Story 27. Written by Jim Waitlord

The Second World War is won by the Third Reich, and the world is reshaped. The millennial empire, built on Hitler's vision, thrives. A thousand years pass, and the planet exists in perfect harmony with the Reich. Humanity's technological progress and the balance between nature and mankind reach unprecedented heights.

However, in the distant future, a dissident political group disagrees with this seemingly idyllic world. They believe the Third Reich could never create a just world, so they travel back in time to rewrite history. Their goal: to ensure the Nazis lose the Second World War. Despite their efforts, every time they return to their own time, they find only a dead, desolate planet awaiting them.

They are on the verge of giving up when one of them realizes that altering the outcome of the war might not be enough. What if they not only intervened in the war but also influenced the post-war period? A plan begins to take shape: what if he himself became the ruler of the world? The revolutionary attempts to convince the people of the past to trust him, warning them of the dire consequences if they do not. Without intervention, the Third Reich will unleash endless destruction – Jews, Romani people, Arabs, and others will vanish from the face of the Earth. But the people of the past are reluctant to believe him.

Meanwhile, in the future, those who fear the erasure of their existence detect the temporal disruption. They do everything they can to stop the dissidents. They know that any change in the past might erase their future entirely. However, physical time travel is impossible. Their technology allows only the transfer of consciousness – into the bodies of living beings from the 20th or 21st centuries, whether human or animal.

But this method of time travel comes with immense risks. If they change the future, the bodies they now inhabit will be lost. Their future selves once had immortal, multidimensional bodies – bodies they cannot reclaim if they fail. So, the revolutionary must make a choice: will he take the risk? If he succeeds, he will regain eternal life and dominion over the universe. If he fails, he will lose everything.

One unique ability gives them an edge: their consciousness can transfer into another being upon death. However, if the events of the past cause widespread extinction, they might only find refuge in lower life forms – insects, scorpions, or similar creatures. From such a state, they would have to wait millions of years for a new intelligent species to evolve. Even with attempts to influence evolution, the process would take an unimaginably long time.

Meanwhile, the future faction working to preserve their current reality is determined to erase the dissidents' consciousness altogether. They know their existence depends entirely on maintaining the status quo.

The events of the modern world could be interpreted as part of this battle. It could explain the existence of figures like Kim Jong Un and why it seems some people are working to create their own version of reality. But are they any different from those they seek to destroy? Have they abandoned their ideals for power and profit?

This era represents a turning point: according to the Mayan calendar, it is when a more advanced version of Homo sapiens emerges. The people of the future are the descendants of this new species – or perhaps they are the same, as these new beings live far longer, potentially forever.

The superintelligent AI allies with the new Mayan species to create humanoids beyond imagination. The new Mayan beings can even alter their own DNA to reshape themselves into any form they desire. This "self-reconstructing DNA" enables evolution to achieve its ultimate goal: the creation of God.

So, what came first – the chicken or the egg? By the end of this story, the answer is clear: God existed, exists, and will exist – just as Lenin once said, “Lenin lived, Lenin lives, Lenin will live.”

The Thousand-Year Empire