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Chapter 3 - World System

The incident he had just experienced made Reys'a think hard about who the man was. Without a second thought, Reys'a moved to follow Adrian. Walking along, they still hadn't left the city, showing that the city was very vast with various things here and there, sales, goods, endless food and it was true what Adrian said that it would take a long time to get to Adrian's house if he didn't move from now on.

For 10 minutes they walked they saw a chocolate shop and Adrian stopped in front of the shop. "Wait here Reys'a, I forgot that my brother told me to buy him some chocolate. Wait here for just 2 minutes, I want to buy it." Said Adrian to Reys'a. "You have a brother?" Reys'a replied curiously. "Well, I think you can say that, but it's more precisely 5 people." Adrian went straight into the chocolate shop and within a few minutes Adrian came out of the shop holding a plastic bag with chocolate inside.

They continued their journey. "So, you have many siblings." Said Reys'a. "Hmm… they're not my real siblings— but I consider them like my own family." Adrian replied with a proud expression on his face saying that. They walked forward and to the side of the road there was a bus stop where there were many people waiting for buses, taxis and so on. "Reys'a let's waitingthere." said Adrian. A shady and spacious waiting area that allows people to wait there.

At the bus stop, there are several poles used to build the place. It is no different from other bus stops, even though there are no seats at all. Adrian and Reys'a went there. Adrian then pressed the button on the pole and scanned Adrian's finger. In a few seconds, Adrian's finger had a very small nano chip and it spread to Adrian's palm and lit up green showing the verified. Adrian walked to the waiting area and there was a box-shaped floor. He stepped on it and was about to sit on the empty spot, but before Adrian could put his back on it, the box-shaped floor immediately came out and became a seat for one person.

The chair also emitted a holographic blue light that can be touched like a touchscreen phone in general. Adrian pressed on the display 'Taxi' which is displayed on the holographic screen, and replied that it would come in two minutes. Adrian then pressed the button on the screen for 2 people and immediately Adrian's seat which was for one person extended and became for two people.

Reys'a was astonished to see what's happening in front of him, with a face showing disbelief because this thing really doesn't make sense. "haha you look really shocked huh, come sit next to me." Said Adrian. Even so, people still looked at Reys'a. What could be done if Reys'a dressed like that, there would definitely be many people who saw him.They both waited and waited for the taxi that Adrian had ordered to arrive.

Within 2 minutes, a sophisticated car like a sports car arrived as a taxi. The car was red with yellow stripes like a taxi in general but this was more advanced than that. Surprisingly, there was not even a driver in it. The car only had two seats for the driver and the passenger next to him. Huh, do they need to bring the vehicle themselves?

Adrian and Reys'a got up from his seat while using his hand to place it on the seat before standing up. The nano Chip before at Adrian hands now went back into the chair and they came out of the box-shaped floor and immediately the chair went back into the floor and disappeared. That thing happened very quickly. Reys'a and Adrian continued walking towards the taxi. "How are we going to get to our destination without a driver inside?" said Reys'a how could there be a taxi but no driver?. "No need to worry, just get in this car." Replied Adrian. Reys'a went to the left side of the car and got into the passenger seat. Even though the steering wheel of the car was not there, how can someone drive this car?

There is a Touch Screen located between the passenger and driver seats. It is called TTS or known as Taxi TouchScreen. Adrian pressed the touch screen at the central display to activate it. "Hey taxi, can you take us to the Destryian Street?" said Adrian to that screen. "Yes sure, this trip approximately takes about 15 to 20 minutes, so please wear a seatbelt." said the voice on the screen. The car they were in moved without anyone driving it as if it was moving on its own. Reys'a was just confused and couldn't believe how a car could move on its own without anyone driving it. Adrian saw the confusion on Reys'a face. Adrian then continued his conversation with Reys'a.

"AI... Artificial intelligence called AI. It is the stimulation of human intelligence in machines. Right now the highest person in the world government is introducing this developing technology to several countries. The big cities in the world are already using it in all aspects of their lives. Nano chips, AI, even the police you met earlier are using it. Nano magnets are a replication of the power of Hearthstone and the world government is looking to make more like that.

Lately the name Emphoreus has been skyrocketing, I don't even know what it is but what I heard they just found it. Even the car we are riding in uses AI technology where they move themselves, organize, analyze, and understand everything around them whether it is left, right, up, or down, everything is observed to ensure security without damage." For a moment, Reys'a looked out the window and saw that what Adrian had said was true, that all vehicles, even buses, had no drivers. Adrian continued. "That is one of them and in the next few years there will definitely be more such technologies and they will increase too but— that only applies to countries, states or cities that are allied with the world government."

"What do you mean?" said Reys'a with curiosity. "Look around you Reys'a, everything is normal, peaceful and calm. Technology is starting to be everywhere, even people in a certain area can't do anything without these facilities. They choose who they want and throw away the unnecessary. Whoever gets the title has the power. The others? They are all sidelined, ostracized, fought over, killed until they have no other choice but to be with people like that. From what I hear, the rulers of this world have intervened and perhaps something big is going to happen."

"hmm… how do you know all of this? What are you planning, Adrian?" Adrian was silent without saying anything.

'What is Adrian's Motive all along?'

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