Chapter 10 - Sea of Venus(2) - Doctor
The cruiser docked to a space elevator station and dropped off the marines, Gaius, and the boy off at the top.
An artificial voice spoke, “Decelerating. Opening L1A18.”
At the bottom of the elevator, a large warehouse like hanger opened with hundreds of people and androids moving about. In front of the door was an old man with a dark hardwood cane.
The old man smiled, “Welcome to Venus.”
The marines all saluted, and the squad leader nodded, “Thank you for welcoming us back Dr. Fritz.”
“Haha, it’s nothing. I’m just here to pick up the one I’m interested in.
The man turned and started walking towards the train station and Gaius followed him.
Inside the private train, the low-pitched howl of the metropolis zooming past them filled the cabin. Gaius looked at the old man and realized he had turned into a red-haired man. Gaius sneered, “What do you want with me?”
“I just wanted to help.”
“Drag me back after dumping me in the asteroid belt?”
“I need you for an experiment.”
“Another experiment? Which one.”
Dr. Fritz sighed, “I’ll show you in the lab. In the lab.”
Dr. Fritz set two cups of tea on the table and sat down, “What’re you standing there for? You going to sit or not?”
“Okay.”
“Ask the first question.”
“Who’s this boy?”
“Experiment zero? Ah! A synthetic projection of ether into the physical plane.”
“A what project of ether into what?”
“He’s a synth.”
Gaius stared at his tea, “And?”
“There’s not much else to it. He’s a synth.”
“So, I lived with a synth for years without knowing it was a synth.”
“A synth with ether.”
Gaius stared at Dr. Fritz, “With ether? That can’t be right.”
“Yes.”
“Then can’t we resurrect them?”
“It is technically possible to do it.”
Gaius finished his tea, “So what about resurrecting you?”
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“Not possible.”
“Why?”
Dr. Fritz poured out another cup, “Ask your second question.”
“Did you find a fix for ether breakdowns?”
Dr. Fritz nodded, “The stasis module can’t contain it much longer. The cancerous cells are also building up. You’ve got at most a decade left in this state.”
“So, you found a solution?”
“Obviously.”
Gaius stood up, “So when are we going to start?”
Dr. Fritz looked up, “Ask your third question.”
“Why’d you make me come here?”
Dr. Fritz threw a data stick towards Gaius.
[Start of data log 1]
Experiment 0 Note Log #1 (2050)
June 23rd, 2050: Ever since finding the cell to enable gene modification, I wondered if it was possible to create the perfect human being. What defines the perfect human being? After all, we are just a collection of flesh and bone stuck together by mysterious laws that we don’t even understand. The reason behind our own sentience isn’t even known. More experimentation is required.
December 12th, 4512: I nearly forgot about this project. I recently read a paper by Dr.Legnik who was studying wyrms from the destruction of the Dyson Sphere. He hypothesized that some kind of new particle was in play which enforced the laws of our universe. Mixing this with the 2000-year-old multiplanar theory that I had published, it is possible to stipulate that there exists another plane of existence in which this new particle coalesces and diverges based on the interactions of other planes. Further experimentation is necessary.
February 15th, 4543: I found it. The hidden piece. I’m going to name this wyrm the emperor wyrm. Its energy is unique and its hunger for live animals is like no other wyrm I’ve seen. It emits blue and green light while others only emit yellow light. This is a promising result.
March 23rd, 4584: I asked myself, what is this stuff that we have been calling ether? Recently, Dr.Legnik was found naked on the street in a fit of insanity. Set the emperor wyrm near a few human test subjects to see what would happen. When I accidentally short circuited my lights in the lab, I saw a very very faint blue stream traveling from the eyes of a subject into the wyrm. I’ve been convinced, the wyrm is consuming the minds of live creatures. Although I don’t know how to use this fact, I can feel like this will become important for my goal. I have almost finished my research on creating the perfect human genetically, the next step will be to somehow make humans have the wyrm’s power. In the meantime, I’m going to improve upon the already existing cybernetics to further my vision.
January 1st, 4577: I figured it out. I tried to publish my paper explaining the source of ether but got rejected. It’s just the will of the universe. The will existent in a different plane. Everything inherently contains a will, but sentient beings contain a denser clump which allows them to be sentient. I think if I sacrifice more beings to the emperor wyrm, it will be able to become sentient.
December 24th, 4577: I saw a sign of its sentience. It’s learned to answer yes and no questions by emitting different colored light when I ask it questions. From preliminary questioning, I have determined that it appears to have taken the sacrifice’s memory. I’m devising a method to procure the perfect materials. The experiment must continue!
April 3rd, 4583: The wyrm became powerful enough to speak into the minds of most people. I taught how to manipulate electrical signals in the brain to do various things. Over 700 medical specialists were invested into the wyrm to improve its ability. I managed to procure 500 elite soldiers from the military through prisoner of war camps. Having the wyrm fully consume people for knowledge appears to be inefficient, currently teaching the wyrm to scan brains and copy information. The radius in which the wyrm can produce these phenomena seems to be expanding over time. The experiment must continue.
November 23rd, 4583: Last night, I showed off the wyrm to the world. The first thing I said in the conference was Kneel and everyone in the room except for me was on the ground. I couldn’t believe it. It appears as if my teachings have done good for the wyrm as it’s been able to capture the essence of everything within 600 meters of it. It told me this morning that it was about to produce offspring and shared with me an interesting medical procedure while I was sleeping. This experiment must succeed.
April 2nd, 4608: Over the past few years I’ve done large amounts of research into wyrm implantation. It appears that the wyrm feeds off the human’s ether while allowing the person to request actions from it. People have started to call these people psychics which I think seems pretty accurate. The emperor is now out of my hands, it’s strong enough to tell someone to die and instantly crush their heart. As a normal gene modified human, it’s hard for me to withstand even speaking normally with the emperor. I’m going to start investing my time into biological nano machines. For my goal of perfecting humanity, I must first perfect myself.
[End of data log 1]