2022-07-09 06:55:24The 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 was trying to get a treasure, it was so scary! My heart almost stopped!”
“So if we start together, we go in to the game together?”
“Yeah! We get to go on adventures together! Isn’t that awesome?!”
Adam noticed that Birdy stopped mentioning the comics since he saw the virtual reality. ‘maybe he just needed a taste of some real excitement.’
Birdy did actually forget all about the comics, he discovered that there’s a whole new world he didn’t know anything about before.
the educational program introduced the current world technologies and their basic functions. When the program reached the part about the virtual worlds, Birdy asked if he can try it, and since he had an unrestricted access, the system immediately brought up a list of all public virtual worlds and games, and in the top of that list there was Grandmenia, the number one virtual world in the current rankings.
The game lobby was in the space above the planet, and they were standing on an invisible floor in space, the entire world visible beneath them, and a sea of stars and galaxies above , thousands of people were standing on the same invisible floor around them, but they looked so far they couldn’t distinguish their characteristics nor facial features.
They were directly above a random island, they scrolled between the maps, and the floor would move them to another area on the artificial planet, which consisted mainly of islands of many different colors, with more then 70% of the planet being land.
Adam scrolled between the different maps, and finally settled with an island that didn’t look crowded, he chose this one because it had the least amount of players. They could travel the world once they start their journey, but that is if they survive long enough to do so.
The island’s information was displayed beside the map of the island on the holographic screen in front of them, but non of them bothered to read it at all.
They needed to choose the Avatar and the skill next, the game allowed the player to use his real appearance, or change it as much as he wants, within the decency guidelines of course, they wouldn’t entrust a bunch of teens with that much freedom.
Adam chose his real appearance, the game warned him that once he dies using this avatar, he will have to change at least 15% of the overall appearance of the avatar to use it again.
“They take the death of the avatars really seriously!” Adam chuckled at the odd settings of the game, why would a game go to such length to imitate real death, didn’t they have enough death in the real world.
Birdy was so focused on creating his avatar, he didn’t hear Adam’s comment. He created a huge muscular man, wearing a strong looking leather armor, with blond hair and handsome facial features, he randomized the facial features many times until he was satisfied with it.
When it was time to choose skills, Birdy asked Adam about the type of powers he want to have, Adam didn’t have any idea about what kind of power systems the game had, so he checked the long list to see if there is something he likes.
To read the entire list of the powers included In the game, Adam would need at least a few hours, so he just used the search function to find the skills that can allow him to fly, hoping that it will be some kind of training.
Skills including the flying abilities.
1- Archery.
2- Telekinesis.
3- Pyrokinesis.
4- Gyrokinesis.
5- Infernal spawn.
…
Adam’s eyes fell on the Gyrokinesis skill, and thought it would be conveniently similar to the gravitational fields he can produce. So he opened the skill description.
Gyrokinesis skill tree: mentally manipulate gravitational fields, allowing to increase or decrease the effects of gravity around any desired area, to make objects extremely lighter, heavier or to crush things by compressing them with intense gravity. Can be used on the user to decrease his weight and jump higher or to avoid fall damage.
“I like this one!” Adam instantly confirmed his choice and waited for Birdy, who seemed lost between the skill descriptions, reading one after the other.
“What’s wrong Birdy!”
“I can’t make up my mind! There are too many skills! What if I choose one and it turns out to be weak?” Birdy took this too seriously for a game, at least by Adam’s standards.
Choosing a power didn’t make the avatar immediately strong, it just gave the basic abilities of that skill to the player to start with, upgrading the skill or choosing an entirely different path once they start the game was up to the player.
Later in the game, the player would be able to learn any kind of skill he wants, as long as he can find it in treasure chests, or afford to buy it from the player who found it.
“What did you choose last time?”
“I randomized everything, just to get into the game faster, they gave me an X-ray vision, which was useless in a fight! That’s why I died.” Real sadness appeared on Birdy’s face, Adam didn’t fully understand the reason Birdy was taking the game so seriously, but he understood that it was the first time for him to do something like this, and the game did feel real.
Confusing the reality with the game would result in a mental disorder for Birdy, Adam knew this because he saw people taking the game too seriously like Birdy is doing now, and he heard that it sometimes ends with them playing virtual reality games full time, ruining their lives, and long periods of times spent inside the game would have a negative effect on their health.
“It’s just a game Birdy, just have fun!” Adam wouldn’t let that happen to Birdy, he would be lonely if Birdy spent his entire time in the game. “Why don’t you choose a skill that can be used together with the one I chose! We are making a team, right?!”
“What skill did you choose!”
“Gyrokinesis, I’m using it to train my visualization of the gravitational fields, like a training. ”
“ummm… what skill can be used with that?!” Birdy was actually confused more than before, he now had to use a Skill that can be used with Adam’s skill, and felt pressured to not let Adam down.
“Choose telekinesis!” Adam gave him the answer when he didn’t seem to be getting to it on his own.
“Okay! Let me read what it can do!” Birdy didn’t know of the concept of telekinesis, the comics he was reading was made for children, they didn’t include complicated concepts like that, and he had no other way of getting information. the daily educational classes taught him scientific subjects, like math, physics, and chemistry, There was no fictional education.
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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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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
