Driving the Hover Motorcycle, Rek rushed towards the Academy Fortress. It took him four and a half days to finally see the Super Soldier Academy Fortress.
At this moment, the Super Soldier Academy Fortress had already landed on the sand of Dark Space, taking the form of a land combat vehicle. Rek also noticed that several exits of the Academy Fortress occasionally released operational teams riding mechanical tanks and Hover Cars.
"Fortunately, it seems I'm just in time to catch up with the Academy Fortress searching for the Time Beast; there's still time," Rek thought to himself as he quickly drove the Hover Motorcycle towards the entrance of the Academy Fortress.
After applying for entry, Rek immediately contacted Maya from the Quarantine Room.
"Maya, I'm back, in the Quarantine Room," Rek communicated with Maya through his Wrist Communicator.
"Great timing! You can rest in the Quarantine Room for now. The search mission assigned to our class won't start until tomorrow night. Get a good night's sleep tonight, and after your quarantine ends, come to our Special Class Two classroom tomorrow morning. I'll brief you and Alice on this mission's arrangements," Maya replied.
"By the way, Rek, has your Genetic Mech upgrade been successful?" Maya suddenly remembered and asked Rek.
"Not yet, but I feel like I'm close; just a little more," Rek said casually.
"That makes sense; at your level, it's tough to upgrade the Genetic Mech further. But don't worry too much; maybe after this mission, your Genetic Mech will level up," Maya said, trying to comfort Rek despite feeling a bit disappointed.
"Okay, got it," Rek replied before ending the communication.
Inside the Quarantine Room, Rek lay alone in the glass isolation chamber.
The next morning, Rek woke up to the sound indicating that his quarantine was over.
As he exited the isolation room, he found two people waiting for him at the exit of his Quarantine Room within the academy.
One was a Liquid Robot, an Officer sent by Hua Tuo Elder, and the other was a Red-Haired Girl from the Glorious Empire.
"Rek, where have you been these past few days? I've brought Redhead as you requested; she really resembles what you described. Redhead has some connection with this Time Temple and Ancient Ruins," Hua Tuo Elder's voice rang out.
The Redhead looked sincerely at Rek and said, "Rek, I really appreciate you thinking of contacting me at this time. This gives me a chance to fulfill my mother's last wish."
"Hua Tuo, have you found the Time Beast at Academy Fortress?" Rek asked, as Hua Tuo controlled a Liquid Robot from Sanctuary Base, which was a high-ranking officer capable of obtaining first-hand information from Academy Fortress.
"Academy Fortress has generally located the movement range of the Time Beast, but its movements and spatial jumps are very frequent. The main cannon of Academy Fortress has difficulty locking onto it, and they cannot fire the main cannon this time because if they do, the Time Beast along with its eye would likely be obliterated. Your Academy Fortress has already dispatched a combat team that is currently encircling the Time Beast using a net strategy. In my view, capturing the Time Beast and obtaining its eye is just a matter of time.
Rek, the number of personnel who can enter the Ancient Ruins through the Time-Space Beast Eye is limited. Recent research has determined that based on the jumping distance and frequency of the Time-Space Beast Variant, no more than five people can safely enter. This means that after five people use the Time-Space Beast Eye to enter, they still have a chance to use it again to return. If ten people are sent in, the energy of the Time-Space Beast Eye will be exhausted, losing its ability to facilitate a return," Hua Tuo explained to Rek.
"Then who is Academy Fortress preparing to send?" Rek inquired about the Liquid Robot controlled by Hua Tuo Elder.
"This time, including myself, there will be three Advanced Genetically Enhanced Mech Warriors from Sanctuary Base, along with a researcher who just arrived at Academy Fortress a few days ago from the Main Plane of Earth, an expert in Theological Curse Spatial Studies. Originally, there was one more slot reserved for Super Soldier Academy Fortress. However, since Redhead happened to arrive, after analysis by Star Alliance Military Operations Department, sending Redhead into these Ancient Ruins would greatly benefit this operation, so she took the last slot.
Rek, it's fine that you won't personally enter the Ancient Ruins; there are risks involved, especially in this Time-Space Sanctuary Ancient Ruins that can emit curses. The dangers inside are particularly high," Hua Tuo Elder said while controlling the Liquid Robot.
"I see now; it seems I have been working in vain. Even if I hunt down the Time Beast, I won't have the qualification to enter the Ancient Ruins. Hua Tuo, you know that the rewards inside the Ancient Ruins are often astonishing."
"When we first collaborated, I told you how to obtain Coordinate, and we agreed to enter Ancient Ruins together," Rek said, somewhat angrily.
"I'm sorry, Rek, but I can't give up this opportunity. Entering Ancient Ruins is very important to me; I need to find my aunt and fulfill my mother's last wish," Redhead replied, feeling a bit guilty.
Hua Tuo Elder controlled the Liquid Robot and looked at Rek: "The current Death Curse has escalated to a point beyond our control. The final decision lies with the Star Alliance Military. Besides, when we first collaborated, you also withheld information from me, which led to my own curse."
"Fine, you can handle the Time-Space Beast Eye yourselves this time. It saves me the trouble," Rek said, turning to leave towards the Academy Fortress and the Freshman Teaching Building.
Seeing Rek's departing figure, neither Redhead nor Hua Tuo spoke.
More than ten minutes later, Rek arrived at the teaching building, specifically at Special Class Two.
Upon entering the classroom, Rek saw Alice sitting in a chair, listening to Maya talk about something.
As soon as Rek pushed open the door, both Alice and Maya turned to look at him.
"Get back to your seats. Our class has been assigned a defense mission to hunt down an Alien Species, specifically one called the Time Beast. The Star Alliance Military has issued a notice that we must obtain the eye of this Time Beast at all costs.
Now I'll explain the scope of our team's responsibilities in this mission and what we know about the abilities of the Time Beast," Maya announced.
After more than two hours, Maya finished arranging the combat mission.
"You all go prepare now; we'll head out for the mission tonight," Maya told Rek and Alice.
Both Alice and Rek nodded and left the classroom.
Walking through the campus, Rek looked at Alice, feeling that she was somewhat different from just a few days ago, though he couldn't pinpoint exactly how.
"Rek, what have you been up to these past few days?" Alice asked him.
"I went to find an item, one that can traverse to a specified space Coordinate. What about you? You seem different from before," Rek asked Alice.
"I retrieved some things; the process was quite complicated, so I won't go into details. Rek, besides the Time-Space Beast Eye, you actually found another item that can traverse to the specified space Coordinate?
According to what I know, the Star Alliance Military has already designated those who can use the Time-Space Beast Eye. Even if we successfully hunt the Time Beast and obtain its eye, neither you nor I can traverse into the Ancient Temporal Sanctuary Ruins," Alice said excitedly to Rek.
"Although I obtained an item that can traverse to a specified space, it requires special energy. I currently have no energy left; all of it was used for the War God System.
Given the nature of the War God System, asking him for energy would be harder than killing him," Rek said with a dry laugh.
"You really did acquire an item that can traverse to a specified space Coordinate. What is it? As for the energy issue, I think I might have a solution," Alice replied.
"Let's go back to the dormitory; I'll show you. It's a cube called the Cosmic Cube. The War God System has already checked it and confirmed that this Cosmic Cube has the ability to traverse specified space-time Coordinate," Rek explained.
Alice nodded, and the two quickly walked towards the dormitory.
After more than ten minutes, Rek and Alice returned to the dormitory.
After closing the dormitory door, "War God System, please take out the Cosmic Cube stored with you for me to use," Rek instructed in his mind.
A blue light flickered, and a cube floated in front of Rek.
Alice looked at this cube emanating a peculiar energy.
"Not bad, Rek! I've lived through many lifetimes and have never seen this Cosmic Cube. You're quite impressive; in such a short time, you've obtained an item that can traverse to a specified space Coordinate.
The Star Alliance Military has mobilized people from the Main World, and they have started searching but haven't found any items that can traverse to specified spaces," Alice said with a smile at Rek.
"I had no choice; life forced me. If you knew you were going to die, you'd also desperately try to save yourself. Pressure creates motivation. Can you provide energy to activate it?" Rek asked Alice in front of him.
"I should be able to. I just checked this Cosmic Cube. If it's just for us two, some of my stored special energy reserves should be enough. However, I need a few days—probably in three or two days—I can gather all that stored energy," Alice replied to Rek.
Rek did not pursue how Alice managed to gather reserve energy.
"Alright, there's no rush. I estimate that in a day or two, those people from Academy Fortress will be able to hunt down the Time Beast. At that time, we can let the people from Sanctuary Base and Hua Tuo enter first.
In the early stages, they can scout the way, and we will follow later," Rek said with a smile.
"War God System, please retrieve the Cosmic Cube for me," Rek instructed the War God System in his mind.
The cube hovering in Rek's hand vanished in an instant.
"Victorious Monkey and I have become one to two levels stronger than before. Now, if I compare our strength to when we were in the underground metal mine, we could easily eliminate all those Alien Species with just the two of us," Alice confidently told Rek.
"That's good. I'm going to the infirmary to see Moon Goddess. I need her to prepare some potions, specifically those that appeared during the later stages of battles against Previous Life and Alien Species.
I have the formulas, and I want to see if Moon Goddess can produce some over the next couple of days. We might need them when we head to the Ancient Temporal Sanctuary Ruins," Rek said.
"Alright, preparing some potions is always wise," Alice replied.
Rek got up and headed to the infirmary while contacting Moon Goddess.
Moon Goddess was about to have lunch when Rek arrived at the infirmary for a meal.
"What do you need me for?" Moon Goddess asked as she walked with Rek through the small garden of the infirmary.
"I just came to check on you."
"That's hard to believe. You rarely come to see me unless you have something on your mind. You just disappeared for ten days without telling me," Moon Goddess said with a hint of complaint in her voice.
"I actually do have something. The laboratory in the Biohazard World is almost set up. I checked it out while on a mission in Dark Space, and it's ready for basic use.
I'm here to ask you to take a trip to the Biohazard Virtual World. Please use that laboratory to develop the specific formula for the Gene Drug I gave you earlier."
Back at our Academy Fortress, you better be able to produce a batch of Gene Serum for me in the next two or three days," Rek said.
"Two or three days to produce a batch of Gene Serum? Do you think Gene Serum is as easy to make as candy? Even with a detailed formula, the preparation is quite complex.
You're being too hasty. Even with a detailed production formula, I would only be able to produce at most two types, and that would be impressive.
Besides, what about Elder Starshine's head when we go to Biohazard World? He’s still waiting for my treatment," Moon Goddess asked Rek.
"Elder Starshine's situation is manageable. You just need to roughly assign the research directions of the existing researchers in Biohazard World. When they have free time, share some advanced Medical Knowledge with them.
After all, Elder Starshine isn't in a hurry. Just tell him that Instrument Analysis will take time for his head.
In a few days, you will go back. By then, when those researchers have made some progress, you can start trying to treat him. After you return from Biohazard World this time, I will temporarily adjust the time ratio between the biohazard crisis and our world to one-to-one. This way, Elder Starshine won't have to wait too long after you leave; he will be able to receive treatment from you again soon," Rek explained.
"What you're saying is that it seems you're not planning to go with me to Biohazard World. Are you really going to let me go alone this time?" Moon Goddess asked Rek with some confusion.
"Well, it's not that I'm not going with you. I actually have another way of existing in Biohazard World. When you go there, you'll see another version of me," Rek replied.
"That sounds strange. Alright, I'll take you to find an empty room without surveillance equipment, and then you can send me to Biohazard World," Moon Goddess said.
After Moon Goddess led Rek to an empty hospital room in the medical office, Rek closed the door and opened a time portal, instructing his other self about this matter.
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