Interstellar Legend

020 Escape

Reno contacted several soldiers on the Abrodius, but without exception, he lost contact with all of them. Each time he lost contact, Reno's mood grew heavier, and his anxiety increased. He quickly and continuously contacted his soldiers, injured or uninjured, but there was no response at all.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it!" When he failed to contact them once again, Reno couldn't contain his shouts any longer. "Someone is targeting the survivors on the Abrodius."

He stood up and angrily pounded the wall. "These bastards, they've captured all my colleagues, some of whom are still injured!"

Claire was startled by Reno's furious appearance.

At that moment, he looked like a raging dinosaur about to go on a rampage, with eyes full of murderous intent. What was even more terrifying was that, whether it was an illusion or not, Clarice felt as though something invisible was flowing around him, like some kind of force field pulling her towards him.

The room began to get windy.

A howling wind.

Blowing from all directions, converging towards Reno, forming an invisible vortex.

Clarice couldn't control her body anymore. She screamed in terror, "Reno!"

Her scream shook Reno's soul.

He snapped out of his trance. The power that had been gathering around him suddenly dispersed in all directions, as if a force had erupted from his body.

"Ah!" Clarice let out a loud scream and hit the wall.

"Austin!" Reno rushed over to help her.

Clarice looked at Reno as if she had seen a ghost. "What happened?"

Reno looked at himself and shook his head. "I don't know."

They looked at each other, feeling a sense of dread rising in their hearts.

At that moment, Reno suddenly felt a strong sense of unease. He stood up abruptly and looked out the window.

The man in black outside the window was still waiting boredly. Suddenly, as if receiving some instructions, he opened his terminal and spoke while constantly aiming towards Reno's location.

He started walking towards them.

Reno recoiled, grabbed Clarice, and headed out.

"What are you doing?" Clarice shouted.

Reno pulled her quickly out of the room. "They're monitoring Claire's terminal. They found me through our recent contact. We have to leave before they get here."

"But what does that have to do with me?" Clarice screamed. "They're after you, not me."

"Because I used your terminal. They might consider you part of my group." Reno replied.

Clarice's face turned pale. "What will happen?"

"I don't know. I'm not sure who they are or why they're doing this, but I'm certain they're not friendly. We shouldn't hope too much for their moral standards." Reno said.

"Maybe... maybe we can explain? I mean, I have nothing to do with this." Clarice suggested.

Reno stopped.

He turned to look at Clarice. "Actually, ever since you lent me your personal terminal, you've been involved."

"Oh, no..." Clarice groaned in despair.

"I'm sorry for dragging you into this mess, but you probably need to face the reality now." Reno said as he pushed open the door and looked downstairs, where several men in black had appeared on the stairs.