The next person is Tanner “Haku” Gump. At the time he was actually taking a nap and was forcefully awoken by the message sent to him by Earth. He simply crooked his head to the side in confusion as the message wormed its way into his consciousness.

“My beautiful children.... It is now for you to take up arms and protect yourselves for I no longer can… If you are still around in after the many years of my slumber I swear to you that I will once again protect you… But for now, Good night and good luck.”

Tanner simply got up and stretched, mulling over what just happened and then finally the pain struck him.

It felt as if the whole universe came crashing down unto the 20 year old man and he simply fell to the floor, lifeless. Masses of knowledge forcefully drilled itself into Tanner’s skull and overloaded his brain to the point where he could barely function.

Tanner’s vision became blurry and finally several breathtaking images flashed past his eyes.

Space, time, black holes, other worlds, dark matter, and even more revealed their secrets to Tanner as if the whole plane of existence unraveled itself to Tanner’s eyes and mind.

Yet even with this knowledge, one question arrived within the sea of answers of the universe Tanner received.

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‘Is there an end to it? Is there an end to the void we call space?’

This question gnawed at Tanner’s mind, forcing him to seek for the answer, giving him motivation and a goal that feels like he will strive his whole life to find the answer.

His brain literally felt like it was going to explode and his body felt as if it was going to be sucked into the vacuum of space any second now, but that never happened.

Tanner began to accept the knowledge instead of trying to go through it, he began to absorb it at an alarming pace.

The knowledge happily swarmed into his brain and this continued for over a half an hour, and finally, Tanner was able to stand up.

The aura of Tanner was weak before this, he had always disappeared into the crowd, but that has all changed. He now lets out a majestic and imposing aura and his eyes sparkled as it reflected the stars of many galaxies.

“Congratulations. You have accepted the knowledge bestowed upon you. Your race is now “The One Who Gazes At the Stars” and you have evolved into a Rank 8 being.”

“Huh, this is very interesting.” Tanner says as he strokes his chin in curiosity. With a slight flex of his hand a small dark orb comes into fruition. An intense force of suction emits from the orb and begins to suck in every item in Tanner’s room. Before Tanner even realizes what is happening, everything in his room has completely disappeared and the walls of the room are beginning to collapse under the unrelenting force of the small black hole.

Tanner reacts to the new situation and closes his hand, causing the black hole to disappear into nothingness. With a quick gaze at his surroundings, Tanner is thoroughly depressed.

“How am I going to explain this to the Landlord?”

Sunlight shines down on the man as the roof to his apartment is gone, everything in the room has been disintegrated and the walls are barely still standing.