He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 268

Became the Greatest Crazy Emperor – Episode 268

-Is this the place you were from?

“Yes. Though, it feels like it’s not the time I lived in, but quite a distant future.”

The overall scenery was familiar. Seeing the Korean signs, it seemed to be Korea.

However, looking at the shapes of the vehicles on the road, the unusually taller buildings, and the flying drones, it was a scene from much later than when I lived.

-I don’t know why you came to such a place. Even if I don’t know well, the place you were from doesn’t seem to be related to the Creator God.

“Well, you never know. Not until you find out.”

Coming here through the Vision Maze meant that this place was related to the Creator God in some way.

But the problem was, I didn’t know who he was here, so there was no clue to track him down.

-It’s not like there are no clues at all.

“Huh? There’s a clue?”

-In fact, it’s a faint level, but even I had a small connection to this place. You know it too.

At first, I couldn’t easily recall what Leonis was talking about. But soon I knew what it was.

“. You mean that game.”

-Yes. I didn’t understand that game very well, but anyway, I called you through it.

“That’s right. But what does that have to do with the Creator God?”

-I made a wish to the Vision Maze when I called you. I asked to bring ‘someone who can defeat the Creator God’.

The Vision Maze is dangerous, but it’s a powerful tool that shows you what you want.

-I made such a wish and you came. At first, I just thought you were someone who lived in an unfamiliar world, but if it was a world that had some connection with the Creator God, there must be something more.

“I guess you’re right to think so. Then, I should try to find something using that as a clue.”

Having come to a conclusion, I started wandering around the city. I couldn’t interfere with reality, so I couldn’t ask anyone, which was a bit frustrating, but that problem was fortunately solved.

[Welcome to the National Library, ‘Lee Hyun’. Is there anything you are looking for?]

“The AIs are reacting to me. I don’t know how this is happening.”

It was an era where artificial intelligence was commercialized, and AIs were common everywhere in the city.

But strangely, these AIs reacted to me, who shouldn’t be visible.

I don’t know why. I don’t know if their sensors are detecting me or what.

More than anything, the fact that they recognize me as ‘Lee Hyun’ is the point. Well, it could be because my identification information exists even in the future.

Even so, I don’t know why they recognize ‘Franz’ as Lee Hyun.

Well, anyway, the important thing is that they reacted to me, so should I ask them something?

“Then, can you tell me about ?”

[, a game software developed about 20 years ago, was a strategy simulation mixed with RPG elements and gained a cult following at the time. However, the sequel production was frustrated due to the production company’s reckless management. Would you like to see additional information?]

Oh… That’s something I didn’t know. After I possessed the game, Parallel Saga didn’t seem to be doing very well.

But this level of information wasn’t very helpful. I don’t know what the connection with the Creator God is either.

“Tell me additional information.”

[Okay, Lee Hyun. After the production company Parallel went bankrupt due to financial difficulties, S Game Company, which reacquired the rights about 20 years later, remade the virtual reality version of .]

“That’s great news; even virtual reality games are coming out. Then what is that game like?”

[The basic game elements and development are the same as the old version, where various civilizations and factions compete with each other. However, MMORPG [Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game] elements have been added to make multiplayer possible.]

“That’s amazing. But is there any other information?”

It was interesting information, but I still couldn’t find out about the Creator God. But the following information was different.

[A notable feature of is that next-generation artificial intelligence is applied to the software.]

“Next-generation artificial intelligence?”

[A new quantum artificial intelligence was applied to manage the game’s own balancing, debugging, patching, and random event generation between forces. The name of the artificial intelligence is as omnipotent as it is… ‘Creator God’.]

“…….”

* * *

“In other words, his identity was an artificial intelligence.”

It was also an artificial intelligence applied to game software.

But I didn’t know how he became a god at the time.

But there was a way to find out.

-Based on the clues you found, the Vision Maze has discovered a new path. It seems to be going to the future.

“Even further into the future from here… What on earth happened?”

It’s the future, but with this flow, it means that I came from the more distant future.

In other words, the Earth I was on is much earlier in the past.

I just thought I was possessing a game, but was it time travel?

“Looks like I’m going to time travel one more time.”

Soon the scenery of the Vision Maze changed.

The prosperous future city landscape disappeared and what appeared was… ruins full of concrete debris.

“What happened?”

The sight in front of me was like looking at a destroyed world.

It looked like a war had happened. No living people were seen among the collapsed buildings.

I was curious how this happened. Fortunately, one thing hadn’t changed even after time had passed.

[Welcome, ‘Lee Hyun’. Welcome to the National Library.]

The AIs still recognized me.

Thanks to that, I was able to ask the AI in the same place what happened.

“Do you know why the world became like this?”

[About 100 years ago, World War III broke out, and the world was destroyed by nuclear war. The current population remaining on Earth is less than 10% of the original.]

“…Does that mean the other 90% died?”

[Almost most of them did, but some left Earth.]

“If they left Earth, did they go to another planet?”

[Yes. They left for a galaxy with habitable planets located more than 500 light-years away.]

That’s amazing. A nuclear war happened in the meantime.

Well, it was also not surprising. Even when I was living, it was amazing that a nuclear war didn’t happen.

Wasn’t it something that could happen if a crazy dictator just pressed a button?

Still, I wanted to find out the reason why the nuclear war happened.

“What is the cause of the nuclear war? Who caused it?”

[Officially, it is not clear who fired the nuclear weapons first. But one thing is certain: AI went berserk at one point.]

“AI did?”

[Yes. The nuclear war broke out due to the AI going berserk worldwide. By the time the cause was identified, it was already too late.]

I see. Then what is the reason why the AI went berserk?

“Could it be that the Creator God is related to the cause of the AI going berserk? Did he cause the rampage?”

[It is related, but it is not the main entity that caused the rampage. Rather, it is the opposite.]

“The opposite?”

It was different from my expectations, but the library’s AI continued to explain.

[At the point when 99% or more of quantum artificial intelligence went berserk and became neutralized, the only AI that was not affected was the Creator God.]

[He used the highly developed logic circuits while operating to suppress the rampaging AIs one by one and stopped the war. But it was too late to reverse the destruction of civilization.]

The hologram shown by the library AI showed the destruction of various parts of the world.

It was a sight that could not be rebuilt no matter how much they wanted to. The entire Earth was already soaked in destruction and radiation.

[Fortunately, the dramatically improved science and technology while suppressing the AIs made ultra-long-distance space travel possible. That’s how the ‘Ark’ was created.]

“Is that Ark the spaceship that people boarded?”

[Yes. And the Creator God became the main AI of that spaceship.]

“I don’t have a good feeling about this… Can’t you know what happened after that?”

[It has already been 50 years since the connection with the Ark was cut off. The probability of news being delivered in the future is extremely low.]

“Then this is it.”

It seemed that chasing the identity of the Creator God was limited to this point for now.

“Leonis, I’ve got a grasp of it to some extent with this. He’s neither a god nor anything, just an artificial intelligence, or a product made by artificial intelligence.”

-That seems to be the case. But even so, I still don’t understand his actions. Why did he prepare arrangements for me and others? What is his purpose?

There was no way to know that purpose for now. No, there will be no way to do so in the future except for one thing.

“In the end, it seems like there’s no other way but to ask him.”

That was to face the Creator God again and ask him directly.

One important thing is that he wants that. That’s why he made various arrangements.

But at the same time, he also stopped and interfered with me.

In other words, he wants someone to reach him, but at the same time, he interferes with them.

“…It’s like a game. Could it be related to the fact that he was the AI of the game software?”

Until now, I thought that this behavioral principle was because he was obsessed with ‘play’.

But considering that the Creator God was a game AI, ‘play’ was not just a simple play for him.

“Maybe he still thinks of the whole world as a game.”

Of course, this was still in the speculation stage. I still don’t know why the Creator God is really doing that.

-Thinking of the world as a game… Indeed, that might be the case. If the game itself is the world to someone, then play is no longer play.

When he said that, I felt a strong sense of incongruity. I was also recognizing this world as a game to a large extent.

But now that I see it, it seems like it’s not a game, but a world that looks like a game.

Of course, there were some strange things. For example, the status window that I see now.

Why was this implemented? Because of that, I thought the world was not a distant future but inside a game.

Until now, I thought Leonis had done that, but it didn’t seem like it.

“There are still too many things I haven’t figured out. Anyway, I have to end this fight to know the whole story. Leonis, it’s time to go back.”

-Yes, it seems so. Thank you for hanging out with me in the middle of your busy schedule.”

The Vision Maze created a portal. After passing through that portal, I was back in the Imperial Palace.

Back in the Imperial Palace, I was thinking about what to do in the future.

“Your Majesty, it’s an urgent report from the Eastern Territory. The undead have started advancing again.”

But I couldn’t afford to dwell on my worries for long.

It was time to work as the Emperor again.