Written by-Silver crown
Ch - 20 Base situation
Jinn woke up a few days later after the incident. As soon as he opened his eyes, sharp buzzing noises rang in his ears. Together with the noises, he was assaulted by extreme headaches. He was dizzy for a few minutes until his pain gradually disappeared.
His physical condition wasn't good. Jinn felt pain all over his body and his muscles couldn't exert much strength. He got up from the uncomfortable position and looked at his surroundings. On his side was Beta. She was laying weakly on the wall from hunger.
Jinn felt his body slowly rebooting. He was checking his gain and losses after his dangerous endeavor.
It's true that the security program indeed gives Jinn a hard time and it almost succeeded in destroying him. Nonetheless, In a condition like being unable to connect to HQ and outside support, it could only last for a duration before Jinn took over the program. It couldn't sustain Jinn's relentless attack for a long time and got cracked.
The most important benefit Jinn got is administration authority over the program and a good chunk of the refined alien gem. With the administrator position, his constant bugging problems can be documented and left as a specific file. He can solve it slowly without the risk of crashing the program. As for the alien gem, it has many uses. It's more useful than a biological computer and can operate a variety of functions depending on input codes and data. However, due to the self-destruct mechanism, many of the input codes and data got destroyed. With the admin position, Jinn noticed some functions remaining dormant from his birth and some lost completely.
Although Jinn wants to know why his current body has the alien gem. It wasn't the right time for now. He added it to the mission list to investigate the cause later.
Although Jinn's gain is enormous, he didn't get them for free. The price he has to pay is steep. His memory log only has very little information about DNA disintegration. Apart from the fact that the victim died the worst death possible in the universe, Jinn only knows the progress can't be reversed.
His memory log doesn't have detailed information or a cure for DNA disintegration. He felt something wrong with his body but the scan result didn't catch anything apart from malnutrition and joint muscle pain. After a brief examination of his current condition, Jinn stood up slowly to address his current trouble. Which is hunger. Since he was still inside his base so he knew where to get the food. When Jinn was about to leave his base, Beta grabbed his leg and stopped him.
"I go. food," Jinn explained with hand gestures. Still, Beta refused to let him go and shook her head.
It was surprising that gluttons like Beta don't want him to fetch food. Jinn stopped for a bit and got an idea. He hasn't unlocked the dormant functions after he gained AMA.
AMA...
Unlock /function/ communication assistance...
Processing
Successful CA has been installed.
"Did something happen during the time I passed out?" Jinn passed the message via telepathic communication.
Upon receiving the telepathic message, Beta looked at Jinn with confused eyes. Although her face didn't change, she seemed to be shocked by the message directly sent to her brain.
"Child you" Beta didn't continue her words. Her mind was a little messed up. She didn't know if it was real or just her delusion. However, it didn't take long for her to believe it was real.
She let go of Jinn's leg and asked
"Child, Have you become a Shaman?"
'As expected, there are some people who can communicate with them in a certain method?' Jinn thought.
"What is Shaman? Please explain it in detail. But in due time, answer my previous question with priority. Did something happen during the time I passed out?" Jinn inquired again. However, Jinn wasn't able to get his answer. Beta lay on the ground weakly. She looked at Jinn with expected eyes.
In his psychic sense, he sensed many people were moving here and there above the ground of their base. According to his memory, there shouldn't be many people who want to come here because of the foul smell coming from the swamp. Something is wrong. According to the logical analysis, something occurred during the time he fainted, and it might be related to the reason Beta stopped him.
Jinn carried his body near the basin. From the look of it, Beta had consumed a lot of water to quench her hunger. There is only a little amount of water left in the basin. Jinn slowly drank a mouthful of water. Then, he climbed the tunnel wall and pushed down a dried mud block. The block broke into pieces by falling. Jinn pulled out a sack from the broken pieces. Then he opened the sealed bag and pulled out the emergency rations from the bag. In a dimly lit room, a boy and an ant ate their dry meal.
During their meal, Beta explained their situation. She told him about his signal transmission. According to Beta's description, these people and ants came here to search for the source of the massive signal. She doesn't know how long Jinn passed out. At first, she wanted to carry Jinn and run before they got discovered. Yet, these ants and people are fast. They arrived at the swamp as soon as the transmission ended. She has been in a constant state of anxiety for the whole time. She could outrun them if she was alone but she couldn't leave Jinn.
Nevertheless, luck was on their side. Because of the signal, many death worms riled up and appeared above the swamp. The ants and human groups were investigating the swamp area as their main focus. Occasionally, one or two scout ants appeared near the base to investigate. Beta had been taking care of them by manipulating their senses not to search this place.
Like her usual self, Beta was releasing a constant string of signals from her antenna. She is a type of energetic and overly social animal. Now that she knows the child can be her target of conversation, She is in a very joyous mood. Which makes her more talkative than usual. Yet, Unbeknownst to Beta, Jinn was counting her amount of food intake to estimate the approximate duration of time passed.
It can't be helped, he only has a limited time to find that being. Time is pressing on Jinn. He wasn't entirely sure of the consequences of the signal transmission. He needs to get out of this place quickly before getting messy.
After gaining administration authority, he is now immune to the mission tasked by the program. He wasn't constrained by rules or the act restriction implemented by his creators. No rule restraint means he has no regard for whether his action is right or wrong. In galactic human terms, Jinn is now a dangerous renegade homunculus that can become a disaster.
'Two day worth of food, Approximately three or four days might have passed.' Jinn deducted in his program. After filling their stomach, Jinn set his destination to the abyss.
After knowing he has no goal, He wants to find his own goal in his life. Like that person's goals that he saw in his dream. Apart from that, he still has many other questions to inquire from that being. For that, he needed a lot of information from the one called An Shi. One way or another, he has to find An Shi.
"Shu, Shu, step, step"
Jinn's ears picked up the sound of footsteps reverberating from his hideout door. His psychic scan detected two people walking toward his hideout entrance door. Jinn and Beta silently arrived near the door. They are prepared in case someone barged into their hideout.
The two people walking above weren't aware that they were currently standing at the top of the hideout door. They sat down near the tree. Taking the tree shade to rest a bit while chatting.