The world is a galaxy, an unknown void.
"This world is filled with powerful chaotic energy... but it is far from being called an evil god. It seems that even if there is civilization inside, it has only developed to the age of primitive tribes."
A surging holy light flashed through the chaotic flow of time and space, and then slowly condensed into countless mixed colorful bubbles. Under the holy light, an old white-haired old man led the way. A blond knight with a resolute face stood in the void.
"Hmm... Did they kill themselves because of the fight for the gathering place? The insect colonies released toxins to each other, causing the compounds to mix, creating a low-ignition point and high-concentration acid vapor. The acid mist was directly ignited by sunlight, causing a huge explosion. Explosion. In addition, there is also the reason why the abnormal infectious disease spread because the body was not disposed of in time."
The old man narrowed his eyes slightly. He seemed to be able to cross the world barrier and directly see the situation inside the world. He murmured in a low voice: "It is a phenomenon of large-scale self-destruction caused by the civil war of insect-like cluster civilizations. The level of civilization has developed to the point where it can build large-scale To the point of an underground lair.”
"Purify."
Saying this, the old man raised his hand and lowered the holy light from the air.
Endless brilliance penetrated the world barrier in an instant. The three-color light pillars of gold, white and gray were like three suns sweeping across every part of the inner world. From the mountains to the ocean floor, from the continental shelf to the basin, all ecosystems that once existed were now destroyed by chaos. The infected areas were thoroughly illuminated and purified.
The blond knight stood behind the old man. He watched his adoptive father purify the world, and then connected to the Sacrifice of All Realms, requesting to go to the next possible world of life. He remained silent.
The flow of time and space stirred, and they appeared in another world again.
"This world has not yet been completely infected by chaos, but the ecosystem has been severely damaged... Chemical weapons wars have caused the atmosphere to be completely poisoned, and civilized individuals can only move around the outside world with anti-virus life-sustaining equipment. Chaos energy has not yet condensed into an entity. But it’s already very large, and it seems I have to descend into the avatar to clear it.”
The old man sighed, and a little stream of light flew out of him and disappeared into the world. He shook his head with some regret and said: "The civilizations in this world have developed... the satellite technology that Joshua mentioned? They will be able to conduct moon missions soon. Colonization, and even floating cities can be built... But the matrix of civilization has been completely damaged, and even after the end of the world, it will take a long time for them to re-establish civilization and develop from scratch."
It can be seen that it is like a lizard, but appears more slender and light. The creature with wing membranes between its hands and feet is wearing a strange life-support suit. It is walking carefully in the ruins of the city filled with poisonous gas and acid, collecting as much as possible what can be used. Materials and facilities are now gathered on top of some building debris, as well as some remaining large floating cities. They are located high in the sky, the air is relatively clean, and life is barely possible. However, the floating cities have no source of resources and are like water without a source.
Another time and space teleportation.
Not every teleportation can save you, nor can you encounter civilization every time. The journey of the old man and the knight is long and boring. They just keep putting out fires and destroying the chaos that has taken shape. In just a few days, they , they have witnessed the demise and verge of destruction of dozens of civilizations. They have never discovered these civilizations before, because they have not shown any value worthy of discovery and exchange. They are unformed fires, quietly lurking, Waiting for the moment in the future when the light will bloom in the void.
Only now, everything has lost its meaning.
"Loranda, what do you think?"
Finally, on a blue planet world, the old pope watched his incarnation of a radiant humanoid in the void, defeating the evil incarnation like a ball of light, and resolving the civilization on this planet from unprecedented social riots. He did not turn his head, but asked in a low voice: "Do you understand the power of this 'unknown evil god'?"
"Father, I understand."
Paladin Loranda, the adopted son of the Seven Gods Pope Eagle, bowed his head respectfully and replied seriously: "But there are some things that I don't understand now... After witnessing that the poison of Chaos can actually affect so many worlds, I finally Apart from being angry and shocked, I also had some other feelings unexpectedly.”
Hearing this, Eagle nodded slightly and said, "This is the purpose of bringing you here... Just tell me."
After receiving the permission, Loranda turned his head, looked at the azure world that had gradually returned to calm, and said softly: "I once traveled on the Mycroft continent, helping people, solving problems, and eradicating cults, because of your teachings , I do not intend to stay on the Holy Mountain and practice hard, and become a strong person who will not be of any benefit to this world except for my strength."
"I have traveled all over the Far South and wandered in the Western Mountains. I have helped countless people and punished countless evildoers... I have seen many love-hate separations and many thrilling things. Naturally, I have also seen this world. Some of the ugliest things."
"In the small towns on the edge of the mountains, young women always disappear inexplicably. Sometimes they are the second daughter of a blacksmith's family, and sometimes they are the daughter of an ordinary farmer's family. Their disappearance is naturally a huge bad thing for their families, but for As far as the entire city is concerned, it is just insignificant gossip... Of course, I would not sit idly by at that time. I traced the clues, ignored the advice and warnings of many local officials and nobles, and recovered all the missing women... Some, Only part of it was recovered.”
"If you are lucky, you will be sold as a slave and can be rescued intact. If you are unlucky, you will be sold to a black magician as experimental material, or an illegal vampire, or someone with sadism, hand fetishism, or necrophilia. Rich nobles, in that case, it would be good to have a complete human form, most of them are very fragmentary even if they are corpses."
The old pope listened silently. He had traveled the world like this before and said nothing. Loranda continued to say calmly: "Of course, not only women are abducted and trafficked, but some little boys or babies are also stolen... Some of them are sold to other infertile families as heirs. This is considered the best luck. Yes, at least they can have a complete life, but at most, this kind of child will become a dead soldier for some people, an experimental tool, or have their tongue cut off, some limbs cut off, and used as a begging tool in big cities. .”
"There are many possibilities, and I won't list them all. Of course, these are actually not important, at least for civilization."
Saying this, the paladin raised his head. There was no anger in his tone, only a cold calmness: "These are small things... Father, there are many bigger things, such as collusion between government and businessmen, exploitation of the bottom, such as cutting corners in dams, resulting in The lower reaches of the river were completely submerged, resulting in tens of thousands of lives and hundreds of thousands of people displaced... The king was corrupt, officials closed their eyes, and nobles did whatever they wanted in their own territories. This kind of thing will not improve with the advancement of technology. A few days ago There was also a Xishan king who showed off to me his pet maid and treated people like animals. I couldn't kill him with a hammer because I knew this was legal and reasonable for the society they lived in. , I cannot force the ignorant natives to observe etiquette just because I have high moral standards."
"You can kill him." The old pope said unequivocally: "Of course, you have to know the consequences of your actions. But Loranda, what do you want to say?"
"What I want to say is that contradictions, disputes, ugly things, resentment between people, and the sadness deep in society are nothing more than normal things, as long as we have not reached the glorious era of those days. Realm, these bad roots will never disappear. But even in the Age of Glory, aren’t there similar conflicts? What does disputes have to do with evil gods?”
The paladin raised his head, and his tone was as firm as iron: "I don't think at all that these disputes are caused by evil gods - because this is the malice hidden in people's hearts, brewing bitter fruits. If it doesn't break out now, it will happen in the future. break out."
"But in fact, the destruction of these civilizations was caused by the chaotic disturbance of the 'unknown evil god'."
Eagle didn't reveal much emotion about his adopted son's words. He simply pointed out that what the other party said was wrong: "Without the unknown evil god, these contradictions of civilization are likely to be covered up by the social progress brought about by technological progress. Dissolution is just like after our Mycrovian civilization obtained the unified large information database, due to the rapid development of technology, many contradictions have disappeared—at least they will not explode one day."
This is also the reason why Mycroft's civilization does not have many contradictions that can be called crises until now. If one acre of land produces less than 100 kilograms, farmers cannot survive after paying taxes. This will naturally cause conflicts. However, if technology advances and one acre of land produces 300 to 400 kilograms, then farmers will at least not go hungry after paying taxes. If you die, the contradiction will naturally be suppressed.
Regarding the contradiction pointed out by Eagle, Loranda just smiled calmly: "Father, what I mean is that at least the 'dispute' itself was not caused by the evil god. Disputes have always existed, and the demise of these civilizations is very reasonable. Except that it will be transformed into chaos after death, everything is as it should be."
"The power of this evil god is not to cause disputes at all. If it has a name, it is definitely not 'dispute' or 'contradiction'. At least there must be an evil god who creates them out of thin air, so that it can be called the evil god of disputes and the evil god of contradiction."
This argument was very clear, and it was in line with Eagle's own previous speculation, so he nodded and motioned for Loranda to continue.
"Father, I have teamed up with Count Radcliffe to explore other worlds before. I often communicate with him. He often says that the existence of civilization itself is not something that is 'inevitable'. Any civilization can collapse at any time. This is the biggest 'social experiment' that all intelligent beings use their instincts to jointly carry out. Everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones, not knowing what ditch is ahead."
"Even a glorious civilization will usher in destruction. The Great Contemporaneity may not be perfect - since civilization is not 'eternal', then it will inevitably usher in an 'end', and the reason for the end can be destroyed. It will inevitably be destroyed by its reasons.”
"The essence of this unknown evil god is to bring civilization, and even all things, to 'self-termination'. It can be called the [Evil God of the End] [The Evil God of Destruction], of course..."
At this point, Loranda exhaled and said softly: "You can also call it [death]."
"Father."
The Paladin paused and sighed: "I want to protect the world of Mycroft and my hometown - I also just want to protect this world. But to be honest, after seeing the power of this evil god, I really I’m scared, even more scared than I was when I saw the incarnation of the evil god of natural disaster coming.”
"When sorrow continues to accumulate in the abyss, it will one day be fermented by despair into the bitter fruit called death... So many civilizations have been destroyed to provide power for this unknown evil god. Mycroft's world can support it even now, we The future will not be spared. If you only protect one world, you will definitely not be able to protect this world. Only by holding the galaxy in your heart can you protect a place's peace."
After hearing this, Eagle finally showed some expression and smiled.
And Loranda continued, he raised his hand and pointed to the azure world below him. Under the world barrier, the chaos dissipated, and the human form of light returned victorious: "There may be an isolated island between people, but civilization This is absolutely not the case, they are extinct, and we are like teeth that have lost their lips. Even if I am a selfish person who only wants to protect my own world, I must now take action to help other civilizations."
At this point, the Paladin also laughed: "I am powerful enough to suppress some weaker worlds. Father, I don't want to follow you anymore, I want to perform the mission alone."
"Go ahead, just remember your true heart."
Eagle didn't say much. He just turned around and patted Loranda on the shoulder: "But I think you need a few more years to settle down before you can understand it so clearly... Loranda, your progress It’s huge, far beyond my imagination.”
"That's because I stand behind you, my father, and Earl Radcliffe... The people moving forward are so fast, and the people following behind naturally don't dare to slack off."
Loranda began to apply for teleportation permission at the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrificial Site. Of course, because he was not a legendary powerhouse, there would be a certain delay. However, taking advantage of this period, he could still have a few more words with Eagle. The paladin said with some emotion: "The so-called hero is not someone who charges alone, but someone who can inspire others to have the courage to fight and move forward together."
Eagle looked at his disciple and adopted son. He touched his beard and whispered with a plane-like expression: "You mean, Joshua is a hero in your eyes."
"Of course not, Father."
Loranda smiled and said: "Earl Radcliffe is not a hero - he is a flag."
"He is the flag of our time."
A flag erected ten years ago, fluttering in the strong wind.
"It's just that he doesn't know it himself, he just doesn't care... The flag marches at the forefront, and the hero follows closely behind. Our civilization is all going in the direction he leads because of him - Joshua may not be aware of this at all. Yes, but in fact, even you, father, are involuntarily guided by him? Just like this time, he was at the forefront of suppressing the chaos intrusion through the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrificial Site."
"Haha, he always acts resolutely."
The old man couldn't help laughing in a low voice. He touched his beard again and said calmly: "So Loranda, what do you think you are and what do you want to be in the future?"
At this time, Loranda's body has been enveloped by the teleportation circle dropped from the air by the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Field. He is in the incorporeal state before teleportation. Regarding his adoptive father's question, the paladin naturally said: "I want Be a hero.”
"Since it cannot become a flag."
"Then be the one closest to the flag."
It’s a bit difficult to write... Please give me a monthly ticket
(End of chapter)