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IT´S BEEN TWO YEARS NOW...
TWO YEARS SINCE I CAME BACK FROM THE SCIENTIFIC ISOLATION PROGRAM
IN THE ALPHA-4 LUNAR COMPLEX.
TWO YEARS SINCE I CAME ACROSS, AT FIRST, WITH THAT STRANGE...
PEACEFULNESS.
DISTURBING IN A PLANET WITH MORE THAN 12 BILLION PEOPLE.
AT LEAST THAT WAS THE CASE WHEN I LEFT.
COMPLETELY ISOLATED, THE SILENCE TAKES OVER US…
I THOUGHT I WAS USED TO IT, BUT THAT WAS…
DIFFERENT.
IT DIDN´T TAKE ME LONG TO REALIZE THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG,
AND CONSIDERING THE PROPORTIONS AND DIFFICULTIES,
IN A WORLD WHERE ALL THE ASPECTS OF HUMAN CIVILIZATIONS WERE IN TOTAL CHAOS,
WASN´T LONG BEFORE MY RESEARCH REVEALED
THAT EVERY PERSON IN THIS PLANET COULD HAVE SUCCUMBED…
A LETHAL SUPER VIRUS?
ARMAGEDDON.
IN SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS,
MY JOURNEY ALSO BECAME A SEARCH FOR THE CURE
DESPITE THE HUGE GENETIC DATABASE AMASSED,
MORE DISCOVERIES WERE STILL TO BE REVEALED.
THERE WAS INDEED A LETHAL VIRUS…
BUT IT WASN´T NATURAL.
IT WAS A COLONY OF NANO SYNTHETIC UNITS,
MICROSCOPIC MACHINES,
SELF-REPRODUCTIVE AND AMAZINGLY RESISTANT.
I DON´T RUN THE RISK OF INFECTION,
AS THEY ARE NOW INACTIVE.
THEY AUTOMATICALLY SWITCH OFF FOLLOWING AN INNER PROGRAM,
AND, APPARENTLY, THAT IS ONLY THING CAPABLE OF DETAINING THEM,
AS THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY FORM OF HUMAN LIFE FOR MORE THAN 6 MONTHS…
I DON´T HAVE THE HOPE TO FIND ANYONE ELSE.
WHO?
TERRORISM?
ACCIDENT?
MUTATION?
WHO COULD HAVE CREATED SOMETHING SO...
IMMORAL
SO FATAL?
AS A HUMAN BEING,
WOULD IT BE TOO UNETHICAL TO IMAGINE THAT IT DOESN´T MATTER ANYMORE?
WHOEVER THEY WERE, JUST LIKE THEIR CREATION AND ITS BILLIONS OF VICTIMS,
THEY ARE ALL DEAD NOW…
I AM THE ONLY SURVIVOR OF MY SPECIES.
IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO THINK THAT DISTURBING INITIAL PEACEFULNESS
RESEMBLES A MORE PRIMITIVE EARTH…
IS THE PLANET BETTER WITHOUT US?
I´M NOT THE ONE TO JUDGE.
AS A PERSON, I SHOULD ONLY DO MY BEST FOR MY SPECIES.
FOR THE INITIAL TESTS,
MY OWN DNA.
THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS GOING WELL.
THE NEXT STAGE SHOULD INCLUDE THE USE OF THE GENETIC DATABASE AMASSED.
THE FIRST GENERATION MUST BE BORN APT.
THEY WON´T HAVE THE OPTION OF A NATURAL DEVELOPMENT (CHILDHOOD).
DURING THE GESTATION AND GROWTH,
THERE WILL BE ARTIFICIAL STIMULI, TARGETING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COGNITIVE THINKING,
WHICH WILL LEAD TO A SPATIAL AND MOTOR PERCEPTION
AS WELL AS THE ABILITY OF MORE COMPLEX ACTIVITIES
SUCH AS READING AND BASIC MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE.
I MIGHT NOT BE HERE WHEN THEY´RE READY,
HOWEVER, THE EXTENSIVE NUMBER OF INFORMATION COMPILED IN THESE TERMINALS
WILL ALLOW THEM TO RESTART…
I MEAN...
...TO CONTINUE OUR JOURNEY.