Chapter 98: Welcome to 5040

About two days ago, I had one of the strangest dreams. It was just like any other day, when you hear people talking about what the future might bring, and about their hopes and dreams, the usual conversations.

The next day, I somehow found myself in a strange place.

There were a lot of slums and factories, and a lot of debris around. People were either staying in groups together in one place, looking at passer-bys suspiciously, while some people, supposedly working there, often fought and scrambled for what little currency they could find. These currencies were strangely-shaped. Some were in the form of pill-like structures, while some were shaped like small pieces of chalk. Being new here, I took some currency for safety measure (Okay, it may seem like stealing, but this was for survival reasons).

I then decided to go to the train station to see where I was. It turns out I was in Singapore, and the train station really looked different. The lines were so complicated and certain stations I used to know of were gone, while new ones I had never heard of were there. From what little currency I had, I purchased a ticket heading for Yio Chu Kang Station, to head for the only place I could think of where I could probably find people I knew of.

Along the way, a person was caught stealing a wallet. He was caught immediately and assigned to stay in a prison-like cabin within the train until further judgement.

I reached Nanyang Polytechnic. The building looked a little larger, albeit a little familar. While there, I recognised certain people. In fact, they looked exactly like they did, as I knew them. They did not seem to recognise me at all. Looking at a calender nearby, I saw the year 5040, believe it or not.

The most interesting thing was that none of these people whom I knew seemed to not have aged since 3030 years ago. Or maybe they simply looked familar. Way too familar!

There was an election about to come as well, as seen from certain posters. But no one seemed too happy about it. It seemed that someone really iron-fisted and tryannic was in charged of the place.

Before I could find out more, I woke up.

What a strange dream. This was like something out of a bad science fiction novel.

Oh well.