The Inheritor 3 The White Room

Only then he realized that he had a 360 degrees' vision and concluded that he was also a white ball. Although he was able to look around he couldn't move from the place he was floating.

'So this is where people go after their death' then he a.s.sumed that these b.a.l.l.s were the soul of the dead and thus he tried to communicate with other souls. But he didn't get any response from other dead souls.

As there was no means for measuring time it was felt absurd at the same time depressing. After some time, few of the souls started to dim out and fade. This continued on for long time, one by one the b.a.l.l.s would become smaller and smaller then it would slowly vanish.

It was a creepy kind of torture to stay silently and it's a miraculous record maintaining the sanity. This was an extreme tested of patience and willpower of the people. As Alistair was a successful businessman and had gone through hard trainings his patience and moreover, his endeavor of travelling around the world strengthened his willpower.

After who knows how long all the souls except Alistair vanished. Alistair sometimes felt like eons pa.s.sed since his death but at times he it would feel like just few years has pa.s.sed by; it was very confusing and driving him crazy.

The only reason he was able to survive was his strong will and curiosity. He was very curious to find out what would happen after all of the souls left. Immediately after the last soul vanished Alistair heard a very old senile voice

"Congrats, on pa.s.sing the test".

After that there was short pause, Alistair wondered where the voice came from as there was no one in the room.

"I know you have many questions but I don't have the time to answer your question as I'm dying. So just listen carefully and consider the options given to you before answering." Without giving Alistair any time to give response the old man continued.

"I'm G.o.d or heaven or the being responsible for all the supernatural activities in earth. Actually I'm Earth's Guardian. Each world would have its own guardian; the guardians are responsible for maintaining the balance of their world and guarding it against various threats."

"A guardian could not survive with a planet and a new guardian would be formed if a guardian is destroyed. Thus both world and its guardian are interdependent and interrelated. Though Guardians derive many powers from the world they can't possess emotion or conscious or soul. To put it simply we are like a set of programs which will be executed in different scenarios." The old man said as if he was stating a well-established fact which is common sense.

After that the old man paused. While Alistair thought 'If this old man really is the Earth's guardian as he portrayed himself and being what he told was about guardians were true, then how could this old man even exist. He surly has emotions, soul and he is not in coma so he definitely has conscious.' Alistair was confused.

It was as though the old man could read his mind "But I'm an exception i have emotions and soul, I'm the only guardian with conscious and soul in the universe. This was because of an accident. Now let me tell you the reason for testing you. Many eons ago the Earth was the world's strongest planet in the whole universe."

"Then Earth was the heart of the whole universe and holy land for cultivators. Because it was the most developed and largest planet in the universe all the top clans, sects and other influence had their headquarters on earth. Earth was simply too unique and special; compared to Earth other planets were too backward."

"Like all good things must come to an end, Earth faced a very tough trial. A mega explosion took place near Earth. Then a Cosmic black hole was formed and it was never endingly expanding. The black hole did not seem to have an end and looked like it was going to devour everything on its way.

"After the planet nearest to Earth was devoured all the people realized the magnitude of the disaster. The Cosmic black hole was nearing Earth, thus to save Earth at the same time not to lose their precious cultivation holy land all powerhouses across the universe joined hands, temporarily setting aside their grudges and differences."

"They all rushed to the core of the cosmic black hole and tried to destroy it. All the powerhouses believed that they could achieve anything if they all joined together. Their arrogance and confidence blinded them and the reality struck them harshly everyone died, but they didn't sacrifice themselves in vain as the black hole was also damaged. After devouring Earth, the Cosmic Black Hole closed and suddenly vanished from the universe. "

After speaking continuously without a break, the old man let out a long sigh that contained myriad of complex emotions. He was gratified, guilty, grateful, helpless, depressed towards those who sacrificed their lives defending Earth.

"I somehow survived that disaster with broken Earth's core and found myself in the void current that was formed due to the Cosmic Black Hole. The void current was filled with dead souls of the powerhouses and treasures that they had before death. Then I found a white box floating in the s.p.a.ce, it was peculiar and I got a strange attraction from the White Box. As I went near it a sudden suction sucked everything in the Void Current including the dead souls, treasures, Damaged Earth Core and me."

"Only then I realized that the Cosmic black hole was actually caused by this White Box's birth and the energy devoured was also absorbed by the white box. And the Cosmic Black Hole stopped only because of devouring enough power to support the white box."

"After entering the box all the dead souls miraculously merged with me and the treasures melted and were merged with the Earth's core. The souls that merged with me only had memories of the powerhouses without their consciousness. But this merger gave me a soul, conscious and emotions."

"Though the souls merged with me healed me to some extend it could not completely cure me but it was just a temporary solution and Earth was also on the same situation as me. Though the core was repaired to some extend it could never be reach its previous level. I was dying and the prestigious Earth reduced to lowest level of world in the universe."

"Moreover Earth could not be sent to universe as guardian with soul and consciousness was defiance of natural order and universe's will would destroy both Earth and me. Thus I decided to develop Earth as much as possible before my death. After my death a new guardian would be formed and it will naturally be integrated with the universe."