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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I was sitting in a white 36" X 72" room, minding my own business when it happened. 

Language Synchronization Completed... Contract Completed...

"...Huh?" I tilted my head, rather than the sound of something fell into the water, it was a robot like voice. I checked my phone, the game that I played right now was a bird that flapping around, and as far as I knew this game didn't have a voice feature.

And then the ground was moving and the noise was like extended thunder only worse because the vibrations were coming from below. At first, I didn't move, my brains unable to make sense of the input from my ears and feet.

Then like a switch had been flicked I instantly clean my bottom and put my pants, even though the fear was consuming me, I just didn't want to run without a pair of pants.  

The walls screamed and the lights flickered rapidly before going out altogether. Whether I survived or died was depending on whether my apartment stood or fell, and  I would either walk away hand in hand or perish in the rubble. At last, I wore my pants.

Though not soon after I wore my pants, the shaking retreated and another voice... no... blue screen, kinda like the augmented reality in sci-fi movie appeared right in front of my eyes.

Due to the inability to pay the world debt, totalled: 41,311,202,018,210 Cosmos Credits on monthly interest alone. From today onwards, Earth or officially known as Terra will be joining the United Star and Planet Federation.

My mouth and eyes widened, there were too many things that shocked me right now.

First, "What the heck is this blue screen?"

Second, "What the heck is this blue screen?!!" I said as I rubbed my eyes.

Third and the most important thing, "Wait... so we aren't making a debt to another country?!"

And as such, as the member of our federation, we are now scattering the nanomachines to give Terran the tools to survive and pay their debt! Good luck! And may the cosmos be in your favour!

I stared at the screen in a complete confused state, trying to touch through them and staring as nothing happens. Letting out a sigh, "Did...did I accidentally use a drug?"

I shook my head and continued walking towards the toilet door. "All these study, work and no play must make me into a hallucinated boy, yes hallucination is certainly a symptom of the exhaustion." 

I turned the doorknob, trying to get some water to drink.

*Kerchak Kerchak*

I could only turn the doorknob, but I couldn't push it open. Something big must be blocked the door entrance, most likely that thunderous sound that I heard before was the sound of my roof broke down.

Just as I leaned down to the wall, checking my phone and trying to get some help from 911 but my phone screen was a total black and another screen began to fill my vision.

Special Announcement! Due to the massive amount of the population, 0.001% of Terran(Homo Sapien only) will be working in the universe most popular TV show 'Planet Survival.'  To any Terran(Homo Sapien) that received this announcement means they're chosen and will be randomly teleported across different planets. Upon the 0.001% payment of the total debt, these individuals (If they're still alive) will be allowed to use the portal facility from the Federation.

And then the white walls distorting, the roof cracking, the ground shining... no something was shining the ground, I felt like I was being stretched, pulled, compressed and squashed at the same time, I literarily screamed "Kyaa!!" when I noticed my body floated to the sky.

Implant Complete... Scanning the data...

And the next thing that I knew, I was standing in the middle of nowhere with another blue screen popped right in front of my face.

Id: TRA-HMA-HOS-1000043667 Race: Terran [Humanoid] Cosmos Credit: 0 General Level: 1 Augmentation: N/a Citizen Rank: ZZZ Health: 19 Photon: 9 Force: 9 Regen/minute: 0.3 Regen/minute: 0.3 Regen/minute: 0.3 Condition: Confused Respiratory level: 100% Bulk: 13 Head(s): 1 Arm(s): 2 Leg(s): 2 Strength: 3 Constitution: 3 Endurance: 3 Dexterity: 3 Agility: 3 Perception: 3 Mind: 3 Will: 3 Mental: 3

...THIS IS VERY BAD, RIGHT?!!! Or that was what I wanted to scream but words left my mouth.

No matter what, my mind just couldn't handle it. First I was doing my own thing, that damn taco... and the next thing I realized I was in the middle of the jungle. I looked to the left and the right, everything was covered by the friggin blue screens. It almost felt like my vision was a real-life pop-up advertisement but rather than actual ads these things were blue screens.

Augmentation Please select your Augmentation. Selecting Augmentation will affect your growth and your codes. Attacker This Augmentation focuses on Melee Combat, using anything from their bare fist to giant sword. Attacker main focus is their growth on their Strength, Dexterity and Endurance stats. Attacker is proficient with all type of weapons, simple shield, light armour and medium armour. Defender This Augmentation focuses on defending their allies, using anything from their own body to tower shield. Defender main focus is their growth on their Constitution, Endurance and Will. Defender is proficient with all type of shield and armour. Infiltrator This Augmentation focuses on mobilizing around enemy weak points, using anything from stealth to any hidden weapon. Infiltrator main focus is their high growth on their Dexterity and Agility. Infiltrator is proficient with a light weapon, flexible weapon, thrown weapon, ranged weapon and light armour. Techer This Augmentation focuses on versatility around any type of situation, creating anything from a simple arrow to drones. Techer main focus is their high growth on their Dexterity and Perception. Techer is proficient with four equipment type of their choice. Blaster This Augmentation focuses on High power range destructive that thrives on burst damage, controlling particle to create simple fire to the gravity. Blaster main focus is their massive growth on their Mind.  Supporter This Augmentation focuses on providing support to their teammates, using particle to heal organic creature or increase their strength. Supporter main focus is their massive growth on their Will. Controller This Augmentation focuses on controlling the battlefield, using particle to control their enemy their enemy or conjure an image from their mind to do their bidding. Controller main focus is their massive growth on their Mental.

"...Please...give me some time to read these screens!!"

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Congratulations!

This is not a joke!

You are the 100,000 visitors to Strillon 1A!

Reply with "Yes" to receive 100,000 Cosmos Point.

"Yeah, right. Even a child will not get tricked by this kind of scam. So, how do I close this thing?"

For more information, you can view your stats anytime by thinking “Menu” and then selecting “Status”. You can close your stats anytime by touching the top right corner from the screens.  

Thanks to the newest screens, after spending 5 minutes of my times closing the pop-up advertisements and scams, all totalled no less than 211 screens, at the very least I managed to get a good grasp of my surrounding area.

Everything was green, they said green was a calm colour, but if everything was literarily green, green leaf, green grass, green ground, green tree.

"Yeah, I need to calm down." I closed my eyes and started taking a deep breathe while repeatedly saying "Green is calm, breath in, breathe out, green is calm..."

But no matter how much I tried to calm myself, this greenness alone was enough to make me felt unease. Thankful enough everything on the sky has the usual blue and white colour.

"Right... if I'm not wrong one of the scams says I'm in Strillon 1A."

Not like this was an useful information though. "Anyway, seem like I need to choose my Augmentation."  Though, from this information alone there wasn’t a lot to go on. It just described everything in general without giving me a clear readout of the statistic and the others.

I stared at the Augmentation screen, trying to think of what I’d need in the short and long-term, I meant just in case if I wasn't crazy or I wasn't on drugs, after all my decision right here could affect my life and my safety. Then something caught my eye. The Supporter mentioned something about healing... but I didn't know just how much I could take the damage or how much damage supporter could heal.

Then the Defender boasted that they had a great defence. Great defence implied survivability, right? though I rather avoided the damage than getting a hit.

If this was the case then the Infiltrator? yeah... evading the attacks while having great mobility might be a wise choice, however, what would happen if I got ambushed? 

It seemed the only good choice were Attacker, Techer, Blaster and Controller. For Blaster and Controller, I immediately scratched them out. If I was using my limited knowledge in game logic, right now I didn't know how many levels I should get before I got a useful skill.

"So either Attacker or Techer huh." I rubbed my chin as I stared at the screen. Although Attacker seemed promising, considering the environment I was in I thought attacking wouldn't have much effect if I couldn't see the target. After some consideration, with a face full of hesitation I chose Techer. It seemed like it was the most versatile class, not too mention the bonus in the perception. I only prayed this would be enough to avoid the danger before it happened.

You have chosen Techer as your Augmentation.

Downloading data...

Download complete.

Synchronisation begin...

Synchronisation complete.

Techer I: +4 Health, +2 Force, +4 Photon, +2 Dexterity, +2 Perception. +2 Health, +1 Force, +2 Photon, +1 Dexterity and +1 Perception every time you level up.

Please select four type of equipment proficiency.

Please select two different code: Chemical Construction, Genetic Construction, Medicine Construction, Drone Construction, Tool Construction, Weapon Construction, Ammunition Construction, Throwing Weapon Construction, Trap Construction, Armour Construction or Trinket Construction.

One second after the Synchronisation complete, the truth was I wanted to learn more about those crazy amounts of code, but then I was amazed by myself when I could hear the insect chirping that I couldn't hear before, smelled the watery smell from the grass and the leaf, not to mention I could see one of the trees was moving its branch, noticed the colour gradation and the pattern from almost every green things.

...Hm? A tree that was moving its branches?

I couldn't feel the wind was blowing against my skin, and I couldn't see the other leaf or grass were rustling either.

"Yeah..."

Without further ado, I turned my back and ran away from the moving tree, no... I wasn't dreaming and my eyes weren't playing a trick on me, why? because as soon as I ran the friggin tree was chasing me.

I had several bad news and good news after running for 15 minutes. The good news, the walking tree was slow, I guessed I did many of unnecessary running,

Speaking of running, just as I started running from the friggin tree, a screen popped up, telling me my General Code [Running] Rank I  was unlocked and I got rewarded by 10 cosmos credit. Though, maybe the sudden increase in Running rank was the reason the walking tree couldn't chase me.

As for the bad news... even though I didn't take any hit my health was reduced by two not to mention my condition right now was exhaustion and dehydration.

Catching up with my breath, at least for now I had my first priority: Searching drinkable water source.

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