Spectral Regalia

Ch 68: Serving The Empire

Gazing at a lone particle that had a red color he found out that it was linked to another; it carefully seemed to emit a faint red light into that particle that would then slowly shift into that deep crimson color before heading off to another and fusing with it to form a stronger particle.

"-Perfect, although this process reminds me a little like programming. Other than this, it seems more willed. The particles themselves can't contain much information due to the energy storage being priority, but with this I can give a basic order. The order I need to give truly is simple-" Avrin was praising his ability to learn quickly.

Then again, for someone with a mind more advanced than a human's, as well as his experience in analyzing things, it was made much easier. "-Let's see. I'll be heading to see Gregson soon. I'll do it like this then. Each control particle takes a minute to form. I can't tamper with its structure but I hope maybe one day I'll be able to do so and create a particle with a larger information capacity to maintain my body's needs even more so-"

Avrin was planning carefully, and had even named the crimson particle. One might see his intentions as weird and disgusting tampering with the body, but to Avrin, such a method could not lead negatively as long as he took his time and didn't rush things. Experience was also crucial, so for now he would have to use himself as an experiment.

His intentions were to take one of the Spectrals that were made and tamper with them, but he had long forgotten that. The very thought, with his current mindset and emotional state, irked him somewhat although if the person was someone who truly angered him, he would have no worry doing so.

But he would never try it on an individual who didn't deserve it. It may haunt him later, and for a being that lived for god knows how long, such a thing would be eternal torment. Having spent 4 more minutes, he had a total of 5 control particles prepared. Their structure was simple; red spheres that emanated a dark red light as they pulsed.

These control particles were issued with a simple task. Create a total of a few billion control particles then alert Avrin. With this, Avrin would then do the next step. He knew that these control particles needed at least 2 minutes, which is 1 minute longer than Avrin himself needed to create more of those C.Particles (Control Particle)

While he would do his own tasks, the C.Particles would also do their own tasks. For now, he had received a significant boost but wouldn't proceed further yet. When he had a billion C.Particles he would task half with fusing particles while the other half would recreate new ones.

Avrin felt if the balance was overly lost, it would be incredibly dangerous for him. He also didn't know what would happen if he had amassed too many type 2 particles. (Particles that are fused with another) Right now, in Avrin's body, he had 3 types of particles. Type 1 particles being the normal that made his body. Type 2 particles which were 2 type 1 particles combined.
And the final Control particle which didn't have a type and could be considered the worker ant of the body that was maintaining things. Avrin knew creating type 2 particles at this point had a 30% chance of success, and they would need to be recreated using energy from his body.

Of course, at this moment, it had no real effect on him, but he knew that later on it may prove different. Standing up after breaking his meditation, he felt for his body without entering the meditative state.

He had been tampering with the particles for so long over the months that he could faintly feel the presence of the control particles. He also felt the birth of a type 2 particle. As faint as it was, it made Avrin smile.

"One day this will become a method I will have to think carefully if I am to share it with my people" Speaking as if he had already considered them his own. Slowly making his way out of the tunnel, he gazed back and looked around.