The following days were a constant exercise in acting.
Iker smiled. He waved. He nodded.
But inside, Gabriel—the real one—analyzed everything with the clinical rigor of a forensic scientist trapped inside the suspect's body.
The Ayala mansion was a prison disguised as a palace.
An architecture of opulence and coldness.
Too many automatic doors. Too many silences. Too many paintings of important men with clenched jaws.
He slept little. He barely ate. He walked barefoot to avoid making noise and to observe. He soon discovered the obvious: the Ayala family didn't love him... and didn't need him either.
He was an awkward son. An ignored husband. A distant father.
The real Iker Ayala—as he discovered through home recordings and personal files hidden on an old tablet—was a brilliant teenager in his childhood, but troubled in his teens. Bad decisions, drugs, dropping out of school. A forced marriage after an unplanned pregnancy. And a suicide attempt that no one talked about, but that everyone had buried under layers of shame.
Gabriel felt it like a punch in the gut.
"They left me the body of a ghost," he whispered one night. "But this time... I'm going to be the architect of something eternal."
Exploring the house, he found what interested him most:
a private movie theater in the basement. Forgotten, almost ceremonial, covered in dust and black fabric. It was surrounded by decorative columns and worn leather seats. The only light came from a switched-off holographic screen, waiting to be used.
And then, the system spoke. Clearer. Louder. More present.
🧠 Codex Absolutum – Secure Core Detected
Activating Cinematic Learning Mode
Movies available for immediate download:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Lost World (1997)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Jurassic World (2015)
Fallen Kingdom (2018)
Dominion (2022)
Full loading of the saga will allow for the full unlocking of associated technologies.
Do you wish to begin assimilation?
"All of them…?" Iker asked in a whisper that trembled between excitement and fear.
Confirmed. Estimated processing time: 12 hours.
Do you wish to continue?
"Do so."
🕒 [12 hours later]
The outside world didn't move.
But inside, everything had been destroyed and rebuilt.
The system roared like a newly ignited quantum engine.
And after that roar, came the storm.
🚨 FULL DOWNLOAD – Jurassic Saga
Unlocked Technologies:
✅ Advanced Genetic Cloning of Extinct DNA
✅ Reconstruction of Incomplete Genomes Using Synthetic Sequences
✅ Modeling Mesozoic Organisms Using Bioartificial Matrices
✅ Neurohormonal Control of Extinct Animal Behavior
✅ Engineering Closed Habitats with Adaptive Climate
✅ Ethical, Social, and Ecological Fault Lines in Artificial Ecosystems
Gabriel sat in the back row, completely motionless.
But his mind was a hurricane.
I could build all of that.
I could improve it.
I could... redesign the world.
And then, the system added something else. Something that wasn't directly in the movies.
⚙️ NEW BLOCK UNLOCKED: Transhuman Support Technology
Inferred through non-explicit narrative and structural connections.
📦 Functional android model: H1 Series – Kara/David Standard
Inspiration: Detroit: Become Human
Included capabilities:
High-performance biomimetic engines
Natural language processing
Emotional emulation
Modular reconfiguration (medical, scientific, military mode)
Self-repair
Limited replication
📦 General-purpose AI: Codename: Eidolon
Features:
Synthetic environmental awareness
Deep learning
Predictive modeling of human behavior
Ability to operate habitats, laboratories, or urban networks
Visual or completely invisible interfaces
💬 "The fusion of biotechnology and artificial support is now available. Do you want to start prototyping together?"
Iker didn't respond. Not yet.
His thoughts drifted to another dark room. A locked room on the top floor of the mansion. He had discovered an old journal, with faded ink and tear marks. It was Iker's original journal. Fragmented. Full of rage, but also of dreams... broken.
There, amid the guilt and pain, he found a phrase:
"Sometimes I imagine a faraway place, with impossible beasts and no one to judge me for failing."
Gabriel clenched his fist.
"I will build that place."
A sanctuary. A kingdom.
Not a park for entertainment.
An Arkaia.
One where the error of other universes would be only an echo.
One where he would be the author... and this time, he would not fail.