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No way out

Anonymous

March 19, 2025

No way out

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The year is 2040, global fires are complicating the lives of the still growing world population, it is getting warmer and the glaciers of the world are completely gone. Sea levels have risen significantly and continue to rise, coastal cities are under increasing pressure from ever-increasing water masses. Machines are increasingly taking over the tasks of humans and are becoming ever more intelligent, the CO₂ values in the Earth's atmosphere have long exceeded a critical level.

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