If you put aside the dissonance around you, this is really a beautiful place.
What we are now in is a crystal forest that seems to be located in the underground space. The "crystal forest" here is not just an image, but refers to the fact that there are really flowers and trees formed by crystals everywhere. , there are lush and sturdy towering ancient trees, dense clusters of low shrubs, and even white translucent grass stems and wild flowers. These dazzling "plants" look like ordinary lush forests in shape, but they are all Formed from a white translucent crystal texture, the entire crystal forest is covered with a piece of crystal clear white, even the ground under the feet is covered with fine sand that feels like soil but has a texture like crystals. I have looked around here. After a while, I feel a little dazzled. The scene in front of me is as if the whole world has been turned into an ice sculpture, with a strange beauty, even to the point of shocking beauty.
But in such a beautiful environment, the surrounding is filled with that ubiquitous sense of hostility and oppression. This disgusting feeling is somewhat familiar, but before Father God opened his mouth to explain, I did not make a judgment—after all This conjecture is too sensational.
"You're right, this place feels really uncomfortable..."
I looked around and couldn't find the source of the oppressive feeling, as if there was so much hostility in every direction that I couldn't find the source at all. A large number of protoss sentries can be seen standing guard or patrolling in the crystal jungle, obviously we are walking in a heavily guarded place. And as he continued to move forward, the unpleasant feeling of depression became more and more intense.
Father God is leading the way not far ahead, and the unfriendly atmosphere around him seems to have very little influence on him, and he seems to be used to it.
"This phenomenon will only happen at a certain time, and then this place will be completely martial law," Father God explained to me with a slight tilt of his head, "The Crystal Forest is a good place in normal times, and this is the most beautiful place in the God Realm One. My daughter Katie was born here."
I was taken aback for a moment, looked at the surrounding environment which was not suitable for having a baby, and muttered: "Sister-in-law is really romantic."
"No, Jiadi is not Sola's child," Father God smiled slightly, "Neither are the two daughters."
I coughed suddenly: "Ahem... oh, what... and a sister-in-law?"
Relax and relax when you are with the Father. But I still feel very embarrassed to talk about some topics. Anyway, Father God's family is messed up enough. Because it is said that all the protoss in the star field were created by him. Now the wife of God the Father, the Supreme Goddess of Darkness is also equal to his daughter, and God the Father also has a pair of real twin daughters, and now these pair of daughters are not born by the Goddess of Darkness, so how should the young ladies and Goddess of Darkness be counted? Is it sister or mother? Then in the future, will God the Father have other wives? How should this be calculated
I went back and forth for a long time and did not come up with a perfect relationship diagram. I only came to one conclusion: If we really want to deduce it like this, I am afraid that God the Father will become the second person after me to call himself the uncle—presumably everyone still remembers it. I used to list the formulas for how a group of people in the family called each other. Now it seems that apart from ethical issues, the interpersonal relationship around me is not much clearer than Father God at all...
"You think too much," Father God seemed to see what I was running out of at a glance. He didn't care, just smiled lightly. "I only have Sola as a wife. Jiadi and Cyndia have no mothers. They give birth to their own swords."
… After confirming that I heard correctly, the image of God the Father in my mind suddenly became very powerful, because it was the first time I heard that someone could give birth to a child with a cold weapon...
"It seems that you are overthinking again." Father God watched the various expressions on my face scrolling and broadcasting, "God's life form is quite special. The reason why Jiadi and Cyndia are called my daughters , It just happened to be created by me... Forget it, this topic is endless to explain. If you have time, you can go to the Temple of Life to find Jiajia. She has an encyclopedia of life in the God Realm. After reading that, you should understand. "
Father God may be right, but I still feel that these true gods are simply incredible. From my own worldview, if I continue to figure out the world of the Protoss, I may have to go directly to a mental hospital when I go back, so I am decisive on this topic. stopped.
"Wow, wow—"
When I was thinking wildly, there was a slight sound of water in my ears, which made me focus again. At this time, I realized that I had followed Father God to a special place in the Crystal Forest. The place looks like... an underground lake
A large blank suddenly appeared in the white crystal forest like a world of ice and snow. There were no plants and shrubs blocking the way in front of it. Instead, there was an underground lake that was slightly surging like mercury. The width of the lake was jaw-dropping— I can't even see where the other side of the lake is!
Of course, someone may ask me, I can’t see the shore of the lake at all, how did I judge that this is an underground lake and not an underground ocean? Woolen cloth…
"The water here is quite shallow." I took out a small stick and poked it on the water. "Uh, it's not just shallow, it's just a layer of water! Is there ice underneath?"
Originally, I thought that this underground lake, whose depth could not be seen under the effects of various light and shadow effects, might still be very deep, but I did not expect to poke it twice with a small stick and suddenly found that its "water depth" was less than one centimeter. The sparkling light interfered with my vision, and the weird energy around me also made it difficult for my spiritual perception to function normally. I was actually deceived by a mirror with water skin...
"Deep and shallow have no meaning here, because the bottom of Crystal Lake is conceptual, it is infinitely deep and infinitely shallow, and its 'bottom' depends on the soul of the visitor, the purer the soul, the shallower Crystal Lake is for it .Of course, this restriction is useless to creatures in the void. Our souls are at the same level as the void. In front of you and me, the crystal lake almost does not exist. On the "lake surface" of the layer of water skin, there was a slight sound of water, "This is to prevent people from getting into danger by mistake-people who do not meet the standards cannot pass through the crystal lake, even the gods. These lakes have my own The power is enough to stop anyone who trespasses here."
I thought about it, and said to myself that it's fortunate that Lilina didn't follow, or I should be busy salvaging that girl with Father God at this time...
"Don't worry, we'll be there soon." Father God saw that I was a little absent-minded, and knew that I was anxious to know what I came here to see, but his tone was still not in a hurry. "You have to learn to wait patiently, as a void creature. This is essential. One day you will find that you have infinite time to complete any plan, but you don't realize it now."
In fact, I want to say that I have always considered myself a very patient person. I can think about the artistic life for ten minutes after soaking a piece of instant noodles, but after thinking about it, it may not be the same thing as patience. No matter how patient you are, you can't compare with the great man in front of you who is always working on a 500 million-year plan, so he resolutely doesn't speak. Obediently be taught - I am a void creature just now, but I don't know how many billions of years these void creatures have been. It doesn't hurt to listen to the experience of the old-timers.
As I walked, I found that the surrounding environment was not quite right, and the depressing feeling became stronger and stronger. And now I can clearly feel that this atmosphere comes from the feet, the surrounding crystal light has become much dimmer than before, even the crystal forest in the distance seems to have entered dusk, and the lake under our feet is gradually turning black.
"We are here." Finally, Father God stopped, and we are now completely away from the lakeshore. The vast and chaotic sky is as dark as dusk, and the crystal forest in the distance seems to have disappeared into the night, surrounded by layers of strange black shadows. Covered with a black-purple mist floating in the air, there is no longer a sentinel nearby, and under our feet, the lake water has changed from the beginning as if a trace of ink has been mixed into a large area of gray and black. There is something under the lake a few meters away. It is a huge black circle, which is as breathtaking as a black hole. It is so huge that I can't even see the opposite boundary. I can only distinguish this black hole by looking to both sides. The arc of the edge.
This weird situation took people by surprise, and I finally couldn't help asking: "What the hell is this? Why do I feel so like..."
"This is the core of the lowest level of the God Realm," Father God turned his head and smiled at me, "And the one in front of you is the oldest existing abyss gate in the void."
"I'm X!" As soon as my father's voice fell, I couldn't help but let out a strange cry, and after lifting my legs, I jumped ten meters away, "You put this thing in your basement, and you have a baby?!"
Father God's shoulders twitched visibly, and then he turned his head to look at me helplessly: "Don't be so nervous, it's not dangerous, and haven't you noticed that the abyss environment here is different from what you usually feel—it's very gentle. "
After the other party said this, I finally calmed down. After feeling it carefully, I found that it was true. Although the surrounding environment is definitely not comfortable, it is not as depressing as in front of the real gate of the abyss. The joint-mounted cannons shot past. Compared with the normal abyss, this place can be called gentle. Of course, the more important thing is that the black round shadow under the water looks very stable, and it doesn't explode like the abyss gate I have seen before. sign. The surrounding atmosphere is not like an ordinary abyss, which is one of the reasons why I have been skeptical but never made a judgment.
"What the hell is going on here? The bottom of the God Realm? The Gate of the Abyss? I said this development is too thrilling and suspenseful—by the way, you brought the Gate of the Abyss here for research?"
Father God hurriedly greeted himself from the Shadow City to the God Realm, and what he wanted to show me was a suppressed gate to the abyss. This gave me a very strong stimulus at the beginning. After all, any normal person None of them put this thing in their own basement—the lowest level of the God Realm, isn't this the basement? I thought that I was entangled in all kinds of troubles all day long, and I had been tempered to the point where Mount Tai collapsed in front of me without changing my face, and my nerves were so strong that even if I didn't have peripheral necrosis, I would still be half-facially paralyzed, but now I know, in this world There's never a shortage of things that shock you to the point of jumping and cursing, especially as a Father God who has lived for an unknown number of billions of years and plans to live for an unknown number of billions more. The big brother in front of me has enough surprise reserves, enough for my Sparta to go to the National Day next year...
Of course, although it is quite shocking that the Starfield God Realm retains an abyss gate, maybe this thing has a very normal meaning of existence. For example, it may be a sample used by the gods for research, or it may It's the spoils of the Father God after a certain battle with someone - similar things actually exist in Shadow City, but I usually put that thing in the extreme laboratory, and the laboratory is placed on the boundary of the void. There was at least one legion soldier standing guard next to him, and even a mosquito would have to undergo B-ultrasound three times before it would be released—so I remembered, I did see a lot of Protoss soldiers standing guard along the way, that should be for Guards the gate of the abyss.
There is only one thing that still makes people very concerned: Father God said that this is the oldest existing abyss gate in the void. Such an amazing title is placed on an even more amazing thing like the abyss gate, which cannot but make people imagine Lian Pian——If Father God hadn’t coughed twice and recalled my thoughts that had drifted to the end of the void, I would have made up more than three million words in my brain at this time...
"You know. The God Realm is a very special place."
Father God pulled me to stand very close to the gate of the abyss, and it looked like I could jump in directly by taking half a step forward—of course this should be an illusion. This crystal lake suppresses the gate of the abyss. It is also divided into two from the space on the lake. Although the dark hole can be seen with the naked eye, you won't really fall in even if you walk around the lake. Of course, Lilina may be a Except, I don't think this dying antique Abyss Gate can be any darker than that little girl who was black to her creases.
"The God Realm is divided into many layers, and the space you see has infinite extension, but these infinite spaces also evolved slowly in the gradual development of the God Realm. When it was first created, it was once a A very simple space. The crystal forest you see is the first layer of the God Realm. This crystal lake is as old as the entire God Realm. In fact, there is another place deep in the jungle. Come over and have a look, it was the place where I rested after creating the God Realm, a very simple hut, now it is surrounded by children as a holy place."
Father God had a proud face when he said this, and I looked around. Although the light here is dim and full of bizarre colors, but far away from the gate of the abyss, the Crystal Forest is a place with monotonous colors. The white world, so he couldn't help but said: "Uh, it seems that the God Realm was quite simple at first."
Father God scratched his hair: "I had no experience at that time, and I forgot to color it after I finished it—I just left it like this when I remembered it later, and the children are used to it, so it's not easy to change."
I think Father God should be recommended to communicate with Pao Pao. That girl changes the emoji package for Shadow City on average every three days. How can you make people who are used to nostalgia reason
"This gate to the abyss—" I cautiously stretched out my foot and stepped on the lake in front of me, and found that the black shadow under the water was indeed suppressed by something, and I couldn't touch it at all, so I was relieved, " Is it the spoils of war you used for research?"
Completely beyond my expectation, Father God shook his head: "No, it is a part of the God Realm, and its existence here is older than this crystal forest. In fact, before I started to create the God Realm, it It's already formed."
I refrained from jumping back more than ten meters again: everyone, this is a historic moment, I stepped on the ancestors of the abyss!
Damn, now is not the time to talk about this!
"Are you building a house on top of the abyss?!" I could feel that there were hardly any undistorted muscles on my face. Looking at the harmless smile of the Father God, I felt like I saw the principal in person for the first time ten years ago. Just as scary as a home visit.
"I know this is incredible. Everyone who heard the news for the first time had the same reaction as you, including the other human kings who have been to this crystal forest—of course, you are the one who came to this position with me. The first one. This ancient gate of the abyss has always been in a stable state, and its nature is very special... It is almost harmless. At the beginning, it was much larger than it is now, almost as vast as the frozen continent of the God Realm, Later, I compressed it into this. Recently, the activity of this abyss gate has begun to increase again, and the state is very unusual, and some interesting things have happened... I guess it may be related to the one I have been studying recently One thing that matters is whether the last cycle of the Void really existed..."
"Wait, wait," I quickly interrupted the other party, "Why can't I understand the last cycle and this cycle?"
"The void is the combination of all things, so it has all possible concepts, and therefore it does not have all the characteristics that can be described," Father God said, and sat down casually, completely ignoring the layer of "water" under his feet , he also invited me to sit with him, I hesitated for a while before I sat down, but was surprised to find that the "water" of the crystal lake did not stain my clothes at all, "Therefore, many people always think that the void is eternal—from From the perspective of mortals, this judgment is correct, the void they can understand has never changed and will not change, but to me, to you, and to that crazy girl Huron, the void is completely different."
As soon as my expression changed, the first thing that immediately came to my mind was: It turns out that the God King of the Huron Protoss is actually a girl.
At such a serious moment, my first thought turned out to be this. In an instant, I felt a heavy sense of guilt. It seemed that my life was unreliable.
"The entire void should be reshuffled every once in a while. The reason is unknown, the cycle is unknown, the result is unknown, and it is not even clear whether it really happened." Father God certainly didn't know that my brain started to twitch again at this time , just talking about his own words, every character began to make people's heart skip a beat, "For Void, this process should have happened countless times, of course you can also think that it only happened once, because every cycle After that, everything will be cleared and restarted, and no one can explain the state of the connection between the two cycles. Even I am not sure about the specific meaning of all this. It's called the Cataclysm of the Void."
"The three of the void creatures, including you and me, have never experienced this event. It can be considered that we should have been born after the last cycle, and the gate of the abyss in front of you may be the only one from above. A cycle that remains to this day."
(Because I was so exhausted, I have been thinking about whether I should stop today. I started thinking about it at 6:30, and then I resolutely gave up this good opportunity to save a manuscript—I may have obsessive-compulsive disorder .) (to be continued)