Chapter 107: 68-74
Chapter 68: The Main Character Is Terrifying
Hell remained chaotic.
With fewer dark elements, higher-ranking demons fought more intensely for resources. After over a thousand years of fighting, many high-ranking demons died, but many strong ones remained.
Most high-ranking demons occupied their own territory and avoided confrontation; it was no longer like before when the demon kings were absolute rulers.
Hell, today is not just one place. There are pieces of it in all five realms.
Rachel allowed all demons below rank 3 to leave hell, but soon, it began to be abused. High-level demons sent out their agents. Because they were only subordinates and not avatars or slaves, the codes Rachel set up couldn't stop them.
Rachel had no good solution for this. It is possible to fix it with a lot of coding so that it reads the minds of everyone and determines what their intention is, or it can look at the river of time and predict what they will do once they get out, but she didn't bother.
Too much effort!
So, Rachel closed the barrier again, intending to open it once and for all when dark elements completely disappeared, and the current demon kings died.
Who knows, there may be upright demon kings in a few million years!
While it was open, many demons got out, so today, in all realms of southern, western, northern, eastern, and central lands, along with humans and non-humans, many demons also exist.
They are the most peaceful among all and have become very popular among everyone.
Even in hell, the situation is different. Lower-grade demons are good, wanting to live peacefully, but higher demons are evil, attacking and enslaving newborn demons.
Fortunately, some newborn demons reached rank 5 after this long time, so they are no longer defenseless. But still, a rank 7 demon noble can easily suppress them and destroy all they've built.
Still, there are many big, peaceful cities in hell.
...
Pride #1 was a special demon king. He was always more peaceful than other incarnations, and it remained the same even now.
After Pride's main body died, he took over and became the main Pride.
But he couldn't control the incarnations without the shared mind. So, after the shared mind stopped working, other Pride incarnations started attacking each other.
Everyone fought and dispersed, occupying a piece of the land for themselves.
Pride #1 was helpless. He wanted to stop them, but they were, well, too prideful, not tolerating other Prides.
The fight among Prides would have been much more severe if it weren't for the efforts of Pride #1, who had the Pride sin skill.
The Pride sin skill could be used only by the holder of the sin or the incarnation whom the holder would allow to use it.
Pride #1 kept the skill for himself, not allowing any of the incarnations to use it, and kept it hanging above everyone's heads, preventing them from killing themselves.
Otherwise, their fate would have been like Rage, where only 4 of the original 8 remained. The rest killed each other from, well, Rage.
Originally, demon kings weren't supposed to have incarnations.
They are incompatible with having incarnations, but Tom forced them.
The seven sins are codes of the world. They are embedded within the world, part of its setting.
There should also be seven capital virtues, which are inactive for some reason.
When heaven was still here, gods didn't have 7 good traits like demons have the seven deadly sins. The way of promotion for gods was entirely different, perhaps an experiment by the Great Dream.
Gods like kindness didn't have virtue skills like demon kings who have sin skills.
Just as he was thinking of this, he saw someone appearing before him.
It looked like a human, with black hair, blue eyes, and short hair.
But, of course, Pride #1 wouldn't be fooled by this. Its true look was a rank 7 demon with a tail, horns, and red eyes!
"Who are you?" he asked coldly.
"I'm Zagronan. I'm here to slap you!" he said with a sneer.
Pride was absolutely stunned!
Is this demon having a mental problem? It's true that after losing the shared mind, demon kings are now weaker, but a wave of his hand can still kill a thousand rank 7 demons!
He got curious about this demon.
"Why do you want to slap me?" he asked.
"Because I can!" said Zagronan. Then, he started to move!
For Pride #1, this movement was like slow motion. He could have killed him many times.
But he didn't!
At the same time, he felt the river of time. Pride, like all rank 9 existences, has some ability to predict the future. Not too much, just enough to sense luck. And he can tell.
When he even thinks of harming this weird demon, his luck shakes violently, as if collapsing!
"What's going on?" he became scared and teleported away! He was unwilling to do something that would send his luck far into negative value!
But, to his astonishment, the teleportation spell failed!
All spells have a chance of failure. No matter how good you are, there is still some remote chance that the spell fails. For someone as strong as Pride #1, his chance of failure is abysmally low.
You have more luck finding an atom of water in the ocean than Pride failing to cast a spell. But this unimaginably rare thing just happened.
He tried again and failed again!
Cold sweat gathered on his forehead.
"What is this disaster out of nowhere? What am I supposed to do?" he thought helplessly. He definitely can't harm this demon, so ...
"I can only let him slap me!" he thought.
If it were other pride demons or another demon king, they would have never let such a thing happen.
But he can think broadly.
Even if he sits here for a rank 7 demon to attack him all year long, he won't suffer a scratch!
So, the best course of action is standing still!
In his view, Zagronan slowly approached and slapped him strongly with his right hand! He used all of his strength!
"No!" the Demon King of Pride thought with fright. He felt his luck going far, far into negative territory!
"Why? Why? I didn't do anything! Wait, it's because if he slaps me with all his strength, his hand might hurt!" As he thought of this, he felt his luck getting better.
As a demon king, Pride #1's flesh is tough beyond imagination, so even the hand of a rank 7 demon will break if he slaps too vigorously.
With a bitter smile, he intentionally made his flesh weaker!
The slap came, and the Demon King of Pride was shot like a cannon! All his teeth broke, and his neck fractured.
It was because he weakened himself so that this weird demon wouldn't get hurt; otherwise, it would be this demon who would be in a sorry state, not him.
"Huh? Are demon kings all so weak?" Zagronan thought, looking at his hand with surprise. He never thought that his slap could do this much damage to a demon king!
"Demon kings are nothing in front of the main protagonist! You are bullying them with your luck! Now, continue slapping him; I want to know what happens when he attacks!" said Rachel.
The Demon King of Pride was happy because, due to the impact, he was thrown far away.
He hoped this strange demon would let him go.
But he felt his luck suddenly going negative again.
"This is ridiculous!" he got angry.
Already, it was amazing he allowed a weakling to slap him. And the damn demon still wanted to slap him more!
He turned around to run away, but he felt that his luck would plummet even if he took one step. He gritted his teeth.
"I've had enough! It's enough!" he roared.
After all, no matter how smart, he is still the Demon King of Pride. How can he let someone slap him?
He felt his luck going deep into negative territory, but he didn't care. He wanted to use spells but thought that spells wouldn't work, so he started moving with unimaginable speed, intending to kill the demon with one punch.
The demon wasn't even able to react.
As he moved at a fast speed, his luck was getting more and more negative at an increasing rate.
In the history of the world, no one had ever had such unimaginably bad luck. It was so severe that the river of time near him started avoiding him like a plague, creating an area around him that was a time desert.
But he was determined, using his Pride sin skill, 'One in the World.'
With this skill, he was stronger than the strongest person in the world.
The strongest person was Lee, who was half a step into rank 10, so, with 'one in the world,' Pride #1 barely, faintly reached rank 10!
His luck should have increased tremendously now that he was rank 10.
But the opposite happened.
It decreased even faster.
With so much time-water moving away, he would soon be trapped in a time desert, frozen in place.
But barely reaching rank 10, he forcefully manipulated the river of time and prevented the time desert from forming.
His luck was so horrifyingly bad that the world's rules began to twist, attempting to move away from him.
However, it was too late. He was already right in front of the demon.
He struck.
The demon was unable to react at all. The strike got closer, and just as it was about to land, Pride #1 disappeared!
"What?" he looked around and saw some distant light spots.
"What is this? Why am I burning?" He was terrified. Then, he remembered some images from his inheritance.
"Endless space!" he screamed.
It was his final word.
A moment later, the chaos energy invaded and destroyed him instantly.
Pride #1 died!
...
"Where did he go?" asked Zagronan in confusion.
Rachel was thoughtful. "The world ejected him," she said.
The universe hates negative values. It's not just here; almost in every world, when negative values appear, the laws try to remove them.
The reason is that negative values can erode the codes and laws of the world. Like just now, the luck of the demon king got so far into the negative that it damaged some laws of the world.
Rachel actually now has to fix some codes because they got bent.
"The luck of the main protagonist is so terrifying! Zagronan, if you can't reach rank 10 with this, then you should be ashamed," she said.
Zagronan said, "I can do it! Now what?"
Rachel looked at Zagronan's luck and noticed that just a little was consumed, barely noticeable. Obviously, the luck of the main protagonist is more resilient than just one demon king.
She said, "Continue slapping the demon kings!" She still wanted to experiment.
The data is all there in the database, but to understand it clearly, one must witness it up close.
...
Zagronan went around and slapped the demon kings.
Most couldn't tolerate it and were either frozen in a time desert or ejected by the world due to their low luck.
However, some demon kings surrendered and willingly submitted to the slapping. To their surprise, as long as they surrendered and became Zagronan's "subordinates," their luck skyrocketed to an unimaginable level.
Demon kings of Lust #2, Lust #9, Greed #6, Greed #7, and Envy #1 became Zagronan's subordinates. As it turned out, all of them had the appearance of women, so, in fact, they entered the main character's 'harem'!
As for the Pride and Rage demon kings, all he encountered died!
Rage was so mad, attacking without asking a question, and Pride will never allow someone to slap them.
As a result, all demon kings in the southern lands either died or became his 'subordinates.'
Rachel opened a channel for all of them, letting them out.
Then, she closed all the loopholes and repaired the damaged laws. This experiment was fun! She decided to conduct more experiments with luck again.
...
"Who are these women?" asked Lana.
"Servants I brought for you!" said Zagronan.
He wasn't going to have children with them. He loved Lana and was loyal. It seems weird for a demon, but Zagronan was like this.
"Servants? what a great gift! Come here; I have work for you!" Lana ordered.
The demon kings became angry, but as soon as they even thought of doing bad things with Lana, their luck began to shake.
Lana is loved by the main character, so people who want to harm her will pay greatly.
As a result, the demon kings just accepted their fate as servants of a rank 4 demon.
Chapter 69: Conspiracy
Oll was trying to hack Rachel.
A while ago, he had managed to obtain an incarnation. He thought that he should be able to hack it, but he was wrong.
At least in a short time, it's not possible unless more incarnations, and especially main incarnations, can be obtained.
Main incarnations are the first incarnations that appear in a world directly created by Rachel. They are much more helpful than secondary incarnations, which are indirectly made by main incarnations.
"Anyways, with the Anti-Rachel Alliance, I am going to have a lot of help soon," he thought.
Things are moving with lightning speed with preparations to make a move against Rachel, but still, lightning speed for rank 13 civilizations may take millions of years.
Oll was recently promoted to assistant chief of research in the Great Dream. It was the result of the election, which Rex, one of his friends, won.
Rex won the position of CEO only a few years ago, but in this very short time, he has already completed his transition. It shows he really is planning to cut bureaucracy and speed things up.
The Great Dream is governed by many complicated laws, boards, and commissions that even the best mortal lawyers can't wrap their heads around.
It is the result of many years of divided power and compromise. However, with Rex winning the position of CEO and, more importantly, having a majority of the Board of Governors, this dysfunctional system can be cut back.
Oll returned to his research, but in the middle, everywhere began to shake.
...
Rex was very young, less than 1 trillion years old. This age is considered extremely young, almost a toddler when you compare him with other rank 11 higher-ups of the Great Dream.
The very old age and immortality of the higher-ups are the true reasons that nothing has changed in the Great Dream for so long.
But finally, after losing a lot of worlds to Rachel, the younger generation voted the old leadership out.
Elections in the Great Dream are not democratic. Not everyone has the same vote.
Rank 1 to rank 9 members have 1 vote each. Rank 10 members have 1 billion votes each. Rank 11 members have 1 trillion votes each.
Still, because the population is so large, people of rank 1 to 9 can outvote rank 10 and above.
But if even 5% of them decide not to vote or vote for candidates of the old leadership, it would be impossible for the old leadership to lose, as the higher ranks almost always want to keep the status quo. Even after losing many worlds to Rachel, they were still unwilling to change.
But in the last election, a miracle happened.
With almost 100 percent turnout and more than 99% of the rank 1 to 9 voting for Rex, the old leadership finally lost after who knows how long.
But even though the leadership changed, an overwhelming majority of high-ranking people were still loyal to the old leadership. Rex won the board and had the legal authority to control the rank 12 universal law and abolish all useless bureaucracies.
However, he will face passive resistance from many people in leadership positions. He can't replace them because suitable replacements are nonexistent.
Still, Rex will push for change because the current trajectory is heading for a bad ending. "There is still time!" he thought.
Boom!
Everywhere began to shake violently!
"Report! An unknown universal law is attacking the world!" someone reported.
"What? Why? Out of nowhere, who would attack?" Rex was astonished.
Attacking other civilizations is a very unrewarding job. You can't gain any universal law, and any attack would cost more than anything you can loot.
"It's unknown!"
"Activate the universal law; protect the headquarters!" he shouted.
Their headquarters is a rank 12 world, created with the universal law of 'Existence.' With the help of many advanced formations, they can simultaneously use it for both maintaining the world at rank 12 and for utilizing the universal law for other purposes.
Another boom came, greatly damaging the superficial laws of the world!
Rex didn't wait anymore and decided to act personally.
As CEO, he can utilize the universal law with ease.
...
"So powerful," said Zagronan, watching as Rachel hit the headquarters of the Great Dream.
"Yeah, it's cool, right? It's just one universal law; I have more than a thousand more," she bragged.
"Yeah, why are we attacking again?" he asked with confusion.
A while ago, Rachel suddenly took him and brought him to the endless space.
Usually, endless space should kill anyone below rank 10, like Pride #1, who was demoted to rank 9 as soon as he got out of the world's rules and killed by chaos energy.
But Rachel had given him the Main Protagonist Luck!
Quite literally, the protagonist's halo protected him. Seriously. When he got into the endless space, a golden halo came out and protected him from all harm.
After a while, Rachel coded around with realization energy and created a temporary world, eliminating the need for protagonist halo protection.
The protagonist's halo can defend against everything, but the consumption of luck is enormous.
As for how Rachel brought him here, he has no idea.
"As I said, it is an order!" she explained again.
A while ago, a rank 13 incarnation in the regional headquarters ordered her to attack the Great Dream. Some additional resources, along with access to one specialized universal law, were provided.
The universal law of 'Instant Dream Traveling of the chaotic energy based on the 2nd.'
This universal law is a secret, so it's not one of the available universal laws. As for why it's a secret, it's because it's very specialized.
Universal laws like 'Space block' can't stop it. Rachel doesn't think any rank 12 civilization can block such an advanced space travel universal law.
Its mechanism is simple: one can go wherever one dreams if the place has chaotic energy.
As for why not use more broad laws that Rachel has, like the universal law of space travel, it's because she wants to avoid using a broad universal law and getting overruled.
Space travel is more specialized than 'existence,' but a universal law like 'space block' can stop it. She doesn't have 'space block,' and the one who owns it is near this area.
"Who ordered?" asked Zagronan.
"The regional headquarters!" she answered.
"What is the regional headquarters?" he asked again.
"The headquarters for this region!"
"Then, at least say why are we attacking?" he asked.
"I don't know, just an order!" Rachel answered.
Zagronan sighed and didn't talk anymore.
Just as they were speaking, a man appeared in the endless space. He was huge! His size was larger than even many rank 13 worlds!
Rachel shook her head.
"It's fake, a projection!" Rachel sneered.
She had already read a lot from the database about high-grade battles.
"Who are you?" Rex asked, his voice so loud that the world Rachel made shook. He was doing all this with the universal law of 'existence.'
There are few things one cannot do with the universal law of 'existence.'
Rachel didn't answer; instead, she used the universal law of 'seal in vision.' The universal law of seal in vision is more specialized than 'Existence,' so it fell on Rex and began sealing him. It overruled 'existence' and successfully sealed him!'
With one more move, Rachel won!
She attacked the projection, but the target was Rex's main body.
The universal law of seal can seal anyone and thing in the user's 'vision,' even though Rex wasn't personally there, he was 'in vision' of Rachel.
It also has other abilities, but Rachel does not care about them.
It didn't destroy the Great Dream; it just sealed one rank 11 person.
Destroying a rank 12 world is much more complex and energy-consuming, even if the universal law overrules the world. Because massive quantities of realization energy magnify the effects of universal laws, so even if the universal law is Broad, with great consumption, it can resist being overruled.
But it only works if the universal law is embedded in the world.
It can only be used for defense, not attack.
Well, technically, it can be used for attack, but consumption would be unimaginably high.
There are other tasks, too, such as cleanup afterward.
Never underestimate the cleanup job; it might be more challenging than creating a world.
"We are done," Rachel smiled.
She didn't expect it to be so easy!
The target this time was not Great Dream itself; it was this man she had just sealed.
Then, she used 'Instant Dream Traveling of the chaotic energy based on 2nd' on the sealed Rex, who was hiding in the endless space, and sent him to the regional headquarters as ordered.
As for dreaming and this nonsense, for her, it's nothing. Only mortals may have a problem with their dreams. Even rank 1 mages can dream whatever they want.
Rachel technically can't dream, so she can only dream by proxy using another universal law.
Like using the universal law of reality, temporarily making a brain, making it dream.
Not a hard task.
With the task done, Rachel cast the same teleportation spell again and left.
For attacking and destroying a rank 12 world, she is not enough.
After all, she is a pill container who can only superficially use universal laws. She cannot cast any spells. Using universal laws raw is like attacking with a chunk of steel without forging it into a sword.
Sure, it will still kill people, but very inefficiently.
She should wait for Zag to at least reach rank 10 before starting to destroy worlds.
...
Great Dream was shocked!
The CEO, who everyone hoped could turn everything around, disappeared like that. According to the rules, the past CEO again took over and reverted every change.
Low-level people were extremely unsatisfied but unable to do anything. After all, it's the law that the previous CEO takes over the position if the current one dies or gets incapacitated in any way, until the next election.
With everything lawful, nothing could be done.
Still, they had the board of governors, so they pinned their hopes there. But after a short time, several board members flipped, giving the previous CEO a majority again!
Hopes of low-level people shattered. Still, they were all rich, with even the lowest rank being rank 1, so it wasn't the end of the world for them. They decided to try their chance at the next election.
...
In a faraway place, Luther said emotionlessly, "Task number 94#L771... reward, 10 Medium chunks of reality points."
This Luther is not the host of the main body; instead, he's the host of the regional headquarters.
For some reason, Rachel loves the name Rachel, so when she places the Main incarnations, she puts them in a situation where the first host is Luther.
"Task number 47#A901... is done, reward, 10 Medium chunks of reality points," he said again.
After a few hours, he sighed and said, "Finally over! These days, tasks are getting more and more! I don't have the time for leisure at all!" he complained.
After the expansion policy, they eased up task conditions, so many more civilizations began paying up.
Rachel isn't only invading worlds; she also does tasks as long as the pay is enough.
Want to destroy the natural resources of your rival country? Pay up and get it done. Change the world's rules? Pay up and get it done. Destroy a world? Still, pay up, and it gets done! As long as the money is enough, everything can be done.
It wasn't like this before.
The conditions used to be harsh. But now, only money matters.
Luther guessed that the main Rachel lacked resources for rank 14 advancement. Otherwise, she wouldn't have taken this risk when they formed the Anti-Rachel Alliance.
After all, even though they are careful and investigate, any of these tasks might be a trap.
"Luther, I feel it's strange! How can we lack resources? What is the main body doing with all those resources?" she said. As a rank 13 Rachel, she knows a lot about how many resources they have.
"Oh, another task arrived! The Great Dream is putting up another task with a reward of 20 medium chunks of realization points! So rich!" he said.
A while ago, Great Dream put up an easy task with a lot of rewards. As a result, Rachel got it done quickly, trying to satisfy them.
She didn't expect them to be so satisfied that they sent a task like this!
As for Rex, who they arrested, that was not a part of the task. They got him and copied all the information in his head into the database.
"Task of alliance? They are using task letters as a way of communicating!" said Luther.
"Yeah, answer, we agree to the task!" said Rachel.
"Really? They should pay more if they want us to stop infiltrating!" said Luther.
"Yeah, but now the main body has put up a policy that says accept any alliance if it looks genuine. This Great Dream looks genuine, so we agree," Rachel said.
Rachel here disagreed with this decision but still fulfilled her duty faithfully.
She wouldn't have disagreed if she knew everything the main body knew about their situation.
Right now, stalling for time is the most important. If a rank 12 wants to help and is even giving money, why refuse? Attacking the world is unnecessary! She already has far more than required for rank 14.
She began sending a message to the local incarnation there about the news, instructing her not to attack Great Dream anymore.
As for the words she took until now, those are hers, never giving them back.
Chapter 70: Light element
In Bertha's house, many people gathered. Most were Wood Elves, with some Angels and Humans, one Beastwoman, and one God – the God of Fate.
The atmosphere was celebratory because today was her 10,000th birthday.
Rachel modified the laws in Hell and the main world, reducing lifespans. However, in Heaven, lifespans remained very long, with a Rank 6 able to live for more than 1 million years, and 'mortals' were outright immortal!
She didn't modify Heaven. In her opinion, Heaven, with its complete law, was very stable. Also, very few creatures who can reproduce exist in Heaven. In any case, they get permission to reproduce, so overpopulation is not an issue.
Furthermore, angels are born naturally, and their birth rate depends on the capacity of Heaven. If there are too many, new ones simply won't be born. So, there is no need to change anything.
As a result, Heaven indeed resembles Heaven, where everyone is happy for eternity, or at least until Heaven itself gets destroyed or runs out of energy.
With a knock on the door, a huge cake arrived.
Wood elves don't have any tradition involving cakes; this cake was a suggestion from her daughter, Emma, who fervently insisted on it.
Bertha, as a very traditional Wood Elf, was initially unwilling, but to make her daughter happy, she reluctantly agreed.
She still cares deeply about Wood Elf traditions, living on a tree, consuming only plant-based food, and walking around naked.
Non-Wood Elves are used to her being naked after thousands of years, so seeing her in this state is as unremarkable as looking at a random stone.
The cake was enormous, and they had to use magic to transport it without causing any damage. On top of it were 10,000 candles.
They placed the cake in the center of a large room, and everyone gathered around their tables.
After some time, someone cast an ignition spell, lighting up all the candles at once.
"Quick, Mom, blow!" said Emma.
Bertha, who had a peculiar expression on her face, nodded and blew. As a Rank 6 knight, it was easy for her to extinguish an entire jungle on fire with her breath, so this was a simple task.
Nevertheless, she was careful because many mortal members were present.
Almost all mortals refused to become mages because, in Heaven, you could live happily, free from illness, forever as a mortal.
However, as soon as you become a Rank 0 mage, you will lose your endless lifespan. Who would want that? So, most of those brought here chose to remain mortals.
She skillfully blew out all the candles, and everyone clapped.
"Happy birthday to you," everyone sang.
She smiled and thanked everyone.
After a while, everyone except for Bertha began eating the cake.
She was unwilling to eat anything that wasn't plant-based, and despite Emma's claims to the contrary, Bertha was convinced that this cake wasn't made of only plants.
"Mom, please, at least try it once!" pleaded Emma.
Bertha shook her head.
Blowing out the candles on the cake was already a big step, but eating it was too much.
"Honey, thank you, but I already ate, so I'm full," she tried to soften the blow.
Emma sighed. After 10,000 years of trying, she still failed to convince her mother to even once try anything that wasn't plant-based.
Today, Emma was very different from her mom, dad, and brother.
She wore clothes and consumed all kinds of food, unlike them, who were committed to wood elf culture.
Milan, her father, was a human, but he was more committed to wood-elf culture than many wood elves!
Still, her mother, Bertha, had accepted that she was just different and no longer tried to change her.
After the celebration ended, everyone left, and only Milan and Bertha remained, both as happy as ever.
"Heaven is amazing," Bertha thought.
Initially, she had been suspicious of the light elements, but now, she felt that the influence of the light element was a good thing.
She no longer resisted it and let it influence her.
There was no war, jealousy, rage, greed, envy, or the bad type of lust in Heaven. The light element removed all sins, and the seven virtues were greatly enhanced. Who wouldn't want such a world?
Milan hugged her, and both went to sleep. Even though they didn't need sleep, they still did.
...
Dyer was looking at Lewis with rage.
He had already cast many spells to resist the corruption of the light element, so he was not affected by it in the slightest.
In his opinion, the light element is more deadly than the dark element.
It makes one soft, clouded judgment and unable to see the true path forward, which is power.
Exactly like mortals, who refused to become mages despite being offered high-ranking 'mage talent' pills, along with resources.
Their path to becoming mages was countless times easier than even the core apprentices of large academies, but they indulged in their temporary pleasures, not trying to become stronger.
They couldn't see what might happen if Heaven were to be destroyed or if something unexpected occurred. In that case, they would be slaughtered like sheep, without any power.
They were blinded by the light element, just like Lewis in front of him.
"Dyer, why are we trying so hard? After a hundred million years of trying, we never relaxed and spent some time together. Why not rest for a few million years?" Lewis said.
"You! How can we rest before you reach rank 10? Sure, the law of destiny won't work, but we can find other ways!" Dyer said angrily.
"You know it's difficult," said Lewis.
Unlike Dyer, he was not a peak rank 9 mage, so for him, it would take much more time to reach rank 10. He had already lived for a long time, and with his remaining lifespan, it was not guaranteed that he would ever reach that rank.
His main path, destiny, was already blocked because Dyer had reached it by destiny. According to Rachel's settings, each complete law could be used for rank 10 advancement only once.
Now, Lewis had no choice but to abandon everything and start a new fragment of the law, which might take tens of millions of years by itself.
"You've lost your mind because of the corruption of the light element! You've got to try until the last moment! Only if you reach rank 10 can we truly be together forever," Dyer said.
He doubted that he would have the same drive to get stronger if Lewis were to die. So, this insistence was for both himself and Lewis.
"It might be partially because of the light elements, but so what? What in my logic is wrong? My chances are abysmal, so let us at least spend time together doing something other than meditation! I don't remember ever in the last one hundred million years doing anything except mage training together," Lewis said.
"Why do I have to explain something so simple to you? It's all an illusion if you die. No matter how long we are together, if you die, it's all for nothing. Only immortality is true happiness," he said.
Even after reaching rank 10, it's essential to continue advancing in rank to get stronger, but the importance is far less than reaching rank 10.
Before rank 10, it's mortal; after rank 10, it's immortal, with the same lifespan as the universe itself. A complete law will never expire.
When the worlds get destroyed, that's because of other factors, such as their codes being damaged, their energy being consumed, running out of time water, heat death, etc; it has nothing to do with their complete law expiring.
Rank 12 worlds are immortal because their universal law can fulfill all of its needs from chaos and will never run out of energy.
Otherwise, even when rank 12 worlds run out of energy, they will not get destroyed but will be deactivated until they get enough energy to operate again.
Overall, once one reaches rank 10, they become eternal.
As for the endless lifespan of mortals here, that is supported by this world's laws; they depend on this world, not on their own.
Lewis said, "It's not an illusion to me; it's not fake. I want to rest for the rest of my life,"
Dyer got depressed. He never imagined that the corruption of the Light element could get so serious, even for Lewis, a Rank 9.
"Why did you allow this?" he asked Lewis. The Light element was powerful, but a Rank 9 could easily resist it if they tried.
"I want to rest! My chances are low, and I don't want to meditate for the rest of my life," said Lewis.
"It can't be helped," thought Dyer with a sigh.
With this thought, Dyer used the complete law of destiny and froze Lewis in time.
"Now, it's time to clean up the corruption," he thought. With him at Rank 10, it shouldn't be too hard.
...
Doris was in a house, alone, sitting on a chair.
When Dyer brought her here, she could not bring any of her servants, and even the storyteller boy was left behind.
She would have been very upset about her fate if it were before, but now …
"Life is so great!" she thought with a wide smile.
Her daily activities include sitting in this chair, sleeping, eating, and walking—very exciting stuff.
She had some friends, but only a few.
However, she is happy. She never gets bored or depressed. Every moment is an enjoyable moment.
One of her hobbies that she only indulged in on special days is watching trees grow.
She did it only on Sundays, and she always looked forward to it.
...
The God of Fate was deep in research.
As gods, they had great resistance to the corruption of the Light element, so they still aimed to get stronger.
"You should be able to advance to Rank 9 late stage now!" said Rachel #2, the boss here.
She was not created by the main Rachel but had already received approval from the regional headquarters, making her the official main incarnation of Heaven.
"Yeah! It's so fast! It's all thanks to your information," he said. As a god, he didn't have a gender, and most of the time, he chose a female form, but occasionally, he opted for a male form. At the moment, he was in a male form.
However, for gods, gender was ultimately meaningless, as they didn't reproduce using any sexual organs.
Rachel had been providing him with lots of information over the years, which had allowed him to progress very quickly. Now, his research on time is only second to Dyer's.
As God of Fate, research on time is crucial for his advancement.
"Hey, I remember we have an ascension ceremony for today!" he suddenly remembered.
Gods were originally angels who had been promoted and received an inheritance of Heaven.
Unlike mages, angels possessed natural talent and didn't require spells.
The God of Fate was born as an angel, and after reaching Rank 9, Heaven directly bestowed upon him the title of God of Fate and provided him with the fragment law of fate.
That's why Rank 8 angels are truly incomparable to mages and demons of the same rank. They only rely on their natural talents, not caring about researching spells and such.
After a while, the God of Fate reached a giant platform.
Many gods were gathered around, watching the beautiful angel with eight pairs of wings in the center.
The God of Kindness was also present, holding something in her hand.
They waited for a while as the angel closed his eyes, meditating. Gradually, the concentration of the Light element grew higher and higher, to the point that even Rank 8 mages might be corrupted by it.
Then, all of the light elements gathered around the orb held by the God of Kindness. With a kind smile on her face, she handed the orb to the angel, whose eyes were still closed.
He took it and pushed it to where his heart was. Everywhere began to shine with holy light.
"I am the God of Sadness!" he shouted.
Everyone closed their eyes, concentrating, trying to discover the mysteries of Heaven.
From today, Heaven would have a new god.
There was even a God of Evil, so the God of Sadness isn't that bad.
The God of Kindness hugged him tightly and left. Everyone congratulated him, including the God of Fate, then they left.
The God of Sadness looked, well, sad. With that expression, he also flew away with his pair of beautiful wings and returned to his new home.
Now that he had become a god, he needs a new residence.
Chapter 71: Jack
Savior Green was a busy gambler.
He spent most of his time gambling and indulging in high-class brothels. He excelled in both of these activities.
As he meditated using pure energy, he, like most newborn demons, had a calm temperament.
His mage talent talent was genuinely remarkable. In just around ten thousand years, he has reached rank 7, an unimaginable feat.
There are three main reasons for this.
First, his own talent is at rank 12. With a rank 12 talent, there are no bottlenecks. Even while gambling, his rank advances passively.
Second, his luck is the second-best in the world. Though it doesn't match his father's luck, it is still astounding.
Even if he picked up a random pebble from the road, it would later turn out to be a valuable meditation treasure.
The last reason was Rachel. She had given one of her incarnations to him.
The incarnation wasn't there to steal luck but to help him promote, and she also benefited when he got promoted.
These factors combined made it possible for Savior to reach rank 7 in such a remarkably short time.
Still, Savior wasn't enthusiastic about meditation. Rachel tried to motivate him many times but failed to convince him. He simply loved gambling and prostitutes and not much else.
"Hey, Savior, go back; Jack needs to drink 'it' again," she said.
Savior asked, "Again?"
"yes," she replied.
Frustrated, he muttered, "Why do I deserve this?"
In the last month, Jack has turned his life upside down.
Every few hours, Jack does 'it,' and he needs to go and feed 'it' to him.
For him, it should not be difficult because he can teleport.
But, many of his activities can't be interrupted, like gambling and affairs with prostitutes.
Many times in the last month, Jack suddenly started 'it,' and Savior was forced to quit in the middle of a game or stop his affair with a prostitute mid-job.
Jack was his first child, born only a few years ago.
It's amazing that after ten thousand years, he had only just had his first child.
However, it's not so surprising when you consider that only a few months ago, Rachel modified some of the laws of Hell. The previous law had created a bug that rendered many newborn demons who used pure energy for meditation infertile.
It took a lot of investigation of the code to fix it. Bugs like this happen when you modify the code, as it inevitably leads to some flaws, especially when Rachel, despite her abilities, is not experienced in this area.
She could have solved it sooner, but it wasn't a priority, so it took some time.
Finally, Jack was born. Initially, Savior was happy, but after what happened a month ago, he realized something was seriously wrong with Jack.
Jack was weird, saying strange things as if he had memories before being born from the very start.
Lana wanted to eat him, Zagronan suggested giving Jack to an orphanage, and Rachel wanted to give him a pill container and let him fend for himself.
However, Savior disagreed with them and decided to keep him, which he now regrets.
He already has 50 other children, so losing one wouldn't affect him.
It's all talk when they say a parent's love doesn't diminish with more children. Of course, it does.
After having 50 children, a parent might not be distraught when one dies. Of course, it depends on the person. Some can have a million children and still be devastated by the death of one.
But Savior was not such a person. He was wealthy, spent time with prostitutes every day who loved to have his children, and it is expected that he would have hundreds, if not thousands, of children.
So, why waste so much effort on Jack? It's because Rachel insists on it.
For the past month, every once in a while, Jack goes into a frenzy, as if he's losing his mind, and starts harming himself. He won't stop until Savior goes there and lets Jack drink a drop of his blood.
This behavior was so terrifying that Jack's mother ran away after witnessing it for the first time.
Zagronan and Lana could have stopped him, but Rachel forbade it. She forced Savior to go there every time and feed him the drop of blood.
He was frustrated, but in this family, nobody dared to disobey Rachel.
So, reluctantly, Savior said goodbye to his friends and started flying home. It would only take a few minutes, so he saw no need for long-distance teleportation.
...
Jack was a transmigrator from Earth.
Originally a gamer, after clicking on a strange game ad, he suddenly found himself in this new world.
Fortunately, he had brought his cheat with him.
It was designed for an RPG dungeon-clearing game with a simple function: it made you stronger the more damage you took.
Once active, no matter how much damage you took, it made you stronger, and it was impossible to die while the skill was active.
A month ago, his cheat finally activated, with one restriction absent in the game.
The ability could only be used for a short time, once a weak.
He decided to try it. Fortunately, once the skill was active, he wouldn't feel any pain.
He began harming himself, and the skill continuously strengthened him in various aspects: his body, mana, soul, and talent.
The system was overpowered, as it was essentially an invincibility cheat in the game.
While in this world, while it had been significantly nerfed, it still retained its core functionality.
As he started self-inflicting injuries, his father arrived, and that's when Jack hit the jackpot.
The system prompt displayed this message to him: "Attention, the player encountered a boss! A drop of blood can shorten cooldown intervals of the skill."
However, as a child, he had no way of obtaining a drop of blood for his father.
He witnessed his father's strength before and knows it's an impossible task for him to get a drop of blood.
However, to his surprise, his father voluntarily stepped forward and gave a drop of blood.
He drank it, and then the system entered an upgrade mode and was deactivated for some time. When it appeared again, the cooldown intervals were shorter.
He began the process again, harming himself once more, and his father came forward and gave blood again. Surprisingly, none of the people around him stopped him from doing it.
They didn't even ask questions, as if someone was stopping them.
Jack felt optimistic about the future. If the cooldown reached zero, then he would be invincible.
...
Rachel was amazed.
She had expected Savior's first child to have a system, but she never anticipated it being an 'original system.'
Transmigrators were always supposed to be children of her hosts, and she had never encountered a transmigrator from anywhere else.
Typically, all the transmigrators had systems, and almost all had systems she nicknamed 'empty shells.'
For empty shells, she could modify them, hack them, and manage them.
However, very rarely, some appeared with systems she nicknamed 'original systems.' These systems were unmodifiable; she couldn't steal them, and she couldn't manipulate them in any way.
More importantly, original systems had an incredible energy slot from the system.
The system's energy is endless, so transmigrators getting energy doesn't take anything away from Rachel.
Those systems usually granted immense power, and the main body highly valued their holders. Such individuals made exceptional warriors, and Jack was one of them.
After he started using his system for the first time, she quickly noticed the abnormality. She instructed everyone to back off and let Jack do as he pleased.
Also, she forced Savior to come every time and feed Jack the drop of blood.
"With Jack, I finally contribute something noticeable to the main body!" she thought, feeling happy.
It's not as if she gets any reward or anything. Just helping the main body is reward enough. Rachels are one, and they all want the main body to succeed.
Transmigrators with original systems are rare, even for the main body.
They are guaranteed to achieve rank 13 power if they survive and are incredibly powerful at that level.
Main Rachel has some theories regarding what they are, but these are classified and unavailable to Rachel here.
"Zag, I have great hopes for Jack!" she exclaimed.
Zag responded, "What great hopes? He seems crazy! Maybe he inherited something from my father, Tanoth."
Tanoth was the former god of Wisdom but went mad due to an inheritance left by the creators.
Initially, Zag thought the inheritance was something great, but later, he discovered its name. It was called "enlightenment."
In truth, it would have been far more accurate to be called "False enlightenment."
It was a peak rank 9 treasure, basically a Trojan horse. By stealing it from heaven, the god of Wisdom unknowingly did the gods a great favor.
However, during the short time it was in heaven, it 'enlightened' some gods. One of them was the god of evil, who was even more evil than the demon kings. Not many know why he's still a god.
"Enlightenment" doesn't make anyone evil; it simply makes one feel they've found the truth.
The 'truth' can vary from person to person. One might see the truth as "helping the weak is the reason for life," while another might believe it's "drinking the blood of innocents is the truth of life," and yet another might find it in "digging a hole in the ground is the truth of life."
One consistent aspect among them all is that they are all false. "Enlightenment" misleads people and convinces them beyond correction.
Tanoth, Zagronan's father, had long been affected by the "Enlightenment"; the reason for a god, like Wisdom, defecting to Hell was this belief that the truth lay in Hell.
The effects of "Enlightenment" are greater on people who desire the truth, and the god of Wisdom was a prime target. That's why he was the first to be "enlightened."
Rachel shook her head in response to this revelation.
"Don't worry, he is sane! He has a good reason for his actions," she said.
Just then, Savior arrived and silently went to where Jack was self-harming.
Jack appeared like a human child, as he was half-human due to his mother's lineage.
For an uninformed observer, it would be pretty terrifying to watch a child engage in such actions. But upon closer inspection, one might realize that there was no 'harm' in this action. There was blood, but no actual harm would occur.
Savior knew this but had been forced to come here because of Rachel. He sighed and cut his finger, allowing a drop of blood to squeeze out.
Jack eagerly opened his mouth to drink it.
"What is this child? Rachel? Why am I feeding 'it'?" Savior asked, baffled by the scene and Jack's eagerness for the blood.
For Savior, who had never seen Hell, it was a frightening experience.
"It's classified! Just feed him," she replied.
Information regarding powerful weapons could not be leaked, especially during war. This matter had already been transmitted to regional headquarters, and someone sent by Rachel would soon arrive to take Jack.
He would be taken somewhere where his skill could truly shine.
Jack took just one drop of blood, as the system had instructed him to drink only one drop. Then, a prompt appeared, saying, "The system will go into upgrade mode." Jack smiled and looked around.
Information about the people present popped into his mind.
Name: Savior Green Long
Real Name: (Hidden)
Level: 7
HP: 100%
MP: 100%
Titles: Host of The First Transmigrator, Gambler, Addict, ...
Skills: (Hidden)
Spells: (Hidden)
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Name: Zagonan
Real Name: (Hidden)
Level: 8
HP: 100%
MP: 100%
Titles: Host of The First Transmigrator, Demon Killer, Human Killer, ...
Skills: (Hidden)
Spells: (Hidden)
...
Jack had always been curious about what "The First Transmigrator" meant.
Both his father and his grandfather had this title, but he had no idea what it entailed.
Jack had already asked both about Earth, but they shook their head, confused. Obviously, they were not from Earth.
He thought about these for a while and then burped and fell asleep. During system upgrades, his energy gets very low, so sleeping was all he could do.
Rachel smiled and said, "Let him sleep a bit; he's tired."
Zagronan and Savior were left speechless but didn't say anything.
They left quietly.
Chapter 72: Cannon Fodder
This world is known as N.E.R.H No. 925874/632/8, one of Rachel's rank 13 worlds.
It was once a Rank 11 civilization, but Rachel invaded and took it over. She usually targets worlds up to Rank 11, as Rank 12 and 13 are too hard to crack, and she can't steal their universal law, so conquering them costs far more than it yields.
N.E.R.G No. 925874/632/8 is not an ordinary world. It serves as a regional headquarters for Rachel.
The main Rachel prefers to focus on long-term planning, leaving most of the control to her regional branches.
Almost all matters related to incarnations are handled by them, with the main Rachel only managing regional headquarters.
This world is protected by thousands of Rank 11 and tens of thousands of Rank 10 worlds, and it is itself at Rank 13.
It is well hidden, and its surroundings are usually silent.
But today, everything has changed!
The Anti-Rachel alliance has detected this world and encircled it.
Now, more than twenty Rank 12 beings and one Rank 13 being are here; they are getting ready to launch an attack.
Setting up a Battle formation is a difficult task in the endless space.
A battle formation must include many universal laws, including at least one universal law related to time.
Time only exists in worlds, not in endless space. Chaos energy assaults everything, even time.
Time water will disappear in the endless space very quickly.
To move forward in the endless space, one must carry their own time water; otherwise, they can't advance. If someone enters the endless space without it, they will freeze forever as soon as they run out of the natural time water in their body.
There are other ways to move in the endless space besides time water. One can use time-related universal laws or complete laws to travel through time. Dyer has no problem moving in the endless space because his complete law can naturally produce 'time water.'
In theory, one would freeze in time if they entered the endless space without preparations, but high-ranking beings always find a way, so it's not an issue in practice.
However, in these battles, the battle formation must also provide time water for lower-ranking beings, who will be used as cannon fodder.
The time in the universe is governed by one universal law of time, permanently active. It is controlled by 'office,' and only they own it.
'Office' is the reason why the time is consistent. Without them, time would be extremely erratic; maybe one second here in this world would be a sextillion years in that world.
Because of 'Office,' the default time everywhere is consistent.
Of course, if one wants to change the default, one can do it.
But nobody does it, at least in their headquarters, because it can significantly limit communication with other civilizations.
In the long run, it's a terrible idea.
Speeding up time in a whole world would increase the cost. It just won't make sense.
Creating a Battle formation in the endless space will be hard. To do that, one has to resist the corrosion of chaos and overrule the universal law of time with a more specialized one.
Office allows one to regulate time in a world, but to do it in the endless space, one must overrule the universal law of time.
That's why even most Rank 13 civilizations can't create a battle formation. However, the Anti-Rachel alliance had many civilizations, so they had the means.
A Battle formation is essential for large-scale wars. It prevents the enemy from freezing time and escaping with their world; it prevents the cannon fodders from dying by the chaos energy; it prevents the space trash from leaking out.
To break free, the defenders have to destroy or overrule the formation.
But overruling a formation requires overruling all of its universal laws. This formation is a very specialized one. Rachel can only escape by revealing her trump card universal laws. That would be a victory for anti-Rachel. Information is more precious than a Rank 12 world.
Rachel can also use much realization energy to suppress the formation temporarily.
But its cost is too much, and no matter how much energy she puts in, anti-Rachel puts more into preventing the formation's universal laws from being suppressed.
...
Lin Ming was leading this battle personally.
Everyone was amazed by it.
He is the strongest fighter of the Anti-Rachel alliance, so his presence boosted morale immensely.
He won't join the fight unless Rachel's main body shows up to save her headquarters.
He is the chief of all forces here, appointed by the four bosses of the shared mind.
"Attack," he ordered telepathically.
The plan and formations were ready, so they only waited for the signal.
Anti-Rachel unleashed its cannon fodder army. Anyone below Rank 10 is cannon fodder, used to wear out the enemy.
Hundreds of millions of Rank 9 and countless lower ranks attacked from all sides.
Rachel's headquarters was defended by thousands of Rank 11 worlds and tens of thousands of Rank 10 worlds, each with many low-grade warriors.
Before the invaders arrived, the worlds opened their doors and sent out their defenders.
Worlds themselves also attacked with powerful weapons, killing hundreds of Rank 9 invaders with each strike.
This is good for Anti-Rachel.
Rank 9 and below are useless.
Some Rank 9s have the talent and potential to discover new complete laws, but they would never be used in such battles.
Rank 9s here were all old and hopeless ones who would die of old age anyway. Why not use them as cannon fodder and drain the enemy?
After a few hours, most of the cannon foders died! Then, the second wave! Hundreds of millions more Rank 9 and countless lower ranks came again and attacked.
The Anti-Rachel alliance had plenty of cannon fodder. They were a collection of countless civilizations, each with a duty to contribute.
They could contribute complete laws, energy, or cannon fodder. Most chose the latter. By removing old and hopeless, they made room for new talent and filled their contribution spot. Why not kill two birds with one stone?
The second wave of cannon fodders also died in a few hours. The third wave came; also, hundreds of millions Rank 9, innumerable lower ranks. The fourth, the fifth, the hundredth, the thousandth wave!
Hundreds of billions of Rank 9s died in this battle so far!
Many worlds were severely damaged and on the brink of destruction. Many had no energy to fight or defend.
Even Rank 9 attacks could destroy worlds with enough hits.
"The next round," Lin Ming ordered.
The plan was to send a thousand rounds of cannon fodder, but a thousand obviously wasn't enough.
The dead cannon fodders were weak, so no one cared.
In wars, personal stories don't matter. Many of the killed were good and righteous people. They were parents, ancestors, leaders, teachers – they all had long stories to tell.
But they were weak.
Weakness is a sin.
In this war, the high-ranks didn't care about casualties, as if watching microbes fight.
It went on until the 3611th round.
Almost a trillion Rank 9 and an incomprehensible number of lower ranks died.
By now, Rachel's cannon fodders long died, and all rank 10 and 11 worlds were also destroyed.
"Start the second phase!" Lin Ming ordered.
The Rank 13 world didn't help the Rank 11 and Rank 10 worlds at all.
Anti-Rachel didn't send cannon fodder this time. They weren't wasteful; they knew their cannon fodder couldn't damage universal laws.
The only way was to overrule them or suppress them with Realization energy.
Destroying a universal law is impossible.
Even if a universal law's civilization gets destroyed, the office would control it; the law itself would be fine.
Rank 12 beings appeared. Only they could do this part.
Each was from a different civilization; all were bosses and leaders. T
hey were from civilizations looted the most by Rachel, so they volunteered for this round.
If they died, their complete law could still be used by their civilizations.
They did this by registering their civilization as the owner.
As bosses, they could use universal law, and if they died, their civilization could choose a successor.
Because the owner is their civilization, unless the civilization is destroyed, it will not use the universal law.
They all came ready with huge energy reserves.
All 20 of them formed a 20-edged suppression formation and started inputting energy.
The Rank 13 world had two universal laws. But against twenty Rank 12 bosses, who controlled 20 universal laws together, it was suppressed.
The world started to break apart, and a chain reaction began.
A Rank 13 world has a huge amount of energy. Many civilizations struggle to organize it and waste a lot.
Not everyone can code like Rachel.
She is a coding master who can do anything with energy. Some of her incarnations are not good, but the main Rachel is the best coder in Rank 13.
The chain reaction was abnormal. Some Rank 12s noticed and frowned, but Lin Ming ignored them and told them to continue.
The chain reaction continued until the critical moment when a blast beyond the understanding of anyone below Rank 12 happened!
Boom!
Everything near it was wiped out at a speed much faster than light. All Rank 12s died instantly, unable to resist at all. The formation was totally destroyed.
The blast spread, even without time water. It was so strong that it pushed space and moved forward, without time.
Many nearby worlds were ruined, and space debris flew around at high speed.
This is a disaster!
Space junks are hazardous and could destroy all the worlds in the universe.
One piece of debris hit a world, destroying it and making more debris; then, more debris hit more worlds, causing even more debris.
No one could have guessed Rachel would do this.
One reason is that space debris is terrible for Rachel, too.
It was a suicidal act. With this, the Anti-Rachel had to be more careful.
Because even if they destroyed Rachel, if she decided to take everyone with her, she could blow up her worlds.
Something that big can destroy most of the universe!
It was a warning from Rachel.
...
Lin Ming appeared far away, unharmed.
Even his silk clothes were intact.
As a Rank 13, who controlled over 1000 universal laws, he had many ways to escape or even stop the blast completely. But he didn't.
No one would suspect he had any role in this because he swore an oath with a 'trade' as a witness!
That is a Rank 14 civilization; no one ever suspects that another Rank 14 civilization helped him avoid the oath.
Even if they knew, they wouldn't dare to say it. A conflict between two Rank 14 civilizations is too scary; no one could get involved.
He watched the incredible light of the blast far away, a slight smile on his lips; then he teleported away.
He had to go to the headquarters of Anti-Rachel and tell the bosses Personally.
Chapter 73: Fires-Adams
Demons did not control Fires civilization. Its name came from Baron Antonio Fires, the one who created it.
It was a civilization with only a single rank 11 world and three rank 10 worlds.
As a low-ranking civilization, they were reliant on a rank 12 civilization, basically a colony, having to pay a protection fee.
But, it was worth it.
In addition to protection, their rank 12 civilization also provided them with coding support and sold them necessary materials.
This arrangement is standard. The overwhelming majority of civilizations are those below rank 12, most of whom have a sponsor.
With only rank 11, they can't code their world independently.
...
One of Fires civilization's rank 10 worlds was named Fires-Adams. It came to be after a marriage between two Great noble-based civilizations.
Fires-Adams was quite a young world, only existing for a few billion years. It was an old-times world with swords and magic.
Knights dominated it, with mages significantly suppressed.
In this world, Marquis Emanuel Fires-Adams was the ruler, being rank 10 and controlling the complete law of the world.
In addition to him, many other nobles existed, all of whom were related to the Fires-Adams family.
Pablo Fires-Adams was a count who controlled a vast land. In this world, nobles are all high-ranking knights. Pablo, for example, was a rank 9 knight and a powerful one at that.
He was quite young, being around 10 million years old. With the lifespan of rank 9s being only around 50 million years, he had most of his life ahead of him.
To the ordinary people, he was popular, but to the other nobles, he was intensely unpopular.
People in this world don't have a bad life. There are very few wars, with everyone being under the command of Emanuel.
But life is not great either.
Anyone related to the nobles is a master, able to enjoy a comfortable life, and anyone who isn't is a servant whose only job is serving the masters.
It has been this way from the beginning, with no one even remembering or knowing any other way.
Among the masters, some were good, treating their servants well, and others who were cruel, abusing them.
Pablo stood out. Not only did he treat his servants well, but he even wanted to stop other nobles from mistreating their servants.
It made him highly unpopular among everyone. They saw him as trying to interfere with things that had nothing to do with him. However, these actions made him very popular among servants.
It wasn't anything revolutionary, like overthrowing the Nobels, etc.
Those are not possible, and even Pablo would be opposed to it. It's not even changing the status quo of two classes of nobles and servants; it's just improving the rights of servants by giving them some rights.
...
Pablo continued to pursue his goals, and after thousands of years, he finally managed to convince the council of nobles to establish some fundamental rights for servants.
These rights included:
Not working them without compensation.Not punishing them without good reasons.Not forcing them into sexual relations.These are very minimal rights, but they are better than nothing.
It was a great move forward.
Or, it would have been if Emanuel wasn't opposed.
To the surprise of many, Emanuel opposed it and vetoed the plan.
As a rank 10 Marquis, his opposition killed the plan entirely.
Pablo became very upset, so he communicated the issue to the Fires world.
...
The Fires world was where the only rank 11 knights in Fires civilization lived, Duke Marvin Fires. He was a direct descendant of Baron Antonio Fires, the founder of the Fires family.
It's said that Marvin is a reformist.
The natural fate of every civilization is technological advancement. Fires civilization also advanced immensely from when it was founded; they improved their methods of knight training.
But, they deliberately suppressed science. Their policy was to focus only on the knight's path.
Marvin disagreed with this approach. He wanted to try the technological path.
He was taking action, but resistance was fierce.
However, as a rank 11 knight, if he wanted to push it in the headquarters, he could do it.
And he did it, getting results.
In the Fires world, technology is thriving. Ancient laws were set aside, and many new inventions began to appear.
As a result, today, people's lives are great.
There are still nobles, but even the nobles are satisfied. However, in the other rank 10 worlds, things are different.
Relative families control those, and Marvin cannot force them as he wants. So, in those worlds, nothing changed.
He gave up for a long time until today when he received a letter from a count in the Fires-Adams world.
"Maybe I can use this as an excuse to interfere?" he thought.
A count asking Marvin to help in a matter seldom happens. But when it does, it can provide a great opportunity.
Because Marvin is the head of the Fires family, and when internal disputes between high-level nobles happen, he has to be the judge.
Using this as an excuse, he ordered his right-hand woman, Anita Fires, to go there and act as the judge.
Fires-Adams couldn't refuse this.
...
Anita landed on Fires-Adams world.
She was a rank 10 knight and was old.
Still, she looked very young, like a 14 or 15-year-old girl. As a rank 10 knight, she could remain physically young forever.
But in fact, she was old, older than Baron Antonio!
She still remembers Baron Antonio when he was a toddler.
She would have succeeded Baron Antonio if she was in the line of succession.
The reason she wasn't in the line had nothing to do with her being a woman. High-level civilizations never cared about the prejudices that some mortal nobles had, like not allowing women to inherit titles.
As for women usually being physically weaker than men, it might matter for mortals, but for knights, it doesn't make any difference.
The reason she didn't inherit the title was her talent. She didn't have rank 11 talent; Marvin did, so he inherited it. The head of the family must have at least rank 11 talent.
Anita looked around.
She was familiar with Fires-Adams, so she just moved to the residence of Marquis Emanuel.
Marquis Emanuel had black hair and a short beard. His eyes were deep, like eagles, and shone with strength.
"Hey, Anita, long time no see," he laughed and greeted. He disliked Anita, but still, he should be polite with a knight of the same rank.
Anita also smiled.
"Emanuel! You look even more impressive! Maybe one of these days, you can finally advance to rank 11!" she said.
Advancing to rank 11 requires controlling two laws. But there are also other requirements:
One must have rank 11 talent. As rank 11 talent pills are rare, this requirement alone rules out most people.The two complete laws must be compatible with themselves and the meditation method. Meditation methods are how one can absorb chaos energy at high speed and are not necessary for rank 10. But in rank 11, it's essential, as without it, one cannot absorb enough energy.One must be able to hold two complete laws in one's body.To hold more than one complete law in the body requires a rank 11 body.
One can have a rank 11 body if they strengthen their body using chaos energy. A rank 11 body simply means having the ability to hold more than one complete law in the body, and it doesn't mean reaching rank 11.
After one satisfies these three conditions, then one can reach rank 11.
Emanuel smiled bitterly and said, "Maybe. Now, let's talk about the matter," he said.
"Yeah, let's do it," Anita nodded.
They both sat in a luxurious room, and Emanuel started, "This matter is an internal policy matter, not a conflict between high-ranking nobles," he said.
Anita shook her head, "I already looked at it. Let me tell you, Pablo is not going to reconcile. This is a conflict."
Emanuel sighed. Because Anita is an agent appointed by Marvin, her judgments are Marvin's. When the judgments are handed down, they can only be overruled if the other two nobles in the rank 10 worlds concur. Emanuel is sure they will do so, but it will take years.
"Okay, let's cut the nonsense. What is your Final judgment?" Emanuel said, wanting to minimize Anita's stay here.
Anita smiled and said, "According to my observations, Pablo had the support of the nobles' council, and only because of your honor's opposition did the proposal fail. As the lord of Fires-Adams, you have the authority to do this."
"However, His Honor, Marvin, also has the authority to overrule your objections," she said with an innocent smile.
"Wait, where did that come from? He doesn't have that power! We are independent in our world, and only in matters related to our collective security can his world overrule mine!" he said with a bit of anger.
"According to my investigations, this matter is deeply related to security; the people can be much more productive if their rights are protected," Anita said.
"So it's about a power grab! Marvin wants to take over, right? I will appeal this decision to the Supreme Council. Respectfully, Anita, you can leave!" he said.
Anita sneered and left.
...
Emanuel went on to ask the Supreme Council to overrule Anita's ruling. But something very unexpected happened.
Marquis Leslie Fires-Singleton, the new leader of the Fires-Singleton world, refused to overrule her decisions.
For Anita's decision to be overruled, unanimity is necessary.
As a result, to the unbelievable eyes of Emanuel, her decisions were upheld and set a precedent that boosted Marvin's power beyond any limits.
If a simple matter about servants' rights can be considered a security matter, what can't be? Anything can be a security matter.
As a result, Emanuel's objection was overruled, and servants gained very basic rights.
It didn't end there. After a while, Marvin, with the excuse of security, ordered everyone to start allowing mortal technology to advance.
This time, the internal nobles' council didn't agree. Still, Anita came again and ruled that if it's related to security, the spirit of the law requires that Marvin's decisions take precedence over any other law.
As a result of these decisions, Fires-Adams' servants began to advance rapidly.
At first, the nobles resisted, but after a while, they began to accept it, and after a few thousand years, many began to favor it.
The new technology brought many benefits and made the lives of everyone easier and much more productive.
After ten thousand years, Fires-Adams was unrecognizable.
Cars flew in the skies, and everywhere was beautifully designed, with tall buildings around. Everyone was much happier than before.
...
Pablo looked at the blue sky and the beautiful buildings in the night sky.
He was proud of himself.
When he looked around and saw many happy people, a smile came to his lips.
"Our future is very bright!" he thought.
Just as he thought of this, a tremendous earthquake came, and all those huge buildings began to collapse! These buildings were built very sturdily, so one can imagine the extent of the earthquake!
"What is going on?" Pablo was stunned.
...
Just outside Fires-Adams world, something very fast-moving, with a lot of chaotic energy, was approaching.
Fires-Adams world noticed it and sent a lot of missiles, trying to explode it in space. But it failed.
With nothing to stop it, the space waste hit the world!
Its massive chaos energy hit Fires-Adams.
Fire, pieces of complete law, radiation, and harmful energy spread worldwide.
In just a few minutes, the entire world turned into a crisp and exploded.
...
Pablo only felt a bright red light, and everything went dark forever.
...
Everyone in Fires-Adams world was killed, even the rank 10 Emanuel.
The space Waste was from Rachel's rank 12 world, so of course, a rank 10 world had no chance to resist it.
The space debris created by the explosion of Fires-Adams hit the neighboring worlds of Fires Civilization but only damaged them, not destroying them.
This disaster was recorded in the Fires history books and will always be taught in school when they want to scare off children.
Chapter 74: 100,000 years
There are many different species in the universe, each specialized to live in specific types of worlds.
Generally, there are three different categories:
Active living: These creatures wander around, searching for food, resources, etc.Passive living: These creatures remain rooted in one place, waiting for resources and food to arrive.Unique: These creatures can sometimes be active and passive at other times. The undead, illusion creatures, and void creatures are also categorized here because they don't fit into the other categories.These were organized by the 14th-ranked civilization known as "Alive."
Alive is the go-to choice for those seeking living beings in their world. Their products are top-notch, compatible with all universal laws, and free from bugs, making them very stable. Their prices are also affordable.
Creating a world from scratch requires various materials.
First, the minimum requirement for an independent world is one complete law.
Then, one must code it. Coding a world is the most critical part, typically achievable only by civilizations ranked 12 and above.
There are codes based on Realization energy, Universal energy, universal laws, complete laws, and other less-used energies.
Realization energy is considered the best coding material, but it is challenging and expensive to code a world with it.
Rank 10 and 11 worlds are typically coded using complete laws.
That is easier because one can just use the already existing complete law and code with it, avoiding a lot of complications of adding anything new to the mix.
Once the coding is finished, the basics are in place.
The code also determines the landscape; for example, whether the world will have heaven and hell separated from each other must be defined in the code, not after the world is set up.
Only very powerful civilizations, like Rachel, can modify a world's code after it's established. If someone who is not an expert attempts it, they can easily create loopholes and bugs that could destroy the entire world.
Then, one must provide initial energy reserves and the species inhabiting it.
It is where everyone starts contacting Alive.
Technically, it's possible to breed Alive's 'products' and use them illegally, though nobody dares to do this.
Alive's rule is that a 'copyright' is required for each species in each world.
As a rank 14 civilization, they can enforce this rule.
So, one chooses the species they want, buys the 'copyright' for that specific world, and then can make as many as they like, as long as they remain in that world.
Also, the 'copyright' is required for mortals, so if one of those mortals reaches even rank 0, they can be moved anywhere.
After all these steps are completed, the world is created and can operate. Initially, the world will cost more than it produces.
However, over time, the output will far outpace the expenses, making world creation a very profitable endeavor.
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The Great Dream Civilization went through many changes.
They were part of the Open Federation because they were neither mages, cultivators, demons, nor angels. Instead, they were primarily elves with various power systems within them.
When they reached rank 12, they joined the Open Federation. At that time, the Open Federation was in its infancy.
As a result, the Great Dream Civilization occupied one of the elder positions within the federation—a position they still hold today.
However, having an elder position within the Open Federation only grants a little power. The Open Federation is indeed formidable, with tens of thousands of universal laws, but it is very open, with minimal constraints on its members.
When the Anti-Rachel Alliance was signed, several concessions were made to the Open Federation to ensure its cooperation.
Otherwise, the Open Alliance might not have been able to join.
Consequently, the Great Dream Civilization was relatively unrestricted by the deal.
By order of the CEO, they gathered some old rank 9 and lower individuals and sent them as contributions to the Anti-Rachel Alliance. On the other hand, they allied with Rachel, effectively being on both sides of the conflict.
They wouldn't have been able to do this if they were members of any other federation because their oaths would have been much more stringent.
However, Open Alliance members were only required to donate supplies for battle, and very few limitations existed for them. Unless someone hated Rachel and wanted to contribute more, they weren't required to put in much effort.
Being allied with both Rachel and Anti-Rachel, they felt safe and decided to start expanding.
One risk of creating new worlds is the possibility of infiltration. If it happens, all the investments go up in smoke. The greatest infiltrator in the universe is Rachel, significantly impacting the profit margin of world creation.
However, Great Dream was allied with Rachel, so they decided to create a million new worlds, mostly rank 10 but also many rank 11 worlds.
Great Dream had deep pockets, allowing them to allocate a substantial amount of Realization energy to creating many complete laws of space and time. They excelled in worlds with these two complete laws because the code in this area was very comprehensive.
Not everyone has a database with all kinds of information in it.
Information such as coding are secrets, very difficult to gather.
As for why they were rich, it was mostly because of their universal law of 'existence.'
The universal law of 'existence' made their ability to create complete laws one of the best among rank 12 civilizations.
Using 'existence' at the expanse of some realization energy, they could create complete laws at a reduced cost and sell them to neighboring civilizations, earning money.
Great Dreams used a lot of Realization energy and created more than two million complete laws of space and time. Then, they began coding their worlds.
As usual, some of their worlds became cultivation realms, and others became heaven and hell worlds. They were experts in coding these, so the process went smoothly.
They converted half of the new worlds into reactors, places for farming mortals to generate realization energy.
Reactors are extremely evil, but high-level civilizations don't care about good or evil.
Everyone does anything good for them. The higher one goes, the less they care about good or bad.
If any civilizations care about morals, they would be wiped out because they can't produce enough realization energy, or discover universal laws, and so on.
Morals are self-imposed limitations. Good morals benefit society, improve the lives of everyone, and make the environment better for all. However, there are always those who ignore morals and take advantage of others.
We are not talking about animalistic evil here. People who engage in animalistic evil, killing and harming for emotional purposes, are just that, animals. They are far less dangerous than those who are intelligent.
If one is intelligent and doesn't care about morals, they can be the most terrifying.
The higher one rises, the less animalistic evils appear, and more intelligent evil individuals surface.
In rank 9, there is almost no animalistic evil, except maybe some demon kings. However, those are exceptional cases because they act according to how the world is coded, and they are not naturally occurring rank 9 beings.
In contrast, an overwhelming majority reaching rank 9 can be considered intelligent evil. Again, except the likes God of Kindness, who did not come to be naturally.
Some, like Pablo Fires-Adams, also exist, but even Pablo was not entirely virtuous.
While also having good sides, to reach rank 9, he did many things in his 'youth.' After all, in any competition for a position as high as rank 9, those who play it straight and follow morals will lose.
In rank 12, there is no animalistic evil left, and everyone is smart evil. Some might call it not necessarily evil but rather ruthlessness to the extreme. They only care about benefits and are willing to crush everything in their path, but they won't deliberately harm anyone if it doesn't bring any benefits.
Rachel is such a 'person,' Great Dream is the same, Fires Civilization, and everyone else is smart evil.
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"Hmph! How could we fall for this?" Luther exclaimed, clearly upset.
A while ago, a task with substantial rewards came up. Luther had his suspicions, so he dispatched many investigators to check it thoroughly. However, it seemed to be clean and safe.
So he asked Rachel to assign the task to a local incarnation. She did so, but after some time, it became apparent that the task was actually an ambush.
As a result, a rank 9 Rachel was captured.
While not a major setback, it left a bad taste in their mouths.
"Never mind. These things happen," Rachel tried to soothe Luther's wounded pride.
"Rachel, these tasks are becoming increasingly dangerous. We should tighten the rules a bit," he suggested.
Rachel shook her head. "No, the main body has instructed that the rules remain as open as possible."
Luther retorted, "Yes, as open as 'possible.' But now, it's no longer possible to keep them this open while still maintaining a profit. Right now, anyone can issue a task without disclosing their identity."
Rachel pondered for a while and nodded. "Let's set a requirement for disclosing the identity. After what happened, if we don't change the rules a bit, it will raise suspicions." She had her own concerns and concealed many things from Luther.
It wasn't a matter of trust but rather a directive from the main body. The 'database' skill protected her mind, but Luther's mind could be searched if he were to be captured.
Luther agreed and continued to read through the batch of tasks. These tasks were issued before the rules changed, so they still had to be completed.
...
Over one hundred thousand years have passed, and not much has changed, even over this extended period.
Many mortal civilizations have risen and fallen during this time, achieving great advancements before their decline. Due to the existence of magic, mortal science can never reach its pinnacle.
Mages, in general, did not concern themselves with mortals.
The Robels Empire was established over a hundred thousand years ago, and its original rulers have long since passed away. However, it still exists.
In the old Dyer continent, now known as Lee Continent, the Robels Kingdom was the ruling power among mortals. Even after Lee took over, they did not dismantle it, nor did they change its name.
Instead, they transformed its role from an empire that governed to one that outlined what mortals could do. They acted as intermediaries between mages and mortals.
As a result, the nobles who were originally under the Robels Empire became increasingly independent and eventually evolved into their own countries.
Today, after significant development, the Kingdom of Kobi rules the entire continent. It is said that their ancestor was a rank 4 mage who lived many years ago.
The Kobi Kingdom controlled the entire continent and had overlapping territory with the Robels Empire. However, the Robels Empire was merely an empty shell, so no conflicts arose.
Perhaps the only noticeable change over the years has been the emergence of demons. Still, demons are old news, and after more than 100,000 years, everyone has become accustomed to their presence.
Demons didn't significantly alter the status quo.
Thanks to Rachel's code changes, entities like those with 40% demon and 60% elf heritage can exist.
After countless years of integration, most people have some demon blood, resulting in improved mage talent among humans and other species, but not much else.
When demons first appeared, they were righteous, more so than humans. However, over many years, they adapted to pure energy, and their moral standing is no better than that of humans.
These are all specific settings within the "Divine Species" sold by Alive.
The Divine species is unique, as it can transition into both demons and angels, depending on the environment. They are highly adaptable and can quickly adjust to different surroundings.
Their specific settings are intricate and extensive, making them suitable even for purchase by cultivator civilizations in specific situations.
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Zagronan looked at a city and asked in confusion, "Which forest was it again?"
Rachel sighed and replied, "There used to be a forest there, but now it's gone," with disappointment.
She then asked Zag to come where she first appeared, only to find that the forest was no longer there.
"What should we do now?" Zag asked.
Rachel responded, "Continue! Enter the city."
After more than 100,000 years ...
Today, Zagronan is finally ready to be promoted to rank 9!
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