Cosmic Ascension

CH 2: My name is Noah

[Rebooting…]

[Checking…]

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[External examination commencing…]

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[All parameters clear — Planet suitable for carbon-based lifeform…]

[Warning: Current weather deemed to be extremely dangerous for living organisms]

[Recommendation: Keep the power armor activated]

[Internal examination commencing…]

[Combat capacity lowered by 70%]

[Energy Reserves: Extremely low]

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‘Ugh… The fuck.’

When Morgiana came to, she was bombarded with a log of information that made her already throbbing head blister into an even more painful spiral of headache and nausea.

At the very edges of her vision, she could see a digital diagram showing her body with many zones marked in dangerous hues of red.

Clearly, the crash had not been kind to her, and despite all the defenses that had been placed on her body to counteract the impact of a crash… she had still nearly died.

But that was all there was to it.

She nearly died.

Which could only lead to one conclusion— she had survived through this ordeal.

Once again the keyword was — Nearly — as Alibaba liked to say so often.

That was all that mattered to her. Like Alibaba always spoke, as long as one remained alive and kicking, nothing in the world was impossible for them.

‘Where am I though?’

The screen in front of her vision, on the visor of her helmet, flickered intermittently before she was finally able to see her surroundings clearly.

She understood now why she had been feeling like her butt was stone cold and she was unable to move around.

What the…?

She nearly blacked out at the outlandish situation she currently found herself in.

After all, she was buried deep in a sea of endless snow with only her head sticking out of the terrain.

She had been through many situations in her miserable life— be it as a slave or as an outlaw and mercenary traveling through endless space, however, this was definitely one of the weirdest situations she had ever found herself in. Actually, it would not be far off if she said this was indeed the most uncanny situation she had ever faced in her life.

However, now was not the time to delve into these useless thoughts. Now, it was time for her to think hard about what to do and how to get out of this perilous situation.

Clearly, this was not normal, in any way, shape or form, and she had been placed here by something or someone intentionally.

Possibly, it was some sort of beast, an indigenous inhabitant of this stone-cold planet, that was keeping her cold to eat for later.

Why didn’t the auto-defense system activate?

[Energy Reserves: Extremely low]

[All resources are currently being used to maintain the life signature of the host to an appropriate level and thus protect the host from this hostile environment]