Chapter 298: The Secret
Arceus looked at Ryan, who was sitting cross-legged on White Kyurem, and began to tell the story: "Then let's start from the very beginning. It's been many years, or rather, from the very beginning of the world's creation. Back then, the world was a void, a pitch-black void. An egg floated there, and after countless years, one day, the egg began to hatch. I emerged from the egg, becoming the first life in this void. Although I was just born, a voice has always been echoing in my mind, urging me to create, to create the void into a real world!"
"So, did you create all the worlds?" Ryan asked.
"No, I only created the rules. The formation of the world is the world itself evolving according to the rules I set, not something I created single-handedly. Even now, the entire Pokémon world is constantly evolving. These are the rules, even the rules I set myself. After the world has been running for so long, I cannot change them. Even if that being destroys the world, the evolution of the world will not stop."
"In the beginning of the universe, fragments coalesced into plates. The power of these plates was infused with the power of the defeated giants. The Original One released two avatars, inscribed as Time and Space. The Original One created three beings, connecting Time and Space.
The second is matter, the third is spirit, praying for birth, together shaping the world. Before the universe was born, the Original One existed alone. The power of the plates is shared by all things. Those who possess the objects of the plates can obtain the power of myriad transformations. These words were inscribed into the plates by you, Arceus, and these plates should be formed from the convergence of your power.
Among these plates, there are none of the Normal type, and Arceus... your current form is Normal type. And as you said before, you created the rules. Since you can create rules, then Arceus, you must understand all the rules. From this, we can deduce that those plates were originally formed from the convergence of your power.
As for what's mentioned on the plates, it's not hard to see that 'Original One' refers to yourself, Arceus; 'Time' and 'Space' refer to Dialga and Palkia; and 'the three beings' refer to Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf. What exactly are these? What exactly does 'the power of the defeated giants' refer to?" Ryan asked.
"Just as you guessed, Dialga, Palkia, Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf are the five Legendary Pokémon I created. I assigned them to guard time, space, and the knowledge, emotion, and willpower of humanity, respectively. They're also protecting you, preventing that being from discovering your existence.
But I didn't anticipate that although that being destroyed worlds, the parallel universes were actually created because of it. Strictly speaking, it was the creator of those parallel worlds. But it was only a spontaneous action, so the worlds it created must be attached to the main world, branching out into various parallel worlds based on the nodes of the main world.
This was originally a good thing, expanding the world, but the endless parallel worlds also brought trouble to our overall world."
"What trouble?"
"Let me give you an example. Our entire world is like a balloon. When I create rules and form the main world, it's like blowing air into the balloon to keep it inflated. That being, curious about this, used its own characteristics to create various worlds by attaching itself to the main world, just like it started blowing air into the balloon.
While it gradually filled the balloon, making the world more diverse, you can probably guess that the balloon's volume is finite; it can't grow indefinitely. To prevent the balloon from bursting and everything from returning to nothingness, some air must be released. But the consequences of doing so... Its duty is to destroy world after world. It created worlds, yet it is forced to destroy them with its own hands; this inner conflict and pain constantly consume its heart. One year, ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years.
It doesn't know how much time passed, but it became numb, so it went mad and grew exhausted. Therefore, it decided to destroy the origin of everything, this main world. Only in this way will everything return to nothingness, and I can once again redefine the rules and recreate the world."
Ryan fell silent. He had considered many possibilities. At first, he thought it was the influence of its origin that caused its destructive nature, but he hadn't expected that the cause of those parallel worlds was also generated by it. Destroying everything it created with its own hands must have been incredibly devastating, yet it had no choice but to do it, and not just one world, but countless others! The main world has given rise to far too many worlds.
For example, at any moment, different choices arise—you might think one thing is right, or you might think it's wrong, or you might feel indifferent, like charging your phone when it's almost dead. At one point, three scenarios arise, giving rise to three worlds. That being can only destroy worlds one by one, endlessly destroying, enough to drive anyone mad!
"But I can't let it do that. The destruction of the main world affects far too many things. And over this long period of time, I've found a way to stop it from continuing to destroy. I used my own power to sever the nodes, essentially separating the main world from the parallel worlds. After detaching from the main world, those parallel worlds lose their source of support, and as the worlds evolve, they will gradually evolve into independent worlds.
Logically speaking, once things are over, it shouldn't need to continue destroying. But because of my indulgence, it has made destroying worlds an instinct, and it continues to destroy worlds one by one. But in order to sever the nodes, I've lost too much power.
In the time it took to recover my power, it destroyed countless worlds, and finally, it set its sights on the main world. It's gone mad, and it won't listen to anything anymore, so we fought. I fought with my best friend, who was born with me. I lost, and it extracted my power, forming the plates. But it was also severely injured and dying, its body shattered, forming those things."
"So, this is the origin of the plates and the Z-Crystals?" Ryan smiled bitterly. "Although I had long guessed who that being was, I didn't expect that even Arceus would lose to it, to Necrozma!"
(End of Chapter)
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