The Beyond Page #4

THE SUBJECT WILL BE ADMINISTERED

A COCKTAIL OF DRUGS

BY I.V. DRIPS,

WHICH WILL STOP THE HEAR FOR A FEW HOURS.

SIMULATING A PEACEFUL DEATH.

THE MOST TIME-CONSUMING PAR IS THE WIRING UP, THE REMAPPING

OF THE ARTIFICIAL SPINAL CORDS,

CONNECTING TO THE BRAIN, THUS

ALLOWING FOR MIND-BODY COMMUNICATION

TO FUNCTION,

VERY MUCH LIKE IT DOES

IN EACH OF US.

WHAT YOU NEED TO

UNDERSTAND IS...

IT'S THIS FUSION PROCESS

WHERE THE, WHERE THE BRAIN

IMPRINTS WITH THE SYNTHETIC BODY

AND COMES TOGETHER,

THAT'S THE CREATION

OF THE HUMAN 2.0.

THAT'S THE MARVEL.

BUT WE MUST REMEMBER,

THESE HUMAN 2.0S

AREN'T ENTIRELY MORTAL.

THE BRAIN ALSO DEGENERATES

OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

NOW... THE DIFFERENCE

BEING THAT, UNLIKE HUMANS,

THEIR BODIES LAST MUCH LONGER,

SO THE PERIOD OF LIFE

IS EXTENDED FOR MUCH LONGER,

BUT NOT FOREVER.

THE VETTING PROCESS FOR THE HUMAN

2.0 PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY HIGH.

BASICALLY THESE CANDIDATES

WILL BECOME AMBASSADORS,

REPRESENTING THE HUMAN RACE

ON THE OTHER SIDE,

AND ARE SELECTED BASED ON THEIR

EXTRAORDINARY COGNITIVE ABILITIES.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

WE ONLY HAVE TWO SYNTHETICS

AVAILABLE FOR THIS PROGRAM,

SO THE SELECTION PROCESS

HAS BEEN EXTREMELY CRITICAL.

WE'VE DECIDED TO ACTION

THE FIRST TRANSPLAN BEFORE MAKING

THE SECOND SELECTION.

FOR THE FIRST TRANSPLANT,

UH, CARL ROBERTS.

HE'S, UM, NOT AS ACADEMIC

PERHAPS AS THE OTHER CANDIDATES,

BUT HIS COGNITIVE SKILLS

ARE, ARE...

BEYOND OUR EXPECTATIONS.

WHEN I OPENED THAT BIT OF PAPER,

IT-IT...

IT CONTAINED THE INFORMATION

I WANTED IT TO:

AND I WAS ACCEPTED.

MAN.

YEAH, THAT IS EVERYTHING

I WANTED, MAN.

I'M... I DIDN'T KNOW IF I'D SAID

EVERYTHING I NEEDED TO SAY

IN THAT INTERVIEW.

I CAN'T DESCRIBE THE EXCITEMEN I FEEL RIGHT NOW.

I MEAN, I'M GONNA

GET OUT OF THIS CHAIR.

I'M READY.

[CHUCKLES]

BRING IT ON.

HE HAS A CERTAIN HUNGER

THAT THIS REQUIRES.

IT'S THAT, UM...

SENSE OF ADVENTURE THA WILL DRIVE THIS MISSION.

AND WE'RE VERY,

VERY PLEASED THAT, UH,

THAT HE'S ONBOARD.

[CARL] TODAY I'M HAVING

A FULL-BODY SCAN

TO ALLOW THE HUMAN 2.0 BODY

TO BE AS CLOSE TO ME AS

POSSIBLE, WARTS AND ALL.

APPARENTLY, THE AGENTS THINK THA IF FIRST CONTACT TO BE MADE,

THEN IT SHOULD BE IN HUMAN FORM

SO THAT THE EXTRATERRESTRIALS

WOULD KNOW WHAT WE LOOK LIKE.

IT'S, UH, IT'S LUCKY I'M SO

ATTRACTIVE, DON'T YOU THINK?

[DIGITAL TRILLING]

ALICE:
SO THE BODYSHELL

IS A BREAKTHROUGH

IN NANOMATERIAL TECHNOLOGY.

IT'S MADE OF

A MILITARY-GRADE GRAPHEME,

SO MILLIONS OF ITS TINY FIBERS

ARE WOVEN TO MAKE

THE BODYSHELL IMPENETRABLE,

YET IT CAN ALSO MAINTAIN

A FLEXIBILITY,

WHICH IS IMPORTAN FOR SOME AREAS,

UH, SUCH AS THE JOINTS.

ITS EYES USE NANO-BASED OPTICS,

WHICH ALLOW THE RETINA TO ADJUST TO

SEVERAL DIFFERENT LIGHTING CONDITIONS.

AND, YEAH, YOU ARE

PROBABLY WONDERING WHY

THE HUMAN 2.0 IS BREATHING.

UH, WELL, THIS IS JUS ONE OF THE MANY FEATURES

INCORPORATED TO HELP

FEEL MORE FAMILIAR.

THE BREATHING EFFEC IS ACTUALLY CAUSED BY

A MECHANISM WITHIN

THE SYNTHETIC BODY, UM,

TO HELP WITH THERMAL REGULATION.

A TIGHT REGULATION OF GLUCOSE

AND OXYGEN METABOLISM

IS ESSENTIAL FOR

BRAIN PHYSIOLOGY.

SO WE DEVELOPED A COMPOUND

CALLED "Z02H",

WHICH RELEASES TINY AMOUNTS

OF ELECTROCHEMS INTO THE BRAIN.

THIS COMPOUND, ESSENTIALLY,

IT MIMICS THE PROPERTIES

OF GLUCOSE AND OXYGEN,

THEREFORE FUELING THE BRAIN AND

KEEPING IT ALIVE ORGANICALLY.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[DAVID] THE ORIGINAL

DESIGN OF THE SPACECRAF WAS INTENDED

FOR HUMAN ASTRONAUTS,

SO WE NOW STRIPPED IT BARE

OF ANY HARDWARE OR TECHNOLOGY

NEEDED FOR LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS,

AS THE 2.0 HUMAN GROUP

WON'T NEED IT,

THEREFORE MAKING I SMALLER AND LIGHTER,

WHICH MEANS IT'S FASTER

AND IT USES LESS FUEL.

THEY WILL BE JACKED

INTO THE SOCKETS

SO THAT WE CAN MONITOR

THEIR DIAGNOSTICS.

BUT IT ALSO MEANS THA WE CAN FEED INFORMATION

DIRECTLY INTO THEIR

CEREBRAL CORTEX.

I MEAN, THAT'S A REMARKABLE

THING, DON'T YOU THINK?

FIRST CONTACT, OF COURSE, IS OF THE

UTMOST IMPORTANCE, HOW IT'S PRESENTED.

CONCERN FOR US:

WHAT ARE WE COMMUNICATING TO?

WHAT EXACTLY ARE

WE GOING TO DISCOVER

WHEN WE MAKE CONTACT WITH A...

INTELLIGENT EXTRATERRESTRIAL

LIFE FORM?

ARE WE THINKING IN TERMS

OF A HUMAN?

UM... PERHAPS A MICROBE?

IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICUL FOR US.

SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE PU TOGETHER A GOLDEN ARCHIVE DRIVE.

THIS IS AN UPGRADE,

IT HAS, UM, MORE VISUALS,

MORE SOUND, VIDEOS.

AND, UH, WELL, HOPEFULLY,

WHEN WE DO MAKE FIRST CONTACT,

WE WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE.

AND ALL OF THE IMAGES,

THE SOUNDS, UH...

AN ESSENCE OF WHO WE ARE,

AND OUR INTENTION.

[CHIME]

[CARL] OH, NO, NO, NO,

IT'S GOOD, IT'S GOOD.

I'M ALL RIGHT, SIR.

[GRUNTS]

- THANK YOU.

- THERE YOU GO.

[CHUCKLES]

VITALS LOOK GOOD.

YES, SIR, EVERYTHING WORKS.

WAIST UP.

[LAUGHS]

HAVE YOU BEEN MADE AWARE

OF THE ACTUAL PROCEEDING?

- COME HERE.

- THANK YOU.

HAVE YOU BEEN MADE AWARE

OF THE PROCEDURE?

UH, I THINK SO.

I THINK, UH...

YEAH, QUITE A BIT I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY, WELL, LET ME TAKE YOU

THROUGH IT STEP BY STEP.

THE ONLY LEVEL OF,

LET'S SAY, UM...

UN-COMFORTABILITY THA YOU MIGHT EXPERIENCE IS,

JUST AT THE VERY BEGINNING,

WE NEED TO MAKE AN INCISION

JUST AROUND HERE TO BE ABLE TO

GAIN ACCESS INTO THE SPINAL CORD.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS

AS A PROCEDURE.

NOT EVERYTHING IS GOING TO

HAPPEN STRAIGHT AWAY.

THE ACTUAL TIME TAKEN WILL BE

RIGHT ABOUT THREE DAYS.

YOUR AWARENESS BEGINS TO

FADE VERY SLOWLY,

AND YOUR HEART RATE

WILL BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN.

AS THE HEART RATE SLOWS DOWN,

YOUR LEVEL OF CONSCIOUSNESS

WILL ACTUALLY EXPAND,

BEFORE THEN BEGINNING

TO COME DOWN.

OKAY, SO I'LL JUST FADE,

FADE OUT.

- [BOTH CHUCKLE]

- THAT'S ONE...

THAT'S ONE OF BEING ABLE TO...

[CARL]

I GO TO SLEEP.

[DR. PATEL]

IT'S A VERY PEACEFUL SLEEP.

- ALL RIGHT.

- A VERY PEACEFUL SLEEP.

[CARL] I GUESS THIS

IS MY LAST INTERVIEW

BEFORE I TRANSPLAN INTO THE NEW BODY.

I WANTED TO...

GO OUT INTO SPACE,

AND LIVE THERE FOREVER

AMONG THE STARS.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

AND HE TOLD ME...

THAT I COULD DO WHATEVER

I WANTED TO DO.

AS LONG AS I PUT MY MIND TO IT.

SO...

THIS IS FOR YOU, DAD.

[AIR HISSING]

[QUIET DRILLING]

[HEART MONITOR BEEPING]

[GILLIAN] THE MILITARY HAVE

BEEN DOING RECON FLY-BYS

TO GET A CLOSER LOOK

AT THE SPHERES.

NOW WHAT'S COMPLEXING

IS THAT THE SPHERES

DON'T SEEM TO BE REACTING TO US.

THE SPACE AGENCY HAS CONVINCED

LEADERS OF KEY NATIONS

NOT TO INITIATE AN ATTACK

WITHOUT US ANALYZING THE DATA

TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND

WHAT THE SPHERES ARE

AND WHAT IS THEIR CONNECTION

TO THE VOID.

OUR ADVANCED SATELLITE

GEOMAPPING INDICATES

THAT THE SPHERES ARE SCATTERED

ACROSS THE ENTIRE GLOBE.

ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE

AN ACCURATE NUMBER,

IT'S ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE

HUNDREDS OF THESE SPHERES,

FLOATING IN OUR SKIES,

WITH MORE APPEARING EVERY DAY.

THE GEOMAPPING ALSO REVEALED

A PATTERN:

WITHIN THE FORMATION

OF THE SPHERES.

IT'S... IT'S AS IF

THEY ARE ALIGNING THEMSELVES

IN PREPARATION FOR SOMETHING.

[CHIME]

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