Soul of Burning Steel

Why was the world born?

Ancient theologians and philosophers were eager to discuss this noble and sacred topic.

Some people say that the world was born because of holiness, or the creation of the world in seven days, or the opening of the sky by giants, or the dream of an ancient god.

Some say the world was born with an explosion, a wave, a fire that God knows how started, or even a misplaced portion of God's spaghetti sauce.

Many people have discussed this kind of question and come up with many kinds of answers. According to different civilizations, species, and habits of thinking, each civilization, each race, and even each person has a different view on this, but regardless of How to say, they all finally picked an answer, told themselves that this is the reason for 'why the world was born', and then happily left the question behind.

After all, no matter how the world was born, what does it have to do with ordinary people's daily lives? Whatever it is, it doesn't matter.

So here comes the problem.

Why was the world born?

Joshua slowly opened his eyes, then looked around calmly.

He is located in a huge dark and empty space, he can't see the dome, he can't see the earth, and there is no four-sided boundary. Everything is just like the state of the entire universe before the concept of 'light' was born.

But at the same time, Joshua discovered that as he opened his eyes, endless lights began to light up around him, one after another regularly arranged, prismatic bright silver crystals from the inside to the outside It released endless light, illuminating the entire world in an instant.

Through the vision of the power of steel and multiple energy perceptions, Joshua immediately knew that what he was in now was a special small world that was almost completely composed of silver steel crystals, with extremely high density and high gravity.

It is not appropriate to say that.

Because it is not 'where'.

Joshua perceived the world, and an invisible force swept across the empty land and sky, just like a person rubbing his forehead and thinking about a problem.

In fact, the world is his body.

And the self that the warrior perceives now is located in the center of the whole world, an ultra-high-density steel power condensate that is emitting endless light... that is, the sun in the true sense of the world.

"Is it actually an empty world?" He murmured in a low voice, "I succeeded?"

In the past thousands of years ago, the ancients had thought about the structure of the world countless times. Some people believed that the sun, moon and stars in the sky revolved around the world; some believed that the world moved around the stars, sun and moon; The ball, everyone lives inside the sphere, and the center of the sphere is the sun, moon and stars seen by all living beings.

Actually, they're both right.

There are thousands and thousands of multiverse worlds, such as the sun-centered theory, the earth-centered theory, the sky is round, the sky is square, the earth is round, the world of the abyss, the world of empty islands, the world of water, the world of mountains, the world of lava, the world of atmosphere... There are only structures that humans can't imagine, and there is no diversity. A world that does not exist in the universe.

And the underground world is one of thousands of different worlds.

Regardless of whether the description is correct or not, in short, let’s make an analogy and imagine it.

The world is a balloon, a very thick balloon.

The outer side of the balloon is the barrier of the world. Its firmness is generally proportional to the size of the world. The larger the world, the stronger the barrier is, and it is difficult to penetrate. The barrier of a small world can be easily broken, whether it is inside or outside. In addition, life is easy to shuttle back and forth, and the barriers of the big world are especially strong. If the strength is not a certain level, I am afraid that you will not even feel its existence.

According to calculations, if a world is so huge that there are countless galaxies, its mass will make the world's barriers so strong that it will reach an unimaginable level. There is no force in the observable universe that can penetrate it. Can't go in, and people in the inner world can't go out, isolated from the entire multiverse, just like a black hole and its event horizon.

The inside of the balloon is the world where ordinary life lives.

According to the shape of the world, the heart, the energy density, and the internal structure of the world are mostly different. Some worlds may not have any matter, only pure energy. This is the elemental plane in the popular sense. Some worlds may be completely covered by matter. Full, without any atmosphere, life is born in the endless lava. This kind of world is the relatively rare 'mountain world' and 'lava world'.

However, because of order resonance, most of the worlds are generally realistic, balanced in matter and energy, and suitable for the birth of life. Among these structures, the most common are continental worlds with round sky and similar small-scale galaxies. single star world.

As for the world that Joshua incarnates now, it is the 'hollow world' that is rarer than the elemental world.

Imagine that the world is a hollow sphere, the outer wall of the sphere is the barrier of the world, and the inner side is the earth where life lives, and the center of the world is the sun that illuminates everything in the world.

To be more specific, it is like the symbol ⊙.

After Joshua figured out the current situation, he knew very clearly that the step-up that he took the risk of after eliminating the Weak God should be a perfect success.

The entire sealed world, together with the prototype of his own world, was forged into a brand new world in the flames using the corpse of the evil god as the raw material. The size of the entire world was about one light second.

All in all, this is a strange world without 'gravity' in the usual sense.

Yes, there is no gravity in Joshua's world today, and the thin layer of earth attached to the edge of the world cannot provide enough mass and gravitational adsorption.

But in contrast, the sun at the center of the world, while exhibiting a strong gravitational force, releases a steady stream of high-energy energy flows with uniform coverage, 'pressing' all substances in their original positions, maintaining a subtle balance.

It can be seen that above the heaven and earth, there are countless prism-shaped silver crystals standing like obelisks. They reflect the sun, that is, the light of Joshua, illuminating the whole world.

And at the center of each prism crystal, there is a cloud of misty brilliance rotating.

Joshua knew that this was the mother civilization of the former weak evil god, as well as the souls of all the expeditionary forces and their descendants.

In a naturally born world, if you want to give birth to life, it is either a coincidence, or there is a powerful existence like the ancient dragon or the black mist mother to give birth, and after the birth of life, due to various reasons, the soul born on the road to the extraordinary , can in turn help the world itself absorb the free energy in the void of the multiverse, and drive the world to gradually evolve towards a high-spirited and high-magic environment.

It is rare, or it is basically impossible to have any world that has a lot of souls from the very beginning, even the Fairy Town created by the Fairy Queens.

But Joshua is different. His world was created by burning the body of the evil god, and the infinite soul was reborn together with his world.

The souls in these steel crystal prisms will gradually evolve into some kind of natural creatures in the future. This kind of creatures, like the silver goblins, were born in Joshua's world, with Joshua's power as the source , in a sense, is his family.

"It turns out that this is the beginning of the family... Thanks to the fact that the weak and evil god's family was wiped out thousands of years ago, otherwise this time it would definitely be a lot of trouble."

The warrior murmured, then closed his eyes again.

Things about the newborn world can be observed slowly in the future. This is his current body. There is still a long time in the future, and he will understand everything immediately if he is not in a hurry.

Now, the most important thing is to communicate with the outside world.

Joshua, subjectively closed his 'eyes'.

But the endless force of steel, electromagnetic waves, gravity, and shock waves began to burst from the 'sun' of this world, and then spread to the outside world, the void of the multiverse.

Almost in an instant, all the information around the world was collected by Joshua.

He is now at the edge of the world's galaxy, where the sealed world was originally located. There are countless rune structures revolving around his body, which seems to be protecting and stabilizing the form of the world.

In the void of the galaxy not far away, there are the life responses of a group of giant void beasts, as well as the energy fluctuations of a large number of legendary powerhouses. It seems that they should be the void giant beasts controlled by the group of strong outsiders, and the world of Mycroft. Come to exchange the strong guards.

At this time, many large and small void battleships are collecting energy fluctuations and data around the world they have transformed. It seems that the academic organizations of various forces are taking themselves as the core research topic, but it is really troublesome for them to travel so far ——At the beginning, Joshua planned to try to advance around the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Ground.

Of course, in addition to this, Joshua also sensed an extremely powerful energy fluctuation, a familiar existence.

The silver miniature world is Joshua's body at this moment——different from the steel python, which is essentially a combination of Gaia and Alaya consciousness. The reincarnation of the reincarnated soul is the embodiment of all spirits in the world, but Joshua is the world itself.

Therefore, even the world barrier is an extension of Joshua's sensory organs and will.

So Joshua could easily see that with himself as the center, a rather prosperous void base was under construction, several huge void warships were transporting supplies, and small fortresses were being built at the nodes of the surrounding void. The glorious battleship transformed by the mountain is located in the center of the fortress not far away, sitting in the center of the town.

He could hear a large number of researchers around him conducting intense discussions, analyzing the specific process of the birth of the world and the conversion of various energy substances.

Joshua can perceive a lot, although he could hear it originally, but after achieving the 'world', the scope and processing threads of this perception have been further expanded and increased, even to the point where he can observe millions of units at the same time to the point where—and this is just the foundation, Joshua believes that he can further strengthen his ability in this area by constructing a special calculation matrix in the inner body world

He could even see, in the depths of that distant darkness, the shadows of galaxies in other worlds emitting faint light.

Because of this, as if feeling Joshua's undisguised 'gaze', the powerful aura that had been staying beside the silver star turned his head and looked at the world.

"You're awake, Joshua."

The Pope of the Church of the Seven Gods, St. Eagle, looked stern and said very seriously: "Do you know how long you have been asleep?"

"One hundred and ninety-seven days."

Joshua replied bluntly: "Although it was only a moment for me, but now I should say, long time no see, Your Majesty the Pope."

"I thought you didn't know how long you slept."

Hearing Joshua's clear answer about the time of his deep sleep, the old Pope's pretended stern expression immediately disappeared. The old man first smiled, then shook his head, and sighed with a little regret: "Otherwise, I can tell you that it is already Fifty years later, the invasion of evil gods is imminent."

"I really didn't expect you to tell cold jokes, Your Majesty."

Joshua smiled politely, and then condensed a projection avatar in the void, which appeared out of thin air accompanied by silver light shards, and then condensed into a slightly blurred, but increasingly real human form. The warrior moved a bit Hands and feet, then shook his head and said: "Without relying on a medium, directly condensing the human form in the void, the power is really easy to spread."

Joshua's condensed avatars usually have solid steel power as the medium, and when he crosses the boundary, he needs to repair the light beam, which is essentially a part of his body. The power of the body is about to collapse half a continent away. This is a phenomenon of collapse that will inevitably occur in an extraordinary world with high-energy interference, and in the void, due to the existence of space-time turbulence, this phenomenon will be more serious.

Because of this, Joshua knew that the white-haired old man in front of him was not an incarnation, but the real body of Pope Igor came here, waiting for his awakening.

"Things, after more than half a year, whether it is the natural teacher or the Great Khan of the Shepherd group, we have asked several times and communicated for a long time."

The old pope didn't exchange too many pleasantries. He knew that he didn't need to pay attention to this when facing Joshua, so he stretched out his hand, patted the soldier's shoulder, and said softly: "But I still feel that you need to say it yourself. What happened...especially the battle with the weakened evil god."

This is the time for granted. Joshua originally intended to share the experience and information he gained from fighting the evil god with others, but when he was questioned at this time, he knew everything and spoke in detail.

And the old Pope listened very seriously, occasionally interjecting to ask a few questions, and only when he had to ask them would he speak.

"So it's like this... Weakening the evil god... If you have mastered this kind of power, then even the attacks of non-legendary powerhouses can cause damage to the evil god."

After listening, Igor was silent for a long time, and Joshua did not continue to speak. After a while, he let out a sigh of relief and asked with emotion: "Also, those souls are all here now. Is it in your...inside?"

"Yes, it's all within my world."

Joshua raised his head, looked into a dark void, and replied seriously: "Most of those souls are severely damaged, and even a large part of them died of old age. The soul itself does not have the desire to recover, even if it is repaired completely , the soul is also sleeping."

"Yeah."

After the old pope gave a simple answer, he was silent for a long time.

It can be seen that the old man's expression is a bit complicated, gratified, joyful, contemplative, and an indescribable loneliness. But in the end, he still smiled and said, "All in all, congratulations, Earl Radcliffe, you have advanced to a legendary high-level, embarked on this endless road, and are one step closer to the realm of a sage."

"It's luck, and there are indeed many coincidences." Although Joshua doesn't care much about interpersonal communication, he still has eyes after all. He can clearly see that the old pope's mood is a bit complicated at this time. The soldier frowned slightly, He whispered: "What's the matter, Your Majesty, looking at your expression, did something happen to the world of Mycroft during the two hundred days I advanced?"

"No, everything is fine in Mycroft's world. Rather, it's infinitely better than I ever imagined."

Igor shook his head with a wry smile, and said softly: "Who would have thought that ten years ago, I was still thinking about how to use my own life to keep the flame burning? Who would have thought that ten years later, chaos, war, Will the world of Mycroft, which is full of endless conflicts and disputes, develop rapidly to where it is today?"

"Everything is great, Earl Radcliffe, the orcs have been exterminated, the dragon disaster has been quelled, the cultists have been wiped out, the cancerous tumors of chaos have all been wiped out, and the Emperor of the Northern Empire, which manages a quarter of humanity, has reappeared because of you. Huan is ambitious, at least he didn’t mess up the situation in the country—you rekindled the flames of the Mycroft Continent, restarted the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Field, and retrieved the unified information database,... the seven gods are on top, I seldom pray because I know that the way I walk is the way of God, but Earl Radcliffe, have you noticed that because of your existence, the world is becoming more and more difficult at an unimaginable speed? good?"

"Is there?" Joshua didn't take it seriously - as a traverser, he held a system that was probably given by a sage or the will of a certain world. Isn't it natural for him to do this kind of thing? If he, Joshua, can't even do this kind of thing, he might as well go home and get fat: "Sure, a little work."

And Igor looked at Joshua, staring at him with a strange look that made even the soldiers feel a little uncomfortable, and the old Pope said in a deep voice: "That's great, Earl. More cheap materials have come, and the integration of large information bases has saved us a lot of scientific research practice. It is only a matter of time before the magic energy factory spreads all over the world. Our civilization is developing rapidly, and everyone's life is getting better and better."

"Yes." Joshua felt something was wrong when he heard the old Pope's tone, he asked in confusion, "But isn't this a good thing?"

"It is indeed a good thing."

Eagle said indifferently, then pointed to Joshua: "But what about you?"

Speaking of this, the old Pope narrowed his eyes, and he stared into Joshua's eyes: "Everyone is enjoying the changes you brought—but you have been fighting outside. I have advised you to pay attention to it." Look at the ground under your feet instead of looking up at the sky, you should pay attention to your own life instead of always dedicating to the entire civilization."

"It's like this time, fighting against the debilitating evil god." At this point, the old pope began to walk in the void, and Joshua stood beside the old pope, walking with him, and the two centered on the silver star Walking, Eagle said calmly: "This time, you and Galannord have suppressed the weak evil god, and the strong man of the star shepherd family, that is enough, Joshua, no I need you to do this, to blow yourself up several times, and experience the power of the evil god in an extremely dangerous way. You have reinforcements, and we will arrive soon. We have a safe enough way to kill the evil god and save the souls inside—you don’t need to take risks. So much risk, it's as if you're all alone."

Igor stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and said sincerely: "Joshua, you are one of the hopes of the Mycroft world, the master of Hotaru and Rin, and the lord of Moldavia. You are not desperate, You are not alone, there are still decades to go, the evil gods are not invincible, we have more than enough... Do you understand? You can enjoy life, enjoy the privileges and happiness brought by the status of nobles, lords, legendary powerhouses, etc., you can even It should be a bit extravagant, not like this, taking risks again and again, throwing yourself into the danger of dying."

Of course Joshua understood what Eagle meant.

What the old pope said was very sincere and sincere. He is like an elder, he can't see his junior with excellent conditions jumping into the fire pit again and again, he can't help but speak a few words, let the other party relax, don't always be so nervous, take risks, and let the excitement aside The bystanders couldn't help but sweat.

It was obvious that he understood the mentality of the old Pope, but it was also obvious that Igor didn't understand Joshua.

"Thank you very much for your concern, Your Majesty."

Stretching out his hand, Joshua originally wanted to pat the old Pope on the shoulder like he usually comforts others, but considering politeness, he withdrew his hand and pressed the back of his neck. The soldier thought about his words for a while, Then he said simply and directly: "But actually, I enjoy this kind of life."

"enjoy?"

"enjoy."

Facing Eagle's doubtful question, Joshua replied simply: "Because fighting is my belief, and I have always acted according to it."

As he spoke, Joshua took another step and began to walk, and this time, it was Igor who stood beside the warrior and walked with him: "Of course, I sometimes doubted my beliefs before... Because the battle I want is not for protecting anything, nor for aggression, or destroying anything. I don’t care about winning or losing, the sense of accomplishment, and I don’t even care about who is compared to the previous one. The battle I want is pure and empty Yes, it's pointless."

Didn't care about the old pope' don't you know? ! ', Joshua looked at the dark void, continued walking, and said: "Many times, I have watched your struggle for the entire Mycroft world, the natural teacher working hard for the elves, and Is Leyle was thinking hard for the empire, watching so many strong people become stronger and fighting for the past and the future, everything he wanted to protect, I did occasionally wonder if my own life might be too empty."

"At that time, I would really be confused."

The soldier readily admits this, and he never cares about whether he has flaws in this area, because only by admitting can he affirm and then eliminate, ignoring is always the wrong choice. One side of Joshua's face was illuminated by the light of the stars, while the other half fell into the shadow of the void: "I have been given the title of savior, guardian, and even a new god in different worlds—but when I first started I never intended to do that, I just happened to do some good things, those names have nothing to do with my heart."

Speaking of this, Joshua chuckled softly: "Fighting is just for the sake of fighting. This kind of belief sounds like a lunatic, doesn't it? It's just like the evil gods in our eyes in the past. No one knows what they are. The purpose, why it came, and why it was destroyed.”

The theory of evil weapons and the existence of the black hand behind the scenes are all Joshua's guesses, and everything is still shrouded in mystery.

And the warrior's story continues: "Insisting on this belief is likely to push me into darkness. Will my future become another kind of evil god? Just like the plague and the matrix of black mist. Since the trip to the world of Siberia I've been thinking about it since then."

"what about now?"

The old pope had been quietly listening to Joshua's narration, but upon hearing this, Eagle asked softly, "Have you found the answer to this question now?"

Have you found your order yet?

"I'm awake, Your Majesty."

The soldier replied with a pun. He lowered his head slightly, looking at the same endless void and stars below, Joshua said flatly: "Now, I already know what the beating voice in my heart is."

"I am alive, I will fight, this is my order."

It's my turn.

Raising his head again, Joshua suddenly changed the subject. He laughed softly and said, "Your Majesty, do you know? The birth of life is meaningless."

"Inorganic matter is transformed into organic matter, and organic macromolecules accumulate to become the original thick soup of life, and the embryonic form of life is born in this thick soup... There is no meaning behind it, no god, no creator, no selection, no meaning , it's just a coincidence."

"Viruses, cells, bacteria, single-celled organisms, multi-cellular organisms, they are born only because they exist, so they exist."

"And existence itself is a battle with this world."

Having said that, Joshua stopped in his tracks.

They have already circled the silver star, and the two legendary powerhouses have circled this small world with a diameter of one light second.

Everything returned to its original position.

As for the soldier, staring at his body, this silver world, his expression does not show any emotion, but it is not cold, but there is an ignorant enthusiasm gathering.

"Breathing, exercising, eating, reproduction... What is the purpose of these desires? In fact, there is no reason, just like the emergence of life, all of these, everything that already exists."

"Including worlds, their birth, their existence, and even their end."

"No reason is needed."

I've found my order.

Joshua closed his eyes, recalling everything he had experienced. The images of his life flashed through his thinking center, which was already faster than a supercomputer, and he had already browsed through his entire life.

You don't need to look for a righteous hat for your actions, and you don't need to put a lofty name on your ideas.

Fight if you want to fight, defeat if you want to defeat.

"Don't care about my feelings, Your Majesty, all of this is my choice, and it is also my joy."

Joshua opened his eyes. He turned around and looked at the edge of the galaxy in the world. The soldier raised his hand and pointed to the edge of the galaxy. The vast, boundless, seemingly endless darkness seemed to be provocative, and issued an order to the infinite unknown. battle post.

"Because I do what I want to do."

While speaking, Joshua swiped his fingers and swept across all the void and galaxy in front of him. The silver steel power trajectory even lit up the starry sky. He couldn't help but shook his head helplessly and laughed.

"Because this is my life."

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