Because he had challenged it in his previous life, Joshua knew that the existence that left behind this huge and strange divine mist was the god who commanded the sky. 'Ger' was a winged man with huge wings.
Not only that, from Gerald down, His priests, priests, believers and people are all a race of winged people with wings. This race that can fly freely and faces the future with the most optimistic attitude at all times has always been followed. Their god lives on the peaks and skies where Mycroft once stood. They admire tall and sharp magnificent buildings, and like the elves like exquisite art and poetry. It can be said without a doubt that the existence of the Winged People is a very important part of the Mycroft continent during the Era of Light.
But they became extinct. Hundreds of years ago, more than 800 years ago to be precise, the last remnant of the Winged People who once lived in the Western Mountains were involved in the racial war that spread across the entire continent. Unfortunately, they were completely extinct. In the war between the intelligent race and the barbaric monsters that determined the starfall calendar, the last winged warrior was burned to ashes by the flames of the original dragon and disappeared in the sky of the West Bankerte Mountains.
The reason why Joshua could not be sure at first that the divine imprint in the mist of divine misfortune belonged to Ger was because the mist of divine misfortune of the Lord of the Sky was very different from his previous life.
In the previous life, the arrival of the first-level divine seal of the main god should have occurred around the year 839 of Starfall. At that time, the era of great development was in full swing. With the further strengthening of the great demonic tide, the footsteps of adventurers spread all over the Mycroft continent. And the powerful ancient beasts from the original realm in the central black forest are also beginning to make moves - just when wisdom is about to confront the barbarism again, the stars fall from the sky, and the boundless heaven falls from the void.
At that time, all the minds could not help but raise their heads and look at the originally blue sky. The sky of the entire Mycroft world began to fluctuate violently like the ocean. It was clearly daytime, but the stars appeared one after another. Not only that, There are dozens or hundreds of stars falling from the distant sky and falling into the mortal world.
The gods of this era arrived together with the imprints of the ancient gods. What they brought with them was stronger magic power, as well as countless inheritances that were so precious that even an empire should pay attention to them.
Let’s not talk about anything else for the moment. The god of the sky, the lord of the storm, the divine mist of ‘Ger’, was originally called [Crazy Lan of the Sky]. Its body is a completely suspended above the clouds, composed of countless substantial winds. The volleying city guarded by the elements, sixteen wind element giants supported its edge, and a huge tornado that penetrated the sea, clouds and void turned into a pillar, holding it high in the sky. In addition to these natural disasters and obstacles, there are also illusions of the high priests of the Sky God in the past generations in the city. Only by defeating more than a dozen strong men from the Glorious Era can one enter the great temple in the center of the city, touch the God's seal of Ger, and obtain his inheritance. .
What’s interesting is that although it is clearly his mist of divine misfortune, Ger has never appeared from beginning to end. Located in the deepest part of the great temple, there is only a huge mural of a winged man whose face cannot be seen clearly, and the inheritance at the heart of the mural. engraving.
Now, it was different. Not only did the main god-level mist appear early, but this time, Joshua was lucky enough to see the figure of Ger - he was indeed standing here, although his face had been completely eroded by the evil god, and originally The majestic and majestic city in the sky has now become a crumbling ruin that is about to fall into the sea, but this is not important, because everyone has already felt the courage and sacrifice of the former gods.
Thoughts turned back.
"Really speaking to me!"
The moment he heard these words, the artificial intelligence No. 3, which was supposed to never be shaken, began to be shaken completely - the girl's magic projection suddenly showed large swaths of snowflakes that looked like poor contact, and Joshua held the hand in his right hand. Suitcase, No. 3 body also had strange magic fluctuations. There is no doubt that Ger's words made No. 3 feel great confusion and shock: "No, although I still have wings, I am the artificial intelligence of the Kallis world... Putting aside the differences in the world, I actually have no Not really..."
Contrary to the girl who was still mumbling to herself, Joshua was not surprised by this. He had known about it a long time ago when he was in Kallis, the winged people of Mycroft Continent and the winged people of Kallis They are of the same species. After all, the relationship between the two worlds is too close, and there are even several natural time and space tunnels. Not to mention the extremely developed Mycroft civilization during the Era of Glory, it is impossible not to discover this neighbor. Natural exploration alone will definitely cause racial migration.
As a first-level existence of the Lord God, Geer must know the origin of the Mycroft winged people, so it is not surprising that he calls the world of Kallis his hometown.
"My compatriots..."
A hoarse, low voice with some echoes came again. The remaining imprint of 'Gel' stood on the top of the central tower, facing Joshua and his party, and continued to say slowly: "I have been waiting for a thousand years. After a long time, I finally waited for you to show up... Whether you are a visitor from my hometown or a survivor of the Mycroft wingman clan, I want to ask you something."
"Not as a god, but as a winged man. I want..."
Just when No. 3, Joshua, or Hei, who seemed to be unconscious but was actually secretly eavesdropping, were all focused on wanting to know what Ger's commission was, the god suddenly stopped talking. He was silent for a moment, and then let out a long sigh: "No, you are not..."
"It's very similar, very similar. The technology is admirable and can almost be said to be real. Before I knew it, Winged Man had already reached this point, which really makes me happy."
The tall winged man stood on the top of the tower. Purple lightning crossed the sky behind him, making the dim purple light reflect on his chaotic face. Ger looked at Joshua and his group. To be precise, , is 'staring' at No. 3. Although He has no eyes, everyone knows that He is gazing seriously at the helpless artificial intelligence girl, and then said softly: "But in the final analysis, it is still a fake, not a real Winged Man."
“…”
No. 3 said nothing, and his expression did not even change, but Joshua could feel that in the box he held in his right hand, No. 3's magic power fluctuations paused for a moment - due to the excessive information impact, the artificial intelligence The girl was down for a moment. Although she immediately started up again, the warrior could detect that a huge sense of loss was spreading deep in her heart.
-Yes, in the final analysis, I am not a life, just an artificial soul.
It doesn't even have a body, it's just imitated by magic projection... No matter how similar the imitation is, it's just a pure imitation, not real.
Feeling the huge loss and sadness in the girl's heart, the warrior couldn't help but clenched his left fist.
"Artificial Soul... Although you are not a Winged Man, you must be closely related to them."
At this time, Ger's hoarse voice was still echoing in everyone's hearts. He didn't seem to know the consequences of what he said. He simply followed his own thoughts and said it all: "Excuse me, do you know if this world still exists?" Living winged people? The race that created you, my descendants and people...can you tell me, are the people of the sky still flying in the sky?"
"them… "
No. 3 opened her mouth. She originally wanted to tell the truth subconsciously: No matter it is the Mycroft continent or the world of Kallis, there is no trace of the Winged Man now. Perhaps some corpses or remaining handicrafts of winged people can be seen underground and in the ruins in the black forest, but the living winged people have been completely destroyed as early as 836 years ago, or even more distant past. Disappeared, the world of Kallis was even earlier, and the mobile fortress wandered among the ruins of the wilderness for more than a thousand years without finding a single survivor.
But the girl didn't say anything. Although the words of this god were very hurtful, she could see that Ger was not discriminating or despising her, but was just telling the truth. This god was even willing to talk to her in an equal tone of inquiry, but he did not talk to her in an equal tone. As a member of the Winged People, I was disappointed and sighed.
So No. 3 didn't want to tell him the sad fact: the Winged Man was extinct, and his more than a thousand years of waiting was hopelessly in vain.
But how can a person hide from a God? If it were a legendary powerhouse, No. 3 obviously did not have that level of ability. In just a moment, Ger seemed to read the truth he wanted from the slightly abnormal fluctuations of magic power on No. 3. The God of the Sky did not lament or feel sad. He just raised his chaotic face and looked towards The turbulent black sky said softly: "Is that so?"
"Although I am a little disappointed, since there is still intelligent life that can enter my remaining soul, it means that we have won, and we have defeated the endless evil... It is not perfect, but it is enough, and I should let go of my obsession. "
Saying this, Ger turned his head. He stood on the top of the central tower, with his back to Joshua and the others, and then bursts of dazzling flames began to surge all over his body. Huge energy was released from this incomplete soul and spewed out to the outside world, one after another. A blue-gold hurricane surged out from the Lord of the Sky, sweeping across the entire incomplete hanging city, sweeping through dozens of black tornadoes between the sea and the sky, sweeping across the dark sky—
And in the blowing of these gusts of wind, the floating city that was originally falling towards the sea began to slowly rise as if going back in time, and the roaring thick black tornadoes were gradually being purified. After more than ten seconds, the tornado gradually stopped. And a tall and strong storm giant, hundreds of meters tall, like a Titan, walked out of it and came under the suspended city to support its base.
Under Joshua's silent gaze, the originally dilapidated and ruin-like floating city was repaired by unparalleled divine power. With the support of more than a dozen storm giants, the majestic and magnificent city began to rise rapidly, even surpassing what it had already been. Purified into a blue sky. Above the sky, countless substantial wind elements began to condense. It would turn into the strongest pillar, raising the throne of the Lord of the Sky high in the sky.
—Everything is quickly becoming what Joshua saw in his previous life. The huge city in the sky, the exquisite and magnificent grand temple, the storm giant supporting the city, the substantial pillar of wind element... and the remnant soul of the sky god that is about to dissipate, leaving no trace of his face, only a mural and an inscription. .
"Latercomers, this is the last thing I can leave behind..."
The remnant soul of Ger is now beginning to become translucent, just like Organa, who began to gradually disappear. He seemed to want to say something, but had to shut his mouth mid-sentence, because of a wave of A sharp, ferocious, and extremely pure powerful aura appeared behind him, just like the same flame that was gradually burning and getting stronger.
"Are you going to just dissipate like this? After hurting your last descendant, just dissipate like this without caring?"
'Ger' turned around and saw that the powerful human being who had been silent until now after calling out his true name and awakening his remnant soul landed on the top of the central tower. The human waved his hand, ignoring the eager stops from the winged artificial intelligence and a humanized black dragon beside him, and stepped closer to him.
But the remnant soul of the Sky God didn't seem to notice that the other party was getting stronger and seemed to want to take action against him. He just said lightly: "No, she is not my descendant. She is very good, very close. It’s almost the same, but not.”
Hearing these words, No. 3's projection trembled again. Noticing this, Joshua shook his head at Ger, and he said word by word: "She is."
"Even if you are the god who protects Mycroft Continent and saves the entire world, I still have to ask you, why not?"
"Forget it, Joshua, this is not a big deal... Have you been affected by divinity again? Why are you so excited all of a sudden?"
On the side, No. 3 took a peek at Ger's chaotic face, and suddenly became even more nervous. She whispered to the soldier: "After all, your Majesty is right..."
"I don't."
Joshua shook his head. His expression was so serious that No. 3 could not utter any words to refute the persuasion at this moment. He could only let the soldier continue to move forward and walked in front of Ger, almost Come face to face with the Lord of the Sky.
"Human, you have an aura that is familiar to me. As for your question."
Ger didn't care about Joshua's approach. He responded in a calm tone to this human being who dared to face his mutilated face: "Just dissipate like this? Of course I don't want to. I have been waiting for a thousand years not to just dissipate in the wind." . But since there is no Winged Man in the world, my existence has no meaning. According to the agreement with the sages, I will leave my inheritance."
"Then." Ge paused and said softly: "Go back with my people."
"Your last people are before your eyes." Joshua said.
"But she is only artificial..." The God of the Sky continued to reply calmly. His body was gradually dispersing. Star-like cyan light clusters flew out from the remnant soul of the god and disappeared into this illusion. In the world, as the remnant soul of Ger dissipated, this fantasy world became more solid, as if it was about to become reality.
The mist of divine misfortune, the inheritance place of the gods, now, the inheritance place of the sky god in the previous life, [Crazy Lan of the Sky] is rapidly taking shape and will be transformed into the most perfect form.
At this moment, Joshua grabbed Ger's shoulder. He didn't care that the true god-level counterattack almost smashed his arm to pieces in an instant. An inexplicable power flowed, and Ger's dissipation was temporary. It was relieved, and at the moment when the God of the sky seemed to be surprised by this matter, the warrior said: "Although you didn't say it out loud, I can guess it by guessing. It is nothing more than revitalizing the Winged People clan. , to prevent your clan’s past glory from completely dissipating.”
"… indeed so."
There was a strange light flickering on Geer's chaotic face, and it seemed that his mood was a little fluctuating, but he still retorted lightly: "Do you know what's the use of these? Can the extinct race still reappear in the world? Man-made falsehoods , after all, we cannot continue the inheritance of the race."
"Why not."
Joshua looked at the chaos on Ger's face. He didn't give in an inch, his pupils flashed with flame-like light. The man said in the most serious and solemn tone: "Who said man-made things can't be real?"
"Artificial souls are also souls. When a man and a woman have sex, they give birth to life in October. This is natural. A group of scientists have worked hard for decades to produce artificial intelligence, but why can't it be regarded as life? Is there such a thing as a soul? Is it something natural and man-made?”
"Life itself is the most sophisticated machine created by nature, the creator, and the same is true for the soul -"
Joshua held down Ger's shoulders, and the divine energy was flowing between the two, maintaining the existence of the God of the Sky who was about to disperse. At this time, he seemed not only to refute the God's stubbornness, but also to answer himself. He said loudly: "It's okay to be imperfect, but as long as it's refined enough and perfect enough, man-made can surpass nature, and nurture can be as good as nature. There has never been a saying that the older you are, the stronger you are. There is no saying that the more original, the more perfect!”
"You said that No. 3 is a man-made, false winged person... But in my opinion, she is the condensed wisdom of countless people in your group, born from the laboratory, the last winged person named No. 3! She was on the verge of destruction. After running in the world for thousands of years, just to find the remnant of hope, how can you say that such persistence is false? I don’t agree with this sentence, and neither do the great alchemists of the world of Kallis who created No. 3. agree!"
Under Joshua's questioning, Ger fell silent. Several times, he seemed to want to speak out to refute, but in the end he remained silent.
The blue-gold wind surrounds the entire city in the sky, and rumbles of thunder sound high in the sky, as if the heart of the god is stirring.
And Joshua continued to put his hand on Ger's shoulder, using his divine power to keep the other person's existence temporarily undissipated. He looked at the other person without showing any weakness and insisted on his own opinion. And because of the sudden and excited rebuttal before, the warrior suddenly had a clear understanding of the so-called soul's ultimate intention.
"To put it bluntly, there is nothing special or sacred about the soul. What is the difference between man-made and natural? Just like the body, since I can sublimate my life form to what it is today, why can't I do the same with my soul?"
"In that case, it should be the [Soul's Ultimate Intent] that belongs exclusively to me!"
On the other side, after a long time, Ger 'smiled'.
It was impossible to see the expression on the chaotic face, but a slight voice echoed deep in the hearts of everyone present: "Haha... Hahahahaha, I, the ruler of the sky, was actually educated by a latecomer in this tone... Without the slightest fear or hesitation, with this kind of courage and this familiar aura, you should be the inheritor of the sage."
The wings of the Winged God trembled, and countless photochemical wings flew away, scattering around the central tower, shining like starlight. After laughing, Ger turned his head and looked at No. 3.
He said in a gentle and apologetic tone: "I'm sorry."
"The last of our kindred."
The God of the Sky raised his hands, and a gentle but sharp, contradictory breath surged, accompanied by a dazzling cyan light flashing. It was an extremely complex stone, composed of countless mysterious runes. It looked like a pair. The 'engraving' like the wings wrapped by the strong wind appeared in His hands. Ger hung the seal on his chest, and then said in a relaxed, liberating, yet heavy tone: "Accept my seal and accept my destiny."
Having said this, he was silent for a long time. This ancient god seemed to recall memories from ancient times: He led the Winged People to multiply in the mountains, fight against all kinds of monsters, and fight against thousands of alien races. In this way, after hundreds of thousands of years, in blood and fire, in suffering and pain, He finally led the Winged people to rise and became one of the most powerful races in the Mycroft continent. The country of the Winged people and Civilization prospered, and He became the master of the sky.
And these memories of the past have dissipated, dispersed with the wind, and everything has returned to nothingness in that final battle with the Abyss and the Evil God. Almost the entire Yiren clan was killed in that blocking battle in the void.
Do you regret it? of course not. He just blamed himself for why, as a god, he failed to protect his people, so that after a thousand years, he could not find a second compatriot who could accept his inheritance.
But in the end, everything has a perfect solution.
He patted Joshua's hand and then took it off his shoulder. Losing the divine power from Joshua, Ger began to gradually dissipate. This tall god disappeared while walking towards No. 3. Finally, he arrived, still confused and hesitant, not knowing what happened. In front of No. 3, Geer slowly squatted down in the light, and then placed the engraved mark in his hand into the hand of the artificial intelligence girl.
"Whether it's an artificial soul or an artificial body... the last Winged Man, please bring the Winged Man clan back to the world!"
This chapter was written in a hurry...it is the Spring Festival after all
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