Death's Disciple [Sys Apoc, OP Villain MC, LitRPG] Chapter 6: 1.06 What's This Thing Do?

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1.06 What's This Thing Do? Chapter 6 “Adam, can you believe this?” Michael was already rushing at me with his own helmet and vest over his lab coat, even though I’d only just taken a few steps of the copter. Meanwhile, Johnson and Reitlin stalked across the grassy field toward one of the camp tents, with Reitlin shooting me a glance that clearly stated, “Follow me.” “Sorry, Michael, hang tight okay,” I called out to him before quickening my pace to match stride with the soldiers. Michael was left goldfishing it, as he was apt to do. One of the military tents was indeed the destination, as Reitlin stopped in front of it and keyed a combination into a display pedestal outside the entrance. The device blinked green then chimed once, but that was it. Reitlin stepped back, apparently satisfied, and I was left being the one confused for once. Within seconds the mylar door of the structure was unzipped and a large man stepped out. He was tall, roughly six-foot-two, with a decent amount of muscle. His steely eyes whisked over Reitlin and Johnson and landed on me. “Pierce?” There was a bit of a lift to the word, but I couldn’t quite tell if he was saying my name as a question, or as a statement while being confused about my appearance. In the end, I guess either way didn't really matter. I gave a curt nod. “Skinnier than I thought you’d be,” the Colonel continued on, his eyes moving to look at the Dungeon Rift floating a few dozen yards away instead. “Given the sheer size of the balls you must have packed into those slacks.” “My family practice physician was always surprised as well.” The Colonel’s eyes attacked me sideways for a moment, a sharp glare that would normally cut a man down in half. I simply stared back at him and waited. Eventually, a tiny curl formed at one side of his mouth and he scoffed. “Welcome to the service Pierce. Reitlin, get him to the geek tent so we can start finding out some answers.” The Colonel said. And with that, he turned and quickly disappeared back inside the tent from where he came. I wasn’t surprised, the military was just like an industry or corporation. At Veltech, the CEO’s, managers and supervisors expected the grunts to work while they wait on results, this was no different. Within moments, I was brought to a new tent and shown inside where a small lab was already set up. Equipment, tables, and personnel littered the large interior. Dr. Branderton was already hoarding the coffee machine off to one side, and I could see the others on his team were clustered around a table already. Michael, Frank, Richard, Victoria, and Gwen, all were stood looking ridiculous in their white coats under military vests. “Hey, what’s the situation?” They all turned with scared expressions and dark bags already forming under their eyes. They looked like ghouls freshly risen from the graveyard, except they didn’t have dirt clinging to their bodies, for now. “Oh Adam, thank god.” Victoria said. “Can you believe this, man? Spatial rifts? Fucking… “, Richard gestured wildly with his hands, obviously fumbling for the right words, ”Fucking text messages from the universe. It's crazy.” “I feel you, there's been a whole lot all at once, yeah?” I clapped Richard on the shoulder as I stepped closer to the table. “That’s underselling it a lot,” Frank huffed. “Can you make heads or tails of this Adam? We don’t know what is going on. And Branderton just keeps pouring coffee and rambling nonsense. That scary ass Colonel dude said we are soldiers now, threw us into a helicopter and we’ve been trying to figure this out ever since.” Gwen spoke quickly, to the point I was surprised she didn’t pass out from the lack of oxygen. “Alright calm down, show me what we’ve got so far.” The details around electromagnetic radiation decay, and spatial relativity, is really not as interesting as it pretends to be in those internet videos you’ve seen online. Trust me on that, so I will spare you the boring shit around this. Let me just say that read