Soul of Burning Steel

The deep space observation is still going on, and the golden world light spots in the void model continue to increase, but the energy reserves of the Holy Mountain Fortress and the void observatory seem to be somewhat insufficient in the continuous observation of a wider and wider range.

As the magic runes on the surface of the Void Observatory glowing with faint blue light turned red representing 'crisis', the holy light shield on the outermost layer of the Holy Mountain Fortress against the turbulent flow of time and space around it also became dim. At this time, The huge deep space observation array has almost expanded to the limit, it wraps the whole world galaxy in its arms, and reproduces its model reflection in the center.

Although it is said that there are other galaxies besides the galaxy, they are not detectable by the current Mycroft civilization.

Undoubtedly, the result of this observation was extremely successful. The three major forces joined forces to directly scan the world galaxy where the Mycroft world is located. Sending information, they can even directly know whether there is a life reaction in any world - ordinary golden light spots are lifeless worlds, and if there are obvious red light lines around the light spots, it means that there is life in it.

However, the observation results presented later made all the researchers present frown, and then felt a chill in their hearts.

"impossible!"

In the Void Observatory, Tamara Moore, the vice president of the Royal Mages Association and who came instead of Nostradamus, subconsciously pulled out one of his beards after seeing the observation results, but he had no time to regret himself The increasingly rare beard and hair, on the contrary, opened his eyes wide, and said angrily in a low voice: "How could it be? How could there be so few?!"

Except for him, none of the mages in the Void Observatory made a sound, and they all fell into a deadly silence. On the other side of the Void, the same was true in the Holy Mountain Fortress. Many priests stared blankly. Looking at the void model flickering in the light curtain in front of him, he wondered if he might have seen something wrong.

But they were not mistaken, the fact is.

In Nuo Da's world galaxy, there is almost no life world except around Mycroft.

The huge void model rotates in front of everyone's eyes, and millions or even more world light spots are densely arranged in the shape of a galaxy, but among these worlds, there are very few worlds with life responses, and even if there are , is just a faint red streak, that is, 'environment where life may exist'.

Except for the bright red light shining in the world of Mycroft, the other worlds are shining with dazzling golden light, but this golden light does not give people a warm feeling, but makes people feel inexplicably cold, because even the world Galaxy In the abyss on the other side, there are more flashing red lights than in the galaxy.

"...It's ridiculous. In the normal multiverse, the number of life is actually less than that of the abyss as a cemetery?"

"Are you kidding me!"

This was an indignant speech made by a holy mountain cleric talking to himself, but no matter how small the voice was, it could not be fooled by the two legendary powerhouses present.

Holy Mountain Fortress, central control room, Pope Igor looked solemnly at the light curtain in front of him. He originally planned to communicate with Joshua about the void vortex, but now, his attention is Transferred by the results of this deep space observation.

"So few? It's unbelievable... Obviously you have encountered several intelligent civilizations around the world of Kronos."

The old pope seemed to be puzzled by this result. He frowned and said to Joshua beside him, "I still remember that last time you reported those alien civilizations with the ability to travel through the void... Originally, I thought There are quite a few of them, could it be that there are only a few, but they just happened to meet?"

"Your Majesty, the world of Kronos is located in the five hundred layers of the abyss. The reason why those civilizations went there was for the creation power of the ancient dragon."

Although Joshua was also somewhat puzzled by this observation result, he who came from the interstellar era did not find the 'empty and uninhabited' universe model strange, so he calmly replied: "Civilizations that need the power of creation , it means that their world is almost the same as the abyss, or that they are originally an abyss civilization that has not degenerated into a 'demon', and they are not in the world galaxy at all."

"Really... I really never thought that the multiverse would be so empty..."

Eagle’s expression was slightly disappointed, but after a while, the old Pope sighed, and then announced to everyone present that the deep space observation operation was successfully concluded, and reiterated that the void model is a Class A secret, and without permission, it cannot be disclosed to the outside world. Give way. He sent away several other high-ranking clergymen beside him who seemed to be in a daze, and comforted them a few words, encouraging them to continue to struggle and not to worry too much about the results of this observation.

In the end, Igor, who had almost done everything, motioned for Joshua to follow him, and the soldier followed behind him to a simple small room in the Holy Mountain Fortress.

"This was originally a storage room. Later, because there were not so many materials to store, it was vacant... The space of the void battleship is small, and life is relatively difficult. I hope you, a nobleman of the empire, don't care."

The old pope personally lifted a chair for Joshua, and Joshua casually patted the dust on it after thanking him, and the two sat down facing each other in the room like this—until then, Yi Only then did Geer show a tired expression, and he said with a wry smile: "Well, although I did not really conduct this deep space observation operation to find traces of the existence of other intelligent civilizations, this result was unexpected. "

There are hundreds of thousands of worlds, but there are only no more than fifty light spots with obvious life reactions, and maybe half of them are pure barbaric planes, not worlds with intelligent civilization... With such a result, how can Make people not worry?

"There are more intelligent civilizations, and the competition will be intense. When the two encounter each other, there may be a war because of resources and borders. If there are fewer intelligent civilizations, the competition will be small. If you first contact, the possibility of peaceful negotiations will be greater."

The old pope was rambling on, the wrinkles on his face seemed to get deeper, he sighed again: "But if it is as few as now - then it is not a matter of negotiation, we want to go to where the other party is The space-time boundary takes a long time, and even crosses a long world void. There is an almost insurmountable distance between civilizations... This makes me feel extremely lonely. Our Mrs. Micro seems to be a multicultural An isolated island in the universe, not even a competitor of other peers, let alone companions."

"Don't worry too much. To be honest, the birth of life requires a lot of conditions. It is unlikely that primitive life will develop into civilization. After all, wisdom is not a necessary condition for life to multiply and grow. Only a small number of races, such as human beings, are lucky. Hold it."

Joshua looked at the worried look on the other side, and comforted the other side: "After all, the galaxy in this world we are in is gradually sinking into the abyss, and it is located on the edge of the multiverse. It is normal that there are few worlds with life—— , Maybe they all have the ability to hide their own world with one hand, and they have not been scanned by us."

"...you don't understand the seriousness of the matter."

Hearing Joshua's words were not comforting at all, but rather shocking, Igor couldn't help frowning, worried about the soldier's EQ, but it was precisely because of this that most of the worries in his heart dissipated , the old Pope raised his head, looked at the soldier, and said in a deep voice: "Decades later, the evil god will follow the tide of evil and return to this world galaxy. If there is not much civilization and strength here, how can we?" Looking for an ally?"

Having said that, Eagle paused for a moment. He seemed to realize that there was no one around but Joshua, and then continued to speak smoothly: "Why do you use them as a 'means' to delay the progress of the evil god?"

This sentence is too straightforward.

But the two people present didn't care about this, Joshua shook his head slightly, he said: "Instead of relying on 'allies' or using other civilizations as bait to delay, it is better to think about how to strengthen your own strength, after all, allies are also possible I can't take care of myself, and the bait is only an expedient measure, how long can it delay? You know, it will take less than a few days for the evil god to destroy a world that has no resistance."

As he said that, the warrior told Igor the information he had about the 'Sanctuary Civilization', part of which he said after he returned from the Kronos world last time, and what Joshua said now, But it was a new discovery I made around the void vortex.

"Before, didn't you ask me how I knew about the void vortex? In fact, I just came back from there."

Joshua raised his right hand and swiped in the void. Immediately, a circle of light mist composed of steel power appeared in front of him, and these changes of light mist actually formed an extremely detailed scene, which was different from the previous observation. The same void model in the magic circle! The warrior stretched the model and placed the horizon next to the vortex energy structure in the center of the world's galaxy. He pointed to the center of the vortex and said, "To be precise, it is from a world located in the center of the vortex in the void that the world there is solved. Came back after trouble with the will."

During the solemn and silent listening of the old pope, Joshua roughly talked about his encounters and knowledge in the world of Siberia, but what he emphasized was not the ability and strength of Fatrolvi, but about steel The consequences of the crazy spread of authority and the existence of 'black mist'.

"This is probably the consequence of the extraordinary power going out of control... and the black mist is the ultimate weapon of the sanctuary civilization. Its owner is an ally of the world of Mycroft in the Glorious Era. This civilization is also a powerful civilization that radiates power to multiple worlds—— In this regard, the Mycroft world may not even be as good as the other party, because they have so many member worlds, the core world alone has close to ten, and the potential vassals are extremely difficult to count, but such a large void civilization is also the same. It was destroyed under the siege of multiple evil gods."

Speaking of this, Joshua couldn't help looking at the void and darkness that spanned the galaxy of the world, he shook his head and said: "I originally thought that the void vortex should be the hundreds of years of entanglement between the powerful and evil gods of Sanctuary civilization. It was caused by fighting, but now it seems that the hollow zone is too big, and there may be other reasons.”

"Steel particles brought by the Great Demonic Tide can actually cause such a rapid awakening of extraordinary power? This really needs to be vigilant. Our current world has finally ushered in a period of peaceful and rapid development, and there must be no chaos."

After listening to Joshua's words, Igor let out a long breath, and nodded with a heavy expression: "And in this way, it can be explained that there are so few living worlds in this galaxy of worlds. Most of them should have been destroyed by evil gods or fell into the abyss in the last era, but what we see now should be a group of new races and civilizations."

"Actually, it is very likely that the black mist killed some of the nascent civilizations in order to hunt for resources."

Joshua rubbed his chin, and said in a serious tone, "Compared to worrying about the fact that 'living worlds are extremely rare in the multiverse', the more important thing is to solve the troubles around you."

This reason can roughly explain the results of the previous deep-space observations, but the old pope still seems to have some problems—not why Joshua went to the depths of the void to solve the troubles of the world's will, but the doubts about some things that existed in the first place. things are troubled.

"Let's put aside the results of the deep space observation and the black fog for now, Joshua, you should know that I wanted to ask you for help a few months ago."

Leaning his body slightly back on the back of the chair, Igor's face became calm, he and Joshua looked at each other, and said slowly: "And it is precisely for that matter that I am conducting deep space observation this time. .”

The soldier was also sitting on the chair, and he was silent, waiting for the other party to continue. After a few seconds, the old pope, who seemed to be thinking about how to express himself, continued: "Joshua, do you know that the world of Mycroft today is not Not complete?"

Of course Joshua knew, he nodded.

Compared with the time of the Glorious Era, in the current Starfall Era, several pieces of the continent are missing. The Boundless Heaven Realm, which is part of the sky, has only recently returned to its original place. The world of Mycroft is not complete. This matter is so normal that it has become common knowledge among legendary powerhouses.

"And this incident is about a part that Mycroft once had but is now missing."

Iger said calmly: "Established by various races in the Era of Glory, the independent half-plane wonder located above the once-western continent is a library that includes everything—a unified information base."

Integrate large information base?

After hearing this word, Joshua nodded thoughtfully—but he didn't have any information about this word in his mind, and it exceeded the warrior's information reserve.

The old pope didn't care what Joshua was thinking, he stretched out his hand, moved the void model constructed by Joshua aside, and then built a model of the Mycroft continent in the era of glory—this Joshua is more familiar with it. He has seen it in the memory of Goddess Mist and the Goddess of Earth—then, Igor pointed his finger at the entrance of a demiplane under the Borderless Heaven, which is located above the western part of the mainland. He gestured: "This is where the unified information base used to be."

"It used to be a database and library common to all races. The contents of it were open to the vast majority of the public. The remaining small part was not open because it was too dangerous to be accessed by people without the corresponding authority... In that era , no race or genre will hide its own technology, but proudly open it to all personnel, of course, the core content requires corresponding identity authority and price, after all, it is unrealistic to be completely selfless."

Speaking of the Unified Information Base, Iger’s expression looked fascinated, but then his expression returned to normal, and the old pope said with regret: “But unfortunately, in the final battle, the Unified Information Like the Boundless Heaven Realm, the library was forced to be expelled from the broken Mycroft world. Unlike the larger Heaven Realm, guarded by many gods, the demiplane where the big information library is located was directly destroyed by the aftermath of the battles of sages, gods and evil gods. He was knocked into the air, and has since disappeared.”

"But some time ago, you found clues to the current location of this information base?"

Joshua nodded thoughtfully again, this time, he understood what the old Pope meant: "You originally wanted to ask me, a person who often walks in the void, to check the situation in the corresponding place, but I found that I had left, and even if I came back, I was still in a state of metamorphosis and could not wake up temporarily, so I conducted a large-scale deep space observation to investigate."

"That's right."

Eagle nodded sharply. He got up from the chair and came to the window of this narrow room. The old pope looked into the chaotic void and said seriously: "The existence of the unified information base is in the books of the Holy Mountain. There have always been records, and the Popes of all ages have been thinking about this rumored giant data center that records almost all the knowledge of the Glorious Era. If there is him, our civilization will have a shortcut and will develop rapidly."

When I got here, Igor raised his head slightly, and he said with a soft smile: "It's not that I am boasting—my strength is considered the strongest among the popes of all ages, and I deliberately deduced it, and carried it out based on the eyes of the saints." If you monitor, it’s only a matter of time before you find clues to the big information base.”

Regarding this, Joshua also nodded deeply. As for the words that civilization should not take shortcuts and cannot go back to the old path of the Glorious Era, it is essentially meaningless empty talk, because the Starfall Era is essentially The social form is completely different from the previous era. It has its own set of cognitive rules for magic, fighting spirit, and various supernatural forces. Even the database of the last era cannot affect the form of a civilization that has already formed. , a large amount of empirically verified data can allow many researchers to reduce meaningless testing time.

As for the boast of the old Pope... No, it is the truth, and there is really no problem, because according to his words, the orbit of the big information bank being knocked into the air is recorded. If the surrounding world coordinates do not change greatly, then It is indeed a matter of time to find its clues, but what Iger lacks most is time.

"And then? Did you find the big information bank?"

Joshua asked, "Could it be that it's near the void vortex?"

In this regard, Eagle nodded, then shook his head: "Probably, I guess, I don't know."

Then, he continued: "Some time ago, on the day I invited you to help, the Holy Mountain Fortress just intercepted a message from the depths of the void, which was sent by the remaining guardians of the unified information base. They survived the aftermath of the battle and reproduced until now... But now, their situation is very bad, the material circulation inside the information bank has collapsed, that communication should be the last words, I doubt they can last long."

Having said that, the old pope took a deep breath, with a little unbearable expression on his face, but he still said coldly: "To be honest, those guards are worthy of respect, but it doesn't matter whether they die or not. The most important goal is to find the location of the big information bank. The countless information and data stored in it are the real priceless treasure-so I did not rush to rescue operations, but have been searching the surrounding void, so as not to waste resources in vain .

"Now, I can roughly confirm that it should be located near the void vortex you mentioned, or in other words, next to the 'dark' world void belt, because the demiplane where the information base is located does not have any starlight."

This is the correct choice. Compared with those respected guardians, the database itself is the most important thing. You can't be careless, and you must not start actions rashly.

Joshua couldn't help sighing when he heard that, he also stood up and stood by the window with the old pope.

After a moment of silence, he said: "What can I do? Also, if you really want to inspect the world around the maelstrom, then you must get rid of the black mist left by the sanctuary civilization. Their headquarters is located in There, it is impossible to sit back and watch our actions."

"I know that."

Igor stroked his beard, he looked at the void, as if staring at the worlds beyond, then the old pope whispered: "Joshua...you can talk freely with the steel pythons, right? ?”

"indeed so."

Joshua nodded slightly, acknowledging this, and Igor continued, as if confirming something, "You also know many steel pythons, right?"

"That's right."

Joshua said so, and when he was about to continue to say, "But there are not many, just a few", the old Pope's voice sounded again: "Then, since they can entrust you to help them solve their problems."

Igor turned his head, looked at the soldiers with piercing eyes, and said in the most serious voice: "Can you also entrust them to help us find the whereabouts of the 'big information base'?"

This is Iger's real purpose - Joshua, as the only existence in the history of Mycroft's world who has acquainted with the wills of many worlds, does not require him to act in person every time. In fact, his words, Quite possibly better than hundreds of random searches.

Of course, neither the Church of the Seven Gods nor any other forces will let you pay the price alone. No matter what reward the Steel Python needs, we will bear it together. You only need to be the intermediary between us and the Steel Python. We will even pay an extra fee... Igor originally wanted to tell the soldiers that he was willing to pay any price in order to unify the large information base and the entire civilization.

But before he could open his mouth, Joshua's voice sounded crisply.

"OK."

As if promising a friend to go out to have a meal and drink some wine, the soldier easily agreed: "No problem, this matter is not difficult-but whether it can be resolved as soon as possible is not something I can guarantee."

Seeing Igor's slightly changed expression, Joshua naturally understood what the other party wanted to say, and he just shrugged his shoulders: "It's about the entire civilization, so why bother talking about the remuneration? It's so clear...after all, according to my I understand that the will of the world may not care about such small things, just remember to say thank you."

He joked rather wittily: "You know, I put a lot of effort into helping Siberia World solve its troubles this time, and it didn't even say thank you."

"Ah...um."

On the side, Igor, who had planned a lot of speeches, responded softly. He couldn't say anything, and he had nothing to say about it. He just showed a gratified smile. The old pope raised his hand and patted Joshua heavily. Ya's shoulders - Joshua was almost a head taller than the old Pope, this action was indeed a bit strenuous.

"Thank you." He said softly.

Soon, Joshua left the Holy Mountain Fortress in the void, followed the portal back to the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Field, but before the soldiers could get up, they went to the world of Karlis to contact the Steel Python. A tense emergency interrupted his plans.

Lisa Kronos, a dragon girl from the Kronos world and a student of the warrior, suddenly fell into a coma in the camp of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice.

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