Chapter 10: The Maelstrom of the Void 5300
Joshua's flight in the void lasted dozens of hours.
In the void, simple speed and distance are meaningless, the world and the world are separated by a pure sense of 'space-time coordinate difference', two adjacent worlds are not adjacent in the physical sense, but the coordinates have a slight overlap in the subtleties, and the two worlds that are extremely far apart, to put it bluntly, the coordinate gap is very large.
To get from one coordinate to another, it's not the velocity that you need, it's the energy level.
The higher the energy level, the stronger the energy, penetrating the space-time turbulence, the faster the speed of crossing the coordinates, and moving in the void is actually using energy and spirit to determine and move one's own space-time coordinates, which is very different from flying in the usual sense...... If Joshua's regular cruising speed in a vacuum can reach one-tenth of the speed of light and 30,000 kilometers per second, then in the void, he can move the coordinates equivalent to several worlds in ten minutes.
"Why don't you rely on the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground?"
Karlis's will had been communicating with Joshua, and it told the warrior a lot of information about the remnants of Grandia: now the remnants of the Grandian world have begun to cultivate the land of the flames, and the summer seedlings are all over the mountains, and many professionals are nervously escorting them, and it can be seen that this autumn will definitely be a great harvest.
In addition, many of the remnants of Grandia have formed adventuring parties and immigrant groups, and have begun to spread across the continent of Karlis, looking for new settlements, like saplings that have branched out, and they are exploring this new and impoverished world.
In this regard, the steel python Callis was extremely emotional, because with the reproduction and activity of intelligent life, its originally almost extinguished flame actually had a tendency to stabilize - the flame brought by Joshua to it was rootless duckweed, which would be completely extinguished after burning for a few decades at most, but now, the dying world of Karlis has regained its vitality because of the activities of life, and it is gradually getting better and better.
But now, it didn't continue to sigh in this regard, and the Steel Python asked the warrior suspiciously: "The coordinates of the place we are going to are extremely far away, and it will be very fast to use the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground to transfer...... It's not very efficient to move through the space-time turbulence and the Great Demon Tide like this now, are you planning to exercise your Void Roaming ability? β
"Not really."
To this, Joshua responded with a short sentence: "I don't do meaningless things...... I have my plan. β
In fact, the warriors did have a plan.
The reason why he didn't use the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground and directly used his physical body to move in the void was not to exercise his ability to move in the void, but to detect the density of those overflowing 'steel authority' in the Great Demon Tide.
Before Joshua left the world of Mycrof, the world ushered in batches of 'Warlocks' and 'Bloodliners' who had awakened strange abilities, most of these people's abilities were weak, and some even disappeared after a few days, but there was no doubt that this meant that the steel fragments in the Great Demon Tide had once again washed the world along the tide of energy...... In the current situation, all the major forces can still control it, but what if more awakened people with incredible abilities appear?
For example, there was an ability to make ice without limit, but it quickly disappeared, and there was an ability to generate heat without limit...... While these abilities are not unlimited, they drain the steel power of the authority itself, but if it continues to appear, it is bound to cause unrest around the world.
Therefore, the warrior planned to take advantage of the time he was roaming in the void to monitor in real time, collect the steel fragments in the great demon tide on his side, and then deduce the secret behind them...... Perhaps, as he himself speculated, they did come from the shattered worlds at the center of the multiverse, but that would require evidence to remind Mrs. Micro and alert the whole world.
As for the harvest of this plan, there is no shortage at present.
"In the few dozen hours I've been in the void, I've detected more than two thousand completely different particles of steel...... This means that there are more than hundreds of worlds destroyed by conservative estimates. β
During the flight, Joshua opened his hand and looked at his palm, in the palm of the warrior's hand, thousands of stars and particles of different colors turned into a chaotic nebula, which was slowly spinning, as if to condense into a single planet. Looking at these shattered particles of steel, the warrior's eyes were serious, and he couldn't help but be not seriousβmore than hundreds of worlds were destroyed, who could laugh out loud without a heart? You know, for so long, it's hard to say whether he's seen more than a thousand worlds!
"The vast majority of them are basic steel fragments that control the elements such as fire, water, wind, and earth, and only a very small part are specialized realms related to space, mental transformation, and so on...... Fortunately, the impact on the world is not too great, but if this is the case, then many wild animals and demonic beasts will also happen to awaken, and when they come back, they should remind others to hunt these awakened demonic beasts. β
This is the only thing to be thankful for, because of the closeness of the shards of steel to the flames, the monsters with low intelligence will not be favored by it, and only a very small number of them will be able to obtain this special power from the Void...... Otherwise, with the washing of the great demon tide, maybe there will be a large number of creatures like super cats and super dogs in the world of Mycrof.
"Speaking of which, Karlis, you said our goal was a small world...... What is the specific situation of it, and how much is it limited to supernatural powers? What enemies do I need to deal with? β
After the Cyborda prompted us to 'we are very close to our destination', Joshua suddenly remembered the question, and he asked Karliss with his spirit, "What are the so-called restrictions?" Is it because I can't use the power that goes beyond a certain limit? β
"Not really."
In this regard, Karlis, whose spirit has always been with Joshua, shook his head: "The so-called limit is the limit of the world itself, not your ...... The meaning of the small world is that if there is a huge existence in it, it will burst it. As a legendary powerhouse, you are comparable to the existence of a Void Beast, if you enter this small world and unleash your power without limits, it is easy to completely disturb the balance of the world and let the world destroy itself. β
"The fragile order, unable to resist the larger order, is that it cannot withstand your full force, not that you will be limited by it."
"That's right."
Hearing this, Joshua couldn't help but sigh and said rather boringly: "So, it's impossible to breed any powerful enemies in this kind of world?" It's boring...... So why does it (world consciousness) ask for help? β
"Because its current situation is very complicated, it is impossible to solve it with the world consciousness alone, well, this problem is difficult to explain now, it is coming soon, and it is better for you to talk to the other party in person when the time comes."
Karliss didn't know how to explain it for the time being, because it was only in contact with other world consciousnesses that were not in good condition and communicated with each other, and it only knew that there was a world that urgently needed help from outsiders and was willing to pay a very high reward, so it informed Joshua.
In this regard, the warrior did not care, it didn't matter if there was no strong enemy, after solving the troubles of this world, he went to the surrounding void to take a turn, hunt the void beast to play, and it was best to find the Leviathan - Joshua had already met the other party twice, but he hadn't solved the other party, which was really a bit unpleasant.
Thinking of this, Joshua continued to move his coordinates in the void, his speed was very fast, and one world after another was left behind by him, and before he knew it, Joshua had come to a space-time realm far farther away than the world of Kronos that went to the depths of the abyss.
It can be seen that due to the great demon tide, it turned into a white void, with bursts of shocking ripples, which are the traces of the strong man's travel through time and space, in the vast void background, a shining silver line that drives the ripples is passing through the white fog and energy tide, it goes straight forward, cutting through the world.
And at this moment, Joshua, who was flying with all his might, felt that something was wrong.
"There are fewer and fewer worlds...... In addition to this, the fragments of steel ...... Is the density of steel particles getting bigger and bigger? β
This was not an illusion, as Joshua looked around, the world he had skimmed over had become scarcer and rarer, and even ceased to exist, and he seemed to have entered a 'void' without any flickering of the world. In the surrounding Great Demon Tide mist, various particles of various colors that are visible to the naked eye begin to appear and then disappear, and they flash like sparks scattered from the campfire from time to time, as if they are an illusion, and only a warrior whose observation ability has exceeded the limit can clearly capture.
In his hand, the nebula formed by the fragments of steel became a little larger, and the fragments of steel that Joshua had captured in five minutes just now were even more than he had collected in the previous hours, and sensing this extremely abnormal situation, the warrior immediately stopped.
"What's wrong? Joshua, the destination is not far away, the will of the world to ask for help is ahead, and I can already hear its voice. β
Karliss wasn't dissatisfied with Joshua's sudden stoppage, it was just a little strange: "What are you surprised about?" β
"These shards of steel, Karlis."
Joshua observed the steel particles in his hand, and he replied in a complicated tone, "It's not normal, they're too dense...... And there is too little of the world around them. β
If the particles of steel around the world of McCrove are as inaudible as dust in the air, then now, the particles of steel around the warriors are almost the same as sandstorms, and the difference between the two is so great that it is doubtful that they are located in the same multiverse.
However, the steel python was very confused...... This is easy to understand, and Joshua immediately reacted - for a life as large as the will of the world, at least a fragment as large as it gave Joshua in the first place to be observed, smaller particles may not exist at all for the Steel Python, they themselves are a combination of fire and steel, how can they see this kind of thing equivalent to an atom to them?
So he said no more, but continued to fly forward, close to the coordinates that Karliss had reported.
Regarding the current situation, Joshua had a guess in his heart that was very likely to be true, but he didn't want to admit it easily, so he was still observing the void around him.
But the more he flew, the more he observed, the more bad Joshua's heart felt...... Because on his side, there was still no trace of the world, and at the same time, in the almost blank void, the white mist of the Great Demon Tide began to surge, they were like a rushing river, surging rapidly forward, these white energy rushed even faster than the warriors, at a glance, it was like a turbulent river with ripples, and the particles of steel of various colors in the millions were like splashes rushing out of the river, rising from the fog from time to time, and then submerging into it again.
They are getting faster and faster, faster and faster, as if there is a waterfall in front of them, a leak, and an invisible force that is pulling them endlessly...... This unknown being pulled the demonic tide energy of all the surrounding space-time realms to converge towards itself, like a black hole.
Naturally, it is not a real black hole, the pulling force that Joshua sensed is not high, he can completely resist this pulling force, and then turn his head and leave, but the warrior is not a person who stops because of this little unknown, he frowned solemnly, and then prepared to continue to follow the surging demon tide.
The turbulence of time and space in the void hindered Joshua's vision, and he couldn't see the scene in the void too far away, so naturally he couldn't observe the source of the pulling force, but at this time, Joshua, whose vision was blocked, seemed to hear something...... Of course, there was no sound in the void, it was an illusion produced by the legendary powerhouse's induction of energy, and he sensed the coordinates of the destination in front of him, a huge and incomparably large force was flowing and converging, and it let out a roar of energy that resounded through the void, just like the roar produced by the great vortex of the sea.
This is indeed the case.
Joshua, who had passed through one time and space turbulence after another, and was thinking that this process would be repeated again and again, suddenly felt that his eyes suddenly opened up, and at the moment when he didn't have time to react, the turbulence that obscured the legendary gaze no longer existed at this time, because under the attraction of too large energy, even the ripples of time and space were the same-the moment when Karlis and Joshua raised their heads together and began to observe the void, they fell into shock at the same time, and the two great beings stared at everything in front of them in shock, and then let out a soft whisper.
"Oh my God." Joshua stared at everything in front of him, and he whispered, "What is this?" β
It's a nebula vortex.
The huge energy shook the void, and the rushing flow of the great demon tide stirred the time and space, coming from all directions, from the left and right, up and down, and the energy from all directions of the multidimensional world converged here, they clashed, stirred, mixed with each other, and finally merged into one, turning into a mighty rush...... An incomparably large silvery-white swirling nebula composed of the Great Demon Tide and the Particles of Steel.
As if it were a galaxy, dozens of incomparably huge spiral arms formed by the energy of the demon tide rotated and stirred in the void, and in the background of the pure white great demon tide, hundreds of millions of ...... No, the particles of steel of the infinite order are boiling in this whirlpool, they shimmer in thousands of colors, like a constantly flickering neon sign, and at the eye of the vortex, a pure white light shoots out of it, like a bridge, like a beacon.
Because of the peculiar void structure, because of the chaotic turbulence of time and space...... The power of the Great Demon Tide converged in this place, forming a vortex like a whirlpool, it was like the Milky Way, but it was more gorgeous than the Milky Way, and Joshua and the Steel Python Karlis were almost stunned to watch all this - everything could almost be explained, this vortex across the void attracted all the surrounding Great Demon Tide energy, and it was precisely because of its pull that the density of the steel particles would suddenly increase, and the energy of the Demon Tide would show abnormalities.
"What a magnificence......," said Callis, whose voice was full of admiration and incomprehension after a long time, "but why...... How could such a huge vortex of energy appear in the void? And why isn't there any trace of the world nearby? β
Like Joshua, the Steel Python also discovered this: from the time the Great Demon Tide energy was abnormally surging and the density of steel particles increased rapidly, it was as if there was no trace of the world in the surrounding void, and there was not a single starlight twinkle in this not long, but definitely not short.
"No, there is still a world."
Just as Karlis was puzzled, Joshua, who was standing at the end of one of the spiral arms of this huge vortex, spoke, his eyes shining with a silver light, as if he wanted to see through the nature of this huge vortex. After a few seconds, the light in the warrior's eyes went out, and he took a deep look at the center of the huge vortex, where the vortex eye was, and then said in a complicated tone, "Look, there it is." β
"Right in the middle of the maelstrom."
The Steel Python used Joshua's eyes as a window to observe the distance, it did not come in real form, but only walked with the warrior with spirit, so, what Joshua could see, it could also see, and after a few seconds, Karlis, who was originally gentle and calm, almost never excited, lost his voice and said: "There?!" The very center of the whirlpool?! β
Where the two great beings gazed, in the center of the vortex, there was a faint light flickering, which was the proof of the world, the glow of the outer membrane of the world flickering against the void, it was displayed in the multiverse, it was a little flickering starlight...... Now, the light of the stars is obscured by too vast a vortex of energy, but this cannot hide the gaze of the legend.
"We're going to help...... Is it a world in such an environment? β
Looking at this starlight that floated in the center of the huge whirlpool, but was very stable, the warrior was a little sneering, he didn't know whether to sigh, or said happily: "You say it's a small world, Karlis, deception is a bad behavior, I thought that the Steelpython did not have this bad habit." β
"It 'claims' it's a small world."
Karliss hurriedly corrected Joshua's speech, and said rather depressedly: "At most, the external situation is a little special...... Okay, that's too much, but I really don't know, I'm just responsible for passing it on...... Who knows what's going on behind the psychic communication? β
"Interesting."
The two of them looked at the world swirling in this magnificent void nebula again, and Joshua was the first to speak: "Although it is very different from what I imagined, the situation is also very unexpected...... But now that the promise has been made, then I will definitely complete it. β
"Let's go, Karlis, let's see."
He said happily: "Look at what strange troubles have happened to this strange world. β