Rise of the Phoenix - Apocalypse Rebirth

Chapter 33 - Red Herring

May 20, 3031 - Country M, City LA

David opened the door to the warehouse and they walked in. There were a few items stacked near the front so Aria walked further inside to an empty corner. Aria turned around and smiled at the 4 family members.

Aria: "I mentioned that I will be providing all the materials needed for this project. We won't be going through the traditional means of having things shipped to your warehouse but will require face to face transactions. Which two of you would be available to fly to Country C for these transactions?"

John and David looked at one another. Traveling between the countries is very tiring so they obviously volunteered to be the ones to meet Aria. After Aria asked them to activate the sound shield and deactivate the video surveillance inside the warehouse, she took out the rings and asked the two males to pick a ring of their choice that fits and give it back to her.

Aria: "What you're about to see is why keeping this project secret is so important. Please try to remain calm."

Suddenly the corner of the warehouse started filling up magically. Tons and tons of raw materials were piled up neatly in front of the group. Machines and robots were neatly stacked up as well. One second they filled up the corner of the warehouse, the next second they disappeared. This went on for some time until Aria switched to holding the 2nd ring. She did the same. This time interior machineries for various facilities and robots appeared and disappeared.

This process took 10 minutes. The Chens were speechless at first then they became numb to the amount of materials that showed up in front of their eyes. Once things stopped appearing in front of the, their eyes turned to Aria with shocked curiosity. Aria handed the rings over to John and David.

Aria: "Let's move back upstairs and I'll answer some of your questions."

John and David held the rings in their hands tightly. What they just saw was a space storage that surpasses their imagination. Everyone knew that the space button's maximum storage size was 6x6 cubic feet. To see so many things appear and disappear in front of them, they had an idea of how large these rings hold.

Melanie and Joseph felt like they had discovered something scary. Melanie thought the young man was being paranoid and preparing for an imaginary war in his head- since young rich people like to spend money on unnecessary things. But seeing the capacity storage that the young man just showcased, they felt like they had stumbled onto something that might change the world. No wonder Aries told them their family might be in trouble if discovered.

This time they brought Aria to Joseph's office since it was more comfortable. And Joseph had a full bar which the family immediately put into full use at the moment.

David: "These rings! These rings you casually left on a stack in the meeting room table earlier, unattended, are space rings?"

Aria: "They weren't left unattended. You guys were there to keep an eye on them."

David: "Okay. Well, you should never leave anything like that unattended! Hell, I barely want to keep this on my body! Do you realize how many people would want to get their hands on this?!"

David swept his hands through his hair, messing it up. Then filled another shot of vodka and immediately consumed it.

John: "Mister Wang, are you anticipating a war to break out because of this technology you have?"

Aria: "You can call me Aries. No need to be so formal, John. As for anticipating a war, yes. As of now, there are only 5 people in the whole world that knows I am in possession of this technology. Although I cannot find proof, I suspect Country C's government put a hit out on the person who originally discovered how to expand the storage capacity of the space button technology.