All Chapters of Getting a Technology System in Modern Day: Chapter 961
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963 - A Call to Action
In nearly all media devices across the empire, TVs, holograms, phones, and AR devices, the imperial government’s royal office seal appeared, accompanied by a one-minute timer counting down to the emperor’s address.The closer the timer got to zero, the slower the empire seemed to move. Sports games, school lectures, tours, and even fights came to a halt as everyone turned their attention to the broadcast. Tension and fear gripped the citizens, fueled by the empire’s recent increase in defenses and the lack of enough and clear information about why.When the timer hit zero, the seal disappeared, revealing the emperor standing behind a podium, dressed in full military attire. The sight alone sent a chill through the empire, as the emperor only wore his military uniform during moments of grave importance. The last time he had done so was during the first Conclave-Empire faceoff, when Xalthar led to the empire being discovered.“Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening, dear citizen
964 - APPLICATION PORTAL READY
[PLEASE LOG OFF TO ALLOW FOR THE TIME DILATION TO BE RAMPED UP TO A 20:1 RATIO IN PREPARATION FOR THE WAR]This announcement was sent to everyone in VR during the emperor's address, whether they were watching it or doing something else. A five-minute timer appeared in front of all users, counting down to the forced logout.The empire could have ramped up the time dilation without logging everyone off, but by doing so, it effectively allowed the entire population to be offline for a brief moment to digest the emperor’s address. As a result, the majority of citizens flocked to Pangea, the empire’s central social platform, to either see the reactions of people they looked up to or to express their own feelings. The already inflamed emotions of imperial citizens were further stoked by posts from the Ministry of War and other viral discussions.Speculation quickly began about how the empire would implement the emperor’s promise of allowing everyone to participate in the war through Avatars
965 - INCENTIVES
By the tenth minute since the application portal was opened, a whopping eleven billion people had already registered, with the majority of the applicants coming from the Proxima star system. Happy and excited, they finally had the chance to help the empire instead of being on the receiving end. Although that was the main reason, they were also joining to take revenge for their killed comrades who were among the casualties of the empire, despite their side of casualties being on the low end due to all of them being awakened. The majority of their casualties came from the top ten civilizations as a result of space-station-destroying-level attacks that were used against them, leaving no time to escape. Anyone who applied was either immediately accepted if they were deemed to have been of age or denied if they were below the age of eighteen. Following that, for those who were accepted, they immediately received a link to an authorized-only location within the VR that they could join w
966 - Creating and Choosing Avatars
“What?” Gululi asked in surprise, giving the same reaction as everyone else who was hearing the answer from their instance of GAIA. It was no surprise they reacted that way, as the empire was literally giving them an infinite money glitch in return for joining a war that held no risk to them at all. Plus, there was no need for everyone to fight, as there were many tasks requiring human participation, such as local logistics, security missions on captured planets, medical assistance in conquered star systems, and many more. Even pacifists could join with the ease of mind that they wouldn’t be forced to kill people for Merit Points.Though humans can fight for an ideology, belief, or protection, for the majority of them, the belief they are fighting for can only sustain their morale for so long before some begin to think that surrendering is the best option if it means continuing to live in peace. But with MP now on the table, the majority of humans would be praying that the war lasts
967 - “What is your pledge?”
The moment the avatar-making process started, the situation finally became clear. Although a large number of people chose to create their own avatars from scratch ot bring their imaginations to life, the majority of humans used the Universal IP option. Some chose to become Space Marines, others Hell Divers, clone soldiers, Jedis, Superman, and more. Every strong and famous character from any world of entertainment, be it movies, comics, anime, books, and more, was selected. The empire allowed free range, so long as their abilities were things they could replicate in some way or form. Not stopping there, and to help dissociate what they were about to do from their actual selves, the empire went ahead and even gave all of these characters a backstory. For those who were custom-made, the empire improvised depending on the person’s dreams and imagination about their character. For those who chose legacy Universal IP characters, the backstory matched closely to their original counterpar
968 - A Trillon Reasons
Ship after ship came and absorbed the mana Aron was expelling, as the situation didn’t seem to be subsiding at all.As Nova scanned the collected mana that was delivered to one of the labs on Mars she was now commandeering. It took a few minutes before the first round of results started coming out.{He is experiencing mana poisoning from the inside,} Nova said, realizing what the problem was after going through Aron’s mana, which had something that was not native to him or normal for his mana, something she was very knowledgeable about as she interacted with his mana on a daily basis.She instantly started simulating potential causes, and after only a second, having repurposed a full quantum server supercluster for the simulation, she came up with at least a trillion reasons, but only a single one was at the top, having a more than fifty percent chance of being the cause: the mana contract they had with the Conclave that Aron had unfortunately personally signed following the first war
969 - Conclave's Assured Victory
[...........][..........][........][.......]The system lines stopped the moment he triggered the knot in his soul, as if it were now trying to adapt to Aron’s actions.With it also came a moment of silence and reprieve from the pain, but despite that, he didn’t feel relief as he was yet to know if it was a temporary fix or not. Soon, his body answered for him.“Mhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,” he groaned, trying to hold the shout in, knowing that the moment he shouted, his mental defenses against the pain would once again give up. Instead, he decided to sit down in a meditation position, interlocking his fingers while touching his thumbs together and closing his eyes, trying to pinpoint what was happening. Although the pain had returned and was worse than the first hit, this one felt like a mixture, with a part coming from his soul that constantly poisoned his mana, while the additional pain was coming from a different source.As he once again started dumping all of the newly poisoned mana, si
970 - In Space No One Can Hear You Scream, But they Can See You Burning
“Oh, God,” Ayaka said as she walked out of the stargate, feeling the large amount of poisoned mana being radiated from a distance.Although she felt the radiated mana, what surprised her the most was the life force fluctuation happening in that direction; years of longevity were being expelled with each second, making her sure that whoever it was happening to was not having a good time.“Miss Ayaka and Mr. Lee, please come with me,” a fully armored soldier said to them a few seconds after they walked out of the stargate, immediately escorting them toward a waiting ship that took off the moment they boarded, taking them to where the Emperor was.{The Emperor is currently experiencing mana poisoning due to a technicality in a mana contract. What we need from you is to try your best to help him as he deals with the situation, or if you have a solution, to provide one,} Nova appeared and gave them a summary of the situation. Images showed the Emperor seated in a meditation position, radia
971 - Pincer
TWIF! TWOF! TWUF! TWAFF! TWIF! TWOF! TWUF! TWAFF!In the silence of space, thrusters in different areas of an attacking ship activated with millisecond intervals to ensure the ship's movements were predictable, while also fine-tuning its positioning in preparation for the next action half the imperial interceptor fleets were about to partake in. The thrusters divided the sheeps into their respective assigned action groups, with everything taking place while invisible to the enemy due to the large shield curtain in front of them, which was still deflecting the lasers being continuously sent by the Conclave fleet, who wanted to try and drain its energy and see if they could break through it.Only ten seconds had passed since they started attacking each other, but the number of attacks and the speed at which things were happening would make anyone who experienced it think hours had gone by.Once all the action groups were divided, totaling eighteen to be exact, they instantly started ac
972 - Birth of Stars
The Conclave fleet started spreading to avoid contact with the missile-like objects, which constantly adjusted their flight path toward their targeted ships. This forced the Conclave fleet to disperse further, but the objects had countermeasures, as they too constantly adjusted their positioning in 3D space. This required the movements made by the Conclave ships to be more aggressive than the oncoming objects in order to continue keeping them at bay, all while continuously firing at them.This spread had the negative effect of making individual ships easy to single out and target by the imperial pincering fleet, unlike when they were clustered together.FLASH!!!!!!! A flash of light, followed by a round of explosions, lit the battlefield, announcing the first imperial vessel's casualty, a direct result of the Shadari Torpedo. It was obvious to anyone that the ship was an intentional sacrifice in order to deal with the torpedo and not have it on the back of their minds, a tactic only t