There is a connection between life and life.
Relatives, friends, opponents, enemies... The relationships between people are diverse and have different depths, but there is no doubt that the essence of each life is independent, and countless 'connections' connect these independent Islands are connected.
Of course, generally speaking, this kind of contact usually occurs between people of the same race, such as people and people, dragons and dragons, horses and horses... But I don’t know why, there are always some strange guys who interact with beings of many different races. , creating a deep 'connection'.
Starfall 849, January 1, 5:43 pm, in the Snowy Mountains of Nissii, Northland, Winterfort College.
Hei opened his eyes drowsily, woke up from the bottom of the Palmprint Lake in front of Winter Castle Academy, and exhaled a breath of turbid air in his body.
The high-temperature core heat mixed with dragon flames stimulates the rich magic crystals at the bottom of the lake. When it emits a strange rainbow light, it also heats half of the lake, spraying surging bubbles from bottom to top.
It was the end of get out of class at Winter Castle. Many students who were walking at the foot of the mountain, relaxing, and even quietly holding hands with the person they liked saw this scene - milky white water vapor mixed with rainbow-like light, slowly It rises into the sky like a giant pillar supporting heaven and earth.
However, not many people were surprised. Because they were too familiar, some students even laughed and joked to their friends next to them while enduring the hot and humid wind: "Miss Hei got up a little late today - it was more than ten years after class." Minutes."
"Isn't it? This is really rare, haha."
As a half-ancient dragon who stays in the Northland all year round and lives in the water pools around Winter Castle, Black naturally knows that the movements of her getting up after taking a nap every day have been equated with the ringing of the get out of class bell by the students. She has never cared about this little thing. .
"It's so boring... Sigh, there are no monsters or criminals who commit crimes. How can this world be so peaceful?"
She yawned and originally wanted to get out of the lake, but after thinking about it, Hei realized that she had nothing to do today, so after getting up halfway, she rolled over and transformed into a human form. She continued to lie on the warm bottom of the lake. Opening his mental terminal with half-squinted eyes: "Let's see what news there is today."
Thinking like this, large tracts of information appeared in front of Hei's eyes.
—This is the best of times.
With the glorious technology that has been recovered one after another in recent decades, and the explosion of extraordinary people brought about by the Great Demonic Tide, Winterfort Academy now not only does not need to worry about the source of students, it even needs to open more than a dozen branch schools to avoid the extremely talented students. High-level geniuses cannot be cultivated, but are almost completely open to the public. The practice materials that can be obtained at no cost not only make the old batch of strong people who are stuck in the bottleneck stronger, but also give birth to countless new inheritance and materials. , accelerating the frequency of era change.
In the era of 'rapid and peaceful development' brought about by the hard work of some strong men, it took almost only two generations for the Mycrof civilization to complete the leap from the 'pre-industrial era' to the 'void era'. This is certainly due to its glorious heritage, but it also has the superiority of an extraordinary civilization... After all, for ordinary civilians who regard the ability to teleport magic as common sense and often see strong men entering and exiting the world, and even fighting outside the world, the so-called void, It's just a bigger sea, and other worlds are just other continents floating in the sea.
Because of this kind of neurotic tolerance, no matter what novel creations, weird species, or even other strange civilizations, Mrs. Mycroft can easily accept them and turn them into common sense.
The spiritual terminal may be the one that integrates the fastest.
"Oh oh oh! There are updates for 'Conflict Continent' and 'Grand Arena' today!"
Suddenly, Hei, who was browsing the spiritual terminal, let out a cheer of surprise. She hurriedly pulled up the web page so that the latest update information could appear completely in front of her eyes.
[Grand Arena Version 6.64]
—Added a killing streak system. In 1VS1 battles, consecutive victories will result in a temporary title, experience bonus and cool appearance. Currently, the maximum support is ten consecutive wins.
—Added new competitive maps 'Aether Abyss', 'Shattered World' and 'Void Maelstrom'. It is not recommended for players below the ultimate level to choose new maps.
—Added single player mode. From now on, players will be able to challenge ten levels of AI enemies. Each time they defeat an AI opponent of a level, they can get a new title. The title can provide experience bonuses and the right to purchase new jewelry boxes.
—The first Multi-Galaxy Civilization Invitational Tournament is about to open. Auditions for single-player and multi-player groups of the Civilized Invitational Tournament are open at the same time. You can go alone or find teammates to fight together. In the end, 32 teams will enter the main competition of the Civilized Invitational Tournament. Enjoy high bonuses and rich rewards.
Tip: The standard number of people for a multi-person group is five. Starting from the gold level, the invitational competition will be divided into three groups according to strength, namely 'Golden Glory', 'Soul's Ultimate' and 'Destiny Legend', each with independent invitation teams and champions. You cannot select a player whose level is one level higher than yours as a teammate.
—Tickets for the first Multi-Galaxy Civilization Invitational Tournament, 'Silver Invitation', are now available for purchase. You can purchase levels for your invitation and receive related rewards such as a new jewelry box and exclusive limited-time maps.
[Disputed Continent Version 7.22]
—Added a late-stage natural disaster 'Chaos God' to the game process. New wandering crises 'Shrouding Darkness', 'World-Destroying Frenzy' and 'Inner Evil' have been added. From now on, hidden professions such as 'Crazy Cultists' and 'Chaos Callers' will randomly appear among civilized individuals. These individuals will spread faster when stability is low and destroy your construction.
—The 'Pioneer Heritage' system has been added, which has a new event chain and exploration chain. VIP users of Jiyi level and above can choose 'Pioneer Start'. Currently, only 'Founding Spirit', 'Glory of Radiance' and 'Shadow of Loneliness' are currently supported.
As a friendly reminder, Pioneers start out extremely difficult, and each has its own independent challenge level.
- Swarm-like civilizations will now randomly spawn 'mutants'. Mutants do not obey the call of the mother's nest, but they can link to the mother's nest. The mutant's qualifications are random, but they will definitely have "higher spiritual abilities."
—Adjusted the AI's plan weight and improved the AI's intelligence.
warn! Now in the Continent of Disputes, in the 'Abyss Level Difficulty', all enemy civilization AIs have at least level 7 strong artificial intelligence. Please don't underestimate your opponents, give full play to your ingenuity and find a way to break through hell.
"Wow, wow, I'm so touched!"
There are many more updates, but just after reading the beginning of each game, Hei was so moved that he almost cried. She rolled on the bottom of the lake to vent her joy: "With so many updates, it is completely a new game - and this multi-dimensional galactic civilization Invitational tournament, it seems like you only need to buy a ticket to participate in the audition?"
"Then I'll invite Hotaru, Rin, and Miss No. 3 later... Oh, Miss No. 3 seems to be joining the 'Destiny Legend Group'... Then I'll invite No. 1, Lisa, and Syndicate as well? Exactly five people!"
Thinking happily, Hei did not think about the fact that except for her, everyone else might be busy - but no matter what, she was already drowsy, and she could no longer suppress her blood instinct, and wanted to fall into a long sleep. She was so excited for the first time, and Hei felt that his blood was burning.
"I am a master who has won 27 consecutive victories in the ultimate random challenge. Even if I can't win the championship, wouldn't it be easy to sneak into the main competition?"
With this confident thought, Hei opened the forum of the Grand Arena, ready to feel the joy of other people and the bragging of the forum brother. Compared with the boring real world, everyone in the spiritual terminal forum is full of enthusiasm. Talented, well-spoken, and she loves it here!
However, Hei didn't see what she wanted in the forum: "Buy, buy, buy. Is it still human if I don't buy such a conscientious invitation?" ' Or 'live broadcast unboxing, roll an immortal jewelry if it is extremely rare' and other content that is popular to see.
Instead, there was an overwhelming wail.
[Free discussion]: No, what’s going on with this AI? !
[Game System]: How can high-level AI attack from beginning to end? There is no time to breathe at all, this design is not reasonable at all!
[BUG Recruitment]: The same level is blocked. I can clearly see the AI's move but can't dodge it at all. Is this a BUG
You can also see the high-like replies under each post.
"No, why did you say no?" "No, what's the matter with you?!"
"I think it's okay. I feel like being killed by a passerby in seconds (a small feeling)." "Hello, this update has fixed the BUG that allows you to defeat the AI."
"I got up and was killed. What can I say?" "Hello, it's not a bug, dear, it's just that you are too weak."
Almost all the content was madly complaining about the AI strength of the Arena update. On the contrary, few people were talking about the huge event of the Multi-Civilization Invitational Tournament. Out of doubt, Hei muttered, 'What's going on? ? 'At the same time, I clicked on an extra-long post that was manually pinned to the top.
This is a post posted by 'New Lab', a very well-known team in the Arena Forum. This team usually analyzes the impact, pros and cons of each map of the Arena on each professional race, and proposes some interesting map combat methods and strategies for dealing with specific powerful tactics, so every time it appears, many people will be high Call the Great God and go and leave your name.
And the emergence of the new AI this time seems to be no exception - just at a glance, Hei saw that there were many IDs that were familiar to him in this post. He thought they were all the same as himself. When he saw the other party's post, he quickly came over to take a look. , are there any strategies or other tips I can learn.
But this time, Xinrui Laboratory did not provide relevant strategies as in the past, but a complaint that clearly showed a sense of collapse.
[What kind of AI is this? Totally cheating, right? I have tested all the maps, and they all adapt perfectly and take perfect initiative. I feel that this kind of creature does not exist in the multiverse at all. No, is it a creature?]
"I didn't expect... the professional strategy team actually lost." - Rookie Captain.
"Ah, did the cutting-edge laboratory also collapse?" - This ID cannot be disclosed due to relevant laws.
"They are also working very hard. How about captain, let's go find them next time and try to conquer it together?" - I love tentacles, replied 'This ID cannot be made public due to relevant laws'.
"I just said there's no reason why they can get through it, but I can't get through it... Sure enough, no one can get through it." - Household Devil.
Thousands of pages are packed with complaints about related discussions. Some people even shared videos of themselves being instantly killed by high-level AI, or being crushed after resisting for a while. Those who can resist for more than 20 seconds are already at the multi-galaxy level. Among the elite players in the forum, the one with the best performance record so far is a strange ID who fought against the ninth-level AI for five minutes and barely lost a single move, "carrying the stars on his back to graze". It seems to be an extremely huge person. A Void-level powerhouse. Even in the forum of the Multi-Devil Network, a powerhouse of this level is extremely rare. Many players came in because of the video of this powerhouse.
It can be seen that the white giant beast of the void and the vague ninth-level AI fought in the void for five minutes. It heated up immediately from the beginning. The chaotic energy in the video was surging, and the avenues were wiped out. Many spectators were disappointed because they were not strong enough. , was overwhelmed by the endless information contained in the video, leading to a direct disconnection.
"It's not bad." The ID holder commented on his performance at the end of the video: "At least it's a little better than my last performance."
The ten levels are mortal, black iron, silver, gold, extreme intention first, extreme intention high, legendary basic level, legendary medium, legendary high and legendary extreme. The so-called ninth level AI has legendary high strength, black Although her strength is not legendary, it is not enough to be knocked out by watching a legendary battle, but even she cannot see the specific battle process clearly.
"A legendary high who will be defeated by AI? This is too weak. I think it is just a matter of time. It is not a real combatant."
Hei was stunned by the torture videos shared by players, but Hei didn't flinch much in his heart. Instead, he was a little eager to try: "It's so difficult to hear them say it, but that's what I feel. These people are not prepared. For those who are defeated, the best thing to do is to concentrate on the fight at the beginning and use your strongest strength to fight!"
"Maybe I will be the first dragon to defeat an AI of the same level!"
With this in mind, Hei happily logged into the forum, then clicked on the icon of the grand arena. She smiled, then confidently selected 'Single Player Mode', and then 'Level 6 AI' to make relevant settings.
map! Aether abyss! Scene destruction! allow! Random disaster! Turn on!
Games start!
Three seconds later.
Hei raised her head blankly and looked around at the blisters at the bottom of Palm Print Lake. There was still a vague phantom pain in her neck from being cut off: "What's going on?"
How come I was killed
"No! I wasn't focused enough just now!"
Gritting his teeth, Hei clicked 'Challenge Again': "I don't believe it anymore—"
Five seconds later.
Feeling that his head was crushed, and his heart hurt a little, Hei frowned: "No, no, there must be something wrong... I should have turned on the Sun Flame Shield from the beginning."
Click again!
Ten seconds later: "No, why can't I see him?! How did I get killed?!"
Click again!
One second: "No, no, you can't force yourself to find the target, the flaw is too big!"
Click again!
Fourteen seconds: "Wow!!!! Why can he kill me like a chicken? It's all his will, I don't accept it!!!!"
Click again!
…
"Who am I? Where am I? Why do I want to torture myself?"
"How many times have I died?"
Four hours later, the dazed black dragon spread its wings and lay on the bottom of the lake in the shape of a rice. The tail at the bottom of the rice swayed slightly, stirring up the water at the bottom of the lake: "Forget it, I can't even count it now."
During the long battle, Black involuntarily canceled his human transformation and returned to his original fighting form - but even so, he could not last more than a minute and a half.
"But wait a minute, this AI's fighting method feels a bit familiar to me..."
After waking up from the head-scratching challenge, Hei thought for a moment and finally came to her senses - this AI's fighting method didn't seem unfamiliar to her, but she really felt familiar with it in her bones!
Quickly find your previous battle video, use the perspective of a bystander, slow down, observe in detail frame by frame, and then...
"Wait a minute, this, isn't this the way the master used to fight when he was in Jiyi?! When we fought against the black dragon Mandagaur of Jiyi in the Blood Moon Abyss!"
"A slight change... But this AI is basically treating me as Mandalgar! I asked him why he is so good at killing dragons. It turns out that he is based on his master?!"
"No, no, wait a minute. So, does it mean that the newly added AI is all modeled after the master?! No wonder, this is a game!"
At this moment, Hei looked back at the complaining posts on the forum, and suddenly there was no trace of contempt in his heart, but full of admiration: "Oh my god, that 'carrying the stars on his back to graze' can actually do it in the legendary high master After holding on for five minutes, I only missed one move and was not seriously injured...it's really amazing!"
Her best record is only close to two minutes. The black dragon girl, who has not experienced too many super-intensive battles, is indeed very unsuited to this kind of fighting method. She will always expose countless flaws, and the AI will find opportunities, and then suddenly Kill instantly.
"But, let's put it this way, that tenth-level AI... Could it be said that..."
It was actually not shameful to be defeated by the master's transformed AI. Hei was completely aroused and was ready to strengthen her strength in related battles and start planned challenges and exercises - but she suddenly thought that even that
'Carrying the stars to graze' is only a challenge to the 'ninth-level AI', and the 'tenth-level AI'...
"What the hell!"
Far away across the galaxy, in the galaxy abyss of a certain world, an enraged will rippled in the void, and the emperor's suppressed anger and doubtful voice echoed: "Isn't this level 10 AI the end of Radcliffe himself? !”
"Or is it that in such a short period of time, he has improved a step further and can defeat us with just simulated AI?"
Doubts arose and wailings continued. This update of the grand arena not only brought countless joys, but also allowed all those who had severed contact with that person to know that the other person was still in good condition and still had the energy to update, even He has enough energy to take action from a distance and prove his strength to everyone.
And words such as 'Incredibly strong AI' and 'I respect you as a 3-minute strong person' are used to tease each other among arena players. They have also turned into publicity points, attracting more other civilizations and other galaxies. Life has been added to the Magic Network and the Arena.
Of course, these are all things that happened later. Now Hei, after thinking that this AI might be the owner who released his own model, he silently exited the forum and returned to the home page of the spiritual terminal.
"Master...are you already so strong?"
The black dragon girl's expression was a little lonely: "I try so hard, but I can't catch up with him even a little bit..."
With this thought in mind, she raised her head and looked at the icon of the game 'Grand Arena'.
Hei is not a smart, hard-working dragon. She has patience, but rarely inspires it. She has talent, but when fully activated, she will fall into the sleep of the ancient dragon. She wants to become stronger, and she can work unremittingly for this, but then Just walking on the edge of a rickety cliff, if you are not careful, you will be pulled down by the overly powerful blood power. This dream lasts for thousands of years.
Is 'game' really something she likes to play? Constant fighting, virtual fighting, even just to kill time is too boring, right? After all, not everyone is that warrior. Even if they are bathed in blood and fighting forever, they can still smile without any concern.
But Hei still knows how to play, and keeps on 'playing'. In this world where there are not many people who can accompany her to fight and become stronger, this is the only place where she can get actual combat experience.
"Because this is what the master expects from me."
It can be seen that the icon of the large arena is the head of a slightly strange black dragon - the black dragon is roaring, and a circle of arena walls burning with this flame surrounds the dragon head, releasing golden light like the sun. .
"Hei, I will use your image as the icon of the 'Grand Arena'."
Faintly, the owner's smiling voice could be heard coming from the past: "How is it? I think he's quite handsome."
"Okay, okay! Master is the best to me!"
You can vaguely hear your own excited cheers.
"Okay, the decision is yours, Hei, you will be the guardian totem, haha."
It was a rare sound of the master laughing happily because of something other than fighting. And that was also the first time that I vowed to make up my mind that I would not let down my master's 'expectations', and I would try my best to catch up with him.
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding?"
Suddenly, there was a crisp sound of wind chimes, and with a flash of light, a small ball of light suddenly appeared in the lake, sticking between a pair of black dragon horns.
"Hey, Xiaoguang, why are you here?"
Hei asked with some surprise - she turned into a human form, so that the light ball that was looking for a position could be stuck between the black dragon girl's horns smoothly, and she made a satisfied jingle.
Since the world of Sanctuary was formed, Xiaoguang has rarely been with her. After all, things there are very busy. Sometimes Xiaoguang is needed as a rare self-aware split of the world's will to assist the Seven Gods in building something. An extremely secretive control center. All in all, it is really rare to see it today.
"Dingle, jingle, jingle."
The ball of light shouted happily, while Hei smiled and shook his head: "Oh, the master won't come back so soon. Listen to him, he will be gone for a long time this time... That's just his AI, not him."
"Ding... bell?"
"Well, don't be depressed. He will come back eventually. And before he comes back, we have to work hard to give him a big surprise, right?"
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!"
...a very warm feeling.
…a sad feeling.
As the one who has been with Joshua the longest, Hei has been with him since he was in the form of a war horse without wisdom until now. It is difficult to explain what he feels in his heart.
"Do I really know Master?"
She always felt that she didn't understand anything, but she also felt that she understood the other party very well. The man who walked day and night for seven days and nights just to rush back to his hometown for revenge has now become a great man who is respected by many galaxies. Existence, all this may sound absurd, but only those who have truly walked with it know that all this is a matter of course.
Hei could still recall some of the words that several legendary powerhouses and even several gods said not long ago when they discussed some extremely confidential matters with Miss No. 3 in the Moldavia Lord's Mansion.
"He... is just like the sage back then."
"No, it's a little different from the sages. Back then, people thanked the sages and respected the sages, but no one was afraid of them, they just loved them from the bottom of their hearts."
"And Joshua, it's not the 'mutual love' of the saints, but the 'reverence'."
You can hear the voice of the old pope and the voice of the patron saint. They are not hidden, but the evaluation voice expressed openly and clearly: "I came with the sages of the past and witnessed him clearing the way. I can... From people's attitude towards him and the influence of the invisible information, they can guess the path they are going to take."
Saying this, the Guardian God took a puff from the pipe. There was no smoke in it, and this behavior was meaningless to the God, but it was the only memory he had related to his interests. He said calmly: "What that guy wants is to restore everything that is damaged to its original state. The Holy Light was born because of this, so the more seriously damaged the person is, the more willing he is to get close to him. Abyss is one of them. It is said that, That's how 'Shadow' was born."
"But Joshua, I don't know what he really wants...'eternal battle'? No, although he is simply the embodiment of battle and the manifestation of destruction, but what he pursues is just Well, I'm afraid we have been destroyed by the evil god who fights everything. Just because he is Joshua now, the 'eternal battle' is not actually what he is pursuing."
"Fighting is his interest, but it is not his path - no one has ever said that a person can only do whatever he likes. He must have a more fundamental purpose hidden under the battle."
"And that is the 'Tao' he chose."
Black agrees with the judgment of the Guardian God.
Black didn't agree with the Guardian God's judgment either.
Because the master is neither an 'incarnation of battle', nor does he hide any 'fundamental purpose'. The master is the master, Joshua Van Radcliffe, nothing more than a warrior.
"Xiaoguang... Master, in fact, he neither expects others, nor does he want others to expect themselves."
Lying on the bottom of the lake with Xiao Guang, looking up at the lake surface that had become very dim as the sun set, Black herself was glowing, illuminating everything around her. She whispered to herself: "He regained the territory at the beginning. At that time, I neither believed in the power of the territorial knights nor the support of the imperial military, and just moved forward alone, walking alone in the heavy snow."
"Everyone says that he has weapons, but he doesn't use them. He has mounts, but he doesn't ride them... It can't be said that he uses them. He only uses them when necessary and when he can only use weapons."
"What he insists on is that it belongs to one person and does not affect anyone else's battle, not even the weapon or the mount. He doesn't want the weapon to break because of him and the mount to die because of him."
One to one, one to many, one to a group, or even an infinite pair, it doesn't matter.
Is he looking forward to fighting? Rather, it’s a challenge. But in the final analysis, whether it is a challenge or a battle, it seems to be confirming something.
"The master knows his 'abnormality' and knows that other people may not necessarily like to fight, bathe in blood and die. He knows that other people may not necessarily like to run around in the void all day long, like to travel to other worlds to save sentient beings, and like to be trapped in the near The danger of certain death.”
"So, he will not take anyone with him, but will go on the road alone and move forward alone - he does not have expectations from anyone, nor does he want others to change their minds because of their expectations of him, and embark on a path that should not belong to him. their path.”
This 'gentleness' that is not even willing to impose 'hurt' on others, this 'arrogance' that is not even willing to impose 'responsibility' on others, this complex mixture, my master, how can I use it? Can this flimsy label like 'embodiment of battle' be enough to describe it
Raising his hand, Hei touched Xiaoguang and smiled lightly as he listened to the sound of "ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding."
"So, I want to catch up with him. After all, I am Gu Long. If there are no accidents, it would not be surprising to live forever. In this case, if the 'road' has an end, I might be able to live in eternity. At the end, I caught up with the master."
"But if it is the master, even if this multiverse really has an end, he will break it into pieces and force his way out."
Starfall 849, January 1, 11:32 pm, at the bottom of Pawprint Lake at Winterfort Academy in the Nissian Snow Mountains in the North.
Black and Xiaoguang looked up at the twin moons in the sky across the thick lake water.
"This year is the first year that the master leaves the world of Mycroft and goes to the Maelstrom of Creation."
This year is the first year that Joshua Van Radcliffe enters the maelstrom of creation.
As he left, he was approaching.
Hei is the earliest supporting character to appear, so one of them is her
It’s all been big chapters lately.
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(End of chapter)