Soul of Burning Steel

Joshua was not surprised by this result.

Priest and others disappeared at the edge of the world's galaxy because of the error of the return beacon. According to the information of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Site, it can be inferred that they are most likely in a lost ruins of a glorious civilization.

Coincidentally, a few days ago, when Joshua was dissecting the giant void beasts, he sensed an extremely strange aura of evil gods, and these giant void beasts came from the edge of the world's galaxy.

Those are a group of very weird void giants—the juvenile giants often sneak into the world, spreading their own seeds, offspring, or spores while devouring matter, while the adult void giants generally pry them head-on. The shell of the open world eats, but the group of giant void beasts, although they look young, are actually fragments of an adult giant beast. They have lost the ability of their offspring to sneak into the world, but they are not as broken as an adult body. The power of the barriers of the world.

Joshua originally deduced that it should be the result of being torn apart by the evil god, but now it seems that there may be another explanation.

'Debilitating Cthulhu'.

It is recorded in the unified information base that the hidden evil god has the power to weaken all things. It can temporarily turn the legendary strong into young children, so it is not surprising that the void behemoths become larvae.

The three abnormal phenomena appeared in the same place and at the same time, and Joshua could easily associate them with just a little brainstorming.

"It's a little troublesome. But it's not a bad thing. At least we noticed the existence of the evil god in advance, instead of waiting for the evil god to fully recover."

Joshua and the nature teacher were not very afraid of the suspected recovery of the evil god, because they all sensed that the chaotic existence of this recovery, even the evil god, is very weak, even if the other party is recovering, it is impossible It can even be said that it is difficult to restore the heyday in such a short period of time.

Among the evil gods, there are also strengths and weaknesses. The weakest group among them is probably the "atmospheric evil god", which was formed by the destruction of an atmospheric life body world without obvious civilization and wisdom. Its strength can be determined by a The sage's saint was forced to retreat alone. Although it might be because the saint was strong and the evil god didn't exert his full strength, at least it seemed so on the surface.

As for the Weak Cthulhu, although it was said that it was chased and beaten by the nine legends because of an accident, according to the information obtained by No. The two legends are so entangled with each other... It can't be said that they are weak, it can only be said that they are not too strong. According to speculation, the strength of the evil god of famine and evil god of natural disasters is almost a level stronger than that of weakness.

However, the evil god of natural disasters is a bit special. It leaves after the disaster is over, never entangled or procrastinated, and the stronger civilizations can basically block them. The evil gods of natural disasters pose no threat to them, and they have never fought recklessly with each other.

A truly powerful evil god, similar to the plague evil god, can create legendary female beasts capable of multiplying millions of offspring... As for Feng Rao, a monster that can induce a star to turn into a red giant star when passing by, let's not discuss it for a while.

All in all, to suppress an evil god with 20% strength and not too strong, no matter whether it can be done or not, Joshua and Galannord want to give it a try-if they dare not even do this, everyone might as well pack up their bags Let Li go, it's a shame to be like this, what a legend.

The stars are twinkling, they are constantly advancing in the void, and the lights and shadows of bright or dim worlds fly past the two of them. Among these thousands or tens of thousands of worlds, there may be one or two A lucky person can give birth to life, and among thousands of lucky people, maybe one or two are lucky enough to give birth to wisdom.

Intelligent life, and even the birth of civilization, are not taken for granted. Every civilization is a miracle among miracles.

"It is rumored that before the final battle, the world we live in is densely packed with stars and stars, and there are countless intelligent beings living in it."

The natural teacher looked around at the surrounding galaxy, and said faintly: "Although most of them cannot enter the void, they are at least a kind of civilization... But now, only these desolate worlds are left."

This is also a matter of course, and has nothing to do with the evil god.

Joshua thought so. After all, according to the theory of time dilation, at least five or six thousand years have passed in these worlds at the edge of the star river. Five or six thousand years is enough time for a civilization to die and resurrect several times, even if there are no giant void beasts and evil gods. The threat of this kind of thing, civilization itself is also a fragile existence that is easy to destroy itself, isn't that the group of demons in the sixth color abyss, nuclear war and chemical weapons can easily destroy the entire ecosystem.

"Huh."

Suddenly, just as the natural teacher was thinking about how to sow seeds to restore the ecological circle in a world, she suddenly let out a light sigh.

Then, Galannord stood up from the cane of the legendary monster "Furry" in doubt, and she warned Joshua: "Stop, there is a situation ahead."

"What's happening?"

Joshua didn't perceive anything other than chaotic fluctuations, but since the teacher of nature is so serious, there must be something unexpected.

"I sense that many beings are moving...too many! More than the total population of the world of Mycroft!"

Galan Nord closed his eyes, and he could see the light green ripples of the power of nature spreading around the body of this legendary powerhouse, like ripples in water waves. The force of nature itself is a variant and complex of vitality, and it needs to be fully functioning in an environment with a lot of life, but relatively, practitioners of this kind of power can quickly find the place where a lot of life gathers.

"In that direction." After the induction, the teacher naturally opened his eyes again solemnly, and then reported a coordinate to Joshua. The soldier raised his head and looked in the direction of the coordinate, but he could only see a dense concentration of steel forces. body, that is, the world.

"I didn't see any life, but I saw a small world... But it's strange, the speed of these worlds is too fast, and the size is too small."

Although Joshua did not see a large number of beings prompted by the natural teacher, he is not surprised. The roads of each legend are blocked, and the methods of observing the world are also different. Naturally, each has its own focus. The natural teacher directly perceives the life in the world Not surprising.

But the extremely fast-moving world is a bit unusual.

The world itself will move, but this range is very small. The star map of the multiverse needs to be updated once or twice, which is a clear proof. However, occasionally some worlds move faster. Those worlds are the so-called hidden worlds. , the coordinates cannot be determined through the star map, they have a separate set of tracking routes.

But the world seen in that direction moves so fast that it cannot be a natural phenomenon at all, and very quickly, through predicting the speed and direction, Joshua immediately came to an astonishing conclusion.

"Those worlds are moving in the direction of the evil god!"

Immediately, the two immediately accelerated and rushed in the corresponding direction.

"What's going on, why does the world actively move in the direction of the evil god?"

Joshua felt that this matter was unusual, because he focused his attention on this aspect, so he perceived it more clearly than before. Huge points of light were moving rapidly in the void: "The speed is very fast, and it is faster than Gran's. Void airships like Saifa are slower, and there is no burst of energy, it feels like drifting naturally."

"I don't know...but Joshua, don't you sense the breath of the giant void beast?"

The teacher of nature also had a serious face at this time—in fact, finding a world with a lot of life is not a bad thing to be nervous about. Devouring order, the speed of the evil god's recovery is likely to be greatly accelerated.

An evil god who has regained most of his power, and an evil god who has just awakened are completely different concepts. Stars on the verge of extinction and stars in their prime are both stars, but can they be compared in terms of brightness?

What's more, there are a large number of giant void beasts around her world... This is even more troublesome. The giant void beasts are naturally not on the side of the evil gods, but they are not on the side of normal life forms. When the situation is chaotic, the suppression The evil god's actions might go a long way.

But after Joshua felt it in detail, he didn't find anything.

He could only perceive the light spots of each world, but he couldn't perceive the pure but abnormal steel power fluctuations of the Void Behemoth.

"Hurry over there as soon as possible, and go to the world where the evil gods are before them." Joshua didn't say much, he accelerated again, and even slightly let go of the restraint of his own gravity.

Immediately, one could see that in the originally chaotic and orderly turbulent flow of time and space, a huge vortex suddenly appeared. This vortex was like an abyss that engulfed everything, swallowing all the existence within its envelope, even if it was The chaotic space-time flow and starlight were forcibly pulled and bent by this vortex, forming regular arcs.

It was also because of this that Joshua's speed suddenly became faster.

Far away, the World Fleet.

"The sensor is abnormal! There is a large-scale space-time change in the 113th star field!"

"Warning! Unknown physical entities are approaching rapidly! Presumed threat level: highest!"

"It's coming towards us!"

Along with the inside of the central hive, countless spores swelled and exploded, and a series of biological currents containing information mixed with a strange spiritual force moved forward along the veins of fungi. Soon, the information detected by the sensor was transmitted to the core royal court. place.

"Your Majesty! There is an unknown powerful presence rapidly approaching the left side of our fleet, and it is impossible to tell whether the opponent is hostile."

The black eight-legged fungus received waves of bioelectricity, and Kumosinda silently processed all the information.

According to the fleet's sensor predictions, there is an extremely large material entity approaching them at a speed three times faster than their fleet's full speed. It is impossible to distinguish whether this existence is friend or foe, but at least we can know that at the speed of the opponent, they There is no escape.

"Is it estimated that the strength level is 'Eating Stars'... Prepare for defense, stop those giant beasts that are eating, and continue to move towards the World Eater in a defensive formation-the opponent's goal may also be the World Eater , not toward us.

For the time being, it is not the Great Khan's turn to deal with this kind of matter. The black eight-legged fungus thought so, and then issued a second order: "All shepherds and breeders finish their work, leave the 'empty world' immediately, and take refuge in the body of the giant beast."

The existence of swallowing stars is not rare in the multiverse, not counting this lost galaxy, even in the world galaxy where the eight-legged fungus hometown is, there are quite a few swallowing stars.

However, there is also a gap between star devourers. Some powerful star devourers, even if they have just been sublimated, can beat some veteran star devourers, and some star devourers have lived for tens of thousands of years. , the pure combat ability may not increase much... and even if he can suppress other star devourers, it does not mean that this strong man is more destructive than others, everything is relative of.

Of course, this is also due to the fact that they chose different directions.

And in the world fleet of the star shepherds, every giant beast has the power of "swallowing stars". This is their confidence to dare to cross the world's galaxy, and it is also the origin of their name as star shepherds.

Even in the multiverse, there are very few races that can achieve such a great feat. Shepherding giant beasts across the void is something they should be proud of.

However, this is not because they actively want to do this, if it is not for their hometown being... All in all, the shepherds have spent an unimaginable price and the sacrifice of countless eight-legged fungi to do this, and the entire group of shepherds In the clan, there are only a few kings of the sky known as "kings" who can control one or two behemoths, truly herd and control the existence of all behemoths, there is only one, the only one.

That is the Supreme Great Khan.

If it weren't for the Great Khan, then the Star Shepherd would have been destroyed along with his home star long ago, let alone fleeing from his home star field. Get a foothold in the multiverse, let alone thrive.

"All glory to the Great Khan."

Thinking so silently in his heart, Kumosinda didn't pay attention to the existence of the swallowing star that suddenly appeared.

There are more than 20 giant beasts in the entire world fleet, and no existence will frantically oppose the entire Star Shepherd fleet.

In the unknown world, in the elf camp, Priest and others who are persuading the entire elf tribe to take refuge in the Acrafa hub do not know what kind of waves are happening outside the void.

He doesn't need to know, because there are two worlds inside and outside the void.

"It is impossible for us to leave the mother tree."

Facing Priest's persuasive advice, in the half-collapsed underground cave, the deer crown elf who was sorting out the matter still calmly refused: "We and the mother tree are one."

"What a joke! The elves and the mother tree are never one!"

After persuading him for at least three and a half hours, Priest wanted to beat the old stubborn in front of him unconscious several times. One is useless at all, so he is not talking nonsense here: "There are so many elves in the Mycroft Continent wandering around the world, and your ancestors were also the first to colonize the multiverse! How can you say that you can't live without the mother tree? !"

Even the Father of Nature never restricted the elves to be by his side, but allowed the elves to evolve into various forms that do not need it, such as various plain elves, mountain elves—such a tenacious race, when did it become necessary? Taking shelter of the mother tree's squeamishness? !

But these verbal disputes are useless, the stag crown elf still shook his head: "No, we will indeed die if we leave the mother tree."

As soon as this sentence came out, Priest was dumbfounded.

And it seemed that the entire elf tribe was impatient, and the deer crown elf slowly explained: "If we leave the mother tree too far, our spiritual connection will disappear... Many people just disappeared in the forest, as individual individuals , was eroded by a foreign disease and turned into a monster."

The deer crown elf's expression is as gentle as ever, but there is no warmth. It is obvious that there was a blood rain earthquake last night, as well as various major events such as the coverage of the purification position, and this elf still doesn't seem to care about anything. The deer crown elf said lightly: "We thank you for using the sacrificial holy mountain to expel the alien disease for us, but we cannot leave the mother tree. The mother tree contains all the knowledge of our tribe, and if it becomes a separate individual, it will be a big problem for us. It’s a painful thing to say.”

Speaking of this, he seemed to look at Priest with some sympathy: "It feels like having no hands, no feet, and the eyes that could see clearly are suddenly blurred. Even in the crowd, you are alone... ...I can't even feel the inner thoughts of the people around me. I don't know what he thinks of me, whether he hates me or respects me... This unknown and terrifying feeling is more terrifying than all monsters. It will tear the peace between us elves, and bring conflicts and hatred among us——this is how the alien disease spreads."

"...So do you think that we human beings who are alone are very pitiful?"

After calming down, Priest suppressed the anger of wasting time, and said calmly: "It means that the reason why Su Er became an outlier is because she is not in your network, and you don't know what she thinks. What do you like, what are you afraid of, that's why you think she is out of group?"

"Yes. You humans don't even know each other's thoughts and feelings... You can't share pain with each other, and you can't share happiness with each other... And my daughter, because of misfortune, can't join us."

The stag crown elf replied bluntly, without even the slightest hesitation: "So I let her act with you, because in essence, she is the same as you."

Hearing this, Priest even made a smile—it seems that those elves invited them to join the spiritual network at the beginning, and they really had great kindness! Their wariness of these elves is indeed a little nervous.

However, the fact that the other party has good intentions and is a good person does not mean that the other party's behavior is right, and of course, it does not mean that the other party is wrong—after all, all the humans and dwarves that have ever existed in this world are dead, and there are only so many people left. The made elves still exist, which proves that at least the elves made the right choice before.

But this does not mean that when it comes time to change, if you continue to be stubborn, it is something to be proud of!

Priest clenched his fists subconsciously. He ran over to persuade the group of elves to take refuge in the hub, not because of Sur, but because he was the Earl of the Northland, a student of the legendary strongman Radcliffe!

He is a warrior determined to fight for order!

Because of the teacher's teachings, Priest knew from the beginning that the countries on Mycroft, the power and the differences in races are all trivial things like clouds, and only the contradiction between order and chaos is eternal and the greatest. . Since the elves in front of them still belonged to the existence of order, and they were the descendants of the group of legendary powerhouses who once sealed the evil god, they should not be wiped out like garbage by the impact that will inevitably appear later.

Yes, a sure hit.

When Priest knew that the planet under his feet was likely to be the cage of an evil god, he was almost scared to death. If it wasn't for that time when he was almost half-dead by the impact of the information flow, it would definitely be true. fainted.

Precisely because he didn't pass out, Priest also understood that if something happened to the seal, causing the sleeping evil god to stop self-destruction and transformation, then the best ending for this planet would be like an eggshell, which would come out The evil god tore in two.

Perhaps... just like the icy world eaten by the teacher, although the outside looks intact, the inside is completely empty.

That's why Priest wanted to pull these elves to the hub for refuge, and sent a hyperspace signal as quickly as possible to notify many powerful people in the world of Mycroft to come and suppress the evil gods—this is the only way to keep the vast majority. Some way of life.

But the group of elves in front of them just refused to enter, and refused to leave the mother tree for life and death!

Yes, the surrounding environment of the mother tree is good, there are no earthquakes and no disasters, the weather is dry, the mother tree will absorb groundwater, and even distill fresh water from sea water, the weather is hot, the mother tree will volatilize water and create cool air, when the weather is hot and tidal, there will be heavy rain and snowstorm, The mother tree handles them all perfectly, and this is the best living environment.

The mother tree even stores all the production information, and the surrounding resources are also abundant, so the elves can live comfortably without thinking...but that's all! This seems to be a paradise of comfort, but in fact, it is a hell!

How much effort, how much return, hard work can make progress, hard work can harvest, such a world is heaven! And a comfortable, peaceful, indulgent, and lazy environment is completely poisonous to a civilization. What's more, there is also a debilitating evil god here, who can weaken the thinking ability and make people forget the chaotic existence of knowledge! If this group of elves continues to be so mediocre, then I am afraid that after thousands of years, the people living in the forest will be a group of primitive people!

"Damn it, let me warn you once, it's not your turn to refuse now, if you don't follow me, I will..."

The more he thought about it, the more angry he became. Priest, who was originally calm, couldn't help but was about to explode. He was about to utter a few harsh words, and then knocked out these local golds, and then hijacked all the elves into the Acrafa hub. ——Although they are all gold-level, in fact, the elite team lives up to their name, and each of them is not a strong player that ordinary gold-level can match.

If they wanted to, the five of them would be able to eliminate most of the Watcher Elf tribe with a surprise attack alone.

But suddenly, he smelled a strange fragrance.

"This smell..." Priest was shocked, but he was alert, and the next moment, the stag-crowned elf in front of him suddenly became unsteady, even if it was because he, as a gold powerhouse, was immune to all kinds of diseases. Part of the toxin, but the spirit can't help but become trance.

"good chance!"

Naturally, Priest didn't talk too much nonsense, he immediately stepped forward, and in the rapid sonic boom, he punched the antler elf in the stomach with a heavy blow, and then chopped the opponent unconscious with a backhand knife. The movement is smooth and flowing, it is simply art.

After knocking out the opponent, Priest probably figured out what was going on. He squinted his eyes, glanced at the stag-crowned elf that he had dealt with within a second, and then carried it on his back, carrying it with him. out of the cave.

After leaving the cave, as expected, Priest saw the alchemist who was pouring potions everywhere, and a large number of elves collapsed around the roots of the mother tree, their legs and feet twitching.

"Hey, captain, my secret medicine for elves is good, isn't it?"

The alchemist who was born with half elven blood was standing at the root of the mother tree, waving the small dark purple bottle in his hand, and said with a smile: "Super high dose of psychostimulants—these elves are not spiritual." Empathy? I let thousands of them get high together, so high that they are in a trance!"

Priest saw that the other three goldmen of the Watcher tribe were also collapsed everywhere, while the knight, the cleric and the spellcaster were making a square hanging box with fishing nets and tree trunks, and the lumps of unconscious The elves stuffed into it, and then took turns flying, taking them back to the Akrafah hub.

"These elves are really kind. They helped us make these hanging boxes together." The alchemist looked at this scene and seemed very proud. Take out a bottle in between, and use the magic power to spread it evenly into the air.

"Using addictive poisons on well-meaning indigenous people, your report is not easy to write, wait for review and confinement."

Priest put his face up on purpose, and said fiercely: "You still need to explain why you carry this kind of addictive drug that is expressly prohibited - this is a crime!"

"Injustice, injustice! Am I not an alchemist? Can an alchemist create a stimulant? Can that be called a crime?" Immediately, the alchemist also pretended to be pitiful and pleaded, but he only spoke halfway. Rist smiled and threw the deer crown elf on his shoulder to him: "Bring him back together, no one will know about this—I'll go to the beach first, there should be some elves working there. "

"Okay, the knight and I will pick you up when the time comes, remember to arrange it neatly, and drag it away together."

The alchemists didn't talk too much, so there's no need to talk too much about their cooperation, you know, the training course of the foreign exploration team has a course of 'contact with eyes'! With just one look, the five of them quickly finished the division of labor. Tuliu Suer looked blankly at the group of elves with happy faces lying on the ground in front of him, at a loss.

"Hey, sister-in-law...Miss Suer, you also help put these compatriots of yours into the hanging box."

The caster was controlling the magic at this time, and put the elves into the box evenly. Seeing Sur's dazed look, he couldn't help laughing and said, "You are our accomplice now, don't be dumbfounded."

"Well... that's right."

Su Er is not stupid, she naturally knows that Priest and others are doing this to help the elves, and these elves do not seem to be in any pain...Since this is the case, then Su Er also dropped the burden in his heart and began to move happily. Pick up a sleeping elf and throw it into the hanging box: "Hey!"

And just a few minutes later.

Priest has come to the beach.

There are indeed some elves on the beach who are preparing to fish, but it seems that because of time issues, the tide has not receded, so they are not working, just waiting on the beach, and because of spiritual empathy, these elves are all with them Like the compatriots in the tribe, he fainted with an overexcited expression.

"Spiritual communion actually has this disadvantage...I learned it."

Shaking his head, he stacked all the elven fishermen neatly. After doing this, Priest stood on the edge of the towering beach, waiting for the alchemist and knight to arrive later.

At this time, the sky was just getting bright, and he squinted his eyes, looking into the distance.

Dawn glows at the event horizon at the horizon, with fainter orange stars leaping out of the water.

Priest looked at the seemingly unheated sun shining on the sea surface, refracting thousands of light spots on the broken waves along the coast, he let out a breath, sat down on the beach on the coast, and spent the half day relaxing Tense, tense muscles and body until now.

If it was the old days, those elf fishermen should have started working long ago. They had already sailed out to sea when the morning tide just started to recede, casting nets with laughter and laughter. Priest knew how they lived, and also knew how How comfortable, peaceful and secure life is.

How peaceful.

Priest loved the peace, the kind of world he wanted his sister to live in—who wouldn't? Such a peaceful sea, such a beautiful scenery, and a world like a garden, anyone will be addicted to it.

But such a peace cannot have any future at all.

Peace, surplus resources will destroy all self-motivation of a civilization, not to mention that there is no internal contradiction in this civilization, they are not ant colonies, they are born to reproduce and spread, they are ordinary life, but they have a common spirit.

"Human beings are flawed. To be precise, human beings are so flawed that it is completely impossible to describe them in a few words."

Priest could faintly hear a voice, it was the voice of his teacher, Joshua van Radcliffe. The powerful legendary expert is always very serious when teaching, and he unreservedly tells his disciples his thoughts: "Human beings are selfish, cruel, cannibalistic, and have no bottom line, because there is a self that can overcome instinct The will, can become more beast than beast, they can even watch other people, even the death and end of other civilizations indifferently, with no emotion in their hearts, even joyful."

"Humans do not understand other human beings, and they will not understand other human beings. It is impossible for anyone to empathize with other human beings. Everyone's suffering is only his own suffering, and happiness is only one person's happiness. Therefore, human beings will be jealous. Will compare, will loathe, will hate."

The teacher's voice was deep and deep, as if it could penetrate the deepest part of people's hearts. He mercilessly analyzed the inferiority of human beings, but there was no criticism in his tone.

Because this is not a criticism in the first place.

Yes, the elves are strong and strong, and the clan is united as one. Even if there are conflicts, they can be resolved quickly. They are intelligent, flexible, adaptable and full of desire for adventure. Their long lifespan gives them enough confidence.

Yes, the dwarves are physically strong, and their will is so strong that even if they are burnt by lava, they will not scream. They can repeat the same work day after day, even if the mountain is hollowed out, they will not complain at all. boring.

Yes, each race has its unique characteristics. Wingmen can fly, and the courage in their hearts can support them to soar in the sky without fear of all challenges. Orcs are as stubborn as stone. As long as they are determined in their hearts, they can survive even in the face of mountains of swords and seas of fire. Step forward without hesitation.

Halflings, goblins, harpies, lizardmen, centaurs... those extinct and not-extinct races all have their own characteristics, and the civilization of each race is so unique.

Only human beings seem to have nothing, and their bodies are full of innumerable flaws.

"who cares."

Priest suddenly laughed. He raised his head and looked up at September, which had not yet dimmed in the sky: "Although there is no peace at all, every step is a crisis—what does it matter?"

Although living in a world full of suffering that is not a paradise, although the hearts cannot be connected, so that no one can understand other people's thoughts-although everyone is full of flaws.

But it is such a human being with countless flaws, selfishness, indifference, conservativeness, caution, and endless desires.

It is human beings.

Because of selfishness, there is selflessness, and because of indifference, there is enthusiasm. Human beings are humble, cruel, sincere, and cruel.

It is precisely because we are all conservative, selfish and arrogant ordinary people, and it is precisely because we live in a world that is not peaceful and full of disputes.

That's why generation after generation of adventurers leave their hometown alone, with their own dreams that no one knows, and they stride forward without hesitation.

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