Tag: Near-Future Thriller
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 29 — Hope
The transparent elevator began to descend without a sound. Beyond the glass wall, a vast underground research facility unfolded level by level. A floor where robot arms assembled silver torsos; a floor where quantum computer halls bathed in blue cooling light stretched on endlessly; a bio-lab where artificial organs pulsed inside glass culture tanks; and…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 24 — HOMO DEUS
Pluto’s red eyes, which had been tracking steadily, went still — brightening and dimming in a slow, rhythmic blink. It seemed as though his life was running out. “That’s right. That’s exactly it. But you are not the culprit. Because it was not your free will — it was a hidden command buried inside you…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 23 — The Frankenstein
The camera drone projected into mid-air another video that Pluto was transmitting. It was a view of the secret laboratory located in the basement of Dr. Jang Jin-gyu’s grand mansion. The blood-soaked police robot Pluto stood guard before the massive laboratory door. On the experimental tables lay the bodies of Investigation Team Leader Jang Jeong-guk…