"Seth was one of the unfortunate to be killed by the Crodo Beasts. But his situation got worse for some reason. From what I was told, Joseph was inspecting their Cabin when he noticed that they were all using abnormal amounts of energy."
"But when he inferred the voltage from the house, there was no change to the Meter. Since the cabins are new and not everything was known about them he thought maybe they are on a battlefield. It had happened before. But, Seth's situation was different, about ten minutes before the end of Six hours, his Cabin blared a warning alert."
"It said that Seth needed more Nutrition Solutions and he is in critical condition. Since he was using a G Rank solution, Joseph took another G Rank and began to load it."
"The cabin rejected it. It demanded F or E Rank. That was weird, because, in the instructions, it says one has to start with G and finish it before F./He called Agent Raaz and asked him, and he was told to give Seth's cabin the D rank. That is when Seth's body stats stabilize."
"One thing was, Seth spent another two hours before coming out and his body became emaciated to the point he was only bones!"
Sarah, Seth's mother, explained to the doctor that the Game Company sent. It had been three days since that incident and Seth was still in a coma.
The news was that it was not Seth alone that met with accidents, but many others. There was rumoured that some cabins even caught on fire. Though, the authority denied that.
"I'm sorry, Madam Sarah. Joseph's quick wits did save Seth from life-threatening situations. And based on our reading we believe he will have a complete recovery in just 2 weeks. Just bear with us." The doctor explained before he added,
"The thing is, It was a unique phenomenon we did not anticipate. But Soon enough, they will release an official statement. I have insider information. I overheard that they are going to close the game completely since it can endanger people's lives!"
"That will be for the better." Sarah concur.
The situation with Seth did happen elsewhere. The difference was why it happened. There was a warning by the Game Quest about severe consequences of death on "their" hand.
Their hand means "Crodo!"
So those that were killed by the Crodo experience the same accidents and some worse! As for Seth, it was the initial absorption of the Temporal Pearl that caused him that!
When Raaz heard about it, he rushed to their home and met up with Joseph when he was putting in an additional E Rank but he stopped him and picked from Anna's A-Rank solution and put it inside the Cabin, that is what stabilized Seth!
Since he came ready and had bad hypotheses about the reason for Seth Cabin's condition, he dismantled the cabin without affecting its function.
Opening the Core of the VR Cabin Engine he was scared shitless. Raaz almost screamed as he gazed at the five glowing TEIC.
'This wasn't supposed to start happening!'
He quickly stood and dismantled Seth's Cabin Transmission Signal. That will stop the cabin from sending Seth's true conditions.
TEIC stands for...
Terran Energy Isolation Chamber!
He ran to Anna's Cabin and did the same. But in her cabin, there were only two TEICs and they were not showing any signs of glowing.
He took out one of her TEICs and took two off Seth's cabin TEIC and replaced it with Anna's TEIC. It was then that Seth's cabin stabilized completely.
Two things save Seth...
A-Rank Nutrient Solution and Bronze Rank TEIC That Raaz switched.
VR Cabins were divided into two. By Number Rank and Name Rank.
Number Rank consists of Rank 1 to 5. Name Rank includes Iron and Bronze Rank.
That was what the public knew.
Number Rank distinction was in-game Character Control, Perception in the game world and Inventory. The higher the rank the better the realism and control of the in-game character.
Rank 1 has only one Inventory in their Character while rank 5 has seven inventory on their character.
There were other perks such as Rank 1 will never have a Class in-game but Rank 2 to 4 can, with limited restrictions. Only rank 5 can have any kind of class.
That was what the public knew.
The truth of it was the number of Terran Energy Isolation Chambers in the Cabin
Rank 1 has a single TEIC, and the number increases with rank. That means Rank 5 has 5 TEIC.
The Iron Rank Cabin has a single TEIC but the magnitude was One hundred times more than a single TEIC in the Rank 5 Cabin. And also, Bronze has two of those.
Currently, the world wanted to make Silver Rank but the materials and the procedure were still a problem.
Apart from TIEC, there was not much difference between Rank 1 to 4 as it was a matter of Computer Programming. A great hacker and engineer that can crack the Tech can upgrade Rank 1 Cabin to Rank 4 Cabin. The only limiting factor was the number of TEIC which the upgraded version will not have!
For Seth to be able to activate and made five Terran Energy Isolation Chamber filled with energy was insane.
Raaz calmed down and thought about the briefing he had been to. He knew partially the truth about these cabins!
The champions were not game titles but real life. In the future, there was a prediction that the world would rely on them because they were believed to be able to generate Terran Energy which will be the World's New Source of Power.
To him it sounds absurd, people playing games and yet generating energy through that. Since he has seen it once, and now he is seeing it, he believes it.
Then a problem arises, Seth will be in danger. If he can generate Terran Energy now when things have not even started, what will happen, when shit begins to happen.
Should he protect him or not?
Raaz was in a dilemma. The moment he reports him, Seth will be taken away. Yes, he will get money and all. But was that the right thing to do?
Raaz knew a thing or two about the reality of these things. Seth may not get to help his own country. Yes, the Behemoth of the world will come for him for themselves.
"He belongs to Ni and he will stay with Ni!" Raaz steeled his resolve.
Aha, smart ones will have made the connection and understand that Terran Energy was what Elias felt and assumed it was Temporal Pearl!
Creation is hard, cheer me up! VOTE for me!
Raaz stored the two Energy Chambers he got from Seth Cabin in a special suitcase. It stopped the energy from leaking and glowing.
Then he checked the other players in their cabins and found some of them seemed abnormal but the rest were fine.
'It's better for this boy to have a Bronze Cabin!' Raaz thoughts.
But he can't help Seth in that regard. All his moves were watched and the moment he showed a preference, higher-ups will begin investigating the reason.
As Raaz stood by the side of Seth's cabin he glanced at Joseph who was standing beside him.
He did all he did under the watch of Joseph but not once did he ask a thing.
"You are a smart guy!?" Raaz asked.
Joseph only stared at him without answering the statement.
"Omit the anomaly in your narration!" Saying that Raaz moved to check out Anna.
'The anomaly? Okay, the part where he took two glowing devices and he installed an A-Rank solution, right?' Joseph tried to reason.
In a few minutes, Sarah was back and she almost freaked out.
The reason was when she glanced through the glass of the Cabin she found Seth's emaciated body and the only saving grace was that he was breathing normally.
It took Joseph some effort to calm her down. And when Anna woke up she appeared to understand what happened. She too had fought with Crodo and sustained injury.
And what made them worry was that the duration of the game had increased, and when they checked the game website, there was an announcement saying it would extend due to the world Quest!
Sarah demanded Seth be woken up but was told that will cause him more damage.
At 9 hours after the game dive, Seth's eyes opened and that automatically made the cabin open. He was hurriedly gotten out and placed on a mattress. In quick action, he was administered IV and other medication. Seth's body looked like someone that spent months without food.
Seth was conscious but he was too disoriented to understand his surroundings.
But then he forced his head to turn to where Raaz was standing and his eyes were wide open but they were still unfocused.
'Did he feel it!' Raaz was paranoid.
Joseph too traced Seth's line of sight and found he was looking at Raaz's suitcase.
'What is going on!?" He wondered!
****
"This game has changed entirely. The class we invented has all been changed to something else—and the bad news was that Rebels and groups alike have anticipated that and have planned!"
A pale-looking doctor explained in a meeting of four heads of the Ark Family. Bello in particular was busy checking the report trying to see if there was any information he missed.
"Did we know the classes? And how the hell did the Rebel know about it!" A very old man shouted.
Bala Ark was sweating bullets but he composed himself as he nudged his brother to answer.
"Apparently there are five classes and the best of them was the one that first manifested itself. We still don't know what it does but we know it's weird. It's called Temporal Warrior." He said as he read some message on his tablet before he looked up and added,
"It's a Class Category, which means it has many classes under it. Since this was the beginning we need to wait and see. As for Rebels, they seem to be looking for First Might. What it does is still unknown but, they failed to obtain it!" Bello explained.
"What about the other classes?" The old man asked.
"Ahm, it's related to Dragons, and something else. But we are still searching. We will have all the information in 24 hours!" Bello was going to continue browsing when he felt a chill down his spine due to the glare of the old man
He quickly continues explaining, "Rabel seems to have sacrificed some of their people and made them NPC-and before the AI forcefully overrides them they gathered a lot of information. One of my sources believed that some NPCs are still not being overridden by the Game AI!" He sighed and continued,
"We will have done the same but you know the AI is no longer messing around. It will reboot the game and destroy everything if we try anything!"
"That's what happens when we give it too much independence! Still, that is for the better. How many Tem… whatever... do we have and how many others have!" The old man asked.
"We have nine…" Bello said
"Nine, in all that trouble, only nine. Explain yourself!" The old man stood furiously.
If Temporal Warrior is the best Class Category then how will they have so little? One has to know that they have more than 2 million people in the game that are working for them. And nine in all of that!
"Ancestor… Rebels only have 16. And they knew about it beforehand. Apart from them—all the other groups have less than us! And in the entire game, there are no more than five hundred thousand Temporal Warriors-and that was 3.2 billion people that participated in the first Asteroid Quest!"
The old man calmed down. It was understanding if it's that pitiful.
"No investigation of the public should be allowed. I give you full authority to crush anyone who wants to fish out those Tempos!" The old man said.
They were shocked because it was believed that the Temporal Warrior's cabin can convert Beta Energy to Terran Energy—and this meeting was staged to ask for permission to start searching for the lucky players.
Yet now, he said they should not just protect them but deter anyone from looking for them.
"Ancestor we…."
"My decision is final. You are too green to realise how this world revolves. These few hundred thousand might be the will of heaven for them to be the world's anchor. Another thing was, the moment we make a move, all others will. As the Progenitor of this Tech, we should support and try to be impartial." He said with his eyes closed and then...
"We might have dominated everyone, but make no mistake if you think we are the True Overlords of this World. Allowing small factions to grow will keep all others busy while we seek our ultimate goal."
With a painful voice he added," Besides, the AI was the fusion of many of our people's consciousness. Their actions have meaning. They didn't just divide the Continents but made an elaborate arrangement that refused to give us an advantage! Except for the one we made ourselves, that should tell you something!"
The old man sighed and said, "These things are grander than we can imagine."
OMG! A lot has been revealed in this chapter. I hope you will connect the dot and solve some mysteries that may plaque the Novel by yourself!
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