Chapter 203
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It was about time for the stage to be finished, so Alec's party were ready to leave any day now. They moved around from country to country, doing their part to wipe out the zombies in the area, while the rest of humanity moved as one.
Instead of staying leisurely in H base, Alec and his party members had originally bid Lukas and the rest goodbye.
Yet, instead of parting ways there, Lukas, Liam and Karen refused to be left behind when their friends went to battle and followed them around. The group of them went around hunting down zombies from town to town, country to country. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
Alec felt helpless, but also secretly felt a little pleased, though it didn't lessen his anger at the System that had landed them here in the first place. The day they returned was the day Alec gave that System a piece of his mind.
Alec's eyes narrowed.
Now that the threat of the red virus to the planet was over, all they had left remaining was the clean-up.
Te.ake was long dead and gone.
Even though Alec had spared its life temporarily, after they determined that they had enough information, he'd ended its life in a quick manner and relatively painless manner.
Though it had harmed Dominique, who was under Alec's care, Dominique had only been harmed superficially.
Not only that, there had been more rounds of torture where Alec tested out various interrogation techniques, before passing it on to Lukas.
Alec didn't know what Lukas did to it, but the alien had the fear put directly into its being.
As thanks, the alien had been allowed to pass on in a peaceful manner despite the things that it did while it was here on Earth. According to the alien, it was because of the humans that it had turned to genocide in the first place.
Sircela drifted down from the skies while they chatted and rested atop the flying whale, Domnique's familiar killing zombies left and right with just its presence alone.
Lukas lay quietly as he stared into the sky in a daze.
He still couldn't believe this was how it all turned out.
Originally, Lukas had believed that Alec was a regressor, just like he was, but perhaps from a different timeline, but that wasn't the case, was it? He didn't know why he felt that way, but that was what his instincts told him about the child turned teen.
It was the reason why Lukas had followed them after they said they were leaving.
He felt as if the moment he took his eyes off of them, they would disappear into oblivion and he would never see them again.
Lukas wasn't the most sociable person, and he didn't make friends easily, unlike his twin and Karen, so the fact that he considered these people friends was something that still astounded him to this day.
Five years had already passed, yet it felt as quick as the blink of an eye.
He didn't know what he was going to do if it turned out that they really disappeared.
Lukas frowned and put aside the matter for the time being.
Instead, he reflected on the other things that had happened throughout these five years.
The apocalypse had been put to a stop right in its tracks a mere five years after it started.
Lukas ran that thought in his mind again, feeling a mix of complicated emotions.
Natalie managing to produce a cure to the red virus, Alec managing to find someone that was immune to the virus in the first place, Yuki managing to put together a feasible plan that allowed them to influence humanity so that they wiped out the zombies quicker…
Alec's group made things look so easy in comparison that he felt inadequate at times, which only made him push harder as he strived for more.
Yet, the apocalypse was now all but over. What would he do now that it was over?
What else did he have besides his wealth of fighting experience? He had no socialization skills to speak of, and his paranoia wasn't easily put aside even if he wanted to. His nerves were always high-strung.
The people this time around were less scarred by the entire zombie apocalypse.
There were still a lot of zombies out there, but the people that Lukas had observed seemed to be more willing to help others out, yet another thing that astounded him. Despite it being something that had started as a movement because of Alec's group – their group, a voice whispered in his head – it was still something that he never imagined he would be a part of.
Back in his original timeline, ten years into the apocalypse, it was hard to find those that weren't touched by loss or grief. Many of them even appeared even somewhat feral as they fought desperately against the zombies.
Here, now, everything was relatively peaceful.
Humanity was flourishing.
The higher ranked zombies hadn't had much time to evolve yet before they were able to summarily take care of them.
What really remained were the small fry that was spread out throughout the planet.
So, right now, if Lukas was in a daze, no one could fault him.
Liam laid out beside him to the right, and Karen on the left.
The three of them just basked in the sunlight that filtered down onto them from Sircela's back. The wind gently caressed their skin, and Lukas felt content for the first time in a long, long time.
Things were looking up. He didn't have to worry about losing Liam or Karen to people's machinations as it was with their current strength. They would be able to defend themselves with no problem.
Liam spoke up right when Lukas was drifting off into sleep.
"Bro, are you ever going to tell us why you changed so much?"
The question caused Lukas to snap awake, his previous sleepiness disappearing in an instant. He remained quiet. How could he not have? But he was afraid that they wouldn't believe him, so he remained silent.
Neither Karen nor Liam said anything else, but Lukas could feel them waiting for his answer.
He decided to bite the bullet and just blurt it out. "I came back from the future. This is the second time I'm going through the apocalypse," Lukas started. The moment he started talking, the words seemed to flow from him uncontrollably.
It was like the dam that had kept all the words locked up had finally broken, and everything gushed out at once.
His earlier apprehension didn't get in the way of him spilling his guts, and he felt his brother touch his arm. Karen put a hand on his shoulder.
While Lukas didn't usually like being touched all that much, right now, he took comfort in it.
By the time he finished spilling his guts, he felt refreshed, even when his throat was dry and croaking from all the talking that he did.
It wasn't a pleasant sensation, but comparatively, he felt so much lighter that he didn't even mind. He had not realized just how much it weighed on him to keep a secret from those that he deemed dear to him.
Karen fed him water, after which they just lay there in companionable silence.
"It's not like we didn't know, you know? We were just waiting for you to tell us. But it didn't seem like you were going to, so I had to ask," Liam said serenely. "You're my twin. I'll always know. Just as I know it really is you and not some other person that took over your body."
Karen nodded sleepily. "Yeah. We all knew you'd changed. You became even less talkative than before. Seriously. You already weren't that talkative in the first place, but now you're almost always silent unless it's with us. And you were jumping at every little thing."
Lukas felt a sudden burst of affection that made his chest feel like it was tight. He smiled under the warm sun rays. It was a shame that no one was able to see Lukas' smile.
Then, they heard a shout from Rosabel towards Dominique.
"Hey, get Sircela to descend!"
Lukas immediately got up. What was wrong?
They felt a bit of a lurch as Sircela quickly descended, but not before they caught sight of Alec waving at them from across Sircela's back.
Lukas felt alarm bells ring in his head, and just when he was about to quickly make his way over to them to confront them, everyone disappeared with the blink of an eye.
Karen let out a yelp when they suddenly freefell from the sky as Sircela disappeared before reappearing like it glitched out, stunning them.
Sircela neared the ground before placing them down and disappearing from their sight, as if a giant flying whale was normal.
Lukas and party were shocked. Why had Alec and the rest just disappeared so abruptly!?
Where had their friends gone, and why hadn't they left as well?
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It was about time for the stage to be finished, so Alec's party were ready to leave any day now. They moved around from country to country, doing their part to wipe out the zombies in the area, while the rest of humanity moved as one.
Instead of staying leisurely in H base, Alec and his party members had originally bid Lukas and the rest goodbye.
Yet, instead of parting ways there, Lukas, Liam and Karen refused to be left behind when their friends went to battle and followed them around. The group of them went around hunting down zombies from town to town, country to country. Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.
Alec felt helpless, but also secretly felt a little pleased, though it didn't lessen his anger at the System that had landed them here in the first place. The day they returned was the day Alec gave that System a piece of his mind.
Alec's eyes narrowed.
Now that the threat of the red virus to the planet was over, all they had left remaining was the clean-up.
Te.ake was long dead and gone.
Even though Alec had spared its life temporarily, after they determined that they had enough information, he'd ended its life in a quick manner and relatively painless manner.
Though it had harmed Dominique, who was under Alec's care, Dominique had only been harmed superficially.
Not only that, there had been more rounds of torture where Alec tested out various interrogation techniques, before passing it on to Lukas.
Alec didn't know what Lukas did to it, but the alien had the fear put directly into its being.
As thanks, the alien had been allowed to pass on in a peaceful manner despite the things that it did while it was here on Earth. According to the alien, it was because of the humans that it had turned to genocide in the first place.
Sircela drifted down from the skies while they chatted and rested atop the flying whale, Domnique's familiar killing zombies left and right with just its presence alone.
Lukas lay quietly as he stared into the sky in a daze.
He still couldn't believe this was how it all turned out.
Originally, Lukas had believed that Alec was a regressor, just like he was, but perhaps from a different timeline, but that wasn't the case, was it? He didn't know why he felt that way, but that was what his instincts told him about the child turned teen.
It was the reason why Lukas had followed them after they said they were leaving.
He felt as if the moment he took his eyes off of them, they would disappear into oblivion and he would never see them again.
Lukas wasn't the most sociable person, and he didn't make friends easily, unlike his twin and Karen, so the fact that he considered these people friends was something that still astounded him to this day.
Five years had already passed, yet it felt as quick as the blink of an eye.
He didn't know what he was going to do if it turned out that they really disappeared.
Lukas frowned and put aside the matter for the time being.
Instead, he reflected on the other things that had happened throughout these five years.
The apocalypse had been put to a stop right in its tracks a mere five years after it started.
Lukas ran that thought in his mind again, feeling a mix of complicated emotions.
Natalie managing to produce a cure to the red virus, Alec managing to find someone that was immune to the virus in the first place, Yuki managing to put together a feasible plan that allowed them to influence humanity so that they wiped out the zombies quicker…
Alec's group made things look so easy in comparison that he felt inadequate at times, which only made him push harder as he strived for more.
Yet, the apocalypse was now all but over. What would he do now that it was over?
What else did he have besides his wealth of fighting experience? He had no socialization skills to speak of, and his paranoia wasn't easily put aside even if he wanted to. His nerves were always high-strung.
The people this time around were less scarred by the entire zombie apocalypse.
There were still a lot of zombies out there, but the people that Lukas had observed seemed to be more willing to help others out, yet another thing that astounded him. Despite it being something that had started as a movement because of Alec's group – their group, a voice whispered in his head – it was still something that he never imagined he would be a part of.
Back in his original timeline, ten years into the apocalypse, it was hard to find those that weren't touched by loss or grief. Many of them even appeared even somewhat feral as they fought desperately against the zombies.
Here, now, everything was relatively peaceful.
Humanity was flourishing.
The higher ranked zombies hadn't had much time to evolve yet before they were able to summarily take care of them.
What really remained were the small fry that was spread out throughout the planet.
So, right now, if Lukas was in a daze, no one could fault him.
Liam laid out beside him to the right, and Karen on the left.
The three of them just basked in the sunlight that filtered down onto them from Sircela's back. The wind gently caressed their skin, and Lukas felt content for the first time in a long, long time.
Things were looking up. He didn't have to worry about losing Liam or Karen to people's machinations as it was with their current strength. They would be able to defend themselves with no problem.
Liam spoke up right when Lukas was drifting off into sleep.
"Bro, are you ever going to tell us why you changed so much?"
The question caused Lukas to snap awake, his previous sleepiness disappearing in an instant. He remained quiet. How could he not have? But he was afraid that they wouldn't believe him, so he remained silent.
Neither Karen nor Liam said anything else, but Lukas could feel them waiting for his answer.
He decided to bite the bullet and just blurt it out. "I came back from the future. This is the second time I'm going through the apocalypse," Lukas started. The moment he started talking, the words seemed to flow from him uncontrollably.
It was like the dam that had kept all the words locked up had finally broken, and everything gushed out at once.
His earlier apprehension didn't get in the way of him spilling his guts, and he felt his brother touch his arm. Karen put a hand on his shoulder.
While Lukas didn't usually like being touched all that much, right now, he took comfort in it.
By the time he finished spilling his guts, he felt refreshed, even when his throat was dry and croaking from all the talking that he did.
It wasn't a pleasant sensation, but comparatively, he felt so much lighter that he didn't even mind. He had not realized just how much it weighed on him to keep a secret from those that he deemed dear to him.
Karen fed him water, after which they just lay there in companionable silence.
"It's not like we didn't know, you know? We were just waiting for you to tell us. But it didn't seem like you were going to, so I had to ask," Liam said serenely. "You're my twin. I'll always know. Just as I know it really is you and not some other person that took over your body."
Karen nodded sleepily. "Yeah. We all knew you'd changed. You became even less talkative than before. Seriously. You already weren't that talkative in the first place, but now you're almost always silent unless it's with us. And you were jumping at every little thing."
Lukas felt a sudden burst of affection that made his chest feel like it was tight. He smiled under the warm sun rays. It was a shame that no one was able to see Lukas' smile.
Then, they heard a shout from Rosabel towards Dominique.
"Hey, get Sircela to descend!"
Lukas immediately got up. What was wrong?
They felt a bit of a lurch as Sircela quickly descended, but not before they caught sight of Alec waving at them from across Sircela's back.
Lukas felt alarm bells ring in his head, and just when he was about to quickly make his way over to them to confront them, everyone disappeared with the blink of an eye.
Karen let out a yelp when they suddenly freefell from the sky as Sircela disappeared before reappearing like it glitched out, stunning them.
Sircela neared the ground before placing them down and disappearing from their sight, as if a giant flying whale was normal.
Lukas and party were shocked. Why had Alec and the rest just disappeared so abruptly!?
Where had their friends gone, and why hadn't they left as well?
It was about time for the stage to be finished, so Alec's party were ready to leave any day now. They moved around from country to country, doing their part to wipe out the zombies in the area, while the rest of humanity moved as one. Instead of staying leisurely in H base, Alec and his party members had originally bid Lukas and the rest goodbye. Yet, instead of parting ways there, Lukas, Liam and Karen refused to be left behind when their friends went to battle and followed them around. The group of them went around hunting down zombies from town to town, country to country. Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.webnovel.com for visiting. Alec felt helpless, but also secretly felt a little pleased, though it didn't lessen his anger at the System that had landed them here in the first place. The day they returned was the day Alec gave that System a piece of his mind. Alec's eyes narrowed. Now that the threat of the red virus to the planet was over, all they had left remaining was the clean-up. Te.ake was long dead and gone. Even though Alec had spared its life temporarily, after they determined that they had enough information, he'd ended its life in a quick manner and relatively painless manner. Though it had harmed Dominique, who was under Alec's care, Dominique had only been harmed superficially. Not only that, there had been more rounds of torture where Alec tested out various interrogation techniques, before passing it on to Lukas. Alec didn't know what Lukas did to it, but the alien had the fear put directly into its being. As thanks, the alien had been allowed to pass on in a peaceful manner despite the things that it did while it was here on Earth. According to the alien, it was because of the humans that it had turned to genocide in the first place. Sircela drifted down from the skies while they chatted and rested atop the flying whale, Domnique's familiar killing zombies left and right with just its presence alone. Lukas lay quietly as he stared into the sky in a daze. He still couldn't believe this was how it all turned out. Originally, Lukas had believed that Alec was a regressor, just like he was, but perhaps from a different timeline, but that wasn't the case, was it? He didn't know why he felt that way, but that was what his instincts told him about the child turned teen. It was the reason why Lukas had followed them after they said they were leaving. He felt as if the moment he took his eyes off of them, they would disappear into oblivion and he would never see them again. Lukas wasn't the most sociable person, and he didn't make friends easily, unlike his twin and Karen, so the fact that he considered these people friends was something that still astounded him to this day. Five years had already passed, yet it felt as quick as the blink of an eye. He didn't know what he was going to do if it turned out that they really disappeared. Lukas frowned and put aside the matter for the time being. Instead, he reflected on the other things that had happened throughout these five years. The apocalypse had been put to a stop right in its tracks a mere five years after it started. Lukas ran that thought in his mind again, feeling a mix of complicated emotions. Natalie managing to produce a cure to the red virus, Alec managing to find someone that was immune to the virus in the first place, Yuki managing to put together a feasible plan that allowed them to influence humanity so that they wiped out the zombies quicker Alec's group made things look so easy in comparison that he felt inadequate at times, which only made him push harder as he strived for more. Yet, the apocalypse was now all but over. What would he do now that it was over? What else did he have besides his wealth of fighting experience? He had no socialization skills to speak of, and his paranoia wasn't easily put aside even if he wanted to. His nerves were always high-strung. The people this time around were less scarred by the entire zombie apocalypse. There were still a lot of zombies out there, but the people that Lukas had observed seemed to be more willing to help others out, yet another thing that astounded him. Despite it being something that had started as a movement because of Alec's group their group, a voice whispered in his head it was still something that he never imagined he would be a part of. Back in his original timeline, ten years into the apocalypse, it was hard to find those that weren't touched by loss or grief. Many of them even appeared even somewhat feral as they fought desperately against the zombies. Here, now, everything was relatively peaceful. Humanity was flourishing. The higher ranked zombies hadn't had much time to evolve yet before they were able to summarily take care of them. What really remained were the small fry that was spread out throughout the planet. So, right now, if Lukas was in a daze, no one could fault him. Liam laid out beside him to the right, and Karen on the left. The three of them just basked in the sunlight that filtered down onto them from Sircela's back. The wind gently caressed their skin, and Lukas felt content for the first time in a long, long time. Things were looking up. He didn't have to worry about losing Liam or Karen to people's machinations as it was with their current strength. They would be able to defend themselves with no problem. Liam spoke up right when Lukas was drifting off into sleep. "Bro, are you ever going to tell us why you changed so much?" The question caused Lukas to snap awake, his previous sleepiness disappearing in an instant. He remained quiet. How could he not have? But he was afraid that they wouldn't believe him, so he remained silent. Neither Karen nor Liam said anything else, but Lukas could feel them waiting for his answer. He decided to bite the bullet and just blurt it out. "I came back from the future. This is the second time I'm going through the apocalypse," Lukas started. The moment he started talking, the words seemed to flow from him uncontrollably. It was like the dam that had kept all the words locked up had finally broken, and everything gushed out at once. His earlier apprehension didn't get in the way of him spilling his guts, and he felt his brother touch his arm. Karen put a hand on his shoulder. While Lukas didn't usually like being touched all that much, right now, he took comfort in it. By the time he finished spilling his guts, he felt refreshed, even when his throat was dry and croaking from all the talking that he did. It wasn't a pleasant sensation, but comparatively, he felt so much lighter that he didn't even mind. He had not realized just how much it weighed on him to keep a secret from those that he deemed dear to him. Karen fed him water, after which they just lay there in companionable silence. "It's not like we didn't know, you know? We were just waiting for you to tell us. But it didn't seem like you were going to, so I had to ask," Liam said serenely. "You're my twin. I'll always know. Just as I know it really is you and not some other person that took over your body." Karen nodded sleepily. "Yeah. We all knew you'd changed. You became even less talkative than before. Seriously. You already weren't that talkative in the first place, but now you're almost always silent unless it's with us. And you were jumping at every little thing." Lukas felt a sudden burst of affection that made his chest feel like it was tight. He smiled under the warm sun rays. It was a shame that no one was able to see Lukas' smile. Then, they heard a shout from Rosabel towards Dominique. "Hey, get Sircela to descend!" Lukas immediately got up. What was wrong? They felt a bit of a lurch as Sircela quickly descended, but not before they caught sight of Alec waving at them from across Sircela's back. Lukas felt alarm bells ring in his head, and just when he was about to quickly make his way over to them to confront them, everyone disappeared with the blink of an eye. Karen let out a yelp when they suddenly freefell from the sky as Sircela disappeared before reappearing like it glitched out, stunning them. Sircela neared the ground before placing them down and disappearing from their sight, as if a giant flying whale was normal. Lukas and party were shocked. Why had Alec and the rest just disappeared so abruptly!? Where had their friends gone, and why hadn't they left as well?
