Chapter 104: 104
The knowledge of an Origin God sleeping right before them made these two fellows almost lose their minds . It should not be possible for an Origin God to exist in their realm in any way . All of them were in heaven, stabilizing the universe with Origin Energy .
Not counting the fact that she looked young, when all the Origin Gods were as old as the universe itself . Of course, one at her level of power could alter their looks, but what were the chances that a Supreme Goddess of Origin would choose the form of a 4 year old toddler?
Draco and Qiong Qi were more likely to believe that she was born in their world naturally, as had all the former Origin Gods . The problem with this was that according to Vadoma - and even Qiong Qi himself knew this - Origin Energy was scarce in the universe .
The Origin Gods were not even able to enjoy their lives at all, having to spend every waking moment producing Origin Energy to input into the universe in order to keep it stable, as life continued to bloom and the boundaries of the universe continued to stretch .
Think of this universe as a water tank . When it was in infancy, it could take 100 gallons of water, which was renewable since it was interconnected with all life and matter .
But if the tank was expanded to contain 1000 gallons of water while still maintaining the exact volume from before, it created a deficit . Where were those 900 gallons of water supposed to come from?
Even then, it wouldn't be a problem since the 100 gallons were somewhat renewable . Even though the universe was bigger, the amount of life would stay the same, right?
Wrong!
Life was always growing in the universe . New planets, new species, new microscopic lifeforms . These all pulled from the source of energy of the universe, which drained the available amount of Origin Energy .
Of course, they would return this energy upon death, but that was assuming the 100 gallons could even last that long .
This was the main issue .
So the Origin Gods, who were the only ones able to naturally generate Origin Energy that was of the same quality as that of the universe, had to take up this arduous and endless task of keeping the universe stable .
The idea was that one of two things would happen .
Either the universe would reach the limit of expansion and stop, allowing them to spend some more millennia to top it up to full and leave the universe to manage itself .
Or at some point, the universe would 'wake up' and begin creating Origin Energy on its own as it should .
Alternatively, it could be that the universe would never stop expanding or that Origin Energy would never emerge naturally from the universe, forcing the Origin Gods to work until their input could not keep up with the output . At that point, the universe would implode on itself .
Draco and Qiong Qi didn't dare to make conclusions with the little they knew of the inner workings of the universe - especially Draco - but they felt that the second outcome was what had happened, which was that the universe had 'woken up' .
As such, new Origin Gods were being birthed into the world . They did not appear in heaven because that was an artificial realm created by the Gods to distance themselves from the natural world .
Since this world was the natural world - or if we wanted to put it in game terms, the default spawn location - it was understandable that new Origin Gods would appear here .
This was a joyous thing, so why the hell were these two so unsettled?
For Qiong Qi, it was the fact that this Origin God was hidden in this low level area like Four Point Valley all this while . On top of that, her mere existence, she who had been asleep all this while without even emitting much energy, was able to turn this valley into a warzone .
If she woke up, just what kind of results would occur? Could it be that she would just wipe him out from the face of this earth?
For Draco, it was the meta of the situation that struck him dumb .
For fuck's sake, he was doing a Unique Quest that was originally of an Epic difficulty! While it might have risen to Legendary Rank in order to nerf his Divine Eyes, it was still Legendary level!
The reward of the Ultima Sunt bloodline was more than enough to qualify as a Legendary attainment, aside from the two chests . Not to mention Roma, Pair Dadeni, Mjolnir and Etz Chaim seedling were Hidden Quest rewards that were simply too overpowered on their own, much less when brought together .
This was not a Divine Quest, should those even exist . So why the hell was there an Origin God child sleeping here, which was the exact place where he would end the quest?
It wasn't even a basic God or even a Demi-God (not of the combat Ranks, but due to State of Being), but a whole Origin Goddess!
He had only learned that such a thing existed a little while ago, now he was presented with one…
Hm…
Wait…
Draco's expression changed .
'Could it be that the clues were always there and I failed to see them?'
Draco had previously felt it was too much of stretch to reason that the Ultima Sunt race that had been wiped out could spawn in this Unique Quest just like that .
Of course, this quest was a secluded instance that was not attached to the main continuity, but the AI was not so short-sighted as to ruin the lore of the world during Unique Quests .
How had King been born? Why had King been born? Who had allowed King to be born . What had given birth to King?
These were the questions Draco had at the back of his mind ever since he assimilated King . He had inherited some bloodline memories of the Ultima Sunt race and had seen the same scene King did, where an older Ultima Sunt controlled an Earth Dragon and ate it alive .
But he had no idea of what could have spawned King and why .
Draco stared at the little girl in the embryo and gulped lightly before he mustered his courage . He walked toward the embryo slowly, his mind alert and every single detection technique or ability being utilized to the maximum .
Yes, the Seal of Camelot prevented him from losing anything upon death, but at the end of the day, it was still a Legendary item . Against something like Omega, which Draco himself possessed, having his account deleted or crippled would be too depressing .
The stakes were high and Draco was gambling his digital life this time . Nothing had made him feel the threat of death in the truest sense so far, but here he felt it . It was an old feeling and a bitter one, but it made him feel excited as his heart pumped and his mind roiled .
Humans were adrenaline junkies by nature, though some disliked the fear . However no matter who, being in a situation like this would make you feel alive . Every other issue, whether it was lack of money, troubled love life, poor social life etc, felt irrelevant at this time, because you realized that here was more to life than just that .
Draco eventually stood before the embryo, his body untouched and unharmed . He released the breath he had been holding and stared at the cute little tot in there .
Since Draco had plans to impregnate Eva and have their own child, he couldn't help but wonder what their daughter or son would be like . Staring at this girl made him feel sentimental, but that was all blown away by the screen that popped up before him .
「Detected a possible candidate for racial assimilation .
Would the player like to change their race? Y/N」
This screen fried what few braincells Draco had, rendering him dumb for the span of a minute . His mind went blank as the weight of the choice presented before him pressed down on his mental faculties .
Why had Draco rejected the Minor Divine Emblem? Why had he refused to have his Divine Foundation in his settlement?
The reason was because once one possessed true divinity, one would become realm-locked completely . Of course, that was in-game terminology .
To a player, this meant that they would never be able to explore the different sections of Boundless with this account . The benefit was that they would have access to unlimited and unbridled power as a deity, able to rule over everything in this realm .
The downside was that they would have to watch as all the other players eventually went off to the different realms, leaving them alone and useless .
Of course players would be able to access the other worlds . It would be incredibly stupid of the AI to waste so many resources facilitating other worlds if only a select few could access it .
If Draco hadn't died, he, Eva and other Rank 6 talents like Gentle Flower, Rambutt and Noble Soul would have been able to reach Rank 7 after the second Great War . They would have moved to new realms and acquired a means to bring their subordinates with them .
Other players would also eventually reach that level in time, since the requirements to enter would be greatly lowered .
It was like when new products or cutting edge technology were developed . It would be limited and very expensive to access, only allowing the affluent and well-connected to gain it .
It would eventually become mainstream after the first editions were revised and made better, leaving the older models for the more common folk to utilize .
The point of all this was that Draco had to choose between gaining the unlimited power of Origin Energy, making him reach the realm beyond overpowered, or continue as-is and follow his plan, which already had a 100% chance of completion .
Just as Draco was about to make his decision, the embryo trembled as the eyes of the Origin Goddess suddenly opened . Her pupils were split in two halves, one side containing a bright crimson glow while the other half was as dark as Eva's eyes .
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