The World of Dust

It was a peaceful day, the sun was shining and clouds floated by meagerly. A perfect day fo-

THE WORLD HAS ENDED

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Let's start back from the beginning.

September 13th, 2087. The peak of the Technological Age.

The world at this point is completely dominated by the growth of oppressive government reigns, only small independent countries remain truly free within a populace. Even Online these countries hold nearly limitless power, conflict is solved through favors and back handed dealings... nothing is stopping these countries from destroying their populace in some way.

November 21st, 2087. The Age of War.

A clash between small independent nations and the vastly superior mega nations began, it was sudden and abrupt but everyone saw it coming, those nations not involved in global powers were seen as nothing but trade... and the populace of those nations were not happy... they were used in dealings without their consent. It was slave trading on a national level.

July 11th, 2088. The Age of Famine.

Many deaths were caused during this time, while the Mega Countries held vast power... bombing of any sort wouldn't be tolerated due to the vast nuclear equipment every country held, if they were to detonate a nuclear arms... chain reactions would take out nearly the entire country, removing the purpose of the fight in the first place. This meant that millions of soldiers had to trek on foot or boat to fight against guerrilla forces in smaller countries.

Too many people died to be able to properly engage in agriculture, and the soldiers cared not for their opposing side's food. There wasn't enough food in the entire world to fuel even a small army, so people starved... some resorted to cannibalism while others started genetically engineering animals for more efficient food supplies.

October 1st, 2107. The Age of Pestilence.

Disease created by low health standards were quickly spread, without the nutrients to fend off such diseases many were killed, Disease evolved and grew faster than ever before by developing along with the genetically engineered food stock. The Animals used were vastly more resistant to Disease than Humans, but as such... when the various diseases caught up... human's disease resistance was useless.

This caused another massive spike in deaths, war was still going on in a stalemate... neither nations willing to back down. Many deaths were civilians who couldn't afford food, killed by disease, or killed by soldiers.

December 10th, 2110. The Age of Death.

Humans didn't have much of an option anymore, leave earth and hope for the best or die like the rest. Many advanced scientists around the world gathered to attempt and make something that would save them, regardless of country they worked together... if they were found, they would be killed. Experimentation of all sorts began in ridiculous strides, A.I. and Technology was the biggest one... humans can only think so hard they thought, so they tried to outsource some thinking. It worked.

December 20th, 2110. B.E.T.A

The Scientists published their work all over the world, a way for humans to leave their bodies and instead become virtual. It was massive immigration to Digital worlds, and they only had so long to do it before they would be shut down.

Those who died helping the scientists were given first priority, their families were shuttled in and sent off. Then came the Second wave, people who tested the Beta version of the mind uploading software... 1712 people died before someone successfully uploaded their mind. 2,288 people after that became ' V.I.P. users ' who were granted special options in the digital world.

Around 20 Million people were sent after the V.I.P. users.

There was trouble though, many died during transfer due to issues.

However, it successfully launched... the servers that held those humans were sent off to space, alone with a powerful artificial intelligence.

New Years, 2110. The Age of Data.

Users developed and coded worlds inside their digital ' HUB ', they lived in peace and enjoyed themselves to the fullest inside the virtual world. The only conflict would be in the various games they played.

Such as the popular game...

Star Duster Online.

It was a interface of infinite value, it wasn't known how but this game was somehow directly linked to the HUB, and therefore the thoughts and prayers of every Human mind inside. The Ideals of every person changed the game, and it became as realistic as... reality. Of course, it was still fantasy in the biggest aspect.

StarDuster. Year 10.

After ten years within StarDuster, the world was reigned over a player who abused every aspect of the game to extents that nobody saw coming. His mind was warped and full of insane ideals, and he was considered a scourge of the game. His name was -------