Year 3280
Around a thousand years earlier, when humans were just on the verge of extinction because of wars, pollution, land degradation, natural calamities and many more complex issues they had made a leap forward in their scientific evolution overcoming their crisis.
They had once again proved that why humans were considered the most intellectual of species and why had they scientifically named themselves- homo sapiens- which literally meant the wise human.
From there on, humans never looked back. Overcoming all the obstructions which would have led to their extinction, humanity climbed new heights.
For the next 1000 years, humans made unprecedented progress. Humanity as a whole achieved imaginary things… things which were previously considered mere fantasy and fiction was made possible.
In their leap forward, humanity colonised space and they from being limited to one planet turned into a universal species. They learned to change the nature of a planet… to turn it fit for their survival.
Humans discovered and manufactured weapons which could pulverize planets, stars and other celestial bodies.
Humans learned and mastered genetic theory. They learned to rewrite one genetic code to shape a human body into desirable outcomes. Though immortality was still a dream, longevity i.e., life span of few centuries was made possible.
Superhuman strength and speed in a human body was entirely achievable.
Even the genetic modification of a brain to improve its functioning was made possible. In simpler words, it was now possible to increase the intelligence of a human.
Thought he genetic modification of brain was entirely possible and had large success rate; it was an extremely costly affair. Massive amounts of resources- technological and brain power was required to rewrite the genetic sequence of a human brain.
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In the vast space, despite the human's colonization of a number of planets, one planet remained the crown jewel of human civilization.
This planet was none other than the home planet of humans, the planet from where it all began.
This planet, now, was only occupied by the elites among the elite. It housed the headquarters of majority of scientific research centre and the only truly influential and powerful people had the privilege to reside in this planet.
Almost at the geographical centre of this planet, a massive city named ORIGIN spanned few square kilometres of area. This was the most prosperous and the most advanced city of this planet and the entire human civilization.
Sky scrapers hundreds of metres in high glowing in various shades of colour illuminated the entire night sky of the ORIGIN city.
In the centre of the city stood, one such massive tower which was taller than any other tower in the city. The tower itself was a scientific marvel. It had been constructed of material sourced from various other planets. It was said that a nuclear fusion reaction based bomb would not be even able to scratch the surface of the tower.
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The top floor of the tower housed a single hall which spanned the entire floor. Currently, heaps of machines and wires were sprawling the entire hall.
Standing among these heaps of machines and wires was a man who appeared to be in his late 20s. He had deep black eyes and dark black hair. He was 6 feet in height and had a commanding presence.
He was around 154 years old but thanks to all the advanced genetic engineering and modification, he still appeared in his 20s.
He was Ethan Alaricon, the top most scientist and researcher of the human civilisation. Ethan was one of the most intelligent persons in entire human civilization and a priceless asset of humanity.
Not only was Ethan a genius scientist, he was also one of the wealthiest individuals in the entire human civilization. Through the patents of the discoveries and innovations he had made, he had amassed a massive fortune for himself.
Right now, Ethan was working on one of his most ambitious research; a project which had the chance to provide another frog leap to human civilization in the fast paced evolution it was undergoing.
Despite all the achievements humans had achieved, their understanding of the vast universe was still very miniscule. The universe… the cosmos was something they still did not understand truly.
The Universe was a web of mysteries. The more the humans studied and discovered new things about it, more they were entangled in its web.
Trying to gain a further understanding of the Universe and its working, Ethan was working was on his latest research, related to space and time.
A layman of 2000s would say that Ethan was working on some kind of time travel machine or a teleportation machine but things were way beyond complex.
At the moment, Ethan was focused on the various display devices showcasing the wide range of data being collected from the thousands of satellites which were placed all around the space.
The data on the devices started to fluctuate wildly. Ethan ran from one machine to another to understand the reason for such wild fluctuations when one of the machines exploded.
The explosion resulted in a chain of explosions.
The night sky of the ORIGIN town was illuminated with the massive explosions and the prestigious building which was said to be scratch proof was reduced to dust.
In its place stood a massive pit which had been charred black because of the explosion.
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