Chapter 3:

Ephemeral Epiphany

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The scene before Vinci was something that he had never seen before.

Even from the various dimensional worlds that he had traveled to, none could compare to the scene before him. There were folks sitting in metal objects that floated in mid air as they glided across the floor. The buildings had hundreds of glass windows and seemed to stretch into the Heaven itself. The people wore elegant clothings of seemingly fine silk and cotton, and each one were eye-catching in their own fashion. The colors of their outwear were simply too diverse that it made Vinci feel a bit nausea as he tried to track each one of them.

What’s more, even though the boy had appeared out of an abandoned building so suddenly, not one person even took a glance at him. They were all busy scurrying around towards their destination.

The streets were filled with loud noises as people walked, laughed, yelled, and screamed their way through the busy setting. The metallic objects made deafening noises as they honked at each other. Vinci was temporarily overwhelmed by the scene before him, but he refocused himself as he began to search for an informational outlet.

He asked a nearby female inhabitant as to where to he could find such source, and the lady directed him to a large dome building. She called it the “World Library Center for Learning & Advancement” and said that he would be able to find every and any information he needed.

As the boy entered the building he passed through a two black slab-like objects stationed at each side. On the side of the object read “Metal Detector Series 0275.” Once through, Vinci was delighted to find that there seemed to be an endless supply of books stored in the shelves that seemed to stretch towards the ceiling. He quickly asked a man who sat behind a brown desk about where he could find information about the world. Vinci was then given several books in regard to what he asked for. Faintly smiling, the boy opened the first book, “Earth’s History, Culture, & Progress”, and began to read…

-5 minutes later (in terms of Earthian Sphere’s sense of time)-

“Hmm...so those metallic floating objects are what the inhabitants of this sphere called “anti-gravity cars”...the tall buildings are what they deemed as “skyscrapers”... and those fascinating outfits are what everyone term as “fashion” huh…”

Vinci was mumbling his conclusions after he had finished reading the books. Well, to say “read” would actually be a lie. It’ll be more accurate to say that he “absorbed” the books’ knowledge. He simply placed his hand on top of the books as the informations began to rapidly flow into his head.

This was all due to his ability: «Kami’s Mind»

«Kami’s Mind»:

An ability that grants its user with keen insights, universal language comprehension, a godly body, and a monstrous learning potential. This meant that anything could be learned by the user upon he or she placing their hands, or any part of their body, upon the said “learning material.” The knowledge would instantly be replicated and transferred to the user's mind and they would be able to utilize the knowledge however they desire with perfection. This is not limited to simple information, but also martial techniques, magics, or any type of arts. Once the wisdoms are absorbed it will be permanently etched into the user’s mind. There are no adverse effects and no cap on the amount of knowledge the user can hold. Moreover, the user’s body will change accordingly to host the new knowledge For example, if one were to learn a Grand-level magic spell, the ability will make it so that your body will be able to have the capacity to learn it. In this sense, every time the user learns something, their aptitude and capacity increases dramatically. This is truly an ability that may rival even the mythical gods since if one were to, per say, meet such beings and touch them, they would instantly gain unimaginable powers. Even if not, this ability is already a monstrous cheat in the realms of mortal and worldly dimensions.

Due to Vinci’s ability, he was able to easily and rapidly grasp information and power in whichever world he was in. Moreover, this ability allows him to carry over the power he had cultivated in his previous adventures thus making him into a monster regardless of which sphere he was thrown into.

Even now, Vinci could unleash his deadly power on this world but he was not one to be rash. In fact, after an accident on a dimensional world called Nether Sphere where he almost died from arrogantly displaying his powers in front of thousands of mythical creatures that inhabited that world, he became extremely cautious.

That’s because it was fact that he could die. He was not immortal. No matter how much knowledge and strength he gained, if he was shot through the heart or experience any fatal injuries, he would by all means, die. And thus, he decided from that point on to fully comprehend the world he was in before planning to take over it. After All, with his ability it wouldn't take that long and as of now, there are no signs from the black screen that says he has to conquer a world before a certain deadline.

After Vinci had placed all the books back to their respective shelves, he thanked the man, who he found out was what the people called “librarians” gatekeepers of knowledges, before rushing over to another room that was filled with cubic objects that sat on long rows of brown tables.

These cubes are called “computers” and they were massive bulks of precious informations. As Vinci walked towards a computer he noticed that the screen was on. It displayed the word “Googole” with an empty rectangular box under it. Seeing this, the boy’s eyes lit up with delight. If he remembered correctly, this screen is called a “webpage” and the page displayed is what people would refer to as the largest information search engine on this planet. In other words, an enormous amount of data.

Without a second to waste, Vinci hurriedly placed his hand on the screen and moments later, his eyes widen in surprise as a ridiculous flood of information attacked his brain.

“W-what is this...amazing...this amount of information far surpasses those that I had gained from the other spheres...haha...this is so incredible that it’s almost scary.…”

Vinici could only patiently look at the screen in awe as the knowledge continued to flow into him, showing little signs of stopping.

After nearly four hours, the information was finally finished loading into Vinci. As Vinici slowly glanced around him, his lips gently curved upward into a smile. He now has the entire knowledge of this sphere, in which these inhabitants called “humans”, named “Earth.” It seems that the reason why he was able to understand this world so quickly was due to the enormous information network called “internet.” Because almost everything is placed in this cyber network, it was quite easy to fully grasp an understanding of exactly how Earth was like.

And it was truly a place far from the True World.

As Vinici reviewed the information he gained about this sphere, he could only wryly smile as he realized it might be more difficult to conquer than he had originally imagined it to be...

To be continued...