36 Chapter 36 (1/2)
Alexis woke up with a groan, he blinked his eyes a few times and quickly looked around in surprise.
'What the hell...' He thought and stood up shakily, everything around him was pitch black, but he was sure he was in a hallway...
And almost immediately, there was a white orb floating around him, somehow urging him to follow it.
Alexis sighed, he realised that he didn't really have a choice...
Where would he go? And how? It was just pitch black until the white orb illuminated the entire structure for him.
The orb realising his thoughts slowly floated away, making sure stop every once in a while to check up on Alexis who was right behind it and walking at a set pace.
He turned right, left, then right again and again left, Alexis continued his puzzling efforts of following the orb which seemed to get brighter and brighter with due time...
'Hopefully it doesn't explode...' He added and stepped infront of a tall, pitch black gate.
Alexis turned to the orb which flickered as he shook his head and pushed open the door with force.
”Hng!” He grit his teeth and pushed the door with all of his might, mustering every little bit of strength in his body.
The orb floating around him, moving back and forth which annoyed him.
”What do you mean? Floating around does not help anyone...” He chided as the orb knocked on his head.
”Ow!” He voiced his pain and glared at the orb which stared back at him...
'!! How did it hurt me?!' He mused and backed away from the orb which followed him.
”What do you want me to do?!” He shouted angrily and walked upto the gate with a huff and pushed the door.
”See! It doesn't work!” Alexis shouted while he pushed the door and then proceeded to pull it.
He fell down with a groan and stared at the open gate...
”Oh...” Alexis could only voice out his surprise and looked at the orb in embarrassment.
”Who would have thought that the gate was to be pulled?” He scoffed and dusted himself and walked in, following the orb that ignored him.
”You!” He heard a very familiar voice and facepalmed.
”Why are you here?” He asked Amelia who sighed and shook her head with no answer to his question.
”I fainted, this can't be a dream...” Alexis deduced as Amelia gasped in shock.
”Same...” She replied to his comment and then proceeded to glare at him.
Alexis shrugged and looked around, he didn't really care about Amelia because she wouldn't necessarily do anything to him and also because he was far stronger than she was...
The area where they stood seemed like a hall, a big hall... with gigantic statues all around them...
'This place is weird...' He noted and took a quick glance at Amelia who stayed silent and sat on the hard pitch black floor.
”...” The two of them looked around in complete awkward silence until Amelia decided break it.
”...You know... I was tasked by the Administrator to do something in this world...” She told him as Alexis widened his eyes and turned to her.
”So you are a reincarnator like me...” He sighed and shook his head.
”What is your task?” Alexis asked her with a questioning gaze.
”...bring peace to the world...” She mumbled and looked into the darkness with a faraway look in her eyes.
”Peace... I was tasked to develop the technology of the world...” Alexis laughed deprecatingly.
”And I'm not even an engineer!” He sighed as she looked at him.
”And I wasn't a peace advocate...” She answered with a smile.
”Where were you born in, in your previous life?” Alexis asked her curiously.
”Earth?” Amelia replied.
”Where on Earth?” He asked again.
”Soviet Russia...” Amelia said with a hint of pride in her voice but also sadness.
”The Soviet Russia in my world was called the Soviet Union, and it collapsed in 1991.” Alexis informed her according to what he knows...
”Impossible! It collapsed in 1945!” She shouted and denied the words he spoke.
”Maybe we are from two parallel universes...” Alexis theorized.
”Parallel universe?” Amelia asked him curiously.
”A universe similar to mine, but the distortions in the Space-time quantum which may have changed certain incidents and created a butterfly effect... you can call my universe a parallel one and vice versa...” Alexis explained according to the knowledge he has.
”Forget it...” Alexis sighed and waved his hand, then looked around.
[MORTALS, YOU ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY TO BE TOLD THE REASON WHY YOU HAD CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES WHEN YOU WERE REBORN...]
A loud robotic voice boomed from all over the hall as the duo covered their ears in pain.
”What do you mean? weren't we just reborn?” Amelia asked after a while, her ears still ringing.
[NO, SIMPLY PUT, YOUR SOULS WERE PUT INSIDE CONTAINERS THAT USED TO CONTAIN SOULS...]
”So we are transmigrated?” Alexis asked.
[NO, YOUR SOUL IS 'YOU' THEREFORE YOU WERE REBORN, THE ACT OF BEING BORN IS WHEN YOU ARE CONCEIVED AND GIVEN BIRTH TO, THE ADMINISTRATOR SIMPLY PUT YOUR SOULS INSIDE TWO THREE MONTH OLD FETUSES...]
”Let me guess... there was already two souls in those fetuses?” Amelia theorized getting a realisation of the consequences of the act.
[INDEED, SINCE THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME CALLED INTO THE ”HALL OF HEROES”, YOUR BODIES COULD NOT HANDLE THE SOUL TELEPORTATION AND THUS THE PAIN... YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE NOW...]
”And how do I do that?” Alexis sighed in irritation.
[SIMPLY THINK OF IT, FAREWELL MORTALS...]
”I guess I'll be going then!” Alexis informed her and waved.
”Wait! I would like to know something... why would you develop technology through war?” Amelia asked him.
”Because that's how humanity developed throughout history... before the first world war, tanks were something unthinkable of... during the war, it was made a reality. Planes were made that could fly in the air and attack people, then came the second world war, Germans had some of the best weaponry during that time... war motivated man to produce things that kills his enemies... I will motivate my people to do the same!” Alexis chuckled as Amelia was horrified with his answer.
”The second world war saw some of the worst things humanity could make... we upgraded those small planes of the first world war into faster, stronger and deadlier versions... our bombs could level cities within the span of a few seconds as seen in Hiroshima and Nagasaki...” Alexis narrated.