Soul of Burning Steel

Chapter 739 Interlude Darkness and Obscurity

The multiverse is dark.

All civilizations with the technology of entering and exiting the void, when they cross the world barrier for the first time and step into the outside of the sky, they will all fall into a daze and be at a loss, because what they see is not the beautiful kingdom of heaven in fantasy, but A dark hell.

——Extend the vision until the end of the field of vision, and all you can see is silence and darkness, and the turbulent flow of time and space is surging in the endless dead space, which contains absolute coldness, despair and loneliness, making any intelligent life daunting.

Those who came to the void with blessings and expectations, how should they tell their compatriots who are curious about what is in the "beyond the sky"? On the outside of the world, it is not another vibrant world. There is no heaven, and there is no delicious wine and magnificent palaces of the gods. Also shaded, everything is dimmed.

If in the distant future, your own race occupies all the space on the ground, where is the way? Where is the future? Perhaps, we can only step into this darkness, enjoy the taste of curiosity, fear and loneliness, and explore this road hidden in shadows and dangers, even if the road is full of unpredictable terror.

But there is one thing that is more powerless, frightening and helpless than darkness and the unknown, but one can only immerse in it.

That is a little light in the darkness.

In the distant and unknowable past, there was such a tormented race. They were born from the fire in the forest and multiplied on the vast plain. They gave birth to wisdom, civilization, and the formation of a country. Everything is gradually developing. , until an extremely violent earthquake that swept the entire world.

That is a disaster that has long been hidden in the depths of the earth's crust. It is a hidden danger that was doomed at the beginning of the world's birth. Their world has been scarred by increasingly active geological changes. Continuous volcanic eruptions and earthquakes have torn most of the continent. , The spewing lava and metal clouds scorched the city and its residents, and their civilization, which had just entered the Middle Ages, had nothing to do about it. They could only pray to the heavens in despair, praying that this doomsday would stop as soon as possible, or Come down early so they can be relieved from their endless heat.

However, outside the void, another powerful civilization descended from the sky. This civilization has extraordinary power. They calm the crust and reshape the ecology. They go deep into the center of the earth to calm the plate movement. Ask for any price.

The suffering race worships this civilization, and they are willing to sacrifice everything for this civilization as servants. However, this race is told by that civilization that they don't need any rewards and don't need any gratitude. They just need them to survive and slowly progress , until finally he became a civilization capable of crossing the void - this is the greatest help to them.

"As long as you can also become a little light in this multiverse, then all our hard work will have meaning."

The civilizations claiming to be pioneers said that they left the mother world and wandered in the multiverse civilization, and their purpose is to help one race and civilization that is still in its infancy to cross the void and become what they call 'Light'... The suffering race could not understand such a lofty purpose, and they asked in disbelief why such a powerful civilization as the pioneer had to leave its mother world to wander.

What answered them was silence and a helpless wry smile.

"That is not the destruction you can understand now. But one day, you will also face the infinite darkness... At that time, you may be able to understand our purpose."

The suffering race really couldn't understand, but when they drove the spaceship for the first time, broke through the world barrier and entered the void, and witnessed the darkness of the multiverse after hundreds of years, they felt that they understood and understood the purpose of the pioneers .

——Because the multiverse is too dark and vast, and the light of a single civilization is too small, so they need companions, more companions, and more light to illuminate this dark multiverse!

Therefore, the suffering race in the past resolutely embarked on this path. They named their civilization 'The Shelter of the Weak', just like the pioneer civilization back then, they tried their best to help the surrounding species and civilizations to develop They joined their ranks, and they vowed to help all the civilizations in this multiverse grow like the pioneers of the past. They planned to form a huge federation, bringing all the faint lights together, and shining on the world like the sun .

They vowed to destroy all darkness and unknown.

But they failed.

At the last moment, infinite darkness spreads from the center of the multiverse. It is the shadow called "evil god", "the end", "destruction" and "doom" feared by many civilizations-until the real encounter with the evil god At that moment, the suffering race in the past and the sanctuary civilization now understood what the "darkness" was in the mouth of the pioneer civilization in the distant past, and why they wandered, why they were so at a loss, and could only move forward in confusion , having one is a help for any race you come across.

Because they feel hopeless from the bottom of their hearts and think that the darkness is irresistible, so they can only light up a little flame to comfort their hearts that are at a loss due to confusion.

And it is true.

The end came, the world was overturned, the burning wheat fields burned with the hope of the peasants, the magnificent floating city fell in the boiling cloud, the glorious holy temple was pulled by the filthy shadow, and finally swallowed into the subspace , and in the center of the world, tens of thousands of powerful spellcasters joined forces in an attempt to teleport the people away before the apocalypse came, but their burning blood with all their strength was tearing apart the shell of the world, revealing their indescribable real body, the evil god The front cools down quickly.

They retreated steadily, suffered a crushing defeat, and left one world after another, while the evil gods feasted on the wreckage of civilization. They watched more and more cities turn into dust, more and more races turned into ashes, As hard work evaporated, more and more disappointment and frustration ate away at their hearts, and finally, a world-shattering storm of time and space flattened the entire plane of time and space, extinguishing the stars and sinking into the realm of darkness.

Another civilization that had been knocked down by darkness and collapsed, abandoned like a burnt torch. The sanctuary civilization disappeared into the multiverse. Although they radiated light for a short time, they could only withdraw in the end.

Therefore, the multiverse is actually dark. It is not completely dark, but has a little light shining.

It bred the world, gave birth to civilization, gave hope to all living beings, turned them into fire to illuminate the void, but ended it with evil gods. In the eternal darkness, there are endless lights dancing, and the fires of civilizations are lit one after another, so that bits and pieces of light can appear in the world-but the existence of light is not to show beauty, it is to let civilization Use your own radiance to illuminate the true faces of those who are hidden under the darkness, called despair and the end.

One civilization after another struggles against the coming of chaos and nothingness. They burn their light to illuminate the way forward, but they will never reach the end of victory. Under the erosion of endless chaos, they will only become weaker and weaker. You get more and more tired, no matter how hard you hold on, you will eventually collapse from exhaustion.

Compared with the light in this darkness, the darkness can be regarded as benevolent, at least it hides the appearance of the end, allowing everything to end in painless silence.

The eternal bleak light reveals to civilization the terrifying prospect of nothingness: no hope, no future, everything is gray and meaningless, no matter how blazing the flames are, they will eventually turn into ashes and fall into eternal sleep. Or wake up in a desperate rage and become a member of the dark.

In the 5922nd year of the Redemption Calendar, more than 5900 years after the ancient pioneer civilization came to the world of Sanctuary, in the endless void, a group of "dark" mist wrapped the world, from the long information self Wake up during the inspection.

The black mist surged like a sea tide. It strictly and meticulously inspected the database in its body. It checked all the information about its creators, including all their history, technology, culture, art and beliefs. Black Mist conducts self-inspection again and again to ensure that the information is not lost or missed.

Because, this information is the last remnant of the creator, and protecting this information is also the only remaining task in its core instructions.

And after a long time, after ensuring the integrity of the information in the database, it can be seen that the black mist suddenly began to surge, and it swayed in the void with the turbulent flow of time and space like a flame, and even dark purple lightning could be seen in the mist Flickering, the black mist condenses strength and breeds a daughter body. It will prepare to complete another unfinished and most important task of its own.

The black mist still remembers the painful faces of many creators who were on the verge of death thousands of years ago, and it still remembers the "last mission" they reiterated over and over again.

That is to build strength against the destruction that is sweeping across the multiverse.

Conforming to the wishes of the Creator, it will do its best.

Even if he himself becomes the darkness that extinguishes the light, he will not hesitate.