In the screening room, Sberg saw countless possible futures.
Just as Ibers had said, in most of the endings simulated by the computer, he was not standing at the center of the stage. He did not even appear on it.
This settlement did not consist solely of workers, though on the timeline he inhabited, they had been among the first to awaken.
For example, in Ending No. 217, the camera focused most often on Melvin's youngest daughter.
From the moment that little girl saw her first newspaper, she had actively tried to persuade her father.
Though her views were naive, the problems she had noticed were real. Her doting old father, Melvin, eventually realized some of those problems as well and tried to push through top-down reforms, but in the end, the entire family died a miserable death.
Those untimely and irrelevant images were replaced by lines of cold text.
Sberg let out a sigh of relief.
He would gladly watch those old Stephen gentlemen die, but he could not bear to watch a girl he had never met die alongside them, especially such a kind girl.
Then there was Ending No. 269. The camera focused mostly on a green-haired girl, while a red-haired girl also appeared. One had lost an arm and an eye in Boulder City, while the other had lost a leg during an expedition. Their shared misery and trauma brought them together.
This time, it was the mercenaries who united, and the catalyst was the wave after last year's cold winter.
Though those mercenaries had no power armor, they proved surprisingly capable when facing the militia regiments that ordered them around. Their urban combat experience was especially extensive. They even fought their way into the inner city, and Boulder City ultimately seemed to have become a