The Creators: From Night City

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"Let's check the tickets," Azure Vision said, scribbling with a quill pen as if registering something.

"ticket?"

"Just put your hand on it."

Jiang Bingyi did as he was told.

A pale golden light shimmered from the point of contact, gradually dyeing Jiang Bing's entire body golden.

The next moment, a system notification sound suddenly rang out.

System notification: This terminal has been connected to the seventh crystal wall host interface, number MSZ-7855141, and is transmitting verification information.

Currently undergoing qualification review.

Locating the [Cartography Room].

Login to candidate information and receive exam eligibility certificate.

Location found... Transmitting...

Chapter 529 Cartography Room and Cartographers

While it's described as traveling by 'boat,' this is merely a broad and concrete description. In reality, Jiang Bing's arrival at the [Cartography Room] was as fast as teleportation.

Basically, in the blink of an eye, you find yourself on a flat wasteland.

Before him lay an endless array of magnificent stars, floating and arranged, stretching to the very edge of his vision.

Of course, that's not entirely accurate. Those planets, each larger than the moon, are actually giant bookshelves, like brass bookshelves, neatly arranged in rows, slowly rotating around the wasteland where Jiang Bing stands.

The place where Jiang Bing was standing was not a wasteland, but a table.

"The bookshelves are made of 'orogen bronze,' not brass." A booming voice rang out from above Jiang Bing's head, causing him to involuntarily look up.

He saw a sky full of stars, and three great suns that were like fixed stars.

Or rather, the eyes of a great being.

The voice came from a giant made of morning starlight, towering to the sky and so large that Jiang Bing could not see its full appearance even with his eyes strained.

How big can the other side actually be?

you could put it that way.

Jiang Bing was standing on the drafting table where the other party was working. Jiang Bing could not see the end of the table with his current eyesight, which meant that if the table was flat enough, its area would be at least as large as the entire Eurasian continent combined.

This is just the other person's workstation.

To be honest, Jiang Bing had seen enormous 'great beings' before. The Father of the Oak was so large that it could lift up an entire plane, but he had only seen it in images and had never experienced it in person.

Only when Jiang Bing stands before such a magnificent being will he truly understand the value of 'great being'.

"The Creator!" In this situation, he couldn't help but think of this term.

"No, don't talk nonsense, it's not true."

The second sentence came from beside Jiang Bing.

The 'craftsman apprentice' quickly turned around, only to see a ball of light standing beside him, bright enough to blind him.

"Too bright? Wait a minute, let me adjust it. The previous candidate was of the Brilliant race; if I don't brighten it up, it'll be blind."

This 'great being', like the Azure Vision, possesses the characteristic of 'knowing everything that has a thought.' Jiang Bing only complained about the other party's brightness in his heart before the other party immediately noticed.

However, it must be said that this 'great' being was unusually easy-going.

As the other party finished speaking, the light surrounding them quickly dimmed, soon revealing their true form.

Because of its enormous size, it was difficult to get a full view of it. Only after the other party's body was exactly the same as Jiang Bing's did the 'apprentice craftsman' realize that the other party was not a Dawn Giant. On the contrary, the whole body was rather thin. Although it was humanoid, its torso was very long and it had four arms. Its skin was also made of leather-like material, and its facial features were slightly beast-like. Apart from its eyes, it also had an eye on its forehead.

“I am the ‘cartographer’ of this era, and also the junior examiner for the creation of pillar pathway titles. Just call me Acacia.”

Jiang Bing, the apprentice craftsman, quickly replied.

"Hello, Jiang Bing." The examiner was indeed very kind. He conjured a document from thin air and handed it to Jiang Bing, while chatting with him casually. The atmosphere was so relaxed that it didn't feel like a professional assessment for those who could eventually be promoted to the Creator. It was more like a driving instructor demonstrating a car and casually chatting with the student.

"Primordial humans are not very common these days. After all, you've kept the 'door' closed for tens of thousands of epochs. It's not easy to see you outside normally. I'm almost off work, and I've only met you once in this epoch."

Jiang Bing was already mentally overwhelmed when he suddenly saw the "Authorization Form for Reviewing Candidate Backgrounds" written in simplified Chinese on the document in this situation. Then, when he heard the other party rambling on and on about such a large amount of information, he almost had a brain overload on the spot.

"The Primordial Human Race?" He flipped through the clauses in the document, curiously pressing for information from the other party's words.

"Hmm~?" Unexpectedly, Acacia was quite surprised by his question. He blinked his three eyes and suddenly let out a soft exclamation.

"Not the Primordial Humans of the Primordial World?" Acacia asked with the same astonishment as seeing a polar bear in Antarctica.

"Have you signed the authorization form? Let me see it." Seeing something unusual, He quickly urged Jiang Bing to sign the "Authorization Form for Access to Candidate Background Information" so that he could quickly access the file and answer his questions.

There was nothing wrong with the authorization letter, nor were there any unfair terms, so Jiang Bing readily signed it.

Of course, although it is called an authorization letter, it will actually be more like a notification. Its purpose is to inform the signatory that the organization wants to see your file and to let you know.

Acacia, like a civil servant who must strictly abide by rules and regulations, immediately reached out excitedly to beckon the authorization letter over and file it after seeing Jiang Bing sign it.

Upon receiving authorization, He immediately extended his two uppermost hands and began to access Jiang Bing's 'file'.

As he waved his hands, the bronze bookshelves, like stars, began to spin violently.

Some bookshelves extend outwards, while others converge inwards, but most of the rows of bookshelves still spread outwards towards the endless starry sky, revealing the scenery that was previously obscured by these 'ostrich' bookshelves.

Outside was a galaxy resembling the Milky Way, with countless stars arranged densely in the dark void, their number unknown but clearly uncountable.

The figure of the Morning Star Giant reappeared. He reached out and summoned a star from the endless galaxy. When it floated in front of the 'cartography table', it had transformed into a bookshelf made of a star-shaped metal that resembled a dazzling crystal.

“Found it.” Acacia, in her giant form, reached out and took a 'file' from a bookshelf the size of a star. Then, she transformed into a streak of light, shrank, and disappeared into Acacia’s hand, which was standing in front of Jiang Bing.

The other party made no attempt to conceal the file, but Jiang Bing still couldn't discern any information from it.

Simply because his 'file' was an ancient-looking clay tablet.

"Haha, found you! I didn't expect you to be from the same hometown as the boss. I have to say, you're really a hidden talent. Why didn't you say so earlier?" This person, who is clearly a 'great being' who can pluck stars from the sky with a wave of his hand, speaks in a style that is exactly like a seasoned veteran in the civil service. It has to be said, the contrast between his and the other person is horribly jarring.

"Boss?" "Fellow townsman?" "Relationship?" Jiang Bing asked one question after another.

Chapter 530 Official Conversion Ceremony

However, Acacia seemed not to hear the question, and was only focused on flipping through Jiang Bing's 'file', without any intention of answering.

Perhaps He cannot answer these questions right now.

Acacia reviewed an immeasurable amount of information in a short time in a way that was incomprehensible to mortals, and then tossed the clay tablet back into the hands of the Morning Star giant.

“The review is complete. You haven’t been to any area that intersects with the ‘other side’ at all, and there’s absolutely no need for a re-examination of the skewness.”

Although Jiang Bing didn't know the meaning of the terms the other person was using, it sounded like he had advanced to the next level.

“How is that possible?” Acacia interrupted Jiang Bing’s delusions.

"Although you went through the referral channel, the background check will be simplified at most. You still have to take the promotion exam yourself."

"Promotion ceremony?" Jiang Bing felt like he had a million questions.

"I'll update your permissions right away. Your training system will tell you the rest." Acacia is now truly going through the proper procedures.

The Morning Star Giant suddenly moved at His words, raising His hand to summon a light-forged warhammer, which slammed down on Jiang Bing's 'archive' stone slab with earth-shattering force.

This strike etched countless rays of light onto the stone slab.

As the Morning Star Giant placed the stone tablet back on the bookshelf, a message suddenly popped up in the Craftsman Training System.

System notification: You have completed the promotion qualification review and unlocked the casting knowledge related to the [Ether Furnace]. Please build your own [Ether Furnace] to officially complete the [Forger] promotion ceremony.

Displaying your personal attributes panel.

Name: Jiang Bing

Rank: [Forger (Awaiting Promotion)]

Job Level: 9 (99%)

Registered Residence: Planet Origin of Plane B33 (Earth)

Location: Seventh Plane [Cartography Room]

Existence strength: 23.6

Compositional strength: 25.3

Creator's Database Access Level: 1 (99%)

Number of Artisan Badges: 2613

Ether Furnace!

Jiang Bing stared at this 'great creation' with a complex expression. Its name was similar to another piece of knowledge in the Creator's database besides the 'Gate' series casting principles: the 'Etheric Essence Furnace Class IV Terminal'.

Compared to the simple function of the [Ether Refinement Furnace Class IV Terminal] in smelting ether from all things, the [Ether Furnace] has a much greater function.

After quickly understanding the knowledge transmitted to his mind by the craftsman training system, Jiang Bingfei quickly summarized its uses.

The function of the Ether Furnace is very simple: it can be used to spend ether to create all things in the world. Basically, as long as Jiang Bing understands the principle of its existence, he can consume ether to create and reproduce them.

Of course, it can also refine ether by calcining 'firewood', just like the [Ether Refinement Furnace Class IV Terminal], thereby increasing Jiang Bing's ether reserves.

After learning about the Ether Furnace, Jiang Bing immediately understood why casting it was the final step for an Apprentice Craftsman to advance to the Founder level.

To put it bluntly, it is the watershed between the divine and the mortal, a divine tool that truly and indiscriminately transforms knowledge into the power to intervene in reality, and proof that 'craftsmen' can truly be called followers of the 'original creator'.

Its existence can be considered as completely liberating the productivity of 'craftsmen'.

For example, as long as Jiang Bing fully understands the workings of a 'nuclear bomb' and has enough ether, he can 'forge' a large number of nuclear bombs in a short period of time.

This is also the main reason why the next promotion rank for [Craftsman Apprentice] is [Founder].

The construction of the Ether Furnace is very simple. You only need to use yourself as the furnace and draw in a flame to ignite it.

However, in a sense, the casting process of the Ether Furnace is extremely difficult.

Because the flame it requires is not something that can be lit by just finding some kindling; the flame here refers to 'divine fire' to some extent.

The process of lighting the furnace is also a kind of disguised process of lighting the divine fire.

In other words, Jiang Bing needs to find a 'flame' of a sufficiently high level, incorporate it into himself, and ignite the furnace.

But at the very least, where can you find a 'flame' of the same rank as 'divine fire'? He has neither a teacher nor an organization; he's a complete novice. Where is he supposed to find a 'flame' that meets his criteria?

Just as Jiang Bing was considering whether to try to gather faith to ignite the 'divine fire', he heard Acacia cough twice, which immediately caught Jiang Bing's attention.

Given the other party's status, even if they were sleeping in the frost that the Wild Hunt would avoid like the plague, they probably wouldn't even sneeze. How could they possibly cough for no reason?

“The choice of flame is crucial. While you don’t necessarily have to choose the most powerful flame, you must choose the one that best suits you. Trust me, this will save you a lot of trouble in the future,” Acacia advised patiently, speaking with the air of someone who had been there before.

Jiang Bing pondered the other person's words, but his eyes were fixed on the eye between the other person's forehead. He felt that the other person's eye seemed to be staring at some place around him, as if it was deliberately guiding him.

So he looked to his side in the direction of the other person's gaze, and just then he saw the [Key] floating to the side.

He suddenly realized that Acacia, the examiner, was practically just laying the answers out on the table for him to copy.

"Seriously, sir? You're so awesome, yet you're so low-key, okay?" Jiang Bing didn't think straight for a moment, forgetting that there was this true god beside him. Now that he realized it, even if he didn't have one, with countless planes in the myriad worlds, surely he could find a 'flame' that met the requirements?

Sorry, but the key is amazing. (JPG)

………………

He descended from beyond the realm.

Jiang Bing's arrival in this world was very strange. He did not descend directly to the mortal world, but instead, the [Key] led him to a bizarre and mysterious space.

Everything overlaps with each other, space is no longer fixed, but drifts and shifts randomly, time and space intertwine and become entangled, past, present, and future are no longer absolutely linear existences, and the rules that constitute the world have clearly loosened and collapsed.

“These worlds are on the verge of destruction, and the spacetime that forms the foundational rules is on the verge of collapse,” Heimer suddenly spoke in Jiang Bing’s consciousness.

As a member of the 'World Tree' race, it is undoubtedly an expert in the world of diseases.

Jiang Bing agreed with Heiml's deduction, because he had witnessed the destruction of this world firsthand.

Before him lay multiple timelines of the same place, ready for him to examine.

Chapter 531 The Decadent Era

There was a vast, dark, and barbaric era filled with flying dragons; there was also a warm era with the sun high in the sky, bright sunshine, and lush green grass; there was a prosperous era filled with human kingdoms and various mythical creatures coexisting; and there was also a decadent era where everything withered and the setting sun was like blood.