“It’s been 10 years. Is this a dream that never wakes up? Or has the dream already become reality? It is so confusing.”
“This is not the world where I belong. How did I end up here? Who am I?”
“Suffer… Yes. I am suffering a lot. This is not the place …”
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh”. E pants and sits up in a panic, pupils dilated, as if reincarnated.
“Here it comes again,” he mutters, moving his heavy body. For ten years, every day as E wakes up, such a voice would resonate in his ears. The world he lives in seems so strange. He doesn’t recall how he reaches here. Lots of things and people skip his mind. He is the darling of the times for reasons everyone else but himself is aware of.
It was ten years ago…
Smoke confused the chilling room. An emotionless beam shone on the cold machine.
“It’s the 730th time, E”, an old man sighed, “This has wasted so many resources. If this time it fails again, let’s better quit.” The old man turned around and left, as he stroked his gray beard and straightened his dark brown worn hat, an expensive year-old hat bought from a vintage store 40 years ago.
Two young men stood behind him, looking in their early 20s.
“I don’t get it. Why are we still here? He is apparently old-aged. There is no point in trying this hard. And there is no good for us.”
“It’s not like we have a choice. We are assigned here. And you heard the professor. This is the last try. Keep it in there.”
“Ah… we are the 30th batch of researchers. Fewer and fewer people are willing to work on this. We cannot choose by ourselves but are assigned here. The professor has no funds for us. If it still doesn’t work …” The sentence didn’t finish. The young man looks at his thin pocket where he can only find 0.01 TRIAS for one month’s meal and walked out in grievance.
The year is 2422. Two hundred years have passed since the last global fight for one technology. Four hundred years have slipped away since the birth of that legend. The era of power struggles has ended after several worldwide sweeping transformations. The great blueprint depicted by our ancestors has been achieved in a peaceful and harmonious world.
2422 is named the Post-IT Era by one pioneer four hundred years ago.
No capitalism exploits. No power bends. The rare intrusion of rights and interests by small gangs is gradually ruled out. Rule-breakers are eventually eliminated by the tide of time in a world where no individual or enterprise dictates resources and power.
Humans and machines coexist. Skyscrapers project virtual ads. Citizens walk on the streets in nano clothes. Biotechnology reaches its peak. Smart machines are ubiquitous. All individuals live with free will in a world where virtuality and reality draw a blurry line. Human potential gives its full play as every individual finds their own belonging. This unprecedented fast development glues the world with an overall dynamic balance. Various technologies emerge out of numerous flocks, where evil hands are rejected by fair competition. As the trajectory of world development constantly changes lanes, the era of the Metaverse has finally come true. This much resembles the then “theory of the flock organism on earth”.
To be continued…
The writer says…
This is a rhapsody for the Metaverse. It will be unfolded in a flashback and will focus on a group of people living in 2422 who love digging into history and seeking truth. They are exploring a period of time that is mysterious to themselves as well as you, who are reading these words. I try to present the story in a relaxing way but forgive me if there is any loose logic since it sometimes became as choppy as waters when I think about metaverse.📚 Must Reads
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