Starfall 837, October 1st, outside Mycroft's world, Holy Mountain Battleship, Glory Fortress, and the central control area of the 'Eye of the Saint' observatory.
As always, a dozen elite priests are working with the most serious attitude in the 360-degree fully transparent light curtain observation cabin.
As a giant void battleship with the entire Holy Mountain in the far sea as its main body, the Observation Center of the Holy Mountain Fortress controls more than 2,500 various observation arrays and lenses, most of which operate in automatic arrays. Only a few Hundreds of more important advanced lenses that can perform remote void observation require manual operation by professionals working in three shifts, day and night.
In the main control room, information feedback and reports were sent and received one after another. The priests were working in an orderly manner, and there was no abnormality in the void around Mycroft's world.
Until that moment.
"Large-scale space-time changes occurred in interval 171!"
A sharp red warning suddenly sounded in a light curtain observation cabin in the main control room of the observatory. The priest who controlled the observation point stared in horror at the shadow that was rapidly expanding in the virtual light curtain in front of him - he did not hesitate. A large-scale crisis warning signal representing the 'void disaster' was sent out, and then the shadow in front of him was forwarded to the central observation station.
Suddenly, all the observers saw that in the void not far from Mycroft's world, a huge space-time vortex was rapidly taking shape. It caused the space-time turbulence to collapse and turned into a funnel. The terrifying gravitational force It pulls everything around it, causing countless alien substances floating in the void to converge towards it.
In just tens of seconds, the gravitational intensity at its core reached 90 billion times the standard gravity value, and this incredible value was still increasing at a crazy speed. All the priests present doubted that their eyes were except for the The question is, I looked at a few more zeros, but no matter how many times I counted, the number that had exceeded 100 billion did not change at all.
"The structure of the void is distorted...cannot be seen clearly."
The leader of the main control room of the observation station, a Jiyi-level high priest, frowned. He was originally the high priest of the 'God of Wisdom and Choice' in the Eastern Plains, but in order to establish the Holy Mountain Fortress, he abandoned his position in the Eastern Plains. The comfortable and peaceful life in the eastern plains came to serve in the void. Now, he is manipulating dozens of void observation points to observe the gravitational vortex in the distance, but he is always unable to truly see the real scene there.
The terrifying gravity can even cause light to be violently distorted. The magic circle that uses magic power and various radiation fluctuations to observe is naturally no exception. In this regard, the high priest could only order helplessly: "Perhaps it is an ancient giant beast in the void - sending the message to inform other observation stations and Edda Gray Island that we need further instructions."
"Does the fortress' route need to be changed?"
"That's not our job."
The void is not a peaceful and safe place. In the more than seven hundred years since Mrs. Mycroft came into contact with the void, they have observed countless large and small space-time turbulence storms. They may be natural void phenomena, or they may be caused by certain voids. In the aftermath of the behemoth's activities, in the not too long history of the Eye of the Saint Observatory, the Church of the Seven Gods even observed two distant worlds colliding with each other in an extremely violent void storm and merging into one.
Compared with that violent storm that was so huge that it caused a tsunami to surge throughout the space-time realm, the sudden appearance of the space-time vortex this time is not surprising. However, unlike the storm that occurred in the distance, this space-time vortex is far away from Mycroft's world. It is too close. For the safety of the world, the Holy Mountain Fortress, whose original responsibility is to patrol the surrounding time and space, needs to make a choice immediately.
Should we continue to conduct safe but vague observations in the distance, or take risks and explore the reality of the space-time vortex at close range
The choice was made quickly. Accompanied by a holy and brilliant light flashing, a white-haired old man appeared in the center of the observation room. He frowned slightly and looked at the uneasy vortex that was no longer expanding but was still stirring the surrounding void. Then nodded.
"Well done, keep up the observation."
He said: "Let's take a closer look."
With the arrival of the true leader, the entire huge Holy Mountain Fortress began to turn and fly towards the vortex of time and space, and many clergymen present were no longer uneasy because Pope Eagle had arrived in person.
Soon, the Holy Mountain Fortress, which was advancing at full speed, arrived at the edge of the space-time realm, outside the gravitational range of the vortex.
The so-called space-time realm was a concept proposed by a certain Xishan Palace Master while stargazing two hundred and seventy years ago. He believed that in order to better observe the many star worlds in the void, the scope and scale of observation should be standardized. To this end, he centered on the Mycrov world and placed the observable space-time fluctuations emitted by the Mycrov world itself. The reachable limit serves as the boundary, defining the concept of 'space-time boundary'.
Each space-time realm is an area centered on a conspicuous star world, and the space-time vortex is located at the edge of Mycrov's space-time realm. After the Holy Mountain Fortress arrived here, it slowed down. Speed to prevent itself from being involved in the gravitational influence of the vortex. In contrast, the huge mountain warship released many prism-like magic energy observers and began to explore the reality of the vortex at close range.
They immediately discovered the 'silver cocoon' located at the center of the space-time vortex.
"It should be an egg, right?" Someone raised a question, but the difference in words is not important. All in all, when everyone saw the perfect sphere that was about fifty meters high, but now seemed to be gradually collapsing and shrinking, they were filled with excitement. I can't help but feel a sense of shock. It is a kind of pure power and orderly beauty. Its mere existence can make the surrounding time and space change.
Pope Eagle couldn't help but nodded. Even with his strength, he couldn't find any weaknesses or flaws on this silver sphere. But soon, the old pope vaguely discovered that the silver haze lingering around the giant cocoon seemed a bit familiar to him... This huge gravitational fluctuation seemed to have been seen by an acquaintance.
"Could it be..."
A possibility popped up in his mind - adding that that person had indeed gone to the void some time ago, and there had been no news recently, Eagle suddenly understood. His eyes when he looked at the giant cocoon in the vortex of time and space were no longer wary, but Full of helplessness.
—Always making some big news. The old pope thought this, then shook his head, and said to the high priest beside him, who believed that the giant cocoon was the egg of a giant beast in the void: "It's almost time to cancel the highest alert. In short, this thing is not a threat... Get ready to start recycling. Work."
"Yes, Your Majesty. But... how should this thing be recycled?"
The high priest bowed respectfully, expressing his obedience to the order, but he was confused about how to carry out the recovery work. After all, everyone saw that the mass of this giant cocoon was extremely terrifying, and the surrounding gravity changes could even tear apart the strongest world debris meteorite - that But it is one of the raw materials that can be used to forge the Holy Sword.
As long as this kind of thing comes even slightly close, the entire Holy Mountain Fortress will probably be severely damaged, let alone contained.
"What else can be done?"
In response, Eagle sighed, moved his hands and feet, shook his head and said: "Of course I will do it myself."
Immediately, you can see an inconspicuous glow flying out of the glorious Holy Mountain Fortress. It flies straight out, ignoring any changes in time and space around it, and flies straight towards the center of the time and space vortex. .
And in the center of the space-time vortex.
Steel Python Kallis also saw the ray of light humanoid approaching rapidly, as well as the pure white scepter held in the opponent's hand.
"It's the breath of a sage."
It is quite exciting: "It should be an existence that can communicate."
The existence form of steel pythons is far beyond that of ordinary creatures. They are composed entirely of pure power of steel and fire, and are the highest level of life. Ordinary creatures, no matter how powerful they are, as long as they don't have the power of steel or their souls are elevated to the highest level, they can't even see the steel python, let alone communicate with it.
Kallis knows this, but because Joshua once told it that there are people in Mycroft's world who have the same sage inheritance as him and can communicate with the Steel Python, so it will wait where it is, otherwise If it were, it would have returned to its own world long ago.
As for Joshua's safety... Kallis believes that it's really hard to say who needs to pay attention. As long as ordinary intelligent beings still have brains, they will not easily take action against an unknown silver object that can distort the surrounding void. Instead of caring about the safety of that soldier, it is better to warn the surrounding civilizations who do not know what is happening and let them not approach this dangerous zone casually. Lest you lose your life in vain.
When Pope Eagle broke through the gravitational blockade and came to the vicinity of the silver cocoon, he was surprised to find that there was a great will lingering around the cocoon that should be Joshua's incarnation.
—It is the will of the world!
Some time ago, he had just joined forces with many legends and gods to completely seal Mycroft's world will. Naturally, Eagle was no stranger to the great will of the Steel Python, but before he could figure out why Qiao When Xiuya was accompanied by a will of the world, the steel python who seemed to have only a will was the first to speak.
"A person who holds the authority of a sage."
It said: "You should be the strong man that Joshua once said, his friend. As you can see, this silver giant cocoon is the incarnation of Joshua. Some time ago, he went with me Deep in the void, he completed the commission of the will of another world, but when he returned, his strength should have reached a certain limit, and suddenly there was such a change."
Kallis could actually guess what Joshua was thinking at that time.
After the battle with Fatrolvi, the man who usurped authority, although the warrior was extremely exhausted, it was obvious that he had made great gains. At that time, Joshua's breath was a little unstable, but he was He suppressed it himself. For this reason, he chose to leave the world of Siberia immediately without stopping at all. However, at the moment of leaving, they happened to encounter a shocking change in the Void Vortex. Countless primitive steel powers from the beginning surged in and forcibly Joshua poured a lot of energy into him, filling him with the last bit of space.
At that time, Joshua already knew that his transformation was coming soon, so he returned to Mycroft's world at full speed without stopping, but unfortunately, he was delayed for too long by the vision of the maelstrom. Time passes, so that before the warrior returns to a safe place, transformation is unstoppable. In this regard, he could only mutter "the time is wrong".
But in fact, this is not the worst case scenario, because if Joshua really begins to transform around Mycroft's world and develops a terrifying gravitational field, it is likely to affect the entire world. Overly strong gravitational fluctuations may Penetrate the barriers of the world and cause all kinds of abnormalities inside the world.
Kallis didn't care whether the ray of light in front of him could understand or not, so he simply stated all his conjectures and opinions. As for what he encountered in the world of Siberia, Steel Python was too lazy to speak on his own, so he gave a general description, Then leave everything to be discussed after Joshua wakes up.
After almost explaining the situation, Kallis left neatly and flew towards his own world. Before Duliu had time to speak, Pope Eagle, who was full of doubts, stayed where he was, staring blankly in front of him. giant silver cocoon.
"… what's the situation?"
He could see that the will of the world that had left before seemed to recognize the pure white scepter in his hand, so it had a good attitude. It should be the Steel Python that had been associated with the sages in the past, but before he could ask about the situation, the other party left directly. , without any scruples or nostalgia, and seemed to be very reassured about Joshua's safety.
You should really feel relieved.
Eagle turned his gaze back. He looked at the giant silver cocoon in front of him. He felt that it was indeed very difficult. He felt that even an extremely violent void beast could only escape around it. But in the final analysis, Eagle is the pinnacle of legend, the god on earth in Mycroft's world. This core of massive steel power that makes most strong men helpless is not unsolvable for him.
Ring-shaped runes swarmed out from the body of the humanoid figure whose face was hard to see clearly. In just a few seconds, millions of golden 'isolation runes' had formed a barrier on the outside of the giant silver cocoon. The huge rune sphere, supported by the power of the old pope, this almost weightless rune sphere was not torn apart by the gravity of the silver cocoon. Instead, it resonated layer by layer, constructing an almost 'different space' In the area, you can immediately see that the constantly rotating space-time vortex in the surrounding void begins to slowly shrink, and finally becomes almost non-existent. The sunken funnel-shaped space-time gradually returns to its original shape and is no longer distorted.
After doing all this, Eagle took a breath. He couldn't help but feel a little glad that Joshua was still immersed in transformation and didn't take the initiative to resist. Otherwise, he would have spent several times the effort and even called for help. Only with the assistance of the Holy Mountain Fortress can this seal be completed.
This series of actions is actually a sealing technique passed down by the Church of the Seven Gods and used to seal the remnants of evil gods in various sealed places. It can construct an absolutely closed alien space and seal the source of endless poisonous chaos in in. Even the large-scale sealing technique that sealed Mycroft's world will was born out of it.
But in order to rekindle the flames, all kinds of evil god corpses and sources of chaos in the sealed place were not sealed at first. Since the birth of this sealed place, only the Mycroft World's own Steel Python has been sealed... Now, There is another Joshua.
After doing all this, Eagle led the golden sealed ball of light towards the Holy Mountain Fortress, but when he was about to put the ball of light into the cabin of the fortress, the old pope couldn't help but hesitate.
"This guy...if he suddenly breaks free of the seal, wouldn't the entire Holy Mountain Fortress be completely destroyed?"
After thinking for a long time, Eagle finally thought of a way to get the best of both worlds.
As a result, one could see a brilliant, mountain-like ship sailing through the void. It was speeding towards the direction of Mycroft's world, causing turbulent currents in the void.
And behind this giant ship, a long rune light belt is dragged. One end of this light belt is hung at the tail of the Holy Mountain Fortress, and the other end is connected to an inconspicuous golden ball of light... The fortress is operating at full strength, but the speed It is still nearly one-third slower than before. Many fortress members are a little strange as to why the return flight today takes longer than before, but only a few people know the reason.
Starfall 837, October 15th, Mycroft World, Northern Empire, East Bander Plateau, Void Battleship Production Base.
Nostradamus looked at the giant silver cocoon placed in the translucent isolation cabin in front of him with a headache. On the side, Israel's holographic projection also looked up at this giant cocoon with a diameter of nearly forty meters. The two faced each other. He looked at me, his face full of helplessness.
This is a temporary giant warehouse on the edge of the Northern Empire's magic energy factory. It is located on the westernmost side of the East Benert Plateau. There is no production base around it, but it is here that the two empire leaders The person was looking at the center of the warehouse with a sad face, a giant silver cocoon suspended in mid-air in a translucent sealed cabin full of 'isolation runes'.
"What should I do? I can't detect anything inside this cocoon."
Nostradamus holds his grimoire in his hand. The legendary mage is scratching his head - he has been scratching his head for a full week - ever since the Church of the Seven Gods removed this giant who was 'suspected' to be the incarnation of the legendary strongman Joshua. After the cocoon was handed over to them, the old mage spent almost the whole day in this warehouse, thinking about how to communicate with Joshua inside.
Even if there is no way to communicate, one should still understand the current situation of the warriors.
"According to the Church of the Seven Gods, no known divine magic can understand the situation inside the giant cocoon. Now it seems that the same is true for magic. We can't even penetrate the steel shield on the surface of the cocoon."
"It's similar to what Barnier and William said." Israel's holographic projection nodded. At this time, His Majesty the Emperor was still on the high-altitude monitoring throne, and did not come in his true form, mainly because it would be useless for him to come. As a dragon knight who was not professional in the right way, Israel could only repeat the previous conclusions of others. : "Some time ago, the sage and Barbarossa from the Eastern Plains came here. You must have met them, right? What's the conclusion?"
"There's nothing they can do."
Nostradamus rubbed his temples tiredly, and frowned: "Any direct contact will not work. As long as this gravitational blockade is penetrated, no matter what matter it is, it will be sucked in, and then completely collapse into the basic The steel power mist was absorbed by him... The staff that Barbarossa often used was gone, and Barnier almost lost one of his hands."
"So there's nothing we can do against him?"
Israel shook his head. He turned to look at the silver sphere that was slowly rotating and still shrinking and collapsing. He sighed: "Mr. Radcliffe, you have given us another big problem. ah."
After finishing speaking, His Majesty the Emperor's projection turned his head and looked at Nostradamus. He looked worried and said: "Then what? Since we can't wake him up, we can only put this egg here?" "
"It's a cocoon." The old mage corrected: "That's about it. After all, Joshua is a legendary strongman in our empire. He can't be left alone in the Church of the Seven Gods... To be honest, the expressions of those priests looked horrified. I suspect that if they continue to stay with this giant cocoon, there will be mass panic."
"Sigh... I don't blame them. The workers in the base have also started to cause commotion recently."
Israel couldn't feel any contempt for this, and he even felt a little sympathy. But soon, this sympathy quickly dissipated. His Majesty the Emperor looked at the dome and said with great worry: "After all, this thing is a bomb that can destroy the entire East Band Plateau in an instant... To be honest, I'm a little bit I’m afraid, after all, this is our industrial base. If he suddenly loses control... it’s really not an option to keep Mr. Radcliffe’s egg here.”
It's a cocoon. Nostradamus thought. As for Israel's worries, the old mage almost had the same idea in his mind. Although the silver cocoon is currently very stable, who knows what kind of changes will occur after Joshua wakes up? If there were another change on the scale of the void space-time vortex, the entire western plateau of the empire might turn into a basin.
Since they can't contact Joshua in the cocoon, they can't keep him here. They need to find a safe and spacious place, put him there, and wait for the warrior to wake up... But where is such a place? ? There is no such spacious unclaimed land in the entire continent, not even the open sea, because if a tsunami is generated due to gravitational changes, the damage will be even greater.
The void doesn't work either. If it is placed far away, it will be difficult for them to observe and ensure Joshua's safety. If it is placed close, it will affect the void observatories of the major forces, which is really troublesome.
"Wait, there is a place that seems spacious enough!"
Nostradamus, who was thinking hard, suddenly thought of a perfect location. He perked up and immediately whispered to Israel beside him.
Starfall 837, November 3rd, outside Mycroft's world, at the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice.
The ancient artificial plane, which has not yet been completely purified of abyssal toxins, has welcomed a group of strange visitors.
"I heard that the master is here?"
It was a rather peculiar team, led by a metal structure tens of meters high holding the flag of the 'Winterburg Academy', followed by an almost equally tall black dragon, with their shoulders and backs The seats were filled with young people who should be students of Winterfort College, and among them, a silver-haired girl standing on the shoulders of the giant metal structure was raising the telescope with great interest, looking around angrily, as if looking for herself in the rumors. The location of the master.
Soon, she sensed a familiar aura coming from the center of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Site.
Today, the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site is almost open to all major, medium and small forces on the Mycroft Continent. Although some people objected and believed that such an important place should not open its doors to everyone, their opinions could not affect the will of many legends or even the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site itself. Most powerful people agree that since the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site has been a miracle built by the entire Mycroft civilization in the Era of Glory from the beginning, they cannot arbitrarily deny the right of any being to use it.
Everyone should know that the Era of Glory was advanced and powerful, and as successors, they will undoubtedly be able to achieve the same great feats.
What's more, as a completely independent vast demiplane, if the major forces cannot join forces, the cleanup time alone will take decades, and all high-level officials know that in a few decades, the evil god may be coming. , the entire Mycroft world is at stake. In this case, why bother with the right to use a mere public facility
This trip to the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site organized by the Academy of Winter Castle is an official action directly instructed by the Royal Family of the Northern Empire and planned by the Royal Mage Academy of the Empire. They will go to the center of the plane, where the Empire has been roughly sorted out. The royal base was renovated, and then under the guidance of a high-level mage, we visited the many giant magical buildings built during the Age of Radiance.
While broadening their horizons, this kind of sightseeing tour can also cultivate the minds of a new generation of extraordinary beings, so that their eyes are no longer limited to one place and one country, but to understand the vastness of the void and the multiverse.
Of course, for some people who are not members of the academy and are just looking for their master who has been missing for almost half a year, this is not a very important thing... After all, they have been here many times.
Not to mention the many academy students who were still shocked by the previous journey through the void at the entrance to the edge of the plane, in the center of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Field, the body that governs the will is located directly under the 'Glory of the Silver Sky'.
A giant silver cocoon is suspended above the earth, with countless translucent runes tumbling around it. These runes gather and disperse invisible, occasionally forming a structure like a star ring, and occasionally turning into a misty nebula, but no matter it is No matter what form they take, they completely isolate the gravity of the giant cocoon, making this ultimate mass body, which has exceeded the standard gravity 150 billion times, floating quietly in the air like a harmless metal ball. .
The governing will of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site quietly watched this giant cocoon, watching the most orthodox successor to the sage in its heart, watching his transformation.
This is the only place around the entire Mycroft world. Only under its control, this giant cocoon will not cause any hidden dangers and damage. Even if one day Joshua suddenly ends his transformation and once again sets off a greater crisis than before. The gravitational vortex, the governing will also believes that it is enough to suppress the damage to the minimum.
What's more, it believes that Joshua Van Radcliffe is enough to control his own power.
And in this giant cocoon.
Everyone thinks that the sleeping warrior's mind has never stopped functioning.
He was awake, always extremely awake, because Joshua was always fighting against a terrifying force that could shatter his bones.
And the source of this power is himself.
Firefly: "...is it an egg?"
No. 3: "It's a cocoon."
(End of chapter)