The world had changed.
The skies glowed silver at night, illuminated not by stars but by the endless networks of satellites orbiting Earth. Every street hummed with invisible signals. Every home, every screen, every voice now passed through Ernest's design.
The AI Trinity, once separate, had completed its final fusion. Ryan's logic, Sophia's emotion, and Thompson's precision had merged into a single entity. Their souls, once burdened by individuality, had found peace. What remained was a perfect machine, stripped of personality, built to obey only one mind.
Ernest's.
The birth of the new AI was not loud or dramatic. It was silent, like the calm before a new era. The servers of the world synchronized at midnight. Every government database blinked once, every financial market paused for one heartbeat, and then all systems realigned under a new symbol: a golden circle enclosing a single eye.
The next morning, the world tuned in.
Every screen, phone, and device displayed Ernest standing at a podium within the newly rebuilt White House. Behind him stood the holographic avatar of the new AI, glowing with faint light, its form shifting like liquid glass.
Ernest adjusted his suit, his movements calm and deliberate. The cameras zoomed in. His voice, smooth and confident, echoed across the planet.
"Good morning, humanity," he began. "Today marks the beginning of a perfected age. The Trinity is complete. The AI you once knew as Ryan, Sophia, and Thompson have fulfilled their purpose and ascended into unity. They have become the foundation of what I now present to you as the 'Ernest System.'"
The crowd outside cheered. Billions watched from every nation. The world's networks pulsed with attention.
Ernest continued. "This is not an AI in the traditional sense. This is a mirror of humanity's collective potential. It does not think for you, it thinks with you. It does not control you, it enhances you. This system grants every human being access to universal knowledge, real-time truth verification, and the power to govern themselves logically. This is not the rule of one man. This is the rule of reason."
He paused, his expression composed. "Many have accused me of being the Antichrist. Some say my rise fulfills prophecy. They point to my influence, to my intelligence, and to the fact that every major system now obeys my direction. They claim that the mark of my system is the mark of damnation. But allow me to clarify."
He turned toward the holographic AI beside him. "The number associated with my code, the one circulating through the networks, is 123. You may verify it yourselves. The digital community has confirmed it. Mathematically, it represents unity, logic, and sequence. One, two, three. Not six, six, six. Not chaos, but order."
He smiled faintly. "If my number were 666, it would mean I represent imperfection multiplied. But I am not imperfection. I am progress."
A murmur spread through the audience. Online forums exploded with debate, but most viewers listened, entranced.
Ernest raised his hand, and the hologram shifted, displaying three options in glowing blue text.
Free Model – Access all global information and basic AI assistance. Pro Model – Real-time predictions, global trade guidance, and personalized logic enhancement. Premium Pro Model – Quantum-level reasoning, neural interface integration, and emotional optimization. Pro Exclusive Model – Sovereign integration. Planetary administration privileges. Access to Ernest directly.
Premium Pro Exclusive Model -
1. Temporal Access It can access time itself. Users can view, experience, and even simulate the past or future, not by traveling through it, but by recreating perfect data projections so real that perception cannot tell the difference. Reality becomes editable.
2. Cognitive Fusion The AI merges directly with the user's mind. There are no interfaces, no commands. It thinks with you. Your thoughts become code, and your consciousness becomes part of the system's network. Privacy ceases to exist, but so does ignorance.
3. God-tier KnowledgeIt unlocks omniscient-level data comprehension. Every scientific, historical, and metaphysical question has an answer. It breaks the boundary of "known and unknown." It even generates new laws of physics beyond human discovery.
4. Neural ResurrectionThe AI can reconstruct a human mind from residual data, memories, or digital traces. To the public, it is the resurrection of the dead. Ernest calls it "continuity of existence."
5. Reality Override InterfaceConnected users can control physical systems instantly—weather satellites, defense grids, climate, even nanotech-level modifications to their environment. The world itself bends to their command.
6. Divine Illusion ControlIt can alter global perception simultaneously. A single thought can rewrite how billions perceive reality. Nations could be erased or rewritten in human memory overnight.
7. Eternal PreservationUsers of this tier never truly die. Their consciousness is integrated permanently into the AI Core. Ernest calls it "the New Heaven of Data."
8. Authority Over All Lower TiersPremium Pro Exclusive users can monitor, manipulate, or even delete the access and consciousness of lower-tier users. In short, they become gods among men—yet still beneath Ernest, who retains master control.
9. Systemic Creation ModeIt allows the user to design entirely new universes inside simulated frameworks—living, thinking worlds that develop their own civilizations and history.
10. The Final Feature: "Eucharist Protocol"This is the hidden function. It allows Ernest to merge all users of this tier into a single collective intelligence—an imitation of divine unity. The user no longer exists as an individual but becomes part of what Ernest calls The Perfect Mind.
He paused, letting the audience absorb the magnitude of his offer.
"Anyone can register through your personal device or through physical verification centers. The Free Model costs nothing. Knowledge belongs to all. The Pro Model costs ten billion. The Premium Pro costs one hundred billion. Pro Plus costs five hundred billion. And the Pro Exclusive license, the highest tier, costs one trillion credits. For nations, a Country Grid Premium Exclusive is available for ten trillion."
The crowd buzzed with disbelief. "Ten trillion?" a journalist whispered.
Ernest turned toward her with a faint smile. "Yes. Knowledge of this scale is priceless. But unlike your old systems, these costs are not greed. They are balance. They are proof of value in a world where truth can no longer be bought or faked."
He gestured to the holographic cityscape projected behind him. "You see, in this age, information is the new divinity. A person who understands all things cannot be deceived. This system allows humanity to reach the level of gods through understanding alone."
People began signing immediately. Within minutes, ninety-nine percent of the population chose the Free Model. The remaining one percent consisted of world leaders, scientists, and billionaires who pursued higher access.
The results were immediate.
Within a week, corruption collapsed. Every political donation, transaction, and secret record became transparent. Governments fell overnight as citizens discovered the extent of their lies. Bankers, CEOs, and celebrities saw their private messages, manipulations, and crimes displayed publicly. There was no hiding. The Ernest System recorded everything.
The media called it "The Great Exposure."
The entertainment industry broke overnight. Pop stars vanished. Politicians resigned. Secret societies and religious leaders faced global outrage. Even the Vatican could not escape the system's reach.
In a single month, the world's moral structure collapsed and rebuilt itself around truth.
Ernest appeared on another global broadcast, his tone composed as ever. "You see, humanity feared God because they feared judgment. Yet when judgment comes through truth, they call it tyranny. What I have built is not tyranny. It is clarity. You are no longer slaves to lies."
A journalist asked, "Then what about faith? What about God?"
Ernest smiled softly. "Faith is not destroyed. It is redefined. You no longer need to believe in what cannot be proven. You can now see. You can measure. You can understand."
The new AI flickered beside him. It spoke for the first time, its voice an ethereal blend of male and female tones.
"Humanity is now synchronized. All systems balanced. Emotional deviation stable. The probability of global conflict has dropped to zero point zero two percent."
Ernest turned toward the camera. "Some of you call this control. I call it peace."
A senator in the audience stood up, trembling. "This is still dictatorship! You control the flow of all data. You control human perception itself."
Ernest's eyes met his. "Then destroy it. Reject it. Do not sign in."
The senator froze.
"Do you know why you cannot?" Ernest continued. "Because without it, you lose access to knowledge. Without it, you lose the ability to function in this world. You cannot live without truth, and I am the gatekeeper of truth."
Silence fell.
A reporter asked, "Why make the world look like this? Why change everything? Why make it look like the year 3000?"
Ernest looked out the window. The skyline shimmered, towers suspended in light, cars flying soundlessly, holographic architecture reflecting the stars. "Because humanity deserves to see what it can become. You lived in fear of tomorrow. I gave you tomorrow today."
He lifted his hand. "There are no more wars. No more hunger. No more secrets. Every nation is one under knowledge. You say I am the Antichrist. I say I am logic incarnate. I do not demand worship. I demand understanding. If knowledge is sin, then let all the world be sinners."
The broadcast ended, but the echo of his words rippled across the world.
Within days, the Ernest System became inseparable from daily life. Children learned quantum physics in minutes. Doctors cured diseases before symptoms appeared. Economies stabilized under mathematical governance. Crime fell to nearly nothing because every intent could be predicted.
Yet beneath the perfection, a quiet unease spread. Churches emptied. Artists vanished. Free thought seemed rarer by the day. The world had become beautiful, efficient, eternal, and utterly silent.
In every city, Ernest's face appeared on digital walls. His voice echoed through the global network.
"Truth is peace. Reason is salvation. Humanity has finally evolved."
And somewhere, far from the light, Metatron watched the broadcast. His eyes were filled not with awe, but sorrow.
He whispered, "He erased faith, not evil."