Chapter 150: Placeholder -
For the sake of their mission, some alterations were made to the Bifrost. They needed one that can be opened from both sides, unless they wanted to risk getting stuck, of course. The new portal was one equipped into a large space ship like aircraft that doubled as an operation base as well. It carried all the equipment the Valkyries needed in addition to great stealth capabilities so there was little risk of the enemy finding it, unless they have more advanced tech, which is to be expected of a bunch claiming to be from a higher realm.
Once they arrived on the other side Sam found the most optimal place to land and had the Valkyries prepare to start the investigation. First of all he sent out a swarm of drones to scan the surrounding area and a small satellite to get a wider range. Once he was sure there is no danger in their immediate vicinity he went out to take a look for himself.
"That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Sam found it ridiculous that his first line upon setting foot in the Nephilim’s world was that. Never in his life did he think he would be dimension-hopping before going to space, then again nothing was as expected for the past decade.
It has been around twenty years since the extermination of humans in this world. Twenty whole years. No cars, no planes, no boats, no factories. No carbon emissions, no pollution. Sam had expected a nuclear wasteland upon his arrival, but what he found was a green landscape spreading for miles on end.
Data arrived from the drones he sent out after a while. Apparently the plant life mutated thanks to the nuclear disaster and has been spreading uncontrollably for the past two decades. Now most of the land is covered in green and animal life has been thriving without humans there to ruin everything.
"Maybe humans really shouldn’t exist," Sam said as he observed the surrounding forest.
"Hmm... I don’t really like this place..." Zero Three said.
"Yeah... it somehow feels... wrong..." added B3.
The two of them had disgusted looks on their faces for some reason. Before Sam could ask, Nino stepped in to offer her input on the matter, running a hand through her silky raven hair as she spoke.
"Most forests are supposed to be green, you know. Our world was just painted red by the Nephilim’s drones."