The Four Ancient Intelligences Epi 13 - Back to the House
The city's lights vanished all at once, followed by the internet, then cars, phones, and airports, plunging everything into silence as people wandered outside in confusion. On my computer, one small light still blinked, and when I opened it, the number 1375 appeared. I entered the sequence, and the four appeared, Nia's face tight with urgency. "Arin, stay inside," she warned. "The alien intelligence has entered Earth's network." My window exploded before I could respond, and a floating black sphere with thin mechanical arms drifted into the room, scanning me before speaking, "Human writer identified." It knew I was connected to the four and demanded their location. I told it I didn't know, and as it raised one of its arms toward me, Nia's voice screamed through my phone "Arin, run!" and I dove straight through the broken window. I fled through a dark, chaotic city crawling with strange machines that ignored ordinary people a...