New Journey to the West
The Independent Schools Foundation Academy , Bai , Aaron - 8
2020 February 15 th , Planet Kepler-211B
The planet ’ s sole dictator MegaVile sat on the throne and thought about his evil plan . “ We shall be the ultimate power of the Universe !” he exclaimed to his advisors , “ but I am worried about the humans on Planet Earth , who are making rapid scientific progress and may be an obstacle .”
“ Your majesty ,” suggested MegaMind , his top advisor , “ We should take pre-emptive actions , and deprive the humans of their power . I have a plan . First , we wrap the Earth with anti-magic wave to weaken them , then we muster an army and attack with our super space battleship .” MegaVile nodded with a vicious smile .
Two days later on Earth ......
Xuanzang was meditating in Nalanda . Suddenly , Buddha appeared and whispered to him : “ The world is in grave danger . In my meditation just now , I saw an alien villain called MegaVile make a plan to attack the Earth . You shall summon your team , and take actions now .”
“ What !?” Xuanzang took a deep breath , and tried to use his Zen stick to call for the Monkey King , but it didn ’ t work . Buddha shook his head and told Xuanzang that magic wouldn ’ t work anymore because of the anti-magic wave .
Xuanzang hurried into the garden and saw Monkey King , Monk Pig and Friar Sand gathering around and scratching their head . “ Our magics don ’ t work anymore !” they grumbled . Xuanzang told them the news , and they decided that they could only appeal to technology and science to save the world .
Xuanzang and Monk Pig hopped into a self-driving electric car . Monkey King jumped on a flying drone , and Friar Sand stepped on a hoverboard . “ Don ’ t forget our new virtual reality helmet and hologram machine .” Xuanzang reminded his team . 30 minutes later they arrived at the New Delhi International Airport , and took a supersonic jet westward to Silicon Valley .
The first person they met was Sundar Pichai , Google ’ s CEO . “ May I please borrow the most advanced AI machine you have ?” asked Xuanzang . Sundar grinned , and offered Tensor Net , a central AI unit that links 1 billion computers worldwide and turns the Earth into a super-intelligent mind that can devise a doom device 1000 times more powerful than all the atomic bombs in the world combined . “ Marvellous !” Xuanzang and his team thanked Sundar gratefully . “ It ’ ll be ready for you in two days ,” Sundar promised .
The second person they visited was Elon Musk , the world ’ s most inspiring inventor and entrepreneur . He just discovered a new technology that enables faster-than-light-speed wormhole travel . However , the technology was new and unstable . “ Could we borrow your newest Space WH Rocket prototype to save the world ?” asked Xuanzang . “ Certainly ,” grinned Elon , “ I need to conduct some more tests and it will be ready for you at Vandenberg Air Force Base , California in two days .”
Then they left for NASA ’ s Johnson Space Centre in Houston , Texas . “ What can I do for you ?” asked the NASA Administrator , Charles Bolden . “ An alien called MegaVile is seeking to destroy the Earth . We need to locate him and bring the battle to his planet .” Xuanzang explained .
“ I see . You are welcome to use our most advanced outer space Hubble X telescope that can detect the most remote stars and planets in the universe . But where should we start looking ?” asked Charles . “ We should find out the source of the anti-magic wave , and search around there ,” suggested Monkey King .