Chapter 367 CH 352: MY LIBRARY (2)



When Adam entered his soul space— the nascent form of his dream world, he had been constantly wondering in his mind what he would find there, and the result was more than a little interesting.

'The place has transformed.'

In the past, this place was only an immense void with a table and a few chairs aligned against the edges of the table. He had used this place as some kind of conference room to have a little fun with his various minds. However, that was it, there were no additional functions or purposes to the void that was his soul space.

Now though... Now, it wasn't just one table and a few chairs that decorated this white void.

'Hah...'

His dream world was now adorned with a few more elements.

He could see a large shelf seemingly made out of mahogany wood in which two books were neatly arranged.

"This is..."

He approached the books and looked at the name finely printed on the cover in an archaic and eerie font.

Diego Fernandez.

Miguel Fernandez.

Those books looked brand new even though the cover sported a medieval look and the manner this place was arranged made him think of the place where he visited Eve the last time around while using the bronze ticket.

This would mean...

He took out Miguel's book and opened it with a swift motion.

———

The next time Adam opened his eyes, he found himself in a relatively old and dilapidated place— a telltale sign of the poverty and neglect the people living in this area might be going through.

On the side, he could see two boys crouched down on the ground, their bodies shivering violently, one protecting the other as they faced a large man who was clearly too drunk to think of the actions he was about to commit.

The smaller boy was already bleeding a bit after being, supposedly, beaten down by the drunk man and the older one was glaring at the said man— hatred flashing in his wrathful eyes.

In the end, this ended with the older brother stabbing the old man during his sleep repeatedly then fleeing with his little brother.

More pictures flashed, showing their lives, their struggles, and finally— their ambitions.

How they went from poor boys in Mexico, who were abused by their deadbeat father, to standing as the bosses of their very own large-scale organization.

———

Gasp~!

Adam opened his eyes once more, this time them being as large as saucers in shock, when he came back to himself from the reverie he was under due to the effects of the book in his hand.

"This... What the hell?"

[Incredible.]

Even the ever-cold and inorganic voice of Genesis showed subtle notes of surprise at what just transpired. It seemed that he had also witnessed the scene in the reverie.

Adam at first looked at the book with surprise but as his mind started to piece together just what had transpired exactly, he started to chuckle out loud,

"Haha... This... Hahahaha...!"

In the end, a peal of full-blown laughter leaked out of his lips. He laughed and laughed, like a madman or like a pirate who had finally found the greatest treasure in all of existence.

"This is fucking unbelievable! Oh my gosh."

He immediately took Diego's book and opened it as well. This allowed him to get a deeper understanding of what was transpiring as he opened the books of the deceased brothers and while his expression of ecstasy diminished greatly, he was still pretty shaken up by everything.

"This is not exactly what I anticipated but it's not far from it."

[Something close to the True Library.]

The record of all people who could affect the world, those books that Eve had warned him against even so far as to touch as he might lose himself in them.

[Not exactly.]

Genesis appeared in his fully white chalk humanoid appearance without any features— as creepy as always.

"You know you look creepy, right?"

[Appearance has no importance to me.]

"Huh... I guess so. Well, what do you want to show me?"

[Follow me.]

The two of them walked for a few moments before reaching a deeper part of his dream world and there— Adam could see it.

Two white husks floating in the air.

They had a rather humanoid form but outside of that, it was hard to see them as humans or anything of the sort.

"Their souls."

He muttered slowly and walked around them, inspecting them from high to low.

The souls of the two he killed were floating inside his dream world.

Adam mused slightly before gently moving his finger.

He acted as if he was trying to induce someone in a long dream and realized that it worked.

"This is great..."

He could indeed put them in a dream.

In fact, for as long as he existed, those two could forever be in a dream if he so wished.

"In a way... Isn't this just heaven?"

He could also bring them into an eternal nightmare, torturing their souls forever without any hope of ever escaping from his clutches.

He could give them Heaven and he could also give them Hell. To them, he could become God, if he so wished.

Not only to them...

To all those he killed.

To all those who died close to him.

He could keep them eternally happy or eternally mournful.

Adam stopped.

His mind moving at light speed at the implication of what this would mean.

"Genesis."

[Yes?]

"I think now, I know what will be the theme of my dream world."

He remembered an idea he had visualized in his mind in the not-so-distant past.

When he told Aleksandra that he served a god.

Perhaps in the future, this wouldn't just be a lie.