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In a far distant future, countless years away from our current era, humanity has reached unfathomable advanced levels in technology and medicine, all things seen as a dumb dream in our day-to-day lives are nothing more than mundane to this future

Teletransportation of objects, flying cars, cures for incurable diseases, incredibly advanced machines, and AIs, all thanks to an event that happened centuries ago

A meteor was discovered to be in a crash course collision with Earth, dubbed the AP-X, this meteor was unlike anything ever seen, its immense size was superior to any other meteor seen in the solar system, scientists estimate that the AP-X was over twice the size of the moon

Current technology of the time made so redirecting the meteor close to impossible, and humanity was not ready to change planets

It seemed that all hope was lost as the AP-X slowly but surely reached close to Earth, but what happens later is something that not even scientists can fully explain it

As the AP-X grazed the Earth's surface, it started to sink in and be engulfed by the planet, like a ball of golf soaked in soap enters a bubble, the AP-X "entered" the planet Earth and was absorbed into its core

Though millions of people died because of the initial impact, the after-effects were worth a thousand deaths over, for it was the spark that would start the flames of evolution

AP-X constantly expelled unidentified and unknown energy, dubbed AP-X Energy, that had incredible properties, it was endlessly renewable and had self-adaptative abilities that allowed it to be used as humanity wished, from working on machines to even helping with medicine

Thanks to this, for a lack of a better word, miraculous energy that came from the heavens, humanity was able to improve and evolve at an unthinkably fast rate that made it turn into what it is today

In this day and age, the world was separated into six different governments that ruled different parts of the globe

Rose - South America

Lilly - North America

Daisy - Africa

Touch-Me-Not - Asia

Carnation - Antarctica

Tulip - Europe

Chrysanthemum - Australia

Each of them had an Overseer President that ruled over the continent and the seven of them were known as The Seven Overseers

In Rose, the President's house was known as The Centre, in the hallways, quick and short-lived footsteps could be heard echoing through the walls

"President!" the Secretary kicked the door, opening with extreme force "I have urgent news!"

"Jesus Christ!" the President screams while startled "Learn how to knock woman! I'm on a phone call!"

"I'm sorry President but the matter at hand is of utmost urgency!" the Secretary said as she slammed the papers on the President's desk

"Just let me finish the call first... So it is done?... Right now?... I see... I'll be there in a few minutes... Right, see ya" the President put his phone down "So, what's so important that you found the need to almost break my door in half?"

"It's the AP-X, sir! Its energy levels are going beyond the charts! It's spewing too much energy! Our researchers estimate a probability of 78% that the AP-X could pull so much energy it would explode! We need to evacuate everyone right now for their safety!"

"... So... What you're telling me is... Because a bunch of guys in white coats and fancy glasses said the meteor that our ancestors have been using for centuries may explode... We should just leave the continent? Do you hear yourself, woman?"

"But sir..."

"No buts! If the AP-X is spewing too much energy then just increase our rate of absorption, equalize them, and stop thinking about evacuation, that's an order... I need to go to the lab now, I'll be back in a few hours"

"... Understood, sir..."

The President left the room

**... Ugh... What a pain in the ass**

The President entered his limousine and went to the Central Laboratory, for there he would meet something that has been in working for centuries, a machine conceptualized millennia ago by the unrivaled mind of the genius Nikola Tesla, a machine that could warp physics and science, a machine that holds the power of the Gods

Nikola Tesla was an individual that believed Godhood could be attained by the most basic idea that exists everywhere, science, right before he died in 1943, he had created a blueprint of the fabled machine, though it did not have a name those who saw the idea simply called it Nikola's Last Machine, a theoretical tiny machine that could intertwine the threads of space and time, and affect the very fabric of reality

The Machine was incredibly ambitious for its time and in the time after it, it was considered an impossible creation, an idea that could never be materialized

However, be it through coincidence or an act of God, the AP-X appeared and it was the last piece of the puzzle that humanity needed to create Nikola's Last Machine and so production began

Humanity may have had the tools to make the Machine but it was by no means easy, every detail had to be followed with the utmost caution otherwise it would not work, in total, there were 4.757.421 failed prototypes, 897.117 broken machines, 71.619 imperfect creations, 5.716 different materials wasted, 990 generations of work, 41 deaths, and only one single success, all of which took over centuries to be completed

The President reached the laboratory, and there he was greeted and led to the room of the construction

"So... It's finally done..."

"Yes, after God knows how many long years... It's finally done..." The machine was incredibly small, it was like a metallic little rectangular box with a little antenna on the top and a red fluorescent circle on the front "We have not given it a name yet... We thought you should do the honors..."

"I'm not good with names... Let's just call it what it is, Mini Neurological Reality Bending Machine, there's no need for a fancy name... Is it good to be used?"

"I'm afraid no, sir... We have no idea what such a machine could do to the human brain once attached... I think... We should have a little experiment first... Maybe find someone who no one would care if they disappeared!"

"... Yeah... That's a good idea... I'll try to find someone... Soon, I'll have the power to conquer everything... I just need to be patient and wait... For a nobody to appear!"

On a bench far away from the laboratory, in a lively park full of people and parties, a non-interesting man with a disappointed face carried a paper of job rejection

"*Sigh*... What a bother..."

His name was Doma Louis Kirby