Inside the sprawling Royal Headquarters the Great Exodus was not a mere boarding of a ship; it was a decade-long transformation. Crul had calculated that the World Dome would reach its point of total collapse in ten years. Therefore, the 100,000 survivors were being hammered like raw steel into weapons for a new world.
The selection process had been surgical. Crul had divided the populace into balanced units: 50,000 men and 50,000 women, primarily in their youth. Single individuals were paired immediately, forced to undergo life-or-death survival challenges to forge bonds that transcended mere attraction. By the fifth year of training, every couple was solidified.
