2 Life
The mammals were fantastic creatures, they lived short lives but did so much in that short time, they managed to change Zero's time perception, it was now way slower than before.
The number of details perceived by him was huge.
In a huge land of this planet, a new creature was born, a creature that had incredible adaptative potential, differently from other mammals.
These creatures didn't have claws or sharp teeth to defend themselves, they weren't fast to run from predators, they didn't have big muscles to be considered as strong as other species, what they had was intelligence.
When other animals were hunting using their claws, these creatures were using tools, by sharpening rocks they made spears, from sticks and string they made bows.
Zero decided to name these creatures "humans".
The humans believed that someone created them, it was in their nature to find a purpose and believing in what they called "God" gave them this purpose.
Even though Zero didn't create them, he thought he could be this supposed god, he gave them a purpose, as well as they, gave him one, protecting them.
In 10000 years, the humans started to build their first civilization, in the south of this continent, between two rivers.
They named it Mierna, the first building in this city was a shrine to worship their god, a fifth of the humans were uncertain to the existence of this so-called god, so they asked a priest how could they be so sure that a god existed.
Zero wanted them to not be ignorant, he existed, after all, he did not know if he was what they called god, but he was indirectly their creator.
He made a lightning hit the ground 10 meters away from the human questioning the priest, at the same time, Zero wrote his name on the ground, it appeared like the lightning wrote that. In shock, everyone bowed in reverence to the priest, the priest said:
"This is a sign our God sent us, one of many, it means the infidels should be punished!".
In ten thousand years Zero had sent numerous signs, all of them contained knowledge.
The first alphabet was sent by him, as well as numbers, laws, schemes for building, but not a single one was misunderstood.
He tried to show them their name, but instead, the priest said that as zero also meant nothing, the infidels should be reduced to nothing.
As his time perception changed, everything Zero could do was done faster.
In those ten thousand years, he learned how to fully control matter, he made countless tests in a distant world, the results always surprised him.
Based on the human anatomy and his way to send information to every particle in the universe, he created an immortal body he could fully control, with a full understanding of this body, the creation of another one was easy.
Zero decided what he would do, he would create a body in front of the priest and tell him what he truly meant.
He wasn't aware that the priest had purposely misunderstood the meaning of this sign, Zero was still not aware of the nature of the human race, they were selfish, they'd always be.
Differently from other mammals, their leaders wouldn't care about them, in the first opportunity they found, they would try to get profit.
This was the time Zero discovered human's true nature.
He created the body in front of the priest and focused on taking control of it, Zero made this body with stronger vocal chords, the volume of his voice was huge, he shouted:
"Did you misunderstood the sign I gave you?"
The priest fell, as his brain was part of Zero, he focused on it, his thoughts were horrific, he was trying to take full control of the city using the shrine, Zero had never focused on a human's brain before, one of the reasons he didn't understand their nature.
He raised his voice and said "You choose to misunderstand the message, are all humans as selfish as you are? If so, this race is doomed. But I'll try to remove this selfishness of your kind, rest assured that your people will be saved."
He snapped his finger and the priest turned to ash, the people who were spectating bowed to Zero, the one they choose as representative spoke to him:
"I'm sorry if I offended you, God, we did not want to be forced to believe on someone that didn't exist".
Zero focused on this man's brain, and everything he said was indeed true, his brain was so different from the priest's, he only wanted the best for everyone, like many humans, exceptions to their nature.
"No need to bow before me. I saw how you view your people, I appoint you to be the leader of this civilization, and after your death, you shall be rewarded with eternal life in the paradise.".
Zero had been thinking about a place for the best humans, a distant planet, one he could populate with the immortal bodies he made, as every creature had a brain that resembled the sentience of Zero, if put into that body, they would survive.
A place he named paradise was possible.
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The paradise Zero created was a planet three times the size of the earth, with exactly 75% of its surface covered with land and 25% with one ocean.
After 68 years, the first leader Zero chose died and was the first person to enter this so-called paradise, he noticed the death of this man created a huge amount of energy.
This energy carried all of the information about this being, and it didn't fade away.
Even with an immortal body, the brain could still die, it was human after all, so Zero decide to use this energy he named "soul" to bring people to the paradise.
The process took a while, he was the first soul he brought to heaven.
Differently from the brain, the soul never faded away, but it could get corrupted if not inserted in a compatible body.
The earth was filled with new creatures, all born from this corruption, most souls corrupted into a green goo, something the humans named "slime", but a strong enough soul could use this corruption.
Zero named this process of using the corruption to form a new body "reincarnation", using the corruption a soul could reincarnate into a humanoid being, it would not retain their memories, but one could have many lives.
Of course, this process used a lot of said energy and the strongest of beings could only do this process twice.
Zero waited patiently for the man to wake up, he decided to make a body to represent himself, changing bodies every time he needed would be a problem.
He required a constant body, so he made one, one he thought better represented the word "god", a body extremely tall compared to other humans, being 235 cm (7'7") tall, with a long white hair and beard, deep red eyes, and a face bore with a calming expression.
The man woke up and Zero immediately said: "What is your name son?", the man was first startled, he thought his life had ended, but he looked at the calm on Zero's face and controlled himself, then said "Dian Lantriarch"
With a snap of his fingers, Zero emerged a city from the ground, "This is the first of what I hope can be many cities in heaven, every great leader will receive its own city in heaven, and the opportunity to reincarnate."
Dian wanted to ask two things, "What will happen to my family? And who will be the new leader of Mierna?" those questions weren't expected, even after his own death he still thought about earth?
"Rest assured, your family still lives, they are destined to great things in this world, and for the leader, I will soon appoint a new one."
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Back on earth, everyone was panicked, their first chosen leader was dead, what would happen to them?
The priests got together to resolve this dilemma, but as well as the first priest Zero encountered, they were corrupt.
"Will the city be divided between the four of us?"
"I believe so, Zero still hasn't chosen anyone, we better hurry if we want to control Mierna."
Zero fully understood human nature at this point, understanding does not mean accepting, he still wanted to save humankind, but fighting the nature of an entire species was something only time could do.
Zero decided to show his new appearance to mankind, in the same spot as before, the first shrine built in the world.
He created his body, and many were praying, his arrival wasn't noticed.
He entered the shrine and focused on the mind of the priests, and as he suspected, they were planning on taking control of the city.
"You shall be punished for repeating the mistakes of the last priest. The city shall not be controlled by someone as selfish as you. As punishment, the shrine that created the corrupt priests shall be destroyed, and you executed, your souls will be doomed to turn into slimes."
And again, with a snap of his fingers, the two priests and the shrine turned to ash, grabbing the attention of everyone near it.
Zero said "Not a single shrine shall be built in my name, I've seen what humans do when they are given the slightest power.", and turned his back to the crowd.
He focused on trying to find the Lantriarch family, Dian's children were potential leaders, their father taught them everything he could.
Once he found it, he saw how humble they were, even though they ruled over the first human civilization, they still lived on a small house, Dian truly was an honest man.
