Our world has become a place where dimensional rifts have become common, space is broken, and attempted invasions by alien species have become as common as a cold war between countries.
In the wake of the apocalypse, the Dark energy, something present in theories only a few centuries ago entered the Earth's atmosphere.
It wasn't called Dark because it was bad or maybe dark in colour. Rather, it was called dark because it was well camouflaged with space for so many years, neither emitting nor absorbing heat or light, hence dark.
This energy showed compatibility with a few people more than others; they are the ones called "Evolvans"*. Named so, because Dark energy evolves the universe as well as they were beings evolved from humans, so it had a two-way meaning.
It was different from Ether or Void and could even bend time and space if wielded properly, that's how rifts were created, or that's what was discovered by scientists.
For years astronomers and space physicists searched for the basic ingredients of the world, with the only lead called "Dark matter" or "Missing matter". Initially, it was speculated to be something unknown that exerts a gravitational force on planets.
Later, it was also found to be the cause of the universe's expansion, but matter cannot do that alone; there has to be some force or energy for it to expand. Thus, that unknown and undetectable energy was named "Dark energy " in the year 1998.
However, it was only discovered much later when Humans left for distant planets in search of new life in the year 3147. It took too much for human civilisation to improve its technology to the point that they could travel hundreds of light-years in a matter of a few years.
However, humans were not the only ones searching for life on other planets.
One fine day, when the calendar on Earth showed June 30th, year 3333. The space researchers searching for life for almost two centuries now have finally got a few clues from a planet, present in the solar system which is now called Narka*, as named much later by a woeful physicist, sending signals on a very small wavelength.
A new energy was discovered along with a planet holding a civilisation. The contact was set, the communication progressed, and many new things were invented with the new knowledge from other worlds. The whole world was celebrating. But that only lasted a few decades.
On 15th August, 3391, the day humanity finally lost its luck. The research stations on Earth lost contact with the Space Exploration Team -1 settled on planet 30-J-3333. In the next few hours, they lost contact with the Alliance Negotiation team as well. This sent a wave of panic on Earth.
Team -2 was reported to be safe and found no disturbances on their end. However, they still lost contact within a few weeks as well. At that time, it would have been better if Space Exploration Teams had been asked to fall back; however, the orders were quite different.
The teams on stand by nearby were asked to visit 30-J-3333, at the same time, many other teams too off from Earth after a few months' interval each. Almost forming an assembly line to planet 30-J-3333.
Beings on that planet controlled Dark Energy and were masters of it, so it became easy for them to track down the coordinates to Earth by tracking down the energy radiated by spaceships. They tracked it back to Earth and started creating dimensional rifts by bending space and time at will using Dark Energy.
Warriors and Monsters alike poured from rifts. The monsters were like animals eating anyone and anything destroying things unconditionally. However, warriors were more skilled and created greater havoc.
We fought with our full power, but our firearms, made of a gross element, had no effect on the much superior, Dark energy-wielding army. At that time, when our world was about to collapse, we saw a ray of hope. This hope was 'The Evolvans'.
'Robert Lee', was the first Legendary Evolvan. A true hero, no other Evolvan, alive or dead, is as powerful as he was.
When the First General, the most powerful known warrior from 30-J-3333, was trying to invade Earth, he fought him and died a glorious death, in the year 3447.
It's said he used an overpowered skill just before his death, disrupting plant 30-J-3333's uninterrupted access to Earth. So, now, after a dimensional rift is opened, it takes a few days before it can be broken and the Monsters can attack the Earth. It's even Harder for Warriors.
In the meantime, the hunters enter the rift and try their best to kill the designated soldiers that are stuck in the dimensional rifts.
"What was the name of that overpowered skill ?" A student in the class asked
" At that time, the system didn't exist, so generally, skills didn't have names, or even if they did, Hunters Lee didn't share them with the world!" The teacher replied while in a deep meditation.
"Ma'am, what was the date when Hunter Lee died?" Another student asked.
"Hmm, that's unknown, because during the time of great invasion, no one had enough time to go through calendars. Even though it was the year 3447, it was actually a speculation based on various records found. These dates are according to the Gregorian calendar used before the Great Invasion. The Callanders now used were made after that period, so according to that, it has been almost 325 years after the great invasion."
"But ma'am isn't it year 325?"
The teacher's eyes fluttered open on this funny question.
"Haha, that's because the last year of the Great Invasion, the year Robert Lee died, is counted as year one. What were you doing in Kindergarten ?"
The whole class started laughing.
The bell finally rang as she started to collect her books from the desk and prepared to leave.
"Okay, kids, so that's it for today's lesson! We will read the chapter in detail next lecture. Enjoy your break !" The teacher said cheerfully and left the class.
As the whole class started to move with a hustle, Jiya was still looking out of the window with a blank look, as uninterested in the break as she was in the history lecture.