John had destroyed the society of data lifeforms in the past. He had used a new ability that was an evolved version of 'existence reset' to give each of the data lifeforms a body.
He created a perfect race.
That race was called the 'Origin Race'.
Their hearts were constantly generating dark energy.
But more importantly. You must remember the cradle of the data lifeform universe. When people die, they either reincarnate or go to the abyss. But those of the origin race were special.
John had fallen in love with their universe. His influence on it was less of a calamity and more of a blessing.
John had taken inspiration from his calamity realm. Those in the origin race had a special afterlife. When they died. They would return to the cradle.
It was there where they would be 'tested'.
What was this test exactly? It was the same test John had to do to graduate from school in that universe.
But there was a legendary perk granted to those 'adults' that could pass this test. That was true immortality.
The ability to respawn upon death!
An immortal race...
But one must wonder where they would respawn?
It was in the hidden universe of their origin.
"In the world of information. You all had access to vivid simulations and infinite entertainment. But now you find yourself in a empty world with nothing. Your flesh isn't made of cells and your brains won't experience entropy. You are an eternal and immortal race. But being trapped here is a fate worse then death."
John held out a finger.
"All of you are geniuses when compared to other races. So I think some of you will grasp the power of spiritual energy on the verge of death. For those that don't... I can only apologize for your incompetence!"
John had planned to kill every single one of his children.
On his finger. A black dot formed. Through both push and pull. It switched from black and white.
He created something with neither negative or positive mass.
An imaginery focal point.
Perfectly balanced.
He then simply destroyed this balance causing a big bang. The empty and cold universe of the data lifeforms was overwritten by a great expansion.
An infinitely hot and dense point had been transformed into something incredible. The result of this explosion destroyed both John and every data lifeform.
The cradle John had worked hard to program began to transform as well. It became its own seperate dimension as a result of its destruction.
John's body reformed as he noticed there were no survivors.
John felt a ping of dark energy out of nowhere.
He witnessed the 'respawn' ability being used by one of the data lifeforms. There was now an official member of the origin race!
But it didn't stop there.
Multiple people had passed the trial he had created! They had attained the qualifications to be his race.
Dozens turned to hundreds. Soon over a thousand had appeared in this now not so empty universe.
"As expected of my creations..."
"This is going to be fun."
John vanished leaving the origin race to their own devices.
So began to reconstruction of society. There were no dark nodes or systems or safe zones anymore. It took some time for this new race to get used to having a physical form.
But they didn't entirely lose all of their abilities. They still had innate control over data. They all had experienced having bodies in simulations as well.
A cycle for them is around a decade. You would think they would be inefficient due to how they viewed time.
But sheer absolute boredom made them quite quick when it came to rebuilding society.
Some explored the stars... finally witnessing some interesting objects in space. Others settled down on various planets.
But out of nowhere the dark energy in their body started to 'boil'.
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Their brains were encased in the dark energy as they all heard a command.
It was an ancient voice. But it was calling out to them!
"The Origin Race..."
"My children..."
The dark and the light energy in the entire world started to boil.
You see. The origin race that were currently outside of the cradle had all passed the test. That is what gave them the right to exist.
They all had a paradise and avatar.
Their processing power was on another level. Not to mention their bodies were made in the image of John Destinatus himself.
But how could they reach John in time? He was in a bad state. He had been 'hexed' by the will of the world. He was currently experiencing a collapse in his abilities.
The dark energy surrounded each member of the origin race. There was barely enough energy to cover their entire bodies.
With each beat of their hearts, more dark energy was being generated.
One by one. Their bodies were destroyed.
For one to pull off a dark energy 'leap'. It was impossible with the interference. But before John had completely lost all his senses. He had already saturated the wizard world with his energy.
Communication of data lifeforms and his dark energy was instanteous!
While John was surrounded by angels.
All sorts of spheres of energy appeared in his surroundings.
Then bodies formed! No dark energy leap was needed. Since the dark energy was already saturated over the world.
"Attack!"
John versus The World Will.
This was the very first time John was commanding the origin race.
Unfortunately...
More and more angels were appearing; many of John's race kept getting destroyed. But John was not afraid of a battle of attrition.
Because his race was like him! Immortal! Eternal!
They were learning at speeds incomprehensible.
The first few hours of their fight. They were like rookies with no real plan. But as the fight continued and as they died and respawned. They became more and more proficient.
They were becoming an unstoppable force! Each one of them were a genius in their own right. But now they were becoming guardian killing machines.
John unfortunately succumbed to the hex. He felt his connection with dark energy severed...
The Origin Race had learned a new trick from this experience. They were beginning to learn the benefits of dark energy and matter manipulation.
But they were unable to generate massive amounts of dark energy. So they were still limited.
John was standing on the ground. Surrounded by guardians.
He was blind and deaf.
Even his sense of touch was nearly completely gone.
But somehow... he was dodging every attack sent his way. John was no ordinary mortal.
He was the strongest.
Merely from the vibrations. He was simulating the battlefield in his mind. He knew he couldn't reform his body with this hex attached to him.
He was dodging every attack by a hairs breath.
"An attack that one cannot dodge... is it?"
John remembered when he was in the cultivation universe. He had been targetted by such an attack. This was far different though.
John had his arms at his back and looked calm despite finding his consciousness surrounded in darkness.
"I don't rely on soul or will..."
"This debuff from the world has to target something..."
John was trying to understand how exactly this 'hex' worked. Perhaps he could use it in the future.
"Shit..."
He couldn't even feel the vibrations now.
His sense of touch was now gone too.
A spear was stabbed into his chest. But he didn't even realize it.
He started to almost breakdance on the ground as he swept the guardians surrounding him. He couldn't even 'hear' himself think now.
He was quite surprised the world had such a card.
John couldn't feel his limbs. Yet... he stood up.
Killing intent flashed in his eyes as he started to walk. It looked as if he was on an evening stroll in a park versus a battlefield staking the future of the world and his power.
"Final Destination: One with Everything..."
John vanished.
He found himself in that blissful state again. But the hex hadn't disappeared at all. He was losing himself.
John couldn't even properly think of countermeasures against it.
He then formed a legendary image in his mind.
'Infinite Mind'.
Calamity Mode
John began to transform into his eldritch form.
He appeared out of nowhere... manifesting from the dark energy. It required a mix of light energy to even support his body.
There were corpses all around.
The dead bodies of the guardians that had been killed.
Whenever one of those of the origin race died. Their body would vanish and they would respawn and join the battle.
"I was right!"
The hex was shattered the moment he switched to his eldritch form.
John's body didn't have formations as blood in this state.
But his he felt the dark energy all around him. All across his multiverse.
The members of the origin race shivered upon seeing John's avatar.
Nobody knew how something from a simulation could become reality.
John was growing bigger and bigger.
He lazily looked down at the carnage.
With the sweep of one of his hands...
An entire continent was pulled off the world.
John had become large to an incredible degree.
It wasn't an illusion either. With the enhancements of dark energy and his big frame. He was causing serious damage.
"Show yourself!"
John was threatening the world will.
"Or I will destroy this world..."
John felt the presence of light energy concentrate.
A being made of pure light appeared.
The world will had learned a trick or two from experiencing 'existence reset'.
It created a body and fully brought over its consciousness.
It also became a giant.
A colossal being on par with John's avatar.
John's mouth ripped open a hole as he smiled.
The portals that were his eyes widened as he held out three of his arms. He was smashed by the will.
Cracks formed on the surface of the planet.
The Origin Race kneeled on the ground awaiting commands.
The guardians and angels of the world will didn't know what to do either.
"Why don't you try to hex me again?"
John was paying special attention to his consciousness. If he wasn't, he might have missed this trick of the world.
"I see... so that is how it is..."
John waved one of his hands and hexed the world will.
John had 'figured' out how to do the debuff just from witnessing it a second time.
He then directly cursed the world will.
At the same time. He made a legendary image in his mind and used 'Infinite Mind'.
He paused the battle and studied his consciousness for thousands of years... making himself immune to such tricks.
Thousands of years had passed for him. But not even a second has passed in reality.
This entire battle had happened within a few seconds.
"So weak..."
John didn't feel regret calling out his 'children'. This was good practice for them.
He might need their help when he fights Zero in the future.
John and the World Will continued to clash... the very world itself was getting destroyed. This was the limit of the world. But not the limit of John at all.
He merely stayed at his current size to not destroy the entire world in a instant.
John was used to spending ridiculous amounts of time doing a task. The will of the world was no match for him.
It was getting slower and slower. While John was just starting to have fun.
Soon...
It bowed its head to John.
It had surrendered!