PART 3: THE HOLOGRAM WORLD

Three days later,

 

"Fared!" called Rahman.

 

"Yes, yes, I know," said Fared.

 

"What's going on, man!? You're becoming a thief, do you realize that?" asked Rahman.

 

"I didn't steal anything, I just copied their information. I didn't hack anything. I only trespassed."

 

"Luckily, there's no evidence. Forensics didn't find anything," Rahman complained.

 

"Relax, calm down. I'm not trying to be a criminal. I just want to learn."

 

"Learn what by trespassing into people's places!?" Rahman said firmly.

 

"Hey Rahman, you were the one who didn't care and thought it was okay for me to trespass before. Why are you making a fuss now?" Fared replied.

 

"What if you end up in jail? You could lose your job! Your reputation will be ruined, no matter how smart you are!" Rahman shouted angrily.

 

"Go ahead and complain as much as you want. I have work to do."

 

Rahman wiped his face with his hand and left Fared's office. Fared took a cup of coffee with milk and drank it. He returned to staring at his computer. Fared took out his hard disk and connected it to the desktop. He opened the hacking software. He copied and pasted the identification address. The computer screen displayed a successful connection notification. Without wasting time, he immediately broke into the supercomputer of the company he had trespassed into three days ago by hacking. The replaced Wi-Fi modem greatly assisted and facilitated his hacking work. Fared downloaded information.

 

"Thanks to the company I work for, I'm grateful to work here. The internet speed of 300mb per second makes it easy for me to work and download the stories I want," Fared said to himself.

 

Fared downloaded many files. He opened each file he found one by one. There was a video file that was quite large but couldn't be played. Fared copied the video file. A blue flash drive was plugged into the desktop. The copied file was transferred to his flash drive. The flash drive was unplugged and held tightly in Fared's right hand. Fared walked quickly.

 

He pushed open the meeting room door. The meeting room was empty. He looked at the electronic screen on the wall displaying the meeting schedule. A meeting would be held in two days. Fared walked to the center of the meeting room. He was surrounded by oval-shaped meeting tables. Fared plugged the flash drive into a strange-looking machine. He pressed the screen of the strange machine multiple times, as if using a tablet. Fared pressed the play button. Suddenly, light emitted from the strange machine. The light showed a hologram, but Fared couldn't see it.

 

Fared quickly went to the meeting room window and took the remote control from the wall next to the window. He pressed one of the buttons on the remote. All the windows turned black, and the room became dark. Only the hologram machine was glowing. Fared watched the hologram display. He was shocked. What he was watching was a hologram video about a giant teleportation machine. Fared took a chair and sat down. He was greatly surprised and didn't expect another company to be building a teleportation machine. The hologram machine stopped at the end of the display. Fared looked at the hologram.

 

"Fared?"

 

Fared was startled and jumped up from his seat.

 

"Fared, what are you doing here?" asked a Chinese man.

 

"Oh my God, it's you, Ah Cheong. I'm not doing anything."

 

"What's this?" Ah Cheong asked.

 

"Just a hologram model. Did you follow me here?"

 

"Yes, is the robotic arm ready?" Ah Cheong asked.

 

"Next week, we can test it," Fared replied.

 

"I brought some items. I need to install them on the robotic arm. Tomorrow, there will be robotics and biology experts. We need to build pressure sensors."

 

"Okay," Fared nodded.

 

"This week, we can test it as long as the robotic arm can move."

 

"Has the little boy had his shoulder surgery yet?" Fared asked.

 

"Not yet, because the impulse connector for the robotic arm hasn't been installed. Next week, we'll install and test it."

 

"I was wondering, how strong is the robotic arm?" Fared pondered.

 

"It depends on the little boy and his brain's impulse reception. Usually, the robotic arm is modified according to the boy's own strength."

 

"The boy's strength? You mean if he can lift as much as his non-robotic arm can, that's the strength of his new robotic arm? Is that it?" Fared asked again.

 

"Yes, and that's the function of the pressure sensors. Without pressure sensors, there's a risk of injuring others. The strength of the robotic arm is ten times that of a human, but it depends on the individual's strength. For example, if the little boy can lift 1kg of rice, his robotic arm can lift 10kg of rice. It's still a machine, even if it's small. Look at the materials we used to build the robotic arm. Even the lightest iron material is strong and needs to be forged," Ah Cheong explained.

 

"Now I understand," Fared said.

 

"Lock our office, I need to enter."

 

"Oh, sorry, just a moment."

 

Fared quickly unplugged the flash drive from the hologram machine and left the meeting room. Ah Cheong followed Fared from behind. They both went down to the lower floor using the stairs. Fared walked quickly to his office and opened the door with a metal key. Fared looked at his computer screen. The download activity was still ongoing. Fared set his computer screen to screen lock. Ah Cheong entered the room.

 

"Where did you go earlier, Ah Cheong?" Fared asked.

 

"I went to the counter for a moment. Someone called, and it turned out there were items to be delivered tomorrow."

 

"Your items, or do you have to deliver items?"

 

"My items, tools for repairing phones."

 

"What do you need phone repair tools for?" Fared asked.

 

"According to our Telegram group, I was instructed to open a new office. I'll be the manager of the Terminal Vector branch for phone repairs. It's like opening a shop," Ah Cheong explained.

 

"Can I join? Is it a side job? Since we're opening a phone repair shop, how about repairing computers too?"

 

"That's your suggestion, Fared. You need to send a proposal to the CEO. Maybe it can be discussed because you're good at repairing laptops."

 

"Not just good, but high quality," Fared smiled.

 

"Alright, we'll discuss that later. Let's take a look at this robotic arm. Give me the blueprint. I want to see how to install the pressure sensors later."

 

On Saturday at 9 a.m., Fared was riding his motorcycle on the road. He stopped his motorcycle at a recycling shop. Fared pushed his motorcycle into the recycling shop.

 

"Sir, is there anything interesting? I want to buy a broken home assistant robot. Even just the head would do," Fared asked.

 

"Yesterday, someone sold spare parts for robots. There are legs, arms, heads, but no bodies. The bodies are large. Automatic vacuum robots. Basic home assistant robots."

 

"I want to see what's available. If there's anything interesting, I'll put it in the trolley," Fared said to the Indian worker.

 

Fared walked around the area of recycled waste. There were various types of electronic items and car parts collected. The Indian worker followed Fared.

 

"Sir, what's your name?"

 

"Gandhi."

 

"Where are the robots you mentioned? There are a lot of broken computers here."

 

"Follow me," said Mr. Gandhi.

 

Fared followed Mr. Gandhi to a pile of electronic items and many robot body parts.

 

"Here," said Mr. Gandhi.

 

"Wow, this is great. So many broken robots. Who's your boss?"

 

"I'm the boss."

 

"Oh, sorry, I didn't know. For example, if I take one complete robot with all its body parts but not repaired, how much would it cost?" Fared asked politely.

 

"Why do you want to buy these robots? To repair them?" asked Mr. Gandhi.

 

"I want to repair them, make improvements, and do a lot more," Fared said.

 

"Oh, it's cheap. Let's see how much you take first."

 

Fared looked back and walked towards the robot arms. He picked them up one by one and placed them in the trolley brought by Mr. Gandhi. Robot legs were picked up, a few robot heads were picked up, and they were also placed in the trolley. Several broken and damaged desktop computers and laptops were also placed in the trolley.

 

"Boss, can I have another trolley? This one is full," Fared requested.

 

Mr. Gandhi brought another trolley to Fared. Fared quickly took several broken desktops. He rummaged through them endlessly. Fared was looking for a laptop or a mini laptop. He found a mini computer and placed it in the trolley. From three desktops, it became ten. From one mini laptop, it became four. Only two laptops were found. Two trolleys were filled with robot body parts. Three trolleys were filled with desktops.

 

Fared walked to the worker's desk. He asked for a screwdriver from the worker there. After getting the screwdriver, Fared opened the screws on the desktops. Fared went back to the worker's desk, but this time he asked for various sizes of screwdrivers. Fared disassembled all the desktops and took components from the broken desktop frames and placed them in the trolley. The desktop frames were placed in a plastic pile. Fared inspected the robots he had collected. He nodded to himself.

 

Fared took out his phone and opened it. The time on his phone showed 10:45 a.m. He looked at the sky and then back at the robot he had disassembled. Now, there were ten trolleys. Fared sighed.

 

"If only I had a car," Fared said.

 

Fared took out his smartphone, opened the WhatsApp app, and searched for Rahman's name. He then made a voice call to Rahman using the internet. While Fared was calling Rahman, Rahman was feeding his three-year-old daughter porridge.

 

"Dad, dad, dad, your phone is ringing, answer it quickly," said Rahman's six-year-old son, Zikrullah, who was jumping on the sofa in front of the TV.

 

"Oi, Zikrullah, don't jump on the sofa! If you keep jumping, you won't be able to sit, it'll break!" Rahman scolded his son, Zikrullah.

 

Rahman's wife came down the stairs and pinched the naughty Zikrullah.

 

"Ouch, ouch, ouch, mom, mom, it hurts, I'm sorry, mom," Zikrullah said after being pinched by his mother.

 

Zikrullah got down from the sofa, took his father's phone, and ran to give it to his father. Rahman looked at his phone screen. It showed Fared's name, who was calling him.

 

"Assalamualaikum!" Fared greeted.

 

"Waalaikummussalam, Fared. What's up, Fared? I can't hang out with you," Rahman said.

 

"Since when have I ever asked you to hang out? I don't want to hang out with you, it's boring," Fared replied.

 

"Eh, how heartless, I'll hang up now," Rahman teased Fared.

 

"Hey, Rahman. I want to rent your car."

 

"Eh, what's this about renting my car?" Rahman asked.

 

"It's okay, I'll pay RM60. Do you want it?" Fared offered Rahman.

 

"Where are you? Do you want to use my car?" Rahman asked.

 

"No, I want to use your service as a driver."

 

"Wow, you think you're a sultan or a king, asking me to drive for you?"

 

"Calm down, I'll pay RM60, I'll pay you more than 'Grab Car'. I'm at the recycling shop, I have some items I want, please help me drive the car, please," Fared pleaded.

 

"Okay, okay. I'll come later. I need to take care of my family first."

 

"Okay, thank you, Rahman."

 

"Okay, I'm here. Where are you?" Rahman asked while calling Fared.

 

"I'm here," Fared replied.

 

Rahman got out of the car.

 

"Put the car inside, I have some items to load," Fared said.

 

"So many," Rahman said.

 

"It's full, but I'll take a few more and put them on my motorcycle. After this, we'll go straight to my house."

 

"Are you going to ask me to hack again? I don't want to commit crimes," Rahman said.

 

"No, I want to build a robot body and put a brain in it," Fared explained.

 

"My brain?!" Rahman teased Fared.

 

"What are you talking about? I want to build an A.I., what else? Let's go to my house," Fared said.

 

"Let's just build the robot in our office," Rahman suggested.

 

"Hmm, you're right."

 

"You're not smart enough, I'm smarter than you. Right?" Rahman said, acting macho.

 

"Ah, let's go, let's go," Fared smiled, teased by Rahman.

 

"We have work, sir," Fared said to the security guard at the company where they worked, Terminal Vector Company.

 

"Give me your card, I need to scan it," said the security guard named Hamizan.

 

After that, the guard returned their cards after scanning them. Both of them parked their vehicles. Fared ran into the Terminal Vector Company building. He met the counter staff and then ran to his office.

 

Fared came back to the vehicle carrying a large wheeled trolley basket. All the items were taken from Rahman's car and Fared's motorcycle and placed in the large wheeled trolley basket. The trolley was pushed into the building and into Fared's office. All the items in the large trolley basket were taken out.

 

"Since we're here, I want to show you something. Follow me to the meeting room. I need the hologram projector," Fared said to Rahman.

 

"What is it this time? Eish, he always has some plan," Rahman monologued while shaking his head.

 

Rahman quickly followed Fared to the meeting room on the second floor. They both entered the meeting room, and Fared turned on the hologram projector. The flash drive was plugged into the projector. Light emitted from the projector lens. A shape formed.

 

"This is it, the teleportation device!" Fared said excitedly.

 

"This is just a hologram. You're good at making holograms," Rahman praised Fared, who didn't make the hologram.

 

"Eh, no, no, I got this hologram from the company I trespassed into the other day. The small company that the police are investigating, but there's no further investigation. I got this hologram from that company," Fared explained, denying that he made the hologram.

 

"This hologram is about a teleportation device. I have the blueprint for their teleportation device, but it's incomplete. They just started researching to create a teleportation device. Their components have just been built," Fared added.

 

"I don't really understand," Rahman said.

 

"I want to build a teleportation device."

 

"Wait, what? A teleportation device?! You watch too many movies. You're just talking nonsense."

 

"Come with me. Let's see what's on my computer and hard disk."

 

Rahman quickly followed Fared. They arrived at Fared's office. Fared immediately turned on his computer. The hard disk was connected to Fared's desktop computer. Fared showed the files on his computer. He opened one of the files. Fared showed the blueprint digitally.

 

"This isn't imagination, Rahman. This is proof, there are calculations, the materials needed, the components that need to be built. In the statements of many of these files, teleportation is mentioned many times. The names of the companies involved are also there. I need more information."

 

"A.I. isn't enough? Now teleportation? You should focus on A.I.," Rahman said.

 

"No, I will build both teleportation and A.I.," Fared said with high confidence.

 

"With this, I need your help. Your help in building A.I. For the construction of the teleportation device, I want you to find a partner for my project. If not, I'll find one myself," Fared tried to convince Rahman.

 

"I'll help you build A.I. only. I don't want to be involved with criminals," Rahman warned.

 

"Okay," Fared agreed with Rahman.

 

"I'll go home first. I have some business to attend to."

 

"Oh, okay, see you later," Fared said.

 

"Assalamualaikum," Rahman greeted.

 

"Waalaikummussalam."

 

Fared went back to programming. After finishing some programming, he went back to studying the files he had hacked three days ago. He went through them one by one. Fared opened various files. He read all of them. Then he looked at the report on the construction of the components of the teleportation device. He read the names of those involved. Most of them were scientists and mechanical engineers. Fared thought for a moment. He knew that he couldn't build it alone. Building A.I. alone was possible, but a teleportation device required various expertise, skills, efficiency, and materials.

 

Fared got up from his seat and moved the items he had just bought to the workshop. Fared carried the items one by one neatly. All the items and tools were placed in the workshop. Fared opened his smartphone and explored the internet. He searched for company names. He took the addresses of all the companies and factories. Then Fared looked at the locations of the factories through Google Maps and Google Earth satellite. After obtaining the important information, Fared immediately took his belongings and went home.

 

At home, Fared took out his hacking tools. He took various types of wires and hacking tools. Fared looked at the time on his smartphone. It was 3 p.m. The bag containing the hacking tools was zipped up neatly. Fared sat on his bed. He charged his smartphone and lay down on the bed. He stayed silent on the bed. He fell asleep. He slept peacefully without any disturbance.

 

At 4 p.m., he opened his eyes. Then, he got up from the bed and took his bag and placed it in front of his wardrobe. He quickly took a towel and showered to clean himself. Fared felt refreshed after showering. Then he came out of the bathroom and dried himself.

 

A bottle of mineral water was taken from the table with a mirror and he drank it. Fared put on all-black clothes. He also wore a black hoodie. He took out a black mask and put it on. The black mask covered his nose to his chin. Fared put on a hat and pulled the hood over his head. Fared ran out of the house and locked the door and the gate. He ran down the stairs and quickly got to his motorcycle. After starting his motorcycle, he sped off.

 

Arriving at a factory in a forested area, Fared parked his motorcycle under a bridge with a dark tunnel. There were several people in shabby and worn-out clothes sleeping with cardboard as blankets. Some were warming themselves with a metal barrel with a blazing fire. The factory in the forested area wasn't far from the city. The factory was just on the outskirts of the mountain range. Fared took out his wallet and gave RM100 to an old man with a full beard on his face. The old man with the beard was shocked and thanked Fared endlessly, then cried and kissed the RM100 note given by Fared.

 

Fared took out his smartphone and took pictures of the scene in the tunnel with the homeless people. Fared locked his motorcycle to a water pipe pole neatly. His motorcycle was chained with an anti-theft technology chain that could only be cut with a welding tool. Fared left. He ran with his bag full of hacking tools. Fared was at the electric fence of a factory named 'Banjaran Moden'. He ran while crouching behind a large tree. He hid. There were many CCTV cameras on every pole. He opened his smartphone. The Wi-Fi network couldn't be detected. The surroundings were checked. It seemed like the factory used fiber optic internet.

 

Quickly, Fared circled 25 meters from the factory to check something. There was an internet wave transmitter pole. Fared quickly went to the area of the internet wave transmitter pole. The gate to the transmitter pole was locked. He immediately took out a tool. The tool looked like a key. Fared checked his tools first.

 

The shape-changing key tool worked well. Fared inserted the tool into the keyhole. A button was pressed. Fared tried to turn the key but failed. A button on the shape-changing key tool was released. Fared tried another button. The key was turned. Success. The keyhole was no longer locked. The gate was opened. Fared ran to the operator room. The operator room was locked. A classic lock was needed. Fared took out a mini camera as small as a mini LED lamp wire. The wire near the camera was straightened. The wire near the camera was bent. The mini camera was inserted into the hole.

 

The mini camera app was turned on. The mini camera was turned around. The mini camera was inserted further in. It was moved up. The shape of the lock was observed. The mini camera was taken out. Fared took out a small, hard wire. He changed the shape of the wire and inserted it into the keyhole of the door. Another small wire was taken out and shaped. Fared inserted it into the keyhole of the door. Both wires were turned with all his might. The keyhole made a sound. The door was opened. Fared checked the operator room. There was a large box on the wall of the operator room. The box was opened because there was no lock. A hard black bag for operating work was taken from the table and opened. All the tools were taken from the large box and placed in the black bag. The black bag was closed. Fared quickly left the room.

 

Fared ran to the internet wave transmitter tower. The box on the tower was opened. Various electrical components were found in the box. There was a switch puller for the transmitter. Fared pulled the switch puller. A sound was heard from the internet wave transmitter after the electricity was turned off. Quickly, Fared opened one by one the components.

 

A fiber optic internet wire was found. Again, Fared opened several components using the tools taken from the operator room. The internet wire box was found and had a screen on it. Fared read the screen. The transmitter tower had been turned off, but the electricity for the internet was not turned off because it had its own electrical wire. The screws on the box were opened. There was a hole for a different type of wire connector. However, Fared had a wire head for that connector hole.

 

A mini laptop was taken out of the bag. The mini laptop was turned on and connected to the box with a wire. Fared could detect the internet wire connected to the factory. The factory didn't use any Wi-Fi but used underground pipe internet. Fared turned off the internet connection for the factory's CCTV cameras.

 

When the internet connection for the CCTV cameras was turned off, the CCTV recording machine stopped working. The CCTV cameras still moved automatically as usual but were not recorded. Fared closed the box to avoid any suspicion. His black bag containing the hacking tools was taken. His laptop connected to the transmitter tower's internet wire box was placed on the floor and wrapped in white plastic he found to prevent it from getting wet if it rained.

 

Fared ran to the back electric gate of the factory. There was an iron door on the electric fence. Fared took out the black box and connected a wire to it. Several buttons were pressed. A fake iron card was inserted into the card scanner. The connection was successful. The scanner's function was successfully disabled. The door was kicked open. The door was successfully opened. The door was closed again and tied with a rolled black plastic bag to make it easier for Fared to tie the door to escape if something didn't go according to plan. Fared quickly ran to the factory. The factory door was scanned with Fared's fake card. The scanner was successfully disabled. The door lock was opened. The black box was stored in his bag.

 

Fared pulled the gate and pulled the plastic glass door. Both doors were closed again. Fared ran into the factory. It was dark inside the factory office area. He ran and looked at the emergency fire escape plan by shining a light on it using his smartphone's flashlight. The factory had three floors. Fared heard footsteps. Fared ran and jumped over the counter and hid under the counter. The sound of footsteps could be heard as if three people were nearby.

 

Fared opened his smartphone. The smartphone was in silent mode. The smartphone's light was turned to dark mode. The phone's color became all black and gray. Fared looked at his phone screen. He detected three phones with active internet. Fared hacked by trying to make an internet wave connection to the phones. The connection was successful. Fared explored his phone and checked the files on their phones. The three people were chatting about unimportant things. Fared successfully obtained three security codes and five password codes. The three people left and went out the back door. Fared came out from hiding under the large counter table.

 

Luckily, they didn't run into each other. Fared walked slowly. He hid behind a basket filled with various types of metal. He looked at the surroundings. No one was around. Fared ran to the fire door. The door was opened, and he quickly went up the stairs. Now, Fared was on the second floor. The door was opened, and Fared ran to find the security room. There were two women walking past Fared in front of him without noticing. Fared ran and hid behind the emergency door.

 

"Eh, there's someone," said the blonde woman.

 

"Someone? No one's here. The door is open. No one's here," replied the brunette woman.

 

"It's okay, just leave the door open. What if a ghost appears," added the brunette woman.

 

"Eish, don't say that, let's go back quickly. Don't summon ghosts next time."

 

The two women walked quickly. Fared was relieved while hiding behind the emergency stair door. Luckily, they didn't run into Fared. He went back to look for the security room. Fared wandered around and found a glass laboratory. Inside the glass laboratory, there were several people dressed like scientists. Fared hid in a dark, unlocked room. Fared saw a file labeled 'CLASSIFIED' on it.

 

Thanks to the light in the corridor, Fared could read the file. After quickly reading the file, Fared turned on one of the computers on the table. The flash drive was connected. The computer was successfully hacked by Fared. Fared lowered the computer monitor and placed it on the floor. Fared searched for something. A jacket was taken from the chair, and Fared covered the computer monitor. A hard disk was plugged into the desktop computer. Suddenly, automatically, all the files on the computer were copied and transferred to Fared's hard disk.

 

Fared smiled. His hard disk had been programmed by Fared according to his own wishes. Therefore, his work became easier. Fared left the room while waiting for his hard disk to finish copying the information from the computer. Fared checked all the rooms. All the rooms couldn't be opened because they were automatically locked like a prison.

 

The office and laboratory doors were controlled directly from the security room. There were only a few people inside the factory. Fared ran up the stairs to the top floor. The third floor.

 

Fared peeked into the security room. There was a security guard inside the security room. Fared sighed. The security room was near the emergency stairs. Fared opened the emergency stair door wide and placed a small round speaker near the stair railing. Fared took out his smartphone and pressed the screen. The small speaker was activated and played a metalcore song. The security guard was startled and took out a baton and a stun gun as a precaution.

 

The security guard entered the emergency stair area. He took the small speaker and looked at it, then peeked down the stairs. No one was there. Quickly, Fared punched the back of the security guard's head hard. He fainted. Fared groaned in pain. His right hand was sprained after punching the back of the security guard's head.

 

Fared left the security guard fainted there. Fared hurried to the security room. The CCTV was still recording. Fared opened the software controlling the CCTV from the security room computer. Today's recording was deleted. The CCTV was disabled and would restart in an hour from now. Fared checked the screen showing the live CCTV feed inside the factory area. Only the laboratory had people. Fared looked at another screen. There were red lines. The screen showed a map of the area inside the factory. The red lines apparently marked the locked doors. Fared used the mouse and pressed several buttons on the computer's security software. Nothing happened. Fared realized. The light under the keyhole on the computer table was red. Fared needed a key to open all the office and laboratory doors.

 

Quickly, he left the security room and took the key from the chain locked on the fainted security guard's belt. After getting the key, Fared placed his finger on the guard's neck. He could still feel a pulse. He placed his finger on the guard's nose. There was still breath. Luckily, he wasn't dead. The key was inserted into the security room computer table. The key was turned. The keyboard was used by Fared. The 'Enter' button was pressed.

 

L o a d i n g . . .

 

The red lines on the map on the security room computer screen turned green. All the doors inside the factory were successfully opened except the entrance door. Fared turned the key back and reconnected it to the fainted security guard's belt chain. Fared quickly ran from one room to another. Many hard disks were successfully plugged into every supercomputer except the science laboratory, where several scientists were inside. Fared found an electrical room, but the room was locked with a password. Fared checked his smartphone. His smartphone detected the machine's wave. The password machine could scan using an employee card. Fared placed his smartphone on the machine. The machine was successfully disabled. The electrical room door was no longer locked.

 

The door was pushed open. There was a supercomputer with a logo, barcode, QR code, and an internet cable company label. Fared plugged in a USB wire and connected it to his mini laptop. The connection was successfully hacked. Fared activated various software. All the software worked on its own. Some software required typing. Fared typed on some software. The hacking status, calculations, and statistics changed from time to time. The software and security system, as well as the firewall, were successfully disabled.

 

The path for Fared to enter the supercomputer virtually was successfully opened. The hacking was successful. Fared was grateful and relieved. All the supercomputers were successfully connected via the internet. Now, all the supercomputers were connected to his home address secretly through the internet. Fared sighed in relief.

 

Fared went back to each office to retrieve all his hard disks. He went back into one of the offices. The hard disk was unplugged. The jacket was placed back on the chair. The monitor was placed back on the table. The computer was turned off. Fared peeked out of the room through the slightly open door. The laboratory still had a few people. He checked his smartphone. Only the supercomputer wasn't connected to the supercomputer from the electrical room. The supercomputer in the laboratory was isolated from the other supercomputers. Suddenly, Fared got an idea.

 

Fared went back to the electrical room. The switch was pressed. The entire factory had no electricity, lights, or air conditioning except the supercomputer, which was still on and making noise and functioning as usual. The supercomputer had its own power source to ensure the factory's research wasn't disrupted. He ran to the laboratory. The entire factory area became pitch dark. All the laboratory workers took out their smartphones and shone lights everywhere. Fared entered the laboratory, which opened automatically because there was no power. All the laboratory workers behaved calmly. They all acted professionally. One of them called an electrical engineer. Without realizing, Fared successfully connected his smartphone to the supercomputer in the laboratory.

 

Fared casually opened his smartphone screen using the phone under his hoodie. The connection was successful. After that, Fared connected the laboratory supercomputer to the supercomputer from the electrical room virtually. The internet was successfully connected.

 

Everything was easy, but it wasn't easy to sneak into someone else's place. Fared unplugged the wire connecting the supercomputer to his smartphone. Three people left the laboratory. Slowly, Fared passed by all of them. He went back to the electrical room and turned the factory back on by turning on the power switch. Finally, Fared successfully left the factory area.

 

The back electric gate of the company was opened and closed as usual. He walked to the internet wave transmitter tower. He returned everything to normal. The wired internet connection from the tower to the factory was reconnected as before.

 

Fared walked slowly away from the area. Fared walked and walked calmly until he reached the tunnel under the road where Fared had parked his motorcycle. His motorcycle was still there and locked. The homeless people living under the tunnel were gone, including the old man with the full beard to whom he had given RM100. No one was alive. They were all stabbed multiple times. Apparently, they fought over the RM100. As Fared remembered, there were seven people in the tunnel. Only six were there. The tunnel floor was covered in blood. Some had their throats slit. Some had multiple stab wounds. Fared fell to the ground and leaned against his motorcycle.

 

"Were they worth RM100 to be killed like that? Why did I only give money to one person? I should have given money to all of them," Fared monologued while crying alone, blaming himself.

 

Arriving home, Fared felt weak and collapsed onto the bed. He had no energy to continue hacking and trespassing. He took off his hoodie, hat, and shirt. He hugged a pillow and covered himself with a blanket, including his face. Fared cried in regret and fear. The world was like a hologram drama. No one pitied them. They just watched and said nothing. The soul was filled with the world. All humans became villains because of the greed that was allowed to dominate the soul. The world was just a hologram.