It was October 9, 1985. It was a quiet afternoon in Tokyo. The clear sky reflected the frenetic movement of the city.
People were laughing in cafés, hurrying through the streets and getting lost in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. An ordinary day. Or at least it seemed to be.
While the city pulsed with the energy of its daily life, inside a secret and advanced facility, something extraordinary was about to happen. At the heart of that state-of-the-art laboratory, a group of scientists were about to take the greatest step in human history: the creation of an infinite source energy. A revolution that would not only end Japan's energy crisis, but transform the entire world.
Doctor Megumi looked at her colleagues with unbeatable confidence. She knew she was about to make history.
— Doctor Megumi, are you sure this will work? - asked one of the scientists, hesitantly. She had no doubt.
— Of course! This is the research of my life. Let's get on with it! Turn on
servers!
The researchers nervously began to activate the systems, one by one.
European Union Energy Tower online.
— South America's energy tower online.
— North America's energy tower online.
— Oceania online.
— Asia online, doctor. We're connected and ready.
Megumi took a deep breath, looking at the screens around her. This was the moment.
— Phase 2: Turn on the gears! - she ordered, the gleam in her eyes reflecting the magnitude of what they were about to accomplish.
While the machines began to operate, tuning into frequencies that transcended matter. Negumi thought
—-With this technology, we won't just generate infinite energy... We will generate a rebirth. The interconnected towers are more than structures - they are synapses of a global brain, capable of healing the Earth from the wounds we ourselves have inflicted. Quantum physics will not just be a tool, but our salvation. With it, we will rewrite hunger as a myth, disease as a relic of the past.
Imagine...
Floating cities powered by starlight, oceans depolluted by self-replicating nanomachines, children born free of cancer and scarcity. A grateful universe... It's the transcendence of our own species."
His intentions were grandiose, his thoughts flowing like a violent current.
That's when a scream cut through the air.
— Dr. Megumi, something's wrong! What are those numbers?!
The lights in the room began to flash red, followed by the incessant sound of alarms.
The floor shook, as if the planet itself was about to collapse.
— What's going on? - shouted other researchers, confused and terrified.
Megumi turned to the monitor. Her eyes widened. The data was... unbelievable. The simulation suggested a planetary collapse. But what really took her breath away was what came .
The sky, once dark, was torn like paper.
A blinding flash erupted from the center of the city and, in the next instant, a monstrous crack in the fabric of reality opened up in front of everyone. It was a portal.
But not just any portal. From that opening, a wave of chaotic energy spread out, sweeping away everything in front of it. Buildings vibrated with the impact, and many fell, fainting instantly, overcome by a force that seemed to consume everything.
Before losing consciousness, Megumi barely managed to whisper, with difficulty, almost without strength:
— Damn... we opened... another dimension... And then the world around us collapsed.
From the portal, unspeakable creatures emerged. Monsters, living nightmares, invaded the streets, dragging humanity into a new hell. What seemed to be the end was in fact just beginning.
But the most shocking thing of all was not the appearance of these creatures, nor the chaos that spread through the city. It was the power that emanated from them. Something... new. Magic.
Scientists had searched for infinite energy, but what they found was not a source of electricity. It was something much deeper. And the impact of this discovery would be irreversible.
While governments desperately tried to organize a response, the army was called in to contain the invasion.
But conventional weapons had no effect. The bullets ricocheted or were simply crushed by the dense skin of the creatures, without causing any significant damage.
Only the highest caliber weaponry was able to defeat some of the low-level monsters, such as rockets, grenades and special operations tactical rifles.
And then, in desperate act of courage, a soldier, already surrounded, took a blade from one of the fallen humanoid monsters and, even though he knew he wouldn't stand a chance, advanced against the other smaller creatures. What happened next made everyone around stop and watch.
The blade, made of a strange material that resonated with the creatures' magical power, cut through the monsters with ease.
The soldier not only survived, but destroyed several enemies with a single blade. A magical weapon.
It was there that humanity realized. It wasn't enough to fight with the tools they knew. The world had changed.
The creatures and their magical weapons had altered everything, from the way war would be fought to the very nature of human existence. The power emanating from the portal wasn't just destruction - it was the key to a new era.
But , everyone knew that something more was to come. What had been opened was not just a portal, but a path. And through it, humanity was now forced to evolve. After all, nothing would be the same again.