THE GOD EATER

Even if he can finish the 13th cube, he will only be able to get 2,197, which is only one third of what he can get from combining the first twelve cubes. That’s how big of a boost he will get if he can can link the cubes into one layer, forming a net is.

Of course, if he could use the 270 units of commonality to create a 3-dimensional Supreme Metac with a dimension of 135,134,1,(x,y,z), he would be able to get a volume of 18,090, which has the highest volume-to-commonality performance.

Unfortunately, he can’t create a Supreme Metac with an indefinite size. He simply doesn’t have the knowledge and resources needed to do something like that.

While thinking about the problem, he said, ”I also don’t have the resources to link the cubes. That incomprehensible material didn’t have the information to do so. It only had the schematics.”

”I guess that’s what I can expect to receive from the piece of origin of another being. I don’t even know what an origin is.”

”Anyway, the future is boundless and a lot can change in the future. The performance of this 4-dimensional prototype is not set in stone, which is why I like it so much. A 3-dimensional Supreme Metac wouldn’t be so good.”

Then he rubbed his hands in anticipation and said, ”Now that I’ve anchored the framework of the 4-dimensional prototype, it is time to solidify it. Then I can advance to rank 10.”

After speaking, he finally removed his hold from the divine crystal in the spark of power and let the 4-dimensional prototype give it direction.

A 3-dimensional Supreme Metac required lifespan to solidify, but the 4-dimensional prototype didn’t need lifespan. This was either because the Supreme Metacs that were used to anchor it had lifespan or because the 4-dimensional prototype was still incomplete and couldn’t be solidified with lifespan yet.

Either way, he didn’t mind that the 4-dimensional prototype was already jumping into using divine crystal to work. He could only call it working, not solidification, because that’s what it looked like to him.

Before he added the divine crystal, the 4-dimensional prototype was a cube made of a mismatch of materials. It was chaotic at a glance. But then he added divine crystals and the whole thing became more chaotic.

The 4-dimensional prototype was like a furnace, and the divine crystal was coal that was thrown into the furnace. In order to advance, he needed to find a way to convert the divine crystal into energy. But as it stands, he didn’t need to do anything.

Just like coal didn’t need help burning in a hot Furnace, the divine crystal didn’t need help burning now. All of the tension in the twisted Supreme Metacs was enough to twist the divine crystal out of shape and encourage it to split.

With the divine crystal splitting, it was producing energy. The energy was quickly converted into Entropy, which caused the system to become more chaotic, making the divine crystal become more active and split faster.

As the reaction went on, more Entropy was produced, and the reaction became faster, producing more Entropy. This formed a cycle that increased the rate of the reaction and the efficiency of the conversion of matter into energy.

The Entropy that was produced was black in color. It infused into the cubes, solidifying them and turning them black. So as more Entropy was produced, the multicolored mess was slowly transformed into black as deep as an abyss.

Even the spark of power was affected. Because the 4-dimensional prototype was darkening from the inside out, the core of the spark of power was black. But its outer edges were golden because of all the unconverted energy escaping into it.

As he watched, the efficiency of the matter-to-energy conversion quickly reached a threshold. A hidden limit in the rules of the world was broken, and it drew the attention of the universe to him.

A grand, majestic force from the world around him descended onto him to examine him. This force looked at him with interest for a while. Then it began to assess his qualifications.

The grand force was like a judge casting judgment of his value and worthiness. It was also an impartial judge, so its method of assessment was transparent to Loki.

He saw that his qualifications for advancement were assessed as Rank(9) × Total Stats(45) × Size of Supreme Metac(1,728) × Conversion Efficiency of Life Fire(100%). Therefore, his qualifications were determined to be 699,840 units.

After his qualifications were calculated, they were converted into potential by the grand force of the universe. The grand force took his qualifications and used them to create godheads.

The first godhead required 900 units of potential to create. The second one needed 1,350 units of potential to create. The third one needed 2,025 units of potential to create.

The godheads were golden orbs of mysterious power. They rotated around his Divine Sparks like planets around a star.

As far as he could tell, the godheads were intangible. They didn’t have mass or inherent energy. But when he looked at them, he realized that they were endless.

They were endless in that there was no end to the space within them. So each golden godhead might as well have infinite volume.

When he saw their infinite volume, something seemed to click in his mind. His eyes widened, and he said, ”They have finite surface area, but they have infinite volume. Is this what I need to make a framework with infinite volume?”

He was sure that these godheads were necessary to create a complete 4-dimensional object of power. As for how to use them, he didn’t know. He could only mull over this new discovery while observing his advancement.

As he watched, he saw that each subsequent godhead needed an additional 50% of the previous one to make. Like so, he spent 34,599 units of potential to create the tenth godhead.