Infinite Chimera Creation

Chapter Ninety-Six: Pleasure

As we all know, the void is utterly silent. Even the deafening roar of a world's destruction cannot travel very far before being swallowed up by the surging tides of energy. Life is even more difficult to survive in the void, especially weaker life forms, which are assimilated into the most basic energy units the moment they are exposed to it.

But today, as if challenging this common sense, a girl who, apart from being stunningly beautiful, appeared perfectly unharmed in the void.

Having just stepped out of the world's barrier, the girl, seemingly still a little unaccustomed to it, stretched her body and then began to run through the void. Her target was a giant serpent coiled in the void, seemingly asleep. Compared to that serpent, which was several times larger than the world itself, the girl was not even a tiny speck of dust.

Despite having no special energy, the girl ran incredibly fast, reaching the giant python's enormous head in a very short time. Then, as if she were about to commit suicide, she began to pound hard on the python's head.

It's as ridiculous as a sleeping mammoth being awakened by a speck of dust, that a giant python, bigger than the world, actually woke up because of the actions of a human girl.

Suddenly opening its bright golden eyes, the giant python glanced impatiently at the girl, then opened its enormous mouth, which seemed capable of drinking rivers, and swallowed her whole.

The girl who was swallowed was not swallowed into the giant python's belly, but was teleported to a research room with four pale white walls the moment she entered the python's mouth.

"No matter how despicable you are, you are still a world consciousness. How could you be so stingy?"

Wearing a pristine white lab coat and intently operating complex experimental equipment, Yuan Yuan didn't even glance at him, speaking with a calm and cold sarcasm.

The girl, or rather, the world consciousness of the Inuyasha world, didn't care about Yuan Yuan's taunts. She walked a few steps to Yuan Yuan's side, curiously watching his hand movements while explaining with a smile.

"It's not stinginess, it's thrift. Although the energy required to create a body that can move freely in the void isn't much, my injuries haven't healed yet, and every bit of energy that can be used for healing is precious. It's really not worth using it to create a body that's not very useful. After all, Yuan Jun's main body is very close to my world. I only need to sacrifice a tiny bit of my will to temporarily suppress a small part of the void and send an ordinary human body over."

The world consciousness, now noticeably more human-like, shrugged and gave a big smile.

"After all, I created this body simply to facilitate communication with Yuan Jun. There's no difference between an ordinary human body and the body of a powerful being, is there?"

With a disgruntled pout, Yuan Yuan put down the experimental equipment in his hand, sized up the woman in front of him, raised an eyebrow, and asked,

"You've been using the female body more and more lately. Are you starting to develop a sense of gender?"

The girl shook her head, looking somewhat confused, and said...

"How should I put it? I don't think I've developed a so-called 'gender' yet. It's just that I feel my way of thinking is closer to that of females in humans, so when creating a vessel, I subconsciously create it in a female form."

Upon hearing the World Consciousness's words, Yuan Yuan frowned slightly and began to carefully observe the girl in front of him. She had fair, jade-like skin, a face that could easily be rated nine out of ten, a slightly petite body, and long black hair that reached her calves, then folded upwards to her head and then downwards again, a full three times her height—she was an absolute beauty.

Frowning, Yuan Yuan gave a mocking smirk.

"It will give itself a name, talk to acquaintances when it's bored, use a body that is becoming more and more feminine and more and more beautiful, and its world consciousness is beginning to resemble that of an ordinary being. Is this considered depravity or sublimation?"

Seemingly oblivious to the sarcasm in Yuan Yuan's words, she paused for a moment, using her girlish world consciousness to think, before replying seriously.

"I can't confirm whether it's sublimation or not, but I think it can't be degeneration. Because since the phenomenon that Yuan Jun mentioned appeared, well, to be precise, since my emotions have become richer, I've become more and more adept at manipulating my own power. I feel like I've become more complete."

Yuan Yuan had only made a casual sarcastic remark, but he was taken aback when the world's consciousness responded seriously, and with an answer he hadn't anticipated. He was momentarily stunned. However, Yuan Yuan quickly realized that this was important information he hadn't received before.

"The richer the emotions, the stronger the life. To become whole... to approach a normal life?"

Gently rubbing his temples, Yuan Yuan pondered the words of the world consciousness, a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Since the richer your emotions, the closer you are to a normal life form, the stronger you become. Furthermore, the most important aspects of a normal life form are survival and reproduction. You've already experienced the survival factor when you feared death. So… I happen to have all sorts of male life forms in my testing grounds. Why not take this opportunity to experience what it's like for a normal female life form to engage in reproductive activities? Perhaps there will be some unexpected gains. Of course, if you want to experience male pleasure, I can also provide you with a male body and a female mating partner."

Faced with Yuan Yuan's serious proposal, the World Consciousness also replied with a serious expression.

“I don’t think it’s necessary. As the world consciousness, my consciousness is enormous and, not to mention pure, this kind of primal pleasure based on the flesh has no effect on my consciousness at all.”

At this point, the world consciousness suddenly stopped, thought for about three seconds, and then continued,

"Compared to the primal physical pleasure, the spiritual pleasure derived from communication and learning is far more captivating to me. Especially when communicating with Yuan Jun, every word he says gives me a sense of pleasure that far surpasses physical pleasure."

In other words, it's like I give you an orgasm every time I say something? I'm really amazing, I admire myself even more now.

His eyes twitched, and Yuan Yuan swallowed the words that were already on the tip of his tongue. He picked up the experimental equipment again and forced a calm expression, saying...

"Although I'm very curious about the phenomenon you described, I still have experiments to conduct. So, you should go and discuss the topic of euphoria with others first."

As he spoke, Yuan Yuan took out a large ball of fluffy white fur that had no eyes or mouth from the experimental table, preparing to continue the interrupted experiment.

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Chapter 97 Mao Yu?

Although Yuan Yuan had clearly indicated that he wanted to see the guest out, the World Consciousness obviously didn't intend to leave. She directly squatted down opposite Yuan Yuan across the experimental table. Because the World Consciousness was currently using a relatively tall body, even when squatting, she could easily see the things on the experimental table.

Watching Yuan Yuan quickly slice the fur ball apart, the World Consciousness carefully sensed it for a moment, then said with a look of surprise,

"Yuan Jun, you are truly amazing. You managed to obtain something as rare as life essence."

Yuan Yuan, who had initially ignored the world's consciousness, paused, put down his experimental equipment, and asked with some curiosity,

"Life essence? You mean the rough jade in my hand? You recognize this thing? Tell me about it."

Seeing that the World Consciousness seemed to recognize Mao Yu, even Yuan Yuan couldn't help but feel a little excited. When he first saw Mao Yu at Yakumo's place, Yuan Yuan's intuition told him that this seemingly insignificant little life would be of great help to his future path.

However, Yuan Yuan encountered a major problem when studying this life form. Despite its seemingly simple nature, Yuan Yuan was unable to extract any information from it. After so long, Yuan Yuan's understanding of Mao Yu remained at the stage of visual observation: "It is covered with long, white hair that can be either hard or soft, and it has no external organs such as eyes, nose, or mouth. It can eat any substance."

If that were all, it wouldn't be difficult for Yuan Yuan. He had encountered a similar predicament when he was researching Yuno Gasai, who had become a Time God. However, he believed that he could solve the problem once he had some time.

However, what troubled Yuan Yuan was that these creatures, the Mao Yu, would die within a certain time if injured, no matter how minor the wound. In other words, each Mao Yu could only be used once when conducting analytical experiments that required live subjects.

What troubled Yuan Yuan the most was that the Mao Yu couldn't be rapidly and massively reproduced using methods like tissue culture and cell replication; they could only increase their numbers through natural reproduction. If it weren't for the fact that the natural reproduction rate of the Mao Yu wasn't too slow, barely keeping up with the experimental consumption, Yuan Yuan would probably already be asking Yakumo Yukari for a second batch of Mao Yu.

It seemed that knowing things that even Yuan Yuan didn't know pleased the World Consciousness, for she suddenly stood up, her face full of excitement.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell Yuan Jun everything I know."

Although the awakening period was short, the user had already learned about 80% of the human's habits and worldview. For example, before speaking about important matters, the user would clear their throat and cough twice to enhance the atmosphere.

"Ahem, now, Teacher Shiki's first private lesson is about to begin."

Claiming to be the world consciousness of the four seasons, it reached out and picked up the jade hairpin in front of Yuan Yuan, which had a cut on it and was bleeding slightly. With a flourish, it said…

"The primordial essence of life, also known as the 'hair jade' that Yuan Jun mentioned, is something irrational that would never appear in the normal world. It only appears when an accident occurs at the beginning of the world, preventing the birth of any life."

Although it may appear to exist in a physical form now, it cannot actually be called life. However, the amazing thing is that, given the right external environment, it can evolve into any form of life.

Yuan Yuan raised an eyebrow slightly, looking with interest at the furry bird that had already begun to lose its vital signs, and said,

"In other words, if this little thing is given the right stimulation, it could even become a life form with authority, or even a life form that transcends the world?"

The World Consciousness shook its head, looking mysterious, and wagged its index finger as it spoke.

"No, no, no, Yuan Jun, you still underestimate the role of the life essence. What you've described is only its most basic ability. You haven't even thought of its greatest ability yet."

Looking at the world consciousness before him, with one eye closed and a charming smile, seemingly saying, "Ask me, ask me, and I'll tell you," Yuan Yuan sneered and directly chose the path of linguistic violence to suppress it.

"If you don't speak within three seconds, I'm afraid my true form will have to go to your world to stretch my legs."

Upon hearing Yuan Yuan's words, the world's consciousness trembled. It was no joke; Yuan Yuan's true form was larger than his world, and he even possessed another world within his body. If Yuan Yuan were to actually descend his true form into his world, it would be equivalent to forcibly inserting a world into a smaller one. The only possible outcomes were either both worlds being destroyed simultaneously, or one of them being destroyed. No matter how one considered it, the world's consciousness didn't believe Yuan Yuan would seek self-destruction; therefore, the only thing that would be destroyed was his world.

If the world is destroyed, then the world's consciousness will naturally perish as well.

Immediately, the world's consciousness abandoned its air of mystery and hurriedly spoke.

“I’ll say it now, I’ll say it now. In fact, the primordial substance of life can not only give rise to organic life forms, elemental life, information life, shadow life, two-dimensional life, four-dimensional life, but it can also form any kind of life except for conceptual life.”

The more she spoke, the more cold sweat beaded on World Consciousness's forehead, because she noticed that as she explained, the light in Yuan Yuan's eyes grew brighter and brighter. That light, which wasn't real, gave her a blinding feeling, as well as a faint sense of danger.

Fortunately, Yuan Yuan quickly composed himself and regained his cold and rational state.

"Perfect timing. That idiot should be replenishing her madness in the eighteenth level of hell right now. I can have her deliver a message."

Muttering to himself, Yuan Yuan parted the white gap and peered inside. Sure enough, on the other side, he saw Rumia reading a comic book. Clearly, this idiot had chosen a gentler method—breathing in madness energy—that wouldn't trigger a shameful rampage.

Clearly, Yuan Yuan's sudden act of peeking half his body out from the white gap, which was very similar to Yakumo Yukari's behavior, startled Rumia. So much so that it took about half a minute for the girl, who no longer ate people, to stiffly greet him.

Yuan Yuan didn't mind, or rather, he was already used to Rumia's clumsiness. He nodded as a greeting and then got straight to the point.

"I need to speak with Yukari Yakumo. Tell her to come see me. Also, the rate at which the hairy orbs are being used up is faster than I expected. Tell her to send another one over. Anyway, those things are already rampant in Gensokyo, so she probably won't mind."

After saying that, without waiting for Rumia to react, Yuan Yuan nodded again as a farewell and retreated back into the laboratory.

"Hey, World Consciousness, no, Seasons, would you be interested in going with me to see some interesting things in a while? Consider it a thank you for telling me this information."

Chapter Ninety-Eight Conditions

Unlike their previous meeting in the bedroom, this time Yukari Yakumo and Yuan Yuan met in a slightly more formal living room. However, even in a formal setting, some shameless individuals would never be serious, such as a certain idle youkai who had lived for an unknown amount of time.

As if she had forgotten her previous hostile attitude towards Yuan Yuan, Yakumo Yukari still wore a wicked smile and spoke to Yuan Yuan in what seemed like flippant words.

"Did you call us here for something? Could it be... that you've missed us terribly since we haven't seen each other for months?"

Automatically filtering out Yakumo Yukari's shameless remarks, Yuan Yuan pointed to the stunningly beautiful woman sitting next to him, whose long, jet-black hair was three times her height, and said in a rather cold voice,

"Let me introduce you. This is Shiki, my partner whom I have booked. Shiki, and this is the youkai sage, Yakumo Yukari, a great youkai of the highest level, whom I told you about before."

Upon hearing Yuan Yuan's words, Yukari Yakumo's smile faltered slightly. From the use of the words "this one" and "this girl" in his introductions, Yukari could clearly discern Yuan Yuan's attitude towards her and Shiki. It was obvious that, for Yuan Yuan, Shiki was a closer friend than Yukari.

Meanwhile, the world consciousness, which Yuan Yuan referred to as the Four Seasons, stared intently at Yakumo Yukari, scrutinizing her closely. After all, in her world, the dominant life forms were humans and youkai, and the sudden appearance of a powerful youkai from another world was bound to pique her curiosity.

Perhaps it was Shiki's unrestrained gaze that made Yakumo Yukari frown slightly in disgust. Although she wouldn't actually harm Shiki because of Yuan Yuan, she wouldn't be a sage of youkai if she didn't punish him.

The moment Yakumo Yukari frowned, an immense pressure, so powerful it made Shiki tremble, descended upon her. In an instant, even the World Consciousness, supported by a vast soul, fell silent.

Three breaths later, Yukari Yakumo withdrew the pressure she had exerted on Shiki, and her world consciousness, which had been in a blank state, finally came back to normal.

Gasping for breath, Shiki's gaze towards Yakumo Yukari shifted from curiosity to astonishment. She never imagined that besides the powerful expert whose true form resembled Anka, Yuan Yuan had such a close connection with another powerful expert. When did so many powerful experts become capable of threatening the world's consciousness?

Yuan Yuan glanced indifferently at Shiki's intense reaction, took a sip of tea, and said nothing. On one hand, as a powerful figure, even if Yakumo Yukari was unreliable in front of familiar people, she still possessed her own authority, and she had the right to punish those who offended her. On the other hand, this was the situation he wanted to see. Although Shiki hadn't shown any intention to rebel against him so far, seemingly acting as his collaborator, it was still good to use Yakumo Yukari to give her a warning. Moreover, this opportunity could also make her understand that the number of absolute powerhouses was not small, and the number of lives that could threaten her was countless, effectively strengthening her resolve to break away from the world and follow Yuan Yuan.

Once Siji had calmed down and stopped breathing heavily, Yuan Yuan continued speaking.

"Thanks to the four seasons, my research on hairy jade has yielded preliminary results. Although these results alone are not enough to create the life you desire, I have a clue, or rather, a conjecture."

Instantly, a captivating radiance bloomed on Yukari Yakumo's face. The smile that blossomed from the joy in her heart dispelled even the fear of Shiki, who had just been frightened by her, and created a pleasing feeling.

However, this guy, who always had a cold expression, seemed completely oblivious to Yakumo Yukari's smile, showing no change in either his expression or tone.

"To verify my hypothesis, I need a large number of test subjects, not just a large number in the ordinary sense, but at least one test subject equal to a quarter of the total lifespan of a normal world. In addition, there is the need for various experimental environments. The most suitable method now is to find a suitable world directly and conduct experiments on a world-by-world basis."

At this point, Yuan Yuan paused for a moment, as if to give Yakumo Yukari time to think, before continuing,

“While a normal world would work, it would undoubtedly slow down the experiment. Even if you don’t care, I won’t allow my time to be wasted on things that can be avoided. So, I need a world that can speed up the experiment, but because of my limited experience, I’m not familiar with many worlds. Therefore, I’ll have to ask you to help me find a suitable world.”

Halfway through her conversation, Shiki was completely stunned. Although she had now relinquished the reserve and arrogance of being a world consciousness, in her heart, the world and world consciousness were still a very high-level existence. But now, in Yuan Yuan's words, how could these high-level things have become so worthless?

Despite her extremely strong reaction to the phrase "using the world as a testing ground" last time, Yukari Yakumo didn't react much this time when Yuan Yuan said he wanted to use the entire world for the experiment and asked her to help find a suitable world. After thinking for a while, she smiled and agreed.

This reaction surprised Yuan Yuan a little, as he had originally prepared to spend several hours persuading Yakumo Yukari.

However, it's certainly a good thing not to waste time.

With this in mind, Yuan Yuan began to explain to Yakumo Yukari the requirements of the world he needed.