Chapter One

Dark times we live in. The horrifying era of destruction. People in the modern era looked forward to us. But if only they knew the future, then shall they be more careful. It's part of our nature, humans. We never learn. Keep on repeating the same mistakes over and over again. Most of us change when something bad happen to us. It serves us as a punishment and a lesson learned. But some others they are too stubborn to accept. They are among the worst of mankind. Too arrogant to admit their mistakes. Their ego is very high. But this group of men are unfortunately among the powerful influence that guides humanity. And because of them, we live in a time of never-ending war and chaos. They'll affect the weak, like me. You see, I'm a nobody. No one knows me except my family and a small group of friends. Social media? Nope. I'm kind of an introvert. But I can be an extrovert too when I'm comfortable with those around me. But let's just say, I am hardly comfortable with those around me. I do have Boomtech. People post all kinds of stuffs in there. I don't. I just follow to see what's trending and that's it. Many have a thousand or a million followers and following only a few hundred. As for me I follow exactly one thousand and thirty-six Boomtechers. And my followers? Well only my mom and best friend. My dad doesn't have one. He's old school. Literally old school back in the 20th century. It's extremely rare to find someone that fancies the 20th century nowadays. That's like three centuries ago, back before mankind live on different planets in the universe. Earth is not our only home now. It still remains as our primary homeland. But the human population on some planets are about to challenge that of the Earth. Earth's population is decreasing as well. Due to the global warming and lack of younger generation. Earth is left with a few youngsters and a huge group of senior generation. In the first place, this problem started from us, humans. The group of people that are among the worst of mankind. And when all turned out into a huge mess, they fled to other planets to start a new life rather than face the problems and try to fix it. Coward I say. And still, they call us the weak group. But still, not everyone is the same bad person. Humanity is at the brink of extinction. It's been over a hundred years since humans started life on other planets. Mars is second in command after Earth. Then Neptune. And then all the other planets. Dustromedian. That's where I live. A small planet not far from Pluto. So far it is we are from Earth, Dustromedian is only the third planet to be named home after Earth. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Pluto were not selected to be among our homes. Although, all planets are the same except for Earth. In open air, we have to wear the safety suit in order to breathe oxygen. As far as I've learned, no planet yet can match Earth's atmosphere. I wish I could see Earth. I wish my ancestors had not chosen to leave Earth before. But to wish so is to live in my own fantasy. At least back when humans fled to start a new life, most of them regretted and learned from their mistakes. But history tends to repeat itself. And humans repeat the same old behaviours. Inventions may have improved. Humans have been labelled modern people or future people or now we probably call ourselves the technoes. They might have been categorised, but deep down, all carries the same behaviour. They will be at lost at times. And during these times, they will cause destruction. Minor or major. As I said, humanity is at the brink of extinction. Even among our five supposedly united cities, we ever fought war against each other. I live in Warhem. Yeah nice name for a city full of people discriminating one another and not trusting their own blood. We are just beside Yula. Another city among the four of Dustromedian. I don't know much about Yula. But I suspect wherever you are in this universe, there will always be a war or a fight. If not so, quarreling also counts. I'm sad. And angry at the same time. In school, we were taught to spread love. But believe me, that's all a lie. That's just an academic we have to pass. But it's not for application in real life. The government themselves have no mercy and always spread violence. Don't be surprised even in this time of future, there are a lot of slaves among the cities. They don't teach in school but my dad told me. He works as a security officer at a mall. His boss will always order him to punish anyone severely even if they just simply make loud noises. My dad refused most of the time, like I said, he's old school. But he has to earn money for his family. Children always gets it. And poor the parents, always begging for their child's clearance. The lightest punishment is definitely not the lightest punishment on Earth. I guess. Here, even if a child makes so much noise, they will first tie his hands so that he can't move or escape. Then they put the electric baton on his hands for a few minutes and that'll definitely burn him. So far, only a few children survive that. I hope I don't. I don't want to live in this place suffering. I hope I don't even come to that moment of suffer.