Chapter 319: The Gift
Eric City-State, underground in a nameless village, hid an extremely complex steam machinery base. This was a secret stronghold of the Fire Stealer Alliance, where Grand Speaker Nicholas and several high-ranking members were hiding.
“Nicholas, ther is a latest news— Great Scholar of Lightning Tesla was discovered and killed by the Punisher Organization.”
A handsome bald old man wearing a white robe spoke in a low tone to the tall figure opposite him.
The tall figure turned around. His entire body was covered in steel machinery; or rather, he had become symbiotic with the machines. Except for his head and heart, Nicholas had modified his entire body based on knowledge learned from the Pre-Civilization.
It would be more accurate to call him a cyborg than a human.
Nicholas, wearing a monocle, stared at the handsome bald old man and said, “Yo Amid… Tesla always wanted to create spherical lightning, but he’ll never have the chance again. Regarding the ‘Raven Devil’ who is using our alliance’s name, have you found anything?”
Amid stroked his smooth bald head, rested his chin on his hand, and pondered, “This Raven Devil is very strange. Our organization definitely has no such person. His abilities are also unique and completely different from our system.
“Our Fire Stealer Alliance currently has two systems: the Mecha System and the Symbiosis System. But the Raven Devil seems to have taken another path, like a super-enhanced Shaman!”
Nicholas narrowed his eyes, seeming to recall and reminisce about something. After a long while, he said, “Shamans were also the source of our initial power. Perhaps someone has walked a similar path. Regardless, anyone who fights against the God-descendant nobles is our natural ally. Find a way to locate him. I judge that he is not alone; it is very likely a new organization!”
Amid nodded in agreement and said, “We need allies, and we need academic exchange even more. Actually, I’ve always felt we’ve walked into a dead end, unable to extricate ourselves from the mechanical maze of the Pre-Civilization. If we can find the Raven Devil, I have many questions to ask him. Leave this task to me.”
After speaking, Amid took out an exquisite eggshell-shaped mechanical device from his wide sleeve and channeled his mana.
Buzz!
The eggshell mechanical device quickly transformed, covering his entire body. A thin layer, like skin, gleamed with a metallic luster.
“This is my latest research result— the Micro Self-Assembling Universal Mechanical Device, inspired by the Pre-Civilization’s research on miniaturized and even micro-machinery.”
Amid waved his hand somewhat proudly and left quickly.
“Safe travels.”
Nicholas turned his back. Dozens of steel tubes were inserted into his back, seemingly constantly inhaling and exhaling something.
Outside of the World, Sea of Illusion and Reality, inside the Pocket World.
The human war against the giant beasts had lasted for fifteen years. Since Ace’s descent, Human Sovereign Xi had gained supreme rule over humanity. His title changed from “Human Sovereign of the Human Nation” to “Human Sovereign of Humanity.”
After gaining supreme power and prestige, Xi also displayed amazing military talent. In the Battle of Lake Songma, he won with fewer numbers, crushing the allied forces of the six Giant Beast Kingdoms.
Subsequently, with the momentum, he chased the fleeing enemies north, driving the giant beasts to the coldest snowy wasteland.
Giant beasts basically disappeared from habitable environments, and their civilization was destroyed. The giant beasts hiding in the snowy wasteland became truly blood-drinking wild beasts.
Humans cheered and jumped for joy, shouting Ace’s divine name and Xi’s name, hailing Ace as the God of War and Xi as “The Great One.”
Taking advantage of this momentum, Xi used his prestige to establish the First Human Empire, proclaiming himself the “Emperor of the Human Race.” He enfeoffed peripheral territories to generals, crowning them as kings, while calling himself the Emperor. The “Invisible King” was elevated to the Supreme God Ai.
Time flew by; in the blink of an eye, another ten years passed. Twenty-five years had passed since Ace created the Human Divine Authority. In the Main Material Plane, roughly one day had passed.
Ace, residing in the Divine Kingdom of the Right Eye of God, frowned. Through the light above his head—the Human Divine Authority—he observed the changes within, discovering that under such flourishing prosperity, the Human Divine Authority was still not stable enough.
The War Divinity also seemed to lack a little something, unable to take the final step to transform into a Divine Authority!
“We must thoroughly purge the remaining giant beasts and completely exterminate them. This Pocket World only needs one intelligent race!”
Under Ace’s will, the aged Emperor of Humanity, Xi, took command of the expedition. Xi conscripted twenty thousand King-Chosen Warriors from the thirty million humans and led them deep into the snowy wasteland.
The final battle, which should have been a sure victory, they suffered huge losses. The remnant giant beasts, drinking blood in the snowy wasteland, had actually learned the Blood Qi Cultivation Method. With the eruption of Blood Qi, the strength of the giant beasts skyrocketed.
One giant beast even ignited its Heart Fire on the spot. It was a tragic battle. Emperor Xi died in battle, and only four thousand of the twenty thousand King-Chosen Warriors survived.
Because the Emperor died suddenly, the enfeoffment system he established collapsed quickly. The successors established new kingdoms, and humanity entered a period of hereditary hegemony among kings.
The original royal capital became a religious holy land, directly governed by the noblest Witch. The Witch announced the oracle of the Supreme God Ai: whoever exterminates the giant beasts shall be the next Emperor!
For nearly fifty years thereafter, the kings ventured deep into the snowy wasteland seven times to fight bloody battles with the giant beasts. Finally, Glory King Charlie completely wiped out the giant beasts, came to the Holy City for coronation, and became the new Emperor.
With the success of the coronation ceremony, the Right Eye of God slowly floated into the sky. Suddenly, light shone brightly, transforming into a dazzling seven-colored bridge of light and disappearing into the sky.
Human history records: “Emperor Charlie was crowned; the Eye of God ascended into the sky and turned into light. The Witch said, ‘Great Fortune for the world!'”
In fact, at the moment of Charlie’s coronation, the human race’s destiny was unified. The Subconscious Sea of tens of millions of humans in the entire Pocket World called out to Ace—or more precisely, to the Human God hosted by Ace’s clone.
The clone responded to this call with the Divine Kingdom, merging with the Subconscious Sea, and finally evolving a plane level within the Pocket World.
Countless human heroic spirits floated here. They were awakened and came to have an audience with the only God of Humanity. Between reality and illusion, a magnificent golden palace emerged. Ace’s Divine Clone walked into the palace and sat directly on the highest seat.
Rumble!
It seemed as if the world was cheering, heroic spirits were applauding, and all things were celebrating. The rules of this world seemed to be completed as well. The Divine Clone sitting on the divine throne received the blessing of the Pocket World’s Origin at this moment. What was previously unseen and misunderstood became clear.
Ace chose humanity and made humanity the sole intelligent race of this world. Humanity became the protagonist of the world. As the Patron God of Humanity possessing the Human Divine Authority, he also received the gift of the World Origin and the Human Collective Subconscious Sea.
(End of this chapter)
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