Chapter 4348: WONDER IV

The effect was immediate and magisterial!

Across the Early Veiled Shore, every being who had been meditating, who had been arduously working to forge their own Mana Glyphs through effort and concentration and time, suddenly felt their existence buzz with unfamiliar sensation.

Power.

Not a trickle. Not a stream. A fucking ocean of it, flooding into them from sources they couldn’t identify, filling reservoirs they hadn’t known they possessed.

HUUM!

The Emperor Penguin, who had been struggling to maintain three Mana Glyphs simultaneously, suddenly felt the burden vanish. Its reserves exploded outward, allowing it to forge a fourth, then a fifth, then a sixth with speed that should have been impossible.

Kazuhiko, momentarily holding Erikson’s slipper with practiced ease, gasped as energy cascaded through him in waves that never ended. He began layering Mana Glyphs with complexity he’d only theorized about before, each one snapping into place with perfection that came from unlimited resources!

Adelaide, her snow-blue hair now radiating auroras of pure power, laughed with delight as she felt limitations she’d always accepted as fundamental simply... cease to exist. She could create. She could destroy. She could reshape and rebuild without ever worrying about running dry!

Across the Shore, similar reactions rippled through Noah’s people.

Those who had been taking careful, measured steps in their cultivation suddenly found themselves sprinting.

Those who had accepted their limitations as permanent learned that their Master had decided otherwise!

For the first time, Noah’s people got to experience a semblance of what he always felt.

That infinite wellspring of power that never ran dry, never diminished, never left him wanting!

And even this semblance...this fraction of what Noah himself possessed, was far too grand for words.

Many processed it with shock.

Others simply sat in stunned silence, trying to process the magnitude of the gift they’d been given.

A few, like the Emperor Penguin, immediately began pushing their new limits with enthusiasm that bordered on reckless!

"RAA!"

Noah watched it all with satisfaction.

This...giving power to those who followed him, elevating his people beyond their limitations...was this what building a Civilization meant?

Not conquest. Not domination.

Uplift!

He watched the wonder unfold with majesty before he sighed.

Because he wasn’t done yet. Not even close.

"RUINEDEN," he called out again, his voice carrying renewed purpose. "Activate Parallel Processing Architectures. I want to run multiple probability streams simultaneously."

RUIN/EDEN’s form brightened with something that might have been excitement.

"Yes, Master. This will require more resources. Parallel Processing at the level you’re requesting, running complete phantom processes that explore different choices and feed results back to you, requires 10 Mana Glyphs of the Cheating Architect operating in perfect synchronization."

More prompts cascaded across Noah’s vision.

|PARALLEL PROCESSING ARCHITECTURES - INITIALIZATION|

|Designating 10 Mana Glyphs for probability stream management|

|Remaining Available Glyphs: 63 (78 total minus 5 for Existence Code Injection minus 10 for Parallel Processing)|

|Note: Each active probability stream consumes substantial resources. Recommend limiting simultaneous streams to 3-5 for optimal stability.|

"I want to see three scenarios," Noah commanded, his tone carrying calculation that suggested he’d already been considering these options.

"First: What happens if I send a body across to the other side of The Veil. Second: What happens if I pursue other Doorways to THE Loom. Third: What happens if I wait for Justiciars to appear and follow Schrodinger’s plan to track them back to their source."

RUINEDEN nodded, her expression growing more serious as she processed the request.

"Running probability calculations now," she said. "Be advised: These scenarios involve entities and forces far beyond current power scales. The outcomes may be... concerning."

HUUM!

Three illusory diagrams materialized in the air before Noah, each one showing a different branching path of possibility. They were ghostly, semi-transparent, depicting futures that hadn’t happened yet but could depending on his choices.

The first diagram pulsed with crimson light, and RUINEDEN’s voice took on grim tones as she detailed what it showed.

"Scenario One: Crossing to the other side of The Veil."

The diagram showed Noah’s form stepping through that barrier between The Living and The Dead, passing from one fundamental state of existence to another.

And immediately, catastrophically, things went wrong.

"The moment you cross," RUINEDEN explained, her voice clinical despite the horror of what she was describing, "THE Dead Order senses your presence. Not just senses, she knows. Instantly and completely. Your existence becomes visible to her with perfect clarity because you’ve entered her domain, where her authority is absolute despite her limitations."

The diagram showed a massive figure...feminine, impossibly powerful, radiating authority that made THE Living Order look like a candle before a star...focusing attention on Noah’s infinitesimal form.

"THE Dead Order, even in her current limited state, possesses power that operates on the next Scale of Existence," RUIN/EDEN continued. "She forcefully controls all aspects of your being. Your resistance is irrelevant. Your power is insufficient. Your Principles are bypassed because she operates on a level where your defenses don’t exist yet."

The diagram shifted, showing Noah’s Early Veiled Shore being pulled across The Veil through connections he couldn’t sever.

"She uses you as an anchor to drag The Infiniverse to the other side of The Veil," RUINEDEN said, her tone carrying something that might have been concern. "The entire Early Veiled Shore, all beings within it, everything you’ve built...all of it crosses to where The Dead dwell."

The next part of the diagram made Noah’s expression harden.

"Once she has The Infiniverse on her side, she immediately locates THE Living Order, Sigrid, and captures her. The fusion of THE Living and THE Dead Order begins immediately. The two halves of a fundamental force reunite, and in doing so, erase the limitations that kept THE Dead Order bound."

WAA!

The diagram showed Sigrid screaming as she was absorbed into that impossibly vast presence, two aspects of Order merging into something that transcended both.

"The unified Order entity gains the ability to cross The Veil freely," RUIN/EDEN continued. "She is no longer bound to either side. She is Order Absolute, operating without restriction."

But the horror didn’t stop there.

"The unified Order then locates and devours Khor," RUINEDEN said, the diagram showing The First Hunger being consumed despite her power and mystery. "She strips away Khor’s secrets, her knowledge, her connection to the higher Scale of Existence. All of it becomes fuel for Order’s expansion."

The diagram shifted again, showing THE Dead- no, the Unified Order...examining the workings of The Infiniverse with interest.

"She discovers your Way of the Mana Architect," RUINEDEN said quietly. "She understands what makes you unique. And instead of eliminating you as a threat... she repurposes you. You become a battery for her new Civilization. Your Infinite Mana, your Perpetual Harvest, your Cheating Architect...all of it locked into service of Order Absolute, generating power for her purposes while you exist as a conscious prisoner unable to act, unable to resist, unable to do anything except provide energy for eternity."

...!

The diagram faded, leaving only the implications hanging in the air like smoke after an explosion!

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