《The Legacy of Gilgamesh》Chapter 5
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Although he created the world, it is empty of movement, with nothing containing life, not even microbes. A world without life is an incomplete world because the ultimate goal of creation is life, and that's what he believed. With life, the world will be colourful. After recognizing the problem, Rico promptly thought of a solution. Which was to get seeds and then place them in his world. As well as animals and insects. And for the sea, the plants and fish will not be a problem considering the costs of fish eggs and his savings. Following this plan, Rico bought tons of plant seeds online. Including flowers and trees from all over the world. From the famous cherry blossom of the east to the age-old coconut tree. Which cause him to be busy up and down for seven days. Although Rico has worked remarkably beyond his limits, just to make the world become colourful and leave the stage of desolation. It stood apparent that this was, awfully hard, a project from the start. Since he lacks experience in literally being a God. After he poured the seeds all around the continent and seas. After a while, some of these seeds had just grown sprouts. It would take at least months or even decades for them to grow up fully. To reach a large enough quantity to achieve world domination would take centuries. Even compared to the size of his world, which is double the size of the earth. The number of plants now will only make the world have a tiny green spot from space. His original goal of cramming the whole world with life was not looking too great. If this trend continues, even if Rico exhausts his entire life farming the seed, he can at most give a mark of life to an area of tens of kilometres in diameter. Faced with this situation, Rico suddenly thought deeply, since he can set the rules of this world, why can't he speed up the time so that earth day will be countless years inside my world. In this way, the world inside can quickly become vibrant and spread on its own. Rico tried it first and found that his idea was feasible. However, doing so would consume a lot of Origin. But the level of consumption was still within Rico acceptable range as the input of Origin will be more than the consumption. Now that the idea was feasible. Rico mind was soothed. He then desperately started speeding up the time flow of the disc world from one-hundred to one, to one-thousand to one and even finally to ten-thousand to one and was at the end of his reasonable range. In this way, it is equivalent to three days outside, and nearly a hundred years will have pass inside. Initially, Rico wanted it to be faster. But he learned that if he continued to accelerate, the consumption of Origin would double and would be reaching the point where he will be at a loss. So the final time ratio between the disc world and the earth world is ten thousand to one. One day is equivalent to more than 30 years in my world, and so almost a year has passed in the past hour after going back home. However, the disc world did not become as vibrant as Rico thought. Most of the seeds thrown in before had died. Only an insignificant part of them survived. And the forms of these surviving plants are not the same as on the earth ''They must have mutated to survive.'' Rico thought. At first, Rico didn't know the reason for their death. After studying them for a while, Rico learned and concluded that the cause of death is because the ecosystem within was not perfect for the seeds. So Rico then started to places these seeds in their respectful climate. But even so, half of the seed did not make it. Because some plants need insects to pollinate or animals for the plant seeds to scatter. But these creatures have not been placed in the disc world. After understanding the reason, Rico quickly figured it out. The plan is to place some kinds of rare plant seeds. That can survive in the harsh climate. And then, also set some small animals that he bought after spending much of his savings. First herbivores, then carnivores.
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Deeper Darker
Set in the far future when humanity has reached the stars and finds it is not the first to do so. Alien technology has been left behind by a long dead race. Ancient cities, abandoned starships, temples and fortified bunkers all contain artefacts and devices far in advance of what humans have been able to produce. Technology that feels more akin to magic, so powerful it can allow a single person to dominate a star system. But these relics of another time have been left well-defended and behind bewildering and impenetrable security measures.There are those who are compatible with the alien technology, who can augment themselves to face the evermore extreme protocols in the depths of the alien ruins, and by doing so attain greater power. And there are those who just want to sell what they find to the highest bidder.The rewards are high, but you have to be prepared to go further and risk more to discover the greatest secrets of a civilisation that vanished long before the first human walked upright. Secrets that could irrevocably change humanity’s future, or end it.
8 456Drunk Dungeon
This is a story about a man who not only enters the dungeon drunk, but the dungeon indirectly supports this habit. The only question now was what would kill him first, the dungeon or his liver? Author: This is a story based on a daydream I had after reading some dungeon stories. It's also in first person past tense. Cover art by Julian the Apostate#7406 on Discord.
8 310Point Cultivation
My thoughts become reality when I think them and when I un-think them they un-become reality! I have become so powerful that not even alternate reality can stop me! My name is Joe Mo and I become the best!
8 75War Slaves - [Writathon Participant]
Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge When humanity was summoned to another world and forced to fight a war they never asked for due to a slave spell; Aron, a man with a dark past, will do everything to ensure the safety of his pregnant wife, even if it costs him what is left from his humanity.
8 108Tethered Souls
All humans are connected to the ether, the realm of magic, by invisible, intangible tethers. Tethers are a reflection of humanity, and etheral magic resists what it is to be human. The more 'human' you are and display, the more your tether constricts, restricting the flow of ether. Utilizing ether draws out the human psych, making it extremely difficult to use ether dynamically and for long periods of time. Burning ether allows a person strength unlike any other, sharpens the mind more than any enhancement drug, and allows the person to directly influence the physical world around them.Hugh Perigrine is unique. Orphaned at the age of 1, Hugh is a ward of the Imperial Empire and an acolyte to the Imperial Library. For reasons unbeknownst to him, he does not experience the world in the same way as his peers. He doesn't care for the war with the rebel armies. He doesn't feel the need to vocalize complaints. He doesn't hunt for gossip and there is no object that he cares enough about to desire. He does not fantasize. He is simply unlike everyone else. But Hugh can see things that others cannot, and he understands impossible forces at work around him. Hugh's entire being is latent with etheral power, and he is at the forefront of what is thought of to be possible and impossible.There is however, something that Hugh covets - the meaning behind who he is, why he exists, and where he comes from.
8 96Here & Now
Best-friends since diapers, Sadie and Jodie were each-others better halves. You wouldn't see one with out the other, the bond they shared was irreplaceable. But when Jodie family had no other choice but to move away for her fathers job, their friendship was tested. The promise they made to stay in touch didn't last longer than a month until there was no communication. Five years later and their paths crossed. What happens when Sadie sees Jodie, the girl who couldn't be seen wearing jeans was now sporting men clothes. Instead she's this whole different person, who Sadie can't seem to get enough of. What was once just two friends sharing the same common interest turns into...two people who can't seem to control their feelings.
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