"Everyone looked at Shuchi with their utmost concentration. She looked around, confirming that she had everyone's attention, and started, 'Listen well, this platform is your starting point. Irrespective of where you live in this realm, everyone can start their ascension from here.
The system has chosen all of you because you have some innate trait that separates you from others in this realm. The system allows you to capitalize on this trait and undergo the initiation that will take place after a while.
You will all be given a solution to drink, which will bring out your innate traits as a manifestation of desire or will connect you to an element you resonate with or will establish a link with your soul animal. Whatever your traits are, once you connect with the system, you will be able to climb the doom train.
The train, while moving, actually churns out 'ka,' 'prana,' or 'Ki,' referred in different realms by different names as it travels through the 14 realms, and it is 'prana' that sustains life on all realms. Your Ki output will determine your potential, and your coherence with your Ki will decide your fate and destiny.
There are many other interconnected realms connected to these main 14 realms, but you don't need to know them now. Each realm has its own rules and its own train. This realm is called the Aquaara Isles. Your aim should be to reach the engine, which will get you a transfer coupon to the next realm and also provide you with the means to travel to the next station.
Traveling in each train will provide you with different sets of challenges, and overcoming each one will allow you to enhance your power and grow stronger. The higher you climb, the stronger you will become, and the difficulty of challenges will increase as well. If you are wondering why you should climb the realms and take the train, I'll give you one solid reason: Every time you reach the engine, you get one wish token.
Each wish token allows you to have one wish fulfilled. The administrator of the realm will grant you that wish only when he determines the wish isn't harmful to the realm itself. That is the only criteria; you can ask for riches, land, women, power, fame—anything that you desire and comes to your mind. The admin will fulfill it. All you need to do is get that token and ascend, and pause for a while. This news drew out gasps from the people present, especially from the ones that were oblivious to why they were even here in the first place. There was a twinkle in their eyes, as their eyes lit up, suddenly not finding their situation bad at all. If they could have one wish and there are no restrictions on the type of wish, they could get any rewards, and they get a total of 14 chances to acquire the token as they ascend the upper levels. The dangers they will face have unconsciously become smaller in their minds.
Shuchi is happy to see their faces glowing with new enthusiasm, and now was the time to give them the other part, she thought, and started again, 'Of course, nothing ever comes for free and easy in this world; your karma will define what you will be entitled to as you put your lives at stake. The ones that are killed in the train are eternally bound to serve in the train. You will not just die, but you will become a slave of the system if you die. So make your decision wisely while attempting any challenge you may face. Be aware that you can quit anytime if you are not confident of clearing that challenge and don't wish to ascend, and you can get down at the next station. If you want to ascend again, you will have to start from that station itself, but you won't receive the free ticket like this time. It will have to be earned at the station itself, and there are only 10 tickets per station that are handed out every year. So decide well before attempting any challenge on the train.
Also, each realm has 14 stops; you need to reach the engine before the last station, and your overall ranking will decide your rewards and will be given to you there. For those choosing to leave before the last station, they will receive it at the station they chose to get down at.
Your performance in the challenge will determine your ranking and awards. The rankings are universally displayed for everyone to see, and if your name appears on the New Star ranking and you are able to maintain it for more than 1 month, you receive additional benefits on the train. The New Star ranking and the general ranking system will always be available on your halo watch and will also be displayed at all the stations.
Note that only 20 people will make it to the next realm, and there is no guarantee that the top 20 in the New Star list will get the transfer coupon; the ones that reach the engine will get one, irrespective of them being in the top 20 or not. Now, the final instruction from me, 'The first challenge is mandatory for everyone.' I will advise you not to be hasty and understand what it means to ascend the realms with this train. After telling all this, Shuchi looked at everyone who is still contemplating what they have just heard.
Raghu is quietly sitting in one corner, having his back towards a huge pillar and analyzing what he just heard. 'Of course, the rewards are enormous, but the risk is too high. There are ways to mitigate it, but one can only hope for lady luck to favor them as they don't know what the challenge will be. They can only rely on their skills and knowledge to achieve anything. The fact that we get one wish fulfilled is a clear bait that everyone will have eyes on. Most of them would have already imagined what wish they will have fulfilled by the administrator and have already neglected the reality that challenges are real; death makes you an immortal slave, and your soul is duty-bound to the system. The reward announced by Shuchi has already put the scarf over people's eyes, making them turn a blind eye to their apparent doom. The system giving people the option to quit anything is a masterstroke, as most of them will attempt thinking they can quit anytime. To get down, they will also have to complete the first challenge. People tend to try their luck once they find they can complete the challenge. He is pretty sure the first challenge will be easy to encourage more people to try their luck in subsequent challenges. The final reward is very tempting indeed. He is still digesting the part about 14 realms and what is 'ki' or 'ka' or 'prana' that Shuchi has mentioned. It is like an aura that his death or weapons can radiate or something completely different. He has several more questions he would like to voice out, but he does not have time to sit and analyze all this.'
Shuchi is done explaining and now is looking at everyone, and if anyone has questions, she is willing to answer them. Her childlike appearance and a not-so-intimidating aura should allow the people to ask her anything they want to ask. One daring man from the other side raises his hands and after receiving a nod from her asks her, 'Has anyone actually climbed all the way to the 14 realms? Who rules these realms, and will they accept us in their realm if we get down at any one of their realms, as we are not affiliated with them in any way?'"