Soul of Burning Steel

Because he had challenged it in his previous life, Joshua knew that the existence that left behind this huge and strange mist of divinity was also the god who commanded the sky, 'Geer' was a winged man with huge wings.

Not only that, from Geer down, his priests, priests, believers and people are all winged people. This race can fly freely and face the future with the most optimistic attitude all the time. Their god dwells on the mountains and skies that once were Mycroft. They admire towering and sharp and magnificent buildings, and like the elves love exquisite art and poetry. It can be said without doubt that the existence of the winged people is a very important part of the Mycroft continent in the era of glory.

But they became extinct. Hundreds of years ago, to be precise, more than 800 years ago, the last Yiren remnants who once lived in the western mountains were involved in the racial war that spread to the entire continent at that time. extinct. In the battle between the intelligent race and the savage monsters that established the Starfall calendar, the last Wingman warrior was burned to ashes by the flames of the dragon of the original world, and disappeared in the sky of the Sibbalt Mountains.

The reason why Joshua could not be sure that the engraving of the gods in the mist of God's Evil belonged to Geer was because the mist of God's Evil of the Lord of the Sky was very different from his previous life.

In the previous life, the engraving of the first-level god of the main god should have happened around the year 839 of Starfall. At that time, the era of great development was in full swing. With the further strengthening of the great tide, the footsteps of adventurers spread all over the Mycroft continent. And the powerful ancient beasts of the original world in the central black forest also began to move around - just when wisdom was about to face barbarism again, the stars fell from the sky, and the boundless heavens fell from the void.

At that time, all minds couldn't help raising their heads and looking at the original blue sky, the sky of the entire Mycroft world began to fluctuate violently like the ocean. It was clearly a bright day, but the stars appeared one by one, not only that, There are dozens of hundreds of stars falling from the distant sky and falling into the mortal world.

The gods of this era came together with the engravings of the ancient gods, and what they brought with them was stronger magic power and countless inheritances that were so precious that even an empire should value.

Leaving aside other things for the time being, the god of the sky, the lord of the storm, the god mist of 'Ger', was originally named [The Madness of the Sky], and its body is a completely suspended above the clouds, made of countless materialized winds. The volley city guarded by elements, sixteen wind element giants support its edge, a huge tornado that runs through the sea, clouds and void turns into a pillar, lifting it high in the sky. In addition to these natural disasters, there is also the illusion of the high priest of the sky god in the past dynasties in the city. Only by defeating more than a dozen powerhouses of the glorious era can they enter the great temple in the center of the city, touch Geer's god engraving, and obtain his inheritance .

What's interesting is that it's obviously His divine mist, but from the beginning to the end, Geer never appeared. Located in the deepest part of the Great Temple, there is only a huge mural of a winged man whose face cannot be seen clearly, and the inheritance at the heart of the mural. engraved.

Now, it is different, not only the main god-level fog appeared earlier, but this time, Joshua was lucky enough to see Geer's figure—he was indeed standing here, although his face had been completely corroded by the evil god, and The originally majestic and majestic volley city has also become a crumbling ruin that is about to fall into the sea, but this is not important, because everyone has already felt the courage and sacrifice of the former gods.

Thoughts turn back.

"It's really talking to me!"

The moment he heard these words, the artificial intelligence that was supposed to never waver, No. 3 began to waver completely—the girl's magic power projection suddenly appeared large snowflakes that looked like poor contact, and Joshua held a hand in his right hand. The carrying suitcase, the body of No. 3 also had a strange fluctuation of magic power. Undoubtedly, No. 3 was greatly puzzled and shocked by Geer's words: "No, although I have the same wings, I am an artificial intelligence in the world of Carliss... Leaving aside the differences in the world, I am actually Not at all…”

Contrary to the girl who was still muttering to herself, Joshua was not surprised at this point. He already knew it when he was in Karliss long ago. They are of the same species. After all, the relationship between these two worlds is too close, and there are even several natural space-time tunnels. Not to mention the extremely developed Mycroft civilization in the Glorious Era, it is impossible not to discover this neighbor. Natural exploration alone will definitely cause the phenomenon of ethnic migration.

As the existence of the main god level, Geer must know the origin of the Mycroft Wings, so it is not surprising that he calls the world of Karliss his hometown.

"My compatriots..."

The hoarse, deep voice with a little echo came again, and the remaining engraving of 'Geur' stood on the top of the central tower, facing Joshua and his party, and continued to speak slowly: "I have been waiting for a thousand years and more After a long time, I finally waited for your appearance... Whether you are a visitor from my hometown, or a survivor of the Mycroft Wing Clan, I would like to ask you one thing."

"Not as a god, but as a wingman. I want to..."

Just when No. 3, Joshua, or Hei, who seemed to be in a coma but was actually eavesdropping quietly, were all concentrating on trying to find out what Geer's commission was, the god suddenly stopped talking. He was silent for a moment, and then let out a long sigh: "No, you are not..."

"It's very similar, very similar. It's admirable technology, and it can almost be said to be real. Before I knew it, Wingman had reached this point, which is really gratifying to me."

The tall Winged Man stood on the top of the tower, and the purple lightning behind him spanned the sky, causing the dim purple light to reflect on his chaotic face. Geer looked at Joshua and his party, to be precise , is 'staring' at number 3. Although he has no eyes, everyone knows that he is staring at the artificial intelligence girl who is at a loss now, and then said softly: "But in the final analysis, it is still a fake, not a real winged man."

"..."

No. 3 didn't say anything, and even his expression didn't change, but Joshua could feel that No. 3's magic fluctuation was suspended for a moment when he was held in the box in his right hand——because of the excessive information impact, artificial The smart girl shut down for an instant, and although she restarted immediately, the warrior could sense that a huge sense of loss was spreading deep in her heart.

——Yes, in the final analysis, it is not a life, but a man-made soul.

Even without a body, using magic projection to imitate... No matter how similar the imitation is, it is just a pure imitation, not real.

Sensing the great loss and sadness in the girl's heart, the soldier couldn't help clenching his left fist.

"Artificial soul... Although you are not a winged person, you must have a great relationship with them."

At this time, Geer's hoarse voice was still echoing in everyone's hearts. He seemed not aware of the consequences of what he said, but simply followed his own thoughts and said it all: "Excuse me, do you know if this world still exists?" The living winged people? It is the race that created you, my descendants and people... Can you tell me, the people of the sky, are they still flying in the sky?"

"them……"

When No. 3 opened her mouth, she originally wanted to subconsciously tell the truth: no matter whether it is the Mycroft Continent or the Karlis World, there is no trace of the Winged Man. Perhaps in the underground and in the ruins in the black forest, you can see some corpses or remaining handicrafts of the Winged Man, but the living Winged Man has been completely destroyed as early as 836 years ago, or even in the past even more distant than this. Disappeared, the world of Karliss was even earlier, and the mobile fortress wandered in the ruins of the wilderness for more than a thousand years without finding half a survivor.

But the girl didn't say it. Although the god's words were hurtful, she could see that Geer didn't discriminate against her or despise her, but just told the truth. This god was even willing to talk to herself with an equal questioning tone, but he didn't regard herself as I am a member of Yiren, so I am disappointed, sigh.

So No. 3 didn't want to tell him the sad fact: the winged people were extinct, and his long wait for more than a thousand years was just hopeless and in vain.

But how can a man deceive a god? If it is a legendary powerhouse, it is different, No. 3 obviously does not have that level of ability. In just a moment, Geer seemed to have read the truth he wanted from the slightly abnormal fluctuations in the magic power of No. 3. The God of the Sky did not lament, nor was he sad. He just raised his chaotic face and looked at The surging black sky said softly, "Is that so?"

"Although I am a little disappointed, since there are still intelligent beings that can enter my remnant soul, it means that we have won, we have defeated the endless evil... It is not perfect, but this is enough, and I should let go of my obsession .”

Saying so, Geer turned his head. He stood on the top of the central tower, with his back to Joshua and his party, and then bursts of dazzling flames began to surge all over his body. Huge energy was released from this incomplete soul, gushing out to the outside world, one after another. A blue-gold hurricane gushed out from the Lord of the Sky, swept across the entire incomplete hanging city, swept across dozens of black tornadoes between the sea and sky, and swept across the pitch-black sky——

And just as the gusts of wind blew, the floating city that was falling towards the sea began to rise slowly like time went backwards, and the roaring thick black tornadoes were also gradually purified. After more than ten seconds, the tornado gradually subsided. And a tall and strong figure, hundreds of meters high, like a titan-like storm giant stepped out of it, came under the hanging city, and supported its base.

Under Joshua's silent gaze, the originally dilapidated, ruin-like floating city was repaired by unparalleled divine power, and with the support of a dozen storm giants, the majestic and majestic city began to rise rapidly, even surpassing the previous one. Purified into an azure blue sky. Above the sky, countless materialized wind elements began to condense, and it would turn into the strongest pillar, lifting the throne of the ruler of the sky high in the sky.

——Everything is rapidly becoming what Joshua saw in his previous life. The huge volley city, the exquisite and majestic Great Temple, the storm giant supporting the city, the materialized pillar of the wind element... and it is about to dissipate, leaving no face, only a mural and an engraved remnant of the sky god. soul.

"Latecomers, this is the last thing I can leave..."

Geer's remnant soul is now becoming translucent, just like Ogner at the beginning, and gradually disappearing. He seems to want to say something, but he has to shut up halfway through, because a wave of The sharp, ferocious, and extremely pure powerful aura appeared behind him like a flame that was gradually burning and became more and more intense.

"Are you planning to just dissipate like this? After hurting your last descendants, just dissipate like this without any care?"

'Geer' turned his head, and he saw that the powerful human being who had called out his real name and awakened his remnant soul, who had been silent until now, landed on the top of the central tower. The human waved his hand, ignoring the eager stop of the winged artificial intelligence and a humanized black dragon, and approached him step by step.

But the remnant soul of the sky god didn't seem to notice that the other party was getting stronger and seemed to want to attack him. He just said lightly: "No, she is not my descendant. She is very good, very close, Almost identical, but not."

Hearing this sentence, No. 3's projection trembled again. Noticing this, Joshua shook his head at Geer, and he said word by word: "She is."

"Even though you are the god who protected the Mycroft continent and saved the entire world, I still want to ask you, why not?"

"Forget it, Joshua, it's not a big deal... Have you been affected by divinity again? Why are you so excited all of a sudden?"

On the side, No. 3 took a peek at Geer's chaotic face, and immediately became more nervous. She whispered to the soldier: "After all, what your Majesty said is correct..."

"I don't."

But Joshua shook his head, his expression was so serious that No. 3 couldn't say any rebuttal and persuasion words at this moment, and could only let the soldier continue to move forward, walking in front of Geer, almost Come face to face with the ruler of the sky.

"Human, you have a familiar aura on you, as for your question."

Geer didn't care about Joshua's approach, and he replied in a calm tone to this human being who dared to face his crippled face: "Just dissipate like this? Of course I don't want to. I waited for a thousand years, not just to dissipate in the wind like this." But since there are no winged people in the world, my existence is meaningless. According to the agreement with the sages, I will leave my inheritance."

"Then." Gerton paused, and said softly, "Go back with my people."

"The last of your people is before your eyes." Joshua said.

"But she is only man-made..." the God of the sky continued to reply calmly, his body was gradually spreading out, dotted with stars, like starlight cyan light clusters flew out of the god's remnant soul, submerged into this place In the illusion world, with the disappearance of Geer's remnant soul, this illusion world has become more and more solid, as if it is about to turn into reality.

The mist of gods and evils, the place where the gods are inherited, and now, the place where the god of the sky in the previous life is inherited, [The Madness of the Sky] is rapidly taking shape, and it will be transformed into the most perfect form.

And at this moment, Joshua grabbed Geer's shoulder. He didn't care that the true god-level counterattack almost shattered his arm in an instant. An inexplicable force flowed, and Geer dissipated temporarily. The relief was relieved, and at the moment when the sky god seemed to be surprised by this matter, the soldier said: "Your wish, although you didn't say it, I can guess it, it is nothing more than revitalizing the Winged Clan , don’t let your clan’s past glory completely dissipate.”

"……indeed so."

There was a strange light flickering on Geer's chaotic face, as if his mood was fluctuating, but he still retorted lightly: "What's the use of knowing these? Can the race that has been extinct still reappear in the world? Man-made falsehoods After all, it is impossible to continue the inheritance of the race."

"Why not."

Joshua and Ge Er looked at each other with chaos on his face, he didn't budge an inch, his pupils flashed like flames, the man said in the most serious and solemn tone: "Who says man-made can't be real?"

"An artificial soul is also a soul. A man and a woman interbreed to give birth to life in October. This is innate. A group of scientists have worked hard for decades to produce artificial intelligence, but why can't it be regarded as life? Is there such a thing as a soul? Is something man-made?"

"Life itself is the most sophisticated machine made by nature, the Creator, and the same is true for the soul—"

Joshua pressed Geer's shoulder, and the divine energy was flowing between the two, maintaining the existence of the God of the sky who was about to disperse. At this time, he seemed not only to refute the stubbornness of the god, but also to answer his own Regarding the troubled question, he said loudly: "Imperfect is fine, but as long as it is fine enough and perfect enough, man-made can surpass nature, and acquired can be compared with nature-there is no saying that the older the more powerful, There is no saying that the more primitive, the more perfect!"

"You said No. 3 is a man-made, false wingman... But in my opinion, she is the condensation of the wisdom of countless people in your group, born from the laboratory, the last wingman named No. 3! She is on the verge of destruction How can you say that such persistence is false? I disagree with this sentence, and neither do the great alchemists of the Karlis world who created No. 3. Will agree!"

Under Joshua's questioning, Geer remained silent. He seemed to want to refute several times, but in the end he remained silent.

The blue-golden wind surrounds the entire city in the sky, and thunder rumbles from the heights of the sky, as if the heart of the gods is stirring.

And Joshua continued to put one hand on Geer's shoulder, using his divine power to keep the opponent's existence from dissipating for the time being, he looked at the opponent without showing any weakness, and insisted on his own opinion. And because of the sudden and excited rebuttal before, the soldier suddenly had a glimmer of understanding of the so-called ultimate intent of the soul.

"The soul, to put it bluntly, is nothing special and sacred. What's the difference between man-made and natural? Just like the body, since I can sublimate my life form to what it is today, why can't I use the soul to do the same?"

"In that case, it should be my [Soul's Ultimate Intention]!"

On the other side, after a long time, Geer 'smiled'.

It was impossible to see the expression on the chaotic face, but the slight voice echoed deep in the hearts of everyone present: "Heh...hahahaha, I, the ruler of the sky, was educated by the latecomers with such a tone. ...Without the slightest fear, and without the slightest hesitation, with this courage and familiar aura, you should be the inheritor of the sages."

The wings of the Winged Man God trembled, and countless actinic wings scattered around the central tower, shining like stars. After laughing, Geer turned his head and 'looked' at No. 3.

He said in a soft, apologetic tone, "Sorry."

"The last of the same race."

The god of the sky raised his hands, a gentle but bitter, contradictory aura surged, accompanied by a dazzling cyan light flickering, an extremely complicated, composed of countless mysterious runes, it looked like a pair of The 'imprint' like the wings wrapped by the strong wind appeared in his hands. Ge Er hung this engraving on his chest, and then said in a relaxed, relieved but heavy tone: "Accept my seal, accept my order."

Speaking of this, he was silent for a long time. This ancient god seemed to recall the memories of ancient times: he led the winged people to multiply in the mountains, fought all kinds of monsters, and thousands of alien races. In this way, after hundreds of thousands of years, in the blood and fire, in the pain and pain, He finally led the Yiren clan to rise and became one of the most powerful races in the Mycroft Continent. Civilization prospered, and He became the master of the sky as a result.

And these memories of the past have all dissipated, blown away with the wind, and everything returned to nothingness in the final battle with the abyss and the evil god. Almost the entire Yiren clan died in the blocking battle in the void.

Do you regret it? of course not. He just blamed himself, why, as a god, he didn't protect his people well, so that after a thousand years, he couldn't find a second compatriot who could accept his inheritance.

But in the end, everything has a perfect answer.

Patted Joshua's hand, and then took it off his shoulder. Losing the divine power from Joshua, Geer began to gradually dissipate. The tall god walked towards No. 3 while disappearing. Finally, when he arrived, he was still confused and hesitant, not knowing what happened In front of No. 3, Geer knelt down slowly in the light, and then put the engraving in his hand into the hand of the artificial intelligence girl.

"Whether it's an artificial soul or an artificial body...the last Winged Man, let the Winged Man family reappear in the world!"

This chapter was written in a hurry... After all, it is the Spring Festival