"Chrissy, you say, what's outside of our world?"

"I don't know, De Chims, I never thought about it."

1999, twenty years ago in the autumn, night.

The dark-haired girl sits on a grassy slope in a rural American hill, pulling weeds from her side while perfunctory questions from the boy next to her.

The boy lay on the grass, and he was now staring at the starry sky above him: the cloudless night sky was like an endless wall, which spread endlessly to the left and right, up and down, and the never-ending black wall was covered with sparkling light.

A brilliant galaxy of countless stars stretched from the left side of the field of vision to the end of the right, making anyone who gazed at it unable to help but imagine the endless distance.

"Outside of the world, there are other worlds."

The boy who had just read some astronomy extracurricular popular science books said ostentatiously, causing the girl who had also seen it to complain: "What, it's obviously a star, right?" The book says that the earth is a planet, and other stars are the same as the earth. ”

"It's all the same, other planets are other worlds, and they're very different from Earth."

Sitting up from the grass, the boy named Dechimus still did not look away, he still looked up at the stars, and did not notice the slightly annoyed expression of the girl beside him: "It is said that in those places, there are red earth, black plants, and all kinds of strange but powerful, mushroom-like beasts...... There is not even air, there is no water, there is no way for humans to live! ”

"What's there to be happy about? And who told you that there are beasts on alien planets? ”

The girl named Chrissy subconsciously pulled out the weeds, and she replied helplessly, "Not only are there no human beings there, there is nothing, it is a barren rocky desert, and there will be no life!" ”

"Because of curiosity! We need water and oxygen, but don't you think it's strange that there's no one on those planets? ”

The boy obviously didn't care about the girl's complaints, his eyes were shining at this time, reflecting the light of the stars in the sky: "If we humans can't survive there, then what's the point of these stars and the world?" ”

The girl's eyes were stunned, her thinking was obviously not as free as the boy's, and the girl, who was just ten years old, was even rounded up and began to think hard: "Yes, yes...... Why does a planet that we humans can't live on exist? What is their significance......"

Because she is too young, such a question that no adult will be puzzled by does make the intelligent girl fall into great puzzlement.

But then, the boy's enthusiastic answer interrupted her train of thought.

"It's exploration!"

Standing up, the boy stretched out his arms to the sea of stars in the sky.

This brown-haired and blue-eyed child's tone is full of enthusiasm, confidence, and a kind of conviction peculiar to young children: "Those stars are left for us to explore!" ”

"Not only that, but the whole starry sky, all the worlds, were born for us to explore!"

“…… Hmph, I'm the only one who is willing to accompany you to think about these things all day long. ”

Taken aback at first, the girl who reacted quickly lowered her head, her amber eyes staring at the weeds in front of her that had been torn off and pulled out, and then raised again, looking at the starry sky with the boy.

After a while, the girl's voice sounded faintly: "Hey, Dechimus......"

"What do you want to do when you grow up?"

"I want to be an explorer!"

The boy's answer was unthinking, as if he had already thought about it: "Just as Columbus discovered the New World of America, discover new planets and worlds!" ”

"Really...... That's great, I want to too. ”

Hearing this answer, the girl showed a 'I already knew' expression.

But this time, she didn't complain about the other party's weird dreams like usual, but said to herself in some frustration: "But I can't do it, the dessert shop at home is still waiting for me...... I can only be a pastry chef. ”

Saying this, the girl shook her head, she patted her face, cheered herself up, and said:

"But it's okay, when you grow up, when you come back from your adventure, I'll make you dessert."

It was only then that the boy noticed that his friend's tone was a little more lonely and sad than usual.

He turned his head in some surprise and looked at the girl beside him.

He grinned, "What do you think, Chrissy, I'll take you with me then!" ”

The pre-millennium Americas were always like that: endless wheat fields, scattered farmsteads, old towns that have remained unchanged for decades, and familiar and tiresome parents and relationships.

To live here, you have to be prepared to live here for the rest of your life, people who leave here rarely come back, and the slightest hint of a bustling big city is enough to attract all the attention of young people.

The wind blows and feels the peace, the towering grain storage towers are illuminated by the moonlight, bringing up long shadows, and the boys and girls on the small hill are bathed in the starlight, they talk about the future, tell each other about their ideals and aspirations, and then laugh and fall asleep.

Twenty years later.

2019, summer, evening.

Returning to his homeland, Dechimus once again stood on the hill imprinted in his heart, and the silent man with the package stared at the hillside that seemed to have not changed in front of him, and could not help but recall the good memories of the past.

But this time, he was alone.

As a pioneer 'explorer'.

Outside of the distant world, it seems that a long time has passed, but for my home world, my hometown, it is only five years.

Five years is enough time to turn a small-town boy with no supernatural powers, even the occult before, into a demigod who can be called a 'strong' in most of the world.

"Has the earth also been revived...... Well, it's not surprising, after all, the earth is also one of many worlds. ”

As in his childhood, De Chims sat on the familiar hillside, put down the package in his hand and closed his eyes: "If you think about it, I have always wanted to explore beyond the world, but I have never been quiet to explore my hometown. ”

"What secrets are there in my hometown? I didn't really think about that at all. ”

At the peak of the Commander Rank, just one step away from the Overlord Rank, he was inspired to leave the Earth before the aura was revived, and the man who was exploring in the multiverse took a deep breath and felt the taste of home.

Silence followed.

…… It's a cliché story.

Boys and girls who have grown up have become family members of the pioneer space.

First they parted, then they charged, first sad, then excited, angry, fighting, and finally back together.

People who yearn to explore distant places move forward hand in hand, and they clumsily move forward in the darkness of the unknown.

Walk slowly on a dangerous and fun steelrope, and step on a single-plank bridge over the rapids of fate and nothingness.

It's all just for the other worlds that boys and girls talk about in their childhood, and the light that is far away.

Dancing with the crisis, and with death.

During that time, their lives were indeed wonderful and radiant with endless brilliance - people who are different from ordinary people can only live their own taste under the protection of great beings.

Until one mission, which was considered the most difficult even in the entire pioneer space, the 'Exploration of the Primordial Realm', interrupted the journey of the two.

The High World, the prototype of the 'Realm of Celestial Light', is located at the apex of the world's ultimate world, the 'Realm of Creation'......

Knowing the dangers of this world, Decimus and Chrissy entered it, and once they entered it, they went incognito, exploring its corners and corners with the utmost care, and putting safety first.

But even so, in the face of the ten major forces in the Creation Realm, the ten 'Cosmic God Systems', the information of these 'Boundary Breakers' was quickly grasped.

They seem to have a huge web, a super-network all over the starry sky, and as long as a being from the outside enters their realm, they can instantly detect it.

And then...... It is to pursue, to flee, to fight, to continue to flee, and then to fail and to be forced to return.

The process of explorers exploring the world is indeed full of passion and romance, but it is not always smooth sailing, even if the pioneer space has set up various preferential policies and even protection measures for its explorers, it will occasionally miss when facing those overly powerful 'aborigines'.

In the final return, in order to protect the seriously injured Dechimus, Chrissy chose to face the pursuers of the 'Cosmic God System' alone to buy time for the final teleportation of the pioneer space.

She succeeded—when both of them were about to be captured by the cosmic gods, the Herald Space took the lead in opening the teleportation and pulling her family back to the Herald Space.

However, the cosmic god system is too powerful.

The strongest of them intervened, halting all movement in their locations - particles, waves, aura, space-time, and everything else that was not there, everything was covered by absolute stillness, and time stood still.

Of course, such an incomparably powerful divine skill, as long as it is not fully activated, it cannot prevent the return of the pioneer space. DeChimus made it back to the pioneer space.

However, because of the queen of the palace, Chrissy, who was one step slower, was completely hit by the magic skill of time stagnation, turned into time amber, and was taken away by the cosmic god system for analysis and research.

No one can break the protective shield of the pioneer space for their own family members when teleporting, which is equivalent to wrestling with a great being, even if it is hit with a black hole, it will definitely be a black hole.

But there's no need to go for it, there are so many ways to keep explorers in place.

Then, sealed, imprisoned.

The power of the primordial world is so incredible, and it is the ultimate goal of all explorers, the blood-boiling world realm.

But now, he doesn't have that enthusiasm anymore.

Time passed, and when the light of the setting sun dimmed, and the red sun fell into the mountains on the other side of the sky, and the darkness once again covered the sky, and the stars twinkled, I heard the man's self-mutter, which was full of 'determination' as it had been twenty years ago.

Chriss...... I'll definitely get you out. ”

Standing up, Dechimus' mood had calmed down.

He has a very important task to do, which is to find Chrissy's family and obtain their blood.

This is very difficult for ordinary people, but it is a small matter for a demigod mage, but the problem is that Chrissy's family moved out of the town three years ago, and no one knows where they are at this time.

After all, the elopement of their daughter with a poor boy whose relatives were dead did make them lose face.

The poor boy of the past, the current demigod Decimus didn't care what they thought, but he did need the blood of Chrissy's relatives as a prop for divination, and to find the location of his lover who was now imprisoned in another world.

"I don't know what's going on Earth...... What seems like a lot of technological progress in the past five years? Even my hometown has a projection light screen, and it seems that everyone knows a magic trick or two? ”

Already ready to act, De Chimus's mind came to the strange situation that he had encountered since he returned to Earth, but he had ignored it because he was too anxious, which made him quite puzzled: "This has the basic conditions of the High Magic World!" ”

"But it's not surprising, after all, there is only a thin line between high magic and high technology."

Although he found these strange places, the man didn't pay much attention to them.

Even in the High Demon World, with his strength, not to mention unimpeded, at least he won't encounter any really thorny problems.

As long as you don't conflict with the gods and are targeted by the great gods, a ruling demigod can live a very nourishing life in any world.

Take, for example, a young dragon teammate who once had an adventure together.

The one who is not at most twenty years old, and calls himself the water dragon clan of Jiuming, although his strength is only about the first level of the commander, but he can already make a name for himself in the well-known high-level world 'Westward Demon Subjugation', as long as he does not provoke those pets and children of the immortals in the mortal world, or is targeted by that team of demon slaying master apprentices, he can act freely in the world, and even become the king of the mountain in a certain place.

No matter how dangerous the situation on Earth is, could it be more dangerous than a high-level exploration world?

This is his home of Dechimus!

The situation in his hometown, he still doesn't know!

"No matter what, it can't be more terrifying than the 'Creation Realm', right?"

With this in mind, the man picked up his package and prepared to leave, laughing at himself, "There are at least one or two gods stationed on every planet in that place, and if it is an important planet, there are even righteous gods stationed!" ”

His form was blurred and seemed to blend in with the world around him, and Dechimus cast a 'walk in the void' and entered the spirit realm, intending to travel to the former home of his lover Chris, collect the breath of her parents and friends, and then use prophecy to find out where they were.

However, just as he was about to start his move, De Chamus abruptly stopped his actions.

"Who!"

Turning his head alarmingly, he looked behind him, and saw the sparse trees on the hills swaying in the wind, and the moonlight falling from the fine clouds in the dark sky, outlining the edges of the clouds.

But these are all just illusions.

In the caster's perception, he sensed a secret, but by no means natural, magic fluctuation that appeared within four hundred meters of him and gave him a sense of danger.

Four hundred meters, for the Commander Rank, is almost an instant, and at this distance, it is almost impossible to dodge the surprise attack, so before he let out a low shout, De Chimus has blessed himself with more than three enhanced spells through silent casting, and opened the package in his hand, activating the 'Alchemy Armament Rock Armor' stored in it, and is about to enter a full combat state.

At the same time, he also sketched out the location and shape of the enemy in his soul vision through elemental perception.

However, just when Dechimus, who had completely entered the combat state and was about to absorb all the earth elements within a few hundred meters around him and condense his combat form, really saw his 'enemy', he was stunned in place again, motionless.

Because, what appeared in his soul's vision was not what he imagined, just a 'Commander'.

It's the four Commanders Peaks, plus dozens of Transcendent Peaks!

- What's going on?! Why are so many strong people suddenly popping up?!

- Four demigods, dozens of high-level professionals...... Where the hell did this come from?!

"What's going on!"

By no means De Chims was not shocked.

Such a lineup, even if it is placed in the abyss blood battle, can be regarded as an extremely elite team, and it is impossible to be completely eliminated if it is not the presence of the abyss demon lord in person, or the demon archon leading the personal guards to encircle and suppress it.

If there is one more ordinary god (Overlord Earth Immortal) among them, then you can completely cut off a part of the abyss and slowly plot to become the new abyss lord! It would not be surprising if it was a righteous god (immortal immortal) who monopolized an abyss, turned it into a lair, and became a member of the main messenger behind the bloody war!

"Mr. DeChims, please don't resist."

It seems that because it was discovered, it was too lazy to continue hiding.

With a fluctuation of magic power, among the powerhouses of the American Federation who appeared together, a man with long golden hair and a rather feminine face slowly walked out.

He has the strength of the leadership level, and his smile is very friendly, but that soft smile is extremely dangerous in the eyes of De Chimus, like a lurking poisonous snake: "My name is Crocell, the senior executive of the NW Foundation of the American Federation, and the president of the Rainbow Snake Group. ”

"Because of our Void Ritual reaction, there are obvious and abnormal void fluctuations in your direction, so I guess that a powerful pioneer space explorer has descended here, so I personally led a team here to greet you."

“…… What exactly do you want to do? ”

Hearing the words 'pioneer space' come out of the other party's mouth, De Chimus's pupils couldn't help but shrink.

At this moment, he sensed that the surrounding spiritual realm had been blocked by the magic circle, and more than a dozen dimensional anchors had been marked on his body, and it was impossible to rely on teleportation or elemental transformation to get out.

After being countered with a large number of emergency spells, not to mention defeating four strong men of the same level and looking prepared, it was a question of whether he could survive the first three seconds of the battle.

However, the only thing to be thankful for now is that the purpose of this group of transcendents is not to destroy themselves, but to talk to themselves.

“…… What do you want to talk to me about? ”

Taking a deep breath, Dechimus said in a deep voice, "I have not been on Earth for the last five years, and if I want to ask about this, I don't know anything. ”

"We know, Mr. Explorer of Pioneer Space."

The blonde man was very satisfied with Dechimus's attitude, which looked a little hard-mouthed, but was actually completely subdued.

"The scales that originated from my lord and my lord's apostles tell me that you have an unknown aura of 'ancient lord' in you."

The president of the Holy Serpent Prayer Society, the senior executive of the NW Foundation, and the leader of the whitewashed mysterious organization, Crossel smiled and stared at the man with a scumbag on his face, looking a little lonely, and as if he had been greatly hit.

He whispered, "It seems that something irreparable happened to you?" But don't worry. ”

With that, Crossel drew a circle on his chest in a frenzy—of course, depending on the arc, it could have been an egg.

Then he said aloud: "Then make a wish to my lord." ”

"Under the light of the candle day, all your sorrows will be erased!"

"Holy!"

And after Croselle, all the NW Foundation members who followed him, that is, the whitewashed members of the Holy Serpent Spirit Prayer Society, also shouted in unison: "My Lord has mercy! ”

"Huh?"

Confused by the strange prayers that suddenly came, Dechimus looked dazed.

He looked at Crossel in front of him with incredible eyes: "Wait, who do you say your Lord is?" ”

"You actually worship random world bosses and mess with the police...... Oh no, actually worship Candle Day?! ”