"Also, No. 3, I have prepared a gift for you."
Without alerting anyone, not even the maids in the lord's mansion sensed the arrival of their master, Joshua slowly walked into the room and said slowly: "Remember what I said when I took you away from the world of Kallis. "
"Eh... what gift?!"
At first, when she heard this sentence, she was a little awkward. No. 3, who tilted her head and didn't know how to answer, suddenly looked surprised. She looked very happy and wanted to suppress it, but she couldn't suppress her joy.
However, after hearing what Joshua said next, the artificial intelligence girl began to subconsciously search her memory bank. She quickly found the memory from that time, but at this time, Joshua had already spoken again, and he smiled He said: "I said, I will tear Chaos and the Evil God into pieces for you to see - now I can do it, I have completed it."
"Almost ten years have passed, and I have fulfilled my original promise. Although it is a bit empty talk, this is the gift I gave you."
This is indeed a very surprising gift.
In ten years, even No. 3, as an artificial intelligence, could not immediately recall the conversation between himself and Joshua at that time without deliberately searching his memory bank. However, the soldier actually remembered this incident all the time. Keeping this in mind, she felt very touched, and even felt a little embarrassed to look directly at the other person's face, and turned her head shyly.
However, while being moved, the keen No. 3 discovered that something was wrong with Joshua at this time. After all, based on her understanding of soldiers, Joshua definitely did not have the emotional intelligence to say such disgusting... words that would make people blush!
"I'm really happy... But Joshua, didn't you kill an evil god last time..."
Thinking of this, she asked with some confusion: "The time you returned from killing the Debilitating Evil God, our entire territory celebrated for a long time. You also had a rare indulgence and led a group of us around Mike in the stratosphere. Rolf’s world has been taken for a ride.”
Originally, this was just an ordinary doubt - although the power of the Evil God of Death is countless times stronger than that of the Evil God of Weakness, this matter has been resolved for half a year after all. The original tension and urgency have almost dissipated, and the disputes and disturbances that shocked the galaxy in the past have become In the past... Of course, No. 3 felt that there was nothing wrong with holding another grand ceremony even just to celebrate Joshua's return. She just didn't know why Joshua didn't talk about it at the time, but suddenly emphasized it now.
This was originally a question that could be answered in one sentence. No. 3 asked this question out of instinct and did not expect to get an answer at all. However, Joshua's long and monotonous silence that followed made her feel puzzled and frightened.
“…”
Faced with No. 3's question, Joshua didn't speak for a long time. His eyes flashed with a red light that made people feel hot and frightened. After a few minutes, he looked like a master who had finally solved the downtime problem. Likewise, he spoke word by word: "The previous weak evil god does not count. It was just a weak individual who had just escaped from the seal..."
"Actually, it doesn't count this time, because the Evil God of Death was not born at all. Although it had powerful power, it was completely eradicated by us when it was still an embryo."
The weird and mechanical sentence fragmentation and the obviously abnormal behavior made No. 3, who received the reply, feel something was wrong from the bottom of his heart. It was obviously something worth being happy, celebrating, and even cheering loudly, but because of Joshua's abnormality, he felt something was wrong. Her mood hit rock bottom.
- He... Was he corrupted by Chaos
But I didn’t feel the breath of chaos either!
And just when No. 3 and Joshua stared at each other, suddenly, the soldier picked up the projection of No. 3 and put it on the desk. He sat on the chair in front of the desk and did After finishing this, he continued slowly: "Together, these two can be regarded as an evil god."
Sitting on the desk, No. 3, who could really face Joshua, could see that there was something red light like lightning swimming in the black-haired warrior's originally red pupils. Seeing this red light, even if it was artificial Her intelligence also seemed to be greatly affected. She felt that she suddenly wanted to destroy something, destroy something, and turn anything - as long as it was at hand - into ashes.
However, the inheritance from the Sky God and the computing power of the Magic Network main server allowed No. 3 to quickly get rid of this influence, but at the same time, she finally discovered the source of Joshua's anomaly.
"What I promise, I will definitely do."
At this time, Joshua seemed to be saying to himself: "No matter what the cost, I will fulfill my promise."
When the soldier said this, he was not talking to No. 3 at all. He was just using this sentence to confirm something.
At this time, the artificial intelligence girl seemed to understand something. Suddenly, No. 3, who had always been very gentle to everyone, especially to Joshua, clenched her right fist. She frowned and stared at the chair in front of her. On the way, the soldier, who couldn't tell anything unusual from his expression, forcefully said in an evil voice: "Okay! I finally know what you need now!"
"Joshua, you need treatment now!"
After speaking, the magic power began to condense. As the runes of the God of the Sky appeared behind No. 3, the entire Lord's Mansion and all the free magic power in the inner city seemed to be summoned, heard the order, and began to move crazily towards the Lord's Mansion. At this moment, the magical power comparable to or even surpassing that of ordinary extreme powerhouses gathered on the artificial intelligence's arm, which seemed to be just an illusion. Then, with its master's vigorous swing, it hit Qiao Xiu hard. The top of Ya's head!
However, this seemingly powerful blow disintegrated the moment it touched the warrior's hair. The endless magic light points collapsed and turned into floating pale golden snowflakes... This is not just because the magic projection cannot touch the entity. The problem is also because the steel stance condensed on just one hair of Joshua is enough to be immune to most extraordinary power attacks below the legendary level.
A drop of blood pressure can collapse the mountains, and a hair can tear the earth apart. This is not a boast. For Joshua, this is a fact.
But even so, No. 3 achieved her goal - using a large amount of magic power to stimulate the steel power of Joshua's body to react. She immediately took advantage of this opportunity to transport a large amount of Joshua's original storage with her. The power of steel passes!
[Mental backup]
A long time ago, when Joshua was still troubled by divinity, he made a copy of his normal mental state, stored it in the power of steel, and gave it to No. 3 for storage. With the existence of No. 3, he can always determine whether his spirit has been subtly influenced by divinity and made mistakes.
The plan called mental backup is an important project to ensure the integrity of the warrior's self-will. However, at that time, Joshua quickly suppressed the fighting divinity in his body. Although the opponent was still growing, his strength was growing faster than Its faster warriors were not afraid of their share of the force, causing the plan to quickly become ineffective.
But now... Something was obviously wrong with Joshua. No. 3, who wanted to understand this, immediately restarted the plan and began to analyze the soldier's mental problem at this time.
"OMG!"
Soon, No. 3, who had compared the results, was so frightened that her wings drooped. The winged girl raised her head in shock and looked at the still calm warrior in front of her. She opened her eyes wide and exclaimed: "Joshua, What have you done? Your mental deviation value has exceeded 90%. You are like an old patient who has been crazy for thirty years!"
No wonder Joshua is so strange today! I just said that with his emotional intelligence, how could he deliberately bring up the topic of the agreement ten years ago!
Before, I thought Joshua was planning to take the initiative... No. 3 cut off the association in this regard. Now that there is no such margin, it is not the time to joke... The 90% deviation value cannot be described as a serious matter. This is simply unbelievable!
The mental deviation value is a total value calculated based on all aspects of thinking patterns, which can reflect a person's choices and cognitive views on various matters under normal circumstances. Generally speaking, the mental deviation value of normal people is about 5%, which changes due to the ups and downs of emotions. After all, no matter whether they are extremely happy or angry, people always have some bottom lines that will not change.
For ordinary people, a mental deviation value of more than 10% means madness - it can be compared to a magician who transforms into a lich. Due to the negative energy and undead transformation, his cognition is fundamentally impaired. There has been a deviation. Although he is still the same person, he is very different from his original self.
Divine erosion is naturally more serious. After all, this is a problem that even gods are troubled by. But even so, the last time Joshua was most seriously affected by divine erosion, the deviation value was only 15% to 25 About %... At this point, even with Joshua's willpower, he has become abnormally bloodthirsty and bellicose. In order to fight, he will even violate his own nature and principles and unconditionally provoke some people who would otherwise restrain themselves. To provoke the friendly presence.
No. 3 realized the seriousness of the matter, and she immediately gathered her magic power again, stretched out her hand, and pressed it on Joshua's head - of course, this time Joshua suppressed his instinct to fight back with the power of steel, although he was silent now and did not speak. But they still showed a cooperative attitude.
The flow of magical information flashed through the eyes of the artificial intelligence girl like a waterfall, and even faint runes flickered on the sky-blue hair. No. 3 almost understood why Joshua suddenly came back quietly, and for the third time One has found himself. It seems that even if the mental deviation value exceeds 90%, he knows that his situation is not right and he needs to find someone to help. No. 3, who has a mental backup, is the best choice.
Before that, if he met other people, Joshua couldn't guarantee that he would suddenly lose his mind and grab them and beat them up... On the way back, an unknown victim had already been beaten up. maybe.
A mental deviation value of 90% will make it impossible for people to communicate and think normally. Think about it, 90% of the brain tissue of the human brain, and even the nerve microcurrents, have incorrect conduction and flow. Ninety-tenths of the hardware was running, and the software code was all wrong. Thinking of this, No. 3 felt that it was a miracle that Joshua could run back from the whirlpool of creation alone!
No. 3 worked hard to repair the warrior's current mental deviation value through the mental backup left by Joshua, but it was obvious that compared to the warrior's body, the little steel power he left behind was not enough at all, and the deviation value has been at 89 It floats between % and 92%, and it seems to have no actual effect at all.
However, No. 3's efforts still had some results. When the artificial intelligence girl began to secretly adjust the computing power of a magic network server, the red lightning in the warrior's eyes finally began to dim, and Joshua immediately relied on this Opportunity to restore a little clarity.
"Thank you."
The first thing Joshua did after returning to normal was to raise his head and look directly at No. 3, who was so focused that even his magic projection was missing. He smiled and said: "Sure enough, my choice was not wrong, No. 3 No. You can indeed help me."
"Stop talking—Joshua, what on earth is going on with you?"
Seeing that Joshua finally regained some clarity, No. 3 felt very depressed despite being happy. She whispered: "How did you come back with a mental deviation value of 90%? You have been sleeping in the maelstrom of creation before. Is it possible? Is that the reason?"
"That's right, during the Creation Maelstrom, my mental deviation value even exceeded 100%. At that time, I couldn't think at all. I could only fall into a deep sleep and wait for the automatic running process I set to clean up erroneous instructions and redundant instructions. tedious information."
No. 3's hand was still pressed on Joshua's forehead. The soldier rolled his eyes and glanced at the study. He said softly: "It took half a year for me to recover a certain degree of communication ability. I know it won't work like this. Let's continue." Relying on the cleaning of automatic programs, it will take more than ten years for me to restore my thinking ability close to normal. The erosion of chaos and divinity is getting deeper and deeper, and the threat of chaos is gradually approaching. I don’t have more than ten years. Go waste.”
"Relying on my obsession with 'promise', 'agreement' and 'belief', I reluctantly returned to Mycroft's world and found you... If you are not here, I will go to Eagle and the Seven Gods to deal with the gods. They definitely have their own way of doing it."
However, that method may not be acceptable to him... Joshua is not ignorant of the nature of the power of gods. Even gods may only have a few extreme methods to deal with his situation. For example, forcibly relying on another relative divinity to offset it.
But can I really accept the divinity that 'protects' peace' and 'creation'
It's hard to say yet.
"So, do you want to activate the final plan?"
Hearing this, No. 3 was happy because she felt Joshua's trust, but also felt the crisis. Joshua's current situation is obviously very unstable. The current form of normal communication is that she borrowed the magic network main server. The strength is barely maintained... If she were a little farther away from the warrior, Joshua would probably return to the previous state where it was extremely difficult to communicate. Thinking of this, No. 3's tone couldn't help but become more determined: "Do you want to carry out a thorough mental repair? All the abnormal deviation points will be covered with the original normal memory format... Although some memories will be lost as a result, but I’ll back it up for you…”
"No."
Seeing No. 3's concerned expression, Joshua smiled and raised his hand and touched the other person's face. The artificial intelligence girl's magic projection couldn't touch him, but he could touch him. The warrior said calmly: "Just like I promised you that I would defeat the evil god, I also made a promise with the 'Evil God of Death' .”
"I made a promise with all the dead worlds that I will not forget them. Everything about them, whether it is sorrow, pain or despair, will last forever with me. Even if the other party is Chaos, an evil god, or an enemy defeated and destroyed by me, But as long as it is a promise I have made, I will never break it.”
—No matter what the cost, I will fulfill my promise.
This is Joshua's belief, and it is also the reason why Joshua can still come back from the deepest part of the abyss despite holding on to 90% of his mental deviation value.
"Thank you for your concern, No. 3."
Noticing the obviously worried expression of the artificial intelligence girl, Joshua said softly: "However, this is no longer an error that can be corrected by a review. I know my mental state best. A mere review can only suppress it." It’s only temporary, and as long as the underlying problem is not resolved, it will reoccur all the time.”
"So what can I do to help you?"
No. 3 didn't have much to do at this time, so the girl could only ask helplessly.
"It's very simple. To be honest, I still have to thank you No. 3. Because of your actions, I already have a plan."
As he said this, Joshua closed his eyes. He felt that the spirit of No. 3 was connected to him through the power of magic and steel. He could sense that the main server of the Magic Network was connected to him through the transfer station of No. 3. Clear yourself of the clutter of misinformation.
"Magic Network."
Countless information gathered and reorganized in Joshua's mind. He thought of spiritual terminals and fairy cards and other things that had never existed in Mycroft's world in his previous life. A very complete plan began to emerge in his mind. Thinking of this, the warrior He couldn't help but laugh silently, and whispered: "I can connect part of my calculation matrix to the magic network."
"Then… "
…
Starfall 841, February 1st.
The legendary warrior who went deep into the Dark Abyss, quelled disputes and disturbances, and defeated the unknown evil god (the name of the evil god of death has not been announced to the public), Joshua Van Radcliffe quietly returned to his territory on the tenth day.
On this day, the wind was calm and nothing happened. In the past ten days, those who already knew that the warrior was back wanted to visit each other, but were politely refused. Only a few friends could enter the mysterious lord's mansion. , communicate with Joshua.
Barnier, William, Barbarossa, Faina, Nostradamus, Eagle... and other legendary strongmen, as well as acquaintances like Loranda and the Brandon family are all fighting with Joshua. After the exchange, they all left with pensive expressions on their faces. After they returned to their laboratories and territories, they all began to thank guests behind closed doors, as if they were intensively working on some secret plan.
Many people who know the secrets behind Yixingxidian are speculating that they are formulating repair courses and thinking about treatment plans for the legendary warriors who have been severely mentally damaged. However, some people have rejected this speculation. They say that these strong men have not prepared any mental preparations. Treatment plan, on the contrary, they seem to be joining forces to carry out a completely unknown big plan in the magic network.
Both sides held their own opinions and held several discussions on the spiritual terminal forum, but in the end there was no result.
In fact, both sides are right.
Starfall 841, February 1st.
The Empire's External Exploration Department, the captain of the elite team, an outstanding student at the Champions Academy of Winterfort, and a disciple of the legendary warrior Radcliffe, Priest O'Mini is walking on the streets of the main city of Moldavia, quite impressive. Shopping around with nothing to do.
At this time, it was the vacation between two missions. My sister was in class. Sur was also storing energy in the magic storage room. All his teammates returned to their hometown to visit relatives. It was rare that Xianchang Priest was alone. He originally wanted to go. I paid a visit to the teacher who had returned from the abyss, but was rejected. The black dragon girl with a ball of light on her head who was guarding the door simply refused to allow strangers to enter. If it weren't for Priest, he could be considered a familiar face. He knocked on the door. I'm afraid I'll have to eat a burst of sunshine and flames.
Although a young warrior with gold-level strength may not be able to stop it, he knew that the black dragon's true form was something that not even the most advanced warriors wanted to face.
"It's boring... It seems I can only go to the bar and play fairy cards."
Thinking quite helplessly, Priest turned his steps to the right - he knew that there was a card bar with high service quality next to him, and he was also a VIP gold card member there, just to spend his free time. A good place to go. There, he could even eat giant spicy crabs from another world, which was enough to keep him occupied throughout the afternoon.
However, just when Priest walked to the door of the bar and was about to open the door and walk in, he suddenly felt that the gem-shaped spiritual terminal embedded in his wristband suddenly began to vibrate violently and heat up.
Alarm clock? Someone is looking for me? When did I set such a loud ringtone
This series of thoughts instinctively flashed through his mind. Priest followed his instinct and subconsciously entered it through the mental power link, entering the mental space inside the mental terminal.
In recent years, as spiritual terminals have become more and more popular, basically anyone with a little spare money at home will buy one, especially mages. This small magic device, which is equivalent to multiple practical magic solidification instruments, has basically become a spell caster. necessary supplies.
Priest entered the secret key. He thought it was probably an urgent task of the Department of External Exploration. With this mentality, he couldn't help but become serious after being relaxed at first.
Then.
Priest saw an icon that should never have appeared, whether in the past or the future, appearing in the center of his mental terminal space.
It was an icon that was very familiar to someone who had seen it for at least seven or eight years. The bloody sword and wand intersected in front of the shield, surrounded by black iron chains.
At the same time, a forced advertisement began to play in Priest's ears on a loop.
[The first spiritual terminal online game in history, a fully immersive game, the Continent of Disputes is hotly launched!]
[Dear spiritual end user 'Priest', you have been invited as a closed beta player, what are you waiting for? Please join us to witness the glory of the server launch!]
Merry Christmas!
Speaking of which, why are there so few comments recently? Is it possible that everyone is cashing in...
(End of chapter)