Capítulo 3: Avalon City
Dante was not prepared at all for what happened next. The moment he chose to ignore and continue, his phone began to process the command before suddenly freezing.
He only had time to furrow his brows and wonder what the hell was wrong before his phone screen virtually exploded in a purple-black light and swallowed him whole.
No sound was made as he was sucked in and he disappeared from his room without even causing a stir. His parents downstairs had no idea that their son was about to be thrust into a world of danger and opportunity!
...…..
"W-What the hell?" Dante shouted, his voice coming out distorted and slow while echoing on itself. He felt like he was being sucked through a straw, hurtling within a tunnel that looked no different from the animation he used for his app.
The next second, he was thrown out harshly onto the ground, hitting his head against a wall and concussing himself. He fell to his knees and retched slightly before hazily looking around.
He would have been better off refraining from doing so as the visual impact caused him to cover his eyes.
'So goddamn bright!'
The amount of neon light that infiltrated his retina in that one second was like a flash bang, even to a city boy like Dante. He could only rub his eyes painfully and let his squeamishness recede before raising his head once more.
Dante was naturally stunned by what he saw. He was currently in a relatively dirty alleyway, with highly futuristic trashcans that glowed with neon bar lights around the lids and around the edges.
Apart from him was a strange-looking cat that had one metallic eye that glowed with a red light and was staring at him with disbelief. In all its nine lives, it had yet to see such a thing happen.
Before either Dante or the cat could react, an alert was heard.
"ALERT! ALERT! Detected a mass breakout of unknown bacteria from Sector 86! Anyone nearby, please evacuate!"
A lovely female voice that sounded strangely synthetic spoke out from all around Dante, and he could tell that this warning sounded out from every display in the distance.
At this moment, Dante's mind cleared and he inferred many things.
Well, everyone complained about Gen Z and their destructive tendencies, as well as their weird social cues, but one strength they did have was adaptability… well moreso, than the average human at least.
Watch enough isekai anime, transformers movies, star wars, and star trek, and you'd also have the basic capabilities to quickly accept a situation like this.
"Either I've progressed in our timeline and gone to earth's future, died and entered another sci-fi-like world with an identical body and identity, traveled to another world with my original human body, or I've been sucked into a digital or quantum-like world through my phone," Dante muttered as he observed both exists of the alleyway carefully.
"Judging by the warning, I have brought alien bacteria from my timeline to this place, so option 2 is out. It's either option 1, 3, or 4 and I need to determine which one it is to decide the next move." Dante whispered as he glanced at the cat that was eyeing him up and down.
Looking at its red eye, Dante's heart felt a chill. Could the cat's synthetic eye be connected to a larger network, and thereby used to monitor him? So they might have footage of him appearing from nowhere?
Damn!
Dante fled.
He had no idea of the level of tech. It could be early cyberpunk which was like the game of the same name that was popular a while back, moderate sci-fi which was like that movie with the blue people, or top-level sci-fi like star wars or mass effect.
If it was early, he would be lucky. They shouldn't have laser weapons that could disintegrate him in one hit. Anything above early and he was done for. He was just a 21-year-old coder from earth, what advantage did he have here?
Well, he had - possibly - killer bacteria from earth, but they detected it within seconds, so they likely had ways to contain and decontaminate the place.
Dante reached the end of the alley and emerged on a relatively busy street. The people were still stunned from receiving such a weird and unique warning that they had yet to move, so Dante had time to inspect the area around him.
Dante's heart sank.
Flying cars that zoomed up ahead, people on hoverboards doing tricks and moving where they went, AI-driven robots of different models that walked or performed different activities, neon lights and buildings that had uniquely minimalistic designs, people using teleporters to move up and down…
And worst of all, alien races!
Different skin colors consisting of the entire color spectrum, humanoid, quadrupedal, scales, cat ears, wolf ears, insectoids, walking cephalopod…
You name it, they were present.
In fact, there was a distinct lack of 'pure human' like him, and the closest to it were the ones with animal features in different parts.
Once again, Dante was stunned. He didn't even live in an era where holographic technology was perfected, much less an era of Virtual Reality, so he had no cognitive failsafe for the extreme visual impact before him.
Movies and anime helped him accept the situation, but seeing things in 2 dimensions and seeing them in 3 dimensions was a whole different ballgame.
Funny enough, when he exited the alleyway, the nearest species around him were also stunned to see something they had likely never seen before.
However, their reaction was faster than Dante's.
"Oh my Sacred Light! Is that a pure-blooded human?!" A giant wolfman shouted in a deep bass voice.
"I-Impossible, what would one be doing here in Avalon City?" A female cat-woman gasped with dismay.
"I don't care, I'm going to be rich!" A Squid-like being that had its head area covered by a purple bowl-like helmet with water exclaimed through its device's speakers.
Immediately, the squid extended many tentacles toward Dante in an effort to capture him. The other aliens' eyes lit up as they seemed to have woken up from their stupor, and were replaced by a sort of mob-like madness as they charged at the young man.
"Don't touch him, he's mine!" A female giantess who was the size of a small building roared and swung her hand out, smashing many aliens aside.
"Ha, you are too weak to claim this prize!" A scaled man with a mouthful of yellow serrated teeth laughed as he pulled two guns from his trenchcoat and fired at the giantess' hands which were about to grab Dante.
The giantess screamed in pain as two laser beams with a reddish hue tore through her skin, leaving two gaping holes within. The moment the croc-man fired, another alert sounded as the synthetic voice spoke again.
"Alert, Alert! Detected use of lethal weaponry in a civilian area. Dispatching Bionic City Guards!"
The moment the alert was sounded, the faces of all the aliens around changed greatly. Many turned to escape while those closer to Dante seemed conflicted for a split second before their eyes became bloodshot. They continued to grab towards him and fought with each other brutally to drag him away.
As for Dante, he slowly backed away with a pale expression. As a proud Gen-Z upper middle-class lad, he hadn't even gotten into any situation where hundreds of people would be gunning for his life or body.
To suddenly experience that… he was naturally stunned. However, even if he had the sharp senses of an experienced person from earth, it would be useless, because these aliens, moved so fast and so nimbly that it was like he was in a ninja or wuxia movie.
There was even an extremely obese female with red skin that had green splotches on her body that moved faster than any athlete Dante had ever seen.
If it wasn't for the fact that they seemed to prioritize his safety and wholeness, as well as their constant disruption of each other's attempts to get forward, he would have likely been swooped away by now.
Looking at this scene, Dante only had one thought in his head.
"I need to get out of here. I need to go home asap. I need to return to earth!"
There was nothing but trouble for him here and he would be better of going back home. All thoughts of adventure and wonderment were beaten out of his mind by the reality that he was overwhelmed, poorly informed, outclassed, and in perpetual danger.
It seemed as if the heavens answered Dante's prayers as right before everyone's eyes, he simply disappeared with a 'pop' sound, like a bubble that had burst.
All that was left of Dante's short but eventful visit to the city of Avalon was the harmful bacteria, a crazy mob that was stupefied as well as incoming bionic guards who were cocking weapons at the crowd, ready to fire…
Capítulo 4: AI Chip
Dante was unceremoniously deposited back into his room, and his face was still as pale as it had been from the moment every single being on that street treated him as their life's goal.
He was panting heavily and sweat formed on his body despite not partaking in any strenuous physical activity. His mind buzzed with thoughts that were flying through rapidly and he realized that he was having difficulty actually getting air into his lungs.
[Detected that the user is in a state of severe mental imbalance due to heightened fear and panic. Releasing required amounts of melatonin.]
Suddenly, Dante felt his body relax involuntarily and he felt incredibly sleepy. He only had enough energy to lift himself up from the floor and fall onto his bed before he began snoring lowly.
[Host is in a peaceful state, and is asleep. Beginning in-depth assimilation to the neural system! Estimated time: 10 hours.]
........
Dante woke up and blinked three times, his brain barely functioning. Before he could even think, he jumped off his bed and rushed to his toilet before going to take a long and deep piss.
The more time he spent excreting, the more his brain fired up and memories came back to him. Now that he was out of the intense situation, he was far calmer about everything and couldn't help but feel strange.
First question, what exactly happened?
Second question, why had it happened?
Third question, how had it happened?
Every other question would have its content partially answered as long as he could satisfy these three. In order to investigate what happened, the first thing was to check his phone and the app he made, which were the most likely culprits.
As such, Dante patted himself for his phone and realized it wasn't on his body. He then checked his desk, his bed, and the floor where he landed.
He began to panic slightly when he realized his phone was missing inexplicably, but then he remembered something from yesternight.
"That's right, a voice spoke in my head, and it was also synthetic. Could it be that the Huawei gained some new features after passing through what should be a quantum wormhole?" Dante pondered.
Then how was he supposed to contact it? Uh, in the fictional stuff, they often had to either think or speak 'status'.
"Status," Dante spoke and thought at the same time.
Nothing.
Dante was slightly embarrassed before calming himself down and pondering once more. He had an idea and decided to be more direct and not be obtuse.
"Huawei G20, respond."
[Greetings, Dante. What can I do for you?]
Dante was startled that it actually worked. A part of him wanted to believe that everything he experienced was a fever dream he made up due to fatigue or excitement, but this practically cemented that everything was real.
"What exactly are you? How are you able to do this and what happened before I went to sleep?" Dante asked three of the most pertinent questions rapidly.
[To answer your first question, I am an embedded AI chip formed from the hardware of the previous Huawei G20 that was modified by an external force and merged into your body.}
[To answer your second question, I am currently merged with the entirety of your body's brain and neural system. This is my current limitation as I require further upgrades to be able to extend to your other organs and systems for maximum compatibility.]
[To answer your third question, you ran a program on my previous model which was misread and processed, opening a spacetime anomaly that warped you to another universe. Upon return, you were heavily panicking and hyperventilating, so I flushed your brain with melatonin and forced you to sleep.]
Dante was amazed. He received the answers directly in his mind and there was no delay or misunderstanding. He understood each word and phrase without any ambiguity that came from listening or speaking to others.
He saved this miraculous feeling and then thought about the phone's… AI's… answers. He realized that there was a good chance it could answer some questions since it seemed to understand some of what occurred in-depth.
"Alright, thank you for the answers. Before I continue, may I know what kind of authority you have over my body and how I can access or control you?" Dante asked calmly with his hands on his thighs.
[I have only partial access to your body outside of emergency situations, limited to scanning, assisting, and boosting. In Emergency situations, I can take the most logical options to preserve your safety in the most optimal and beneficial way.]
[Your control is full and unlimited. You only need to think of any application of which you want me to perform, and it shall be done.]
"Hmm…" Dante rubbed his chin and thought about it.
"I don't have any qualms with this, maintain these settings as they are, thank you," Dante instructed with a smile.
Dante wasn't enough of a blockhead to do something stupid like limiting his AI's ability to save his life in a critical situation. He did not believe his thinking or reasoning capacity was better or faster than an AI.
"Hm, Alright then. You changed from a phone with an AI? Do you still have a physical form or are you in the form of nanobots or the like?"
[Unfortunately, I am the most basic AI model available on the market, so I have a physical chip lodged in the center of your brain. Also, because I was not naturally produced and rather converted from a phone, my capabilities and functions are far weaker than even the AI chip I am supposed to emulate.]
This naturally made Dante frown. No one liked hearing that something they owned or possessed was far inferior to everyone else's, even to the basic standard of mass-produced items.
"Why did this happen? I saw you said you were modified by an external entity? What exactly was that?"
[Upon intrusion into the alternate world, we were noticed by some form of high-dimensional entity. After we were inspected, it chose to allow us passage and chose the place where we landed. It also modified my form into an AI chip and implanted it into your body perfectly.]
[I was also given basic information about the universe we entered, its laws, languages, and customs. That was how you were able to understand what they were saying.]
Dante was shocked by this. A high-dimensional lifeform? So in other words, assuming he wasn't turned into primordial soup by the travel, he could have just been silently erased if he was detected to be a threat by that entity?
Dante shook his head. He then thought for a short while, contemplating what was important to him and what wasn't.
"You said you have scanning functions, right? Can you scan my body and let me know my state compared to the average humanoid organism in that universe?"
[I have already done so while you were asleep. I will now display your information in the standardized method used in the Eternal universe and explain what they are or what they correspond to.]
｢User: Dante
Age: 21 (Converted to Earth years)
Race: Pure Human (99.9% genetic perfection)
Strength Index: 0.3
Agility Index: 0.2
Dexterity Index: 0.3
Intelligence Index: 0.5
Constitution Index: 0.1
Vitality Index: 0.1
Bionic Level: 0
Psionic level: 0
AI Chip level: 0.1
Superpowers: Quantum Entanglement.｣
[This is the SDI, the Standard Display Index, for all living beings in the Eternal universe when they undergo any scan. Each category has a different meaning. The 'User' denotes who the AI chip is registered to.]
[The 'Age' is converted in earth years, so if you ever exchange information with another person, their age will be automatically converted to this value.]
[The 'Race' naturally denotes the species and genetic stock of an entity, and at times, the quality of their racial genetics might be displayed.]
[The six body indexes are calculated based on your current value versus the basic standard of your species. In this case, it is being compared to the standard of pure humans in the eternal universe. Naturally, a full point is the average.]
[Bionics are physical enhancers that are installed into the body. They comprehensively increase the physical prowess and indexes of a person depending on the level and type.]
[Psionics are mental enhancers that are installed into the body. They also comprehensively increase the mental prowess and indexes of a person depending on the level and type.]
[AI Chip level is an indicator of my current performance quality against the basic standard per level.
[Superpowers are special genetic mutations obtained by organisms that allowed them to perform incalculable feats that neither bionics nor psionics can mimic.]
[Your current superpower is the ability to open a quantum wormhole to the Eternal Universe and back.]
Dante looked at the information and took in a deep breath. He just shut up and digested the information and its meaning for about 10 minutes, thinking rapidly the entire time.
Then he focused on one important fact.
"You say I can go back? Back to that place?" he asked with incredulity.
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