Soul of Burning Steel

Not stopping because of this sudden voice, Joshua still moved forward without hesitation.

At this time, he had gone five thousand meters deep into the seabed, and the surrounding pressure was enough to crush ordinary steel armor into thin sheets, but there was an invisible layer around Joshua's body that drained the thick red liquid, allowing him to continue without the slightest resistance. 'Falling' towards the depths.

And the deeper you go, the clearer the voice that surrounds the warrior's mind. It's not any language, just a crisp jingle like a wind chime. It has been telling Joshua with an inexplicably friendly attitude. What. 'Creator', 'shards of the sun' and 'ray of light' are the words that this voice repeats the most. It seems to want to express something, but due to language barriers or insufficient wisdom, it has not been able to fully express it.

It is strange to say that although Joshua is not a cautious person, he will still be wary of the most basic dangerous situations. It stands to reason that this place is the Blood Moon Abyss, one of the most dangerous areas in the multiverse. He once fought many powerful enemies here, and almost died here because of betrayal-in this place, no matter how hard a soldier is Big, in the face of an inexplicable voice in the abyss, it is impossible to approach the other party so easily, not to mention that the source of this voice comes from the deepest part of the most mysterious blood moon. For most people, this reckless behavior is almost suicidal.

indeed so. But Joshua didn't care.

The pressure brought by the scarlet sea water around him became heavier and heavier. At this time, Joshua was already in the deep sea of ​​about 10,000 meters. This is a depth that most sea abysses have never experienced, and it is only in this star that is purely composed of liquid. In order to experience this feeling of freedom to sneak. Beside him, everything was endless light and crimson, without any life, and without any sound, he seemed to be the only existence in this world, only the soft whispers from the depths of the stars echoed in his mind.

Powerful power does not mean that it can only be used for combat and threats. It has many uses in different occasions. After advanced legend, Joshua can become the fastest builder and the best miner. He can carve a mountain peak into his own statue, and he can also pull a mine vein directly out of the ground. The power of a warrior enables him to ignore most common sense, allowing him to do what he wants freely, and among them, naturally It also includes adventure.

Go the farthest way, dive into the deepest sea, explore the most dangerous places, and find all the truths that can be explored. Of course Joshua knew that the mysterious voice calling him in the blood moon was very dangerous, but so what? Even if the opponent's identity is a nascent god, a new lord of this layer of abyss, he may not be able to do anything about it. He can retreat safely after satisfying his curiosity, without having to consider what ordinary adventurers need to care about. Security Question.

The ability to bear the consequences of one's own choices is the smallest unit of freedom.

The boundless crimson sea water was oppressed from all directions, and the high temperature and pressure like a mantle made the sea of ​​blood boil. Accompanied by rumbling roars, Joshua had already penetrated tens of thousands of meters deep into the bottom of the sea. A situation that would never exist in the normal world, even a chariot made of pure gold would probably be distorted out of shape here, but his shield was not deformed at all. The shield on Joshua's side is the overflow of his legendary body power. Its strength is approximately equal to the strength of his body shell, and the density of the warrior's body shell is second only to the material in the center of the earth.

Until a soft ray of light shone in front of Joshua's eyes, an invisible force gently stopped his progress. Stopping his steps, Joshua stood in the sea of ​​blood, looking down at the center of the stars that were as bright as the sun, he knew that the owner of that voice would appear soon, and he also knew why the blood moon abyss would appear Such a sudden change in such a short period of time.

And with Joshua's stop, the entire center of the blood sea experienced wonderful changes.

Phew, a heavy voice sounded, accompanied by the surging sea of ​​viscous blood, the fiery matter began to condense, under the watchful eyes of the warrior, the core of the fiery white star suddenly began to deform violently, Joshua watched this scene in shock ——The surrounding red deep sea of ​​blood faded all its colors in an instant, and became completely pure white. This pure white is the purest positive energy in the world. It is the power of the sun, and a part of this pure power It is protruding from the core of the planet, turning into a pair of huge eyes with only outlines.

"……Creator……"

It murmured the crisp bell, and looked at the warrior. There was no malice in these huge eyes, only the most instinctive curiosity when it was born: "My mission..."

And as he stared at each other, Joshua once again sensed the resonance and familiarity from the deepest part of his body. It was precisely because of this instinctive resonance and kindness that he came all the way without hesitation to meet this unknown person. meet the great life. Now, the warrior has recalled that resonance and familiar source.

"Steel Python..."

Joshua stared at the strange life in front of him, he suppressed the throbbing vibration in his heart, and whispered to himself, "No, it's just that the breath is similar, but it's actually completely different."

But regardless of whether the opponent looks like a steel python or not, with the release of the pure light in the pupils, the side of the warrior is gradually filled with pure white, and in this pure light, the light and shadow change, countless from a long time ago With this torrent of light, the history of history reverses time.

It is a memory of all life in a world.

Tens of thousands of years ago, in the ancient time that was too far away to lose meaning, the world was not like it is now. At that time, the sky was blue and clear, and the blood moon abyss had a pure and beautiful vast airspace, and there were many people floating in the sky. The floating continent between the clouds and the stars and the moon. This is a world floating in the wind. Countless empty islands are divided into three airspaces by the hurricane, revolving around the sun at the center of the world. They are separated by strong hurricanes and thick barrier clouds. In this way, one after another unique and incomparable civilizations multiplied on countless empty islands and continents with different environments.

The ecology in the floating world is very peculiar, all cycles are completed by the wind, half of the time in a year, the empty island is surrounded by hurricanes, unable to enter and go out, and the other half of the time, the wind barrier will be weakened a lot , can clearly see the outer airspace and other sky islands.

The water flows from the end of the continent and falls into the void, and then is brought back to the top of the earth by the regular airflow. The soil falls off from the empty island, and it will also fall back to the original island due to the hurricane that wraps the earth. Everything seems to be trapped The perfect result obtained after precise calculation. But there is no real perfection in this world. Every few hundred years, there will be one or two mistakes in the cycle. For example, the lost water did not return to the floating continent within the specified time, resulting in a severe drought that lasted for decades. Another example is that a strong hurricane tore the earth, completely destroying the entire sky island and the civilization on it.

Therefore, the civilizations living on it have learned from the beginning how to save water and strengthen their islands to resist the impact of such natural disasters. Also because of these disasters, they began to regard other sky islands beyond the sky as faith and the sky. They believed that there was a stable environment there, and milk and honey flowed on the stable land. The kingdom of heaven in their hearts, they have developed a means of transportation that can move freely in the sky in just one or two thousand years-the airship.

Joshua watched this scene. He watched hundreds of thousands of different intelligent races being forced to go crazy by the environment they lived in. The narrow space and frequent natural disasters made them unbearable. Driven by this pressure, they created He bought a floating ship that symbolizes 'future' and 'hope', and then resolutely moved towards the unknown sky.

The power of steel has engraved everything, and the emotions of countless selected crew members before departure are solidified in the amber of this time, the expectation of adventure, the tension of the unknown, the sorrow of reality, and the knowledge that they have great potential. The despair of not being able to return to the voyage and love for hometown, all emotions, and all scenes are preserved intact, and then reflected on Joshua's side.

Immediately afterwards, there was a collision between races.

Most of the airships did not find the 'new land' they wanted to find, but found the empty islands of other races. In the tense and gunpowder-scented exchanges, the long-horned and tall bullmen met the short and short The goblins, the mole people who are used to digging and strengthening their islands in the earth, met the harpies who were born with wings. It was the first time that these races who had been struggling to survive in dangerous environments realized that there were other people besides themselves. Intelligent life coexists with them under the blue sky. For this, some races communicate peacefully in a discreet manner, while the other part launched the earliest war of aggression in the world.

History is advancing in chaos and war. Except for natural disasters, the civilizations living in this sky world have ushered in another survival opponent: other intelligent life. Because of the war, countless strange races perished, and also because of the war, civilization began to develop by leaps and bounds. In just a few hundred years, in the extremely frequent exchanges, the mysteries of magic and runes began to spread among many empty islands. And the design drawings of steel and machinery are also brewing inside several large civilizations—when the first steel floating ship breaks through the barrier of the hurricane and forcibly lands on another empty island during the hurricane period, a new era begins. announced.

Time flies, and the joys and sorrows of the war dissipate with a single sigh. The result of the centuries-long overlord war is that a huge joint force has completely unified the three airspaces. Dozens of races rule in this powerful alliance. Survive under the sky, and this world is also named [Hileyer] by the alliance, which in their language means 'the one who sails the sky'.

Because of the alliance's scheduling and the intervention of hurricanes, the natural disasters that plagued many empty islands for thousands of years have been resolved one by one, and the entire floating world has also ushered in a period of rapid development. Islands are merged into a large empty island, and even the pumice stones in the barrier clouds are artificially collected to form a brand new empty island. They replace the gods to plan nature and guide everything in a good direction.

In the new era, everything is thriving. In the sky are rivers of floating boats. The stream of magic light replaces the sails, allowing these huge creations to sail in the air, and these races that grew up in adventure set their sights on Above the sky, they are no longer satisfied with the existing airspace, but want to move towards the outside world and see the scenery outside the world. They have this strength. The design and construction of giant magic ships capable of navigating in the void has long been started in the central area of ​​the alliance, and it is expected to be completed in thirty years. Destiny, step on the truly solid earth.

And all of this ended when the sun went out.

The sun in the world of Hileyer is located at the center surrounded by all the airspace, and it is also the origin of countless hurricanes and barrier clouds. In the past, no one wanted to fly to the place where all the rays of light and strong winds were born, but because the wind blowing towards the outside world Strong hot wind, no floating ship can approach, not even the most advanced magic warship. But suddenly one day, accompanied by a sigh-like moan, the entire world of Xilaye dimmed, and the empty island closest to the sun was also shocked to find that the hot wind from the sun was also about to disappear, as if the old man was dying. breathing so weakly.

Panic suddenly spread like a plague. In just a few days, tens of thousands of huge floating battleships flew from every corner of the world and gathered around the empty islands close to the sun. Countless master craftsmen and magisters with the most knowledge drove them The research ship headed towards the sun, intending to find out all this.

And the answer is not complicated. Because indeed the sun in the world of Hilaye is about to go out.

Faced with such a simple but hopeless answer, all the people and the supreme leaders of the Alliance fell silent. They spent tens of thousands of years struggling to survive on the narrow empty island, and spent nearly two It took thousands of years to explore the outside world and conquer each other, and finally unified into a perfect alliance civilization, and all races can live happily in a stable land. They could have gone further, but now everything came to an abrupt stop.

Without the heat and hurricanes brought by the sun, the civilization of the entire Xilaye world can't last for a few months. When the water cycle cannot be guaranteed, it will be the end of the day.

And in this unprecedented crisis, the research on the sun is proceeding rapidly. In just a few days, they know that the current sun is just not burning violently, and the residual heat can be maintained stably for about three thousand years, so , In order to continue the civilization, the Hilayer Alliance of Civilizations proposed a crazy and bold plan.

【Ring the world】

The alliance promotes the sky island, uniting countless islands into three huge 'rings', which rotate close to the dying sun. Under the calculated distance, even the dying sun can provide enough temperature to supply life. As long as the continuation of civilization can be guaranteed, then the world of Xileyer still has a chance. The magic battleship that can cross the void is being built overtime. When it is completed, a new era will come.

It is nothing more than another era of great development. Everyone comforted themselves so much. Everything is the same as thousands of years ago, except that the Xilaye civilization at that time was to leave the empty island, and the Xilaye civilization at this time was to leave this world. It seems that there is such a fate in the dark. Let all those who sail in the sky cannot live peacefully on the earth.

As a result, in the gradually dimming sky, stars lit up one by one, and then approached the gradually extinguished sun. It was planned by countless empty islands driven by the flow of magic light to go to [Ring World] under the alliance's plan Everything is in order on the track, and the prototypes of the three rings are rapidly taking shape.

"But they didn't work out."

Joshua watched this scene, even he was moved by such a tough civilization, he murmured in a low voice with some regret: "The sun goes out, the sky island shatters, only the blood moon remains."

And the truth is exactly what he said.

Many problems have been exposed during the construction of the ring world. Many calculations and plans are taken for granted. From time to time, the structure of the empty island collapses and millions of people fall into the sun. However, at this time, the Hilleye Alliance has nothing to do Stop all this, this is the only way to save civilization, and in these tense and depressing decades, the void spaceship was finally built, and this warship, which was pinned on all the hopes of the Xilaye civilization, was like this again and again In the most rigorous inspection and scheduling, the space-time channel was opened, sailing towards the outer void.

And when it returned, it was already fifty years later.

Fifty years later, the Xilaye civilization can only be regarded as lingering. The majesty brought by the alliance's thousand-year rule has completely collapsed. In the crumbling world of the three rings, many races have regained their independence. In order to compete for the few water and Food kills each other. Civilization has actually collapsed at this time, only 'people' are left alive, and everything can't be more hopeless.

But even so, facing the scarred magic warship returning from the void, all the races that were still fighting each other simultaneously stopped their waving swords and looked at it with longing eyes.

That was the last hope.

To everyone's relief, the people who walked out of the battleship said that although they did not find a new world suitable for living, nor did they find a way to save the sun, but they had obtained from a great existence in the void that everyone could live together. The way to survive is just this way, which is a bit strange.

But the Xilaye people, who have already despaired of life today, don't care about what is strange or not. Compared with the current difficult survival, they would rather the sun go out directly, and it will be over once and for all. Living in such a world requires more courage than Asking for death is even bigger. So, it didn't take long for a huge magical ceremony to spread over the entire floating ring around the sun, which shone with strange and indescribable light, and all the surviving Xilayes returned from nowhere Under the command of the crew of the magical battleship, he pricked his finger and dripped the blood representing his own existence on the ritual rune.

"Henceforth, my countrymen."

The aged captain who was in charge of all this was at the center of the ceremony, showing a weird smile, he grinned his mouth, and the corner of his mouth split into an inhuman arc: "We will become one, and we will live forever from now on. "

Then...there was darkness, accompanied by the sound of endless surging water, as if the liquid of the whole world had gathered together...

The sun went out.

And the blood moon hangs in the center of the world.

The illusion ended, but the torrent of light did not cease.

At the very center of the blood moon, Joshua raised his head and looked at the huge eyes of light in front of him with complicated eyes. He already knew the identity of the other party.

As the black dragon Mandagal once said... that is a world, the existence born after all the life is fused into one, the water, blood and life of the entire Xilaye world are gathered in it, and merged into this star A liquid star, and what was born from this star may be the first and most powerful demon in this abyss world... the will of the abyss.

This existence composed entirely of pure positive energy may really be the abyssal will of the Blood Moon Abyss!

The will of the abyss, or in other words, the fire that has been extinguished. It is the wreckage of the will of all intelligent life and the final destination of countless spirits. It is eager to burn again and regain its vitality. Therefore, in other worlds, they screen those powerful and aggressive demons and give them power , let them invade other worlds, and seize the possibility of burning for themselves, but in the blood moon abyss, everything is different, because of the weird ritual before the destruction, the spirits of all things gather into a whole, it is no longer scattered Collective will, but a 'only' being.

"Is it because of me... The sun is the only obsession in this world, so when I detonate the Fusion Star, your silent will will be awakened."

The soldier whispered to himself, and he felt a warm light surge from his side, which was the friendly gesture of this huge existence towards him. Joshua untied his helmet condensed with the power of steel, and he revealed his true face, staring at the other party seriously.

He is the blood moon, but also the abyss, he is the son of the world, and the incarnation of all things. He was originally ignorant, but was awakened by an unexpected human action. He has fragments of the sun in his body. He... maybe really To be a second sun in this ruined world.

"This is really...unexpected."

Stretching out his hand, trying to touch this incarnation of light, the warrior shook his head amidst the other party's laughter like wind chimes, and he said: "I am not your creator...you were born naturally, you don't have to treat me Expressing closeness, everything was just an accident."

But how can a nascent will comprehend such complex words? As a result, streams of warm light continued to rush towards the soldier's body, as if wanting to caress every corner of the soldier. Joshua shook his head helplessly, and could only let him go. He knew that this was just the best intention of the soldier. move.

But now is not the time to play around.

Thinking of this, Joshua frowned, and looked up, where there was a sea of ​​blood tens of thousands of meters high, the shattered Heleyer world, and the vast and boundless void of the multiverse.

"This is a conspiracy." The soldier said in his heart. Joshua's heart is like a mirror. Of course, he can see all the weird and unreasonable actions in the last period of Heleyer's world. A different crew, or the last moment, the ritual of bringing together all life and the organisms and waters of this world.

"The blood moon...contains a huge amount of energy, an extremely pure aggregate, just because it has obtained a little fragment of the sun, it has the potential to become a fire again."

No matter how small it is, it is also a kindling, whether it is there or not, this is a completely different concept.

Regarding this, Joshua had two guesses.

= Explanation of the setting of no money =

The sun in Hilleye's world can be regarded as a condensed positive energy aggregate, not the star in our world. Its extinction means that the pure energy is not enough.

This chapter is hard to write...will revise it later

If there is a typo or a sentence that is not smooth, be sure to point it out!

The sun in the magical world is not the star in our world. The sun in the world of Hilleye can be regarded as a condensed aggregate of positive energy.