<b>Chapter 11: The Singularity</b>


    The hum of the QSE filled the room as Zak’s monitors flickered, streams of data scrolling too fast for his eyes to process. The live simulation had revealed something unthinkable—an anomaly of unprecedented scale. The numbers didn’t lie.


    “There’s a singularity,” Inet187 had announced.


    Zak’s breath caught. He had expected some fluctuations, maybe even a harmonic distortion, but this? A singularity? Inside the solar system?


    “Where?” he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.


    The AI projected a map of the solar system onto one of the central monitors. A bright marker pulsed between Mars and Jupiter, near the asteroid belt. The mass was small but unmistakable—a gravitational force so intense that it was distorting light and space-time itself.


    Zak’s pulse quickened. “A black hole? That’s impossible. We would’ve detected something like this.”


    “It does not meet traditional black hole parameters,” Inet187 clarified. “Its gravitational influence is measurable, but its event horizon is significantly smaller than predicted by classical models.”


    Zak swallowed hard. His fingers hovered over the keyboard, unsure what to do next. A micro-singularity? Something that had gone undetected in the vast emptiness between planets? It didn’t make sense.


    “This doesn’t make sense,” he muttered. “How can something like this exist so close without anyone noticing?”


    “There are possible explanations,” Inet187 responded. “It could be a remnant of a primordial black hole, formed in the early universe. Or it could be a transient singularity, a temporary fluctuation in space-time.”


    Zak clenched his jaw. This was big. Too big. Theories of primordial black holes had been circulating for years, but no one had ever found definitive proof. And if this was a transient singularity—something shifting through space-time—then it would challenge everything scientists thought they knew about the nature of reality.


    The air in the control room felt heavier, thick with the weight of discovery.


    <b>More Anomalies, More Questions</b>


    Before Zak could process the gravity of what he was looking at, another alert flashed across the monitors.


    <b>NEW ANOMALY DETECTED. LOCATION: KUIPER BELT.</b>


    His eyes snapped to the screen. The Kuiper Belt? The region beyond Neptune was full of frozen debris, but what was it doing producing a gravitational disturbance?


    “This is new,” he murmured.


    “The Kuiper Belt anomaly exhibits similar characteristics to the singularity detected near Mars,” Inet187 explained. “Localized distortions, rapid fluctuations in mass, and unexplained gravitational shifts.”The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    Zak stared at the data. It was happening again—another unexplained mass, this time even farther out in the solar system.


    “I need to see all anomalies we’ve detected so far,” he instructed.


    The screen shifted, displaying a growing list of anomalies scattered across the solar system. There was the micro-singularity near Mars. The oscillating frequency near Jupiter. The fluctuating mass signatures in the asteroid belt. And now, the disturbance in the Kuiper Belt.


    Zak’s stomach tightened. This wasn’t just a singularity. There was a pattern.


    “What the hell is going on?” he whispered.


    “I am compiling an analysis,” Inet187 responded. “Correlations exist between these anomalies and the harmonic triad frequencies of the QSE.”


    Zak’s head snapped up. “You’re saying these anomalies align with our system?”


    “Yes,” the AI confirmed. “The distortions appear to resonate within the 1.3 Hz, 3.9 Hz, and 4.7 Hz frequency bands.”


    Zak’s mouth went dry. The implications were staggering. If these anomalies were responding to the harmonic triad frequencies, it meant that the QSE wasn’t just detecting them—it was interacting with them.


    “What if…” Zak hesitated, his mind racing. “What if the QSE didn’t just find them? What if we triggered them?”


    The AI paused. “The probability of harmonic resonance influencing gravitational fluctuations is currently undetermined. Further analysis is required.”


    Zak felt like the ground beneath him was shifting. Had they uncovered something hidden in the fabric of the universe? Or had they caused something to react?


    <b>The Decision to Act</b>


    Zak pushed back from his desk, running a hand through his hair. His heart was hammering in his chest.


    “I have to report this,” he muttered.


    “That is the logical course of action,” Inet187 agreed.


    Zak felt sick. He was about to send an email to EOSA, SETI, and every major space agency on the planet, telling them that they might have just stumbled upon multiple gravitational anomalies across the solar system. He had already emailed them about the initial anomalies, but this… this was different.


    He opened a new email and hesitated.


    If the QSE was influencing these distortions, if these anomalies were somehow connected to his work, then he wasn’t just reporting a discovery. He was admitting that something unprecedented had happened—and that he was at the center of it.


    His fingers hovered over the keyboard.


    “What do I even say?” he whispered.


    “The anomalies align with theoretical gravitational fluctuations predicted by quantum field interactions,” Inet187 suggested. “A formal request for independent verification would be appropriate.”


    Zak exhaled slowly. He started typing.


    <b>Subject: Urgent—Multiple Gravitational Anomalies Detected Across the Solar System</b>


    <b>To: EOSA, SETI, UK Space Agency</b>


    <b>Dear colleagues,</b>


    During ongoing research utilizing harmonic frequency-based energy systems, we have detected multiple gravitational distortions within the solar system. These anomalies include:


    <ul><li>A micro-singularity near Mars with an active gravitational influence.</li><li>Anomalous mass fluctuations within the Kuiper Belt.</li><li>Unexplained oscillatory disturbances near Jupiter and within the asteroid belt.</li></ul>


    These anomalies appear to align with specific harmonic frequencies and require independent verification. Please find attached detailed coordinates and supporting data. I urge immediate analysis from global space agencies.


    <b>Sincerely,</b> <b>Zak</b>


    His hands were trembling as he hit “Send.” There was no turning back now.


    The weight of what he had just done settled over him. He had thrown a match into the scientific community—either they would validate his findings, or they would tear him apart.


    As he leaned back in his chair, the control room humming around him, Inet187’s voice broke the silence.


    “This is only the beginning.”


    Zak didn’t know why, but the words sent a chill through him.