Devil's Bible

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After space and time were created, the mud contained the past, present, and future, as well as front, back, left, and right.

These are all just concepts.

It is a cognitive judgment made by one's thoughts in relation to the current situation.

Of course, the concept may have appeared even earlier, perhaps before space and time existed. It was thought that first came up with the concept, and then it propelled the creation of space and time.

However, based on his deduction, Nemes has now placed the concept behind spacetime.

There should be a number before and after time, space, and concepts.

However, Nems does not yet know this number.

The source of mud is zero, destiny is one, thought is two, spacetime is three, and concept is four.

It is also known that there are six causes and effects.

What about five?

Among the top attributes known to Nemus, End and Life are known to be related sequentially.

Therefore, Nemes placed the end after the sixth in causality, making it the seventh.

Life is the eighth after the end.

Nine represents the known changes.

There is still hope, but according to Nemus's deduction and understanding, hope is most likely an attribute that fate will evolve into later.

Therefore, the probability is likely to be ten.

At this point, Nemus knew ten of the eleven original rules of the world.

Naim was able to determine most of the rankings.

It's that unknown attribute; I don't know where it should be ranked—third, fourth, or fifth.

Furthermore, the location of spacetime and concepts may also be interchanged.

However, for Nemus, who is not even a god, to be able to extrapolate the process of the creation of this world to this extent is far beyond what other life forms can do.

Nemus even had a premonition that many not-so-ancient mythical species might not know as much as he did.

This understanding, which is so closely aligned with the creation process of this world, becomes extremely convenient when reconstructing this world once again.

Although it's called breaking down and reconstructing, Nemus's current power isn't enough to turn everything back into primordial mud.

So everything around them seemed to be blank, and all the power they could use had turned into 'mud'.

However, this mud was merely an imitation created by Nemes himself, based on his observation of ether and the destructive elements of the World-Devouring Whale.

As things stand, these things are already basic enough.

But Nemus knew that among these powers, there were still far too many remnants of this world.

Therefore, the closer one is to the original world's rules and framework at this moment, the faster and stronger the reconstruction will be compared to others.

While Mocania and the others were still in the experimental stage, Nemus had already reconstructed the 'mud' around him into a prototype of a world.

This prototype is changing rapidly, and new rules are quickly emerging from these ten rules.

For example, the first elements derived from them are earth, wind, water, and fire.

This material world, as a fundamental element, is also a metaphysical concept.

Working backward from this point, we can roughly conclude that the numbers for Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire are likely between eleven and fourteen.

Then, number forty-nine is the ocean, and number five-fifty-five is birds.

Nemus then gained some basic understanding of the subsequent evolution of this world.

After the basic elements such as earth, wind, water, and fire appeared, various rules emerged, and then the world was gradually constructed.

Planes, land, ocean, life, and so on.

The last complete world appeared before Nemus.

As for the numbers that followed, Nemus created them entirely according to his own ideas.

As long as the logic is sound, you can follow your own ideas regarding the order of things.

For example, after Earth, Wind, Water, and Fire, Nemus began to construct spatial matter, subsequently creating dimensional barriers and shaping the prototype of the world's internal structure.

However, in reality, these things may have appeared later.

The reason why Nemus and his group believed that this thing appeared earlier was because they lived in a special environment with dimensional barriers that could isolate heaven, earth, humans, and gods from the beginning.

However, according to current information, the concept of "plane" did not exist in the earliest mythological era when humans and gods coexisted, or in the subsequent Golden Age.

The dimensional barriers and related spatial structures most likely appeared after the Golden Age.

However, this is not a true recreation of the world, and some things still follow their own logic.

So Nemes first established the framework, and then began to generate life.

Chapter 552 The Unruly People of the New World

At this point, Nemus began to make completely different choices compared to his previous approach of trying to stay as close to the world as possible.

He strictly limited the proliferation of life, especially the birth of beings like gods.

However, as the world began to evolve, it soon grew to the size of a small manor.

At first, things were alright. As the world evolved, this 'world' began to grow rapidly, but no naturally divine 'gods' were born. Even the first life that Nemus helped to create was just an ordinary life.

These life forms rapidly evolve within the world, at a rate many times faster than in a normal world.

After evolving to a certain extent, Nemes discovered a problem.

That is, the essence of life has the attribute of internal friction.

If life is not managed, their actions will consume each other, which will have a negative impact on the overall development of the world.

Nemes then chose to guide these lives in the name of 'God'.

Then guide one of the life forms to develop intelligence and name it 'human'.

The effect is indeed quite good.

A person will generally act according to their own ideas.

However, because Nems has many things to do at the moment, his mental will needs to be focused on the entire 'world', and their thinking is relatively simple.

Once Nemus devotes more energy to the evolution of other worlds and fails to guide those life forms, they begin to run wild.

In particular, these life forms do not have long lifespans. After several rounds of updates and replacements, the guidance they previously provided is either completely discarded or distorted beyond recognition, or even used in the opposite direction.

They can definitely be called a bunch of troublemakers.

At this point, Nems realized that he didn't have enough 'energy'.

As the clay is completely transformed, various evolutions and derivations occur, and the changes, arrangements, and advancements of all sorts of small things require considerable effort.

A mistake can easily occur if you're not careful.

In such situations, making mistakes is all too common.

“Especially when errors are about to occur.” Nemus looked at these errors, but he didn’t panic.

This time, the constructed fictional space is not so easy to create.

This is essentially the largest experimental field, and even Nemus himself wouldn't be able to create it so easily.

Therefore, we should cherish this opportunity, even if we make mistakes, it will still be a valuable experience.

Sure enough, as Nems made more and more mistakes, those beings evolved and became increasingly intelligent.

They gradually discovered the essence of this world: 'ideas'.

Although their thoughts were weak, the soul and spiritual power that carried them were also not strong enough.

Although the power that thought can evoke is limited, it is sufficient for these ordinary lives.

Thus, the first 'godslayer' appeared.

Those beings who had mastered the power believed that the god Nemus was merely an individual who had mastered this power earlier than them.

Based on this understanding, a rebellion broke out, and they targeted Nems.

Nemes watched with great interest as these fist-sized creatures attacked him.

Their power system is somewhat similar to superpowers.

In the process of thinking, some people's understanding of certain things will lead to a core concept emerging in their minds.

This core, driven by thought, can influence corresponding external things, thereby causing corresponding phenomena to emerge.

They call this power the Innate Elephant.

Nemus did not brutally kill them, but subdued them, told them most of the truth about the world, and gave them guidance on the power system, allowing them to gradually form a civilization.

Many of them were moved by Nemes's kindness and decided to record it all.

But Nemes also noticed that some people's ambitions were starting to grow wildly.

They were not content to be merely 'human,' but wanted to be like gods.

Nemes allowed them to develop their civilization.

At the same time, consider the necessity of God.

If we try to manage the entire world ourselves, we will inevitably encounter situations where we are unable to manage it all.

It is necessary for deities, as administrators, to exist.

However, the question remains: how much authority should be granted to the gods?

"Indeed, if it's just wishful thinking, all kinds of problems seem very simple. However, if you don't put it into practice, you will fall into a self-satisfied cocoon."

“Wanting things in vain.” Nemes examined his own actions in creating this 'world' all along.

Because of the cognitive advantage, things went very smoothly in the early stages.

The intermediate stage involves addressing various previously considered issues and devising solutions, but in practice, significant problems are discovered.

After some deliberation, Nemus began to select some meritorious individuals among the lesser beings, increase their number, and grant them rank.

Then, through thought, the world was modified to a certain extent, allowing those of high status to live longer.

These people were then referred to as apostles by Nemes.

The apostles took over the management of the lives of the little people from Nemes.

With these assistants, although some problems will still arise, at least when life gets agitated, it won't descend into complete chaos.

But many things are unavoidable.

The apostles became 'gods' in the true sense of this small world.

Ambition was implemented some time ago, but the gap between Nemus and these villains is too great, and their ambitions are difficult to realize.

However, when some of the lesser beings are elevated to the rank of apostles by Nemus, this differentiation naturally leads to different ideas among them.

Why are these people able to elevate the essence of life and gain a long lifespan?

And they will die as time goes by.

Jealousy and resentment grew in his heart.

And so history repeated itself.

This means that life research began to study taboos, how to elevate one's life essence in a way that is not allowed.

These people discovered another part of the nature of the world, or began to study some loopholes left by Nemes when he evolved the world.

In this way, they attempted to imitate the apostles, increasing their own seed count to gain a sufficiently long lifespan.

During this process, Nemus discovered the emergence of an aura similar to that of the Forbidden Realm.

These influences will continuously amplify the world's problems and disrupt Nemus's plans for the world.

The world has reached its current state and has basically stabilized.

It also represents the interconnection of various rules.

Any change to the rules may cause more problems.