Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding.0

When the plane landed, Kang Chan went down the ramp and found Ethan looking like a raccoon, not a giraffe.0

“Thank you for coming. Let’s head to the site,” Ethan greeted, the dark circles under his eyes becoming even more noticeable. He pointed to the helicopter on one side of the runway.0

Whoosh. Du-du-du-du-du.0

The helicopter ascended into the dark skies of the night as soon as they got on it. After correcting its direction, it went full speed.0

“The roads are in such a mess that we would’ve had trouble if we took a car there,” Ethan explained through the headset.0

“Ethan! If the Blackhead instantly loses energy, how do we disable the machine?” Kang Chan asked.0

“Do you have a way to do that?” Ethan quickly turned toward Kang Chan.0

“I’ll find one. The question is can you disable the machine if I make it happen?”0

Amid the dark world below the helicopter, Kang Chan saw big, fallen trees every now and then.0

“We should be able to accomplish that if we remove the nine auxiliary cables connected to the main engine…” Ethan trailed off for a moment but continued when Kang Chan looked at him. “They think the Blackhead will explode if even one of the nine energies becomes unstable. That’s why we can’t just recklessly turn it off! The earthquake earlier happened because we couldn’t stabilize cetinium’s energy!”0

“Does that mean we can remove the cables if we can balance out the energy?” Kang Chan asked.0

“I heard the Blackhead will stop glowing if that happens!”0

Kang Chan cocked his head. “The energies should’ve destabilized when you connected the cables to the main engine!”0

“Our studies showed that the cetinium and denadite could prevent that! On another note,...0