After leaving Ezheim, Mrs Birdus and I headed for the next game. How is it possible that technology does not exist in these thousands of civilizations? How is it possible that technology does not exist in these thousands of civilizations? I asked this question to several people I met, including Mrs. Birdus, but...
"Mrs. Birdus, can I ask you a question?"
"Yes? What is it?" she asked me curiously.
"Are you familiar with technological civilization? " I asked with a hint of an answer.
"Technological civilisation? Hm... I've never heard of it, what is it?"
"Well. It was my civilization before I died and became a creator, but I asked a question of the opponent I faced and he said he'd never heard of it, maybe it's not even listed in the civilizations available to creators" I said scratching the back of my head, considering it's the other systems compared to mine.
"Your home civilisation is not one of the civilisations in the system? Impossible, don't joke, all civilizations since the dawn of time are listed in the panel of proposed civilizations. As far as I know, there is no civilization of this name listed in the files. It's probably not strong enough to deserve to be displayed," she teases me.
"Oh yes, that's true. Well, probably. After all, we're weak enough in our world if we got caught in a fight in an extraordinary world, my home world would be dead. Ah ah ah." I said this with a nervous laugh and a drop of sweat on my forehead. So that's what I thought, civilization doesn't exist. This is important information. I should ask Nishley why, no one knows the technology.
"We are here! Single combat! Let's go in," she said, taking me by the hand as I enthusiastically entered. Do women like to see men fighting inside them? I wonder.
Inside, the layout of the stands and arenas is the same, the only change being that the arenas are miles long. Yes, you heard me right. Inside, there was a hall, that is, a space measuring hundreds of kilometres wide with common lines that bounded the hundreds of arenas each about 5 km in diameter.
"Wooow. That's huge!" I said, amazed, especially since there was no ceiling, only a bright sky. Half of the hundreds of fighting arenas were already occupied, you could already hear the many shocks between each blow.
BOOM!
BAM!
..
Fortunately, the sound was muffled outside the arena, looking around each arena, I saw many revolutionary techniques. Like cloning
"Hello?" said a stranger behind me.
"Oh?"
"Oh, excuse me! Sorry to bother you but... do you want to have a fight with me?" said the strange man with tentacles that moved in all directions.
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Well, I didn't think I'd get into a fight so soon. "Thanks for agreeing friend!" said Joshua, a tentacle man, well more like an octopus man to be exact, we positioned ourselves 1km apart.
"I couldn't find an opponent of my size as everyone else was too strong! Fortunately, I found you after an hour of searching!" he said in an excited voice. An hour of searching? Who searches that long? Is this guy really sane and did he not just call me weak?
"Courage BlueEarth! Come on! Win kya!" shouted Mrs. Birdus as she moved her bird wings behind her back in a weird way. This is... awkward.
"You have a fan! I'm so jealous! I hope you're ready!" he said after a divine aura appeared all over his body precisely on his 10 tentacles that gesticulated all over the place destroying everything in its path with a fast and powerful whip. "So strong!" I said, as it came closer and closer to me.
I quickly summoned my power of faith, then condensed it into a divine fire and aimed directly at Mr. Octopus with my pistol-shaped fingers and fired a flaming shot that landed on Mr. Octopus, but he easily dodged it by gesticulating all over his body. Is his body made of gelatin to twist so much?!
"Shit..." If this continues, he'll get closer and lash out at me with a whip that could kill me. "Chain God!" I shouted, suddenly chains of light imprisoned Mr. Octopus' main body but as I thought he deliberated easily with his soft body. But that gave me enough time for what I wanted to do.
"Acid rain!" I shouted as I converted the energy of faith into acie which I poured from the sky directly onto the octopus, a few seconds later I could already hear moaning.
"I surrender! Stop it! It hurts, I'm going to die! Okay you're stronger than me, boo!" he gave up easily, he was just a crybaby after all. I thought he would have been tougher than that. "Uh... My body is melting sniff..."
"It's okay. It's okay, look at your body. It's not melting anymore, the wounds disappeared after the fight was over." I said, shaking my head.
"The wounds, yes! But not the pain!" he said, tears welling up in his eyes.
"Okay, okay, I understand. I'm sorry, okay?" I said, massaging my temple, he had acted childishly. Since when are creators children? I met a guy with a child's body, but now I'm meeting a guy with a child's mind. Didn't they change bodies?
"I must be dreaming, yes.
"Alala... That was a fun fight, pfft..." she looked at us and laughed at Joshua obviously, "BlueEarth, have you built your pantheon yet?" she asked me, already knowing the answer.
"Well... Not really, I've just started my world so there's no strong individual born yet," I said dejectedly.
"That's normal, don't worry. It would be rather peculiar if you had already built one. Since you don't have a pantheon, we won't be waging a divine war. Also, titanic combat is kind of an advanced stage of single combat, so you better not do it, you'd die instantly and the Universe War is kind of a Conquest War, do you want to do one?" she asked me as we walked to the next set.
"I think I pretty much know how the game mode works, so I can skip that one," I said, scratching my head.
"Then there's only one game mode left! The divine riddle! Do you want to do it? Worst case scenario, you can stop whenever you want in your progress and then you can get PCs based on your success in the puzzle" she said excitedly.
Let's see, "Mrs. Birdus, which puzzle did you pass in the divine puzzle?". I asked, curious to know what she had done, it would already give me a general idea of the puzzles.
"My divine riddle? It must be decades since I passed it, my divine riddle... it was to kill all my people" she said smiling.
"Kill all your people? Didn't I..." I hesitate.
"Don't worry, it allowed me to cut my attachment to my old life. Let's move on, I'll give you a little advice since I'm your elder!" Since when have you been my senior? "The riddle always has a purpose! Don't forget, okay?" she said seriously.
I nodded and thanked Mrs. Birdus' advice, "So the riddle always has a purpose... eh…"
You have entered the divine riddle game.
The room is dark...? I-I start to faint...? I say until I lose consciousness. "Shit.
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Ah! Where am I? Ah, yes it's true. I have entered the divine riddle. What am I to do?
Welcome to the divine enigma. Let us begin our game, Edmund.
1. He loses his memory and returns to his home world, the earth, and must find a purpose. He cannot see, hear, touch or taste, but he can feel and think. What is?
What is this riddle? Well, maybe it's lucky I don't have to kill my whole race. A simple riddle is welcome, let's get back to the point. How can I find the answer, I wasn't Einstein at school. Well, let's really focus. The riddle already describes a person who has lost his memory and has returned to 'Earth' in his native world. This person cannot see, hear, touch or taste, but he can feel and think. We can tell from the clues that this could suggest that it is a person, a living human or animal being and that it must be very young as it has not developed all its sensory abilities. Apart from the fact that it has not developed its sensory capacities, 'this person' has no objective implies that it has no clear goal in life.
In my opinion, what would best fit this conundrum would be. "a baby"? A baby is just born so its sensory abilities are not developed but it can feel and think from birth, plus as it is just born it has no clear purpose in life.
First riddle successful. "Baby"
Next riddle in progress.
I wonder how many riddles there are in all.
2. I am life and death. I begin life, but I also end it. I am a part of every moment, yet I can never be touched. Who am I?
Something that is both related to life and death? Something that begins with life and ends with death but is also present at every moment but cannot be touched. According to the riddle, it must be a concept that is fundamental to every living being and that is omnipresent in every life that has an impact on life and death and that must be intangible. The "Time"?
Second successful riddle. "Time"
Next riddle in progress.
The word that best fits these clues is "time". At the same time, time is some that is present to every living being and also to life and death and so as it is a concept, it cannot be touched as it has no physical appearance.
For now, I'm managing. I didn't know I was that smart?
3. I am a gift that can be received but never given. If lost, I can always be found, but I cannot be returned intact. Who am I?
If we start at the beginning, the clues suggest that the answer to the riddle or the unknown answer must be precious and irreplaceable, which can be seen as a gift, but which is also vulnerable and ephemeral since it can be lost and will no longer be intact. I think I have an idea... it must be something like its "beauty"?
Still nothing? Then what must it be? Oh! "Youth"!
Third successful riddle. « Youth »
Next riddle in progress.
But yes, that makes total sense! Youth is considered a gift to life, often associated with vitality, energy and carefree living. Logically the part If I am lost, I can always be found, but it is impossible to make me whole. It could mean that youth can be lost and that it is fragile because after losing it, it can only be recovered imperfectly.