Getting A System In A Modern World - Chapter 249

Chapter 249: Invincible Silas
Silas naturally knew just how saving his father and Kim in less than 3 minutes is beyond impossible with his current base speed of 20 mph.

With his current speed, it would take him 20 minutes to get home and save his Dad and it would take him 2 hours, 15 minutes to get to San Francisco, and save Kim.

With this just trying to save his Dad alone is already more than five over the time limit he has and the bombs would had already exploded before he even covers quarter of the distance.

While the time limit also applies to Alex, he’s safe because the distance to the hospital is short and she would also be one to operate on him.

It’s naturally impossible for human surgeons to successfully operate on his brother and take out the bomb.

Under normal circumstances, surgeries are very delicate procedures and very stringent, and careful preparations are always made before it’s done.

It was naturally impossible for them to operate on Alex and take out the bomb, while also making sure that it doesn’t explode. All these within the time limit of less than 3 minutes is beyond impossible for them, but not for Luna.

Silas had already told the security guards to get his Dad to safety but they were stopped by a group of people that Silas was very sure are Daniel’s men.

This was also the same for the security guards at the office. Right now, everyone in the office is in a state of panic, without any idea of what to do.

Silas took a long, deep breath and let out a lengthy exhale. Now’s the time to push himself way beyond his current ability, to put those two months he spent before his first evolution metamorphosis, constant training and fighting the clone.

Everything would be very easy if he could just go through the system store. He was very sure that he would be able to find a gadget that can take him from his current location to his dad’ and Kim’s, and he would be able to save them within that time limit nut he can’t expose the existence of the system.

Silas knew that things would escalate and spiral out of control if he’s to expose the system’s existence.

With the talk about alien technology and everything, Silas knew that he would become a very large piece of meat that everyone would want to have for themselves. And he’s also fully aware that he’s not anywhere strong enough to take the world on.

Without hesitation, Silas crouched low, his fingers brushing the ground as he took a deep breath.

The air around him came to life as he could feel its reaction to the stimuli he provided. Silas knew that he doesn’t have time for careful calculations or complex maneuvers. What he needed is speed and he needed it now.

“Dad, Kim, I’m coming.”

Letting out an exhale, Silas bolted forward with a windy blast. Without allowing himself to pause, even for a single moment, he controlled the air currents around him to move with him, while channelling it around and under his body.

The air currents responded to his will as it got pulled from all directions to under Silas’ feet, causing his speed increased immediately.

He tore through the city streets with the ground under him, the surrounding building, people object becoming blurred with each step he took—until they became nothing more than smudged line and streaks of colors.

Every step he took propelled him further and faster, with the wind carrying him forward as if he weighed nothing at all.

The small drag that would had slowed him down vanished, his body cutting through the atmosphere with the precision of an arrow in flight.

The air around him continued to respond to his will, pulling him, almost lifting him off the ground—as he wanted.

The air under his feet made him go so fast that it looked like he was gliding through the air, this was as each step he took barely touched the earth. With every second, the invisible current behind him intensified, thrusting him forward faster and faster.

In less 15 seconds of running, Silas was already running at speed of more than 300 mph but it still wasn’t enough. He needed more speed!

His vision narrowed, focused entirely on the the road ahead as he pushed himself, controlling more air current than what the current rank of his superpower allows.

He needed more speed. He needs to go faster, faster, faster!

With this thought, Silas continued to push himself, gathering even more air current. His speed increased greatly, already going over 600 mph.

In less than two seconds of pushing himself to the speed of more than 600 mph, he was already starting to feel the toll on his body.

His stamina was being depleted at a very fast rate and he was starting to pant. His skin and clothes were starting to heat up slightly, and this is after he has created an invisible, thin layer of protective air around him.

Silas didn’t pay attention to any of this as he cut through the final corner leading to his house, and he could now see his house at a distance.

Instead of slowly down, Silas gathered more air and used it to propel himself forward like a bullet. He shot through the street and was at his house almost instantaneously.

Without giving the armed men that were exchanging gunfire with the security guards, any time to react, he shot the surrounding air at them like a missile, knocking them out cold.

Silas rushed towards his father who was being protected by some of the security guards, carried him and rushed out of the house.

Before he rushed out of the house, he told the security guards to run away from the building as fast and as far as they could.

There’s no way he would be able to save all of them with the extremely limited time he has but if something’s to happen to them, he would avenge them.

Rushing out of the house, Silas made sure that he has ran a safe distance before he finally decided to drop his father but he knew that he can’t just drop him.

With the current speed at which he’s running, dropping his dad anywhere will kill him. But they’re another problem, he can’t stop or he would have to start from scratch, making it too slow and too late to save Kim.

Immediately, Silas had already thought of how to go about it. This is something he has done before in the Domain, it’s time for him to try it out in the real world and see just how it goes.

He sharpened his mind, clearing it off all and any distracting thought ad he focused on the site currents around him.

With a fluid and extremely calculated motion, he twisted his body in a wide semi spin with broad arc that stretched over 3 meters.

As he spun, he controlled the air within his distance limit, using the air, he created a drag that pulled at his body, slowing him down but never fully stopping.

The world around him turned into a blur of smudged lines and streaks of lights as he whipped through the arc. The controlled air around him wrapped him and his father like a protective cocoon.

As he reached the end of the arc, he focused on the air, compressing and shaping it into a gentle cushion.

Silas slowed just enough, with his feet barely brushing the ground, he released his father on the ground.

His dad landed softly, almost weightless, as he was cradled by the air currents that Silas controlled to swirl around him.

After dropping his father, Silas didn’t linger. The instant his hands were free, he gathered the air he had been pulling into a single, explosive force.

In one swift, fluid and extremely calculated motion, he shot into the sky, the burst of wind beneath him launching him like a missile.

His body sliced through the air as he launched into the sky. As he shot into the sky, Silas spun his body and just when his body reached the apex of the launch, he was now facing the direction of the office building.

Silas also didn’t forget to suck in the air currents around him as he spun. Also, just as he reached the apex, he sucked in the air currents in his immediate surroundings.

All these happened in less than three seconds. Immediately, Silas controlled the air he has gathered and with an explosive blast, shoot himself towards the direction of the office building.

His body cut through the air with a blistering speed of 690 mph but it wasn’t enough for Silas. He has less than two minute to make it to San Francisco—that’s almost an hour from him—and save Kim.

He needed more speed as he can’t go slower that he already is. Controlling the air current whipping against his skin, he blasted himself forward, increasing his speed further but this still wasn’t enough.

He controlled the air current around him and blasted himself forward again, increasing his even more but it still wasn’t enough.

He continued to blast himself forward and after multiple windy blasts, he was already blistering through the air and towards the ground at a speed of more than 790 mph, breaking even the speed of sound.

But all these wasn’t without consequences. His body was tearing apart from the extreme heat and wind pressure that tore at him like blades.

Every inch of his body screamed for him to stop, his muscles burning as if they were tearing apart with each new burst of speed. His mind fogged with exhaustion, but Silas pushed on, driven by sheer will.

Time wasn’t on his side. He has less than a minute before the bombs goes off.

With one final blast, Silas was now just a few meters away from the office building. Already having the knowledge of where Kim is currently located, he crashed into the building, leaving a gaping hole in the wall of the building, and landing just a few steps away from her.

Crashing into the building, his leg barely brushed the ground before he shot towards Kim and grabbed her.

Just as at home, he doesn’t have enough time to save everyone but he will save as much as he can before the bombs goes off.

Silas shot out of the building through the hole, and after flying a safe distance away from the building, he shot towards the ground.

As he nearest the ground, he twisted his body yet again in another spin, while also gathering the surging air current around him.

Nearing the ground, he released Kim and shot a gust of wind at the ground, creating a cushion effect that carried her gently to the ground.

Silas didn’t waste even a millisecond as he blasted himself towards the building, but this time through the entrance.

He has been racing against time but things has gotten extremely serious as he has less than 30 seconds to save everyone in the building.