Closing the chaotic mess that was the universe chat, he decided to click on the only option he had left; World Selection
[World Selection]
[Please select one of the following worlds]
[Filters (0)]
…
What followed was a dizzying list of world that he could select, but he decided to wait for a moment and ask a few questions to the system.
'Are there any world without World Gods?'
[Yes. There are 2.34 billion worlds without world gods]
'What would the downsides and upsides be to selecting a world with a World God,' he asked, understanding that with so many empty worlds, there should have been more Race Spirits, who could select such worlds.
[A World God can spend their faith to induce environments to their world. This can help improve the living conditions and speed up the growth of all forms of living creatures in their world. However, over time, once the protection period ends; they will gain access to the location of species with race spirits and can directly modify the surroundings or create natural disasters to affect the given species.]
'And what about a world without a World God.'
[The time taken to evolve would be greatly reduced. Conditions favourable to further evolution may never be created. However, since such worlds do not have a World God occupying and solidifying a percentage of the worlds' laws, the temporal distortion of such world would be greater than other worlds; i.e. time would move faster for such worlds.]
'Is there a time limit. Like some kind of issue or calamity that would affect the creatures of all the worlds or races? I'm not talking about the protection period… I'm talking about after that. Like why are have you created such an afterlife for us?'
[Negative. There is no calamity after the grace period of 200 years. However, there is a second protection period, which will last for 1,000 years. Please note, these time periods relate to the time within this god-space where all gods and race spirits reside. Based on the world selected, the actual time for beings on those worlds can vary. Furthermore, to address the players last question; this is not an afterlife. You, and the others life you, have had your souls taken moments before your demise in the original timeline. As such, the taking of your souls has merely been considered a rounding error by the systems of your original worlds and timelines. As for the reason, it was simply to prove a point.]
'And what was that point?' James asked the system that was suddenly answering questions like a normal human with emotions would, compared to its previous military-style non-emotional responses.
Unfortunately, the system no longer ordained him with an answer. As such, James simply turned to the World selection, and quickly made his decision.
'Only show worlds without World Gods. Also only shows those with the capability for sprouting live other than my own species. Remove all those worlds that are in unstable orbits and those that are likely to be destroyed or greatly harmed in the near future.'
[Available Worlds (21)]
'Wow… that was a lot of pitfalls. You sure are one devious being you…' James chuckled at the perilous plights of those who chose the other worlds.
'Oh yes, and remove those worlds already having other race spirits.'
[Available Worlds (3)]
[Unnamed World #aaSW1q1: A world of liquid water with a moderate coverage of land. It however, has a small size in total, and as such as weaker gravity and a less dense atmosphere, meaning it would be difficult for larger creatures to evolve, but no other flaws or advantages]
[Unnamed World #abDFSEs: An extremely large world possessing both liquid water and vast areas of land. However, this world has been the home world of a long-extinct civilisation, meaning potential ruinous events, or rewards of equal calibre]
[Unnamed World #aaaIDJ5: A world with scarce liquid water, but with adequate recourses for a civilisation to form. If evolution to intelligent creatures is accomplished, the path forward would be very swift.]
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{Sorry for the short chapter. But it felt just perfect to end the chapter here}