The Divine Dissimulation [Complete]

Chapter 41 Abraham’s peace is shattered

Abraham was meditating under the ever-blooming Lotus Tree in the Divine Dimension. Initially, it had surprised him that he enjoyed the stillness and the vastness of the infinite, more than overlooking his subjects but then it had dawned on him: The old Abraham was no more. The Abraham of Earth had limited time to achieve what he wanted, so he had never allowed himself to let things go. Abraham was incredibly good at controlling things, so good, so he had reached this form of godhood. Once Abraham had attained godhood, he got a new outlook on life. With near-infinite power over his subjects and unlimited time, control was less important than before, and he allowed himself to meditate for months on end. 

Suddenly, Abraham felt a burning headache that shattered the peace and knocked him to the ground. He screamed his lung out in pain, but no one answered his calls as he was the only one there. Eventually, the pain diminished, and he got back to his senses. The pain reminded him of the insignificant nibbling he felt every time someone on Eden died. But this time it felt thousand times more intense.  Had something happened to one of his angels? He could feel the connection to all the angels on Eden but from the ones living on Earth, it was only static. Abraham tried to contact Lucifer, but his signal indicated a very low consciousness, so he was probably in suspended animation. Abraham contacted Nuriel, a lower-ranked Angel.

Abraham Goldstein:

-          Nuriel I feel a great disturbance in the force. Have you spoken to the Angels on Earth?

Nuriel:

-          I haven't spoken to them, our orbit is too far away from Earth for our telepathic connection to work, and Earth is on the other side of the sun which blocks our encrypted messages. Last time we received a message from them was a week ago, and back then everything was going according to plan

Abraham Goldstein:

-          I see, can you contact them now?

Nuriel:

-          Unfortunately, not. They will be blocked by the sun’s electromagnetic interference zone for another week.

Abraham Goldstein:

-          This is an emergency contact them via Spacenet.

Spacenet was the 29th-century interplanetary networks covering every nook and cranny of the solar system. Spacenet consisted of thousands of satellites in different orbits around the sun, and it made it possible to always contact every human settlement regardless of their relative position towards each other. It was developed through the centuries to avoid problems arising when settlements came in the radio shadow caused by the sun or other celestial objects. It was rarely used for transmitting sensitive information as it had limited capabilities for secure encryption. This was because the quantum computing power and AI at the time were so advanced, so any encrypted message could be decrypted instantly.  The computing power was not an issue in the 29th century, but the speed of light was. Thus, every satellite contained a clone of the entire public part of Spacenet to improve the usage speed. Sending a message to another part of the solar system could take hours though, based on the distance between the two colonies.

Abraham navigated Spacenet through the eyes of Nuriel and checked the distance to Earth. Earth was 45 light minutes away from Eden meaning that the earliest he could get a response from the Angel Malphat who was left in charge on Earth was in 1.5 hours. Deciding to pass the time Abraham read the news to find out what was happening on Earth. Finding out about the explosion at Goldstein Tower and his presumed death was too much for Abraham who passed out from the shock.