Chapter 665: Virtual World
Seeker glanced up at the strange sky. He could not understand what he just witnessed.
"This is... Marrho's lightning world?" Seeker watched the perfect strange skies.
He turned over to his hand and knew that his powers had vastly been concealed. He was not what he once was but somehow transformed into another being.
Seeker walked out of the sand and cursed as he felt his body heavy.
"My powers... are gone?" Seeker frowned and tried to harness the power of His Path.
"And... I'm naked. Great..." Seeker sighed.
He closed his eyes and realized that the clothes he wore which were made from his own cells had somehow seeped back into his body.
He also felt strangely 'normal'; the power of his entire body had changed.
"...It looks like my ability to Passover goes into allowing me to cross into realities. The Adult passed over when I died in that black hole and was reformed as a soul that reached back to me. But now, this same power allowed me to cross the reality created by Marrho and adapt to its laws..." Seeker began to ponder.
He tried to access his powers but there was a strange change around his surroundings.
Seeker felt it and quickly stopped. He felt a strange sensation sweeping over the area.
Seeker remained perfectly still.
Three Truths of the Paths appeared. Lennox, Irvana, and Jake.
The power to slip through, the power to be invisible, and the power of lightning began to force his body to change.
The surroundings also began to tremble as if the laws of the space around Seeker were changing.
But in doing so, Seeker also disappeared.
The scan of Marrho swept through the area and began to move on.
As it swept over Seeker, the laws and sensations of Seeker began to change.
His body was losing its power.
Seeker focused and tried to keep the power up as the senses of Marrho swept and changed the area around him.
For a second, Seeker managed to remain 'invisible' in Marrho's eyes and the power moved on.
As the scan swept by Seeker, the power that Seeker kept active disappeared as Seeker stumbled down and wounds began to appear as his body was suddenly erupting leaving many gory holes around him.
"Ahhh....!" The sensation was excruciating.
Seeker's Unlocking began to falter and he felt a great agony over his wounds. The pain had returned. Pain that he could have controlled and contained with his Path registered in his brain.
The fluctuating electric energy around him was changing his very being.
"The... laws of this world... are changing! That Marrho...!" Seeker cursed.
His wounds were horrifying. Seeker tried to control the flow of his blood and tried to take command of his Body.
"This world... is data. My body may have changed, but my mind and soul remain supreme!" Seeker concentrated as he forced his body to undergo very minute changes that wouldn't break the laws of the world.
"Faster Regeneration..." Seeker concentrated. The virtual reality of the games he played had finally borne fruit as he converted his thoughts into data.
The wounds were slowly healing and the many holes began to close up.
Seeker felt his mind being stretched and felt a great fatigue over him. He knew that his soul was being tested.
"I'll have to thank... Nogard for this...!" Seeker endured as his soul was spent.
His physical body began to show signs of recovery as the explosions that occurred were closed up.
There were some wounds remaining around his body. Seeker decided that he would not expend his soul to heal. After all, his current body was no longer in a critical state.
A very severe expression remained as Seeker crawled on the ground. He had to leave fearing that people would see him.
"I can't use my powers here! Damn! That Marrho is tightening up the reality of this world... Must be the battle outside..." Seeker thought to himself and began to move into dry land.
The beach extended out and Seeker could see people in the far distance to the east. There were houses in the distance with architecture that he knew was of Aragarian design. But it was clear, he had somehow landed on a region where very few people lived.
Confirming that there were no humans close by, Seeker ran faster and moved into the forest.
As he ran, he focused on adapting to the sensations that he felt.
Sound, sight, smell, and his very senses tried to interpret the world that he was in.
"It's really like the world I was in... But my body changed... Then I'll just have to re-learn the basics..." Seeker closed his eyes and tried to re-learn the power of his Realm Somatotopy.
His steps echoed and created a vibration that spread around him.
Seeker closed his eyes and he could use sonar to 'see' the things near him.
"I have the foundation already. Relearning this shouldn't be too hard. In fact, I may even get stronger with this!" Seeker opened his eyes.
He was so entuned with his Realm relying on sound and senses. But now, he was combining Scent and Sight.
"Go!" Seeker spoke as his voice shot forward.
As the soundwaves moved ahead and created vibration within this virtual reality, his Realm Somatotopy focused.
His sight saw the trees, the rocks, the plants, and the grass. Animals were also detected as Seeker saw the small insects and other creatures hiding within holes or the trees.
With the sound, the senses, and the smell, his Realm Somatotopy began to change.
"I can't believe I missed this. Or maybe it's because this world is a virtual reality... that my sight can combine with senses..."
Seeker glanced ahead, and his realm focused from an expanding radius to a telescope.
It pierced through the obstacles before him and shot forward expanding over a kilometer ahead.
As his focus honed on this 'telescopic' view, so did his other senses. He could hear and sense movement within this scope.
Seeker turned and turned until he found one.
Three Aragarians were walking in the distance!
"Where exactly are those waterfalls?!"
"Relax, guys! It's a bit further ahead, but I know where I'm going!"
"Really? You? You always do that and pretend to be some know-it-all! You've gotten us in more trouble with those Twice Pioneers!"
The scope of Seeker lingered on the three as he heard their conversation.
"...Odd. They don't know that Marrho's fighting outside? Oh well... Time to pull a Terminator and ask for their clothes!" Seeker decided as he sprinted towards the trio.
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