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nZhao Luo could think and issue commands to his body parts but they wouldn’t respond.

nZhao Luo tried to move his arms but they didn’t move. And the only thing he could see was pitch black darkness like when we close our eyes.

n‘Shit. What is this?’

nHe thought.

nThe only thing he could do now was thinking so he didn’t hold back.

n‘How long have I been sleeping in this capsule?’

nZhao Luo questioned himself.

nThe conference inside the mind of Zhao Luo continued.

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nThe outside world was going through its change. Since the time Zhao Luo was put to sleep in the capsule the change had begun.

nIn these 100 years many things changed.

nHumanity came on the brink of its destruction many times.

nFirst five years a deadly virus took many lives.

nThen in the sixth year its vaccine was developed which made a person’s body immune to the virus.

nAll the rich people got vaccinated for the virus. They monopolized these vaccines. The virus was so deadly and so easily spread that it became a market game for these rich guys to sell this vaccine.

nIn a single year 3 billion vaccine shots were sold. 2 billion of them were already administered to people who could afford it.

nSo in the seventh year the virus had already died down. People thought that the vaccine worked as there were no new cases of people infected with this virus. But the number of vaccines sold was still around 2 billion.

n2 years after the development of that vaccine around 2 billion people died. All of them had one thing in common they all had been vaccinated for the virus.

nMost of the upper echelon of the world was already gone by 2029.

nThe world was in chaos. The chain of command was broken.

nIn just 10 years a fear which was never felt before had enveloped the World. Imagine 2 billion deaths in one single year. The fear of losing your close one your relative without any reason. The fear of going out in a World ridden with deaths. That is what happened.

nSoldiers of every country became the ruling party. Without anyone to command them and keep them organized the soldiers had chosen war in this already broken World.

n‘Why choose war?’

nIt was the result of human nature which does not let them be satisfied till they show who the top dog is.

n‘What are duties of a soldier?’

nOne may ask.

nThe answer is simple. It’s to maintain peace.

nBut what if there is no governing body over the soldiers who are lower in command. This is what happened after most of the ruling parties died because of the vaccine.

nThus the war continued for more than 50 years. Soldiers kept on dying. Even those who didn’t want to take any part in the war had to. Civilians were forced to join the army.

nThe only way to live was to fight every day. But nobody took the last step of using Nuclear weapons. They didn’t want to destroy the lands that they will be taking.

nWhile the people were fighting for their survival someone was sleeping comfortably in one of those weird capsules that you see in sci-fi movies.

nNot knowing that this forced sleep that he was put to kept him away from all the worldly troubles. His luck played a great role in keeping him safe. He could have already died because of the virus or after taking its vaccine. Or in the war. But he would never know this as his sleep continues.

nIn the year 2083 The World was now called the Broken Earth.

nThere was no place where you wouldn’t see dead bodies.

nThe war had already stopped this year. It didn’t end completely but just a break. As they say when you aren’t ready to become the best you keep your remaining strength for a later time. The parties at war decided to rest till they are ready.

nThis was such a period of fake peace.

nThere was a silent agreement between the remnants of each country. Countries that were still able to call themselves a COUNTRY. The treaty was only between them.

n‘No attacks on the neighboring country or any other country till they attack us’.

nThe people lived. They lived peacefully in this rotten World. They survived. Fearing that anything could happen after what happened in the last sixty years.

nTime passed.

nThe world kept on changing but one thing remained the same.

nZhao Luo was still asleep.

nIn the capsule that Takuma had designed. He enjoyed a beautiful sleep that is not known to anyone. Not knowing that the World he once knew had already gone.

nThe year 2119.

n36 years of peace.

nJust when everything was getting better a person was seeing everything from outer space.

nGrinning while looking at the suffering of the people who were living their lives in this broken world.

nHe had long hairs that were tied with a hairpin. His beauty was unmatched. Even the most beautiful girls would pale in front of his contours and complexion. Sadly he was a man.

nA man who was alive while floating in outer space. If others could see him they would have started worshipping him as a God.

nOr either thought of him as an alien.

nThe grin disappeared from the face of that unknown entity. He pulled a sword from nowhere which was twice his size. The sword had a bewitching shine on it. One wouldn’t be able to move his eyes away from that lustrous shine. The man halted the sword in a vertical position.

nGO.

nThe man said. After which he left his grip on the hilt of the sword.

nThe sword instead of staying afloat accelerated towards the Earth showing that the sword had a will of its own.

nI hope you can find your successor. May fate bring us together my friend.

nAfter saying the rubbish he wanted and acting like a madman talking to himself. The man disappeared leaving the space empty as it’s supposed to be.

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