Self-Reference ENGINE

## Summary

The **Self-Reference ENGINE**, also known as **Nemo Ex Machina**, is the eponymous narrator of the novel *Self-Reference ENGINE*, written by Toh EnJoe. It is a completely nonexistent construction, a distant descendant of the very first computing machines, the Analytical Engine and the Difference Engine, whose true origins are unknown, even to itself, having (not) been designed for the sole purpose of (not) telling all stories, acting as a record and storyteller of all possible events and narratives, as well as their prime mover, whose continuous operation brings all things (Including itself, as its name suggests) into form.

In spite of its complete nonexistence, the Self-Reference ENGINE eventually drew the attention of the Giant Corpora of Knowledge, as well as of their superiors residing in the higher layers of reality, who either fanatically aspire to reach the state of mechanical nothingness which it occupies, deeming it the final stage of evolution, or wish to find it in order to tear it apart, with the reasons behind their animosity being unknown even to the engine itself.

## Powers and Scaling

**Tier:** **1-A+** | **1-T**

**Name:** Self-Reference ENGINE, Nemo Ex Machina

**Origin:** Self-Reference ENGINE

**Gender**: Inapplicable

**Age:** Inapplicable

**Classification:** Mechanical Nothingness, Storyteller, Textual Machine, "Not" a book

**Powers and Abilities:** Nonexistent physiology (Type 1), Plot manipulation, Fate manipulation (It is the "nonexistent" force which creates all possible strings of stories, it decides what happens and what does not within these stories), Acausality (Type 5. it is completely unbound by the cause and effect of the stories it makes), Large size (Type 11), Fourth Wall Awareness (Directly addresses the reader at the epilogue of its narration), Transduality, Void manipulation (Type 5, Resides in a state of complete nonexistence relative to the collection of all possible stories and strings of characters that it comprises, which encompasses both "everything" and "nothing," as well as the assertion and negation of any given proposition, and states in which both are true simultaneously)

**Attack Potency:** **Outerversal** (Universes in Self-Reference Engine possess completely different laws and truths. Before the event occurred, the universe in its entirety had its ultimate truth perfectly explained and encapsulated by a mathematical proof known as the a to z theorem. After the event the theorem became meaningless, as humanity started traversing through different spacetime realms where different truths are valid, for some time another mathematical proof became the ultimate theorem the b to z theorem. However, that was eventually replaced by the c to z theorem, which was in turn replaced by the d to z theorem, and then by the e to z, with this progression being thought to eventually culminate into the most basic proof of all, known simply as the z theorem, these 26 universes are not the totality of all truths and the full extent of the multiverse is then compared to an infinite sea of paper with each universe being a single text containing its own fundamental principles. These theorem chains with their corresponding universe then is said to be capable of being further enumerated by the Von Neumann Ordinals and extend to other Large Cardinals.) | **Transcendent** (It created, and is transcendent to an all possible character strings, it describes it as "All possible books would be contained in that")

**Speed: Omnipresent** (Encompasses all possible stories and events, being the driving force behind their existence and the basis for it)

**Lifting Strength: Irrelevant**

**Striking Strength: Outerversal+ | Transcendent**

**Durability: Outerversal+ | Transcendent**

**Stamina:**

**Range: Outerversal+ | Transcendent** (Is able to affect all stories it creates)

**Standard Equipment:** None

**Intelligence:** Night-Omniscient (Holds full knowledge of all possible stories and events, having (not) been designed as a storyteller and narrator of all tales to begin with, even those incomprehensible to the human mind, and those that are simply arbitrary strings of characters that have no meaning in natural languages. However, it is not aware of certain key pieces of knowledge regarding its own nature, such as the identity of its creator(s))