Chapter 17: Universal Force
Rick felt relieved to share part of his burden with Joe, Maya, and Ethan. At this moment, his biggest concern was finding out who had tried to kill him, and for what reason. But he couldn’t investigate that now, creating a safe base to endure what was to come in the next 20 days was more important to ensure the safety of his family.
Still in the room, several minutes had passed since Rick told the truth. He left out the strange system he now had and prioritized certain events that would happen later this year. In addition to giving more details about the level 3 mutants.
Ethan was the first to come out of his thoughts. His eyes turned to the many items Rick had taken from his inventory: The power core, the quantum transmission antenna, the industrial laser pistol, and the many other essential items they might need.
"To be honest, Rick, with this equipment we can transmit a message immediately to all of Jyera, we can even transmit it to Jyor. But only if they have the equipment to hear us..."
Jyor was the only planet besides Jyera in this solar system. Despite being colonized, its population was only 1/6 of all of Jyera. Rick and the other survivors of the apocalypse were never able to contact them during the almost 10 years of the apocalypse. Of course, technology was the main limiting factor, but other methods were also used; in the end, everyone deduced that Jyor had completely fallen to the pandemic.
"I want to help other survivors, and find out more details about the owner of that drone. But what if they can track the antenna signal and send something even worse than the drone?"
"Okay, I’ll take care of the priorities that our base needs now, and we can figure out a way to send the messages without being tracked after that." Ethan then left the room, taking some of the items with him.
Maya then looked at Rick and asked: "So... Is that your level 3 ability that you used to destroy the drone?"
"Yes, every human who reaches that level can control a type of force, the survivors called it the Universal Force; some said it was a gift, magic, or forces of nature."