章節 9: The Grey
It was 2000 years after the nuclear war. What rose after it was humanity divided into two main factions. The generation that left earth before the war and the generation that left on earth during the war. Unlike the former, the civilization who were standing on the ashes of the past could no longer advance and continue their progress anymore, unless they trade and share with space people.
The remaining civilization on earth was then divided to smaller factions with each factions being their own countries. The conditions of the earth people become worse and worse as centuries past. The help from the space peopleare not enough for the growing poverty and population of earth. Disagreement between various countries has caused another world war.
With each horrible decisions of country leaders, the war was longer than it should be. The space people had grown tired of earth people and decided to interact less and sabotaged the supplies they have been giving for years. Soon, there is only two left. They weren't even countries, just two divisions of a single country, east and west.
Though billions had already died, the tensions remained strong between the two.
Somewhere in the east,
"I'm surprised Mr Christoph, you came from the west yet you seemed to not even care how people here in east would think of you."
The general said as he was showing around the bunker to mercenary and adventurer came from west, Christoph who betrayed his own side to work for east.
"I have heard the information from your side that you were developing a strange device that could impact significantly to humanity. I heard it could also gain the positive attention of the space people. So I'm curious what were you been doing to gurantee such big achievement."
"It is true Mr Christoph. It could greatly cause a big improvement to us. But there is one thing wrong about it. It wasn't that we were developing the device to gain attention to space people. We have little something to alter the history itself."
"What is it then, general?"
Christoph asked in curiosity as they were heading toward a vault.
"I cannot tell you right now... you have to get there to see it yourself. It is a top secret that should only be staying in the vault."
General then ordered his men to open the vault. Then it was revealed that there was a hallway inside leading to another vault. Christoph wonders how much of a thing must be valuable to be this secretive. Then again, there were only two small factions left on earth so there is a reason.
Entering the second vault, he was then greeted with another vault. Then another... Then another... Then another. He becomes annoyed with how unnecessary it is to be this classified. The general expected him to feel this way.
"Just a little more and we will be seeing what we had promised you."
"It better not be an elaborate scheme of assassinating a guy like me."
The general laugh as they reached what is said to be the final vault door.
"Alright, open it up boys. Our guest will leave soon if we aren't hurry."
They entered a room, a black room. The blackness is completely dark that one could mistaken it like a void of outer space. The room seemed infinite with unclear black color covering on all sides. A person in labcoat entered the room from their behind. He then take out a switch from his pocket.
He pressed the button and the whole room is brightened with the light of an entity completely out of this world.
It's a blackhole. A black hole the size of a tennis ball. But it's not absorbing the surroundings. And it's not even absorbing the light at all. Instead it glows.
"Is this the thing you were trying to show to me... A black hole that is not even a real one? Are you trying to make fun of me for betraying the west? Guess what... I'm not even the native from the west."
Christoph said as he stared at the general with furious expression. The general was smiling but not out of mockery to deceived.
"I understand your cluelessness. Anyone like you would think we were just making it up and lying people as this is the real blackhole. But I can assure you... this is a real one."
"Then how?"
"You see Mr Christoph. For about 30 years ago, there was a major breakthrough in science as we discovered the technology not even space people did not find yet. Of course, we did used their technology but they were the always the one who invent faster before us. But now, things had changed. We just purified a black hole from this 30 years of project. Do you want to know what can we do with this?"
"Let me guess... time travel?"
"Not just that... this thing is a jackpot. We called it "The Rotten Gold". It's time travel in a way it benefit us more. 99.99% chance of success. We had calculated this gargantuan of invention with finest of space people's probability measuring machines". And they all showed with close to this exact percent."
The scientist in a labcoat explained the significance of such thing.
"Do you want me to do somerhing with it?"
"Absolutely, Mr Christoph. You are the greatest mercenary to ever walked on earth."
"You're saying this because I'm the only one left on this planet, right?"
"Not really... I'm genuinely praising you for what you truly are."
"Alright! Let's get this done with. What do you want me to do?"
"Let's go back to the guest meeting room shall we, then we'll discuss it in details."
To Be Continued...
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