Post-Apocalyptic Survival Modpack

Chapter 120, page 119: World Editing

"Is there any result?"

A day later, Wang Ji returned to the tower and found the keeper of the secret.

"Ah."

The keeper nodded, decisively condensed a world singularity, and gently pushed it to Wang Ji.

Wang Ji instinctively reached out and caught it.

The moment it touched this seemingly real yet illusory singularity, the singularity vanished instantly, as if it had been completely annihilated.

My senses suddenly amplified.

Suddenly, Wang Ji felt an immense sense of openness, as if he had transformed into the entire world and become its will.

Everything in the world is contained within consciousness; with just a single thought, one can create the world.

Wang Ji carefully savored this feeling, and it seemed somewhat familiar.

It felt like I had become a developer.

Its inherent characteristics are development tools, while the newly acquired world singularity is a resource. When not needed, it can be stored away, and when needed, it can be directly used to create a world.

This time, there are many more options for creating worlds, including the definition of world types, such as sky islands, superflat worlds, or even empty void worlds, all of which can be created directly, and modules can also be added selectively.

There are many more world rules that can be adjusted, such as adding a 'whitelist' to filter people allowed to enter the world and setting various permissions for those who enter.

Only now did Wang Ji truly glimpse a corner of the creation-level.

that…

Wang Ji looked at the Old World Backup Folder.

No, there's no response.

The world singularity is stored within the body.

A notification came through.

[World Singularity +1]

Wang Ji was somewhat surprised to see the new notification.

Previously, 'creation points' were used to create new worlds, but now the world singularity is just a world singularity.

'So they weren't the same thing after all?'

With the world singularity stored within his body, Wang Ji regained his normal senses.

Only then did the guard speak.

"It seems you've gained some new insights."

Wang Ji's change was clearly noticed, and he said with a sigh, "I have benefited a lot."

The keeper didn't elaborate much on Wang Ji's insights, but simply continued from where he left off:
"The loser has taken care of things over there; you can go back now."

Wang Ji asked, "Was that assistant killed?"

The Keeper of the Secret said, "No, the doomsday entity cannot be killed. The losers can only delay indefinitely until a new opportunity arrives."

“Before that, he would be in a daze.”

This is really not easy for anyone.

Wang Ji was somewhat at a loss for words.

The keeper of the secret suddenly asked, "Do you remember your past experiences?"

Wang Ji: "I remember, it was a seven-day boat trip from the administrative world to the Doomsday Zone Command Center, where I met the losers, and then came back."

"I've told you all the specific details."

"However, there is also a strange thing. In my memory, I traveled in the safe zone for seven days before reaching the doomsday zone, but today everything has changed. The spaceship records and the scholars from the Sage Association all say that I only traveled in the safe zone for four days."

"Oh?"

The keeper's eyes widened slightly.

"You remember these things?"

"Of course I remember."

Upon hearing Wang Ji's answer, the Keeper of the Secret's expression became slightly subtle.

He then asked, "Do you know how big the Doomsday Zone is?"

Wang Ji thought for a moment about the information he had seen before and said, "It includes ten million main worlds and countless subsidiary worlds."

The Keeper of the Secret suddenly laughed: "Wrong, it's thirty million main worlds."

Wang Ji exclaimed in astonishment, "But what I saw in the data center and the Doomsday Command Center was ten million, and the world route map also marked that the Doomsday Zone only covered ten million of the main world. How could this be?"

The keeper of the secrets reminded him, "Why don't you take another look?"

Wang Ji immediately opened the terminal, connected to the database, and searched for that familiar term.

"Doomsday Zone".

The apocalyptic isolation zone, established by powerful beings from all realms, covers 30 million main worlds, and countless people have dedicated themselves to it to stop the apocalypse.

Thirty million...?
Wang Ji stared at the number for several seconds, then began to doubt his own understanding.

"Is there something wrong with my memory?"

The Keeper of the Secret said slowly, "It's not that your memory is faulty; it's that everyone else's memory is faulty."

"It was that doomsday entity that did it."

Wang Ji felt a slight chill run down his spine.

"No wonder."

Everything has an explanation.

It turns out that nearly half of the 80 million worlds have already fallen, invaded by the apocalypse.

And that doomsday entity that can tamper with cognition is covering up these apocalypses.

If left unchecked…

Wang Ji thought for a moment.

Even if all 80 million main worlds were invaded by the apocalypse, people would probably still think nothing had happened and regard the apocalypse as a so-called 'more aggressive world law'.

This ability is simply too overpowered.

Is it really a good thing to have such an entity next to the losers?

Wang Ji expressed his concerns.

Keep in mind that the loser is the highest supervisor of the Doomsday Command Center. Such a person handles countless important documents and data every day. Wouldn't that be giving his assistant an opportunity?
"The loser is one of the few who can hold off that entity; this is already the optimal solution."

"Letting it leave the losers is the real disaster."

There was a hint of helplessness in the keeper's tone.

"And what about you?" Wang Ji asked.

"I?"

The keeper pointed to himself and said, "Do you know how much I have in my head?"

"Guess what would happen if even the slightest mistake were made?"

Wang Ji remained silent.

He also realized that he had asked a pointless question.

After discussing the risks, the Keeper of Secrets added, "However, theoretically speaking, my secret-keeping properties do allow me to resist its cognitive manipulation."

"But we can't take that risk."

"understand."

Wang Ji understood perfectly.

This is a matter of tolerance for error.

If they are handled separately, then if one of them has a problem, it can still be resolved.

However, if any one of them has a problem, then the whole thing becomes unsolvable.

One can spread through cognition, the other can tamper with cognition.

hiss…

The outside world is not necessarily more peaceful either.

Wang Ji wanted to go home.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."

The thought that 30 million of the 80 million main worlds had already fallen made Wang Ji's heart uneasy.

I already felt it was a serious matter when I saw ten million, let alone now that it has tripled.

"And one more thing."

The keeper of the secret did not let Wang Ji leave.

"I'm curious, Wang Ji, what is your ability?"

Wang Ji's immediate reaction was, "I don't know how to describe it. Why did you suddenly ask about this?"

The Keeper of the Secrets said, "As a Creator-level being, you should have a title; it's very important."

"For example, me, or the loser, our titles are all manifestations of our abilities, recognized by many worlds and beings."

"The recognition from all realms may provide you with assistance."

"I understand."

Wang Ji nodded.

The keeper was indirectly imparting some experience to him. However…

"I really don't know how to describe my abilities, um... do you have any suggestions?"

The Keeper of the Secret looked at Wang Ji, thought for a while, and slowly shook his head: "In my eyes, you are like a collection of absolute laws that can move and speak, with so many characteristics that they cannot be specifically defined."

The eeriness was comparable to the apocalypse.

“Normal Genesis-level beings only possess one fundamental characteristic that transcends the laws of nature, and this characteristic is usually the basis for their growth into Genesis-level beings.”

As for you…

The keeper of the secret looked at Wang Ji before him, his feelings complicated.

Absolute-level death and resurrection, absolute-level cognitive protection, and the ability to wholesale various absolute-level creations at will…

Its features are so numerous that they are difficult to summarize in a short time; it's almost too versatile.

"There's no rush."

The keeper changed the subject, saying, "Once you've shown enough, the title will come to you on its own."

"Ok."

Wang Ji didn't care.

At best, the current situation is like having real-name internet access in a world-class setting.

It's neither beneficial nor harmful, so it's not worth worrying about.

After confirming that there was really nothing else going on, Wang Ji returned to his own world.

They returned to the only world that existed in this post-apocalyptic vacuum zone.

It was nighttime, with only the moon overhead and a few faintly visible constellations.

Besides that, there were wisps of white clouds drifting by, and the void of black.

Sitting outside his cabin, listening to the occasional roars of monsters echoing across the plains, Wang Ji felt a bit annoyed. He simply turned off monster spawning and waved his hand to adjust the time to daytime.

The sun rose, and its golden light fell upon me, feeling somewhat warm.

A gentle breeze carries the fresh scent of grass and earth.

After being away from home for a while, returning home and stepping onto the real earth brings a sense of peace that fills my heart.

The only downside is that the world is a bit too quiet.

The only thing that can truly be called life is oneself.

After spacing out for a while and letting his mind go blank as a rest, Wang Ji came back to his senses and looked at the backup files of the old world again, but for a moment he had no clue what to do.

A moment later, Wang Ji flashed and left this world, arriving in the spirit realm beyond.

In an extreme environment where nothingness and chaos intertwine, Wang Ji opens one hand, and the singularity of the world slowly emerges within it, constantly shifting between reality and illusion.

[Create a World]

Swah——

From nothingness, a new world was created.

The concept of space was formed, representing the return of the laws of the sun and moon to their proper places, suspended in the sky.

And so came day and night.

Once the world was generated, Wang Ji entered it and landed on a small floating island.

This is the whole world.

Yes, this is a world with only one floating island; the rest is just the void.

Of course, it's not only possible to create a world that's entirely empty; if you want, you can also generate a normal world with lots of colorful content.

The reason for generating only one empty island is simply for the convenience of testing.

Standing on the floating island, looking down into the endless void, Wang Ji couldn't help but think of the apocalypses he had experienced long ago, and the ways he had dealt with them.

They cannot be completely eliminated, only contained.

At the time, this task was extremely difficult, requiring constant attention to various matters, and no mistakes could be made.

But now...

If you destroy the floating island beneath your feet, this world will become a giant containment facility.

What doomsday monster? It will fall into the void as soon as it appears.

The void—endless and without depth; falling into it will cause continuous damage until death.

Even if some monsters have the characteristic of being 'immortal', they will be stuck here forever, unable to do anything, and can only keep falling.

This is a place of perpetual torment, a place of exile.

If those conditions had existed back then, those apocalyptic monsters would have been in for a treat.

The world generation test is complete.

With a thought, Wang Ji opened a world rules editing interface and entered a state he called 'development mode'.

"Anchoring direction: 'The New World'."

"Add world switching command".

In this state, Wang Ji directly created a command that could switch worlds, adding new operating rules to the worlds.

He tested the command bar and the next moment he entered a new world from the Sky Island world.

With the command input again, Wang Ji returned from the New World to the Sky Island World.

After this test, Wang Ji finally understood what a Genesis-level being was.

At the creation level, it is possible to write the rules of the world to a certain extent—as long as these rules do not conflict with the underlying logic of the world and can function, they can all exist, even if they conflict with each other to some extent.

This feels like treating the world as a game engine, where you can create many ideas, add various rules and items.

Even if there are bugs, it's okay, as long as the bugs aren't so big that they would cause the world to crash.

After understanding this matter, Wang Ji began to make other attempts.

First, he hid the 'New World', renamed the Sky Island World to 'Verification World', and then connected the Verification World to the New World.

In this way, anyone who wants to enter the new world must first pass through the verification world before they can open the passage to the new world.

To put it simply, it's like setting up a login server. You have to complete the verification process on this login server before you can access the main server.

This serves as an additional buffer and insurance.

Even if the verification world is targeted by something and blown up, the new world hidden behind it will be fine.

So what if it explodes? The world singularity can be recovered anyway, and we can just build another one.

After setting the login rules, Wang Ji added another setting: by default, outsiders are not allowed to take any items produced in the 'New World' from the 'New World'.

These items can only be possessed while within the world.

It's like a server that can store the data of those who enter. Entering the world is like logging in, and you can access the items stored in your account.

Leaving the world means going offline.

You can't take anything with you when you're offline; all items can only be used within the world.

This ensures the protection of the world's fundamental system.

"Let's do this for now."

It is still unclear what the situation is like outside.

Given the precedents of those who call themselves world scavengers but are actually world thieves, Wang Ji's impression of outsiders is not very good at the moment.

As it stands, all the outsiders who have visited the New World have come to steal things.

Wang Ji had to take precautions, which is why he established this rather strict rule to protect the world's origin from being stolen.

If it is appropriate in the future, this rule can be relaxed.

Having done all this, Wang Ji left the verification world and waved goodbye.

Thus, the entire world vanished, transforming into the most essential singularity of the world.

The process is very simple and natural, just like breathing; it's done instinctively.

As for the 'new world' behind it.

Wang Ji could sense that it could not be moved at will, nor could it be reclaimed as easily as the world created by the singularity of the world.

That seems to be a 'main world'.

A main world that cannot be completely destroyed by external forces.

Looking at everything in this world, Wang Ji couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The Doomsday Vacuum Zone is said to be called the vacuum zone because all worlds in this zone have been destroyed.

What about the main world?
Did the main world ever exist here? Where did all those main worlds go? Did they all choose to self-destruct?
Wang Ji thought of Oswald again.

When the two first met, the high priest said:

"I couldn't find a complete world, there was nowhere to settle down."

'A complete world.'

Looking back now, this word is quite intriguing.

Perhaps... perhaps Oswald once found other main worlds, but only an empty concept remains of that main world; everything else is nothingness.

Ordinary people certainly wouldn't be able to discover this kind of world. According to Wang Ji's understanding, even those at the Creation level would find it difficult to discover this kind of world without careful investigation.

But Oswald had a special talent—root perception.

Wang Ji's mind went blank.

This talent is most likely at the absolute rule level.

(End of this chapter)