CHAPTER-05. Unbelievable Answer.

After recovering from that headache, Dan massaged his temples. He is so astonished by the information he has in his mind that he is wondering if he should believe it or not. Looking around, he chose to believe it.

That person, who died because of his trap, is a person from another world. He was called a scientist in his world, and his name was "Jay Danates". Jay lived on a planet called "BLUE-EL03". Dan learned that people in Jay's world are very weak. But they are very advanced. People from Jay's world make sky-high buildings, bright roads, and freely hovering vehicles on these roads. That world was like a bright paradise, unlike this gloomy place he lives in. Jay admired those pictures in his mind. But the voice interrupted him, saying, "You could admire those things later and focus on the main topic."

Year 4096 ("BLUE-EL03")

This year, material science has made a huge breakthrough. During an expedition on planet "GIANT-RED-EL05" they found something interesting. On a moon of the planet "GIANT-RED-EL05" they found a strange blueish purple crystal.

What was strange about this crystal was that it could bend reality. The word "logical" didn't apply to it. Scientists were able to make things like teleportation devices, space capsules, and Fate computers that were only a fantasy. They were even able to search for life signatures in a different galaxy.

This crystal made a lot of impossible things possible. That's why scientists named this crystal "Navaratna" after the "sacred crystal of wishes" in Hindu mythology. It was also called Nav-crystal. Humanity turned the whole solar system upside down in search of Navaratna. Even after all that searching, they only found 580 grammes of it. Looking at how scarce it was, they widened their scope beyond their solar system.

Year 4108, "BLUE-EL03"

After 12 years of research, scientists finally succeeded in making a FATE COMPUTER. Humanity should be celebrating this day, but fate had something else in mind. While searching through the past and future of their planet, they saw that, in the year 4144, a cosmic explosion reaches their solar system, wiping out every life in its path. Even if this " possible event " turns out to be false, humanity has decided to believe in it.

A meeting between all the important figures on the planet was held. The name of this assembly was "existence". The motive was to find a solution for the upcoming doom.

According to the FATE COMPUTER, humanity will face its doom 36 years later. There is so little time to create a barrier on the scale of a solar system. And not everyone wants to leave their planet and wander into space for an uncertain amount of time.

One of the most popular solutions was to teleport the whole planet into a different, suitable solar system that is out of the range of the cosmic explosion.

Fortunately, they already found a solar system that meets all the criteria perfectly. But the unfortunate thing is that for a teleportation of this scale, a huge amount of Nav-crystals are required. Dan is going through all this in his mind. He watched these sceneries unfold as if he was a person who attended this assembly. This is a bizzare experience for him.

"How much Navaratna is needed?" A VIP of the assembly asked.

"According to our calculations, a whole crystal weighing 7 kg is required, and 460 gm more to stabilise the planet in the other solar system. So far, we have only collected about 3.5 kg." answered one of the scientists.

" We found traces of a whole crystal weighing 12 kg in one of the galaxies a few billion light years away. We have pin pointed the location of that crystal. It is on a planet six times bigger than ours and is in a habitable zone. That planet also has intelligent humanoid beings as well. We named that planet " GIANT-BLUE-LQ04". " answered another scientist.

A blonde VIP interjected, " Why something that far away? Can't we gather that amount if we dispatch every spaceship in our arsenal? "

As if expecting that question the scientist said, " we can, but what we need a whole intact crystal not pieces of that same amount".

"A few billion light years away, how are you going to get something that far here?" asked another VIP Attendant.

A scientist who looked like the person in charge said, "We have a solution for that as well, but we need everyone's opinion about this solution."

"Present your solution first." stated a bald man sitting on the highest seat.

"Thank you, president. Dr. Danates, if you please." Said the chief and welcomed a person on stage. A person walked on stage and gave a brief greeting to everyone.

Jay Danates cleared his throat a little and started explaining.

"The solution we come up with is that we will teleport a single person to that planet. That person will find the crystal and return with it."

This time the bald president asked, "What if that person was not able to find it? What if that person dies on that planet?"

Expecting this question, Jay answered, "We have been researching a kind of superfluid for the past few years." He snapped his fingers, and a hologram of an image appeared. It was an image of a tube filled with a silver substance with a hint of blue.

Dan elaborated, pointing at the image: "That super fluid is made of Nanobots with the latest model of AI as their command. It will help the explorer find the crystal with 100% accuracy. If the explorer dies for some reason, the superfluid will take emergency countermeasures and implant itself in another intelligent creature. Then the search will continue." "Nothing can stop it from completing the mission."

The bald person, satisfied with the answer, said, "Wonderful; prepare to send someone."

Jay hesitated for a moment and said, "This much fluid is not enough; we need a lot of them. A huge amount of Nav-crystals are needed to make them. Adding the cost of teleportation, it will empty most of our Navaratna reserves."

The bald president stayed silent for a bit and said, "If this thing can change our fate, then it is worth investing in; those who agree with me, raise your hands." People started discussing among themselves a bit, but ultimately most raised their hands.

Jay was glad that the solution was approved. He bowed slightly and exited the stage. When he was leaving, someone asked, "What is the name of that superfluid?"