NEXT CHAPTER 1 - Before LISTEN AND READ ALONG 1. CHAPTER 1 - Before In the tumultuous shadows of the 1700s, 2. Rose the first industrial revolution heralding a seismic shift for humanity… CHAPTER 1 - Before A prelude to an era of relentless transformation… 3. CHAPTER 1 - Before This epoch was marked by profound alterations in societal norms, thoughts, dreams, and beliefs. They had found enrichment… 4. CHAPTER 1 - Before Amidst this bounty of progress, humanity, cloaked in privilege, found itself ensnared by its own inadequacies and an insatiable greed for more. Diseases threatened families, governments shifted, and disparities in labor and wealth widened… 5. With the chaos of a new era, few stayed on the quest for peace amidst perpetual wars; CHAPTER 1 - Before And as for equality; which was echoed in their preachings not long ago, had found no home amongst the people living in poverty and famine. People had their own desires… 6. Desires that fueled the progression of technology, medicines, CHAPTER 1 - Before therapies, and eventually true cures and remedies… 7. Yet a different threat of climate disaster remained… CHAPTER 1 - Before Global flooding. Mass droughts. 8. Famine and plagues… Another blow to the ever struggling humans. CHAPTER 1 - Before yet thankfully, There were those who were able to keep their hope. 9. Finding cures and solutions to humanities problems, CHAPTER 1 - Before humans were once again allowed to prosper… For a time… 10. CHAPTER 1 - Before However, as always, those who gained power lost their control. 11. By extorting their wealth, the rich made themselves rich like Kings. CHAPTER 1 - Before They even found treatments for that would be considered incurable, through the numerous methods of gene alteration. A luxury for the rich, and once again would cause a divide amongst humanity… 12. CHAPTER 1 - Before A rift that the future is sure to open… NEXT