Their beginning

Before Rain could learn the next skill of the space path, he finally learned something about the existence of the machine gods. Apparently, they all were able to transfer their consciousness to reality around the time they were fifty thousand years old… They built temporary bodies for them to try their experiments with more ease, but soon, they found that their forms were more troublesome than anything. It was much better to just create the tools that they needed and make them work that they were supposed to while the experiments were ongoing…

"They all obtained that power at the same time…" Rain rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Is that a coincidence? Can't be... coincidences don't exist in situations like that. This needs further investigation, but I have the feeling that the answers won't come to me that easily. Even if I check all their knowledge as well..."