Soul of Burning Steel

What does it feel like to die?

Even in the entire multiverse, there are not many people who can personally express this feeling, because the undead with self-awareness actually just changed their own life forms when their bodies died, and they never really 'died'. The dead who have really died and revived are not the person who died at all in essence, so they are not personally spoken. People who die and come back to life are even rarer. They need extremely powerful, at least the assistance of legendary and upward mighty power. There is a certain chance that it can be done.

But Wuming is fortunate enough to become a "resurrected person" who is rare in the entire multiverse today.

The feeling of death, in fact, is nothing. When the nameless maintenance worker raised the furnace ray launcher to destroy his brain in a desperate calm, he died simply and neatly. After his death, the seventy-third In seconds, his wandering soul also began to gradually decompose in the atmosphere, just like his corpse that should have been decomposed by various microbes in a few days.

He has been accepted by death, and at the moment his soul was completely shattered, the unknown mechanic was completely dead, but even death is not absolute in this multiverse, everything is possible, as long as the strength is strong enough, whether it is death Or fate will be trampled underfoot.

Just like now, the broken soul wandering in the soul abyss reunited under the silver light, he condensed into one, and then returned to his body—the nameless mechanic opened his eyes in a trance, and what he saw was a strange ceiling.

"you're awake?"

He heard a calm and deep male voice: "It seems that I have repaired it well, and you have been completely resurrected."

who is it?

The nameless mechanic instinctively wanted to ask questions, but because he hadn't communicated with anyone for many years, and his physical body had changed from before, he didn't speak smoothly, but coughed heavily several times.

By the way, the body! When he realized that his body was different from before, the unknown mechanic immediately realized that his body was quite different from before. Simply put, he became much younger... No, it was directly reversed to a teenager who was not yet an adult. when!

"It's a bit too young to accidentally push too hard."

The calm male voice continued, his tone seemed to be describing a small mistake in a certain experiment, with a little bit of annoyance: "And the body structure of the Siberians is not suitable for the world of Mycroft, so I will make my own decision and change it for you." A set of respiratory and circulatory organs."

Until this time, with a dazed face, the nameless mechanic who had just escaped from death had the strength to raise his head, look in the direction of the sound, and take a look at the surrounding environment by the way.

He saw that he was lying on a white, flat surface similar to the maintenance platform in a maintenance workshop. A silver beam of light descended from the sky, covering him and the entire operating table. In fact, the entire maintenance platform was floating in the air. did not touch the ground.

The surrounding environment is clean and tidy. It cannot be the maintenance workshop when he committed suicide. The four walls are all silver and seem to be all forged from metal. The blue light flickers, and all the dust in the surrounding air is absorbed, leaving nothing behind.

Of course, these are not the most important things. The unknown mechanic let out a sigh of relief. He shook his head in a daze, then focused his eyes on the existence standing directly in front of him.

It was a man in a white robe, but his stature was so tall that even loose medical clothing could not cover him completely. Ordinary people would look loose and elegant in a white coat, which even gave people the illusion of a vest. And the other party's face with strong lines revealed an almost tangible majesty, which almost made the unnamed mechanic who had just started lying down again.

In fact, he did lie down again, but Wuming quickly sat up straight again. He even jumped off the operating table that was still floating in mid-air, and then supported it to stand upright.

"……I am dead."

After he could barely stand without relying on the operating table, the unknown technician was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "I remember very clearly that I burned my brain with furnace rays... According to medical knowledge, I must die, but you saved me. I."

He looked around at the operating table, which was clean and tidy and free from other clutter, and then bowed deeply to Joshua: "There is no way to repay such kindness."

The first thing this man who has regained his life and gained a young body after waking up is to stand up straight. Although Wuming is not clear about the current situation, he can understand why he can continue to speak, and the tall man from before From the man's words, it can be learned that it was the other party who saved him, so the first thing he has to do is to sincerely thank him.

"It's just a normal return, so don't worry too much about it."

On the other side, Joshua, who was taking off his white coat, shook his head: "After all, I used your body to act for a while when I was in Siberia, and I resurrected you just to prove my strength. A simple exchange, this is what I promised, even if you die at that time."

Having said that, the unknown mechanic couldn't understand it, and fell into a daze - he actually didn't understand the vocabulary of Siberia World from the beginning, and he didn't understand why he could become so young after resurrection, saying To be honest, he didn't even know who Joshua was. He just knew that the other party was not a soul puppet. He seemed to have his own will. He should be one of the people who had been fighting against the soul puppet all along.

The nameless mechanic didn't know what was going on at all, he had never even communicated with humans, and what he said just now was just retelling the knowledge he learned in the book, and it was just instinctive use.

And Joshua also understood this, so he waved his hand, created a chair in a flash of silver, and then brought it under the opponent's body, motioning for the opponent to sit down. Afterwards, he said calmly: "Think about it carefully, I have put everything in your mind."

Hearing this sentence, the nameless mechanic subconsciously recalled it.

Then, he knew everything that happened... Everything, about the history of the Siberia world for more than a thousand years, the lament of civilization, the war of betrayal and despair, and the end of the past when it stared at the past... majestic as Hai's information surged and directly entered his mind.

So the nameless mechanic fainted again.

"...Well, forget that there is an upper limit to the ability of normal people to receive information."

Joshua, who was standing in front of the silver beam of light, was about to ask the unknown mechanic how it felt to be resurrected. After seeing this scene, he couldn't help but patted his forehead, and said helplessly: "It seems that if you use the power of steel to instill too much information, it will burst out all at once. , Ordinary people can't bear it... However, if it is to deal with the enemy and use the power of steel to output information frantically at the moment of contact, it may also hinder the opponent's normal thinking, which can be regarded as a means of attack."

Thinking of this, the soldier couldn't help but feel eager to try. He put the unconscious technician back on the operating table and let him lie flat on the table. But soon, he frowned again: "No, in this case, wouldn't it be the same as the impact of the evil god's information?"

The reason why the evil god makes people go crazy when they face it or touch it is precisely because of the transmission of information. Even as long as someone mentions the evil god's real name, such as the famine evil god and its subordinate 'Juldemus', It will cause the other party's information to be transmitted from the far side of the star sea, and a large amount of useless erosion information will be spread crazily, causing the contact person's sanity to decrease. And Joshua's ability is more than inferior, because the information transmitted by the evil god is actually not worthless, and there may be some knowledge fragments left over from the destruction of the other world, and if Joshua wants to use this Attacks with means, all the pouring out is definitely spam.

"...Joshua, is it really okay for you to revive him directly like this?"

While the warrior was still thinking about the magical use of his steel power, Qingling's voice sounded, and half a second later, as the magic power condensed, No. 3's worried projection appeared beside Joshua: "After all, he is People in the world of Siberia, after learning that their mother world has been completely rebuilt under the control of the steel python, he must not have a good time, right?"

"That's better than death, number three."

Joshua didn't care about this: "This gentleman who doesn't have a name chose to die because of despair and to resist the exploitation of the soul puppet—but now, the world of Siberia is reborn, and the rule of the soul puppet has disappeared. , even Fatlowervi was killed by me, he has no reason to die."

"No matter how bad the situation is, it can't be worse than before. What's more, if he doesn't want to go back to Siberia World, I can hire him to work for us, right?"

No. 3 did not try to refute Joshua's words, because everyone had already been resurrected, so it was meaningless to say more. She just took a deep look at the body of the unknown mechanic, and she could see the radiance of the soul surging in the other's body.

"I didn't expect that you have reached the point where you can repair your soul... plus you can create a vigorous body at will, which is basically an unlimited resurrection."

The artificial intelligence whispered: "This is... a field that even gods can't touch."

When these words were spoken, a ray of light flickered on No. 3's forehead, which formed a pair of wings-like symbols, which were the holy emblem of the sky god Ger. No. 3's words were not false at all, she really didn't find any knowledge about this from the sky god's inheritance.

"No matter who is dead, as long as there is still a soul left, you can forge a new body for them, then put the soul back, and re-enter the memory personality... No one has heard of this simple resurrection method."

"It's not easy."

Regarding No. 3's emotion, Joshua shook his head seriously, and criticized the other party's optimistic view: "First of all, the soul of the deceased must be complete and powerful enough to record all his personality and memories-this is a big deal. Some people do not meet the conditions, only those whose souls are strong enough and whose will is firm enough can be resurrected by this method."

"As for those who have not reached the ultimate level of soul, and their strength has not reached the stage of extreme level, the self-disintegration of the soul will take between thirty seconds and seven minutes. If the inner self is not around, if the soul is not collected, then it is considered to be completely dead. I am not like some gods who can be resurrected, who can use magic to collect broken soul fragments, and then resurrect, after a certain period of time , when memory fragments start to be included in the soul cycle, then even if I resurrect a person with the remaining soul, that person's memory will still be incomplete."

"Being able to 'resurrect the dead' means that you have broken through the boundary between death and life, and you have mastered the fundamental authority. You can even say that you are already on the road to eternity... You are already strong enough, don't ask me to do that Taller."

Number 3 frowned, she didn't like Joshua's overly rational thinking mode, she floated beside the soldier, and said with some dissatisfaction: "And you spent almost a week, it is absolutely impossible to just In order to resurrect a person, right? What have you done for such a long time? Obviously, it was hard to go back to the territory once, but ended up staying in the dust-free laboratory on the side of Cold Winter Castle every day. Hei ran out again yesterday to bring Let Xiaoguang play fairy cards with those dwarves, and you don't care..."

Number 3 babbled about a lot of things, as if complaining, while Joshua listened quietly... She really needed to vent, because when the warrior returned to Moldavia on January 5, 838, From the beginning until the afternoon of January 11th, Joshua spent most of his time conducting some strange experiments in the dust-free laboratory on the second basement level of the Academy of Winterhold. Reviving the unknown mechanic was just one of his many tasks. Obviously not the result he had been seeking for so long.

And Joshua did not retreat for such a long time just to revive the unknown mechanic.

After No. 3 finished complaining, the soldier grabbed the hand of the artificial intelligence lady and signaled her to look up, looking at the silver beam of light covering the unknown technician and the operating table. No. 3 suddenly shut down for some reason, It was only after a while that he raised his head, and looked carefully at that ray, which didn't seem to have any special brilliance of steel power.

"It seems... nothing special?"

For a while, No. 3 didn't see any clues, but soon, she found something wrong: "No, this beam of light is completely composed of your steel power... This is not light at all! The energy pool with the power of steel! It is glowing by itself, causing it to look like a beam of light!"

"That's half true."

Seeing that No. 3 quickly realized something was wrong, Joshua clapped his hands with a smile. He stared at the 'Force of Steel Energy Pool' that he had spent almost a week building, and said quite proudly: "I was indeed I just wanted to resurrect the unknown mechanic, but then I thought, since it is so simple for me to create and repair a complete body, why can't I create a system that can automatically repair the human body?"

As he spoke, Joshua raised his hand and drew a light curtain in mid-air, and pictures and images appeared in the light curtain, most of which were about adventurers and soldiers who suffered severe injuries to their limbs. The soldier showed these materials to No. 3, and then calmly said in the other's thoughtful eyes: "For me, it only takes a little effort to repair a person's limbs." With little strength to breathe, resurrecting a person is just a troublesome condition, and if everything meets the requirements, it is just a matter of effort."

"But the vast majority of ordinary people are different. They don't have my power. Even if they have the magic that can regenerate limbs, they probably can't afford the price of treatment."

Number 3 blinked, and said inexplicably: "So...you created this Force of Steel energy pool?" As she spoke, she raised her head, glanced at the silver beam of light, and said rather uncertainly : "I can probably understand its function. According to the entrant's situation, it should repair all the injuries on the other party, and broken limbs are also one of them-wait a minute, are you going to popularize this thing?"

Thinking of this, No. 3 couldn't help being taken aback. She flew around Joshua several times, then shook her head in a panic and said, "Hey, don't be so kind, the power of steel is also important to you." Very important, if you create too many of these energy pools, it will be tantamount to thinning your reserve of steel power! At that time, if you encounter a strong enemy like Fatrolvi, as you said before, then this weakened It is fatal!"

"Although I am kind, I am not so holy."

Joshua expressed dissatisfaction with No. 3's view of him being so kind. He shook his head with a smile, then stared at the silver beam of light in front of him and said, "I'm going to call this thing 'repair beam of light'. Every few cities Just place one, and anyone in need can use it to repair the accumulated injuries on their body - of course, they have to pay a price, gold and silver, strange objects, collected classics or other precious resources are fine, my Steel The force condensate has its own calculation and thinking ability, they are actually a part of me, so I can judge what price the opponent should pay based on the injury."

"No one can get healing for nothing, because every beam of repairing light can directly connect to me, and whoever wants to destroy it will suffer my instinctive counterattack."

"But... what good does it do you?"

The name is so vulgar. No. 3 despised the soldier's naming ability in her heart, but she couldn't think of any good names, so she didn't express her opinion. After listening, No. 3 nodded half-understood, she understood that Qiao Xiu What Ya meant was that she knew that the other party did not intend to waste her strength to take care of the general public, but even so, she did not see any benefit to Joshua.

For this point, No. 3 is even more important than the soldier himself. Thinking of this, she immediately frowned her slender eyebrows, turned her head to Joshua a little angrily, and said, "To put it bluntly, you are the only one who is paying for it!"

"How is it possible, I took advantage of it."

Seeing that No. 3 cared so much about his own interests, Joshua naturally wouldn't be angry. He patted No. 3's head beside him, smiled lightly and said, "Think about it, I'm just consuming some energy to repair their injuries. Substances, reshaping or repairing some limbs and injuries, and these things are everywhere. But the price that the healer has to pay, must far exceed what I pay, and they may even think that I am charging too cheaply. "

"In this way, it is equivalent to countless people collecting various precious resources for me at the same time, making me stronger, which is faster than me going out to other worlds from time to time, finding one or two dead worlds with poor energy to swallow mud Mostly, the most important thing is that making this kind of restoration light beam is just a matter of convenience for me, and it can help the public, and it is a win-win situation that is beneficial to both parties, why not do it?"

"It's not good news for those doctors and clergy."

No. 3 touched his head, curled his lips and said, "They have lost a lot of money."

"Only the injuries they can't solve will come to me." Joshua didn't care about this, he had already considered this matter: "After all, my price is not low. I can also compare this thing with Rin Dong Fort is connected with the contribution system of the Foreign Exploration Department, so that they can exchange credits and contribution points for opportunities for treatment. To be honest, I think my contribution system can completely replace cash, but it is a pity that Israel has never supported it. It is said that at least the popularization of information terminals can do this.”

"By the way, maybe the foreign exploration team can carry a repair light beam with them, so that the risk of exploring other worlds can be minimized."

"Woo, you think so well, then I have nothing to say..." After listening carefully to every word Joshua said, No. 3 blinked and couldn't find any loopholes, so she After lamenting, she put her arms around her knees and slowly floated towards the gate of the laboratory. While floating, she reminded seriously: "Remember to go back to the Lord's Mansion for dinner at night, and never come back..."

"You're going to be mad—I know, I'll go back."

Joshua watched as No. 3 left the laboratory, and then he turned his head again and looked at the 'repair light beam' in front of him. The warrior's eyes were shining with light and dark.

In fact, apart from what he said to No. 3, he had a bigger plan, but he didn't tell Ms. Artificial Intelligence.

That is, he didn't intend to promote this thing only in the Mycroft world.

The world of Carliss, the world of Ilgna, the world of Kronos, the world of Siberia... In addition to these small worlds, and even the worlds that are not yet connected, there is the real highlight, the big world of Xinghai.

If it's just the Northland, just the Northern Empire, then no matter how many beams of repair light you spread, you won't be able to gain much, but if it's the entire Mycroft world, then the daily income alone will be considerable, let alone multiple worlds Yes, as long as it takes a little longer, the power Joshua has accumulated in various places will reach an astronomical figure. Compared with that, the little steel power he gave is just a drop in the bucket.

In the atrium civilization of the star sea world, he is a true god whose name is passed down, and the restoration of the beam of light will definitely be regarded as a real miracle, and the so-called price is nothing more than a sacrifice, and the atrium people will be willing to pay. If the people in the atrium encounter other civilizations, they can also let them spread the beam of light. In this way, the income of a star sea world may be much greater than the sum of other small worlds.

This kind of efficiency is definitely much faster than spending a lot of energy wandering in the desolate void, looking for materials that can be collected. After all, not every void realm has the energy density of the void vortex, and it is impossible for him Always stay beside the void vortex to absorb energy.

"In this way, as long as I recover these accumulated power regularly, I can quickly accumulate enough high-energy matter to accelerate the formation of the world."

In the dust-free laboratory, Joshua clenched his right fist tightly. He stared at his absolutely solid, absolutely smooth fist, which surpassed all substances in the world, and whispered to himself: "Besides, the power of steel is mine. The carrier of information, it is a part of me and my soul, and each restoration light beam has a trace of my will... If I spread them in different worlds, it is equivalent to being in several different worlds at the same time."

What kind of consequences will this peculiar way of existence bring?

Joshua didn't know.

But he is looking forward to it.