The next day Aron entered the basement after eating his breakfast.
[Sir the simulation has finally started] Nova immediately informed him after he entered the room.
“It took a day longer than expected,” Aron said as he lifted the virtual headgear and headed to the makeshift bed, lying down and entering the virtual world to continue their conversation face to face in the virtual reality.
[The simulation took longer than anticipated because, prior to commencing the simulation, it was necessary for me to allocate a percentage of the computer’s processing power for its permanent use. As I initially assigned it half of the computing power for the simulation, it resulted in a delay of one day beyond the planned duration.] Nova immediately started her explanation the moment Aron entered the virtual room.
Aron listened to Nova’s explanation without interrupting her then after she finished her explanation he asked “Does this mean that half of your computing power is currently under the simulation programs control?”
[Certainly. Despite allocating half of the computing power to the simulation, there is no discernible impact on the computer’s processing speed. This is because most of the tasks were being handled by just 10% of the chips’ computing power, leaving the rest of the power idle most of the time.]
“Did you manage to connect the simulation program to the virtual reality program?” He asked after knowing that there was no impact in the computer computing capabilities.
[Yes Sir] Nova replied while turning to her left side and raising her hands closer to her chest and started doing some jutsu hand signs , then she said [“Summoning: Quintuple Rashomon”]
And just like Hashirama she summoned a giant gate.
Aron couldn’t help himself and ended up laughing while holding his stomach.
After laughing for several minutes he finally managed to recollect himself.
“Haaaa, I really needed that laugh” He said while looking at Nova who had changed her clothes to the ones which kunoichi used to wear to go with her theme.
[I have been watching some anime with my idle computing power] Nova explained her theme.
“Anyway, Is this the door leading to the simulated universe?” He asked, returning their focus back to the main topic.
[With the size of the current simulation I wouldn’t call it a universe, not even a world ]
“Is the size of the simulation that small?”
[The size of the simulation is about the African continent, about 30 million square kilometers (11.7 million square miles) is being simulated by the program.]
“Is that what half of the quantum chip is capable of simulating?”
[No, only half of it’s assigned computing power is used for this simulation, the other half is to allow for me to play god within the simulation]
“Okay, let’s enter and see,” Aron said as he started moving toward the Rashomon gate.
Nova moved first and started pushing the gate to open it for them to enter.
After that they entered the simulation together without wasting any more time.
“There is no difference than the former room” Aron said after entering the simulation, appearing on a very large flat ground.
[Sir, the previous room that was being run by the virtual reality program was operated based on the laws of the universe as dictated by your imagination. This means that if you believed that gravity was not important, it would have been removed in that virtual space.
However, this side of the door is different. It is an exact replica of the real universe, down to the last atom. That is if we have enough computing power to simulate it] Nova finished her explanation with a shade.
“Where is this?” Aron asked while looking at his surroundings.
[Serengeti national parks] Nova answered Aron’s question without turning to him, as her eyes were focusing on the lion in the horizon.
Aron, who was wondering what Nova was looking at that was so important to the point she didn’t turn to him when she was answering his question, so he turned to look at what she was looking at.
“Fuck” is the only word that came from his mouth before his body immediately started running to the gate leaving behind Nova who started laughing at him.
While he was nearing the door he suddenly froze mid running like a glitch.
[Sir with me you are safe within the simulation] Nova said that as he resumed the time of the universe in the program.
“Did you just pause time?” Aron asked after being released.
[Just for a short time, If i try to hold it for longer than a few seconds the program will be forced to intervene to prevent it crashing] Nova answered his question while pausing time again but this time making sure that Aron was not frozen and could move freely.
“So what you mean is that if we have a large enough computing capacity we can make time here go as fast or as slow as we want?”
[Yeah we can do that even now, but for that we will have to shrink the size of the simulation to accomplish it]
With Nova’s acknowledgement Aron’s mind started being filled with ways he could use this feature to its fullest potential.
“HAHAHAHA, Finally hit a jackpot I can extend the time difference here to be 100:1 and make a day out there 100 days in here ” Aron said with excitement in his voice which he didn’t try to hide at all.
[Though you can theoretically do that, but there is a limit that your brain can handle]
“What is my limit?” Aron asked, wanting to know what his current brain can handle.
[For your brain sir it will be a maximum of 50:1 as for a normal human brain the max they can handle is 25:1 before they receive any enhancement that changes their brains.]
“Still better than nothing, So how much time acceleration can the current computing capacity handle?”
[Currently the maximum it can handle is a 5:1 time acceleration]
“Do it” He ordered immediately wanting to try his first runic spell before he had to go and meet Rina tomorrow.
[On it] Nova immediately started implementing the changes and the land started shrinking until only a small part of it remained surrounded by a dark wall meaning beyond the wall nothing was being simulated beyond the wall.
After the shrinking of the land was done Nova immediately started accelerating the time within the simulation until it reached the limit which was 5:1 compared to the real universe.
[The time acceleration has started Sir] Nova informed Aron that he was currently spending time five times faster than the real universe.
“Let’s begin then” Aron immediately sat cross legged as he was about to start his first runic practise in his life.
But an idea popped up in his mind and immediately interrupted his about to begin practise.
[What is it Sir?] Nova asked Aron who seemed to be out of focus.
“An insane idea just came to my mind and if we can make it happen then it will revolutionize my runic training and everything else that we could do inside here” Aron said with anticipation on his face.
[What is the idea Sir?] Nova asked as her anticipation also grew.
“Since you have a copy of my brain, can’t you create a copy of me that is similar to me to the last atom?” Aron asked Nova, he asked this instead of explaining because the answer will determine the chances of his new idea succeeding.
[Yes I can do that Sir] Nova answered immediately as she had already tried it when Aron was logged out.
She hid this from him because she was afraid that Aron would be repulsed by the idea of having a copy of himself being made.
“What if we made duplicates of me, had them learn about runes and other subjects we require, and then assimilate their gained knowledge they gained by practicing into my brain, similar to how my system assimilates the knowledge that I bought from it?” Aron asked while expecting a positive reply from Nova.
Nova, who took a few seconds calculating the feasibility of this idea, then she replied
[We can definitely pursue this approach, and its potential is even greater than you anticipated.
Since the brains we’ll be creating will exist entirely within the simulation, we can overcome the time acceleration limitation of the simulation. Our only limitation that will remain will be computing power.
Furthermore, since these brains are completely digital, there is no concern about harming your physical brain due to acceleration.
However, I regret to inform you that I could not find any information in your brain about how to perform the knowledge assimilation.
It seems that your system considers this technology confidential and has removed it from the accessed brain data.]
Aron was very happy when he heard Nova’s answer, despite her telling him that she currently couldn’t assimilate the gained knowledge to his brain.
This is because he was sure the knowledge to do that existed in the system’s shop
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