Dark Universe & Forbidden Love by Hao Yang Read Free Book Online

himself as he quickly decoded the sentences
and it read “Check the navigation record of Cruiser General Klizan. Be
careful.”
    Jason
was confused. To his best knowledge, the cruiser was kept in the museum all the
time. Suddenly he recalled the food Erikon found in the cruiser. That meant
someone did use the cruiser recently.
    Jason
waited until midnight and sneaked into the museum. It was much easier than
going to the Glycan’s library. He learnt his lesson and was wearing a mask this
time.
    It was
dark and quiet in the museum. Several robots were sweeping the floor. Jason ran
to the port side of the cruiser, looking for the door he used last time. But he
couldn’t find it. The surface was smooth like silk with no crack, groove or
line. He then checked the starboard side and the bottom. There was no entrance.
Baffled and tired, Jason sat down under the vessel.
    “I
couldn’t even get in.” He sighed as he wondered how to explain this to his
father. After sitting there for a while, he decided to come back tomorrow. He
slowly stood up. Just at this moment, he noticed a man-shaped shadow appeared
on the floor near the window. But he didn’t see anyone. Then the shadow moved
away from the window and disappeared. Jason held his breath and listened
carefully. He could hear it was coming close to the port side of the vessel.
Then it stopped. A masked Dolanz appeared on the floor from nowhere. It checked
the surrounding cautiously and took out a necklace. Jason recognized that
necklace right away. It was Gloria’s necklace. Then Jason realised that it was
Sistyen, the history teacher.
    A door
showed up as Sistyen put the necklace close to the hull of the cruiser. He
looked around carefully and got inside. Jason rushed to the door and jumped in
before it closed.
    The
inside was pitch black. Jason closed his eyes and followed the sound of
Sistyen’s steps. He could tell Sistyen knew the vessel very well because his
steps were fast and steady. Suddenly he heard some robotic voice and then all
the lights went on. After his eyes got used to the light, he saw an entrance to
a spacious compartment. Jason slowly walked to the entrance, hid behind the
doorway and peeked inside. It was the bridge of the cruiser. Sistyen was
standing in the center and holding the necklace over his head. The necklace
slowly flew towards the ceiling and the crystal landed into a slot on the
ceiling.
    “Bridge
access granted. All systems initiated.” A robotic voice echoed in the bridge.
    “This is
it.” Jason said to himself as he adjusted the mask to make sure it covered his
face.
    Sistyen
sat down on a chair. Jason took a deep breath and darted into the bridge.
Sistyen saw Jason coming at him. While he was hauling out the gun, Jason
punched him on the face. Sistyen fell over the chair and slumped on the floor,
but at the same time, he got his gun out.
    “Lights
off.” Jason yelled as he saw Sistyen aim the gun at him.
    Now it
was pitch black. Jason stood still and held his breath. He knew the crystal was
right above him. But if he retrieved the crystal now, he would expose himself.
He heard Sistyen moving closer, but he didn’t know Sistyen’s exact position. He
lowered his body, ready to sprint out. He knew when the lights went back on, he
only got one shot.
    “Lights
on.” Sistyen shouted. Before he could fire the gun, Jason charged and grabbed
him on the waist. Both of them plunged on the deck and rolled off the center
platform. Sistyen dropped the gun. Jason kicked away Sistyen and quickly got up
on his feet, running to the gun. Sistyen stood up and ran to the doorway. When
Jason picked up the gun, Sistyen had gone. Jason let out a long sigh and
removed his mask. He stumbled back to the center platform and said, “Navigation
record.”
    The
record came up on the screen, but it was encrypted. Jason was frustrated, but
he downloaded the data to the crystal anyway. Then he retrieved the necklace from
the ceiling.
    “At
least I got the