Death... and me

Well, the twins were already happy that they wouldn't need to fight their way out of this Chamber 13R. "That's perfect. We needed your help to find something that has fallen inside this ship."

"Something has fallen here?" Tanxan asked back. "Oh, right. You are here to look for resources and things like that. If you want cultivation resources, I'm afraid I can't help you. All the Divine Energy Origin in the Spaceship is property of the Lingan Universe."

Luan couldn't help but ask. "But this thing has been off for so long. Do you really think such rules still apply?"

"They do for me," Tanxan answered before his Jelly Body formed a tentacle that pointed at his core floating inside. "The higher ranked members are soul bound to their duties. It doesn't matter how long it has been. If I break the army's rules, I'm dead. Only those at the highest ranks in the Spaceship have their soul bound to their duty, though. If you had found someone less important, they might have been able to help you."

He also added. "But don't worry. This binding is only related to things that would be considered detrimental to the Lingan Universe. As long as I consider you not to be enemies, I don't need to do anything. I might have been sealed for a very long time, but I still consider myself a good judge of character. You don't give me a feeling of greed or danger."

Roan didn't mind it anyway. "Whatever. It's not the cultivation resources we are looking for. A long time ago, an item of extreme Yin and Yang, Dark and Light Elements has fallen into this ship. It happened way after the events that caused the evacuation of the Spaceship, so it is not related to your Lingan Universe. Unfortunately, we don't have the necessary authority to locate this item in this Spaceship. That's why we need your help. Can you request the system to look for something similar to it?"

"No wonder the system didn't let you search for it through its scanners. Anything related to the balance of Yin and Yang would be considered high-level information. But if what you said is true, then I don't mind helping you with it. Consider it my thanks for saving my life in that pod," said Tanxan.

He then made the request. "System, use the parameters explained by these guys to look for an item of extreme Yin and Yang or Dark and Light Element powers. It has to be an item that wasn't part of this ship before."

-Request Accepted.-

-Searching...-

-One item fits the description provided by the user. It is located in the Second Region, Sector 1B.-

"1B?" Tanxan was surprised to hear that.

Seeing that, Rean obviously asked out of curiosity. "Is Sector 1B a problem?"

Tanxan shook his head. "That's not it. It's just that Sector 1B is where the Spaceship's source of Divine Origin Energy is located. Or, to be more specific, where the equipment that absorbs Divine Origin Energy from the Universe is. Naturally, that's also where the Light and Dark Element or Yin and Yang Energy is gathered too before being used through the ship."

Roan had guessed it before. "We did indeed believe the reason this item fell into this ship was that something here had a very high connection with Dark and Light Elements. Now that you said that, it has confirmed our suspicions."

Tanxan pondered a bit and decided on his next actions. "System, provide the rank of Temporary Corporal to Rean, Roan, and Luan. Authority Level A12. Partial restriction: Technologies and sensitive information."

-Request Accepted. Rean, Roan, and Luan authority level has been upgraded to A12 with partial restrictions.-

Immediately, Rean, Roan, and Luan felt like the Space Stagnation around their bodies had disappeared. Not only that. So far, they couldn't feel even an iota of Divine Energy in the air. But now that their rank was changed, Divine Energy filled their bodies like an endless stream. "What an amazing system. It can totally control the flow of everything inside it. Impressive!"

Tanxan then looked back at the twins and Luan. "Alright. This authority level will allow you to enter Sector 1B in the Second Region without being targeted by the Defense Systems. Now, just go."

Roan was more than satisfied. "Very well."

Yet, Rean didn't quite like it. "But sir, what about you? Now that you are out of the Cryogenic Pod, I can tell that you have a cultivation at the Space Bending Realm Middle Stage. I'm sorry to say this, but the other experts that entered the ship are all capable of killing you with ease. Are you really okay with staying alone?"

"Hmph!" Tanxan snorted in response. "I'm a Major in this ship. Since everyone left, I'm also the one with total control of this place. Let alone Space-Time Realm ants. Even Divinity Realm idiots would have to kneel down in front of me if I used this ship's defense system in my favor."

"That makes me wonder just what kind of power could have caused this ship to turn out like this," Luan mentioned.

"I don't know," answered Tanxin. "The database is gone, so I don't think I will find an answer either. Now, how much more of my time will you lose? Just go already."

"Don't you want to come with us, sir?" Suddenly, Rean asked. "I'm not saying it so that we can use your authority around this ship. I'm talking about the time when we leave it. To be honest, I'm a circuitry formation master and would like to learn a lot from you."

"Circuitry Formation? That's how you call it? Oh well, I guess it makes sense considering the many runes placed all around," Tanxan said. "However, I do not intend to stay in this Universe for long. The system already said it. There is a high risk of explosion, but the ship should still be able to make one last jump if I'm lucky. I will bet on this jump. I need to know what happened in Lingan while I was out, so I can't follow you. I can't share any of the ship's technology either since it would go against my soul-binding rules. I'm glad you offered it anyway. Good luck."

It was then that Rean remembered something. "Now that I think about it, can you make this jump without the beacon?" Naturally, Rean was talking about Hex.

Tanxan was taken aback. "How do you know that?"

Rean sighed in response. "There is another thing you need to know." Sure enough, Hex was related to this Spaceship.