Expelled From Paradise - Chapter 1.2

1.2

The passage led Angela into the sky, to a transparent transition between the drifting clouds. A wide azure sky. There were pantheons and sanctuaries everywhere. The arrival here always caused some anxiety. This was the place where briefings for the security system took place. Everything here made up a virtual space and had the scenery of a temple. All this required a lot of power and an incredible amount of memory. Just the thought of all those resources, made for maintaining all of this, aroused tremor.

Three giant deities were awaiting Angela.

Possessing heroic strength, the demon crusher and good defender, Neo.

The patron of wisdom and literature, wealth and prosperity, a god with the head of an elephant, Ganesha.

And the god of all gods – Zeus.

These were the avatars of the managers of the security office. Angela was standing on the stage before them, with her head lowered in reverence.

Zeus spoke.

“Your skills are amazing. It wasn’t even your shift and you were able to react so quickly, moreover, you were able to track the offender, if only you tried to seize him.”

“Thank you. But in the end he still managed to escape. I apologize for this.”

Neo joined in solemnly.

“A certain violator, calling himself Pioneer, hacks the Diva system and penetrates here for the 184th time. On the 10.00th the frequency of his attacks was again increased.”

With a serious expression, Angela reported.

“He was able to get to the location of the executive power department.”

“Hmm, I see. In the end he even managed to go through the barrier, that keeps the city safe. The situation has taken a more serious turn.”

Ganesha said in irritation.

“By doing so he is using the information channel between Diva and Earth. Amongst those, who refused to leave the old world and move to Diva, there is one who can gain unauthorized access to our systems.”

The atmosphere turned gloomy as the room fell into silence. The reality was difficult to take in. Zeus broke the silence.

“The only thing we know for sure now, is that his potential for conducting cyber wars is much higher than our security system.”

Angela frowned.

“And such a person lives outside Diva.”

“Yeah, it’s quite hard to believe this,” Neo smiled, “I have to admit, the situation is out of the ordinary.”

Ganesha continued

“Because of him, we should strengthen our internal security system, we tried to track him, but the hope that the situation will improve is doubtful. Our council considered it necessary to send you to the real world to search for the criminal.”

“The….Real….World….”

Like the majority of Diva’s citizens, Angela has never descended to Earth. In her childhood she has heard about it from adults, and then she got acquainted with documentary and video materials, so she knew that there was a real hell down there. The whole reason was the unstable behaviour of the nanomachines, which regulated the surrounding environment. Because of the ecological disaster, a drought began, followed by dirty precipitation, crops stopped growing, and those that did, eventually died. The surviving organisms underwent mutations thanks to the nanomachines, the way of development of life has changed. Humanity was not able to cope with such an abnormal situation, which led to the destruction of Earth. It was difficult to say whether people could continue to survive on Earth.

This was called the “Nano-Catastrophe”.

To escape, a part of humanity has become spirits and continued to exist as information in Diva. Although there were some survivors on Earth. They are forced to live a primitive form of life. And somewhere there is Pioneer, the one who caused all this chaos.

Angela just couldn’t believe it. Neo continues to talk about countermeasures.

“To conduct an investigation, you need a body, and in order to execute the mission, it was decided to provide it to you.”

“Angela Balzac, officer of the 3rd rank.”

Again Zeus spoke. Angela’s face became serious.

“We want to appoint you to this special mission.”

Angela placed her hand on her chest and saluted.

“With great honour. I am happy to accept this appointment.”

“We’re counting on you.”

The avatars disappeared. Angela was trusted with an important mission, and she immediately began to prepare.