Chapter 296. Cosmic Storm (Part2)

Unaware of Reed and the others, who were focused on their mission, an unexpected visitor appeared within the space station.

In the antique shop, Ryan was concentrating on controlling his clone, walking around the space station.

Due to the distance, he could clearly feel that the chakra connection between himself and his clone had become extremely weak.

Even a slight mistake could cause the space station clone to collapse.

'Indeed, relying solely on the power of the Sand Clone was a bit too difficult.'

Shaking his head, he gave up his plan to use the Sand Clone again and with a thought, he activated the [B-level card -- Kars.]

As the power of the ultimate life form appeared, the clone, originally made of yellow sand, quickly transformed into a tall, long-haired man.

Turning his neck, Kars looked outside the space station through his telescope-like vision, and a cold smile appeared on his human-like face, "Space, huh? Such an annoying place."

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[Beep, beep, warning, warning...]

[Even threshold in T-minus 9 minutes, 47 seconds.]

In the control room of the space station, Reed was brought back to reality by the continuous warning sounds. He looked at the computer's reported time, and his calm expression suddenly became frantic.

"That's impossible! Why is there such a serious deviation?"

Faced with the computer's reported time, Reed murmured, "It should have been seven hours."

The speed of the cosmic storm was faster than Reed's calculated time. As he watched the time decrease, Reed's expression became hesitant, but soon he became determined again.

"The cloud is accelerating!"

Arriving at the central control room, Reed told Susan and Victor, "At the current rate, we've got minutes until it hits, not hours. Victor, that storm is deadly, we need to abort."

Although in Reed's heart, he hoped for the success of this outer space mission more than anyone else. Faced with the impending crisis, he had to make the decision to give up.

"Get a grip, Reed."

Glancing at Susan, Victor clearly didn't agree with Reed's decision to terminate the mission. He had invested a lot of money and publicity into this space mission. If they ended the experiment and went back empty-handed, it was imaginable how much of a setback it would be to his career.

"We didn't come all this way to lose our nerve at the first glitch. Just close the shields."

The protective shield was alien technology that Victor had obtained from the government through various means. He had paid a huge amount of money for this, and it made this outer space mission even safer. After all, he came to outer space to gain fame and earn capital, not to die.

"But Ben is still out there."

"So reel him in."

Although Reed was the planner of this space mission, Victor was the actual leader of the space station. Faced with Victor's decisive reply, Reed had to give up the idea of convincing him to abort the mission and immediately started procedures to save his best friend, Ben.

"Victor, Reed is right. We have less than 6 minutes."

Susan's fingers flew over the keyboard, and it quickly confirmed the result Reed had told them was accurate.

"What are you doing, Victor!?"

Looking up at the approaching space storm, Victor's previously indifferent expression began to change. He pushed Susan, who was sitting next to the computer, in silence and pressed the button to close the protective shield without hesitation.

"You can't just leave them out there. You'll kill them."

"The shield will save us!"

"No, just you."

Susan looked at her boyfriend, who seemed to have become a different person. She gritted her teeth and ran out of the central control room.

She couldn't just watch as the others were trapped outside the shield. Reed was out there, as well as her brother Johnny.

"You can't help them any more than I can!"

"I can try."

As she left, Victor struggled with his expression but ultimately decided to stay in the control room.

The shield was activated, enveloping the entire central control room in a blue energy field.

In the next second, a red space storm swept through the entire space station.

The raging cosmic radiation instantly swept through the bodies of everyone on the ship, including Victor in the central control room.

Bang—

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"Victor, congratulations."

In the meeting room, the shareholders held the documents in their hands and looked at Victor coldly. "The bank would also like to congratulate you for the fastest freefall since the Depression. The loss is comparable to the drop when Stark Industries closed its military department. We can't even give your stock away now. I won't take them unless you're the next Tony Stark. But obviously, you're not..."

"You have to make up for all of this, Victor, otherwise we'll have to remove you from your position."

Faced with the intimidating attitude of the board of directors and shareholders, Victor's expression was not good.

Although he and Reed's team had successfully returned from outer space and were lucky enough not to have died due to the cosmic storm.

However, the accident at the space station also caused a huge loss to Victor's hard-earned reputation. Currently, Reed and the team were still lying in the hospital because of the cosmic storm, while Victor, though protected by the shield, had also suffered a huge setback in his career.

"But I'm not empty-handed."

After a moment of silence, Victor struggled to speak, making a rebuttal to the members of the board of directors.

"You mean the meteorite?"

With a disdainful smile at the corner of his mouth, one of the board members who weren't on good terms with Victor coldly said, "Victor, do you really think that you can recover the losses you have caused to the company with just a meteorite that can be found anywhere in space?"

"One week, I'll give you one more week. If you still can't come up with any solutions, don't blame me for being ruthless, Victor."

After saying that, one by one, the members of the board left the conference room.

They left Victor alone in silence.

Sizzle~

The corners of Victor's mouth twitch, and in the next moment, the lights in the conference room suddenly flickered.

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