In simple terms, Crysis

Nighttime.

Aric was back in his storage unit, patiently waiting for the deliveries while checking how his songs were being accepted by the English-speaking audience. He was also reading the comments.

"These songs are way too cool, man. I have kept each of them on my repeat playlist."

"Holy shit... These songs are so cool... I can't stop myself from humming them in the bathroom. Takes my depression away."

"There is no depression at this age. You just love the shower."

"These songs are legendary."

Aric had smiles on his face reading the comments section. While he was reading the comments, Apis called.

"Aric, the deliveries are here."

Aric got up and went out to bring the two boxes in. After seeing the label, he opened the first box. It had a metal box inside, and Aric didn't waste much time to open it. The inside was filled with a soft black material around, and in the center, there was a jelly-like substance which was moving a bit on its own.

Aric took a deep breath and inserted his hand into the jelly. Almost instantly, like a living creature, the jelly started to climb on the skin of Aric. The jelly was translucent, and thus one could only see the refraction of the lights from overhead. The jelly-like substance, after climbing on his arm, seemed to get absorbed inside the skin of Aric.

Aric only felt a small itch as the jelly disappeared into his skin. But the process had just started. After the initial itch in his arm, it spread throughout his whole body. Aric felt like his body was being invaded and crawled upon by a thousand ants, but it only persisted for about 10 seconds before subsiding.

"Aric, how do you feel?" Apis asked, knowing what the jelly was. Aric didn't reply and just threw a punch into the air.

"The punch has been calculated at the force of 7000 N (A/n: Yes, I know that their world would not have Newton as the measure of force since it was named after Newton, but I will have to invent a whole new system to explain this. It's better I stick to the Earth standards of measurements. And, an average force of an amateur boxer is 2500 N)"

Aric was delighted when he heard that. The jelly-like substance was a nano armor. This was an interstellar age, and thus humans and all other species were required to explore to satisfy their hunger for exploration and also resources. Though the universe was connected, it didn't mean each of the galaxies were conquered and had empires. It was said that only a very small part of the universe was explored and there were trillions and trillions of planets and suns, waiting to be explored and resources to be extracted.

In order to overcome the power deficit of humans in space and for fighting other species, the nano armor was the first of its kind that humans had built. This nano armor could safeguard any human from 20,000 N of constant force, bullets larger than .50 cal, and from any sharp objects. The nano armor would also safeguard a human from radiation pollution and one could even breathe underwater.

One could glide if thrown from a high altitude, opening a retractable parachute, and swim at least 5 times faster than a normal human. Not only that, all five senses of a human being would be enhanced by 1.2 times. It could have been higher, but an average human's brain wouldn't be able to handle the senses being enhanced more than that.

Only a genetically advanced human could handle more heightened senses. And he wasn't one of those. Not yet at least. Aric could feel the heightened senses, but it was very minimal. The nano armor would be charged by the bioelectricity a body produces over time and thus wouldn't need a charger for the work.

Of course, it didn't mean that the armor would be able to protect him 24/7. The armor would give him invincibility to bullets for 5 minutes, while for punches and kicks, the armor would provide him protection for 20 minutes.

The armor could also provide him strength for half an hour. These statistics were taken at full charge, and if all of these actions were taken simultaneously, there would be a change in the statistics. One could fully charge the whole armor in half an hour if there was no battery left in it.

Aric didn't feel any different once he had the armor on, but he felt more secure now. At least on Earth, there wouldn't be anyone who could threaten him, at least not in close combat or assassinating him.

"Apis, thank you," Aric said before shutting it down. The other box wouldn't be opened here. He took the cardboard in his hands and vanished from Echorysia. He was back again at his place on Earth. A huge part of him wanted to open the cardboard box, but doing that would alert his parents and he didn't want that late at night.

There was enough time for that.

The next day.

He had hidden the box from his parents, and thus they didn't notice it. Once his father left for the farm, he proceeded to open the box, which was heavier than the previous one. Unlike the metal box of the previous one, this metal box was square in shape and also had a connection port to an outside power supply.

And the power supply also wasn't the electricity provided in homes. It was a separate box that came with the squared box. He connected the two boxes and waited for the small screen on the square box to light up.

The small screen asked for his account number, and he entered his own. The screen gave a green signal and then after few seconds his communicator lit up. 

"Hello Aric More, I am LK 89. I am an independent learning AI, please provide me instructions for learning." 

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