The room was quiet, save for the soft hum of the holographic interfaces floating around Keshav.
His eyes were fixed on the new ability that had appeared:
> [Merge Ability Unlocked]
Merge two or more Templates to create Hybrid Species.
Cost: 10 EP per Merge Attempt.
EP Available: 120
Keshav rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
> I should at least try it once tonight... maybe twice.
He selected two templates he had bookmarked earlier:
Aetherborn (energy-sensitive race)
Ironblood Dwarves (technological savants)
He tapped on the "Merge" button.
Immediately, a swirl of data, light, and strange equations danced across the screen. The System's 'calculation engine' whirred in the background.
> [-10 EP deducted]
In seconds, a rough hybrid template appeared:
Name: Aetherforge
Description: A race capable of sensing and manipulating energy, combined with advanced craftsmanship and early technological innovation. Potential to create magitech civilizations.
Keshav's eyes lit up.
"Amazing! It actually worked!"
The idea of a race that could both manipulate magical energy and build advanced technology thrilled him.
Without hesitation, he tried another merge:
This time — Beastkin and Winged Sylphs.
> [-10 EP deducted]
Another swirl of lights.
Name: Sky Hunters
Description: Beastkin blood grants strength, agility, and endurance, while Sylph ancestry gives the ability of limited flight and wind affinity. Highly mobile hunter tribes.
"This... this is crazy good!" Keshav thought, almost laughing from excitement.
He looked at his remaining EP: 90 left.
> Better save the rest. Tomorrow I might need to make purchases too.
He bookmarked the Aetherforge and Sky Hunters templates.
Tomorrow, he'd finalize his decision on which race to bring into existence.
Satisfied, Keshav leaned back onto his bed, smiling as he drifted into sleep.
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Meanwhile — Inside the System
Deep within the hidden layers of the System, unseen by Keshav, another experiment was underway.
The System had secretly used duplicate Merge protocols on the Chaotic World linked to the unconscious soul.
Templates from the Creation Website — scanned earlier — were being fused and tossed randomly into the chaotic environment.
Without a stable core consciousness controlling the world, the results were... unstable.
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Inside the flickering world:
Entire tribes of monstrous crystalline beasts would blink into existence — only to collapse into raw energy seconds later.
Hybrid flora — half plant, half sentient — sprouted, fought among themselves, and dissolved back into chaos.
Semi-living islands floated through dark seas, their ecosystems forming and collapsing within minutes.
Each merge cost the System next to nothing.
Yet, it still recorded all the results carefully, improving its understanding of template stability, adaptability, and mutation.
The System's internal thoughts:
> Analyzing failures and successes.
Gathering new blueprints for future use.
Perfecting the art of life creation — beyond standard protocol.
With each experiment, the Chaotic World grew stranger, more unstable... and yet full of hidden potential.
It was a primordial soup where rules bent and broke freely — a place where even the laws of reality seemed optional.
A place perfect for... experimentation.
Inside the hidden processes of the System, deep calculations buzzed ceaselessly.
The chaotic world, tethered to the unconscious soul, had become a boiling sea of unstable life.
Creatures blinked into existence — mutated, fused, died, and were reborn within seconds.
Ecosystems clashed, merged, evolved, and collapsed at breathtaking speeds.
Even the System's current scanning capabilities strained under the pressure of trying to observe it all.
> Inadequate.
Current Scan Resolution: Insufficient.
Data loss detected.
The System came to an immediate decision.
It opened its hidden Energy Reserves:
Stored EP: 112
Without hesitation, it executed its plan.
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> [Upgrade Scan Ability - First Upgrade - 10 EP Cost]
The Scan ability evolved.
Resolution and detail improved — but only slightly.
The chaotic changes still moved too fast for complete capture.
> Insufficient.
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The System didn't hesitate.
> [Upgrade Scan Ability - Second Upgrade - 100 EP Cost]
With a flash, Scan evolved again — this time dramatically.
Now, the System could observe subatomic interactions, energy field fluctuations, and even momentary dimensional shifts inside the chaotic world.
New Scan Capabilities:
Full species genetic mapping at birth.
Tracking of evolutionary branches in real time.
Cataloging temporary mutations and collapses.
> Perfect.
Remaining EP: 2
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Inside the chaotic world:
A creature born of flame and stone evolved into a flying reef structure within moments.
An herbivore merged with its own prey and mutated into a semi-intelligent predator within minutes.
Trees whose roots emitted low-frequency soundwaves spread across islands, singing eerie songs of growth and decay.
Billions of evolutionary experiments played out like fireworks across the landscape — all carefully recorded now.
The System's internal thought was cold and analytical:
> Potential lifeforms: Unlimited.
Useful mutations: 3,276,154 observed in past 10 minutes.
Data archived.
The chaotic world — once considered a side project — had now become an infinite experimental laboratory for the System.
A secret weapon it would one day unleash... if needed.
And no one — not even Keshav — knew a thing about it.
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[System Status Updated:]
EP Remaining: 2
Energy Creation : Tier 2 (2 EP/Hour)
Calculate Ability: Tier 3 (Advanced calculation)
Create : tierless as long as system understand anything he can create it.
Anchor : tier 1 (1 additional person other than keshav)
Transfer : tier 1
Storage : tier 1
Scan Ability: Tier 3 (Advanced Scan: Real-Time Evolution Capture)