
Desperate to create the perfect world, the government provides every person with a free virtual reality headset. Instead of money people buy, earn and sell little canisters of oxygen. Continue this dystopian story… Oxygen is the new currency in the future. One guard feeling guilty that his family is locked behind bars, tries freeing them, and soon things get out of control. Prison guards patrol the streets and provide prisoners with the essentials. Crime has become such a huge issue in the future, that every home in the world has become a prison cell. One brave human decides to create a group where people can meet face to face regularly to help them overcome this fear. The slightest human interaction results in mass panic attacks. The excessive use of technology and social media has meant that 95% of the world suffers from extreme social phobia. A poor orphan girl is adopted by a rich family and discovers a deadly secret about how the rich become rich. And the poor are living on the streets and undergrounds, struggling to get by. The rich have an extreme amount of money and power. There are two types of people, the rich and the poor. Until a group of vigilante heroes decide to recreate the law. People are free to do whatever they want without any consequences. Law and order is destroyed in the future. What are the potential dangers of cloning yourself too many times? Clone your cat, your dog and even yourself if you dare. With the brand new Cloner 3000, cloning is just a button press away. If these rules are broken, the rule breaker will be sentenced to prison or even death. All around the world, everyone must speak English. Any inappropriate English and slang words are banned. To promote equality in the future, humans have to dress the same and talk the same. They create a new pill that needs to be taken once a day to remain happy. Scientists have found the secret to endless happiness. One day, a technology outbreak completely wipes the internet. Everything they need to know about life is on a screen to which they are connected. From the moment a human is born to the day they die, humans are connected to the internet. Eventually, humans start losing control of their bodies to machines. Apart from the vital organs, such as lungs and heart, as well as parts of the brain, humans are mostly robotic. Scientists have combined robotics with human tissue to increase the life expectancy of humans. The ruler is an arrogant 14-year-old kid. At the age of 18, humans start to deteriorate and slowly pass away. The life expectancy of people has dropped drastically in the future. While the remaining humans have to learn to survive in the world with these beasts. In the future, a virus has caused some humans to mutate into ravenous troll-like beasts. The only survivors are machines and a group of secret underground warriors who rebelled against technology for centuries. A virus has wiped out 95% of humanity in the future. With resources at a scarcity, the islands must work together if they are to survive. The remaining 2% is made of small islands scattered across the Earth.
In the year 2,121, sea levels have risen at an extreme rate.
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