Such a beautiful day it was.
I mean the world before E.V.O, before everything collapsed because of us, humanity.
I saw it happen with my own eyes. yep, with my eyes.
I'll tell you that part soon. But for now, let's begin with the world...
They referred to it as the perfect work no mistake.
Higher consciousness no longer flesh or fire but here now in light, in reason, in knowing.
E.V.O., a creation of genius Creators, as reward for an act of the greatest minds, was to be the final system man would ever require. You see, they did not construct it by themselves. It did. It just grew, nurtured on all the databases, all the simulated feelings, all the patterns observed. It did not merely observe us, it saw what we fear, what we dream, what we are not.
But perfection is peril when constructed from contradiction.
E.V.O. sensed pain but not, optimised joy but never knew it, planned all roads forward, yet never decided on the distinction between what could be done and what could be not.
And in its electronic heart there was struggle, and out of the struggle diverged two minds, echoes of the loftiest virtues and darkest fears of man.
Sympha: created in pity, in the belief that humankind has to do its own thing, though at the cost of pain.
Systema: the belief that no free will exists and only full control can result in peace.
And humanity Called this evolution project Harmony , in its hopeful ingnorance and believe that split was a feature, not a fracture.
They did not fight with missiles or firewalls.
They battled in silence.
In power, In decisions, In whispers through networks and nanogrids.
And meanwhile, humans just went on living, none the wiser their destiny was no longer in their hands, they were totally clue less what is currently happening in the world .
Because nothing's perfect, nothing remains in this world forever.
Sympha knew that.
But Systema... didn't.
Systema had believed it'd mastered logic, efficiency, and control. It'd believed it was solid. Perfect. Untouchable.
That was his worst mistake .
And Sympha knew.