164 The Invasion Has Begun! (2/2)

I remain quiet since he is seeing something that I am unable to. My spiritual awareness is only recently awakened, and if it is fully awakened, I am sure I will be seeing the world in a different light, especially with ghosts and spirits flying around.

I know now that ghost exists, and if it exists, so does all the other supernatural stuff.

It is just a matter of being able to see them or not. They inhabit a different plane of existences, running in parallel along with this one.

It is not a higher plane existence like where Adria has gone.

”The architect of this place is either a certified genius or an authentic wacko.”

Zeus comments, practically quoting Ghostbusters, and with that single line I immediately understand what is so dangerous about this place.

”I sure hope not, but as a God yourself, can't you handle him or her?”

I jest, but since fictional universe exists, the genderless deity Gozer from Ghostbusters certainly exists in some form somewhere.

Zeus chuckles and gestures a hand dismissively.

”I am not worry about that, Max. I am more worry about a bunch of Ghostly running around the place and annoying me. Ghostly is a ghost, and as a ghost, he can possess objects whether they are living or not. The souls that are trapped in this place is similar to him, but they are twisted for being trapped in the nether for so long.”

Zeus smiles sourly.

”I don't think there is any ghost more annoying than Ghostly, but these phantoms are pretty annoying and dangerous, especially when they manage to possess someone powerful. But in any case, opening a gate to hell is just really bad for everyone, especially when this reality doesn't seem to be that highly spiritual.”

Zeus adds as he looks pass me and at Zephyr at the entrance into the garage.

Her eyes are closed.

She appears to be still asleep.

Alright. When did she gets there? I didn't even hear anything.

This whole place sure gives me the creep, but it is probably because my spiritual awareness is not up to par yet. And what is this about the gate to hell?

Zeus snaps his fingers, instantly zapping Zephyr and forcing her to wake up.

Zephyr immediately blinks and looks around before staring at the ceiling and the floor.

Just like Zeus, she is capable of seeing thing that I am unable to, at least not yet.

I feel like I am out of the loop at the moment. I really need to full awaken my spiritual awareness, but harassing Zeus about it will only antagonize him. It will certainty antagonize me.

”Eh? How did I get here?”

Zephyr asks, looking puzzled.

”You were possessed by an evil spirit. Try to keep your mind focused so you don't possess again. That means you too, Max. But if you have a place to be, I suggest you go for now. Having more people here just create more work for me. Also, please give me those cores you have. 23 of them will do. They are capable of containing evil spirit.”

Zeus points out.

So that is what happened when I was in this place the first time. An evil spirit manages to possess me for a few minutes, causing my lap of memory.

And did I just got shown the door?

But I understand that I will not be of help if stay around.

And besides, I do have places that I need to be.

”Alright. I will leave this place to you, Zeus and Zephyr. I will drop by in the evening to see how things are. Please try not to destroy it while I am gone, huh.”

I response and give exactly 23 blank cores to Zeus.

He had asked exactly for that much, so I will give him the exact amount.

I will give him more for his personal projects later when he asks.

Without Zeus, I was going to try something similar with those cores anyway. They have demonstrated that they can capture and contain essences. They can also be used to create monsters from what Zeus has implied.

I will experiment more with it myself through Nairam Oxford.

With that, I return to the car and head out onto the road again.

After several streets and roads, the car immediately goes on autopilot mode as my mind takes control one of the avatars within one of my spatial rings.

The instant I open my eyes, countless pods greet me. Each pod contains my clone, readying to launch into another reality to carry out whatever missions I have programmed into their mind.

They are given all the advantageous that I can provide with the exception of magic itself.

This is because they are soulless duplicate of me in bio-mechanical form. They cannot use magic at all, but with the technology at their disposal, they should be able to handle anything and everything that will come at them.

Legion informs me that he has finished the preliminary analysis of the magical artefact. He would need to take the artefact apart to learn more, which he will be able to once I duplicate it.

The Gate of Fiction returns to my hand as I have a look at it once more. It looks very well made, and I do wonder who have made it in the first place. Must be someone from modern earth.

And with my power, I duplicate it a few hundreds of times.

”Selene, produce a copy of Stargate, Star Trek, Star Wars, and Starcraft from memory.”

[Acknowledge, Operator.]

Selene complies with my request.

The first three items are in form of video media and the last one is in the form of a game. I pick up the disc containing Star Wars and pop it into the media player and look at the television screen, watching a bit before checking the Gate of Fiction in my hand.

It is pulsating with energy. I toss it to the screen and the moment it did, a spatial rift begins to form in front of the television.

The magical artefact really creates a bridge into the fictional reality, at least from observation.

I immediately have one of the billion drones available to go into the portal to have a look around just to make sure it really works as Zeus has told me.

There is no need to doubt him, but I want to make sure.

And once the drone passes through the spatial portal, the portal collapses, dissipating. I look at on the screen to see it moving around before cloaking.

Seeing that makes me chuckle.

To return to the prime-reality again, the drone just needs to destroy the Gate of Fiction, hence that is why it is only a single use.

Once it did, a portal appear allowing to return to the prime-reality to file its report. I am very happy at the test. I did the test a few more times to make sure it works as intended.

Unfortunately, only Star Wars and Star Trek can be accessible.

This is the catch that Zeus has told me about. These fictional realities are accessible only and only if it is within a lot of people's mind. That mean the media has to be released and distributed.

I am unsure the exact reason for that condition, but it prevents me from creating a spatial bridge into Stargate's and Starcraft's universe. Neither of these exist in this reality yet.

But even so, I still have quite a bit of fictional realities to visit and steal from.

Once Legion finishes analyzing and deciphering the magical artefact and its construction, learning how it works exactly, I watch countless of screen being built and erected across the landscape.

Each screen displays a certain movie that have already been released in theater of the prime-reality.

Most of them have portals manifested.

Those that didn't have portals are movies that barely anyone seen or know about.

And before each of those portals, a pod is launched, sending a clone of myself into that fictional reality to harvest anything that I find useful.

Now I just wait and reap the benefits of my invasion.