It was over.
The strongest Extractors who were still alive were Early Newbies, and they were still suffering from the allergic reactions.
These reactions would never vanish.
Every single human who was currently alive had been cursed by the allergic reactions.
Even if they managed to contain another Specter and became Extractors, they would find their health declining.
This allergic reaction would need around three generations to vanish.
Nick looked at the Grand Continent and the Long Continent, the only two continents with life on them.
There were a couple of edible wild plants that the humans could use, and the regular rainfalls kept them from dehydrating.
Nick looked at the Eternal Hunger and the False Hope.
But for how long?
If these two Adversaries became active, even the last bits of life would vanish.
"The cycle has ended," the Sun transmitted to Nick.
Naturally, it didn't want its secrets to be exposed to the other Specters, which was why it only communicated with him.
"You are now our second-in-command. We expect you to turn this planet into an efficient Zephyx generator."
"Of course," Nick answered. "Please, tell me your criteria. How long should it take for Extractors to reappear? When do you want the Eternal Hunger and the False Hope to become active again? What about the currently stored information in the remaining Barriers?"
Over the next minutes, the Sun told Nick what it wanted to happen.
The era was supposed to last around 10,000 years, and 5,000 of these years should have Extractors who were at least Heroes.
After Nick received his directives, he asked the Sun to do one last thing, and it obliged.
"Look at the Trickster," the Sun transmitted to the Specters around Nick.
The Specters all looked at Nick.
"He is my second-in-command. You will follow his orders as if they were given by me," the Sun said.
Nurse Alice barely remembered Nick since she had deleted her own memories of him.
Because of that, she was a bit surprised that this new Specter now had command over her.
Yet, she didn't protest.
She knew her place, and she knew that she had to do whatever the Sun wanted her to do.
All the Specters gave affirmative replies.
The next moment, the Sun's light vanished, and the barrier around them vanished.
They could now join the world again.
"I have orders," Nick said immediately.
As soon as he said that, the False Hope created ten fake forests all over the world.
When the Eternal Hunger saw that, it started to create countless black slimes.
BOOM!
Yet, all of these things were annihilated immediately by beams of light, which Nick had created.
The next moment, the two Specters were compressed by Nick's telekinesis until they were only Specter Cores.
"I said, I have orders," Nick transmitted to them.
Naturally, these two Specters were not intelligent, and Nick had to use force to make them follow him.
"I have full control over this planet in the Sun's absence, and as far as I am concerned, I do not need both of you."
"Both of you destroy life. I only need one."
"The next one who does something that I did not explicitly order will be killed."
The two Specters gave a positive reply.
They didn't understand everything Nick said, but they understood that they were not allowed to do anything without his orders.
Nick released his telekinesis, and the two Specters recovered.
This time, they didn't do anything.
They just waited.
Then, Nick turned to Nurse Alice.
"You do the same as you have been doing all these years. Act exactly how you have acted in the last era," Nick ordered.
"Okay," Nurse Alice said before vanishing.
Her first clients had already been calling for her for quite a while.
Then, Nick looked at the Salt Trident.
"Same thing as last era. You can have whatever you want in the ocean, but there is one difference this time. I want you to keep most of the plankton alive."
"Humanity needs oxygen, and the healthier the humans are, the more Zephyx they will produce. You can consume fish and bigger lifeforms, but keep the lowest levels of the food chain alive."
"I will do just that," the Salt Trident said.
This was a bit different from the past, but not very different.
Nick used his telekinesis and put the Salt Trident in its old location.
Almost immediately, almost all of the sea life died.
Then, he turned to the Shark Mother.
"Same thing for you, but you are allowed to kill humans who approach the coast. Anything closer than ten kilometers to a sea or ocean is free game for you. Do not attack any human who retreats behind the line."
The Shark Mother said that she understood what Nick wanted and jumped into the ocean.
Several hundred powerful sharks were created in an instant.
Then, Nick looked at the five unfamiliar Specters.
One Adversary and four Fallen.
"You will be humanity's primary enemies, but for now, you will remain dormant. When humanity has created the first level three Extractors, I will tell you to become active one at a time."
The five Specters agreed and scattered across the world.
For a long while, they would just remain underground.
Finally, Nick turned to the False Hope and the Eternal Hunger.
"You are allowed to create your minions in these places," Nick said, showing them the dead continents.
"I will tell you when you are allowed to create your minions in other places as well."
The two Adversaries agreed and also left.
Tons of black slime and fake forests were created all over the world.
Over the next days, the two Adversaries would make several minions in places they were not allowed to, and Nick would put them in place every single time.
Finally, Nick had given all of his orders.
Nurse Alice and the Nightmare would become known across the world almost immediately due to their constant presence.
The Null would take a while to become known.
And Nick?
He would remain unknown for a long time.
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