Chapter 2

The main body of this world is an ocean of energy.

At its core is an incomparably brilliant and infinitely vast spherical light, surrounded by a sea of energy. Countless dimensions and universes float in this ocean of energy, orbiting the core as they follow the flow of the sea.

The closer to the core, the more violent and unstable the energy becomes. They are constantly releasing, absorbing, and transforming, leaping between various states. Worlds and dimensions are born and die in the changes of energy. Perhaps they have lifespans measured in billions of years, but in the transformation of energy, they last only a fleeting moment. The difference in the flow of time caused by the different energies makes time itself meaningless.

Meanwhile, at the edge of the energy ocean, far from the core, the energy is sparse, only occasionally swept by the arms of the sea. Here, inactive energy transforms into matter and gradually stabilizes, forming material worlds and giving birth to diverse civilizations.

These worlds float in the entire ocean like bubbles.

These worlds can be as large as a universe or even several dimensions, or as small as a single planet or a small piece of land. They are isolated from each other by the ocean of energy but are interconnected by its influence. Any ripple in one world can spread like a ripple and ultimately affect the entire ocean. Each world, influenced by countless other worlds, moves forward and tends to become more uniform.

In a region far from the core of the energy ocean, countless dimensions and worlds have been born and annihilated. In this process, a group of beings began to try to create worlds, calling themselves "Main Gods." After countless years of evolution, many worlds controlled by Main Gods were born like flowers in bloom.

Two of these worlds are particularly special. One is the world of Toril, representing multiple possibilities and diversity. This is a world that has developed to near-perfection and remains vibrant. The Main God who created it not only created a large number of balanced races and professions but also many "gods" to manage it. This world advances and maintains its diversity through constant wars and disasters, and is considered by most Main Gods as the goal of world evolution.

The other is a world representing pure neutrality, the world of Earth. This world was born by accident. Originally, it was just an ordinary world filled with superpowered beings, but as the energy arms swept over it, the energy concentration gradually decreased, and the number of superpowered beings diminished, gradually turning it into a technological world. The period when the superpowered beings lost their abilities and technology had not yet evolved to the same level of power is called the "Primordial World." Because the humans of this period had the most possibilities, the gods cut it into infinite dimensions, making it the origin and reference for other Main God worlds.

At the same time, this world, influenced by multiple worlds, burst forth with a brilliant culture, providing inspiration for the Main Gods to create worlds. It also possesses the best human initial template and is called the "Source of All Worlds," "Initial Land," and "Neutral World."

Among the infinite dimensions cut from these Earth worlds, there is one called the "Universe."

In a corner of this world, there is a galaxy, inside which is a solar system, and then... our protagonist, the poor Earth.

This planet, which has suffered much, was finally pushed to the brink of collapse by the billions of people living on it in the year 2577. She decided to take a bath and then start a new creation, and thus humanity suffered a tragedy.

Only about 200 million people managed to escape to the nearby moon, avoiding the great flood that destroyed the world.

The moon is not a wealthy planet, so about a century later, the remaining humans split into three groups. One group migrated to Mars, hoping to transform it into a new Earth; the second group stayed on the moon and migrated to the few remaining land masses on Earth, hoping to "return home" when Earth calmed down; the last group boarded three giant jellyfish-shaped spaceships, each carrying 4 million people, and began a "colonization" journey into the vast universe.

What people didn't know was that during Earth's "bathing" period, the collective consciousness of thousands of years of human awareness, commonly known as "Alaya," awakened for the first time. She lived on the moon with humans for a century, and when they went their separate ways, she finally boarded one of the spaceships, the "Dawn," and drifted into the boundless universe.

Her ability to interfere with human material life is extremely limited. Most of the time, she silently observes the changes in human life in a subspace that humans cannot see even when they look directly.

After the 21st century, due to factors such as monopolies and national barriers, the speed of technological development has been declining. So this spaceship, which embodies the "advanced technology" of the 26th century, is actually only "faster," "better materials," and "more reasonable configuration" compared to the 21st century, with no revolutionary technological progress. Concepts like "wormholes" and "faster-than-light travel" are still on paper.

As one of the dimensions cut off to serve as a "primordial" target, the rules of the world also subtly restrict this.

The entire spaceship still uses the old concept of space travel from the previous millennium— "most people enter hibernation to reduce consumption and extend their lifespan, except for the pilots," "the spaceship establishes an ecosystem to provide resources," "when energy runs out, it goes to a star for more," and so on. Then it just keeps traveling, turning the spaceship into a comet crossing the vast universe until it finds a habitable planet.

During the hundreds of years the spaceship traveled at sub-light speed, dozens of generations of astronauts with noble qualities passed away—their deaths would trigger the awakening program, automatically waking the next batch of astronauts. This cycle continued, while the main 4 million people remained in hibernation.

After a long period of observation, Alaya collected the dreams of the 4 million people and created a dream world. In Alaya's "dream," they can communicate, live, and remain immortal. Even the astronauts who died and had nowhere for their souls to go also came to this dream world.

Living in this world for too long made many people forget the real world. In this world where they can create laboratories, luxuries, and anything they want with a wave of their hand, they have become accustomed to living the lives they enjoy. The dead astronauts would be surprised to find that this place is almost as beautiful as heaven. There are no leaders, classes, or wars, and everyone's life can be as good as they imagine.

Therefore, even when they run around anxiously to warn others, people still dismiss it with a laugh.

Even when they mention "death," most people are quite calm. After living for hundreds of years, death is no longer so terrifying. Besides, after death, don't they just return here?

During this journey, two major events occurred.

First, they got lost. The coordinate system based on stars changed, and they could no longer find their way "home."

Second, they ran out of energy! The nearest star system was still over a hundred light-years away!

Fortunately, in the vast universe, they found a "wandering star" with only half the mass of the sun before their energy ran out. They docked the spaceship in the star's orbit and unfolded all the solar panels to recharge.

Unfortunately, with this method of recharging, after removing the minimum operational consumption of the spaceship and the hibernation consumption of 4 million people, they would need 20,000 years!

The spaceship is not immune to malfunctions. At this point, 30% of the systems are already paralyzed, and a large part of the outer surface has cracked, loosened, and fallen off. Without thorough repairs, the spaceship cannot re-enter sub-light speed travel.

Moreover, hibernation is not a black technology. During hibernation, bodily functions are reduced to the extreme, the speed of dream thinking is only one-fortieth of normal, and the consumption of lifespan is only one-hundredth. Even so, the lifespan is still slowly being consumed.

20,000 years is a completely hopeless number.

In the end, the astronauts could only do the final maintenance, shut down all systems except for air, gravity, and life support, and enter complete hibernation.

Many years later, the human collective consciousness that created the dream world, "Alaya," completed its self-evolution. She crossed the wall of reality and officially became a member of the "Main God" class. At the same time, because a Main God was born in this "dimensional fragment," according to the rules, the creation rights of the world were transferred to Alaya, and she was guided to obtain the initial knowledge of the Main God.

The wall that restrained the evolution of this dimensional world silently shattered. Whether moving forward into a higher technological world or backward into an energy world, there were no more obstacles. The position of this fragment was also transferred by the original Main God to an energy-rich ocean, a position that could be considered extremely advantageous.

The ultimate goal of each Main God is to create their own world.

To achieve this goal, they will continue to learn. First, they will create a "shadow world" based on the projection of the existing world and incarnate in it to analyze and master the basic rules. After the "shadow world" matures, it will evolve into a "semi-material world" with a certain degree of reality. This part, because it begins to involve reincarnators, is also called the "reincarnation world" or "plot world," which are fragments of complete worlds. Once the Main God perfects the rules of the "semi-material world," they will abandon these worlds to their own devices and start over with the remaining reincarnators to create a world that is completely their own.

"Although what you've said has broadened my horizons, the concepts you use—dimensions, worlds—are too large for someone like me who has never left Earth. So I still have to ask, why did you summon me? What can I do for you? What can I get in return?"

"You, you can experience the semi-material world I created. As a contractor, whatever you experience, I can gain the analysis of the rules. Creating a world is like planting a tree; planting a seed doesn't mean I understand all the details of the tree, so I need reincarnators. As for what I can give you, my current power is not enough to give you much. But as my power grows, I will give more and more. We can agree on the principles of exchange and establish a foundation of trust."

"Why me? According to you, there are 4 million people on this spaceship?"

The Main God, the being of light, seemed to think for a while before saying with certainty, "Fate, the power of fate. When I hoped to find someone I could trust to help both me and the humans on this spaceship, the threads of fate led to you. This is the reason for the choice.

As for the humans on the spaceship, they have indeed begun to live in many of my shadow worlds. Unfortunately, they lack the possibility and neutrality. In the entire main world, this possibility and neutrality can only be found in the dimension you are from."

"One last question, are you... technologically illiterate?"

"Refusing to answer! Warning! You are beginning to damage the foundation of trust."

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A few days later, the two "people" who had initially established a relationship of trust finally began their first attempt at crossing.

"This is the first projection world I created, reflecting the best-evolved 'Toril world.' In your memory, there are many stories about the Toril world. Make a choice. I hope this first world will help you establish your career system and prepare fully for the upcoming adventures."

"Let's go with Baldur's Gate. It's an old game from our world, and its rules are very compatible with the Toril world."

"Similarity and compatibility are the results of worlds influencing each other. Here are the instructions: you will enter the Toril world that constructs the Baldur's Gate plot. Since it is a projection world, your body, the material you gain, the strength you train, and the time you spend in that world are all false and will not affect the real world. However, because it is a projection of the real Toril world, the knowledge and rules you gain are real. This time, you will enter as a soul, and if you die, you will return directly, with no impact on the real world. So I hope you learn as much as possible and try to establish your career system."

"Do humans really have souls? What will I look like when I enter? Will I remember the plot? Will there be Main God tasks?"

Lu Yuan had been asking all kinds of questions for the past few days. Fortunately, although the Main God's voice was cold, it answered every question and did not avoid anything. For example, Lu Yuan once asked how to eliminate a Main God, a question filled with malice, which could be seen as a test. The Main God answered in a cold tone that since the existence of Main Gods, no Main God has "died," not even the most powerful ones. Main Gods are truly uncontrollable, unbound, and immortal.

"The soul and the body are independent entities, and humans are a combination of the two. When you enter, your body's attributes will be based on the full development of your current body. When your soul is strong enough to bear the memory of two people, the main memory will awaken and take the lead. I will not assign you tasks, but I will make you exit if you try to change the plot. Additionally, any memories of the Main God will not exist in the shadow world."

"Um, although it's a bit embarrassing, I think I probably need a cheat."

"What do you mean?"

"A cheat device. It's often not very useful, but it always gives people confidence."

"Is that so? Hmm... as the basis of our exchange, we can use a points system. You can exchange your entire experience in the original world, and I will pay you the corresponding points. You can use the points to exchange for what you need, like a cheat."

"Whatever, as long as it can be exchanged, it's fine." Lu Yuan said indifferently. His past experience was that of an ordinary person, with nothing to hide.

The Main God's light extended to him, and after about ten minutes, it retracted. "The experience you provided from the neutral world is very helpful. I will begin to analyze the rules of the neutral world. I will pay you sixty points and provide a corresponding exchange list."

Finally! Lu Yuan clenched his fist and looked at the exchange list displayed on the semi-transparent wall. Because it was the initial stage, the exchange options were only a dozen or so, and only two could be exchanged by Lu Yuan.

[Enhancement: Through virtual training, fully develop the physical attributes of the reincarnator, fixing them at the maximum level of the body's attributes. Only one exchange opportunity. Exchange price: 40 points.]

[Ai's Meditation Method: Exercise mental power without changing mental attributes. Strongly recommended. Exchange price: 15 points.]

"Do you have a system? I need a system."

"System?" The Main God made a puzzled gesture, and although there was no expression, Lu Yuan felt that at this moment, she was more human than a god. The Main God scanned his memory and nodded clearly, "As an auxiliary profession in this world, all training effects will be lost after leaving the world. Price... let's say 5 points."

"Thank you so much!" Lu Yuan selected "Enhancement" and "Ai's Meditation Method" for exchange, and his points were depleted.

A flash of light passed, and Lu Yuan's body lay on the floor, his face calm, as if he were sleeping. In reality, his soul had left his body.

The light of the being of light on the wall gradually dimmed, revealing the image of a teenage girl. She first looked around and then cautiously approached Lu Yuan's lying body to observe it. Lu Yuan was over 1.8 meters tall, and his usual weight of nearly 200 pounds made him look quite fat. After a period of forced weight loss, he lost 40 pounds, and the features of his face, which were previously distorted, became more defined. His messy beard and long hair, along with his pale face, made him look haggard. Lu Yuan was not ugly or handsome, just an ordinary person. Perhaps because of his long-term work in project management, his face had a trustworthy look, with a sense of warmth and the charm of a mature man.

The girl dragged a metal bed frame from another room and placed it against the wall. Then she grabbed Lu Yuan's shoulders, trying to drag him onto the bed. Unfortunately, Lu Yuan's weight was too much for her, and she failed. Finally, the girl angrily waved her hand, and Lu Yuan's body flew up, hit the wall, and fell, landing on the bed. The girl playfully stuck out her tongue and went over to straighten Lu Yuan's body.

After a few more minutes of observation, a white light enveloped Lu Yuan's body, and all his muscles began to tremble rapidly. Blood flowed, organs grew, and his entire body began a rapid enhancement process.

On the wall, images flashed rapidly. A baby was born in a dilapidated room, the father left home, the mother was often ill, and the child worked as an apprentice in a blacksmith's shop...