After an unknown period of time, I regained my senses. What, I'm not dead!! I tried to open my eyes and saw that my body had transformed into a ball of light, almost transparent. I looked around me, and what I saw left me perplexed. There was nothing but total darkness, and my body was moving in a random direction, without my control.

  "What the hell is this? Don't tell me this is life after death, and I have to stay in this darkness for eternity!"

  Suddenly, I heard a voice coming from all directions.

  [ Soul awakened detected... ]

  [ Teleportation procedure in progress... ]

  "What the hell is this?"

  All of a sudden, I found myself in a strange place. At the center was a massive, ancient building, and around it floated four transparent balls of light. I thought to myself, at least I'm not alone.

  I tried to communicate with the ball on my right, thinking it might be a person like me, but to my great surprise, I couldn't speak.

  Suddenly, lights appeared in the building and started flashing, and the voice I had heard before being transported reappeared.

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  [ Hello, everyone... ]

  [ You have been chosen to be candidates to become the future geniuses of the universe. ]

  [ The first part of the program will begin shortly. ]

  [Candidate No. 1:

  Name: Draga

  Planet: AlphaOne

  Planet located in the eastern part of the Milky Way]

  What, what, what!!! An extraterrestrial!! Oh my god... Extraterrestrials really exist.

  To be honest, I was more excited than worried. Nothing worse than death can happen to me, and I'm already dead. Why be afraid?

  The voice continued,

  [ Candidate No. 2:

  Name: ShooB

  Planet: Iris

  Planet located in the western part of the Milky Way ]

  [ Candidate No. 3:

  Name: Steve

  Planet: Earth

  Planet located in the southern part of the Milky Way ]

  [ Candidate No. 4:

  Name: Bleem

  Planet: Eden

  planet located in the northern part of the Milky Way ]

  [ The candidates have been verified... ]

  [ Verification of the progress of their planets in progress... ]

  [ Verification completed... ]

  [ Civilization level 0 ... Similar resources. ]

  [ The program can begin... ]

  [ Primary objective of the first part of the program... ]

  [ To conquer and colonize the respective solar systems of your planets:

  Duration: Undetermined

  Handicap: Undetermined

  Failure cause: Being the last to complete the mission

  Consequence of failure:

  - Elimination from the program

  - Death of the candidate

  - Permanent prohibition for the species from advancing to a level 1 civilization ]

  [ Prohibition for all candidates from disclosing information about the program or the existence of other candidates. ]

  [ Return of the candidates to their planets in progress...]