Chapter 56: The Sad World
Holding the fire in his hand, Joshua's red eyes looked directly at the source of the light. He looked at the faint flame seriously, as if it was reflecting everything in the world.
Joshua's body and will were led by this fire to the depths of the world.
He originally thought that this was the spontaneous action of the Sky Blue Pearl, just like the inheritance task he had experienced in his previous life, the relics of this sage would be tested or tested in a mysterious place, and then give him an advanced inheritance, just like the time in the family cemetery.
But he was wrong.
The endless stream of light, like a river, surrounded the body of the warrior, led Joshua to cross some inexplicable boundary, allowing him to see the "world".
Although he said it was to see it, in fact, Joshua was using his spirit to "feel". Countless information poured into the warrior's brain, making him sigh how superficial the world he had observed with his eyes in the past was, and how complex and exciting the real world was.
He felt it.
A will.
That is the soul that envelops the entire world and carries the mind of all things. It has existed since the heaven and earth appeared in the void and will exist forever.
This great mind is leading him, spreading along the veins of all things.
The long river of time flows beside Joshua, and countless ghosts overlap each other, and countless pictures form a flowing image.
Joshua saw it.
He saw the chaotic veins under the earth.
He saw countless veins and rocks that had been depleted and rotten, turning into sand and dust.
He saw the ruins of the city from thousands of years ago and the remains of all living beings and all things.
He saw the core of the earth, the black clouds shrouding the surface, and the cold wind surrounding the seas, and he saw the structure of the world, the blueprint of creation, everything, everything that exists.
He also saw the evil existence that invaded from the void, deeply rooted in the flesh and blood of the earth, and used the strange crystals as the tentacles to constantly creep and expand his territory.
He saw that the veins of chaos had deeply rooted in the flesh and blood of "His", eroding His core, corroding the world, and turning it into a desolate and famine world.
Joshua was led here, and he watched all this, and in his eyes, he seemed to be able to see the illusion of the future.
The world begins to collapse under the erosion of evil.
Water, dry and condense, and time and space fall into static.
The wind stops flowing, and the magic and elements disappear.
The earth twists and collapses, and the earth and all things become nothingness.
Fire is completely extinguished, and all existences return to chaos.
Finally, the illusion ended, and Joshua came to his senses. He realized that the river of light that brought him here had reached the end. The surging stream of light whizzed past Joshua's side, but was not leading him forward.
Joshua stood in the dark void. He looked up and saw the vault forged by stars. Behind him was the river of time that was a silence (the past), and in front of him, the infinite nothingness was extending towards the distance (the future).
What is this place?
What did I just saw?
Joshua, who came to his senses, was stunned. He frowned and surrounded him, but found that the surrounding scenes were constantly changing, as if they were changing with his observation.
"This is the inside of the world."
As if you could hear Joshua's heart, a voice appeared from the void. It was low, a little hoarse, but gentle. The voice was a little blurry at first, but gradually became clear: "What you saw before was the past of this world and the coming future."
Joshua looked around but found no one making the sound, but after a while, he noticed that small dots appeared in the distant void.
This small dot was originally like the faint starlight in the sky, almost invisible, but it quickly became bigger and flickered. Finally, under the shocked gaze of Joshua, it turned into a huge silver giant python like a planet. It twisted its body, and the steel-like scales rubbed against each other, splashing red flames, and its silver pupils stared at Joshua, with a hint of curiosity.
Looking at this shocking scene, Joshua couldn't help but shake his head and calmed down.
No matter who the other party was, it did not show any malice at this time, and it could communicate. The situation was not bad. The soldier took a breath and said, "Where is this place?"
And what are you?
Although he didn't speak, the giant python, which was extremely huge and even unable to see the end, seemed to know what Joshua was thinking. It calmly replied: "This is the inside of the world."
"And I am the world you are in, the will you have shown, you can call me, 'Carlis of Steel'."
After a moment of silence, Joshua quickly accepted this setting.
In the fantasy world, there is nothing wrong with the incarnation of the world will. There is also a true god in the continent of Mycrov. What's more, it is said that the first god in the world is the world itself, which is not shocking news.
But he was still a little surprised, why the will of the world appeared in front of him - in front of an ordinary warrior who is now just a golden-level warrior.
So Joshua asked directly: "So... why did you bring me here? Why did you show up?"
"Because of the fire."
A low and gentle voice echoed in the void, and the huge steel python slowly hovered. He stared at Joshua and the faint fire in his hands, and said, "I, who was originally sleeping and about to die, woke up and came here because of the appearance of the fire.
"So, are you coming from this fire?"
Joshua raised the cyan crystal in his hand, and the faint firelight burned slightly in it. His face was calm and he didn't mind the other party's peeping.
“No.”
The steel python was very peaceful, but what he said was beyond the expectations of the warrior: "Although I woke up from the sudden light, I have no chance of your fire."
He stared at Joshua quietly, as if he was more interesting than the fire. The Python of Steel said with interest: "What can you do with your fire?"
He had no reason to deceive, but just said his own thoughts: "My children have all died long ago, and their decaying corpses are now in my body. Even if you spread the fire and let me continue to survive for hundreds of thousands of years, I can't breed a second civilization and ignite my own flame again."
Speaking of this, the Python of Steel seems to be mocking itself.
But after hearing this, Joshua felt a little uncomfortable for some reason. He frowned: "No, if all life is your child, then your child has not all died."
He raised his head, stared at the world will like a planet, and said in a deep voice: "No. 3, an artificial intelligence, she also exists. She has been traveling in the deserted wilderness for thousands of years, retaining your only remaining fire."
“…Maybe.”
After a moment of silence, the Steel Python said softly: "If it were a thousand years ago, I would have directly asked for it. If it were a few hundred years ago, I would have probably planned to trade this fire with you, but now, I will not let you lose anything."
He looked at Joshua's eyes and became more and more interested: "Young man, you can actually have such a mass power of order... This is the best way to fight chaos."
"I know you are from another world, but that doesn't matter. You have many questions in your heart... Just ask, as a reward for reviving me, I can answer your questions and answer your questions."
"Evil God."
After thinking for a while, Joshua asked firmly: "The cause of all is the invasion of evil gods. What is their source and purpose?"
The question was sent, but there was no immediate answer. After a while, the steel python's body changed to squirm in the void. Soon after, the answer was sent.
"The God of Wilderness, the crystal insect, the son of famine...Their world began with the fire in the forest, and the flames of civilization burned between swamps and forests. As a civilization that has been through tens of millions of years and finally developed into a civilization that can enter and exit the void civilization, they vowed to pass their own flames to other worlds."
"But just as there are isolated islands hanging overseas in the world, sadly they have not found other worlds within ten thousand years."
"They are located in the ember world in the land of firelessness. The ability to develop civilization is a miracle among miracles, but this time, there is no miracle."
When the Steel Python said this, it seemed to be a little sad: "Civilization has developed to its limit, and all resources have been exhausted, but they still cannot find another world in the astral realm. Civilization begins to regress, and gradually, they can no longer enter and exit the astral realm."
"Pursuant to the increasing tension of resources, they ate their own world - hollowed out the soil and rocks, and truly exhausted all the matter. They hollowed out the earth, carefully used energy, and maintained the cycle as much as possible until the thousand years, ten thousand years, and the eternal disaster of sinking."
The huge body surrounded the river of time, and the steel python looked directly at Joshua who was trapped in thinking. His voice was hoarse and low: "First there were billions, then tens of millions, hundreds, hundreds, ten, and one."
"Until the last man died in endless loneliness and hunger, the fire of their civilization finally lost its firewood and was extinguished in pain and despair."
"And the world, in this desperate pain, is also twisted."
The narrative of the python of Steel is approaching its end.
"I don't know how long it will take for a world that has developed magical technology to come into contact with the wreckage of this world without any in the endless exploration of voids."
"The sad god of famine was born."
Karlis's will tossed his head down and hovered up most of the void-covered body: "As for the purpose of the evil gods, no one knows it, but they only bring despair, pain, famine, war, plague and death, which is undoubtedly a matter of no doubt."
He looked straight into Joshua's eyes and said calmly: "I am Karlis, the python of steel."
"A descendant of steel, after learning all this, would you be the guardian of the world, expel chaos, and guard the frontiers of order?"
And Joshua was thinking.
Chapter completed!