# A crypto-investor with a chip and artificial intelligence tries to save his gold bars. A story

Henry de Overwood

MMMDCCLXXIX. A crypto-investor with a chip and artificial intelligence tries to save his gold bars. A story. - March 8, 2026.

A crypto-investor with a chip and artificial intelligence tries to save his gold bars. A story.


Paul read a news report about a sharp drop in real estate prices. How annoying!


Paul owned two floors of this 500-story building: the 467th and the 468th floors.


A breaking news: a DDoS attack has shut down the crypto-exchange. His, Paul's, crypto wallet is empty!


The stock market is crashing.


Banks are suspended.


The internet is almost at a standstill.


The 500-story building shook. Breaking news was on TV: a drone had crashed into the building where Paul was currently checking out the breaking news. A bad news: below Paul, the 356th floor of the 500-story building had been destroyed and a fire had broken out.


The artificial intelligence AI-chip embedded in Paul's brain commanded him to evacuate himself immediately.


Paul retrieved a rope, straps, and rappel devices from a special cabinet. He secured one end of the rope to a metal "ear" mounted on the outside of the building. Paul fastened the straps to his body correctly, attached the backpack containing the gold bars to the straps, and began descending the rope to the ground.


Fifteen minutes later, Paul stood on the ground, holding the backpack containing the gold bars.


He quickly moved toward the port where his 150-meter yacht (a small ocean-going vessel) was moored.


Paul imagined himself entering his comfortable cabin, covered with Persian and Turkmen carpets.


He was 50 meters from the yacht when he heard a strange sound. An explosion. A huge hole appeared in the yacht's side. The yacht began to sink into the waters of the bay.


The AI-chip in Paul's head informed him that his yacht had been hit by a hypersonic anti-ship missile.


The AI-chip commanded Paul to turn toward the beach, where a hangar with sport kayaks was located.


Half an hour later, Paul was kayaking toward the exit of the bay.


As the AI-chip in Paul's head had correctly calculated, no one wanted to waste missiles or heavy drones for the kayak.


The kayak broke out of the bay and moved at full speed across the ocean.


The AI-chip suggested a correct direction for Paul and his kayak.


Soon, a small sandy island appeared. This island was formed a few days earlier by a climate change and the tectonic movements.


Paul landed on the island, got out of the kayak, and buried his backpack with gold bars in the sand.


The sound of an engine was heard; a helicopter was approaching the island.


Paul saw a words on the side of the helicopter. It was the name of an international AI-chip manufacturing company that implanted AI-chips into users' heads and provided servicing for the chip wearers.


People exiting the helicopter congratulated Paul: he had won an online kayak racing competition. (The AI-chip manufacturing company tracked the route, distance, and speed of the AI-chip wearers.)


Paul received a gold medal for his athletic achievement (as well as a kayak racing champion certificate).


A day later, Paul was sitting in his (new) office on the 436th floor of a 480-story building. The new place was several thousand kilometers away from Paul's previous office in a 500-story building.


Paul created a new crypto wallet. A lucrative real estate investment offer arrived.


A new crypto exchange (created just hours ago) offered Paul a (loan) leverage to purchase cryptocurrency and stocks.


The AI-chip suggested several profitable trades to Paul.


Paul walked around and inspected the new office. He checked a rope and emergency evacuation equipment and placed the backpack, containing the gold bars, in the cabinet.


March 8, 2026, 8:31 AM


Translation from Russian into English: March 15, 2026 09:16

Владимир Владимирович Залесский ' Крипто-инвестор с чипом и искусственным интеллектом спасает свои золотые слитки. Рассказ. '


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