And while the chat was in an uproar, Johnny’s hands trembled as he gripped his controls. He’d been chasing viral content, scraping by with diocre footage since the last Ga, but this... this was beyond anything he’d imagined. His drone shook in the air, the cara feed wavering as his fingers struggled to maintain steady control.
"Co on, co on," he whispered, sweat beading on his forehead. "Stay steady."
But even through the screen, separated by miles, the presence of the Administrator made his chest tight. If he was this nervous just watching through a monitor, he couldn’t imagine what the people on the ground were experiencing. They were probably... scared.
But Johnny was wrong. The people outside the Do weren’t scared, no. They were utterly and ridiculously terrified.
Dr. Sarah’s clipboard clattered to the concrete as her hands shook uncontrollably. The other researchers had gone completely silent, so backing away into the tents, others pressing closer despite their terror. The soldiers stood frozen, weapons half-raised but useless against sothing that existed beyond their understanding.
[Administrator Vaydrael is warning Adam not to continue what he was doing.]
The words appeared in glowing text before everyone present, but Dr. Sarah barely registered them. This was the first ti she’d seen an Administrator in person. Twenty years of studying the Ga, analyzing data, theorizing about these entities, and now one floated re yards away.
The Administrator had long, flowing hair that seed to move without wind, and like most of its kind, it appeared both masculine and feminine simultaneously, an effortless beauty. Three eyes stared down at Adam—two where they should be, and a third centered on its forehead. Six wings spread from its back, translucent and shimring but solid at the sa ti.
And yet... it didn’t look threatening. Not at all.
If anything, the Administrator looked worried. Dr. Sarah blinked hard, wondering if stress was making her hallucinate. Were Administrators even capable of emotions?
[The Administrator, Vaydrael, asks Adam to stop once again.]
The Administrator finally released Adam’s fist, and Adam imdiately backed away, his boots scraping against the cracked ground.
It was the sa feeling again—that sense of his strike not being blocked, but being completely nullified, as if his new 93 Strength ant nothing against this being’s palm.
Adam clenched his jaw. He wanted to destroy the Ga, to end this nightmare that had consud humanity for two decades. But if the Administrators were this powerful... how would he be able to defeat—
[Administrator Vaydrael asks Adam to stop what he is thinking.]
Adam’s eyes widened. "You can read my mind?"
Vaydrael looked like it sighed, though no sound erged. It floated closer, its six wings remaining perfectly still as it moved through the air.
"N-no..." one of the researchers blurted out, his breath choking.
Adam glanced around at the terrified researchers and soldiers.
"If you want to kill soone, just kill . The others aren’t involved in... my plan," he quickly said while pointing at himself. "It’s . I’m the only one who wants to destroy the Do, they’re not part of it."
Vaydrael tilted its head, looking curious. Then it turned around, floating toward the Do’s surface.
It glanced back at Adam and raised a single finger.
The Administrator extended its hand toward the Do.
To Adam’s shock, it... flicked its finger at the invisible wall.
Everyone held their breath at that—no. It was more like they couldn’t breathe at all.
The Administrator’s single flick sucked the air from around them. A powerful blast erupted outward, shaking everything for miles. Miles.
Sound itself seed to stop, replaced by a crushing pressure that made eardrums pop and vision blur. But there was no sound, no. Only a weird pressure. Trees in the distance bent nearly horizontal. The tents were blown away, almost taking the researchers who were still inside with them.
None of them could scream or panic, however... because all of them were kneeling on the ground.
"What the?!" Johnny’s drone plumted from the sky, its feed cutting to black as the device crashed sowhere in the wilderness.
"Fuck! Do we have another drone?! Quick! Quick!"
Johnny and his team started to panic, almost as if mirroring the Do.
The Do rippled more violently than it ever had, its surface wobbling like jelly, changing shape as waves of energy cascaded across its entirety. The researchers, although fearing for their lives, couldn’t help but stare at this.
Adam’s strikes only caused the Dos to ripple, and they’d already detected abnormal amounts of energy from his punches. Researchers of the past had also tried several bombs, and so researchers said that the Do would survive a nuclear explosion—and yet that one single flick... actually caused the Do to move.
The doctors continued to watch in awe, but even after long seconds passed, the Do... didn’t crack. It slowly returned to its normal state, as if the devastating display of power had been nothing more than a gentle tap.
[The Administrator, Vaydrael, asks if Adam understood now.]
Vaydrael slowly turned back, floating close to Adam again.
Adam didn’t flinch. His fists remained coiled, ready.
[Vaydrael tells Adam the battle cannot be stopped. To stop it is to go against The Universe. To go against The Universe is to beco... Nothing.]
"Nothing...?" Adam stared directly at Vaydrael, unflinching.
[Vaydrael warns Adam not to challenge the Universe, or he and his world would risk early demise. This is not a threat, but a warning.]
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