Chapter 120 Scan Till My Eyes Bleed!
"Don\'t you dare die either! I want some more fun! We have many amazing things to create!" Firaga told me, giving me a knowing look.
Melody was the last one to speak, and she looked into my eye as the other screens disappeared. She was alone and had a concerned look on her face, and I understood why.
"You have to come back, do you understand? I can\'t live without you and will fight with every ounce of my strength. Mr. Tree promised me that you would be okay, which is the only reason I allowed this. If all the forest believes in you, then I will too with all of my heart, but I can\'t lose you," Melody said with tears in her eyes.
I couldn\'t speak. My heart was in my throat.
I loved this girl so much and hearing her words squeezed my heart. There was no way that I would lose as long as she was here to believe in me.
"I will never leave you, so make sure you hold until I get back. I love you so much, but I must cut this off before I get emotional. Be safe," I said.
"You better do the same, okay? I love you too, now go kick some Super AI ass!" Melody shouted, and my helmet went dark.
The silence of space surrounded me, and I looked around, but there was so much darkness and the tiny lights of stars. I needed to focus and start planning.
"Orphus!" I called, and his screen lit up my face.
"There will be some guards, but they are Nanobots and can create almost any form. They have no Systems, but the Hiveship is an AI, The Hive Queen, and she can summon special Weapons that are alive, like the Nanobots. This is going to be hard, but you should be able to handle it," Orphus explained, and I sighed.
"Couldn\'t you at least try to sound more optimistic?" I asked, and Orphus shrugged.
"I am not kidding when I say that you will need to use everything you have at your disposal. This fight should happen a long time from now, but that isn\'t how things work. They would know that we scanned them, so they are running from you, but you have a head start. There is a good chance that The Hive Queen is trying to run for now, and the chances of us finding her again will decrease dramatically," Orphus explained, and I nodded.
"Fine, Three fifty left. Tell me about these Nanobots. More specifically, how to stop them," I said, and Orphus nodded.
"They are controlled by a single Nanobot, but it is microscopic and hides among the swarm. There is no real way to tell where it is, but it will start fighting harder if you get close. That is the best advice for them, but I don\'t know how you will defeat The Hive Queen. She is a monster and has never left the ship. Seven Million years of being shut in, so I don\'t know how she will react to you. Even between planets, she would stay away from the others and stay in the ship\'s main control level," Orphus explained, and I nodded.
"I will have to just take the ship from her control. I can use Sofia\'s ability with the ship since it must run on the same energy our planets and my abilities run on. I will have Anya\'s new ability, which gives me almost an unlimited amount of wild cards. I will get back to earth as fast as possible, but just hold on with the others. I need you out on the field with the girls," I explained, and Orphus nodded.
"I will hop into a clone as soon as they are in range. Worry about what you will do once you are inside the ship. There are many levels, but you have the advantage. You can smash through the levels, but the ship will repair itself, so eradicating it is near impossible. The best we can do is get in on earth and have Gaia lock it up forever. We talked about this, and she is sure that she will be able to do this," Orphus explained.
"Anything else I should know?" I asked, and Orphus nodded.
"Yeah, the most important thing, and the only way you will win, in my opinion. You need to scan everything. I know you slack a lot here and assume that Passive Scan is enough, but you could be a lot stronger already if you were using your Active Scan. Once you are in the range of the ship, scan it, and then keep scanning it till you break through. If you use a new ability to break through, scan it," Orphus explained.
"I remember you telling me about how you wanted to learn all the interesting things," I said, and Orphus laughed.
"That was just my way to get you moving, but the Scanning is the most powerful aspect of how your System works. You are no longer on earth, so you are going to have to let the Evergrowth System learn the new surroundings. Then when you hit a Growth Spurt, you are going to change and gain new abilities like the things around you. This is a passive ability called Adaptation Growth because the System is not designed for just trees. The Evergroth System is the cultivation of a host to be able to grow anywhere, but it needs information from you. Scan everything!" Orphus explained, and I nodded with a chuckle.
"Alright, I get it. Scan till my eyes bleed!" I laughed, but Brad Pitt stabbed a finger at me.
"No! You keep scanning! Don\'t give me any more excuses; this is your life, boy! You are the brightest Host I have ever met; not the smartest by a long shot, but you have the most potential! I want to see you go so much farther than this, so bring the Hiveship Home!" Orphus ordered, and I laughed but nodded.
"You got it, Captain!" I said, and my helmet went dark.