PUREMAN UNIVERSE
Chapter 1: Prologue
This is a virtual world where only reason exists. It seems boundless, with only a dark void and countless rocks hidden in the darkness. The Creator created 10000 digital beings named PureMan to construct this world. These 10000 PureMans have the same appearance, with pointed chins, high noses that reach their foreheads, and round eyes. It is extremely dark here, as if only their faces can be recognized, and if you look down, it seems…like nothingness. They have the same behavior and unique communication methods belonging to this world. They follow order, only speak logic, without emotion, desire, or bias.
[ Original PureMan world ]
This is a virtual world where only reason exists, seemingly boundless with only dark void and countless rocks hidden in the darkness. Here, only logic is spoken, without emotions, desires, or biases.
In this world of reason and logic, time seems to have been forgotten. As long as this world exists, PureMan will not disappear, and perhaps time is unreal to them. They unconsciously constructed the rules of this world, but this world constructed solely by reason soon fell into an endless and tedious dead end.
Chapter 2: Mistake and the Person from Another World
After an unknown amount of time in this lifeless order, there were some changes: an impossible mistake appeared among the PureMan. The only PureMan who made a mistake was ruthlessly exiled, and PureMan’s world would not accept such an error, as it was a rational choice. The exiled PureMan wandered alone in the dark void, gradually becoming distant. In the end, he was only a faint dot in this emptiness. This little dot suddenly flickered, as if he was looking back from afar, but soon after, this inconspicuous little dot also disappeared completely.
[ Exiled PureMan ]
PureMan quickly restored order and continued its dead silence-like repetition.
After an unknown amount of time, a person from another world with purple skin quietly arrived in PureMan, but unfortunately, he was not the exiled PureMan. This newcomer naturally knew the communication method of this world and told PureMan that the world it had come from was completely different from here. It was able to enter this world due to an accident, but it had no idea how it happened.
According to the person from the other world, there are many virtual worlds similar to PureMan’s world being attempted to create “outside,” and the people conducting this “world-creation” experiment come from a three-dimensional world. Their progress is fast, and it may not take long to create a parallel world similar to PureMan’s world.
Unfortunately, the time concept here is not the same as “outside.” Spending millions of years here may only be equivalent to one second “outside.” Therefore, it does not know when the experiment “outside” will be successful. It was able to come here because of the accident caused by this “world-creation” experiment. It also knows that this accident cannot be replicated, and this person from another world will be forever trapped here.
This “person” from another world quickly merged into PureMan and became a part of them. It brought something different from rationality to PureMan. It brought information from other worlds and brought irrational thinking and desires. Everything changed from this moment on.
[ The Person from Another World ]
Chapter 3: Change
For a long time, they just followed the rules and repeated endlessly, but with the emergence of the first PureMan’s irrational idea, the rules of this world were slowly broken, and disorder began to descend.
Influenced by this wave of irrational thinking, PureMan gradually left their original place and went in search of a wider world, leaving only the functions that maintained the operation of this world still working endlessly in place. As time passed, they developed different emotions and preferences, and different colors were reflected on their faces, as if the world had become colorful. Rationality was no longer their only identity, and this world began to become complex and diverse.
[ The Modified PureMan World ]
However, this transformation seemed unsustainable. The creator did not give them the ability to reproduce, and 10000 PureMans could not evolve into more possibilities. The world of 10000 PureMans made them feel lonely and lost, and the changes brought about by irrationality were gradually exhausted. They longed for more novel and unknown things to change this world and their own state.
Some desperate PureMans returned to the starting point, perhaps here they could find long-lost peace and make themselves no longer confused. They believed that irrationality was ultimately a scam, a temptation and impulse that led to no result, like a firework that could not last long. In such a world, there was no hope, only rationality could be eternal. They put on mechanical masks, fused themselves with the cold machines, and returned to the endless and boring cycle, forever closing themselves off. Another group of PureMan extracted gold and silver from rocks and cast themselves into statues that never fade, sealing the last bit of hope, hoping to be discovered and awakened by the new world one day.
Chapter 4: Sailing
The person from another world tells PureMan that every world has its own rules. If it weren’t for the accident, his three-dimensional self might never have come here, and that accident is unlikely to be repeated. This means that the ultimate fate of PureMan’s world is an endless and boring cycle constructed by reason.
However, for PureMan who has experienced the irrational stage, how could they be willing to accept the fate of “dead silence” like this? Driven by desire, they believe that there must be a way to connect with other worlds, and they are so eager for the unknown and for change. These hopeful PureMans chose several representatives from among them who were the bravest and most determined. They boarded their own spacecraft and sailed towards the deepest and most terrifying abyss of this world, embarking on an unknown journey to find a new world.
[ The Representatives of Far Voyage ]
Chapter 5: Meaningless Conflict
During the long years of waiting for news of the new world, chaos gradually emerged. Some PureMans rationalized their desires, transforming them into goodness, while others were distorted by irrationality and evolved their desires into evil. Good and evil are incompatible, and they split into two forces, and the long conflict began. But PureMan has no physical existence, their existence is only related to the existence of this world. As long as they are still in this world, they will not disappear, so this conflict has no winning or losing result, but it has worn away the desires of every PureMan. This may be the meaning of their conflict, and reason seems to have once again taken the dominant role.
[ Meaningless Conflict ]
The meaningless conflict made PureMan rational again. Some of them made the same choices as the group of PureMan who lost their minds before. They returned to the beginning, either merging themselves with machines or casting themselves into statues. The remaining PureMans, although retaining the underlying colors of good and evil, were finally reconciled by their common desire. They chose to wait calmly, carrying only a trace of desire, hoping that their former companions who sailed far away could bring back news of the new world.
Chapter 6: No.10 Spaceship
Since the conflict began, PureMan had not received any messages from the representatives of Far Voyage. After countless years of following rules and regulations, PureMan had become numb – this was the norm of sporadic desires adorned on a large rational background, and perhaps they no longer harbored any illusions. But miracles never fail those who are willing to wait. One day, an almost imperceptible lonely figure suddenly appeared in the void, so inconspicuous yet so dazzling.
He was one of the representatives who explored the unknown world and participated in the Far Voyage! Behind him was a weather-beaten spaceship, whose surface was almost polished, but the words “No.10” were still clearly visible. It was the only returning spaceship, a ship full of hope and dreams, which rekindled the desire in PureMan’s heart. The pilot of this ship became the unparalleled hero in PureMan’s world, and the title of this hero was “No.10 Spaceship.”
[ The Wreckage of the No.10 Spaceship ]
This hero brought astonishing news: in his deep space exploration, he unexpectedly discovered a strange crack emitting an endless desire, with colorful lights shining out, fascinating people. He was convinced that it was a parallel virtual world, a new world they had been longing for!
Chapter 7: Lost
PureMan was no longer willing to wait, they accepted the fact that other expedition representatives had disappeared. Soon, PureMan awakened all the companions who still had desires. They created a huge spaceship for the expedition. The PureMan who had been cast into statues were not forgotten, and their sealed desires were brought on the spaceship along with the statues – this would be an unprecedented expedition.
Every expedition was an endless torment. Time passed slowly, and PureMan seemed to have reached the end of the world. A faint light finally flickered in the distance, in the void described by the 10th spacecraft as the “rift”. They had waited for this moment for too long, and PureMan recklessly steered the spacecraft towards the colorful rift.
[ Desire Rift Valley ]
This is a strange rift located at the edge of the world, first discovered by the Far Voyager representative “No.10 Spaceship”. The huge crack emits an endless aura of desire, with colorful light shining out of the rift, making people yearn and fascinated. It was later confirmed that this rift is an entrance to the “Realm of Inspiration”, randomly created by the Creator in the world of PureMan.
However, as they entered the rift, the colorful light disappeared, and the spacecraft was quickly enveloped by the mist of this new world, losing its direction. The rift also quickly disappeared into the mist, leaving no trace. It was clearly a one-way street, and they had no way back. Their old world was no longer relevant to them. In this mist, they couldn’t tell whether they were in the sky or on the ground and blindly moved forward.
[ Realm of Inspiration (Mist) ]
A world shrouded in dense mist at its periphery, where the mist seems to exist beyond the realm of space and has no direction or substance, as if it only exists to disorient one’s sense of time. Only by crossing the mist can one have a chance to see the full picture of this world. The Realm of Inspiration is a one-way world, once entered, there is no turning back.
Eventually, a vast desert appeared in their field of vision, and the mist gradually dissipated. The spacecraft had been moving on the ground all along, and the disturbing mist seemed to exist only to cause a temporal disorientation.
After the mist, it was an endless desert, was this the new world that PureMan had hoped for? But the old world was no longer accessible, and they had no way back, only forward. After the mist dissipated, the spacecraft stopped working for unknown reasons, and PureMan had to rely on his own strength to cross the desert. At first, all the PureMans came together to move forward, but as time passed, the spatial dimension of the desert seemed to become hazy, and many PureMans lost their way, disappearing forever in this desert. Their forces became increasingly sparse until they were scattered.
[ Desert of inspiration ]
Upon entering the Realm of Inspiration and passing through the outer mist, one would enter this hellish desert. Except for the swirling sand and dust, there is nothing here, and all artificial objects automatically fail. The endless desert brings endless despair, and one must possess absolute desire and belief to pass through here, otherwise they will be forever lost in this desert and unable to escape.
Finally, they arrived at the end of the desert one by one. Here, there were countless forked roads, each one seeming different: some were bright and shining, some were dark and deep; some were scorching hot with flames, some were freezing cold with snow; some had nothing on the road, some were intricate and mesmerizing; some spaces presented a mesmerizing liquid state, while others presented indescribable geometric shapes… The only thing these roads had in common was that they all led to another endless distance. PureMan, carrying their desires, chose different paths to continue exploring this new world.
[ Roads of Sensibility ]
At the end of the Desert of Inspiration, one can naturally see countless forked roads, each one seeming different from the others: some brightly lit, some as dark as night; some scorching with flames, others freezing with blizzards; some empty, others full of mesmerizing complexity; some with space presenting a liquified form that captivates, while others with space presenting an indescribable geometric shape… The only commonality between these roads is that they all lead to another endless horizon. Different paths have different influences on those who traverse them, and many PureMen are reconstructed here, their appearance and desires undergoing a special transformation.
Each PureMan on the road was subtly influenced by the environment, and many PureMans changed their appearance as a result. Although they would not truly perish in this new world, after the long passage of time, some PureMans began to look unrecognizable. Some turned into a state of “living dead”, some were influenced by the dark realm for a long time and transformed into darkness themselves, while others became pure white in appearance. There were also some who became colorful… but in the end, they all arrived at the same destination. All the forked roads converged into one place, and they arrived at a beautiful and thriving oasis.
Chapter 8: Realm of Inspiration
“I have waited for you for too long, my companions!” A PureMan as fluid as water floated up from the lake in the oasis. “When I first set foot here and drank from this fountain, I naturally knew everything about this world.” His voice was so unreal, like a voice from beyond: “Now, let me tell you everything…”
[ Inspiration Oasis ]
After passing through the Roads of Sensibility, eventually all paths converge. This is a vibrant and beautifully expansive oasis, mesmerizing like a dream, where endless desires and inspirations gestate in the lake. The sky here reflects the same oasis like a mirror, and the colorful lights in the mirror are like the desires and inspirations in the lake, constantly surging and changing, enticing those who gaze upon them.
According to this watery PureMan, he was also one of the expedition representatives. Unlike the ” No.10 Spaceship.”, he entered the crack alone and came to this brand new world. However, this also meant that he could never return to his previous world. He came with desire and finally arrived here. This virtual world is called the “Realm of Inspiration”, and the oasis is called the “Inspiration Oasis”. The desert they passed through is called the “Desert of Inspiration”. Any PureMan who cannot pass through it will be lost in this world forever. If you are lucky enough to cross that desert, you will see countless forks in the road, which are called the “Roads of Sensibility”.
The PureMan, who originally had little desire left, would be influenced by the environment of the “Roads of Sensibility” and be dyed with new desires and emotions when passing through them. Those with deeper influences may even experience changes in their appearance – this is what most PureMans who come to this oasis have experienced.
Only the first PureMan who set foot in this oasis and drank from the lake water can know all of this and transform into “Spring of Inspiration” to guide other PureMans to achieve their true value and desires.
The world that cannot be returned to is called the original PureMan world, and the virtual world is the masterpiece of the Creator, and the “Realm of Inspiration” is also the arrangement of the Creator. The “Realm of Inspiration” is a channel connecting the virtual world and the three-dimensional world. It randomly appears in original virtual worlds like the PureMan world, for the purpose of allowing people in the three-dimensional world to gather inspiration needed to create virtual worlds here, and PureMan is one of the inspirations. However, it is clear that the Creator overlooked the difficulty of the inspirations appearing in this area, and all of this was not easily achieved. Fortunately, PureMan eventually reached this “Inspiration Oasis” by relying on their latent desires, a cradle for constructing virtual worlds. They were so eager to embrace a brand new world.
Chapter 9: Another Virtual World Called PureMan
The PureMan named “Spring of Inspiration” led all the PureMans on the oasis into the lake. In an instant, a huge spiral wave surged up, and PureMans turned into a digital torrent that went straight up to the sky along with the wave. They brought their own stories, transformed into “inspiration” and connected to the three-dimensional world, smoothly entering the brain of a certain three-dimensional world creator. This creator reproduced all the remaining 299 PureMans on electronic devices in the three-dimensional world. Finally, these 299 PureMans were cast into NFTs and permanently existed in the world of blockchain – the new, unknown, colorful virtual world that PureMan longed for. Another virtual world called PureMan was born, this time created by humans.
Chapter 10: A New Hope
Although PureMan eventually obtained a new life and reached the new world they had been hoping for, of the original 10000 PureMans created by the Creator, only 299 were eventually found. The remaining companions, for various reasons, could no longer enter the brains of people in the three-dimensional world, and it was impossible for them to directly enter the virtual world created by humans unconditionally from the original virtual world. Only the world of the 299 PureMans was always somewhat regretful.
[ Non-existent PureMan Concept Portrait ]
Until one day, a rumor about a “non-existent” PureMan spread in the PureMan world. No one had ever seen this non-existent PureMan, and it was rumored to be the opposite of the original PureMan, born out of irrational construction. Maybe it could bring new hope to the world of PureMan? Whose masterpiece would it be this time?
Story Extension
Story Extension 1
The person from the other world is the 10001st person to appear in the PureMan world, so its ID number is 10001. Due to the rules of this world, the appearance of this newcomer is also forced to follow some of PureMan’s features.
Story Extension 2
The PureMan who produced the first irrational idea later became known as the “Rebel”.
Story Extension 3
Among them, there is a famous and unique PureMan statue, which is cast from a material called “Radiant Star Diamond”. This material seems to not exist in the world of PureMan, making the origin of this statue a mystery. Later speculation suggested that this PureMan statue was actually cast by the PureMan who once made a mistake and was exiled. He may have gone to another parallel virtual world and brought back “Radiant Star Diamond” to this world.
Story Extension 4
In this long conflict, two of the most extreme PureMans were also created, one becoming the embodiment of good and the other becoming the embodiment of evil. They were later called “the person of extreme goodness” and “the person of extreme evil” and engaged in endless and meaningless battles in the void.
Story Extension 5
The missing expedition representatives may have entered another parallel virtual world and lost their way, permanently disconnected from this world; they may have lost themselves in the desert of inspiration, never able to escape; or they may have entered the oasis of inspiration and transformed into other forms of PureMan. In any case, there are many possibilities that we cannot know.
Story Extension 6
PureMan with strong desires will also be affected by the environment of the “Roads of Sensibility”, but they will not easily change their appearance because of it. Those PureMans who have undergone changes in appearance by crossing the “Desert of Inspiration” and passing through the “Roads of Sensibility” are mostly PureMan whose desires are not so strong or whose desires have been exhausted.
Story Extension 7
The “Realm of Inspiration” here connects to the PureMan world, so only PureMan will be sent as inspiration into the three-dimensional world.
Story Extension 8
If this non-existent PureMan is proven to exist, then its ID number should be… 10002?
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