Soul of Burning Steel

The passage of time every minute and every second, and the repetition of hundreds and thousands of times in the future, possibility and reality vibrate between two forces capable of distorting everything, and the inside of the world cannot bear it.

Cause and effect are reversed, the past recedes, in the endless illusion, the reality becomes hazy, history has errors and omissions, and everything is submerged in the surging river of existence.

—So, Fatlowervi saw such a vision.

It was a scene of two adults, a man and a woman, and two children, a man and a woman, driving away from the city in a hurry.

The man was generous and kept comforting his flustered wife. The two children were also very well-behaved and did not cry. The boy who was the elder brother even imitated his father and began to touch his sister's head, comforting her in a low voice because the birthday party was rejected. Interrupted, the other party seemed a little unhappy.

Because it was night, there were no other vehicles on the street. They were driving very fast, and they left the city after ten minutes. While driving, the worried woman asked in a low voice, "Are you really so nervous?"

"A warning from a friend who is a superpower... I didn't believe it at first, but after thinking about it, there is nothing wrong with believing such a big event."

The man gripped the steering wheel tightly, his fingers turned white, he shrugged pretending not to care, and said, "It's a big deal, let's go on a trip for a day."

But soon, fiery flames lit up behind them, and with continuous explosions and roars, the originally peaceful and peaceful city burned wildly.

The house collapsed, the street shattered, and the shock wave that caused the entire car to vibrate violently hit from behind, causing the girl who had been quiet to cry suddenly, and the boy hurriedly comforted each other. At this time, the man and the woman also panicked When they got up, they looked at the chaotic city behind them through the rearview mirror, their eyes full of fear and joy.

This is the prologue of the first super power world war.

The family lost their home and wandered in various cities. Fortunately, the world government is still there. My father is a well-known technician in the industry, and my mother is also a well-known writer. They quickly found a new job in a new city. settled in the city. Boys and girls are also returning to school.

The boy is a very nice person. Although he doesn't talk much, he is sincere to others and made new friends at school very quickly. But this world is still at war. There are several students absent from the school from time to time, and even the teachers are less and less. Two years later, the school is officially closed, and the city is about to be abandoned. Under the guidance of the world government, the family is going to go to The strongest fortress cities.

On the way, the parents looked tired, the high-intensity work, the tense environment, and the increasingly turbid and strange air made them in their forties feel that they had more than enough energy, but both boys and girls were healthy , which reassures them.

"We don't care, children have a future." This is what they said in private conversation.

Life in the fortress city is more difficult, because of the shortage of resources, everyone has a limited amount of food and water, and at this time the boys and girls who have become teenagers are just at the time of growing up, parents work hard, get more shares, and even Misappropriating a little of their own share to the children, they refused several times, but the parents scolded: "Don't talk too much." "Eat as much as you want."

This impoverished situation ended on that day. When the boy's father was hospitalized due to long-term malnutrition, he awakened superpowers, and powerful energy fluctuations spread across the city.

Experts from all walks of life gathered to test the ability of this powerful nature awakener. They judged that the boy's ability is extremely cherished 'teleportation' or 'super fast movement', which is very necessary for the current world government Ability. To this end, the government provides a large share for the recruitment of teenagers into the "Hunter" special operations force. The teenager's parents wanted to refuse, and his younger sister also looked worried, but he shook his head gently and firmly to appease his family.

"Now, it's time for me to contribute to this family."

War is cruel, but it is not difficult for young people. With the ability of "everything stagnates", he can always make his team successfully complete a series of tasks. Gradually, he has become the core of the team. The position was higher and higher, and finally became the mainstay of the family. The parents whose physical condition has stopped deteriorating are now recuperating at home, while the younger sister has skipped a grade to go to college, and the grown man supports all of this. Although it is hard work, he is happy.

Time flies, and the war is about to end. Under the comprehensive counterattack of the world government, radical power users are rootless after all, unable to continue fighting. It was clear that peace was at hand, but just a week before the final showdown, the parents' deadlines came one after another.

"Son, don't be sad. Mom's health is not good. After so many years of running around, she is still too tired."

Lying on the bed, the woman who was assisted by a ventilator looked lovingly at the grown-up crying boys and girls and her husband, and she said softly: "You are my hope...don't cry, I Hopefuls, show me a peaceful world."

My mother passed away, and the next day, my father also fell ill. According to the doctor's examination, it was stomach cancer. It was probably caused by too much socializing in the early years, and there was no maintenance for many years. It is powerless.

"He has been holding on, probably because he doesn't want to cause trouble for you." The doctor took the pathology report and said to the man cautiously: "It was still stable, but I guess Lingtang's death was too exciting."

The man was already one of the three top executives of the hunter and a top official of the world government. He looked at his father's medical records and was speechless for a long time.

When he and his sister came to the ward, his father was unable to say any more words. The aging man looked at his son and daughter with relief, and then as if he was satisfied, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.

"No!"

The man roared and activated his ability, stopping the entire city, wanting to save his father's last time, he touched his father's face, wanting to use his own ability to solidify the dying body of the other party. But in the end, the ability will eventually end, and the old man is still dead, in the comfort of hope.

After the ability ended, the man disappeared, and the younger sister searched everywhere but couldn't find it... At this time, the man was wandering among the cities, he was walking in every corner of the fortress in confusion, watching everyone's life, this world because of War, everyone is exhausted, panicked, worried about whether tomorrow will come, worried about whether there is hope in the future, the man walked through all the secret rooms, walked through all the places he has never been to on weekdays, he found many things, saw many things, Those secrets might be able to defend against a person with teleportation ability, but they cannot protect against a person who can stop time.

So the man discovered the world government's plan for all superpowers. He laughed out loud in the stagnant world in confusion, not knowing whether it was luck or sorrow.

...

The illusion is over.

For Fatrolvi closed his eyes.

He didn't want to watch it, couldn't bear to watch it, didn't want to watch it... He didn't continue to observe that possible world line.

Yes, he knows that although this future still has sadness, it may be the road that can lead to the future and hope: the younger sister is still alive, and so are the comrades-in-arms, and there is no irreversible relationship between superpowers and ordinary people. Hatred, when the hunters are at the top, the world government will gradually transform into a super-civilized government-although the future is bumpy and destined to be ill-fated, at least there is such a "possibility" in the "future".

But Fatrolvi closed his eyes resolutely, even though his heart was agitated.

Because enough is enough.

The time mover never wants a perfect and happy life, he just wants to hear the voice of his parents again, watch his sister grow up with his own eyes, and let his comrades who have fought half their lives have a good end... He just wants to see a "possible hope" .

Moreover, now is not the time to pursue the past. He knows that he still has important things to do now. He feels that he has forgotten many things, and he has forgotten something very important. Fatrolvi turned his mind painfully, Thinking about all this forgotten.

Where am I?

What am I doing?

By the way... I am fighting!

At this moment, recalling all this, Fatrolvi opened his eyes—really opened his eyes, awakened from the chaotic dream!

And what appeared in front of his eyes was a shattered but powerful steel fist that was powerful enough to shatter space!

The giant fist quickly retreated—to be precise, it was withdrawn, and Fatrolvi felt that half of his head was shattered, and the entire body of the galaxy giant flew backwards. His thinking was hazy before, because With the direct hit of the huge fist just now, Fatrolvi felt that his thinking had stagnated for a long time, and he had fallen into a chaotic dream. But now, the galactic rotation in the galaxy giant's body gradually restored his clarity.

On the other side, the owner of the Iron Giant Fist did not pursue either, because at this time the Giant God's body was also covered with broken scars. He also fell down and lay on the ground after swinging that circle—the four-armed giant at this time, Not a single piece of his body is intact: traces of stellar flames burning, degenerate matter self-exploding, psionic space distortion, mass field disintegration... All kinds of injuries that he doesn't even know how to describe are all over his body. The scars left by a million powers erupting at the same time.

Both sides beat each other into a trance, time went back many times, the earth was overturned and reborn, they have been completely unable to distinguish between the present and the future, and completely rely on instinct to fight

At this time, this place is no longer the inside of the world, but the center of the real world of Siberia. Above the sky, the soul stars are dimmed, and only a few are still shining. Fatrolvi turned the time upside down dozens of times, and used it to fight fierce enemies one after another, but now it seems that fate and the future have been defeated, because the four-armed steel giant is in After a short rest, he stood up again and walked towards the galaxy giant that fell on the central continent of Siberia.

Boom, boom, boom. Every step the steel giant took was like a mountain bombarding the earth. This was the result of his intentional restraint, otherwise the entire continental crust would collapse, and the air was filled with the smell of ionized, blood-like smell spreading.

As the giant walked, it gradually became smaller, and at the same time, the giant's body in the vast sea of ​​stars drifted away with the wind, and the dark unknown matter dissociated itself and turned into pure soul energy, and the galaxy in his body also disappeared. It turned into a real nebula and floated towards the sky.

By the time Joshua came to Fatlowe, both sides had returned to normal size. Fattlowy's seriously injured body fell to the ground, and the crown on his head had faded away. Behind him was Because of the backward time, the huge spiral tower that has not yet collapsed, the time mover looked at the starry sky illuminated by the void vortex, and muttered to himself.

"Really, I lost."

At this time, Fatrolvi always recalled the fragmented memories of being beaten, he whispered to himself, and then said indifferently: "Forget it, this is also a possibility."

Above the sky, the brilliance of the divine stars dimmed, the observer system was exhausted, and the time mover was unable to observe the future again—all illusions of possibility were gone, and he was even unable to dodge the person who came from another world attack, so he simply stayed like this, waiting for the final blow to arrive.

But the footsteps stopped.

Joshua didn't move on.

The puzzled Fatrolvi opened his eyes and looked in front of him.

It was a petite figure. A small, girl-like figure of a soul puppet, she stood in front of Joshua, preventing him from moving forward.

"You want to protect him?"

The soldier's deep voice came, and he reminded him kindly: "You have self-awareness, I will not attack you at will, if you insist on blocking, I will crush you together."

But the calm and unwavering voice of the psionic puppet sounded: "Yes, I want to protect the master."

"He just uses your beliefs as an introduction to guide the energy of the soul. Otherwise, he can't control the divine stars and create the observer system."

Fartrolvi listened to the voice of his enemy, and unlike him, this descendant calmly told the little soul puppet the truth: "You are just a tool he made, a tool to take revenge and reshape the world, easy to use and faithful toy."

ridiculous. he thought. The soul puppet has no such thing as emotion. To protect oneself, it is probably just a low-level program that he set up a long time ago... That puppet was specially designed by him to assist in the observation of the world line. Talk to these guys What is the use of reason? This descendant is really persistent in boring places, whether it is against himself or protecting those soul animals.

"If it is said that his intention to create us is to let me provide faith and use my words."

However, that little puppet replied seriously: "Then I am willing to believe in the master, and I am willing to be used."

"Because he is our creator and our master."

Lying on the ground, Fatelorvi, who didn't care, was suddenly stunned.

He struggled to sit up, his body was so broken that even if he raised his hand, the energy in his body would leak out and turn into a blue energy liquid like blood, but Fatrolvi had to sit up even so, he was Struggling to stand up, he asked in a deep voice, "Are you also a defective product?"

"According to the procedures I set for you, you should surrender immediately! I don't need your protection!"

After finishing speaking, the time mover who couldn't stand up turned his head and looked at Joshua—this was the first time he saw the face of a warrior in human form, but Fatrolvi didn't care about it, he whispered: " What are you doing talking nonsense with a puppet, give me one final blow!"

"You dare to burn this world, but don't you even have the courage to jump over a soul puppet and kill me?"

But Joshua didn't answer his words. The soldier looked around the whole world, and Fatrolvi also followed his movements subconsciously, looking around the Siberian world around him.

But he didn't see the messy world eroded and burned by the power of steel. On the contrary, what Fatrolvi saw was a continent that was very different from before.

In the sky, the dust settled and turned into newborn soil and piled up on the deserted land. On the earth, plants sprouted, and icy rivers flowed from the mountains, flowing along the long-dried rivers into the continent.

In the sea, the turbid pollution is being purified little by little, and mutated creatures are swimming in the unprecedentedly clear ocean. I don’t know why the dangerous but familiar environment in the past has become like this, and beside those original oases, Siberia resisted. Jun watched in shock as the green expanded like it was alive—saplings and leaves began to appear on the river beach and mud, and saplings grew in the desert. back to life faster than anyone could have imagined.

"...you didn't burn this world..."

Now that this happened, how could Fatlowi not understand the truth of the matter? Joshua didn't destroy the world at all to draw energy for himself, he just relied on the illusion of burning the world to increase the consumption of his soul and stars thousands of times, thereby depleting all his reserves—this descendant even burned his Soul, rekindle the flames of the whole world and revive it again!

But because of this, an unknown emotion caused him to grit his teeth. Fatrolvi, who had always been indifferent even in the face of death, roared, "I don't need you to restore my world!"

Supported by this anger, Fatrolvi, whose body was nearly completely destroyed, stood up again. Light blue liquid energy continuously flowed out from his body surface, and then he struggled to pull the girl's soul puppet behind him, and walked towards Joshua .

"This is the trial they deserve! They destroyed their own world, so they should be tortured in such a world! You are an outsider, why should you bear their fault! Why should you deal with the aftermath of these damned guys!"

Joshua stared at this angry Fatlowe, who was also the real Fatlowe. Now, he finally put aside the mask of the master of fate, the god of the future, and revealed his true thoughts and nature.

Yes, the super power war of the Siberians destroyed their own world, destroyed their own civilization and order, and as the strongest power man, Fatlowi put an end to all chaos, he suppressed all disobedience, Establishing the "order" with the soul puppet as the core, he presupposed the development of future civilization, anchored the coordinates of the Siberia world, and saved the world.

He is a savior, but in the final analysis, he is still an avenger who has slaughtered tens or even tens of billions of innocent people and is angry to take revenge for everything.

"You are wrong, this is not a good aftermath."

Facing Fatrolvi who stood up again and seemed to want to continue fighting, Joshua clenched his right fist, and then slammed into the opponent's left face. The huge force smashed the opponent's shell, making him The blue energy fragments and energy flow overflowed, and Fatrolvi fell to the ground again. This time, he couldn't stand up.

With this punch, Joshua, who was almost as weak as the opponent, took a breath, then stood in front of the opponent, and said in a deep voice: "This is my oath when I become a legend."

The soldier looked around the entire Siberian world, and said in a calm tone: "I bear everything, save everything, and punish everything. I am not for the Siberian people to restore this world, but for the people who have been born, are about to be born, and have not yet been born. All life in the future. I am fighting you not just because you have killed tens of billions of people, but because you have killed the future of the world and made order and civilization a game for you alone."

"It's just my job. I just do what I have to do, and you lose yourself."

Joshua said to his unprecedented enemy in an unprecedentedly serious tone: "You think you have mastered your destiny, but you are actually just a prisoner of fate."

"When you bow your head and look back at the past and cannot extricate yourself, you will no longer be able to truly look up at the stars and grasp the future."

Fatterolvi said nothing.

However, the illusory crown on his head was finally shattered at this moment.

An inexplicable force swept across the entire world. At this moment, the world barrier that isolated the inside and outside of the Siberia world, and separated the entire world from the void vortex and even the entire multiverse, began to dissipate rapidly.

On the outside of the world, the spirits of the steel python Siberia and the steel python Karlis are together, and the two great wills observed the whole process through the cracks that were torn open during the battle between Joshua and Fatrolvi on the surface of the world. , They look at the time reversal inside the world, the future and the past are uncertain, they look at the history and possibility of the world intertwined, the flame of steel dances with the brilliance of time.

They have seen the history of civilization, the self-destruction of the Siberians, and the birth of soul puppets.

"It was my fault."

Suddenly, Steel Python Siberia said this. The will of the world with only the soul left looked gloomy. The steel python, who didn't care about anything at first, lowered his head, and something condensed and fell in his red eyes.

"It was my fault."

It said again, with a low voice, and Siberia circled into a ball. It seemed to be talking to Karlis, and it seemed to be talking to itself: "I have never cared about this world. I watched reincarnation and never did anything."

"I know that the Siberians suffered a lot in the early stages of civilization, and they formed an extremely strict order civilization... They did not allow any individual to escape the control of the collective, and they did not allow any deviation in the development of the plan. All with suspicion and malice, because without this, you cannot survive in a cruel world... everything is my fault."

"I didn't love them, I never helped them... They don't feel love, so everyone sees everyone else as hell."

Karliss also watched all this in silence. It recalled the fallen civilization of the Kalysians, and recalled the Winged Warriors who fought against the evil god to the last moment. It is gratified that its child did not destroy itself, but it is also sad that its child left before itself.

But as Joshua said - it should look to the future.

Those remnants of Grandia's world are its new children. I can't ignore them, and I should inspire them to re-establish a new civilization and order.

And the inside of the world of Siberia.

The light of soul and time fills the entire starry sky and continent.

Destiny and future dissipate in the silent world in the blink of an eye.

The endless battle between warriors and masters finally came to an end at this time.

Joshua raised the condensed giant sword in his hand to Fatrolvi.

The giant sword fell.

All sorrow, despair and love and hope come to an end.

This volume is almost finished... To be honest, I actually wrote this volume very seriously, but in the end I didn't finish it completely due to some reasons, such as the communication between the protagonist and the rebels, and the communication with the soul puppets... because Joshua is not that kind of person.

But it's enough to end it in a serious manner, and I'm also very pleased, so I ask for a monthly ticket.