The Underestimated Genius

Chapter 110

Zayd was thrown right back into his turbulent and uncertain life. His workshop was eerily quiet, the sound of his racing thoughts and the clock ticking away nonstop.

It seemed as though time was rushing out every second, like a weight bearing down on him. Eyes flitting from one half-finished project to another, each a monument to his recent failures, he paced the length of the room.

Ever the problem solver, Zayd was a guy who grew from difficulties. That was different, though. The stakes were bigger than they had ever been, and the customary inspiration appeared to elude him.

Disaster had befallen his most recent attempt to create a new robot that would transform the sector and preserve his collapsing career. The program would crash, the circuits would short, or the project would implode every time he believed he was getting close to a breakthrough.

The frustration biting at him, he persisted. I worked nonstop for two days in a row. He slept and ate hardly at all, his attention unwave