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Chapter 17 - Whats the Innovation

"Okay I'm done with the basics now I want to lift the heavy… I mean the dumbbells" I said after finishing 100 pushups, sit-ups, crunches and some other added workouts.

"Alright." It said, giving me instructions on how to open a secret compartment, under the bed. 

I brought each out by their weight tags. 

(10KG) Lifting this was easy, in my opinion, but it still amazed me how far we've gone. I mean, now we can make….dumbbells. 

(50KG) Well… that's something, but still, that's still kind of easy.

(75KG) Ok, okay… that's, that's actually heavy, wow.

(100kg) Yeah, that took all I had to just lift it.. And they were multiple….

"Great work master Rio, if you continue like this around 5 times every week then you will witness serious improvements in your physics within the next 30days." 

"Wh..what was so great a…about me lifting these things, when I couldn't even lift them all.." I said, panting on my knees. I was legit too weak to stand.

Knowing my strengths, I will need to improve but then, at the same time, adapt, but that won't be a problem.

This world was weird. The AI could talk to me through speakers connected to a CPU that is built under the house.

After my workout session, I knew I still had more to learn about this new place I just spawned in but I will take my time working around it.

I took a hot bath and then afterwards, I had some coffee. The next order of the day was how to get a meal, but there were some supplies in the house stored in cabinets and a cooling system called a fridge.

"I need to take a bath…." I said.

"oh well, do you want your bath cold, warm or hot." It replied.

"cold." I immediately responded.

"Plus, what's your name?" I asked, kind of curious.

"oh, well, I do not have a name, I am an assistant and that's all." It replied.

"Then how do I summon you? Do I just call you assistant?" i asked.

"Well, yes, that's okay, that's perfect actually." It replied me.

Soon after I was done taking my bath and I ventured out, I dried myself, and then I proceeded to actually wear something. 

I opened the wardrobe, and then I saw a lot of clothes, some hung, some folded. I tried on a wool-sewn shirt, a round neck with no buttons, and then shorts, thick blue baggy shorts with a lot of pockets.

"So many pockets," I said out loud.

"Well, they are called combat shorts, but in pants, they are called cargo pants," It replied.

"I still don't understand. That doesn't explain anything in my opinion. They are called whatever they are called, but why are they made??" I asked once more.

"Oh, it's a kind of style of clothing that's not popular yet and has a selected audience. There is no particular reason for the multiple pockets. It helps carrying things, but that was not the innovation behind the design. It was just designed to look like teenagers would say…cool," It explained.

"Oh I see, well it looks stupid in my opinion, but whatever, that's not my concern," I said, walking towards the other window at the end of the room where a cylinder was.

"So is there anything to eat?" I asked, as I waltzed around opening cupboards.

"well no but there are ingredients." It answered.

I knew how to cook, but that didn't mean I knew exactly what to do. Things are kind of different from then. 

"Well, I see that, but everything here is mostly canned or sealed, so…what do I do?" I said again, bringing out canned tomato pastes and some other canned ingredients. 

"Well, first, may I ask what you want to cook?" It asked me.

I replied saying," Well, a kind of stew." 

"Oh then just open this and…." It began to teach me.

Things are different this time and don't get me wrong. They are good. Well, at least some are good, but then for some I just don't know what I can see down what is the innovation behind this?

There are canned tomatoes now and so many other canned things, including things I never thought could be canned. I mean how in the world you can fish and meat, knowing very well they are highly perishable but these, they aren't. They last for months and that's just, according to her, they are processed. I don't know what that is yet, but I didn't really ask….how? Any who the AI showed me what to do and just like that, It was 4pm, marking the early evening.

I was having my breakfast by 4 while asking questions.

Then suddenly I remembered something I saw in the store I was apprehended.

"So what is a Pepsi?" I asked, remembering the name of a plastic bottle I saw filled with dark liquid.

"That's called a soda. Pepsi is a soda-making company th..." it explained vividly, even giving me names of other companies that make other kinds of soda.

"May I recommend something? "it said, as I was finishing my food.

"Since you wish to know more about a lot, then the dictionary will help, for anything you need an image of I will provide and explain in depth, but the dictionary will give you the words to search for and learn about." It said…

That was true: I needed a book that had all the words necessary for my search and that led me to the shelf where a whole new set of questions were now on the rise.

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