Gifts From The Celestial Gods

Seeing one of the Celestial Gods, beings regarded as gods throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, filled me with terror as well. That was because I could sense the tremendous energy concealed within her body.

For an instant, I felt a presence that sent a chill down my spine. The next moment, the naked body of the Celestial God named Zorofienne was covered in an elegant spacesuit.

【I thank you both for freeing me from the seal placed upon me by the Anubis race. As a reward, I shall grant each of you three gifts. Decide what you desire.】

We were suddenly told we would receive gifts. How was I supposed to decide what I wanted on such short notice? Besides, I had no idea what Zorofienne possessed or what she was capable of giving us.

Since I didn’t know, I decided to leave the choice to her.

“Please give me whatever knowledge, technology, or abilities I’ll need to survive in space from now on.”

Zorofienne chuckled as though she found my request amusing.

【Very well. I shall choose the gifts myself and bestow them upon you.】

“I’d like the same as Zen.”

When Sario spoke, Zorofienne nodded. Then she gazed at both of us with eyes that seemed capable of seeing through everything about us and made her announcement.

【Your knowledge is far too limited, so my first gift to both of you shall be ‘General Knowledge.’ Next, I shall grant Sario ‘Control Computer Technical Information’ and ‘Physical Drive Engine Technology.’】

“Thank you very much.”

Sario bowed his head in gratitude. Zorofienne then turned her attention to me.

【Hmm, interesting. It seems Zen possesses Bosol Sensitivity. I shall grant you the knowledge and techniques of ‘Higher-Dimensional Access Methods’ and ‘Heavenquake Force Drive Engineering.’】

“Thank you very much.”

Although I had no idea what I’d just received, I expressed my gratitude and thanked her. She then instructed me to close my eyes, and when I obeyed, I lost consciousness.

【First, to enable you to use Higher-Dimensional Access Methods, I shall form a ‘Spirit Core’… No, a ‘Spirit Cloud.’】

Spirit Cores and Spirit Clouds were normally formed by reconstructing the vague, intangible existence known as the soul into a higher-dimensional entity. They formed the foundation of mental civilization.

The Rikagel Celestial Gods used Spirit Cores, but Zorofienne judged that the souls of Earth humans were too underdeveloped to form a Spirit Core all at once. Instead, she created a Spirit Cloud, which was functionally inferior.

By the time I awakened, the Spirit Cloud had been formed, and the necessary information had been engraved into my Spirit Cloud—in other words, my soul. Unfortunately, my Spirit Cloud was pitifully small, apparently no bigger than a soybean. Incidentally, Zorofienne didn’t know what a soybean was, so she demonstrated its size by holding two fingers a short distance apart.

【You should return to your small spacecraft. By then, I shall have made the gifts I bestowed upon you available for use. Now, farewell.】

Zorofienne disappeared. I had no idea what method she used, but she vanished in an instant.

“Was that a dream?”

“No, it wasn’t. Let’s return to the small spacecraft.”

Feeling as though I’d been bewitched by a fox, I returned to the small spacecraft. We opened the outer airlock hatch and entered. Once the compartment filled with air, the inner hatch opened automatically, and we headed toward the cockpit.

Along the way, I removed my spacesuit. The moment I sat down in the cockpit seat, an enormous amount of knowledge flooded into my mind. Unable to withstand the burden, I lost consciousness.

Some time later, I woke up feeling thirsty. After drinking some water, I looked around.

“Sario, wake up.”

I shook Sario awake in the seat beside mine, where he had also lost consciousness.

“Ugh… Uhh…”

When Sario opened his eyes, he looked around with a bewildered expression. After a while, he seemed to remember what had happened.

“What’s going on? My head feels strange.”

Hearing him say that, I examined my own mind. I then realized that an enormous amount of new knowledge existed inside my head. It was what Zorofienne had called ‘General Knowledge.’

Sario and I fell silent and began examining the knowledge that now existed within our minds. It consisted of the general knowledge possessed by a Level C civilization. A Level C civilization was one that controlled hundreds of stars.

Apparently, what the Celestial Gods considered the bare minimum of knowledge corresponded to the standards of a Level C civilization. The sheer amount of information was so vast that comparing it to what an Earth university student studying science or engineering knew would have been ridiculous. Judging by this knowledge, Earth’s civilization was probably around a hundred thousand years behind.

“I’m hungry.”

After spending hours examining the knowledge inside my head, I was suddenly struck by intense hunger. I invited Sario to eat with me. Although I felt I’d become a considerably more capable person thanks to all that new knowledge, I was still stuck eating those dreadful preserved food tubes. How depressing.

“I wonder if there’s anything in this knowledge about making delicious food?”

“Even if there is, we don’t have the ingredients to make it.”

I sighed. Then I washed the disgusting food down with water.

Sario and I spent approximately ten days doing nothing but reviewing the ‘General Knowledge’ we’d been granted. Afterward, Sario began examining the technical information concerning control computers.

Meanwhile, I began studying the ‘Higher-Dimensional Access Methods’ Zorofienne had bestowed upon me. This knowledge also included instructions on how to use Bosol Sensitivity.

Bosol Sensitivity was the ability to detect and manipulate Bosol particles and Heavenquake Force, neither of which had been discovered on Earth. Apparently, this ability made it possible to draw energy known as Heavenquake Force, along with Bosol particles, from a higher-dimensional universe.

Heavenquake Force was a form of higher-dimensional energy with potential exceeding even that of nuclear energy. In particular, Acceleration Field Generators powered by Heavenquake Force had apparently been used as a form of spacecraft propulsion since ancient times.

My other gift, ‘Heavenquake Force Drive Engineering,’ consisted of the knowledge and techniques required to move objects using Heavenquake Force. Apparently, Acceleration Field Generators were constructed using this technology.

Incidentally, Bosol particles were particles that responded to the thoughts of intelligent lifeforms. These particles apparently existed in another universe occupying a higher dimension than the one we inhabited. Accessing that other universe required a gateway capable of crossing dimensional boundaries.

The Rikagel Celestial Gods apparently called that gateway the ‘Higher-Dimensional Border Field’ and the higher-dimensional universe beyond it the ‘Nayuta Realm.’

The Nayuta Realm was filled with Bosol particles and Heavenquake Force, and those with Bosol Sensitivity who could manipulate them could apparently become beings resembling magicians.

I turned my attention inward. Following the knowledge Zorofienne had bestowed upon me, I raised my willpower to its absolute limit and constructed a Higher-Dimensional Border Field above my head through my Spirit Cloud. Before encountering Zorofienne, this would have been utterly impossible for me.

Gritting my teeth and focusing every ounce of willpower I possessed, I brought my consciousness, which was connected to my Spirit Cloud, to the Higher-Dimensional Border Field. I extended the hand of my consciousness toward the field and entered the Nayuta Realm.

The Nayuta Realm felt dazzlingly bright. With my limited abilities, all I could perceive was that it was filled with an enormous amount of energy. Tremendous pressure bore down on my consciousness as it entered the Nayuta Realm. The energy and Bosol particles that existed there were flooding into my consciousness and attempting to escape from the Nayuta Realm through it.

Just as I feared that the immense energy would crush my consciousness and erase it entirely, the knowledge Zorofienne had granted me revealed how to deal with the situation.

Within my consciousness, I created an energy passage called a ‘Power Conduit,’ much like a water pipe filling a swimming pool. I then installed a ‘Control Gate’ to regulate the flow, functioning like a faucet. Power Conduits and Control Gates were technologies unique to the Rikagel Celestial Gods. They were extremely valuable techniques, known to almost no one outside the Celestial God races.

I closed the Control Gate and directed my consciousness toward the Nayuta Realm. It was another universe overflowing with the energy known as Heavenquake Force and Bosol particles, a world from which the fundamental energy of mental civilization could be obtained.

Leaving the Power Conduit connected to the Nayuta Realm, I returned my consciousness to the physical world. When I opened my eyes, I saw Sario’s face.

“Are you all right?”

“I’m fine. What happened to me?”

“I was worried because you stopped responding when I called out to you.”

Apparently, I had been sitting in the cockpit seat in a state resembling unconsciousness.