Mecha World

Also known as the **Technology World,** **Technology Universe** and **Mech Universe**.

Estimated date when Garen arrived: *Universal Calendar Year 11523*.

## Overview

This world looked more powerful than the previous worlds. While he was travelling back and forth across planets, he could see an unimaginably large invisible protection belt that was miles apart from the space that Earth occupied.

Through Nono's remaining memories, Garen knew that this planet was probably attached to a large country called the Mother Planet Federation. Not only did this federation possess a planet, there were actually more than forty-five planets. It was worthy to be called a colossus.

It belonged to a completely different level from the previous other planets.

There were star rated countries which also possessed numerous planet nations. Most of these countries were attached to a larger nation called the Galactic Alliance. Both of them had been cooperating to resist the Finite people for more than a thousand years.

During this resistance, there were other neutral parties besides the Mother Planet Federation and Galactic Alliance. They were a thousand in total and they were of various sizes, and they imparted continuous support to maintain the balance between these three giants. There were five or six planets that were larger countries and one or two smaller ones that relied on different specialities to ensure their continuous lengthy existences.

Meanwhile, this body that he was currently inhabiting was one of the citizens who was living inside the colossus known as the Mother Planet Federation.

However, the current situation was becoming less stable recently. The chaotic struggle and war between the three main forces had continued on for too long. It had created various debts within the country and increased the indignation between the population. In an unexpected sweep, all three forces were hit by a powerful financial storm that almost toppled their constitution. The public credibility of the national government was lost completely while the three main forces fell into internal chaos. Each major fleet set up a established an independent regime and almost formed separatist warlord regimes.

The planet where Nono was living in was one of the planets that were controlled by the Mother Planet Federation. However, since it had already fallen into complete chaos, various powerful forces were now occupying its territory to develop themselves willfully.

The place where they were living was part of the range that was controlled by the Blackboard Academy.

### Evolved Creatures

The Evolved Creatures came about when the humans entered the interplanetary era, and interplanetary interactions caused the virus to spread and mutate from one planet to another. After a long period of time, the powerful Evolved Creatures were born. Most of these creatures maintained their physical features and had their physical attributes boosted tremendously to adapt to the ever harsh environment.

Simply put, they were the latest generation of wild creatures. Although they were stronger than their ancestors, they were still ranked lower on the food chain when faced with humans.

### Rediation Belt

The ground was full of black spikes protruding from the floor. Some of them were humongous metal plates, some were the battleship's bow, but most of them were strips of broken alloy steel bars. The entire ground was densely covered with a large jungle, erected with steel trees. Between various metal trees rising from the ground, there was a small path that was the width of an earthworm, stretching and leading towards the distance.

On a small black road, the white motorcade was moving as slow as a snail, driving along the small and winding path. Hoot… The engine sounds of the motorcade were extremely low. The yellow lamp post constantly swept across its surroundings, then penetrated its light through the green mist and into the distance.

The motorcade was formed with four white armored cars. At the back of each car, it was equipped with a thick and solid turret. Furthermore, each car was twenty meters long, six meters tall. When you look up at it, it was like a moving beast. But among these giant steel trees, it suddenly seemed extremely small.

In forth car, the space inside was split into blocks of private rooms. Each private room was in a round ball-like shape occupied with two bunk beds that could accommodate four people. Garen was placed on the third bed, on one of the top bunk; beside him was the car's window. His head was inclined slightly to the side while it was covered with the blankets. Looking out of the window, he caught the night scenes that were constantly changing, feeling a sense of novelty.

The large land of metal trees outside looked like real giant trees that had its fangs out, claws spread, and limbs extending, giving people a spooky feeling. Staring out at the window, he could make out the nearby remaining signs of the production trademark on the top that was illuminated by a light beam. Yet, when he looked further beyond the distance, he could see darkness.

Three planets in blue, white, and white were suspended in the sky, taking over half of the sky. However, as they intertwined with the moonlight that was shining down, it formed a mysterious green color through the night sky and fog. Garen looked at the scenery outside his window and felt slightly depressed. "Is this your first time away?" The uncle, who was his roommate on the lower bunk, asked while he had his hand behind his head.

"The scenery out there is the radiation belt between cities. The belt of our Mother Planet Federation is considered minimal. At least it doesn't affect laypeople's body functions as long as they don't stay there for long." Garen did not make a sound. He only moved his body. Though the uncle did not mind, so he continued.

"Out there, it's like living in the deep ends of an ocean -- the cold, deep radiation of the poisonous fog is everywhere. Even plants are killed by the distortion of the radiation. Only a few types of microbe spores are still surviving," he took out a lighter to light his cigarette up and then took a nice puff.

"Can you talk about the radiation belt that is in between the cities?" Garen continued to observe the green environment outside and asked in a low voice. "It is indeed my first time out of the city. Before that, I thought that it would be a very nice natural environment. I did not cross my mind that it would be like this…"

"Is it too miserable?" The uncle laughed again, "Young one, you really are very lucky, to have such a hardworking father who fought hard to build you a solid foundation or maybe it was the luck from your ancestors, that allowed you to successfully become a citizen in the Inter-Region. But a lot of other people do not have that fate." He paused for a bit, as if he was recalling his memories.

"The rest of the Mother Planet Federation places have not been in contact with each other for over tens of years. I'm not quite sure about their situation but I understand our Mother Planet better. Furthermore, I've been traveling around this planet for quite a long time now." "Oh? Uncle, why don't you tell me something?" Garen suddenly showed interest. "How can the Inter-Region be such a desolate scene with no signs of life at all?"

"Not all Inter-Regions are like that. Some places are still normal, filled with nature and even though this is the outer part of the Blackboard Region, it is still pretty normal during the day. It only happens to this part of the Region when night falls -- the radiation belt would appear. In this Interstellar Era, it has given humans tremendous scientific and technological advancement. We can now move mountains and sea, there's nothing we can't do! Even the sun has succumbed to the feet of humanity. However, with such strong scientific technology, it has brought us the same awful destruction. And that is the side effect of technology that is caused by the radiation belt. Our excessive exploitation of the planet's resources, over-extraction of heat from the planet's crust, and excessively drawing and consuming stellar heat energy that can benefit the radiation belt have ruined the planet's ecological cycle. Without enough radiation from the sun and without enough heat energy from the planet, without taking into account the areas that are within scientific technology, other places have slowly become desolated or strange," the uncle explained fluently and poured out his emotions.

"So that's the drawbacks of this Interstellar Era?" Garen could understand it very well.

"Yes. Substance Annihilation Energy is one of the last century's greatest human invention. But who would've thought that was the real root cause to the destruction of the environment? At the cost of destroying substances, a tremendous amount of energy was released. This energy is the most basic force that could construct planetary substances. By constantly stimulating the consumption, in the end, the planet substances' most basic source is consumed just like the ancient nuclear power research. Everybody was ecstatic when they discovered nuclear power -- the same as when they discovered fossil fuel and coal! Since the planet is so big, people think that there must be tons of fossil fuel and coal and they will never be able to use it all. The same logic applies here where people think that there are tons of radioactive substances and since the universe is so big anyway, they definitely would not be able to finish it…"

The uncle nagged incessantly in a low voice. As he went on, Garen could not hear him clearly anymore. Instead, the two sleeping women opposite from them were snoring louder and louder. They were two fat women. By the looks of it, it seemed like they were in their thirties or forties. They both wore a gold necklace and they snored repeatedly as they slept on their bed.

Outside the window, the faint engine sound of the motorcade could be heard. "Kid, after leaving Blackboard Region, where do you plan to go? You look like you're either from Blackboard Region or a citizen from the Inner Region," the uncle at the bottom bunk asked softly. "Anyway, since the both of them opposite from us are still here and I can't sleep, why don't let's chat for a bit?"

"I'm going to the Polar Region." Garen changed into a set of normal clothes when he got onto the car -- a black t-shirt and grey long pants. He did not look like he would attract attention. More so, he looked like a young worker from a poor family.

"The standard of living in Polar Region is a little higher than Blackboard Region's pricing. Even the salary is a little higher. It'll be much harder working there but at least you'll get to save some money, so it's not bad." The uncle seemed like an expert in this area.

"Is that so? How's the situation there?" Garen casually asked. He had planned to go there quietly first. Whether it's after solving the territorial issues or carrying out his own plan within legal parameters, it all had to be extremely concealed. So, in order to get rid of those who were keeping track of his actions behind his back, he took a long time to succeed. However, even then, he did not know whether that would work at all.

"Polar Region is built from an Empire. Different nobility's territorial has different rules. Since Blackboard Region is an Alliance, the citizens are treated very well and you can definitely find a good living there. Though the quality of education there isn't the best. So such as you, a citizen from a strong region would be a better talent compared to their own people. There are more positions that you can hold…"

### Radioactive People

"This is your Mech coat…" this person stood at a side with a somewhat subservient attitude and placed the Mech coat in front of Garen. "Are there any other forces around here? You guys have been living in this place?" Garen asked in a low voice.

"Yes, we are radioactive people whose bodies were contaminated in some parts and have a certain degree of toxicity. We were not allowed to live in any regions except for certain areas that were designated," that person answered hastily. "You are not a radioactive person, so why would you come here? Generally, the regular people are not willing to contact us, even for a little bit."

"Why?" Garen picked up the Mech coat and examined it.

"Because the radiation in radioactive people is contagious. This is a disease that has no cure. A slight inattention and the natural people would get infected as well. All the natural people that are infected will be expelled from the region and then they can join the radioactive people," this person explained in a small voice. "We have no way to live, so we can only hoard the small bit of resources left in between the regions, collect them and exchange them with the natural people's government and merchants for necessities. Food and drinks, things needed in our homes and also water that has no contamination, everything we need."

"Doesn't it rain often?" Garen furrowed his brows. From this person's words, he seemed to have touched on a side that was not exposed in this world.

"That's right, but the pollution on the planet is so serious that even the rain is polluted and poisonous. Without a good filtration system, the water cannot be drunk in any way. Those who drink them will get sick and die off quickly. The natural people's government does not care about us. No medicine, no medical facilities, and even clean water requires for us to trade our lives for it!" when talking about the tragedy of the radiation, this person seemed to have forgotten his fear earlier and spoke with resentment. His tone was full of envy of the natural people and hatred for the government.

"Natural people…radioactive people…" Garen had never noticed any information about this on the Web. It had obviously been censored by the government so that the natural people would not know anything about this dark side of them.

"Are there a lot of radioactive people?" he continued asking. "A lot," this person answered in a low voice. "What's your name?" Garen looked at the man carefully. "I am called Mondeo, sir," this guy took out a small thing from his waist and handed it over. "Sir, this is a map of the Hornets' turf." Garen took Mondeo's map and lightly pressed the button on this little device.

With a beep, a red light shot out from a small hole in front of this little thing and projected directly a crude map on the ground. The names on top of it were written badly. The Blackboard region and Polar Region were among them. The thing that surprised Garen the most was that as compared to other territories, the two regions were like two sesame seeds on top of layered flatbread and completely inconspicuous.

He took a deep breath before he moved his finger to other vast territories outside the regions. "These territories are all under the influence of radiation?!"

That's right, sir!" Mondeo nodded. "The natural people's regions are only small areas that radioactive people yearn for. There is no need to worry about the food we eat and the clothes we wear. There's no need to worry about fighting with dangerous mutated life forms and no need to rob territory and food by killing people. A place where every radioactive people aspires to live in. Some people have calculated that even if there were radioactive people dying every day, our number will still be more than ten times that of the natural people. And with the pollution getting worse, every day, there will be natural people being driven out for various reasons to become radioactive people."

At this moment, Garen truly understood the extent to which the Mother Planet Federation had decayed. Radioactive people… this huge group of people was completely covered up by the government. The region had even established a perfect blockade system so that the people could continue to live on in ignorance.

"Has there been any radioactive people that have entered the region?" Garen asked. "Not that I have heard of," Mondeo shook his head. "But sir, you must be a natural person, right? If you have a Watch Terminal, then after coming to the radiation belt, you will need to go through radiation checkup. There may also be a memory sweep."

"Radiation checkup? Memory sweep…?" Garen knew what these two meant, especially the checkup for radiation. The Cold radiation in his body must not be detected. And the memory sweep… This technology was used to enter the memory and let other people take a look layer by layer and make changes to them!

The natural people did not know the details, thinking that only the recent part of the memory would be eliminated, but as a student in Blackboard Academy, Garen knew better. This technology was a method that completely discarded human rights laws! For a time, his face under the protective clothing turned gloomy.

"Once the fact that you have been to the radiation belt is identified, you will be ordered to go through a memory sweep, which is the rule," Mondeo continued. "Rumor has it that there was once a region's big shot's nephew who came out to the radiation belt, and when he went back, he was still ordered to go through the memory sweep. Although the big shot was furious, he could not do anything about it and a lot of his family's secrets were leaked out."

"Is there a lot of this radiation belt between the domains? Does it only exist in between the Polar Region and Blackboard Region?" Garen pondered for a bit and asked again.

"No, it's like this everywhere. Our team has one that came from another radiation belt. Every region separates the area where they conduct their activities, and outside their activity area is entirely radiation belt. No natural person is willing to approach the radiation belt because they may never be able to go back," Mondeo sighed.

Garen carefully sorted out all the relevant information he had received in the past. Mother Planet's huge environment and their borders rearranged themselves in his mind. On the huge blue planet, on the pieces of continents, the regions were like gems dotted in the earth, small and precious, while outside, the periphery was all the radiation belt that was caused by pollution from the technology era.

The Academies Union was the most powerful force; they controlled everything, maintained order and blocked everything from the outside, but there was also a civil war raging inside. They should be the mastermind that sustained the current relationship between the natural people and the radioactive people.

## Willpower

'The root of Willpower comes from the body. If the consciousness is the product of the brain, then the Willpower is the product of the entire body. According to this theory, the body can be divided into countless regions of Willpower like the regions in the brain. We are going to focus on the most central regions— the three main regions which include heart, lungs and stomach, the three viscera.'

Scanning line after line of text, Garen analyzed the booklet's contents.

Slowly, he began to have a certain understanding of this world's Willpower. According to the theory of Willpower, neurons existed in every organ in the human body and these neurons acted the same as the neurons in the brain. Their variety of functions were similar and in order to activate these neurons, a special field called Willpower was needed.

"Simply put, treat the body neurons the same as the brain and eventually construct something similar to a second brain in other parts of the body to become the source for Willpower and generates the second consciousness. The second consciousness is the Willpower…." Garen realized. "This theory is easy to understand."

He looked down and continued reading. The previous pages explained the general outline of this world's humans' nature. Now, it was the training for stimulation of the organs. The Blackboard Manipulation chose the stomach as the site for training. This was also the choice for almost all of the training methods on the market.

'The center of the stomach is the central part of the body. Naturally, the special field will converge here. This place is also the easiest place to gather Willpower… Inside the human body, excluding the nerves and blood vessels, there is another invisible network that transmits energy. The middle of the stomach, the place between the ribs, is also the center of this invisible energy network…'

Next was the training of the second consciousness, which was the key to Willpower. 'The second consciousness, which is the essence of the human instinct, comes from the depths of the human body. Before humanity learned to use words to know this world, before words were invented, humanity had been using this kind of instinctive consciousness to understand the world.'

'It has no words and no symbols. There are only images and only a rough understanding of the world. This is why the second consciousness is also called the cognition of the body. This kind of cognition is an innate ability. Due to the fact that we learn languages and symbols, we are forced to use the text and symbols as a connection to the world.'

'So, the key to training the WIllpower is to forget all the symbols.' Below was a list of different ways, steps, and precautions to take note during training. More importantly, the noteworthy areas were marked with red lines and notes were written on the side. Garen read them carefully and a general idea of Willpower was formed in his mind.

"The so-called Willpower is the purest consciousness that is not affected by any language, words or symbols. It's not the brain's consciousness but the instinctive consciousness of other parts of the body. This system of this world is quite mysterious…." Garen flipped through the contents of the training method and compared it to the progress of his body.

He touched the pit of his stomach. There was a feeling of some kind of cool breath there. He did not notice it previously but focusing on that place now, he felt something different.

It was like there was a nose there slowly breathing and moving. If he focused on it, he could feel something strange, just like there was a pair of eyes there but it was closed.

"This is the second consciousness?" Garen quickly read through the Blackboard Manipulation booklet. "Discard the thinking pattern that uses words and symbols and activates the cognitive thinking pattern. Why is the animalistic instinct of crisis gone from humans? It is because the second consciousness has been degraded by the system that uses words. Makes sense…"

## Cultivation

"In this world, **Willpower** is everything. It is an invisible form of unnatural powers that anyone can grasp. However, the difference lies between the condition of their natural talents." **Willpower** was like a specialized unnatural power that could only be utilized through Willpower Mechs and other facilities. The systems of Cultivation in this world consists of:

* Mech Pilots
* Energy Machinist
* Biochemist
* Martial Arts

### Regent Level

"Then what kind of strength does a Regent Level possess?" Garen recalled a legendary Regent Level that had been passed down from this world for as long as he remembered.

"The Regent Level is the peak of everything. It has already become a legend. If we can still see a living example of a Perpetual Motioner, then we will never be able to see a Regent Level," Rainy laughed. "They are able to destroy an entire planet by just flexing their body and kill millions of lives by just exhaling. Their presence is as big as a planet. They will curl up and sleep for millions of years and we won't notice it at all even if we are living on his body. The Regent Level is truly the pinnacle of everything. Legend has it that they could easily destroy an entire solar system in their battle. If it is a slightly more serious battle, an entire star system would suffer serious damage. The reason why we do not wish to engage war with the Finite people is because of the previous battle by the Regent Level. If they were to fight each other again, all the commoners would've died before the victory is determined. It is equivalent to perishing together. As to how to reach the height of the Regent Level, only they themselves know and it is definitely above the Board."

## Sects Classification

* Mid tier sects have a Level-Eight Guardian, and at least five Non-Falling-Level Elders.
* Third tier sects only have more or less three Non-Falling-Level Elders that lead the sect. The Mother Planet Black Board Region has such strength, while the Scarlet Snow Sect is much more complicated as it was originally a top mid tier sect but also the creation of multiple generations of Mother Stream Users. Scarlet Snow Sect had 3 Supreme Elders of Non-Falling Level in appearance, but had three more in reserve (Ice-Crack, Ice-Grand and Osho Ice-Ocean) and even a Guardian. After the ascension to the throne of Garen who inherited the legacy of all the past sect masters, 11 new Non-falling Powerhouses emerged in the sect (thanks to his Distorted Seeds) and were granted the title of Ice Demon Generals by the new patriarch.

## Factions

* Finite People
* Human Race (Mostly Pilots): The White King and his generals like Chinande have dominated most of the universe including the Finite People.
* Energy Machinists: The three strongest are the leaders of each metropolis/planets. Backlight Holy Lord is the one ruling Planet Naga. Magnetar Holy Lord is the mother of Black Blade Holy Lord.

## Links and References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Chapter 774
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 831
3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 Chapter 833
4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 Chapter 836
5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Chapter 780
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 1012