《The Journey to Godhood: A Madman's Dream》Ch 17: Office
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"What? What happened where are we?" Bob asked, everyone except Uncle Lee looked confused and shocked.
Even Elise a steel hardened veteran of my shenanigans was surprised.
"Welcome to my spaceship."
The bridge was just as I expected. It had a throne as the captain chair. Left and right of the throne were the seats for second and third in command. In front of the captain chair, four seats with golden consoles and controls were placed.
Engineering, sensors and science, helm and tactical, each console had a function. I couldn't wait to fill this place up with real people.
The console was a futuristic looking touchscreen. The combination of ancient and futuristic was really giving off a premium feel.
The smell of sandalwood could be smelled as various touchscreen bottoms were shining and blinking in different colors.
"Spaceship?" My father after recovering from his shock asked.
"Yes, it is like a flying ship that can travel the stars."
Jaws dropped as I enjoyed the feeling of being a genius. After spending eons in hell, it was time to pend the frustration.
"You are kidding right?" Doubt was showed on his face.
"Aiya, I have created something out of nothing and there still who doubts me? And it is even my father."
My mother looked sternly at my father.
"If my son says he did build a spaceship then he build one."
"Ah." I sighed. "A mother's love is different alright. Mother doesn't make it too difficult for father."
My mother's face softened when she heard me talk.
"Thorus, my little genius." My mother picked me up and slowly walked to the captains chair. Her aura was dignified and she proudly sat down with me on her lap.
She leaned back and tilted her head which was supported by her right hand. Her silver hair fell down sideways and her red eyes were like that of a queen, looking at her subjects. She turned her head and looked at me, the moment our eyes met I was overwhelmed by a profound emotion. Familiar love, something I had long forgotten about.
She smiled wholeheartedly and gave me a meaningful look. Her eyes were telling me to show them.
I chuckled.
"Computer, set target to this planet's orbit. Quarter Impulse."
A sound of acknowledgment rang out. And the ship trembled slightly while taking off. There was no g-force involved in the takeoff, since there were artificial gravity generator and dampening fields installed on this ship, which made traveling smooth.
In no time we were up in orbit.
"Visuals"
A planet appeared that looked similar to earth. A big landmass was surrounded by a vast blue ocean.
It was silent for a moment.
"T-This is?" Father asked in his shock his voice was raised.
Before I turned on the screen no one was aware that we left the planet. The planet was my second life begun. They called her Tera.
Everyone except for Uncle Lee were shocked.
Sounds of gasps and astonishment could be heard.
"This is so cool." Elise ran to the screen and touched it.
"Holy shit." Father cursed.
My mother was not better off, she almost jumped out of her seat knocking me down. I almost fell off, but as expected of an expert mother, her instincts kicked in and protected me from falling.
For me it was not such a big deal. First of I already saw Nasa footage of earth, so I could imagine what Tera looked like. They however probably had never seen their planet, let alone any pictures of it.
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"The older generation will surpass the old."Uncle Lee nodded once while he sighed, a profound gleam appeared in his eyes as he stroked his beard.
I looked up to mother. She was still holding me she stood up at this point holding me.
"Mother, can you let me down?"
"Ah right. My genius son." She chuckled heartily and put me down.
She patted my head and said.
"Thorus. I always knew that you were special. Now thanks to Uncle Lee you are healed. Not only have you powers that far surpasses my imagination, you are also only two years old. Hahaha, who dares say that I have a crippled son now? While their 'genius' children eat their own shit, mine's already talks and creates celestial flying objects."
She panted from excitement.
"Mother, who would have thought. We have the same mindset. Who dares to say my mother is not capable of birthing healthy children? These shit eaters, while they looked down on mother, I was predestined to reach unreachable heights. Mother, everything is a test in life, if you make it through, you get stronger and reap rewards. There is no such thing as free candy. With a flick, I create weapons of mass destruction. Now that I have cured my retardation shall we not exact our revenge?"
My mother was listening intently and was nodding in agreement while holding her chin.
"Ehem." Father coughed once.
My mother stopped nodding as she seemed to realize something.
"No, no.We won't destroy them. They are just ignorant fools that don't know better. Listen Thorus, you have to promise, as long as you don't destroy the planet you can do what you want. Of course, if you have greater ambitions, I won't hold you back. Just before twelve don't wage a war."
"Sophie," Father spoke up.
"What? You want to give me advice how to raise my child?" Mother looked
"Our son darling." Father laughed awkwardly and backed off. Every objection he had vanished into thin air.
The other looked with strange smiles.
"Now, now. Mother cut father some slack. Anyway, I need to do something before we go back."
"Computer activate emergency crew hologram."
A sound of acknowledgment rang out and various holographic crew members appeared on the bridge, manning the various consoles. All the crew members were female and every one of them was a beauty that could topple kingdoms. They wore mini rock uniforms, tight fitted of course.
"Wow, so many pretty fairies." Bob became red and looked down.
"T-this is." Even Julius a noble who had seen his fair share of beauties was stunned
A certain brunette hologram approached me. Her uniform was of red color, it indicated that she was a tactical officer.
The crew was split into three parts, tactical wore red uniforms, engineering and security wore gold, science and medical personnel wore blue uniforms.
"Awaiting orders captain." She stood attention.
"Relax number one."
"Number one?"
"Until I educate these bunch of people here, you are the most capable officer."
"Thank you, captain, this means a lot to me." She smiled slightly.
"I-Is she real?" My stunned father regained his bearing and asked. Clearly, he was more stunned.
"This is..who?" She furrowed her brows in response to father's question.
"Oh, this is my father. Excuse his behavior, his world's technology is stuck in medieval times.
The serious and young holographic female officer face froze for a moment.
"Ah, I see. Excuse my rudeness."
"No, no. It was rude for me to ask such question." My father waved his in hands in front of him.
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"What's your name sweetie." My mother took the young officers hand and asked.
"I am the emergency command hologram.I am programmed to take command of the ship in case of the crew is incapable of operating the vessel. I can also be used to replaced comrades who died in combat."
"I see, I see. So you are something like a general. Having such capable people besides my son is reassuring.
Mother let off her hand and turned around to me.
"Thorus. Can you explain? Why is every crew of your ship female." She made a suspicious look.
"This...How should I say? Females are like flowers. Wouldn't you rather have a bunch of good smelling fairies on board than sweating men?"
"Look, look barely two years old and already talking about flowers and the bees." Mother said teasingly.
"Aiya, mother what are you saying? I'm only two years old. How can I know the matter between men and women? Also since I have become this mighty, how can I separate the good crop from the bad? "
My mother eyes widen in surprise.
Elise sighed, she was about to begin the act of praising me. I thought her many ways to praise me in front of other people. Elise thus became a disciple/fanatic.
"What are 50 years compared to eternal life? When master was born a primordial divine phoenix entered a new reincarnation cycle. The stars aligned paying their respect. Gods and devils stopped mid-fight to watch the scene of master's birth..."
Two years of proper education paid off. Damn, good thing Elise enjoyed praising me endlessly. Other's would be annoyed for sure, Elise turned out to be such a jewel. Also, her being my disciple put a lot of responsibilities on me. With her around, I needed to act like a proper elder, a grandfather. I took her life once so it was proper to take care of her.
Elise's eyes became more and more excited. As she was about to continue mother picked her up and put her a bit further away.
"Now, now Elise. It's not good to spoil Thorus too much, even though I agree with you."
Mother chuckled as she patted Elise's head.
Strange smiles appeared on the everyone's face. Uncle Lee had his hands behind his back and sighed. He was also surprised by the holographic crew. His eyes shone a profound light as he saw the holograms. Since Uncle Lee was also a hologram he seemed moved by the holographic crew."
"Mother is right, anyway. I will accommodate you all in just a moment." I turned around to the emergency command hologram. She was stood like a veteran. With her hand behind her back and legs wide she awaited my orders.
"Number one, scan the planet's surface and map the whole planet. Prepare eight drones with cloaking and warp capabilities and launch them into every direction. The probes should gather data of every star system and anomaly."
"Yes, captain."
"Emergency Command Hologram to engineering." Pressed at her communicator pin she wore on her chest.The communicator was made out of with jade, which was reinforced with duranium. The communicator was in form of the Chinese character 'Heaven'.
"Yes, Mame?" A female voice spoke out, her voice was a bit hoarse but it added a certain charm to it.
"Prepare eight "Mark VI" probes.!
"Alright, no problem, give me 20 minutes."
"You have ten minutes."
"Eh? Only ten? Do you know how long it takes to calibrate the senores?."
"I know you can do it, the captain is counting on you."
"Che... can't be helped then. They will be ready in 8 minutes."The hoarse youthful sighed.
The emergency command hologram nodded in satisfaction.
"Did you understand what they talked about?" Bob couldn't help but ask.
My parents were also curiously listening and also wondered. Question marks plastered on their faces.
Uncle Lee was stroking his beard. His ancient eyes gleaming with a profound light.
Elise was nodding as if she understood everything. She looked at the outer sect disciples, Julius, Bob and Bould. When she looked at their faces of ignorance she could only shake her head.
I coughed once to get their attention.
"Anyway. Mother, father, I know that from all of the people, you two have the most questions. Let us first talk and let the kids have a tour of the ship. We will tag along when we have cleared our still lingering questions."
My mother and father nodded with a meaningful look.
"Great, then number one show these esteemed guests and show the decks and various wonders of technology."
"Aye Captain." She nodded with a serious face. She seemed to take this 'mission' seriously.
"If you would, please go this way." She gestured politely, pointing towards the wooden door.
"With pleasure." Uncle Lee flicked his beard, before he took big strides towards the door, his hand were behind his back.
"Yay, I can't wait." Elise already dashed towards the door.
Julius Bob and Bould nodded to each other as if they were agreeing to something. The trio looked at number one and bowed slightly before proceeding to the door.
Number one nodded and went along with them.
The wooden door opened automatically. This was a wonder of technology and ancient Asian design.
"Let's go to my ready room. There we can talk in private." Currently, various holograms were busy analyzing the planet and preparing the probe launch.
"Alright." My father smiled. My mother nodded three times.
"You."
"Yes?" A female turned around from her console as she looked at me.
"You have the bridge."
"B-But I am only an Ensign."
"Yes, yes.See this as an experience to broaden your horizon."
"Yes, captain." Joy spread on the youthful black heard Ensing. She wore a red uniform indicating that she was a tactical officer. Her one golden stripe on her collar showed that she was only the rank of an Ensign. Her long silken hair swayed in the air as she hastily walked to the captain's chair.
As she set down she begun to admire the chair. She touched various controls. She was like a child playing with a new toy.
I coughed once, which made her startled.
"Ensinge relay a message to the other holograms.They are ordered to come up with a name for themselves. It's really bothersome, it can't be that my crew doesn't even have proper names. Even slaves have names." Well, it seemed like I didn't consider everything when designing this ship.
"Y-Yes captain. You can count on me."
"Good." I turned around to my parents. They both nodded in agreement. Especially mother, her eyes man, I swear, they hide profound dangers.
"Then shall we go?"
. . .
The ready room could be accessed directly from the bride. It was like my personal office. The designer of this ship knew how to design the interior.
The room was spacious and had a desk made out of mahogany. There were three turnable seats one for the captain and two for guests. Behind the desk was a replicator.
Left to the table was a bookshelf with various books and a couch.
An ancient looking folding door was half opened, revealing a profound garden with a miniature river, seas, bonsai trees and fake mountains.
The scenery was breathtaking to say the least. The birds were chirping and the summer breeze hit my face. To put holo emitters into my office was such a good idea. My mother's and father's eyes widen as their jaws drop.
"What? Where?" My father blurted out words of confusion. His jaw opened and closed at a profound interval.
"Ah, this? Well, this is just my office."
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