Chaos and Order - A Multiverse Fanfic

Kai felt as if there were many of him inside his brain.

The Dark Scroll had enhanced his computing capabilities by 100%, but it was Ad Infinitum that boosted the entire thing to a nigh incomprehensible level.

Within his consciousness, a spherical, yellow nebula, full of stark white-yellow stars, bobbed up and down, rotating on its axis.

Unlike Kai's subconsciousness, the crystals in this Artificial Intelligence weren't arranged in a specific configuration, but he indeed felt a pattern to them.

They communicated with each other, provided feedback, stored information, and arrived at a unanimous conclusion.

All done irrespective of Kai's order, or will, but in his absolute favor.

The Ad Infinitum, because of Blue Spider Lily, was like cloning himself a thousand times over, taking out the brains of all the clones, and then fusing them into a mass of hideous perverseness.

A true Artificial Intelligence!

Kai had made extensive plans for his future, Verse Fusion World, Harry Potter World, and the Primordial Tower.

Fuck them, the AI concluded.

Kai hovered midair for a minute, the moon rising high in the sky.

Within this minute, all his plans had undergone major and minor changes.

Some even got discarded completely. Some ended up sending a shiver running down his spine, as old, forgotten memories rushed into his brain before being processed by the AI.

The corners of his mouth arched up.

Kai felt drunk on this power; this sheer ridiculousness of his thoughts.

He let himself fall, opened his eyes, and stood back up. With a passive glance, he looked at Cersei, Meg, Moraine, and Red Sun.

They turned their heads toward him as if called by an unheard order.

As their eyes met with Kai, he entered their minds, all their thoughts baring themselves for him.

He found in Cersei's mind what he had known he would find — Love. Loyalty. Lust. And a passion for power and queenly arrogance, for which he didn't blame her.

She had stood by her side when others would have run away.

For that, he would grant her wish, and more, if she asked.

In Meg's mind, he also found what he had guessed — Loyalty; not because of the Soul-Blood Oath, but the most genuine kind. There was love but overshadowed by concern and fear.

Her memories were a mess, which the AI sorted out in a matter of seconds.

And then he got blocked.

He had fused his Abilities to get the AI, but it didn't mean he had lost their functions.

Now they were just a part of something grand, just like Selfless Breathing was a bigger picture of the Twin-Saber Style, Slither Steps, and Snake Instincts.

Using Consciousness Manipulation, Kai tore out a tiny part of the AI and implanted it in Meg's mind, commanding it to hack into whatever thing was blocking him out and blocking her thoughts.

The original AI didn't shrink or something because of this, though.

More yellow mist—Kai's consciousness—rushed to fill the torn-out gap. The AI nebula regained its shape in moments.

The torn AI was a distinct case altogether.

It was fated to fade away from the target's mind, depending on how fast it utilized its computing power.

Still, if Kai were to refuel it with another torn part, he could let it go on forever theoretically.

Then he focused on Moraine — Opportunity. Complexity. Subservience.

As the AI processed her memories, Moraine frowned, and then her body shook, blood seeping out of her nose.

Kai stopped.

The Old One's Blessing had flared up in an automatic defense, blocking the AI.

Kai again tore a part of it and let it hack into the Blessing, grinding its way into Moraine's mind.

Red Sun's memories were the easiest to sort out.

And his memories were also the only ones that made Kai raise his eyebrows.

So that's how it is, Kai thought, looking at Red Sun, who sheepishly smiled back at him. A son?

-/Clear a circle of 3 km around me,/- Kai told them telepathically. -/Don't enter the circle without my signal./-

When they were gone, Kai brought a black coffin out of his Inventory.

According to the Systems, Black must be granted a part of his consciousness to come into being.

But Kai also knew that unlike the cases of Meg and Moraine, the part of the AI torn out from his mind wouldn't regenerate. Nor the granted AI would fade away from Black's mind.

Yet, because of the Item's property, Kai would still have the entire AI intact.

In simple terms, it would be like storing the AI's program in two different, but identical, hard drives, and then connecting them to a computer. Both would share data almost instantaneously while experiencing no lags.

This almost meant that no matter where Black went, Kai and he would remain connected—EVEN if Black were to jump dimensions or switch Random Worlds.

The simple thought excited Kai so much that he almost broke out in a feat of laughter.

Then he did it.

With a single thought, the entire AI hovering within his mind split apart, like a cell undergoing division.

A formless energy surged out from Kai's mind and latched itself to the coffin.

For a second, nothing happened.

...

Then the entire coffin burst apart into a cloud of the blackest smoke Kai had ever seen.

It churned with a bombastic fury and yet managed to look… Calm.

With the two parts of the AI connected, Kai could feel it.

He felt himself becoming smoke. He also felt a sensation that had been snatched away from him.

It was like drinking a glass of cold water on the hottest afternoon of summer, sweating all over; throat dry.

The Calm found him again, for the first time after leaving the Time Node, and Kai welcomed it with open arms.

…

[

Congratulations Contestant Kai Stormborn

You have gained an Elite Ability — Calm

…

Worth: +50

]

…

For a minute, Kai had both a physical form and a convoluted, smoky appearance. Then the smoke began condensing, taking a distinct humanoid form.

His black eyes were emotionless and his even blacker hair was smooth as silk. There was such an unperturbed calmness on that face that it could have buried all smiles and laughs in its surroundings.

Black had awakened.

They looked at each other, one smiling, one not; same Faces.

They shared their minds, one laughing, one not; same Thoughts.

Then they nodded at each other, one demon, one devil; same Source.

"What is the most important thing I need?" White Kai asked.

"I need Total Concentration Constant," Black Kai answered.

[Yes] The Ad Infinitum concluded with a beep.

Selfless Breathing wasn't a mere Ability.

It defined Kai's existence. But the demands it put on Kai's physical strength were hideous, to say the least.

It was more so when he had sacrificed 10% of it to Death to get Black.

Two of his Transformations already inflicted gargantuan pressure on his body when used.

If he were to create more Transformations, increasing his Proficiency in Selfless Breathing, then he must have a solid physique.

"No. Not solid," White Kai corrected. "Solid is not enough."

Black Kai nodded. "Beyond that."

[One must focus on magical and spiritual aspects] The Ad Infinitum beeped, processing thousands of scenarios in mere moments. [The other must focus on accumulating raw strength and techniques.]

White Kai and Black Kai nodded.

Kai waved his hands and took out a colorless and formless cloak from his Inventory.

This was the Artifact he had received from Death, the Artificer. It could perfectly replicate the unique Signature of a Timeline, irrespective of the Random World, making it impossible for anyone to tell if the user was a Contestant or a storyline Character.

It was called — The Cloak of Disguise!!!

Not only that, but the cloak could also replicate a false impression of the power system of that particular timeline, if needed.

In a nutshell, when put on, there was just no way to distinguish a Contestant, or an Item in this case, from the Characters.

This was one of the most ridiculous and broken things Kai had ever witnessed after his Resurrection into the Primordial Tower.

No wonder the Deep One's Blessings were so desired by the Contestants.

Black Kai took the cloak with no expression and threw it over his shoulder.

With a mere thought, the Cloak of Disguise became black jacket, black, skin-tight t-shirt, black jeans, and black shoes.

"Should I kill them?" Black Kai asked with Calm, mentioning Meg, Moraine, and Red Sun.

"Yes. I don't need them anymore," White Kai nodded.

[Abort] The Ad Infinitum beeped, putting a temporary hold on Black's murderous intentions. [Let them be a fail-safe]

Kai and Black shifted on their feet and looked at the moon, sharing all of their powers back and forth.

At last, Kai handed over all the Skills and the Title gained after consuming Blue Spider Lily to Black.

Black had nothing to fear from sunlight, anyway — What could Genetic Disintegration do to an existence that didn't even have any genes?

"Which world to go first?" White Kai asked, almost smiling.

"The most impressive," Black Kai stated the obvious.

[The God of High School] The Ad Infinitum beeped.

Kai created a Side Mission and a blue vortex sprung up in front of them.

With an unshakable, calm expression, Black lunged himself into the vortex, embarking on a journey known only to him.

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Important Notes: Black's Character image is available on Patre0n.

The last two chapters are very important to understand how the Ad Infinitum works and how Black and Kai are related.

Please keep it in mind that there's absolutely no Kai and Black anymore. The only thing that differ Kai from Black is that the latter has ITEM written in his Stats. Their Source is same, meaning, the very core of the essence that makes Kai- Kai, is the same for Black as well. You will realize what I am talking about slowly with chapters. Still, needed to exclusively point it out

Black's journey to the God of High Shcool are covered in three Side Stories as already mentioned before the start of the volume.

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