[Congratulations on your birth. Please select how you would like to begin your path.]
It was a dark, void stricken space. Where no sound was heard and no light was seen. No being has ever seen this place and lived to tell the tale, for this place is the birthplace of Gods.
One such God, has been presented By an option from a mysterious origin. Being a God, it could naturally ascertain some 'basic' knowledge about the universe and itself.
For instance, it knew itself a god, knew about the stars, the world, and space, as well as those that inhabit it.
Looking at the white words floating in space, it uttered a few words out from its formless golden mass.
"What..Are you."
The voice was neither male or female, neither one or multiple. It was a language It knew innately, a language referred to by other beings as God's Tongue.
[Enquiry Received. This is the God Guiding Support System [GGSS] designed to aid you along your journey, in exchange, you help us manage the worlds in our galactic jurisdiction and protect them. You don't have access to further information.]
The newborn God was silent, every word it read was somehow comprehended by it, despite not knowing about it before.
"... journey?"
[Enquiry Received. Response withheld due to time limit restrictions. Please choose a path from the following options, existence in this space is harmful for all, even Gods born within it. Time: 5:00]
××Option {{ORIGIN}}
Description: Create your own world and your own beings.
Note: This option is exclusive to CREATOR level Gods and beyond only.
××Option 1- [A God Oriented World]
Description: A world with a huge magnitude of races and as such, a multitude of Gods. You will be one of those Gods, thrive to build a following and evolve.
Advantage: The people of this world are too dependent on Gods, increased chances of finding a group/race with a deceased God or a group/race without a god that wishes for one. + Increased chances of being accepted and faster development following recruitment of believers.
Disadvantage: Increased competition from other Gods = Limited freedom, Threat to life, difficulty amassing followers.
××Option 2- [A Godless world]
Description: The people of this world have never known the concept of God, be the beacon that lights their path.
Advantage: No competition for believers.
Disadvantage: Very slow development of faith. Very slow amassing of believers. You will need to introduce the concept of a God over hundreds of generations.
××Option 3- [Unique World]
Description: Gain control of a world that was forsaken by other Gods, yet managed to survive due to unique circumstances.
Advantage: Unknown
Disadvantage: Unknown ]
The God pondered. It's instincts demanded singularity, it didn't want to share it's subjects with any other. The second path was too slow for it to garner the being's favour.
However a unique world, it's advantages and flaws unknown, it's possibilities ready for the taking. Now that, was appealing.
"Inquiry Received. Unique world chosen"
[Notice. Selection successful. Commencing Teleportation]
"Received."
Like a sponge, the new god absorbed all the new information it could, causing it to adopt the manner of speech belonging to the GGSS.
[Notice. Teleporting...]
With a blimp of light, the God disappeared from the void, now travelling at incomprehensible speeds throughout existence. Everything morphing in shape due to their speed into a kaleidoscopic stream.
Despite having no point if reference, the picturesque view enamored it, as it stared in aw, it's golden form started morphing, taking on the shape of what it was seeing.
The God now resembled a dense mass of Galactic Gas, phantoms of nebulas and galaxies swimming in it's form. If a mortal were to see this, it wouldn't be stretch to claim he would be frozen in place for years.
Some things are just so beautiful that the eye can't seem to part ways with it.
The journey came to an end upon a blue and green planet, it's oceans a beautiful blue adorned with green, white and yellow masses.
[Notice. We have arrived at Planet 872999, Known among it's populace as "Earth". Now pulling up information:-
Planet: Approaching Critical
Dominant Species: Humans
Population: ~7 Billion
Highest Available Rank: F
Potential: F
Overall Rank: F+ ]
"Received."
[Notice. Transferring relevant Planetary information...]
A torrent of information flooded the God, knowledge of cultures, current affairs, past history and more. It was more than all the information available on the internet as it involved records from past centuries.
It was as if the newborn God had been watching these humans it's entire life.
Despite being such a copious amount, it in no way overwhelmed it. It, in a way, garnered a connection to form between the being and them.
"Humans...are weak yet strong, they are cruel and selfish yet capable of indescribable acts of kindness."
Fortunately, the sheer amount of different languages with many different dialogue patterns it just experienced pushed away any bais it had, which seemed to solve the speech issue.
At those words, the system remained silent.
"They are killing their own planet, overusing it to point it doesn't have time to recover, I don't understand. Wouldn't the logical course of action be to maintain a sustainable balance to let the planet rest and recover?"
"Well, they are mortals after all."
"-No, the planet isn't the issue, it served its purpose well, it isn't what you're after. It's them that are the issue isn't it? they're weak, which means they aren't useful, especially to an organization such as yourself."
[Received. Your deductions are befitting of a God. It is a 100 years between this moment and the next Supremacy battle, where two planets with relatively new Gods battle, until the other is completely subjugated or annihilated. The purpose-]
"You don't need to explain more. The purpose is to sharpen the stronger planet while using the other as a whetstone."
"I think I..understand my purpose now. I shall make these humans irreplaceable to you."
[Notice. I advise you to give up on this planet and explore others. The dominant Species are weak and ignorant. Investing any amount of effort into this planet is a worthless endeavour.]
"Unlike you, I can see their potential."
[Received. Please note that with ongoing course calculations, the probability of success is less than-]
"I don't need to listen to probabilities. I appreciate your help up to this point, but I don't need to conform to you. You are only here support me and I think you're doing a wonderful job."
"But I think you're mistaken. All they need is an opportunity, and I will nurture these buds, I'll help them bloom into beautiful flowers."
[Received. Apologies. Commencing to the next phase, now presenting options for development-]
"No thanks."
[Received. Please note these development options may aid you greatly.]
"I won't be using plans my competition has access to, I already know exactly what I shall do."
The mass of Galactic Gas transformed, now gaining a solid feminine human form with the same pattern. No facial features but the faint protrusion of the nose and the white of the eyes could be seen.
The skin itself was a glossy transparent outline, containing phantoms of stars and galaxies. The Universal Figure also had long hair that shined the same brilliant, pearly white as the eyes.
Looking at her hand, she clenched it in satisfaction. Turning to look at the Golden interface to her side, she said in a cold, monotonous yet feminine voice.
"I'll borrow you for a second."
With her hand stretched out, the interface got sucked into it, she closed her eyes and started analysing it, and while she couldn't obtain any information from it or connect to the organisation behind it, that wasn't her purpose.
The interface then swam out of her body.
"I see. So that's how you're made. Haha, well isn't that ironic, the same humans you underestimate have something similar to you called AI. Your concept is nothing new there."
Previously, among the knowledge she gained were stories, millions of them, about how humans overcame their limits, about how the end of their world stimulated then to develop.
'They clearly dream of it. A greater purpose. They lust for strength, for greatness, so how can they have no potential? Don't worry my beautiful humans, I'll make sure you can grow to your desires.'
Looking at the blue planet, she outstretched her hand. And for the first time in her existence, a very slight smile overtook her face.
An invisible shockwave resonated across the planet from her palm, incurring invisible yet monumental changes. She has... Systemized the world.
"Humans. For generations you have lived as you pleased, but have been unable to progress beyond existing means or push the boundaries of what is possible. That era has now come to an end."
"From this day forward, only those with the strength, intelligence and adaptability to evolve beyond current limitations will endure. Phase 1 of development has begun - Survival of the Fittest."
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I really do hope you have enjoyed reading this. I usually do fan fics, but wanted to try my hand at free writing.
I would like to say, this piece of quality writing will revolve around multiple POVs, so it won't just be the MC. Speaking of, the MC won't always necessarily be female. More on that later Oki?
Thanks for reading <3