Milhabs, who was half-kneeling beside everyone, had been listening quietly, but he did not feel ignored. It should be noted that the person who was talking now was the Mother of the Atrium, and several people were so powerful that one person could withstand a fleet. A life in the void, he is the strongest psyker on a mere planet and a descendant of countless generations of the Mother of the Midgard. Both his identity and strength are really not good enough. It is normal that he can't get in the conversation. But even so, after Milhabs listened to Joshua's words, it couldn't help but have such an idea in its heart.
—Exposed!
-Sure enough, this void life has revealed its true nature! I just said that the terrifying halo that eroded the spiritual light beam at the beginning of the summoning only appeared for a moment. I really thought he had good intentions... I didn't expect it to break out here. This guy who takes pleasure in destruction wants to see us. Die together with the Void Mother Beast!
Milhabs, who felt that he had guessed the truth, remained silent. He did not even dare to change his expression, lest others see his thoughts. The supreme consul planned to keep this secret in his heart and only tell a few close friends. .
On the other side, both the Mother Tree and Nostradamus were equally silent in response to several suggestions made by Joshua. With their wisdom, it's not that they can't see the comparison in strength between the two sides, nor can they understand why the warrior made that judgment, but both of them feel that there should be a better solution to the matter.
"It's too simple... Now we don't even know what kind of life the Void Mother Beast is. How can you make such a simple judgment?"
Nostradamus put one hand on his hips and rubbed his forehead with the other. The old mage looked very distressed: "This world is very strange. Outside the sky is not a plane barrier that separates the void and the world, but layers of thin atmosphere and In a vacuum environment, the spherical world uses gravity to attract life to survive on its own body... The spatial scale of this world is too large, and many of my experiences are useless."
"The only good thing is that the energy pattern of this world does not conflict with the Mycroft continent, and we adapted quickly."
As he spoke, layers of blue runes floated around Nostradamus. It seemed that he was modifying some of the spells he had mastered in real time to deal with this strange world.
Joshua understands the other party's troubles - a legendary mage from a small high-energy plane in Tianyuan place will definitely experience the impact of common sense again and again after coming to the super-large low-energy world of stars. Naturally, Nostradamus will not because of this This little thing was a headshot, but there was no doubt that most of his decades of combat experience were rendered meaningless.
Facing battleships that are several kilometers long, and super beings that are tens or hundreds of kilometers long, is it meaningful to care about whether some small spells are exquisite or not? The flash used to evade enemy attacks could only be avoided by teleporting a few meters. But now if you can't teleport several kilometers instantly, you might not even be able to escape the enemy's attack range. Instead, a large buff halo that can cover several kilometers is in place. It is naturally effective when facing a national-level war, but it is so small that it is negligible on the scale of the universe. And so on, because of the drastic changes in scale, Nostradamus felt that it was very likely that his strength would not be able to exert 5% of its original strength. Ten, this is why he is troubled.
"...Your opinion is actually not something that cannot be considered."
On the other side, the will of the mother tree was silent for a long time. After a long period of thinking, it said this in the shocked eyes of Milhabs on the side - not only the supreme consul was frightened, but even Firefly and Rin used It looked in the direction of the main body of the Maelstrom Mother Tree with a 'so scary' look, but the ancient aggregate will did not interrupt its words because of other people's gazes. It continued: "Just now, we had a meeting inside the body. The conclusion is to give the highest priority to the "continuation of Atrium Civilization". The He civilization perished at the hands of the giant beast in the void, and the long history turned into unknown dust floating in the vacuum of the universe. It is not impossible to lose 90% of the population. Accept it, there is nothing terrible about self-destructing the home star, let alone detonating the sun of the colonial star."
"You're right. We don't have much choice."
The voice of the mother tree was slow but unusually firm. It spoke to Joshua, making the warrior feel that millions of eyes were staring at him from the other side, and he faced the souls of those ancient Midgardians without fear. Those souls spoke at the same time and made the same voice. The mother tree said: "Since you are not afraid of death, then my death is not a big deal. However, void beings, I still have a request, and I hope you can agree."
"Say it."
Joshua responded: "I responded to your call, and I will naturally fight for you. It just so happens that I also have some things that need your help, but you tell me first."
"Then, please go to the Hall of the Mother Tree."
The mother tree replied: "Only there can I exert my true power and you can really help me."
Joshua and Nostradamus looked at each other. They both maintained their own strength and were not worried about dangers and accidents, so they both agreed to enter the Hall of the Mother Tree. In fact, it is not difficult for the two legendary powerhouses to travel to the surrounding stars. If there is no abnormal extreme situation, they can travel around the universe and even the multiverse at will. Therefore, the large whirlpool that is difficult for ordinary people in the courtyard to pass through is just like flat ground to them.
With just one breath, Joshua took Firefly and Rin to the surface of the sea, while the old mage followed closely behind him with Milhabs. With the next breath, the group had arrived at the center of the large whirlpool. At this moment, an extremely thick wooden tree root system with a diameter of more than fifty meters had just emerged from the huge whirlpool. It was not until a few seconds later that the tentacles appeared. A deep hole appeared that could accommodate several people walking together.
"That's... the direct passage to the Mother Tree Hall!"
Milhabs, who had not yet reacted, spent about a tenth of a second thinking about how he came to the center of the maelstrom with just one breath and one breath. But after all, he was a super psyker and his reaction speed was extremely fast, so Then he subconsciously introduced: "As long as you enter...ah!"
There was a sudden scream, and when Milhabs opened his eyes again, he had arrived at a huge room made entirely of natural expansion of wood. In the center of the room was a strange plant structure similar to a flower, and inside it Above, silver-blue spiritual energy continuously gushes out from the core of the flower, and then condenses into a small group of anti-gravity silver spheres in mid-air.
There is no doubt that this is the rumored Mother Tree Hall. With the speed of the two legendary powerhouses, they would naturally reach their destination before Milhabs finished speaking.
Unlike what Joshua had imagined, there was nothing particularly conspicuous about the Hall of the Mother Tree. Except for the flower in the center and the compressed spiritual light ball, there was no other special place. It seemed that he sensed Joshua's doubts. , the mother tree's voice sounded again: "The so-called mother tree hall is inside my body. It is opened temporarily every time, so there will indeed be no decorations."
"Now, Joshua, touch that ball of light."
Hearing the slightly urgent words of the mother tree, the warrior raised his eyebrows slightly. He could see that the mother tree was in a strange mood now, but Joshua didn't care about such things, so in the next moment, he had already arrived at the huge flower. In front of the flower, he reached out to touch the silver ball of light.
The giant flower in the center of the mother tree hall is similar to a sunflower. Except for the petals on the outside, the flower disk is densely packed with crystal dots. A trace of materialized spiritual energy is used from the crystal, and then gathered into the silver ball. Qiao Xiu Ya didn't feel anything abnormal at first, but when he got closer, the warrior suddenly realized that the silver ball of light actually started to have a hint of steel power!
"It seems that spiritual energy in this world is not only related to pure will and soul, but also has a certain relationship with matter."
This speculation is not surprising. If spiritual energy is really a pure spiritual power, then it will never be as easy as it is now to affect matter. It must have some materiality, but now, this is only a possibility of materiality. The spiritual energy was almost condensed into the purest power of steel, which shocked Joshua.
However, out of shock, he still stretched out his hand and touched the ball of steel power.
So, the light and shadow change.
In the void of the multiverse, a world composed of endless stars.
In a corner of the macroscopic world, in the cantilever of a certain river system, in a star system illuminated by an orange sun, fifteen planets, large or small, rotate in a vacuum. The huge main sequence star generously spreads warm energy to its children, and because of this energy, there are traces of life on its fourth planet.
This planet, which is entirely composed of blue and green colors, has a satellite that is a quarter of its size rotating, and 70% of its surface is covered by blue sea water, and the earth is completely covered with lush vegetation. jungle. Whether it is mountains, hills, cliffs, rivers, canyons, swamps or mire, giant trees and shrubs are surviving everywhere. They are rooted in rocks or mud, mountains or hills. Even in the desert, these plants still survive. It will stretch out its branches and leaves every morning, bathe in the radiance of the sun, and then absorb the nutrients of the earth to make itself thrive.
A unique ecological environment will naturally form a unique life, and there may be extremely dangerous predators among them. But what is different from what everyone imagines is that these seemingly ordinary plants are actually the most dangerous predators themselves. When the sun is still high in the sky, everything is extremely ordinary, but when When the sun sets and the moon hangs high, sharp thorns, sharp serrations, and even huge and terrifying mouthparts will begin to grow on the surfaces and branches of these plants.
These different types of ferocious plants will hunt each other in groups as a group under the moonlight. They will use their saw teeth, toxins, and sharp-thorned roots to fight. The loser will be the winner's fertilizer. , the weak plant communities have the fate of being swallowed up by other plants, and only the strongest can survive.
The race of 'Middle Gardeners' was a member of this cruel natural elimination in ancient times. Those who stood out were not the most powerful on the planet, but they were the smartest.
The ancestors of the Zhongting people were a group of plant life with gray fibrous skins. They had a tree-like body, but they had two more branches that could move freely, with a large number of dexterous tentacles evolved from the roots. These plant life, which can use developed root systems to move on the ground, rely on a kind of natural psychic vision to observe the world. Their sensitive thinking centers can sense the abundant free energy in the surrounding atmosphere, and chase these free energies to migrate.
With psychic powers, wisdom, methods of observing the world, and accumulated experience in using tools... The civilization of Zhongting people developed slowly in the gentle sunshine, until millions of years later, a group of people called Zhongting people The sages who were called forerunners each unified their tribes and created the original tribal system.
The development of civilization is explosive. It took the people of Midgard more than four million years to transform from living plants to the most rudimentary civilization, but it only took them more than a thousand years to transform from primitive tribes into feudal kingdoms. Year. The next shot changes to a scene where an atrium scholar is adjusting the focus of his telescope under the gaze of the king and several nobles, hoping to witness the honor of the gods in the sky with his own eyes.
However, it saw nothing. In other words, I saw too much. When the eyes of the people in the Midgard broke through the atmosphere of their home star for the first time and came to the vast void of the universe, these plant life with gray fiber skin were shocked to discover this: there are no gods in the sky, there are just stars. Another dead and huge star. There is no doubt that this incident was a fatal blow to the ancient theocratic system of the people of Zhongting. Countless people in Zhongting who longed to meet the gods after the storm all despaired of abandoning their faith and chose to self-destruct.
Then, there was a bright light.
Joshua stared at this light. He was now in the memory fragment of the power of steel given to him by the mother tree. When he saw the past history of the people in the courtyard, he thought that the mother tree was aware that he was bound to die, so he planned to transfer its own database. Part of it goes to him, ensuring that even if the Atrium civilization is completely destroyed, there is still a possibility of hope. But what he didn't expect was that Joshua actually saw a more important scene.
That is the coming of the sages.
The arrival of the sage was nothing but a bright light. He opened the door to the void in a carefree manner, and then stood in the telescope lens of an astronomer from the atrium. This undoubtedly shocked the other person. The sages also noticed this, and descended along the starlight to bless this lucky world.
The process of the sage's blessing is complicated. He leads the divided Midgard people to unify and sublimates their civilization structure, just like he did in the world of Mycroft. But apart from all that, one thing is simple, and that is the rise of a new theocracy. As the legends of the ancient Midgard gods disappeared one after another after the true bodies of the stars were discovered, a new faith called the Saint of the Void appeared in this world. In fact, the entire ideological trend of the Midgard Star was about to move closer to materialism, but the Saint The emergence of directly elevated idealism to the highest level.
After the sage helped the people of Zhongting solve some problems and built a high platform to leave a token, he simply tore apart time and space again and carried out his multiverse expedition. This is how the civilization of Zhongting continued for thousands of years after that. , until now.
The illusion disappeared, and Joshua frowned, thinking silently. The information sent to him by the mother tree was far more than the illusion. At this time, he saw the moment of every major invention of the Midgard people: the detection of psychic energy, the first psychic spell, the large-scale selection of psychic apprentices, and the entry into the era of psychic industry. Jump gates and jump engines... etc. After years of research, these cutting-edge technologies have finally been perfected. They even plan to build huge immigration ships to prepare to cross hundreds of thousands of light years. The distant vacuum of the universe is searching for the traces left by the saints in the past.
It has to be said that the people of Zhongting do have unusual power. Although the mission of searching for the saints ended in vain, they really relied on the Void Gate ritual to summon the Evil God Familia, and even summoned Joshua and his party, which means that their The psychic energy system has extremely powerful potential.
"As you guessed... Void Life Joshua, I plan to put part of the history of the Atrium Civilization on you. In this case, even if I destroy it, part of the Atrium Civilization will remain in you."
In the center of the mother tree hall, the flowers withered, and the silver ball of light disappeared. Joshua felt a slight increase in strength and a large number of memory fragments in his body. He shook his head: "We haven't reached this point yet, you are too pessimistic. ”
"This is caution." The mother tree was not moved by Joshua's evaluation. It said calmly: "The psychic ritual has greatly enhanced your power, but this power will not last long, nor will it last long. All-round blessings are on you, so to be cautious, we must destroy the giant void beast within a hundred days at the peak of the spiritual light beam's blessing on you, or escape its pursuit."
"There is no doubt that the probability of success of this operation is extremely small, so I must prepare for the future."
Joshua didn't intend to refute the mother tree's views. Everyone had their own opinions, and there was no need to forcefully correct them. What's more, in essence, the people of Zhongting are just stiff-headed plants? So he immediately changed the subject: "I promise you, if I don't die in this mission, then I will definitely build a library of Atrium Civilization in my world to record the history and culture you gave me, and ensure that you can It also leaves a shadow in other worlds. And now, you should be the one to help me."
When he said this, the warrior was suddenly startled. He suddenly recalled the "Conflict Continent" he had played in his previous life, and also recalled the words he heard in the memory of the sage not long ago,
-Don’t worry, the traces of Mycroft Continent will not disappear. As for its destruction, that is a matter for future generations-
Such conclusive words came from the mouth of a sage who had left long ago, and the traces of existence in his mouth disappeared, could it be...
"Please speak." Just when Joshua was thinking about it, the mother tree responded: "I will satisfy you as much as possible."
Joshua frowned and temporarily stopped the thoughts surging in his heart. He then said: "Give me an engine, and I will learn to warp space."
Finally explained the pitfalls of the game...
(End of chapter)