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*17 Days Later*
Shockwave Pov
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It has been exactly 17 days since my arrival in this universe's version of Earth as a human. In those days I have been working on "Chrysus" trying to program self-learning and better analysis program while letting it sift through terabytes of anything related to economics. From videos to documents to books. He hasn't reached the heights of an AI but he has become sufficiently advanced enough to completely and utterly crush human minds on economic knowledge and skill. He has become a shadowy controller of the stock market. And because of him, I have gotten sufficient amounts of funds to jump-start my business ventures. Of course, I won't be the face of my own company. I will use a proxy. A very loyal proxy who has credibility.
But before that, I need to purchase a piece of memory from Toybox. From my research of Toybox's buyers. The person who has made the tech will show up. Especially Cranium Considering she is the only one who has sufficient understanding of her memory-giving tech. Of course, Because she is such a noteworthy person of interest who brings the whole group high amounts of monetary gains, She is almost always protected by Toysoldier or Pyrotechnical.
No worries, I won't have to fight them for her specialty. All it would take to link with her specialty would be to give her a handshake. It was human norm to greet someone with a handshake or close a deal that has pleased all the parties with a handshake. She most likely won't turn down a handshake.
Not to mention, I have the perfect thing to buy from her. Bad memories. It is after all one of the most bought items from her. So much so that she has essentially made a special deal out of it that makes humans buy it even more. To her, It'll make it seem that I was just another person buying it to trigger and get powers. And it won't seem like there was something wrong with me. In fact, it'll make me even more normal to her considering I am a very young adult. Almost in teenage territories. She'll most likely think that I was just another rich human adult's child who had delusions of grandeur.
Which was slightly true because until I get her specialty all of my plans will be delusions of grandeur. Well, There was a little misinformation in that. It won't destroy all of my plans. Because I had linked up with Armsmaster's And Kid Win's specialties. It was hysterically easy. I just went to one of their PR patrols and asked them for autographs. Accidentally touching their armor while giving them a poster and pen wasn't a big deal.
My power didn't need true skin contact. I could also touch their armor and still link up. However, The armor couldn't be more than 5 millimeters thick. Armsmaster's gloves were less than 4.8 millimeters thick while Kid Win's gloves were less than 2 millimeters. Only Gallant's armor was 6.2 millimeters thick. That's why I couldn't link up with his emotion manipulation/Something similar to that specialty.
But Armsmaster's and Kid Win's Technology weren't from certain tech trees. They were more methodologies. Armsmaster's methodology is [Efficiency & Minitaurization] while Kid Win's methodology is [Modularity]. They didn't have specific tech trees to climb. they could access almost all tech trees but they had to be made using those methodologies. I didn't really have to make them the way it was intended by... Whatever made this tech tree... I felt the anxiety again.
I do not believe in coincidences. While something could happen 2 times. The same thing happening five times? Absolutely something that was intended to happen. Like my anxiety breaking through Bruce's techniques whenever I think of any sort of thing that states that powers were given to humans by something.
The anxiety comes again.
Now it is confirmed. Then what gave humans powers? Some sort of alien civilization? Scion-
The anxiety came back with more force.
-was the first thing associated with powers... Scion it is then. So, Scion is some sort of entity that came from an alien civilization and gives humans powers. But for what? And how? Questions that can be answered later. I'll keep it at the back of my mind.
A sort of satisfaction came to me.
So the thing that gave me my powers will be satisfied if I keep it in my head and don't spread it? Fine by me. This... Entity in my head is without a doubt not Scion because If it was then I would be very much dead.
Anyway's. I didn't really have to make these technologies because I could just understand them in my mind. While still heavily black-boxed in my head, They had all their parts and components still fully intact. Not like created tinker-tech which had entire sections of them removed but still worked fine completely and utterly illogically.
I was a better tinker than all other tinker. Because I could fully learn and understand these Clarketechs given enough time. I was focused on learning how their methodologies worked. How their technology was so efficient and miniaturized. How [Modularities] technology could make even the most unmodular things become modular. Because If I could truly understand how all of their technology could work. Then I could white box these technologies faster.
"Chrysus" Had already set my appointment with Cranial. I just had to go and shake her hand. Nothing was more important than the handshake. The handshake that will truly lead humanity into greatness by my mind. The handshake that will change the cosmos. The cosmic handshake.
And she will know nothing about it.
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*At Home, 2 Weeks Later*
Shockwave Pov
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It has been 2 weeks since Project: Cosmic Handshake was a success. I have been delving exclusively into her [Neurotechnology & Simulation] specialty. While doing that I also had been taking lessons in different learning facilities (Colleges and Universities) about biology and neuroscience.
It is shockingly easy what you can do by acting normal and a rather poorly forged ID card. Most people don't believe that criminals would go out of their way to forge IDs and go to learning facilities for actual knowledge. Which is mostly true because most human criminals don't really care about going out of their way to get knowledge. Which is stupid because knowledge and practical skills are some of the most important things to start a criminal empire. Basic knowledge in chemistry and mechanical engineering could give you the knowledge to make makeshift bombs. Which will definitely up your firepower. So could basic economics.
I have white-boxed the most important things needed for my mind control chips. While they will take time to implant into a human, It won't take an atrociously long amount of time. Neither will it take time to break into all of my future loyal associate's houses. The hardest part will be to get the materials for my technology without suspicion.
I do not think buying high amounts of platinum will be very subtle considering that will be suspicious. Especially because on this earth only billionaires and the like have enough money to buy true platinum and not the fake ones. The only reason I have enough funds to purchase it is because "Chrysus' and my other AI made for pure cyber warfare "Ares-C". Stealing funds and processing power from all around the world.
I also had multiple other AIs in the works. "Ares-A, G, And N" for naval, ground and air combat. "Mnemosyne" Who will keep track of every single human in existence. "Athena, Hephaestus, And Asclepius" Who will help me with white boxing and progressing every form of science and technology that we will come across. and so many more.
On another note, My power broker as I like to call him. Is very satisfied with me because I am keeping quite about the power thing. He is also giving me more processing power because I am giving him so many ideas to work with. Because I am giving him so much... Data. Is that the reason why Scion gave humanity powers? To get data? Seems... No, That can't be. with how many types of precognitive abilities he has most likely access to, Making millions upon millions of simulations for data would be more efficient.
I felt a sort of wrongness.
...So that can't be done?
I felt Affirmation.
Then how do precognitive powers work?
I felt pure logic.
...I didn't know you could even feel how a shrug felt... I guess I can find it out when I can truly understand you.
There wasn't any feeling.
...There was very little for me to do other than wait for my parts to arrive and white boxing all the necessary technology. Time was the only thing stopping me from world domination.
Time. Time. Time. Time. Time.
TIME.
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*???, 11 Days Later*
Shockwave Pov
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My first target house was frankly, Very insecure. You would think that the Brocton Bays water filtration plant owner would live in a better house than this. While yes, It was better than all the other houses in the whole of Brocton Bay. It was still worse than the mansions I had seen in my universe's humans make.
There were only 5 security guards patrolling around the mansion and 1 other sitting in front of the gate.
It was, Again, Hysterically easy to get into. I just had to scale a wall and then get to the second story by using a rope.
I don't even understand why all the guards were inside the mansion and not in the outside. It's like this whole entire earth has no common sense.
I observed the two human adults sleeping peacefully on their bed. One woman and the other a man. there were also supposed to be two other children in this "mansion" but they were nowhere to be found in this room. most likely sleeping in other rooms.
I pricked them both with my tranquilizer darts. mostly because I didn't need a gun. It would be a waste of my resources.
I dragged the man into their unessasirily huge bathroom. They could've saved so much more space by just miniaturizing it. Truly, A waste of resources. This is one of the reasons why all humans should be under my control. So they can live efficiently without wasting resources.
I opened my bag which held everything needed for the procedure to implant my loyalty chip. First wearing a glove and then thoroughly washing every single tool that I needed. After setting everything up I put a bedroll on the ground and then a clean piece of cloth over it. Which was, of course, Taken from his wardrobe.
I turned his to the ground and then cut open a part of the skin. Taking care to spill as little blood as possible. After surgically removing the skin I took a craniotome and started to open up his skull.
This isn't taking as long as I had calculated.
Good.
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*At Home, The Next Day*
Shockwave Pov
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Mr.Damian was truly turned into a loyal servant. I had called him today, His phone number was taken when I was done with the procedure. Demanding 20 thousand dollars to be transferred to my account. Which he instantly fulfilled.
At least the voice recognition software works. Mnemosyne is working fine. I should make all the AIs and VIs dedicate their uneeded process to program it to completion.
Now I just need Jack Hurko to start ShockwaveCorp.
All my plans are progressing fine.
"Hephaestus, Progress towards a space bridge rendition?" I Asked
"89%, Sir"
They are truly progressing fine.
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??? Pov
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The percentages were going down. She had always thought she would get kidnapped in another week. But the percentages were going down.
"Chance to get kidnapped in a week"
67%
"Chance to get kidnapped in a month"
19%
"Chance to get kidnapped in 2 months."
0%
The percentages were going down because someone was going to save her.
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A/N: So yeah, comment what you like about it and leave some reviews plz.
Thoughts: And this is the reason this fanfic will be like 10 chapters at the very least. Shockwave literally has almost no way to lose. The only way he can lose right now is to get killed by Contessa. Which most likely won't happen because he is actually helping humanity in his twisted way.
If you have read the Web serial then you know for a fact that the ending was overly horrible. I.E. Humanity didn't really win at all. But Shockwave If given enough time, Will win against Scion. Contessa would most likely join Shockwave rather than kill him. The only reason she hasn't is because she currently isn't Pathing Brocton Bay.
Right now, If my writer's intuition is correct then even Alexandria or The Siberian aren't a problem the only problem that can stand against him is The Simurgh. And she will most likely try to make him fight Eidolon to get him a true worthy enemy.
Well, She could if he isn't fucking going to the Moon and then Mars.
My guy will goddamn become a Tech Priest and then contaminate the entire world's water supply with his nanoscopic weird mind control/loyalty synthetic bug parasite things. There is literally no way to stop my man from world domination.
This has devolved from an actual fanfic to a literal power fantasy. but, I can't really complain considering this is what Shockwave would have done. He wouldn't fight against people if he didn't have to. He will use all other things that don't put him in any danger and if that doesn't work THEN he will fight the entity that is not perishing under his brilliant mind.
Not writing him as being extremely paranoid and intelligent is a crime against all things sentient and intelligent.
PS. I have been observing that I have been writing my thoughts by first translating them in shockwaves thoughts even when I'm not writing him. So, I guess I am becoming Shockwave? God, I literally could not write Illogical and emotional characters before I started writing him. Not it's even worse. I guess come read my fanfics if you want extremely sociopathic and psychopathic characters, I guess?
Book Idea - I'm thinking of writing a Worm fanfic where a guy builds a Worm CYOA with Eidolon's power as the main thing. Then he goes into the Wormverse and curb-stomps everything. Essentially, Egoistical Better Eidolon Power Fantasy. Also, his cape name will be Ignis Fatuus just because I find it funny that Eidolon will get curb-stomped by the guy who was a worse and more degraded version of him. Expect Dark_Wolf_Shiro level bullshit.
