They'd done it. A full six months before they're deadline, they'd done it. One hundred cities, one hundred safe havens from the hellscape that earth had become. It wasn't clean and it wasn't pretty, but they'd met all the demands. They conquered all of the challenges.   So far.   Only the foolish thought that would be the end. 'Third times the charm' they say. Well, not even  a full day after they started celebrating, they found out just how 'lucky' they were.   [Commencing Phase 4]     [Reviewing Previous Performance   Subject Population: 853,635,011(-6,836,843,276)   Parasite Population: 113,618,671(-73,652,788,100,455)   Subjects Above Mediocre Classification: 96,623  Subjects Above Notable Classification: 8245 Subjects Above Excellent Classification: 0   …   …   …   Score: 8  Notes: Another 'KOaeDHeJ80I' variant]     [Creating Universal Entry   Subjects: LLFhKaqnWwk        Named 'Humans'   Planet: ZZ5LpwO-An4        Named 'Earth'   Universal Rank: !?!   ERROR! SCORE TOO LOW!   …   Transferring To Score Correction]     [Evaluating Subject   …   New Entry   Score Below Minimum Induction Requirements   Transferring To Subject Testing 2]     [Congratulations Humans! You've successfully defended your people and planet! Your tenacity and ingenuity are great marvels. They have won you the opportunity to further your people's prosperity in a competition against your peers. Good luck! A great future awaits you!]       [Calculating Ranking   Survivability: 3rd   Excellency: 7th   Novelty: 11th   …   Rank: 7th]     [Preparing Test Compiling Subjects   …   …   Complete   Defining Test Parameters   …   Complete        Template: 'Survive the Tide'   Deciding Host Planet   …   …   …   Failed      None Compatible   Creating Host Planet   …   Failed        Priority Too Low   Merging Subject Planets   New Planet: lVBML69BKAw        Named 'Zima Blue'   Initiating Merge   … …   …   [Participant in the Royal Road Community Magazine Contest]   What to expect: Fun, Love, Conflict Resolution. Maybe some water