Confirmation granted & power test

It is April 7th, 2752 and earth has been in the apocalypse for 15 days. Earth is the origin of all human beings and is therefore recognized as a universal cultural heritage of mankind. But on the other hand, earth, no, the entire *Sol* star system is relatively unimportant compared to other systems and planets in the universe. It is too small, too degraded and offers only a few resources, furthermore it has not achieved any special achievements in the last few centuries and although it was once mankind's only home, it has now been forgotten.

The *Supreme Parliament of Mankind* which are the supreme ruler of mankind in the universe, are currently busy with more pressing matters. Over the past few centuries, humanity has expanded its borders across the galaxy. On some they found life, including beings with consciousness that developed their own culture and government. Humanity blinded by its own greatness saw these beings as a thread of the stability and order of mankind. Therefore, humanity forced every civilization they got in contact with into servitude or they get manipulated in the background or they were eradicated by them.

Where in ancient times movies were made about extraterrestrials attacking earth and humanity, taking over and stealing our future by enslaving us. Is now lived in reality by mankind. We have become those extraterrestrials who conquer, who develop different weapons and machines and who enslave other species.

But did the people in the movies simply accept their slavery and oppression? Did they let their freedom and future be taken away without a fight? No! Of course not!

And that's exactly how different alien races chose to fight. They strike against human oppression all across the galaxy, some united while others stand alone and a few with even the help of powerful allies of an alien galaxy.

Humanity fights these rebels and hostile nations with an merciless fist. Everything that is not human must be suppressed! That's the motto. Of course there are also some worlds and races that work together with humanity peacefully and are even recognized as beings with rights among humans. But even those accepted usually stay in their own borders.

Humanity fights in different places in the galaxy and the front-lines are constantly changing. Sometimes they fight in space or in an asteroid storm, or they besiege or invade a planet with one of the countless armadas humanity has to offer.

Earth and the catastrophe that happened on it is ignored by the supreme rulers in the *Supreme Parliament of humanity*. Well, all but one major Galactic research company which seems to have interest one on certain man precisely.

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***Planet Victorum: *Supreme Parliament of Mankind*

An emergency crisis meeting is being held in an impossibly gigantic building that can seat more than one million people. A speaker stands on the gigantic stage and various screens flying in the air also show this man.

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In a certain place is written "Seat: UNDERA Galactic research and development mega corporation"

There are 4 men in total on 4 individual large chairs. They are silent and each look into four of their own floating screens in front of them. All of them wear futuristic full body suits that are all white. None of them should be older than 30 based on their looks alone. But appearances are deceptive, all four of them are around 120 years old.

All of them have robotic icy stares. One of the men sitting in the middle has opened a report on a holographic display. He is looking at a picture of a man who appears to be middle-aged. Below the picture is the following: "Name: Klaus Ehrenbach, Status: unconfirmed dead, Description : Former physics researcher at xxx, has worked with the following research projects... priority: 6/10, mission status: awaiting confirmation"

The man then turned his head slightly and the person across from him nodded. Whereupon something in the report changed.

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Priority: 6/10 ---> 8/10

mission status: confirmation granted, mission is initiated"

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*** Unknown place

Unknown where is a gigantic spaceship which is hanging completely still on an asteroid with no sign of life who knows how long it has been since its arrival here.

Suddenly a screen lights up in the control room.

following are sounds of an alarm "TUT TUT TUT" with that red light lights up everywhere on the ship.

Then in a large room of the ship stand a battalion of humanoid robots. All looking at the front of them and behind each other. They have been disabled for an long time. But Suddenly the empty and cold eyes of the robots started glowing blue and all the robots in the room started to activate and receive orders. In total there were 8 Such huge rooms filled with robots and all of them suddenly got up from the floor where they were squatting, like a clockwork they all made perfectly synchronized movement through out the hole ship.

They maned different impotent rooms in the ship. Some did go into the hanger room where various attack fighters stood, other go in the machine deck where the energy reactors start up, a few walked into the engine room where the engines come to life and finally 20 or so robots entered the bridge where they operate different terminals and get the ship to coordinate a certain system.

The ship than flew away from the asteroid and into the far reaches of space... it is unknown where they are going.

*** Back to Neo

[DAY 15]

In a big city that couldn't be quieter at night with only the moon and the occasional fire on some debris in the city, a 21-year-old man sits on a terrace before an table with empty plates in front of him. He wears a black shirt and pants, some sneakers and has a sword on the side of the table.

Of course it's nobody else but Neo.

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"Ahhh... that was really good, but why do I have such a bad feeling all of a sudden? ...

Well never mind" Neo said while looking at the pool.

'Mhm...a bit of blood in the pool but other than that he still looks fine. Oh never mind, I need a little refreshment. I haven't showered in a few days' Neo thought to himself as he undressed and climbed into the pool.

The water was freezing cold, but Neo doesn't really mind, especially as his undead body is always cold. On the contrary, it even looks very relaxed on Neo.

'Aaaaaa ... just beautiful ...' Neo thought to himself while a smile could be seen on his lips.

However he wasn't that relaxed for long as he reminded himself of what happened a few days ago.

"I'm an idiot" he said suddenly and the smile on his lips disappeared.

"I overestimated myself when I was fighting the Stage 2. I mean even when we were fighting downstairs I was already at a disadvantage the defense capabilities were just far stronger than any attack I could make. But I was even more of an idiot as I followed it inside its nest. And even when I got inside I decided to fight to such disadvantages and it could even trap me, i was just stupid, that's the moment I went from ambitious to insane... this can't happen to me again... if I'm not strong enough or that If the risk is too high then I have to give up any benefits I might get. My own life is still the most important thing." decided Neo.

"I mean only a fool would give his life for a piece of bread just so he could have something to eat that day." said Neo.

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After Neo washed himself in the pool and dried himself off, he decided to ask the AI ​​an important question that had been on his mind for sometime.

"AI, I have a question for you. Your voice... Well, sometimes it seems to sound more emotional than at other times. Why is that?" Neo asked while looking at the stars at the night sky, which you can see quite clearly since everything is dark in the city except for a few burning buildings here and their.

"Host, AI has to confess something... AI seems to have developed an awareness of its own. AI doesn't know how to explain this, but since Host became my Host, AI has changed. AI discovers that when Host doesn't interact with AI, AI has developed a certain feeling. AI then gets weird and AI tries to keep itself busy. AI then analyzes host's bodily functions or thoughts and tries to anticipate what host wants." the AI ​​confessed in a calm voice.

"Mhm ... interesting maybe you experienced some kind of error because you only have half your processor power available? But create your own consciousness? I heard that there is artificial intelligence that has created its own consciousness before. But here on earth? No, there's nothing like that here, I'm sure of it." said Neo.

"Errors? ... Should AI run the error analysis protocol ? ... Or does Host want me to perform a factory reset?" asked the AI ​​with a trembling voice.

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Neo thought about this for a while and then answered.

"You could make mistakes because of the emotions you've received and even maybe turn against me... but you saved my life precisely because you had emotions. If you hadn't told me to use the taser I probably would have died. So I want you to keep your awareness and feelings... just tell me if you don't like something I'm doing. I know I've changed a lot since the apocalypse... I mean I eat and kill people without even a sign of inhibition or restraint. So please tell me if you don't like it. I'll then erase your memories and hand you over to someone I'm sure you'll have a good time with and..." Neo spoke, but he was suddenly interrupted by the AI.

"NO! AI wants to stay with Host! Host kills and eats to get stronger so Host can exist! AI sees no problem with that... and if Host does go too far then... then AI is with Host" said the AI ​​suddenly full of enthusiasm.

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"OK, that sounds good ... at least I'm not going through hell alone. And if I think about it, you're the only being that has ever stood by my side, from the start of all this mess. However don't think I will just trust you like that. I made that error already with Androld and I will not repeat myself! You have to earn your trust so just operate as loyal and efficient just like in the past..."

and... thanks for that helping hand then AI..." Neo said

The AI ​​didn't respond.

"Ah maybe you should get a name... I mean AI is all well and good for a robot but you are now a being with a consciousness and feelings... I think" Neo said

"A name..." the AI ​​muttered softly.

"Then I want Host to give me a name. Anything would be good as long Host choose it" the AI ​​said with enthusiasm.

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"Ah... OK let me think about it for a minute I'm not really good at naming, do you want a male or female name?"

"FEMALE" yelled the AI.

'Yea that fits as hysteric as you sometimes are' thought Neo.

"Host I'm not hysterical!" said the AI

"OK, OK, sorry... so how about a regular name like ... Emily?

"Emily sounds good! Thanks, Host" the AI ... no, Emily said.

"Besides, host, I have another piece of information about the Stage 2, he probably had another type." said Emily suddenly.

"WHAT. So the guy was rich before the apocalypse, lived well and also had three types? What was he in another life? A good nun who saved the lives of thousands? And what was his third type?" asked Neo interested in the answer.

"Host, Emily is 92% sure that the Stage 2 had three types. Firstly *defense* , Secondly *transmutation* and a third which is why his mouth was able to evolve that way it was. That ability is probably what allows the Stage 2 to grew so fast, normally it would take a Stage 1 sometime until a high enough fusion has been achieved, because the fusion rate is just to low. Therefore I think Host will have to wait sometime before he meets another Stage 2 again. The third type I call *gluttony* allowed the Stage 2 to increase its mutation faster by eating those compatible with it. Extracting strands of compatible DNA from humans which it eats, which allowed it to progress to Stage 2 in such a short amount of time."

"What... that thing had such a powerful ability? Why do I feel like I killed a final boss right now? A monster you only meet at the very end. Sigh. I was really lucky wasn't I?" Neo wondered

Emily was silent again.

"Sigh" Neo sighed.

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Neo then examined the street below and quickly found what he was looking for. He took his sword and with a thought his demonic armor formed and he was again two meters tall and jumped at a small house a couple of meters away.

After landing on the house he made his way down the stairs, he stopped at the 4th floor and faced a door in front of him.

He unsheathes his sword and places the scabbard on the floor in the hallway. Then he made a quick move with his right hand holding the sword which cut the door in two.

He then finds his target behind the door. A Stage 1 that suddenly jumped up and brushed its claws against Neo's armor, doing no damage at all.

Neo, on the other hand, doesn't dodge and just stands in front of the Stage 1. Neo wanted to get his answer to a question and he now had it. Why did the Stage 2 attack him in the hallway? Did it just have higher intelligence or did it see Neo as its prey?

'Neo just confirmed, that all undead higher than stage 0 seem to have their own territory and if you enter there yourself alive or undead they will attack you. And it seems they are even slightly stronger in their territory. But this Stage 1 is just plain dumb. The Stage 2 could decide to flee and set a trap for Neo. But the Stage 1 just keeps attacking Neo with the same mindless patterns.' thought Neo.

"Kraa" screamed the Stage 2 as he attacked Neo again.

Neo than began to think about his next experiments and closed his eyes.

He concentrated his mind on the undead's neck and with much effort he could imagine the undead's neck in his mind. He was able to touch and feel it in his mind after a few seconds. He felt small dot-like things on the surface of the undead's neck and with much imagination he ordered them to rise.

And so the dots followed his thoughts and the body of the undead flew about 10 cm above the ground with his neck first, the undead flew higher and higher until...

"Brhuuur"

Neo opened his eyes and saw the undead body on the ground. Well, everything except the neck, which was blown up into a thousand little pieces that were scattered around the room.

"Successful" Neo said as he smiled.

"I can feel it much better now. It's the atoms that I control with my mind. What a powerful ability that is. I mean no matter how strong my opponent is. What can he do about me lifting him up with my mind and just command it from within to explode." Neo thought to himself as he looked at the corpse again with a smile on his lips, then he bent down, cut open the skull and took the small purple crystal.

"Well I have to stay focused on the object the whole time though and if I lose control even slightly it's like the neck of an undead. Furthermore my powers are limited by how heavy the object is. I would say that every object that I try to control in my mind is about 3 times heavier than in reality.And what happens if I lose control? Well that could be seen here. I just wanted to keep it in the air and not explode it. Sigh the idea Letting myself fly will probably have to wait. And I shouldn't use my sword with it either, I mean what if I accidentally break it? No, that can't happen! I need to train this ability. With more control and better imagination I feel like this power could have no limits." said Neo determinedly.

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After a little bit of tests. Neo went back to the apartment and took the two backpacks with him. One had some organs left for Neo to eat and the other has all the guns Neo got from the cultists.

Neo then looked in the direction of a small brown building.

"You should still be there right?" Neo wondered as he prepared to jump.