"Ugh… my head hurts so much…"
A soft murmur echoed in the vast space, the reverberations reaching unknown distances.
Xia Wei felt his head spinning, and as he opened his eyes, his blurry vision gradually cleared. He instinctively pressed his forehead.
A clear mechanical voice continuously reverberated in his mind, as if it wouldn't stop until his brain was churned into a paste.
Fragmented images were forcefully injected into his mind.
Planets Fracturing, suns exploding, dimensions tearing, galaxies annihilating, a war of Gods spanning countless worlds…
Finally, the scene froze on a crystal wall universe composed of countless dimensions, rupturing like a soap bubble, extinguishing even the last ray of light.
"Searching."
"God Group Order has completely collapsed."
"Gods no longer have any traces of existence."
"There are no world connections under the Gods."
"Gods' life evolution system is completely destroyed."
"Continuing search."
"Detected the Gods' only surviving intelligent life form."
"Binding."
"Binding successful."
"Inheritor of the Gods, please restart the Gods."
After his mind cleared, Xia Wei finally gasped, covered in sweat, and instinctively looked around.
What met his eyes was a dilapidated cluster of pure white buildings, casually held aloft in the air by drifting white clouds.
The architectural style of these buildings was similar to Roman architecture in Western fantasy worlds; if they were still intact, no one would doubt that this was the world where Gods resided.
The only building that was still relatively intact was the temple where he currently stood.
The temple was enormous; a single Roman column could be encircled by hundreds of adults holding hands, and the walls were intricately carved with exquisite golden filigree reliefs.
Xia Wei's gaze was finally drawn to a colorful disc, over fifty meters in diameter, at the very center of the temple.
Countless ancient runes continuously emerged from the disc, dancing like Butterflies for a moment before returning to the disc.
"This really feels like a dream."
Xia Wei pursed his somewhat dry lips. With a thought, the seven-colored disc magically shrank to only one meter in diameter and floated behind him.
With the disc as a backdrop, he seemed like a God who had stepped out of myths and legends.
"Let me just sort this out…"
Xia Wei quickly organized his chaotic memories.
Initially, he had gone downstairs to pick up a package, and then a blinding white light appeared before his eyes.
At that moment, he only felt his mind go blank, and then he seemed to witness a mythical-level civilization war as an observer, which ended with one side being unilaterally crushed.
The crushed side was a mysterious civilization that was about to reach the multi-dimensional level, with Gods as numerous as stars in the sky.
That civilization, after obtaining the key to entering the multiverse, had extremely bad luck and directly opened the Gate to a multi-dimensional civilization far stronger than themselves.
They had originally gone to invade, but were instead invaded. The war was a one-sided crushing defeat, and in the end, even their mother world, a crystal wall universe with countless dimensions, was completely annihilated.
The moment the crystal wall universe was annihilated, the core of this civilization escaped into the void, and then the disturbance across the void pulled him, an ordinary person on Earth, into it.
And he was fortunate enough to become the only intelligent life form of this Gods, naturally inheriting the legacy of this mysterious civilization that had ascended to the multi-dimensional level.
"Inheritor of the Gods, please restart the Gods."
The mechanical voice echoed in his mind again.
Xia Wei, with a thought, turned off the voice.
This voice was the intelligence of the Gods Base. With the civilization completely destroyed, the intelligence level had degenerated to something similar to a mobile phone AI.
"Let me see what legacy a multi-dimensional mysterious civilization has left for me."
Xia Wei brought up the functions of the Gods Base in a game interface format.
The Gods Base slowly rotating behind him emitted a soft hum, and blue holographic projection screens appeared all around him.
All the capabilities of the Gods Base were clearly categorized.
"Faith System": Gathers the faith, wishes, beliefs, and great deeds of all intelligent life under the influence of the Gods.
Note: The current Faith Treasury has been damaged by 99.999…%, with only scattered fragments remaining.
"Miracle System": Bestows blessings upon intelligent life under the influence of the Gods, manifesting the beliefs, wishes, and great deeds of intelligent life into corresponding abilities.
Note: All corresponding abilities have the potential to grow into Authority of the Gods.
Note: The current Miracle Treasury has been eroded by 99.99…%, with only scattered fragments remaining.
"Order System": Establishes the order of the Gods, compiles the system of life evolution, and dominates the worlds under the influence of the Gods.
Note: God Group Order has completely vanished.
Note: The life evolution system has been completely destroyed.
Note: Worlds connected to the Gods are 0.
"God Realm Creation": Can consume World Power to create, expand, and upgrade God-made worlds.
Note: Currently, no connected worlds provide World Power.
"Divinity Creation": Can create blank Divinities.
Note: Current energy reserves are only sufficient to create one lowest-grade Divinity.
"Gate of All Dimensions": Anchors world coordinates based on dimensional information and opens the Gate to those coordinates.
Note: If there is no dimensional information, it will randomly open a Gate to an unknown world.
Note: The energy consumed to open the Gate is determined by the strength of the world. Current energy reserves can only open a Gate to the lowest-grade world.
"So, it really is literally everything wiped out except for this civilization's core, huh?" Xia Wei couldn't help but complain as he looked at the blank interface.
The fragmented images in his mind indicated that it was a multi-dimensional crystal wall universe, yet the final legacy left behind was only enough to create one lowest-grade Divinity and open a Gate to the lowest-grade world.
Although he complained about the meager legacy, he was fortunate that there was still some left.
"Well, at least there's still some startup capital. If nothing had been left, I'd just be stuck here waiting to die."
"Base, create the Divinity."
Xia Wei gave the command without hesitation, his heart pounding faster. He was still very excited at this moment.
After all, it was a Divinity; even the lowest-grade blank Divinity would immediately make one a God upon obtaining it.
"Creating Divinity."
"Creation complete."
The Gods Base behind him slowly rotated, and colorful light converged in front of Xia Wei, creating it in less than a breath's time.
A fist-sized colorful rhombic crystal floated in front of him, then slowly approached his forehead, finally sinking into his mind, leaving only a colorful rhombic pattern on his brow.
"Buzz—"
At this moment, Xia Wei felt his consciousness detaching from his body, and a never-before-seen perspective left him speechless.
The instant the Divinity entered his body, he saw things that humans could not see.
They were wisps of mysterious airflow, and fragments as dreamy as colorful glass.
With some information about the Gods in his mind, he immediately knew that those airflows were World Power, and the colorful glass fragments were rule fragments.
This was the only remaining legacy that the Gods Base had carried away when it escaped into the void, materials for the successor of the Gods to construct Authority of the Gods.