Chapter 5: Surviving the wild
The surroundings became unfamiliar. This scene shocked everyone. If they only heard and didn't see, this is truly unbelievable to anyone. This world of opportunities and danger, but for someone like them, a student, it was hard to accept.
The eight students arrived in the field, and the other students also appear to be coming. One teacher's voice out from the center.
"Everyone, gather here immediately! Don't push, walk carefully!" A teacher with a muscular build shouted to everyone.
The teacher seems to be their PE teacher, one of the students murmurs from the group. As for the group of Irish, they are not familiar with the teacher in the front.
"Okay, now that everyone is here, we sincerely ask for everyone for their cooperation. This is not a drill but reality, as we don't know what happened earlier. And this fire from the center came from, but one thing I'd like to tell you, everyone, we survive, and as your teacher, we are responsible for everyone's safety." The teacher elaborated.
"Just calm down, and wait for the rescue," He added.
"But, Sir, the outside of the school seems to be destroyed, and what if there are monsters outside like earlier?" a student asked.
"This…"
The teacher appears not to have an answer to the question, and they also don't know what is happening.
"We just have to survive before that!" one teacher answered.
The crowd begins to make a noise; some are nervous, some are angry, and some are not doing anything, just observing.
"Are the teacher dumb or something? They can't even determine that this is not the Earth that used to be." Jess murmured with the group.
"Right! If the thing that appeared in the sky earlier was true, do they not think that if the monster happened here also happened around the world?" Jem added.
"Do they think someone will rescue us, with this situation? Plus, as we can see outside, aside from our academy, buildings outside turn into ruins. She added.
Irish, at the side, was also thinking, and what Jess and Jem said was actually true. And this phone with mystery features like a system and that fire at the center.
Another student blurted out a question, "Teacher, how sure are you that the government will rescue us? If the world turns into ruin, and that monster earlier, what if it has also happened around the world?"
This school was really full of geniuses, capable of asking a question to the teacher without even feeling nervous.
"If that really happened, then we must survive first, and do what we can do in the meantime until then," The teacher answered.
"We have here, around two thousand people who survived the monster earlier, and only five teachers survive.
I will introduce myself again, as there are freshmen joined the group who didn't know us.
You can just call me Mr. Cooper, and this is Ms. White, Mr. Edward, Mr. Walker, and Ms. Vivian.
In this situation, we must first secure the food for everyone. Please form a group, everyone, with the people who were comfortable with, and find anything that can be eaten on our campus. Ms. White will handle the accounts.
Other students, please follow Mr. Edward and Mr. Walker to check the rooms in every building, as we can use them as our beds to sleep.
The other just gathers here in the center, and please be vigilant, maybe there are monsters outside the school, so we must close every gate of the school."
Everyone became busy at the moment, even though they are afraid, but they do their things to make sure they collaborate with others.
Irish and the others joined the people who clean the rooms. The scene surprises them, and even the blood earlier disappears. They think that, though the monsters that earlier disappeared in the light will leave some stain, they also vanished.
They clean and arrange their room, and they decided to sleep in their room with the others. Even though there are some ladies but they are more comfortable than sleeping with other people they don't know.
After they finished, the teacher organized the food, and they gathered again at the center. Then…
Ding!
All their cellphone rang again, and those students with trauma panicked.
"Don't be panicked!" The loud voice of Mr. Cooper resounded.
Ding!
[Dear Campers, Green Wood Academy]
[Due to the corrupt energy, all organisms on Earth will mutate]
[Mystical energy will continue to be absorbed]
[After seven days, all organisms will complete their mutation]
[Please be prepared, everyone]
Their phone screen flickered again and again, the light of the fire, like a bonfire, spread from the surroundings at least 30 meters radius.
This…
Their phone screen pops up again…
[Fire of Protection]
[Area: 30 radius]
[Upgrade through the evolution of the campers]
[Campers: 2375]
[Camp: Green Wood Academy]
[Awakeners: currently none]
Some features were activated. Will the new era begin?
Everyone was really scared; some questions entered their mind: Is this really the Earth? Are we going to follow this prompt?
"Everyone, please calm down. If this is really an apocalypse, then we can just survive, and this kind of technology, if this is a blessing or not, we can just accept this. We have food here for at least two days of consumption, though we need to find food; if we wait for the rescue, that will be hard.
There are some convenience stores outside the campus, though it was already ruined, but maybe there are some foods for us to survive."
"What if there was some monster outside?" a student asked while shivering.
Then a panel screen appears again on their phone. This was really mysterious, the signal of the phone was not coverage, it was all black. It will only flicker for some information, like the name of the camp or the status of the camp.
Ding!
[There are currently no monsters outside, as we already fixed the error earlier]
[Only organisms on this planet left]
[But due to the mystical energy and the corrupt energy, the evolution of all creatures is being enhanced]
[Thus, after seven days, creatures will complete their evolution, as this will make them dangerous for everyone]
A robotic call said on the student who asked.
This shocked everyone; a robotic voice just answered their question.
"Are all people on Earth also experiencing this?" a student added a question. Everybody turned and looked at him.
Ding!
His phone also flickered, and a robotic voice resounded again.
[Yes, due to an unexpected occurrence, the Earth enters its evolutionary state]
Another shock again, everyone's mouth dropped from the answer.
It was okay if once, that was just a coincidence, but if twice, it is the reality. There was really a system akin to AI that just answered their questions.
Irish, at the side, looks at his phone, and a question pops up on his mind: "Who are you?"
Ding!
[I am Data Earth 1836241]
[Your camper assistant]
Irish face turned pale, while the other was confused as the other looked at who had just asked and why the system had just introduced itself.
Irish know, "how did this know what was inside his head, can this system read his mind?"
But Irish didn't continue further; he only looked at the center, then the sky, remembering that black thing.
(LF supporter for this newbee please)