08

After explaining the workings of his AIs and their missions, Nicky drew the boy's attention to a door with an electronic lock, requiring an encrypted key to open it.

Taylor analyzed it for a few minutes and when everyone was sure he wasn't going to make it, the smaller one began typing some codes on the monitor nimbly and after ten seconds the door was opened and a cold vapor blew in their faces.

Nicky and Lumiw set up their particle guns and entered, followed by the carefree boy with the golden eyes.

While the men were pointing their flashlights and guns in all directions, Taylor quickly focused on a preservation dome that lay in the darkness.

He walked over and wiped the thin layer of ice from the glass, removing the haze and revealing a beautiful face.

He was a man of about twenty-five years old, with his body completely preserved, even though he had been kept in that place for several years.

Taylor recognized the face as soon as he saw it. That was definitely Dr. Wilson's body, but how was that possible? He had been buried under the eyes of all Queen's lovers a few months after she was released; why was that body there?

Twin brother? _the boy with long black hair thought.

-Who is he? _Lumiw asked as he approached.

-Oh! Is this Dr.? _Nicky questioned alarmed.

-What Dr.? _Lumiw asked looking uninformed.

-Dr. Wilson... _Taylor said in a low sigh, but it was heard by a small screen beside the dome, making her react and open an encrypted file.

Taylor looked at the screen and was surprised. Looks like Dr.'s name was the password to turn on the little monitor.

He looked at those ciphers and got confused. This was very complex. Not that he couldn't solve it, but it would take a few hours, at least five, and they didn't have time if they wanted to complete their missions.

While building the AIs, Taylor thought that Nicky and three others could break into Queen and get the people who were still alive in the virtual out of there and return to their bodies' consciousness, and he would be responsible for tracking down the source codes. of the antivirus that Dr. Wilson had created to destroy Queen's conscience.

The boy stared sheepishly at the screen until Nicky's hand landed on his shoulder, pulling him back.

-We still have today and tomorrow to rest. You've been awake for a long time and you're still not in the right body for venturing out on various Queen adventures. You need to eat and rest a little longer. _he commented leaving, causing Taylor to rethink his schedule.

Well, it wouldn't hurt if he spent another day in the real world, as he needed to break through that barrier and find out what file Dr. Wilson had left there.

The boy followed Lumiw into the "kitchen" to eat the canned sausages Karla was making with a tomato sauce and some herbs she had brought with her from the Underground Capital - as humans began to grow food with their spiritual energy to that they would grow rapidly in the dry and barren land.

He sat down, drank a cup of tea, and ate the sauce with some crackers that were stored in another soldier's backpack.

After the meal, Taylor ran into the room Dr. Wilson's body was in and quickly began trying to break through the barrier left by the man.

He was aware of the big brain of the man behind Queen and knew that even though he was the biggest hacker in the world he still couldn't crack a protection code created by the computer genius, because in Taylor's view, the encryption of that file should just be a joke for Wilson.

Three and a half hours of work, with fast, precise keyboards, with his mind running at full speed, Taylor finally made it, sighing heavily at the tiredness both mental and physical he had felt after the crazy adrenaline coursing through his veins as he typed.

-Well, let's see what this computer monster left for mere humans like me... _the boy said as he looked at the body and the monitor that showed a file.