Soul of Searing Steel

Chapter 823: The catastrophe of civilization

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Joshua believes that rather than exterminating the demons that have begun to self-destruct on a large scale, it is more important to first go to the Abyss and Nirvana and search for traces of evil gods along the way.

As for the twelve abyss that Joshua searched before, it was not actually called a search at all. It could only be said that he was walking around Mycroft's world. Going deep into the abyss and patrolling its surface are completely different concepts.

In this case, if you choose to go deep into the abyss to explore, it is naturally necessary to find a guide.

If it was Joshua a few years ago, he would choose to use the Book of Ebon to summon a demon, and then persuade the other party to help him explore the abyss, although the current Book of Ebon is almost impossible to summon. No matter how many demons come, as long as you look carefully and search carefully, you can still catch... and summon a few fish that have slipped through the net.

But now, it’s not so troublesome—

Joshua looked at the time, and then locked the location of the incarnation in his own territory, the northern land of Moldavia. Then the warriors gathered their strength and shaped their bodies directly in the southern city.

Soon, Joshua, wearing ordinary wasteland wanderer clothes and a black cowboy hat, was walking slowly in the residential area of Nancheng District, slowly heading towards the gathering place of single-family residential buildings on the edge of the city. near.

Nancheng District is where the magic energy factory and factory workers, as well as a large number of civil servants of the Lord's Mansion, live. It is different from the Eastern Plains because the magic energy factory is directly under Joshua's nose, and no one dares to cut corners in purifying the magic circle. , coupled with Joshua's own daily self-purification of the ancient power of steel, Moldavia's pollution is almost non-existent.

From the houses on both sides of the streets in the southern city, you can hear the sounds of many babies or children crying and playing from time to time. These are the descendants of many residents who settled in Moldavia a few years ago and got married and had children there.

Hearing the voices of these children and babies, Joshua couldn't help but nod slightly. These children are the future of civilization, and they also mean that the first baby boom in Moldavia is about to be born... Soon, not only his territory, but the entire Moldavian territory will be born. The whole world will usher in a wave of extremely rapid population growth since the Dragon Disaster.

Explosive population growth...maybe this is also a potential contradiction? Because of the sign of the evil god, the warrior couldn't help but be a little sensitive, but this idea was quickly forgotten by him.

-When these children grow up and become the driving force and burden of the world, it will be at least ten years later. If he can't kill an evil god in ten years, then the disaster is really not unjust.

Thinking of this, Joshua soon came to a small single-family building.

Before he even reached the door, Joshua could hear clear laughter coming from inside the house. He could smell the sweetness of frosting mixed with the aroma of cake, which made him blink.

Then he started knocking on the door.

Soon, the laughter in the house stopped, and a girl could be heard hurriedly coming, who is it? ', you could also hear someone talking to himself in confusion, thinking about whose voice it was, but in short, the door opened quickly, and the cheerful and energetic face of the dragon girl Lisa appeared at the door.

Then, she saw Joshua.

The girl's expression froze in an instant.

"Eh... Hey, teacher?"

Joshua carefully looked at Lisa's outfit at this time. It was still normal, but the most important thing was the graffiti on her face - it was filled with characters and small animal images one by one with a black ink pen. Above is the pretty and lovely dragon girl, who looks... very funny at this moment.

It seems that these little guys have a lot of fun in their daily lives. They have a lot of fun and have a lot of activities.

"Hello, Lisa, you came without notice, it's a bit unexpected." Joshua patted the other party's shoulder and sensed the other party's strength. The soldier said with appreciation: "Very good. I have made great progress recently. You are here." effort."

"Well, thank you for the compliment, teacher..." In response to the compliment, Lisa raised her brows in excitement at first, with a proud expression on her face. But then, she quickly stepped aside, and then asked cautiously: "Teacher , what's the matter with you coming this time..."

Normally, when Joshua tests the strength of her and other classmates, he always asks them to go to the Lord's Mansion or the grounds of Winter Castle Academy. It is rare for him to visit her personally. This time, Joshua came. It can be said that Lisa was caught off guard.

Could it be that the teacher plans to conduct a sudden mission today to test her ability to adapt to various emergencies? It is indeed the teacher's style and very reasonable. Fortunately, my daily exercise has not been reduced, and my combat effectiveness is always at its peak.

'It's just that it seems that today's plan to get Mr. Syndicate drunk will be cancelled. 'The dragon girl thought with some annoyance: 'It took a lot of effort to get it done...'

However, just when the girl was ready to take over the master's task and prepare to fight for three hundred rounds with the golden peak monster or puppet at God knows where at any time, she heard Joshua say these words.

"Borrow your syndicate for a moment." The soldier said, and then raised his hand - Balrog, who looked confused and seemed a little drunk, and whose face was also covered with graffiti, was lifted by the back of his neck and appeared. In his hand, Joshua nodded slightly to Lisa: "I will return it to you soon, don't worry."

Then, Joshua disappeared with the Syndicate.

Huh.

Lisa looked unresponsive.

But soon, she got the point.

Mr. Syndicate... from me

Immediately, the dragon girl stood at the door of her house, even forgetting to close the door, and just giggled with a red face.

At the same time, Joshua was in the lord's basement, asking the Syndicate, who was already half awake from the wine, for information about the depths of the abyss.

Since the Syndicate changed the nature of life and became a dragon-like life, it became him and had the perception of most ordinary flesh and blood life - as long as the body of the former Balrog was not too damaged, then he You can always maintain the state of 'Dragon Mimicry' and even have the ability to have children.

Of course, getting drunk is also reasonable.

Joshua naturally wouldn't care about what Lisa and Syndicate were doing in broad daylight, but being considerate, he would naturally finish asking his questions as soon as possible and let the other person go.

However, during the time when Syndicate was a Balrog, he actually didn't go to many worlds and didn't see many things. At that time, he just ate and drank, beat little devils, and brought his younger brother to fight with other lords of the ultimate mind... Shan Yi Individually speaking, the Syndicate actually knew no information at all, and even his wisdom was interfered with by the powerful radiation energy at that time, making him unable to think smoothly.

But what Joshua wanted was not the information in Syndicate's own memory - he wanted the information in the Balrog bloodline inheritance.

When he first met the Syndicate, Joshua had just entered the legend. It was very difficult to parse out valuable information that could be understood by humans from the basic blood information of a life. But now, Joshua can not only Through analysis, he can also write a "bloodline inheritance" that can be inherited by other beings. He can even put his Radcliffe family's trademark on this inheritance and determine the warranty date and product number.

In other words, Joshua can create a large number of originally extremely noble and powerful 'bloodline' families at will by mass-producing bloodline inheritance. It's just that doing this kind of thing is thankless and will affect the potential of the race. Joshua doesn't intend to do that.

Soon, with the Syndicate's bewildered expression, his mouth opened on its own and began to automatically reread the inheritance and information that emerged from his bloodline.

It didn't take long for Joshua to learn a lot of valuable information about demons and the abyss.

-Most of the demons as a race live in the first hundred layers of the abyss.

Eighty percent of the known demon groups live in the first 100 layers of the abyss. Among them are more than 60 kinds of most common demon groups. They all gather in this area to conquer and invade each other. resources, or join forces to go to the living world to snatch souls.

The remaining 20% are basically scattered in a hundred or so abyss worlds on the 300th floor... and below the 200th or 300th floor, there are basically no intelligent demons who will go there. Wherever they live and roam, most of them are mindless monsters of the demonic species.

Why? The answer is simple.

Because the worlds at the top of the abyss are all newly destroyed and fell into the abyss. The further down, the earlier the world was destroyed, or the greater the impact it received when it was destroyed. In any case, it means It is basically impossible for life to exist in such a world, and even demons cannot stand it.

These worlds are not as good as even the dead world - at least the dead world still has matter, and in this wreckage world, even the matter begins to decompose, and the entire world is a calm and motionless sea of thermal ions, as if it is heat death. , exists, but is meaningless.

There are even the hometowns of many ancient demon groups, located in the world below the three hundred layers of the abyss. The Balrog is said to be this kind. Their mother world, even the wreckage, no longer exists, so the powerful Balrog Only then will the groups disperse and spread across many worlds in the abyss.

The world of Kronos is located on the 500th floor of the abyss. If it were not for the existence of ancient dragons, that world would have cut off all vitality long ago, and would even self-decompose and turn into pure steel particles to enter the cycle of reincarnation in the multiverse. But even if With the help of the ancient dragon and Joshua to rekindle the flames, the world of Kronos is now far away from returning to normal.

Around the world of Kronos, most of the worlds have long since turned into a chaotic void. Only the strongest world barriers are still slowly disintegrating, allowing the corpses of these worlds to still maintain their star-like appearance. Dull shape.

According to Yue Ai, the place of Nirvana in the Abyss is located in the dark realm of more than 900 layers of the Abyss.

The significance of more than nine hundred layers is not as simple as a mere number... because there is a steady stream of abyssal worlds self-decomposing, collapsing, and being completely removed from the abyss, even if there are other recently destroyed worlds joining the abyss all the time. , the increasing and decreasing speeds of the two are also very close.

Perhaps a few decades later, the current place of Nirvana in the Abyss will be on more than a thousand floors, or perhaps seven or eight hundred floors, but the meaning it represents will not change, that is, it is the bottom layer of the abyss, where countless debris is piled up The place.

"Legend has it that the River Styx flows out from the bottom of the abyss, from the unknown 'source', and then spreads across many abyssal worlds."

In the basement of the Lord's Mansion, the Syndicate was still instinctively rereading the knowledge in its own bloodline. However, it was obvious that at this point, even the inheritance of the ancient Balrogs and even the Balrog King were uncertain. He used his belt to He said in a tone of hesitation and speculation: "The existence of the Styx is so mysterious. 'I' once tried to follow the current of the Styx to explore its roots, but even after traveling through hundreds of worlds, I could not trace it back. Upstream... My power is considered powerful even among kings, and I can even dominate several abyss, but there is still an unpredictable distance from the source of the Abyss Styx."

"I keep this memory in my bloodline. The blood descendants of my race should respect the River Styx and stay away from all existences and things originating from the River Styx. The darkness contained in it is far beyond our ability to explore. mystery."

After praising Syndicate's recent efforts and finally returning to the realm of Ultimate Intent with the 'Extreme Intention of Skills', Joshua urged the other party to be careful not to be surpassed by Lisa, and then simply let him go.

It was his fault to disturb the daily entertainment of the juniors, so Joshua would not disturb them too much.

However, there is some interesting information in the Syndicate's Balrog bloodline inheritance.

The 'River of Styx', an existence that is easily ignored because it is so common, is now related to the Nirvana at the 'bottom of the abyss' for the first time.

Moreover, according to the Syndicate, although the demons are usually wary of each other, most of the time they will not fight because they all know that the opponent as a demon has no oil and water at all, so they only need to expand their power. For example, Goliath, the gluttonous demon king who is the Lord of the Sixth Abyss, will go to attack and recruit other demon groups.

But every once in a while—at least, not a very long period of time in the demonic heritage—a huge bloody battle in the abyss would break out among the many demon groups.

Originally, both the Fire Demon King who recorded the inheritance and the Syndicate themselves thought that this kind of thing was no big deal. It was not a strange thing for demons to compete for each other's territory. The outbreak of war was just a normal consequence of the full outbreak of the demon's ferocious nature. , and once the demons start a war with each other, it will definitely continue until the demise of one party, and the collapse of several or even dozens of abyss worlds.

But the cause and ending of the war... because it is too confusing, no one knows it all.

"Was this disaster destined to happen, or did I ignore the feelings of the people at the bottom after time travel and changed everything too quickly, which is why all of this happened?"

Joshua couldn't help but whisper to himself.

Since he traveled to Mycroft's world, apart from fighting, all he has thought about is 'saving the world'.

Everything he did from beginning to end was to save world after world. Whether it was fighting or destroying, his purpose was extremely noble and great, and naturally no one could blame him.

However, due to the fact that he was a noble from the beginning when he time traveled, and because he continued to travel to other worlds and helped one racial civilization after another, he did not have time to understand the thoughts of ordinary people, nor did he have time to go to ordinary people. The life a person deserves.

He is more like a god than a human being. It is just that the Seven Gods watch the reincarnation while he enters the world to destroy Chaos. As for whether the impact is good or bad, he has never thought about it. Now it seems that the result is naturally more good than bad. But Joshua was not sure whether his actions would trigger some disaster that had been latent in advance.

But everything is relative.

Not to mention Lisa and the Syndicate, even Ivan, Priest and the others have colorful daily lives, and even legendary strongmen like Israel, Nostradamus and Eagle have She has a personal private life, and even the Elf Queen has an unreliable scandal with the natural teacher.

However, because of this, they interact with the world itself. They are in this era, so they are trapped in this era.

But in pure Joshua's eyes, everything was clear.

Mycroft's world is now in a fierce moment of rapid transition from the late feudal era to industrialization reform and even modernization reform.

Just the reform policy of switching from agriculture as the mainstay to industry as the top priority will bring great turbulence.

Think about how many people died in England, the first industrialized country on earth, because of this turmoil? Coal ash covers the sky in London, and the air is polluted into a gray fog. Countless low-level civilians have become the fuel of industrialization in this environment, and the average life span is no more than thirty-three years old... This situation is different from the current magic industrialization of Mike How similar is Rolf? This inevitable sacrifice is also coming to this continent.

And because of this, along with the progress of civilization, industrialization, and the sacrifices brought about by the changes of the times, the repression, rebellion, despair, and explosions that have arisen will also become more intense. On the earth, they have given rise to several revolutions all over the world. The results of these revolutions and disputes gave birth to the prototype of modern society.

But is this 'success' really inevitable

of course not.

This is the catastrophe of civilization—if it survives, it will be Nirvana and rebirth; if it fails, it will be self-destruction.

The Mycrof civilization in the Starfall Era may be facing its own 'catastrophe' ahead of schedule, perhaps because of the existence of the unknown evil god.

At this time, Joshua, after knowing the current situation of the abyss and the location of the Nirvana, has basically gathered all the information to go to the bottom of the abyss. If he now wants to find traces of the unknown evil god and explore the Shepherd Planet If the civilization tells us the secret that is enough to defeat the evil god, we can set off immediately.

The only thing that makes Joshua hesitate now is whether to interfere with the self-development of Mycroft's world.

Although he does not intend to intervene, nor does he feel that he has the ability to intervene, Joshua comes from the contemporary era after World War III - his existence itself and his memory itself represent a 'standard answer' ’, if his experience is used as a guide, perhaps we can survive this civilized catastrophe without defeating the evil god.

However, can the experience in the world without extraordinary power be used in the extraordinary world

The legendary strong man interferes wantonly, transforms civilization, and uses personal experience and judgment to measure the future of the world - what is the difference between this approach and Fatlolvi

Extraordinary power represents the power of miracles. Legendary strong men are the crystallization of miracles. Their existence is to find possibilities from the impossible. If this power is used in civilization itself, it can evolve itself and solve problems. Yes, is it too wasteful

These are very arrogant questions - in other words, extraordinary power itself is the power of arrogance. If you hold it, you are destined to make such a choice.

In the dark basement of the Lord's Mansion, the lights were extinguished, and Joshua was alone, sitting on his seat. Although he was sitting casually at this moment, his coercion and majesty was like that of a god sitting on the throne.

In the lightless darkness, the man closed his eyes and fell into deep contemplation. Beside him, bright silver stars lit up one after another. They were like planets, rotating around the warrior - rows of mysterious and complicated stars could be seen. , but silver lines that were completely different from the runes in Mycroft's world began to spread around, and light particles flew around. The entire basement, whether it was armor or weapons, walls or beams, was about to move, as if it was about to 'come alive'.

Without Joshua deliberately controlling his own power, his power spontaneously affects the world around him. The pure power of steel activates everything and gives all things initial spirituality.

His power has reached this point. Just the outflow of the power of existence can change the world, give birth to life, create a race, and give birth to infinite possibilities and future.

“…civilization.”

The warrior slowly opened his eyes, and in his eyes that shone with silver light, he could vaguely see some dark red fluctuations. Joshua whispered to himself in a low voice: "It's really complicated."

—The unknown evil god.

What kind of name do you have

At the same time, the edge of the world's galaxy.

A broken fleet of the Chartres was rushing through time and space, speeding towards the vanguard fortress community.

I originally wanted to update it yesterday, but as I wrote it, my writing became obscure and my writing speed was very slow...

No way, try to update

(End of chapter)