursed was the exorbitant
The method to enter the green river middle realm was by using a special coat of fluorescent paint to coat the outside of a space vessel. The materials used to create this coat of paint were unknown, as it was the greatest secret that belonged solely to the four overlords of the green river middle realm.After paying his very expensive toll, Clover went ahead to a spot further inside the fortress where those who had already been granted access to the middle realm would go to get their pass.This pass was naturally the paint that was needed to enter the green river. Without if one would be quickly dissolved into a mess of goo should they enter the corrosive green river carelessly.The paint was green colored and Clover watched as his original silver spaceship was completely covered in green paint that showed in the darkness of space, making his spaceship look like a huge glowing piece of space rock.Clover found the green color to be tasteless and tacky. Al
Clover made up his mind... he was going to gamble for his own survival.With his mind made up, Clover immediately started giving instructions to Trudy."Trudy, are you there?""Yes Clover, I'm always here.""Good," Clover responded."Listen up Trudy, we are going to make a big move. I'm sure by now you already understand our current situation. You should also know what we need to do if we want to get out of this alive.""I'm aware, Clover," Trudy answered."I've already run the calculations and have come to the conclusion that our chances of surviving this ordeal are less than 3%. Our current speed is already too fast for the ships to handle. If we were to be forcefully flung out right now and crash into another fast-flowing current without the shields to protect the ships, we will suffer from hull integrity. This could lead to the river water flowing into the ship and causing further damage. In the end, the worst-case scenario is tha
Clover woke up to the feeling of his head splitting apart. A severe burst of pain jolted Clover awake, causing him to shoot straight out of his bed."Damn it!" Clover cursed out loud."What the hell happened to me? I feel like my head is about to split apart from the seams."Clover hurried used his hands to massage his temple to relieve the headache he was feeling. At the same time, Clover quickly took in his surroundings.With great difficulty, Clover managed to recognize his current environment. Looking at the familiar pieces of bland furniture, Clover realized that he was in his room on the 'Going Broke'.Noticing this, Clover was confused."How did I get here?""Wasn't I still in the cockpit before?"Clover had some doubts about his current situation. Because of his headache, Clover's memory was currently blank, and he was having difficulty remembering what had happened before he fell asleep.Just as Clover was tryin
"This is what has been happening since you fell unconscious, Clover," Trudy began. "First of all, we have successfully escaped from the green river and no longer need to fear for our lives for the time being." Clover perked up as he listened to Trudy's words. Her first sentence brought a smile to Clover's lips. reacting quickly, Clover said to Trudy, "That is great news Trudy... how were you able to manage it without me?" Clover was curious and hasty to know how Trudy had managed to get them out of that dangerous situation despite him falling unconscious and their ship being unable to scan their environment. In response to Clover's question, Trudy answered, "Unfortunately, sir, I will have to disappoint you. I am sorry to say that I had no hand in getting us out of that dangerous situation." "What!!" Clover was surprised... He didn't expect to hear that from Trudy at all. "In that case, how did we get out?" Clover asked
Shortly after Clover woke up, he immediately got to work trying to do his best to get his ship into working condition while also preparing for the arrival of their guests.It was only when Clover started working on the ship he understood how truly dire his situation was.All the main thrusters had been fried after being overworked when they tried to escape the green river. The ship was only relying on the backup thrusters to cruise through space, but their speed was very dismal and it would take them a very long time if they wanted to reach any habitable areas.Then there was the fact that without the scanners, they couldn't navigate their way in space. Fortunately, Trudy had managed to fix some of the short-range scanners and get them back to working condition, so they were not totally blind in space. This way, if there was a dangerous object or asteroid heading their way, they would be able to detect it in time and evade it. Although if Clover was so unlucky a
Three minutes later, a ship suddenly appeared in the range of Clover's sensors and Trudy immediately alerted clover of their arrival.At this moment, Clover was in the cockpit making last-minute preparations. When he suddenly received news about the ship's arrival, Clover looked up from what he was doing and checked upon them.The distance between Clover's ship and the approaching ship was several miles apart, and Clover could still not receive any visuals of the approaching ship. Still, a few miles was very short for interstellar travel, and in under a minute, the approaching ship had already gotten within a visual range from Clover's ship. That was when he discovered that it was not a single ship that was coming, but a small fleet of three ships.These three ships were coming at a very fast speed and they were bound to reach Clover in under a minute. But they did not slow down.Normally, in this kind of situation, it was common sense for flying ships to