Interstellar Survival: Invasion

ce shriek rang out behind me.
When I looked back, I saw small Nyx complaining to the giant creature, its two purple eyes shining brightly.
Perhaps they had detected my wound, but both Nyx and Bulu were reacting in their own way.
I could see that Bulu was starting to shine in a blinding red yet again.

The aggression displayed by Nyx and Bulu seemed to have scared the giant creature; the giant creature appeared fearful for a moment.
It hesitated for a few seconds before retreating into the darkness of the cave.

I finally understood what the man in white had told me.
One had to give up on one ’s fear of harm and conquer the interstellar creatures with the power of conviction.
That was the only way I could leave.

At that thought, I slung my gun behind me, lifted Bulu, and started walking deeper into the cave.
Behind me, Nyx followed.

Unsurprisingly, the communication channel was jammed.
I had obviously gotten myself trapped in the cave.
According to the man in white, I could only leave after conquering the interstellar creatures.

I followed the route in my memory and arrived at the second cave with countless shining eyes.
The interstellar creatures were roaring at me incessantly.
Without my shield, I was extremely nervous despite having prepared myself.
I wrapped my arms tightly around Bulu, struggling to get any comfort I could get.
Nyx loyally stood guard behind me, roaring back at the owners of the shining eyes.
Shortly after, the roars suddenly stopped, and the various eyes withdrew.

”Don ’t tell me the same scene is going to repeat itself? ” I wondered.

Suddenly, I felt a cold breeze blow through the cave while complete silence descended.

”Handsome guy, just show yourself.
I understood what you meant, ” I shouted at the darkness.

An intense gale blew over as I saw a black silhouette rushing out from the depths of the cave.
Suddenly, Nyx stopped making noises.
As for Bulu, it became as bright as a blinding, red sun.

”Shit! Something is wrong. ” My heart thumped.

A massive black creature appeared before me and rammed me into the air.
Even as I felt my body soar into the air, I still kept my arms tightly wrapped around Bulu.
It felt like an entire century passed as I flew through the air, my perception of time slowing down.
I dropped loudly onto the ground.
I felt like my bones were going to fall apart.
My chest, in particular, was in intense pain.

My vision swam as I took a long while to recover from the pain.
I took another look at the creature; a completely black creature was standing before me.
Its body was the size of a mountain, completely dominating my sight.
Unlike a regular interstellar creature, its head resembled the mythical beast kirin with a pair of massive horns.
However, the rest of its body was exactly the same as a regular interstellar creature.

’Damn it! What mutated freak have I encountered this time? ’ I cursed inwardly.

Due to the intense pain, I couldn ’t stand up and could only lie on the ground.
The black beast slowly approached, studying me with its big red eyes.

”What do you want, you brutish buffalo? ” I demanded.

The black beast hesitated slightly when I scolded it.
It opened its mouth and roared at me, nearly deafening my ears.

’Looks like this fellow thought I was trying to talk to it.
What a boorish method of communication, ’ I thought inwardly.
For the sake of my ears, I shut my mouth in case it tried talking back to me again.

The black beast circled me repeatedly.
Perhaps it had sensed that I had not prepared an attack for it, so the red light in its eyes started dimming.
Suddenly, it noticed the blood flowing from my forehead.
It did something completely unexpected.

It actually licked my face clean of blood.
As it licked my face, a strong smell of sulfur assaulted my nostrils.
But due to the beast ’s sheer prowess, I silently accepted its help.
Seeing that I was accepting its gesture of goodwill, the black beast was very pleased.
It raised its head and roared in joy, and the surrounding interstellar creatures answered the summons and started coming closer.

When creatures of all colors surrounded us, I felt like I was looking into a kaleidoscope.
They constantly shrieked as they observed me from a close distance.
I was suddenly hit by a realization that this black fellow could very well be Clearsky.

However, my rational mind quickly rejected that conclusion.
After all, if that was true, this big fellow would be incredibly old, so old that it did not make any sense.
However, the surrounding creatures were showing this beast so much respect that it could only be their ancestor.

Looking at the scene before me, I slowly started to understand what the man in white had said.
There was no exit here.
This was actually a parallel dimension! To leave, I needed to pass through a tear in time itself.

The discovery caused me to grow excited.
Perhaps I was truly facing a life form from tens of billions of years ago, and I had entered a dimension from over tens of billions of years ago.
I grew more and more excited as I realized that I was living a historic moment that would forever remain in the history of the league.

In a short while, I fully adapted to my new environment.
Despite the pain I was still feeling all over my body, I was already back on my feet, freely stroking the creatures around me.
When the other creatures saw how much Clearsky trusted me, they came to accept my touch.
Only after a while did I recall that I had an important mission to complete.
My thoughts calmed from the excitement as I came to face a serious question.
How should I leave?