Why was the world born
Ancient theologians and philosophers were keen to discuss this lofty and sacred topic.
Some people say that the world was born from the divine, or it was created in seven days, or a giant opened the sky, or an ancient god had a dream.
Some say the world was born from an explosion, a wave, a fire that started God knows where, or even a misplaced portion of the god's spaghetti sauce.
Many people have discussed this problem and come up with many answers. Depending on civilization, species, and thinking habits, every civilization, every race, and even every person has a different view on this, but no matter Anyway, they all chose an answer in the end, told themselves that this was the reason why the world was born, and then happily threw the question behind them.
After all, no matter how the world was born, what does this have to do with the daily lives of ordinary people? No matter what happens, it doesn't matter.
Then here comes the problem.
Why was the world born
Joshua slowly opened his eyes, and then looked around calmly.
He is located in a huge dark and empty space. He can't see the dome, the earth, and the four boundaries. Everything is just like the state of the entire universe before the concept of 'light' was born.
But at the same time, Joshua discovered that as he opened his eyes, endless light began to shine with him as the center, one after another, prism-shaped bright silver crystals arranged regularly from the inside out. It released endless light, illuminating the entire world in an instant.
Through the power of steel vision and multiple energy perceptions, Joshua immediately knew that he was in a special small world that was almost entirely composed of silver steel crystals, with extremely high density and extremely high gravity.
This is actually inappropriate to say.
Because it is not 'where'.
Joshua felt the world, and an invisible force swept through the empty earth and sky, just like a person rubbing his forehead and thinking about a problem.
In fact, the world is his body.
The self that the warrior now perceives is located in the center of the entire world, a condensation of ultra-high-density steel power that is releasing endless light... which is the virtual sun of this world.
"Is it actually an empty world?" He murmured in a low voice, "Did I succeed?"
Thousands of years ago, ancient people thought about the structure of the world countless times. Some believed that the sun, moon and stars in the sky revolved around the world. Some believed that the world moved around the stars, sun and moon. Others believed that the world was a circle. Everyone lives inside the ball, and the center of the ball is the sun, moon and stars that all living beings can see.
In fact, they are right.
There are thousands of multiverse worlds, what about heliocentric theory, geocentric theory, round sky and square earth, abyss world, sky island world, water world, mountain world, lava world, atmospheric world... There are only structures that humans can’t think of, there is no multiverse. A world that does not exist in .
The underground world is one of thousands of different types of worlds.
Regardless of whether the description is correct or not, let’s use an analogy and imagine it.
The world is a balloon, a very thick balloon.
The outside of the balloon is the world barrier. Its strength is generally proportional to the size of the world. The larger the world, the stronger and harder the barrier is to penetrate. The barrier of a small world can be easily broken, whether inside or outside the world. In addition, life can easily travel back and forth, and the barriers in the big world are particularly strong. Without a certain level of strength, you may not even be able to feel its existence.
According to calculations, if a world is so huge that there are countless galaxies, then its mass will make the world's barriers so strong that it reaches an incredible level. There is no force in the observable universe that can penetrate it. People from the outside world It cannot go in, and people inside cannot get out, and are isolated from the entire multiverse, just like a black hole and its event horizon.
The inside of the balloon is the world where life usually lives.
Depending on the shape, heart, energy density, and internal structure of the world, most of them are different. Some worlds may not have any matter at all, only pure energy. This is the elemental plane in the popular sense. Some worlds may be completely filled with matter. Full, without any atmosphere, life is born in the endless lava. This kind of world is the relatively rare 'mountain world' and 'lava world'.
However, due to the resonance of order, most worlds have a rough reality, balanced material and energy, and structures suitable for the birth of life. Among these structures, the most common are the continental worlds with a round sky and small-scale galaxies. A single star world.
As for the world that Joshua is now incarnated into, it is the 'hollow world' that is even rarer than the elemental world.
Imagine that the world is a hollow sphere. The outer wall of the sphere is the barrier of the world, while the inner side is the earth where life lives. The center of the world is the sun that shines on everything in the world.
To be more specific, it is like the symbol ⊙.
After Joshua understood the current situation, he knew clearly that the adventure he took to advance after annihilating the Debilitating Evil God should have been a perfect success.
The entire sealed world, together with the prototype of his original world, was forged into a brand new world in the flames using the corpse of the evil god as raw material. The size of the entire world was about one light second.
All in all, this is a strange world without 'gravity' in the usual sense.
Yes, there is no gravity in Joshua's world now. The thin layer of earth attached to the edge of the world cannot provide enough mass and gravitational attraction.
But in contrast, the sun, located in the center of the world, while showing strong gravity, releases a steady stream of evenly covered high-energy energy flow, 'pressing' all matter to its original position, maintaining a subtle balance.
It can be seen that in the world, there are countless prismatic silver crystals, standing like obelisks. They reflect the sun, that is, Joshua's light, illuminating the whole world.
And in the center of each prism crystal, there is a misty brilliance rotating.
Joshua knew that this was the mother civilization of the weakened evil god in the past, as well as the souls of all the expeditionary forces and their descendants.
In a naturally born world, if you want to give birth to life, either it is a chance coincidence, or there is a powerful existence like the ancient dragon or the black mist mother body to promote it. After the birth of life, for various reasons, the soul is born on the path to the extraordinary. , which can in turn help the world itself absorb the free energy in the void of the multiverse, and urge the world to gradually evolve towards a high-spirited and high-demon environment.
There are very few, or in other words, it is basically impossible for any world to have a large number of souls from the beginning of its birth, even the Fairy Country created by the Fairy Queens.
But Joshua is different. His world was born by burning the body of the evil god, and his infinite soul was reborn with his world.
The souls in these steel crystal prisms will gradually evolve into some kind of natural creatures in the future. This kind of creature is like the silver fairy, born in Joshua's world and using Joshua's power as its source. , in a sense, they are his dependents.
"It turns out that this is the beginning of the Familia... Thanks to the weakened evil god, the Familia were completely wiped out thousands of years ago, otherwise there would definitely be a lot of trouble this time."
The warrior murmured, then closed his eyes again.
Things in the new world can be observed slowly in the future. This is his current body. There is still a long time to come, so don't worry and understand everything right away.
Now, the most important thing is to communicate with the outside world.
Joshua closed his 'eyes' in a subjective sense.
But the endless power of steel, electromagnetic waves, gravity, and shock waves began to burst out from the 'sun' of this world, and then spread to the outside of the world and into the void of the multiverse.
Almost in an instant, all the information around the world was collected by Joshua.
He is now at the edge of the world's galaxy. In the area where the world was originally sealed, there are countless rune structures orbiting his body, seemingly protecting and stabilizing the shape of the world.
In the hollow of the galaxy not far away, there are the life reactions of a group of giant void beasts, as well as a large number of energy fluctuations of legendary strong men. It seems that they should be the giant void beasts controlled by the group of strong men from the outside world, and the Mycroft world. The strong men who came to communicate with the guards.
At this time, there are many large and small void battleships circling the world they transformed into, collecting energy fluctuations and data. It seems that the academic organizations of various forces are researching topics with themselves as the core. It is really troublesome for them to come so far. —Joshua originally planned to try to advance near the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Site.
Of course, in addition to this, Joshua also sensed an extremely powerful energy fluctuation, a familiar existence.
The silver miniature world is Joshua's body at this time - different from the Steel Python, the Steel Python is essentially a combination similar to Gaia and Alaya Consciousness. It is a world-based process after the birth of intelligent life. A collection of reincarnations of souls, it is certainly the incarnation of all the spirits in the world, but Joshua is the world itself.
Therefore, even the world barrier is an extension of Joshua's sensory organs and will.
So Joshua could easily see that with him as the center, a prosperous void base was being constructed. Several huge void warships were transporting supplies, and small fortresses were being built at the surrounding void nodes, while the Far Sea Saint Yamasho's Glory Battleship is located in the center of the fortress not far away, sitting in the center.
He could hear a large number of researchers around him having intense discussions, analyzing the specific process of the birth of the world and the conversion of various energy materials.
Joshua can perceive many, many things. Although he can hear them originally, after achieving the 'World', the range and processing threads of this perception have been further expanded and increased, even to the point where he can observe millions of units at the same time. - and this is just the basis. Joshua believes that he can further strengthen his abilities in this area by constructing a special calculation matrix in the inner world.
He could even see, in the distant depths of darkness, the shadows of stars and rivers in other worlds emitting faint light.
Because of this, as if feeling Joshua's undisguised 'eyes', the powerful aura that had been staying beside the silver star turned his head and looked at the world.
"You're awake, Joshua."
The Pope of the Church of the Seven Gods, Saint Eagle, looked stern and said very seriously: "Do you know how long you have been asleep?"
"One hundred and ninety-seven days."
Joshua answered crisply: "Although it is only a moment to me, now I should say, long time no see, Your Majesty the Pope."
"I thought you didn't know how long you were asleep."
Hearing Joshua's clear answer about the time of his sleep, the old pope's pretended cold expression immediately disappeared. The old man first smiled, then shook his head, and sighed with a little pity: "Otherwise, I could tell you that it is already... Fifty years later, the evil god’s invasion is imminent.”
"I didn't expect that Your Majesty, you would also tell cold jokes."
Joshua smiled politely, and then condensed a projection incarnation in the void. Along with the silver light particles, it appeared out of thin air, and then condensed into a slightly blurry, but more and more real human form. The warrior moved a little. Hands and feet, then shook his head and said: "Without relying on a medium, if the human form is condensed directly in the void, the power will easily escape."
Joshua usually condenses his incarnation using the physical material of steel as a medium, but when he comes across the border, he needs to repair the light beam, which is essentially a part of his body. If he condenses his incarnation directly out of thin air, even as a warrior The power is about to collapse across half a continent. This is a collapse phenomenon that will inevitably occur in an extraordinary world with high-energy interference. In the void, due to the existence of space-time turbulence, this phenomenon will be even more serious.
Because of this, Joshua knew that the white-haired old man in front of him was not an incarnation. The real body of Pope Eagle came here, waiting for his awakening.
"After more than half a year, we have inquired several times about the matter, whether it was the Natural Master or the Great Khan of the Star Shepherd Clan, and communicated for a long time."
The old pope didn't say too much. He knew that he didn't need to care about this when facing Joshua, so he directly reached out his hand, patted the warrior on the shoulder, and said softly: "But I still feel that I need you to say it yourself. What happened... especially the battle with the Enfeebled Evil God.”
This is a time that is taken for granted. Joshua originally planned to share the experience and information gained from fighting the evil god with others, but when he was asked, he knew everything.
The old pope also listened very seriously, occasionally interrupting to ask a few questions, but only speaking when it was absolutely necessary.
"I see... can it weaken the evil god... If you master this power, then even attacks from non-legendary strong men can cause damage to the evil god."
After listening, Eagle was silent for a long time, and Joshua did not continue to speak. After a while, he breathed a sigh of relief and asked with emotion: "Also, those souls are here now." In your... body?"
"Yes, it's all within my world."
Joshua raised his head and looked into the dark void. He replied seriously: "Most of those souls are severely damaged, and even a large part of them died of old age. The soul itself does not have the desire to revive, even if it is completely repaired, , the soul is also sleeping.”
"Yeah."
After the old pope gave a simple answer, he was silent for a long time.
It can be seen that the old man's expression is somewhat complicated, including relief, joy, contemplation, and an indescribable loneliness. But in the end, he still said with a smile: "Anyway, congratulations, Count Radcliffe, you have advanced to the legendary high level, embarked on this endless road, and are one step closer to the realm of a sage."
"It's luck, and there are indeed many coincidences." Although Joshua didn't care much about interpersonal communication, he still had eyes after all. He could clearly see that the old pope was in a complicated mood at this time. The soldier frowned slightly, He whispered: "What's wrong, Your Majesty, judging from your expression, could it be that something happened to Mycroft's world during the two hundred days I advanced?"
"No, everything is fine in Mycroft's world. Rather, it is countless times better than I ever imagined."
Eagle smiled bitterly and shook his head. He said softly: "Who would have thought that ten years ago, I would still be thinking about how to use my own life to keep the flame burning? Who would have thought that ten years later, chaos and war would Will Mycroft's world, which is constantly filled with endless conflicts and disputes, rapidly develop to the point where it is now?"
"Everything is great, Count Radcliffe. The orcs have been exterminated, the dragon disaster has been quelled, the cultists have been wiped out, the cancer of chaos has been eliminated, and the emperor of the Northern Empire, who governs a quarter of humanity, has returned to power because of you. Huan has great ambitions, and at least you have not made the country's situation a mess - you have rekindled the flames of the Mycrof Continent, restarted the Sacrifice of All Realms, and recovered the unified information library... Seven gods above, I am very I pray less, because I know that the way I walk is the way of God. But Earl Radcliffe, have you ever discovered that because of your existence, the world is getting better and better at an incredible speed? "
"Yes." Joshua didn't take it seriously - he was a time traveler, and he had a system that was probably sent by a sage or a certain will of the world. Isn't it natural that he should be able to do this kind of thing? If he, Joshua, can't even do this kind of thing, he might as well go home and gain weight: "That's right, a little bit of work."
And Eagle looked at Joshua, staring at him with a surprised look that made even the warriors feel a little uncomfortable. The old pope said in a deep voice: "That's great. Earl. The Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice brings joy to the whole world." More cheap materials have arrived, and the integrated large information database has saved us a lot of scientific research practice. It is only a matter of time before the magic energy factory spreads all over the world. Our civilization is developing rapidly, and everyone is living better and better."
"Yes." Hearing the old pope's tone, Joshua felt something was wrong. He asked in confusion, "But isn't this a good thing?"
"It's indeed a good thing."
Eagle said calmly, then pointed to Joshua: "But what about you?"
Having said this, the old pope narrowed his eyes and stared into Joshua's eyes: "Everyone is enjoying the changes you have brought about - but you have been fighting in the outside world. I have advised you to pay attention. The earth under your feet, instead of always looking up at the sky, you should pay attention to your own life, instead of always dedicating yourself to the entire civilization."
"Just like this time, the battle with the weakened evil god." At this point, the old pope began to walk in the void, while Joshua stood beside the old pope and walked with him, with the two of them centered on the silver star. Walking, Eagle said calmly: "This time, you and Galan Nord suppressed the evil god of weakness and the strong man of the Shepherd family. This is enough, Joshua, no We need you to do this, self-destruct several times, and use extremely dangerous methods to experience the power of the evil god. You have reinforcements, and we will arrive soon. We have safe enough methods to kill the evil god and save the souls inside - you don’t need to take such risks. The big risk is as if you are alone.”
Eagle stopped, turned his head, and said sincerely: "Joshua, you are one of the hopes of Mycroft's world, the master of Firefly and Rin, and the lord of Moldavia. You are not desperate, We are not alone, there are still decades, the evil god is not invincible, we have margin... Do you understand? You can enjoy life, enjoy the privileges and happiness brought by status as a noble, lord, legendary strongman, etc., you even should Be more arrogant, instead of taking risks again and again, putting yourself in danger of death."
Of course Joshua understood what Eagle meant.
What the old pope said was very sincere and sincere. He was like an elder who couldn't bear to see his junior with excellent conditions jumping into the fire pit again and again. He couldn't help but preach a few words to let the other person relax and stop being so nervous all the time. Take risks and excitement aside. The bystanders couldn't help but sweat as they watched.
It was obvious that he understood the old pope's mentality, but it was also obvious that Eagle did not understand Joshua.
"Thank you very much for your concern, Your Majesty."
Stretching out his hand, Joshua originally wanted to pat the old pope on the shoulder as he usually did to comfort others, but considering the issue of politeness, he withdrew his hand and pressed the back of his neck. The warrior thought about his words for a long time, Then he said simply and directly: "But actually, I enjoy this life very much."
"enjoy?"
"enjoy."
Faced with Eagle's doubtful inquiry, Joshua answered simply: "Because fighting is my belief, and I have always acted according to it."
With that said, Joshua took steps again and started walking, and this time, it was Eagle who stood beside the warrior and walked with him: "Of course, I occasionally doubted my beliefs before... because The fight I want is not to protect something, nor to invade or destroy anything. I don't care about winning or losing, the sense of achievement, or even who compares with me. The fight I want is pure and empty. ,it's meaningless."
Didn't care about the old pope, didn't you know that? ! With eyes like his, Joshua looked at the dark void and continued walking while saying: "Many times, I have watched your majesty fight for the entire world of Mycroft, watched the natural teacher work hard for the elves, and watched Yis Rael meditates hard for the empire, and watching many strong men become stronger and fight for everything he wants to protect in the past and future, I do occasionally wonder if my own life is a little too empty."
"I do get confused at that time."
The soldier readily admits this. He never cares whether he has any shortcomings in this area, because only by admitting can he be sure and then eliminate them. Ignoring is always the wrong choice. Half of Joshua's face was illuminated by the light of the stars, while the other half fell into the shadow of the void: "I have been named a savior, a guardian, and even a new god in different worlds - but I started from I didn't intend to do that, I just happened to do some good things, and those titles have nothing to do with my true intentions."
At this point, Joshua laughed in a low voice: "Just fighting for the sake of fighting. This kind of belief sounds like a lunatic, doesn't it? It's just like the evil gods in our eyes in the past. No one knows what they have. Purpose, why it came, and why it will be destroyed.”
The theory of evil weapons and the existence of the mastermind behind the scenes are all speculations of Joshua, and everything is still shrouded in mystery.
The warrior continued: "Adhering to this belief is likely to push me into darkness. Will I become another evil god in the future? Just like the plague and the black mist matrix. Since the trip to the world of Hyboria I have been thinking about this issue since then.”
"what about now?"
The old pope had been listening quietly to Joshua's story, and when he heard this, Eagle asked softly: "Have you found the answer to this question now?"
Have you found your order
"I have woken up, Your Majesty."
The warrior replied with a pun. He lowered his head slightly and looked at the endless void and stars below. Joshua said lightly: "Now, I already know what the sound is that is stirring in my heart."
"I'm alive, I'm going to fight, that's my order."
It's my turn.
Raising his head again, Joshua suddenly changed the topic. He laughed softly and said, "His Majesty the Pope, do you know? The birth of life is meaningless."
"Inorganic matter is converted into organic matter, and organic macromolecules accumulate to become the original soup of life, and the prototype of life is born in this soup... There is no meaning behind this, no God, no Creator, no selection, no meaning. It's just a coincidence."
"Viruses, cells, bacteria, single-cell organisms, multi-cell organisms, they are born only because they exist, so they exist."
"And existence itself is a battle with the world."
At this point, Joshua stopped.
They have already circled the silver stars, and the two legendary powerhouses have circled this small world with a diameter of one light second.
Everything is back to its original position.
As for the warrior, staring at his body, this silver world, his expression showed no emotion, but it was not cold. Instead, there was an ignorant passion gathering.
"Breathing, exercising, eating, reproducing... Why do these desires exist? In fact, there is no reason, just like the emergence of life, all of this already exists."
"Including worlds, their birth, existence, and even their end."
"No reason is needed."
I've found my order.
Joshua closed his eyes and recalled everything he had ever experienced. Pictures of life flashed through his thinking center, which was already faster than a supercomputer. He had finished browsing his entire life.
There is no need to look for a righteous label for your actions, nor do you need to put a lofty name on your ideas.
If you want to fight, fight, if you want to defeat, defeat.
"Don't worry about my feelings, Your Majesty, all of this is my choice and what I am happy with."
Joshua opened his eyes. He turned around and looked at the edge of the world's galaxy. The warrior raised his hand and pointed to the edge of the galaxy. The vastness seemed to be endless darkness, as if he was provoking and giving an order to the infinite unknown. War post.
"Because I'm going to do what I want to do."
As he spoke, Joshua slid his fingers across all the void and galaxies in front of him. The traces of silver steel power even lit up the starry sky. His heroic laughter even brought out the seriousness of the old pope beside him. He couldn't help but shook his head helplessly and laughed.
"Because this is my life."
Innocent is the name of the wedge in the first edition of Soul of Burning Steel. Now, after 3.3 million words, I can finally write out this chapter title again.
Asking for a monthly ticket!
I've finished writing the outline. I'll revise the outline. I'll probably be able to start a new volume tomorrow... probably.
(End of chapter)