Before Alex had time to process the weird notification he felt the ground below his feet tremble and as the looked down from the edge of the building once more he saw the unbelievable.
The ground was cracking right in front of his eyes.He looked around and saw land the size of continents rise into the sky. Earth the planet he was born on was literally dismantled before his eyes. Lava was gushing from the cracks as 12 continental sized pieces of land ascended into the sky.
And then they stopped. Each spaced tens of thousands of kilometers away from each other arranged into a perfect sphere as if waiting for something.
Alex looked down and saw nothingness he was literally at the edge of the now continent looking into down into the endless void below.
" Well now I atleast don't have to deal with my family anymore" Hethought as the Murphy estate was at the other side of the city which has now split right down the midle with his family on another continent.
The rain has stopped and as he looked down he finaly saw people running out onto the street like ants clamouring and unable to make sense of what was happening, same screamed, some cried, but all of them paniced loking at the sky.
Looking at the sky Alex saw something even more unbelievable. Hundreds of continents appeared out of nowhere rapidly descending and connecting with each other as if forming a new super planet.
DING
'Integration complete, commencing the transformation of super planet 0987, introducing mana , begining animal mutation, starting teraforming.'
In hiss shock at what just happened before fis eyes Alex stumbles and fell down from the rooftop, replacing his shock with panic as he was falling to his death.
" No I can't die now." Alex thought while screaming " This is my new beginning, a new life."
DING
'Teleporting to the tutorial in 3, 2, 1.' Just as Alex was about to hit the ground his body disappeared.
Realising he was not faling anymore he opened his eyes still shock by the panic of falling from a building he pushed himself of a pristine white table stumbling over a table and falling on his ass.
Once feeling the ground below himself he looked around in confusion. "What, where am I."
The city which was around him just a moment ago was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a whiteness all around, white walls, white floors and ceilings and a smoth polished white table wich stood before him with a toppled chair beside him similar to the table.
As Alex stood up now more calm but still weary he saw something that looked like a human siting acros from him, or so he thought at first. However upon closer inspection he threw away that idea instantly.
What stood before him was humanoid but with the body of a robot. Sleek and prestine gray limbs as if made of porcelain and a face resembling a doll with purple lifeless eyes and a unerring smile. The weirdest thing was that the thing before Alex didn't look real it was as if it was an ilusion or a hologram that you can put your hand through, it was incorporeal.
"What the fuck!" Shouted Alex in fright, his handsome face contortiong into an confused expresion.
"Greetings earthling." Spoke the humanoid being, Alex wanted to ask what it was and where he was however no words came out. He physically couldn't make a sound.
"I understand that you may have questions but please alow me to introduce myself and explain the events that have ocured today."
"My name is the Guide and my purpose is to introduce you to your new reality."
"Your world has met the minimum population and technological requirement therefore proving your worthiness to join the wider cosmos."
"Your world has been integrated with 23 other planets forming a new supper planet and is currently undergoing evolution."
"Now onto the more pressing maters as a new member of the universe you will awaken a trait that will decide your future progress and path in life."
"Your trait awakening will begin imediately."Just as the guide finished the sentence Alex felt a warmth permiate his body it felt like something was loosened, as if the chains that he didnt know existed and held him back all his life finaly snapped. The warm feeling disappeared just as fast as it appeared followed by a notification.
'Congradulations you have awakened your trait soul collector.'
Before Alex had time to process anything the Guide spoke once more.
"To see your status window just think of the world status. Now you may ask 3 questions before you will begin your tutorial dungeon." The guide explained.
At that time Alexander's mind was a jumbled mess confusion, excitement for the new changed world and the new life he wished for and feer for the unknown all mixed into a chaotic sea of questions.
"Calm down Alex you only have 3 questions, you have to ask wisely." He thought to himself before asking his first question after some careful deliberation.
"What is the integration." Alex asked
" The integration is...."