She decided to do as she was told, stepping into the mystical circle Ike had drawn for her, and sure enough, she was back in her house! There was no time to lose, she heard banging at her front door. The loan sharks were already coming after her! They were quick indeed. Going to her desk, she saw a hastily scribbled note. There was a very long number on it, clearly not a local number. She picked up the phone and dialled.
87036561093247...
When the ringing stop, there was no reply. Nevertheless, she said 'Hira221'.
The silence continued for a little longer, then a gruff voice replied.
"I'll be at your location shortly, stay calm and do not leave your house."
Then the phone went dead. That was less than assuring. The loan sharks were still outside, cursing and swearing and making threats. She wondered how the person was going to enter with all the loan sharks waiting to bite. She didn't need to worry too much about that, for within minutes, gunshots were heard, as well as the screaming of the loan sharks, then silence.
Lisa was paralyzed in fear, and the ringing of the doorbell made her jump. Could it be her saviour? She had no gun and couldn't protect herself, the best she could do was bring the kitchen knife she had prepared for the loan sharks.
She cautiously opened the door, and there stood a middle-aged man, gun raised. Lisa too raised her knife, though her hand was shaking.
"You're Lisa Tan right?" asked the man.
"Y...Yes..." replied Lisa in a trembling voice.
"I am Lo, right hand man of Ike,I have come to help you."
"Then, could you please lower the gun..."
Lo lowered the gun and extended his hand.
"Come with me, I'll bring you to a safe location."
Lisa realised she had no choice but to trust him, so she put her knife down and followed. He walked really fast, rushing past corridors as if afraid of the ghosts that haunt it.
"We're not taking the lift," he told her. "Small enclosed areas resonate our energy, and makes it easier for Kin to detect us."
'Wow...more scientific shit...' If Lisa had known this day would come, she would have majored in physics.
The pair rushed down the stairs, Lisa trying very hard not to trip and fall. At the bottom, a lone volvo was waiting for them.
"Get in," said Lo.
Lisa obeyed without question. Lo then got in the driver's seat and drove off.
The drive was silent for a while, then Lisa couldn't help but ask.
"Won't the car resonate our energy as well?"
"It is different from the lift. In the car, we can still see the outside world, so our energy is spread out over our field of vision."
'ok...' there wasn't much she could take in.
"I'm sure you're interested to know more about the Oracle project? And more about Ike and Kin?"
Lisa wanted to disagree. Yes, she was curious, but she had a feeling there was no way she was going to understand it. Nevertheless, Lo continued as if she didn't have a choice but listen.
"Sometime in the 19th century, a mathematician named Sophus Lie proposed the existance of Lie groups. They are basically sets of symmetries in mathematics, a hypothetical theory but with useful applications. The simplest Lie group would be that comprising of the symmetries of a sphere. Rotate a sphere and flip it inside out, it'll still look the same. E8 was predicted in 1887 to be the most complex of the Lie groups, comprising the symmetries of a 57 dimension object. E8 itself is 248-dimensional. In 2007, it was finally completely mapped out. With 200 billion entires, the paper which it was written on could cover all of Manhattan, no need to mention Singapore. It is like a map of possibilities, something like the periodic table for chemistry. Superstring theorists have already used it for potential theories of everything, and one can find this model in many aspects of nature, solar system, electron positions, even traffic on the roads."
Lisa was already lost.
"In 2008, Damien Lee realised the potential of E8, and had an evil hunch. 'What if our brains were really an incomplete portion of E8? If I created a human whose brain works with a complete E8 pattern, what could that human do?' Needless to say, the conclusion that he came to was that such a person could see true reality. How could such a person contribute? His answer? The person could be the most powerful oracle ever known, if such a person worked for Singapore, she could attain economic, social, psychological, civil and millitary superiority. Yes, I'm talking about total defence. He brought this proposal up to DSO, and was rejected. The reason? DSO thought he was a raving madman, and in a sense they were right. But, Damien Lee didn't give up. He collaborated with a stem cell researcher and mathematician, both a little crazy themselves, and together, they managed to create the prototype embryo. To their further delight, the embryo turned out to be twins! Yes, Ike is the same age as Kin, both 17 this year. After 9 months, the babies were born, but Lee had done the heaviest sin on Earth."
"Lee did not understand true reality, being a mad scientist, he believed true reality to be one of simply extra-dimensions, hidden energies and maybe some extra particles. However, Ike and Kin could literary see true reality. They saw not just what Lee believed they could see, but much much more. They saw pain, suffering, hardship and all the other vices released from pandora's box. Even in happiness, they saw an element of suffering. True reality was not pleasant at all. If you ask them, they may even tell you that they see ghosts and demons, but they could be joking. However, Ike and Kin were different. Kin hated it a lot, and he wanted to do something about it. Ike turned to God, became a Christian, and found peace with himself. Contrary to what Ike believes, the missing integer in Kin's brain configuration did not result in his destructive behaviour, it only resulted in Ike having the ability of remote viewing and Kin did not. That's what the chief scientist's always trying to tell him, but Ike wouldn't listen. Chief scientist knows the maths, at least that's what I always tell him, but you know what kind of ego he has. It's possible there're other abilities as well, but Ike always kept that a secret."
"But both had similarities, other than being able to see true reality. They were compassionate people at heart, but Kin believes that the best compassion for the world would be to destroy it, and well, Ike thinks he's nuts. Both were home schooled, because everyone was afraid of their eyes, and qualified as university graduates by age 9, since they could know everything that was needed to know. The difference in attitude is really just a difference in attitude. You see, there's a difference between seeing reality and knowing reality. Ike doesn't know the reason for Kin's behaviour, he only sees what he thinks is the reason, the missing integer. And they were young, less than matured. They didn't grow up as normal children, and as such, well, missed out on a lot. As a matter of fact, we're lucky Ike turned out to be ok. If both thought like Kin, our world would have been long gone. And so, after years of tension, they fell out after an ice cream fight at age 10. What really happened no one knew. But Ike ran away, and began living in the sealed dimension."
"Well, Damine Lee was furious! He wanted to use both children for the defence of Singapore, and now they fell out. Actually, he wanted to become famous. Kin saw what Lee was really thinking, and realised the amount of sin he had accumulated. Then, deciding to act as God, he killed him in compassion. When Ike heard of this, he knew the danger involved. He quickly contacted Mindef and told them the danger Kin could bring. Mindef knew about the Oracle project so they were quick to help. He received aids from the special forces, thereby building his own army to counter Kin. I heard he also received full exemption from NS. So that was that, Kin went around collecting the brains of people with suicidal tendencies and Ike trained his army to fight Kin."
It was finally over, Lisa breathed a huge sigh of relief. She had only taken in the gist of it all. Two people, with extraordinary powers. One wanted to destroy the world and one wanted to protect it from him. As simple as that. It was pretty clear which side she was going to choose.
After rushing through the highway for at least 20 minutes, the car turned into the bridge leading to Sentosa. Where was the sealed dimension this time? Under the merlion?
"The thing about the two of them," continued Lo, "is that they're not exactly all that powerful."
Lisa let out a silent groan, so he hadn't finished!
"None of them could read minds! Fortunately for us too. No one knows why they couldn't read minds, neither do they. One idea was that E8 wasn't complete,or that no matter how mighty maths become, it can never fully describe reality. Whatever the case, that is indeed a true mystery."
Lisa waited. Lo didn't say anything more. Was it safe to relax a little?
It didn't seem like Lo would say anything else, for they were clearly reaching their destination. It was weird too, for Lo was driving the car directly across the beach and towards the sea.
"I'm going to block the windows for a while."
With that said, black shades suddenly blocked up the windows and prevented them from seeing the outside world. Lisa was shocked. They were heading into the water and he decided not to see?!
"I'm resonating our psychic energy, it's only for a short while, not enough for Kin to get a confirmed signal. We need this to enter the sealed dimension."
'SPLASH!' The car had entered the water. There were bubbling sounds on the outside for a while, then silence. The shades wound down, and Lisa was amazed to find herself in a gigantic underwater bunker, deep down below the surface of the sea.
To be continued...
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