Chapter 16 — Are You Really an Evil God? (1)
In the next half-day of schooling, Ren and his classmate were given a few basic knowledge for starters.
[Theory of Mech] by Nexus.
[Beginner Meta Language] by Thomas Milner.
[Basics Mech Blueprint] by Nexus.
[Engineering Codex 4th Edition] transliterate by Holy Court.
[Beginner Energy Particles Theory] published by Holy Court.
[Three Code of Algorithms] published by Earth Federation.
[Galactic Encyclopedia 32th Edition] published by Earth Federation.
That is basic knowledge for the first semester, then specialist knowledge would be introduced in the second semester.
Or so, from what the Homeroom Teacher trying to explain for them.
The other party is a bit strange, she or he didn't even come to the classroom. But from the rumor spread among the first-year students. Senior schoolmates, they called him or her, the Professor.
He heard that the Professor was really talented, she or he even completed a few research left behind by Headmaster Nexus.
This is not a just random feat.
Just this basic knowledge already makes those brats filled with despair.
Although memory transfers have been researched, prototype memory devices have also been produced. After all, it was still immature technology with high-risk consequences.
When it comes to brain domain research, humans still have a long way to go. Even illegal research that uses humans as guinea pigs could be found from time to time.
In the end, they still need to read it manually.
Fortunately, he has an eidetic memory. It saves him a painstaking from remembering a lot of words. He could just put it in the 'save folder' before analyzing it properly.
He finished his first school day without a problem. Ahem, except the first half day.
He got a call from his mother, Madam Elise. She didn't talk about the event today and only ask about his living condition if there is an inconvenience.
Ren slept well that day. He might be forgetting about something but today is a hard day, let him rest at last.
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Is there really someone who is truly 'Innocent'?
No. There is no innocent in this piece of Dark Universe. Only 'Ignorant' who fear in knowing.
In the dark universe, ignorant isn't bliss but having too much knowledge same as being guilty of having a treasure without strength.
Deus Ex-Machina was always sensitive about Sage who enlightens from knowledge.
'He' doesn't want anything to touch his domain again.
But being Ignorant is even more so invulnerable for the living being.
This is the source of contradiction between man and God in this era.
So, everything about knowledge needs to be under the control of God Proxy, Holy Court.
They didn't stop the spreading of knowledge but limited the knowledge that scattered around the world.
This is not about being authoritative, Holy Court was here to prevent the so-called evil god or other lesser god sprout out of nowhere. Also, they need to do this to lower the chance of mortals being corrupted by 'unknowns'.
No Face was one of the kinds of corrupted beings, they don't have a complete consciousness only basic instinct or desire. As someone who failed in Awakening doesn't mean they had no level. They would be classified as monsters, beasts, and spirits, from Common Grade to the highest Mythical Grade.
Monster, Beast, and Spirits that were born and already had a power of Level 1 to Level 3 classified as Common Grade, being born at this level known as One Star Beast. Equalling Level 4 and Level 5 are also classified as Elite Grade, also known as Three Star Beast. From Level 6 to Level 10 already enter Epic Grade, also known as Five Star Beast. Above that would be Legendary and Mythical Grade.
This grading star isn't about their power, but their potential. Being born as One Star beast means it had a chance to evolve into One Star but limited to this. The same for Three Star beast means their limit potential would be at this level. But for the Five Star beast, it has the chance to overcome Five Star.
Having a chance doesn't mean those Monster, Beast, and Spirits could evolve into Star Being or have a Sainthood easily. As their living cycle is longer than humans, their evolution also becomes harder without special occurrence.
But for failure awakening like No-Face who corrupted by unknown. They could get second awaking when entering Epic Grade, this leading them to awaken their incomplete consciousness that was already twisted and corrupted. Before long it would lead to the birth of a terrifying Evil Disaster.
This is also why the term 'Awakening' would be deemed forbidden by Holy Court for commoners. Even Federation Agent that officially called Federal Investigation Agency, always handling this kind of case in every colony planet.
While military handling skirmish at border space territory, their problem only in limited advanced technology. Their enemy would either be a monster and star beast or a backward civilization and a small rebel organization.
Earth Federation had never met another high civilization for hundreds of years of space voyages.
But, if the enemy was only a normal enemy like that, the Federation higher-ups wouldn't be so harsh in demanding new results in technological research every year.
Not to mention the greedy and selfish higher-ups in those nobles and financial groups.
The internal strife about resources between this group of people becomes another hindrance in advancing the civilization's technology.
As the biggest loss in the history of the Federation, Headmaster Nexus is still one of the most controversial figures. Federation hopes his theory could be completed and implemented in every way possible. But, nobles and a few financial groups wanted to be the only ones who grasp the result of this theory.
While Holy Court doesn't want this kind of theory to be completed, from their point of view it would raise another trouble that could shake the foundation of their belief in Deus. They also hoped the simplified result could be used for the welfare of common people.
They rather raise the civilization technology than let the civilization return to the Era of Martial Arts.
In that Era, everyone would be eager to look for resources for their own use, even if they have to kill each other.
Sometimes having a shackle is better than a loose and lawless society. After all, it's not realistic for everyone to shout "I hold my own Fate and not the Heaven!" or "On Heaven and Earth I am Supreme!" and "Shallowing a Golden Core, my life in my hand."
Albeit so, there is a group of people who are born with a strange disease. They would turn into a 'Ratman' when reaching adulthood.
As the name implied, they would turn into humanoid rats. While their appearance change drastically, their bloodline is still that of human DNA. Only a small portion of DNA that affects one appearance has a fusion with rat DNA.
This fusion isn't that of a man-made experiment, after all, human and rat DNA has a big difference. Even with a catalyst, its fusion would leave an obvious trace.
A mutation within the whole tribe or even planet isn't rare in the vast universe, there is also Mysticism domain that has already been erased by time only leaving a trace.
After being discriminated against for a long time, they of course would look for a pillar they could hold. Even if it is just a spiritual pillar, even if it's an evil god personification.
Right. They worship the name of Rat God as their very pillar. This attracts a nameless evil spirit to personify into an evil god.
Rat God as early as two hundred years ago. It was incomplete Divinity that no one would care about.
But, evil spirits that were born out of the blood and flesh of the death wanted to be free from Corpse God's shackles.
It took this opportunity to be born as an evil god, the Rat God of those Ratmen.
Then after hundreds of years of accumulation from its cruel demand of countless sacrifices, it successfully turned into a real lesser god. It had gotten a basic ability to cancel Deus's vision and fight a higher being.
But recently, this greedy lesser god, no this evil god. 'He' wanted to shallow the separated authority of Omnipotent and blessing of Omniscient which hugely related to 'That', enemy of 'His'.
After all, this scheme already run for hundreds of years by 'That'. But 'He' already knows the purpose of 'His', so this is like the idiom from mortal, "mantis stalks cicada unaware oriole behind'.
When those Sainthoods under 'Him' finished collecting and extracting Omnipotent authority from many humans and strength blessed race also robbed the blessing of Omniscient. Before Sainthoods send the Omnipotent authority and blessing of Omniscient, they were robbed by Rat God who descends before them.
Unfortunately, after experimenting for a decade and finding a good vessel. 'He' failed at the last step, because the vessel was a bit too fragile. Who knows descendant from the lineage of Paragon would be that weak? He died before the god spawn was completed.
Then, when 'He' wanted to use the remaining spawn within his body. A terrifying pressure of Divinity forcefully cut 'His' connection with that vessel, rendering deep injuries.
Rat God forcefully use 'His' own incomplete Divinity after his injuries got better. But, who knows, that spawn of 'His' would be thrown into a terrifying dimension.
AS he trying to return to 'His' main body. The connection is directly cut from the source. It kills 'His' main body and traps 'Him' and incomplete divinity within that strange dimension.
Separating 'Him' from the authority of Omnipotent and the blessing of Omniscient as it molded into a special authority of Omnipresent.
Then the unknown Divinity vanishes leaving him there being grinding away from 'His' incomplete divinity by a whole dimension.
Rat God blended all 'His' consciousness with a strong resentment in every bit of energy within spawn. This was 'His' last struggle, 'He' thought that 'He' might be able to revive in this dimension from accumulated resentment after all 'His' root was evil spirits. There is even a chance to take over the whole dimension and rob that terrifying, fierce, holy, and unparalleled Divinity.