When the Galaxy Wept
“Stop!” Emerald said angrily, “How can you kill them without even asking!” The soldiers looked at Emerald and walked to her silently, hitting her with his hand! Emerald quickly dodged him. The soldier was surprised and frowned, but he automatically hit her on the neck. Emerald felt pain and passed out. She didn’t know how much time had passed before she woke up. Emerald sat up, and she found out that her clothes were clean, and she wasn’t hurt. “Hi.” A man said in a soft voice. Emerald looked back alertly and found that there was a man sitting in the corner of the restroom. He was the man who talked with Emerald on the communicator channel. The man, wearing a white shirt and turquoise pants, was leaning against the bench beside the wall. He was very tall and strong and pretty handsome, which was out of Emerald’s expectations. Compared to Patrick’s tough look and Zach Williams’ handsome face, this man’s features were beautiful. His eyes were as clear as a gem, his nose was high, and his lips were thin. But his eyes were very sharp. He stared at Emerald quietly. Although he was still smiling, Emerald somehow felt the pressure. “What’s your name?” It seemed that the man’s voice was born to be tender. “Emerald Wilson.” “Emerald Wilson...” The man repeated her name. His black and long eyes seemed to be sparkling. He stared at her and said slowly, “I’m Yorick Gabe, from Earth.” **** Emerald had no idea what happened in Galaxy Eternity.She was thinking about his son, and she was sad that Patrick might be dead, so she wasn’t very emotional when she heard that Yorick Gabe was from Earth. Compared to Patrick, finding the Earth wasn’t that important anymore. Yorick raised his eyebrows when he saw that Emerald was quite calm and indifferent, and he said, “Miss, you can ask me three questions.” Emerald looked at his smiling face and said, “Who are you?” “Virtual human.” Yorick was satisfied when Emerald was finally surprised, “Some species call us half-machine man or half-human.” Emerald’s lips moved, but she didn’t keep asking about it. Then she asked, “Why did you kill the machine men in my warship?” “Because they are machine men.” Yorick Gabe answered smoothly. It wasn’t an answer to Emerald. Should they be killed because they were machine men? But they were certainly the rivals of the machine men with their special bodies and flying technologies. “Why do your species exist?” Emerald stared at him. He laughed and clapped his hands, “That’s a good question!” He cleared his throat and answered her seriously, “We exist for the revival of humans.” Emerald thought about his words. According to what he said, they were a branch of humans, and they wanted to make humans prosperous again and kill the machine men. It didn’t seem to be fake when they killed Seth without hesitation. Could she believe in him? Would they help the humans to win the war if they knew the situation of Galaxy Eternity? “It’s my turn.” Yorick smiled, and his eyes sparkled. “When and where were you born?”Emerald didn’t want to hide the truth, “I was born in 1987 on Earth.” Yorick was surprised this time, and his handsome face was as still as cold as ice in the water. Emerald smiled. Yorick laughed after a few seconds, “I can’t believe you’re…okay. The second question. Why are you, a human, with the machine men of the First Machine Civilization?” That was hard to explain. Emerald paused and said, “Evan Silas wanted to hurt me, but Kahlil wanted to help me. Those were the guards that Kahlil sent to protect me, but they were killed rashly by you.” She still couldn’t agree with Yorick. But what made him more surprised was the thing Emerald said. “When did Kahlil Silas become a good man?” Yorick giggled, and then he stared at her again, “The third question. Why did you cry in your dream?”Emerald was stunned. “You were so loud,” Yorick looked deeply at her, “That the soldiers who passed by thought I was bullying a woman here.” “Because the machine men probably killed the one I love the most,” Emerald said with no emotion on her face. Yorick wasn’t very surprised, and he nodded, “Follow me, and I’ll help you to take the revenge.” They walked along the narrow passageway, passed the deck and the training ground, and then walked to the command center. Yorick didn’t intend to hide his warship’s real capability and even explained to her and became her guide when she looked at the fighters on the deck and the soldiers on the training ground. Although they were virtual humans, they looked quite the same as humans except for their bodies which were sometimes substantial and sometimes virtual. They smiled and talked loudly, which made them energetic and youthful.“That was Animal of Light and Shadow, which was named to remember a lady in the Gabe family in the ancient time.” Yorick pointed at the turquoise fighters. “Animal of Light and Shadow? It’s a pertinent name.” Emerald answered. “The soldiers are having the training of instant translation.” He pointed at the training ground, where a tall soldier’s body was flickering, “His body was shuttling back and forth in two spaces.” “Why?” Emerald asked because this was beyond her understanding. Yorick smiled, “That is the fourth question.” He took Emerald to the command center and said, “In 2553 AD, the machine civilization arrived on Earth.” Emerald stopped walking. “It seems that you have also experienced a machine arrival.” Yorick looked at her face, “Only some of the people from Gabe’s family managed to get out. Then they went into exile in many galaxies and tried to upgrade human bodies so that we could leap and move in several spaces to take revenge. We are the descendants of the Gabe family.” Emerald took a deep breath. Did this mean that she was not in a parallel space of the Earth but in a time that was long after the Earth? The machine’s arrival on the Earth she saw in the crystal pillar was in that year that Yorick talked about. Then the Earth disappeared a long time ago, so Patrick and she couldn’t find anything after a long search. But why did she, a human from the 21st century, wake up in Galaxy Eternity? “Listen to me.” Yorick looked at her blurry eyes and interrupted her thoughts, “It’s my turn.”
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