The gang left the center of the city, they looked at the map to the Police Headquarters.
"Not gonna lie 10 km is very long for us to walk there. Since if we have to walk for around 2 hours to get there, and including breaks, obstacles and some random glitch attack, that would be very long." said Mysty.
"Is there any other shortcut to it? Or else we would just run out of time just to get the third color." said Albur.
"Well there is a shortcut if we don't pick to get there using the highway roads, if we just straight up walk to the headquarters which involves stepping into the wilderness, 3 km." said Johnson.
"Damn, that shortens so much distance." said Albur.
"I don't think the glitches will search there, since they wouldn't search places that don't usually have humans. So I guess its safe to go there." said Johnson.
"I also don't think there will be beasts there, if the glitches already scooped up every single animal on this planet." said Mysty.
"Make sense, c'mon, let's go!" said Albur.
"Alright, next stop! Police Headquarters!" said Mysty.
Johnson scoffed, and looked at Covie. She replied him with a smile.
The gang took the shortcut to the Police Headquarters, on the way they also saw many patrol teams flying in the sky, searching for them. They have no choice but to hide behind some city ruins.
"We can't sneak and snuck all the time right? They will know we are sneaking around." said Mysty.
"Well then, I don't think I will need to hide this from y'all." Johnson took out the same weird looking pistol he used before earlier. He then shot Mysty with it. Mysty then instantly vanished.
"What? Where is Mysty?" asked Albur.
The patrol team's radar detected something, their spaceships looked at the direction the gang was hiding.
"Just shut up and stand still!" Johnson shot Albur, he then instantly disappeared.
"Hey! Language!" Covie just was about to cover his mouth, but she was shot by Johnson, instantly disappearing. Johnson looked around, and shot himself as well.
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Albur opened his eyes, he saw that he is around a huge blue scientific world, Covie and Mysty are also standing there, but after a few seconds, he threw up, Covie saw that and healed Albur quickly.
"Hey Albur, you alright?" asked Mysty.
"I'm ok.... just... I feel a little sick..." Albur coughed.
A few seconds later, Johnson appeared in front of them.
"Sorry for bringing you all here out of a sudden, you all ok?" he asked.
"We're ok, just feeling a little sick...." said Albur.
"Sorry, the transformation into digital data will trigger the disgust emotion, like I said earlier."
"Wait, this is...." Mysty looked around.
"Welcome, to the digital world...." Johnson raised his arms while talking.
"Wait, wait, hold on a second, you said you travel to the digital world by turning yourself into digital data and entering systems." said Albur.
"Ok, ok, you two deserve an explanation. Well, yes, I lied to you about the true function of this digital world, I will now explain it one by one." said Johnson.
Albur and Mysty looked at each other, then looked at Johnson.
"Now don't get it twisted, this is still the real world, but now, we are turned into digital data, and the place we are stepping on is actually a parallel space of the current world, we can see things of the real world here, but they can't. Technologies nowadays are very, very advanced. I already discovered the way to enter a parallel world by transforming ourselves into digital data." explained Johnson.
"This make no sense.... this completely makes no sense....." murmured Albur.
"Well, science too advanced is like magic." said Johnson.
"So like this is the real world, but we're just travelling in a different space?" asked Mysty.
"Kinda like that." said Johnson.
Albur is still trying to digest what he had learnt, but then he saw a spaceship landing behind him. He jumped away out of fear, and even took out his laser rifle.
"Relax, Albie, we are in the digital world, they can't see us, but we can." said Johnson.
"I am Albur!" said Albur.
"Damn, this place really makes completely no sense....." said Mysty.
"But there's a weakness, if someone or something activated a security jammer, there will be a wall blocking a specific part of the digital world, meaning we will have to return to the real world." said Johnson.
"Then why don't we just go through the doors of the access upgrade station using this power?" asked Albur.
"I said, we won't be able to travel in the digital world if there's a security jammer around here, and apparently, the reflection wall made by my company have a security jammer on it, not even digital bullets can destroy it." said Johnson.
"What do you mean destroy?" asked Mysty.
"Apparently, there's a certain ability in this digital world that is we can destroy things in the real world from the digital world, but i haven't fully master it yet, so I don't know how." said Johnson.
"Ok then, but are we supposed to stay in here?" Albur pointed behind Johnson and the others.
They all looked around, and they saw a swarm of glitches patrolling behind them.
"Crap! I forgot glitches can also travel in here! Let's go back first!" Johnson activated his weird looking pistol and shot everyone.
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Moments later, Albur opened his eyes again, everyone is at the real world, but then, he and Mysty both threw up, Covie also happened to have systematic error. Johnson quickly fixed Covie, and then she quickly healed the both of them.
"I don't..... think I would ever want to go back into the digital world anymore..." groaned Albur.
"Sorry, I guess I will use it myself then, I already adapted to the process of turning into digital data." said Johnson.
"Explanations later, let's get moving..." groaned Mysty.
The gang continued the journey, after a few minutes of walk, they reached a burnt, destroyed, withered forest like place. There are nothing there but burnt tree trunks, baked grounds, scorched wood and ashes around.
"Hey, this place gives me the creeps, are you sure this is the 'wilderness' you are talking about?"
"Correct, but I think the glitches raided this place long ago. Since this place seems to experience a huge fire, and now they were all out." said Johnson.
"Poor place.... just got planted back, and got destroyed again..." said Covie.
"C'mon let's walk past this crunchy ground and get to the next upgrade station." Albur stepped in front. The forest grounds are crunchy after the burn of the fires.
Johnson followed him in, Covie also did the same, but Mysty is just standing in front of the forest, staring.
"This place looks familiar....." she thought to herself.
"Hey Mysty! Hurry up and catch up!" yelled Albur in a distance.
"Oh, ok, coming!" Mysty quickly followed them in.
Mysty ran into the forest, she kicked away some soil when running inside, and beneath the scorched soil she ran on, was a sign written 'Danger! Keep out!'.