Cain Laurifer (II)

[Bip... Scanning host.]

The A.I. Chip deployed a stream of information in front of Cain's eyes two minutes later. It was like a virtual screen that only he could see.

[Scanning completed.

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Name: Cain Laurifer

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Stats:

-Strength: 0.8

-Vitality: 1.1

-Agility: 0.9

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Note: The host presents multiple internal injuries. The two lower left ribs have fractures, and there is also internal bleeding and torn muscles. There is no direct threat to the host's life at this moment.

Suggestion: Seek medical attention immediately.]

The A.I. Chip that Cain had used was nothing special. All children have one implanted in their brains during their infancy. While extremely practical in day-to-day life, their computational abilities were not impressive.

Cain only shook his head as he heard the A.I. Chip's suggestion. He barely had enough money to eat and pay the rent, so while the hospital's installations would help him heal his wounds in minutes, he could not afford it.

The youth went to a cabinet and took a bottle of pills with 'Soldier Drugs' written on the label. After taking a couple, the expression on his face eased as he felt the pain diminishing.

'Father's Soldier Drugs' are impressive. However, it makes sense for them to have such a fantastic effect on me since the drugs are for Wave Warriors, and I am yet to enter Level 1.'

Cain sighed as he thought about his lack of talent but did not let those emotions bother him for long. He could not do much until his wound healed, so he began to look through the house for something to do, and his eyes fell on a small bookshelf.

Only three books were on that shelf, but each was in pristine condition. While the A.I. Chip digitalized the information long ago, Cain enjoyed reading those solid books as he found it relaxing.

The three books were History of Godslayer Humankind, Introduction to Wave Cultivation, and Soldier Military Manual. Cain's father obtained those books during his time in the Imperial Military Force, and while they were not precisely valuable, a commoner would find it very hard to get them.

Cain took the first book, History of Godslayer Humankind, and began to read it with an excited smile.

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Humans lived on a small blue planet more than ten thousand years ago. It was the birthplace of humankind and granted all we needed for hundreds of thousands of years. Its original name was purposely forgotten through the ages and was now only known as Old World.

Unfortunately, due to humankind's greed and lack of control, we poisoned the Old World and made it uninhabitable.

As the planet reached its end, many of the brightest human minds saw a path to survival in the stars, leaving our ancestral home for a new world.

However, one man, one absolute genius, did not look into the stars for salvation and instead put all his effort into an even more daring path. Using his immense wisdom, he created a portal into a new dimension.

At first, the leaders of humankind were thrilled with that discovery. After all, the path to the stars would only allow a few to survive, while that new dimension was much easier to access.

Sadly, humankind did not enjoy that happiness for long.

A team of soldiers and scientists were the first to cross the portal. Their mission was to explore the new dimension and see how hard it could be to terraform it and establish the first human settlement.

Less than half an hour after the human expedition crossed the portal, a horrible monster attacked and decimated them.

Things went from bad to worse as the monster crossed the portal and lay havoc in the Old World. Thousands perished before the military finally managed to end the creature's life.

Not even a day after that, the leaders of humankind commanded the armies to shut down the portal and destroy all research about it so that catastrophe would not happen again.

As for the great genius behind it, he went from a hero to a sinner. Some humankind leaders wanted to incarcerate him, while others demanded even harsher sanctions.

However, that great man refused to give up on his dream. He saw in that horrible creature capable of fighting entire armies not only a path to survival but something much greater.

Before humankind leaders could use him as a propaganda tool to further their agendas, he crossed the portal into the new dimension.

People thought the man had gone crazy, and since there was no way he could survive in that dimension, everybody gradually forgot about him.

Ten years later, as the Old World reached a precarious period and civilization was about to crumble, the great genius returned.

Not only did he survive a decade in the other dimension with all those monsters, but he had obtained supernatural abilities. He could fly, destroy tanks with his bare hands, and even endure the explosions of bombs point-blank without suffering any damage.

He informed the people of the Old World about the force that permeated the new dimension named Wave. It was an incredible power that would allow humankind to grow stronger and expand their lifespan.

The new dimension was full of danger, but it was also heaven. Humankind could be fearful, but if there was a word that described our essence, it was greed.

A new world where we could gain supernatural powers and have the chance to obtain immortality. The masses immediately rallied behind the great genius, but things got complicated soon.

Humankind leaders saw the dangers of that dimension. How could they control people with supernatural powers capable of decimating their armies? They enforced harsh laws, so those trusted by them would be the first to benefit from the new dimension.

Those actions would harm humankind as a whole but benefit those politicians and leaders, so they did not hesitate to take that path.

Unfortunately, they failed to understand how much that great genius had changed after returning. When the man saw those leaders' plans, he acted fast and without mercy.

Thousands perished in less than a week, and the entirety of humankind fell under his control.

That massacre transformed that man into the Emperor of Humankind.