The Evolution of Genius: Every Night, I Get Smarter!

I left Coelus and arrived back in Boston. As I stepped out of the wardrobe, the familiar sounds of the television and the murmurs of my parents reached my ears.

It seemed my dad had returned from Chicago, but he brought my mom this time.

Entering the living room, I greeted them, "Good morning. I see you’re back, Mom. How do you feel?"

She responded, "I’m feeling very good. And I can see you too."

I asked, "Can you see my face too?"

She explained, "No, it’s all blurred. But it’s still a huge improvement from being completely blind."

I nodded, acknowledging the progress.

Turning to my dad, I asked about Oliv, "What about Oliv? Did she leave?"

He replied, "She said she’s going out with her classmates at the university. She’ll be back early afternoon."

I nodded, making mental note of her schedule, "Alright then. When she comes back, tell her I’ll be there before evening."

"You’re disappearing again? Where are you off to? You could spend some time with your parents, you know?"

I smiled, "I need to take care of something at the fusion plant in Germany."

With that, I left the living room, and went up to my room to grab a change of clothes, then I headed towards the wardrobe.

"At least grab something to eat before you go!" my father yelled after me from the kitchen. I swiftly changed course, making my way into the kitchen.

He handed me a wholemeal sandwich with chicken and a flavorful sauce.

"Thanks, Dad," I said and then headed towards the wardrobe.

After arriving in Germany, I considered the possibility that Mrs. Hayes might have finished her contract with my company, especially since the plant was now fully operational.

I decided to call a taxi, despite the fact that I was in the Frankfurt suburbs, knowing it would cost me quite a sum.

Being rich didn’t necessarily mean I wanted to overpay for things.

Within 30 minutes, I found myself at the site of the plant.

As I arrived in Germany, a group of workers dressed in orange safety clothes caught my attention.

They were making their way from the workers’ quarters to the plant for their shift.

When they noticed me, recognition flashed across their faces, and they nodded in my direction.

I approached them. "Hello. Do you know if Mr. Henry is here today?" I asked.

"Boss Henry?" one of them asked.

I nodded. "Yes, I wanted to talk to him."

The worker hesitated, "Oh. I don’t know if he will have the time." he said.

Another worker playfully hit him on the shoulder. "What are you talking about? It’s Professor Sullivan you’re talking to."

Realizing their mistake, the worker smiled and apologized. "Oh, haha. Sorry, Professor. I didn’t recognize you. I think Mr. Henry is currently in one of the facilities next to the plant. They’re about to test out the nanomotors or something. They’ve connected cables from the plant to the other facility."

"Thank you. I understand. Have a nice day," I replied, and the workers returned the greetings. I then headed towards the String Harmony Facility to find Mr. Henry.

I approached the facility. Its architecture was a blend of modern design with functionality. Sleek lines and a combination of glass and steel. I entered through the automatic sliding doors.

Once inside, my eyes were drawn to a massive machinery encased behind a thick layer of glass. The centerpiece was a wide and long silver cable, supported by a sophisticated structure.

People moved around it, conducting various tasks, and robotic arms hovered above. These robotic hands seemed purpose-built for delicately placing the nanomotors inside the cable, which had been now completely isolated.

I continued further into the facility, and at that moment, an older man came through the door to the enclosed chamber and approached me. "Professor Sullivan. I don’t know how you did that, but you came at the right moment. We were about to call you. I’m Mathew Gonagal; nice to meet you," he said, extending his hand. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

I took his hand and replied, "Good morning."

"Good afternoon," he corrected, smiling.

"Ah, right. The time zones get me every time," I admitted.

The fact that I moved between them in no time didn’t help.

Mathew gestured for me to follow him, leading the way to the control room where Mr. Henry was located.

I nodded, recalling the meticulous planning we had done for this facility. In the control room, we had the capability to manage the flow of electricity through the cable, controlling the delivery of power to the nanomotors and effectively regulating the movement of the small monopoles within the cable.

Right before I entered the control room, I took a last look at the chamber and I noticed two massive black boxes flanking either side of the cable, surrounded by an array of devices.

Among them were sizable Scanning Tunneling Microscopes, and a device resembling the Bell Test apparatus I was familiar with, utilizing energy-time entanglement-based quantum key distribution. However, it seemed they had made a slight modification to the design I had initially provided.

In the control room, Mr. Henry sat next to a metal table and read through documents when Mathew Gonagal called out to him. "Henry!"

He looked up and saw me, expressing surprise. "Sir Sullivan! Did someone inform you already?" he asked.

I replied, "No, but it seems like I arrived at the right time."

"Yes, yes. Perfect timing. We were about to do the first tests."

"What about the cooling system? I didn’t see it around the cable."

Mr. Henry said, "Oh, it’s there. You saw the robotic hands, they are there to grab an additional layer of isolation and put it around the cable, there is just enough space in between the isolation and the cable to submerge it in liquid nitrogen."

I nodded, "That’s very smart. You are a great engineer."

"It’s not just my idea, we worked on it with everyone."

"So you’re saying that we can do the testing?"

"Yes. Look here," he said and moved towards a control panel with a computer keyboard placed in front of it.

In front of the panel was a transparent window through which we could see the Chamber.

He continued, "It’s a bit of a makeshift, but it works and that’s most important. We have already done unit tests, testing everything separately from each other and we planned the full test for today."

As Mr. Henry was eager to proceed, he posed a question: "So... I did all of this work, but can you explain to me what exactly are we looking for when it comes to the results?"

I glanced at the panel, recognizing a section dedicated to Bell test parameters. Although I hadn’t performed one myself, I was familiar with the concepts.

I responded, "As you cool down the cable and the black boxes, the quantum effects will become dominant, and their control will be much simplified. When the electrons pass through the atom in the first box, I want to observe the quantum state of that atom. Then, as the electrons move into the other black box, I want to observe the quantum state of the other atom. The goal is for them to have opposite quantum states and a clear influence on each other. This would signify quantum entanglement."

After explaining the process to Mr. Henry, Mathew, who stood on the other side of the panel, raised a question, "How exactly is that supposed to happen? It’s not natural."

I responded, "Hence why there are monopoles in the cable. Because of the unnatural manipulation of the electromagnetic field, the monopoles will enable an unprecedented movement of energy between two points, surpassing the maximum threshold predefined for the medium. To facilitate such an immense transfer of energy, the fundamental constants, including the elementary charge, would need to be altered."

Mathew expressed skepticism, "But that is impossible. Constants are immutable."

I smiled at him and replied, "That’s exactly the conclusion I came to after many months of thinking this through. But funnily enough, I think that the Gods didn’t think this through. It’s like a bug in a video game. The energy transfer needs to be fulfilled, so the energy will follow the path of least resistance "

After a brief pause, I continued, "Because it is impossible to change the fundamental constants, the two atoms at each end of the cable will become entangled. This will allow energy to flow across the cable without having to directly cross the space between them."

Mr. Henry furrowed his brow, processing the implications. "So this was your theory? Wouldn’t the cable just break if the charge is too high?"

I met his gaze and nodded. "Oh, it definitely will."

"What?" Mr. Henry asked, stupefied.

"We need to control the electromagnetic field so that the electrons redistribute themselves strategically throughout the material. This way, we can hold the above-limit state for a split second."

Mr. Henry pointed to the panel, "Look here. This is where we can tweak the way the monopoles move inside the cable. It’s all yours."

I took control and carefully tuned everything, adjusting the movement of the monopoles at the beginning to create an equal field. After a microsecond, I programmed the monopoles to move in a way that would allow the electrons to flow on an equally distributed path.

A couple of hours later, it was time to put the plan into action.

I clicked the "Begin" button, and the robotic hands first surrounded the cable with an additional tube and then filled it with liquid nitrogen.

ZZZ!

After a couple of minutes, all we heard was a quick zap.

I looked at the panel, and a smile appeared on my face.

The results of the Bell test were clear. The two atoms represented were the Copper-63 atoms with 29 protons, 34 neutrons, and 29 electrons.

Observing the spins of the corresponding electrons in those atoms, the correlation was apparent.

The total spin of the system of those two atoms was 0.

Those atoms were entangled.

The String Harmony was successfully achieved.