Planet Awakened.
Planet Awakened.
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My name is Morgan. I reincarnated into this world, parallel to Earth, exactly 16 years ago, and I've been living a simple life ever since. Whether by fate or not, I was born poor again, but this time with a new surprise.
I was an orphan...
Although it's sad, I quickly accepted my tragic fate when I discovered something in this world that I didn't have in my original one: people had worlds within them.
Not in a literal sense, but in a way that functioned as an alternate dimension within a special mental space. It had been like this ever since people became aware.
In this world, they create civilizations and powerful worlds to wage wars, trade, or even explore space wonders that could contain technologies and items far beyond our knowledge.
Honestly, this universe seems like a hyper-realistic game created by a lunatic to make people force their creations to fight against others for their own success. Not that it bothers me; it was just my preliminary analysis.
Moving on, I grew up as an orphan but not neglected. The orphanage I live in is funded by a big shot with a level 6 planet who takes care of orphaned children in search of potential talents for his company. Although it might seem like a waste of investment, it actually works very well.
(World Levels:
Level 0 (An incomplete world incapable of supporting life.)
Level 1 (A basic world that is beginning to develop life.)
Level 2 (A world with a sustainable ecosystem capable of supporting various species.)
Level 3 (A world with special energy like Mana, Qi, Magic, Chakra, and others.)
Level 4 (A world with living beings capable of using this energy.)
Level 5 (From here on, planet levels are defined by their energy value and the strength of existing species. Minimum energy value: 10,000.)
Level 6 (20,000)
Level 7 (40,000)
Level 8 (100,000)
Level 9 (500,000)
Level 10 (1,000,000)
Basic explanation of world levels.)
Returning to my current situation, I'm standing in a closed room with several other students, waiting for my name to be called for the initial awakening of my planet.
As for cheating or systems and such, I've lost hope because I haven't received anything in the last 15 years of my life. "If we don't expect anything, we won't be disappointed," I thought to myself as I watched the students being called one by one.
"Next!" the examiner shouted, and another student in the front row took a step forward and stood near the examiner. "Just relax and focus on your sea of consciousness," the examiner said and placed his hands on the student's head, causing a small trace of light to flow.
Moments later, the boy opened his eyes, momentarily confused, and then started crying. The examiner sighed with pity before writing on the paper and announcing loudly, "Failed to awaken."
Those words were as sharp as stakes and almost made the boy faint immediately.
In this place, not having a planet is no different from not existing as a living being. In the eyes of society, you immediately become a disposable, short-lived ant that will never rise in life.
"At least 40% of the students here won't awaken," I murmured with some concern. Of the initial 100 students, 40 had successfully awakened, and 20 had failed so far. The room was filled with cheers and sobs from the students who had taken the test, leaving the few remaining students extremely tense.
"Next!" an examiner said, and I took a deep breath before stepping forward. The examiner smiled and said the same thing he had said to previous candidates, "Relax and focus on your sea of consciousness." He spoke, and I nodded before closing my eyes. I felt his hands being placed on my head.
Moments later, I felt a powerful yet gentle energy flowing through my body, making me break into a cold sweat. It felt as though I were being sucked into something, into a vast empty space.
"Is this my consciousness?" I murmured, and I saw the energy pouring into the space, then flowing into what looked like a tiny floating rock in the middle of the space.
"This is bad," I immediately thought. To initially awaken a planet, it needed to be at least 3,500 kilometers wide, roughly the size of a small moon.
"No wonder so many candidates fail," I thought and began to despair. If the energy entering flowed into that small house-sized piece of rock, it would be completely wasted, and I would fail as a planet incapable of supporting life.
However, to my surprise, a sound I had waited 15 years to hear finally appeared.
(DING! Energy detected! Activating system!)
(Planetary Design System activated!)
"A system, finally!" I shouted and laughed joyfully before attempting to activate the system in every way possible. But it ignored me and sent a new message.
(Detected that the host does not possess a planet of minimum size to enable system use. Activating emergency mode and utilizing excess energy to build a planet that meets the minimum requirements.)
"But what?" I wondered, surprised, and before I could react, a miniature black hole appeared in the middle of my sea of consciousness. It began to pull dozens of rocks and space debris scattered in my sea of consciousness, including the examiner's energy.
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In the real world.
The examiner opened his eyes in surprise as he felt his energy being rapidly drained. He couldn't help but be astonished for a moment. "What's happening? How big does this kid's planet have to be to need so much energy to awaken life?" the examiner thought.
To pass the test, the candidate's planet had to absorb the examiner's energy. Then, the examiner would connect to the planet, examine it, modify it, and plant microorganisms on it to initiate the awakening of life. The other characteristics of planets and the universe would be constructed over the next few months at the academy. But now, the examiner felt as if all the steps were happening simultaneously, consuming so much energy.
"Darn it, I won't make it," the examiner said and immediately called other examiners to help. Soon, four examiners began pouring their own energy into Morgan's sea of consciousness.
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Meanwhile, in Morgan's consciousness space.
"My God," was all Morgan could say as he witnessed the events unfolding before him. The black hole sucked and crushed the rocks before reassembling them into a massive planet at its core, rapidly expanding. It had already exceeded 3,500 kilometers in width and was heading straight for 8,000 kilometers.
(Ding. It has been detected that a significant amount of additional energy is being inserted, initiating extra procedures.)
A message from the system floated into his mind, and the next moment, the black hole disappeared, and the new rock planet in its place expanded by a third before erupting with lava and immense heat.
Although Morgan couldn't see the entire process, he felt the energy being poured into the planet's core and transforming into massive heat. Not only that, but the energy gathered in another part of his sea of consciousness and began turning into a gigantic fireball that was growing at a rapid pace.
(Source of stable heat and gravity created, adding basic elements necessary for life.)
At this point, Morgan began witnessing miraculous scenes on the planet. The energy transformed into water that