invasion of the immortal world

Chapter 5 Shocking news

One hour after the return of the first subjects, the government held an emergency meeting to inform the various members of the GU about the latest news regarding the Salvatori project. The scientists, after discussing with the subjects who had returned from their soul worlds, had made several discoveries that would forever impact the course of human history.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as you probably know, today marked the awakening of the first subjects of the Salvatori project. They represent humanity's hope by granting access to new arable lands, which would solve the famine that is ravaging us. Furthermore, we hope to gain access to new resources, which would allow us to continue our expansion and break the speed of light barrier."

As soon as the speaker, elected to lead the session for the day, finished speaking, loud cheers and applause erupted in the room. The Salvatori project represented humanity's hope, which explained the enthusiasm of the people present in this hall, chosen by the populace.

"So, are the results what we expected?" one of the EU representatives asked.

"Tell us quickly!" added a representative from China, eager to hear the speaker's confirmation.

The latter then gestured to the assembly to calm down and waited a few seconds for the silence to return before continuing.

"Well, to begin with, I must inform you that the results are far from what we had imagined. As expected, all of them awakened a soul land whose size corresponds to their soul power. However, an entity presenting itself as 'the system' communicated with the subjects, presenting them as meeting the basic requirements and making them inherit a clan, a city, a kingdom, a species... This granted the subjects access to buildings specific to that inheritance, as well as the ability to artificially create living beings of that said race."

"Incredible!" someone exclaimed.

"What are the implications of such a thing for our species?"

"Do we have more information about this system?"

"Do we have more information about these inheritances and the elements that stem from them?"

Questions flew around the room for several minutes before the speaker managed to restore silence. After such a shocking and unexpected revelation, it was not surprising that the current leaders of humanity were concerned about the implications of such a development.

"Ahem, I will ask the members of this assembly to please listen to the information until the end before bombarding me with questions. It is in all of our best interests that everyone is fully informed before we discuss how to address these unexpected developments."

"As I was saying earlier, the system linked them with an inheritance. The power of this inheritance is, according to the data collected so far, divided into several categories. From the supposedly least powerful to the most powerful, we have: Clans, Cities, States, Kingdoms, Civilizations and finaly Species. Please note that despite this ranking, and according to our analyses, these designations mainly relate to the size of the territory conquered by these entities. The actual power of each race and each inheritance is therefore difficult to determine in detail. And you heard me correctly, I said 'race,' because yes, after today we can finally confirm that extraterrestrials exist. And not only them, several species that we previously thought were just legends, like vampires or werewolves, also exist..."

"Impossible, do you realize the implications of this?" exclaimed one of the assembly members loudly.
"We must quickly establish regulations for the awakened, or our world is doomed!"
"Imagine if some of these species actually exist in the universe and we encounter them. If it's like the legends, then we must greatly strengthen our army in case war becomes inevitable."