It was already night while I was waiting for whatever Lilibeth was supposed to say, perhaps it was an error to remain quiet, I was in the living room of that cabin, a dusty couch, small table, and some other old furniture, Lilibeth  brought to the table some heart shaped korosnian cookies, those were specially sweet with a scent of a flower that gives you a relaxing sentation, I could also smell the tea that Lilibeth was preparing. I didnt mentioned this but I forgot to bring any device for comunication and looks like Lilibeth knew it, what was all of this act? I felt nervous and the trust that I had of my friend was my only way to feel kinda safe from this place outside of all civilization.

Lilibeth came back and sit in front of me, she was looking a bit worried and finally I had a few more words that made sense to me

"Al" Lilibeth said worried. "We are in a terrible danger, the reason why I brought you here is because I was fired of my job. You see, I have been a secretary working for Lady Urania and her family for years, and I had access to many of the secrets of the political party since Staris Agmena party when it just started. As you know the goverment that was planned to have Notok as leader was taken by Lana a couple years ago, but I recently discovered a secret, a proyect that Malbok himself is trying to do to all the planet and then, the universe. I thought this was just a joke or a rumor, many important politicians were talking about a tangible heaven and how Malbok give them many promises... I feel one of the reasons I was fired is because I asked too many questions".

Lilibeth took my hand to tell me:

"Al, are you familiar with AI?"

I was very nervous now, AI? Artificial Inteligence? What has to do with the plan of Malbok? I told Lilibeth that I was not too familiar, despite all the technology of the planet and solar system was using Malbok's AI technology I wasn't sure what Lilibeth mean with the question.

"Recently I discovered a secret, I went to the hidden files of the company and took some secret information, I must say that the security of Malbok is almost impossible to evade and he always uses many ways to keep his files protected. The rumors and plots about Malbok whereabouts were making me more nervous, him and Julianna, they both have a plan that could change the world as we know it. The grandfather of Malbok, not Bios but the father of Lady Urania, Kair, he has been developing a technology for generations and Malbok seems to finally finish it, he created something much worst than AI, he discovered a way to transfer the mind of a living being into a machine permanently, all the thoughts, the memories, the experiences and knowledge of the mind of the individual was feeding a computer simulation making it more realistic, the knowledge became a series of conditions and information to power this simulation. 

"If your mind is taken by this computer simulation all the contents of your mind and knowledge will be used as information to improve the simulation, you understand what I mean?" Lilibeth asked and I just nodded.

"But he is the creator of that simulation, he can create entire universes inside this simulation in no time, he can create whatever he likes in a blink of an eye inside this simulation. He is looking to separate his dying body into this simulation forever and become a god inside of it, but this universe will be empty, he can create NPCs here and there based only on his personality and mind, but that would be very repetitive wouldnt it? Imagine if an entire population feed this simulation and all the minds of the people become the source of the physics of this cyber world do you realize how powerful and realistic would be? A machine cannot understand how flowers smells, a living being does, the machine needs the information about the smell and can only be updated if a living mind can provide that information. A machine doesn't know how food taste like, it needs the information from a third party source, a mind to be able to reproduce it on the cyberworld, same with the emotions. Malbok's mind is not enough... that's why I brought you here, if Malbok knows that I have this knowledge he will go after me, all his devices and vehicles.. all his technology have microphones, all of them"

Lilibeth continued standing up and become more severe on her words:

"Malbok is planning to take the entire population of the planets of the solar system and force them to absorb their minds and access to all their thoughts, all their skills, all their knowledge and experiences and their entire conciousness inside that simulation to make it the most powerful simulation, a true... tangible ... heaven..."

Lilibeth just sit down clearly concerned, Malbok was somewhere in the universe planning to create a powerful simulation and use the minds of other living beings to power up his simulation and became realistic, outside of the simulation and he didnt planned to ask others for their thoughts... I was now with my heart pumping fast.

But yet the worst has to come, a huge thunder can be heared and a powerful light enter in the window, Lilibeth instead of closing the windows she ran to them and stare what was outside, like if the flash was not bothering her at all, from what I could distinguish outside there was a figure that fell down from the sky and a lot of thunder in the ambience, this figure stand up and on top of it there was a line of mist meaning this figure really fell from the sky very fast. 

The figure rise up and revealed to be none other than Evarina, Malbok sister. 

She was wearing a long plastic black trench coat and she was walking to the cabin. Lilibeth ran to the door to open it and let the criminal to enter, she slowly went inside the house and the first thing she said while entering using a bit deep but femenine voice

"what's to eat?"

Lilibeth pointed at the cookies and Evarina took off her trench coat to sit in front of me, she stared at me with silence like trying to devore me with the eyes, she was indeed very beautiful but not when she is staring at you motionless.

"Did you informed Al about the plan?" Evarina asked

"He knows enough" Liliibeth responded

Evarina took one heart shaped cookie and smiled maliciously

"You know, this shape means love for certain civilizations like humans and inocence in many others" She said holding the cookie only to take a big loud bite showing her teeth tearing it in crumbs.

"Evarina" I said. "Lilibeth warned me about your brother's plan to take all races and put their minds in the machines. What you want to do?"

"Am looking to stop him" Evarina responded while Lilibeth brought three cups with tea "What my brother is looking for is completly nuts, I was supporting his cause until I found out that he planned to take our race the zelians and the humans too, I must say, humans are the most juicy ones in terms of experiences and skills. Their capacity to learn and feel surpass many other species like the reticunans who are just a 0 on the equation of the universe." She stopped to drink her tea.

"I should have known." I said. "It is only another of your plans to wipe out the rest of the species like you have planned during your goverment, do you really think I would forgot your crimes?"

"Al, stop" Said Lilibeth trying to stop my point but I continued.

"I know that during your goverment you systematically tried to make all the races you didnt like sterile, you ruin the life of entire famlies, all the races but humans and zelians were unable to procreate and even the ones from other planets visiting Pholos had to take a treatment to "avoid the consequences of the climate change of Pholos" you give the visitors some medicines with your laws and then you went to the extreme to create diseaces targeting only those minorities you thought they were unworthy of Pholos, the later you spread a false virus only to give those minorities a treatment to make them sterile, you gave humans and zelians some variants to make them more fertile and produce more babies, you alone increased the zelian and human population fifty percent while the other specie reduce systematically, you ruin the life of million of children across the world with those treatments in their schools with your medicines and lunch so they will not be able to have babies when they grow older and trying to make it seem like a consequence of this virus that spread by an unknown source... people hate you Evarina, you used thousands of excurses to drug the world and manipulate the birth rates... if that is not evil I don't know what it is, you destroyed the lives of millions of beings and also you attempted to do the same on their planets only to wipe them out of existence, you are no different than your brother, why we should trust you?"

Lilibeth was holding me, not to protect Evarina, but to protect me, Evarina only responded with an evil smile that made me feel scared, with that grin I knew she was not only proud but also planning something else.

"Oh Alcitates" She said "You are such a nice zelian, so virtuous..."

"what virtues do you have?" I asked her not fearing anything.

"I despise all virtue" She said standing up, staring at me like a predator getting close to its prey "Evil, selfishness is all I know, there is no good in the universe, just evil in various levels, the roots of evil is based on being selfish and everyone is selfish, looking to feed their ego one way or another, those who claim to be good and right are nothing but hypocrites who only care for their reputation and ego, Evil is just the Good without filters, the true form of kindness towards what is best for you, even the gods of ancient religions who claim to be all goodness they put their finger on the sinners and give them the worst eternal pain, you should give yourself to evil and let your deepest desires to flow but that is just for the smartest ones, maybe honesty is my only virtue but I would be lying" She finish winking her green eye.

"please, calm down both of you" Lilibeth said with a fearful tone. "Evarina offered her ship and she knows where to find Malbok, we can still stop him before his transition into a digital form is completed. Al, please do this for me, don't argue with Evarina"

"I will be brief" Evarina said "there is a planet very far from our solar system, a lonely planet with nothing but water and some islands, I been there, is a place where only family and the trustworthy goes. Recently Malbok and Julianna built a fortress next to his most iconic building that is comming out of the sea, not even I have access but I been told my cousin Olreph that Malbok and Julianna remain there, I don't know how they can survive or what they are doing on that dark place, there is no many lights, everything is almost complete darkness just for a few small lights here and there, Julianna is helping my dying brother to become a god in his small simulated world, and he is planning to take all civilians with him, me? I couldnt give two cents for them but what would I do with a lonely planet ruled by machines? That wouldn't be fun isn't it? No toys to play with... Am giving you my ship to go there and stop him, you both need to go there and stop that deform being who is my brother."

"What you gonna do in the meantime?" I asked. "You have superpowers, you can create lightning, you can alter your body, you should be helping us more than giving us the ship and the location if you really want to stop him"

"I have other business to do, consider this my first and only sign of goodness you will see for me, Olreph contacted me and he found some other space stations that control most of the technology of Pholos, we are gonna sabotage the system, ruining the base that provide internet to the entire planet is gonna be not only a pleasure to do but also it will make him weaker."

"You cannot do that" I said nervously "many business depend on the internet, if you disconnect the entire planet then is gonna be a chaos!"

"I must agree with Al" said Lilibeth "if you destroy the base that gives internet signal to the entire planet many hospitals, banks and offices in general will be ruined!"

"you may thank me later, but regardless, I wouldn't care less" Evarina said as she weared her trench coat and walked outside the cabin and with a big jump impulsed by lightning she dissapeared in the sky.

 

In the Next Entry I will detail more about the plan of Lilibeth and I to visit Malbok's planet, also more events and chaos made by Evarina.