The Infinite Journey of Prototype
Chapter 19

What Is a Flight Form? Two Big Wings!

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After climbing into the plane, Li Wei casually shut the cabin door, then warmly greeted the people inside, whose expressions all differed.

"Hey, hello! My name is Li Wei. I came from another world. I had just fallen down from the atmosphere when I spotted you guys. What a coincidence, right~!"

Jackson tugged at his suit tie and nervously glanced at Kate and his two children. Bracing himself, he replied to Li Wei, "Uh, hello, Li Wei. I'm Jackson Curtis... my ex-wife Kate, Gordon is flying the plane, and these are my two children, Noah and Lily... Welcome to Earth."

Faced with Li Wei, who might have been a visitor from beyond the stars, Jackson appeared somewhat apprehensive. After thinking for a moment, he introduced the others on the plane.

They had to show as much of humanity's friendliness as possible. At least they could communicate right now, couldn't they?

Besides, the apocalypse had already arrived. What else could possibly be impossible...

Kate and the two children also timidly said, "Welcome to Earth!"

As a proud youth raised in a friendly country beneath the red flag, Li Wei naturally chose to forgive their misunderstanding.

"Wow, hello, Jackson, and Miss Kate. I didn't expect you two to get along so harmoniously even after getting divorced. Hey! Little man, your parents must give you quite the headache, huh? Little angel, do you feel caught in the middle? And Mr. Gordon, are you the one who took over the mess?"

"Y-yeah... Oh, no." Gordon's face darkened. He opened his mouth and stammered twice, but no matter how he answered, Jackson would be embarrassed. In the end, he simply shut up.

Jackson and Kate also looked away with faces the color of liver, no longer meeting each other's eyes.

That one sentence had mocked every single one of them!

The little boy Noah was extremely curious about Li Wei. He first nodded in wholehearted agreement, then asked, "Are you an alien?"

Li Wei shook his head. "I'm human. Maybe I'm not entirely pure anymore, but I'm still human. I came from another Earth. You can think of it as the two sides of a mirror—a parallel universe."

Noah's unauthorized question made Jackson nervous. He wanted to scold him, but he did not dare speak up in front of Li Wei.

Who knew whether this alien would start chopping people up over a disagreement!

But after Li Wei answered Noah, Jackson, as a novelist with endless imagination and a wealth of knowledge, caught the key phrase in his words.

"Really? A parallel world?"

"Cool!" Noah thought that was awesome. Timid Lily did not dare speak, but she continued to watch the handsome Li Wei with curious eyes.

Gordon turned his head and interjected, "Is it the kind of parallel universe I'm thinking of?"

"I think so."

Kate was the only one present who had never heard of the theory of parallel universes. Reserved yet embarrassed, she asked, "What is a parallel universe?"

Jackson, whose awe had instantly turned into curiosity, explained parallel universes to Kate. Then, with great interest, he asked Li Wei about the other parallel universe, clearly intending to verify whether it was real.

Li Wei also wanted to learn about the disaster in this world from them, but Gordon interrupted him just as he was about to speak.

"Everyone... While I'd also really like to hear about parallel universes, shouldn't we be thinking about how to survive right now? Where are we going?"

"Oh, right!" Only then did Jackson remember that they needed to find shelter. He pulled out a map from his pocket and opened it. After taking one look, his expression changed. "I think we need a bigger plane. Our destination is China!"

"Where can we find a big plane?" Gordon was only a mediocre pilot. He had no idea where they should fly.

After thinking for a moment, Jackson said, "Las Vegas International Airport. There should still be planes there!"

After listening to their conversation, Li Wei asked, "Can you tell me what happened in this world?"

Everyone on the plane fell silent. They recalled everything they had experienced recently, and their moods sank once more.

Jackson spoke again. Rubbing his temples, he explained the origin of the disaster to Li Wei. "The Mayan apocalypse prophecy came true. Earth met its end in December 2012, just as you saw..."

"Wait..." Li Wei interrupted Jackson, repeating with a strange expression, "The Mayan apocalypse prophecy?"

The Mayan apocalypse prophecy had also been hugely popular on Li Wei's Earth for a time. But after they safely passed through 2012, the supposedly false prophecy was quickly tossed into history's trash heap.

He never expected the apocalypse prophecy in this world to have come true. Wait...

This plot seemed like a disaster movie about the Mayan prophecy, didn't it? What was the movie called?

Too much time had passed. He had forgotten.

Unable to remember, Li Wei did not dwell on it. What mattered most right now was figuring out how to survive.

He only needed a place to settle down. Give him three days, and he could survive underwater—and even develop a flight form.

After Li Wei lost interest in the apocalypse disaster, Jackson continued chattering on for quite a while. Only when he realized he had lost his composure did he smile apologetically at Li Wei and ask again about the parallel universe.

"Parallel worlds are fascinating. There are all kinds of strange things there. The disasters there can't compare to this world's. Compared to a disaster like this, that world is far luckier..."

With the journey being boring, Li Wei guided Blacklight to evolve in the direction of wings while telling the people on the plane about the world of Prototype.

By the end, everyone on the plane was trembling as they covered their noses with cloth, constantly edging away, afraid of inhaling the virus and becoming the infected Li Wei had described.

"Hehehehe!" Li Wei began to sneer. After enjoying the thrill of scaring them, he explained kindly, "I'm the virus's mother body and its absolute controller. Unless I actively release it, or you drink my blood, there's no risk of infection. Even if you do get infected, it's fine. I can turn you into individuals like me."

Despite what he said, everyone except Noah continued trembling in fear. No matter what, they did not dare get too close to him.

Li Wei simply closed his eyes to rest, actively guiding the virus to evolve a flight mode.

To obtain a flight mode, he needed a pair of enormous wings capable of lifting a human body, as well as sufficiently powerful muscles and endurance.

There was no need to worry about strength. As long as the wings had a rough shape, he could fly. After several dozen evolutions, the first version of the flight mode had already been completed.

It resembled a huge bat, using the strength of his arms to flap bat wings for flight. It also required comprehensive enhancement and modification of his muscles, taking the armor mode as reference.

What was a flight form? It was just adding two big wings!

The theory and simulations had all been calculated. Li Wei could go outside and take a flight right now.

But he did not do so. Instead, he remained with Jackson and the others, preparing to seek refuge on those "big ships" as well.

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