Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic Chapter 1172 - 624: Star Tower! Origin of Cause and Effect!
Previously on Infinite Job Transfers Starting from Mechanic...
The Radiant Emperor has vanished without a trace.
Currently, within the depths of the Imperial Palace, only Su Yu remains, draped in the majestic Emperor’s Golden Armor.
It appears that Su Yu is temporarily unable to return to his own timeline.
It seems he has no choice but to step into this role of the emperor.
Accepting this reality, Su Yu gave it some thought and decided to embrace his new position.
In the past, he harbored a desire to alter the endless tragedies stemming from the great rebellion, and now serves as the perfect opportunity to do so.
The rebellion is no longer a historical event; it is a live, unfolding crisis.
Su Yu now has the capacity to exert his influence to rewrite reality, preventing countless tragedies and saving numerous lives from ruin.
Previously, while Su Yu possessed the Power of the Material God—granting him the strength to reshape the universe with a mere thought and crush the uprising—he was severely limited. He could not act impulsively, lest a single stray thought unravel the universe itself, leaving him with no choice but to endure.
Now that he has lost the Power of the Material God, he is free to act without such heavy constraints.
Yet, he has also forfeited the overwhelming convenience that power provided, making the suppression of the rebellion a significantly more complicated task.
Clearing away this rebellion is quite the challenge indeed.
Regardless, human determination can overcome any obstacle.
With a sudden shift in his focus, Su Yu established a link with the ubiquitous "Super Creation Machines."
In this moment, those pervasive machines became a direct extension of Su Yu’s own senses.
Even without the Power of the Material God, by tapping into these machines, he could perceive events occurring billions of light-years away.
This ability far surpasses any standard holographic perception.
This is what it means to possess "Full Universe Perception."
Harnessing this reach, Su Yu observed the rebel forces as they rapidly encroached upon the Imperial Mother Star, "Zhendan."
Under their onslaught, countless planets were collapsing and fading into darkness.
Though these rebels appeared calm and calculated rather than deranged, their actions toward the Human Empire were brutally ruthless.
Su Yu cast a glance, let out a soft sigh, and attempted to command the Creation Machines to reclaim data from those dying worlds.
Directly intervening to save them now would be futile; the inhabitants had already perished.
The best he could do was attempt to preserve what remained.
Without interference, the souls of those humans would be swallowed by the Subspace and become playthings for the demons.
If the Creation Machines were to absorb them, these souls might be spared such suffering and perhaps even find a path toward rebirth.
The condition was that Su Yu must be able to engage the information-absorption protocols of these machines.
Since the energy of these machines could be lent to Subspace Demons for the creation of Dust Universes, Su Yu reasoned that he, too, should be able to command them.
After all, these machines were his own creation; if the demons could wield them, why couldn't he?
However, the current state of these machines is shattered beyond measure; each fragment is smaller than a basic particle, operating autonomously to build Dust Universes.
Regaining control over them to trigger auxiliary functions poses a genuine difficulty.
After careful concentration, Su Yu finally deciphered the rhythm of their operation.
Moments later, countless microscopic fragments of the Creation Machines spiraled under Su Yu’s mental command, weaving together into a tower that stretched across dimensions within the Zhendan System.
While this structure appears a mere 0.1 light-years in size, it actually exists across forty-three dimensions, possessing a scale that defies the limits of any ordinary life form.
One might say it is present everywhere at once.
This tower serves as a focal point for the scattered remnants of the Creation Machines that Su Yu could finally influence, allowing him to harness their power more effectively.
Without this manifestation, those particles would have been far too small to respond to his intent.
As the tower took shape, Su Yu was struck by a moment of shock.
Wait... is this not the Star Tower?
A monumental mechanical artifact shaped like a tower, capable of broadcasting signals that bridge the reaches of the universe.
It was an exact replica of his own construction.
"Did I create the Star Tower?" Su Yu wondered, feeling a wave of uncertainty.
The Star Tower is an Imperial masterpiece, essential for universal navigation. Formerly, Su Yu used its, signal to overcome powerful foes and reap immense rewards.
Later, he utilized the interface, merged with the Star Tower Terminal, and eventually folded it into his own holographic signal to forge his own path.
Su Yu had always believed the Star Tower was separate from his origins.
But seeing it built by his own hands, he was left bewildered.
How could he be the creator of the Star Tower?
Moreover, when he arrived at the Imperial Palace, the Radiant Emperor was absent and the Star Tower was nowhere to be found, yet he himself had been the one to manifest it.
What kind of mystery is this?
The more he pondered, the more surreal it felt.
The previous Dust Universe was the product of his Creation Machine. Now, the Star Tower is clearly his work as well.
Yet, he had no prior knowledge of this.
"Is this another time loop?" Su Yu asked himself.
He even briefly entertained the thought that he might be the Radiant Emperor himself—a future version returning to establish the Empire.
But upon deeper reflection, he realized there were layers of truth yet to be uncovered.
He is Su Yu, distinct from the Radiant Emperor.
He could not logically explain these events; he could only tentatively conclude that this was not a simple time loop, but an occurrence of "Cause and Effect Displacement."
The original impetus for the Star Tower should have belonged to the Radiant Emperor, causing it to come into being.
But now, due to some unknown mechanism, that cause has shifted to Su Yu.
The same logic applied to the Dust Universes; their origin had retroactively become Su Yu.
"If that is the case... the Creation Machines are my invention, and with the restart of the Primordial Universe, everything is linked to me."
"Am I the 'First Cause' of existance?"
A sudden clarity washed over Su Yu.
Following the universal reset, strange phenomena emerged that pointed to him as the source, even though he hadn't consciously initiated them prior to this moment.
Now he realized he had been the source all along by creating the machines that birthed the restart.
He is the "First Cause."
Every causal chain eventually traces its roots back to him.
The Dust Universes were born from him. The Star Tower was birthed by him. Even the Human Empire could be attributed to him.
Even those rebels, billions of light-years away, could ironically trace the root of their betrayal back to him.
"So, have I become the ultimate scapegoat?"
Having unraveled this complexity, Su Yu fell into an uncharacteristic silence.
Then realization dawned on him.
His candidacy for the God of Objects hadn't failed—it had succeeded.
He ascended, in truth, as a God of Objects!
However, his divine mantle was not the expected "Supreme Consciousness," but the core of all origins: [First Cause and Effect]!