The Explorer of the Universe
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"Where is this?"
A middle-aged man, long-haired, brewokan, and dressed in a green training set stood in a very spacious and all-white room.
He felt very confused because he was suddenly in an all-white room that was not known how wide it was because as long as the eyes looked there was no wall at all.
"Welcome, future explorer of the universe."
Suddenly a voice appeared behind the man so he immediately turned around and saw a short-haired man of blond color, blue-eyed, clean face without the slightest stain, his body posture is very certain to be liked by women.
In essence, what the middle-aged man saw was a man who was the complete opposite of himself.
"Who are you? This where?" Ask the middle-aged man.
"Relax, fear not, I'm not a bad person .. Let's sit down and drink to make it better to talk." Said the handsome man while pointing his hand towards a table with two chairs facing each other.
Right on the table wrapped in a white tablecloth, there were already two white cups, one white teapot, and several colorful pastry dishes.
The middle-aged man just stared with a surprised look because previously in the room there was nothing and now there was a table, a chair and even the dishes.
"How do you do it? Is this some kind of magic? Uh! I know, I must have been dreaming of soybeans after almost a full day." Said the middle-aged man in astonishment at what was happening to him at this moment.
The handsome man only chuckled and then guided the middle-aged man to sit on one of the chairs.
Although the middle-aged man felt very confused, but he still accepted the handsome man's invitation.
He sat on one of the chairs and the handsome man sat on the chair opposite to him. The handsome man then lifted the teapot to pour a drink.
"Coffee, tea, soda, mineral water?" Asked the handsome man before pouring the drink inside the teapot into the cup.
"Why did he ask like that? Indeed, if I say soda, in the teapot comes sparkling drinking water?" Asked the middle-aged man in his mind.
"Tea." Answer the middle-aged man.
"Warm, warm or cold?" Ask the handsome guy again.
"Warm." The middle-aged man replied without thinking.
The handsome man simply nodded his head and then poured the water present in the teapot into the white cup, right before the middle-aged man.
A smoke billowed out as the water in the teapot filled the white cup.
After it was almost full, the handsome man pulled his teapot to pour water into a cup that suddenly turned into a clear glass and the water that had been turned into sparkling water.
"What, no way, how could it be?" Asked the middle-aged man in surprise when he saw the miracle.
"Please drink it." Said the handsome man.
"Oh, yes, thank you." Replied the middle-aged man who did not know what else to say.
He was already feeling very confused by what was happening to him at this moment.
Previously he, as he remembered, he was resting on a mattress that had no tenderness anymore due to the soybean ngojek almost a full day, from 5 am to half 12 pm.
When he opened his eyes, he was already in a fairly spacious all-white room, until there was no end to it.
After that, there appeared a handsome man who could perform magic like the magicians he had seen in a TV show.
"Looks like you've calmed down, let's talk." Said the handsome man.
The middle-aged man simply nodded his head, although the truth in him was still not calm.
He was still confused over everything that was happening at the moment. But because he would not get an answer at all if he denied the words of the handsome man so that he could only obey whatever was said by the handsome man in order to get an answer for everything that happened at present.
"Meet me is Zerf Arvent, a current explorer of the universe passed down by the previous explorer of the universe, Qory Debra." Zerf.
"Master Qory Debra came to my universe named tortor and chose me to be his successor." Further.
"This place is called multipurpose space, space that was used by the explorers of the universe to be able to go throughout the universe." Zerf.
The middle-aged man was still processing every sentence spoken by Zerf until he finally asked.
"Then what does this have to do with me? Why did you bring me here?"
"Of course I brought you here because you are the future explorer of the universe that I chose, Tanaka Syahputra." Answer Zerf.
The middle-aged man, Tanaka Syahputra, was surprised that Zerf knew his name. He had not yet introduced himself to the handsome man.
"How do you know my name?" Ask Tanaka.
"Of course I have to know my future successor, I know everything about you, the life you have lived all this time, both inside and out, I even know there's a lightning-shaped birthmark on your right butt." Zerf.
Hearing that, Tanaka immediately stood up to make her chair fall backwards.
"How do you know about that? Are you a pervert?" Tanaka asked with a surprised look as well as disgusted.
"Hahaha, I'm not a pervert, you don't have to worry, let's sit down again." Invite Zerf casually does not look uncomfortable with the accusations of Tanaka.
Tanaka thought for a moment and then he sat back down by returning his chair that had fallen into his previous position.
"Then why me? What made you choose me to be your successor?" Ask the middle-aged man.
"There's nothing in particular, I just feel that you deserve to be my successor, that's all." Zerf replied with ease.
"What's? How can you choose a successor with just 'ah, well I chose him because I feel he deserves', there should be more judgment than that." Tanaka.
Zerf casually drank soda water and then said, "That's what happened, even my predecessor chose me because he liked the jokes I made."
"Of course, first to venture into the various universes, his life will be eternal, his body will stop expanding, and lastly the explorer of the universe will be granted one special power." Zerf.
"What does it mean 'His body will stop growing?" Ask Tanaka.
"Oh, the body of the explorer of the universe will remain the same, it will never change, if you accept to be my successor then your body shape will continue to be the same as it is today, it will not change." Zerf.
Tanaka nodded his head and then asked again. "Then eternal life? So I won't be able to die?"
Zerf nodded his head, "Yes, but you will still feel pain if something hurts your body."
"What if my limbs are cut off or my organs are destroyed?" Ask Tanaka.
"Just relax, everything will return to its original state by itself, that's because the advantage of the explorer body of the universe is that it will never change from the beginning." Zerf.
Tanaka nodded her head and was pleased with it.
"Then what if I refuse to accept being your successor?" Ask Tanaka.
"In that case, it is a pity, I will have to find my successor again and you will live your life activities as usual without remembering this at all." Clearly Zerf with his leisure.
"Don't that sound so ordinary?" Ask Tanaka.
"Yes.what can I do? The only condition for becoming the successor to the explorer of the universe is that the future successor must accept voluntarily without any coercion at all." Obviously Zerf who then drank the soda water back.
Tanaka thought for a moment and then he asked for the last before he decided what his choice was.
"If I accept it, what happens to you?"
"I'm going to die." Zerf replied with ease.
"Dead? Isn't the explorer of the universe eternal?" Ask Tanaka.
"Yes, but there should only be one who becomes the explorer of the universe there can't be two, three, four and so on the explorer of the universe, there can only be one." Zerf Assert.
"That's the only way the explorer of the universe can end his exploration." Zerf.
Tanaka nodded his head and came to the conclusion that Zerf really wanted to end his life.
"Why do you want to end your life? Is not eternal life the dream of all living beings?" Ask Tanaka.
Zerf gave a blank look and smiled.
"Indeed, eternal life is a thing that all living things really want, it is because they have not lived eternal life so they do not know asceticism ... You will know for yourself what eternal life is like." Zerf.
Tanaka again thought, whether he accepted being the successor of the universe explorer or not.
During hearing the explanation from Zerf there was no loss at all that he would get if he accepted the offer from Zerf, except the matter of eternal life.
"Well, I accept it, I'll be the next explorer of the universe." Tanaka said firmly.
Zerf smiled and then said, "okay, let's do his ceremonial event."
Tanaka was surprised to hear that. He did not expect that his ceremonial process would be carried out right now.
"Wait a minute, you'll have to go into more detail about the explorers of the universe like how they work." Tanaka Pinta.
"Oh, that's very easy, you just say or think of the universe or planet you want to go to and wushhh, you will directly arrive there, you will arrive there, it's even better if you explain in detail the place you're going." Zerf.
"Is that so?" Ask Tanaka.
"Yes, as simple as that, oh, yes, to do so you must be in this room first, you will not be able to move the universe if not through this room." Zerf.
"You can also change the shape of this room as you want, even the name you can change." Obviously Zerf again.
"How?" Ask Tanaka.
"Just imagine the shape in your mind and for the name, it can only be changed once because you have to mention the name of this room to be able to enter, let's just say it's a passcode to open the door, even though only you can enter, the way in is the same as you want to go to the various universes." Zerf.
Tanaka nodded his head and Zerf then stood up while inviting Tanaka to stand up as well and approach him.
Zerf tells Tanaka what he must do in order to be recognized as the successor to the new universe explorer Zerf.
"Well, Tanaka are you ready?" Asked Zerf who was standing before the middle-aged man.
"Y ... Wait a minute, I want to change the appearance of my face, there's no way I'll be like this forever." Said Tanaka who was worried about it.
"Hahaha, take it easy, only your body shape stops developing, besides, everything will be normal" Zerf said.
Hearing that made Tanaka feel relieved because he thought that he would be like this moment for good.
"If it's like that, then I'm ready." Tanaka said firmly.
"Okay, we're starting." Said Zerf who began to express seriously.
He reached out his right hand to shake hands at Tanaka.
"I, Zerf Arvent, the explorer of the universe will pass this on to Tanaka Shahputra with the permission and will of the Almighty." Said Zerf who said the ceremonial word of inheritance.
"I, Tanaka Syahputra, received the inheritance of the explorer of the universe from Zerf Arvent willingly without any coercion from anything and this inheritance was based on the permission and will of the Almighty" tanaka said very straightforwardly.
Suddenly Zerf's body glowed and the light made Zerf's body break into tiny particles of light.
Zerf smiled and felt relieved that he could finally end his life which he had lived for millions of trillion years.
"Thank you Tanaka, hope you get a great return." Zerf said before he was completely lost to light.