Omnithar Genie yang biasanya tak pernah menunjukkan emosi pun terpaksa tak bisa menyembunyikan sedikit reaksinya saat melihat perubahan drastis Levi... Dia tahu bahwa Levi tidak sedang bermain-main, sebab aura yang menakutkan dari seorang Radian tidak bisa diconteku2014hanya bisa diturunkan. Dengan Levi yang lahir sebagai setengah-Radian, persona angkuhnya kini terlihat begitu natural, seolah-olah itu memang sifat aslinya. Namun Omnithar Genie tetap mengikuti rencana... Di hadapan kesempatan untuk dibebbebas, dia tak peduli jika Levi memiliki darah yang sama dengan para penjaganya.
Genie itu mendengarkan melodi Levi dan menerapkan Valence Cipher pada setiap reaksi emosionalnya... Menyamarkan dengan sempurna, mengirimkan gelombang campuran seperti kode morse.
Karena Levi sedang berada dalam Sun Form, dia tak merasakan beban emosional itu. Sebaliknya, ia mengamati panjang gelombang itu dan mengubahnya menjadi kode tanpa sekedar mengubah ekspresi wajah.
Pertama datang adalah gelombang panjang dan bergetar dari Nostalgia, diikuti oleh kilat Zeal. Saat dicampur dengan tiga emosi lainnya, makna lengkap pun terbentuk.
u2018Keinginan itu...u2019 catat Levi.
Setelah sejenak mengangguk, Genie mengirim campuran Awe dan Dread yang aneh... Itu adalah denah untuk sebuah transformasi.
"Kamu ingin mengubah bentuk fisikmu?" Levi memastikan dengan jelas, karena ia masih bisa berbicara dengan normal.
Genie merespons dengan gelombang panjang dan datar dari Serenity, lalu segera diikuti oleh kilat Pendak.
Setelah sepuluh sinyal lagi, tiga kata muncul di pikiran Levi.
<Transformasi... Inskripsi Ilthorien,> kode itu berbunyi.
Levi merengkuk saat bingung, tidak mengerti alur pikiran Genie... Pertama ia menyebutkan sebuah keinginan, lalu transformasi, yang berkaitan dengan Inskripsi Ilthorien.
Itu terasa seperti kode. Namun, Levi menyadari bahwa ia belum menyebutkan elemen kunci dari seluruh dilema ini...
"Apa hubungannya dengan Lentera?" tanyanya dengan kaku.
Genie cepat mengirimkan kombinasi panjang gelombang emosional, yang akhirnya dapat diterjemahkan menjadi: Menyatuukan... Menjadi Teknik.
u2018Menjadi Teknik?u2019
Levi ragu sejenak, lalu tiba-tiba ia mengerti... semua teka-tekipun terselesaikan sekaligus. Ia akhirnya menyadari bahwa Genie ingin agar Levi menggunakan keinginannya untuk mengubah dirinya menjadi inskripsi konseptual Ilthorien yang dapat disatukan dengan inskripsi Lentera!
"Ini... gila." Ashu2019Kral mengangkat alisnya dengan heran. "Tapi sepertinya dia benar-benar punya sesuatu!"
"Apa maksudmu?"
Tubuh Titan itu bertanya; situasi ini tidak termasuk kepakainya... Bahkan Levi tetap diam dan memendemkan telinganya, terlalu mandiri untuk menunjukkan ketidaktahuiannya.
Mungkin ia sudah mengerti permintaan Genie, namun ia gagal memahami bagaimana caranya akan bekerja.
"Jika Genie berubah menjadi inskripsi ini dan bergabung dengan Lentera, maka ia akan menjadi bagian dari teknik itu sendiri... Aku pernah mendengar bahwa menurut hukum alam semesta, tidak ada seorang pun yang bisa melihat ke dalam Lentera Warden Tanpa Beban kecuali pemiliknya," kata Ashu2019Kral. "Jika asumsi kita benar tentang Lentera-mu, maka hukum itu pasti berlaku juga untuk Lentera itu. Dengan kata lain... jika keinginan itu berhasil, Genie akan tidak terlihat bagi sistem, Administrasi Nocturn, dan bahkan Orang-Orang di Atas!"
Levi meratapi melodi dan tetap diam, tato-tato emasnya yang bersinar tak pernah padam... Meskipun bangga sebagai jiwa Suranya, ia harus mengakui bahwa rencana ini sempurna jika kata-kata Genie benar.
u2018Apakah memungkinkan untuk membuat keinginan semacam itu?u2019 u2018Jika berhasil, sistem pasti akan mendeteksi aku sebagai pelaku menghilangkannya langsung.u2019
Levi merasa ini terlalu berisiko untuk dikerjakan... Dia tak tahu secara tepat cara kerja sistem ini, karena tidak termasuk informasi publik, namun secara logis, sistem pasti melacak semua keinginan Genie di seluruh platform.
Sementara itu, Genie mengakhiri pesan dengan rasa Resignation yang berat, diikuti oleh gelombang kecil dari Desperation.
Saat dicampurkan dengan emosi-emosi lain, kode itu membaca:
<Tidak perlu khawatir... Tak terdeteksi. Bebas di dalam Lentera...>
Mendengar responsnya, Levi tidak bisa dikatakan puas... Ia tahu bahwa Genie tidak berbohong, sebab Genie tak punya alasan untuk menggoda keduanya ke dalam hukuman.
Akhirnya, jika ia tertangkap, Omnithar Genie takkan bisa selamat... Ia hanya bisa bayangkan betapa kerasnya hukumannya. Ia tahu bahwa sistem akan membuat contoh dari kasus ini untuk para Genie lain, untuk membunuh semangkuk keberanian kecil yang ingin merdeka.
Namun... Levi tak punya niat untuk mempertaruhkan nyawanya hanya dipercaya pada kata-kata Genie. Satu-satunya orang yang bisa memastikan kebenaran Genie adalah Ashu2019Kral.
u2018Apa pendapatmu?u2019
Ashu2019Kral mengangkat pipinya sambil tertarik dalam, menyelami gudang ingatannya untuk mencari sesuatu yang mendukung klaim Genie. Setelah sejenak, Ashu2019Kral mengangkat alisnya dengan kaguman.
u2018Omnithar menaruh dasar rencana ini pada otomatisasi sistem,u2019 ungkapkan Ashu2019Kral dengan serius.
u2018Hmmm?u2019 bertanya Titan itu. u2018Bagaimana maksudmu?u2019
u2018Pada awal pembuatan Platform CRS, kebanyakan proses dikelola secara manual oleh Administrasi Nocturn... Setelah semua, segala-galanya masih baru dan kacau dengan sela-seli dan masalah-masalah muncul tiap detiknya.u2019
Levi dan Titan mengangguk kepahaman... Mereka tak bisa bayangkan betapa sulitnya memulai baik Cincin Nocturnal maupun Platform CRS pada masa awalnya.
Tidak ada seorang pun yang tahu apa-apa, namun kedua platform ini didirikan untuk menstruktur konflik abadi, artinya mereka di sini untuk tetap ada. Ini memaksa semua orang untuk beradaptasi dan menerima, entah suka tidak suka, hingga akhirnya menjadi budaya universal.
u2018Seiring berjalannya waktu dan segala-galanya mulai terasa lebih jelas... Sistem Nocturn lahir,u2019 lanjut Ashu2019Kral dengan tenang. u2018Kamu bisa menggambarkannya sebagai makhluk otomatis dimensi lahir dari perpustakaan aturan yang digunakan untuk mengelola kedua platform secara masing-masing. Ia mengikuti aturan Nocturn dan mengelola bahkan Empat Suku Murinori jika mereka melanggar hukum pencipta mereka... Setelah ia diciptakan, kedua platform menjadi sistematis dan mengikuti aturan ketat yang menjaga segalanya teratur: dari jaringan, gerbang dimensi, hukuman, imbalan, menerima permainan baru, hak streaming, aturan Genie, profil dimensi kamu, ruangan u201cAI,u201d dan segala-galanya... Segalanya dikelola di bawah makhluk dimensi itu, yang dioperasikan oleh Murinori dan Administrasi dengan kapasitas terbatas berdasarkan otoritas mereka.u2019
Ashu2019Kral berhenti sejenak.
u2018Tanpa sistem ini, platform takkan mencapai kesuksesan yang begitu besar, bahkan jika Administrasi Nocturn takkan pernah lelah.u2019
u2018Aku mengerti...u2019 nods Levi mengerti sambil memegang pipinya... Ia sudah tahu beberapa hal tentang Sistem Nocturn, namun ia tak pernah berpikir bahwa sistem itu adalah makhluk bernapas sebenarnya.
Akhirnya, semua orang memang memanggilnya Sistem! Meski menimbang eksentrisitas Nocturn, sepertinya hal itu masuk akal.
u2018Namun, makhluk
The usually emotionless Omnithar Genie couldn’t help but show a slight reaction at Levi’s drastic change... he knew that Levi wasn’t faking it, as a Radian’s overbearing aura could never be copied... only inherited.
With Levi being a natural-born half-Radian, his current arrogant persona seemed to fit him as naturally as the original one. Still, the Omnithar Genie followed along with the plan... in the face of a chance at freedom, it couldn’t care less if Levi shared the bloodline of its imprisoners.
It listened to Levi’s tunes and applied the Valence Cipher to its emotional reactions... it controlled them to perfection, sending a flood of mixed emotional signals like a Morse code.
Because Levi was in his Sun Form, he didn’t feel the weight of it... Instead, he watched the wavelengths and translated them into the code without a change of expression.
First came a long, shaky wave of Nostalgia, followed by an instant burst of Zeal... when mixed with three other emotions, the full meaning was achieved.
’The Wish...’ Levi noted.
Following a head nod, the Genie sent a strange mix of Awe and Dread... it was a blueprint for a transformation.
"You want to change your physical form?" Levi checked for confirmation since he could speak normally.
The Genie responded with a long, flat wave of Serenity, and then followed with a quick flash of Panic... after ten more signals, three words appeared in Levi’s mind.
<Transformation... Iithorien Inscriptions,> the code said.
Levi knitted his brows in confusion, not following its thought process... first, it mentioned a wish and then a transformation, which was related to Iithorien Inscriptions.
It felt more like a code. Yet, Levi understood that he had yet to mention the key to this whole dilemma...
"What does it have to do with the Lantern?" he asked sternly.
The Genie swiftly sent a combination of emotional wavelengths, which translated at the end to: Merge... Become the Technique.
’Become the Technique?’
Levi frowned for a moment, and then it hit him... the dots connected at once. He realized at last that the Genie wanted him to use the wish to turn itself into conceptual Iithorien inscriptions that could be merged with the Lantern’s inscriptions!!!
"This... crazy." Ash’Kral raised a brow in surprise. "It actually has something!"
"What do you mean?"
The Titan wondered; this situation wasn’t in his realm of expertise... even Levi kept his ears perked up in silence, too proud to show his ignorance on the matter.
He might have realized the Genie’s request, but he failed to understand how it would work exactly.
"If the Genie turned into these inscriptions and merged with the Lantern, it would become part of the technique itself... I have heard that according to the laws of the universe, no one can see inside the Unburdened Warden’s Lantern except the owner," Ash’Kral shared. "If our assumption is right about your Lantern, then the laws apply to it as well. In simpler terms... if the wish were to work, the Genie would be invisible to the system, Nocturn’s Administration, and even the Higher Ups!"
Levi softened the tune and remained silent, his golden tattoos glowing nonstop... even with his Sun Soul’s pride, he had to admit the plan was perfect if the Genie’s words were honest.
’Is it even possible to make such a wish?’ he asked. ’Let’s say it works, won’t the system detect me as the culprit behind your disappearance instantly?’
Levi believed it was too great a risk to make such a wish... he didn’t know the exact details of how the system worked, since it wasn’t public information, but logically, it should track all Genies’ wishes across all platforms.
Meanwhile, the Genie ended the message with a heavy feeling of Resignation, followed by a tiny hopeful wave of Desperation.
When combined with other emotions, it was coded as such:
<No worry... Undetected. Free inside the Lantern...>
Hearing his response, Levi wouldn’t say he was satisfied... he could tell the Genie wasn’t lying to him, since the Genie had nothing to gain by setting both of them up for punishment.
After all, if he were to get caught, the Omnithar Genie wouldn’t be spared... he could only imagine the severity of the punishment. He knew that the system would make an example of it for the rest of the Genies to kill any sliver of hope at getting freed.
Still... Levi had no plans to risk his life on the Genie’s words. The only one who could back up the Genie’s answer was Ash’Kral.
’What do you think?’
Ash’Kral held his chin thoughtfully, going through his vast library of memories to find anything that supported the Genie’s claim. After a moment, Ash’Kral raised a brow in surprise.
’The Omnithar is basing the plan’s success on the automation of the system,’ Ash’Kral disclosed with a solemn expression.
’Hmm?’ the Titan asked. ’In what way?’
’At the beginning of the CRS Platform’s creation, most processes were handled manually by Nocturn’s Administration... after all, everything was still fresh and chaotic with many loopholes and problems popping up each second.’
Levi and the Titan nodded in understanding... they couldn’t imagine how difficult it was to kickstart either the Nocturnal Ring or the CRS Platform in the earlier days.
No one knew anything, and yet, these two platforms were founded to structure an eternal conflict, which meant they were here to stay. This forced everyone to adapt and accept it, whether they liked it or not, until it became the universal culture.
’As time went by and everything started to make sense... Nocturn’s System was born,’ Ash’Kral continued calmly. ’You can think of it as a dimensional automaton creature born out of a library of rules used to manage both platforms in their own way. It follows Nocturn’s rules and manages even the Four Murinori Clans if they broke their own creator’s laws... once it was created, both Platforms became systemized and followed a rigid set of rules that kept everything streamlined and in order: from the network, the dimensional gates, punishments, rewards, accepting new games, streaming rights, Genie rules, your dimensional profiles, rooms "AI," and more... it’s all managed under that dimensional creature, which is operated by the Murinori and the Administration at a limited capacity based on their authority.’
Ash’Kral paused for a moment.
’Without it, the platforms wouldn’t have been as great a success even if Nocturn’s Administration never got tired.’
’I see...’
Levi nodded in understanding while holding his chin... he already knew some stuff about Nocturn’s System, but he didn’t think that the system was an actual breathing creature.
After all, everyone called it the System! Though considering Nocturn’s eccentricities, it made more sense.
’However, this powerful, knowledgeable creature has a fatal flaw,’ Ash’Kral smirked. ’It reacts only to already written rules and registered loopholes... it never acts out freely.’
The moment he heard this, Levi’s gleaming tattoos dimmed slightly before burning bright again... it was like a heart-skip for Radians.
He realized at once that the Genie was telling him that the system would never find out about its disappearance if they went for the plan... all because no one had ever wished for a Genie to transform into Iithorien inscriptions and merge with a technique protected under the laws of the universe!
After all, no one in the universe owned the real Unburdened Warden Lanterns besides them and... Levi!
This unique situation was the very reason the Omnithar decided to attempt an escape from its chains, understanding that it was literally given a once-in-a-trillion-years opportunity.
’Since the system has been reliable for millions of years, no one in Nocturn’s Administration will even notice the glitch... except,’ Ash’Kral uttered, ’Nocturn.’
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