Ch 5

Pegasus, the peak of human engineering, is a flying city as big as a small island and a carrying capacity of 5 million humans with as many abroad on it already.

It has literally everything, with anti gravitational tecnology coupled with anti detection and invisible mode, making it almost impossible for any monster to detect this flying fortress.

And even if they do, the top class heavy machinery are no joke, not the mention all the awakerers on the ship which are not only responsible for its protection but also sustainance.

After all, no matter how good a flying ship is, you can't create food out of thin air and even though there are artificial gardens, fish tanks and farms, there still are lot of resources that has to be brought back fromw earth.

Anyways, since it has taken off 100 years ago, Pegasus had kissed the Earth just twice, last time being 30 years ago showing how big of a marvel this city is.

It is Survival for humans, and many such other marvel exist in world beside Pegasus too... Including the 3 legendary domains on Earth surface, managed by a great house each.

Humans are adaptable creature with a never extinguishing will to survive, they somehow find a way to survive... Even in this dying world.

The Pegasus is divided in three levels, Top, middle and lower levels... Lower level being mostly a slum area with a population around 3 million.

Meanwhile, Middle level is where most of the middle class of the ship lives, having a normal everyday life of 9 to 5 for most and a population of just less than 2 million.

Lastly the top level, where all the elites lives, and since Aura has never been there, he don't the the details but he has heard that all the rich businessman and strong awakeners lives there.

All in all, Pegasus is just like any other human city, but with unique circumstances, and one of the last hope of humanity.

[The test will start in 5 minutes.]

The robotic voice said through the speaker in the hall room as I looked around myself, or at other in the hall giving the same test.

To go through Awakening, one first have to clear a written test, and only if you pass it, can u be allowed to be awakened.

The system has been put in place after a lot of people probably shouldn't have awakened or would have been allowed to awakened went through the ceremony, causing great loss to the human race as a whole.

Anyways, the awakening ceremony is held once every week and anyone, no matter if they are from Top level or even slums, everyone here is given equal chance as long as the matter concerns awakening.

With just one look, it was easy to distinguish who was from which level, or atleast for most as it was easy to know if someone is from slum atleast.

'There are a lot of people from slum area tho,' i thought and signed, it's mainly because how the life is in slums that everyone here is looking for just an opportunity to leave that hell hole.

And what better than awakening? Yes you can die but can also jump to the sky too in one go.

[The test begins now.]

Snapping out of my thoughts at the announcement, I looked at the the table, where a question paper appeared somehow... Its going to be 3 hours.

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The questions were easy, it mostly had questions related to human history, working of Pegasus and other such great cities, the 9 Horrors ruling the Earth as of now and such.

Mostly, the aim of the exam was to use education such that people know who thier enemy is... The nine horrors while also making sure thier loyalty lies to the human race.

"Easy was to fool the masses," said the voice as a figure identical to me appeared beside me... That's unusual, it only appears when I'm nervous, scared, angry and all.

Well, he is but a fragment of my imagination after all and so, I ignored him.

[Pass]

It just took 10 minutes before the results were announced due to highly automated Ai incharge as I soon got a notification on my E-watch.

'Time to awaken,' I thought taking a deep breath, my future, Rin and Lala future... It all depends on this moment.

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"Im... Impossible..." Manager Grey said, looking at the scene in front of him.

"Divine rank... Identity..." He couldn't believe his eyes, for right in front of him, someone awakened with a divine rank identity.

A rank which humanity have never seen before... But he has to believe in it as the truth was right in front of his eyes.

The reading eye globe cannot be wrong, and the status in front of him clearly shows that the identity is of divine rank...

"Fated One - Hero," Grey said, reading the name of the identity... Well, how did it even happened? It started a few hours ago...

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"We will now begin the awakening ceremony," Gray said, looking at the group of people in front of him, there were around 100... That's more than usual.

Usually, it's around 40-60 and somewhere in between but with a sign, he shook his head, after all more capable people means the ship could be better maintained.

Well, even in these 100, probably only 10-15 will awaken, around 5-10 may loose thier life and other will came back empty hand from the null world, with nothing but terrible memories and experience.

Well, it's not him who need to bother with that tho, they have already decided thier fate so who is he to stop them?

"Let's begin," he said as he begin explaining the rules to them, "I'm sure you all must know it but I'll still explain anyways, for your awakening ceremony, you will enter the null world, the mysterious world from where the null creature emerged from."

He said looking around and continued, "There, you be able to awaken your identity through a suitable trail the Null Tutorial System will provide you, will you awaken? Will you not? It all depends on you... So all the best surviving!!"