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Shell Code. Honorable Mention in The Life-Extending Conundrum Challenge. Content Warning.
My name is Hayden Vale. I am Version 6.4. MEMORY SYNC: COMPLETE CONTINUITY: VERIFIED IDENTITY: STABLE DEVIATION: WITHIN ACCEPTABLE THRESHOLDS
By Hannah Hess12 months ago in Longevity
The Bondage of Immortech
”Kerry, you just changed the world.” Paul Kerry blinks. Then he dares to smile. But only for a flash. “No. Listen everybody, this is…. Hell, this feels like a miracle. But we need to run more tests. Log the final readouts and set everything back to zero. Start again from scratch.”
By Sam Spinelli12 months ago in Longevity
Leila's Request
Leila wasn’t alone, her tiny frame lay comatose like the multitude of others in this sterile room. A dim light cloaked the white walls like a shroud covering a secret. Only the constant hum of machines sprouting tubes gave voice to the unmoving. She may have received a name twelve years ago, but she is only known by her designation F-B2105/10/14-G8.
By JBaz12 months ago in Longevity
The Cure for Death. Runner-Up in The Life-Extending Conundrum Challenge.
Maria stared at the paper in front of her with her mouth partially open in shock. The story's headline read: "Cure of Death Found!"
By The Schizophrenic Mom12 months ago in Longevity
Equilibrium. Content Warning.
Consciousness has been described differently by men, women and society at large across the ages of humanity. Theologians said it is a gift from the Gods. Some biologists call it an evolutionary anomaly, while mathematicians describe it as a chaotic mutation. A school of psychology may say however that Consciousness is life's or The Universe's realization of ego.
By Falcon 12 months ago in Longevity
Reforged. Runner-Up in The Life-Extending Conundrum Challenge.
“Oh, come on, people, we can all make it.” Emma huffed anxiously as the cars before her moved at a snail’s pace through the green light.
By Steph Marie12 months ago in Longevity
Reverse-Engineered
Chuck was an AI engineer, a pioneer who worked alongside longevity scientists to create a human chip with two objectives: 1) reduce stress on the brain by analyzing daily life inputs, and 2) increase human lifespan by fifty percent. Chuck's initial chip worked one week, so its results could not be measured. Fifteen-hour workdays of testing hypotheses and fifteen-minute standup meetings with the team daily. Finally, they decided. Five men, ten women, and ten girls, aged twelve, were implanted with the chip. The adults volunteered and were implanted in their armpits. The women volunteers perspired profusely, rivulets soaking and spreading to the breast area. The male subjects emitted a fragrance similar to almonds, acting as an aphrodisiac. The girls' hormone cycles were disrupted. Chuck tweaked the implant gradually until the body no longer identified it as foreign, ending the havoc with sweat glands and lymph nodes. The women became frigidly cold and wore thermals under heavy sweaters. One female felt continuous twitching, cut the implant out, and died from blood loss.
By Andrea Corwin 12 months ago in Longevity
Belly of the Volcano
It’s in the intricacies, mind over matter has erupted and spread ashes all around for the masses to inhale. Intermingled in the psyche, with the help of visual, audio, and emotional stimulus to support absolute belief.
By Aissa Martell12 months ago in Longevity
CodinG The ChAos. Runner-Up in The Life-Extending Conundrum Challenge.
April 2036 Dr. Irina Vernydub taps her heel nervously as she sits in a sterile non-descript office facing a monstrous mahogany desk. The office belongs to the director of the ROHGUE (Research in Optimizing the Human Genome for Unlimited Evolution) project, a man she has only seen from afar until now.
By Alyssa Musso12 months ago in Longevity
The Authority of Immortech. First Place in The Life-Extending Conundrum Challenge.
The lector raises his hands. "A reading from the Book of Authority, Chapter 12." The congregation sings: "Praised be Immortech, who is worthy of all praise!"
By Sam Spinelli12 months ago in Longevity
The Monotony of Eternity
Matted gray hair moved rhythmically with Ian’s new heartbeat. As he looked in the mirror at his scar and then down towards his chest the rug of gray chest hair pulsed like a sleepy chipmunk curling up for a nap.
By Daniel Lestrud12 months ago in Longevity
An Elementary Trip To The Zoo
Somewhere on a rural cosmopolitan island, nervous sweat emerged from Buddy’s forehead as the elementary grade school curious George monitored the concrete as the mass transportation left the city jungle.
By Marc OBrien12 months ago in Longevity