Barrier of Light

"Where have you been for the past seven years?"

"We went to many places. We walked through every street in Nagano, saw every snow-capped mountain in the tundra, waited for the sunrise on the east mountain, watched the sunset on the west sea, and left our footprints in every corner of the world. .”

"The world is big."

"It's really big. Starting from the west sea where the sun sets, it takes a whole year to get back to the snow-capped mountains in the east where the sun rises."

"It seems you have really gone to a lot of places."

On the bench in the park, the old man holding a bunch of balloons couldn't help but sigh.

Suddenly, he changed the topic, looked at the young man beside him, and asked in confusion: "But how did you recognize me?"

"How did you recognize me?"

The young man sitting next to the old man just smiled and did not answer the question, but asked his own question.

"It's not difficult to recognize you."

The old man shook his head and replied warmly: "Gu Shen, did you know? There is a unique aura about you... This aura is like fire in a dark room in a troubled world. I am not blind. You should be able to see such a big fire."

"I see."

The young man smiled bitterly and reached out, touched his face, and praised from the bottom of his heart: "As expected of Mr. Turing, I have deceived many people with this 'face'."

these seven years.

Gu Shen used his mental power to modify his facial data, and he changed his face to live in the real world...

If he didn't want to reveal his identity, no one would be able to recognize him.

"You haven't answered my question yet." Turing said with a smile: "How did you recognize me?"

"I don't have as good an eye as you. I looked at it several times before I realized something was wrong."

Gu Shen spoke humbly and said slowly: "Everything in the world is controlled by fate, and no one can escape... In other words, everyone has a thread of life wrapped around their head. But you are an exception. Let me ask. How did a bad old man selling balloons in the park escape from the control of 'fate'?"

"..."

Turing was silent for a moment.

The old man spoke with emotion and asked: "In the past seven years, have you been traveling or practicing?"

"It's travel, but it's also practice."

Gu Shen said seriously: "It is better to travel thousands of mountains and rivers than to live in isolation for ten years."

Not long ago, he and Chu Ling were wandering around the Snow Forbidden City.

There was a "subtle" touch in his heart.

Gu Shen didn't feel anything strange at first glance. It wasn't until he took a closer look that he discovered that the "balloon man" in the park had a very special aura.

Even if you smelt fire and become a god, you can't escape the control of "fate".

After thinking for a moment, Gu Shen pushed Chu Ling away and chose to come to the old man's side.

After a few simple conversations, neither party chose to continue acting, so the previous conversation took place.

"With the information just now, you can only be sure that I am not an ordinary person."

Turing paused slightly when he said this and said, "How are you sure it's me?"

"intuition."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "My intuition has always been very accurate."

"Intuition?" Turing laughed dumbly: "Just intuition?"

"Not entirely."

Gu Shen added and said sincerely: "You told me that we would meet again, so I have been waiting all these years, starting from seven years ago, and waiting until now... You have never been one to break an appointment, seven The year is almost over, and it’s time for you to meet me.”

"You kid..."

Turing laughed helplessly.

He said angrily: "I'm just like you, and I'm not a good person. Breaking an appointment is nothing. I've done a lot."

"If you had not lived as 'Cui Zhongcheng', maybe you would choose to break the appointment now, right?"

Gu Shen blinked and smiled slyly: "But you have been punctual for decades. Once some things become a habit, it is difficult to break it, such as... the action of pushing up your glasses."

Turing was completely silent.

He stopped with his half-raised arm. If it weren't for what Gu Shen said...

He had almost completed the subconscious action of reaching out to push up his glasses.

Gu Shen was right. During the years he lived for "Cui Zhongcheng", he developed many "bad habits" that were not his own.

Holding your glasses is one thing, being on time and never missing an appointment is another.

"Actually, I wanted to see you earlier."

Turing laughed in a low voice: "But you sneak away so fast, it's not easy to see you."

"If you had released the news earlier, I promise not to go anywhere."

Gu Shen said seriously: "How can a date be more important than meeting you?"

Turing did not comment on this, but just laughed and cursed sarcastically: "You are smooth-tongued, talking about people, talking about ghosts, you have reached this point, how come you are still the same as before?"

"I've always been like that."

Gu Shen said gently: "Senior, it seems that you are not qualified to criticize me..."

He traveled on earth for seven years.

So why not Turing?

For nearly a thousand years, Turing has been walking and living on this land as a "tourist". He has a thousand different faces, and no one can tell which face is the real Turing.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Turing clenched his fist and coughed lightly, and said seriously: "That day is coming soon."

Gu Shen's expression also became serious.

That day...

Naturally, this is the day when the "Super Giant Source Storm" comes.

"I say I owe Chu Ling for taking her to travel around the world, but I know...this trip is more than just a trip."

Turing said meaningfully: "Eleven of the twelve fire seeds have returned to their places. The last remaining 'fire of love' has been silent for nearly a thousand years. If you want to truly awaken it, you need to let it experience the world." Joy, anger, sorrow and joy'."

Yes.

He revealed the deeper meaning of Gu Shen and Chu Ling walking in the world.

These seven years have been a time of traveling, practicing, and awakening the last spark of love.

"In the past seven years, I have been to many places and I have seen your efforts."

Turing looked at Gu Shen and said word by word: "Five years ago, Nagano took the lead in building an unprecedented giant underground city. Then the twelve fire masters left the dojo, selected base areas on the five continents, and used the power of fire to transform them into In the 'Land of Miracles', Wuzhou used great power to build twelve super dungeons around twelve fire seeds."

Gu Shen remained silent, just smiling and listening.

This matter... is handled by Li Qingsui and Mu Qingyang.

Build underground cities to house civilians. When that day comes, the people of Wuzhou can escape the erosion of the storm underground.

With the existence of starships, the originally crude underground environment can be simulated through spiritual technology.

This technology is actually very mature.

This is the "avoidance" strategy.

"In addition, you used black silver to reinforce the Beizhou City Wall, surrounded the Beizhou Great Wall with starships, and built hundreds of reinforced ancient text formations..."

Beizhou's defenses are supervised and advanced by Lin Linlin from Central City.

This is the "resistance" strategy.

"I've seen everything you've done."

Turing said slowly: "You have done a good job, but... it is not enough."

"Thousands of years ago, the city wall built in the starship era was thicker than the Great Wall of Beizhou."

"Their starship can sink to the bottom of the ice sea."

"But they eventually perished."

Turing stared into Gu Shen's eyes and asked a question that hit his soul: "Do you know why?"

"Why?"

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes.

"Because the essence of the disaster of the Sefirah Storm...is not just a Sephiroth Storm."

Turing said softly: "That's why, in the era of Mingming's starship civilization, the power was at its peak, and everyone was extremely united, but they finally decided to launch the 'Hunter', leaving the Hunter alone to fight against that A huge storm."

This sentence is a very subtle reminder.

Gu Shen smiled and pointed it out directly: "You mean, the seismic storm is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster controlled by the will? Although this disaster eliminated a race, but To fight against this disaster, someone must finally step forward?"

"..."

Turing said calmly: "Do you believe in higher civilization?"

"Should I believe that?"

Gu Shen took his time and looked at Turing with a smile.

"Let me change the question... Do you believe in higher-order beings than humans?"

Turing stretched out a hand, made a slight gesture, and drew a horizontal line. He raised it slightly from the original height and drew a new horizontal line.

"Mortal, extraordinary, fire leader."

He said slowly: "This is the well-known classification of 'life levels'... But after the fire leader, is there a more perfect life?"

"The creatures on the white paper cannot imagine the world outside the white paper. Because everything on this white paper is trapped in a plane."

Turing looked directly into Gu Shen's eyes: "You should understand what I mean."

"I'm a fool."

Gu Shen shook his head and said calmly: "I don't understand the meaning of what you said to me."

How could he not understand the meaning of these words?

The meaning of these words...he understands it better than anyone else!

The person who knows Turing best is not Gu Changzhi, Baizhu, or Zhou Jiren.

But Gu Shen.

He is the "hope" that Turing has been waiting for for nearly a thousand years.

What kind of person is Turing?

A man who has lived for nearly a thousand years.

A person who clearly has countless opportunities to touch the fire, but firmly refuses.

A man who spent his entire life on creating the "ultimate creature".

A person who sat in the time dojo and only received Emperor Tie Qiong and Gu Changzhi in six hundred years.

Those who can be recognized by Turing are the most powerful among the most powerful... When Mr. Tianshui was willing to assist Qinglong, he must have taken a fancy to Qinglong's top talent. But judging from the final result, Turing obviously believed that Qinglong could not be compared with Gu Changzhi.

Therefore, it was not until the end of his life that Qinglong knew that there was such a thing as a "time dojo".

Why did Turing do this?

What is he waiting for?

"I have left thirteen seats in the Dead Sea area. You have obviously participated in the meaning of the thirteen seats, and you have also sat in the highest position..."

Turing asked seriously: "Since you know that you have the highest authority of the 'Gospel Box', why don't you recycle the fire? Why do you choose to give it away?"

He had clearly given the hint.

In the Time Dojo.

He even told Gu Shen in a profound way... why not just melt the three fire seeds together.

"Why send the fire out...good question."

Gu Shen smiled and said: "Maybe it's because my surname is Gu, the same Gu as Gu Changzhi? Or maybe it's because I'm having a brain attack. After being the dark king of Hades for so long, it's rare that I want to be rich and be the sun for once... I'm just kidding. Yes, do you need any reason to send the fire out? I think they are more suitable for the fire than me, so I gave it away, it's that simple."

As soon as this statement came out.

Turing fell into silence, because he knew that Gu Shen already knew everything.

"Over the years, I have traveled far and visited many places. I have visited all the places where Mr. Gu Changzhi left his footprints."

Gu Shen wrote lightly: "I have always been curious about why he chose to burn himself out so early. Following the path he took, I walked it again, and this time I understood the answer... The reason why he did this was Because he hopes that the human world can have a complete hope, before 'burning himself out', the last place he arrived at was the Time Dojo. There, he met you."

"I have no way of knowing the conversation that took place between you at that time...but one thing I can be sure of is that Mr. Gu Changzhi knows and has determined the truth behind the 'super giant seismic storm'."

Gu Shen tilted his head slightly and looked at Turing.

"Whether it is the Hunter God Constellation or others in the Starship Civilization, they all suspect that there is a power more powerful than the God Constellation in this world."

"Maybe it's because I want to see the upper limit of civilization here."

"So there is such a thing as a super giant source of energy storm."

"Rather, this is about choosing a civilization over time."

"It would be better to say... this is selecting the strongest person in this civilization."

"Let me guess, the qualification for passing this trial is to 'survive' in the storm. As long as you can 'survive', it means you have passed the test."

Gu Shen said softly: "Did I guess it right?"

Turing remained silent.

"The reason why the so-called ancient writing cannot be understood by humans... is not because it is a writing left over from the previous era, but because it has always been a 'writing' from a higher dimension."

Gu Shen said slowly: "The Lord of Molten Iron only has a partial understanding. The time dojo created by the starship civilization is simply a semi-finished product. Under such circumstances, an 'immortal' with infinite life like you can actually be born. All I can say is...your existence is more legendary than anyone else in the starship civilization."

"You are a 'traveler' and you have been in every part of the world."

"So... is it possible that you don't belong to this world at all?"

Gu Shen looked at Turing, the smile in his eyes was very casual: "Senior, I'm just stating my guess casually."

"..."

At this point in the conversation, sweat was already breaking out on Turing's forehead.

What Gu Shen said was just a guess.

But... Gu Shen was absolutely right.

He is indeed not a "life" born in this world. The reason why the starship he was on was killed, and the reason why tens of thousands of years of life that can hardly be used up was transferred to his head, is actually fate. Arrangement is inevitable.

"You... are right."

After a long time, there was a long sigh.

Turing said in a hoarse voice: "But my identity and position are not what you imagine. In any case, I have been favored by this world, and I bear the lives of countless people on that starship, so I have to do it for Responsible for the fate of humanity in this world.”

Gu Shen shook his head and said: "I know, I know you have always stood on the side of mankind, so...I still use honorifics and titles until now."

From the moment they met until now, he has always called Mr. Turing "you".

Turing said seriously: "Super giant storms can never be overcome by a group. This disaster is designed for the brightest and most dazzling individual in a civilization. I see a lot of potential in you." Success is possible, I hope someone can pass this 'catastrophe', so I deliberately came to see you today."

Gu Shen smiled and said, "Just like when I met Gu Changzhi, Emperor Iron Qiong?"

"…Yes, but also no."

Turing hesitated for a moment: "You are not too different from them."

Gu Shen gathered all the fire.

Moreover, Gu Changzhi and Tie Qiong did not realize that Turing did not exist in this world.

Speaking of which.

He was a little confused. How did Gu Shen see it?

"Now I can answer your previous question, I... believe in the existence of higher life."

Gu Shen stretched out his hand and pointed around.

Everyone here has a thread of fate wrapped around their head.

He whispered: "This kind of thing, in my opinion, is called [destiny]."

destiny……

Turing was stunned for a second, recalling what Gu Shen said before about the [lifeline].

It's a pity that he doesn't have Gu Shen's "Fire Vision", otherwise he would have seen that there is one person besides him who is a unique exception.

Gu Shen was not entangled by the thread of fate.

That was why he saw that Mr. Turing was different from other people.

Don't be caught up in fate.

This is a higher life beyond the throne of God.

"Mr. Turing, in the past seven years... my power of flow has filled the entire time dojo. It turns out that cultivating the power of flow to the limit will really produce a qualitative change."

Gu Shen stretched out two fingers and pointed at his eyes: "Unknowingly, I was able to look directly at [destiny]. I saw many interesting things. It turned out that Beizhou's three-piece divination set, the Red Lake The Forbidden Library, those are all things left by higher-level civilizations... They are all products of fate, but unfortunately, in a certain sense, they are all incomplete. However, Blazing Fire is complete."

"So, the 'guess' I just said is not a 'guess', I know it is a 'fact.'"

Gu Shen smiled and said, "This is the 'truth' I saw."

"Gu Shen..."

Turing's expression was very complicated.

He said softly: "Your current life level has surpassed the throne of God, plus the unprecedented twelve fire seeds. As long as you are willing, you have a great chance to tear down the barriers of this world, break through the zenith, and leave here."

"Through [Destiny], I have seen many, many things."

Gu Shen said softly: "There are some things that humans can't do now, but they will be able to do it soon. One day, everyone can sit in a starship, go to the top of the sky together, and leave together here……"

"But before that day comes, a super-giant storm will come."

Turing said: "At least one person must survive, right?"

"I don't want to live alone."

Gu Shen shook his head: "If the person who lives alone is me, then I would rather die. So... I refuse to smelt twelve fire seeds. If I live, then everyone will live together. I live, Chu Mingzhi, Twelve Gods, Hundreds of millions of people on five continents live together."

Gu Shen said expressionlessly: "In my opinion, since the highest thing above the zenith is called [Destiny], then [Destiny] declares war on mankind, and mankind should fire at it."

Turing sighed: "If you go against fate, humans will die. The Seiran Storm is invincible. Even if you bring the Twelve Gods with you to fight against it... you may be the only one who survives in the end."

"But humans are such idiots."

Gu Shen grinned and said, "Humans can die standing, but they cannot live on their knees."

"..." Turing wanted to say something more.

Gu Shen beside him suddenly stood up, and this figure gave him an unprecedented "feeling of majesty".

Not seen for seven years.

Gu Shen has grown taller, no... To be precise, Gu Shen has not grown taller, but his "look" has completely changed.

Standing in the long river of time, on par with destiny.

This is the real way to break the confinement of the Divine Infant.

Today, Gu Shen has transcended the throne of God and evolved into another kind of life that cannot be described. "Time" is suspended in him. He can be a child, an old man, a young man... In the end, Gu Shen chose Keeping his appearance and bones at the age when he first met Chu Ling, his spirit is like the boundless deep sea and the brightest light in the world.

When Turing stared at Gu Shen earlier, he just felt that the flames between Gu Shen's brows were too intense.

This time he realized it.

The fire between Gu Shen's brows contained too many things.

In it, he saw the spiritual radiance of hundreds of millions of people. Each one of them cast their own piece of spiritual debris into this ray of fire between their brows... One or two pieces, insignificant, but billions of spiritual debris. When they gather together, they become an unstoppable torrent.

Turing murmured: "The twelfth upgrade..."

"Maybe the thirteenth?"

Gu Shen smiled and said: "The war drum in the distant sky is about to beat. I can't do nothing these seven years...I have more important things to do outside than practicing in seclusion at the Time Dojo."

Chu Ling completely took over [Deep Sea]. She collected the spiritual power of every citizen in the entire five continents, and spent seven years gathering everyone's strength to upgrade the spiritual level.

And after this...

She chose to merge her spirit into Gu Shen's spirit.

Back then, the main system only encircled a piece of Central Continent and almost completed its twelfth upgrade.

Now the entire Wuzhou, after seven years of integration, is at the critical stage of the thirteenth upgrade.

Turing was in a daze.

"So... Chu Ling left to carry out the thirteenth upgrade?"

"It doesn't matter whether she leaves or not. Because I am her eyes, and she is also my eyes."

Gu Shen did not answer this question. He smiled slightly and asked, "Didn't you realize that I am not afraid of the coming of the super giant storm of essence?"

Of course Turing discovered it.

Whether it's the Hunting God's Throne or Iron Dome, Gu Changzhi...

When facing a huge storm, everyone will feel nervous and scared. This is inevitable.

But Gu Shen was different from them.

He suddenly realized something... Gu Shen spent seven years traveling to every corner of the five continents.

And Gu Shen just said that there are more important things than practicing in seclusion in the Time Dojo.

"Creator..."

Turing spit out these three words.

He understood what Gu Shen and Chu Ling had been doing in the past seven years.

There was a faint red glow burning on the ground. The moment Gu Shen stood up, an invisible force spread rapidly, with Nagano where the two were at the moment as the center, and swept farther away.

Jiangbei, Dongzhou, the entire Five Continents, and even Binghai.

Every inch of land that Gu Shen has traveled over the past seven years has been wrapped and enveloped by this invisible force.

This is Gu Shen's [Creator] realm, an independent world that is more perfect and complete than the [Pure Land].

"Because I stand on the shoulders of giants, I am taller than any giant in the past."

"After completing the highest level of life evolution... I even began to look forward to the coming of this storm."

Gu Shen put his hands behind his back and looked towards the north, his eyes crossing countless life lines.

Outside the giant wall of Beizhou, countless chaotic sources are mixed together.

From the moment he could see [Destiny], he could see the countdown hanging above all humans.

"I gave up smelting fire not just because I didn't want to live alone."

"Moreover... I am fully confident that even so, I can lead humans to win this battle."

…

…

There was a violent tremor in the void.

"Hiss!"

A wisp of snow-white source of energy shredded the space like a sharp knife, and then thousands of strands of snow-white chaotic aura hit like a torrent. The land suspended in the void was instantly crushed. This storm shattered the space, and... It expanded at an extremely fast speed and turned into a dazzling "ball of light" in an instant.

The detector outside the umbrella's defense line captured the abnormality immediately.

It only took less than a tenth of a second for this strange ray to be transmitted to the giant wall and then to the starship.

"Buzz buzz!"

The "warning signal" that mankind has been waiting for seven years sounds at this moment.

A large number of source energy boats took off, and the starships sleeping on the ground also woke up.

The giant wall defense line has been widened and thickened several times in the past seven years.

Brilliant flames broke through the sky, the space outside the giant wall condensed and shattered, and the starship stepped forward to block the source energy boat.

One by one, the origins and apostles left the defense line, and they stopped in front of the starship.

Rusty Bones, Silver Fox, White Lizard, Azha'er, Song Ci, Shen Li...

Just as they were preparing to face the storm of origin.

The void trembled.

A figure, carrying a woman, crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and walked out of the space portal.

"Everyone...it's been a long time."

Gu Shen spoke softly, and his voice fell into the hearts of everyone on the giant wall defense line, giving people a great sense of security.

After the space portal he tore apart, figures one after another slowly walked out.

Gu Nanfeng, Meng Xizhou, Mu Wanqiu, Honglong, Baizhu, Lin Lei, Traveler, Xie Zheng, Luo Er, Gu Xiaoman.

Finally, there are the white sleeves.

The giant wall became even more "towering" because of the arrival of these people.

An insurmountable barrier of light condensed at this moment and rose from the ground.

The day the super giant storm came... the whole world became extremely silent.

The wind howled.

The white light at the zenith suddenly became extremely huge, like a sun.

Gu Shen looked at the sun expressionlessly.

He held out a hand.

"Zheng!"

Thousands of miles away, the tundra sword moved.

The sky sheath was shattered into pieces, disintegrating in an instant, countless stone fragments were shattered, and a sword shaped like a flowing fire spanned countless distances and flew into Gu Shen's palm in an instant.

Gu Shen grabbed the long sword and rushed out first. The tip of the sword pierced the snow-white light that almost caused the entire zenith to collapse.

Next is the Twelve Gods.

Followed closely are the Apostles, Origin, Starships, Source Energy Boats, and the Traveler Group, the Four Legions, the Five Families, the Temple of Light...

Year 660 of the New Calendar.

A super giant storm arrived at the border of Beizhou.

Humanity is at war with [Destiny].

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(PS: I didn’t write a request for leave last night because I stayed up all night and basically didn’t sleep. I deleted, deleted, and revised many versions. Also, the next chapter is the final chapter.)