Chapter 4: Space Nazis

“00:01”

“00:00”

As the timer reached zero, a sudden shift occurred. A brilliant blue beam of light enveloped me, blinding my vision momentarily. When the light dissipated, I realized that my surroundings had changed dramatically. I was still in the same position, but the landscape around me was different, I found myself in a small empty room with a single chair.

“Welcome, your Spices has reached a tipping point of natural evolution, hance you are been selected to be integrated into the larger universe” a robotic female voice echoed from everywhere at once. “You will be personally evaluated and upon finishing the evaluation you will get a choice of planets that has been recently integrated to travel to.”

The robotic voice reverberated through the empty room, its words sending a chill down my spine. The message was cryptic, leaving me with more questions than answers. What did it mean by the "tipping point of natural evolution"? And an evaluation? It seemed I was about to undergo a process that would determine my fate. “What the actual fuck Robot lady!” I said with a bit of venom in my voice.

"I understand that you may be feeling confused and uncertain about the situation. That's why I am here—to serve as your personal guide and address any immediate concerns you may have," the robotic voice echoed, emanating from all directions. "While I am not a living entity, I am the embodiment of the higher power's will, distributed among every compatible human on this planet”.

My astonishment and confusion intertwined as I tried to comprehend the implications of the situation. Questions flooded my mind, and despite my best efforts, all I could muster was a single, expletive-laden word, "Shit..." Quit on par with the whole situation to be fair.

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Realizing the urgency of my inquiries, I gathered my thoughts and made a conscious effort to articulate my concerns more clearly. With a determined voice, I asked, "What about those who are deemed non-compatible? What fate awaits them? And when you mention a higher power, are we talking about gods or some galactic super computers?"

“As to the non-compatibles individuals who are unable to support themselves will be disposed of, as for the higher powers the mysteries of the universe is not to be reveled to easily and its your choice to explore that avenue on your own.”

That some next level Nazi shit lady! I was about to talk some shit to the disembodied voice however, I quickly restrained myself from speaking out. As disturbing as the notion was, I acknowledged that provoking them would only be counterproductive. After all, they hadn't outright killed me or taken any hostile action yet, so it was in my best interest to exercise caution and restraint.

Okay, I took a moment to center myself, how about:” hey lady what is the definition of non-compatibles individuals?”

"Every person on this planet over the age of 65 is considered non-compatibles individual, they are unable to cognitively adapt to the new circumstances and their bodies will reject the new required changes to survive.”

Okay, okay. So that was not as much as I thought. “Hey lady do you happen to know how many people are non-compatible on this planet?” “As of 2 minutes ago 962 million people aged 65 and above living on this planet.” She said with complete indifference.

Oh shit… So still a metric fuck ton of people. That’s brutal.

“What about the integration part?” I asked. "While we have been talking you have been inhaling a microorganism that will activate the innate genes that will allow you access to your suppressed abilities and hance allow you to be properly evaluated”

Did the space Nazi lady just said she’s changing my D.N.A?

Don’t panic, don’t Panic, don’t panic.

I panicked! Just as I was about to go ape shit on this space Nazi lady I my vision went blurry, and my legs started to shake.

“As you can feel the prosses is underway, its recommended to sit while the process is happening, hance the chair that was provided for you or if you unable to sit you can lay on the ground”

The integration will be done in a few hours, once it’s done your evaluation will commence immediately.

And I passed out with a mad face that will make any drill surgent proud.