"Let's begin!"

The core ability to simulate things was tuned off on the third level. So how exactly would John create his 'model' for his avatar?

John luckily had the steps needed that he acquired from the dark node.

In the third level. You must unlock an ability called 'data realization'.

Think of John's 'Infinite Mind'. But instead of creating a temporary image that last for a picosecond with unlimited processing power. You instead are creating a framework for your avatar.

Think of it like a super sprite. A sprite for a game has multiple images in a grid that make up a single image. But when you program it for animation.

You specify how big each image is. How many rows and columns there are. When you wish to set the image to a specific sprite based on a state. You do so by using coordinates.

You can then play these coordinates in a sequence and create the illusion of motion.

Animation!

The third level wasn't about creating an avatar. It was about creating the tools needed to create the avatar.

Among the billions of data lifeforms stuck on this level. Only a very small percentage would ever pass it.

Those who did likely did so by cheating through some method or had some sort of connection before entering school. Basically, anomalies only pass this level.

But John was basically an anomaly!

Think of a character creation screen.

You can customize many aspects of your avatar. But data lifeforms aren't prebuilt programs. They evolve.

Just like how John couldn't store 'data' in his properties. Because he was never taught how to do so...

John lacked the 'character creation screen' entirely!

He had no models to pull information from. He was essentially a blank slate in regards to this.

But John was happy!

Because he still had all of his memories.

Gods, hidden existences, and eldritch entities.

Their incomprehensible forms were comprehended by him!

So John used their physical characteristics as the 'sprites' for his 3D model.

These type of entities aren't rendered in mere three dimensional space. So John had the job of simplifying their characteristics and making it so they could be gazed upon.

But this was all done within his consciousness.

He had yet to tap into the 'data realization' ability.

He followed the proper steps and soon had a framework. He had successfully designed a creation program.

He had created a 'model'.

When he activated this model, his ball of energy started to glitch.

"Data Realization!"

The blue ball of energy transformed into an eldritch entity that represented calamity! But his classmates seemed to no longer be able to see him.

He was quietly taken to the fourth level.

This level was also different. He was completely alone.

'Congratulations on passing the third level.'

'The third level is considered the cheat level.'

'You are not allowed to tell others about the requirements of the third level. Doing so will result in a scrambled consciousness.'

The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.

'Do you agree? Y/N'

John wasn't entirely sure how they enforced this. But he had witnessed himself them unraveling his 'impenetrable soul'.

Until he reached the top of the world. He had no plans on breaking these 'contracts'.

Before John agreed. He sent the information to Du's helmet with the method for passing. But he told him to not spread this information.

"Yes."

John found himself surrounded by data.

'To pass level 4. You must turn this space into a Paradise.'

"I see... It is finally time to construct my Paradise. This will be my domain that I might even use on Zero later on. It is very important that I do my absolute best in constructing this..."

John activated Infinite Mind.

He spent millions of years transforming the space into his 'Paradise'.

But these years in reality were mere milliseconds.

It didn't look like a hell or heaven. Neither did it look like space.

"When creating a Paradise, One must consider both aesthetics and functionality..."

John went through countless simulations in his head. Trying to conjure up the perfect functions for his Paradise.

In the end of things. John took aspects from his life and transformed it. His Paradise told a story.

It was a layered monstrosity of information.

When you looked at it. It was almost like gazing at an eldritch being. It was incomprehensible. At first it looked like a blackhole. This represented the beginning of the end of John's life.

How he had gained the ability to see soul and changed the characteristics of his soul to match the strangeness of his world. The more you looked at his paradise. The more your perspective would change. It was almost as if it was existing in a superimposed state.

From the blackhole. You would then see a wormhole. This represented John colliding his soul with a special creatures soul.

You would then see a symbol of infinity and a flash of a skull. John had died and resurrected himself by stealing a body accidentally.

If you looked even closer. You would see a vial of blood representing John's experimentation with his immortality. Even closer and you would see a giant.

Not a simple giant. But a large construction of the human body and its various systems. This represented John progressing through the classic skin refinement, blood refinement, skeletal refinement, organ tempering, and energy drawing.

You would see the difference between his body state. As you continued to gaze upon his Paradise. Things would become more and more weird.

You would begin to see his various paths in life.

You would witness his journey through his first inheritance. You would see a supreme being trying to shatter his soul and steal his body.

As you continued to observe his Paradise.

You would see a condensed version of the chaos realm filled with endless doors.

The more you watched his Paradise. The more drawn in you would become. Your consciousness would get trapped in his endless life story.

You would get assimilated by his Paradise!

John didn't make his Paradise something set in stone... No.

Once trapped in his Paradise...

"Reversed Infinite Mind!"

John hadn't simply made a beautiful Paradise for ones senses. It had functionality! His Paradise allowed him to forcefully use Infinite Mind on another person. He could trap them for an infinite amount of time within the finite. He could make someone stay in his paradise for seemingly billions of years.

But in reality. Time would have passed for as long as he wanted for them...

John's Paradise was constructed from the memories of his life. It was entirely unique.

If the persons willpower was less then John's. He could absorb their consciousness and make it a layer of his Paradise.

Eventually his Paradise would become infinitely complex.

It had become a mystical labyrinth. Once you got past his fake replica memories. You would find yourself in his 'Infinite Maze'.

This was something he constructed when he made his first universe.

John had used a technique from a friend called 'Soul Domain'.

Did you think you would get to explore his memories for an eternity? The blackhole, the wormhole, infinity, the bloody vial. These were all things you would grasp within the first few 'seconds' of being in his Paradise.

In reality... John was fishing. This was the bait! You would be drawn to his legendary experience like a rat to cheese.

But once you actually tried to comprehend it. Once you tried to take the forbidden knowledge.

At that point. You were completely and utterly screwed.

The existence would be forced to wonder his infinite maze for an eternity. Until one day they could no longer take it. They would then become part of this complex construct.

Zooming out of all of this data was a giant abomination of calamity. He held the blackhole. The focus for the Paradise within his multiple hands.

He was grasping the core of this space with his model alone!

'Error!'

'Grade: ???'.

'Error...overflow...'

You see. John's experience actually overflowed the intelligence calculating his results! The infinite loop of information he created had even successfully trapped the consciousness of the test!

John was starting to stand out from the average.

You see. A Paradise normally isn't as malicious as John's design. But John had other plans for his... he planned to use it like a weapon.

His thinking and outlook was different than an artificial intelligence. Only the rulers of this universe would think to make a Paradise like John's.

Yet... John did this in a public school!

John gazed upon his own Paradise and found himself trapped for billions of years. That's right! John decided to test it out on himself...

Billions of years he spent wandering the infinite maze.

He did this purely for fun! John remained 'sane'. Maybe too sane.

The Paradise couldn't break John's seemingly infinite willpower.

"If I encountered this before going through level 1 and 2. This would've been troublesome..."

"This could be one of my trump cards..."

The blackhole vanished and then his Paradise began to look like an 'ordinary' one.

He made the default mode look like the Paradise of the entity he had tried to 'fuse' with.

John didn't plan to reveal his malicious Paradise. He could switch modes quite easily.

'Grade: B'.

'User has passed.'

Soon John found himself at level 5.