[Evolution Completed]
[Dungeon is open again]
The first thing I saw was this green text right in front of my eyes.
I could only see it; the background was blurry.
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[Status]
Name: -
Age: 0 years, 6 months, 4 weeks, 6 days, 23 hours
Species: World Dungeon Core
Level: 2/6
Experience Points: 143/150,000
EC: 1,500/1,500
—> 2 EC regenerates per hour
Characteristics:
- Space (unique)
- Time (unique)
- Consciousness
Floors: 3
- Control Room
- First Floor (Tempora) ---> 1.1 EC per hour
- Second Floor (name)
[More]
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"Wow, I feel a little dizzy," I exclaimed, taking a moment to steady myself.
Then, I focused on my status.
"Hmm, doesn't look much different! But what did I expect?" I asked myself.
"So... my species has changed, and my level, as well as its cap, has increased!"
"What the…!"
When I saw the required [EXP], I was speechless. 150,000!
"And it keeps increasing with each level!"
"Incredible!"
"I also have more [EC]!"
I had a total of 1,500, and I could build so much with that!
"Yippie!"
I also noticed other changes, such as the hourly earnings, which had increased significantly. I was thrilled about that.
I now had a third [CS] and a third floor!
After checking all of this, I focused my attention on what was behind the status screen.
The Control Room.
A simple floor with edges that sloped down because the room had grown a bit larger, and in the center was the Core, now about a meter in diameter!
I collected my thoughts and considered what to do first.
"Control Room, create Floor 2 or check on the first floor?" I thought aloud.
"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm."
I decided to check the condition of the first floor, which seemed to have recovered, given the increased hourly [EC] earnings.
It was probably because ten years had passed on Tempora.
Surprisingly, I had been in a coma for six months!
"Incredible!"
I teleported to Tempora.
Upon arrival, the view astonished me once again.
The first part was covered in lush grass, with snow-capped mountains in the distance.
Large white clouds moved across the sky, and a gentle warm breeze swept over the ground.
The grass glistened in the golden sunlight, as if it had just rained. It swayed lightly in the breeze.
Next to me, a stream trickled, and a dragonfly fluttered above its surface.
There were individual flowers, attracting colorful butterflies.
I glanced slightly to the horizon and saw tipis.
I flew towards them and saw those lizard-like beings who had set up leather tipis.
They reminded me of Native Americans.
I watched a few children playing tag between the tipis and couldn't help but smile.
This was the first generation of Consciousness beings in my dungeon, and I look forward what will change through their actions.
There were around 50 tipis and 200 lizard people. Some adults were processing leather, and others were crafting stone tips.
"I wonder what kind of leather that is?" I wondered.
Suddenly, I heard a warning cry.
"HUMANS!" shouted the largest lizard.
Immediately, all the adults sprang into action, taking positions. Some had primitive bows, and others had spears.
"What do you want?" the same lizard called out.
I now saw the humans as well, but what surprised me was that they were just "little children."
There were about 20 children, around 6 years old.
"Wait, Kroll!" shouted another lizard, with a female voice, which led me to assume she was a woman.
Without looking at her, Kroll said, "Human remains human! You know that! Have you forgotten what they did to your first child?"
"Oh! I can understand them fluently? How is that possible?" I pondered.
However, since the situation was intense, I focused on it.
"Men! Draw your bows!" Kroll called out when the woman didn't respond.
I watched the woman closely to see if she would intervene again.
"Fire!"
"NO!" she shouted. "If you do this, the cycle of killing will never end!"
But it was too late.
At least 60 arrows flew.
I looked away and heard screams from the children, who had been completely unaware of the danger until that moment.
I glanced back, but not at the bloody carnage.
I saw the woman running towards the children, prompting Kroll not to fire again.
"Well done, men!" he said to the archers.
With the apparent danger over, the small army dispersed.
The woman approached the children slowly. Some had evidently survived, whether unharmed or not, I didn't assess.
Nevertheless, I heard the unpleasant cries of pain.
"Come here, some are still alive!"
I flew a bit higher into the air and watched as the woman, with the help of a few others, brought individual children to the tipis.
"This is bound to cause a dispute between the two!" I thought aloud.
Now, I looked at the map.
What I saw surprised me.
Not because much had changed, but quite the opposite.
I thought this powerful storm would disrupt the system, but it seems not.
The sea level had risen by 2 cm, altering the landmass slightly.
However, I now saw larger rivers and even individual ponds and lakes on the flat island.
There was now a larger swamp area, and the mountains were a bit higher due to heavy snowfall.
One surprise was that the river between the two islands was slightly electrically charged.
„I have too look in that later"
Additionally, I saw in the mountains some small to huge mountain lakes that had formed in the valleys. Some were still dry.
There was the beginning of a second bison herd, with already 120,000 individuals.
"Incredible!"
Moreover, I noticed various groups of lizard people and humans scattered across the prairie.
They seemed to be nomads, traveling across the prairie.
However, I also spotted a couple of settlements, such as the one in the bay of the lizard people.
There, I saw a gathering of approximately 2,500 lizard people.
I teleported to that location and was surprised to see that there were now trees and houses made of clay.
"It seems they brought new tree species into the Dungeon!" I speculated, as I hadn't created apple trees, for example.
In a nearby forest, I watched a young person strolling, plucking one of those apples.
„He looks somewhat cool, with his irregular skin color and tattoos under his left eye!" I thought out loud
But I couldn't determine how old the person was, then he had a young face but was already pretty big.
However, hardly anything else had changed; it now looked more like one of the early human settlements.
There were a few wheat fields, clay houses with thatched roofs, and some small stables with creatures from the Dungeon, like wild boars and a few cows.
"Strange, did I even create cows?" I wondered.
I observed various lizard people performing different tasks.
On the large stone plaza that had emerged before I initiated the Temporal Storm, they exchanged their goods.
I was just watching as a pretty woman with rainbow-colored scales on her head, leaning towards blue, exchanged many clay items for a cow.
Thanks to the trees they had imported, they had better access to wood.
That's why I also saw the first carts and other wooden items, as they no longer had to be as cautious about wood usage.
I also saw the temple in a little clearing, outside was the priest attending some weird ritual.
He burnt something in the floor.
„Just ignore it!" I thought to myself
I briefly checked other parameters and noticed that the number of animals had increased, especially in the sea, which was less affected by the rain.
Unfortunately, the number of sentient creatures had decreased a bit. Most likely died during the storm.
I thought about Nalini, the elephant, and whether she was still alive.
However, my interest was more focused on consciousness and, consequently, my new [CS].
Since I had ensured that the first floor was doing well, I returned to the Control Room.
It was still bare and lifeless.
However, my desire to decorate it was low at the moment. I was eager to explore my new abilities.
Therefore, I decided to create the second floor.
Just like in my memories and the first time, I flew to the Core and placed my hand on it, and an interface popped up.
[Do you want to reconfigure the Control Room or create the second Floor?]
"Create the second Floor!" I said with excitement.
The Dungeon started to vibrate a little as a reaction.
This vibration got stronger as the process progressed.
[0%]
.
.
.
[100%]
[Successfully created, would you like to edit it?]
The vibration stopped.
"Yes!"
Suddenly, I found myself in a huge empty room, and a status screen appeared before me.
"It feels like the first time!" I smiled.
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[Floor 2]
Name: //not given//
Size: 4000km x 4000km x 4000km --> multiplied by 40 due to [CS] --> 160,000km x 160,000km x 160,000km
Time: 2 times faster ---> multiplied by 40 due to [CS] ---> 80 times faster
Settings: none yet
[Creating]
[Gravity]
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"What the!"
"Is this normal? Double the time on the second floor."
"I need some information!"
"Speaking of which, I haven't received any information yet."
...
Since no information had come so far, I suspected that there were none for this level up. It was indeed strange since it was an evolution!
"Nevermind!"
I glanced at the information again.
"Incredible!" I exclaimed once more.
The size was unimaginable.
The volume of this space I was currently in was, let me think... 4,096,000,000,000,000 cubic kilometers.
„Incredible!"
"And what is this?"
[Gravity], that was a new icon. I clicked on it, and a new interface popped up.
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Gravity:
[Gravity Point]:
---> sets a point where gravity pulls everything towards
---> 9.81 m/s²1 [300 EC] (normal Earth gravity)
---> double gravity [600 EC]
---> triple gravity [900 EC]
…
[////locked////]
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I ignored the locked Icon and focused on the other thing.
I could apparently set a point to create a planet-like floor.
I could deduce that, along with the initial size of the floor, which was already enormous, theoretically, I didn't need the gravity point because I could create a planet as large as Jupiter.
This should already have its own gravity.
However, since I didn't know how the rules of physics worked in the Dungeon, I decided it was safer to set a gravity point.
"Now I understand why the species is called 'World Dungeon!'"
I created a point with four times Earth's gravity for 1200 [EC].
After creating the gravity point, I felt the energy of the Dungeon changing around me.
It was as if the very space itself were pulsating, and I could almost feel the force of gravity around me.
For a change, I decided not to fly and noticed how I was slowly drawn towards the gravity point.
It was easily visible, a luminous sphere in the center of the room with a diameter of ten meters.
As I approached the gravity point, I felt the increasing intensity of gravitational attraction. It was as if invisible hands were gently pulling me towards the center.
When I reached the edge of the luminous sphere, I suddenly felt gravity four times stronger than what I was used to on Earth.
My body became heavier, and I could only move laboriously.
With adjusted gravity, I moved slowly towards the gravity point.
Reality seemed distorted around me.
I could see how spacetime was curved around the point, as if it were generating a miniature singularity.
Once I reached the point, I felt like I was standing on a tiny world. Gravity pulled me down, but I could still look up and examine the white ceiling.
I could envision creating mountains, seas, forests, and entire ecosystems on this mini-planet.
The possibilities seemed endless, I thought.
"Yippie!"
I exclaimed with genuine excitement, I have the rare feeling when a rush of dopamine floods your system.
"This is like that time when I found out I was going to the moon!" I said with joy in my voice.
"Oh man! Thinking about that night makes me think of the same night happenings. Not good!"
Since I had wandered into unpleasant thoughts, I refocused on the current situation.
Since I wanted to plan the planet, I decided to sketch it out first.
So, I went to the [Creation] icon first because I also wanted to see the properties of my third [CS].
"Speaking of which, isn't there a brief explanation in the status screen?"
I immediately accessed the status screen.
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Characteristics:
• Space (unique)
--> The first Floor is 20 times larger. With each Floor, the multiplication doubles. (Control Room is not affected)
--> Unique living beings, inanimate objects, etc.
• Time (unique)
--> Time on the first Floor passes 20 times faster. With each Floor, the multiplication doubles. (Control Room is not affected)
--> Unique living beings, inanimate objects, etc.
• Consciousness
---> You can more easily create your own living beings.
---> For these created beings, you can provide a soul/consciousness/status.
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"Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm"
"Well, well, well."
I hadn't expected this. I thought I could create conscious beings right away.
"I would have searched for quite a while if I had started looking for conscious beings now!" I chuckled awkwardly.
Well, I thought, I have more creative freedom now and can create whatever I want
I thought about the [Living Beings] icon, and as always, it presented me with the choice between "Ready-Made Beings" and "Create Your Own" icons.
For the first time, I opened the latter, and a new interface appeared before me.
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[*Image of the being*]
[Mana Veins]
[Materials]
[Soulstone]
[Structure]
[Skills]
[Knowledge]
[Attributes]
...
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Since I didn't know what it looked like before, I was surprised by its simplicity.
„Is it because of the [CS]?"
There were many options to choose from, and I had to make a decision, and the new being would be displayed to me.
I opened one option and decided to postpone it since the whole thing wasn't exactly cheap.
The cheapest Mana Vein system, for example, cost 100 [EC].
So, I teleported back to the Control Room to plan.
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