global warming

One night, Liliane fell asleep with a plan to explore the newly-acquired piece of land to build a factory. However, she couldn't never predicted that as soon as she lost consciousness, fate began pulling the strings of her life.

Liliane woke up to find herself standing in the middle of a grotesque swamp. Dead trees, grey mist and arid land surrounded her. However, there was no other creatures to be seen except mosquitoes. It was as if the biodiversity of the swamp suddenly had been wiped out. While Liliane was walking around carelessly, she accidentally slipped into a puddle. Some of the water even got into her mouth. The stinging taste of the liquid was Liliane spit it out immediately. It was then that she realised that the water was extremely murky. Liliane was so disgusted that she quickly tried to get rid of any remaining dirty water inside her mouth.

After a few more minutes of walking, Liliane's attention was drawn towards a wide piece of empty land nearby. So, she ran towards it, only to be frightened by the awful sight there. There was corpses of huge animals such as tigers, elephants and and bears. Many tree stumps also stood there lifelessly. Such a scene was truly horrific however, Liliane was unwilling to turn back to the swamp. So, she chose to drag her shivering legs on the ground while avoiding the horrendous corpses to walk through the scene. With each passing step from the place, her legs grew firmer and regained their usual composure.

Even so, her grumbling stomach pained her throughout the journey and before long, she fell onto the ground. Liliane was in a completely vulnerable state yet, there no any carnivore left that was capable of killing her. Later, a man who happened to be exploring the land, found her and rescued her from there.

By the time she woke up, she found herself in a hospital ward she had never seen before. The first thing she heard was a man's voice talking to a young lady nearby. They were talking about a woman who shared her name who was the ruler of the empire.

The 'Liliane Mikes' that they were talking about was about a decade older than her. She was a cruel ruler who's famed within the aristocracy but, hated most commoners. A few months ago, she built a factory near a forest. However, within a very short span of time, the place was rapidly rotting away. Now, there's only a toxic swamp left.

Liliane was beyond surprised to hear such words. Even if she was reckless, she thought that she had a limit to such actions. So, she couldn't imagine herself doing such brutal things at all. Suddenly, she felt her gut tingling. So, she impulsively plucked out the needle in her hand, and sprinted towards the only door in the room. As soon she got out, her attention was drawn towards a screen playing the news live at that moment.

An older version of herself was being featured in the news. However, she wasn't being featured for doing something good instead, she was publicly announcing the first phrase of her project with the toxic swamp nearby.

Liliane shouted loudly as she kept her eyes and ears shut, refusing to listen to the news any longer. She wanted to deny the possibility of her becoming such a inhumane person. She was so distracted that she she didn't realise that even her feet was shivering uncontrollably to the point that she was about to lose all the strength in her legs. Soon, the girl's feet lost all their strength. The girl fell and hit her head on the floor hard. As her consciousness fade away, the lesson inside her dream ended too.

Liliane finally woke up with cold sweat hanging on her forehead. She quickly picked up her phone and called her mother. She vowed through the phone that she would undo her insensitive actions and turn over a new leaf. She insisted that her mother makes sure to stay by her side no matter what and watch her become a better version of herself.

The mother just smiled faintly as she heard her daughter's promise. She didn't know what actually happened inside her beloved daughter's dream but surely, whatever the dream taught her was truly a lesson that will protect Liliane and her loved ones in her lifetime.

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