Hohbach Einstein Superstar Code

2. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-7543-7591-4
Verlag: BoD - Books on Demand
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 296 Seiten

Reihe: EINSTEIN SUPERSTAR CODE

In this Young Adult Action Comedy, two brave teenagers, together with an alien and the U.S. President, have to fight an evil Artificial General Intelligence system and discover that findings of Albert Einstein contain a scientific secret which can put human society on a positive path with planet Earth. In the 2nd part of the book, learn about the ground-breaking, scientific findings of Albert Einstein concerning the core role of Symmetry in Nature, other symmetric, eco-intelligent concepts such as the Circular Economy and how Symmetry underpins all areas of life - from art, consciousness to super talent and film. The second part also includes the sheet music of the two pop songs Doughnut and With the Circle of Life.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hohbach, George

Leseproben

CHAPTER 3

“So that’s what it feels like to be dead.” Zac was under the impression that he was coming out of state of complete darkness, and this awakening he linked to himself not being sure if this was an actual sign of being alive, just dying or being basically dead.

“Welcome back to the lab, sir”, Zac heard a familiar voice. The electronic voice continued, “I’m inclined to say, ‘I told you so!’, but I think, you know now that I was right!”

“There is only one pain-in-the-ass contraption that talks like this. James??” Zac asked, still being unable to open his eyes properly as a bright light shone into his face.

“Yes. Nice to see you again, sir. I always appreciate it when you refer to me as the pain-in-the-ass contraption. It makes having saved your life much more rewarding.”

“Oh, shut up. You know, I love you!”

“You’ve just told me so, and my monitoring of your vital signs tells me that you are actually not bullshitting me!”

“Ha-ha. Sounds like you worked on your AI-sense-of-humor skills while I was out…fishing.”

Now Zac could slowly see again, and was happy to look into the face of James, his super helpful robot.

“You were out, indeed, sir. More than a month. You were, so to speak not just out fishing, you were totally out as in comatose.”

“You know me. I like to do things thoroughly,” Zac smiled while trying to sit up.

“Yeah, like not listening to me thoroughly!” James added. “Does it hurt sitting up. I hope it does. So, you can better internalize what it means when I say things like, ‘Going fishing is a bad idea, just like leaving the lab without a mask’!”

“Yeah-yeah, grandma! This was indeed, one of your best babysitter lectures, and I just hope we’re done now.”

Zac tried to get out of his bed and onto his feet. But he collapsed and fell to the floor. He still was not in command of his body.

“Can you please do that again and humor me once more?”

James smirked while he helped Zac get on his shaky feet. Slowly, Zac walked over to a chair and sat down. He looked around and saw the lab which had become so familiar over the last two years. The countless computers, experiment equipment, plus the bright light from the ceiling that hurt his eyes.

“Can’t you dim this damn light, James?”

“No, sir. This was, as you know, once built as a secret military facility, deep into the mountain. It was not meant to be a spa or tea room. So, they forgot to build in dimmers. Shall I get you sun glasses?”

“No. Let’s not get carried away.”

James handed Zac a glass with a dark-greenish smoothie.

“Seriously?” Zac asked.

“You need all the vitamins, enzymes and a lot more right now.”

“Yes, doctor!” Zac swallowed the drink in one go. “Yack!”

“You’re very welcome, sir. The reason why I handed you this Yack-drink is that your inner organs were damaged rather severely. Even the nanobots that I injected into your system had only a slim fighting chance.”

“Sounds amazing” quipped Zac.

“Hmm, I see even this dire event plus being unconscious for a month has not deleted your so much appreciated sarcasm.”

“Glad you still like it!”

“You know what I also still like, sir? Telling you again, how stupid you were. It makes the luck you had almost unfair, unless you’ve been a well-behaved little girl in a previous life that still has a lot of good karma to waste!”

“Don’t torture me with your endless messages, James. That’s too much information. Just cut the crap and tell me what my luck consisted of.”

James turned on a computer, and on a large screen on the wall a map showed the underground river that Zac had fallen into, and that had carried him back to the lab, deep inside the mountain.

“This funny, goofy-looking, little character that is floating in the river…”

“Yeah. That’s me, I guess. Thanks for this gifted animation.”

“No problem, sir. Here is your series of dumb luck. First, you did not drown because air gathered inside your military gear.”

“I like air!”

“Then, second, you floated through underground terrain where the water really heats up.”

“I like heat!”

“Could you just shut up politely please, sir? Your interruptions have no relevance to what happened to you.”

“Fine, no small talk then. I get it. We are doing it the adult way. Go on, I’m fascinated.”

“Great. So, to continue: The enormous heat made you sweat inside your protective gear. That way, your body was able to detoxify, and the heat also pretty much put the poisonous worm inside your hand on standby.”

Zac just smiled at James, who went on explaining the next part of the underground journey.

“This very hot part of the river was followed by very cold terrain. Again, the poisonous worm was paralyzed, you lucky bastard. Now your body was put into a high mode of autophagy, which means your body removed more waste. Your smart suit, at this time, injected vitamins and proteins into your body, as well as the first round of nanobots. A bit later, you arrived here in the lab’s giant underground lake. As you can imagine, I was overwhelmed with robotic joy to rescue you.”

“I can imagine. All your microchips must have been dancing inside of you,” said Zac wryly.

A bell rang. James smiled, turned around and went to a little oven nearby. He opened it and took out a steaming dish, which he placed next to Zac on the table, along with a knife and fork.

“As the monitors alerted me that you’d be waking up soon, I prepared a little protein-rich food for you.”

“Thank you, my man,” Zac said and started eating the dish that smelled and tasted delicious. “Great spicy sauce, James. What’s the protein? Astronaut chicken?”

“No, I wanted to treat you to something very special, sir. It’s the worm from your hand.”

Instantly, Zac coughed forcefully and spat out the last bite.

“Are you insane. That thing is…”

“I removed the glands that hold the poison, sir. After all, I am a responsible, certified contraption.”

“I’m getting the hint. I promise, I won’t leave the lab again without a gas mask, and I’ll delete fishing from my hobby list. It’s just, well, you know, sometimes, these memories come back. How it was when we could go outside whenever we wanted, breathe fresh air, enjoy the beautiful landscape, go fishing with my dad. I just wanted to have that feeling again, just for a few minutes or so.”

“Well, how did that work out for you?!”

Zac stared silently into the void. Even the sarcastic department in his soul couldn’t come up with a comment that used humor as a defense.

“I’m sorry,” James said, “I can calculate how much you miss a positive environment. After all, you humans have these molecules of emotions that constantly and continually pass on any information to the billions of body cells. This has an immediate effect on the quality of the proteins your body produces. So, not having a conducive environment is, indeed, like having a shit magnet around you.”

“There is only one thing left to do then.”

Zac got up and managed to walk over to his iPod that was plugged into one of the computers. He turned it on, and immediately Bruce Springsteen’s song blasted through the entire lab. Shaking his head wildly to the rhythm of the rock song, Zac tried to move himself into a more positive state of emotion. Of course, he had to hold onto the table next to him, as he was still feeling pretty weak. After the first chorus, James tried to join in, bobbing his robot head to the beat. When Zac saw that, he had to start laughing out loud. The moves that James came up with were just too awkward.

Then, Zac almost fainted, and he swayed back to his chair. James stopped the music.

“Wow!” Zac sat down on his chair.

“I’m glad you still have the old daredevil in you. Even if it means, we’ll encounter more problems in the future than we should.”

“If it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger,” retorted Zac.

“Oh, sir. You are currently a wonderful testament to this macho mantra. Too bad, it can’t be put on the worldwide web for everybody to see how well your success formula works.”

“Even though I almost missed your thinly veiled insults, James, let’s pick up on the other concept you mentioned: Success. How is our positive world simulation coming along, old chap? Have our quantum computers and the AGI found the success formula yet?”

James paused a few seconds, which gave away that the answer was not affirmative. He put up a word on the big screen: NO.

“What do you mean ‘NO’? This is ridiculous, like the mushroom flavored ice cream we found in the lab’s giant fridge last year. How can there be no progress with all the state-of-the-art, high-tech intelligence we have here? I must say, this ‘NO’ news of yours doesn’t make me feel too...