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2024-10-29 19:42:56Keet didn’t pay him any mind, he was focused on examining the anomaly in front of him, and Birdy wasn’t important to him at all.
Living for almost three hundred years made him lose any attachment to human lives that didn’t have any significant to him. Keet wasn’t a cold artificial intelligence, but he wasn’t a human either, he was something in between.
Birdy gathered what little courage and determination he had, and approached Adam with the intention of saving him from this unsightly torture, or at least lessen his sentence and share his pain.
Sadly, he had too little courage, his knees buckled as he stepped on the vibrating platform and saw Adam’s face up close, several veins were visible on his tensed up neck, and blood red forehead, he was gritting his teeth in pain, sweat dripping from everywhere on him.
“Boy! If you go near him you could get crushed by the gravitational field.” Keet calmly warned, not bothering to look at Birdy, he just didn’t want his death to interrupt the experiment.
Not understanding what gravitational field is, Birdy certainly understood that there was danger, which meant that Adam was in danger. Tears ran down his cheeks, he abandoned all thoughts about fear and self preservation, and as if something was turned off in his brain, he ran towards Adam, against the gravity storm that was pushing him back, shouting In determination. “I’ll save you Adam!”
Adam’s focus was interrupted by the heroic childish shouting, he turned his gaze towards it, and Birdy was approaching him slowly with an expression that Adam never saw before on any one, Birdy’s eyes were cold and determined, holding a tinge of predatory fearlessness, Adam barely recognized him.
“What are you doing?!” Adam asked in his usual cold emotionless tone, he never expected Birdy to have this kind of look in his eyes, the thought of fearing him didn’t cross his mind, Birdy was weak and harmless after all, but Adam was confused by his looks and actions.
“I’m saving you!” Birdy replied without a shred of hesitation, he was already determined to pay any price to save his friend, his brother, the one who accepted him no matter his flaws, and gave him what he didn’t deserve, and even offered him a way out of that horrible place.
“From what?!” the confusion only grew in Adam’s mind, his skill was disabled when his focus fully turned towards Birdy’s peculiar state, his hands and legs still held by the cables.
“From… this awful punishment!” seeing the pain on Adam’s face being replaced with utter confusion, and the platform stopping the violent shaking, Birdy hesitated a little.
“Are you okay?! Did that VR program miss with your mind?! Keet?” Adam turned to Keet for answers, he seemed to be watching in amusement, a slightly visible grin on his face.
“Let the boy save you Adam!” His grin grew wider.
Adam gave him an awkward look, and detached himself from the cables with a thought under the shocked gaze of Birdy. “I wasn’t being punished Birdy! I’m training!”
“What kind of training was that?! It looked very painful! I thought you were in trouble because you brought me along!”
Adam realized what Birdy must have thought when he saw him in that state, he forgets sometimes that a normal child doesn’t do what he does, and doesn’t endure as much pain as he does.
Adam didn’t know what a normal child’s life is like until he went to the orphanage, seeing their boring life he thought that they were the odd ones, his daily routine always included some training, either alone against the robots created by the house core, or with his father which was mostly painful and stressful trying to escape and survive the scenarios prepared for him.
“Lets have some food! I’ll explain a few things that you need to know, since you will accompany me on this journey.”
With a thought, Adam ordered Keet to prepare a late dinner, during which, Adam told Birdy what he would expect to see Adam doing, he didn’t tell him the whole story, just what he needed to know, like What he have told Keet.
“That’s awesome! Can I get super powers too?!” Birdy’s expression was full of anticipation, Adam was originally planning to buy him a robotic core to use for necessary stuff, doing it earlier will not harm any one.
“Why not! Keet! Can you please search for a source to buy untraceable goods! I need to buy a strong robotic core and around 30kg of top grade cluster fabric”
“There is more than that on the island kid! Your father’s entire arsenal is there.”
Adam’s face brightened a little before his expression turning dark again. “What are the odds that we find him there!”
“zero! I already told you where he is didn’t I?”
Adam felt sad, thinking about the last time his father left made him gloomy, he felt so lonely without him that it was sometimes unbearable, Mela couldn’t keep him company all the time, and he had to eventually return home and have nothing but The silent walls, and the programed machines to keep him company, until the department came.
“Did you like the virtual reality Birdy?!” Adam felt that his gloomy mood was effecting Birdy’s appetite, so he changed the subject turning to Birdy, who was stuffing his mouth with barbecued meat.
“You kidding me! I love it! Why didn’t they bring us some of that in the… any way lets play together there is this very awesome game called Grandmenia, where you can create an avatar and start adventuring in a world of monsters and awesome powers and stuff.”
“Lets try it together then! I didn’t play that one before.” Adam wasn’t excited at all with the game, but playing it with Birdy should be interesting to him, he played countless games in the virtual reality before and found them all boring, just for the fact that they were just that, games.
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The invisible teardrop shaped vehicle was traveling at Mach 4, which is the maximum legal speed on earth, and also coincidentally, the maximum speed that a silent object can stealthily move without Creating a loud sonic boom that reveals its location.Adam and Birdy were comfortably resting inside their virtual reality capsule, while Keet was busy sorting the data he collected on Adam’s body.“The rules of the game are quite simple, you create an avatar, choose some powers or randomize them, and then dive into the world trying to survive as long as possible.” Birdy explained in the White space, barely containing his excitement to play the game with Adam.“What happens when you die!”“You lose every thing and must start over, new avatar, new powers, and new adventure!”The idea of the game interested Adam a little, he clicked on the game icon, instantly getting transferred to the game lobby with Birdy by his side.“I already tried it once and I got killed by a monster in a cave when I
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“That’s an awesome power! I can control things with my mind like the smart villains in the comics, I love it!” Birdy’s excitement reached a whole new heights after reading the description of the telekinesis skill.Telekinesis skill tree: mentally manipulate and interact with objects or matter, can levitate, move, or directly control an object without the need of physical interaction, the amount of manipulation will depend on the size and weight of the object. Can be used on the user to levitate or move in the air, the speed and height will depend on the mental power of the user.Adam reading the description of the telekinesis skill, found it somewhat different from how the game described the Gyrokinesis skill. ‘maybe they needed emphasis on the idea that the skill is limited.’ He correctly thought, as the telekinesis skill was widely known to be overpowered, it had to be limited, otherwise no one would ever choose any other skill if they can just control everything with their mind.“O
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After running a little more than 20 kilometers, taking a few rests along the way to restore their mana, they arrived at an entrance to a gap between two lush green mountains. on contrast to the mountains, the gap was dry, dark, and craggy. even though the sun was generous, illuminating the forest and the mountain hills diversely, the Rugged gap had an eerie dark ambiance, light seemed to fear the roaring of the wind like an angry Abomination through the rocky walls of the gap.Birdy stared at the scene with darkened eyes, swallowing a stubborn lump in his suddenly dried throat. “Are we going there?!” for a moment he hoped that Adam would be as cowardice as he is.“Of course! We ran all that distance, didn’t we?!” Adam nonchalantly answered his question, not oblivious to the eeriness of the place, in fact, it elated his curiosity, wanting to see how immersive the game can be.Birdy snapped his fingers producing a spark between them, instead of disappearing, the spark grew into a small
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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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“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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“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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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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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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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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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
