Chapter 5038: Innovators and Destroyers II
Chapter 5038: Innovators and Destroyers II
Noah frowned at such words.
The location of his home was a secret for reasons. Overly powerful beings could not be simply told or given the coordinates of where he was.
"Who is your Progenitor? What Scale of existence are they in?"
THE Mnemonic Leviathan paused before answering, its massive form settling deeper into the lava as if the question required consideration despite having an obvious answer.
"They should be on THE Second Scale. Known as THE Beholder. A Singular Cognizance, though you may not understand what that classification means. It refers to entities that emerged during the age of nothingness before differentiation taught existence how to have boundaries. Singular Cognizances predate most of what currently lives, their perspectives shaped by observing..."
The pink dolphin had begun to ramble on with its explanation, but Noah’s eyes had already widened with surprise.
THE Beholder?
THE Beholder had helped him not too long ago. He had not expected any connection between that ancient entity and this lazy, good-for-nothing pink dolphin lounging in his lava pools. Well, both loved to observe.
His eyes shone brilliantly as he interrupted the Leviathan’s rambling.
"How deeply are you and THE Beholder connected?"
The pink dolphin seemed almost pleased by the question.
"Few in existence inherited the weavings of the distant observer. THE Beholder seeded portions of itself across eons..."
The Leviathan’s voice grew more formal as it discussed its origins.
"Myself and THE Baboon of Wisdom were the only two to successfully stem from the weavings of THE Beholder. We carry portions of our Progenitor’s accumulated observation within our foundations, serving as extensions of its awareness across regions it cannot directly perceive."
...!
There was also a Baboon of Wisdom?
A baboon and a dolphin. Existence was truly unique in the configurations it produced.
Noah thought about this revelation for a moment. Naldine was moving with one of his bodies as she sought for them to meet a Singular Cognizance aligned with their interests. If he could have a friendly Singular Cognizance like THE Beholder potentially come to him, why not?
"Tell THE Beholder exactly where you are and who you are with."
His words emerged as command rather than request.
"Let your Progenitor know that THE Youngest has built something unprecedented within Observable Existence, and that THE Beholder is welcome to observe it firsthand."
The Mnemonic Leviathan’s eyes gleamed with something approaching excitement despite its lazy demeanor.
"It will be done."
Noah nodded at the confirmation before turning his attention toward the crystalline tree rising from the center of the lava pool. Its crimson-gold branches pulsed with authority accumulated since THE Hadean Emergence first triggered, a Sacred Plant that had formed alongside everything else within the reformed Infiniverse.
He emerged from the boat and walked across the surface of the lava. His mother remained behind, watching her son approach the tree with curiosity.
Noah reached the tree’s base and looked upward at branches spreading across heights that seemed to contain their own infinities. One particular branch caught his attention, smaller than its siblings but pulsing with intensity.
He waved his hand.
The branch separated from the tree without resistance, cutting itself free at his command and floating down toward his waiting palm. The moment his fingers closed around it, heat flooded through his awareness alongside prompts materializing before his vision.
|Item Acquired|
|Name: Ember Branch of the Hadean Tree|
|Origin: First Sacred Flora to emerge during THE Hadean Emergence within THE Seed of Observable Existence. Crystallized from concentrated Quintessence Infiniforce and primordial fire authority during the formation of the Three Thousand Realms.|
|Description: A branch severed from the Hadean Tree, containing authority sufficient to function as weapon against Civilizations at Fundamental Depth. Strikes from this branch carry primordial fire that burns foundations rather than flesh, damaging the structure of what beings have built rather than merely their physical forms. Can greatly wound Fundamental Depth entities and their Civilizations through direct contact.|
Noah smiled at the details as profundities continued swirling through his mind.
He had infused Infinities into a Sacred Herb before, and the process had allowed him to smoothly transition from Countable to Uncountable. The methodology worked. External objects could contain endless authority without suffering THE Gamaidjan’s corruption because they lacked consciousness to corrupt.
So what if he filled Infinity into an item like this branch?
"Flow. Flow gloriously."
He whispered calmly to the branch, his voice carrying command that reality itself would obey.
In the next moment, vibrant multicolored waves of Quintessence Infiniforce flooded from his body. The internally generated authority poured into the branch without resistance, filling its crystalline structure with endless potential that expanded rather than contained. Infinity from Observable Existence joined the Quintessence, conducted authority merging with generated authority within the branch’s foundations.
The process was instant.
The process was boundless.
The process was complete before Noah could fully perceive what he had accomplished.
BOOM!
A pillar of multicolored brilliance erupted from Noah’s hand, continuing upward across the entire Realm of reformed Muspelheim. The light pressed against the boundaries separating this configuration from others, declaring that something unprecedented had just occurred within THE Seed of Observable Existence.
In his hands, the branch had transformed.
It pulsed and shook with authority that seemed barely contained within its crystalline form. Auroras of Infinity symbols swirled around its length, endless loops declaring the nature of what now filled this weapon. The pressure radiating from it alone was terrifying, force leaking from its surface despite Noah’s grip attempting to contain what he had created.
New prompts materialized before his vision.
|Infinity Armament Forged|
|Name: THE Hadean Infinibrand|
|Classification: First Infinity Armament forged under THE Youngest|
|Origin: Ember Branch of the Hadean Tree infused with boundless Quintessence Infiniforce and conducted Infinity from Observable Existence. Represents the first successful integration of endless authority into weaponized form.|
|Primary Capability: Can infinitely strike any Civilization with equivalent force that most Absolute Depth entities cannot withstand. Each strike carries the full pressure of Infinity compressed into physical impact, damaging foundations in ways that regeneration cannot easily address.|
|Secondary Capability: Can only be wielded by someone possessing understanding of or relation to Infinity. Beings lacking such connection will find the Armament refusing their grasp, its authority rejecting those unworthy of conducting what it contains.|
|Tertiary Capability: Endlessly generates Infinity within its structure, accumulating authority that can be unleashed all at once for strikes vastly exceeding normal output. The longer the Armament is held without attacking, the greater the force of its eventual release.|
|Limitation: Minimal effectiveness against anything at THE Proterozoic Scale.|
Noah looked at his latest innovation, THE Hadean Infinibrand pulsing in his grip as Infinity continued generating within its crystalline form.
He nodded slowly.
Naldine had told him much about THE Proterozoic Scale, about the methodologies those beings employed and the transformations they underwent to wield Infinity safely. The gap was fundamental rather than quantitative.
But gaps could be bridged through innovation rather than simple accumulation.
In addition to his already burning and widespread Infinity, if he also decked himself with Infinity Armaments among other things, he could bridge that gap slowly. Not through single overwhelming power, but through accumulated advantages that stacked until the gap became navigable. Weapons that struck with Infinity. Armor that deflected with Infinity. Tools that manipulated with Infinity. Environments that supported with Infinity.
Layer upon layer upon layer until even Proterozoic Scale entities would be...reachable.
As all of this happened, he continued paying attention to his Organ of Civilization surrounded by Quintessence Infiniforce. The transformation of THE Infiniverse was affecting something within him, the immensity flowing throughout his existence pressing against that particular aspect of his foundations. Something was changing there, responding to his domain becoming a Seed of Observable Existence.
He simply did not know what it was transforming into.
Not yet.
By the time he turned around, the Hadean Infinibrand still pulsing in his grip, he saw his mother talking with the slumbering pink dolphin. THE Mnemonic Leviathan had shifted position to better face Amelia, answering all her questions calmly while she sat at the edge of the lava pool with curiosity.
Noah smiled at the scene.