There was a technology revolution thirty years back, and all sorts of mechanisms evolved at an unbelievable speed. It was so shocking at first no one could figure out how they should react. Then some countries started to have war. It soon became a world war. It was named “The Final War”, for many believed that mankind would not survive till after that war. People became beasts blinded by pride and power. Even countries that are small and powerless were dragged into the war. Larger countries thrived at first, concurring the other weaker countries the way we squash ants with our finger. But they did not remain thriving for long. Soon, there were only larger countries left, and they started killing each other. The blind beasts raged in war, killing more people than any other wars. It was truly a world war. Every single human was involved in it. New versions of nuclear bombs were dropped every other day. They killed more people, destroyed more buildings. Then someone decided that he had enough. He wanted all these to stop. He wanted control. He dropped the most powerful bomb ever created. It was said that you could see the earth shaking from a satellite. Countries began to yield. One by one they fall under the control of that man. He started brain washing the people and made them believe that things have always been the way they were now. His rule was similar to that of the king from the Qing Dynasty. But he stopped the war, and because of that, many people were willing to listen to him. those people were brained washed too. But they did so willingly. They… …
The rest of the diary was smudged with blood and could not be read. Stefen strained his eyes to decipher the distorted words, but he failed. The information provided from that old diary was more than enough to overwhelm him. Technology revolutions. World wars. Nuclear bombs. Brain wash. He never knew that the world was so advanced. But he was more curious than frightened.