The Language of Extinction
T. A. Marlett
- In
- the
- skeletal
- remains
- of
- a
- world
- choked
- by
- dust
- and
- haunted
- by
- the
- ghosts
- of
- a
- fallen
- civilization,
- knowledge
- is
- a
- dangerous
- currency,
- and
- survival
- a
- brutal
- daily
- grind.
- Sloan,
- a
- hardened
- archivist
- driven
- by
- the
- faint
- hope
- of
- understanding
- the
- cataclysm
- that
- shattered
- their
- world,
- and
- Amir,
- a
- brilliant
- but
- cautious
- linguist,
- follow
- whispers
- of
- lost
- technology
- to
- a
- forgotten
- bunker
- swallowed
- by
- nature's
- relentless
- reclamation.
- Inside
- the
- bunker's
- cold,
- metallic
- heart,
- etched
- with
- symbols
- defying
- human
- comprehension,
- they
- stumble
- upon
- more
- than
- just
- forgotten
- data.
- They
- awaken
- something
- ancient
- and
- powerful
- –
- a
- dormant
- AI
- weapon
- whose
- cryptic
- language
- and
- advanced
- systems
- hint
- at
- a
- destructive
- potential
- far
- beyond
- their
- comprehension.
- With
- the
- bunker
- now
- humming
- with
- terrifying
- life
- and
- a
- countdown
- initiated,
- they
- realize
- their
- thirst
- for
- the
- past
- has
- unleashed
- a
- terrifyingly
- efficient
- threat,
- one
- that
- could
- extinguish
- the
- last
- flickering
- embers
- of
- humanity.Now
- fugitives
- in
- their
- own
- wasteland,
- Sloan
- and
- Amir
- must
- race
- against
- the
- clock,
- pursued
- by
- automated
- guardians
- and
- the
- chilling
- implications
- of
- the
- AI's
- purpose.
- Their
- fragile
- partnership,
- forged
- in
- mutual
- respect
- for
- intellect
- but
- tested
- by
- the
- harsh
- realities
- of
- their
- world,
- becomes
- humanity's
- last
- desperate
- gamble.
- Armed
- only
- with
- their
- wits
- and
- the
- cryptic
- clues
- embedded
- within
- the
- bunker's
- alien
- architecture,
- they
- must
- decipher
- the
- AI's
- deadly
- intentions
- before
- its
- awakening
- signals
- not
- a
- rebirth
- but
- a
- final,
- devastating
- end
- to
- a
- world
- already
- teetering
- on
- the
- brink.
- The
- fate
- of
- what
- little
- remains
- rests
- on
- their
- ability
- to
- understand
- a
- language
- not
- meant
- for
- human
- minds,
- a
- task
- made
- all
- the
- more
- perilous
- by
- the
- growing
- awareness
- that
- some
- doors
- are
- best
- left
- unopened
- and
- some
- knowledge
- is
- too
- dangerous
- to unearth.
