Chapter 48: Unexpected Events Always Happen

The Art of the Great can be considered idealistic because its essence is the manifestation of thoughts after communicating with the planet, a process that undoubtedly cannot be achieved simply by speaking or having random thoughts in one’s mind.

Except for a few individuals closely connected to the planet and possessing strong spirits and exceptional talents, users of the Art of the Great usually rely on the collective zeitgeist. Only through the cognitive mapping of a group can the corresponding laws be clearly established within the planet and reflected back.

Otherwise, the Edenites would have evolved into an omnipotent great race over millennia.

In some ways, it’s even more troublesome than scientific technology, as with science, even if others don’t believe or agree, the method of verification remains, producing the same results no matter how many times it’s repeated.

But the Art of the Great is different. If a genius invents something powerful but contrary to the current civilization’s understanding, it remains merely a personal, fleeting miracle unless the genius can find a way to convince others.

The difference between individual and communal Art of the Great is that the former often cannot leave a long-term imprint within the planet, quickly fading with the normal cycle of change, while the latter, once anchored, can exist semi-permanently and is hard to modify, providing a stable foundation for successors to build upon.

For example, the Edenites first discovered that plants grow from seeds, anchoring this as a law, then added the law that the growth patterns of plants can be influenced, eventually leading to the current practice of using planting to replace many construction and production tasks.

However, someone previously threatened by a goddess to turn gold and gems into dirt did not have such a deep understanding, hence being bluffed.

Returning to the present.

Mimicking the form and intent of animals to create equipment grants corresponding powers.

Adam used the influence of the Progenitor to forcibly establish a law not yet fully accepted or associated, as mentioned at the end of the last chapter, which would fade without Adam’s presence, accurately speaking, as soon as he shifts his “attention.”

Clearly, once people realize the law is ineffective, doubt will lead the already unstable anchoring towards collapse, and the worst outcome could deny this path, making it impossible to establish similar laws in the future.

But time is of the essence.

Even walking a tightrope must be done to achieve enough firm belief among a sufficient number of people.

Watching Jacob and Naram spar back and forth, hearing the encouragement for Naram around him, Adam sighed.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly.

Just as Adam thought this and was about to conclude, an unexpected event occurred.

“Naram, you can stop now… Naram?”

Jacob, who kept dodging increasingly fierce and lethal scythe strikes, frowned, realizing the issue around the same time as Adam, the direct participant.

The young man, who had been occasionally speaking, fell into a strange silence.

When he spoke again, his voice resembled more the roar of a dinosaur than human speech.

It was a sound once very familiar to the Edenites of the past but very foreign to the contemporary Edenites.

Originating from untamed… or rather, unenlightened dinosaurs, the wildness inherent in beasts, animals, and dragon kinds, along with the hunting instinct, surged into the wearer, Naram.

This should not have happened.

All the equipment’s blueprint prototypes were companions of the Edenites, dinosaurs that went to paradise and returned to the outside world with the Edenites, evolving together.

Their wildness had become as diluted as their sense of hunger.

After all, the best dinosaurs in El-Neim could speak Edenic.

“I got careless because Jacob had no issues… Damn, I’m still an amateur; I should have prepared for this.”

Adam cursed under his breath, then stepped between Jacob and Naram, looking at the young Sumerian man whose eyes lost their luster and whose breathing became rapid.

So, this is it?

With Tiamat’s awakening, the absorbed wraiths began to gradually affect the Edenites’ dinosaurs, which were originally their kind. Denying this, like not directly intervening in the Mesopotamian war, would strengthen the “difference” held by the other party.

Acceptance and overcoming were the only options.

Adam snapped his fingers a few times.

Like an alarm bell, the sound pierced into Naram’s mind, allowing him to awaken from the frenzy dominated by wildness.

He looked around bewilderedly, as if unaware of what had happened.

Adam stepped forward, addressing the crowd before unrest could spread.

“This concludes the demonstration. As often emphasized, nothing is perfect without flaws, and the equipment just demonstrated is a method for you to quickly gain the power to confront the divine army. However, it has side effects, as you’ve seen.”

Adam acknowledged the flaw but framed it as not unexpected.

He wasn’t unwilling to admit mistakes, but he needed to ensure the zeitgeist spread as planned.

If it came to improvisation, he could probably outperform those who summoned three heroic spirits.

Even with unexpected events, he could still turn the situation around, even using it to introduce the next topic.

“From today, we officially start recruiting and training the army of Larlag. If, knowing the difficulties, you still have the resolve to correct the injustices of this world, to stop those who claim superiority from taking everything from you, then sign up. We will train you, using discipline and will to tame seemingly uncontrollable powers. When you can harness the wildness that has persisted since ancient times, you truly qualify for the next stage… the stage where the Edenites stand.”

Different from the original history, at least for Larlag, centuries of contact with the Edenites gave them the space to pursue spiritual realization.

Moreover, Adam seized their greatest desire or ambition.

To become beings equal to the Edenites.

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