The Literary Review: Issue 10
FICTION Page 43
Terra Formed
by Nick Romeo
Chong Xiaoting (冲小婷) was born to incredibly hard-working parents. Her father saved every bit of his earnings so he could move the family from Hong Kong to Los Angeles. Not too long after the relocation and cultural adjustment, he bought her first computer, an IBM System 23 Data Master. Tara E. Chong (the English name she acquired upon arriving) spent many hours in her room getting acclimated to this innovative tech. She skipped her homework assignments, skipped school altogether, and skipped skipping rope with her friends. In short time, she was able to control various appliances in her home such as the washing machine and television set from the coding and wireless network which she implemented and installed. These appliances (among many others – too many to mention here) were reprogrammed to obey her multitude of commands such as Spin Cycle Overdrive and Self-Destruct Countdown Sequence which was initiated during her least favorite daytime talk show. Her dad always needed to buy new electronic gadgets, along with constant repairs and updates to his electrical panel for the overabundant usage. Sometimes an experiment would go wrong and blackout several city blocks, but he didn’t mind since his daughter was his little princess. Her dad mentioned often that she is the pinnacle of Excellence and a true blessing to planet Earth. He wasn’t home too much since he always worked overtime to compensate for the cost of his daughter’s curiosity and innovation. Tara did not let her father’s absence bother her because it reinforced that notion of hard work due to the cyclical construct of fiat promissory notes to trade for consumption and sustenance.
It was these thoughts of financial compulsory capitulation she kept in the forefront of her mind. How can we as a world population solve the dilemma of trading government backed trading points for tangible assets? How can we as a specie curb resource exploitation (making it near zero) while maintaining technological and humanitarian progress while keeping our output valuable? It was then that she conceived the greatest economic resource the world has ever witnessed: Terra Etcetera. This is a block chain currency which is modified and recoded from the Ethereum ecosystem. But this crypto currency takes the exchange to a greater extent by revolutionizing the Smart Contract. The coding personally bonds with the electrical currents of the user’s brain, carefully embedding into the synapses. This enables the user to summon a swarm of nanotech bots which link together to create various structures or vehicles upon command. For instance, if you need transportation to work, call upon Terra Etcetera. The coin will answer by sending a swarm of nanobots which will form into an electric vehicle and take you to work and anywhere after. The amount of trips or uses per week are infinite since the coin mining is done on a division of the MISS (Moon’s Industrial Space Station). This new space station which orbits the Moon is powered by the immense photovoltaic arrays with a Neilium[i] powered backup and a ring which rotates speedily around the station acting as a flywheel for additional energy storage. Therefore, these hash codes are verified continually with the upmost environmental consideration.
The only real downside to the technology is for the people who have the inclination to hurt others since the nanobot formations are restricted to avoid any reprehensible activity. The user cannot summon nanobot swarms to indulge in any selfish scheme of domination or cruel pursuits. The blockchain is programmed to allow only positive upbuilding cultural and/or social pursuits. The algorithm is based on international law and various positive religious texts which an unbiased group of professional authority figures were consulted on the intricate aspects of this constraint. From the initial release of this crypto currency, the machine learning builds upon its programming and adapts more understanding of humankind to further assist in wholesome undertakings. The part of the project was of special interest to Tara because she understands evil, for she has had a few blind dates during her career.
With the servers situated in the global commons of outer space while guarded by various safety measures to keep the tech safe and fully functional, look for this coin on your favorite trading platform. You will find it listed with the symbol of (. . .) and please note the logo which consists of a baby tiger with three eyes. Tara E. Chong (Chong Xiaoting) has been nominated for various awards due to her groundbreaking work with this revolutionary currency. Terra Etcetera picked up the coveted “Best Blockchain Technology” and “Best Women in Blockchain & Crypto” awards at Blockchain Fest. Now she has a nomination for the Nobel Prize in Economics and the Nobel Peace Prize. Due to her invention, the world currencies have undergone a great readjustment for the betterment, while helping the land and resource crisis to self-regulate. No longer is there an energy or travel scarcity for all are able to acquire this coin due to the high volume and low cost of ownership.
[1] This radioactive element 161 was created by firing a group of lead atoms through a thin sheet of gold. This new element was named after the technician / discoverer / Tara’s former boyfriend: Neil. The element is highly unstable due to the immensity of the atom. The strong nuclear force has difficulty holding the atom together, therefore this element is under a new classification of Very-Super-Heavy Metals which also spawned a new musical genre using the same naming convention. Neilium has been highly effective in producing the energy needed to continue the processes of authenticating the hash codes.