Temporal Pearls

Seth admired one of the pots he bought with starry eyes and even entertained the idea of going back to be the old man's apprentice. However, he had his hands full with Asteroids Online and…  his attention was attracted to a streaking light in the sky.

"Woah!"

It was beautiful to his eyes as it passed far away and disappeared. Then there was a tremor on the asphalt he was on and even his car shook.

[Warming! Meteoroid Impact]

His car warned, but then hundreds of other meteoroids became visible across the sky. Beautiful by sight but due to the tremor people were apprehensive.

Tud!

Tud!

Tud!

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Several tremors vibrated around. Suddenly a blackout happened, electronics began to shut down and people began to faint.

Cars on the street turned off, houses, hostels, and power grid all went down. Four cities in Ni Country became dark that night, devoid of electricity and many people went dizzy and their bodies became weak.

Seth was terrified, he had never left his home for more than 10 kilometres but now he was 35 kilometres away on a highway that led to another city—and then, this thing happened. He can't even imagine his mother's panic.

But… that wasn't the worst! Doubt and despair in people rise wondering was this the end of the world for the second time? History foretold that asteroids from the sky destroyed the old world and now, something similar was happening.

His car became dead on the street, thankfully there was a lot of emergency percussion and so far so good no accident occurred but after he glanced out, he saw people were dizzy.

Then a floating helicopter came with bright light and illuminated the area. It moved far ahead until it reached an expensive car where men in black jumped down and took the people in the car. Five more helicopters came and went. Letter, the place became dark. There wasn't even a moon in the sky.

Seth was peeking around from his car when he noticed a man in another car trying to take something somewhere but he couldn't, he was dizzy but also suffocating. The way the man gasped for air tells Seth the man has Asthma.

Seth put the pot he was still holding and grabbed the door knob but it refused to budge. The car was completely dead, with no power whatsoever and sadly it was fully automated with its Ai.

He grabbed his phone, but it was dead too.

Ganng!

Ganng!

Ganng!

Far behind him, a large Bunker Truck appeared and was smashing cars away as it drove on the road

"Fuck me… oh my God!" Seth panicked and pressed the Start Engine button, he tried opening the car, he crawled back and tried to reach the boot and he did but the boot was sealed shut.

He grabbed some pots he was admiring moments ago and smashed them on the glass, it was bulletproof. He used his phone to try to break the glass until it was smashed to pieces and then he smashed his fist repeatedly until he was exhausted and his body couldn't move anymore.

When the electricity blackouts happened, all cars on the highway slowed down and stopped on the road—that was why there was no accident. But they were all on the road and now there was a giant Bunker Truck ramming into them as it drove fast on the road!

Ganng!

Ganng!

Ganng!

Each sound announced the destruction of a car and notification of his death coming close.

"That is Truck-kun, right? I'm miserable in this life maybe I will be isikied." Seth mumbled terrified.

"Haha!" As tears rolled on his cheek, he laughed at the absurdity of his thought. Nothing like that existed—those can only be found in novels. And Seth doesn't even like those genres because they had made him have hope due to his miserable life in the past.

Due to the depression of his uselessness, Seth has attempted suicide before, praying for transportation to another world and having OP Cheat.

When his family find out they admonished him and force him to undergo therapy sessions until he came back to himself and realised it was just a fucking wish fulfilment fantasy!

But now, a Truck-Kun was smashing cars toward him and Seth doesn't want to be Isikied!

He turned and watched as it came closer, faintly Seth can sense the smell of blood in the air and terrifying screams.

Not only that, time seemed to slow down as he concentrated, and he was able to process when the Bunker Truck smashed at a car, and it moved forward while the people in it wrecked back and forth, breaking their bones, shattering their heads and also mangling of their body, blood splashing and painting everywhere.

Those were the lucky ones because there was a possibility of survival.

The unlucky ones were the ones that the Truck drove atop them and the cars compressed and became flat, blood spilt through the broken door and windows,  dyeing the road with red.

Strangely, he was able to see the driver of the truck too. He was a huge man, wearing black glasses and a black suit. His expression was normal as if he was squashing a bunch of insects.

Ganng!

Ganng!

The truck was very close just to the car before him. Seth sat well and put on his belt and closed his eyes—praying and asking his mother for forgiveness. Deep down, he hoped to isikied…!

Gannnng!

Truck-kun crashed at Seth's car and it was smashed to the side of the road while the Bunker Truck continued its cause.

Seth's condition is unknown!

The Truck-kun passed, isikying a lot of people... or to be truthful, murdering countless people in their cars.

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Seth opened his eyes, his head dizzy, however, he was under pressure in a dim space.

"Damn. Did I get isekied?" Seth wondered but then he became unable to breathe as the pressure increased which forced him to wiggle.

'What a strange way to find myself in another world.' He complained, "fuck, where is my starter pack? System? Activate Superpower? Silver spoon? Golden Finger"

"...fuck is it running late?!" The muffled voice of Elias can be heard as he called names due to the pressure that was pressing on him.

"...where can I file a complaint?"

It was like he was between balloons that were pressing on him in different directions.

Before he suffocated completely, the balloon began to deplete and he slipped into the new world safely, however remembering his mother, Seth felt sad that he left her behind. "I will find a way back and I will right the wrong!" He clenched his fist as he vowed.

"Damn, being reborn is not that easy… system?" He called.

Calming down and opening his eyes, Seth was shocked, the sky was illuminated by countless shooting stars!

"This world is so beautiful." Seth gawked, "Eh!!! I'm still in the car?"

Seth was still in the car, in the driver's seat. He looked outside and his face went bitter. Cars were either embedded in the asphalt like flattened cans or smashed to the side of the road crushed and broken.

There were subtle cries and moans but they were dying out with each passing time.

Nothing seemed to have changed from the inside of his car. Not even a window was broken. Seth then tried opening the door again and it opened—a wave of strange atmosphere whipped him and his mind blank away for a moment.

Minutes later, he woke up, the shooting stars had reduced now and then he thought of making a wish, however, what if his wish was reversed since these shooting stars only brought calamity?

With a strange clear head, Seth went toward the car he was hearing the wail of a baby and peered through the glass… he wished he hadn't! The people were jumbled up and in blood gore.

Blarr!

Seth vomited and he felt his head dizzy, his enhanced mind unfortunately stored the image vividly.

He leaned on the car after he sat on the blood-covered road, his mind empty. Tears slid down and emotions threatened to burst out but he forced them down with his strong will.

Seth had never seen carnage like this! And the impact of what was happening weight in his mind, he will incur trauma and may need mental therapy in the future.

People that were born in relative peace usually have weak minds and tend to break easily in times of sudden and unexpected events. It's advice for one to do something dangerous to build themselves up.

He steels himself and tries to open the door. Another strange thing, the car activated and unlocked all the doors before it shut down again!