The Milky Way, the Distant Radiant Galaxy.

The huge blue star burns brightly, shining on its fifteen planets.

The seventh gaseous planet, from near to far, gave birth to some kind of spiritual life based on aura crystals, which are almost like ghosts, but they are purer and more spiritual than ghosts, and they are pregnant with their own possibilities in the depths of the giant star.

But they who only have a chance to gain primary wisdom after tens of thousands of years are not the protagonists today.

At the edge of the Radiant Galaxy, a rather disjointed-looking fleet is fleeing as the Jump Engine cools, its badly damaged outer armor proving that it has endured a tough battle.

Behind this fleet, countless dense ripples suddenly lit up, like rain dripping on the surface of a lake, and hundreds of alien warships sped out of these spreading concentric circles, chasing the fleeing fleet.

It seems that it is just an extremely common scene in the universe - the weak fleet is hunted down by the strong, and there is no way to get rid of it until the end of the universe.

But in reality it's the opposite.

At the rear of the fugitive fleet, a huge spherical candle battleship was broken, resisting the strange attacks of many alien warships, and from time to time it made several counterattacks to repel the opponent's attack.

The grid-like shield shielded from missiles and artillery, as well as whips, and the flow of particles that were volleyed in seconds of light made the bombardment that could destroy the mountains resemble the current of water hitting a reef, shattered on an immovable wall.

And the Candlelight Giant holds overwhelming firepower, and each attack erupts in a vacuum with thunder.

When the enemy's artillery fire was temporarily extinguished, the beam of light formed by plasma sparks and aura condensed swept across the starry sky, like a tornado sweeping across the land, easily destroying all enemy ships within five light seconds.

But it doesn't grapple.

The Candlelight Battleship was immensely powerful, but it had no desire to destroy all alien ships: after escaping the encirclement of the alien warships, it continued to cover the advance of the fugitive fleet without inflicting any additional attacks.

At the edge of the galaxy, the light of the battleship's guns was like starlight, spanning long distances, illuminating many silent stars.

This is exactly the battle of the Earth Fleet where Su Sun's body is located, and the many pursuing Twilight Fleets.

In order to avoid being encircled and entangled by more and more Dusk fleets, and then being caught up by the four powerhouses of the Void Order, the Earth Fleet's chosen strategy of action is to retreat and fight.

The one who set this action strategy was Tang Yuan, who had the control of Su Sun's body.

Ever since Su Sun left the Earth Universe with the Celestial Scale and went to the Twilight World to find a way to break the situation, he has taken on a great responsibility, as the commander of the Earth Fleet, leading the fleet and the Body of Candlelight to run around the universe, delaying the pursuit of the Void Order.

Although there are times when the body of Candle Day will break away from command during battle, as Tong Su Sun said, it is just a small instinct of the body's spontaneous nature.

When it came to the moment of truth, the Body of the Candle never made a mistake - its attack, defense, destructiveness, and deterrence were better than all people and civilizations could have imagined.

Even the combined fleet of the seven twilight civilizations could not stop the jet flow of the cosmic dragon, even the giant beast floating in the void was just a meal on the plate of the body of the candle day, it tore through the curtain trap of the dense nebula area, and crossed the turbulent area full of asteroids, even if the body left by Su Sun did not have wisdom, it could still pass through the long void of the vast star sea, and make a way for the Earth fleet to survive.

"But even then, we're constantly being caught up."

Inside the Earth Fleet, the flagship, Tang Yuan, who was having a meeting in the war room, looked haggard and serious.

When the future of the entire fleet and even the civilization of the earth is shouldered on his body, ordinary people will be crushed by this heavy load; And the other part of the population will grow up and take responsibility.

Yuen is the second type.

In the process of 'fleeing' the Void Order, he quickly became a qualified fleet commander under the guidance of Tain Prophet and several Tallinns and Kloes, and skillfully used many techniques from other civilizations to break free from enemy forces.

But there is a limit to skill, and the hard power of the Earth Fleet is indeed a little worse.

Perhaps the psionic engine is advanced enough, and the material science is even more impeccable, and the jumpable engine, as a new technology that the earth civilization has contacted, is indeed inferior to the major old interstellar civilizations in actual use.

As time passed, more and more of the Twilight Fleet caught up with the Earth side, and they were always able to lock on to the Earth Fleet's jump trajectory at the first time, and then quickly follow up.

"The body left behind by Marshal Su Sun can indeed make a way out, but in another month or two, according to our speed, we will be caught up by the main fleet of the Void Order—at that time, we will definitely be entangled, followed by three annihilation envoys, and a flood demon lord."

Pointing his finger on the star map, Tang Yuan's tone was extremely solemn: "Next, we have only one choice - to venture into some extreme regions of the universe, such as black hole jets, pulsars and neutron stars, and even around a supernova that is about to explode, and use the power of celestial bodies to cover the trajectory of our movements, so as to delay the enemy's speed of catching up with us." ”

"And we have to do this more than once. Until Marshal Su Sun returns, we will continue to do this, dancing on the tip of the knife. ”

All participants in the meeting could only agree. This is indeed the only way for them.

Since there was no objection, Tang Yuan pointed out a galaxy on the star map: it was a galaxy with two neutron star binary star systems, and strong gravitational fluctuations and electromagnetic interference would also have a great impact on the aura, so as long as they turned around it and then jumped, even the Dusk Fleet would find it difficult to find out where they were going in the first place.

After making this decision, even Tang Yuan, who looked serious and calm on the surface, was extremely nervous and at a loss.

Because it's not so much dancing on the tip of a knife as it is yoga on the tip of a needle.

With the slightest carelessness, the gravitational tides created by the two neutron stars were enough to tear them all apart, and there was not even any pain along the way.

But for the sake of the future of the planet, he can only choose this.

"Alas...... Minister. ”

Sighing in his heart, Tang Yuan really felt a little overwhelmed at this time: "When will you come back?" We've jumped twelve thousand light-years and we're almost on the verge of jumping from the middle of the cantilever to the shining zone...... There are fewer and fewer routes to escape, and more and more enemies are encircled. ”

"If this continues, within half a year, we will inevitably be caught up!"

Turning his head and looking at the Dusk Fleet that was still chasing after them, completely unaware of where so many elements came from, he couldn't help but start praying: "I hope that this group of god-damned Dusk Clans will have an accident soon!" ”

- With the Earth Fleet as the center, within a radius of 10,000 light years, no one is more sincere than the current prayer of Tang Yuan.

And perhaps because of this, the body of the candle day, which was originally only responsible for the break, suddenly changed.

In the behemoth round metal battleship, there was a flash of light in the observation shots of everyone.

Then, a round of twilight halo overflowed, turning into a thin aura like nebula matter, spreading in all directions!

At the first time, everyone in the Earth Fleet noticed this.

They mobilized their cameras, stared nervously and in amazement, and then shuddered.

"What!"

"What's going on?"

"The marshal's body has changed, and it looks like a change in the direction of dusk?!"

Looking at that round, which was incomparably similar to the Dusk Fleet, or even more pure brilliance, some people even speculated: "Could it be that Marshal Su's body has eaten too much of the Dusk Clan, and finally there is a problem with eating?" ”

"He's finally assimilated by Dusk?!"

At that time, some people were annoyed and regretted the beginning: "Damn, I knew that I couldn't let Marshal Su's body eat so much, Marshal he had already confessed!" ”

But the conscience of heaven and earth, Su Yan really didn't think about it so much at that time - his instructions at that time were just that he was afraid that his physical appearance would be too poor, which would go against his perfect image of a genius master.

"No, that's not right!"

And unlike the captains and commanders of all Earth Fleet sides.

Tang Yuan, who had a certain control authority over Su Sun's physical body, understood the real cause of this change at this moment.

He walked quickly to the large observation screen on the bridge, stared at Su Sun who appeared on it in shock, and said with a stunned expression: "This is ...... It's an upgrade! ”

"Marshal, he really found the weakness of Dusk!"

At this moment, the Candle Day Battleship had completed its initial changes—with a fluctuation of information, Tang Yuan's mind, the number of Dusk Clans from the Candle Day's Body Sense, instantly increased by a large number.

Its sensing range was greatly expanded, and at the same time, an invisible force also covered the entire Earth fleet along the dim light, allowing the jump engine to cool down more quickly.

At first, the crowd was still panicking, fearing the spread of twilight, but soon they discovered that the Earth fleet was faster and more hidden.

"We ...... Disappeared in the sensor?! ”

One inspector exclaimed: "None of our own sensors can find our ......"

"They can't find us!"

At this moment, it could even be seen that on the shell of the Candlelight Battleship, there were some psychic crystals that were originally blue-purple, but now they were turning into dim yellow, and emitted obvious brilliance, making the entire Sphere Battleship look like a dim sun.

How do you hide a drop of water?

Naturally, it is to enter the sea.

If you want to hide yourself under the siege of the Order of the Void, what you have to do is not to hide, but to simulate yourself as the Dusk Clan!

Of course, on the surface, all this is indeed the first symptom of twilight.

Therefore, the Candle Day battleship, which was full of infinite dusk breath, also confused the enemy's twilight fleet at the first time.

The aura that was almost the same kind spread, causing many members of the Void Order who had no blood or tears, and only knew how to attack wholeheartedly, hesitate.

[How come?] 】

Whether it's the network AI, or the Tenostians, or even the headquarters of the Order of the Void, they all feel unbelievable because of this scene: [Has he also begun to turn into dusk?!] The universe is in danger! 】

[Candlelight, not an enemy, also has the potential to be a part of us? 】

And the Great Elder of the Celestia civilization finally couldn't help but use the body of Tain Prophet to ask a question he had always wanted to ask.

"Mr. Tang Yuan, let the candle day...... What kind of creature is it? ”

"It's a simulation!"

"Simulating the road, simulating dusk!"

Although he didn't know the bottom in his heart, Tang Yuan still said forcefully - he really didn't know what the change in candlelight represented, but he couldn't lose face.

"Imitation, how powerful is it?"

It was not clear whether the Great Elder believed it or was talking to himself, but the leader of the Senostian civilization couldn't help but sigh lightly and sighed with emotion: "The inheritance of the earthlings is really not to be underestimated. ”

"Indeed, this is not the breath of the twilight god, but merely the use of twilight's fluctuations."

"Su Sun does have such power, and the Heavenly God Scale is such an artifact."

Although it is said that both the Twilight Clans and the Tennostians seem to have found a plausible reason for themselves.

But what's going on?

The answer is an over-the-air download upgrade and self-test module!

At this moment, it was a short period of time when all the Dusk Clan fleets had suspended their pursuit.

Today's Candlelight Battleship has been transformed!

[Over-the-air download upgrade in progress...... Progress 15%, 30%, 45%...... 100%】

[Loading Cleaning Detection Module for Dusk]

[System self-test is underway, and firepower optimization begins...... Optimization Completed]

At this moment, the body of the giant circular cosmic dragon began to transform more completely—it began to shrink, restrain itself, strengthen its defenses, organize its armor, and remove many useless and inefficient weapons with new, more powerful and terrifying muzzles.

In just a dozen seconds, the huge dragon turned into a star.

A star that brings death and destruction!

Buzzing.

In the center of the twilight-colored star, a black hole collapsed, and in the hole, there was a brilliant crystal light condensing, which was a continent-level ultra-high-energy psionic beam generator.

It was aimed in the direction where the Dusk fleet was located in the distance.

Then, the beam lights up.

Activates against the Dusk Sweep weapon.

It's like a supernova exploding in an instant, releasing a vast stream of light like the Milky Way.

At this moment, the Twilight Fleet that was directly hit was vaporized in an instant, and the fleets that were a little farther away were also dissolved by the incredible heat, and the farther ones were stirred by the aftermath of psionic energy visible to the naked eye, exploded, and turned into fireballs in the sky.

And at the end of this beam, it happened to be on the fifteenth planet at the farthest point of the Yaohui Galaxy, a frosty planet that was frozen in severe cold.

In an instant, the billion-year-old ice layer was dissolved in an instant, and above the surface of the planet, a giant pillar of steam that was one hundred and forty kilometers high and was constantly expanding, spreading towards outer space burst out from the area where the pillar of light hit, and then turned into the shape of a mountain range and spread towards the entire planet.

Incredible heat and steam shockwaves swept the globe in a short period of time, and shockwaves large enough to shake the planet will hit the planet hundreds of times in a loop without any attenuation.

One blow - the pursuing Dusk fleet is completely destroyed.

It will automatically find new weapons and equipment where all the Dusk Breath is located, and start activating at full power, but there are no other pursuers.

This is the result of the automatic upgrade of the body of the candle.

【Candle Day: Ruling Death Star Pattern】

The universe was silent at this moment.

Twilight World Group, Aion World.

Su Sun, who simply sent his feelings back to his own body, never thought that his physical body would be so strong after evolving.

After all, he didn't know how much civilization weapons his body had accumulated in the battle with Dusk.

Therefore, it is naturally impossible to know what kind of brilliance those weapons will bloom after they are condensed and renovated.

Now, he has only received a lot of useful information from the fragments of the Dusk Dragon.

First of all, the soul fragment of the Dusk Dragon is unexpectedly pure, so pure that except for him, a soul tasting master who eats souls and eats a sense of art and ritual, no one else may be able to see that this thing is actually a soul fragment, not some 'mark'.

Moreover, the ability of this soul fragment is also very peculiar - it can gradually make the host's soul pure and clean.

It's like other magazines, thoughts, and thoughts have been 'nothing'.

In other words, if a demonic gets a soul fragment of the Evening Dragon, his demonic disease will not worsen, but will disappear completely—and at the same time, the demon's supernatural abilities will be strengthened by the purity of his soul.

Therefore, this twilight mark, in the eyes of the natives of the Aion world, may be a powerful blessing that can cure demonic diseases and strengthen supernatural powers.

"In the same way, it can also be thought of - the person who has the fragment of the Evening Dragon, his soul is also the most efficient as an additive to the source energy furnace."

Su Yan patted his stomach thoughtfully, he frowned and muttered, "In other words, the person who holds this fragment can create a large number of pure transcendent souls by purifying the souls of a large number of demonizers. ”

"And Earl Arvind is indeed deliberately trying to capture the demonizers of the city."

"The factories throughout the city of Evend, those factories that have no protection measures and oppress the people, will also produce a steady stream of demonizers......"

Everything is linked.

"The heart of the source energy furnace needs the light of soul burning to run at full power."

"The fragments of the Evening Dragon can continuously produce the highest quality soul additives."

Su Yan did not forget that in the perfect deduction of Gasha and Loya, they both became northern barbarians, and they were said to be the high-ranking of the two tribes of Winter and Sunset, the believers of the Dragon of Dusk, and one of them was even the High Priest of Sunset.

If these two people didn't get the soul fragment of the Dusk Dragon, it would be incredible.

And their end is that at the end of the day, they were designated by the emperor of the Asmodean Empire, Asmodeus XIII, as the salary king, and their souls were sacrificed to the burning torch on the Tower of Babel, which became a sacrifice for the opening of the original dark age.

Age of Darkness......

It sounds like the Holy Day has been completely extinguished and the continent has fallen into a dark age.

But since it can be called an era, it means that there are people living in it, and it is not just a flash in the pan, but a stable continuation.

So, how can humanity survive in such an era?

Naturally, it is a giant source energy furnace that burns souls, the so-called 'Burning Spirit Torch'!

Su Sun is not an uneducated person, he is literate and has the ability to think, and if he gets the keywords, he can naturally guess how the original trajectory of this world should develop.

"Count Aviad's Twilight Fragment may have been obtained by trading with the Sunset Tribe, but Master Suiguang also said just now that the Earl is the most loyal imperial party, and there must be the shadow of the emperor behind this transaction, otherwise how dare he do this?"

"Whether it is the Burning Spirit Secret Method or the roots of the World Tree, it was given by the Emperor so that Count Arvind could absorb the lives and souls of the entire city for his own use...... Oh, I don't have to guess to know that at the critical moment, this secret method can definitely eat everyone in the entire city as spare food, and gather all souls into one. ”

"It's even more terrifying to guess - Count Arvind doesn't treat his own people as human beings at all, he can infect all the inhabitants of the entire city into demons at any time by detonating the heart of the factory, and then kill and devour them."

"At that time, the entire mobile city was a giant formation, an altar, and the nobles with the fragments of the soul of dusk could gather these filthy souls together and purify them into the purest aura...... Maintain the near-eternal operation of the furnace of source energy. ”

The aristocracy used the commoners as food.

The emperor used sentient beings as fuel.

Everyone struggles and fights in it, but all of this is just a plaything in the game, and the demons feel indignant and unwilling, but they don't even know why they are discriminated against and ostracized.

And ordinary people are even more pitiful.

Because they haven't even seriously thought about the reasons why they discriminate against the demons, and their own existence itself is nothing more than a granary for creating more demons.

"This disgusting feeling is in the same vein."

Thinking of this, Su Tian couldn't help but sneer: "It's even a little more disgusting than the group of gods and demons in the perfect world." ”

Now it seems that the strength of the Asmodean Empire is actually quite strong, and the two major tribes of Winter and Twilight, the Yanshuang Army, which is gathered by the northern natives, blocked it, and the empire itself has not spent much effort at all.

In other words, they didn't want to stop them at all, but sat back and watched the two tribes become powerful, and even sent nobles like Earl Arvind to trade with them and increase their strength.

And according to his two apprentices, the future deduction of the demon king in the future, Yanshuang Pass was indeed broken, and then drove straight in, wreaking havoc throughout the empire - Gasha alone killed 20 million people.

This is simply to let the Dusk Clan become strong, let them refine the territory, and unseal the Dusk Dragon.

And the Sun Emperor, who was obviously strong enough to kill the Ten Salary Kings and open the Primordial Dark Era, did not make any resistance and sat back and watched the Dusk Dragon unsealed......

"This guy is actually arrogant to this point."

Turning his head sideways, Su Sun looked at the distant center of the continent, where the imperial capital of the Asmodee Empire was located.

He narrowed his eyes.

"He wants to burn the unsealed Dusk Dragon together, and even, the Dusk Dragon is the head of the Ten Salary Kings, as a soul sacrifice that burns the Soul Torch almost eternal, and uses him to maintain the 'Primordial Dark Era'!"

Everything became clear.

Under the unexplained gaze of Master Suiguang, with the experience of traveling through various worlds many times and deciphering the worldview, Su Tian had roughly figured out the conspiracy behind this - maybe there were differences in all the details, but the main body should be the same.

This skill, even if it is viewed by the pioneer space adventurers who have changed careers and explored, I am afraid that it is not as good as it.

"Here's the problem."

At this moment, Su Sun spoke.

He raised his head and looked at the Holy Sun, which was releasing light, and his gaze was deep, as if he had seen the moonlight that only appeared in the middle of the night.

"The Demon Moon can activate the soul of the entire world like the light of the soul burning, and it is even more powerful than the Dragon of Dusk...... With such a powerful light, what exactly is your archetype? ”

Su Tian was thoughtful.

He lowered his head and looked at the World Tree Roots in his hand, his eyes lit up, and he had an answer in his heart.

Then, he turned his head to look at the flint master on one side.

"Master Suiguang, do you Light Chaser Sect know about the World Tree?"

He asked directly.

[This ......]

Chaguang was stunned for a moment, he just thought about how the empire would be angry if Count Arvind died, whether Professor Svetley would be on the empire's wanted list, and how they could leave the empire territory safely.

And Professor Svetley swallowed the mark of dusk, which made him think that the other party should simply raise the anti-flag, set up a rebel army on the spot, and cooperate with the two tribes of Winter and Twilight to open up the north-south corridor.

And now, the other party suddenly asked a completely unrelated topic.

[In ancient myths and legends, before the age of the gods, the world was supported and created by primitive giant trees. 】

But after all, it's not a key piece of information, and it's better if it's not a rebellion, so Master Chaguang patiently explained: [Of course, we haven't found any evidence that the giant tree ever existed, and no similar giant tree worship has been found in archaeology or ruins - this may just be an ancient myth, the oldest imagination of the ancestors, just like an elephant standing on the tip of a needle, a giant tortoise carrying the world. 】

What's wrong, Professor Svetley? You know more about this than I do. 】

"Yes, you don't know...... It does seem that a long time has passed. ”

In this regard, Su Sun was not surprised.

As for Suiguang's statement, there is no evidence of their existence, it is likely that it is simply because the so-called evidence is so large that it is impossible to imagine from a human perspective that their evidence exists in every corner of the world in which they exist.

World Tree, World Tree...... The whole world is made of giant trees.

"Looks like it's time to go back and ask about the dawn."

As a creature of the ancient fairy civilization, there is a record of a giant tree in the totem of the Chuyao Research Institute.

Su Sun believed that Dawn should know more about all this than anyone else.

And the Book of Prajna is also the time to use it.

"But for now, it's time to get down to business."

Saying this, Su Sun pushed open the wall of the Earl's Mansion - he didn't go out of the door, he just opened the wall and left.

Just as he didn't leave the door when he came, he kicked the door away and came through the wall.

[Serious business? 】

Seeing Su Sun act, Suiguang couldn't help but glance at the corpse of Earl Arvind, and after shaking his head in disgust, he followed the pace: [The professor doesn't plan to go back? The kids are waiting for you to come back......]

"I know it'll be resolved as soon as possible, but business has to be done."

didn't stop, at this moment Su Sun shook his head slightly, he squinted at Suiguang: "Don't you think that killing a nobleman is even avenging all the victims who died in vain, helping all the demons in this city and the ordinary people who are about to suffer, right?" ”

"Count Evender is dead, and the matter is over? Contradictions are dissolved, hatred is dissolved, order and peace are restored, as if nothing had ever happened? ”

"Is it meaningful to kill and destroy without creating and creating?"

【…… Is it ......]

Suiguang opened his mouth slightly, he wanted to say something, but suddenly found that there was nothing to say.

Indeed, killing Count Evander will not help anyone in Evend.

Whether it's the raging Demonic gangs, the Demonizers and the Paupers struggling to survive in the lower city, or the ordinary people who are about to suffer from the onslaught of the Demonizers, none of these problems can be cured by killing Count Arvind.

However, how to solve these things, Suiguang did not understand.

His predecessor was a scholar, an idealist who had suffered himself, so he wanted to help all demons and ordinary people, and use technology to bring happiness and fulfillment to this world and expel darkness.

In fact, all of the people in the Lightchaser Order, at least the vast majority of those who have just joined it, are such idealists.

They uphold this belief, which is why they join in and chase the light.

– But what exactly should be done?

With technology, what should be done so that technology does not become a tool for exploiting people, but becomes a well-being for people?

This is a problem that all members of the Order of Light have been unable to solve - there are too many inventions that have not been used as a tool for the benefit of the country and the people, as everyone imagined, but have become a weapon for the highly productive lords to suppress the people.

Even, how can tools and knowledge be used to help those who are supposed to be helped?

This answer is hard to come by.

Therefore, Suiguang chose to go to the ancient ruins, intending to dig out some knowledge and records from the history and experience of the ancients, and bring confirmation of another path for the Cult of Chasing Light.

- This man is looking for his way in the dark.

Su Sun saw the confusion in Suiguang's eyes.

"Don't worry."

So he chuckled and said, "I'll show you how." ”

The man was looking over his head and looking straight into the streets of Evend.

Su Sun opened his arms, and his tone was calm: "Save people to the end, send the Buddha to the west...... It is the fishing nets and the knowledge itself that should really be handed over to the people, not the 'tools' and 'power'. ”

"Because those who can use tools are rich, and those who have power are strong."

[But.] 】

Although Suiguang is a robot, when he heard Su Sun's words and followed Su Sun's steps, he couldn't help but feel his mouth dry: [But Professor Svetley, if there is no strong man to lead, the people will definitely go down the wrong path, they don't understand knowledge, and they don't ......]

"Who said that the people do not understand knowledge? That's just that we don't educate well, and you, our ideas are not easy to understand and easy to be misinterpreted. ”

Interrupting Suiguang's words, Su Yan shook his head slightly: "Of course, there is another possibility...... That is, the people know everything, but they have chosen the wrong path. ”

[So what should I do?] 】

"Then human beings judge themselves and learn to take responsibility for themselves."

After finishing speaking, Su Sun strode towards the outer city of Evend City: "If you are wrong, you must bear it, and then continue to move forward, try not to make mistakes, and become better." ”

"It's the right thing to be born with."

- This man, has already set foot on the road.

He didn't hesitate.

He's about to start.