Humanity has reached the point where they have created a digital world to retire to. A games company made the prototype, and as such it works as a video game would. Our heroes are the digital bodies of four friends left behind by their owners in this prototype world. It's been a pretty enjoyable existence, but now glitches are appearing and unleashing dangerous programs. Our heroes are the ones chosen to investigate and combat these programs.

this is what happened after the world of Yggdrasil got affected by Project Ark and split into two.


this is just a reupload of what happened in chronicle x and I just copy-pasted it of the internet so i will take it down if you the readers ask me to or the makers of it do.

Jing Jiu was still thinking of this issue after he arrived in the apartment.
Why did the same civilization split into two separate sides?
Had the civilization here discarded the one over there, or the other way around?
Jing Jiu walked to the window and looked up at the sky above.
In the sky were the thin clouds, resembling those on Green Mountain, amid which there were many large platforms that were intermittently visible.
The platforms were not built in the space; in fact, they were on the mantle of the earth.
Many years ago, after the rocks and ores had been transported to the factories in the space, the working platforms were left behind. Afterwards, many buildings were constructed on them for humans to reside in.
The cliff where the New Era Institute was situated was in the deep part of the mantle of the earth.
Deeper still were the desolate neighborhood and the laboratory from which Jing Jiu had escaped.
That place should be the center of the earth. It was said that the Stargate had been partitioned during the modification of the planet, providing metals for numerous battleships.
It was true that this planet had been emptied by the humans save for the mantle of the earth.
Only the female priests, the aristocrats and the officials were allowed to live on the ground full of forests and lakes.
As far as Zong Lizi was concerned, the people living on the ground and platforms were all considered as the "people above".
As far as the humans were concerned, this was the inevitable result when the resources of the planet were completely exploited.
He had read about the history of the Federation of the Milky Way, and knew that the Stargate Base relied exactly on this peculiar structure to survive the few invasions from the Sea of Dark Matter.
The ground, be it under the feet or over the head, could provide enough protection for the humans.
However, Jing Jiu didn't believe that the Federation of the Milky Way had such technical capacity; he suspected that this planet should be the remains of the distant ancient civilization.
His line of sight passed through the ground at the highest point and reached a corner of the universe, where there were a few battleships floating, with countless stars near and far emitting glows of various illuminations.
Those permanent stars were none other than the fireballs that could provide boundless fairy energy.
This world was quite backward as far as the usage of the fairy energy was concerned. Jing Jiu ascertained once again that this was a relatively low-level civilization; it was not possible that Chaotian had been discarded by this civilization.
Well, was it possible that the humans in this world were the descendants of the ascendants? But, judging from the bodily structure and other aspects of the humans in this world, this hypothesis couldn't be right.
Standing by the window and looking at the corner of the universe as gloomy as the opening of a well, Jing Jiu calculated for a long time and came up with a fuzzy idea.
Since the distant ancient civilization that had died along with the Sea of Dark Matter could revive amid the ruined stars, had it made other preparations in another world before its destruction?
The world called the Federation of the Milky Way had progressed constantly in science and materialization.
On the other hand, the world in Chaotian had taken a totally different path given its high speed of light and isolated condition.
Chaotian and this world had been marching on different sides.
Unfortunately, both the network of the institute and the database in the library had no recording of the distant ancient civilization. It was obvious that the information was forbidden to access.
Jing Jiu wondered if he should knock a female priest unconscious and then read her memory by means of the Two-Mind Connection of the Fruit Formation Temple.
It was rumored that there were some hidden networks in the interplanetary network where one might be able to find out many secrets.
Thinking of this, Jing Jiu was struck by what he should learn for now.
…
…
In fact, after Jing Jiu watched the brief news about the battleship fleet destroying the Mother's Nest on TV, the first tool he used to learn about this world was the computer, and the first thing he learned in this world was how to operate the computer. In the beginning, he learned the basic knowledge of how to operate the computer and how to browse and search the information on a computer. Now, he needed to learn more advanced computer knowledge, including the hardware and essential structure of a computer and most importantly the Cloud Ghost method.
The Cloud Ghost was the name given by the humans of the Federation of the Milky Way to those highly skilled internet hackers. It was said that the name had something to do with the cloud computing model in the ancient past. The hackers were like the ghosts who lived inside the internet and could enter the forbidden sites freely without ever being discovered.
Jing Jiu came to the quiet reading room after he exchanged his bracelet for a terminal. He set up the Inherited Heaven Sword Formation to insulate himself from the outside world before he grabbed the fiberglass cable of the database again with his eyes closed.
His thin and long eyelids quivered slightly, indicating that his awareness was operating at a high speed, searching and absorbing the data incessantly.
In a very short time, he had read all the related knowledge in the network of the institute and the database of the library; in even a shorter period of time, he had prepared three plans and spent half a minute gaining total control of the database.
In the next moment, he began to break through the forbidden sites by force. It took him two minutes to successfully break through the barriers and entered the upper level networks of the Stargate Base.
It was like a small stream flowing into a large sea.
At that moment, the data as vast as sea rushed into his sea of awareness.
If the data of the library had caused many sprays in his sea of awareness, the data of the high-level networks stirred up a great many huge ocean waves.
This sort of data flood could be dangerous in some aspects, but it was also rather appealing.
Jing Jiu had successfully resisted the appeal with his strong willpower. He was engaged mostly in his search for the related knowledge rather than embroiled in the sea of data looking for unknown and novel knowledge.
Among the sea of data, he had found more advanced knowledge related to computers and the internet, and then he started absorbing it like a sponge soaking up water.
About three minutes later, all the data in the upper-level networks of the Stargate Base had imparted into his brain.
Yet, he didn't try to gain control of the upper-level network this time; instead, he kept on breaking through more barriers. It took longer for him to have finally entered the interplanetary network.
It was at the moment that Jing Jiu felt contented even though it was a rare emotion for him. He took a breather after he opened his eyes, after which he noticed the time indicator on the terminal showing that ten minutes had elapsed.
The data in the interplanetary network were more massive than the sea itself; they were as vast as the universe, including all the knowledge and information of the universe.
He thought to himself with his eyes closed that he could take his time to study them later on. He set up a few fake digital marks in the upper-level network of the base and three skipping bridges for data transformation before searching for the required information and studying it after finding it.
Half an hour later, he believed that he had already made sufficient preparations and that the most formidable Cloud Ghost in the Federation of the Milky Way was not as powerful as he, and Jing Jiu began to search for the hidden network after he made a few digital marks and data skipping bridges. 
…
…
The hidden network was the lowest level in the interplanetary network; it was also the most secretive and mysterious site.
It was said that the site contained the remains of the distant ancient civilization, the detailed information about the Sea of Dark Matter, the secrets of the Old Ones Fellowship, the construction drawings of the Science Academy, and even the dissertations on the weaponry at the permanent star level. It would take at least three days for the laboratory of the Stargate Base with the most powerful computer coupled with the most powerful analysis software to find the gateway of the hidden network, and the hidden network might have changed the gateway three days after it was detected that the network had been raided. And maybe the network had already shut down the gateway.
The above-mentioned procedures would likely occur in the interplanetary network.
When Jing Jiu sensed the digital symbols dropping down like snowflakes, he was taken aback for a moment. Then he realized that he had entered the hidden network.
He was a very focused person, which was an indication of the way he treated the tasks laying ahead of him rather than the way he treated the affection.
Now that he decided to learn all the knowledge related to computing and internet, there was nothing that could make him stray from his target.
The knowledge about the Cloud Ghosts in the hidden network was much more advanced and harder to understand, but he gained a great deal of pleasure from learning it, so mush so that he would feel regretful after he finished reading it and opened his eyes.
However, other interesting information awaited him, like the secrets about the distant ancient civilization.
He closed his eyes again. He sensed that the snowflake-like digital symbols were falling almost the same way as before, but he noticed a slight change on the upper right corner.
He perceived the spot quietly and ascertained that a digital symbol was indeed moving at the spot.
Though it was normal that the digital symbols moved in the network, this was somehow an interface for the data collecting channels. He found that the slight and enigmatic change was out of place.
He placed his awareness onto the moving digital symbol after making some preparations.
Pah!!!
A faint noise rang out in his mind.
The moving digital symbol discovered that it had been detected. It threw the disguise away and pursued his awareness.
Jing Jiu started to retreat without hesitation.
The snowflake-like digital symbols began to mobilize at an unimaginably fast speed, like a gust of strong wind, and formed many barriers in an effort to slow down the retreat of his awareness, yet they were all broken through by Jing Jiu's awareness.
The two bands of awareness, or in other words, the two data flows, were pursuing each other in the hidden network. In a few moments, they had both broken out of the network and returned to the interplanetary network.
The other data flow detected the fake digital marks set up by Jing Jiu earlier, and the data flow had passed the few information skipping bridges before they were cut off.
Soon after, the data flow followed his awareness to the Stargate Base.
However, the fake digital marks he set up had slowed the data flow a little bit; so Jing Jiu had enough time to cut off the three information skipping bridges.
Pah!!! Pah!!! Pah!!!
Three fracturing sounds, though they were not real in the physical sense, rang out in the upper-level network of the Stargate Base.
The data flow came before a computer on the platform of the third level in the base and lingered around for a few moments before it left silently, showing a sense of disappointment and resentment.
…
…
Jing Jiu opened his eyes and remained reticent for some time, holding the fiberglass cable in his right hand.
By the time the data flow discovered his awareness, he had already let go of the cable, so he had no need to worry that the other party would pinpoint him as the culprit.
However, the other party could still locate the New Era Institute easily, then its library and this reading room.
He had to activate the fake digital marks with his awareness and cut off the information skipping bridges if he wished to be utterly safe.
Even though the other party had located the Stargate Base, he had no need to worry about it. It was because there were a few billion humans living on this planet with several billion terminals, it was impossible for it to find him.
As Jing Jiu was on his way heading out of the library, he took out the latest recording disc from the database. After he walked out of the library, he headed toward the cliff on the other side of the grassy ground.
He squeezed his palm slightly, and the recording disc was crushed into powder, which sifted through between his fingers and landed on the green grassy ground, resembling the white borderlines for the ball games.
Jing Jiu was walking on one side, and on the other side were the students who were playing and laughing.


I am the sword.
Killing a man amidst a thousand miles, no one dares take ten steps.
Killing a man amidst a thousand miles, no one can take ten steps.
Killing a man amidst a thousand miles, ten steps? Not possible!
I am the sword, the sword is me,
On the path towards heaven, each shall wield their own.

"The information you supplied about the process wasn't very forthcoming.  It was vague at best, and any research I've managed to ferret out doesn't explain the procedure for the transition.  How does the transfer take place?"  I asked deciding to focus on the mechanics now that the decision had been made.  I had no choice.  

I could either toss the dice and hope that this digitization process was a way to live on after my body's death or take my chances on an afterlife and embrace the unknown.

Even with the advent and proof that the 'soul' actually existed, there was no definitive proof that an after-life was the final destination.  Some theorists maintained that the soul was an energy construct, a layered function of the physical body, and acknowledged that when a death occurred the soul did leave the body, much like the final gasp of breath escaping.  But without the physical to tether the metaphysical, the freed energy that comprised the soul would dissipate.  

A person's body served the same function as a battery, it had the ability to recharge and maintain an energy pool that provided that energy to the soul.  It was this process that was needed to maintain cohesion.  If the cord between body and astral soul were severed, if brain activity failed and the body shut down, then the astral form would separate and fade.  Of course, there were the continuing religious theories that championed reincarnation, heaven, and oblivion.

"Most of the process is proprietary and the exact mechanics entrusted only to technicians and staff, those that have a need to know and are needed to implement the upload.  It is a complex set of mathematical and computational formatting as the AI processes and copies the biomechanics of your brain activity and memories.  A kind of lucid dreaming is established that allows you to transition by speaking with the AI as it walks you through character creation," she explained.

"The process is painless.  We know this because as part of the clinical studies the Regulatory Commission required the process to be interrupted during different points in transition to more fully understand what is going on, and where the point of no return is. 

"There are a few brief moments when you exist in both realms, the physical and digital realities merged as the process completes and the duality is severed.  It is only during this phase that interruption of the transfer proceedings can result in irrevocable death to your physical body as well as the loss of your digital avatar."

"And if it works?  What is the digital world like?  There is almost as little information about that as there are the proprietary techniques Digi-verse uses to 'upload' a persona," I accused her suspiciously, implicitly suggesting that Digi-verse was hiding something.  Something nefarious in its claims of proprietary methodology, methods, and techniques that require anonymity and privacy.

"World settings and Universal mechanics are protected under Federal privacy legislation.  Digital citizens are a protected class, and because it is so difficult to have meaningful real-time conversations between the two mediums, laws were enacted that placed tight limits on what information can be shared.

"This is no different than the right to privacy that you enjoy now for medical information.  Of course, there are ways to track individuals and investigate and data-mine information, just as there are ways in the physical world.  

"But protections exist.  Search warrants.  Orders of protection.  These legal remedies exist with one caveat.  Once you've been digitized there is no way to incarcerate or effect capital punishment for crimes that may have occurred before the individual has been uploaded and made part of the contiguous worlds that make up Digi-verse.

"The courts have ruled that the digitization process is tantamount to death.  The physical body does expire.  So, all assets, properties, and monies are distributed based on the individual's last will and testament.  And any crimes committed by that person are considered solved, any reparations or penalties absolved.  

"Each individual starts their digital life free of animus and burden.  The mistakes, debts, crimes, enemies, and friends they made in this world are terminated.  You enter your new life with a clean slate.

"The reason you require Digi-verse to be named a beneficiary in a person's will and require that person to divest 50% of all assets at the time of the procedure seems exorbitant.  Even extortion"  I said. "Why not allow people to pay a flat fee instead?"  

"For the same reasons, a person uses when they decide to diversify their portfolio.  Digi-verse has found that stocks, company shares, property, and items retain and increase in value.  Money can buy these things.  But time, effort, and profitability of new investments compared to those that have been nurtured and time-tested are drastically less profitable.  Digi-verse has found it's better to nurture established portfolios instead of liquidating over time.

"The cost of Digi-verse infrastructure increases exponentially each year.  As the human race expands into new star systems, we have to expand the area we cover. For our part, we have signed contracts that demand we maintain the Digi-verse in perpetuity.  To do this, we have seeded wormholes with navigation buoys that use quantum particles to communicate across networks.


"The monies from dividends, business profits, leases, and rentals are barely sufficient enough to grow the server buoy network.  Those buoys provide the means for expansion and redundancy that meets the current needs and demands of exploration and trade routes.

"You have to understand, nano-particles allow the buoy's to self-repair for the most part, but catastrophic events do happen that destroy a buoy that has been seeded at a wormhole entrance or exit.  

"Digi-verse has to maintain the infrastructure and means to repair, replace, and update as technological advances impact the service we offer.

"That explains why you protect the information, but it doesn't tell me anything about the in-game Worlds.  What type of features I can expect. Once I sign the contracts, update my will, and agree to any NDA's you may require, it should be possible to learn something about the worlds, shouldn't it?"  I challenged her and by proxy Digi-verse's terms of service.

"Unfortunately, no.  The only thing I can tell you is that you will be able to choose from amongst a diverse set of scenarios and worlds.  Physics are mutable in the digital world, and anything, virtually anything you can dream of can be given form and function.

"Fine.  You can't or won't go into game world details, but what about mechanics?  What happens if I die in the digital world?"  I demanded.

"It depends on the world you decide to enter.  The only thing I can promise is that death is not absolute.  No matter what Universal constants have been programmed and assigned to the World you spawn in, no matter what iteration or unique life you wish to embrace, the only sure thing Digi-verse can promise is that as long as even one server buoy remains operational, you will survive and live."

I knew all of this.  She wasn't sharing any information that I hadn't found when researching my choices.  Still, I wished I had more time.  More time to live before making this decision, but I didn't.  Time was running out.  Medicine had adapted new techniques using the body's inherent proteins and enzymes to repair and maintain homeostasis.  

But without the new DNA and genetic protein re-sequencing, a technology that had to be administered before puberty, my death was fast approaching.  There were no more medical solutions and my health had progressed to end-stage.  Palliative care was all that was available to me at this point.  And I could feel the changes as my body began the process of shutting down.

The paperwork had already been drawn up.  My will updated.  My lawyer advised me of my rights and explaining the fine print of the contracts Digi-verse would require me to sign.  It had come down to this final decision.  Toss the dice and die, hoping there was an afterlife, and that I wouldn't be consigned to some type of eternal punishment or forever lost in a limbo of nothingness.  Or digitize and know that my mind would live on.  

Digi-verse was contractually obligated to maintain and improve its server farms.  They were obligated to continue researching methods of maintenance, half of all profits were required to be reinvested into research.  At some point, the system would become Maintenance-free, the network capacity to source, code, repair, and expand possible without the input of man or company.  

Digi-verse was contracted to discover and implement fully functional self-repairing, duplicating, and upgrading infrastructure that would continue to grow long after Digi-verse the company was relegated to the dust bin of history.

Signing the applicable documents before I could find another reason to stall, I consigned myself to the mercy of machine and computer.  For better or worse, I would trust in this new life, and that no matter the circumstance or world I found myself, I would survive and flourish.  I just hoped the AI that processed my creation was as intuitive as had been advertised.

Interstellar travel.  Life extension medicines.  Advanced AI's

All of these meant nothing to Jayden, she had been born too soon, her body unable to process the new technology.  She was approaching the end of her life and had a choice to make.  Deep Dive VR had progressed and real digitization and uploading was now an option for those unable to use life-extension treatments.

For all the science the Human race had developed, Jayden was forced to take a different path.  She would be digitized and explore a new world.  One where cultivation and dinosaurs blended together.

The teleportation devices that exists on first world countries can only teleport an atom or a molecule. And with the size of a coin it would be a major step in the history of humanity. But the reward to their team matters more frankly speaking. A Nobel Prize? Or perhaps oppurtunities at CERN or NASA? The sweet possibilities are close to their grasps.

Marcus lusciously stared at the ceiling as he daydreamed some pleasant thoughts. He took a deep breath and concluded he can smell it on the air, "the smell of success" he thought.

When he turned his head he saw the troubled face of Dex, despite the cold environment he was sweating as if it was hot. Dex sighed as he let out a worry.

"Dex, is something bothering you?" Marcus said.

"Hmm, I can't get it off my mind. The devices and fields in this school might affect the result of the experiment." Dex said as he rubbed his chin.

The thought flew over his head and he never thought of it. To be honest Dex was the most useful person on their team, he may be anxious at times but he could see through holes they often tend to overlook. 

And for his other friend, although not always reliable Marcus knew Raven was sharp on anything that requires analytical thinking.

He gave his attention to the composed Raven beside him.
"And so what do say Rave, you're the IT expert?" He said.

"Ideally, if things go according to the calculations of my software. We have nothing to worry about." 

Marcus would have been fully relieved if not for the word 'ideally', Raven's response didn't really change his view on the project at hand. Worst case, the space-time field might go rampant and rip the the 4th dimensional continuum. And who knows what shinanigans might happen, at least anything but not blasting the entire school.

Raven's smartwatch started to flicker, an incoming message perhaps. Then a screen appeared which was projected by his watch. 

It was from Professor Zenner, he was the most well known professor in the campus but for the wrong reasons. His name even mentioned sends a shiver to their spines or any student for that matter. 

Raven skimmed his eyes through the message, and gave his attention to his friends after he was done reading.
"Well, it seems our presentation will be held in the afternoon. Most presentors before us took too much time." 

Raven adjusted his glasses once more and stood up with a cheerful look as if he had no responsibility. 
"Anyway, let's take a break, everyone." 

Seeing the presentation on their computer wasn't done yet, a slight buldge of veins popped on Marcus' face, he then sneered.
"Raven better finish it up or I'm going to be upset."


Raven chuckled and placed his arms on his shoulders totally brushing off the heavy  pressure on their backs. 
"Come on it's almost noon break."

Marcus didn't fell for such cheap trick, how many times did he do such act to avoid work. Right now he was starting to get impatient since the thesis certainly needs their entire focus. No mistakes this time.

Dex with his usual displeased face silently lurched away from the screen and gazed at Marcus.
 "You're the one to talk Marc! Let's just get this over with, geez" He raised his voice.

Thirty minutes passed they rushed through the edits then loosened up after they managed to complete it somehow.

Dex then sighed as he held a worn out face.
"Regardless It's done let's go to the cafeteria." 

Seeing it was all done they sighed in relief.
"Well done, everyone." 
Marcus said as he tried to clear the air of their petty arguments.

However they can't move with their teleportation devices sitting on the table, they need to transport it first. It was very inconvenient to carry with their barehands due to its weight. Though Marcus knew he had nothing to worry as his friends with a bit help of technology can handle it with little effort.

They were good friends since junior high school and after they entered in college, they got seperated when the three of them took different courses. 

Dex is in electrical engineering while Raven was in software engineering. Previously he had a keen eye on software engineering due to the concept of digital matter. It gave him a head ache which course to take before he enrolled, but eventually he chose mechanical engineering.

With digital matter, the world of software were able to touch reality. It was one of the most innovative inventions in the century. People were able to upload digital data such as 3-d models into the real world and touch them with their bare hands. 

It had a lot of applications but were still in its early stages and most of its users were software engineering students. The digital matter 3d models weren't as textured compared to the solid substances in the real world it copies, it drained a lot of energy from the source when being uploaded to the real world. It wasn't as durable as the material used by the Mechanical Engineering on their HoloMark suits. Despite its convenience it will still break if a certain level of pressure applied on it is high enough.

In the molecular world, digital matter is nothing more than levitating nanobots working together and arranging itself to execute a certain task. Digital matter also act like a software despite existing on the real world, one can drag it, copy-paste it and many more.

To use digital matter one needs a certain hardware called the 3d Extender, it was a common device for software engineering students. Raven took one from his pocket, it was a techy esque glove, it was flexible yet metallic. He wore it on his right arm. 

Software Engineering Students have HoloMark suits called the Enhanced 3d Extender. The E3E are powerful and advanced compared to the ordinary Extenders, since it can also upload complicated 3d models with more features, like animation.

With sudden whisk of arm, a holographic screen popped up on his face, projected by the glove. He then clicked on each tabs showed on the screen. 

Assets->3d Shapes-> Hollow Sphere.obj

The glove projected a projection of an intangible sphere, he could drag it anywhere on the background, it didn't have any solid form yet. He dragged the sphere towards the teleportation device, and have the device go inside through it.

A tab appeared.
"Apply Shape on this Position?"

He then tapped 'yes'. The gloves released a blue mist, it drifted into the air and slowly the mist coalesced around the teleportation device. 

It formed into a solid, hollow, blue bubble which enshrouded the device completely. Its texture resembled that of a smooth, blue glass, it was semi-transparent and he can see the device through it.

With another repeated touch on the screen. Raven clicked copy and paste and summoned a second to the other device, now there were two of them.

The teleportation devices were now inside the hollow blue balls. Raven did another round of smooth touches, he then tapped the drag button on the screen. 
"Confirm to drag?"

After clicking yes, he now had the control of the bubbles, he swiped his arm upward, causing both of the devices to float in mid air. Like a cursor able to drag the icons wherever he wishes to put, but the Extender in this case enables him to do it in real life.

He was now able to lift the device they had without physical contact.  At first it seems like a telekinesis but it was digital matter at work.

"Now where do you want me to carry this." Raven said as he held his arms up high somewhat holding the floating blue spheres.

A hint of amusement were seen on Marcus' eyes, since digital matter seemed like a sorcery.

Afterwards he guided the two to the room where the presentation will be held. Right now however they were feeling hungry so they took a trip to the cafeteria. The presentation won't start before 1 PM after all and they still have time.

The cafeteria was inside a large dome, it looked like a stadium from the outside. Inside the cafeteria were stores lining up, it looked like a city market. The vast space provided infront of the stores had tables where the students usually gather. The stores were manned by robots and only few were actually managed by humans. In the cafeteria they had everything they need from coffee shops, school supplies, fast foods, teas, gadgets and a lots of things.


They chose the table in the corner as it was quiet and a comfortable spot.

"You know guys, have you ever appreciated our lives today? Hundreds of years ago people need to work in order to survive, nowadays you work because of prestige and preference." 
Marcus said as a robot waiter handed them trays with processed food on top.

The bowls and plates were delivered with tight lid, since most of it were processed and not cooked in a conventional sense.

Marcus was going broke, but the idea of him starving weren't any of their worries . Since food in this era were very cheap, it was almost free. World hunger is not even an issue nowadays and the issue has been totally forgotten.

Due to the farming operations with the current technology the world became prosperous.

Dex seems unamused.
"You've been talking about it since last week."

Raven chuckled as he spoke his mind.
"Despite our convenience, life today is very stale, that's why I prefer playing video games."

"Yeah, you've been playing too much you forgot your work, but I see what you mean." Marcus said.

"If you want something challenging you can always join the military." Dex interrupted.

"Soeaking the military, I think last year was better when we were about to develop weapons on our Holomarks." Marcus said as he opened the lid of his bowl.

Last year the government drained its budget on its research and development. Each students have Holomarks suit, in which they should cultivate and nurture through research. The weapons were still inside their suits however a special program were written on it, to forbid its use. By the end of school year, the suits will be turned in to the school along with its data and the student's findings. 

"Not anymore, the conflicts with our country and the country C were over. The orbiting asteroid they fought over already got burnt up in the atmosphere." Dex said.

After the tension subsided, the Holomark Weapon Development Program was cancelled. Embedding weapons on the suits were now illegal, unless authorized.

Each engineering fields have their own unique Holomarks suits, mechanical engineering for example have a high grade steel compound armor that is worn to increase the defense and strength of the wearer. They had an ROTC subject that trained them how to use it in battle in case they wanted to proceed in military. 

Marcus still had a vivid memory the first time he acquired his Holo-mark it was during third year as he recalled. When the suit is activated, an armor would form around ones body. It won't come into effect however if the wearer is not an enrollee of the school nor it is incompatible with their ID number.

After minutes of chatting a girl approached their table. 
"Hello guys." 

After noticing her presence, they had a lively and a welcoming look. She was a biomedical engineering student, she had an ivory tint immaculate, long hair that draped over her shoulders. She had an innocent clear, bright, yellow iris as she held a pleasing smile.

"Oh Jeya, long time no see." 
Marcus said with a smile.

Jeya was also one of their friends yet they rarely interact due to her hectic schedule and at a times she was slightly distant.
 "Come sit here." 
Raven offered the vacant seat besides him.

"I heard it will be your defense this afternoon right? So are you ready?" She said with slight ecstasy, excited on their behalf.

Dex shrugged with sigh, "well probably." 
He said with a defeated tone.

Afterwards the digital bell chimed which means it was already 1PM, the time went by quite fast before they even knew it. Raven felt unsatsified as he barely talked to Jeya. 

However Marcus held a serious look, because one thing is for sure, the presentation is right upon them.

In the year 2200, smartwatches, holographic screens, flying cars and Holo-Mark were the common technology of the era. Engineering Philippines University was one of the national schools that developed various powersuits called the HoloMark.

It was a normal day for the school of EPU until a faulty thesis presentation accidentally teleported the entire school into a paradise-like fantasy land.

Marcus embarks on a journey throughout the mysterious region called the lower district. A certain event has befallen upon him and he can no longer use his Holomark, rendering him useless. He ventured out as an ordinary human across the lands and on his way he uncovers the torment and the painful cries of this world. 

What seems to be a paradise turned out to be a very grim world. Where the women are hunted as sex slaves, the people are sacrificed to the Gods, abused by an authoritarian church, towns devastated by a greedy rebels and an Empire powerful enough that nothing can stand in its path.

After the retrieval of his Holomark, he swore with all of his power to erase the evil that stood within these lands.

Through out the journey the looming threats of the Empire, the church and the Gods emerges.

Can their advanced technology stand up against the magic abilities of this world?

And thus begins the story of the school of EPU getting thrusted into the medieval fantasy land.

Promotional preparations began in August 2016 with the release of teaser images and their participation in songs and advertisements. YG Entertainment revealed the final line-up and name of the group on June 29, 2016.

Blackpink was the first girl group to debut under YG Entertainment in six years after 2NE1, with their debut single album Square One, which was released on August 8, 2016. The two lead singles charted at number one and two on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart, and Blackpink is the fastest act to do so and the third Korean artist or group to hold the top two positions after label mates Psy and Big Bang. "Whistle" topped the digital, download, streaming, and mobile charts on Gaon in August 2016. They also reached number one on the weekly, popularity, music video, and K-pop music video charts of China's biggest music-streaming website QQ Music. Blackpink's first music show performance was aired on August 14, 2016 on SBS' Inkigayo. They won first place on Inkigayo 13 days after their debut, and broke the record for the shortest time for a girl group to win on a music program after their debut. They wrapped up their promotions for Square One on September 11, 2016 with another win on Inkigayo.

Blackpink released their second single album Square Two with the lead singles "Playing with Fire" and "Stay" on November 1, 2016. The songs were produced by Teddy Park with R. Tee and Seo Won Jin. They performed their comeback stage on Inkigayo on November 6 and on Mnet's M Countdown on November 10, 2016. "Playing with Fire" was their second single to hit number one on the Billboard World Digital Songs chart. In South Korea, "Playing with Fire" peaked at number three while "Stay" managed to reach the tenth spot.

Blackpink's commercial success in their first five months earned them several rookie awards at major Korean year-end music award shows, including the Asia Artist Awards, Melon Music Awards, Golden Disc Awards, Seoul Music Awards, and Gaon Chart Music Awards. Additionally, Billboard named them one of the best new K-pop groups of 2016.

On January 17, 2017 Blackpink named their fan club "Blink", a portmanteau of "Black" and "Pink". On June 22, The group released a digital single titled "As If It's Your Last". The song was described as a "mixed genre of music", a change of sound from their previous releases. The song debuted at number one on Billboard's World Digital Song chart dated June 22 after only one day of tracking, making it their third number one hit on the chart. The music video for the song later went on to break the record for the most liked music video by a Korean girl group on YouTube.

On July 20, Blackpink held a showcase at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. It had an attendance of more than 14,000 people and it was reported that around 200,000 people tried to get tickets for it. The group made their Japanese debut on August 30, 2017, with the release of their self-titled Japanese extended play. Blackpink was ranked among YouTube's Global Top 25 Songs of the Summer for 2017, with their single "As If It's Your Last".

BLACKPINK is a four-member group consisting of Jennie, Lisa, Jisoo and Rosé. They are the latest girl group from YG Entertainment after seven years, following 2NE1. A team of pretty visuals as well as talented and artistic individuals, they were first introduced in 2012 with “Who’s That Girl???” teaser series. With most members spending their childhood in foreign countries, the girls are fluent in Korean, English and Japanese, adding up their international appeal suggesting that they were formed to conquer not just the Korean music industry but the global stage as well!

This one's premise should be pretty evident, but I'll be making sure I give some information on what specifically I'd like to see from this. It's been kind of hard seeing Pokemon getting all the love on this site, while Digimon is left to suffer. I hope to see this written in the future, but I hold that desire for all my ideas.

Let's talk about the functions of the system first, as that will be the bulk of what this is. Summoning, , Store, Storage and Travel are the four parts of the system. Summoning is the main feature, and one of the most accessed. It is used to "Summon" the various Digimon the MC will command, and will have its own form of currency. These "points" are gained by either converting cash or by exchanging materials. To start with the MC will have a free summon of one In-Training Digimon, and that will be his main partner. The lower the stage of a specific Digimon, the cheaper it will be to Summon it. Of course, the Digimon won't Digivolve like normal, the Summoned Digimon have levels and need to reach the max before it can be moved to the next stage. The lower the Digimon's stage the more time is needed to get it to Ultimate. In addition to levels, the MC will also need a Digivice, which can only be obtained from the Store.

The Store is where the MC will be able to buy items and materials to aid him in his journey. Obviously the items for sale will mostly be those found in the Digital World but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Equipment in the stores is mostly things like Digivices and other such electronics as well as things like the Crests and Digimental. Also sold is Digizoid, the extremely strong metal that occurs in the Digital World, with Chrome Digizoid being the most durable. The store will use currency in exchange for the new items, rather than needing points like the Summon function.

Storage is, of course, his place to store various treasures as well as his Digimon when they are not in use. It will start off very limited, only being able to hold three Digimon and maybe a cubic foot of other items. As he grows so to shall his Storage, eventually being able to hold countless Digimon and a near infinite amount of miscellaneous objects.

Travel is merely a gateway to the Digital World and back. The main reason to head to the Digital World is to attempt to recruit new Digimon without needing to spend points to summon them. Digimon gained this way will cause their Species in the Summon List to become free of charge and can be called upon at any time.

So now we need to talk about the plot, which will be pretty easy this time as their is only one possible route for the MC to take. It's technically two but can be counted as one as they are extremely similar. Reincarnation/Transmigration, the protagonist dies or is about to die, and is moved/reborn in to a new world, one where the land is steeped in Fantasy. Obviously the MC gains this system in order to more easily survive in this harsh new land.

So, I have these ideas float around my head constantly. I figured since I'm not using them, someone else could. If you read them and feel like writing about it, feel free. I'd rather focus on my own novel, so they are fair game for anybody. I'd love to read them if they are ever used.

Silver agreed to be the party leader but the thing is, he is still not registered at the Hunters Association. To register in the association, one need to take the examination. There is 3 part of examination but it differs every year thats what makes the examination unpredictable. In the next 2 days the examination will be held at the Hilkom City. The nearby City examinees will head to Hilkom city just to take the examination and become a hunter. 

Silver is still on the couch sitting, after he agreed to be the leader of the party, he transferred the carcasses to the ladies for them to sell it in the Hunters Association. He can't sell it himself because he is not a registered hunter yet. Hunters are the only one allowed to sell carcasses because it is not safe for the normal person that is still unevaluated by the Hunters Association to head out and kill beasts. 

"Catleya, what is the type of currency this world has? " Silver has more to learn and one of them is how the currency of this world runs. 

" The currency here is named digital coins and it is the currency used by every planet in 1000 Realms. The Digital coins is connected to your spatial bag. To transfer funds one must only think about the amount in their minds and then also think about the sender. There is no distance restriction. One can even transfer funds from one planet to another. The spatial bag can hold infinity amount of digital coins and only the user is able to check it. 

"Hunters have the highest income in this world. By selling carcasses of different monster to the association will grant you a large sum of money. Carcasses can be used as food, for research experimentation, for making jewelries, weapons, clothes and many more. " Silver immediately understand how money runs in this world. 

After waiting 1 hour, the ladies came back from the association." The carcasses are sold for 2 million Digital Coins and we will compensate you 1 million. 1 million is the only money we got... Sorry" Freya felt embarrassed about how small the compensation they can give to Silver. 

"No no no no, its okay just transfer me 1 million Digital Coins and keep the rest. We are on a Party right? So we should have a funds for our equipments set aside our own money" Silver don't care about the money and also they're on the same team so it is understandable to have a common funds for their daily expenses. 

All of them agreed with Silver's Idea. After the transfer of money, Silver took a bath and then wear Clothes he asked Freya to buy for him. He then go to his room and sleep there. 

Freya then waked him up to eat. They ordered foods from the Hotel's restaurant and eat at the Dining room. After eating Silver asked them if they can teach him some skills for him to use at the Examination. He even told them that he only have 1 skill learned and that was the Unarmed style: Golden Hands. 

The ladies agreed to teach him some skills. After they buy Silver a sword then they will head to the Forest and train there. After eating their meal they head back again to their rooms and sleep. 

"Ouch " the sun rays hits Silver's face so he turned away. As he turned away from the direct hit of sun, he felt in his face something fluffy. The fluffiness is different from a pillow so he grope it. As he continuosly grope it he suddenly heard a moan. An emotionless moan. 

"Huh?" he opened his eyes and found out it was Ellah. He then sit straight and ready to accept the anger of Ellah but she then said " Go take your bath and eat at the living room" she was not angry and continued to be emotionless. 

"Why are you lying at my bed? " Silver hold her hand as she walked out away from the bed. " I was going to wake you up but then you pulled me to your bed and hugged me and then you groped my boobs" She blushed but still maintained to be emotionless. 

"Sorry" This is the only thing Silver said to Ellah. Ellah knew it was unintentional. Silver felt a great embarrassment. After a while, he take a bath and then head to the Dining room. The ladies is now eating. 

"Ohh hoo, the man who owns a hands with its own consciousness is heading here. " Milsie teased Silver and all of them laughed except Ellah, even though she laugh but it really looks awkward. She laughs emotionless and just letting" Hehehe" came out of her mouth representing that she laughs. 

"Naaaaah. I didn't mean it. Sorry again Ellah " Silver blushed due to embarrassment. Then all of them said that they knew that he did it unintentionally and then tease him again that it was part of being at adolescent stage. 

After they finished eating, the six of them headed out of the hotel and ride a Monster car. Instead having a horse pulling a cart, different types of 4 legged monsters is the one who pulls cart and it is the main mode of transportation in the city and also in the whole 1000 planets. 

After riding the Monster car for 20 minutes, they finally reached their destination, The Workshop of Hephaestus. It is a weapon shop owned by Hephaestus. His works is known around the 1000 planets because of his legendary crafting skills.His weapon is at high caliber and most of the rich uses his weapons. 

The 6 of them entered the shop and what amazed Silver is the Glowing swords that the shop displayed. The highest price is cost 3 million digital coins and it is the best sword in the store. It is made out of Platinum Dragon's scale and made it the best sword displayed in the store.

"Ohhhh. That cost a million Digital Coins... Do you want that? " The shop keeper stand besides Silver. He is now thinking where to get the money. Then she asked Freya if he could borrow their Funds and promised to pay her soon. She agreed with out thinking twice. With the power of Silver they can accumulate more if he is able to buy such high level sword. 

After the transfer of Digital Coins, Silver heard an notification from Catleya. 

*Ting- Congratulations on obtaining Legendary Shiratrium sword.

" This Sword is made out of Platinum scales of The Platinum dragon. Its scales is product of the Dragon only eating Platinum minerals. It is refined and made so pure that made it the strongest and hardest mineral in 1000 Planetary Realms. " after hearing Catleya's explanation, Silver's heart wanted to explode in excitement right now. Having a Legendary sword will make him stronger. The only problem is, he don't even know how to use sword. He know how to swing but the basic stance and skills are the thing he needs to learn. 

After buying a sword. They then headed to the terminal where the Transportation Eagle lies. The Eagle is 10 time Larger that the Eagle back on earth and capable of having 1 passenger riding on its back. The Eagle is trained by summoners in order to be capable of following commands to transport passengers. 

Summoners are hunter capable of summoning creatures like monsters and some are capable of summoning a god. Most of the summoners have low hand to hand combat because they purely rely on their summoning monsters. That is why they are not capable of hunting solo and they are mostly found on a party with a balanced team.. 

This is also a second job Silver wants. A fighter who can summon monsters. A summoner needs to tame first a beast it wants. To tame it, summoners need to weaken the target and then after they finally tamed it, it will enter the inner realm of the summoner. Inside the summoner's body is the inner realm and it is like a different world. In the inner realm, the tamed monsters are trained there and bathed with life light the Summoner send them. This make summoner left behind by others because it cultivate it self and also its monsters. 

Not all people can be a Summoner, only few can and it is sometimes run in bloods and most of them are royalty. But for Silver, Catleya said that he can be a summoner but he needs to unlock the skill for himself and that is what Catleya's mission for Silver. 

The mission is within two weeks, Silver needs to tame a monster and Cultivate it in his Inner realm. The mission started yesterday and only left him 13 days to complete. 

They then hopped on the Eagle and head to the forest to kill some beast and to train Silver and let him Learn skills but then the party of Silver heard footsteps and the ground shook. Then a Gargantuan Silhouette appeared in front of them. 

"That is the Silver haired man who proclaimed that he killed the Young Master"

Before the earth explode, Silver was sent in the outer space through space capsule but then he was eaten by a black hole... Luckily he survive and found himself on a different planet and later he found out that he absorbed the Black Hole. 

Follow Silver as he conquer 5 Star Dungeons... 

This is my entry for Dungeon writing Contest....

Thanks for Britannica.com for the image. Message me if it is not applicable for me to use.

Panashe walked into the dome under the Mupedzanhamo market and was pleased with how most of the traders down there treated him. He had become famous for killing the anomaly that haunted the flat. He got a chance to meet some anomaly hunters who came to meet him as he walked around the in the dome. He asked everyone he met about the digital witches but no one knew where their hideout was. It's as if they were ghosts, they just popped up in the market once in a while to buy some fusion cells and equipment then we're never seen again for a while.

Panashe had already given up when he headed outside the dome. As the door keeper closed the door he met a woman who was dressed in the digital witches armour. 
"I heard you have been looking for us. So I came here to pick you up."

"What? Who did you here it from?"

"Wrong questions there. You want to meet our leader or not?" 

"I want to meet him."

"It's a her genius. Come on follow me."

The woman led Panashe to a car parked outside the Mupedzanhamo market and they got in. There was a woman at the front seat and Panashe couldn't stop staring at her outfit. He was prompted to get in the back with the lady who had picked him up. He got comfortable in the back seat with his gear on his lap. 

They drove around for a few minutes before the car pulled up in an alley and the driver started asking questions.

"So what does Munashe's cub hope to achieve by coming to the digital witches?"

"I am not his cub."

"Then why do you hang around him all day?"

"Because I needed his help but it seems like he can't help me."

"And you think we can?"

"Yes. I need help finding Nhamo. And seeing how big your group is, I was hoping you might have some information for me."

"And what do you offer me?"

"What do you want?"

The woman didn't answer and she drove away from the alley and went into an underground parking lot before having Panashe blindfolded and led him into a large spacious apartment. There were several armour parts that were laying on the flow and several members of the digital witches who were glued to the screens researching and typing information into the machines.

"Someone bring up the latest update on project predator." the woman who had been driving said as she stood in front of a wall revealing that she was the one who controlled the digital witches.
A holographic map was projected in mid air and one of the digital witches started narrating in a weird voice,

"We have at most five remaining members from the group that went on the hunt. Their captain called in saying they won't be able to leave the digital desert since their airship was taken down by the predator anomaly and it's now hunting them. They requested for backup a few hours ago but it's not possible because house Humba refused to aid us and said they wanted their predator anomaly delivered as soon as possible or they will put us out of business."

The woman smiled and looked at Panashe.

"Well then young man it looks like I know what I want. I want that predator anomaly and what you want is the captain on that mission. She is a relative of Nhamo and has been in contact with him for several years now."

"Well that was quick. How do I get to her."

"I need that anomaly captured first. Someone give him some armour and some explosives and restraints." 

Panashe received everything but he didn't change his mask. The woman ordered some of the members in the group to go to their bay and get an airship so that they could drop Panashe where he needed to be. Panashe stood in the apartment and admired all of the equipment the digital witches held. With their weapons it would be easy to hunt anomalies and even catch them without too many loses rather than Munashe's methods and limited resources.

"Pretty lovely ain't it? I bet Munashe never gave you everything required for you to be safe during hunts. He keeps on his ideals about the foundation but let me tell you a secret child. Dzimba Dzemabwe foundation will never see daylight again because even the council has given up."

"I heard that the Zulu and Khoisan will help Munashe once he has found Humba." Panashe spoke defending Munashe but the lady laughed. 

"He didn't truly tell you what caused the foundation to collapse. Did he?"

"No he didn't."

"Well we have some minutes until the airship arrive so I will tell you. Someone bring him a chair and some food."

After Panashe was well seated and comfortable the lady projected a small holographic screen that had images of several animals.

"The Dzimba Dzemabwe foundation  was found way back in time when giants still roamed the earth. Several regions across the world had their own foundations that hunted these creatures and as times progressed the foundations became stronger and started collaborating. 

But in these regions the humans were separated by tribes. These tribes belonged to houses. In those days there were tales of dark forces that kidnapped humans and killed livestock and they attacked all the houses. House Shumba (house lion) was the most powerful house back in their days and it declared that all houses should come together to band against the unknown  forces that ravaged their lands and killed their cows and goats. That's when they discovered their first anomaly and since they couldn't kill these creatures back then they drove them off to the mountains and caves.

That's why most mountains and caves around the world are mysterious and there have been reported cases of missing people in those areas. 

Then times progressed and those houses formed the Dzimba Dzemabwe  (house of stones) foundation and gave birth the council. During Munashe and Humba's time in the organisation there was a power struggle between the old members and the young members in regards on how to use captured anomalies. 

Whilst Humba believed that we could use anomalies to our advantage the council and the old men refused saying that this would unbalance the natural order of these world. Five years ago that's when Humba found out that the council were using anomalies to further their own ambitions in the world and he killed the leader of house Humba and immediately took over the house and rallied support from the young members and stole anomalies from the foundation. 

Munashe was still then trying to become a policeman and he figured out that Humba wanted to transport the anomalies by train and he led an attack against Humba which resulted in Humba's win and the rest of the houses going into exile."

"What were the council doing exactly?" Panashe was now sitting at the edge of the seat and his gaze focused upon the lady who had narrated a whole history he never knew existed.

"Sorry your ride is on the rooftop now. Some other time then." 

Panashe stood up feeling disappointed and unfulfilled because he wanted to know the whole story and felt like the lady didn't tell him everything. As they walked out the apartment he saw a screen that displayed numerous names of deceased people but he didn't ask. His focus was now on the hunt he was about to partake in.


The airship accelerated through the night sky and Panashe felt uncomfortable being eyed by two members of the digital witches who were going to accompany him on his mission. His heart wasn't  settled at all as he heard the beeping from the cockpit indicating that they were getting closer to their goal. The hatch of the airship opened as it slowed down. Panashe looked out the hatch and realised that they weren't descending.

"Why are we still up here?" He asked as he measured the drop in his mind.

"The hunter might still be around. We can't lose this airship." 

The two men handed him a backpack  and told him it was a parachute and how to use it. Panashe felt his heart pound against his chest everytime he looked out the hatch. His head shook vigorously as he refused to jump out from such a distance. He could jump from building to building but this didn't feel right to him at all. One of the men pushed him out of the airship as he was getting annoyed by his hesitancy to jump.

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