Soul of Burning Steel

Joshua's flight in the void lasted for dozens of hours.

In the void, pure speed and distance are meaningless. The separation between worlds is the "space-time coordinate difference" in a pure sense. Two adjacent worlds are not adjacent in the physical sense, but It's because the coordinates overlap slightly, and the two worlds that are extremely far apart mean that the coordinates are very different.

If you want to go from one coordinate to another, what you need is not speed, but energy level.

The higher the energy level, the stronger the energy, the faster the speed of passing through the turbulence of time and space, and the faster the speed of crossing coordinates. Moving in the void is actually using energy and spirit to determine and move one's own space-time coordinates, and flying in the usual sense There is a huge difference... If Joshua's regular cruising speed in a vacuum can reach one-tenth of the speed of light, which is 30,000 kilometers per second, then in the void, he can move several times in ten minutes. world coordinates.

"Why don't you rely on the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Field?"

The will of Calliss has always been communicating with Joshua, and it told the warriors a lot of information about the remnants of Grandia: Now those remnants of the Grandia world have begun to cultivate on the land where the flames have rekindled , The green seedlings in summer are all over the mountains and plains, and many professionals are nervously escorting them. It can be seen that this autumn is bound to be a bumper harvest.

In addition, many Grantia remnants formed adventure teams and immigrant groups, and began to migrate to various parts of the Calliss continent, looking for new settlements, just like saplings with branches and leaves, they are Explore this new, but barren world.

For this, the steel python Karlis was very emotional, because with the multiplication and activities of intelligent life, its flames that were almost extinguished had a tendency to stabilize—the flames that Joshua brought to it were infinite. The root duckweed will be completely extinguished after burning for decades at most, but now, the world of Karlis, which is on the verge of death, has regained its vitality due to the activities of life. It is gradually improving, and it is getting better and better.

But now, it didn't continue to sigh in this regard, and the steel python asked the warrior suspiciously: "The coordinates of the place we are going to are extremely far away, and the transfer will be very fast using the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Field... Now, in the turbulent flow of time and space and the large Moving in the magic tide is not efficient, are you planning to exercise your void roaming ability?"

"It's not."

To this, Joshua responded with short words: "I don't do meaningless things... I have my plan."

In fact, warriors do have plans.

The reason why he didn't use the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Field and directly used his physical body to move in the void was not to exercise his ability to move in the void, but to detect the density of the 'steel authority' that overflowed in the great demon tide.

Before Joshua left the world of Mycroft, batches of "warlocks" and "bloodlinesmen" who had awakened their strange abilities were ushered in all over the world. It disappeared, but there is no doubt that this means that the steel fragments in the great demon tide washed the world once again along the energy tide... The current situation can still be controlled by all major forces, but if more , What should I do if the awakened person with incredible abilities appears?

For example, there was once, but it disappeared quickly, an ability to create unlimited ice, and an ability to generate unlimited heat... Although, these abilities are not unlimited, they will consume authority The power of steel itself, but if this power continues to appear, it will inevitably cause riots around the world.

So the soldier planned to take advantage of the time he was roaming in the void to monitor in real time, collect the steel fragments in the great demon tide beside him, and then deduce the secret behind it... Maybe, as he speculated, they It is true that they all come from the broken worlds in the center of the multiverse, but that also needs evidence to be used to remind Mrs. Microrow and make the whole world vigilant.

As for the harvest of this plan, there are not many at present.

"During the dozens of hours I traveled through the void, I detected a total of more than two thousand completely different steel particles... This means that there are more than a few hundred worlds destroyed by a conservative estimate."

During the flight, Joshua opened his hand and looked at his palm. In the palm of the soldier, thousands of dots and particles of different colors turned into a chaotic nebula. They were slowly rotating, as if to Condensed into a planet. Staring at these shattered particles of steel, the soldier's eyes were serious, and he couldn't help but not be serious-over the destruction of hundreds of nearly a thousand worlds, who can laugh heartlessly? You know, it's hard to say whether he has seen more than a thousand worlds in such a long time so far!

"Most of them are basic pieces of steel that control elements such as flames, water flow, strong winds, and the earth, and only a very small part are related to special fields such as space, transformation and transformation of the mind... Thanks to this, for the world The impact is not too great, but if this is the case, then many wild animals and monsters will also happen to awaken, and when they come back, they should remind others to hunt and kill these awakened monsters."

This is the only gratifying thing, because steel shards are close to the characteristics of flames, so monsters with low intelligence will not be favored by it, and only a very small number of people can obtain this special power from the void... Otherwise, With the erosion of the great demon tide, maybe a large number of creatures like super cats and super dogs will emerge in the Mycroft world.

"Speaking of it, Karliss, you said that our goal is a small world... What is its specific situation, and how big is the restriction on extraordinary power? What enemies do I need to deal with?"

After the steel python's prompt 'We are very close to the destination', Joshua suddenly recalled this question, and he mentally asked Karliss: "What is the so-called restriction? Could it be that it prevents me from using Out of force beyond a certain limit?"

"it's not true."

Regarding this, Karlis, whose spirit has always been with Joshua, shook his head: "The so-called limitation is the limitation of the world itself, not yours... The meaning of the small world is that if any huge existence enters , it will blow it up. As a legendary powerhouse, you are comparable to the existence of a void behemoth. If you enter this small world and release your power without limit, it will easily completely disrupt the balance of the world and let the world destroy itself .”

"A fragile order cannot resist a larger order. It is because it cannot bear your full strength, not because you are restricted by it."

"That's it."

Hearing this, Joshua couldn't help sighing, and said rather boringly: "So, it is impossible to breed any powerful enemies in this kind of world? It's really boring...then why does it (world consciousness) require aid?"

"Because its current situation is very complicated, and it is absolutely impossible to solve it with world consciousness alone. Well, this problem is difficult to explain now, and it will come soon. It would be better for you, Joshua, to have a chat with the other party in person."

Karlis doesn't know how to explain it for the time being, because it was only in contact with other world consciousnesses that were not in a good state, communicating and helping each other. It only knew that there was a world that urgently needed help from outsiders and was willing to pay extremely high rewards, so it notified Joshua.

The soldier didn't care about this. It doesn't matter if there is no strong enemy. After solving the troubles of this world, he will go around the void and hunt the giant void beasts. It is best to find the Leviathan—— Joshua has met the other party twice, but he hasn't solved the other party yet, which is really unpleasant.

Thinking of this, Joshua continued to move his coordinates in the void. His speed was so fast that he left worlds behind him. Before he knew it, Joshua had come to Ke Luo, who was far away from the depths of the abyss. The more distant space-time boundary of the Norse world.

It can be seen that due to the great demon tide, it has turned into a white void, and there are waves of shocking ripples, which are the traces of the strong traveling through time and space. In the vast void background, a shining silver line with ripples Passing through layers of white mist and energy tides, it moved straight forward, opening up many worlds.

But at this moment, Joshua, who was flying with all his strength, felt something was wrong.

"The world is becoming less and less... In addition, the fragments of steel... the density of steel particles is getting bigger and bigger?"

This is not an illusion. In the eyes of Joshua looking around, the worlds he passed by have become less and less, and even no longer exist. He seems to have entered a 'hole' where no world flickers. And in the surrounding mist of the great demon tide, particles of various colors visible to the naked eye began to appear and then disappeared. They flashed away like the sparks floating from time to time on the bonfire. It seemed to be an illusion. Only those whose observation ability had surpassed the limit Soldiers can clearly capture.

In his hands, the nebula formed by the shards of steel became bigger again. The shards of steel that Joshua captured in five minutes just now were even more than what he had collected in the previous few hours. The situation, the soldiers stopped immediately.

"What's the matter? Joshua, the destination is not far away. The World Will for Help is just ahead, and I can already hear its voice."

Carliss didn't feel dissatisfied with Joshua's sudden stop, it was just a little strange: "Why are you surprised?"

"These shards of steel, Karliss."

Joshua observed the steel particles in his hand, and he replied in a complicated tone: "This is very abnormal, they are too dense... and there is too little world around them."

If it is said that the steel particles around Mycroft's world are almost as inaudible as the dust in the air, then the steel particles around the warriors are almost equivalent to sandstorms. Doubt it's in the same multiverse.

However, the steel python was very confused about this... It is easy to understand, and Joshua immediately reacted - for a life that is too large as the will of the world, at least it should be given to Joshua at the beginning Only fragments as large as sub-units can be observed. Smaller particles may not exist at all for the steel python. They themselves are the combination of fire and steel. How can they see this kind of thing that is equivalent to atoms for them?

So he stopped talking, but continued to fly forward, approaching the coordinates reported by Karlis.

Regarding the current situation, Joshua had a guess in his heart that was very likely to be true, but he didn't want to admit it easily, so he was still observing the surrounding void.

But the more he flies, the more he observes, the worse Joshua feels inside...Because beside him, there is still no trace of the world, and at the same time, in the almost blank void, the great demon tide The white mist began to surge, they were like big rushing rivers, rushing forward rapidly, the speed of these white energies was even faster than the soldiers, at first glance, it looked like a raging river with messy ripples, and thousands of The steel particles of various colors in Wanzhong are like sprays rushing out of the river, rising from the mist from time to time, and then sinking into it again.

Their speed is getting faster and faster, faster and faster, as if there is a waterfall in front of them, there is a leak, and an invisible force is pulling them endlessly... This unknown existence is pulling all the surrounding time and space The energy of the magic tide in the realm converged towards him, like a black hole.

Naturally, it is not a real black hole. The pulling force Joshua sensed was not high. He could completely resist the pulling force, and then turned his head away. However, the warrior is not someone who would stop because of this little unknown. Regarding this, he frowned seriously, then made preparations and continued to follow the raging tide of demons.

The space-time turbulence in the void obstructed Joshua's sight. He couldn't see the scene in the void that was too far away. Naturally, he couldn't observe the source of the pulling force. But at this time, Joshua, whose eyesight was blocked, seemed to hear something Sound...Of course, there is no sound in the void. This is an illusion created by the legendary powerhouse's induction of energy. He sensed that at the coordinates of the destination in front of him, there was an incomparably huge force flowing and converging. It made a sound. The roar of energy penetrating the void is like the roar produced by the maelstrom on the sea.

And indeed it is.

Joshua, who had gone through one layer after another of time and space turbulence, thought that this process would repeat again and again, suddenly felt a bright light before his eyes. Before he had time to react, the turbulence that obscured Legendary's eyes no longer existed. , because under the attraction of too much energy, even the ripples of time and space are consistent—the moment Karlis and Joshua raised their heads together and began to observe the void, they fell into shock at the same time, and the two great existences were shocked He stared at everything in front of him, and then let out a low voice.

"Oh my God." Joshua stared at everything in front of him, and said softly, "What is this?"

This is a nebular vortex.

Huge energy shakes the void, and the torrent of the great demon tide stirs time and space. Energy from all directions, from left, right, up, and down, from all directions in the multidimensional world converges here. They collide, stir, mix with each other, and finally merge into one, turning into a A mighty torrent... an incomparably huge silvery-white swirl-shaped nebula composed of 'Great Demonic Tide' and 'Steel Particles'.

Just like a galaxy, dozens of extremely huge spiral arms formed by the energy of the magic tide are spinning and stirring in the void. Against the background of the pure white big magic tide, there are hundreds of millions... no, infinitely large numbers Particles of steel are boiling in this vortex, they are shining with thousands of colors, like neon lights that are constantly flashing, and at the eye of the vortex, there is a pure white light shooting out of it, like a bridge, and like a letter. mark.

Because of the peculiar void structure, because of the chaotic turbulence of time and space... The power of the great demon tide gathered in this place, forming a vortex like a vortex. It is like a galaxy, but more beautiful than the galaxy. Joshua and the steel python Karl Liss stared at all this almost dumbfounded - almost everything can be explained, this vortex across the void attracts all the energy of the great demon tide around it, and it is precisely because of its pull that the density of the steel particles suddenly increases. increase, the energy of the magic wave will show abnormalities.

"How magnificent..." Carliss made a sound after a long time, and its tone was full of admiration and puzzlement: "But why... how could such a huge energy vortex appear in the void? And why is there no trace of the world nearby? trace?"

Like Joshua, Steel Python also discovered this point: since the energy of the Great Demonic Tide surged abnormally and the density of steel particles increased rapidly, it seemed that there was no trace of the world in the surrounding void. In the long, but definitely not short distance, there is no twinkling of stars.

"No, there is still a world."

While Karlis was puzzled, Joshua, who was standing at the end of one arm of this huge vortex, spoke, his eyes were shining with silver light, as if he wanted to see through the essence of this huge vortex. After a few seconds, the light in the soldier's eyes went out. He took a deep look at the center of the huge vortex, which is where the vortex eye is, and said in a complicated tone: "Look, it's there."

"It's in the center of the vortex."

The steel python used Joshua's eyes as a window to observe the distance. It didn't come with its real body, but walked with the warrior in spirit. Therefore, what Joshua could see, it could also see. After a few seconds, the originally gentle Callis, who was calm and almost never excited, lost his voice: "Where?! The center of the vortex?!"

Where the two great beings are staring, in the center of the vortex, there is a faint light flickering, which is the proof of the world, the radiance of the outer membrane of the world flickering against the void, it is displayed in the multiverse, it is a twinkling starlight... Now , the light of the stars was obscured by the too vast energy vortex, but this couldn't hide from Legend's gaze.

"What we want to help... is the world in such an environment?"

Seeing the ups and downs in the center of the huge vortex, but very stable starlight, the soldier was a little bit dumbfounded, he didn't know whether to sigh, or he said happily: "You said it is a small world, Karlis, is it deceitful?" Good behavior, I thought the steel python didn't have such bad habits."

"It 'proclaims' it's a small world."

Karliss quickly corrected Joshua's speech, and said rather depressedly: "At most, the external situation is a little special...well, it's too special, but I really don't know, I'm just responsible for telling...who knows What is the situation behind the spiritual communication?"

"interesting."

The two of them stared at the world revolving in this magnificent void nebula again, and Joshua spoke first: "Although it is quite different from what I imagined, and the situation is also very unexpected...but since I have made a promise, I will definitely Get it done."

"Come on, Carliss, let's see."

He said happily: "Look at this strange world, what kind of weird troubles have encountered."