Chapter 418 - Seed of Stability
After killing Jo Jung-sik, Ryu Min flew through the skies.
From there, he observed the world.
He saw people walking under the forest of buildings.
Hidden in the darkness, he approached to read their thoughts.
‘The memories of the survival game have disappeared.’
In all the people he encountered.
The confused memories of all the people had vanished.
‘They don’t remember anything about the players or any of that.’
Everything was as it was at the beginning.
Just like when Ryu Min had created the 102nd timeline.
‘The memories that spread like a virus have been transferred back to their original owners.’
Now, the world had emerged from chaos and regained stability. All the collapsed dimensions had been restored.
‘Have we returned to the starting point? To the time before Deorant intervened?’
That thought crossed his mind, but Ryu Min soon dismissed it.
‘No. This is different. Now I have the Skill to manage dimensions.’
And not only that had changed.
Ryu Min’s mindset was also different.
‘Until now, I only thought about my future. I never looked back at the past.’
The people in the timelines where he had failed lived with grim memories.
People who survived after losing 1.8 billion lives in the survival game.
They couldn’t be okay.
This was also true for the 101st timeline, where he had reached the final round.
‘Only 97 people, including myself, survived until the last round. In any case, humanity failed.’
Ryu Min had fought solely to survive, not caring about the previous timelines.
He didn’t pay attention.
After destroying Chaos and Gaia, he even left them in abandonment.
‘I was selfish. I created the 102nd timeline to live well on my own, leaving the other timelines abandoned…’
He thought that by fulfilling his wishes, they would be fine.
That was what he considered respect and consideration.
But what about the timelines where he failed? The people from the first to the hundredth timeline?
Those who were left alone, like Wony, and those who suffered humanity’s defeat?
Did he save them all? Did they achieve happiness?
‘No. I just abandoned them.’
Through his travels across timelines, Ryu Min realized.
He had focused all his attention on the 102nd timeline.
He didn’t care about the people from the other timelines.
‘I didn’t want this outcome. I wanted everyone to be happy.’
He wanted to return all timelines to before the survival game.
But physically, that was impossible.
Fixing each timeline like the 102nd was also practically difficult.
It would only increase the number of timelines.
‘I can only do one thing. Ensure that people don’t suffer anymore.’
He wouldn’t leave any more timelines in abandonment.
He would help people suffering worldwide as much as he could.
‘I can do it. With this dimensional management Skill I obtained from Deorant.’
Ryu Min planned to use this Skill to create his own hosts and seeds.
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Where there is light, there is also darkness.
People try to see only the bright side, but reality is not like that.
While some enjoy abundant meals, on the other side of the world, children are dying of hunger.
You don’t even have to look as far as the other side of the world.
Even in South Korea, a small peninsula, light and shadow exist.
“Haah, haah…”
A woman running under the light of a streetlamp found herself trapped in a dead-end alley.
“Hehe, now you have nowhere to run, huh?”
“Just give up and come here. Don’t waste your strength.”
As the two men approached, the woman threw her purse on the ground.
“There’s money in the purse. Take it all. I won’t report you.”
But the men didn’t look at the purse. Instead, they frowned in disgust.
“Are you trying to buy your way out?”
“That really annoys me.”
Realizing the situation, the woman dropped to her knees and clasped her hands in supplication.
“Please, let me live. I beg you…”
“Look at this one. Overdramatic, huh? Who said we were going to kill you?”
“We just wanted to talk, and you ran away.”
“You tried to force me into the car.”
“It was to take you home.”
“It’s four in the morning. It’s dangerous for a lady to be out alone at this hour.”
But anyone could see the dangerous ones were the men.
The malicious grins on their faces were enough proof.
“I’m fine. I can walk alone. Please, let me go…”
“Hey. She’s not listening. Before someone sees us, let’s get her in the car.”
“Alright.”
The two men lifted the woman by her arms and legs.
“Aaaah! Help! Somebody help…!”
Thud!
A blow to the face knocked her unconscious.
“So noisy.”
“Hurry, get her in. She’s heavy.”
The duo managed to get her into the car without any trouble.
“Hehe, success. Let’s go.”
“Wait. She said there was money in the purse, right? Should we take that too?”
“Fine. I’ll go grab it quickly.”
While his partner went to fetch the purse, the man behind the wheel kept an eye on the woman in case she woke up.
But no matter how long he waited, his partner didn’t return.
“He said he’d be right back, so why is he taking so long? It’s not like the path is complicated.”
Even though there was no one around, it wasn’t good to waste more time in that situation.
He tried calling him, but there was no answer.
“Damn it… He’s forcing me to get out.”
The man checked once more that the woman was still asleep and finally stepped out of the car.
He thought his partner might have gotten lost.
Returning to where the purse was, he saw his partner lying on the ground.
“Hey! What’s wrong with you? Are you okay?”
He ran over in a panic, but when he saw his face, he froze.
“My God!”
His partner’s face was shriveled like a mummy.
Upon closer inspection, he saw that his arms and legs were also reduced to bones.
“What… what is happening here…?”
Then, his eyes widened in shock.
From the ground, a human-shaped shadow emerged.
“My God…!”
The man couldn’t say more.
Ragged hands grabbed him by the head.
“Ah… ahhh…”
Quickly, his skin began to dry up, and the man collapsed to the ground.
Right beside his partner.
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From the sky, someone watched as the host absorbed the life energy.
It was Iscariot, the supervisory Seed.
‘Hmm, it has absorbed well. It meets the conditions set by the Creator.’
Iscariot admired the host that had lured the criminals with the purse.
‘The host’s intelligence is improving day by day. The Creator will be pleased to know this.’
The twisted smile on the black figure’s face was unsettling.
Before going to supervise another host in another country, Iscariot decided to make a report.
-Creator, Creator.
He sent out a biological signal and soon received a telepathic response.
-Don’t call me Creator. Just call me Black Scythe.
-Oh… Really? Black Scythe?
-What is it, Iscariot?
-I have a report on the host.
-What is it?
Iscariot relayed what he had seen without omitting any details.
-Two men tried to abduct a woman returning home, but the host, who was watching, punished them. It seems its intelligence has increased. It knew how to patiently wait to lure the criminals.
-Really? Seems like I did better than I thought.
-Yes. It seems they are learning while eliminating the criminals.
-Of course. I left them with a bit of intelligence so they could make decisions on their own.
-You’re truly impressive, Creator… I mean, Black Scythe. How did you come up with creating such beings…?
-Enough flattery. Keep an eye on them. Make sure the host clearly distinguishes between good and evil, and doesn’t mistakenly kill innocent people.
-Understood. I’ll monitor it closely.
-Alright. Take care.
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Among the dimensional management functions is [Cultivating Creations].
It involves creating beings that obey their orders, like hosts and seeds.
‘But there’s a difference between Deorant’s creations and mine.’
Deorant’s hosts and seeds are designed to collapse dimensions, while Ryu Min’s aim to stabilize them.
They are seeds of stability, not collapse.
The goal of Ryu Min’s hosts and seeds is to do whatever it takes to stabilize the world.
‘The scheme is similar. 300 hosts are released in each country, along with 12 seeds that supervise them.’
The hosts were given a certain level of intelligence.
They needed the ability to judge good and evil on their own.
‘If they determine someone is evil and harmful to the world, they absorb their life energy to punish them. The intelligent seeds observe and report to me.’
Recently, Iscariot reported that a host had skillfully hunted criminals.
‘There are many human wastes that need to be eliminated. The hosts and seeds will act as the cleaners.’
Not only in his own timeline.
He released hosts and seeds across all deployed dimensions.
He wouldn’t leave any dimension abandoned, and these creations were the result of his attempt to make a better world.
‘I can’t return all dimensions to before the survival game. But I can improve the world.’
He might not be able to prevent all crimes, but it would be better than having no hosts and seeds at all.
The world would change for the better.
He held values completely opposite to Deorant, who wanted to destroy unnecessary dimensions.
‘I won’t abandon any dimension.’
In that sense, Ryu Min was the true God of Dimension.
Because he wanted to make a better world.