—dead eternity—
The Ancient Thunder Dragon opened its huge mouth, flapped its huge wings, and set off a sandstorm in the shrinking desert of the world of Kronos. Hearing this word, it couldn't help but feel a little dazed.
Evil gods are the enemies of civilization and life. They are the embodiment of natural disasters, entities of destruction and doomsday. From ancient times to the present, countless civilizations have tried to analyze the nature of evil gods. Just like intelligent life analyzed that the essence of typhoons is the storm caused by the release of heat from the ocean, and earthquakes are vibrations caused by the release of pressure from plates. People want to understand the essence of evil gods. Only in this way can we develop responses and solutions.
However, this attempt unfortunately failed at the last step.
It's not that this step is so difficult that no one has been able to succeed since ancient times, but before they succeeded, the army of evil gods came from nowhere and annihilated everything they had.
"...Do you think you can make an exception?"
Therefore, the Ancient Thunder Dragon asked, in its long life and ancient inheritance, there is indeed information about the evil god. As a reconstructor and regenerator of the world cycle, the Ancient Thunder Dragon has indeed restored several worlds destroyed by the evil god, so Only then did it feel shocked: "Dead eternity - that's what you found, any clues about the nature of the evil god? No one has ever come to this step, or in other words, they were all destroyed before this step."
"To be precise, I didn't find it. I just consolidated other people's information and confirmed it."
Joshua's thinking thread still partially communicated with Thunder Ancient Dragon. When leaving, he said thoughtfully: "Destruction? Sure enough, apart from 'eternal wonders' and 'over-developed civilization', 'research Is this information about the nature of the evil god also an inducement? Indeed, this is consistent with the information I have."
"The existence of the evil god may indeed be more important than everyone initially imagined."
The Extreme Sublimation Aggregate left behind extremely rich research materials related to evil gods. As a near-sage who can already imprison some evil gods in the world, carry them with him, and even use them as compasses and other tools, it can be said that in this regard, it can be said that He is the number one professional in the multiverse. Joshua, who inherited the other party's relevant information, naturally benefited a lot from it and had many new ideas. After synthesizing his own original information, he could deduce many new things.
For example, before this, Joshua thought that the Evil God might just be a 'phenomenon' caused by the power of the mastermind behind the scenes, just like psionic beings and Steel Pythons - or that the Evil God might be another doomsday version. 'Chaos Steel Serpent'.
But now it seems that the evil god's own information is also within the "warning range". This is not a purely derivative phenomenon that can be enjoyed.
"Malicious Chaos, let's just call it the extraordinary power held by the mastermind behind the scenes. The nature of this power can be analyzed a little from the power of the evil god."
Joshua's main consciousness is still falling into the maelstrom of creation. He is crossing the abyss. The seven gods used to block the chaos. The warrior thought alone: "Chaos can corrode and infect anything else, but only Only other supernatural forces can counter it - this may often be overlooked, but it actually illustrates the close connection between malevolent chaos and everything."
After all, the so-called erosion phenomenon is a similar effect to 'magic immersion', 'divine power immersion' and even 'holy light immersion', but apart from divine power, whether it is magic power or holy light, it can only quickly infiltrate part of the related The extraordinary material, as well as the corresponding extraordinary beings 'Magician' and 'Priest' who are related to themselves, rather than everything.
Secondly, malicious chaos can cause mental erosion, making people crazy, and even making them unable to think. There are many possibilities, such as simply interfering with the soul, chaos having anti-intelligence algorithms, or it contains a large amount of information that directly supports people. go Ape. According to Joshua's own experience against the Evil God of Debility and the Evil God of Death, the point of "containing a large amount of information that drives people crazy" is actually the most appropriate. He was almost disturbed by the countless memories and calls of the Evil God of Death. Has the thinking array been abnormal for a long time
One of the essences of the evil god is the sea of memory and information formed by countless dead lives in civilization. Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that it has something like an 'anti-intelligent algorithm'.
- Ordinary people will go crazy just by looking at it. The strange contagious corrosiveness, mental pollution, and even the action patterns based on memes of the Evil God Familia have all proven without a doubt that compared to other extraordinary powers, 'Malicious Chaos' and 'Information' are closely related.
"However, the Demonic Sage said that the essence of the evil god, and even the essence of the mastermind behind the scenes, is related to 'eternity'."
The abyss kept falling and stretching. The God of Steel did not speed up deliberately, but just walked across countless worlds. His thoughts diverged: "'Eternity', this word, I once remembered in the memory of the 'Evil God of Fertility' , the same words have been seen in the ‘Ultimate Civilization’ of those first civilizations in the ancient pastoral era of the multiverse.”
"[Eternal] [Infinite] [Absolute], and [Omniscient and Omnipotent]."
-Beyond all material changes, even the end of 'eternity'.
-Beyond all finite existence, even the imaginary 'infinity'.
-Beyond all concepts of cause and effect, even the 'absolute' of probability.
Putting aside omniscience and omnipotence for the moment, that thing is obviously the highest meaning in a purely philosophical sense, and there is no need to discuss it in reality. However, there is no doubt that the three points of [eternity], [infinity], and [absolute] are very important to those who have been close to bathing. The glory of the primordial fire is absolutely feasible for the most ancient civilizations who are born with infinite sources of energy and matter.
"The meaning of infinity... I may understand a little bit, especially after meeting with the Shadow Sage, I had a glimpse of understanding - the other party is an infinite existence, and it is only an infinite existence that can cover the same power with its own power. Infinite multiverse, and opening up a new path, isn't it exactly in line with the meaning of 'infinite'? Infinite power, infinite diffusion, infinite future... and infinite hope."
Although it is just speculation, Joshua believes that the realm of 'sage level' is exactly the concept of 'infinity' among the three 'ultimate civilizations', and this realm is definitely worthy of the ancients' treatment. imagination.
As for the word 'eternity', apart from the aspect of 'ultimate civilization', Joshua had only heard the related concept in the aspect of 'eternal wonder'. To be honest, he can't understand this. After all, in his opinion, no matter how brilliant and great the buildings and wonders are, they may gradually become silent as time goes by... Joshua is still a little confused about this. Forever.
However, it can also be understood in another direction, that is, the existence of those eternal wonders must be contrary to the purpose of the mastermind behind the scenes - it can even be said that there are no real eternal wonders in this multiverse. After all, even the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site is actually being completed. It was destroyed before. If Joshua becomes a near-sage, he might be able to try to repair it, but now, even if he has relevant information, there is nothing he can do.
"Those great wonders, if completed, will definitely bring about earth-shaking changes to a civilization. Whether it is the Sacrificial Site of All Realms or the Black Mist itself, if it becomes complete, it will be enough for a civilization to dominate the multiverse, or even forever. It will be destroyed... But does this count as eternity? No, there must be information that I don't know clearly. Even the extreme sublimation polymer doesn't have much speculation in this regard. I must be missing some key elements that I don't know."
But even so, it's enough.
[Malevolent Chaos] is a force that is related to everything and is highly consistent with information - and the eternal wonders and over-developed civilization will make the mastermind behind the scenes feel uneasy and want to obliterate it. For this reason, he even The evil god was created as a tool, and the evil god was also an important element in fulfilling his plan... This much information was already enough for Joshua to make relevant responses.
Moreover, the power of malicious chaos is completely different from psychic magic. It does not seem to be the same system as the sages.
How to say? It's a bit like the difference between extreme sublimation polymer and sage.
"The extreme sublimation aggregate, the path of self-achievement of the universe, may be related to the "absolute". The absolute self, the absolute master of the self, is the 'absolute' existence for the inner world it creates."
Malicious Chaos is related to [Eternity] - this is also consistent with the message left by the Demon Sage.
At this moment, Joshua has arrived at the boundary of the extremely dark abyss of the past, the boundary of the Great Whirlpool of Creation—here, he can see the wreckage of countless worlds falling into it, like a giant whale floating in the ocean dying. Whales fall to the bottom of the deep sea. Similarly, here, you can see countless new worlds rushing upward, just like the volcanic eruption at the beginning of the birth of all things, bringing new materials and possibilities to the surface. world.
The God of Steel did not continue to move forward. He stood on the dividing line between life and death, the border between destruction and creation, staring at the maelstrom of creation itself, the black and white, Tai Chi-like millstone of all things, thinking silently.
[Eternity], [Infinity], and [Absolute], the relationship between these three is really very close, and they can even be converted into each other... For example, infinity can also represent eternity, eternal existence, and nature is infinite and infinite existence. , nature is also eternal.
And if absolute existence has no infinity and no eternity, it is also unrealistic - otherwise, does it deserve to be called absolute? In turn, infinite power itself is absolute suppression, and eternity is absolute existence. The three are almost mixed together, but they are slightly different in small aspects.
Therefore, [Malevolent Chaos] must have brought some changes to the multiverse. The evil gods should correspond to the original gods of divine power, the world consciousness of spiritual energy, the pure energy creatures of magic, the ancient dragons and void beasts of life energy, the initial elemental creatures of the elements and various ancient ether beasts of the ether, etc. The changes caused by malicious chaos are hidden in the 'common sense' of everyone in the multiverse today. After all, it is the 'true original extraordinary power' second only to divine power and earlier than psychic energy. All people born in this multiverse All lives must be bathed in its changes.
It's just that this change is too subtle. Just like before Joshua explained it, many people didn't even understand that extraordinary power was created by sages. They defaulted to it as the truth of the multiverse, and never thought of it before. There is no such thing as a multiverse.
Subtly, boil the frog in warm water? Although it is a bit unpleasant to hear, Joshua has always been willing to imagine the worst - all living beings in existence today may have been affected by changes related to 'Malevolent Chaos' long before they were born, and have been locked in, and they have been locked in from the beginning. From the beginning, he danced in the opponent's palm.
But Joshua is different... At least in the world he once lived and understood, there were no supernatural powers. If there is anyone in this multiverse who is most likely to detect something wrong without knowing anything, it may be him.
But that doesn't mean that he will be able to discover it - maybe he has been in the game for a long time without knowing it? Maybe what he also regards as common sense is the chaotic side
"But that's my strength."
In the past, the sages were forced by the situation and in order to save this multiverse, they may not have the time and energy to continue research in this area, so they could only give up half way. Therefore, compared with the sages of the past, Joshua's advantage is actually not much. It's not just his identity as a time traveler... His real advantage is that he has been inherited by countless people. All scattered clues converge on him, just like the gazes of all worlds.
Joshua now holds the key to the latest 'truth'!
(End of chapter)