Monsters Will Die if They Are Killed

In the past, eleven hundred years ago, the great scholar Brian predicted that the world would enter the abyss of destruction within two hundred years due to the complete stagnation of elements.

The sun in the sky will extinguish its light, the soil on the ground will no longer be fertile, the forests in the mountains will gradually wither, the wind will become drier, and everything in the world will slowly usher in death.

The God of Earth also sensed that the world was about to decline - the endless earth element that maintained the entire world was gradually collapsing, and the fertile earth was about to wither and heat up, and be burned to ashes by the fire from the center of the earth.

This is a dead end that is almost impossible to reverse. Even the power of the gods cannot stop it. However, the gods who are loved by the four countries and believed by countless people of the earth, the God of Earth, after thinking for a hundred days and nights, made the final decision. s Choice.

and sacrifice.

He chose to use himself as a sacrifice to maintain the fertility of the earth for a period of time - just like a corpse will restore fertility to the earth that has lost its fertility, the death of a god must also extend the life of the world for a period of time.

——Returning the ‘original earth element’ that he relies on to become a god to the world may be delayed for a while.

Thinking of this, the god himself killed himself and buried himself under the earth with mysterious rituals.

He succeeded.

So, the world really lived longer for a while...

However, it also brought a long-term torture called the 'Millennium Doomsday' to the people of the earth.

The demonic tide was cut off, interrupting the progress of the end of the world, and making the sacrifice of the God of Earth meaningless. In the millennium-long cutoff of spiritual energy, the gods were lost. All the powerful near-gods, all the elites, only some of them were left officially. The Earth Era of Professionals cut off almost all inheritances, and no one even knew why the God of Earth sacrificed himself and why he died.

During this period, all the people of the earth were tortured by suffering, and even lost all thoughts of resistance to the end of the world. They only knew how to linger in the hope that the end of the world would come before they died of old age. They did not know that the God of Earth knew that he was forcing the continuation of the times. How would you feel after it actually led to such painful results?

But no matter what, the gods must have been full of determination when they decided to sacrifice.

The place where He chose to sacrifice was the center of the world of Tartadis. It is also where the largest labyrinth of Hades is located in this world, a huge pit that holds the corpses of the gods of the world.

With the power of Su Zhou and the God of Wind, it didn't take much time to reach the center of the world. A few hours later, they arrived between the huge mountain peaks and saw the incomparably huge ones, which were like scars on the world. Generally, it is an abyss that is tens of kilometers long and extremely deep.

If a flying bird wants to cross this deep pit, it will have no choice but to fall into it because there is no place to stay and the support of the air flow.

And there is the entrance and exit of the maze.

Now, the center of the world has been completely shrouded in gray fog.

This gray fog has no lethality. Under Su Zhou's call, many bold guys in Nessel City have tried it many times, but the result is that whether it is ordinary people, extraordinary people, or the most ordinary people, Rats and bugs can all live freely in the gray fog without being affected in any way.

In other words, it is probably not the gray fog that brings destruction, but that wherever the world falls into deathly silence, it is completely shrouded in gray fog and completely falls into the category of the underworld. ,

Su Zhou, who regarded the gray mist as the embodiment of the Lord of Silence in this world, couldn't help but be extremely confused.

Su Zhou also used his spiritual pupils to carefully observe the nature of the gray mist - but found nothing special about it except that it could penetrate everything but did not react with any spiritual energy. , even if he asked Yala, Yala would not answer.

Elias, who was taken flying by Su Zhou and others, experienced traveling across half of the continent at subsonic speed for the first time. When he landed, he was still a little dizzy, and he didn't know whether he was being carried by that mysterious man. The God of Wind was shocked by the news, but he was simply flying too fast and felt dizzy and nauseous.

But after everyone entered the abyss maze, he quickly regained consciousness.

"The feeling here is so familiar and warm..."

For some reason, the little Grand Duke of Neisser City showed an extremely nostalgic expression as he gradually entered the maze, and he didn't even know what he was missing.

"It's the god of earth."

And the God of Wind gave the answer. He answered Elias' question softly: "The God of Earth is the symbol of the era of earth. His existence itself will remind the people of the earth of the warm and normal world when the world was normal."

The God of Wind's tone was also full of nostalgia, but Su Zhou remained silent about it.

The central maze is not difficult to navigate, there are not so many twists and turns. After entering, you only need to look for the huge crack leading downward to reach the next level.

In the middle of the journey, many powerful monsters did appear. They were all kinds of extraordinary creatures that had been resurrected in the underworld. They were the best in all eras. However, facing Su Zhou and the God of Wind, no matter how crazy the monsters were, they could not survive. To be frightened into a good cat that can be petted.

Along the way, Elias even had the illusion that he was on an outing in the city of Nessel. The maze monsters that sometimes appeared, and sometimes lay on the ground, shivering, were just ordinary citizens who ran over to say hello. There is no lethality.

Then, soon, in the sixth floor of the maze, Su Zhou and the God of Wind found their target this time.

An extremely huge corpse of a giant.

The corpse of this giant was nearly three thousand meters long, even bigger than the huge God of Water, like a real mountain.

Even though it only has bones left, the huge light brown bones seem to be able to support the entire world just by existing.

This is the true body corpse of the God of Earth in the realm of gods when he was at his peak.

His skeleton has dense elemental inscriptions and flashing earth elemental light. Around it, there are dense jungles of earth elemental crystals. A large number of earth era monsters live around it, as well as the sixth floor maze. Incompatible with normal ecology.

Su Zhou removed part of the bones of the God of Earth and put them into Elias's space ring, allowing him to keep company with the original elements of the God of Water.

The body of the God of Earth was looking downwards in a head-down posture. He seemed to want to explore the depths of the earth, or perhaps it was a simple ritual requirement.

But no matter what, the corpse of the God of Earth even penetrated the three-layer maze. The sixth, seventh, and eighth layers of the maze were all passed through by his corpse, with his legs, body, arms, and head respectively.

Following the bones of the God of Earth, Su Zhou and others walked through the maze as quickly as possible and arrived at the bottom of the eighth-floor maze where the God of Earth's head and arms stretched forward.

Here, it is also the 'underworld' of the Water Era, but compared to the labyrinth around Nessel City, it is located on the eighth floor of the great labyrinth in the center of the world. What it contains is not just abundant water vapor, but real... A small underground ocean - in the dark labyrinth sea, there are a large number of blind fish that can survive without light swimming, and there are also a large number of self-luminous deep-sea fish that thrive in it.

In this unique environment, Su Zhou even saw an old acquaintance, that is, a large number of sea cucumbers. Naturally, the sea cucumbers here are not lucky enough to transform into dragons. They are one of the bottom layers of the ecological chain and are used by various The powerful monsters of the deep sea are swallowed as snacks.

Using water aid enhanced by the evil spirit of the Water God, Su Zhou supported a huge bubble in the maze ocean for the Wind God and Elias to move.

The bottom of this ocean is what the God of Wind told Su Zhou as the final destination of their trip.

"Under the underworld in the center of the world, that is, the so-called ninth floor of the maze, breeds the initial elements of the next era. As long as it is impregnated with the initial elements owned by the gods before the end, then the next The era will become the era of the elements held by the gods themselves.”

The God of Wind, who had experienced several changes in eras, looked at the corpse of the God of Earth, pointing in the direction of the huge outstretched hand bones, and sighed in a low voice: "In the previous eras, at this time, deep in this maze , there will be at least two gods fighting here, and their powerful power will tear apart the barriers between the eighth and ninth levels, and the elemental surge will make the elements of the next era appear."

"However, the strength of the gods is already between equals. Even if they are slightly weaker, they can definitely die together. Therefore, the battles that have developed to this point in the past are all the endings of the gods dying together and the natural birth of a new era."

"But this time it's different."

Su Zhou said this. The young man took a step forward, and his spiritual power began to rise rapidly. The next moment, with the flash of spiritual light, he once again transformed into the body of a wingless dragon: "The God of Water has been killed by me. The God of Earth sacrificed himself. According to your words, the God of Fire exploded and died, and even the cycle of eras cannot be entered - and you are the last remaining god. As long as I fail, you will naturally succeed."

"Perhaps you can become the first victorious god you know?"

"This is not called victory, this is called being given charity."

The God of Wind also returned to his true form under a burst of magical light. The violent wind elements swept around him, turning the surrounding seawater into ocean tides, and substantial vortex air waves stirred around him.

The next moment, towards the direction where the Earth God's corpse was pointing, Su Zhou and the Wind God both launched their most powerful attacks, bombarding that area.

The violent breath of wind, thunder, water and fire was gathered together, even vaporizing all the surrounding deep sea water, and the spear of wind, which was enough to penetrate everything in the world, stirred up the huge waves and ocean currents with infinite energy even in the water. These two forces simultaneously bombarded the On that piece of land, this power even triggered the remaining power of the God of Earth - along with a heavy wave came from the corpse of the God of Earth, and then gathered at his fingertips, three completely different powers They collided with each other and then exploded.

The eighth floor of the maze of the underworld, and the same road to the ninth floor, were opened in this way.

If Su Zhou's water element power is regarded as an extension of the God of Water, then this time, in addition to the elements represented by the 'Era of Fire' that may be born in the next era, wind, water, and earth may All three major elements have gathered together...the powers of all ages have joined forces in a strange way.

Staring at the layer that had been blasted out, leading to the next layer, which was the 'ninth layer maze' that no one had ever reached before, Su Zhou's eyes were profound, and in his heart, he was also filled with the emotions called tension and tension. The mood of anticipation.

"If we say, the 'erosion degree' in the God's scale represents the degree of erosion of the world sealed by the great being."

"So in the past, the sacred tree world only had more than 20%, and the sacred tree did not grow to its full size. Not only did the power of the tree of avenue not erode that world, but it was almost beaten back by the locals and aborigines, even without me. With help, it is probably just a matter of time to defeat the Demon Emperor."

"But the erosion rate of Ji Lord's world is 79.84%, almost 80% - and if the gray mist and labyrinth, or the entire cycle of epochs, are regarded as the incarnation of Ji Lord, then he has almost already We must completely control this sealed world and escape from the seal!"

And this is what makes Su Zhou puzzled - if the Lord of Silence is as active as the tree of the avenue, then based on the extent of his erosion of the world, if he really has any physical incarnation, he must have been like the immortal Banyan Tree. Like a tree, it stands in the center of the world.

But in fact, He didn't do anything. Su Zhou didn't see any noticeable changes that Lord Ji had made to the world. He just watched silently, and even searched the entire world, but couldn't find the entity.

This is not a lie - at the speed of Su Zhou and the God of Wind, it would not take a few days to patrol the entire world. If the Lord of Silence really has any obvious entity, then with their keen observation skills, it will never be possible. They couldn't find it - in fact, they actually found a few scattered human gatherings stationed in the corners, and then brought all those thousands of people back to Neisser City.

Apart from this, all other humans have entered the maze, the underworld, to survive.

Since there is no figure of Shanti Lord in the external world, if He really exists, the only possibility is in the labyrinth, and the most likely one is the central labyrinth where the corpse of the Earth God is located.

"Regardless of whether He has an entity or not, as long as I express my desire to change the world and end this reincarnation, He will definitely appear and hinder me."

Thinking of this, Su Zhou looked at the God of Wind. In this way, the two led Elias through the huge gap and headed to the ninth floor of the maze.

But unfortunately, no incarnation of Lord Silence was found here.

He did nothing.

The ninth floor of the maze is a huge lava area.

The golden-red magma is like an ocean, slowly flowing and surging in the vast depths of the ground. From time to time, several lava foams burst, splashing Mars, and at the same time releasing unimaginable heat.

The water labyrinth on the eighth floor could not help but be affected by it, and was heated up to produce underwater hot springs.

Even in the underground maze of Nessel City, the temperature is gradually rising, and the entrances and exits of the seventh and eighth floor mazes are underground hot springs. Thinking of this, Su Zhou couldn't help but have a guess - there are underground hot springs all over the world. Are the mazes connected together under certain circumstances? That's why they appear so uniform, and their shapes are so similar.

At this time, the water in the eighth-level maze was pouring into the sea of ​​magma on the ninth level through the entrance and exit bombarded by Su Zhou and the God of Wind. The moment it touched the magma, it was vaporized, and the high-heat white water The mist-like water vapor immediately turned into twisted air waves, covering the area where the two mazes intersected. For the safety of Elias, Su Zhou and the God of Wind quickly left that area.

And just after they left that area, accompanied by violent roars like the earth was shaking, the corpse of the God of Earth began to slowly slide into the ninth floor of the labyrinth - losing the earth that supported his corpse, How could His huge weight be supported by a mere hollow layer of soil? Then the two gods present saw that the huge divine body thousands of meters long was submerged into the lava, and the majestic earth element that condensed the power of the gods was completely transformed into the flames, and gradually transformed into flying fire. element.

"Fire, wind, water, earth. And then converted into fire again... This is the natural cycle, the law of the movement of elements..."

Staring at this scene, Elias murmured in a low voice: "The depths of the earth breed fire, and the temperature is getting higher and higher, so the surface soil dries up, the fertile earth turns to ashes, and the clouds also disappear - and the elements are because of It is out of balance, so it shows stagnation... The world will be destroyed because of this, but it will also be reborn."

Even though this young man of the earth people was afraid and sad, he tried his best to watch the body of the god of his era gradually turning into the nourishment of the next era. His tone was full of confusion: "Can we really survive in the next era?" Will the Era survive, Mr. Su..."

"That's what I'm here for, trust me."

Su Zhou's simple answer suppressed the fear in Elias's heart. He recalled Su Zhou's every move when he came to this world, and he immediately felt a sense of relief that he didn't know why.

Su Zhou and others continued to set off, looking for the core of the ninth floor of the maze.

It's not hard to find because it's so obvious, so undisguised.

Boom--boom--boom--

In the ninth-level labyrinth, where the energy fluctuations are the largest, Su Zhou, the God of Wind, and even Elias, who only had awakening level strength, heard a huge 'beating' sound, it was like the world The same heartbeat.

And in this place where all things die, where the corpses of gods are buried, it is also in this place where all things begin, where the embryo of the furnace is born for the new world.

Su Zhou saw the ‘initial flame’.

That is, a group with a radius of several kilometers, like a living thing, which is constantly leaping and beating, driving the entire ninth floor maze, the 'heart' of all the seas of lava that are constantly moving and running. The group is spherical, just like Like the sun, it releases a dazzling light that is impossible to look directly at, and releases its flaming heart of light and heat towards everything around it.

That is the 'initial fire element' that will lead the next era and recreate the new world after the Earth Era ends.

Although the initial fire element appears to be alive, it is actually a ball of pure blazing fire. It does not resist contact from outsiders, nor does it have the power to protect itself like other natural gods. .

This endless power of elements, just like waiting to be picked up, transformed, used and absorbed by someone, just stays in the center of the ninth layer of lava sea without any defense.

It’s no wonder that the gods who have seen the element core of the next era in the past are so eager to obtain it - there is no doubt that this is the thing that can determine the fate of the next world!

Elias could even hear that the wind god's breathing became much heavier, and his eyes became hot and even dangerous.

But Su Zhou took the lead and flew forward - this scene calmed down the God of Wind, allowing him and Elias to quietly watch Su Zhou's actions.

"He doesn't have his own initial elemental power... I don't have to worry."

Elias could even hear the voice of the God of Wind, whether he was talking to himself or to others.

But Su Zhou stopped, turned his head, and said to the God of Wind inexplicably: "Why are you stopping there? Come here quickly, I need your help for the next thing!"

The body of the God of Wind was startled, and then he exhaled and walked over with Elias.

The huge heart of flames does not feel hot. Whether it is Su Zhou, the God of Wind, or the gray-eyed boy with the lowest strength, what they feel is a burst of vitality, a blazing fire. The flame of harmony seemed to be a fire that condensed all the life force in the previous world. Just shining it made the three people present feel comfortable, and all the hidden wounds in the body were expelled.

Elias even felt that the injuries caused by the reversal of the elemental formation in his body were slowly recovering. Although Su Zhou saved him with his own blood, it was not so much a cure. Injury, it would be better to say that Su Zhou used his huge vitality to forcefully keep Elias alive for decades... But now, under the initial flames, he could feel that his own vitality was slowly returning. .

At this moment, he also heard Su Zhou's voice.

"The epochal cycle of the Tartadis world, in the final analysis, is the creation of a single element, which then derives other elements, resulting in an imbalance of elements - it is born with a deformity and cannot last for a long time, so it needs to be repeated Destruction and rebirth, reincarnation of the power of the major elements, maintaining balance."

"And the gods of the past dynasties, as powerful beings who benefited from the birth of a single element, are also gods who protect the lives that were born from the creation of a single element. Even if they get the opportunity to transform the world, they just roughly convert them all into The elemental attributes I possess are just a matter of creating a single-element world again."

This is indeed a fact. Even the God of Wind has not changed his mind now. This is the nature that exists in all life and civilization, and it is an instinct that cannot be changed.

——But what Shanti Lord loves is the existence that transcends one's own nature and instinct and breaks the cycle of reincarnation.

Since the existence of this world cannot do this, it is better for me to do it.

"If there is a being who gets the opportunity to contact the element core of the next era, but does not roughly transform it into a single element core, but transforms it into a multi-element balanced core... then what it creates Can the world maintain stability and exist for a long time?"

With that said, Su Zhou opened the space ring from Elias and took out part of the remains of the God of Earth and the initial elemental core of the God of Water.

Then, he looked at the God of Wind beside him.

The God of Wind raised his head and stared deeply at Su Zhou. He already understood what Su Zhou wanted to do. It was difficult for him to explain his current mood... fear, fear or panic?

And what is He afraid of, what is He afraid of?

"You're afraid of the unknown, the unpredictable future."

And Su Zhou calmly expressed the thoughts deep in the heart of the God of Wind: "You are thinking, 'If we gather the four elements now, what will happen to the new world in the future and what will it become?'. "

"You are still thinking, since we already have a single elemental world that can be stable for tens of thousands of years, why should we take risks and create a new, unknown world?"

"You are afraid of everything unpredictable, afraid of stepping out of your comfort zone... Of course, I understand your fear. After all, you are responsible for your people. If you are a ruthless person, like the God of Fire in the previous era , a God who does not hesitate to absorb the light and heat of all his people in order to break the cycle of eras, He will never be afraid. Your fear is because of love and responsibility."

——But God of Wind, what you least want to see is reincarnation like ‘yesterday comes back again’?

"Yes……"

The God of Wind murmured: "If my people were asked to repeat the Falling Era, I would not even want to die... But, Su Zhou, what kind of fruits will our actions bear? The past In the endless reincarnation, no one has ever done such a thing..."

"It's better than a cycle of ending and rebirth."

After all, Su Zhou didn't know. He admitted openly: "It is precisely because no one has ever done it, and no one has ever thought about it, that there is value in experimenting - if intelligent life can only do its own thing If he only repeats things he knows the results of, he will always stagnate."

"In my world, people often joke that 'human beings are like repeaters.' There are even inferior repeaters that can't even repeat the content - but just because they can repeat things that are different from before, I can come up with and The results were different before, so ideas can be expanded, and wisdom can be meaningful - it is precisely because it is inferior, not a perfect repeater, that civilization can progress."

"The same is true for reincarnation. Yesterday always reappears, so the same pain has to be experienced again and again. Before trying a new choice, no one knows whether it means happiness or pain, but just like a crab, there is always a need to Someone’s going to be the first to eat crabs – so why can’t it be me?”

——This desire to explore the unknown is the quality that a sound civilization should possess!

Having said this, Su Zhou turned his head. He no longer looked at the silent God of Wind, but stared at the heart of flames in front of him.

"I want to guide the power of the heart of the fire element and mix it with your power, the God of Earth and the God of Water, to create a huge, four-element version of the 'Five Spirit Colorful Scales'."

"In other words, an absolute balance that can be converted at any time to form the core of composite elements."

The cause of the end of the world is the drastic ecological changes caused by the transformation of a single element into another element. Although a complete world is destined to have at least four major elements in place, in the reincarnation world of Tartadis There are too many single-attribute elements, and every rotation of them will cause devastating results.

However, if the world has a complete and balanced four elements from the beginning...then even if the dominant elements rotate and eras change, it will definitely not cause a situation of annihilation. At most, it will be similar to the ice age cycle of the earth. , the civilization and creatures of the previous generation will always have a chance to survive.

"Reincarnation can be broken. Even if it is not perfect in this era, it can continue to be perfected in the next era. This long-lasting self-revision and progress, self-sublimation and advancement, as well as the heart of exploring the unknown, are exactly This is the fundamental meaning of civilization!”

Thinking of this, Su Zhou already stretched out his hand to touch the huge initial flame.

At this moment, he remembered the conversation he had with Yara a few days ago.

"I need knowledge about transforming the core of the world, Yara. This shouldn't be difficult. There is no reason why I can't do things that the gods can do."

Su Zhou said this, his tone as firm as a rock.

"In this case, your causal relationship with this world and your causal interaction with Shanti Lord are equivalent to being tightly bound."

Yala said this, it did not dissuade, but just stated the consequences of doing so: "Are you really going to do this, Su Zhou?"

"Save a world without paying a price?"

Su Zhou said: "The gods of this world do not dare to pay the price for their people. They bear too many things. In this case, I just have to pay. Of course, on the contrary, this world belongs to me." It’s as if I didn’t make any money.”

"In that case, you have already thought about it and made your decision." The snake spirit hovered on Su Zhou's shoulder. It smiled nonchalantly and said, "Then I will tell you."

——The moment Su Zhou touched the heart of flame.

Surrounding it, the power of the God of Water and the corpse of the God of Earth complied with his will and disappeared into the huge heart of flames.

Although it seemed that the difference in size between them was like a mote of dust and a mountain peak, as the power of these two initial elements sank into the unsuspecting flame core, the entire inside of the huge fireball began to light up. Faint light of aqua blue and earthy brown.

Before the birth of the new world, the core of the new era was a blank drawing that could be changed at will. If the stagnation of elements in the outside world means that the speed of element changes is dozens or hundreds of times slower than normal, then here, the elements change. The speed is dozens or hundreds of times faster than normal.

"Will such wanton changes to the origin of the new world make the world better or worse?"

Following closely behind Su Zhou, the God of Wind stretched out his hand and injected his own power of wind element into it. He murmured in a low voice: "Can we really be sure of all this?"

“If everything is destined and can be determined, then why do we need to work hard and struggle?”

"I understand your pain. Because you have to shoulder everything for your people, you don't dare to make a choice. No matter what choice you make, it will be the most unmistakable choices."

Su Zhou did not turn around to look at Him. He turned his back to the God of Wind. Under the guidance of Yala, he modified the initial data of the world. The young man said calmly: "But the choice that is not wrong cannot interrupt reincarnation. The Lord of Silence I don’t know what he thinks, but ordinary human nature and ordinary civilization can never meet His standards.”

Saying this, he laughed, because the huge flame heart was being changed by him without any rejection, and Su Zhou also used this huge power to shape an unprecedented super giant spiritual energy organ and a world at will. The scale of 'Five Spiritual Colorful Scales'!

In the process of shaping, his understanding of this powerful aura organ became more profound and enlightened. Even the peacock, the sacred bird that created it, may not have a better understanding in this regard than Su Zhou. Stronger, because it cannot have the opportunity to use the four initial elements of creation at will to create this aura organ!

——Afraid of the price of exploring the unknown?

It doesn't matter, I'll pay for you. Even if I have to face the Lord of Silence, that is my business.

Because mistakes must be corrected, this kind of chaos and mistakes will bring suffering to innocent people, and I must put an end to it.

No reason, it’s just that I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and I can’t bear to see this dark world, this hopeless world.

Su Zhou's will was as firm as iron and stone.

The God of Wind was silent, watching all this, staring at the huge heart of fire, and Elias, who saw it with his own eyes and began to change the four aura colors, was also speechless.

Because they saw some kind of light from Su Zhou.

It was pure. It couldn't be called good or evil. It was just simple, something belonging to humans. It could be said to be a stubborn obsession.

"Everyone has his own justice and rightness in his heart."

"Because everyone's position is different, and everyone's logic is also different."

"I am a very selfish person. I will listen to other people's thoughts, but I will not care. I can understand other people's positions, but I will not change them. Because of this, I am Su Zhou, and I will Stand here, as an outsider, and try to save the world."

"It's for you, not entirely for you, but most importantly, it's for what 'I think' is right."

Single-handedly, he controls the correction and structural changes at the core of the world.

Su Zhou tried his best to maintain the balance of the four elements and maintain the smooth cycle and rotation of elements between them.

During this process, his mind was vaguely attracted by this cycle that could create an entire world, and then he gradually went deep into it and glimpsed its essence.

But at this moment, the light and shadow changed, and everything flashed like a fleeting shadow.

Su Zhou saw the beginning of this reincarnation world.

First update, this copy should be finished today.

It's not that it's accelerated... Okay, it's accelerated a bit, but there really isn't much content behind the outline...