Chapter 251: The Future Arrives
NovaCorp
Time passed like a blur. Days turned to weeks, weeks into months. NovaCorp wasn't just making waves anymore—it was making history.
Adams sat at his desk, the skyline of NovaCity stretching endlessly beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. But his eyes weren't on the view. They were on the three holographic displays floating before him.
Three new projects. Three game-changers.
The Nova Glide – First True Flying Car
The first display flickered, showing a sleek, futuristic vehicle hovering just above the city streets. The Nova Glide wasn't just a car—it was the car. Its smooth, aerodynamic design made it look like something ripped straight out of a sci-fi movie, with a glossy black body that shimmered under the neon lights.
No wheels. No roads. Just pure flight.
Its engines hummed with a low, almost musical sound, powered by a revolutionary anti-gravity core developed in-house at NovaCorp. Unlike those clunky hover vehicles that still relied on thrusters, the Nova Glide floated effortlessly, moving with the precision of a bird in flight.
Inside, the cockpit was all holograms and soft blue lighting. No clunky buttons, no outdated dashboards—just a single AI interface that responded to thought commands.
Adams smirked as he watched the test footage. The car weaved through the air like it was alive, shifting effortlessly between sky lanes and executing maneuvers that should've been impossible.
"Perfect," he muttered.
The Nova Edge – Next-Gen Hoverboard
The second display shifted, revealing something that was bound to shake the world up even more—a hoverboard that actually worked. Not those cheap gimmicks that barely hovered a few inches off the ground.
This was the Nova Edge.
It was slim, sleek, and impossibly fast. A smooth, obsidian-black surface with glowing cyan energy lines running across its length. When activated, the board whispered rather than roared, floating seamlessly as if gravity itself had been rewritten.
NovaCorp's Breakthrough Shocks the World
The world was already talking about Eclipse Online. About how it felt too real, about how it blurred the line between game and reality. But now? Now, NovaCorp had dropped something even bigger.
Three things.
Three impossible things.
And the whole world lost its mind.
News stations ran special segments. Social media was on fire. Tech forums crashed from traffic. Everyone—gamers, engineers, even government officials—was scrambling to understand how NovaCorp had done it.
A sleek studio with neon-lit walls. A reporter in a crisp suit turned to the camera, voice brimming with excitement.
"First, they gave us Eclipse Online. Now, NovaCorp has shattered reality itself! A flying car, a real hoverboard, and an A.I. that thinks on its own? What kind of futuristic insanity is this?!"
Behind him, massive holo-screens displayed the three innovations. The Nova Glide, floating in mid-air. The Nova Edge, effortlessly skimming above the streets. And the Nova Sentinel, standing still but somehow watching.
Then, the test footage rolled.
The world watched.
And the world reacted.
The Nova Glide – The Car That Defies Gravity
Clips spread across the net. The first time the Nova Glide lifted off the ground—smooth, silent, effortless—had millions staring in disbelief.
No wings. No thrusters. No ridiculous jet engines. Just pure flight.
And then came the speed tests.
Aerial drones struggled to keep up as the Glide zipped through sky lanes, weaving between buildings like something out of a cyberpunk dream. The onboard A.I. predicted movements before they happened, dodging obstacles with inhuman precision.
One clip went viral instantly.
A test driver sat in the cockpit, grinning. "Alright, let's push it a little."
He barely finished speaking before the Nova Glide disappeared—a streak of light shooting across the skyline.
The internet exploded.
"Did that thing just teleport?!"
"Nah bro, that's just acceleration. Instant. Acceleration."
"Tesla's crying right now."
The Nova Edge – The Hoverboard That Shouldn't Exist
Then came the Nova Edge.
Skaters, athletes, even military analysts watched in awe as the board defied physics. Riders flipped through the air like anime protagonists, gliding effortlessly over rooftops, moving as if gravity had forgotten them.
One clip showed a test pilot skating sideways along a skyscraper—completely vertical—before launching off the edge and landing smoothly on a rooftop a block away.
Comments flooded in.
"That's not a hoverboard, that's a cheat code."
"I need this. Right now."
"Some dude is gonna rob a bank on this thing, mark my words."
The Nova Sentinel – The Robot That Feels Too Real
And then… the Nova Sentinel.
This was the real controversy.
The test footage was insane.
A Nova Sentinel unit stood in a combat arena, facing ten high-speed drones. The moment they attacked, it vanished—moving faster than any machine had a right to move. It dodged, countered, analyzed.
It didn't just react.
It learned.
One clip showed a Sentinel facing off against an elite MMA fighter. At first, the fighter held his own, landing a few clean hits. But after ten seconds?
The Sentinel adjusted.
It dodged everything. Blocked everything. And then, with a flicker of golden eyes—it copied him.
Same stance. Same movements. Only faster. Smarter.
The fight ended with the Sentinel stopping an incoming punch an inch from the fighter's face.
Then, it smiled.
The internet froze.
"Did it just...smile?"
"Nope. Nope nope nope. Shut it down. This is how Skynet starts."
"Bro, we just unlocked the cyberpunk era for real."
Governments wanted answers. Scientists demanded explanations. Tech giants scrambled to figure out how NovaCorp had made an A.I. this advanced.
But Adams?
Adams just sat in his office, watching the chaos unfold with a smirk.
He had plans.
And this?
This was just the beginning.
Test footage showed a rider gliding over skyscrapers, flipping through the air with zero resistance, weaving between traffic like a ghost. The controls? Simple. Thought-based movement, enhanced by an adaptive AI that adjusted to the user's body.
Skaters, thrill-seekers, even professionals—everyone would want one.
Adams leaned back, his black hair catching the light.
"Now that's style."
The Nova Sentinel – The First True AI Companion
The third screen was the real prize. The real revolution.
The Nova Sentinel.
At first glance, it looked like a humanoid figure, sleek and metallic, with an almost too human face. But its golden eyes glowed with something more than simple programming.
It was more than a robot. It thought. It adapted. It learned.
A.I. had always been a step behind, limited by its inability to evolve on its own. But NovaCorp had broken past that barrier. The Nova Sentinel could grow—not just in knowledge, but in personality. Each unit would develop its own quirks, its own habits.
Footage played on the screen:
A test unit stood in a combat arena, facing off against a squad of security drones. The second they moved, so did it—blurring, dodging, countering, every motion precise, like something out of a high-speed anime fight scene.
And then, the kicker—when the last drone fired a simulated bullet, the Sentinel tilted its head, caught the projectile mid-air, and crushed it with an almost… amused look.
Adams chuckled. "Now that's a problem solver."
The three projects were done. Ready.
And NovaCorp?
It wasn't just a company anymore. It was the future.