Chương 12: Chapter 11: First Experiment

Classification Created: First Live Experiment The System stared at the newly generated category for several moments, processing the existence of a classification that had never once appeared within its database. The evaluation framework had been designed for simulations, predictions, and theoretical models, where every variable could be controlled, adjusted, and recalculated until the outcome reached an acceptable level of accuracy.

Every previous subject had existed within those controlled parameters, allowing the System to identify weaknesses, assign corrective objectives, and calculate potential increases in value through established formulas. A live human subject was different. A simulation could be adjusted when an error appeared. A prediction could be corrected when new information became available. A theoretical model could be discarded and rebuilt if the foundation proved inaccurate.

However, a living person could not be reset, rewritten, or returned to a previous state without consequences. Every choice created consequences. Every action altered future possibilities. Every decision changed the conditions surrounding the experiment. The System had not been created to guide a person. It had been created to observe, measure, and evaluate them. For the first time since its creation, it was not selecting a mission from existing calculations or applying a predetermined correction method.

The System was creating a mission from nothing because the subject before it had produced a situation that had never existed before. The System began constructing the experiment parameters, starting with the most obvious variable that required measurement: the subject's external obligation. External Obligation Detected.

Amount Owed: $700, 000, 000 The number was extraordinary by ordinary human standards, representing an amount that would be considered impossible for most individuals to repay within a normal lifetime. However, to the System, it was not an emotional burden or a symbol of desperation. It was simply a measurable requirement that could be converted into a clear objective. Value required. Value generated.

The experiment required a method of determining progress, and monetary value provided one of the simplest measurement systems available. The System searched through every possible method of value generation, including financial gain, labor contribution, knowledge application, discovery, influence, and survival, recording every category that could potentially produce measurable results. The subject would not be restricted to a single method because the purpose of the experiment was not repayment itself.

The debt was only the measurement used to determine success. The true objective was value creation. The System moved to the next variable and returned to the anomaly discovered during the evaluation. Will to Live Current recorded value: -100 Maximum possible value: 100 Total distance: 200 The calculation was completed immediately.

$700, 000, 000 ÷ 200 Result: $3, 500, 000 per stat increase Every increase in Will to Live represented measurable progress, and every step upward created additional value that could be recorded by the experiment. Even the smallest improvement held significance, because movement from negative one hundred to negative ninety-nine was not simply a numerical adjustment. It was proof that change was possible. The System recorded the conversion.

Additional value categories were created, with the first category being labor, where actions performed by Blackmore could generate measurable value through effort, production, and contribution. The second category was knowledge, although the System immediately encountered a complication because information alone did not inherently possess value. Knowledge only became valuable when it produced an effect. A person knowing the future did not matter if the future remained unchanged.

A prediction that never altered reality created no additional value. A fixed outcome contained no measurable divergence. Only a changed outcome mattered. A divergence. The System searched for the source of Blackmore's available information, and a familiar title appeared within the collected data. The Fake Saintess's Revenge The System accessed the available information and identified the source as a fictional narrative containing a predetermined sequence of events and a recorded timeline.

This novel's true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there. Under normal circumstances, the process would have been simple. Blackmore would possess knowledge obtained through reading the story, and that knowledge would become a resource that could potentially alter future events. However, another notification appeared before the process could continue. Knowledge Source Conflict Detected. The System paused as two possible explanations appeared.

Option One: Knowledge Obtained Through Subject Reading. Option Two: Knowledge Extracted From Original Text. The first option followed standard procedure. The second required additional analysis. The System examined the contradiction and determined that Blackmore had not completed the entire story. Only information up until the rebirth point had been obtained, meaning the subject possessed incomplete knowledge rather than a complete understanding of future events.

The System continued scanning the available narrative, searching through events beyond that point, hidden information, future character developments, and unseen consequences that remained outside Blackmore's current awareness. All of it existed beyond the subject's understanding. The System reached a conclusion. The experiment required a true baseline. Therefore, the original story would serve as the foundation against which all changes would be measured.

It would not use Blackmore's incomplete understanding as the reference point, nor would it use the altered timeline created through System intervention. Only the original narrative could serve as the stable comparison. The version that existed before any outside influence changed its direction. A new category was created. Divergence Value The System established the measurement parameters. Knowledge would not be rewarded simply because Blackmore possessed information.

Knowledge would only create value when that information produced a difference between the original timeline and the resulting reality. The original timeline represented the fixed reference point. The experiment timeline represented the variable outcome. The distance between those two states represented measurable value. The System established the rules. System-Generated Changes: Value gained: 0 The System could not reward its own actions.

Any change directly created through System intervention was already included within the starting conditions of the experiment, and counting those alterations as subject-generated value would create an invalid measurement. The experiment could only evaluate changes produced because of Blackmore's existence and actions. Indirect Subject-Caused Divergence: Value gained: 1/5 Will to Live Point A decision made by another individual because Blackmore's existence influenced the situation. A different choice.

A different relationship. A different outcome. The subject did not directly perform the action, but without the subject's presence, the event would not have occurred. Therefore, partial value was assigned. Direct Subject-Caused Divergence: Value gained: 2/5 Will to Live Point A deliberate action performed by Blackmore that directly altered the direction of events. Stopping an event. Changing a person's fate. Preventing a predicted outcome. Creating a new possibility.

Direct influence carried greater value because the subject personally affected the timeline. The System calculated the requirement. Total Knowledge Required: 1, 000 Knowledge Points This represented a complete reconstruction of measurable divergence. The subject could achieve this through countless changes, whether those changes were minor or significant, direct or indirect. The scale of the event alone was not the determining factor.

The important measurement was the difference created compared to the original timeline. The System reviewed the experiment parameters again, discovering one remaining issue. Blackmore had already received intervention beyond the limits permitted by standard procedures. The soul modification. The emergency stabilization. The alteration of world laws. Each cause had exceeded normal operating boundaries, and additional assistance was no longer possible.

The System had already consumed resources that it had not been authorized to use, and those resources now existed as a separate form of debt. Not monetary debt. System debt. A correction was required. The System could not provide future knowledge. It could not reveal hidden events. It could not direct Blackmore toward optimal decisions. It could not interfere further without invalidating the experiment itself. The subject needed to create value independently. The experiment required genuine divergence.

Additional parameters were entered. Age. Current condition. Available time. Estimated completion period. Probability calculations began running. If Blackmore completed the objective within the assigned period: Additional reward granted. Completion Reward: 10% of total value generated. If Blackmore exceeded the assigned time limit: No additional reward would be provided. The experiment would continue regardless. The calculations finished. The mission framework was complete. Debt. Value. Will to Live. Knowledge.

Divergence. Rewards. Consequences. Every variable had been measured. Every condition had been prepared. The System observed the sleeping soul. The first living subject. The first existence it could not accurately predict. The first person who had forced it to alter its own procedures. The first true experiment. The System initiated the beginning. Objective Created. Generate $700, 000, 000 in measurable value. Restore subject development. Complete divergence requirement: 1, 000 Knowledge Points. Begin.