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2024-10-29 19:42:5611 years ago, Sydni had a husband and a son, her son was 3 years old when they went to an old land city for sight seeing, she was having an argument with her husband when her son wondered off. They didn't follow him as he had his robot companion with him.
When the robot didn't bring him back, after 10 minutes they went to check on him.
The robot companion was then found with a blazing hole in it, and her son was no where to be seen.
They immediately requested help from the nearest tower, which sent a few hundred drones that flew with the speed of mach 5 and reached them in a matter of minutes, with the help of the drones and their car which had a scanning range of 5 kilometers, they found no traces of him.
They lost their son in an age where losing the head on their shoulders would be way easier. The news of this accident went viral, the company that made the robot companion went bankrupt, people stopped trusting their children to their companions.
Sydni cried for days, and her heart bled for years, she hated her husband, not for losing her son, she hated him for not finding her son.
After 3 years of grief she found the job in the orphanage which is away from any technology in a forest on land, she thought it would be the perfect escape for her. What she found instead was a constant reminder of her lost son, however, with the number of lost kids there she couldn't just abandon them.
"so… how about ice-cream?!" she said after a few long seconds of silence, while the car is suspended in the air above the city.
"I would rather get back 'home' to my 'life', thank you!" Adam said emphasizing on the two words that hurt the most for Sydni, he didn't mean to hurt her, he simply didn't care.
Sydni's smile disappeared once more, she had a challenging look on her face. "by the power of the grown-up I here by order thee, we will have ice-cream." She said in a theatrical performance that Adam didn't understand and thought she's high on something.
After having an ice-cream, Sydni finally took Adam home, she wanted to make him enjoy life or something, he just wasn't the kind to be easily influenced, So she gave up.
In the floor 61, of a 309 floor building, in 17th street, in section 16, of the 81st circle. Adam stood in front of the door that scanned him, the door didn't open until Adam pointed with two fingers at miss Sydni, which the door understood to be a guest.
Sydni was instantly shocked when she entered the apartment, the living room alone was bigger than her entire apartment. "how did you get a place this big in 81?" she said with her jaw almost dropping. "how rich is your family?!"
"please! Don't make yourself at home." Adam said as he walked into a wall that opened up for him and closed right after.
"cluster fabric!!" she held her head with both hands from exploding. "how much of this place is cluster fabric?!" she wondered while touching the walls and the chairs and tables, she looked weird doing that but her shock was sincere.
Other than using scanners, There is no way to tell that something is a cluster fabric until it starts changing its shape. Cluster fabric isn't cheap, a kilogram of cluster fabric costs more than a thousand coins, in its pure form. The amount in her car is only a little bit more than 5 kilograms.
Meanwhile, in his room for the first time in 3 months, the first thing Adam did was taking off his clothe, and threw them in the organic disposal, which immediately vaporized them. He then entered the bathroom, with a gesture of his hand he initiated the full disinfection protocol.
The disinfection protocol is used for extreme cases of pollution, it basically shoots a microscopic ray of laser vaporizing any thing on the body that does not match the genetic code of the patient. Then it encases the entire body with in a liquid made of microscopic robots that basically makes sure the laser did its job.
Now relaxed and clean, also for the first time in 3 months, Adam threw himself into the bed, which hugged him like a loving mother.
'alright, its time to work.' He thought as he headed to the system core area, the core area is used for system commands or modifications, it is also used for modifying the cluster fabric connected to it.
Adam gestured to the core to do a full scan on him, two pieces of the fabric split from the wall turned into metallic balls and circled Adam's body twice.
A display then appeared in front of him with the results, other than an abnormal rise in density and health, he found nothing else wrong with his body, his brain waves were normal, the disinfection protocol didn't consider the black circle on his right palm a foreign object as well.
"monitor brain activity." He ordered the system core, a chunk of the fabric then turned into a screen showing his brain waves in multiple ways.
'what is my current enhancement level?' Adam asked inwardly as he kept his eyes on the screen watching his brain waves spike.
[current enhancement subject: metabolism.
Progress: 160%.]
Adam watched both spikes instantly happening, in less then a second. "isolate and compare brain activity." He wanted to see if he can isolate the symbiote, the system registered the symbiote the same as his brain waves, which means it wasn't lying about being a part of his consciousness.
"full vital monitoring." He now wanted to know what happens when he scans the system core, this system gave Adam full access to the network, which is the only system that will ever do, when his father installed the system it registered Adam as another owner, not as a child.
As he approached the core slowly, he was hoping he won't regret this decision. His hand touched the core, and a tingling feeling stronger then any other time was felt in his hand.
[Data discovered…
Scanning…
Analyzing…]
It was taking longer than normal, a few seconds passed and Adam started to regret his decision. It scanned Elina's 30 years worth of data in a split second, and now more than 30 seconds have passed.
When he tried to take his hands off he found himself unable to move at all, not just his hand, his legs, his head, his eyelids, every thing in him was frozen.
Two minutes later, Adam went on full swear mode. He used every word he can think of, he thought about searching for more online and remembered that he can't move, he then used them all again.
[Data overload contained.
Sorting…
A higher efficiency enhancement information acquired.
A more compatible communication system acquired.
For new system implication, energy storage upgrade is required.
4 nutrient packages required for 200% storage capacity upgrade.]
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Adam fell on the ground the moment these thoughts appeared in his head. 'Data over load!!' he was astonished. 'exactly how much data did you absorb to overload my brain!!?' he asked as he stood back up, checking the multiple screens in front of him.[unable to calculate exact quantity… Approximate quantity: 1 quintillion yottabyte.]The screens showed Adam's body to be absolutely normal In these two minutes, his brain activity on the other hand, was so high, higher than someone having an epileptic seizure. Adam didn't ponder on this matter for long, simply because he didn't understand much of it, he didn't even know there is a number with this much zeros. He opened a shopping window. 'do I need to buy anything other than these 4 nutrients packages?' he asked the symbiote, now trusting in it, if there is no way to separate them, and no way to tell them apart, then why worry. [items needed for future plans are:60 robotic system core, 10 kilogram G30-2 nanite cluster fabric, 1 Astro
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"hey Sydni!" a muscular bald man in his late thirties stood a few steps away from Sydni, looking at her in deep sorrow, tears almost visible in his right eye, his left eye unaffected."Lan! You look so different!" a saddened surprise hit Sydni and made her almost look older, so many tears she held back for so long finally overwhelmed her, they escaped her eyes in flooding rush."it's Johnny now… are you okay?!" he said approaching her with a worried look, he didn't touch her, he just stood closer to her chair."I'm fine…" she didn't have Enough strength to stand and greet him. "actually I'm not." She stopped holding back.Since she started this vacation to help Adam, she had too much time to think about the past, what little words Adam said during this time reignited her grief.And now seeing the man who shared her grief looking like a totally different person, it made her feel that both of them were running away in different directions."what happened to you?!" she said among her sob
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[starting dismantling process, 170 energy will be used during the dismantle.]Adam looked at the stats in the corner of his eye and he had 200 energy points, he now have twice the energy capacity, which is more convenient since he will be using so much energy for this plan. Surprisingly the dismantle process wasn't painful at all, it was actually relieving. The symbiote wasn't forcefully boosting the digestion as usual, instead, it stopped the enzyme production completely, replacing it with a viscous substance that absorbed the cores one by one. Adam looking at this process, couldn't help but ask. 'what is this stuff?!' he was watching the process through the thought projection in real time. [a part of the symbiotic state.]It didn't seem to have the words to describe it, even though the symbiote had nearly the entire public data of the humanity's network, they didn't have information about what it is, it didn't even have words to describe it. So it transmitted the basic idea of wh
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Mela didn't follow him, she just stood there. "what's wrong?" he asked, looking at her blankly. "Mom says I shouldn't leave home, because I'm sick!" she said hesitantly, fidgeting with her silky long brown hair. Adam approached her abruptly, he touched her forehead making her flinch. [Data discovered… Scanning… Analyzing…Human, data updated. Inferior physical condition. Myotonia Congenita detected. Treatment in progress, efficiency 20%.Target's current condition, 78% muscle function. Low blood sugar detected. Sugar consumption advised.Dehydration detected.…] "ouch!! Why did you zap me?!" Mela shouted as The symbiote reported the scan based on Adam's concerns. It also transmitted to his mind all he needs to know about the myotonia Congenita. Myotonia congenita is a rare genetic disorder that causes muscle stiffness and muscle growth. Symptoms can also include clumsiness, muscle cramps and weakness. "You are not sick. Lets go." Adam grabbed her hand and dragged her along
The weapon dealer's son Chapter 22: The arena.
"I worked as a mercenary for the army for 3 years, they sent me to space, there is no peace in space." Johnny sighed, tears built up in his eyes as he remembered the things he lived through in that duration. He traveled from a planet to another, aiding the earth's army in hunting dangerous monsters that threaten the human colonies."That tower was my last adventure out there, I lost my arms and legs and got my spinal cord destroyed. All they had of me to save was some brain matter and most inner organs." He said, finishing his story, while looking at Sydni. Sydni had no more tears to shed as she listened to the details of the accident that happened to Lan, who's now called Johnny. "At least you still remember the kid you lost." She snarled. Johnny looked at her for a while, his eyes showing a badly hidden sympathy. "I hope I see you more often Sydni, it was nice catching up! Goodbye!" he said as he passed his hand on a transparent area on the table, indicating that he payed for the
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Unhealthy ego.
The dense smooth ball fell to the ground, bypassing the gravity field that previously contained it. It plunged a few centimeters deep into the hard metal floor, a ton of force was concentrated in a small area, making it hard to contain it by regular matter. It was still sinking through the metal floor slowly, as it was being mercilessly pulled by the planet’s gravity.[Connection established. recalculating blueprints to adapt to the signal of the new nanite cluster fabric. More physical contact with the material is required for a faster result.]“Was it successful?!” Keet’s eyes were asking the question before he even moved his lips. He was startled by the sudden disengagement of the sphere from the gravity field. He kept his eyes and scanners on Adam to detect if he is in danger before any thing, and he was relieved for once to see Adam’s expressionless face unchanging. “Can you control it?.”“Yes! The signal is different from any other cluster fabric, my blueprints needs to be modif
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A dense liquid.
“she just disappeared a year after you were born, and in her place there was a message, telling your father to provide them with a certain type of technology if he ever wants to see her again.” Keet said desperately, his voice struggling in a way.“People don’t just disappear!” Adam chuckled, he was hearing about his mother for the first time, and the first thing he hears about her is that she just disappeared. The first thing that came to his mind was that she might have abandoned him and his father. Or that she could be working with the Rinvar clan.“They don’t, but when you see this you may believe the opposite.” Keet created a screen and played a video of a woman singing a sweet lullaby for an infant wrapped in a sky blue blanket with twinkling stars all over it that seems to be moving about. The woman was sitting on a flowery wooden chair rocking back and forth. She appeared to be on some kind of a ship traveling in space, a foreign star constellations were visible from a window
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“please continue!.” Adam said. Seeing the shocked expression on Keet’s face, Adam thought that the symbiote created something amazing, so he inwardly requested the details of those spiders. However they were just normal spider scouts, like the one Adam used to kill the man who attempted to kidnap Mela.Keet’s surprise wasn’t triggered by the blueprint itself, he counted 8 spiders rushing in all directions at the same time, and the 8 if them seemed semi-intelligent while moving all over the base exploring about. Even Keet wouldn’t be able to accomplish such a level of control without automating the constructs.Which means either the spiders were all automated and the young kid already knows how to automate drone actions, which would be scary at his age. Or he was directly controlling 8 individual actions while still focusing on their talking, which would be horrifying.The reason Keet didn’t consider the probability of an artificial intelligence, is that the spiders were mostly just to
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Adam plunged into the ground raising a cloud of dust and creating a small crater around him as he landed like a super hero on one knee and a closed fist.[The modified armor blueprint features ionic thrusters with up to 8 tons of pushing force.]‘you telling me this now?!’ Adam shouted inwardly at himself, he had no idea that the symbiote modified the armor already. his cognitive abilities and thinking speed were on another level compared to yesterday, but still he was a human that easily got distracted by the feeling of freedom and liberation, and forgot all about the need to stop and land at some point. He also wanted to show off a little in front of Keet to pretend that he wasn’t in need of help or assistance, which resulted in a minor knee bruise and a sore knuckles.“That was a cool Landing. Was it painful?!.” Keet chuckled, commenting on his landing and making sure to save the footage of it in his memory for later use.“You noticed! Well! It just needs some practice.” Adam smile
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Not again.
“You should come with me to the main base first.” Keet said to Adam, pointing at the middle of the island. The main base wasn’t far from where they were, the whole island was 20 km across, it would take them less then a minute to reach there flying.“Okay you go first and set a beacon, I’ll test some old tech with this new unlimited energy.” Adam didn’t argue with him, but he was still going to do his tests. He turned his clothe into a skin tight jump suit with a helmet covering his face. Two long thin wings grew from his back, ending with a jet engine each.“Do you know how loud these things are?! If you break the sound barrier with them you could damage many equipment on the island. You should try something else.” Keet stopped Adam from firing up the engines. he hated this era of technology for its too little care for the planet’s well-being. Unlike the mock engines that Adam was planning to use, the real ancient jet engine used a dangerous fossil fuel, which didn’t just endanger th
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A small conversation.
Adam was sitting on a wooden table behind the house, eating his big breakfast while surrounded by trees, flowers, and whistling birds. The rich sunlight bathed him in its warmth and its wide spectrum of electromagnetic radiations. “Birdy didn’t wake up yet?! He sure doesn’t miss Gem.” He said stuffing his face with more food, He stopped focusing on chewing much, the food would disappear in a few seconds anyway. He was worried about Birdy, it was unnatural for the kid to sleep in.Birdy used to wake up earlier then every one, Adam would sometime Hear him laughing on the top bed, he thought at first that he was having some weird dream. When he asked him about it, Birdy Said that it was the only time of the day he would quietly enjoy reading his comics.“That boy is actually quite something! He trained for four hours straight after you went to sleep, not taking any rest until he passed out on the living room’s floor.” Keet informed Adam while aiming a barrage of scanners and detectors at
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Astral synergy.
Adam opened his eyes on a massive head of a man with white hair, white groomed beard, and wide opened eyes staring at him with the kind of amusement one would look at a rare creature with.“Waaaah… what the f*ck old man! Stop doing that!” Adam jumped out from the soft bed, away from the massive head, only to realize that it was just Keet, and his head was normal size, it was just too close for comfort.“Rise and shine Kid! We have a long, long day to catch.” Keet said with a happy grin, he couldn’t just wait until Adam wakes up, he needed some explanation for the events of yesterday.“What long day? Go catch it yourself! Let me sleep I’m tired.” Adam had nothing to wake up early for. The symbiote calculated that his body would need 9 more days to resume his preparatory enhancement. he no longer had a dead line to find a plan to escape, he was already in a safe place. And he most certainly wouldn’t give up sleep to start training early after all that happened yesterday. He was simply t
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Unimaginable.
Birdy was extremely exhausted, he felt that he was about to collapse, but he held on to his consciousness just to finish the third objective of the schedule that Adam created for him. He was disappointed in himself for not being able to continue to the fourth, compared to this schedule, the daily training routine he was used to in the orphanage was literally a breeze.He was oblivious to the fact that he finished a training routine made for an adult athlete, and that there was no fourth objective. the symbiote calculated that he would finish this much of this hell hard schedule, just based on Birdy’s personality, and his ignorance about how hard the training schedule is, and the fact that any human being who experienced weakness would be motivated to become stronger.What kept him going was the image of Keet’s hands wrapping around his whole body, the fear he felt at that moment, he felt too little, and too weak. the name of the protocol Adam created for him made him think that Adam w
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The training schedule.
4 hours ago, after Adam went to sleep, Birdy decided to test what he can do with the new blueprint that Adam created, but he was afraid to go outside the wooden house, because Keet might be out there, so he was going to settle with testing the small things.He patted the cute white dog, and then ordered it to turn to the full armor mode with his thoughts. The dog immediately seemed to be giving him a jump hug, only to turn into liquid and swallow Birdy’s entire body into the liquid, and then form the armor around his body, the process only took a split second, but it felt longer to Birdy who was in the middle of it.The armor felt lighter than before, and when he took a step forward, he didn’t feel any weight to it at all. in fact, he felt as if nothing could stop his leg from stepping forward. The amount of power behind the single step was enough to destroy anything in his path.He started to become wary of his movement, to not cause any damage to the house. And then he noticed that
