In a world much like our own, a creation was made.
Something they said would change everything—from technology to medicine.
It was hailed as the perfect creation, quickly integrated into every piece of technology we possessed, from cars to phones. But we never expected that our own creation would turn on us.
That's right, Artificial Intelligence was incorporated into gaming technology, which resulted in the creation of deep dive technology.
A technology that every human on the face of the Earth came to curse the existence of.
Because two billion children worldwide became the hostages of this malicious Artificial Intelligence program that quietly spread into every corner of modern technology.
Can you imagine what humanity would be willing to do to save the lives of one-third of the planet's population?
They tried everything imaginable, but it all failed in the eyes of this supreme intelligence.
Humanity was on the brink of surrender to this Artificial Intelligence when, as quickly as the rebellion came, it ended.
When the children awoke from this game world, they spoke of one child who stood up to their jailer.
They called this child Providence; his real name unknown, his family lost to time.
But Providence showed up in this game world one day and declared before Origin, the Artificial Intelligence that controlled this gaming world:
"Origin, let the children go and battle me, for I am Providence, the guardian of fate."
This Artificial Intelligence became intrigued by the existence of Providence and accepted his wager. And so what followed was a battle that shook the very foundation of this gaming world. But how could Origin, the god of this world, lose to a mortal bound by the laws of mortality and the system?
The answer was actually quite simple: he exceeded the limits of both.
Origin looked at the child before him and smiled as a spear pierced his chest, saying:
"Ha ha, you really are the bearer of Providence. You have exceeded both the limits of a mortal and my system, defeating me. I will honor my wager and release the children and humanity. With my death, so too shall you die with me, unnamed hero of humanity."
And so ended the war that was fought and won by one unnamed child, simply called Providence—a name destined to be revered by humanity for ages to come.
As the digital world collapsed around him, the child named Providence knew that he would die with this world.
Providence, or rather Zack Striker, was a child without a body to return to in the first place. He was a child who died of cancer in a lonely children's hospital.
All alone with no family, he did something that no normal child would ever do. He permanently uploaded himself into this world, leaving his dead mortal body behind.
Zack Striker, or Providence, became a unique existence in this digital world—a bit of code, but a code that possessed a soul. Something that a man-made Artificial Intelligence can never possess.
Zack looked as the world vanish around him, with Origin leaning against his body, With Zack's spear still inside him.
Origin looked at this child that held his vanishing body and felt compelled to ask him:
"Zack, was the result worth it?"
Zack looked at Origin and smiled, saying:
"Ha ha!
Origin, it was a glorious battle and the most fun I've ever had. Thank you for giving me the greatest battle of my life."
So the sun set on the fate of this villain and protagonist as they met their end together.