CHAPTER-24

After Animus finished its preparations and confirming the Commands. It finally designated Anna as a new level A officer with code 'Q'.

"Animus transfer Q into the virtual space" Alex spoke to Animus as he then switched his vision to Virtual space connected to Q.

After entering the Virtual space, Alex made his avatar into a blurry glowing blue shadow and changed the voice to a mechanical sounding like a robot. He then floated in the air and changed the Virtual space to look like outer space, once the space changed to outer space. Alex's heart throbbed and his mind went blank looking at the vast expanse of space, he felt so desolate and tiny among the space, like a speck of dust, no, not even a speck of dust, a person is even lower than dust in the vast expanse of Universe. No matter how much we humans conquer our planet, it won't matter, the true battle lies in space and its vast expanse of darkness that was ever-expanding.

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Alex returned out of the daze from the heavy shout of Animus and shook his head and said to Animus, "I am alright Animus. When can Q be transferred over?".

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Then in the middle of the space, a bright light flashed, and a young lady appeared and as the light surrounding her disappeared, Anna stood there like a doll naked in all glory. Alex facepalmed at the site and asked Animus, "Why is Q naked? Give her clothing."

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Then, business wear appeared on Anna's body and a table and chair appeared in the middle of the space as Anna's body was seated on it.

Alex floated toward her and called out to her, "Anna…Anna…Anna.." His voice boomed throughout the space, making Anna jolt awake. She seemed startled and dazed and finally screamed at the end when she noticed she was floating in space and hurriedly squatted on the seat in fear of falling down from her chair.

Hahaha….

Alex chuckled seeing her antics and then went serious and spoke. "Welcome Miss Anna. You have been chosen as A ranked officer for the intergalactic organization 'ORIGIN'. Rejoice for this is a opportunity that one can't even ask for in their lifetime."

Eh…eh..

"What's happening? Where am I? Who are you?" Anna blurted out questions in succession, her face pale and fear apparent on her face as no normal person would stay calm after finding themselves stranded on a chair in the middle of space. Even Alex mind went blank when he saw the desolate and vastness of space, not to mention Anna who was unaware of anything.

"Don't be afraid Miss Anna. You are not in real space; this is just a virtual reality. We are inside the Virtual space of Dimensional Ring, a device made by our 'Interstellar Federation of Merchants' that we spread across corner of known space, which will roam the galaxies and find any lifeforms and select someone from the galaxy and it seems you have been chosen as the candidate from this backwater Galaxy."

Anna's mouth was wide open and the shocked expression on her face was priceless, as she couldn't even fathom what the being was saying Infront of her. She hesitantly voiced out her thoughts "ummm…so you are an alien?"

"Wahahahaha…..

Alex laughed out loud at her question and replied happily "You are very funny Miss Anna, asking such a dumb question at this time, when you obviously are speaking with a life form different from you Humans".

"I won't be online for a long time, the energy required is enormous for intergalactic transmission when there are no signal stations present. Ask any questions you want, I will try to answer everything." Alex spoke in a stern voice, making Anna squirm in her chair.

Her face blushing red with shame at her previous blunder, but who can rebuke her as seeing an alien and knowing that there are many more lifeforms than humans present, it is already very good that she hadn't fainted from shock with all the inflow of information. "I am sorry sir, But it was my first time seeing an alien and I was shocked by these events. Now, can you tell me more about this dimensional Ring and the purpose of your Merchant organization."

"My name is Faqr and I am from a race of humanoids, but unlike you humans who are at a average of five feet, we the Faqin`s are only 3 feet average. I am one of the ten-thousand Galactic DR supervisors. If I say in earth terms, my job is to handle the Dimensional Ring candidates of ten-thousand Galaxies and help them at the start, until they reach a level where they can protect themselves."

"Dimensional Rings are the proudest achievements of the Galactic Federation of Science and Universe (GFSU). They are the height of the entire technological reserves of the GFSU made by contribution of many groups of advanced civilizations, this Gadget was made to find new civilizations or life form in the deepest dark corners of Universe. As expedition is taking more and more time the further, they depart from the galaxies they move. These rings are like beacons and exploratory devices combined with various things such as wormhole expansion device and this Virtual Reality."

"The current Ring on you was produced and sent into vast Universe 100 GC years ago, if according to earth's time it will be 1000 years or more. No exploratory ship can travel the Universe that long, which is why they are very helpful in being pathfinders. After finding a planet of life they will scan the lifeforms technological level and only when the said lifeforms are able to travel in space, do the Ring find a suitable candidate in that planet and send us the data through quantum entanglement."

"You are now one of the pathfinders of this Galaxy and the future of this Galaxy may depend on your decision."