Chapter 926 Its Name Is, A World of Freedom (Thanks to hhhzz6 for the Alliance Leader Reward!)

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

God said that his experience was insufficient, so he followed his hometown's model first. Thus, the pilot experimental zone of the new world was created.

There were no stars, no universe. Everything was temporarily just 2D textures. Only Eden (initial beta version) was still operating on the chaotic surface of the Abyss.

This was the moment the new world, Verse 0.01 beta, was born.

Infinite light and darkness filled this universe. The garden-like, prosperous Eden floated daily on the black sea, with only a colorless fire burning in the center of the garden, illuminating the entire Eden.

And under the illumination of this initial flame, there were clouds and breezes in the garden, a sea of leaves and flying birds—because God said everything would follow his hometown's model. So Eden even had spiritual plants like the Ningxin Flower (Mind-Calming Flower) and Juling Grass (Spirit-Gathering Grass), which would later be artificially cultivated, and even the Insect Candlelight (Chong Zhi Zhuhuo), a convenient creature that mimicked insects because God was too lazy to create so many insects.

It sounded like a manufacturer who claimed to be an independent game developer after freeloading from an asset library. But then again, who doesn't freeload in the multiverse? Besides, it was his hometown and his own things. Free assets were there for the taking.

Life in the Garden of Eden was peaceful and pleasant. God's earliest creations, 'Alan' and 'Eve,' rested, recuperated, and played happily here.

There were no weather conditions, environments, food shortages, mosquitoes, mold, dampness, dwellings, temperature issues, or any other things that bothered humans during outdoor camping trips. In fact, the forest here was a kind of moving, automated food manufacturing machine. Its leaves were like lettuce, its branches like beef, its core was sweet sugar, and its fruits were even more bizarre. There were normal fruits, as well as beef, mutton, chicken, and even all kinds of meat, fruits, and vegetables.

When tired, the grass and trees could be used as beds. When thirsty or hungry, there was food everywhere. Even the insects flying in the sky, if you really wanted to eat them, were crunchy and tasted like chicken. Although sometimes it might feel like you haven't eaten anything, your tongue and mouth did indeed feel tactile feedback. Don't worry too much, it's just a bug in the Eden test version.

By the way, this Eden did not have anything like the Fruit of Wisdom or the Fruit of Life. As people directly transformed from the elements of eternity and change, 'Alan' and 'Eve' had considerable wisdom. For one thing, Eve's wardrobe contained every possible clothing style from ancient times to the present, and so did Alan's.

In short, it was wholesome.

Eden was such a good place, a great destination, a resort that would be the best even by future standards. The two experimental humanoid beings made of sound notes, 'Alan' and 'Eve,' were living happily here—they were now wearing swimsuits, like in a swimsuit episode of a new anime, trying to replicate Eden at a scale of one thousand to one on the beach at the edge of the Chaos Sea and Eden.

It had to be said, this was indeed a magnificent project that would take a lot of time and could only be done in Eden.

There were no trolls, no obsessive-compulsives, no holy mothers, and no battle maniacs. There were not even strange things like talk of innovation, transcendence, or the continuation of existence. The man and woman were playing their own little games, and they seemed very happy.

"Ah, you accidentally touched it!"

Eve suddenly said, because when Alan was trying to build a sandcastle replica of the wooden house they usually lived in, he accidentally knocked down a sand forest they had previously built together.

"Oops?"

The man looked down blankly and found that, indeed, the Eden forest that they had spent more than ten days completely replicating had been crushed by him—now those sand grains were scattered on the ground and on other trees, making it extremely troublesome to fix, perhaps it would be better to tear it down and rebuild it.

"My bad, my bad, it was all my fault."

Faced with Eve's glaring eyes and sulking, Alan quickly embraced his wife and comforted her in a soft voice, "We'll rebuild it together later, there's plenty of time."

"It's all small stuff." Eve didn't really care about these things. After being coaxed, she chuckled.

But the blonde woman lowered her eyes. She and her husband looked down at the sand table in front of them and shook their heads slightly: "It's just that the beach is too small."

"We can only replicate it on a small scale, it's indeed too small."

Alan also sighed: "If only it could be bigger."

They raised their heads and looked outside of Eden, at the endless, yet incomparably dark Chaos Sea: "If only the sandbox could be bigger."

The first batch of world users, Alan and Eve, submitted an upgrade proposal to God. They suggested expanding Eden to better meet user needs.

"It's not impossible."

God's shadow, which could also be understood as the world's processor hub, answered the first user feedback in the history of the universe: "But how big exactly? How big of a universe do you want?"

"Double the size?"

Alan was a little cautious.

"Ten times!"

Eve had always been courageous.

"Then let's expand it a hundred billion times."

God finalized the result: "It's settled then."

Thus, the new world, Verse 0.02 beta, was born.

In the second New Eden, which was a hundred billion times larger than the previous Eden, Alan and Eve had a lot of fun. They even replicated the original Garden of Eden at a one-to-one scale, and even imitated several appearances of God, making super large dragon statues dozens of meters high.

"Amazing!"

God praised, and then, in response to Alan and Eve's wishes, endowed the statue with life. The world's first dragon was born just like that.

However, even an Eden expanded a hundred billion times was difficult to accommodate Alan and Eve's various bizarre ideas—they themselves didn't know where these ideas came from, perhaps they were sparks of their own spirituality, or perhaps they were fragments of inspiration gained from countless reincarnations in the Great Universe of Verse. In short, as dragons, giant insects, magical beasts, aliens, Godzilla, Transformers, and other things filled Eden, even Alan and Eve felt crowded.

"God, can Eden be any bigger?"

Alan asked cautiously, "Just double it?"

"Ten times!"

Eve was still very courageous.

"No."

But this time, God refused: "Simple quantitative demands are not innovative and cannot be considered a breakthrough. Think of some other suggestions."

So Alan and Eve went back to think about what innovation meant.

They did indeed make many innovative requests, such as opening up the ability to fly, loading a sea module, and introducing the Shadow and Elemental Planes, magic energy, psychic power, Dou Qi (Battle Aura) techniques, and other new settings. God granted them all.

So the sky became vast, the sea became boundless, and various elemental creatures and shadow ghosts appeared. Alan and Eve could also cultivate extraordinary powers.

And Eden became even more lively and bustling.

"Alright, these things are enough to upgrade to 0.06."

After the upgrade was complete, God said: "Are there any other requirements?"

"Uh..."

Even Alan and Eve, who were always bold, even though they knew that God loved and believed in them, they still would not recklessly make some obviously too messy wishes. So, faced with God's rather serious question, the two carefully considered for quite a long time, and then slowly said: "God, perhaps Eden is already big enough."

"But life in Eden is too unchallenging. This creation mode gets boring after a while... Perhaps, God, could you create an infinitely large universe for us to go to, to challenge all kinds of crises, and let us discover the various truths that you want to reveal to us ourselves?"

At this time, it is necessary to mention the previous settings—Alan and Eve were theoretically God's first batch of creation trainees. They should have already learned all kinds of knowledge under God's guidance, helped God maintain this universe, fix bugs, and add new functions, and not just be a user, but a deputy ruler of heaven.

And in the end, they will learn the truth that God wants to lead them to learn, the truth called innovation, and become new gods.

But because God did not restrain Alan and Eve, but allowed them to freely choose the time to attend classes, so until now, they have not been to school once.

This shows the meaninglessness of free education—if you are really free, who would come to school?

And now, Alan and Eve's request was unprecedented. They actually took the initiative to request to study, although the method of learning was edutainment, but this was indeed beyond God's expectations.

"Amazing!"

God praised: "You finally know to learn to demand infinity, that's really good, you can actually master this on your own, you have a lot of potential."

"However."

He said: "Do you really know what it means to leave Eden and reach the infinite universe?"

Alan and Eve looked at each other. If they had to say what all this meant, they really didn't know.

"Don't know."

They honestly replied: "So please tell us, God!"

"Mm."

So God nodded and answered: "Eden is the condensation of wishes. There is overflowing love, infinite satisfaction, perfection and desire here. Here, what you conceive will be achieved, what you desire will be possessed, there is drink when thirsty, food when hungry."

"In other words, this place is the prototype of heaven, the source of all peace, and everyone can find peace here."

Listening to God's teachings, Alan and Eve seemed to understand, but they still felt something was not quite right.

"I'm not very peaceful right now, eh?"

Alan scratched his head. He was a little confused and looked at his wife beside him: "I think Eve is also a little anxious, right?"

"Yes."

The blonde woman tidied her hair. She frowned and said softly: "Actually, we made so many requests just to soothe the unease in our hearts... My God, it doesn't really matter how big Eden is anymore, all of this doesn't seem to be what we really want in our hearts..."

"How should I put it... there is a kind of surging, a kind of calling in my heart, which seems to be telling us that there are better... farther, more worthy things to pursue and explore."

"And..."

At this moment, Alan took over the words. The tall man suddenly realized: "And just living like this every day, just living to satisfy desires, is meaningless!"

"Very good."

God widened his eyes. He laughed and even clapped: "You have even comprehended nothingness, you are indeed my creation, you are indeed me!"

"But." God said: "You still don't know what price you have to pay to reach the infinite universe."

"Let me tell you."

God said: "Eden is just a pilot running place. It has the prototype of all things inside. Existence is just existing, and continuation is just continuing. There is neither better, nor is it possible to surpass. Exploration also has an end, and creation is also emptiness. Only love is true, but only love exists."

"But if you go to the infinite universe, then, because of the precipitation of the unknown and nothingness, you will experience loss, experience death, experience hatred, experience all terrible things, so that you can understand what is regret, what is wrong, what is true love."

Saying so, God's tone became solemn. For the first time, the peaceful God spoke as if from the distant heavens beyond endless time.

He calmly said: "The infinite unknown world, the empty reasons for creation, what you can get is only hell. Eden also has freedom, you can live freely."

"And now, the freedom you crave is the dark thing called hell."

Alan and Eve looked at each other, hesitating and uncertain.

They were clever and rational.

They were God's creations, people with endless wisdom, inspiration, and sparks.

Theoretically speaking, they could completely understand that staying in Eden was the smartest, most rational, and most correct choice—my God, if only in terms of purpose, what could be more convenient than Eden with the creation mode turned on?

But…

Even though everything was God's creation.

Even though everything was a game called creation.

Even though the essence of existence and continuation was just life's resistance to nothingness.

Even though all, all the principles, people understood.

But just looking at their eyes, God could know.

They also wanted to foolishly, as a [Fool], choose the path that seemed [wrong].

"We still want to try."

Alan and Eve said in unison: "The free Eden is just Eden, and not an infinite world!"

"God, because you love us, you can also allow us to make mistakes—even if it is hell, we will remember this, and then move forward bravely!"

"This is our choice, we are willing to bear such a result!"

"We want to try to go to the infinitely free world!"

This was...

A wish.

A choice.

An advance.

A transcendence.

A creation.

A belief.

A decision.

A determination.

A proof of existence and continuation.

A road... belonging to their own choice.

It was also a brand new innovation.

"Such a wish is innovative."

God looked at his creations, he was very satisfied: "You want freedom, right."

So, the wish was fulfilled.

The pitch-black Chaos Sea boiled, and the infinite chaotic space-time was evaporated in an instant, and then became orderly.

The infinite universe was expanding, with Eden as the center. Endless stars, worlds, planes, dimensions, and everything that could be imagined and described were created in an instant.

——Freedom is the most terrifying thing in the world.

If you can do anything, you can be made to do anything.

If you can deny anything, you can also be denied by anything.

Freedom is a mirror, whatever you promise it, it will reflect back.

Therefore, if you don't want to be killed, you will agree with people that everyone will not kill people together.

Therefore, if you don't want to be oppressed, you will agree with people that everyone will not oppress people together.

Its name is agreement.

It is also law, morality, and ethics.

It is a weapon created by people to fight against the terrifying King of Hell, the monster named Freedom.

Compared to such a hell, Eden, where everything can be predicted and everything is like fate, is peaceful, happy, perfect, and safe.

But people are such strange, contradictory, incomprehensible, inferior beings who yearn for the sublime, are full of flaws, and expect perfection.

Humans will eventually choose to go to such a hell.

Then, in the free hell, they yearn for the light of heaven.

【Children】

Gazing at Alan and Eve, who were staring at the boundless deep space of the universe with nervousness, anticipation, or a little fear, God smiled softly, and then his expression returned to calm.

【Since you have your own path, your own wisdom, and are unwilling to live in this eternally happy Eden】

God, the Giver of Blessings, said in a blessing-like tone: 【Then I will banish you to the most terrifying hell…】

【Its name is, the World of Freedom】

He stretched out his hand and pushed the two of them.

And Alan and Eve fell into this infinitely spreading darkness with a cry of surprise.

Towards the 'World'.

……

God finally threw the two troublemakers out of Eden, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sigh."

He shook his head, looked at the distant endless starry sky, and sighed: "Creating a universe is not difficult, creating an interesting universe is difficult. Fortunately, Alan and Eve stayed in Eden long enough, otherwise, the starry sky just now could only be made with ordinary 3D modeling."

"Shushu, Dao Ling, and Sarah—have you loaded the laws of physics and supernatural powers?"

Hearing God's words, an energetic reply came from personal space: "Loaded! But Shifei, your design has a bit of a bug. Some places may cause dead magic zones and spiritual energy distortion points. Should we fix this?"

"Sigh, bugs are also part of the universe." God originally wanted to fix it, but after thinking about it carefully, he thought it was good enough. Which universe doesn't have bugs? So he waved his hand and gave up: "Just maintain it a little. I'm going to see guests."

Saying so, God opened the door and invited two clients who had been watching all along to enter Eden.

"Please."

He said: "How is it? Are you satisfied?"

God originally thought he would get a nitpicking voice, just like God often heard from his teacher.

But, quite unexpectedly, the answer came from the client.

【Not bad】

【Pretty good】

Calm and cold, enthusiastic and admiring voices came from the distant, endless space-time.

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