Age of Cosmic Exploration

Chapter 267: The Sage Eva

Little Eva’s parents were incredibly worried because their daughter had been asleep for more than half a month. From the month the space merchants infiltrated the hope, little Eva started sleeping. Before sleeping, she even left her family with some cryptic words. Her parents thought she had contracted some weird disease, like psychological trauma or some unknown virus.

Little Eva’s grandfather was Earth’s famous physicist Silewei. He was also the Hope’s most influential physicist, the leader of the Academy’s physics faculty. He was one of the crucial players on the Hope, his power greater than some of the Hope’s government officials. This was because the space merchants’ information greatly inflated science’s importance, and that greatly increased the Academy’s stature. In fact, even if Yao Yuan had found out Silewei had misused his power, as long as it wasn’t totally out of place, then there was a chance Yao Yuan would pretend he didn’t see it.

Luckily, Silewei was one of the traditional, serious scientists. He treated his research seriously and had self-discipline unique to the Germans. Actually, many of the top scientists were like this. Their focus was on their scientific research, and very few of them were concerned with position and power. Those that were didn’t last long in the Hope’s scientific system.

Little Eva’s sickness was the first time Silewei had technically misused his power. He used his influence to locate all the best doctors on the Hope to treat Eva. He even managed to get Ivan and Saburo to help him. However, even with the best medical devices, they couldn’t diagnose her illness, and she remained unconscious.

The Hope had stopped in space to enter a great scientific renaissance, but Silewei had shed about ten kilograms right before everyone’s eyes. His appearance, which was being monitored by the genetic mesomeric technology to revert to a middle-aged man’s appearance, started to undo itself. Silewei started to rapidly grow old. He and his family were in the throes of despair because they couldn’t even detect any sickness or poison in Eva. That was the scariest part because this meant the thing that affected little Eva was something couldn’t be identified and consequently cured by current human technology.

Therefore, when Silewei saw Yao Yuan, Ren Tao, and Xiao Niao heading towards him, who was at the ICU, he said listlessly, "Captain, I know why you’re here. I will return to my lab in a minute. The physics faculty needs me, but please just let me stay with my granddaughter for a while longer."

Yao Yuan and the two thinkers were shocked. Yao Yuan quickly explained, "No, Prof. Silewei, you misunderstood the meaning of my presence. I’m not here for you, but your granddaughter, Eva. It concerns… something important."

Silewei too was surprised by this revelation. He suddenly realized who the three people standing before him were. One was the Hope’s Captain, the only All-Rounder, and the other two were the Hope’s incredibly rare Thinkers. They were all valuable assets to the Hope. The fact that all three of them were there… Could it be that they knew how to treat little Eva?

Ten minutes ago, Ren Tao revealed to Xiao Niao and Ren Tao his memory of Eva’s actions. During the war with the space merchants, the key to victory was the team led by Ying. Even though the Black Star Troopers’ contribution and Ying’s self-sacrifice were crucial to the victory, all of that wouldn’t have happened if not for that baby dragon at the beginning. The Hope might have defeated the infiltrators, but in the end, it would've only been shot down by the Requiem.

The question became: how could Eva have predicted all of it? Why would she hand a baby dragon to Ren Tao, who had no relation to her? How did she know that there was a hidden mal-intention behind the space merchants’ invitation? How did she know that the baby dragon would help the situation?

Not only this, there were also other extenuating questions. For example, the baby dragons were all well protected. A common civilian wouldn’t be able to get close to them, so how did she manage to sneak one out?

Ren Tao had discussed all these questions with Xiao Niao many times before. According to logic, what she did was impossible under normal circumstances. Therefore, the only possibility left was… Eva knew all this would happen, so she prepared accordingly. Handing Ren Tao the baby dragon might seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things, but it was because of that one small action that the whole result of the war was turned around. Eva must have been able to see into the future to be able to accomplish something like that.

In the space merchants’ information, Diviners like Zhang Heng were called Time Watchers. However, there was no clear elaboration on the origin of the Diviner’s power, or even any scientific basis to their existence. In fact, they only provided the basic elaboration of their powers. Needless to say, information on the three double S grade Cosmic Adapters was basically non-existent.

In the space merchants’ information, they also talked about normal Cosmic Adapters, or Survivors. They had a small chance of evolving into S grade Cosmic Adapters, while S grade Cosmic Adapters themselves wouldn’t be able to evolve into the legendary double s grade Cosmic Adapters but instead they had their own leveling system. The actual leveling method was unknown though.

According to myths, Cosmic Adapters had five levels, levels 1 and 2 were one tier, levels 3 and 4 were another tier, and level 5 only "possibly" existed. For example, the first tier of Diviner was called Diviner, but second tier Diviner would be named the Sage.

According to Ren Tao and Xiao Niao’s hypothesis, Eva most likely was a level 3 Time Watcher. If that was true, her importance could rival that of Yao Yuan, if not over him!

When they reached the ICU, they stumbled across Silewei, who was visiting his granddaughter. The trio was startled because they suddenly realized that Eva was Silewei’s granddaughter, and this cautious and stern physicist was someone even Yao Yuan needed to be respectful towards.

Silewei didn’t stand on ceremony and asked directly, "Captain and two Thinkers, you told me you’re here for my granddaughter, so I have to ask, can you cure her condition?"

The three looked at one another and Ren Tao interjected, "Prof. Silewei, can you tell us a bit of Eva’s symptoms?"

Liking discovering a savior, Silewei quickly told them about little Eva’s condition, especially bringing up how her fainting spell coincided with the war with the space merchants.

The three nodded knowingly. Yao Yuan walked to Eva’s side and put his hand on her forehead, saying, "If that’s the case, then it shouldn’t be something wrong with her body. This is something to do with her Homo Evolutis power. As we know, after over-exertion of Homo Evolutis power, there will be a period of compulsory down time for recovery. For some, it might be a coma. I guess we need to give her more time to recuperate…"

However, before Yao Yuan could finish, he felt a small and weak fireball rush through his arm into his soul. It then circulated around the giant orb of light that represented his soul. In just seconds, the small fireball returned to its original brilliance and in fact started glowing. After about ten seconds, the glowing, small fireball finally departed from his soul with reluctance. At the same time, Eva’s eyelids started to flutter.

The other people in the room didn’t notice the changes on Eva. From their perspective, Yao Yuan had put his hand on Eva’s forehead and then he practically froze. Silewei thought Yao Yuan was checking Eva’s temperature, while Ren Tao and Xiao Niao, who understood Yao Yuan had no medical experience, knew better. Something must have happened.

Xiao Niao asked immediately, "What’s wrong? Yao Yuan, what did you find out?"

"He found out about his other power, the power charger."

A crisp voice said, with a giggle. Before anyone in the room could react, the previously unconscious Eva sat up with a charming smile. She tapped Yao Yuan’s hand, which was still on her forehead, and said, with a girlish chuckle, "Captain Uncle, it’s illegal to have such close contact with an underage girl, you know?

"However, I do need to thank you for helping me, or else I’d probably need another three to four months before I could wake up. Right, the question you came to ask…

"You’re right, I’m a Homo Evolutis, one that has visions of the future. You can refer to me as the Sage."