Soul of Burning Steel

[For those forgetful cowards, all the stories and legends of heroes are nothing but lies, they will call many past sacrifices 'stupid' or 'crazy', and laugh at the great courage behind them , I understand that children who were born in the light and lived too well can't understand the cruel darkness that is coming, they will only treat them as a cruel joke-they will forget the warnings stained with the blood of martyrs, Focus on enjoying the flowers and joy in front of you, so that you can't see the fog that has arrived in front of you.

But truth will always be truth, history will not be lost, sacrifices will not be forgotten, and I firmly believe that this record will survive as a turning point. We will recall the misery that sank in darkness, we will rise from the ashes after suffering, we will regain glory and splendor, and once again rise from nothing. I firmly believe that our destiny must be determined by us, and the future will eventually be controlled by us. As long as we endure this long period of oblivion and loss full of doubts, we will surely regain the beacon of hope and truth. 】

[——Anonymous recorder, recorded in the first chapter of "Book of Hope", preface at the beginning of the era of great division]

[——After the "Lonely Expedition", the 150th year]

After a long period of silence caused by the dimming of the world's galaxy, many races are finally slowly recovering from too great trauma.

In the past, tens of thousands of legendary powerhouses died heroically for that "Lonely Expedition", and even the wreckage no longer exists, and the remaining ones have no energy to develop, and can only barely maintain a crumbling civilization. Do not fall back into the abyss of ignorance.

But now, everything is improving, and the changes brought about by the holy light and shadows have finally shown their positive side: the brilliance of all worlds, the flames of all worlds, naturally possess the nature of holy light, and countless dead silences or The world polluted by chaos is slowly recovering in the holy light of purification and restoration, making up for the huge wounds in the original source, and the multiverse and myriad worlds that penetrate the shadows also bring the magic tide and extraordinary elements from other multidimensional galaxies, They are like clean water flowing into low-lying areas, restoring the vitality of this multi-dimensional galaxy.

Among the many void civilizations slowly recovering from trauma, the civilization named "Mycroft Starfall United" is unique. This is a huge country with a sphere of influence that spans the multi-dimensional galaxy. The Lost Galaxy was the hardest hit in the previous battle—but it was still the first to rise, like a tenacious spring, the deeper it was pressed, the higher it bounced. While many other civilizations are still rediscovering their past borders and activating long-lost investigation beacons and scout outposts, the 'Starfall Alliance' has organized a huge fleet and began to visit the nearest to them in turn. civilization.

The world of Mycroft, the core of the Starfall Union, the location of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice, the origin of an ancient glorious civilization, the hometown of a sage and a near-sage, it has been on the verge of destruction several times, but it can always rise again, Perhaps thanks to this experience, Mrs. Mycro is always indomitable and can stand up faster than other races. Even one hundred and fifty years ago, they were severely injured because of the huge battle named "Lonely Expedition", but they still did not damage their strong position.

Under the leadership of more than seventeen old and new legends, nine gods and twenty-two Void Fleets supported by the "Dreadnought-class Battleship", they once again came to the big stage of the multi-dimensional galaxy and tried to form a huge and incomparable Federation of Order . There are those who readily join and those who firmly refuse. There are also people who question the power of the Starfall Alliance, intending to challenge their status as the leader, and some people doubt whether the Stardrop Alliance still has the ability to preside over the order of the multi-dimensional galaxy after losing the Near Saint.

"In this case, if you want to fight, then fight."

One of the former seven gods, the god of power and justice, as the representative of the Starfall Union, issued a declaration of war indifferently: "We will destroy all your lucky doubts, and let you witness the real power of 'order' and 'rightness' .”

War, war is always inevitable. Those civilizations that have been knocked down by the pain of the past and never dare to look up at the void, or even dare to look directly at the darkness, are nothing to worry about, but those civilizations that want to challenge are in big trouble—challenge means confrontation , Confrontation means victory or defeat, and victory or defeat without absolute power will always create 'unreconciled' and 'hatred'. Under the brewing of these two emotions, the original disputes will turn into wars.

Soon, in this era where chaos has not been gone for a long time, the war between orders broke out again. Blood and flames erupted in the void, and the fragments of steel and the wreckage of the world wandered in the turbulent flow of time and space. It was unbearable to look back. The memory of him is filled with the bloody, cruel and indifferent century. Among them, there are not only the wars launched to unify the order, but also the contradictions suppressed by the warrior of the past among the many civilizations and races. They have been suppressed by chaos and disaster for a long time, and they have not fully erupted until today.

However, even the flames of hatred have a moment to burn out. After the long era of chaos, as the "Starfall Alliance" conquered most of the civilizations of the multi-dimensional galaxy with overwhelming strength, a huge and incomparably orderly union It finally took shape. It has to be said that the order watered by the blood of many strong men and races is as stable as iron, and until now, the countless civilizations and races in the entire multi-dimensional galaxy can truly recuperate.

But after gaining a firm foothold and integrating the forces of the entire multi-dimensional galaxy, the high-level executives of the Starfall Union did not stop. They raised their heads and looked at the depths of the distant void, where there are countless shadowy webways. Infinite dark swarms have come to this galaxy across endless distances, but equally, they can also carry messengers of order to distant places.

So, once again, after countless deaths and sacrifices, on top of numerous corpses and ruins, a new, heroic era of great development belonging to all civilizations and lives began.

[——"Diversified Pioneering Era", after the "Lonely Expedition", the fifth hundred years]

It should have been an unremarkable morning. In the countless exploration bases on the edge of the multi-dimensional galaxy, hundreds of millions of professional explorers would set sail on such a hopeful morning. The resources subsidized by the government, the semi-new and not old special void exploration ship, and the professional artificial intelligence assisted to go to the shadow subspace deep in the void, embarking on a long voyage that can only be said to be a chance. Most people can only find the embers of ruins after the annihilation of many galaxies, and can only return to the voyage, but there are also some lucky ones who can drift along the shadow space and find a few world star clusters hanging alone in the silent void.

These successful explorers became rich overnight and became heroes in the coalition government's propaganda. The lonely world star clusters they discovered will be transformed by the coalition government's professional exploration fleet and become a springboard for exploration in the silent void. Explorers who want to explore deeper replenish resources as a base.

In these hundreds of years full of dreams, hopes and pride, countless innately unstable elements have become the vanguard of exploration, or become void pirates floating in the void, the strongest and luckiest among them A part of them found several extremely hidden worlds in the incomparably vast and silent void, and this became their base camp. The complex shadow subspace provides them with shelter, and the whereabouts of the specially modified pirate warships are even more erratic, which is a big headache for the combined fleet that is going to destroy them.

However, rather than saying that this group of people are robbers who rob explorers, it is better not to say that they are a collection of anarchists who want to get rid of all shackles. They are the civilization that was severely damaged when the coalition government of the multi-galactic order was established Or descendants of races. In order to maintain this independent 'freedom', the pirates will plunder any ship they can see without any scruples, but rarely kill explorers, and some explorers even secretly reached a contract with the pirates , to search for new lonely worlds for these guys.

In this regard, the pirates are not stingy about giving the most lucrative rewards. There are even rumors that an explorer found a small star cluster of lonely worlds for the pirates, thus becoming a true explorer. 'World lord', that's an impossible reward for working for the Federation.

In response to the increasingly powerful free pirate group, the coalition government has set up many high reward orders, and those who can capture or kill the pirate leader will not only get the autonomy of a world, but also Obtain the highest-level information browsing authority of the "Great Unified Information Base", among them, there is even the experience and path left by the near-sage who can achieve the "Supreme".

Thus, overnight, tens of millions of bounty hunters prepared to set sail and lead their teams to attack—the battle between hunters and pirates has lasted for hundreds of years, and the explorers are here Under the background, set off towards the farthest end of the void.

However, on an ordinary morning, a morning that was exactly the same as before, without any surprises, an unprecedented big news spread throughout the entire multi-dimensional galaxy!

[Legendary explorer], [Indestructible Holy Shield], near-sage inheritor, the flagship of the "Voyager Exploration Fleet" led by 'Priest Omni', the giant ark ship 'Spark', from another distant multi-dimensional The Other Side of the Galaxy Returns!

Loaded with unique resources and information from other multi-dimensional galaxies, these descendants of the original explorers of the past were received with the most honorable reception by the coalition government of the multi-galactic order, and everyone also learned that an event that happened in another multi-galaxy legend.

Before the "Lonely Expedition" started, the "Voyager Exploration Fleet" that had already set off entered the subspace channel shown in the prophecy, and the unpredictable shadow space was not predictable by the civilization at that time. The power of the near saints to observe the prophecy cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, and the fleet of the voyagers has indeed experienced hardships. They got lost in the void several times, almost hit the wreckage of the destroyed world, and were collectively wiped out in a trap left by the ruins of a lost civilization However, in the end, they still reached the boundary of another multi-dimensional galaxy, and took root in an edge galaxy.

Today, under the leadership of several legendary strongmen, the Voyager Fleet has established a local force in another multi-dimensional galaxy, and its name has also begun to spread to the ears of many powerful void civilizations in the local area-in order to protect itself, I also feel that It's time, the fleet of voyagers that has accumulated strength set sail again, but this time, it is not for exploration, but for guidance.

Therefore, under the guidance of the huge ship "Tinder" of the Ark, and with the support of the coalition government of the entire multi-galactic order, hundreds of millions, countless explorers, countless fleets, and even many pirates gathered into a group called "Forward". 'The wave rushed towards another multi-dimensional galaxy without hesitation.

But in this huge wave of advancement, there is a group of exploration teams who don't know whether they are lucky or unlucky, get involved in the vortex of the shadow space, and come to the strange and silent void where they don't know where. While waiting desperately for death in the void, they saw an ancient fleet with an extremely familiar shape.

Summoned by an inexplicable force, the entire exploration team and their ships were instantly teleported to the flagship of the fleet, a huge ark ship named 'Shimmer'. Here, they were received by a strong man who looked very young. They honestly told their origins and their plight, and prayed to this strong man for help.

"Really, you are from your hometown."

However, this strong man smiled and revealed the fact that surprised them—this legendary Alva Diamond was also a strong man from the world of Mycroft. He was ordered by the predecessor of Xingyao United before, and carried a copy of the Great Information Bank to the farthest depths of the silent void. But now, the battle is over and the darkness has receded. Feeling that Alva's sacrifice and dedication are also for his own glory, the middle-aged man of the exploration team hopes that Alva and his fleet will turn around and return to the multi-dimensional galaxy to obtain the original His praise and honor.

However, the strong man calmly declined the invitation.

"The 'Wanderer Wandering Fleet' will not turn around, and will not stop. I will sail with everyone on the fleet, and sail forever... How much did the teacher pay for protecting us? I just bear this little Insignificant loneliness can maintain the spark of civilization... Please come back, thank you for telling me the news of my hometown, if you can, please pass it on for me, just say 'Alva is still moving forward', just these seven words are all you need OK."

After repairing the engine, the explorers will return along the drifting road, but some people are unwilling to leave. They voluntarily join this lonely fleet and are willing to accompany them on this eternal expedition.

The story of this vast era, if you want to tell it, is almost endless, but just like all eras have an end, and all stories have an end, the end of the era of great pioneering stems from a war—not between the multi-galactic order and other A war of multiple galactic orders, but a war of many orders and many chaos. Just when the official fleet of the Starfall coalition government arrived in this brand new multi-dimensional galaxy, another multi-dimensional galaxy's messenger also came to this multi-dimensional galaxy.

And what they brought was a request for help, a letter of despair—the tentacles of the evil god army invaded their hometown and destroyed countless civilizations and worlds. The messenger to any orderly being that might exist in the distant void is the last struggle of that multi-galactic being.

One order needs help - so another order lends a helping hand. The era of pioneering has not yet come to an end, and the sparks of the expedition have begun to ignite on the curtain. In this millennium that has not forgotten the suffering brought by chaos, all the brave men in the two multi-dimensional galaxies are gathering. Soon, a team of heroes The incomparable volunteer expeditionary force has been formed, and they are full of anger and heroism, order and hope, and sail to the place where the distant stars are.

[——"The Age of Expedition", after the "First Year of Rebirth", the first thousand and five hundred years]

For the long-lived transcendents, the expedition of order a thousand years ago seems to have happened yesterday. Whether it is sacrifice and struggle, or the final triumph, they are firmly engraved in their memory and will never be forgotten for a long time.

But for ordinary people, a thousand years is dozens of generations. Ordinary people can't even remember the name of their great-grandfather. How can they remember such a long history? What's more, there is nothing to remember about those difficult and difficult histories. When they were born, the "big multi-galactic order alliance" had already developed to its peak. Today, as the sun is rising, apart from the fact that there are fleets sweeping the void and strangling chaos at the edge of the alliance, many civilizations at the heart of the alliance have long forgotten what war and chaos are, let alone the horror of evil gods.

They were born among the flowers, bathed in bright sunshine, as if the eternal light shone on them, making them happy, joyful, and grow up without worries. This is not a bad thing, rather, this is what all the fighters and strong men who sacrificed for it and struggled for it hope to see.

In this era, the culture among civilizations has really developed to its peak. In the multi-dimensional galaxy, the boundaries between many civilizations, races and countries have begun to be eliminated. With the efforts of the joint and coordinated government to sweep away all exclusion and instill "all things, all beings, all order , the concept of "one body", finally, the "union" of many civilizations and countries has finally become a real "federation". And the first president of the federation was born in the 'Starfall United Multi-Galaxy', 'Mycroft World' powerhouse, [Saint Loranda].

This practitioner of the Way of the Holy Light is not the most powerful in the entire "Great Diverse Federation", but he is the most just, popular, and most acceptable to all forces. An impartial, absolutely impartial chairman of the Holy Light is indeed the leader most needed by this nascent federation.

Soon, with the establishment of the "Great Diversity Federation", new laws and new calendars began to be unified. Under the will of many strong men and civilizations, they wanted to build the multiple multi-dimensional galaxy into a single iron plate, A 'fist' that can really 'clench' is enough to destroy all 'chaos' iron fists!

But the strange thing is that the Federation's new calendar does not use the day when the Federation was born as the first year. Originating from the starfall multi-dimensional galaxy, the leaders of the first federation solemnly declared that this is the "1,500th century" that they, as well as all beings in the entire multiverse, should remember - and the people of other multi-dimensional galaxies are always very happy. It's hard to understand this.

At this time, people from Starfall Multi-Galaxy are always happy to explain the reason for them. They are always willing to speak and tell a legend of sacrifice, salvation, protection and battle. A man, a god, a real Warrior's story.

And this year happened to be the 1,500th year after Joshua van Radcliffe sealed the endless swarm of evil gods.

[——Federal calendar, three thousand years. 】

"Finally, we're close."

In the deepest part of the remote silent void, a small team is driving the latest exploration ship, sailing rapidly in the darkness.

This is not a strange sight at all. Even though the majority of the pluralistic federations are in full bloom and blooming like brocades, there have never been many explorers sent towards the silent void—whether it is the first session, the second session, or even In the current fifteenth federal government, all of them are committed to uniting more multi-galactic civilizations. In any void that can be reached, it is possible to see the federal exploration fleet.

However, if someone can carefully observe the true identity of the members of this team, they will be so shocked that they will bite off their tongue or mouthparts—in that small exploration ship, there are actually seven legends, three There are ten gods, a total of ten high-level existences!

But at this moment, the exploration team, whose lineup was unprecedentedly luxurious, stopped abruptly like this—and what appeared in front of their eyes was a pitch black, silent, impenetrable and insurmountable darkness that was endless and still expanding.

The endless darkness is like a wall that spans the void. It can't see the height up and down, and it can't see the end from the left and right. It is like a barrier that is so strong that it isolates the multiverse, standing here silently. And a slow but never-ending 'expansion'.

"Here is where the 'time trap' is. After three thousand years, we finally caught up with his old steps and arrived at the place where he left."

The leader of the speech was a legendary strong man with vicissitudes of life. The former first federal president, San Lolanda said in an extremely rare tone with a trembling tone: "As long as we pass through this barrier, we can Has his wreck been found? Or is he still alive, just sleeping in it?"

"No."

Say a word briefly. Nostradamus, the legendary master of time and space, stared at the dark barrier in front of him. He was in charge of building time-space networks connecting multiple multi-dimensional galaxies. The time trap is different... The so-called 'time trap' here is simply an artificially expanded 'event horizon'."

"This is a box, a seal, a seal... a seal that surpasses our imagination after three thousand years... all the chaos, all the darkness, are shrunk in this box, we can't get in, they can't get out."

"Event horizon... In other words, did he finally turn his body into a super-massive 'world'?"

Although the words are interrogative sentences, the tone is an unmistakable statement, and the momentum is fierce. Compared with the beginning, it is more like a queen, the former seventh federal president, and the voice of No. 3 is a little uncontrollable excitement: "That is Say, the time within this event horizon is likely to pass very slowly!"

"Even, at the very center...there is likely to be still the scene of the last moment of the end of the war!"

"Not necessarily."

Shaking his head calmly, wearing a military uniform, now the leader of the federal government's 104 heavy armored fleet, Lisa Kronos, the Grand Marshal of the Western Region, said calmly: "I know the teacher's power very well, don't say He has not yet achieved the near saint, even before he has achieved the legendary limit, he has been able to manipulate time and space to a certain extent-even if it is to destroy the evil god, he cannot let the time in his event horizon pass so slowly, I even There is reason to suspect that the teacher will even speed up the time in it, trying to destroy as many evil gods as possible."

This is indeed a very possible thing. There was a silence at Lisa's words, and all the people, all the gods, were in deep thought.

But no matter how much they pondered, facing this black event horizon, a wall of time and space, they were helpless, and there was nothing they could do. Everyone could only guess and then sigh.

"We haven't touched the power of the near-sage until now. Even Emperor Amos may take thousands of years to swallow the abyss of the bloody galaxy, and then use his strength to forcibly become the near-sage... Then It's been too long, and this road is not easy to walk at all, and it can even be said that only Emperor Amos can walk it."

The one who spoke was the God of Life. This god came to the void, and she condensed a powerful hand, wanting to touch the black event horizon—and at the moment of touching, the face of the god changed, and he found his own The divine power was swallowed up by this black barrier in an instant, and he no longer had control over it.

Returning to the exploration ship, the God of Life shook his head: "The legendary limit and the true god realm are a threshold, and many legendary high-level powerhouses can hardly cross this boundary even at the cost of self-destruction. As for the legendary limit For the most powerful, the near-sage is an unimaginably huge threshold-except for Emperor Amos and a few sporadic special individuals who need to be limited in order to exert a certain near-sage-level strength, we basically You have not mastered a real path to the Holy Spirit.”

"Although there are many endless sentient beings in the multi-dimensional galaxy, it is basically impossible for someone similar to that man to appear." The God of Justice and Power, facing this endless darkness and endless protection, can't help but sigh With a sound, he looked down at his hand and said softly, "How lucky we are to be able to live in the same era as him."

"And how unfortunate we are to witness the end of this era."

"In any case, this place cannot be allowed to be approached by other explorers or strong men from other civilizations."

In the end, Galannord, the former 'Nature Mentor' and today's 'Lord of All Things', who became a new generation of God of Nature, made a conclusion: "We need to seal off this area, which is also for their own good - feel free to touch this area. An event horizon, even a true god may fall in an instant."

"Well, let me do it."

After the silence until now, the black-haired dragon girl stepped forward, and the legendary ancient dragon Hei smiled and looked around at the people around her. She said calmly, "I am willing to voluntarily station here and watch over this void."

This is something no one can refuse. Not even No. 3 and Xiaoguang. As one of the lives that were closest to that man in the past, the black ancient dragon turned into a huge prototype and stationed in this void. For this reason, the federal government even secretly dragged several worlds here to build a huge world fortress , Void Fortress.

The silent and peaceful time flows rapidly, and with the warnings and warnings passed down by countless people, a huge and incomparable legend of the "forbidden zone of all things" spreads among the explorers of the entire Federation.

Before you know it, it will be several thousand years.

[——Federal Calendar, 'Era of Stability', fifth millennium. 】

If the boring daily life in peaceful times can also be counted as a story, then the sporadic splashes that appear in the long river of time may be enough to be circulated as "big news".

In this extremely stable two thousand years, not to mention war, not even a little chaos and civil strife, perhaps there are only a few things worth mentioning—one of them is the Mycroft Starfall Union, the essence of which is dissolution in a sense.

With the repeated expansion of the Great Diverse Federation, even a powerful civilization such as the Starfall Alliance can hardly guarantee its cohesion. As the "Ether Star" disappeared into the void under the leadership of several gods, many new generations of Mike The legend of Rove and the new generation of gods have spread to every corner of the multiverse, and they have infiltrated the entire multiverse federation with their own people and subordinates.

Since then, 'humanity' is no longer a race that mainly lives in the star-drop multi-galaxies, but a "pan-multi-race" that covers almost the entire multiverse, at least more than thirty-seven multi-galaxies. Their figures, With the footsteps of the Great Diverse Federation, it spread, and each branch almost took a completely different path.

Some humans, assimilated with the blood of other local races, became countless unique demihumans, while some even went to the corners of the multiverse, always maintained the purity of their blood, and took it as glory. But in the same way, there are also geometries that have transformed themselves into many monsters with bloodlines. They are just monsters with human shapes, and what's more, they even completely mechanized, spiritualized, and elementalized their bodies, and then reproduced a brand new one. Race.

In addition, there are also those who upload their own consciousness to the multi-dimensional magic net. The material world only relies on the "information" creatures that control the activities of alchemy magic puppets. This kind of extreme world life is quite popular. Many human beings choose to merge their spirits into the magic net and move in the virtual world. When necessary, they use biological puppets or mechanical puppets to act in the material world.

But no matter what kind of transformation, what kind of 'evolution', or what kind of blood they have, they all call themselves human beings. Because, for Mrs. Micro at this moment, whether it is human, elf, dwarf, or any other race, the so-called name is not a word to describe blood at all, but a kind of cultural aggregation. A symbol of civilization, an extremely firm belief, and an extremely sincere belief.

But in this stable era, there are still some people who are not reconciled to this stability. They are always acting, searching, and living in their own way.

"I want to find a power."

In the distant void, the 'forbidden zone of life', in the fortress in front of the 'dark event horizon', No. 3 is about to leave. Her gaze was firm, and hope always existed in her heart. He, who had become a true god long ago and also achieved legends with his magical power, said to the huge black ancient dragon in front of him, "That is the power to awaken something. Now, with the remaining 'Seed', I can clearly feel that he is not dead. Although I can't awaken this seed, I still firmly believe in the tenacity of that man. I firmly believe that the initial fire may not be able to kill him, just let him He's asleep—no, maybe he's not asleep, he's just fighting somewhere I don't know."

Only Gu Long, who has been watching this for two thousand years, is about to leave this multi-dimensional galaxy, and even No. 3 of the entire multi-diversity federation can express his thoughts to his heart's content: "I heard a news, far away, has not yet merged into At the other end of the multi-dimensional galaxy of the Great Federation, there is a huge Emperor of the Void Empire. It is a powerful god. According to legend, their god once died, but he recovered from the extinction of the gods. He called himself the child of miracles and borrowed a kind of power , returning from eternal sleep, I want to see if this is true or not."

"There is a high probability that it is false. But if it is true, what are you going to do?"

After being silent for a long time, Gu Long, who hadn't spoken for many years, shook his head. Hei stared at the friend in front of him, and she asked suspiciously: "It's impossible for them to tell you. No. 3, I also believe in your determination, but sometimes, determination Can't do anything."

"Then I will try to communicate, exchange, and trade. If it still doesn't work, then I will destroy, press, and rob."

Showing a gentle smile, No. 3 flapped his wings, this god, this legend, this powerful being chasing someone's shadow, said in a clear and crisp tone: "I will do anything—no matter what By any means, I will achieve my goal.”

"So farewell, my friend, and I hope you succeed, I hope you do well."

Sensing the other party's determination and awareness, Watcher Long sincerely wished the other party: "Although he may not necessarily want this way, we don't live to please him, do we?"

"You are right. In the final analysis, this is the way we choose to live, and I am very willing."

Turning around, No. 3 left resolutely. She raised her hand and waved her back to Gu Long, signaling her to leave.

"Goodbye, then, Black."

In the silence, with the steady passage of time, another friend left and went to an endless distance. And the dragon who watched all this was used to all this, she turned her head, looked at the event horizon that was still slowly expanding, and then smiled.

"Everyone can't wait any longer, Master."

"But I will continue to wait until the end of time."

[Federal Calendar, Age of Chaos, Seventh Millennium]

This is an era of great chaos.

After thousands of years, the evil god of chaos descended again. The dark swarm from the other side of the multiverse did not directly attack the strongest front of the order, but infiltrated every part of it, rotting its joints and core , causing itself to spin out of control and fall apart.

I don't know whether it is the power of the evil gods, or it comes from civilization, from the restlessness in the blood of all living beings. The huge federation, each of its components, is gradually becoming more and more incoherent—this is actually not a strange thing. In the observable multiverse, the largest group of evil gods has been eliminated and sealed for thousands of years, and the surrounding multi-dimensional galaxy has not experienced a large-scale chaos invasion for thousands of years.

Even for an extraordinary person, thousands of years is not a small number. Even for the extreme mind that can theoretically live forever, thousands of years of memory can wash away all the emotions, fears, despair, and shocks that one vows to remember. Not to mention, weaker transcendents, and endless mortals.

The long-term peace has hollowed out the foundation of the Federation's existence. Without the oppression of foreign enemies, it is impossible for a huge alliance to exist—even the Federal Government has been persistently trying to smooth over the past thousands of years. All the traces of the country, all the differences of races, and all the characteristics of civilization, but this is impossible. It can even be said that even if the federal government succeeds, as long as there are beauty and ugliness, good and evil between life, Radical and stable, active and calm, as long as there are differences among all beings, then eternal "peace" is an impossible task.

Under the erosion of chaos, endless enjoyment, and erosion of desire, and the weakening of thousands of years of peace in the stars and worlds, the federation of order is slowly and unstoppably collapsing, and suddenly appearing in many diverse The dark clusters around the galaxy, the long-forgotten attack of the evil god, is the last straw to destroy it. There is no enemy, and the army without sharpening will collapse under the impact of the evil god. The destruction and isolation of many production bases and transportation centers have led to The zone lost its supply of resources, and many core worlds were on the verge of destruction, and scenes of cannibalism were even staged.

Even, compared to the horrifying darkness, the battle between order and order broke out earlier - in order to compete for the few production worlds and void bases that are still functioning normally, the troops and races within the Federation began to fight each other, and even , in order to stop the erosion of chaos, one side will not hesitate to impose an extinction order on the other side, destroying an entire world, no matter how many innocent people there are howling.

Even if the evil god is eliminated, the endless hatred, pain, and oppression and despair caused by the killing of many lives in this chaotic era will completely smash all the efforts of the Federation for thousands of years, and even create a brand new evil god Come.

——They have forgotten the most important thing to remember, so the seeds of self-destruction have grown at the root of the Federation.

During these wandering millennia, the beings of order could only tremble and hide behind their fortresses and worlds, while other orders and chaos full of hostility and malice surrounded them. Everything returned to the original appearance seven thousand years ago, even It's getting worse—even if many powerhouses gather to expel Chaos in a region, they can't unite that region again, because it is very likely that in this region, a world will die in the hands of Chaos God and Familia The number of people is not as large as that caused by the invasion and plunder of other worlds.

Of course, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Even though the Federation is so miserable, the many legends and gods that have been cultivated for thousands of years are not as fragile as ordinary people. The evil god—but the Federation also officially fell apart because of the complete annihilation of the enemy, and the ultimate chaos derived from the ultimate order is raging in this infinite galaxy.

With the end of the Chaos Invasion came the Age of the Great Sundering. The huge federation split into millions of civilization unions. They conquered each other and guarded against each other, making the multiple multi-dimensional galaxies a huge battlefield of the Warring States. The race, and the main body of the Mycroft civilization, disappeared with the departure of the Star Ring Realm thousands of years ago. They seemed to have expected this a long time ago, and did not really fall into this chaos.

[My memory of this era is limited to this - we fell from the glory and fell into complete confusion, we wandered ignorantly in the dark, fantasizing about the stable happiness of the past. But memories and fantasies are useless. The past is gone and gone forever. We are living in a dark time, full of suspicion and cruelty.

In the past, we lived in peace, and it seemed that there was only pleasure left in life, but this is wrong. In fact, wars have never been far away from us. They are called desires, depravity, and cowardice. They explode all around us, but we would rather pretend to be ostriches and bury our heads in the ground to ignore it-and the most stupid thing is that we know it is wrong, but we still continue to be grateful. Each of us is thinking, 'It's not going to be my turn even if there is a disaster', each of us is trying to stay safe from this inevitable disaster, and it turns out that this is the root of the destruction, Because no one dares to stand up, no one dares to face the truth and darkness.

In the distant past, in the ancient myths and legends, some strong men would rather sacrifice themselves to defend all living beings. He hoped that one day other strong men could stand side by side with him and guard this multiverse together. He looked forward to wanting peace. People can live in peace, expecting that lunatics and fools who want war can accompany them to fight - but we must have let him down, if he can see, he will be disappointed, because he paid all the sacrifices in exchange for, but Shameful depravity and disregard.

So I appeal, let us regain our courage, let us regain our determination and fire, anger and wind, we must remember all these sufferings, and chew back and forth - because only under the tempering of pain, the flower of hope will grow. Blooms in human determination. 】

[——Anonymous recorder, in the middle of the era of great division, recorded in "Book of Hope" Chapter 8-Announcement, paragraph 34]

And finally.

【——The Age of Rebirth, the Tenth Millennium】

In the distant tenth millennium, deep in the dark and silent void, the forgotten ancient land welcomed the first visitors of the Age of Rebirth.

In that huge battle of division and unification, countless civilizations and races were destroyed, several galaxies were annihilated, and even the cloud of the power of steel ceased to exist. All of this is too tragic and too painful. The pain brought by the war to all beings has surpassed their mutual hatred. Therefore, amidst the trembling pain and the trembling pain, the brand-new federation in the past federation Rebirth from the corpse, although its territory is far less than one percent of its former heyday, but this time, they know what despair is.

Therefore, we can understand what hope is.

But even so, regaining those lost homelands is not something that will happen in a short time. Even, on the bodies of those destroyed civilizations, new native civilizations were born. The long war and isolation have long made them forget what is meant by the unity of order and the glory of the Federation.

But this time, it was a newborn civilization. During its reckless exploration, it came to the absolute forbidden zone where no civilization or fleet dared to come when the former Federation still existed.

According to legend, it is the ruins of the pioneers sealed in the mist, and it is the Jedi of life with endless traps lurking. There, it is full of chaotic toxins, deadly killing intent, and the wreckage of countless broken worlds. It is undoubtedly the forbidden land that all civilizations in the multiverse fear. It is wrapped in blazing flames, and there is even an extremely terrifying void Guardian of the dragon.

In a sense, these descriptions are all correct, and some people were even lucky enough to see the legendary guardian, an extremely ancient and huge black dragon that is as huge as the world. He wandered aimlessly among the broken wreckage and ashes of countless worlds, hovering on the edge of the 'Wall of Worlds', preventing anyone and the fleet from approaching and exploring.

He seems to be guarding something, but no one has ever known what he is guarding. After all, this place is an ancient ruin, where the remains of history are piled up. In the era of chaos and the era of great division, there are countless worlds and fleets. Here, let the mist surround this place. Some people even say that the giant dragon has forgotten its own mission, so it just wanders forever, not leaving here for half a step.

But these frightening rumors are meaningless to the new civilizations who don't know all of this at all-they know at most that it is dangerous there, there is a huge void dragon there, and it is full of unknowns The ancient ruins and wreckage of the world were filled with the knowledge they craved.

Therefore, they mustered up their courage and moved forward, approaching the black dragon that was closing its eyes and meditating in the void like the world.

"Guardian—do you remember what exactly you are guarding?"

This new civilization is in the period of exploring the stars of the heavens, so it came here curiously. These races that look a bit like humans, but have a pair of different animal ears are very bold and full of action, and their greedy and irrepressible curiosity even makes them dare to ask the Supreme One: " Could it be that you forgot?"

Forget it?

Hearing this language that was somewhat similar to the common language of Mycroft in the past, and feeling the familiar blood remaining in the opponent's body, the pensive dragon opened his eyes, and the golden pupils like the sun turned over, staring at the little people Son, His heart was full of emotion.

——Memory is dead, only legend remains. History is forgotten, only the wind of misery howling among the ruins remains.

Looking at the stars in the sky, every place is the tomb of civilization, and voices of unwillingness come from it. They long for revenge, fight again, and regain their glory—but they have already passed away, and the ashes are all that remains of them .

But now, the civilization of the new generation has grown up again, and they are surrounded by the embers of the pioneers. They grew up in the warmth of the previous generation of civilization, and their bodies are made up of the remains of countless enemy races fighting each other. The stardust, and even the steel fragments that gave birth to their world and the sun, are all the ashes left over from the battles and sacrifices of many powerful people in the past.

look! This lucky and brave, reckless and curious civilization, they are exploring the lost history, exploring what happened in this vast and endless multiverse in the thousands of years before the birth of their own civilization, and they are on the road to glory again , seek the forerunner, seek the guidance of the powerful!

And the powerful are willing to guide them.

The Watcher Dragon stared at these little people, as if he saw the shadow of his past. He raised his head, looked up at the dark void, and then let out a long dragon cry——the light of the dragon itself can illuminate all things, making everyone The star shines. He has been watching for a thousand years, and another thousand years. Until now, ten thousand years have passed, and finally something similar and touching has appeared in front of his eyes. However, the identity of the guide and the guided It's reversed, the little dragon who was taught in the past has now become the supreme guardian.

"You say, I forgot my mission? No."

of course not.

The giant dragon lowered his head, trembling with the battleship, but still showing stubbornness, looking at the people who wanted to know the answer, he said gently: "I remember."

remember forever.

"However, before I tell you my mission, let me tell you that I am guarding, my master, the god who once guarded the multiverse in the long past... no."

"A human being, a story of a warrior."

【—The stars are still shining, and the fire is still burning.

In this multiverse of repeated lost and found, forgotten and remembered, civilization is still thriving.

The darkness is still there, but it is much brighter than before, and some people take it for granted, while others remember who it all came from.

New stories and legends are being born, but the old epics and myths have not been forgotten. In this era where the anger is still burning, and in this century where the battle has not stopped, some people move forward, some people stop, and some people firmly move towards the distant origin and At the end, there are people watching the silent ruins, waiting for the hope in their hearts to appear again. 】

"—the darkness will return, but can we see the light again?"

After listening to all the stories told by the dragon, someone tremblingly asked the ancients. They were frightened by the darkness behind this history. I believe—but even so, there are still people asking, because whether it is a legend or a myth, whether it is a story or a lesson, someone will always remember it and leave it for inheritance.

"I'm afraid it won't work, children. I'm afraid it won't happen in the next ten thousand years, dozens of thousand years, but we can still remember that light, that little flame, and this is the embers of hope. We Expect something to be reborn in it."

The ancient black dragon flapped its great wings, and he set off the wind of time and space, making these brave and small people go away from this dangerous forbidden zone, but even so, the hopeful man still left the last words.

"This is my story. I was at the location of your hometown at that time. When the world was illuminated by divine light, when the void was ignited by flames, I saw the distant chaos and darkness being torn apart by the anger and roar of the gods. A true hero and a god, a true warrior died that day, and hell went with him."

"At that time, there was no mourning or crying. We worked together and vowed to fight the darkness. In the age of nothing, we only had courage."

--I remember. I guard this memory, this legend, this epic, I remember this story.

"So, don't forget."

——Don’t forget your courage, don’t forget your determination, don’t forget, you must always be as brave as you are now, explore and fight towards the endless distance.

--This.

It was the first ten thousand years that Joshua van Radcliffe left.

This volume is completely over - the next volume, the final volume, [Soul of Burning Steel]!

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