The multiverse is dark.
All civilizations with void-level technology will be confused and at a loss when they cross the world barrier for the first time and truly step into the outside of the sky, because what they see is not the beautiful heaven in their fantasy, but the beautiful heaven in their imagination. A dark hell.
-The vision is extended to the end of the field of vision, and all that can be seen is silence and darkness. The endless dead void is filled with turbulent flow of time and space, which contains absolute coldness, despair and loneliness, making any intelligent life daunted.
How should those who come to the void in blessing and expectation tell their compatriots who are curious about what is "beyond the sky"? On the outside of the world, there is not another world full of life. There is no paradise, nor the sweet wine of the gods and the magnificent palaces. What is there is just a dead void without any life, or even extremely dangerous. Here, even the stars Also obscured, everything is dim.
If in the distant future, our race occupies all the space on earth, then where will we go? Where is the future? Perhaps, we can only step into this darkness, enjoy the taste of curiosity, fear and loneliness, and explore this road hidden in shadows and dangers, even if the road is full of unpredictable terror.
But there is something that is more powerless, frightening, and helpless than darkness and the unknown, but it can only make people immerse themselves in it.
That is a little light in the darkness.
In the distant and unknown past, there was such a tortured race. They were born from the fire in the forest and multiplied on the vast plains. They gave birth to wisdom, civilization, and formed a country. Everything was developing gradually and gradually. , until an extremely violent earthquake swept the entire world.
That is a disaster that has long been hidden deep in the earth's crust. It is a hidden danger that has been doomed since the birth of the world. Their world has been scarred by increasingly active geological changes. Continuous volcanic eruptions and earthquakes have torn apart most of the continent. , the gushing clouds of lava and metal are scorching the city and its residents, and their civilization, which has just entered the Middle Ages, has no way to do this. They can only pray to God in despair, praying to stop this doomsday as soon as possible, or to Come early to relieve them from the endless heat.
However, outside the void, another powerful civilization descended from the sky. This civilization has extraordinary power. They calm the earth's crust and reshape the ecology. They go deep into the earth's core and calm the plate movements. They help the suffering races return to their homes, and there is no Ask for any price.
The suffering race worshiped this civilization, and they were willing to dedicate everything to this civilization as servants. However, this race was told by that civilization that they did not need any repayment or any gratitude. They only needed them to survive and slowly progress. , until in the end they became a civilization that could cross the void - this was the greatest help to them.
"As long as you can become a little light in this multiverse, then all our hard work will be meaningful."
The civilizations that call themselves pioneers say this. They are civilizations that have left their mother world and wandered in the multiverse. Their purpose is to help one race after another that is still in its infancy and civilization to cross the void and become what they call it. 'Light'... The suffering race could not understand such a noble purpose. They asked in disbelief why a civilization as powerful as the Pioneers would leave its home world and wander.
What answered them was silence and a helpless smile.
"That is not a destruction that you can understand now. But one day, you will also face the infinite darkness... By that time, you may be able to understand our purpose."
It is true that the suffering race could not understand it, but hundreds of years later, when they drove the spaceship for the first time, broke through the world barrier and entered the void, witnessing the darkness of the multiverse, they felt that they understood and understood the purpose of the pioneers. .
-Because the multiverse is too dark and vast, and the light of a single civilization is too small, so they need companions, more companions, and more light to illuminate this dark multiverse!
Therefore, the suffering races of the past resolutely embarked on this path. They named their civilization "Asylum for the Weak". Just like the pioneer civilization back then, they tried their best to help the surrounding species and civilizations develop, and let They joined their own ranks, and they vowed to help all civilizations in this multiverse grow like the pioneers of the past. They planned to form a huge federation, gather all the weak lights together, and shine on the world like the sun. .
They vowed to break through all darkness and unknown.
But they failed.
At the end of the world, infinite darkness spreads from the center of the multiverse. It is the shadow that many civilizations fear as the 'evil god', 'end', 'destruction' and 'doomsday' - until they actually encounter the evil god. For a moment, the suffering race in the past and the current shelter civilization understood what the "darkness" mentioned by the pioneer civilization in the distant past was, and why they wandered and why they were so overwhelmed that they could only move forward in confusion. There is a helping hand for any race encountered.
Because they feel despair from the bottom of their hearts and think that the darkness is irresistible, they can only light a little flame to comfort the hearts that are confused and at a loss.
And this is indeed the case.
Finally arrived, the world overturned, the burning wheat fields were burned together with the hopes of farmers, the magnificent floating city fell in the boiling clouds, the glorious holy temple was pulled by the filthy shadow, and was finally swallowed into the subspace. , and in the center of the world, tens of thousands of powerful spellcasters have joined forces to try to teleport the people away before the end. However, their burning blood with all their strength is tearing apart the shell of the world, revealing their indescribable true form as the evil god. Cool down quickly.
They retreated step by step, defeated completely, leaving behind world after world, while the evil gods feasted on the remains of civilization. They watched more and more cities turn into dust, and more and more races turned into ashes. As their hard work turned into nothing, more and more disappointment and frustration eroded their hearts, and in the end, a time and space storm that could shatter the world flattened the entire space and time realm, extinguishing the stars and sinking into the dark realm.
Another civilization that was struck down by darkness and collapsed, abandoned like a burned out torch. The Sanctuary civilization disappeared into the multiverse. Although they briefly emitted light, they could only withdraw sadly.
Therefore, the multiverse is actually dark. It is not completely dark, but has some brilliance.
It gave birth to the world, gave birth to civilization, gave hope to all living things, and turned them into fire to illuminate the void, but it used evil gods to end it. In the eternal darkness, there is endless light leaping, and the fires of civilizations are lit one after another, allowing little bits of light to appear in the world - but the existence of light is not to show beauty, it is to allow civilization to use Use your own brilliance to illuminate the true faces of those who are hidden under the darkness, named despair and end.
One civilization after another struggled to resist the arrival of chaos and nothingness. They burned their own light to illuminate the way forward, but they could never reach the end of victory. Under the erosion of endless chaos, they would only become weaker and weaker. I am getting more and more exhausted, and no matter how hard I try to support myself, I will eventually collapse from exhaustion.
Compared with the light in this darkness, darkness can be considered kind. At least it hides the appearance of the end, allowing everything to end in painless death.
The eternal dim light reveals to civilization a terrifying prospect filled with nothingness: no hope, no future, everything is meaningless gray, and no matter how blazing the flames are, they will eventually turn into ashes and fall into eternal sleep. Or wake up in despair and resentment and become a member of the darkness.
In the 5922nd year of the Redemption Calendar, more than 5900 years after the ancient pioneer civilization came to the world of Sanctuary, in the endless void, a mass of 'dark' mist enveloped the world. Wake up during inspection.
The black mist surges like a sea tide. It strictly and meticulously checks the database in its body. It checks all information about its creators, including all their history, technology, culture, art and beliefs. Black Mist conducts self-checks time and time again to ensure that there is no missing or missing information.
Because this information is the last remnant of the creator, and protecting this information is the only remaining task in its core instructions.
After a long time passed, and after ensuring that the information in the database was complete, we could see that the black mist suddenly began to surge. It was like a flame swaying in the void with the turbulence of time and space, and even dark purple lightning could be seen in the mist. Flashing, the black mist condenses power and nurtures the child body, which will prepare to complete its other unfinished, most important mission.
Black Mist still remembers the painful faces of many creators who were on the verge of death thousands of years ago. He also remembers the 'last mission' reiterated by them over and over again.
That is to accumulate strength in order to resist the destruction sweeping across the multiverse.
It will do its best to comply with the Creator's wishes.
Even if he becomes the darkness that extinguishes the light, he will not hesitate.
(End of chapter)