Evolução Apocalíptica

December 21st—a day unlike any other, for it was said to be the end of the world according to the ancient Mayan civilization.

Human beings are a peculiar species, celebrating even their own doom with a festive spirit.

Countless misguided souls took to the streets, jubilantly marking the impending destruction of their very existence. Well… perhaps it was imminent. Who could say?

“Ark tickets! Last day! Discounted at only 9.99 each, including sleeper berth!”

Shrewd merchants shouted hoarsely, grasping at the last slivers of time to rake in yuan. Though everyone knew these tickets were a scam, they still enjoyed the spectacle—after all, spending a few yuan to bring home a novelty ticket to worship morning, noon, and night wasn’t such a bad deal, especially with a sleeper berth included.

The celebration was because this so-called apocalypse of December 21, 2012, was nothing but a myth. The revelry was because no one truly believed it—but… what if it were real?

In truth, today was special—not because of the Mayan calendar, nor because of some dubious blockbuster titled 2012, but because at precisely noon, humanity was about to witness a monumental breakthrough in its scientific history. Science was about to step into an entirely new dimension.

Within a colossal laboratory of the United States Academy of Sciences, a team of elite scientists from various nations busily prepared. Countless eyes were fixed on giant screens, watching the dwindling countdown, ready to embrace what was to be humanity’s second great achievement after the moon