Chapter 29: How Truly Foolish

"Are you really sure about this?" the researcher hesitated. However, the Kamutian immediately urged, "Hurry up, give the Olifam to me before that fellow returns!"

The researcher paused, then looked at the three members of Jin who had followed them inside.

He had no intention of obeying the demands of a so-called alien.

Without hesitation, S met his gaze and nodded, saying, "Give it to him!"

"I understand..."

Opening the specially crafted metal case, the researcher explained, "Because it emits unusual radiation, this case is custom-made. Even this laboratory is entirely customized, all to seal this object away."

As the case opened, a mottled meteorite was revealed, emitting a faint cyan glow from its base.

The Kamutian lunged forward excitedly, crying out, "The Olifam... I've finally found it!"

S raised an eyebrow, glanced at Jin, and then turned to the Kamutian, saying, "Hurry up!"

Currently consumed by intense excitement, the Kamutian paid no attention to S's words. He hovered his hands just above the meteorite and began chanting in a strange cosmic tongue.

The sound started out extremely soft and slow, but the tempo gradually increased, and the volume grew louder.

Slowly, the sound began to echo throughout the entire laboratory.

At a certain moment, the meteorite beneath his palms radiated a intense cyan brilliance. Its mottled surface faded away, gradually revealing a crystalline substance beneath.

The cyan light flared brightly before subsiding. The Kamutian took a deep breath, an eager expression appearing on his face, though it was largely overshadowed by the anticipation of impending vengeance. Beneath these complex emotions, his emaciated face appeared all the more sinister.

S stepped forward, suddenly aiming his laser gun at the Kamutian, and demanded, "Now, heal Jin!"

Lifting the Olifam with one hand and wearing a cold smile at the corner of his mouth, the Kamutian completely ignored S and prepared to leave on his own terms.

However, Jin blocked his path, pressing his shoulder against the Kamutian's chest to create a blind spot in his line of sight. He opened his palm, where a red Ultra Glasses rested quietly.

With a quick flip of his hand, Jin put the Ultra Glasses away again, patted the Kamutian on the shoulder, and said:

"Your enemies aren't humans, are they? If I were you, I wouldn't go out of my way to provoke new, powerful opponents."

The Kamutian froze for a moment, glanced at Jin, and nodded, saying, "You're a smart man..."

Supporting the Olifam with his right hand, the Kamutian chanted the strange language once more. With the tip of his left finger, he gently touched the Olifam, drawing out a faint wisp of cyan light.

Then, he pressed his fingertip against Jin's injured shoulder and elbow.

Jin could feel a warm energy coursing through his body, rapidly repairing his injuries. The effect of this energy seemed to share a mysterious affinity with the energy of light.

If anything... its efficacy was even greater.

Watching the injuries on Jin's shoulder and elbow gradually heal as flesh, blood, and bone regenerated and fused back together, the Kamutian withdrew his finger and said:

"I have fulfilled my promise..."

Nodding slightly, he walked toward the exit of the laboratory.

S cast a look of concern. Jin nodded, moved his arm, and said, "I'm fine now..."

After a brief pause, Jin added, "Let's follow him..."

Outside the laboratory, it was like a battlefield. Laser beams had pierced through the walls, and several dead Kamutians could be seen along the corridor. They had died horrific deaths; some had even been torn apart bare-handed by the Bodarians, with green blood splattered everywhere.

The traces of battle extended all the way into an adjacent, spacious warehouse.

As he walked, S fought down the churning in his stomach and muttered, "This guy... is no saint either."

K nodded in deep agreement. He had originally thought these aliens deserved sympathy, but now it appeared otherwise.

This group was not as weak as they claimed... Of course, being sent out to retrieve the Olifam, how could any of them possibly be useless?

Besides, having followed them the entire time using optical camouflage, it was clear that these fellows had no good intentions from the start.

They had probably planned to take the Olifam by force if peaceful acquisition failed.

The three of them followed closely behind and soon entered the adjacent warehouse.

Right as they stepped inside, they witnessed a Bodarian's head splitting down the middle, its steel-like tongue piercing straight through a Kamutian's body.

Immediately afterward, a burst of cyan light erupted in a violent explosion, blasting the Bodarian backward.

With a gloomy expression, the Kamutian chanted in the alien tongue, channeling the energy of the Olifam. With his right palm facing outward and aimed directly at the Bodarian, the cyan light spread from the Olifam into his palm and projected outward.

He flicked his wrist and pressed down gently, and the Bodarian's body was instantly enveloped in cyan light, followed by a series of violent explosions.

Blood and shattered flesh splattered in all directions.

The Kamutian nodded with a grim look, seemingly satisfied.

As for the corpses of his fallen companions on the ground, he didn't even spare them a second glance.

Walking to the center of the open ground, he held the Olifam with both hands. He had now reverted to his true Kamutian form, his deep blue skin looking quite striking beneath the starry sky.

Slowly, the four identical surviving companions approached and stood in a line beside him.

A massive spacecraft rose from not far away, its brilliance instantly illuminating the sky.

Those four companions transformed into light ahead of time and returned to the spacecraft. The Kamutian lingered for a moment, turned to the three of them, and said:

"Thank you very much... With this, we can wipe them all out!"

As he spoke, a harmless, innocent smile bloomed on his face. Set against his emaciated frame, it formed a stark and chilling contrast to his words.

Jin said nothing, merely watching quietly as the Kamutian's smile grew ever more radiant. In the next instant, his body transformed into a beam of light and ascended into the spacecraft.

***

In the distant starry expanse, far away in the Alpha Centauri system, violent explosions of fire suddenly erupted across two neighboring planets.

One of the planets emitted a blinding flash of light and then shattered with a deafening roar.

Following closely behind, the other planet showed the same catastrophic trend as four giant spacecraft hurriedly attempted to flee its surface.

However, the planet's violent explosion engulfed them entirely.

Not a single one survived.

One sunny day, some time after the Alpha Centauri alien incident:

In the midst of a crowd, a mechanical female voice played from a towering floating screen in the sky: "We must protect our beautiful Earth from the invaders targeting it."

"According to space agency observations, a war appears to have broken out in the Alpha Centauri system. We have just received reports that two planets within the Alpha Centauri system have been completely destroyed."

Jin stood quietly among the crowd, looking up with an unreadable expression in his eyes.

Behind him, the woman in white approached and taunted, "I suppose she's about to say how foolish they are."

Sure enough, the voice from the floating screen rang out across the sky once more:

"How foolish. Compared to them, our Earth today is so peaceful."

"We must cherish this peace with all our hearts!"

The woman in white looked at Jin and asked, "Do you think... it's truly peaceful?"

Watching the woman turn and walk away, Jin said nothing. He simply hoisted the heavy backpack he had been holding onto his shoulders.

A faint cyan glow radiated from within the backpack.

Yet, under the glare of the sunlight, it melted away and vanished.