Soul of Burning Steel

On the whole, the imagination of any intelligent life is underdeveloped.

Compared with beasts with almost no imagination, multi-, single-celled organisms, or even dead things, it is a different matter, but to be fair, on the whole, the imagination of intelligent life is limited .

Imagination, a seemingly free word, but in fact, since its birth, it has been constrained and regulated by the self, by common sense, by everything seen and heard since its birth.

This is not a bad thing. Imagination is a tool for people to connect, integrate things and things, and a mold for the birth of inspiration and new creations. It needs to be limited, restrained, and think about something that is practical and useful to life, instead of spreading around meaninglessly. , to imagine weird fantasies that are even more bizarre than dreams-for example, to imagine the world outside the world when the people at the bottom cannot eat enough to eat, to guess whether there are all kinds of aliens among the stars, to imagine Create all kinds of virtual social structures that seem meaningless at all, to fabricate a super powerful, even unbelievably powerful ultimate enemy.

What's the point? There are always many races in the stars who think so in their hearts. What does existence outside the world have to do with me? The Milky Way, the universe is so vast, even if there is anything that can’t happen to me, thinking about these things, it’s better to think about how to fill my stomach, to transform myself, to transform the surrounding environment, and then to transform the world.

Even imagining things like a sudden promotion and salary increase tomorrow can at least give spiritual comfort.

But sorry.

Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction or even dreams.

Suddenly one day, the light from outside the sky shines on the earth, the interstellar warships are suspended on the top of the skyscrapers, and then the originally stable "reality" begins to distort - when countless primitive races are forcibly developed into interstellar civilizations by the coalition forces of the Guardians of the Galaxy Alliance ; When countless employees who didn't have enough to eat yesterday and complained that the boss was too harsh were overwhelmed by a large amount of basic materials brought by advanced technology the next day; close to collapse.

What they have to face is the ultimate enemy that even science fiction writers dare not easily adopt such an exaggerated setting: the evil god of chaos that can erode the entire universe.

Yes, it's plural.

Can't get enough to eat? The modified agricultural products produced by genetic technology can allow one person to farm and feed 10,000 people. Are there any aliens? Seven or eight different styles of interstellar warships can clearly answer this question. Is the imaginary social structure useless? I'm sorry, it's useful now. The whole world has entered the era of great contemporaneity, and then began to implement full-scale military control. There are 10,000 out of 10,000 races that are unexpected. Dreaming needs a realistic foundation anyway.

This is what the star world, most ordinary civilizations, and ordinary races have experienced in the past.

They used to think that they had nothing to do with themselves, that there was no need to care about the future, that the sky was falling and there was a tall man standing on top of it, that the universe was so big that there was always room for them—but the reality shattered these illusions and told them that they were never alone, civilization They have never been isolated islands, they have always been responsible for their own destiny, and from beginning to end, there is an invisible chain that connects all lives.

In the silent and dark cosmic vacuum, huge silver stars distort their own light, distorting the flat space. He hangs alone outside thousands of galaxies, watching all the stars, and then expresses emotion.

"What a huge chain."

Joshua, who was waiting for his partner, looked around the galaxy. He could observe the entire star world from a strange perspective: in Joshua's field of vision, all ordinary light waves were blocked, and there were only two kinds of light in the dark background. Shining, one is the light emitted by life, and the other is the light of psionic energy that brings together wisdom, soul, and 'imagination' to change the 'material world' with 'spirituality'.

It can be seen that the entire star world is like an extremely huge silver-blue giant net, and there are white particles on the net. These particles are living planets, settlements in the universe, and the network is the prototype of the reincarnation of the soul, the aggregate of the psionic energy of the entire world, a huge entity like a hovering giant snake, and a network that connects all life in the star world. Chains of fate intertwined.

Joshua sighed, he could see the steel python 'star' sleeping in this giant net, it's not surprising, the bigger it is, the slower it is, with the size of a star, it is absolutely impossible for it to completely Those who are awake can at most use one point as a condensation point to awaken part of the surrounding will.

But soldiers can also see that this net is incomplete—one-third of the universe is eroded by darkness, and they are still attacking, destroying white particles one by one, tearing apart the net, devouring stars, bit by bit. Little by little, the entire world was eroded and corroded, turning it into a black wreck.

In the face of such a threat, no life can stay out, and all wisdom minds are a community of destiny.

So Joshua can still see that this giant network is angry, like a natural counterattack. Between countless planets and countless networks, there are unbelievably huge vortexes converging, emitting different bright lights: this is The giant net of emotions is the spiritual energy driven by the emotions of countless beings. It has always existed and been accumulating.

Then, Joshua, who was looking at this giant net, found that at the thread of the giant net closest to him, there was an extremely large amount of spiritual energy starting to gather, and the silver-blue light began to appear in the material world, transforming into an ordinary light wave observation organ The warrior saw a warm, jade-like translucent crystal appearing 'out of thin air'. In this round translucent psionic crystal, there were countless dots of blue light wandering, forming an appearance like a miniature galaxy.

It was an encounter that took place in silence.

[Welcome agreement has been started: Hello, visitors from outside the world, we are very happy to see that someone as strong as you is willing to assist us. We are one of the three intelligent assemblies of the omnic collection. You can call us 'the third Curtain' or 'Immortal Lighthouse'. 】

There is no sound, but the faint wave of spiritual energy contains countless information, and Joshua responded silently and mentally: "This is a contract, the contract I made with the people in the courtyard and the steel python 'star', so they Call me, and I will come."

"'Immortal Beacon'... at least one of the leaders of the Guardians of the Galaxy Alliance. Since that's the case, I don't have much to say. I want to know why the Steel Serpent 'Star' fell into a deep sleep again, and the evil gods attacked Why did it become so violent in just ten years?"

If you look at it from an outsider's perspective, the current scene is very strange-in the dark void, a silver ball of distorted light rotates in a regular spiral with another translucent blue light ball, forming a rather strange scene. It is a strange double star system, both sides are releasing extraordinary power fluctuations visible to the naked eye, and conducting extremely in-depth and concise communication.

[Detailed answer: Relocate the entry of "Steel Python" to "Mother of All Things". The deep sleep of the "Mother of All Things" is normal. In the history of the observable universe, the Mother of All Things has only woken up twice since its birth, and these two times were incomplete awakenings. It should have been in a deep sleep. There are benefits. 】

[Situation Analysis: The invasion of the evil god is violent because almost all creatures in the universe know the existence of chaos and the evil god. There are more than 31 types, and the number of clones of evil gods is more than five, among which the most active evil god is code-named 'Plague'. The 'Eternal Void Anchor Point' has been destroyed, and the speed of the evil god's invasion has slowed down. 】

Immortal Beacon's reply was simple and easy to understand, without any euphemism, which was very suitable for communicating with Joshua. He also asked: [Information: The database shows that your name is 'Joshua van Radkeli husband'. The extraordinary individual of the "Immortal" (Legendary Junior High) who once appeared in the Atrium Civilization. It has been confirmed that his identity is true, and his strength has surpassed that of 'Infinite Light' (legendary high-level and above). Your advancement speed has surpassed 100% of the extraordinary individuals in the database. 】

[The inquiry protocol has been activated: Are you the inheritor of ———————————————————————— Do you come from the same world as —————. We must confirm this information before we can decide on further communication steps. 】

——————?

Blank?

What's the meaning?

Joshua was stunned for a moment by the question of the immortal lighthouse, but after a moment, he understood.

This blank space... is probably the real name of 'Sage'.

It's true, everyone has been calling sage long and sage short for a long time, but whether it's the Seven Gods or others, even the will of the world, they always use the pronoun "sage" instead of the other party's real name... It's okay for the Seven Gods, after all, their memories are incomplete, but like the will of the world, it should be unreasonable to call them "sages" just like Mrs. McCrom.

As for why the Immortal Beacon can only send out blank information bands, Joshua has many guesses, but there is not enough information at present, so he put it aside for the time being. He replied directly: "I am indeed the inheritor of this extraordinary individual called 'Sage', and I come from the same world as him."

It is refreshing to communicate with machines. The soldier thought so in his heart, quite happy. Straightforward, no nonsense, just comfortable, to be honest, Joshua has not talked to people so comfortably for a long time, the two sides asked and answered, it couldn't be more concise.

[Confirmed: The life preservation program has opened 00θ-level permissions for you. 】

[Re-expand: Start negotiation and exchange. 】

[Entrustment process: The life preservation program invites you to assist the 'Final Defense Protocol' to resist the invasion of the Chaos God. In exchange, all reasonable requirements within the scope of our capabilities can be used as a price, including but not limited to: 'Psychic original structure' , 'Creation Process', 'Random Life World Generator', 'Reality Rewriting Port', etc. 】

[Reminder: The third curtain holds full authority, but to fully fulfill the requirements, the second and first curtains need to be fulfilled at the same time, which may cause a certain delay, please forgive me. 】

Joshua was not overly surprised by this, rather, everything was within his expectations.

Life-keeping program... This strange collection of omnics has the power to lead the entire Galactic Civilization Alliance, and can resist evil gods and communicate with the steel python planet. Joshua now knows that the sage came to the world of stars not purely to help the people in Zhongting, he has another purpose. The Steel Python star communicated with him, but it should only be a meeting, and there is no much talk. Then, Who is the existence that really communicates with the sages?

The answer is already obvious - there is a high probability that it is the core intelligence of the life preservation program in front of you.

What did the other party exchange specifically, you can ask directly later, but now, Joshua is a little confused.

"What this intelligence said just now... seems a bit strange?"

The soldier thought puzzledly: "In the history of the observable universe, since the birth of the steel python planet, it has only been revived twice... This kind of grammar, this kind of meaning, it seems that the life preservation program has witnessed the birth of the steel python planet? He The attitude towards the 'mother of all things' is very equal...even saying that the other party is just a useful 'tool' for the existence of life."

Just like himself.

Not only that, but the following "creation process" and "random life world generator" seem to imply something.

——At the beginning, the sages deliberately left coordinates in this world, and the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice also listed the tasks of this world as the first task. If he was not there, he would even call other saints to fulfill their responsibilities... The truth behind the stars , certainly extraordinary.

Rather than asking, Joshua directly said, "I want to know the history of the world of stars. From beginning to end. Also, I want to know the real purpose of the 'sages' coming to the world of stars."

In this regard, the huge psionic energy crystals flickered, as if they were calculating and judging, and soon, there were fluctuations with a clear introduction, carrying endless information.

[Confirm authority: Meet the standard, start transmitting data: Observation summary No. 79524913 (including all previous documents)]

[Detailed answer: The world of stars is an artificially enlarged world based on the "Founder" plan. Its prototype is the size of a single star galaxy. After hundreds of thousands of years of expansion and the natural convergence of void structures, the world of stars has grown to what it is today. If there is no invasion of evil gods, the world of stars will grow without limit (original setting). Now it has been proved that the star world cannot grow without limit. In the 34796621st year, the growth of the star world stagnated, and at the same time, a large number of primitive life forms were born. 】

[Detailed answer: The steel python 'star' is an entity of extraordinary power that was born naturally after the birth of psionic energy and the expansion of the world. Its existence has spawned countless life worlds, and it is the imitation prototype of the 'random life world generator'. The "Galaxy Psionic Network" is also a technique for observing the birth of the steel python'star's body structure. Where the 'Triple Curtain' was created, it shouldered the responsibility of observing the world and the 'mother of all things'. We remain stable]

[Detailed answer: ——————— The purpose of coming to the world of stars is to find the existence of the 'founder'. The founder has left (confirmed and denied) The founder has been destroyed, and we showed him the relics and materials left by the founder. —————Before leaving, he coordinated the structure of the world for us. Since then, supernatural powers other than psychic powers have begun to appear in the world of stars. We are very satisfied with the enrichment of information]

A few days ago, the palm of my hand was scratched by a wood chip, bleeding, and a long cut. I thought it was just a broken skin, but today it was a little pus... The photo was posted in the group. I am not lying or selling miserably, but it is really painful I've already taken the medicine and put on the potion, let's see what happens tomorrow...

The foreshadowing of the world of stars has actually been buried for a long time, everyone should not be surprised... right?