After an unknown period of time, I regained my senses. What, I'm not dead!! I tried to open my eyes and saw that my body had transformed into a ball of light, almost transparent. I looked around me, and what I saw left me perplexed. There was nothing but total darkness, and my body was moving in a random direction, without my control.

"What the hell is this? Don't tell me this is life after death, and I have to stay in this darkness for eternity!"

Suddenly, I heard a voice coming from all directions.

[ Soul awakened detected... ]

[ Teleportation procedure in progress... ]

"What the hell is this?"

All of a sudden, I found myself in a strange place. At the center was a massive, ancient building, and around it floated four transparent balls of light. I thought to myself, at least I'm not alone.

I tried to communicate with the ball on my right, thinking it might be a person like me, but to my great surprise, I couldn't speak.

Suddenly, lights appeared in the building and started flashing, and the voice I had heard before being transported reappeared.

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[ Hello, everyone... ]

[ You have been chosen to be candidates to become the future geniuses of the universe. ]

[ The first part of the program will begin shortly. ]

[Candidate No. 1:

Name: Draga

Planet: AlphaOne

Planet located in the eastern part of the Milky Way]

What, what, what!!! An extraterrestrial!! Oh my god... Extraterrestrials really exist.

To be honest, I was more excited than worried. Nothing worse than death can happen to me, and I'm already dead. Why be afraid?

The voice continued,

[ Candidate No. 2:

Name: ShooB

Planet: Iris

Planet located in the western part of the Milky Way ]

[ Candidate No. 3:

Name: Steve

Planet: Earth

Planet located in the southern part of the Milky Way ]

[ Candidate No. 4:

Name: Bleem

Planet: Eden

planet located in the northern part of the Milky Way ]

[ The candidates have been verified... ]

[ Verification of the progress of their planets in progress... ]

[ Verification completed... ]

[ Civilization level 0 ... Similar resources. ]

[ The program can begin... ]

[ Primary objective of the first part of the program... ]

[ To conquer and colonize the respective solar systems of your planets:

Duration: Undetermined

Handicap: Undetermined

Failure cause: Being the last to complete the mission

Consequence of failure:

- Elimination from the program

- Death of the candidate

- Permanent prohibition for the species from advancing to a level 1 civilization ]

[ Prohibition for all candidates from disclosing information about the program or the existence of other candidates. ]

[ Return of the candidates to their planets in progress...]