Soul of Burning Steel

The torrential rain gradually subsided, and the dark clouds also slowly dispersed. The rare fresh air surged in the world where all the dust was swept away by the torrential rain. It was dusk at this time, and the faint yellow sun at the end of the horizon and the dark blue sky could be seen The stars looming in the sky.

It has been a long time since the Siberians have seen such a pure sky.

On the muddy ground, Joshua grabbed the core puppet that had been cut into a stick, and the puppet's huge hands relaxed a little, so as not to accidentally crush this precious material.

A self-awareness, in other words, a soul puppet that can be called an "intelligent life" - Joshua had imagined this possibility at the beginning, after all, the source of the core of the soul is the soul of ordinary people, and the soul puppet is originally Possesses the potential to become intelligent life.

But Joshua did not expect that there would be exactly one of them in the hunter army. According to his estimation, this kind of existence should be the upper layer of the soul puppet, responsible for issuing orders and judging the situation. How could it be possible to end the battle in person?

But this kind of thing has nothing to do with Joshua. He doesn't care about the social structure of the soul puppets. Tried to decode it.

The silver light in his hand flickered again, and Joshua used the power of steel to forcibly communicate with the soul of the core puppet, and began to build an information link bridge, preparing to search for information deep in the other party's heart.

At this time, the warrior already has a deeper understanding of the power he possesses. Through the "information link" ability of the power of steel, he has become more and more proficient in searching for souls and consulting memories. Moreover, because he gradually understands the power of steel particles Joshua has already roughly understood how the so-called 'authority' is used by ordinary people.

If the source of the particles of steel is as Joshua imagined, the fragments left by the remains of the steel python after the world was broken, then these fragments of the world will undoubtedly be attracted by other worlds, and the particles and the tide of magic will sweep away together. Pass through countless worlds, and then be intercepted by the souls of the creatures in them, and then absorbed, turning an ordinary person into a superpower.

But what if this world is a low-magic world and no one has a soul? In fact, this is not a big problem, because the soul is only the best interceptor, but it is not the only one. Apart from the soul, the body of intelligent life itself, as a life derived from the power of steel, can naturally absorb the particles of steel, it is just a chance relatively low.

However, the result of using the body to absorb the steel particles will create a situation in the world of Siberia where the steel particles reside in a certain physical organ. If this part of the organ is removed, the superpower will naturally disappear, but because of the steel particles With the existence of particles, the superpowers who originally had no soul will quickly give birth to a soul to control this power, and the particles will slowly transfer to the soul, and finally merge into one.

Once the soul is produced, then everything can enter a virtuous circle. With the birth and death of the soul, the energy concentration of the world will increase rapidly, and the increase in energy concentration can in turn speed up the birth of the soul, and more souls can intercept more The more steel particles, the world absorbs other world-destroying powers more quickly, and becomes stronger and bigger.

This is a perfect virtuous circle. Ordinary people will gain extraordinary power, and finally the entire race will be born with souls, and the world will have more and more authority, and the energy concentration will also increase... Although everything They are all based on the destruction of other worlds, but the facts are true. Joshua even guessed that this is the origin of some of the world's extraordinary powers.

The essence of authority is actually the embodiment of a certain extraordinary ability. Ordinary people without magic power and fighting spirit can only use their own vitality and physical strength to stimulate it. After having a soul, they can use spiritual power to activate it... As for the original People with extraordinary abilities, when they acquire superpowers, they only need to use magic power and fighting spirit, because the essence of magic and fighting spirit is actually the aggregation of many authorities, but the former is extremely primitive, while the latter has become a person who can be exercised. , an order system that can be continuously advanced.

Joshua's power of steel is advanced by condensing vitality and fighting spirit. His power itself is the greatest super power, the most powerful condensed authority. S, then he is at least SSS, even outside the theory.

After the 'Information Link Bridge' was erected, Joshua ignored the struggle of the core puppet in his hand. He forcibly broke the opponent's mental barrier and entered the depths of its soul.

Soon, he browsed through the life of this core puppet.

"...It was just created not long ago?"

The huge puppet buzzed, and Joshua scanned the other party's short memory of only 31 days, and couldn't help but understand for a while: "No wonder the performance is similar to that of ordinary soul puppets. It turns out that they haven't had time to develop their unique 'personality' and 'self'."

This core puppet was born in a large industrial site in the center of the world. It was produced at the same time as other hunter armies, and it was born with the mission of commanding the entire army. Its soul core is specially manufactured, and has dozens of times the capacity of other soul puppets, so it can be responsible for the command of the entire army. In addition, its spiritual power is about a hundred times that of ordinary puppets, even if dozens of puppets Together, the superpowers will be crushed by it in terms of pure mental attacks.

Until now, this puppet is still resisting Joshua's invasion... But how can the mental strength of ordinary people, which is a hundred times stronger, affect the soldiers? This kind of struggle was as powerless as a mosquito and ant. Joshua patiently smoothed out the opponent's struggle, and then continued to analyze the soul.

He is looking for the source of the puppet's self-awareness, mentally scanning every detail in the opponent's information base.

So, not long after, Joshua heard a mechanized voice.

"Load the 'ruler' permission. Load the 'believer' data package."

Accompanied by the noisy sound of metal collision production in a large industrial base, the calm and undulating voice of a soul puppet sounded: "Congratulations, number Alpha-7739, you will become the core of the second hunter army, Obtain junior administrator privileges."

"Praise the creator, praise the mover of time, praise our master."

And the owner of the memory, the core puppet that had just been created at that time, numbered Alpha-7739, also repeated the pious prayers in the same flat and emotionless tone.

"Praise the creator, praise the mover of time, praise our master."

This is the origin of self-awareness.

"……Belief?"

Joshua cut off the spiritual connection with the core puppet. The puppet's huge head did not change its expression, but the black-haired boy who walked out of the cockpit behind the puppet had a puzzled expression on his face. The two bodies controlled by Joshua looked at him together. The body of the core puppet, which was dilapidated and no longer resisted, was full of doubts in its eyes.

"The soul puppet still has faith?"

Because of this unexpected news, Joshua deepened the connection with the other party's soul without hesitation - he wanted to see where and what existed that was directly connected to this core puppet!

In the distance, in the center of the Siberian world, labeled 0-003 Information Processing Center.

In the huge trapezoidal steel building, not even half a soul puppet walks, because this giant steel creation with a height of 55 meters is a huge puppet consciousness aggregate formed by the condensation of more than 7,000 soul cores.

No. 0-003 information center is responsible for the dispatch, transfer, personnel integration and project planning of all the puppet gardens in the southwestern part of the world. Industrial base, more than 50 agricultural and mining gardens, more than 300 insect-shaped micro-machines are responsible for its daily maintenance and cleaning dust.

The Information Hub is nearly indestructible. In the case of energy, even if there is no maintenance, relying on its solid basic structure, No. 0-003 information center can continue to operate for more than seven hundred years, until the necessary parts are aged and damaged. However, now, there was a strange low-pitched roar from the core of the information center that was supposed to never malfunction, and along with this roar, a weak vibration began to shake the structure of the entire information center, and then became more and more intense.

Click, click, boom! Inside the center, some sophisticated instruments were damaged due to violent vibrations, and parts exploded one after another. The micro-machines that were performing maintenance work inside also stopped operating. The energy system is out of control like that.

On the outside of the information center, countless busy soul puppets stopped, because the fluctuation of the command suddenly disappeared...but a moment later, crazy sirens sounded in their receivers!

"Highly dangerous information pollution! Highly dangerous soul pollution! Foreign souls are invading the information center! The pollution level is rising rapidly, and it is about to break through the firewall. It is suggested that the information center numbered 0-003 be self-destructed, and the information center numbered 0-003 is suggested to be self-destructed— — self-destruct countdown, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 —”

At the moment when the extremely rapid alarm started, the observation devices of all the surrounding soul puppets suddenly went dark, and then they were activated again under a certain force... But even if they were activated again, they still could not see the external environment, they could only see a piece of black , and in this pitch-black screen, a pair of silver pupils are gradually emerging from nothingness, as if to replace the eyes of these puppets.

But just when the pair of silver pupils were about to be fully revealed, the No. 0-003 information center also completed its self-destruct. Only a low hum was heard, and the reaction furnace located directly below the information center was completely overloaded, and a burst of extremely bright Electric sparks flashed across the inside and outside of the entire building, burning all the equipment along the way. At the core of the information center, energy lightning flickered everywhere, and energy streams twisted and twitched randomly in the atmosphere. In the core processor, seven All the thousand soul cores collapsed and destroyed themselves in the surging energy turbulence, and the internal temperature of the building also instantly exceeded 300 degrees, becoming like a melting pot.

All storage devices and servers were physically destroyed, and the fragile precision equipment was instantly scrapped after being subjected to lightning overload and 300-degree high-temperature roasting without any resemblance, and there was no longer any opportunity to be used. At the same time, other information centers They also got the news, they all temporarily closed the access to external information, and began to strengthen the firewall.

On the other side of the world, Joshua, who had completely lost contact with the other side just when he had some clues, frowned in displeasure.

"What kind of mental barrier firewall is this? Why is it so powerful?" His tone was a bit puzzled: "Could it be that the technology of the soul puppet has really reached the point where even I can't break it?"

"No matter how you connect, the screen is black... It seems that the technology of the soul puppet is indeed stronger than I thought."

At this time, Chariot and the others had already slowly crossed the swamp area where a lot of charges were still accumulated, and came to a position behind Joshua. They looked very nervous, but they still approached slowly, but just When the three of them were about to walk through a section of complicated swampy terrain, the giant puppet and the black boy turned their heads together, and they said with a responsive electronic voice: "Chariot, is there any news about the puppet's 'faith' in the rebel army?" ?”

"Faith... what is it?"

Looking at the bewildered faces of Chariot and the others, Joshua felt that asking them would be fruitless, but there was no point in continuing to search for the soul of the core puppet—the link between the other party and the distant place seemed to be broken, and Joshua couldn't continue. It is useless to search for information through the information track, and it is useless even if the connection is maintained. The firewall is too strong, and he will not be able to break in for a while.

"The believer data packet, and that prayer..."

Not paying attention to the somewhat frightened chariot behind him, Joshua whispered to himself, "If I'm not mistaken, the innate special soul core structure, coupled with some limited authority grants, can create a person with a part of self-will. soul puppet, and when the puppet has a soul, it will be loaded with a data package called 'believers' to cultivate belief in a certain existence."

"Creator, promoter of time, master, listen to this title, can it be said..."

The soldier pondered for a few seconds. He frowned and said in a low voice, "Behind these soul puppets, is there a god who created 'puppets'?"

but why? Even Joshua, who is not very interested in becoming a god, knows that if he wants to provide faith to a god and allow him to receive spiritual assistance that can resist divinity, then the believer must have a firm will and a complete soul , the stronger the will and belief, the purer the help provided, and the more complete and powerful the soul, the greater the amount.

The belief of the soul puppets is the data package implanted in the underlying program. This kind of firmness is undoubtedly better than most people, but their soul... To be honest, Joshua feels that it is not complete at all, it can only be said to be barely That's all, no matter how pure this amount is, it can't provide much help.

And, if faith is really needed, why not design some 'faith gardens'? Just like the "plantation land", "industrial garden" and "mining garden" specialize in harvesting food, industrial products and raw materials, the "faith garden" is dedicated to brainwashing ordinary Siberians and superpowers, making this group of brainwashed people confused Offering, which then acts as a Faith Battery provides a large amount of Faith. This kind of design, no matter how you think about it, is better than spending dozens of souls to create a flawed self-awareness puppet and let them provide beliefs.

"No, maybe there is such a garden, but I haven't seen it."

Temporarily suppressing this unreasonable questioning, Joshua felt that it was pointless to continue thinking about it. At present, it seems that the situation in the world of Siberia is getting more and more interesting and complicated. Thinking of this, the soldier couldn't help snorting, not sure if it was interesting or uncomfortable.

Siberians and soul puppets, superpowers and rebels, the destruction of the previous generation of civilization, the origin and end of wars, puppets with self-awareness and beliefs, the spiral tower in the center of the world, whether it exists or not, the gods hidden behind the scenes... ...and most importantly, the Steel Serpent that was banished from the world.

In the world of Siberia hidden in the center of the void vortex, there are more and more secrets. Joshua can't help but have a premonition that all these are connected. The expulsion of the steel python Siberia is definitely not nothing. It was an accident without a reason, but a planned human action, and the existence of this pioneering work is likely to be the person who created the current situation in the world of Siberia.

——It’s really interesting, whether it’s a person or a puppet, an individual or a civilization, the world where this commission is located has exceeded my imagination time and time again.

And right behind Joshua, the chariot trio was carefully observing the entire battlefield.

As spectators of this battle, they were not attacked in any way, at most they were a little frightened. Neither the earthquake swamp nor the torrential rain and thunder affected their location, and it is not known whether Joshua did it on purpose. . At this time, the chariot looked around the front, and he couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief.

Wherever you look, there are all the remains of puppets.

The puppets buried in the soil, crushed by the shock, dumped into the water, scorched by thunder, stuck in the swamp, unable to move, the puppets whose soul core was blown out, no wreckage at all, puppets blasted into powder by a huge iron fist ...Within a radius of several thousand meters, the land is in a mess and has been ravaged to a complete mess. Dirty engine oil mixed with muddy water surges in the cracks of the soil, and one can smell an unpleasant iron smell.

In just ten minutes, an entire army of tens of thousands of hunters was wiped out, leaving only half a broken puppet in the opponent's hand... And the chariot knew that this was not the limit, because when the torrential rain fell , when the thunder roared, he saw a strong wind surging in the surrounding atmosphere, and a dozen prototypes of tornadoes emerged in the gloomy world, but for some reason, Joshua did not continue to create tornadoes, but used the next one ability.

Speaking of ability. Chariot couldn't help raising his head, and looked behind the huge puppet. On the constantly rotating steel ring, six gemstones were shining brightly. The six colors of silver, blue, white, gold, red, and black operate regularly, and extremely powerful energy surges in the air, creating energy particles of various colors to scatter.

If one gem means a superpower as powerful as before, then these six gems are priceless treasures, and they also mean that they can completely destroy the hunter army and the rebel army— —The giant puppet and boy in front of him is a dangerous person who can kill the entire resistance army by himself!

Moreover, the other party seems to be very dissatisfied with their slaughter of labor puppets.

But what can be done... The old man who has already entered old age and has basically experienced the entire history of the rise and fall of the Rebel Army can't help but sigh in his heart.

Unlike those ordinary young superpowers who don't know anything, Chariot certainly knows that those labor puppets working on the outskirts of the site are the parents of these superpowers!

This matter was almost clear when the first baby in the rebel army was born-when everyone saw the woman with a swollen abdomen who was suspected of having a malignant disease give birth to a baby in pain, the rebel army All smart people almost understand how life came to this world... and when they discovered that in the plantation, those labor puppets would also give birth to young children, almost all the middle and high-level rebels knew the origin of themselves and others.

In the beginning, the original rebels originally wanted to rescue some labor puppets from the garden, but these ordinary people have long been brainwashed into human puppets without wisdom and self-will. Rescuing them is not just killing them , is also a resource reserve that oppresses all other superpowers. After realizing his own powerlessness, in order to prevent other power users from trying to rescue the labor puppets after knowing the truth, which would cause turmoil within the rebel army, the leader deliberately and clearly cut the gap between power users and ordinary people. Boundary, only rescue those children with superpowers.

As for the massacre later, it was just to complete the goal. After so many years, the vast majority of power users have long stopped treating those ordinary Siberians as human beings. They really think that they are not the same species as laborers, and they feel at ease when they kill them—some even find that such slaughter can relieve stress , actually fell in love with this behavior.

It's... sad.

"Why, Chariot, your complexion is very bad."

Hearing a strange boy's voice suddenly, the old man was taken aback, but he was also a member of the resistance army after all battles, so he turned his head calmly, and said in a tone of awe: "Puppet master... ...I'm a little uncomfortable."

I don't know when, Joshua's humanoid puppet has come to the side of the chariot trio, ignoring the blast who was so nervous that he didn't dare to speak, and talking about it with Gu Zuo, it seems to be invisible to the scenery, only the chariot There is still enough psychological quality to dare to talk to this young man who single-handedly killed the entire army of hunters.

"Before, when the unlocker recounted my question, I noticed that you were the only one who didn't show a disapproving expression."

The soldier said calmly. He didn't pay attention to the slightly changed expression of the old man, but continued: "You answered my question very calmly. It's incredible that you can live to old age in such an apocalyptic situation... You should be the veteran of the rebel army, so I want to ask."

"What do you think of the world?"

Joshua asked so, with sincere and curious words.

"How about it?"

At first, Chariot was a little surprised why the other party would ask this question. He wanted to answer casually, but when he was about to speak, the old man's throat suddenly rolled and he didn't make a sound... Chariot took a deep breath. He breathed a sigh of relief, but it was still difficult to suppress the violent emotions that suddenly surged from his heart.

Sorrow, pain, despair, exhaustion, as long as he thinks about his life for decades, the chariot wants to roar, lament, and cry-but in the end, none of this happens, this strong old man just bites Grinding his teeth, he tried to calm himself down, and then replied softly in a flat, unwavering voice: "It's not very good."

--Of course.

——how could it be good.

——How can there be any good in this kind of shit life? !

——Is there anything I can get used to in this damn world? !

This kind of general statement of venting, Chariot will not say it. The old man's tone was calm, even though his heart was ups and downs, setting off huge waves, he did not show the slightest excessive emotion: "It's really hard work."

——It’s more than hard work, it’s hell, shuttling back and forth in the hot world, leading a group of newcomers who don’t know anything to fight against dangerous enemies, looting food, raiding the garden, killing their own kind, watching themselves grow stronger and stronger. Getting older, the enemy is getting stronger... I really want to die so as not to suffer.

However, the old man feels that it is enough for the old man to bear the negative emotions alone. He does not need to vent them out, pollute other people, and bring a psychological shadow to the younger generation... If you don’t know it, you don’t know it. Ignorance is also considered happiness, so that’s enough , It's just killing people, it's no big deal.

Chariot closed his eyes, and he took a deep breath.

Absolutely can't stop. We can't stop the looting and rescue operations, and the rebels can't have conflicts. Even if they kill their own parents and compatriots, even if they give up a lot of things, the rebels still have to move on...Because, if the current world is hopeless If not, then staying in place and doing nothing is eternal despair.

Can't stop, absolutely can't, we must resist, destroy the garden of soul puppets, and strengthen our own strength... If we have enough strength, we will attack the center of the world. We must keep moving forward, because only the front has hope, as long as hesitation If you don't make a decision, you will sink into the abyss.

This is the sorrow and determination of the weak.

Chariot opened his eyes and said nothing. He let out a breath and his expression became firm again.

He thought this topic was over, but when the old man raised his head, he saw a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to read people's hearts.

"Yes, you really do know."

Joshua looked at this incomparably strong old man whose heart was made of real steel. He didn't sigh, nor did he appreciate it. He just said in the same tone: "It's really not a very good world."

"Take it."

Accompanied by the bang sound of something falling off, under the shocking gaze of the chariot, the six-colored gemstones behind the giant puppet fell off the rotating steel disc with a finger of the black-haired boy, six fist-sized The precious stone gradually shrunk in mid-air, and finally condensed into six translucent crystals the size of a thumb. At the center of these six crystals, there were six colors of light that flickered on and off.

Subconsciously took these six crystals, and the moment Chariot came into contact with them, he felt countless complex information emerge in his mind, and these information were rapidly simplified layer by layer, and finally turned into a crystal that even he could understand. Clearly understood illustrations and explanations... He didn't have time to look carefully, he could only know that this was probably a way to exercise his spirit and strengthen his superpowers. After realizing this, the old man raised his head in shock, but he didn't see the black The figure of a teenager.

The chariot turned his head hastily and looked at the giant puppet. He happened to see the fifteen-meter-high giant steel puppet slowly rising into the air under the rotation of the steel roulette, and then it went straight into the sky.

Joshua has left.

Joshua didn't say anything, and didn't need to say anything.

Since the Siberian rebels know what they are doing and what they have chosen, since the Siberian rebels have the determination to give up and move forward, since the Siberian rebels just want a hope.

He then gives them the seeds of the future and hope.

That super power unit was originally formed by the flesh and blood of countless super power users, and it belonged to their compatriots. They were nothing but returned to their original owners, and the super power cultivation methods added later were just deduced at random, so it was no big deal.

That's enough.

Enough to change this not-so-good world.

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