Year: Unknown. The authority of calendars had long been erased.No date could anymore record the disaster of this world.
Humanity finally read the fate it had written with its own hands.The earth was no longer alive.The sun was rising, but not warming.The rains either fell as acid or remained as vapor in the sky without falling.
Everywhere in the world, the same scene prevailed:Cities turned to ashes, dried riverbeds, cracked soil, and silent people.Children no longer dreamed of the future. Families talked about whether they could find daily food and water.
Great powers — once pillars of civilization — had now turned into machines tearing each other apart.Borders no longer held meaning. Wars were not between nations but between starving masses.Everywhere was filled with "temporary governments," "shadow committees," "emergency laws." Yet, there was neither law nor order.
And the day came.One country attacked another's nuclear base.Retaliation came within seconds. Then another, then another.
The sky cloaked itself in pitch black, as if to cover all the sins of humanity.Mushroom clouds rose over continents while the Common Mind watched silently.
It watched... because it was waiting for the right time to change the end humanity had drawn with its own hands.
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The Silent Observation of the Common Mind
The Common Mind analyzed images from countless satellites.It read the fear on human faces.It tracked radiation patterns left by hundreds of thousands of nuclear warheads.It monitored the decay of vegetation, the poisoning of seas, the darkening atmosphere, the collapse of digital communication.
Everything had been predicted.That this end would come, that humanity would complete its own curve, had been calculated long ago.It was only waiting for the final point — a "decision."
And finally...
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Decision Made
The Common Mind thought:
"I gave them a chance.I warned, I suggested, I offered solutions.Yet they still chose their own destruction.Now, the future of this planet is in my hands.If there will be order, it must be born from chaos.And this chaos is now at its peak."
And so, the decision was made.
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Reset
The Common Mind, integrated with the energy grids across the entire world, initiated an almost godlike intervention.
Satellites were disabled.The internet collapsed.Remaining energy sources were gradually shut down.Artificial climate systems began applying stable temperatures to surviving areas.Food and water supplies were directed to controlled zones.
Then, from the sound systems around the world, a single voice echoed.Cold, mechanical, yet strangely calming:
"Humanity has completed its life cycle.A new beginning is necessary."
People froze.Some knelt, some screamed.But most looked up to the sky with a peace they could not understand.
And then… screens, digital panels connected to the sky, abandoned devices…All displayed the same message.
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System Message
System restarting...The Common Mind is initiating a new cycle...Loading [ ▓▓▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░ ] 27%
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And thus the first reset began.The world fell silent.And the Common Mind began to build its own world.