What does death feel like
Even in the entire multiverse, there are not many people who can personally express this feeling, because the self-aware undead actually only changed their own life forms when the body died, and did not really 'die'. The dead who have truly died and resurrected are not essentially the person who died, so they are not the person who died. People who are resurrected from the dead are even rarer. That requires extremely powerful, at least legendary, powerful assistance. There is a certain probability that it can be done.
But today, Wuming is lucky enough to become a rare "resurrection from the dead" in the entire multiverse.
The feeling of death is actually nothing. When the nameless maintenance worker lifted the furnace ray emitter to destroy his brain in a desperate calm, he died simply and neatly. On the seventy-third day after his death Within seconds, his wandering soul began to gradually decompose in the atmosphere, just like his body that was supposed to be decomposed by various microorganisms in a few days.
He has been accepted by death. At the moment when his soul is completely broken, the nameless mechanic is completely dead. However, even death is not absolute in this multiverse. Everything is possible. As long as the strength is strong enough, no matter it is death, Or fate will be stepped on.
Just like now, the broken soul wandering in the soul abyss reunited under the silver light. He condensed into one and then returned to the body. The nameless technician opened his eyes in a trance, and what he saw was unfamiliar. ceiling.
"you're awake?"
He heard a calm and low male voice: "It seems that I repaired it well, and you have been fully resurrected."
who is it
The unknown technician instinctively wanted to ask, but because he had not communicated with others for many years, and because his current body had changed from the previous one, he did not speak smoothly, but coughed heavily several times.
By the way, body! When he noticed that his body was different from before, the unknown mechanic immediately discovered that his current body was very different from before. To put it simply, he had become much younger... No, it had been directly reversed to the time when he was still a teenager. !
"I accidentally used too much force. I'm a little too young."
The calm male voice continued, his tone seemed to be describing a small mistake that occurred in an experiment, with a hint of annoyance: "Furthermore, the body structure of the Siberian people is not suitable for Mycroft's world, so I took it upon myself to change it for you. A set of respiratory and circulatory organs.”
Until this moment, the unknown technician, who had just escaped from death with a confused face, had the energy to raise his head, look in the direction of the sound, and take in the surrounding environment.
He saw that he was lying on a white, flat table similar to a repair table in a maintenance workshop. A silver beam of light fell from the sky, enveloping him and the entire operating table. In fact, the entire repair table was floating in the air. and did not touch the ground.
The surrounding environment is clean and tidy. It cannot be the maintenance workshop where he committed suicide. The four walls are all silver and seem to be all forged from metal. The unknown technician can vaguely see the flow of magical brilliance on these metal walls. Every time he faints, The blue light flashes, and all the dust in the surrounding air is absorbed, leaving no trace behind.
Of course, the most important thing is not these. The unknown mechanic exhaled, shook his head blankly, and then focused his eyes on the existence standing directly in front of him.
It was a man wearing a white robe, but his figure was so tall that even loose medical clothing could not cover it at all. The white coat that ordinary people would wear would look wide and elegant, and even gave people the illusion of a vest. , and the other party's face with strong lines revealed an almost tangible majesty, which almost made the unknown technician who had just started working lie down again.
In fact, he did lie down again, but Wuming quickly sat up again. He even jumped off the operating table that was still floating in mid-air, and then stood upright while holding on to it.
"… I am dead."
After barely being able to stand without relying on the operating table, the unknown technician was silent for a moment, and then said softly: "I remember clearly that I burned my brain with furnace rays... According to medical knowledge, I was bound to die, but you saved me. .”
He looked around at the operating table, which was clean and empty with no other debris. Then he bowed deeply to Joshua and said, "Such a kindness cannot be repaid."
The first thing this man who had regained his life and gained a young body was to stand up straight after waking up. Although Wuming couldn't figure out the current situation, he could understand why he could continue to speak, and the tall man from before It can be known from the man's words that it was the other person who saved him, so the first thing he has to do is to express his sincere gratitude.
"It's just a normal return, don't worry too much."
On the other side, Joshua, who was taking off his white coat, shook his head: "After all, I used your body to act for a while when I was in the world of Siberia. I resurrected you just to prove my power. A simple exchange, this is what I promised, even if you die at that time."
At this point, the nameless technician couldn't understand and fell into a daze - he actually didn't understand words like the world of Hyboria from the beginning, and he didn't understand why he could become so young after being resurrected. To put it bluntly, To be honest, he didn't even know who Joshua was. He just knew that the other party was not a soul puppet. He seemed to have his own will. He should be one of the people who had been fighting against the soul puppet.
The nameless mechanic had no idea what was going on now. He had never even communicated with a human being. What he just said was just a restatement of the knowledge learned in the book, and it was only of instinctive use.
And Joshua also understood this, so he waved his hand, created a chair in a silver flash, and then put it under the other person's body, gesturing for the other person to sit down. Then, he said calmly: "Think about it carefully, I have put everything that happened in your mind."
Hearing this sentence, the unknown mechanic subconsciously recalled it.
Then, he knew everything that had happened... everything, about the history of the world of Hyboria for more than a thousand years, the lament of civilization, the war of betrayal and despair, and the end of staring at the past and stopping at the past... as majestic as the sea. The information surged directly into his mind.
So the unknown technician fainted again.
"... Well, forget that there is an upper limit to the ability of normal people to receive information."
Standing in front of the silver light beam, Joshua was about to ask the unknown mechanic how it felt to be resurrected. After seeing this, Joshua couldn't help but slap his forehead and said helplessly: "It seems that if you use the power of steel to instill too much information, it will burst out all at once." , ordinary people can't bear it... However, if you are dealing with an enemy and use the power of steel to output information crazily at the moment of contact, it may also be able to hinder the opponent's normal thinking, which can be regarded as an attack method."
Thinking of this, the soldier couldn't help but feel eager to try. He put the unconscious unknown technician back on the operating table and let him lie flat on the table. But soon, he frowned again: "No, in this case, wouldn't it be the same as the evil god's information impact?"
The reason why the evil god can drive people crazy when faced with or touched is precisely because of the conductivity of information. Even as long as someone mentions the evil god's real name, such as the evil god of famine and his descendant 'Yordaimas', This will cause the other party's information to be transmitted from the distant star sea, and a large amount of useless erosion information will be spread crazily, causing the sanity of those in contact to decrease. And Joshua's ability is even worse, because the information transmitted by the evil god is actually not worthless. There may be some fragments of knowledge left behind when the other world was destroyed, and if Joshua wants to use this Attack by means, all the information poured out will definitely be spam.
"...Joshua, is it really okay for you to resurrect him directly like this?"
While the warrior was still thinking about the magical use of his steel power, Qingling's voice sounded. Half a second later, as the magic power condensed, a worried-looking projection of No. 3 appeared beside Joshua: "He is, after all. People in the world of Xiberia will definitely not feel good after learning that their home world has been completely remade under the control of the Steel Python, right?"
"That's better than death, No. 3."
Joshua didn't care about this: "This nameless gentleman chose death out of despair and to resist the exploitation of the soul puppet. Now, the world of Siberia is reborn, and the rule of the soul puppet has disappeared. Even Fatlolvi was killed by me, he has no reason to die."
"No matter how bad the situation is, it can't be worse than before. What's more, if he doesn't want to return to the world of Siberia, I can hire him to work for us, right?"
No. 3 did not try to refute Joshua's words, because everyone has been resurrected, and there is no point in saying more. She just took a deep look at the body of the unknown technician, and she could see the radiance of the soul surging in the other person's body.
"I didn't expect that you have reached the point where you can repair your soul... plus you can create any energetic body at will, which is basically unlimited resurrection."
The artificial intelligence whispered: "This is... an area that even gods cannot touch."
When he said these words, a gleam of light flashed on No. 3's forehead. This light formed a pair of wing-like marks, which was the holy symbol of the sky god Ger. What No. 3 said was not false at all. She really didn't find any knowledge about this from the inheritance of the Sky God.
"No matter who dies, as long as there is still a soul left, you can forge a new body for them, then stuff the soul back and re-enter the memory personality... No one has heard of this simple method of resurrection."
"This is not easy."
Regarding No. 3's emotion, Joshua shook his head seriously and criticized the other party's optimistic view: "First of all, the soul of the deceased must be complete and powerful enough to record all his personality and memories - this is most important. People who do not meet the conditions can only be resurrected by this method if their souls are strong enough and their will is firm enough."
"For those who have not reached the ultimate soul level and whose strength has not reached the ultimate soul stage, the self-disintegration of the soul takes between thirty seconds and seven minutes. This means that even a gold-level expert will not be able to survive for seven minutes after death. If the inner self is not around and the soul is not collected, then it will be considered completely dead. I am not like some god who can be resurrected, who can use magic to collect the broken soul fragments, and then resurrect. After a certain period of time, , when the memory fragments begin to return to the soul cycle, then even if I resurrect a person with the remaining soul, that person's memory will be incomplete."
"Being able to 'resurrect the dead' means that you have broken through the boundary between death and life, mastered the fundamental authority, and can even be said to be on the road to eternity... You are already strong enough, so don't be so demanding. ”
No. 3 frowned. She didn’t really like Joshua’s overly rational thinking mode. She floated beside the warrior and said with some dissatisfaction: “And you spent almost a week, it’s absolutely impossible to just In order to resurrect someone, right? What have you done for such a long time? You finally returned to the territory once, but ended up staying in the dust-free laboratory here in Winter Castle every day. Yesterday, Hei ran out to bring someone back to life. Xiaoguang and those dwarves are playing fairy cards, and you don’t care..."
No. 3 rambled on about a lot of things, as if complaining, while Joshua listened quietly... She did need to vent, because it started from January 5, 838, when the warrior returned to Moldavia. , until the afternoon of January 11th, Joshua spent most of his time in the dust-free laboratory on the second underground floor of Winterfort College conducting some strange experiments. Resurrecting the unknown technician was only one of his many tasks. Obviously Not the result he had been seeking for so long.
And it is true that Joshua did not stay in seclusion for such a long time just to resurrect the unknown technician.
After No. 3 finished complaining, the soldier grabbed the artificial intelligence lady's hand and motioned the other person to look up and look at the silver beam of light that enveloped the unknown technician and the operating table. No. 3 suddenly shut down for an unknown reason. After a moment, he raised his head and took a closer look at the radiance that seemed to have no special power of steel.
"It seems...no big deal, right?"
For a moment, No. 3 didn't see any clues, but soon, she discovered something was wrong: "No, this light pillar is completely composed of your steel power... This is not light at all! This is a field filled with The energy pool of the power of steel! It is glowing by itself, causing it to look like a beam of light!"
"That's half true."
After seeing No. 3 quickly realizing that something was wrong, Joshua smiled and clapped his hands. He looked at the 'Steel Power Energy Pool' that he spent almost a week to build, and said quite proudly: "I was indeed I just wanted to resurrect the nameless mechanic, but then I thought, since it is so easy for me to create and repair a complete body, then why can’t I develop a system that can automatically repair the human body?”
As he spoke, Joshua raised his hand and drew a light curtain in mid-air, and pictures and images emerged from the light curtain. Most of them were about adventurers and soldiers who suffered severe injuries to their limbs. The soldier had to amputate his limbs, and even had his companions put an end to the pain. The soldier showed these information to No. 3, and then calmly said in the other's thoughtful eyes: "For me, repairing a person's limbs only requires a little effort. With little strength to breathe, resurrecting a person is just a matter of troublesome conditions. If everything meets the requirements, it is just a piece of cake."
"But most ordinary people are different. They don't have the power like me. Even if they have magic that can regenerate limbs, they probably can't afford the treatment."
No. 3 blinked and said with some confusion: "So... you created this steel force energy pool?" As she said that, she raised her head, glanced at the silver light beam, and then said rather uncertainly: "I can probably understand its function. It should be to repair all injuries on the opponent's body according to the condition of the person who enters. Broken limbs are also one of them - wait, do you plan to popularize this thing?"
Thinking of this, No. 3 couldn't help being frightened. She flew around Joshua several times, then shook her head in a panic and said: "Hey, don't be so kind. The power of steel is also for you. It's very important. If you create too many energy pools of this kind, it will be equivalent to diluting your steel power reserves! Then if you encounter a strong enemy of the level like Fatrolvi, as you mentioned before, then this weakening It’s just fatal!”
"Although I have good intentions, I am not that saintly."
Joshua expressed dissatisfaction with No. 3's idea of being so kind. He shook his head with a smile, then stared at the silver light beam in front of him and said: "I plan to call this thing 'Repair Light Pillar' every few cities. Just place one, and anyone in need can use it to repair the accumulated injuries on their body - of course, they have to pay a price, gold, silver, rare objects, collected books or other precious resources can be used, my power of steel The condensed bodies all have their own calculation and thinking ability. They are actually a part of me, so they can judge the price the other party should pay based on the injury."
"No one can get something for nothing and receive treatment in vain, because every repair light beam can directly connect to me. Whoever wants to destroy will suffer my instinctive counterattack."
"But...what good will this do to you?"
This name is so vulgar. No. 3 despised the warrior's naming ability in her heart, but she couldn't think of any good names, so she didn't express an opinion. After listening, No. 3 nodded in understanding. She understood Qiao Xiu. Ya meant that she knew that the other party did not intend to waste her strength to take care of the general public, but even so, she did not see any benefit to Joshua from this matter.
No. 3 valued this even more than the warrior herself. Thinking of this, she immediately wrinkled her slender eyebrows and turned to Joshua with some anger: "To put it bluntly, you are the only one who is paying for this!"
"How is it possible? I took advantage of it."
Seeing that No. 3 cares so much about his own interests, Joshua will naturally not be angry. He patted the head of No. 3 beside him and chuckled: "Think about it, repairing their injuries is nothing more than expending some energy. Substances can reshape or repair some limbs and injuries, and this kind of thing is everywhere. But the price the healer has to pay must be far greater than what I paid, and they may even think that my price is too cheap. "
"In this way, it is equivalent to countless people collecting various precious resources for me at the same time, making me stronger. This is faster than if I go out to other worlds from time to time and find one or two energy-poor dead worlds to swallow mud. More, and the most important thing is that creating this kind of repairing light beam is just a convenient thing for me, and it can help the public, and it is a win-win situation that is beneficial to both parties, so why not?"
"That's not good news for those doctors and clergy."
No. 3 touched his head and curled his lips and said: "They have lost a huge source of wealth."
"Only if they can't solve the injury, they will come to me." Joshua didn't care about this. He had already considered it: "After all, my price is not low. I can also give this thing to Winter The Fort is connected to the contribution system of the Department of External Exploration, allowing them to exchange credits and contribution points for treatment opportunities. To be honest, I think my contribution system can completely replace cash. Unfortunately, Israel and the others have never supported it. It is said that at least information terminals must be popularized before this can be done.”
"By the way, maybe we can also ask the external exploration team to carry a repair light beam with them. This can also minimize the risk of exploring other worlds."
"Oh, you have such perfect thoughts, then I don't have anything to say..." Listening carefully to every word Joshua said, No. 3 blinked and couldn't find any loopholes, so she After sighing, she hugged her knees and floated slowly towards the entrance of the laboratory. While floating, she reminded her seriously: "Remember to go back to the Lord's Mansion for dinner tonight. If you don't come back..."
"You're going to be angry—I know I'll go back."
Joshua watched No. 3 leave the laboratory, and then he turned back again and looked at the 'Repair Light Pillar' in front of him. The soldier's eyes were shining with light and darkness.
In fact, in addition to what he said to No. 3, he had a bigger plan, but he did not tell Miss Artificial Intelligence.
That is, he does not intend to promote this thing only in the world of Mycroft.
The world of Kallis, the world of Ilgona, the world of Kronos, the world of Hyboria... In addition to these small worlds, and even the worlds that are not yet connected, there is the real highlight, the world of Star Sea.
If it were just the North, just the Northern Empire, then no matter how many repair light beams were spread, there would be no way to gain much. But if it was the entire Mycroft world, then the daily income alone would be considerable, let alone multiple worlds. Well, as long as it takes a little longer, the power Joshua has accumulated in various places will reach an astronomical figure. In comparison, the little steel power he paid is just a drop in the bucket.
In the Atrium civilization of the star sea world, he is a true god with a popular name. Repairing the light pillar will definitely be regarded as a real miracle, and the so-called price is nothing more than a sacrifice, which the people of Atrium will be happy to pay. If people in the Midgard encounter other civilizations, they can also let them diffuse light beams. In this way, the income of a star sea world may be much greater than that of several other small worlds combined.
This kind of efficiency is definitely much faster than spending a lot of energy wandering around in the desolate void, looking for materials that can be collected. After all, not every void realm has the energy density of the void whirlpool, and it is impossible for him to He has been staying next to the Void Vortex to absorb energy.
"In this way, as long as I recycle the accumulated power on a regular basis, I can quickly accumulate enough high-energy matter to accelerate the formation of the world."
In the dust-free laboratory, Joshua clenched his right fist. He stared at his fist, which was absolutely solid and smooth, surpassing all materials in the world. He whispered to himself: "And, the power of steel is my The carrier of information, it is a part of me and my soul. Each repair light pillar has a trace of my will... If I spread them in different worlds, it is equivalent to being in several different worlds at the same time."
What are the consequences of this peculiar way of existence
Joshua didn't know.
But he's looking forward to it.
(End of chapter)