I Can Assimilate Everything - Chapter 546
Chapter 546: Sacrifice! II
Why the fuck was it asking him to sacrifice half his foundation just to receive basic doctrines, and was this mechanism truly part of the original inheritance design, or had something corrupted it during the entity’s collapse?
Had THE Slumbering Genesis established this parasitic tribute deliberately, or was this remnant system operating according to desperate protocols established during final moments?
Achilles remained perfectly still and gave nothing…not permission, not compliance, not even acknowledgment that the command had been delivered.
Yet his refusal seemed to trigger a secondary mechanism, and the system apparently possessed contingencies for candidates who didn’t immediately comply with demands.
In the next moment, blinding light crashed down from the temple ceiling and pressed all around him with suffocating force…authority seeking to reshape his consciousness, to alter his decision-making processes until compliance seemed like a natural choice.
|An authority enforcing the Reverential Mark of Life of THE Slumbering Genesis is permeating your surroundings.|
|It seeks to alter your state of existence to compel you to believe you are freely giving up half of your Natal Foundation of Life.|
|Analysis: This is a coercive mechanism designed to circumvent conscious resistance through manipulation of perception and decision-making faculties.|
|Result: Ineffective.|
|You are immune because you Assimilated the Reverential Mark of Life of THE Slumbering Genesis.|
…!
Achilles’s expression turned even more sour as his lip curled in disgust.
This was a visceral revulsion at methodology that violated fundamental principles about how something this grandshould operate.
This was supposed to be Life!
The Civilization of Life!
Shockingly, THE Slumbering Genesis, or whatever mechanism remained of its consciousness and authority, actually required such parasitic tribute from those joining its Way of Life!
Was this its attempt to heal itself from death and collapse, to steal half the life of those in its Civilization whether they wanted to give it or not, using a hidden brand to force compliance from beings who believed they were making free choices? The audacity was staggering and the violation of trust was absolute!
Achilles’s expression became heavier as he stared up at the imposing statue with its eyes closed in mock benevolence.
His voice cut through the sacred silence, cold as the void.
“Show me the Doctrines of Life.”
…!
The surrounding space boomed in response, and from the walls, from the floor, from the air itself…an even heavier voice echoed outward, ignoring his demand entirely and repeating the command with increased pressure.
“GIVE HALF YOUR NATAL FOUNDATION OF LIFE!”
The volume had intensified as if shouting might accomplish what coercion had failed to achieve, and the compulsion washed over him again, stronger this time…the authority pressing against his consciousness with force that would shatter lesser beings’ resistance. It slid off his soul like water off oil, and the light had no effect while the pressure found no purchase.
At this time, his eyes pulsed with a terrifying light, a mixture of ingenuity and pure unadulterated lividity as a calculation combined with righteous fury flashed.
He began walking toward the statue, and his steps echoed in the vast hall, a rhythmic drumbeat of defiance that seemed to grow louder with each stride. The sound carried across impossible distances and reverberated through the temple’s ancient stones with force that suggested his approach held significance beyond simple movement.
“If you won’t give the Doctrines of Life…”
His voice was low and dangerous, vibrating with the intent to violate the sacred as every word carried weight that made reality itself seem to lean forward in anticipation.
“…I will take them myself!”
…!
In a moment that felt taboo, a transgression against ancient order that had governed this inheritance for eons…Achilles appeared at the base of the imposing statue. His movement had accelerated beyond what the temple’s spatial mechanisms could track as consciousness and body united in purpose.
He did not kneel and he did not pray or show deference to an entity that demanded tribute without offering fair exchange.
Shockingly, he raised his hands and slapped them onto the cold jeweled surface of the leg, making direct contact with a monument that countless beings before him had approached only with reverence and submission.
“ASSIMILATE!”
…!
BOOM!
The pristine temple trembled and vibrated violently as architectural impossibilities that had stood unchanged since before recorded history began to crack….structural integrity compromised by forces they hadn’t been designed to resist!
Achilles felt his existence being squeezed by the backlash of desecrating such high authority as the temple itself attempted to crush him, to punish this violation through application of accumulated power that should have been insurmountable!
But his hunger was greater.
His Assimilation was grand!
The still statue, its expression carved in eternal benevolence, seemingly twisted, and for a split second that stretched into subjective eternity, the face of the elephantine titan seemed to turn furious. Its closed eyes twitched as if preparing to open, as if consciousness dormant for eons was being forcibly awakened by this unprecedented transgression, as if it intended to look down and annihilate the insect touching it without permission.
But it was too late.
Before it could even direct its attention toward the source of disturbance, before whatever remained of THE Slumbering Genesis could manifest wrath appropriate to this desecration…
CRACK!
A fissure tore through the massive idol, and the break spread with speed that suggested inevitability rather than gradual failure as structural integrity collapsed while concentrated authority within was violently extracted.
It exploded into blinding seas of verdant-gold light, and the radiance didn’t scatter randomly or dissipate into surrounding space…instead surging directly into Achilles with targeting precision!
Prompts bloomed from the destruction, detailing a terrifying and taboo harvest…consequences of actions that violated every established protocol about how one approached inheritance from fallen entities bearing the distinction of THE.
|You have Assimilated The Noble Idol of THE Slumbering Genesis.|
|An unknown amount of extremely pure Civilizational Authority of Life is being Assimilated.|
|Warning: This authority carries concentration and purity that exceeds standard measurements. Quantification pending.|
HUUM!
|You have seized a unique Seed of The Principle of Noble Life.|
|Definition: This Principle represents an elevated form of understanding existence- something that can alter the very Weavings of Existence if properly grasped.|
|The distinction of a Noble Living Lifeform has been granted to you.|
|Note: This designation transcends conventional Living Life status. You now possess inherent authority over lesser lifeforms regardless of their individual capability. Well, with some degree of limitation that has not been quantified.|
…!
The final prompt carried implications that made even the previous revelations seem trivial.
|You have gained the Absolute Existential Authority of Living Lifeform Dominion.|
|Effect: All beings classified as Living Lifeforms will instinctively recognize your elevated status. Their existences will respond to your commands with reduced resistance, and their authorities will be suppressed in your presence unless they possess comparable Noble distinction.|
…!
The temple around him began to crumble, and with the Noble Idol destroyed and its concentrated authority extracted and consumed, the domain that had housed this inheritance mechanism lost structural cohesion. Pillars collapsed while the floor fractured and the nebulous green sky began falling like a ceiling deprived of support.
But Achilles remained perfectly stable at the center of this devastation as his form blazed with verdant-gold radiance that now carried an additional quality…authority that marked him as something other than what he’d been mere moments ago.
He even Assimilated everything currently collapsing like an endless black hole!
The distinction of Noble Living Lifeform pulsed within his existence!