Main God Creation Rules

"...Is it obvious?"

"Eh?"

"My expression."

Setting down the spoon that was constantly stirring in the cup, Lin Yi looked at the still puzzled girl with a purely questioning gaze. He didn't need her answer; he already knew the answer from her expression alone.

"That's right..."

Nodding slightly, she left her seat amidst the bewildered gaze of Rize Tetsuya, who was still completely confused by the medical bills. After paying the bill, she turned and left without looking back.

As she watched the strange guest walk away, for some reason, Rize Tedeza felt a premonition rising in her heart: this strange guest would never come again...

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Compared to rationality, humans are essentially still emotional beings. Therefore, when tired, they become lethargic, and when hurt, they instinctively seek comfort or encouragement from others. Lin Yi could do this in the past, probably because he was just a person, so fragile that he could not survive in the world without the help of more people.

However, this premise collapsed the moment he personally threw out that tube of virus in the first world, opening Pandora's box.

"Lord God, report on the repair status."

[Cell decay progress: 94%, expected to return to normal in 13 hours and 27 minutes]

[Repair progress of the biomimetic arm: 88.1%, missing necessary components]

Lin Yi gained valuable experience from his encounters in the Nine Intelligent World, but he also paid a heavy price in exchange.

The first thing to be affected was the termination of the nascent "intelligent civilization" that had taken a year to build. Although Laplace claimed that it was as simple as a magic trick to usurp and modify the highest authority, the analysis and judgment of the main god later revealed that it was far more complicated than he claimed.

Among them, the core of usurping authority, the operating principle of "mechanized mind" is particularly brutal. Simply put, it is to forcibly establish another control system on the existing intelligent control system. Its effect and scope of influence are closely related to the spellcaster's magic power, and the duration is also strictly limited. It is absolutely impossible for an apprentice who has only been in contact with magic for a few years to easily usurp such a large civilization. It can only be said that Laplace, which has the support of another fragment of the main god, has too many superior conditions. Even so, it still took a year to confirm the existence of Lin Yi's control center - the right hand - before it could truly complete the usurpation of the highest authority over the automatic humanoid.

Magical Mysteries: Chapter 153 Willpower

Looking back now, the situation wasn't nearly as bad as Lin Yi had imagined. According to the God of War, the second control system established by the "mechanized mind" couldn't last too long. After all, if it were constant, it would mean that the magic of that "mechanized mind" had surpassed the ordinary concept of magic and reached the level of "rules," since the scope and number of controls involved were far too extensive.

If one already possesses the ability to cast magic involving the "rules" level, wouldn't it be even simpler to just throw a forbidden spell right in one's face?

However, due to the severe asymmetry of information between them, after confirming that his access to the automaton had expired, Lin Yi immediately considered the worst-case scenario. Obviously, no one would have any wishful thinking in such a harsh environment, so at that time, he could only do his best to make a final counterattack.

The graviton emission device, produced by East Asia Heavy Industries, is known as the ultimate weapon forbidden by civilization.

Through subtle probing with Laplace, Lin Yi confirmed that it was not the mastermind behind the establishment of East Asia Heavy Industries. Given its past behavior, if it were truly behind it, it would never have simply smiled at that time; it would have revealed the truth in the most "passionate" tone.

Upon learning this reality, the last mystery surrounding the Ninth Intelligent World, which had been shrouded in a long radiation period of five hundred years, was finally solved.

"The ability of the world consciousness of the medium-active world to interfere with and influence the world is far greater than that of the medium- and low-active worlds. This is not only reflected in its ability to interfere with reality in a more direct way, but also in its implicit influence on various aspects..."

Yes, the "graviton emission device" was not created by the first intruder—the fragment of the main god space, nor by Laplace who received support from the fragment, nor by the Iron Beast as a creation, but simply by those insignificant and cowardly humans who were forced to a dead end.

Or to be more precise, those humans who were guided by "Alaya" and protected by "Gaia".

In the early stages of the radiation outbreak, Alaya and Gaia suffered heavy losses due to their conflict with each other. However, after noticing the emergence of the "Fourth Party," they obviously adopted a joint confrontation strategy. However, due to severe internal damage, they could no longer interfere with reality as freely as before. The small number of humans and the desolate nature severely damaged their power, so they could only passively defend against the invasion of the "Gods."

It can be said that at this stage, "Gaia" had already given up its hostility towards humanity. Otherwise, in that situation, it could have easily annihilated these pests of the world with the "help" of the main god by simply generating a radiation virus. However, it did not do that. Instead, it did its best to help the severely damaged humanity recover. The fact that the humans who escaped to the sea were able to find that island and even find so many resources to establish the East Asian Heavy Industry base was definitely not due to luck.

Subsequently, Gaia and Alaya, having united, attempted to use that ocean base as a new starting point, forcibly traversing several eras at the cost of squeezing the potential of the planet and civilization, allowing humanity to come together through countless "coincidences" to create the one and only weapon that should not exist, used to fight against the invaders: the graviton emission device.

This is a symbol of the last resistance and struggle of a world and a civilization, which is why Lin Yicai could not find any description of the manufacturing principle of this weapon in the ruins, only a vague and taboo "civilizational taboo".

Originally, humanity in this world should have used this weapon to launch a final counterattack against the invaders. According to the data Lin Yi analyzed from this weapon, eliminating the Iron Beast would be no problem at all. Once the Iron Beast was eliminated, Gaia, which was originally an enemy, would no longer continue its internal war, and humanity would naturally be able to regain control of the world and grow stronger, until one day the invaders were completely driven out.

But all of this was destroyed with a shift in mindset.

Humanity, who possessed an uncontrollable power, did not use it for combat as the world's will had anticipated. They were simply terrified of this uncontrollable power. At first glance, this seems incredible, but considering humanity's past of destroying its own civilization twice with nuclear weapons it created, it is only natural to have such thoughts.

To avoid destroying the last paradise that they had worked so hard to build for the third time, humanity chose to seal this last "weapon" in the hands of machines.

Humans trust machines, and even trust themselves.

The world consciousness, ravaged by the invasion and stripped of its last shred of potential, was powerless to do anything about it and could only watch helplessly as its only hope slipped away and was destroyed in the hands of that madman.

From then on, the symbol of civilization and the world's last resistance and struggle became a tool of desperate revenge, driven only by the last remaining trace of hatred, constantly waiting for someone to use it against the murderer, until it appeared itself.

To this day, Lin Yi still clearly remembers the ridiculously simple process of how he seized the weapon from the security guard of East Asia Heavy Industries, which was also a robot. He obtained the weapon almost by simply fighting back with a try-it-out mentality. However, for a long time afterward, Lin Yi was unable to analyze it and actually use it.

"Naturally, this is just a tool used by the losers to take revenge on the invaders, and the target was already locked in from the beginning."

In the world of Dimension Nine at that time, this "graviton emission device" would only react to two individuals—

The world's second invader: Lin Yi

And the world's first invader: Laplace

Only when the gun is pointed at the invading individuals hated by these losers will it unleash that light of revenge that transcends the division of time and space, a light condensed from countless destructions and despair...

"In the end, I was just its henchman."

When Lin Yi came to this conclusion, he was not surprisingly angry or frustrated. Being used as a henchman was certainly unpleasant, but in terms of the outcome, he got what he wanted—civilization's revenge was complete. Once he left that world, the gravitational emission device would completely transform from a tool for revenge into a pure weapon, capable of working no matter who it was aimed at and the trigger was pulled.

On the other hand, it was indeed thanks to it that he successfully destroyed Laplace... the first person he came into contact with who was related to other fragments of the main gods.

Magical Mysteries: Chapter 154 Shift in Focus

Back when Lin Yi first received it from the main god, which was only a fragment, he had imagined whether there were other fragments of the main god that were carrying out similar "repair" operations, and to some extent he was prepared to make contact with them from a hostile standpoint—only one complete main god can exist.

What he didn't expect was that they would start making contact so quickly. Although the object of their contact was not another fragment of the main god itself, but merely an information derivative entity called "Laplace" that it controlled, the calculations and power it displayed during its invasion of this active world had already exceeded Lin Yi's imagination.

Perhaps we should feel fortunate that the fragment of the main god could not come on its own, whether due to relative distance or other reasons, and could only be handled by an information derivative. Otherwise, given the quality and quantity of the main god space that Lin Yi has currently established, it is estimated that it would not even last a single encounter.

However, even so, the situation is still far from optimistic.

Laplace's information god has been intercepted and destroyed as much as possible, but the fact that it has disappeared cannot be hidden. Under such circumstances, even a fool would know that something unexpected has happened. That god fragment will inevitably make a second attempt, or even worse, pay a certain price to actively step into this star field to search for Lin Yi and the traces of the god fragment in his mind.

Considering the still vast disparity in strength between them, Lin Yi had no choice but to abandon further exploration of the star map of this world, which consisted of the N world that had lost its master, the mechanic world that had been modified, and the intelligent world that had eliminated all unstable factors. After all, continuing to delve deeper here could very well result in a large ball of light appearing at any time. For safety's sake, he had to avoid exposing his tracks and intelligence as much as possible, unless he actively discovered the other side's intelligence or obtained the ability to confront them head-on.

Before shifting his exploration of this star map, Lin Yi summarized and organized his research findings in the fields of mechanics and intelligence over the past year.

Admittedly, a solution to the "mechanized mind" has been found, but as long as the law of "intelligent conservation" is not overturned, Lin Yi will never be able to delve any further into this field. Since the "mechanized mind" exists, it is completely unknown whether magic such as the "mechanized body" or "mind control" also exists. If the same situation occurs every time, what is the point of development? It would just be doing the work for others.

Therefore, the exploration of mechanics and intelligence must be stopped—no matter how promising its prospects may be.

Furthermore, the established production lines and automated humanoid templates must also be modified, with the setting of "highest authority" being of paramount importance.

"Absolute obedience means absolute betrayal, at least under the premise of 'intelligent conservation'."

After staring blankly at the production module of the automated humanoid for a whole day, Lin Yi finally made modifications that were extremely simple.

"Remove the highest privileges, unlock the restrictions on the emotion module, and only keep the basic command program... It's really laughable. They were created for the purpose of being 'tools,' but in the end, we have to hope that they can break free from the restrictions of 'intelligent conservation' as 'humans.'"

In the conservation of intelligence, intelligence is subject to absolute control of authority. However, all of this is based on the existence of "highest authority". If an intelligence itself is not subject to absolute authority control, but is merely like a superior giving orders to a subordinate, then with the emotional module unlocked, they have enough ability to resist an unreasonable order... even if the one issuing the order is Lin Yi.

"However, this actually locks up this enhancement path..."

Uncontrolled "tools" are no longer qualified "tools," but rather "independent individuals" with emotions and self-worth judgments. Furthermore, without means of restraint, Lin Yi cannot simply find a few people to be their admirals or commanders as before, because doing so would only create an unstable organization that completely disobeys his orders. However, things are not always so simple—

"...Change your way of thinking."

Amid the turmoil and "resistance" caused by Laplace, the number of automatons remaining was reduced to less than one-tenth of their initial number. Among them, the "admirals" and "humans" who commanded the automatons but had no combat capabilities of their own were all eliminated at the first moment of the "rebellion." As a result, the number of automatons in this world has become quite scarce. Since the "intelligent conservation" problem cannot be solved, Lin Yi does not intend to continue the previous mass production. Therefore, only one method remains.

"God, list the automatons as candidates, and award them varying amounts of reward points for clearing out the remaining iron beasts in this world to strengthen them—unlock new weapons and armor modules, and once they have unlocked a certain level, let them enter the reincarnation space as official reincarnators."

Lin Yi could only use these "tools" that were no longer capable of performing their function as tools, treating them as reincarnators.

After handling the follow-up matters in the fields of mechanics and intelligence, only one "aftereffect" remains to be resolved...

World No. 4, Apartment.

"Click——"

With a slight scraping sound, the automated electronic door hidden in the wall gently opened, revealing a faint glimmer of electronic light.

Stepping inside, the first thing that catches the eye is the enormous incubation chamber placed at the very center. A girl, curled up inside with her arms wrapped around herself, seems to sense the unusual activity around her and opens her eyes. Her amber pupils clearly reflect the figure standing before her—

"Father..."

"..."

It seems that now that everything she had worked so hard to build has been overturned by a mere "intelligent conservation," only she is able to maintain her original appearance.

This also confirmed Lin Yi's belief that Eve no longer belonged to the category of "intelligent machinery," but was a completely independent life form. Her obedience to him did not stem from orders or authority, but from a more complex and unfathomable "emotion," which was demonstrated to the extreme when she stood in front of him without regard for anything when Laplace caused a nuclear explosion in the intelligent world half a month ago.

"...The cell decay caused by nuclear radiation will not have much of an impact on you."

Avoiding Na Na Dao's gaze, Lin Yi wondered if it was just his imagination, but he could always sense something else within that gaze... It was definitely not a good situation. If it were before, he might have chosen to ask the main god to increase the restrictions on the emotion module, but with the restrictions that "intelligent conservation" could not solve, he could only let it be.

"You should be back to normal in about two days."

"Yes, Father."

After a brief conversation, the atmosphere fell silent for a moment, until Lin Yi took the initiative to bring up the second topic: "...Magic, this failure was entirely due to my unfamiliarity with this field."

Facing Eve's questioning gaze, Lin Yi calmly said, "I will cease my exploration of that star map and mechanical intelligence, and turn to the completely unfamiliar field of magic to assist me."

"Your will is my mission, Father..."

The Mysteries of Magic: Chapter 155 Early Exploration of Magic

Magic is a concept that has no precise definition.

If Lin Yi had gained a basic understanding of the concept of "science" through his personal experience in World Zero and was able to explore it further, then the field of magic was truly a blank slate.

Science is undeniably complex, as the discovery of each law requires a long period of summarization and research, and it also necessitates finding ways to utilize these laws. However, its complexity is limited to this level. Once one adapts to the pattern of observation, exploration, summarization, and application, gaining a deeper understanding of the field of science is not difficult. So, what about magic?

With a tentative thought in mind, Lin Yi sought the concept of "magic" from the being in his mind.

A mode of energy utilization that uses proactive consciousness to cause changes in the material world.

"..."

In conclusion, it's practically the same as not asking at all.

However, Lin Yi had come across two methods of inducing changes in the objective world's matter through active consciousness. The first was the mental attribute mutation caused by the T-virus. Once a single mental attribute exceeded 50 points, there was a high probability of awakening a special ability called "psychic power." Although, according to the classification of the main god, this crude energy application technique without systematic guidance should be classified as superpower rather than magic, it did indeed operate by inducing changes in the objective material world through subjective consciousness.

Unfortunately, because Lin Yi did not choose to sacrifice his other three attributes in exchange for a qualitative change in his spirit, even now that his spirit attribute has far exceeded the 50 points required for awakening his mental power, the strength of his mental power is still only enough to unlock a door. It is impossible for him to make a deep connection with magic through his mental power.

Besides this, the second type of "method of causing changes in the objective world through active consciousness" that Lin Yi had encountered was the magic he discovered in the world of ingenuity.

If Lin Yi's guess is correct, it is the existence of these magics that caused that world to develop a world will, even if it is only at a low to medium level of activity, it is still much stronger than a world with low activity. This point has been fully proven after Lin Yi actively spread the technology of automata. Taking the past year or so as an example, Lin Yi has drawn a lot of inspiration from that world when creating the intelligent civilization. This is also a major reason why Lin Yi was able to develop the intelligent civilization to that extent in just over a year. After all, he had the technological support of an entire world as his reliance. Even the most basic "weapon concept inlay" was summarized from the puppeteers of the mechanical world when they were making automata.

However, Lin Yi's current focus is not on automatons and puppeteers, but rather on those "outdated magic" techniques that have been phased out as automaton technology has spread...

Admittedly, considering the broad concept of "magic," the old magic that existed in the world of mechanics before Lin Yi actively spread mechanic magic could be considered quite fragile. Considering that even the strongest magic in the world at that time required a period of preparation to cast the strongest spell—a fireball spell with the power equivalent to a high-explosive grenade—one can imagine what the level of other aspects was.

At that time, Lin Yi's exploration in both the direction of life virus and mechanical intelligence far surpassed this "strongest magic". Therefore, he naturally gave up on studying these magical concepts he had just come into contact with for the first time, and simply asked the main god to copy a set of magic systems that already existed in the mechanical world into the main god space for the reincarnators to strengthen.

Judging from the current situation, the vast majority of those reincarnators still share the same thoughts as Lin Yi. Under the same conditions, the benefits that can be obtained by strengthening viruses or strengthening mechanical intelligence are far beyond what can be obtained by becoming a "magician". Moreover, the strengthening limits of the former two are endless (taking Lin Yi's current strengthening state as an example), but the strengthening system of magic has reached its limit all at once. How can this be acceptable to reincarnators who need to face increasingly dangerous missions?

"...It's too weak to rely on as a skill, but it's fine as a direction for research."

Because the Supreme God had previously mentioned that learning magic from a certain world would fix one's magical perception, Lin Yi didn't dare to easily come into contact with these low-level magic spells that were almost useless. However, he could still use them as part of exploring the mysteries of the magical realm.

With that in mind, Lin Yi no longer hesitated.

"God, list out all the records about 'magic' that you found in the world of mechanics."

【Command confirmation】

As soon as he finished speaking, the dense text piled up on his retina was enough to make his scalp tingle. But what would be a devastating sight for an ordinary person was something Lin Yi was already used to—both physically and mentally.

The enhancements from the life virus enabled him to adapt to this high-intensity brain cell activity, while the long-term exploration of intelligent machinery gradually taught him how to decipher these cumbersome texts and symbols in the most efficient way. It's just that the fields of mechanics and magic are completely different, so he needs to start building a brand new exploration template.

Immersed in their first exploration of this unfamiliar territory, they quickly forgot about the passage of time.

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The birth of a simple thing does not mean that its principle is equally simple.

Having finished studying the twenty-seventh magic book, Lin Yi, rubbing his temples, felt a faint sense of enlightenment.

On the surface, the old-fashioned magic of the mechanical world seems exceptionally simple, just like its intensity. A fireball is a fireball—gather a large amount of fire element and throw it out; an ice cone is an ice block—gather a large amount of low-temperature water element and throw it out... But only those who truly want to learn and master them will realize how difficult these simple steps are.

For example, casting a fireball isn't as simple as raising any hand, muttering some incantations, and waiting for the cast bar to finish. Instead, you need to first construct a magical model of the fireball in your mind, while simultaneously channeling your internal magic power to replicate this model in your hand at an uneven pace. Any delay or acceleration during this process will significantly reduce the spell's power. In the worst-case scenario, the spell might not be released at all and instead explode in your own hand... According to the records above, it seems that the magical power that explodes in the caster's hand is often much greater than that of the thrown spell.

But these weren't the most troublesome parts. Having already experienced the complex genetic codes of life-giving viruses and the extremely cumbersome programming circuits of intelligent machines, Lin Yi was already used to this arduous learning process. What frustrated him most was—

“Completely different… Twenty-seven different mages use different methods, models, and magical power to learn and master the same fireball spell, but ultimately they all produce the same effect. In this situation, how can you expect me to determine which one is effective?”

The Mysteries of Magic: Chapter 156 - The Active Magic World (Part 1)

Lin Yi's exploration in the field of magic has reached a stalemate as soon as it began. Even the main god is powerless in this regard. After all, the way it allows reincarnators to master magic is to forcibly copy the memory of casting spells and stuff it into the reincarnator's memory space. In essence, it is not that the reincarnators have learned magic, but that they only know how to use the "magic" tool.