Earthquake

Discovery

There's nothing special about a girl simply focusing on what's good for her, is there? Although this is not the first time that the principal has been sent to the library again as a punishment. He aren't a particularly creative person, so he sends those who breaks the rules or do something he doesn't like to study in the library, even though he knows that almost no one does that. At once, everyone rushes to the pair of machines to immerse themselves in virtual reality. I'm a little different from these people because, unlike them, I like to walk among the books and pick up an interesting reading, and then settle for hours with it. I got here because I was reading my own book under the desk in class while the teacher was talking about some scientifically boring experiment that humans were doing in space with the help of an artificial intelligence. Come on! I never understood why humanity should deal with these fake people, when everyone knows anyway that it can only be a disadvantage for us. They will take our jobs and be almost everywhere. What is the guarantee that they will even be able to control or manage all these many metal needle structures if something goes wrong?- Samisa! - I immediately look up from the book I was reading when I heard my name, before I see the librarian approaching the reading corner in her not-so-modest two-piece dress. - It's time for you to go home, we almost closed the library, and it's lucky that I saw you sitting here, otherwise you would've spent the night here. - she strikes a more irritated tone, so I quickly put the book back on the shelf and pick up my bag from the armchair, then head towards the exit.- I would have loved to sleep in the library, even if that armchair is uncomfortable for sleeping. - I mutter under my breath when I step out into the sultry spring air.My parents aren't exactly the kind of people who really care about their child's mental state, so when I walk into the living room and march into my room without saying a word, they don't even look up from the TV screen to say hello or anything. I'm doing my usual evening routine when I glance down at my phone and see that I've received a new notification on Instagram. I open it, but regret it the moment I read the article.The next day I go straight to the library, so I find myself at school well before the usual time. For the sake of the article, of course, to find out more about things, because in the city of Gumeya, something strange and indecipherable was found in the river of a village called Riva. A seemingly harmless iron cube, which, moreover, had not rusted considering that it had been under water for quite some time. There was an upside-down triangle on the cube, which they couldn't decipher as to what language or script it might be. I thought I might be able to find something about these symbols in the library, but I put every book back in its place after going through the language and sign systems books a thousand times or so without success. Perhaps, this symbol is not even part of a sign or language. Maybe it's something people don't know anything about. Well, that's what I think about all day while I'm concentrating on the study materials with half an ear. After the lessons, I think that I should visit the library one more time, but if I have already browsed through all related books, then it would be unnecessary. That's why I went home and immediately opened my laptop. The Internet has the answer to (almost) everything. I first typed in the search engine that triangle symbols, for which it threw only a few hits, the first one was about an ancient legend, a myth about the earthly history of the elements, where the four elements finally created life on this planet. Maybe this will be it, but just to be safe, I went to the second page, which was about a book called "Legend of the Ancient Elements". Unfortunately, this book has been banned in many places, including our city, so I looked to see if it could be downloaded online somewhere. After an hour of painstaking searching, the admin of one of the e-book sites finally sent me the book, so I could throw myself into the research. In half an hour, I learned so much information about the history of the elements that I think I'm beginning to understand why they appeared just now. They probably sensed the danger, which brought about a series of dynamic changes on the planet, generated by humans, of course. So, the four elements; earth, fire, water and air once formed the basis of harmony, as a result of which life on Earth was formed, a garden of Eden, if I understood correctly. These forces are always present and control the state of the planet, which mostly means nature. The earth element is the strongest and most dangerous of all, since the planet is mostly made up of it, and this element must pay the most attention so that nothing can tip the Earth out of balance. Or, if you do, you need to do something immediately. I didn't understand the last sentence clearly, as I don't know what "you should do something immediately" could mean. There are certain criteria that are vital to keep Earth safe and its inhabitants alive. So, for some reason, the earth element would now have sent a signal to people that danger was approaching? That's all I could take from it. I haven't been able to find any more information on what it might mean that guardians are the representatives of these elements in the human world, who have extraordinary abilities to prevent a certain disaster as soon as possible. I immediately found the symbols, one of which was on the particular cube found in the river. The picture has come together, so the earth element for some reason now wants to make people feel directly that something dark is coming. For some reason I had strange vibrations around me, all this strange news and the sudden development in robotics for some reason brought a bad feeling. I really didn't like that feeling.