My name is Alexandre Lockhart, I'm 7 years old now, or 67 if you count my past life.
Three days ago I recovered the memories of my past life, and the first thing I saw was a simple screen with some information.
[ The rewards of the first rebirth have been successfully delivered, karma is being calculated, at eighteen the final rewards will be delivered. ]
[ Current rewards: In accordance with Alexander Lockhart's deepest wishes, his rebirth took place in a world of extremely advanced technology, making it possible to realize his dreams more easily.
All the memories of his past life remain clear and he can easily recall every detail he saw. ]
(Sigh)
I don't have much to complain about being reborn, after all I was just a designer, even though I worked on some famous games, I never got what I wanted, to create my own games.
I didn't get married or have children, I dedicated my whole life to the games industry, dreaming of one day creating my own company, but life isn't that easy.
Effort alone is not enough. When I reached 50, I knew I had no chance of realizing my dream, so being reborn was a wonderful thing.
But what really shocked me was the world I'm in. Unlike many stories I've read, I'm not in an anime or movie universe.
In fact, I'm in my original universe, just thousands of years in the future.
When I got my memories back, the first thing I did was research this world, and I have to admit I was totally shocked.
Right now, I'm in the 200th year of the age of peace and, according to my research, humanity lost a large part of its origin story at the start of the great universal war.
From what I've discovered, humanity has developed a lot over the years, there are no specific records, but at some point in history humanity discovered the space warp, and began to explore the galaxy.
Apparently, many years passed, it may have been hundreds or thousands of years, but humanity managed to colonize dozens of worlds.
Exploration continued for a long time, until humanity came into contact with an alien race, the Exceed. According to what I could find out, the first encounters were friendly and, apparently, things went well for several years.
But obviously this friendship didn't last, and this is a much-discussed point everywhere I looked, because nobody knows why the war started.
All people know is that for some reason the friendship between the two races ended, the war started with small conflicts, just a few ships exchanging fire in space.
But things quickly escalated, then, 100 years after the war began, a bomb was dropped on Earth, totally destroying humanity's home planet, that day 9 billion people died, and a large part of humanity's culture was lost.
The response to this attack was not weak, soon after the destruction of Earth, humanity responded in kind, launching a synchronized attack on 10 planets colonized by the Exceed, 8 of these worlds were completely decimated.
After this event the hatred between the two races reached its peak, the war was devastating, over the years dozens of planets were destroyed, this war lasted ten thousand years.
But as the old saying goes.
"Humanity evolves in war."
Technology grew absurdly, the military even created a kind of supersoldier serum, at which point there was no longer any difference between men and women, everyone was trained from a young age to fight.
All of humanity became militarized, all the technologies created were for the purpose of helping in the war, there were several moments where humanity almost lost, and others where it almost won, but things never ended, this war seemed eternal.
Some scientists managed to create a kind of chamber where it was possible to increase life expectancy, initially to 150 years, but over the years, with the growth of technology, it became possible to live up to 800 years.
With medicine and a lot of care, it's possible to reach 1,000 years. When this discovery was made, the war had already lasted 3,000 years.
At this time some people were not happy, a longer life meant more time fighting in the war, many voices were raised, a lot of time had passed and the war seemed far from over, it was at this time that the revolutionaries were born.
People who no longer saw any reason to continue the war, thousands of years had passed, they didn't even know why the war had started.
The Exceed were facing the same problem, but it wasn't until thousands of years later that the revolutionaries managed to win.
After ten thousand years of war, most people, especially the young, didn't want to take part in a pointless war, even though humanity had lost a lot, Exceed had lost too, both sides had bled enough.
The greatest proof of this was the world of heroes, as inspiring as the name sounds, it is known as 'Tomb Planet', at some point in this long war, a ten-star general decided to create a tombstone for every fallen soldier.
Obviously, he meant well, but what he didn't realize was that in order to create a tombstone for every fallen soldier, he would need to cover a planet three times the size of Jupiter with tombstones.
But none of this mattered, because somehow the revolutionaries of the two races united, synchronizing an attack on the leaders of each race, and that's how, ten thousand years after it began, the great universal war ended and the internal war began.
Humanity was divided, some supporting the revolutionaries, others in favor of the military and the war.
At this point humanity had hundreds of colonized worlds, so the whole war lasted another 800 years, and it was only 200 years ago that the revolutionaries finally won, completely destroying the radicals who were in favour of the war.
This ushered in the era of peace. Of course, there are still many older soldiers and officers who are not satisfied, after all they lost many comrades in the war, but in the end they kept quiet.
The new generation must make their own decisions if they want peace, insisting on war would be foolish.
The revolutionaries took power and formed an alliance with the Exceed, and with a single handshake, hundreds of worlds finally achieved peace.
But after the end of the war many problems arose, but for me today, after 200 years of peace, the main problem is entertainment.
Even if 200 years have passed, people can live close to a thousand, so those in the entertainment industry are old monsters who are over 500 years old.
That's exactly why all movies, music and other art forms are based on war.
All the movies released are about epic battles, all the songs are melancholic or slow-paced, with lyrics that express the loss or longing of a relative or lover lost in war.
In this world, games also exist, and are on the same level as other art forms, but the problem is also the same: all games are about war, about some famous battle or based on the deeds of some war hero.
This world is incredibly advanced and, at the same time, incredibly boring.
"Liza, what time is it?"
"5h37. Would you like to start your morning routine?"
Liza is the family AI assistant, she has my entire routine program, it's very practical to have her around.
The AIs of this world are very advanced, they play an extremely important role in society, but that doesn't matter now.
I get out of bed, the windows open automatically, looking around the room is full of toys, there are soldiers, war tanks, warships, war drones, and some that I have no idea what they are, but it must be something from the war.
When I was a child in my past life, I thought a remote control car was amazing, when I became an adult, I bought a drone and thought it was the most amazing thing in the world, now in this new life, I have a miniature warship that flies with anti-gravity technology and I don't even know what to say.
(Sigh)
Anyway, I'd better start the day.
" Liza, I'm going to start the morning routine. "
"All right, starting preparations."
I go into the bathroom to get ready, look in the mirror and see a 7-year-old boy with light brown hair, green eyes, with cheeks that some grandmother would love to squeeze, sighing a little, I continue washing, it will take me a while to get used to my appearance.
I soon came out of the bedroom and saw my younger sister waiting for me.
"Good morning, brother, come on, I want to finish as soon as possible."
"Good morning, what's the hurry? We have until 7 o'clock to finish."
"No, the divine soldier will start at seven, I need to finish it early, I want to watch it calmly."
"Melissa....Ok, come on. "
Melissa is 6 years old, with curly red hair and green eyes like mine. Every morning we go to the training room to do our daily routine.
We soon arrive in a room full of equipment.
Our training routine is very simple: 200 sit-ups, 200 push-ups, 200 squats, 20 kilometers on the treadmill.
It took me a little over an hour to finish, with my old body I wouldn't have been able to do even half of that, I have serious doubts as to whether the people in this universe would be able to do it.
can be considered human.
"Congratulations on completing your morning workout, your supplements are ready."
A part of the wall opens, showing a shelf with various cold drinks, Melissa walks past me, picks up a bottle with a blue liquid and drinks it all in one go.
This is a supplement that all children should take up to the age of ten, as it helps with growth and body development.
"Uahh, I've finished, I'm going to shower first, I've still got 15 minutes."
She took off like a hurricane.
"I think that's normal, since she's a child."
I took a shower and went into the living room. Our house isn't very big, as we're a middle-class family, but the technology is incredible.
The moment I arrived, I heard my sister saying.
"Liza, put on the divine soldier, quickly."
"Okay"
A light goes up from the base of the wall to the ceiling, the whole wall lights up and a program starts playing, those tech companies in the world would set half the world on fire to get their hands on something like this.
I sat down on the sofa next to Melissa to watch the program, our mother should get up soon.
"Are you... are you really that strong?! How is that possible? If you're so powerful, why are you just a soldier?"
"Titles aren't important, I only care about defending my world, that's all."
(Shit, shame on whoever wrote that.)
"He's amazing, you saw brother, aaaah, I also want to be a soldier who protects our world."
Melissa is a super fan of this nonsense, poor thing, she's never seen a good animation in her life.
(Sigh)
"I don't think it's that good."
"You're criticizing the show your sister likes, even you liked it until recently."
Hearing that voice, I look back and see my mother standing in the doorway with a cup of coffee in her hand.
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Note: This story will start slowly, the protagonist will only start playing when he gets a bit older.
I don't have a release schedule, I'll announce it as I write.