Soul of Burning Steel

"Crack."

The sound of the world shattering sounded, because the energy beyond its bearing capacity accumulated at one point, causing time and space to shatter like a solidified ice layer, showing the brilliant silver-blue runes behind it.

Like gears and flower petals, the occluded runes are the world formations engraved by the founders for the growth of this world. They rotate peacefully in the inner side of time and space, while maintaining the circulation in the world of stars, and strengthening Its barrier allowed the originally mediocre world to grow to this point.

However, now, in the explosion from the inside of the world, which is comparable to the Big Bang, the barriers of the world of stars have been broken down, and the original residence of the steel python, the inner side of the world, is also forced to appear in the material universe—you can see, The original normal space of the universe collapsed like dominoes, like falling into an abyss, causing the space of half a galaxy, including both sides of the battle, to fall into the inner world.

Accompanied by the sound of everything falling apart, in the torrent of light generated by the three-way eruption, the part of the extreme sublimation aggregate that invaded the interior of the star world was almost completely wiped out—but this does not mean the end, because there is still a golden The bright spots are still shining endlessly.

"Damn..."

Barely recovering from the violent shock that almost killed him, the God of Steel, who condensed all the restoration light beams in the thousands of worlds into one, glanced at the enemy that hadn't completely disappeared, and then looked at his comrade in arms. My heart sank suddenly, because the situation was very bad.

Under the dome of the star sea, the steel python with its eyes closed was hovering in place, its body was slowly turning into stardust and dissipating, and its thinking was completely interrupted—the impact just now had knocked the will of this world, which was finally condensed. If you want to condense again, you may need more than just time.

[Report: Confirmed! ^@c]

[Report: Survival Confirmed]

And in the triple curtain, with the rustling and emotionless electronic sound, the soldier found that only the first curtain and the third curtain responded to his call, and even the sound of the third curtain had incomprehensible noises.

——Second Curtain-Observer Hall-Core Processing Center has completely burned itself out and died in the overclocking outbreak just now.

It was too late for emotions like 'sadness' and 'anger' to rise up. What disturbed the soldiers most was the movement of the extreme sublimation aggregate in the distance.

"It hurts!"

It can be heard that beyond the golden bright spot, the slightly fearful voice of the ultimate sublimation aggregate is coming: "For the first time after achieving this realm, the damage is more serious than the last time I encountered the evil god... unprecedented pain, it turns out Is this the emotion called 'cowardice' and 'fear'?"

When the last eruption before, the chain reaction and destruction caused by the collision of the two dominating spaces even crossed the world, and was transmitted to the body of the ultimate sublimation aggregate in the void. Behind the golden dot, as the loser of the collision, the The steel python and the triple curtain were even more seriously injured, the light cocoon body that was constantly exploding and annihilating.

If anyone is in the void, they can clearly see that the part of the ultimate sublimation aggregate attached to the world of stars is completely destroyed, the dark space is invaded by silver light, and the energy network like a root system is spreading in its body. It even had to reluctantly cut off a part of its body, lest the rotten energy continue to erode and infect Joshua, the power of the triple curtain and the steel python to other normal body parts.

And its cocoon tentacles are instinctively leaving the world of stars, away from this place that makes me feel so painful.

But it's just instinct.

"My will tells me that I should retreat now, leave, and stay away from you. If I continue to fight, there is a great possibility that I will perish here. Fighting with you is a foolish behavior that is 100% worth the candle."

The tentacles that just tried to leave the world of stars, under the domination of a resolute will, adsorbed on the world of stars again, even with far more force than before.

The will of the ultimate sublimation aggregate came across the world, shaking the space, its tone was solemn, even...full of determination.

"Through observing you, I have learned—to face powerful enemies bravely, to unleash all of my bottom strength, and to surpass my limits. This is the real sublimation."

"Sublimation is not evolution, evolution, something that can be achieved just by living. It does not mean that progress can only be made by making smart choices. Occasionally, you have to make a little stupid decision and risk falling. I have a hunch that if I want to surpass that almost infinite barrier, then you are my catastrophe and trial."

I don't know whether it is a voice of excitement or indifference, echoing inside the already fragmented world: "I have made up my mind, no matter how much I pay and how much time I spend, I will destroy you."

Joshua didn't respond to this.

It is normal for the enemy to also have 'courage' and 'determination'. No matter who is, everyone has their own persistence, their own ideals, their own hopes, even if they are the solipsistic beasts - rather, it is because they are the only ones. My beast, so this ideal and hope is more real.

At this moment, under the dome of the star sea on the inner side of the world, the silver world is located on the side of the steel python whose body is gradually scattered and fading away, and the crown formed by three drops of water is also missing a third, which seems It was extremely miserable, but on the other side of the inner world, the severely damaged Ultimate Sublimation Body was struggling to resume its offensive.

Boom, boom! Accompanied by a strong heartbeat, the golden light spot, and the other end of the golden light spot, all the black different spaces burst open at the same time, and countless frantic cocoon threads self-destructed, sinking deeply into the silver power at their root Forced out, this wave of self-destruction, caused by bone scraping and healing, even created a black space-time storm in the void inside and outside the star world, and even the torrent of the great demon tide was deflected by it.

Then, the black storm boiled up! Dominating the offensive gathered with its own flesh and blood, the ultimate sublimation aggregate launched a fierce attack while disintegrating itself.

Black is spreading again in an attempt to erode the world.

— but as it should be.

"Can it still work, Immortal Beacon (Third Curtain), Possibility Engine (First Curtain)?"

[Report: Damaged \u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;# (.96%, can *\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;￥ transfer]

[Report: The damage rate is 37.41%, it can be operated]

An indistinct voice came, and the chorus with noise seemed a bit scattered, but the will to still fight was not false.

that's enough.

On the first and third curtains of the silent link, Joshua did not hesitate at all, just like the bottom-level information exchange between the two sides. The silver world descended on the body of the steel python star who had lost his will and his body began to slacken. up, not into it.

As the power of steel spread, the warriors began to use their own power to penetrate and link this huge body. As the silver brilliance continued to spread, the body of the will of the world began to condense again.

"Hmm...a terrible load, is this the 'weight' of the will of the star world? No wonder it has been sleeping all this time."

Even with Joshua's computing power, I feel that my time has been accelerated in an instant, and everything in front of me has become extremely fast, but my consciousness has become extremely slow. Just a single thought takes an unknown number of years ——But with his thinking network all over the multiverse running at full capacity, the superluminal medium began to transmit information, and the soldier's thinking gradually became clearer,

He replaced the function of the second curtain, and began to provide his own rich computing power for the other double curtains. Then, he began to try to manipulate the body of the star, using his rich experience to replace the steel python to execute the power of the world.

——It’s just the will of the world, and so is he.

The gravitational force changed, the stars distorted, and the body of the giant python began to move again. There were icy silver lines spreading on its scales, and the incomparable momentum rose again together with the light, facing the ever-approaching darkness.

——The death of a comrade-in-arms, the bad battle situation, and the situation that has not improved, can't represent anything at all.

Combat is a confrontation between different existences, with life and death as the bet, using wisdom, physical strength, skills, will, spirit, luck and time, using everything the two sides have to compete against each other.

Death is the normal state, loss is the normal state, and fighting for hope and tomorrow is the essence of life.

And what happened in the world of stars today can be described as the ultimate 'battle'.

Buzz——

There came the trembling hum of the world.

Just after Joshua unified all the remaining forces on his side, silver-blue flames burned around him, which unified the world's power of will, psionic power, steel power and even the power of emotion, and gathered into a dazzling Brilliance, any existence close to this ray of light will be wiped out in an instant. If this place is not inside the world, if it is only revealed in the outside world, it will cause a huge space-time shock.

The giant god with four arms and two eyes, a human body and a snake tail descended into this dark world in flames.

Shrouded in this light, Joshua could see that the dark space-time storm in the distance was like a curtain covering the stars, carrying a tide of shadows that could not be seen through, like the raging waves of the Black Sea.

However, in that dark wave, there was a trace of dissonance.

At this moment, you can see the scenery behind the golden light spot. In the void, there have been many cracks on the extremely tight cocoon of light that was originally entwined with cocoon silk. It was exhausted in the war of attrition, and it couldn't even perfectly cover its own body. There were scattered cracks that allowed people to peek into its interior.

Joshua originally thought that inside the cocoon was the 'sage's body' that had not been fully condensed and formed by the ultimate sublimation aggregate. After the other party became a sage, the giant cocoon would emerge into a butterfly, and the body inside could also be formed. Turned into his sage himself.

This is a very normal way of thinking, so the soldier thought that the gap might be a weakness, which could help him better break through the fragile interior of the ultimate sublimation aggregate—so he focused his gaze and observed the inside of the cocoon.

Then, he was shocked to see that there was a ray of light inside the cocoon.

A faint, but actually burning, radiance of the primordial fire.

——Colorless and transparent, it doesn't seem to exist, but it bred all the rays of light that are quietly burning inside the giant cocoon, in the center of the dark space!

The flames are burning, releasing light and heat, just as opposed to the existing 'light', a different space of 'darkness' is thus born, it turns into endless cocoons layer upon layer, as a body to protect its flame!

Pieces of dark space exist in separate grids, like a honeycomb, centered on the brilliance of the primordial fire, forming the inner substance of the giant cocoon. If each piece of dark space is regarded as a world, then its body is simply It's like a miniature, ever-changing multiverse!

"No wonder!"

Discovering this, Joshua whispered to himself in shock: "No wonder! No wonder this ultimate sublimation aggregate can create worlds at will and imprison evil gods. No wonder its body is like a different space, and it can control everything in it!"

Obviously, the ultimate sublimation aggregate is a creature that simulates and imitates the "multiverse" as the goal-it is the initial fire of the space in its own body, the creator of the space, and it can naturally dominate everything in it, and it is no wonder why it With so much interest in the world of stars, for it, the world of stars, a man-made high-level super-large world, must be of great value to its self-construction, sublimation, and further progress.

If it really becomes a sage... Presumably, the embryonic form of a multiverse will really be bred in its body.

——As expected, the truly solipsistic beast, if it reaches that point, it really doesn't need 'anything' from the outside world anymore, and it can exist securely as an individual forever and ever.

But Joshua only did one thing, which stopped the approaching Ultimate Sublimation Aggregate.

He approached the big black hole in the center of the dark galaxy, and grabbed its 'event horizon' with a giant hand that was fused with the body of the steel python, enough to hold the solar system.

The big black hole in the center of the galaxy, in the collision that shattered the world before, fell into the inner side of the world together with Joshua and others and the ultimate sublimation body. Naturally, both sides lost control of it, and after that, because of the With the internal body eliminated, the Ultimate Sublimation Aggregator will naturally be one step behind Joshua.

Detonating the black hole bomb is actually not a fatal injury to the ultimate sublimation aggregate. In the past, at most it was rushed out of the world of stars, and it was forced to give up the idea of ​​​​invasion-but it is different now, and now it is severely damaged Facing a bomb with a mass six billion times the mass of the star, the solipsistic beast really felt the danger, just like a giant elephant with a burly body and a healthy body would not die because of a grenade explosion, but it was dripping with blood. A giant elephant with bones visible all over its body was approached by a grenade, so it would naturally feel fear.

But the problem is not big.

The Ultimate Sublimation Aggregator has already had a relative plan. As long as Joshua detonates the black hole bomb, he will directly abandon part of his existing body and return to the void, and then absorb energy from the great demon tide to recover, and then try to invade after a while.

Joshua can restore power through his multiverse-wide thought network, and it can also restore by replenishing the energy of the primordial fire in itself-as the initiator of the explosion, the opponent will suffer even more serious damage than it.

However, at the first moment, when both sides stopped their offensive and began to confront each other again, Joshua, who had been silent all this time, suddenly took the initiative to question the Ultimate Sublimation Aggregate.

"Extreme sublimation aggregate, why do you want to explore the source of the magic tide, and the initial fire?"

Controlling the body of the giant python, linked to the crown of the double curtain, the warrior who controls this power by himself is not relaxed, but he still asks suspiciously: "You can clearly be independent from the annihilation of the entire multiverse. The tide, the end of the era can't have any effect on you... I can't think of your reason."

"For sublimation."

Obviously it is an enemy, but the ultimate sublimation aggregate still replied frankly: "I have reached the limit of the current multiverse, I must explore those unknown places that I cannot understand, and explore the source of all my doubts, so that I can progress."

"Besides, it's useless just not being afraid of the evil god. I can sense that there is a terrifying shady behind the evil god. I am afraid of his power. Even if I can really ignore the annihilation and reincarnation of the era, in the end Someday in the future, I will still have to face him. Before that, there must be many civilizations who have faced him. Those ancient evil gods who are extremely powerful and can be compared with me now may be those who failed to fight The wreckage of civilization."

Looking at Joshua who fell into silence again, it smiled: "You also know that you want to fight, right? But it's too late, we are the last batch, and the eternal dark era is coming soon, no matter what, None of you can make it. Except me."

"And, what if it succeeds?"

As if to be self-deprecating, the tone of the ultimate sublimation aggregate is very calm: "The creator of psionic energy, the creator of magic power, before me, all individuals who have surpassed the limit, and the creators of all extraordinary powers have embarked on this road, They went to challenge the black hands behind the scenes. Judging from the current situation, they are all dead, failed, and left nothing behind. Otherwise, how could the multiverse be such a ruin, and I would not survive So hard."

Taking advantage of this period of conversation, the ultimate sublimation aggregate is accumulating strength and recovering its physical strength. It can guess that this is exactly Joshua's purpose. Both parties were injured too badly before, and it would be great if they could recover a little more. A little—but what happened next made it creepy.

Just before the end of the conversation, Joshua condensed two black holes in his hands without any hesitation, and without any hesitation, he directly activated the black hole bomb—and just when the energy layer of the big black hole in the center of the galaxy was destroyed, the entire When 50% of the mass of the black hole began to turn into pure energy in the super-radiation effect of the runaway, that crazy monster charged directly towards it with the black hole in a semi-critical state!

Not only that, he is also rapidly condensing the mass of matter from every place in the multiverse, forcibly adding the equivalent of the galactic black hole bomb!

——At the same time, at the far end of time and space, restore every place where the beam of light is.

A huge world of stars, seven points of divine light flickering, as the power of the seven gods is transmitted in the void, it turns into a magnificent orbit of the gods, making bright stars one after another slide in the vacuum like cargo being transported, At the end of it, a silver beam of light that has expanded to a super-stellar volume.

In just a few seconds, more than a dozen stars were filled into it, as if someone was holding a funnel and forcibly filling a balloon with water, causing the volume of the silver beam of light to soar rapidly.

It can also be seen that in the void, streamers representing the legendary powerhouses are flying in the chaotic time and space. They are like sowing machines. As long as they pass through a qualified world, they will immediately shoot and distribute a Seeds of silver light were thrown into that world, and then, they would not stop in the slightest, but continued to fly in the void, throwing one after another silver beams of light.

Not only that, but in every part of the multi-dimensional galaxy, every civilization that holds a pillar of exchange light actively sends it to a world that is rich in material so that it can absorb and devour it. Everyone knows very well that the owner of the pillar of light exchange , Joshua needs help at this time.

So, they help.

There are no impassioned slogans, nothing for repayment, or fear of the power of Mycroft civilization to please, just because they happen to be able to do it, so they help, just like Joshua, because he can help the world of stars , so I went to help the world of stars.

Even cold-blooded beasts will lick their wounds for their companions, let alone civilization?

Facing the approaching black hole bomb that was about to explode, and Joshua, who was completely crazier than it, the Ultimate Sublimation Aggregator also did not hesitate. It directly cut off all connections between itself and the inner body of the star world , ran extremely decisively.

But at the same time, it heard Joshua's voice.

"Ruins? Difficult? Is this how you see the multiverse?"

At this moment, Joshua's eyes were extremely bright: "You are wrong."

"The tide of magic is the legacy of the sage of the devil."

In the void, in the area where Joshua's avatar was located before, in the torrent of the blazing white demon tide, there are tens of millions of rows of huge silver beams of light, desperately absorbing energy from it, even making people There was a short-term suspension of the entire Great Demonic Tide.

"Psionic bugs can calm the resentment of all regretful dead lives in the void, and curb the potential madness of psionic energy. They feed on this and multiply."

Not long ago, Joshua's avatar, who suddenly realized it, took down the psychic bug fixed on his forehead, and the psychic bug hiccupped contentedly - he looked around, and the countless other civilizations strong Then he looked down at this psychic bug, which was much larger than ordinary ones of the same kind. He couldn't help sighing, and then clenched his fists.

"The will of the world is a creation of divine power and psychic energy, which enables life to be better nurtured, and protects all fragile individuals like a mother."

In the world of stars, inside the world, the body of Steel Python that runs through the galaxy was urged by Joshua, and the snake-tailed giant pushed the galactic black hole that was about to explode, rushing towards the ultimate sublimation aggregate that wanted to escape— ——I can see it, it is like a silver lightning, tearing a long crack on the grand dark curtain.

"Magic power and elements have given birth to the rich energy life species in the multiverse, and the ether constitutes the cornerstone of the small world, allowing the tiny land to breed greatness-life energy can activate rocks, soil and steel, and be endowed with life. Creation becomes easier."

"The changes in Holy Light and Shadow are unknown, but there is no doubt that they are also things that can make this multiverse better."

【—You said they left nothing behind? Big mistake!

They may have failed, but they never died—because they are all around us, the stars, the atmosphere, life, and the world!

We live in the embers left by the sages, bathed in their light... We, we are them, we grow on their corpses, stand on their shoulders and look at them, naturally we are a part of them!

This is reincarnation and inheritance! 】

"Every bit of gold is the remains of a supernova, and every atom was once primordial stardust."

"Our lives are born, our wisdom is born, and we exist here!"

"It is to prove that all this reincarnation is not meaningless!"

The galactic black hole has been catalyzed to a critical point by Joshua, and the reflected energy wave has completely destroyed the energy layer surrounding the strange ring. In other words, the internal structure of the black hole has been completely shattered. The event horizon alone is enough to A super black hole as huge as a star system has completely turned into a big bomb that is about to explode.

Joshua brought this bomb and quickly approached the ultimate sublimation aggregate, but the other party had already cut off the connection with this part of the body, and the body outside the void was about to leave. If it exploded at this moment, the ultimate sublimation aggregate would certainly suffer heavy damage , but the ones who suffered more serious injuries must be soldiers.

But Joshua didn't show any worry. He knew that he had a certain chance of winning this battle.

No matter what the cost.

[Beyond the evil god, self-proclaimed wild beast, you think you only rely on yourself in your life, and everything in the universe is meaningful only if it belongs to you, and you will pay any price for self-improvement—but you have always existed, Exist in civilization, exist in this huge cycle of reincarnation!

You were created by the Robert civilization and sheltered by all the extraordinary forerunners. You walk on the 'magic tide' created by the corpses of your predecessors, chasing the relics left by the founders!

You rely on the gifts of others, but reject the existence of others, so you say——

You are not a beast beyond civilization, but a worm parasitic on civilization! 】

And at this moment, outside the world of stars, behind the giant cocoon of light that is about to leave the world of stars, silver and silver-blue brilliance light up at the same time. The psychic and divine power of the human body can simply be said to be a humanoid army with almost 'unlimited' power.

"Want to run?!"

Joshua's avatar, Patriarch Thakur and his legion guided by him roared in unison when they saw the scene in front of them: "No way!"

Endless energy emerged from their bodies, and then quickly gathered at the top. The power of steel and divine energy emerged and merged with the cooperation of the two masters, and quickly turned into a giant hand that cuts through the tide of magic. Its huge It is indescribable, even compared with the entire star world, this giant hand is not small.

Then, with infinite hatred and anger, infinite love and determination, and endless majestic power, it strives to press down on the ultimate sublimation aggregate that is trying to break free!

——All the possibilities have been gathered, and all the causal chips have been gathered. At this moment, the possibility of winning has been fully prepared!

"——Ahhhhhhhh!!!"

Accompanied by the violent blow that could distort the world barrier of the star world, the ultimate sublimation body was firmly pressed against the outer wall of the star world, and was even forcibly squeezed towards the inside of the world—while the original The will that wanted to invade it roared: "Damn it! You lunatics!"

"This is not your homeland at all, why do you have to pay so much, even if you are bound to suffer heavy injuries to be hostile to me?! Don't you want to become stronger, sublimate, and surpass the limit of this multiverse?!"

"Don't you have any selfish nature, don't you?!"

"Your words are so boring."

But what answered him was only a will that was as cold as steel, but as hot as a flame.

"Ego, chaos, becoming stronger, sublimating, and even the selfish nature of all things—that has nothing to do with what I want to do."

"I'm here, you're my enemy, so I'm fighting with you, that's all."

"Everything about you, your knowledge, power, information, and inheritance are mine, and that is my nourishment—I will defeat you, devour you, possess you, copy you, and you will become a part of me, defeated! "

[In the beginning, its symptoms were almost nonexistent.

In a place that no one expected, something suddenly appeared, it began to replicate itself, and gradually spread towards the outside world.

From simple to complex, from mild to aggressive, from harmless to lethal.

This thing spreads, spreads, and reproduces in increasingly refined and ingenious ways. They erode everything in the world, and everything is for the continuation of itself.

It was not powerful at the beginning, but it could consume various resources and energy, produce mutations, and evolve—but no matter how it evolves alone, it is actually very weak, even if it mutates into an extremely powerful individual, it is not the population itself The long-term way, so they are always in groups.

Not only relying on their own strength, they are good at using the flesh and blood of the host, and everything about the host to contribute to their own survival.

Silently, one host was destroyed, and they went to the next host, repeating the cycle again and again.

Initially, it was born in a narrow place.

Warm hot springs on the seabed, scorching cavities in the earth's core, places where the zenith of frost elements gather, rich magic crystal plains... the original origin comes from seemingly inconspicuous places

Then, it began to spread, from the ocean to the continent, from the ground to the surface, and then, the whole world—maybe the continent, maybe the planet, maybe the vast sea of ​​stars, or even the void and the void beyond the sea of ​​stars. other worlds... It reproduces, replicates itself, then infects and spreads.

The name of such a common yet extraordinary thing... plague, virus... no, no, it's not such a superficial thing, but it's true.

In short, witness, such common and extraordinary things—

Its name is Civilization. 】

Raising his hand high, the critical reaction has already begun, the mass-energy transformation of the galactic black hole, Joshua directly pushes this light spot that has begun to burst into the channel of the ultimate sublimation aggregate linking the world of stars! And outside the world of stars, Joshua's avatar and Patriarch Thakur just happened to press the part of the ultimate sublimation aggregate outside the world firmly on the world barrier!

"See and see, this multiverse virus, the most ferocious and craziest plague, the beast rushing towards the future in the name of a cluster—"

Joshua showed a wild smile, but in the next moment, this smile was swallowed by the endless blooming divine light, leaving only fragmented voices, which still echoed firmly in the void.

"Witness, the power called civilization!"

The silver star, like frozen glass, was burning with brilliance towards destruction. He crashed into the black space, smashing both sides into pieces.

———————Boom—————Boom—————

The explosion that shakes the universe, the drum swinging back and forth.

At this point, on the outer wall of the world of stars, a gigantic, ever-expanding bowl-shaped energy shield appeared.

The burst of light engulfed everything like this.

The last paragraph is the opening speech of some previous chapters of this volume. It refers to the plague and implies civilization. You should remember it... 8400-word chapter, please ask for a monthly pass!