Shadow of the Beautiful World

In the storage space of the Cosmic Furnace, Merlin was talking to this huge melting furnace star.

At this time, there were still a few days before the ignition time he planned. He just checked the situation first, and it was not so easy to reshape the foundation of reality within the range of stars.

Just like that, I can't help but ignite the furnace, and the energy surging from it will only hit the beach like a tide, smoothing out everything that exists.

That was not the ending that Merlin wanted to see.

He had to wait until the countless beacons listed among the stars were in place, and in a gentler way, filled the burning cosmic force into all the stars.

In this way, the transformation from illusion to reality can be realized without disrupting the existing cosmic order.

This is an extremely huge project, and there are countless colleagues working hard for the realization of this system on the earth.

Of course, Merlin came to the space of the cosmic melting pot not just to see how powerful this device that can restart the universe is. He did it with another purpose.

"Oh? Don't we know each other very well?"

The consciousness of the melting pot, which created Yuanshi Tianzun and the Great Universe a long time ago, indirectly gave rise to the mysterious existence "TheOne" of the Cybertronian world and mechanical civilization.

It said mildly to Merlin:

"It should be the first time we met, so you asked me to do you a favor...Are all of you on earth so familiar?"

"Not really."

Merlin sat on a rock on the surface of the giant star of the cosmic melting pot, and he answered in a calm tone:

"It's just a request that is beneficial to both of us."

"favorable?"

TheOne snorted, and it answered calmly:

"I don't see any advantage. You see, I'm just a melting pot for supporting the universe and restarting the stars. Only with the ability, anyone can ignite me."

"As far as my duty and mission are concerned, being ignited by you or being ignited by an outside **** does not make any difference to me."

"I was born to burn. As long as there is a burst of flame, I can live forever."

it says:

"I pay attention to the little girl of Icarus, just because she inherited the will of my creation. In terms of your human ethical system, she is equivalent to my little granddaughter..."

"But this kind of goodwill is only for her, it doesn't mean that I have a good impression of your civilization and the current stars."

There was a loud sound of metal peeling from the inside of the melting furnace star, like a human being breathing.

TheOne paused, and it said in a low tone:

"You live in a false world, it does not exist, and I symbolize the reality of the universe, I and you are originally opposed!"

"I uphold the neutrality of both parties, and I should have done this too. If you want me to do this for you..."

"Then convince me."

The cosmic furnace shook and buzzed similarly to laughter, and its consciousness became active again, causing the old, dismantled furnace exterior traces from other universes to be continuously stripped away.

It's like an old-fashioned, oily and dusty instrument that vibrates and cleans itself.

The heavy impurities on the outer shell were shattered and dispersed into this dark space. The real body of the cosmic furnace appeared. It was metal, some metal like gold leaf.

This huge melting furnace is made of metal, and the crust on the outer shell is probably just a disguise.

"First of all, I am not asking you to destroy neutrality."

Merlin was not in a hurry.

He doesn't care about the indifference of this furnace consciousness, nor does he care about its questioning, he has his own set of rhetoric.

He said to TheOne:

"As you said, the purpose of your existence is to be ignited. It is the same if you are ignited. I will not prevent the ignition or delay it. I just hope you can be ignited by a third People come to light you."

"I mean, someone in the illusory world will start the fire, but they cannot enter this space without your permission. After all, this is the only place in this illusory star that borders reality."

Merlin's words silenced the universe melting pot for a moment.

It made a rumbling sound, like the scream of thunder, it said:

"why?"

There was a doubt in TheOne's voice. It asked:

"Why is this weird request?"

"I have been watching your world, including your previous game with the elders of the universe. You have done so many things for your world and for the stars. Isn't it right for you to personally light it?"

"This is not just a kind of glory, Merlin Riley, the person who ignited the melting pot of the universe, will have control of the stars on the symbolic level. You should know this very well, don't you want it?"

"You have done so much for it, is it just to make a wedding dress for others?"

The question is straightforward and candid, down to the topic.

Merlin shrugged and said to the melting pot:

"It's just symbolic, and symbolic without strength has no meaning."

"For me, whoever ignites the fire is the same. As long as this constellation of stars can be turned into reality, as long as it can prevent the destruction of the outer gods, and who will ultimately benefit, I don't care."

"How? This request does not violate your principle of neutrality?"

Merlin said:

"The battle is still to be fought. The future of the stars still depends on the result of our direct confrontation with the outer gods. All the decisive factors have not changed, just a change of executor..."

"Well, it does."

The One's urn replied with anger:

"If your request is just that, then I can allow...now, dump the fuelwood!"

It seemed a little impatient and a little excited, like someone looking forward to the future, it said:

"I haven't burned it for a long time, I haven't carried those pure fuelwood for a long time, I haven't glowed for a long time, come on, pour the fuelwood into my body."

It urged:

"Let me relive the enthusiasm and flame of the past, and I will be...reborn."

"Wait a minute."

Merlin stood upright, took the book of the raven from his waist, his body rose into the air without being affected by gravity, quickly circled the stellar melting furnace, and then followed the large hole in the center of the star and fell into it. Deep in the furnace.

This is like a cold mechanical city.

There are huge metal devices with peculiar shapes everywhere. They are like giants' creations, frozen in place, with a shocking feeling.

Merlin landed on the black-and-ash steel ground. He raised his head and looked at it. Right above his eyes, there was a blower-like thing.

It is the size of a city and has precision blades inside. On those blades, there is also dust that has been contaminated after long burning.

Like the fan of the main computer box that has not been cleaned for more than a decade, the huge amount of dust spreads on the metal blades, and even forms a shape similar to burrs.

Full of a sense of oldness and sloppy.

Looking around, the surrounding metal equipment is like this, as if the old equipment in operation was taken out of an old factory, and then thrown into this universe.

Those creators who created the world did not even dust and polish it again.

This makes Merlin feel uncomfortable all over,

He felt like he had entered a garbage dump that had been thrown away for tens of thousands of years.

"Do you want to clean up first?"

Merlin yelled from the heart of the world melting pot:

"You are really too dirty! Any machinery that has been down for a long time must be cleaned up before restarting?"

"up to you."

TheOne is a little unhappy.

This is natural, no one likes others to say it is dirty.

Its voice reverberated inside the astral machine, and it said angrily:

"But don't laugh at me, if you experienced a cosmic collapse, you wouldn't be clean anywhere..."

"is it?"

Merlin waved his hand, and while the halo of both eyes and pupils were beating, a super-high-level cleansing spell in the range of stars was thrown into the furnace of the universe.

Just like a violent wind sweeping the world, it screamed and hit every machine at the core of the furnace, and the dust all over the machine structure was blown off, rolled up, and swept further by the wind.

It was like a big cleaning, which left the entire furnace in a gray area.

"I heard that you were picked up by Gao Tianzun. Are you interested in talking about the universe before you?"

Merlin looked at the core of the furnace being cleaned up. He was holding the book of the raven, and the blue light surged on the magic book.

It only takes a thought, those collected, enough cosmic force can be injected into the core of the furnace.

Facing Merlin's question, TheOne remained silent for a long time.

It finally said:

"There is nothing to say, that is what happens often in the multiverse system."

"That universe is too old. The various rules within it have become chaotic after dozens of epochs, just like aging humans, and various diseases always come to their door."

"That is the end of the stars. There are disasters of this kind on every planet. The fire of life is dying, like a lush jungle turning into a desert."

"The cosmological constant is chaotic, and the magic rules are gone. When the bucket starts to leak, it will only be a matter of time before it completely collapses."

"I tried my best to control the burning and not let more heat lead to destruction, but it has been fragmented, and the full range of collapse is beyond my control."

The One's voice became deep and vicissitudes of life, it said:

"In the end, it died."

"It's like a punctured balloon, the matter and energy in the universe are thrown into the void with a brain, and the body of the universe becomes dry."

"Without the spark of life being lit, the corpse of the universe has become cold."

"I should have died with my universe at that time. It was Gao Tianzun who brought me out of the collapsed universe. He also brought out a lot of useful materials..."

"You stars were rebuilt on the corpse of a dead universe. This kind of thing is very common in the multiverse."

"As far as I know, Cyber ​​Hawke has saved a strange twin universe in the same way."

The gusts were slightly reduced, and those winds that contained hundreds of millions of tons of dust were sent out of the furnace. The dust was scattered outside the cosmic furnace, and was drawn by the gravity of this giant star.

Outside of the furnace, they formed a gray-white star ring, as if they had brought a beautiful crown to the furnace star.

Merlin listened to TheOne's description. He looked around. The stains on the ancient instruments were all cleaned up. They showed the original posture, like brass cast metal, reflecting the ancient and gentle light.

It's like a clean coin being wiped.

"They created this group of stars, Merlin."

The One's voice is still reverberating, this time with more emotion, it said to Merlin:

"No matter how much you hate them, no matter how much you hate them, no matter how much you despise them, you must remember this."

"Without them, there wouldn't be who you are now."

"Not to mention the existence of this illusory world that has allowed you to harvest countless feelings and touches."

"Yes."

Merlin nodded, he pushed the book of the raven forward, and the dark blue cosmic force of the Q bomb was sent into the core of the furnace like a slime.

It was an oversized egg-shaped combustion chamber, just as huge as the earth's mantle, and the force sent into it seemed trivial, but when it fell into the combustion chamber, the compressed force quickly expanded.

These fuels are only used for initial ignition.

Once the furnace is restarted and the stars change, a symbiotic system will be established. With the expansion of the universe, a steady stream of "fuel" will be sent into the furnace to support its long-term combustion.

Every time the furnace does not get enough fuel, it will go into extinction again, which means the end of one cosmic epoch, and then the restart of the next cosmic epoch.

This is the change of epochs, just like the four seasons, with dead trees in spring.

Merlin dumped the firewood while saying to TheOne:

"I have never selectively forgotten the actions of external gods shaping the world. From the bottom of my heart, I thank them for creating these stars. I am grateful to them for sending me here and allowing me to experience all this."

"But it doesn't prevent me from raising arms against them at the last moment..."

"It's not because I don't know how to be grateful. It's just that the ants are still alive. We have the right to resist in the face of the ruthless destruction of the cold Creator."

"The Creator creates all things, I break the shackles and let all things free. This does not conflict, right?"

"You are always reasonable."

TheOne smiled and replied. It felt the filling of the fuelwood, and the heavy weight made it scream of joy.

"Okay, okay, save some, don't fall anymore!"

It prevented Merlin from pouring all the cosmic force into the core of the furnace. It said:

"It's been a long time since I burned. I need to adjust the frequency of resonance between myself and the stars. These forces are sufficient for testing. The rest will be dumped until the day of ignition."

"Ah, after a long time, I will burn again, bite the darkness, and breathe light."

"Praise you, the flame of creation..."

"Huh? Why are you still not leaving? Do you want to stay here and chat with me?"

The melting pot looked at Merlin staying in place, and he said:

"What do you seem to want to say?"

"Yes."

Merlin stroked the book of the raven on his waist, and he asked softly:

"I do have another question... or it is more appropriate to call a deal, do you want to hear it?"

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