There is a connection between life and life.

Relatives, friends, rivals, enemies...... The relationships between people are diverse and vary in depth, but there is no doubt that the essence of each life is independent, and the myriad 'connections' connect these separate islands.

Of course, in general, this kind of connection usually occurs between people of the same race, such as people and people, dragons and dragons, horses and horses...... But for some reason, there are always some strange people who have a deep 'connection' with the lives of many different races.

Starfall 849, January 1, 5:43 p.m., North Nicksiae Snow Mountains, Wintercastle College.

The black fog opened his eyes in a daze, woke up from the bottom of the palm print lake in front of the Winter Castle Academy, and exhaled a breath of turbid air in his body.

The heat of the hot earth's core mixed with dragon flames stimulated the abundant magic crystals at the bottom of the lake, and when it emitted an eerie rainbow light, it also heated half of the lake, spewing surging bubbles from the bottom up.

At this time, it was the end of class in Winter Castle, and many students who were walking at the foot of the mountain, relaxing their spirits, and even quietly holding hands with their favorite people saw this scene - milky white water vapor mixed with rainbow-like light, rising into the sky, like a giant pillar supporting heaven and earth.

However, not many people were surprised, because of the reason of being too familiar, there were even students who laughed and teased their friends while bearing the hot and humid wind: "Miss Hei got up a little late today - it's been more than ten minutes after class." ”

"Isn't it, that's rare, haha."

As a half-ancient dragon who stays in the Northland all year round and lives in the water around Wintercastle, Hei naturally knows that the movement of getting up after a nap every day has been equated with the bell of class by the students, and she has never cared about this little thing.

"It's boring...... Alas, there are no monsters and no criminals, how can this world be so peaceful? ”

Yawned, originally wanted to get out of the lake, but Hei thought about it and found that he had nothing to do today, so after getting up halfway through, she rolled and turned into a human form, she continued to lie at the bottom of the warm lake, half-squinting her eyes to open her mental terminal: "Let's see what news there is today." ”

Thinking like this, a large amount of information appeared in front of Hei's eyes.

- It's the best of times.

In recent decades, the glorious technology that has been found one after another, as well as the blowout of the transcendents brought about by the Great Demon Tide, not only does Wintercastle Academy not only need to worry about the source of students, but even needs to open more than a dozen branches, so as not to cultivate a genius with extremely high talent, and the cultivation materials that can be obtained almost completely public and without any cost not only make the old group of strong people who have fallen into a bottleneck stronger, but also give birth to countless new inheritances and materials, accelerating the frequency of the change of times.

In the era of 'high-speed and peaceful development' brought about by the struggle of some powerful people, it took almost only two generations for the Mycrof civilization to complete the leap from the 'pre-industrial age' to the 'void age'. This is certainly the reason for the glorious heritage, but it also has the superiority of a transcendent civilization...... After all, for ordinary civilians who regard the ability to teleport magic as common sense, often see strong people entering and leaving the world, and even fighting outside the world, the so-called void is nothing more than a larger sea, and other worlds are just other continents floating in the sea.

Because of this kind of nervous tolerance, no matter what new creations, strange species, or even strange other civilizations, Mrs. McCro can easily accept and turn them into common sense.

And the spiritual terminal may be the one that integrates the fastest.

"Oooh! Today, both 'Discord Continent' and 'Colosseum' have updates! ”

Suddenly, Black, who was browsing the spirit terminal, let out a cheer of surprise, and she hurriedly pulled the web page so that the latest update information appeared in front of her eyes completely.

[Colosseum Version 6.64]

- Added killstreak system. In 1vs1 battles, consecutive victories will earn you a temporary title, which will give you an experience bonus and a cool appearance. Currently, it supports up to 10 consecutive wins.

- Added new competitive maps 'Aether Abyss', 'Shattered World', and 'Maelstrom of the Void'. It is not recommended for players below the Extreme Ambition level to choose the new map.

- Added single-player mode. Starting now, players will be able to take on ten levels of AI enemies, and for each level of AI opponent they defeat, they will receive a new title that grants experience bonuses and the purchase of new cosmetic boxes.

——The first Multi-Galactic Civilization Invitational Tournament is about to open, the Civilization Invitational Tournament will open auditions for both single-player and multi-player groups at the same time, you can go alone or find teammates to fight together, and finally 32 teams will enter the main tournament of the Civilization Invitational Tournament to enjoy high bonuses and rich rewards.

Tip: The standard number of people in a multiplayer group is five. Starting from the Gold level, the invitational tournament will be divided into three groups according to strength: 'Golden Glory', 'Soul Extreme' and 'Legend of Destiny', each with its own invited team and champion. You can't pick a player who is a level higher than you as a party mate.

- The Silver Invitation, the ticket for the 1st Multi-Galactic Civilization Invitational is now available for purchase, and you can purchase levels for your invitation, get new cosmetic boxes, exclusive limited-time maps, and other related rewards.

[Discord Continent Version 7.22]

- Added a late-stage scourge 'Chaos Evil God' to the game flow. Added new Wandering Dangers, 'Darkness Covering the Sky', 'Annihilation Frenzy', and 'Inner Demon'. From now on, hidden classes such as 'Mad Cultist' and 'Chaos Caller' will randomly appear among civilized individuals, and these individuals will accelerate their spread at low stability and destroy your construction.

- Added the 'Legacy of the Heralds' system, which features a new chain of events and exploration. VIP users of the Extreme Intention level and above can choose the 'Pioneer Start', and currently only support the 'Founding Spirit', 'Radiant Radiance' and 'Lonely Shadow'.

As a friendly reminder, the Pioneers have a very difficult start and each has its own challenge level.

- Swarm-like civilizations will now randomly spawn 'mutants'. Mutants do not listen to the call of the brood, but they can link to the brood, and the mutants have random qualifications, but they will definitely have 'high psychic abilities'.

- Adjusted the weight of AI plans to improve the intelligence of AI.

Warn! Now in the Continent of Discord, in the 'Abyssal Difficulty', all hostile civilization AI has at least level 7 strong artificial intelligence, please don't underestimate your opponent, use your ingenuity perfectly, and find a way to break through hell.

"Woo woo, I'm so impressed!"

There are still a lot of updates, but just by watching a beginning, Hei was so moved that she was about to cry, she rolled at the bottom of the lake, venting her joy: "So many updates, it's completely a new game - and this Multi-Star Civilization Invitational Tournament, it seems that you can participate in the audition as long as you buy a ticket?" ”

"Then I'll invite Hotaru and Rin, as well as Miss No. 3...... Oh, Miss No. 3 seems to be going to participate in the 'Destiny Legend Group'...... Then call the first number, Lisa and the Syndicate? Exactly five people! ”

Mei Zizi thought, but Hei didn't think about the fact that everyone else might be busy except for her—but anyway, she was already drowsy, and she was about to be unable to suppress her blood instinct, and she wanted to fall into a long sleep, and for the first time, she was so excited, and Hei felt that her blood was burning.

"I'm a big master who has won 27 consecutive victories in the Extreme Italian random challenge, even if I can't win the championship, it's not easy to get into the main event?"

With this confident thought, Black opened the forum of the big arena, ready to feel the joy of other people and the blowing of the forum brother, compared to the boring real world, the people in the spiritual terminal forum are all talents, and they speak well, she likes it here!

However, Hei didn't see what she wanted in the forum, 'Buy, buy, buy, don't buy such a conscientious invitation or someone?' Or "live out of the box, out of the extremely rare roll an immortal jewelry" and other favorite content.

In its place, there was an overwhelming wail.

[Free Discussion]: No, what's going on with this AI?!

[Game System]: Why does a high-level AI attack from beginning to end? There's no respite at all, this design doesn't make sense at all!

[BUG Recruitment]: The same level is seconds, I can clearly see this AI move but can't dodge it at all, is this a BUG?

You can also see the high-praise replies under each post.

"No, why do you say no?" "No, what's the matter with you?!"

"I think it's okay, and I usually feel like being killed by a passer-by god in seconds (small and feeling)." "Hello, this update fixes a bug where you can beat the AI."

"I'm up, I'm seconded, what is there to say." "Hello, it's not a bug, it's just that you're too weak."

Almost all the content is frantically complaining about the AI strength of this big arena update, but it's a big thing like the Multi-Civilization Invitational Tournament, and few people talk about it at all. At the same time, I clicked on an extra-long sticker that was artificially topped.

This is a post by a very well-known team in the Colosseum forum, 'Emerging Labs'. This team usually analyzes the impact of each map in the arena on each class race, the advantages and disadvantages, and proposes some very interesting map combat methods and strategies for dealing with specific strong tactics, so every time it appears, many people will chant the great god and go to leave a name.

And the emergence of the new AI this time,It seems to be no exception - just a glance,Black saw that there are a lot of IDs he is more familiar with in this post.,Think it's the same as yourself.,When you see the other party's post.,Hurry over to see.,What strategies or other tips can be learned.。

But this time, the cutting-edge laboratory did not give relevant corresponding strategies as in the past, but a complaint that could clearly see the sense of collapse.

[What kind of AI is this?] It's all cheating, right? Tested all the maps, all of them fit perfectly, and I think this creature doesn't exist in the multiverse, no, is it a creature at all? 】

"I didn't expect that...... The professional strategy team actually lost. - Captain Rookie.

"Ah, has the cutting-edge lab collapsed too?" - The ID cannot be disclosed due to the relevant laws.

"They're also working hard, why don't you go to them next time and join forces to try it?" - I love my tentacles, replying 'This ID cannot be disclosed due to relevant laws'.

"I just said that it doesn't make sense that they can get by, I can't get by...... Sure enough, no one could get by. —The Devil of the House.

Densely packed with thousands of pages, all of them are complaints about related discussions, and some people even shared videos of themselves being killed by high-level AI in seconds, or resisting a video that will be crushed, and those who can resist for more than 20 seconds are already elite players in the multi-galaxy-level forum, among which the best performance record is the unfamiliar ID who has been bombarded with the ninth-level AI for five minutes and loses a move,' Carry the stars to graze', it seems to be an extremely large Void level powerhouse, even in the forum of the Diverse Magic Net, this level of powerhouse is extremely rare, and many players are coming in for the video of this strong man.

It can be seen that the white void beast and the ninth-level AI with a vague body fought in the void for five minutes, and it was directly white-hot at the beginning, the chaos in the video was surging, and the avenue was worn out, and many spectators were stunned by the endless information contained in the video because of their own lack of strength, resulting in a direct disconnection.

"It's fine." At the end of the video, the holder of the ID commented on his performance: "At least it's a little better than my last performance. ”

Ten levels, respectively, mortal, black iron, silver, gold, extreme intention at the beginning, extreme intention high, legendary beginner, legendary, legendary high and legendary limit, the so-called ninth-level AI, is to have legendary high strength, although black's strength is not legendary, but it is not enough to be stunned by watching the legendary high battle, but even she can't see the specific battle process clearly.

"Legendary high that will be defeated by AI? This is too weak, I think it is estimated that it is grinded up by time, and it is not a real combat school. ”

I was shocked by the abuse videos shared by the players, but Hei's heart didn't flinch much, but was a little eager to try: "It's so hard to listen to them, but I feel like that." These people were defeated without preparation, so it was a big deal to concentrate on the opening and fight with the strongest strength! ”

"Maybe I'm the first dragon to be able to defeat an AI of the same level!"

Thinking so, Hei got off the forum with great interest, and then clicked on the icon of the big arena, she smiled, and then confidently selected 'Standalone Mode', and then selected 'Level 6 AI' to set the relevant settings.

Map! Aether Abyss! Scene destruction! Allow! Random Disaster! Open!

Game, let's go!

Three seconds later.

Hei raised her head blankly, looked around at the bubbles on the bottom of the palm print lake, and there was a faint phantom pain of being cut off in her neck: "What's the matter?" ”

How did I get seconds?

"That's not right! I wasn't focused enough! ”

Gritting his teeth, Black clicked 'Challenge Again': "I don't believe it-"

Five seconds later.

Feeling that his head was crushed, the black brows that hurt a little in his heart wrinkled: "No, no, there must be something wrong...... I should have activated the Sun Shield in the first place. ”

Click again!

Ten seconds later: "No, why can't I see him?!" How did I get killed?! ”

Click again!

One second: "No, no, no, you can't force yourself to find the target, the flaw is too big!" ”

Click again!

Fourteen seconds: "Wow, a!!!a Why can he kill me like a chicken! It's all extremely intentional, I don't accept it!!! ”

Click again!

……

"Who am I? Where am I? Why should I be masochistic? ”

"How many times have I died?"

Four hours later, the dazed black dragon spread its wings and lay at the bottom of the lake in a rice shape, and the tail at the bottom of the rice character shook gently, stirring the water at the bottom of the lake: "Forget it, I can't count it now." ”

Over the course of the long battle, Kuro involuntarily dismantled his human transformation and reverted back to archetypal combat - but even then, he didn't last more than a minute and a half.

"But wait a minute, how do I feel a little familiar with this AI's combat method......"

Awakening from the hot-headed challenge, Hei Xun thought for a moment and reacted a little - she doesn't seem to be unfamiliar with this AI's combat method, but she really has a sense of familiarity in her bones!

Hurry up and find out the video of your previous battle, black uses a bystander's point of view, slows down, observes frame by frame in detail, and then ......

"Wait, this, isn't this the way the master fought when he was in Jiyi?! Back then, when we fought the Black Dragon Mandagarh in the Blood Moon Abyss! ”

"A slight change...... But this AI is simply beating me like Mandagar! I said how could he kill the dragon so easily, it turned out that he was based on the master?! ”

"No, no, wait a minute, in this case, could it be that the newly added AI is all based on the owner?! No wonder, this is a ball! ”

At this moment, Hei looked back at the complaining posts on the forum, and suddenly there was no contempt in his heart, but full of admiration: "Oh my God, that 'carrying the stars to graze' was able to survive five minutes in the hands of the legendary master, and it was only a pity to lose a move, and he was not seriously injured...... It's really amazing! ”

Her best record, that is, it is only close to two minutes, and the black dragon girl who has not experienced too many super-intensity battles is indeed very unsuitable for this kind of combat method, and will always expose countless flaws, and will be found by that AI to find an opportunity, and then kill it in one hit.

"But, in that case, that level 10 AI ...... Could it be that it is ......?"

There is no shame in being defeated by the master's transmog AI, and Kuro is completely intrigued, ready to strengthen his strength in related battles, and start a planned challenge and exercise - but it suddenly occurred to her that even that

'Carrying the stars to graze' is only challenging the 'ninth-level AI', and the 'tenth-level AI'......

"Hell yes!"

On the other side of the galaxy in the distance, in the abyss of a certain world galaxy, an enraged will fluctuated in the void, and the voice of the Emperor suppressed his anger and doubts echoed: "This tenth-level AI is simply Radcliffe's own end, right?!" ”

"Or is it that in such a short period of time, he has improved one step further, and just the simulated AI can defeat us?"

Doubts arose, wailing endlessly, this update of the Great Arena, while bringing countless joys, also made all those who had cut off contact with that person know that the other party is still in good shape, and there is still room for updates, and even has the spare strength to make a move in the air to prove his strength to everyone.

And the words "outrageously strong AI" and "I respect you as a strong man in 3 minutes" used to ridicule each other among players in the arena have also turned into propaganda points, attracting more other civilizations and other galactic beings to join the magic net and the big arena.

Of course,These are all things that come after.,Now black.,After thinking that this AI might be the owner of his own model.,So he silently quit the forum.,Back to the home page of the spirit terminal.。

"The host...... Are they all already so strong? ”

The black dragon girl's expression was a little lonely: "I work so hard, but I can't catch up with his footsteps......"

With that in mind, she looked up at the game's icon.

Black is not a smart, hard-working dragon, she has patience, but rarely inspired, she has talent, but fully activated will fall into the sleep of the ancient dragon, she wants to become stronger, for this can persevere efforts, but that is just walking on the edge of a rickety cliff, if you are not careful, you will be pulled and fallen by the power of too strong blood, a dream is thousands of years.

Is 'the game' really what she likes to play? Non-stop battles, virtual battles, even passing the time is too boring, right? After all, not everyone is that warrior, even if they are forever bathed in blood and fighting, they can laugh indifferently.

But Black can still play, keep 'playing', and in a world where there are not many people who can accompany her to fight and become stronger, this is the only place where she can get actual combat experience.

"Because, this is what the master expects from me."

You can see that the icon of the large arena is a slightly strange black dragon head - the black dragon is roaring, and a circle of flame arena walls surround the dragon head, releasing a golden, sun-like light.

"Black, I'll use your image as the icon of the 'Colosseum'."

Faintly, I could hear the owner's smiling voice from the past: "How is it, I think it's quite handsome." ”

"Yes, yes! The host was the best for me! ”

I can vaguely hear my excited cheers.

"Okay, it's up to you, Hei, you'll be this guardian totem, haha."

It was a rare sound of the owner laughing happily outside of the battle. And that was the first time for me, and I swore that I would make up my mind that I must not live up to the 'expectations' of my master, and I must do my best to catch up with the pace of the other party.

"Jingle jingle bell?"

Suddenly, a crisp wind chime sounded, accompanied by a flicker of light, and a small ball of light suddenly appeared in the lake, sticking to a pair of black dragon horns.

"Hey, Xiaoguang, why are you here?"

Black asked in surprise - she turned into a human form, so that the ball of light that was looking for a place could smoothly get stuck between the two horns of the black dragon girl, and jingle with satisfaction.

Since the formation of the shelter world, Xiaoguang has rarely accompanied her, after all, things are very busy over there, and sometimes Xiaoguang is needed as a rare, self-aware world will split to assist the Seven Gods in building an extremely secret control center. All in all, it's really rare to see it today.

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells."

The ball of light shouted happily, and Hei shook his head with a smile: "Alas, the master is not coming back so soon, listen to him, he will be away for a long time this time...... That's just his AI, not him. ”

"Ding...... Bell? ”

"Well, don't be discouraged, he'll be back eventually. And before we come back, we have to work hard to surprise him big, don't we? ”

"Jingle jingle bell!"

…… Very homely feeling.

…… Sorry feelings.

As the one who has accompanied Joshua the longest, from the form of a war horse without wisdom, he has been with him until now, it is difficult to explain what he feels in his heart.

"Do I really know the master?"

She always felt that she didn't understand anything, but she also felt that she understood the other party very well, the man who walked day and night for seven days and nights, just to rush back to his hometown to take revenge, has now become a great existence that multiple galaxies are also in awe, all this sounds ridiculous, but only those who really come with the same know that all this is taken for granted.

Hei can still recall some of the words that not long ago, in the Lord's Mansion of Moldavia, several legendary powerhouses, and even several gods were discussing some extremely confidential matters with Miss No. 3.

He ...... It's just like the sages of the year. ”

"No, it's still a little different from the sages. At that time, people thanked and respected the sages, but no one was afraid of Him, just 'love' from the heart. ”

"And Joshua is not the sage's 'mutual love', but 'awe'."

The voice of the old Pope, and the voice of the patron saint, can be heard, which is not hidden, but very generous, and the voice of evaluation is very clear: "I have come with the sages of yesteryear, and I can guess from the attitude of the people towards him, from the influence of the invisible information, what path they are going to take." ”

With that, the Patronus took a puff of his cigarette gun, which contained no smoke and no meaning to the god, but it was the few memories he had left related to his interests. He said calmly, "What that guy wants is to 'restore everything to its original state.'" The Light was born from this, so the more damaged it was, the more willing it was to get close to him, and the Abyss was one of them, and it is said that the 'Shadow' was born from this. ”

"But Joshua, I don't know what he wants...... 'eternal battle'? No, although he is simply the embodiment of battle and the manifestation of destruction, if this is all he is pursuing, then I am afraid that we have long been destroyed by the evil gods who fight everything, and it is precisely because he is the current Joshua that the 'eternal battle' is not actually what he is pursuing. ”

"Fighting, it's his interest, but that's not his path - no one has ever said that a person can only do what he likes, he must have a more fundamental purpose hidden under the battle."

"And that is the 'way' he chose."

Black identifies with the judgment of the guardian god.

Black also disagrees with the judgment of the guardian god.

This is because the master is neither the 'embodiment of battle' nor the 'fundamental purpose'. The master is the master, Joshua van Radcliffe, a warrior.

"Little light...... In fact, the master does not expect others, nor does he want others to expect him. ”

Lying at the bottom of the lake with Xiaoguang, looking up at the surface of the lake that had become very dim with the setting of the sun, black herself glowing, illuminating everything around her, she whispered to herself: "When he first recaptured the territory, he did not believe in the power of the territory knights or the support of the imperial military, but he just marched alone, walking alone in the heavy snow. ”

"Everybody said he had a weapon, but he didn't need it, he had a mount, but he didn't ride it...... It can't be said that he uses it, only when necessary, when it can only be used when the weapon is used. ”

"What he insists on is one person, and it doesn't affect anyone else's battle, even if it's a weapon, it's a mount, he doesn't want the weapon to break because of himself, and let the mount die because of himself."

One-to-one, one-to-many, one-to-one group, or even one-to-infinite pairs, it doesn't matter.

Is he looking forward to a fight? It's more of a challenge. But at the end of the day, whether it's a challenge or a fight, it seems to confirm something.

"The master knows his 'abnormality' and knows that others don't necessarily like to fight, they don't necessarily like to bathe in blood and die. He knew that other people didn't necessarily like to run around the void all day long, like to travel through other worlds to save sentient beings, and liked to be in near-mortal danger. ”

"Therefore, he will not take anyone with him, but will go on the road alone, alone - he does not have expectations for anyone, and he does not want others to change their minds and embark on a path that should not belong to them because of their expectations of him."

How can my master describe this complex mixture of 'gentleness' that he is not willing to impose even 'harm' on others, this 'arrogance' that he is not willing to take on other people's responsibility, how can my master describe it with the flirtatious label of 'the embodiment of battle'?

Raising his hand, Hei touched Xiaoguang, listened to the sound of the other party's 'jingle bell', and showed a faint smile.

"So, I wanted to catch up with him. After all, I'm an ancient dragon, and if there are no accidents, it's not strange to live forever, and in this case, if the 'road' has an end, I may be able to catch up with my master at the end of eternal time. ”

"But if it's the master, even if this multiverse really has an end, it will be forcibly shattered and forcibly out of the way."

Starfall 849, January 1, 11:32 p.m., North Nissière Snow Mountain, Winter Castle College, Palm Print Lake Bottom.

Black and small light together, through the thick lake, looking up at the light of the double moon above the sky.

"This year is the first year that the master has left the world of Microve and gone to the Maelstrom of Genesis."

This year is the first year that Joshua van Radcliffe has entered the maelstrom of creation.

When he left, he was approaching.