me?” Mark asked ironically.
“He is
funny.” The male Hylocan said as he looked at the other two Hylocans.
“We
found several tracers in your backpack and we are using one of them to track
the eyeball. You should thank us for doing your job. That is your plan anyway.”
The short female said nicely.
“This
way even if they found the tracer, you don’t need to worry about exposing
yourself.” Mark sneered.
“If you
like to put it this way.” The male Hylocan said coldly.
“What do
you want from me?” Mark asked directly.
“Do what
you plan to do. Follow the tracer and find it.” The short female said easily.
“You
know what, I just had a change of heart. I want to leave.” Mark said firmly.
“You are
thinking we will kill you after. I wouldn’t worry about that for now. Because
if you don’t help us, we will kill you and your sons. If you help us, you will
be just fine.” The tall female said.
Mark
thought for a second and nodded.
“Thank
you for your cooperation. We appreciate it.” The male Hylocan said happily.
“You are
very welcome.” Mark said without any emotion.
“We are
currently following Cruiser General Klizan. It has been sixteen hours. Once it
arrives at the destination, you just need to go to find your tracer. That’s
it.” The tall female said casually.
“OK.”
The
window changed back to a wall. Mark could tell there must be something else going
on. One thing he knew for sure was those Hylocans were up to something big.
Right now they were risking exposing themselves. On the other hand, Mark didn’t
have any plan for himself. But he wasn’t worried about it, because even if he
had one, those Hylocans would know it right away.
Chapter 20
Before UWII, Hylocan was one of
the strongest species in the universe. Only Glycan, Gieoaio, Haegian and Tizuee
were on the same bar with Hylocan. At that time, Hylocan didn’t possess
mind-reading ability, but the then Hylocan queen Alanlia started the project
and they made the first Helmet like device. Even though at that time other
species were very well aware that Hylocans had such devices and forbade them
using such devices in any activity, they didn’t know Hylocans later advanced
the device and had that device implanted in their eyeballs. When they found it
out, it was 33 years after the first device was installed in eyeballs. Other
species was furious and condemned Hylocan for their behaviors. They implemented
an isolation against Hylocan, but intricate economic and business ties Hylocans
had with Gieoaio, Haegian and Tizuee made the isolation stay only on the
surface level.
Later
other species did came up with different instruments and techniques to counter
the device. The queen Alanlia played the hard ball and had the scientists
transform the device to an organ and embed the organ’s genetic sequence into
all Hylocans’ bodies. It took Hylocan scientists 800 years to achieve this
goal. By the time all Hylocans were genetically modified and given the
mind-reading ability, the queen Boliana, the granddaughter of queen Alanlia,
decided to push the limit. Driven by the ambition to make mind-reading ability
more offensive, she tried to further upgrade the ability to control neural
activities. During her 200 year regime, excessive studies and researches aimed
to achieve that goal drained Hylocan’s wealth and resources. When queen Boliana
died, there was still no breakthrough in those areas.
Following
Boliana’s step, queen Vioael kept going down the same drain. As she was
gathering the leftover resources Hylocan had, a miracle happened. A girl was
born with the ability to implant ideas in any subject’s mind and she could do
it at a range of 2000 meters without even seeing the target. They called the
girl Oracle. Even though there was a range limit, it was good enough for
Vioael’s plan. Soon Hylocans received all financial and military supports they
needed. Vioael also had the Oracle’s genetic information
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