Free Dark Universe & Forbidden Love by Hao Yang Page A

lake.
    Glycans
streamed out of the vessel in groups. Then an entrance appeared on the surface
of the lake and all Glycans flowed into the lake. The vessel blasted off into
the sky. Mark stepped on the surface of the lake and ran to the entrance. But
after several steps, he felt the surface was moving. He quickly ran back. When
he just jumped back on the shore, the surface turned back to liquid completely.
    “That
was close.” Mark wheezed. He picked up a branch and threw it to the lake. A
stream of murky red liquid formed a huge mouth and swallowed it. Mark let out a
sigh and started to walk along the lake, hoping to find another entrance.
    Hours
later he heard something behind his back. He slowly retreated back to the
forest and got his pistol ready. Through his night vision glasses, he saw a
Hylocan treading lightly towards the shore of the lake. Suddenly, the Hylocan
stopped and gazed in Mark’s direction. Mark held his breath and aimed the pistol
at the Hylocan. They were about 10 meters away from each other.
    “What
are you waiting for? Go ahead and shoot me. I know you are there.” A soft
female voice struck Mark.
    Mark was
shocked. It was dark here and he was hiding behind a tree.
    “If you
don’t want to shoot me, what do you want?” The Hylocan asked calmly.
    Mark
stepped out slowly with his gun pointing at the Hylocan, his hands sweating.
    “You are
not Glycan.” The Hylocan said.
    Mark was
wondering how she could know that from this distance. Just before he could say
anything, he felt a hit on his head. Then he slumped on the ground. Another two
Hylocans walked to him and picked him up.
    Mark
woke up in pain, his head heavy and spinning. It was a small room with a
porthole on the wall. He could tell he was on a space vessel right now and it
was not a vessel from any second class species. Mark slowly stood up and walked
to the door. Just at this moment, the wall on his left turned into a huge
window. Three Hylocans were standing on the other side, two females and one
male.
    “I know
you are thinking why you are here right now.” The short female said.
    Mark
looked at her and caught that her eyes were shining like blue diamonds. He
recalled that Hylocans on Hylocan reserve only had yellow electronic eyes. Then
he realised that this female Hylocan must have the mind-reading ability.
    “He is
smart.” The male Hylocan said. He had the same eyes like the short female.
    “What
are you doing on the Hylocan reserve?” The tall female asked.
    “You
couldn’t read that?” Mark asked, trying to keep his brain blank.
    “It
won’t work. How long do you think you can keep your brain like that?” The male
Hylocan said easily as he showed Mark his backpack.
    Looking
at the backpack, Mark had a flashback in the brain. Even though the flashback
only lasted less than two seconds, the three Hylocans had learned all his plan.
Mark closed his eyes and turned his back to the window.
    “That
won’t work either. As long as we can see you, we know what you are thinking.
Right now, you are thinking a wall.” The male Hylocan said.
    Mark
rammed fingers into his ears.
    The tall
female smiled and her blue eyes started to glow.
    “If you
prefer to communicate in this way, we can do that.” She said coldly.
    Mark
heard her voice deep in his brain, loud and clear. He gave up and turned around
slowly, facing the Hylocans. The taller female’s eyes turned black to shining
blue.
    “See,
now we are both comfortable.” The male Hylocan said happily.
    “We hope
you can help us to achieve what we both want.” The tall female said.
    “You
want to know where the Hylocan eyeballs were delivered. We want to know that as
well.” The male Hylocan said.
    “I am
sure you guys can handle this by yourselves.” Mark responded
    “Yes, we
can. Before we met you, that was what we planned. I know you are thinking why
we didn’t kill you.” The tall female said with an evil smile.
    “Let me
take a guess here. You want to hire