Volume -01
Ark -01 (Finding the X)
Ark 01 Length - (Ch 01- Ch 14)
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" When I began to descend into the dark abyss, the luminous hand of the gods reached out to save me, but I rejected it, accepting my fate."
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27/11/2983
12:38 Pm
A kid with black hair and blue eyes wearing a brown school bag and a school dress (a light gray shirt and black pants) is running.
He stops in front of a house. He opens the outer gate and starts walking faster to the main door of the house, which was slightly opened.
The boy reaches the slightly opened door
Gunshot sound-
He opened the slightly opened door widely and saw a middle-aged man with a gun standing and two dead bodies on the ground.
(A male body and a female body )
The middle-aged guy notices the boy and says,
"It looks like someone else wants to die.
Well, to be honest, I thought you had died that day, but surprisingly, you did survive, kiddo. But this time, I won't repeat that mistake again."
The guy pointed his gun in the direction of the kid. He was going to press the trigger. While posing, he looked into the boy's eyes. He saw the emotionless eyes of the boy. Looking into the boy's eyes, his expression changed to fear. His eyes started to bleed.
His arm became weak, and he dropped his gun.
Dropping sound
The sound reached the ear of the guy, and he quickly lifted the red bag, which was beside one of the dead bodies, and without wasting time, he started running outside.
He gets into the car outside, and with a fearful expression, he quickly starts the car and escapes the place.
4 Year Later
In the bustling cityscape, A young man,his striking features masked by an inscrutable expression, stood at a bicycle stand, frustration etched on his face.
Wrestling with his memory, he grumbled while trying to unlock his cycle, muttering, "Ah, I hate this. I can't even recall my own cycle password. Let me think... It's not 7, it's 1. That means the password is 81656. With this memory, how will I ever get admission to the university entrance exam?"
The young man's noticeable features were black hair, blue eyes, fear skin, Wearing brown t -shirt, Black full slave pant
As he walked alongside his cycle.
Suddenly, searing pain gripped his entire being, a torment that felt like fleeting eternity. While the pain is making his body suffer.
Gasping for breath, he collapsed on the ground.
He starts thinking, "What the..ahh, my body, why is it burning? It feels like every nerve in my body is melting with extreme heat. I can't see anything. Am I dying?....
< His veins starts to glow >
No, it's getting better. The pain is reducing. I think I am regaining composure."
He swiftly regained composure. His physical state turned back to normal.
"What the hell was that?. It felt like my entire body was burning from inside. "He was thinking while he was trying to stand up.
His phone's shrill ring at that moment disrupted the silence.
The phone screen showed the name "Fahim."
Tamim picked up
" Can't talk now, call me after a few moments.." Says Tamim and going to press the end call button.
A voice ( Fahim's voice ) crackled through the phone. "Hey Tamim. Listen, I've got something crucial to show you. Swing by after your gym session today."
Tamim Stood Up From The Ground And Replied " Did you call me because you want to talk with me about that bullshit crystal ?"
Fahim persisted: "Bro, trust me this time, no trash talk. "
"Fine, see you then, I am not in a situation to talk with you now," Tamim conceded before ending the call.
Tamim cleaned his soiled clothes with pink fabric. Then he picks up his bicycle, which is lying on the ground.
A few moments later.
He came in front of a door and unlocked it with a face scan.
He started walking inside and turned on the light with a voice command. He sat on the sofa with a tired face.
He pulled his phone out of his pocket and, after unlocking the phone with FaceUnlock,. He sees some notifications.
Notification 1: 8 people unfollowed you; press to see feedback.
Notification 2: 1762 new people followed you; press to see feedback.
Notification 3: Xonj's revenge attack defeated the Lenju clan, and the Conj team will be the next Supreme Nexoleader. Tap to know more.
Other notifications were visible.
Tamim pressed the first notification and saw a comment from a user named Samiul (a Hack user).
Tanjida commented, (You can't behave well with fans. I asked for a photo, and you ignored me. That's really disrespectful and offensive . I am not your fan anymore.)
Tamims gave a resentful expression, seeing the comment.
Tamim thought, "Ahh,these brainless people."
Tamim closed the tab, pressed the music application, and searched for a song named
"Car's outside"
Tamim took his earphone and put it in his ear. While doing this, he was thinking, "Listening to music is way better than consuming toxicity." After putting the earphone in his ear, he closed his eyes. He fell asleep.
Hours turned into days in a blink.
Tamim woke to a male human's persistent voice from outside, to which he can listen because the scanner outside is connected to his phone, which is now connected to his earphone. He looked at the watch and saw it was 10 a.m.
"Wait, 10 a.m.? I was sleeping all this time."
Tamim stood up and opened the door.
The person was Fahim, he was wearing a white hoodie, and black jogger. He has dark brown hair, dark brown eyes and olive skin color.
Fahim's relief was palpable. "Dude, I was worried. You were not picking up my phone." He trailed off, relief mingling with concern.
Tamim brushed it off: "Just overslept, I guess."
Concern etched on Fahim's face: "You need to ease up on yourself, man. locking yourself away—this exam shouldn't consume you like this."
Tamim feigned indifference. "I'm fine, really."
Fahim persisted, "Alright, answer the question: were you sleeping past 20 freaking hours?"
"Yah, I guess. I slept at 2 p.m., so maybe "says Tamim.
"It seems fishy, you okay?"" says Fahim.
"Yuh, I'm," says Tamim.
"That means you didn't eat for 20 hours," says Fahim.
"Yah, maybe," replied Tamim.
"That means you will be going to my house now; you gonna have lunch, and then I am gonna show you something really amazing ," says Fahim.
That evening, Fahims House, a two-story small building,.
In a small room with scientific equipment, Tamim and Fahim are looking at a glowing stone that is placed inside a firetube (a tube made of high-intensity fire that is covered by Len, the strongest metal on earth), protected inside a cubic glass box.
"So, when the outer layer melts, these glowing objects will emerge?" Tamim raised an eyebrow.
Fahim's eyes sparkled with fervor. "Yes, believe me. Five years of dedication won't be in vain."
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The scene shifted-
Tamim was wandering through a supermarket after he left Fahim's house, contemplating the rising egg prices. "Even with the hike, I can't skip these," he mumbled, picking up a dozen and heading home.
Amidst the usual city crowd, Tamim's journey took an unexpected turn.
Tamim saw, a few meters away, an elderly woman and man crossing the road. A truck is coming at full speed. Going to hit the elderly couple.
The truck driver is pressing the brake, but it isn't working.
Tamim, seeing this, suddenly felt an unusual pressure in his brain. His hand moved automatically, and the truck stopped with sperm pressure. Tamim's body also felt that pressure. Because of that, the eggs in Tamim's hand dropped to the ground.
Shaken, he pondered the inexplicable events, Fahim's enigmatic words resurfacing in his thoughts. The memory of their conversation materialized.
"You know what happened yesterday?" Fahim had begun to have a tone of urgency in his voice.
Tamim, clueless, replied, "What happened?"
An exasperated Fahim exclaimed, "You really don't know?"
Tamim sighed. "I was asleep, remember?"
Fahim hesitated before revealing, "Yesterday, millions experienced unbearable pain and died. One guy on V-Tube claimed that he survived, stating that he felt stronger than ever and also said he can now create fire from his body, like he'd become a superhuman."
The flashback faded, leaving Tamim grappling with reality. "Could it be? Did I truly stop that truck?" His mind swirled with doubt; the concept of possessing superhuman abilities seemed preposterous.
Tamim comes home after a few moments.
Tamim was engrossed in cooking the eggs, and his mind reeled with unanswered questions. Lost in thought, an unforeseen jolt interrupted—the knife carelessly slipped, seemingly aiming for his hand. A split second later, shock surged through Tamim as the blade shattered on impact, leaving his hand unharmed.
"What the hell..?" says Tamim, and she looks at the knife.
"No way, I bought this knife a few days ago. It was sharp as hell, and it broke?" said Tamim to himself as he looked at his hand. "And how is this even possible? It broke because it hit my arm?.
Tamim sat and grabbed the water bottle beside him, his face full of tension. "It's surely a dream, a lucid dream, I guess. Maybe this dream is happening because I read that light novel a few days ago. I really hope it's a dream," thinks Tamim, who gets out of the kitchen and sits on the sofa.
" !!, Everything that is happening today seems a bit fishy. I never sleep more than 10 hours, but today I slept 20 hours. Maybe I didn't sleep that much. Maybe I am still in my dream. Even though there are countless times I have seen this kind of dream," thinks Tamim.
Tamim added, "And this dream never ends quickly. The last time I saw this kind of dream a few months ago, I ended the dream by sleeping inside it. I think I should try to sleep now. Maybe I can get back to reality," says Tamim, who gets up using the stairs to his room.
Tamim lied on the bed and thought, "I can clearly understand I am in a dream now because I am not hungry at all, and in a dream, pain can't be felt." And he closes his eyes. Time passes, and Tamim is not feeling sleepy at all.
"..it's been 2 hours, I am trying to sleep, but my brain is not letting me sleep." Tamim says to himself. Suddenly, he felt pain in his brain, and he became unconscious.
To be continued....