[Hello my fellow humans, just call me administrator. Don’t be alarmed by this blue screen and this is definitely not a hallucination. Our world is going to undergo a great change, a Cataclysm and unfortunately it is unavoidable. I don’t know why am I here? But I know it is my job to guide the human race to survival. You have many questions as I do, but put the questions later and focus on survival for now. In this change many will perish and the laws of nature will change. Electricity and all stable energy will be affected by the energy coined as mana in the atmosphere. I won’t tell you not to worry because in fact you should. Persevere and unite so that you can survive. I made a little starter pack for a better chance but it will only be distributed after phase 1. The corresponding knowledge will be in your head so do not worry. Time is running out so it is better to prepare yourself from the pain that is soon to come. Beware of those that don’t wake up after the test for some of them may become monsters. I can only guide you and only yourself will tell if you can live to see another day.
Good Luck]
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‘What the heck is this?’ This thought resounded in my mind.
A blue screen suddenly blocked my vision and interrupted my reading.
I blinked, rubbed and closed my eyes but to no avail, the blue screen still remained blocking a huge portion of my vision.
On a whim of my confusion, I tried to will the blue screen to disappear with my long time friend called imagination, and to my surprise, it did. It turned into a small blue dot that remained at the corner of my vision.
I was too focused on this unnatural phenomenon and was suddenly shocked by a tap on my shoulder.
“Kriss! Are you seeing what I’m seeing.” Marivick asked me with a dumbfounded face and he also took his mobile phone in the process
“That seems to be the case, and we aren’t the only one who does.” I glanced at the entire room
The classroom was now full of clamour and chatting about the mysterious blue screen.
I tried to infer some things from the content of the message.
First the one who wrote this is definitely human
“Oh my god! I think this just happened worldwide. This is all over the internet.” Said Marivick as he stared at his glowing phone screen and interrupted my contemplation.
Second, the situation is either I am dreaming or there is some other supernatural power at work.
Third, if hypothetically all of this is true then an excruciating pain will assault our senses in 30 seconds from now on.
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Fourth, this said mana will interfere with any stable energy source. There will be no more electricity and society will revert back to the dark ages. Cars, firearms, phones and even nuclear weaponry will go haywire. Farewell internet.
Well, all this inference just came from the basis that what the message said is true.
And truthfully I am scared. My heart now is palpitating at an amazing speed. Cold sweat filled my back. Changes, especially great ones are what I usually fear adding to that there are many unknowns in this situation my fear rose into high levels.
But thankfully this fear forced my brain cells to work harder. Excruciating pain in 25 seconds.
I hurriedly took my towel and stuffed it into my mouth and gestured to Marivick to do the same. I then sat down, to avoid falling down, on the floor and made a resolve to endure no matter what comes next.
People may think that I’m a fool or think this is ridiculous, but what do I lose if I do this? Face[1]? I would willingly suffer shame just to live another day.
There are only ten seconds left on the timer. And somewhere in my heart a hope that all of this is just a prank, rose.
Please let it not be true!
Please let it not be true!
Please let it not be true!
All my hopes have gone down the drain as the last second ticked and a blue screen appeared.
[Phase 1 – Test of the Soul and Body begin]
It really is an excruciating pain.
A pain that feels like your soul and your insides is burning.
The sensation in your skin is like a thousand killer ants kept biting over and over again.
“Mhhhghaaaaaa!!!” A muffled scream arose from my mouth as I clenched my teeth and bit the towel so hard I thought my jaws will be dislocated. My fists were tightly clenched into a fist. It was fortunate that I trimmed down my finger nails yesterday or else it would have long dug into my skin.
This is the day the world was filled with a symphony of shouts, screams, groans and shrieks and whether you are rich or poor, strong or weak, evil or good, young or old no one was spared from the pain.
Give up
Faint
Stop Resisting
Thoughts after thoughts of giving up arose as waves and waves of pain crashed on my consciousness.
The fear in my heart now rose to unimaginable levels and I felt I might die of a heart attack anytime. But I never entertained that countless thoughts, the fear of dying fuelled my wavering resolve and further strengthened it by many times.
I tapped into the resource called will and fear. I imagined the fear of never seeing and reaching my mother, my little sister, my dream job, my unread novels, my friends, God and this wonderful world, this wonderful life.
Live!!!Endure!!!Survive!!!
Live!!!Endure!!!Survive!!!
Live!!!Endure!!!Survive!!!
The previous negative thoughts were chased away by my fears. I never thought there would come a day where I would thank my inherent cowardliness which I kept suppressing for a lot of years now by maintaining a rational thinking to the world and a calm facade.
There are never monsters in the dark only in the mind.
Fear is one of the purest forms of our will to stay alive.
The pain lasted for just about a few seconds but it felt like eternity.
I lay there in the floor facing the ceiling, panting and my face was full of tears. My body was filled with a refreshing feeling as if a new energy got its way inside.
Stress and relaxation, pain and relief. This sure is a way to enjoy life.
The tears kept flowing as I never felt more alive than before. You will really know the importance of life after it was nearly taken away from you.
I glanced sideways and saw Marivick’s snot and tear filled face.
I spoke with my hoarse voice “You good?”
Then he looked at me and grin with that snot filled face and replied. “Never better, what about you?”
That comical look made me chuckle and I raised my fist
“Still alive.” I replied then we bro-fisted
So just like this I survived the first phase of what will be coined soon as the Apocalypse.