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The Brave New World

IMPORTANT: I WILL NOT BE CONTINUING THIS SERIAL. SYNOPSIS It is January 2nd, 2035. In New York, leaders of all the world's nations are assembling to agree on a plan to save the dying planet: Earth. Of course it's a lie, because the planet isn't about to die. People will. As it often happens when something starts with a lie, disaster strikes. A mysterious electromagnetic storm destroys the global power grid, and cuts communications. Many people die, some commiting suicide because of the inability to post on Instagram. But as soon as the storm dies down, millions of mysterious, glowing cubes appear all over the globe. The cubes contain tools that will let humans colonize a new planet: a bigger, richer version of Earth. The newly formed Colonial Council, which answers to the United Nations, has only one goal: to ease the crisis on Earth by transfers of goods and resources from the New World. Millions of new colonizers rush to the New World, united by a common purpose: to turn their dreams into reality. Some dream of getting rich by trading New World goods. Some dream of conquest, and building an empire. Some dream of peace, adoration, and love. Some will succeed, and others will fail. But fortune always favors the brave.

Michael_Ryman · Fantasy
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When Li Yang and Jake returned to the cabin, they sat down to make detailed plans for the next day. Jake insisted on that, even though they were both really tired.

"We have a hell of a lot of work to do," he said. "We've only managed to clear a tiny bit of land for growing vegetables. It's not even a proper vegetable patch. A proper patch needs to be raised above ground level, with a sort of narrow, shallow ditch running all around it."

"Oh really? Why?"

"For proper drainage," Jake said. "Otherwise, the seeds or sprouts will rot."

"Where did you learn that?"

"I helped my grandparents set up a vegetable garden in their backyard."

"So you know something about farming, too."

"Not a lot. I don't really know how to grow things. I just know how to prepare soil for planting."

"What about fishing?"

"You talking about those fishing rods we got here? Yeah, I know how to use one. Not much more than that, though."