The First Mission Part 4
Day One
Date : 01/01/01
Location: The parking lot - into the city
Test period: three days (two days remaining)
Objective: locat the assigned vehicle and discover the city.
Subject Name: Thomas
Subject age: 20
Success rate: 85%
Failed subjects: 201
Successful subjects: 2
{Congratulations! You have passed the test and successfully completed your first mission.}
{You have leveled up.}
{You have been awarded ten points.}
{You can use the points as currency to purchase whatever you require, and to enhance your attributes and skills.}
{The next mission will be available in two hours. Further instructions will be provided at your vehicle.}
The messages appeared one after another, and I didn't even have a chance to observe my surroundings, as they obscured most of my vision. I felt uneasy about what lay ahead and what to expect from the outside world. Until that moment, I had no idea what to anticipate or where I was. The first thought that crossed my mind was to determine my location, as this system had yet to provide me with any information.
With a wave of my hand, I dismissed the screen that remained in front of me after reading it one more time, the last time. The final paragraph indicated that there were additional instructions in my car. Since I had passed or completed the first mission, that meant I was in the parking lot. So the next step was to locate my car, a cheap used vehicle I had purchased to commute between my work college and the apartment where I lived.
After I took the first step, I suddenly remembered that my car was parked on the street in front of the building where I live. However, I realized that this was not my building; I had become aware of that a long time ago, but I dismissed the thought, also considering that though also thinking whomever brought me here could surely was avble to bring my car Ali here. What came into view was a vast space, larger than any other space I had ever seen before in my life, covered by a massive dome-like ceiling, reminiscent of a basketball court.
The entire space was filled with vehicles with so many different shapes and sizes like the ones you expect to see in science fiction movies. I halted my movements staring at the scene before me. If it weren't for the lingering headache, I might have believed I was either dreaming or watching one of the beloved science fiction films. However, there was no doubt that what I was witnessing was real. Once again, I found myself wondering what was happening.
I was lost in my thoughts, filled with surprise and wonder about what was happening to me, when the virtual screen appeared once more with a message: two hours and thirty minutes. I couldn't believe that a complete thirty minutes had passed so quickly; I would have guessed it was no more than five or ten minutes. However, I didn't have a watch, nor was I one to wear one. When it came to keeping track of time, I always used my cellphone.
But that was the first thing I looked for when I woke up in the dark room, but I couldn't find it anyway I knew I had to move and locate my vehicle, even though it felt like searching for a needle in a haystack, I will gain nothing by just standing here and watching the strange vehicles around me would not help; in fact, it might make it easier for me to identify my car since it was unlike any of the others. This realization aided my search through the rows of vehicles in the vast parking lot. I searched for nearly an hour before finally reaching the end of that parking lot and the exit.
It was a massive gate adorned with engravings of symbols and writings of a strange, unfamiliar language that I had never encountered before. I stood in front of it with my mouth agape, pondering how to open it and go out or even the fact if it was even an exit. Should I turn back to where I came from and search for another way out, given that this door was closed and I don't have any ideas if I could even I was able to open it, going back will take almost another hour which I couldn't afford to waste with time limit that I have been forced to abide by.
The only option available to me at the moment was to move forward. As I got closer to the gate as soon as I got in front of it I reached out with my hand and tried to touch it. To my surprise, as soon as my fingers made contact with the door, an opening exactly the size of a standard door opened up although it took me by surprise and I took a step back, and the door immediately closed. this is like an automated door? I thought. I stepped forward and repeated the soon process one more time, but this time I was not caught off guard like the first time. I confidently walked through the opening without any hesitation.
What came into view was something straight out of a science fiction movie. I was standing outside the building, and everything I saw exceeded my modest expectations and beyond any of little expectations that I had and beyond anything I could have ever imagined. What was even stranger than the spectacle before me were the messages that appeared once again on the virtual screen.
{A new option is now available to you.}
{Voice Command, with voice Command allows you to hear your messages and navigate through the system menus by speaking the desired function. However, please be aware that this will disable the Visual Command. You can activate or deactivate any command by simply touching the screen or by thinking of the desired function.
{Welcome to Ramendal City. You are the first human to ever visit this city. To learn about this great city and it's history please press Continue.}
...Continue...
.... Disregard.....
A/N
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