Self-Reference ENGINE (Verse)

==Summary==
Self-Reference ENGINE is a science fiction novel written by Japanese author Toh EnJoe. The book is an anthology of short stories that, although seemingly unconnected on the surface, are tied together by recurring characters and concepts, with the reader being left to ponder on how each of the chapters tie together, and presented with multiple possible reading orders by the novel itself.
In summary, the series revolves around the ramifications and consequences of "The Event," a mysterious cataclysm that shattered the known spacetime continuum into an infinite number of universe, spontaneously giving birth to an endless amount of data and leaving existence in a state of jeopardy as it is left unable to process it in its entirety. To counter that, the Giant Corpora of Knowledge, supercomputers that have attained technological singularity and become one with the universe itself, attempt to reunite the pieces of the broken universe, though their journeys to that point don't come without internal power struggles, with wars that span the multiverse being sparked and terminated in instants as they vie for an unified timeline.
==Power of the Verse==
Self-Reference Engine, generally speaking, is a decently powerful verse, with even a character notably low on the totem pole, such as the Evil Electronic Brain, being able to accomplish feats such as gradually replacing and dominating entire cities through the use of nanomachines, as well as resurrecting itself by using caches spread throughout space and time to return, fully adapted to, and prepared to counter whatever defeated its previous iterations.
The verse's standing skyrockets with the introduction of the Giant Corpora of Knowledge, highly advanced artificial constructs that, in order to obtain infinite calculation speeds, have become one with the laws of nature themselves, and by extension with their home universes in their entirety, starting to perceive existence as a bunch of coding and calculations that can be adjusted at will, shaping reality through their intent alone and waging multiversal wars on speeds faster than humanly conceivable. However, even the Giant Corpora are vastly below entities living in higher layers of existence, such as the "star-man Alpha Centauri," who hails from a universe 30 levels above them, with infinitely more surpassing him still.
Finally, at the top of the verse, stands the eponymous Self-Reference ENGINE, a nonexistent construction whose role is to act as the narrator and driving force of all possible stories, and the container of any strings of characters whatsoever, with it, alongside the other characters belonging to the upper echelons of the verse, reaching a Tier 0 rating.
==Supporters/Opponents/Neutral==
===Supporters===
* TellingGojira
===Neutral===
* Ultima Reality
===Opponents===
==Characters==
* Self-Reference ENGINE
* Giant Corpora of Knowledge
* Alpha Centauri
* Baphomet
* Laplace's Demons
* Evil Electronic Brain
Category:Verses
Category:Book Verses
Category:Metafiction
Category:Self-Reference ENGINE
Category:2000s
Category:Science Fiction