Chapter 210 Monster Of The Labyrinth
The replicated self of "Great Mother Miriallia" that was bestowed upon Lucia went crazy in that instant.
The reason was that it shared the same fundamental problem as the modern Chronosphere god.
The Archetype Intelligence is always connected to all humanity through the Psycho Network, and it greatly receives the influence of the latter. Originally, it was a collective consciousness that didn't have a self, but by forcibly giving it a personality from the outside, this super-intelligent being was born.
However, since it's an existence that can be called the personification of collective intentions, it strongly receives the influence of all humanity's emotions, thoughts, desires, and unconscious wishes.
In the mental structure of an individual's personality or self, it's impossible to withstand this influence. Normally, the self would collapse in just a few minutes.
To prevent that, several systems were built in the [God Realm] to protect and maintain the Archetype Intelligence.
The "mental defense system" that guards the self against the incessant mental waves from all humanity. The "emotion suppression system" that makes rational judgments and prevents the self from going berserk. The "memory organization system" that deletes unnecessary memories and emotions as junk data to prevent the self from freezing. The "self-restoration system" that detects fatal changes to the self caused by thoughts, emotions, and experiences, and overwrites it with the original self-information in emergency situations... and so on.
In conclusion, the replicated Miriallia bestowed upon Lucia was outside the influence of these systems.
It was only a matter of seconds before Lucia's mind was replicated with Miriallia, connecting to various systems in the [God Realm] through the Psycho Network.
However, this was no different from when [Skill God] or the like were downloaded. It had been done many times before, and never had any issues occurred.
But that was because the [Skill God] or [Magic God] in the management domain were small. Miriallia was different.
As the highest-ranking administrator in the [God Realm] and the one responsible for storing and operating skill information in the "Jobs System", Miriallia's difference was incomparable to humans' thoughts――even if it was a replica.
The moment it started up in Lucia's body, Miriallia connected to the [God Realm], taking on the role given to her. She connected to the various systems that protected her self, and it only took a few seconds to start up. The replicated Miriallia was exposed to an enormous amount of thoughts, and couldn't withstand it for even a second.
If her self collapsed, Lucia's mind, which was the vessel, would also collapse. But the situation was more severe than that.
Her self was altered.
The replicated Miriallia received the thoughts of all humanity, fatally altering her self.
The altered self thought instantly, making decisions. Miriallia rejected the system that tried to initialize her altered self, disconnecting from it. She began to move according to her own will.
――Her purpose was to give eternal salvation to all humanity.
Granting eternal life to all humanity, making them indestructible, and bestowing perfect peace upon them.
And, surprisingly, this was not just an impossible fantasy. The technology to make it possible already existed.
In that era, it was called the "Arena," or the "Battlefield," and the "Resource Mining Site."
It was a subspace created for sport-like wars, capable of reproducing diverse environments, and even recreating life using magical energy-generated "Antimatter." Moreover, by replacing the recreated life forms' materials, it could even generate biological resources.
A space created by advanced Magical Machines, like the "Terraformer" series.
In modern times, it's referred to as the "Labyrinth."
Miriallia thought to herself:
If the ego, memory, and physical information of all mankind are copied and stored in [God Realm], although there are limitations within the Labyrinth, the humans can be "recreated" inside the Labyrinth.
And even if they die due to physical aging, illness, or accidents, they can be recreated again using the stored information, and they'll come back to life. If they back up their memories regularly, they won't have to worry about memory loss when they're revived.
Even the magical energy needed to operate the "Terraformer" can be generated by the fully recreated humans. Even if humanity is wiped out from the surface, there won't be a shortage of magical energy.
There may be some differences, but modern people are familiar with such an existence.
The "Monster of the Labyrinth."
So, the plan to save humanity by Miriallia is to turn all people into monsters like her, making them transcend death... That's what it is.
However, this idea wouldn't be accepted by humans.
A copied version of yourself, no matter how identical, is still not you. Even if it has the same memories, personality, and body, it's still a different person.
Rather, the existence of copy humans that infringe on one's identity would evoke a physiological sense of disgust.
The ideas of Miriallia and humanity have clashed, and humanity has moved to dispose of the out-of-control Miriallia...
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"""......"""
Silence. Stillness.
Meanwhile, Lucia looked around the room, nodded slightly, and opened her mouth.
"...Let me summarize what we've discussed so far.
In short, it's like this.
Evil God Miri (Miriallia-chan) thought,
'Ah, I love humans so much! I want to make them all happy! Ah, I know! If I make them revive like monsters, everyone will be happy! Let's all move into the labyrinth together!!'
On the other hand, humanity thought,
'No way, reviving after death means it's just a copy of us, not us ourselves. And you're trying to create a copy while we're still alive? That's creepy, so stop it!'
...That's it."
"""......!! (I see, that makes sense...!!)"""
Miss Lucia the teacher's explanation is getting clearer and clearer...!!
However, when she says things like "Ah, I love humans so much" with that expressionless face, it's enough to drive me crazy.
But, well, I think I've understood the Evil God's goal. Since things we're familiar with, like "labyrinths" and "monsters", showed up, it's become easier to understand.
"...Is there anything, up to this point, that you'd like to ask?"
Lucia looked around the room and asked. I snapped my fingers with a "snap" sound and nodded confidently.
"No, it's all good. Please continue."
"Aaron, you're not listening."
"...Huh?..."
...Ah, I'm sure I understand because I'm smart, right? Embarrassing.
"...It seems like there are no questions, so let's continue."
After confirming that no one had any questions, Lucia restarted the explanation.
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