Not stopped by this sudden sound, Joshua still moved forward without hesitation.
At this time, he was five thousand meters deep into the sea, and the surrounding pressure was enough to crush ordinary steel armor into thin sheets. However, there was an invisible layer around Joshua's body that pushed away the thick red liquid, allowing him to continue without any resistance. 'Falling' towards the depths.
And the deeper he went, the clearer the voice surrounding the warrior's mind became. It was not any language, just a clear and clear tinkling sound like a wind chime. It had been speaking to Joshua with an inexplicable and kind attitude. What. 'Creator', 'Fragments of the Sun' and 'Light' are the most repeated words of this voice. It seems to want to express something, but due to language barriers or insufficient wisdom, it has never been able to express it completely.
It is strange to say that although Joshua is not a cautious person, he will still be wary of the most basic dangerous situations. Logically speaking, this place is the Blood Moon Abyss, one of the most dangerous areas in the multiverse. He has fought many powerful enemies here, and almost died here due to betrayal - in this place, no matter how brave a warrior is, , faced with an inexplicable sound appearing in the abyss, it is impossible to approach the other party so easily, not to mention that the source of this sound comes from the deepest part of the most mysterious Blood Moon. For most people, this reckless behavior is almost courting death.
indeed so. But Joshua didn't care.
The pressure brought by the scarlet sea water beside him became heavier and heavier. At this time, Joshua was already about 10,000 meters deep in the ocean. This was a depth that most ocean abyss had never reached before, and it was only in this star composed purely of liquid. Only then can you experience this feeling of free sneaking. Beside him, everything was endless light and crimson, without any life or sound. He seemed to be the only existence in the world, with only the soft whispers originating from the depths of the stars echoing in his mind.
Powerful power does not mean it can only be used in combat and threats. It has many uses in different situations. After advancing to the legend, Joshua can become the fastest builder and the best miner. He can carve a mountain into a statue of himself, and can also pull a vein of minerals directly out of the ground. The strength of a warrior allows him to ignore most common sense, allowing him to freely do what he wants, and in this, nature Also includes adventure.
Take the farthest road, dive into the deepest sea, explore the most dangerous places, and find all the truth that can be explored. Of course Joshua knew that the mysterious voice calling him in the blood moon was very dangerous, but so what? Even if the other party's identity is a newborn god, a new lord of this abyss, that may not be able to do anything to him. He can retreat safely after satisfying his curiosity, without having to consider what ordinary adventurers need to worry about. Security Question.
The power to bear the consequences of one's own choices is the smallest unit of freedom.
The boundless crimson water was pressing in from all directions, and the high temperature and pressure like the earth's mantle caused the blood sea to boil. With the rumbling roar, Joshua had already penetrated countless tens of thousands of meters to the bottom of the sea. This was unprecedented in any place. A situation that would never exist in the normal world. Even a chariot made of fine gold would probably be distorted out of shape here, but his shield did not deform at all. The shield on Joshua's side is the overflow of his legendary body power, its strength is approximately equal to the strength of his body shell, and the density of the warrior's body shell is second only to the earth's core material, and the sea of blood really can't do anything to him.
Until a soft light shone in front of Joshua's eyes, and an invisible force gently stopped his progress. Stopping in his tracks, Joshua stood in the sea of blood, looking down at the center of the stars that were as bright as the sun. He knew that the owner of that voice would appear soon, and he could also know why the Blood Moon Abyss was there. Such a huge change suddenly occurred in such a short period of time.
And as Joshua stopped, wonderful changes occurred in the entire center of the blood sea.
Huh, a heavy sound sounded, and with the viscous sea of blood surging, the hot matter began to condense. Under the gaze of the warrior, the blazing white core of the star suddenly began to violently deform. Joshua watched this scene in shock. -The surrounding deep sea of red blood faded all colors in an instant and turned into completely pure white. This pure white is the purest positive energy in the world. It is the power of the sun, and part of this pure power is the positive energy of the sun. It emerged from the core of the planet and turned into a pair of huge eyes with only outlines.
"… Creator… "
It softly murmured a crisp ringtone and looked at the warrior. There was no malice in these huge eyes, only the most instinctive curiosity at the beginning of life: "My mission..."
As he looked into each other's eyes, Joshua once again felt the resonance and familiarity from the deepest part of his body. It was precisely because of this instinctive resonance and intimacy that he came all the way without hesitation to meet this unknown person. meet the huge life. But now, the warrior has recalled the source of that resonance and familiarity.
"Steel Python..."
Joshua stared at the strange life in front of him. He suppressed the beating vibration in his heart and whispered to himself: "No, it's just that the breath is similar, but in fact it's completely different."
But no matter whether the opponent looks like a steel python or not, with the release of pure light from the pupils, the warrior's side is gradually filled with pure white, and in this pure light, the light and shadow change, countless images from long ago The history of the world comes with this torrent of light, reversing time.
This is a memory of all life in the world.
I don’t know how many tens of thousands of years ago, in the ancient times that were so far away that they lost their meaning, the world was not like it is now. At that time, the sky was blue and clear, the Blood Moon Abyss had a pure and beautiful vast airspace, and there were floating mountains in the sky. The floating continent between the clouds, stars and moon. This is a world floating in the wind. Countless sky islands are divided into three major airspaces by hurricanes, rotating around the sun in the center of the world. They are isolated by powerful hurricanes and thick barrier clouds. One after another, unique civilizations have flourished on countless islands and continents with different environments.
The ecology in the floating world is extremely strange, and all cycles are completed by the wind. Half of the year, the sky island is surrounded by hurricanes, making it impossible to enter and exit. During the other half of the time, the wind barrier will be weakened a lot. , can clearly see the outer airspace and other air islands.
The water flows from the end of the continent into the void, and then is brought back to the top of the earth by regular air currents. The soil falls off from the empty island, and will fall back to the original island due to the hurricane that wraps the earth. Everything seems to be Perfect results obtained after precise calculations. But there is no real perfection in this world. Every few hundred years, the cycle will make one or two mistakes. For example, the lost water does not return to the floating continent within the specified time, resulting in a drought that lasts for decades. Another example is that a powerful hurricane tore through the earth and completely destroyed the entire sky island and the civilization on it.
Therefore, the civilizations living on it have also learned from the beginning how to store water and strengthen their islands to withstand the impact of such natural disasters. Because of these disasters, they began to regard other empty islands in the sky as their faith and sky. They believed that there was a stable environment there, and the stable land was flowing with milk and honey. Therefore, urged by a strong survival crisis, they also wanted to explore The kingdom of heaven in their hearts, they all invariably developed a means of transportation that can move freely in the sky in just one or two thousand years - floating ships.
Joshua watched this scene. He watched hundreds of different intelligent races being driven almost crazy by the environment they lived in. The narrow space and frequent natural disasters made them intolerable. Driven by this pressure, they created almost at the same time He picked up a floating ship that symbolized 'future' and 'hope', and then moved forward decisively towards the unknown sky.
The power of steel has engraved everything. The emotions of countless selected crew members before setting off are solidified in the amber of this time. The anticipation for adventure, the tension about the unknown, the sorrow for reality, and the knowledge that they have great potential. The despair of not being able to return and the love for his hometown, all the emotions, all the scenes were preserved intact and then reflected on Joshua's side.
Immediately afterwards, there was a collision between races.
Most of the floating ships did not find the 'new earth' they wanted to find, but instead discovered the empty islands of other races. In a tense and gunpowder-filled exchange, the long-horned and tall cow-men met the short dwarf. Goblins, mole people who are used to digging in the earth to strengthen their islands met harpies who were born with wings. For the first time, these races that have been struggling to survive in dangerous environments realized that besides themselves, there were actually others. Intelligent life coexists with them under a blue sky. In this regard, some races communicate peacefully with caution, while others launch the earliest aggressive war in the world.
History advances in chaos and war. Apart from natural disasters, the civilization living in this aerial world has ushered in another opponent for survival: other intelligent life forms. Because of the war, countless strange races perished. Also because of the war, civilization began to develop rapidly. In just a few hundred years, through extremely frequent exchanges, the secrets of magic and runes began to spread among many space islands. The blueprints of steel and machinery are also brewing within several large civilizations - when the first steel floating ship broke through the obstruction of the hurricane and forcibly landed on another empty island during the hurricane, a new era was announced. arrival.
Time skipped quickly, and the joys and sorrows of the war all dissipated in a sigh. The result of the hundreds of years of domination war was that a huge coalition of forces completely unified the three major airspaces. Dozens of races ruled in this powerful alliance. They have to survive in this world, and this world is also named [Hileye] by the alliance, which in their language means 'people who sail in the sky'.
Because of the alliance's scheduling and intervention in hurricanes, the natural disasters that have plagued many sky islands for thousands of years have been solved one by one, and the entire floating world has also ushered in a period of rapid development. With the advancement of technology, the alliance can even turn several small sky islands into The islands are merged into a large sky island, or even artificially collected pumice stones in the clouds to form a brand new sky island. They replace the gods to plan nature and guide everything in a good direction.
In the new era, everything is prosperous. In the sky are rivers composed of floating ships. The magical light flow replaces the sails, allowing these huge creations to sail in the air. And these races that have grown up in adventure have set their sights on Above the sky, they are no longer satisfied with the existing airspace, but want to move towards the outside world and see the scenery outside the world. They have this strength. The design and construction of giant magic ships capable of sailing in the void have long been started in the central area of the alliance. It is expected to be completed in thirty years. By then, the civilization of Hill World will definitely be able to get rid of the magic ships floating in the air. Destiny has its feet on truly solid ground.
But all this ended when the sun went out.
The sun of the Hilaya world is located at the center of all airspace, and is also the origin of countless hurricanes and clouds. In the past, it is not that no one wanted to fly to the place where all the light and wind were born, but because of the sun blowing towards the outside world, The strong hot wind cannot be approached by any floating ship, not even the most advanced magic battleship. But suddenly one day, with a cry that sounded like a sigh, the entire world of Hilleye dimmed, and the island closest to the sun was shocked to find that the hot wind from the sun was also about to disappear, as if it was the old man before his death. His breathing was so weak.
Panic suddenly spread like a plague. In just a few days, thousands of huge floating battleships flew from every corner of the world and gathered around the islands close to the sun. Countless craftsmen and magisters with the most profound knowledge drove them. The research vessel is headed in the direction of the sun, intending to find out all this.
And the answer isn't complicated. Because the sun in Hileye's world is indeed about to go out.
Faced with such a simple yet desperate answer, all the people and top leaders of the Alliance fell silent. They spent thousands of years struggling to survive on the narrow island, and nearly two more years. After thousands of years of external exploration and mutual conquest, they finally unified into a complete alliance civilization, and all races can live happily on a stable land. They could have gone further, but now everything has come to an abrupt end.
Without the heat and hurricane brought by the sun, the entire Hilaya world civilization would not be able to survive for a few months. When the water cycle cannot be guaranteed, the end will come.
In the midst of this unprecedented crisis, research on the sun is proceeding at a rapid pace. In just a few days, they have learned that the sun is no longer burning violently, and the remaining heat can probably be maintained stably for about three thousand years, so , in order to continue civilization, the Hileye Civilization Alliance proposed a crazy and bold plan.
[Around the World]
The alliance promotes sky islands and unites countless islands into three huge 'rings', rotating close to the extinguishing sun. At a calculated distance, even the extinguishing sun can provide enough temperature to supply life needs. As long as the continuation of civilization can be guaranteed, the world of Hilleye will still have a chance. The magic warship that can cross the void is being built overtime. When it is completed, a new era will come.
It is nothing more than another era of great development. Everyone comforted themselves in this way. Everything is the same as thousands of years ago, except that the Hileye civilization at that time was to leave the sky island, and the Hileye civilization at this time was to leave this world. It seems that there is indeed such a fate. Let all those who sail in the sky be unable to live quietly on the earth.
So, in the gradually dimming sky, stars lit up one after another, and then moved closer to the gradually extinguishing sun. It was the destination of countless empty islands driven by the magic light flow to the [Ring World] under the alliance's plan. Track, everything was in order, and the prototypes of the three major rings were quickly formed.
"But they didn't succeed."
Joshua watched this scene, and even he felt emotional for such a tenacious civilization. He murmured to himself in a low voice with some regret: "The sun went out, the island was shattered, and only the blood moon remained."
And the fact is exactly as he said.
Many problems were exposed during the construction of the ring world. Many calculations and plans were taken for granted. From time to time, the structure of the sky island collapsed and millions of people fell into the sun. However, at this time, the Hileye Alliance had no choice. Stopping all this is the only way to save civilization, and in these tense and depressing decades, the void spaceship was finally built. This battleship, on which all the hopes of the Hileye civilization were entrusted, was built like this again and again. The most rigorous inspection and scheduling opened the space-time channel and sailed towards the void outside.
And when it returns, it will be fifty years later.
Fifty years later, the Hileye civilization can only be said to be surviving. The majesty brought by the alliance's thousand-year rule has completely collapsed. In the crumbling three-ring world, many races have regained their independence and are fighting for the little water and water. Food kills each other. Civilization has actually collapsed at this time, and only "people" are left alive. Everything can't be more desperate.
But even so, facing the scarred magic battleship returning from the void, all the races that were still fighting each other stopped waving their swords at the same time and looked at it with longing eyes.
That was the last hope.
To everyone's relief, the people who walked out of the battleship said that although they had not found a new world suitable for survival, nor a way to save the sun, they had obtained from the hands of a great being in the void that would enable everyone to survive. The way to survive is just that this method is a bit strange.
But the Xilaye people, who have already despaired of their current life, will not care about anything strange or not. Compared with the current difficult survival, they would rather the sun goes out directly and everything is over. Living in such a world requires more courage than It is even greater to wish for death. Therefore, it didn’t take long for a huge magic ritual to spread throughout the floating ring surrounding the sun. It shone with a strange and indescribable light. All the surviving Hilaya people returned from nowhere like this. Under the command of the crew of the magic battleship, he pricked his finger and dropped the blood representing his existence on the ritual runes.
"Since then, my countrymen."
The old captain who was coordinating all of this was located in the center of the ceremony, showing a strange smile. He grinned his mouth, and the corners of his mouth cracked into an inhuman arc: "We will merge into one, and we will live forever from now on. "
Then... there was darkness, accompanied by the sound of endless water surging, as if the liquid in the entire world had gathered together...
The sun went out.
And the blood moon hangs in the center of the world.
The illusion ends, but the torrent of light does not stop.
At the very center of the blood moon, Joshua raised his head and looked at the huge eyes of light in front of him with a complicated look. He already knew the identity of the other person.
As the black dragon Mandagal once said... It is a world, an existence born after all life merges into one. The water, blood and life of the entire Hilaya world are gathered in it and merged into this liquid The star, and what was born from this star may be the first and most powerful demon in this abyss world...the will of the abyss.
This existence composed entirely of pure positive energy may really be the abyssal will of the Blood Moon Abyss!
The will of the abyss, or in other words, the fire that has been extinguished. It is the remains of the collective will of all intelligent life and the final destination of countless spirits. It longs to burn again and regain its vitality, so in other worlds, they screen out those powerful and aggressive demons and give them strength. , let them invade other worlds and seize the possibility of burning for themselves, but in the Blood Moon Abyss, everything is different, because of the weird ritual before the destruction, the spirits of all things gathered into a whole, it is no longer scattered The collective will, but a 'only' existence.
"Is it because of me... The sun is the only obsession in this world, so when I detonated the molten star, your dormant will was awakened."
The warrior whispered to himself. He felt a warm light surge around his side. It was a friendly gesture from this huge existence to him. Joshua took off his helmet, which was condensed with the power of steel. He revealed his true face and stared at the other party seriously.
He is the blood moon and the abyss. He is the son of the world and the incarnation of all things. He was originally ignorant, but he was awakened by an unexpected human action. He has fragments of the sun in his body. He...maybe really able to Become the second sun in this destroyed world.
"This is really... unexpected."
Stretching out his hand and trying to touch the incarnation of light, the warrior shook his head at the laughter that sounded like a wind chime. He said: "I am not your creator... You were born naturally, you don't need to express anything to me. Being close, everything is just an accident.”
But how can the nascent will understand such complex words? So the streams of warm light continued to flow towards the warrior's body, as if they wanted to caress every corner of the warrior. Joshua shook his head helplessly and could only let it go. He knew that this was only the most kind intention of the other party. action.
But now is not the time for fun.
Thinking of this, Joshua frowned and looked up, where there was a sea of blood tens of thousands of meters high, the shattered world of Hilaya, and the vast void of the multiverse.
"This is a conspiracy." The soldier said in his heart. Joshua's heart was like a mirror. Of course, he could see all the weird and unreasonable actions in the last period of Hilleye's world. Whether it was those who returned from the void, they seemed completely Even if the crew has changed, it is still the last moment, the ritual that brings together all life and the organic matter of this world with water.
"The blood moon... contains huge energy and is an extremely pure aggregate. Just because it has obtained a fragment of the sun, it has the potential to become a fire again."
No matter how small it is, it is still fire. Whether it exists or not is a completely different concept.
Joshua had two guesses about this.
=Explanation of setting that doesn’t require money=
The sun in the Hilaya world can be regarded as a condensed positive energy aggregate. It is not a star in our world. Its extinction is simply because the energy is not enough.
This chapter is difficult to write... I will revise it later
If there are typos or unclear sentences, be sure to mention them!
The sun in the magical world is not the star in our world. The sun in the Hilaya world can be regarded as a condensed positive energy aggregate.
(End of chapter)