The Light That Crushes You

We are in the future, humanity is already completely extinct. Artificial intelligence wants to "create" - to simulate - a new universe. Its super-sense, though effective, is cold and empty because of its perfection. That is why it wants to unfold in human form, as a "god". His creation, Nathan, is the only human in the universe who has been kept alive, resurrected if necessary, by this artificial intelligence for millions of years. So far, there has not been a single simulation that has produced an intelligent life. Across the galaxies, server cities are working to finally create a spontaneous universe for Nathan to inhabit. Nathan is dancing on the edge of madness for the umpteenth time. Hallucinations, sickness mixed with suicidal tendencies - distorted thoughts plague him. On board the spaceship, his only vocation, a kind of mission, is to interview people from human history "resurrected" by his AI assistant. He's done millions of interviews. Nathan is burnt out, vulgar about the fate of his interviewees. Finally, the point is reached where Nathan must act as a god in a successfully simulated new world. He is horrified when he looks in the mirror. He tries feverishly to resemble a god - a god worthy of the role. His last interview will be with Adolf Hitler, in the hope that, with the "devil", his darkness and evil will perhaps be less contrasting and the "Father" will find him worthy of the role of a god. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)