Ian's next goal is to meet Nick, the male protagonist in the movie <The Mummy>. Although there are still three years until the plot officially starts, he wants to prepare in advance.
At this time, Nick was serving in the army and was deployed at Iraq.
After obtaining the specific location of this guy from Morgana, Ian teleported directly to the military camp where he was located.
When I first saw Nick and Ian, I noticed something was wrong.
There is a strange aura or atmosphere surrounding this man's body.
If it weren't for Ian's extremely sharp senses, I might not be able to detect it at all.
Ian, who was in the invisible state, observed Nick and decided not to contact him immediately. His intuition told him that this was not the best move.
Recently, with the continuous purification of mana, his "precognition" ability obtained by transplanting Thunderbird Bloodline has been further developed. Coupled with his heaven-defying "Cosmic Perception" talent, he knows that he must trust his "feeling" or "intuition".
So, he decided to adopt a roundabout strategy. He transformed into a commander of Nick's division, and organized a physical examination for all members.
All soldiers were examined, including the collection of body and blood samples.
During this process, Ian was able to study Nick's body structure in detail in secret, and the results he discovered surprised him.
Through Solomon, he already knew the plot of the reboot version of <The Mummy>, so he knew that at the end of the movie, Nick's body was occupied by Egypt Bleach Set.
However, Nick actually succeeded in suppressing the will of this god while retaining Set Divine Power.
Ian originally thought this was because Nick had strong willpower and his love for the heroine that allowed him to create miracles.
After all, love is one of the most powerful forces in the world.
Unfortunately, he guessed wrong.
The real reason is that Nick's body itself is unique. The most appropriate description is: he is a perfect "Anti-Divinity Vessel", or a perfect "God-Sealing Vessel".
As long as a god occupies his body, Divine Power will be greatly weakened.
In this case, as long as his willpower is firm enough, he can easily suppress the soul and completely inherit the power of God.
"This kind of physique can never occur naturally," Ian looked at the test results and whispered to himself.
He knew very well that only someone with an extremely deep understanding of Divinity could create such a masterpiece.
Even now he can't do it.
Could it be Jehovah?
Ian immediately thought of Anubis. The Resurrection plan of Bleach was ruined by mortals. Not only Set, but even the gods behind Dragon Emperor also suffered the same fate.
Ian originally thought that this was a struggle within the same pantheon, such as the power struggle between Anubis and his father Osiris. But now it seems that Jehovah is probably the Mastermind of all this. He is secretly planning to eradicate all the old gods who survived "Heavenly War".
Immediately afterwards, Ian began to investigate Nick's background in depth, trying to find any abnormalities, but on the surface, nothing was found.
So, he used Time Magic to trace the bloodline of Nick to ancient times.
This time, he finally found the clue.
During the reign of Solomon, there was a special group of people who obeyed him, called "Demon-Sealing Priest".
In that war, Demons and other gods will send powerful beings into the mortal world to cause chaos.
The meaning of the existence of these Demon-Sealing Priest is to seal these entities in one's body to prevent them from wreaking havoc in the world.
Nick is the descendant of one of the priests.
Ian immediately realized that something was fishy. Why did these priests just seal Demons instead of killing them directly?
He did not believe that Jehovah did not have the ability to kill these beings.
In addition, why should they be sealed in the human body instead of in magic Divine Artifact or a special place?
"Has he been planning it since then?" Ian murmured to himself, "If so, it means that he has extremely high attainments in Time Magic or Divination."
Ian has long suspected this, because Doros once told him that Jehovah's goal is to become an omniscient, omnipotent, and ubiquitous existence.
Typically, deities are limited by their Authority or Divinity.
For example, Vulcan can usually only use fire-related abilities and cannot touch Authority of other elements.
Of course, the god will gain many innate abilities the moment he becomes a god, such as extremely high magic resistance, basic teleportation, etc. This is how Godhead operates in the Harry Potter universe that Ian knows, and he speculates that the situation in this world is similar.
"The value of this Nick is even greater than Set," Ian said to himself.
By studying Nick, he may be able to create a powerful "Anti-Divinity Weapon" to deal with the gods in his world. He can even develop "Anti-Magic Weapon" to deal with those powerful magical races.
This weapon will be a huge help for the Empire to conquer the entire universe in the future and to deal with Divine Grade existences from other universes.
Thinking of the endless benefits this guy could bring, Ian was excited for a moment and then calmed down.
He immediately arranged for the army to undergo a new compulsory vaccination.
And took this opportunity to implant something into Nick's body, waiting for the right time to activate it.
There are still three years left before the plot begins. Ian decided to wait for the time being, but not to interfere too much with the relevant personnel to avoid triggering the butterfly effect and causing accidents.
During this period, he continued to refine his magic power while embarking on another project.
When he was on Earth-234, he had a new idea for nanorobots and began to develop them. But he soon realized that it would be better to wait until he returned to Floating City before manufacturing them, because that Earth lacked the necessary materials and laboratory conditions.
Therefore, after dealing with Nick, he came back to complete the project.
Three months later, he returned to Earth-234 in Floating City.
To be precise, he cast a spell to teleport there himself, while others drove around the city following behind.
When Ian was walking on the street of London, there was deathly silence all around.
Buildings, cars, parks, forests... no sign of any living people or animals.
The only exception is the ocean he has never touched.
"Morgana, you can start." Ian ordered.
As soon as he finished speaking, a huge shadow suddenly cast in the sky, covering the sky and the sun.
If anyone were present at this time, they would definitely think that a terrifying mosquito plague was attacking London.
They were countless nanorobots that were even smaller than mosquitoes. Soon after they appeared, they quickly surrounded a building more than 300 meters high.
After a few seconds, the entire building disappeared out of thin air, and to the naked eye it seemed as if it had been wiped out instantly.
Immediately afterwards, this shadow-like black plague rushed towards another building.
Just like the first building, after a few seconds, the building disappeared.
Subsequently, the black insect swarm divided into many strands. Strangely, their number did not seem to decrease.
Every swarm of insects is frantically devouring everything in sight - whether it is buildings, cars, or any technological machinery.
They range from microwave ovens and remote controls to particle accelerators.
Everything is being attacked and then disappearing mysteriously.
At the same time, a screen appeared in front of Ian. Looking at the data on it, he nodded with satisfaction.
These things do not really disappear. The nanorobots use "matter conversion" technology to decompose all items into the most basic raw materials, and then transfer them to a Subspace pocket for storage.
For example, after a car is "eaten", all the metals used to make it will be restored to their original form and sent to Subspace after processing. The same is true for the rubber of the tires and the leather of the seats.
This is an efficient resource collection method developed by Ian.
An hour later, the entire earth's surface, except for forests and mountains, was basically devoured by him.
All man-made technological products are deconstructed and recycled as raw materials.
Then, Ian launched the next phase of the plan, First Tier. These nanorobots were enchanted with special spells that allowed them to absorb metal energy from the swallowed objects and use this energy to divide and proliferate Self.
Under the instructions of Ian, the nanorobots split wildly, and then began to deconstruct the entire planet - layer by layer, eating from the crust to the core.
In just one month, the entire planet was completely deconstructed and broken down into basic materials.
In the vast space, the place where the planet used to be was empty, not even a speck of dust was left.
"One month, longer than expected," Ian muttered, thinking about how to improve this new technology or create a better alternative.
Soon, he had a new idea.