NOVEL NEXT Chapter 407: New currency
Atlan, Ninth and the rest of the team were unable to get anywhere near inside the HeadQuarters. There were thousands upon thousands of angry citizens demanding an explanation from the top Saviors about the current situation.
Many were blaming them for the loss of immortality. They thought that because of the Church's explosion, their immortality went with it as well. Of course, that wasn't true. They just didn't know that Angels had turned extinct.
"What are we going to do?"
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"How? Every door is blocked by an angry mob!"
The team tried to debate whether they should even go inside the HeadQuarters to begin with. After all, it looked like the entire building had been barricaded from the inside and out to prevent the rioters from getting inside.
"We can't go inside," Atlan said. "There's no one there."
With his newly gained supernatural abilities, Atlan was able to assess the situation on the inside of the HeadQuarters. And from what he could see, there wasn't anyone present inside.
"They're probably at a secure Pocket Remedium trying to have a meeting with the rest of the Saviors to try and deal with the current situation," Atlan muttered.
Ninth and the rest of the team were unnerved with those words. After all, they were hoping that they could return to the HeadQuarters and report about what happened during the mission.
They also wanted to know what they could do to help the situation. Their heart grew heavy with guilt knowing that they may have become part of the reason why chaos and bloodshed was spreading throughout the City.
As the rioting continued to grow larger and larger, everyone was suddenly forced to look up into the skies to witness the projections of faces in the air.
Everyone looked up to see five distinct floating heads, each one looking quite old and experienced.
Atlan, Ninth and the rest of the team immediately recognized them to be the Elder Heads in charge of everything inside Genesis City.
It looked like they had finished their meeting and were ready to relay the information to the people to try and calm them down.
"Greetings, citizens of Genesis City. As you may not know, we are the Elder Heads of this territory, meaning that we govern everything that is going on inside this land.
I'm sure most of you have already figured out that the cone of safety that once protected us is now gone. Death is now permanent."
Once he said those words, despair and angry shouting overcame the rioters. Even though they already knew this to be true, the fact that there was an official announcement meant that it was genuinely true.
"But that does not mean God is dead. Just because our church has been destroyed doesn't mean that our faith in the Genesis God has wavered!" the old man shouted with pride, influencing some of the rioters watching from below to put down their pitchforks and simply cry on their knees.
"He has not abandoned us. Fear not, because the whole world is experiencing this phenomenon. Every one of us has lost our immortality, even the biggest of Metropolises and Cities in the world."
Upon hearing this, some of the citizens trying to escape out of the Genesis City walls couldn't help but feel all their strength sapped out of their bodies. They thought that if they were able to leave this City, then they would be able to save themselves from death.
But it turned out that they had nowhere else to turn to. Every City has lost their immortality.
"This is not the time for despair, citizens of Genesis City. We have hope. The Genesis God has given us hope. We were contacted by Him and was given a solution to our current problem."
The old man's words became more and more pronounced as he went on with his speech. His charisma and hopeful words seemed to have affected the rioters and the angry citizens by a large margin.
Everyone stopped burning down buildings, they stopped robbing stores, and they stopped trying to destroy the City in anger.
They all watched for the old man's next words.
"There is still a chance for us to become 'immortal'. That is through the use of Soul Time!
As long as you have done the City a great service, the Genesis God will bestow upon you a Time Stim, a device that will transfer more Soul Time into your body that will heal any ailments or extend your life for as long as you want!
In order to make sure that only those deserving are given the chance to live longer, we are implementing a new system in the City.
If you want to buy water and food in this territory, then you must pay using your Soul Time!
If you want more Soul Time to heal your wounds, then you must earn Soul Time in the market by offering your unique talents and services to everyone in the City.
Soul Time will now become our currency!"
Just as the old man announced that, everyone suddenly saw their wrist light up in a blinding light.
A few seconds later, everyone saw numbers flashing on their wrists.
[250 yrs : 111 d : 01 hrs : 40 min : 34 s]
Everyone could now see their Soul Times plastered on their wrists. Of course, they had the option to hide their Soul Time from others, but this also meant that they could flash their Soul Time to others as a form of bragging.
Ninth and the others looked at their Soul Times and couldn't help but wince.
Back when they started the mission, their Soul Times were in the tens of thousands of years.
But now, due to the injuries they sustained through the multiple fights they had to fight through, they were now down to their last decade.
Meanwhile, Atlan looked at his wrist and saw a strange sight.
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His Soul Time wasn't displayed on his wrist.
But as he looked closer, he suddenly realised that those lines were flashing a thousand times per second.
As he used his advanced sight, he slowed down his perception of the world and saw the world turn in slow motion.
Then, he saw his Soul Time was actually increasing so much that it wasn't registering into the system!