Chapter 816 – Post-Processing
“It’s a shame. You have to do it. Is the enemy you’re dealing with a little strong?”
“…”
Seong-il is momentarily speechless as the painful truth that he had forgotten while resting in Eden for nearly half a year hits his ears for the first time in a long time. Aaron pats him on the back and reassures Seong-il that he can do it.
“I experienced similar side effects when combining three powers as I did when combining two powers. I, who am less talented than you, overcame them. So, you can do it. And based on that experience, you can create your own world. Save humanity.”
There was nothing wrong with what Professor Aaron said, and that made it even more painful for Seong-il. As Seong-il’s shoulders sink, tired of his own relentless demands, Aaron and his faculty approach him and encourage him.
“I will try my best. But first, let’s solve the problem of manualizing dual fusion.”
“Hmm. That’s right.”
Dr. Low nods his head as if he agrees with Seong-il’s words. So they stopped talking about triple fusion and started researching double superpower fusion again.
***
So Seong-il stayed in the lab for quite a long time, focusing only on research on superpower fusion. Although Aruril is diligently ruling Eden on his behalf along with the priesthood, he did not think it was right to not be able to pay attention to the situation in Eden for quite a long time, so he stopped his research for the first time in a long time and began to check the reports he had accumulated. 〈 Br〉
‘Most of them are adapting well.’
The citizens who had been rescued from Eden seemed to be living well without any complaints, as the only tasks required of them were low-intensity farming for about six hours a day, environmental sanitation, or administrative positions elected through light tests.
‘It was a godsend to bring in the creations of the farm world.’
The farm world was the most peaceful world that Seongil had ever traveled to. Even in that place, people were leading a similar level of life to humanity before its destruction, and the level of culture was also similar, so Seong-il used to introduce and disseminate various civilizations in that world by having Aruril help the bored citizens.
‘It’s also great that stable creation is possible as the world in question is stable. I think it would be worth seriously creating and operating something like management for income…?’
Seongil is a fairly popular creation in Eden, but if production is in danger of being stopped due to low popularity in the farm world, unexpected problems may arise in Eden, so an entertainment company is established in the farm world to ensure stable production and supply of cultural products. I’m seriously considering whether to open one.
‘The CEO of an entertainment company… Would just have to hire a girl like Katrina. For things like the book business, you can just ask Maria to do it.’
Although the world returned and her memory was reset, causing her to forget the ordeal she went through, Seong-il still remembered the fun he had by tormenting them, and wanted to make amends. Therefore, he soon decides to open a decent company for them so that they can lead a high standard of life.
“Is the reef system operating well?”
“Yes. Citizens are definitely participating in labor more actively than before to supply and receive the currency ‘LEAF’ that we introduced this time. There were even citizens who petitioned to increase working hours to supply and receive REIF.”
“No. Until the administration is completed, the labor intensity must be strictly as determined. If you give managers the right to extend work in an attempt to manage flexible management, there will be 100% side effects. Corruption issues such as solicitation may arise.”
“Ah, yes. I will keep that in mind.”
Unlike basic daily necessities, medical care, and education, which are provided free of charge, in order to purchase additional cultural consumer goods or luxuries, Eden’s unique goods, ‘leaf’, are required. As ‘leaf’ can only be obtained through labor, most citizens cannot afford it. In order to obtain these goods, he was quite actively taking charge of introducing them in Eden.
“Who wants to enter the academy?”
“Ah, quite a lot of people have gathered.”
Surprisingly, quite a lot of people with psychic abilities converted to the Goddess Church in a short period of time. When they heard that students at a Korean university who until recently had ordinary superpowers had become powerful triple powers thanks to Eden’s support, they were not only shocked but even showed envy.
In the meantime, when Eden tempted them by offering them a cause, power, and benefits as a carrot, many psychics gave in to the temptation and applied for conversion and admission to the academy.
“In the case of minor psychics, it was very effective to promise parents that their children would receive enormous benefits for their families when they entered the academy, and that once they became adults, they would never be put into the field without their consent.”
“Oh.”
Because untrained superpowers were no better than walking bombs, the Eden society needed to properly develop immature young superpowers. Therefore, Eden provides parents of young psychics with welfare benefits and goods beyond imagination. They persuaded the parents by putting forward reasons such as the need for training, and fortunately, they were swayed by the benefits and the promise not to send them to war, so they agreed to send a significant number of young psychics to basic school.
“Somehow the foundation is being laid.”
“Yes. They are being captured really quickly.”
All the executives also nod their heads in unison to express their agreement with Seongil’s words.
“The problem is the administration…”
“Ah, we plan to build it somehow by actively referring to the case of the ‘old world’ that was given to us as an example a while ago, and the case of the ‘other world line’ that the Goddess gave us. Using the deep learning of the Gaia system.”
Even though they were Eden’s main executives, he still could not tell them about the secrets of the ‘game world’, so Seong-il lightly deceived the executives about the facts of how he obtained the artifacts and cultures from other worlds that he had brought with them. The explanation was completed in this way.
He explained to the executives that the cultural relics similar to his own world were data accumulated by mankind before extinction, and the unique culture brought from places such as the farm world was a world that the goddess had looked over. In other words, they were persuaded by the expression that it was an ‘other timeline’ of Earth where aliens had not invaded.
It was a story that made no sense in common sense. In fact, according to common sense, she is a goddess and a blessing. Since the brilliant culture of the different timeline that Seong-il brought about made no sense, the executives who witnessed the miracle had no choice but to believe Seong-il’s empty boasts.
“That’s great. If you try and get stuck, talk to me or Aruril. If a request comes in, I will send your soul to another world line through meditation and prayer and look for the materials you need there.”
In particular, Seong-il hinted at the game world by saying that since he and Aruril are apostles chosen by the goddess, they can temporarily send their souls to another world through meditation, and through that act, they feel as if they live there and even receive the necessary information. He said he could bring it.
This was also nonsense, but every time Seong-il visited the game world and brought back some exotic culture or material, the executives had no choice but to believe what he said because of the evidence, and they became passionate followers of Seong-il.
“Yes! If anything is lacking during deep learning by requesting the Gaia system, I will definitely ask the seeker. Please!!”
“Yes. Feel free to ask.”
Seong-il smiles lightly as he looks at the executive who is acting like his biggest fan, and mutters while reading the materials presented by the other executive.
“I will recruit competent people among the incompetent and train them to become administrators, scientists, doctors, etc…”
“Yes. We urgently need competent administrators. Fortunately, in the case of scientists and doctors, we can somehow survive for now based on the G.E.C.R. Or Gaia system… But in the future, we, the human race, will wipe out the abominable Transcendence Church. It is true that if we are to plant the seeds for the reconstruction of civilization, we need to prepare such high-quality talent in advance.”
“That’s right. We will fully support you, so nurture talented people from all walks of life. They even say that they will give you all sorts of privileges once you get all the qualifications.”
“Okay!”
The executives seem to have been encouraged by the sight of Seong-il, who readily promises support no matter what he asks, and begin to forcefully explain to him what they need by pushing him with materials.
“Hmm… Let’s open the academy to older psychics too…?”
“Yes. Normally, if you are a normal person with superpowers, your abilities will gradually regress after the age of 40… But that is only because the Transcendence Church periodically exposes superpowers to malicious psionic waves in dungeons and other places. If Eden had no such problems, it would be possible to sufficiently train them to do their part.”
