Chapter 35 Because, So 9000
For this result, Joshua was actually not surprised.
Priest and the others disappeared at the edge of the World Galaxy due to the mistake of the return beacon, and according to the information of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground, it can be inferred that they are most likely in a lost Glorious Civilization Ruins.
It just so happened that some time ago, when Joshua was also dissecting the Void Beasts, he sensed the obvious and incomparably strange evil god aura, and these Void Beasts were coming from the edge of the World Galaxy.
It was a very strange group of Void Behemoths - juvenile Behemoths often infiltrated the world, dispersing their own seeds, offspring or spores while devouring matter, and adult Void Behemoths generally pried open the shell of the world head-on to eat, but that group of Void Behemoths, although they looked young, were essentially fragments of an adult Behemoth, they had lost the ability of their offspring to infiltrate the world, but they did not have the power of adult bodies to break the barriers of ordinary worlds.
Joshua had originally deduced that it should be the result of being torn apart by the evil god, but now it seems that there may be another explanation.
'The Evil God of Weakness'.
Recorded in the Great Unified Database, the hidden evil god has the power to weaken all things, and it can temporarily turn the legendary powerhouse into a child, so it is not surprising that the Void Beast can be turned into a juvenile.
Three anomalous phenomena appeared in the same place, at the same point in time, and Joshua could easily associate them with just a little use of his brain.
"It's a bit of a hassle. But it's not a bad thing, at least we were aware of the existence of the evil god in advance, not until the evil god was fully revived. β
Both Joshua and the natural mentor were not very afraid of the situation of the suspected revival of the evil god this time, because they both sensed that the chaotic existence of this revival was very weak, even if it was an evil god, it was very weak, even if the other party was recovering, it would be impossible to recover its full prosperity in a short period of time, and it could even be said that it would be difficult for two times.
Among the evil gods, there are also strengths and weaknesses, and the weakest of them is probably the 'atmospheric evil gods', which are destroyed by an atmospheric life form world that has no obvious civilization and wisdom, and its strength can be forced back by a saint of a sage alone, although it may be the reason why the saint is very strong and the evil god does not exert his full strength, but at least on the surface.
And the debilitating evil god, although it is said that it was chased and beaten by nine legends because of an accident, but according to the information obtained by No. 3, the opponent's strength is fully exerted, and at most it will suppress five or six legends at the same time, and it is inseparable from the entanglement of nine legends...... This can't be said to be weak, it can only be said that it is not too strong, and according to speculation, the strength of the Famine Evil God and the Natural Disaster Evil God is almost one grade stronger than the weak.
However, the Scourge Evil God is a bit special, it leaves after the disaster is over, never entangles and delays, and a stronger civilization can basically be stopped, and the Scourge Evil God has no threat to them, and has never fought hard with the other party.
A truly powerful god, similar to the plague god, can create a legendary she-beast capable of reproducing millions of offspring...... As for the kind of monster that can induce the transformation of the stellar red giant by passing by, it is better to discuss it for a while.
All in all, suppressing an evil god with two percent of the power and not too strong, whether it can be done or not, Joshua and Garanod want to give it a try - if they don't even dare to do this, everyone might as well roll up and divide their luggage and leave, shame on being like this, what kind of legend should they be.
The stars flickered, they kept advancing in the void, and the light and shadow of the bright or bleak world flew away from the two of them, and in these thousands, tens of thousands of worlds, there may be one or two lucky people who can give birth to life, and among the tens of thousands of lucky people, there may be one or two lucky people who are lucky enough to produce wisdom.
Intelligent life, or even the birth of civilization, is not something that should be taken for granted, and every civilization is a miracle within a miracle.
"It is rumored that before the final war, the world we live in was densely populated with stars and stars, and countless intelligent beings lived in it."
The Nature Mentor looked around at the surrounding galaxies and said faintly, "Although most of them cannot enter the Void, at least they are a kind of civilization...... But now, all that remains is these desolate worlds. β
This is also a matter of course, and has nothing to do with evil gods.
Joshua thought so. After all, according to the theory of time dilation, five or six thousand years have passed in the worlds on the edge of the galaxy, five or six thousand years, which is enough for a civilization to die and resurrect several times, even if there is no threat from such things as void beasts and evil gods, civilization itself is a fragile existence that is easy to self-destruct, isn't this the case with the group of demons in the Sixth Color Abyss, nuclear war and chemical weapons can easily destroy the entire ecosystem.
"Huh."
Suddenly, just as the nature mentor was thinking about how to sow seeds in order to restore a world to the ecosystem, she suddenly sighed.
Then, in confusion, Garanord stood up from the vine of the legendary monster 'Furry', and she warned Joshua: "Stop, there is a situation ahead." β
"What's the situation?"
Joshua didn't perceive anything other than the chaotic fluctuations, but since the natural mentor was so serious, there must be something unexpected.
"I sense that a lot of life is moving...... Too much! More than the total population of the McCrove World! β
When he closed his eyes, he could see the pale green ripples of the force of nature spreading around the legendary powerhouse's body, like ripples in the water. The force of nature itself is a variant and complex of life force, which needs to be fully exerted in an environment where there is a large amount of life, but on the contrary, the practitioner of this power can quickly find the place where a large number of lives converge.
"In that direction." After the induction was completed, the nature mentor solemnly reopened his eyes, and then reported to Joshua a coordinate, and the warrior looked up in the direction where the coordinates were, but could only see a dense gathering of steel power, that is, the world.
"I didn't see any life, but I saw a small world...... But strangely, the speed of movement in these worlds is too fast, and the size is too small. β
Although Joshua did not see a large number of lives prompted by the nature mentor, he was not surprised, each legend had a different path, the way to observe the world was different, and nature also had its own focus, and it was not strange that the nature mentor directly perceived the life in the world.
But the fast-moving world is a bit unusual.
The world itself will move, but this amplitude is very small, the star map of the multiverse only needs to be updated once or twice in one or two hundred years, as evidenced, but occasionally there are some worlds that move faster, those worlds are the so-called hidden worlds, and the coordinates cannot be determined through the star map, they have a separate set of tracking routes.
But the world seen in that direction was moving so fast that it could not be a natural phenomenon at all, and very quickly, by predicting the speed and direction, Joshua immediately came to an astonishing conclusion.
"Those worlds are moving in the direction of the evil god!"
Suddenly, the two of them immediately picked up speed and rushed in the corresponding direction.
"What's going on, why is there a world that takes the initiative to move in the direction of the evil god?"
Joshua felt that this was unusual, because he focused his attention on this aspect, so he sensed it more clearly than before, and huge points of light were moving rapidly in the void: "It's very fast, it's a little slower than a void spaceship like the Gran Sefa, and there is no energy explosion, it feels like it's just a natural drift." β
"I don't know...... But Joshua, didn't you sense the breath of the Void Behemoth? β
The natural mentor also had a serious face at this time - in fact, discovering a world with a large number of lives is not a bad thing to be nervous about, but now the situation is not right, an evil god is resurrected, if a large number of lives happen to be sent up, by destroying civilization and devouring order, the speed of the evil god's recovery is likely to be greatly accelerated.
An evil god who has recovered most of his strength, and an evil god who has just woken up, are not the same concept at all, stars on the verge of extinction and stars in the prime of life are both stars, but can they be compared in terms of brightness?
What's more, there are still a large number of Void Behemoths around her worlds...... This is even more troublesome, the Void Giant Beast is naturally not on the side of the evil god, but it is not on the side of the normal life form, when the situation is chaotic, the action of suppressing the evil god may go very wrong.
And after Joshua perceived it in detail, he didn't find anything.
He could only perceive the points of light of one world after another, but he could not perceive the pure but abnormal fluctuations of steel power of the Void Behemoth.
"Get over there as soon as possible, and get to the world where the evil gods are before they do." Joshua didn't say much, he accelerated again, and even slightly let go of the restraint on his own gravity.
Suddenly, it can be seen that in the originally chaotic and orderly space-time turbulence, a huge and incomparable vortex suddenly appeared, this vortex is like an abyss that engulfs everything, swallowing all the existence within its own enveloping range, even the chaotic space-time flow and starlight are forcibly pulled and bent by this vortex, forming a regular arc.
Because of this, Joshua's speed suddenly became even faster.
Far away, the world fleet.
"The sensor is abnormal! There is a super-large-scale space-time change in the 113th star field! β
"Warning! Unknown material entities are rapidly approaching! Speculative Threat Level: Highest! β
"It's coming at us!"
Along with the inside of the central hive, countless spores swelled and erupted, and the bioelectric currents containing information mixed with a strange spiritual power advanced along the fungal veins, and soon, the information detected by the sensors was transmitted to the core royal court.
"Your Majesty! An unknown powerful presence is rapidly approaching the left side of our fleet, and it is impossible to tell if the other side is hostile. β
The black eight-legged fungus received a stream of bioelectricity, and Kumocinda silently processed all the information.
According to the fleet's sensor predictions, an incomparably large physical entity is rapidly approaching them at a speed three times faster than the full speed of their fleet, and it is impossible to distinguish between friend and foe, but at least it is known that with the speed of the other party, they cannot escape.
"Is the estimated strength level 'Swallowing Star'...... Prepare your defenses, stop the eating behemoths, and continue in the direction of the World Eater in a defensive formationβthe other party's purpose may also be the World Eater, not towards us.
This kind of thing, for the time being, it is not the turn of the Great Khan to deal with it. The black eight-legged fungus thought so, and then gave a second order: "All the herders and keepers should finish their work and immediately leave the 'Empty Realm' and take refuge in the body of the giant beast." β
The existence of the Swallowing Star is not uncommon in the multiverse, not counting this lost galaxy, even in the world galaxy where the hometown of the eight-legged fungus is located, the Swallowing Star is a lot.
But there is also a gap between the Star Swallowers, there are some powerful Star Eaters, even if they have just been sublimated, they can suppress some old Star Eaters, and some Star Eaters may not have much growth in pure combat ability even if they live for tens of thousands of years...... And even if he can suppress other Star Eaters, it doesn't mean that this strong man's destructive power is greater than others, everything is relative.
Of course, this is also due to the fact that they choose different directions.
And in the world fleet of the Star Herders, every giant beast has the power of the 'Star Swallowing' level, which is the confidence that they dare to cross the world galaxy, and it is also the origin of their Star Shepherd's name.
Even in the multiverse, there are few races that can do such a great thing, and shepherding the behemoths across the Void is something they should be proud of.
However, this is not what they want to do, if it is not for the ...... of their homeland All in all, the Star Herders spent unimaginable costs and countless sacrifices of eight-legged fungi to do this, and in the entire Star Herder group, only a few of the King of the Void Realm, known as the 'King', could control one or two giant beasts, and truly shepherded and controlled the existence of all the giant beasts, only one, the only one.
That is the supreme Great Khan.
If it weren't for the Great Khan, then the Star Shepherd, let alone fleeing from his home star field, would have been destroyed with the home planet, and if there was no Great Khan, then with the simple spaceships and void warships in the early days of the Star Shepherd, he would not be able to gain a foothold in this multiverse, let alone multiply.
"All glory be to the Great Khan."
With this in his heart, Kumocinda didn't pay any more attention to the sudden appearance of the Swallowing Star Being.
There are more than twenty behemoths in the entire world fleet, and no existence will go crazy against the entire fleet of Star Herders.
In the unknown world, in the elven camp, Priest and the others, who were persuading the entire elven tribe to take refuge in the Accra Junction, did not know what kind of waves had arisen beyond the void.
He didn't need to know, because inside and outside the void, there were originally two worlds.
"There's no way we're going to leave the mother tree."
In the face of Priest's bitter advice, in the half-collapsed underground cavern, the deercrown elf, who was sorting out the matter, still calmly refused: "We are one with the mother tree. β
"What a joke! The elf and the mother tree are never one! β
After persuading him for at least three and a half hours, Priest wanted to stun the old stubborn in front of him several times - if the other party was not Suer's father, if it weren't for the fact that the spirit of these otherworldly elves was one, it would be useless to stun one of them, so he wouldn't be here to talk nonsense: "There are so many elves in the Mycrove continent wandering all over the world, and your ancestors are also the first pioneers to colonize the multiverse!" How do you say that you can't live without the mother tree?! β
Even the Father of Nature did not restrain the elves on his side, but allowed the elves to evolve into various forms that did not need it, such as various plain elves, mountain elves - such a tenacious race, when did it become a squeamish bag that needed to be sheltered by the mother tree?!
But these verbal battles were useless, and the deer-crowned elf shook his head: "No, without the mother tree, we will indeed die." β
As soon as this sentence came out, Priest was immediately dumbfounded.
As if the entire elven tribe was getting impatient, the deercrest elf slowly explained, "If we get too far away from the mother tree, our spiritual connection will disappear...... Many people disappeared into the forest, as individual individuals, eroded by otherworldly diseases and turned into monsters. β
The expression of the deer-crowned elf was as gentle as ever, but there was no temperature, obviously there was a bloody rain earthquake last night, as well as various major events such as the purification position coverage, this elf still didn't seem to care about anything. The deercrest elf said lightly: "We thank you for using the sacrificial sacred mountain to expel the otherworldly disease for us, but we can't leave the mother tree. The Mother Tree holds all the knowledge of our tribe, and it would be painful for us to become a separate individual. β
Speaking of this, he seemed to look at Priest with some sympathy: "It feels like having no hands, no feet, and the eyes that could see clearly are suddenly blurred, even if you are in the crowd, you are alone...... I can't even sense what's going on in the hearts of the people around me, I don't know what he thinks of me, whether he hates me, or respects me...... This unknown and terrifying feeling, more terrible than all monsters, will tear apart the peace between our elves, and bring contradictions and hatred into us, and it is through these that the disease spreads. β
ββ¦β¦ So do you think we humans who are alone are pitiful? β
Calming down, Priest suppressed the anger of wasting time, and said calmly: "It means that the reason why Sur is an outlier is because she is not in your network, and you don't know what she thinks, likes, and fears, so you think she is very unsociable." β
"Yes. You humans don't even know what each other thinks and feels...... You can't share each other's pain, you can't share each other's happiness...... And my daughter, because of misfortune, was unable to join us. β
The deercrown elf replied crisply, without even the slightest hesitation: "So I let her and you act, because in essence, she and you are the same kind." β
Hearing this, Priest even pulled out a smile - it seems that those elves really had great kindness when they invited them to join the spirit network in the first place! Their wariness of these elves is indeed a little nervous.
However, the fact that the other party has good intentions and is a good person does not mean that the other party's behavior is right, and of course, it does not mean that the other party is wrong - after all, all the humans and dwarves that once existed in this world are dead, and only the elves who did so still exist, which proves that at least before, the elves' choice was correct.
But this does not mean that when it comes to the time of change, it will continue to be stubborn, which is something to be proud of!
Priest subconsciously clenched his fists, and he ran over to persuade this group of elves to take refuge in the Hub, not because of Sur, but because he was a student of the Earl of the Northlands, the legendary powerhouse Radcliffe!
He is a warrior who is determined to fight for order!
Because of the teacher's teachings, Priest knew from the beginning that the differences in countries, forces, and races on Microf were all trivial things, and only the contradiction between order and chaos was eternal and great. Since the elves in front of them still belong to the existence of order, and are the descendants of the group of legendary powerhouses who once sealed the evil gods, then they should not be wiped out like garbage by the impact that will inevitably appear later.
Yes, a definite shock.
When Priest knew that the planet under his feet was likely to be a cage where an evil god was imprisoned, he almost scared people away, and if it weren't for the fact that he was almost half dead by the impact of the information stream at that time, he would definitely have really fainted.
It is precisely because he did not faint that Priest also understands that if something happens to the seal, causing the sleeping evil god to stop self-destruction and transformation, then the best ending of this planet is like an eggshell, torn in half by the evil god who came out.
Maybe...... Just like the cold world that was eaten by the teacher, although the outside looked intact, the inside was completely empty.
That's why Priest wants to take refuge in the Hub and send a chrono signal as quickly as possible to notify the many powerhouses in the Microf world to suppress the evil gods - this is the only way to save most people's lives.
But the group of elves in front of them just don't get in the oil and salt, and they refuse to leave the mother tree!
Yes, the surrounding environment of the mother tree is good, there are no earthquakes and no various disasters, the weather is dry, the mother tree will draw groundwater, and even seawater distills fresh water, the weather is hot, the mother tree will volatilize water, create cool air, hot days and tides, heavy rain and blizzards, the mother tree can all cope perfectly, this is the best living environment.
The mother tree even stores all the production information, and the surrounding resources are also abundant, so the elves can live comfortably without thinking...... But it's just about living! It may seem like a paradise of peace, but in reality, it's a hell!
How much to pay, how much to pay, hard work can progress, pay can be harvested, such a world is heaven! And a comfortable, peaceful, indulgent, lazy environment is a complete poison for a civilization. What's more, there is also a weak evil god here, a chaotic existence that can weaken the ability to think and make people forget knowledge! If this group of elves continues to be mediocre like this, then I am afraid that thousands of years later, a group of primitive people will live in the forest!
"Damn, I warn you once, it's not your turn to refuse now, if you don't come with me, I'll ......"
The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, the originally calm Priest couldn't help but burst out, and he was about to burst out a few cruel words before starting to stun these local gold, and then hijack all the elves into the Accra Junction - don't look at them all gold-level, in fact, the elite team is as the name suggests, each of them is not an ordinary gold-level powerhouse that can match.
If they wanted, the five of them would be able to eliminate most of the Beholder Elven tribes by raiding alone.
But suddenly, he smelled a strange scent.
"This smells ......" Priest's spirit was suddenly shocked, but he was alert, and in the next moment, the deercrown elf in front of him suddenly became unsteady, even because he was a golden powerhouse and immune to most of the toxins, but his spirit could not help but become trance.
"Good chance!"
Priest didn't talk too much nonsense, he immediately stepped forward, and in the rush of the sonic boom, he punched the antlers in the stomach with a heavy punch, and then slashed the opponent with a backhand knife. The action is fluid and art.
After knocking them out, Priest probably figured out what was going on, narrowed his eyes, glanced at the Buckscrown Elf that he had eliminated in a second, and then carried it on his back and led him out of the cave.
After exiting the cave, Priest saw the alchemist pouring potions everywhere, and a large number of elves collapsed around the roots of the mother tree, their legs and feet twitching.
"Yo, Captain, my elven elf is good, isn't it?"
The alchemist, who was still half-elven when he was born, was standing at the root of the tree under the mother tree, waving the small dark purple bottle in his hand, and said with a smile: "Super high dose of psychostimulants - aren't these elves spiritual empathy?" I let them have thousands of people together, so high that they are in a trance! β
Priest saw that the other three golds of the Beholder clan were also slumped in various places, while the knights, clerics, and spellcasters were making a square gondola out of fishing nets and tree trunks, stuffing a lump of unconscious elves into it, and then flying in turn, taking them back to the Akra Phap hub.
"These elves are really kind, and they made these hanging boxes for us." The alchemist looked at this scene and seemed to be very proud, he saw that the mental stimulant in his hand was about to run out, so he took out another bottle from his waist and used the magic power to spread evenly into the air.
"The use of addictive poisons against well-intentioned natives, your report is not easy to write, wait for review and confinement."
Priest deliberately put up a face and said fiercely: "You also need to explain why you carry this forbidden addiction with you - this is a crime!" β
"Wronged, wronged! Aren't I an alchemist, an alchemist makes a stimulant, can that be called a crime! Immediately, the alchemist pleaded with the same pitiful pleading, but he was only halfway through when Priest smiled and threw the deercrest elf on his shoulder to him: "Take him back with you, and no one will know about itβI'll go to the beach first, there must be some elves at work there." β
"Okay, I'll go over and pick you up when the time comes, remember to put it up neatly, it's not good to drag it away together."
The alchemist didn't say much, why should they say much about their cooperation, you must know that the training course of the external exploration team has a 'eye contact' course! With just one look, the five of them quickly finished dividing the work, leaving Sur alone to look at the large number of elves who had collapsed to the ground with a happy face in front of him, and he was at a loss.
"Hey, sister-in-law...... Miss Soul, you can help put these of your compatriots in the gondola, too. β
The spellcaster was controlling the magic at this time, placing the elves in the box smoothly, he looked at Su'er in a trance, and couldn't help laughing: "You are our accomplice now, don't be stunned." β
"Hmm...... That's right, too. β
Sur wasn't stupid, she knew that Priest and the others were doing it to help the elves, and the elves didn't seem to be in any pain...... Since this is the case, Suer also threw away the burden in his heart, and began to happily pick up a sleeping elf, and then threw it into the gondola: "Hey! β
And just a few minutes later.
Priest had already arrived at the seaside.
There were indeed some elves on the beach who were preparing to fish, but it seemed that because of the time it was a matter of time, the tide had not yet receded, so they did not work, but just waited on the beach, and because of spiritual empathy, these elves all fainted with the same expressions of excitement as their compatriots in the tribe.
"There is still this disadvantage in spiritual commonality...... Learned. β
Shaking his head, he stacked all the elven fishermen neatly on top of each other, and after doing so, Priest stood on the edge of the towering sand, waiting for the alchemist and knight to arrive later.
At this time, the sky was just getting dark, and he squinted his eyes and looked into the distance.
The morning light lit up at the horizon, and faintly faint orange stars leaped out of the water.
Priest watched as the seemingly heatless sun shone on the sea, causing the broken waves along the shore to refract thousands of points of light, and he exhaled and sat down on the beach of the shore, relaxing the muscles and body that had been so tense during the half-day that had been tense until now.
If it were the old days, the elven fishermen would have begun to work long ago, and they had already sailed out to sea when the morning tide had just begun to recede, and they were laughing and laughing and casting their nets to fish, and Priest knew how they lived, and how comfortable, quiet, and reassuring it was.
How peaceful.
Priest loves this kind of peace, and he wants his sister to live in such a world - who doesn't? With such a tranquil sea, such a beautiful view, and a garden-like world, anyone will be fascinated by it.
But there can be no future for such a peace.
Peaceful, surplus resources will destroy all the self-motivation of a civilization, not to mention, there is not even a contradiction within this civilization, they are not ant colonies, they are born to reproduce and spread, they are ordinary beings, but they have a common spirit.
"Human beings are flawed. To be precise, human flaws are so great that it is impossible to finish them in a word. β
Priest could faintly hear a voice, the voice of his teacher, Joshua van Radcliffe. The powerful legendary powerhouse was always very serious when he taught, and he unreservedly informed his disciples of his thoughts: "Human beings are selfish, cruel, cannibalistic, and have no bottom line, because they have the self-will to overcome their instincts, they can become more beastly than beasts, and they can even look indifferently at other people, and even the death and end of other civilizations, with no waves in their hearts, even with pleasure." β
"Human beings do not understand other human beings, nor do they understand other human beings, no one can empathize with other human beings, everyone's suffering is only his own suffering, and happiness is only one person's happiness, so human beings will be jealous, will compare, will be disgusted, will hate."
The teacher's voice was low, as if it could penetrate the deepest part of the human heart, and he mercilessly dissected the inferiority of human beings, but his tone did not show any criticism.
Because this is not a criticism in the first place.
Yes, the elves are athletic, united in their clan, and can resolve conflicts quickly, they are intelligent, flexible, adaptable, and full of adventure, and their long life gives them enough confidence.
Yes, the dwarves are strong and strong-willed, and they can't scream even if they're burned in lava, and they can repeat the same work day after day, even if the mountain peaks are hollowed out.
Yes, each race has its own unique characteristics, winged people can fly, the courage in their hearts can support them to soar in the sky, fearless of all challenges, orcs are as stubborn as stones, as long as they make up their minds in their hearts, then even in the face of swords and fires, they can walk without hesitation.
Halflings, goblins, harpies, lizardmen, centaurs...... Those extinct races, those that have not yet been extinct, all have their own characteristics, and the civilization of each race is so unique.
Humans alone seem to have nothing, and their bodies are full of innumerable flaws.
"Whatever."
Priest suddenly laughed, he raised his head, and looked up at the September that had not yet dimmed in the sky: "Although it is not peaceful at all, every step is a crisisβwhat does it matter. β
Although living in a world that is not paradise and is full of suffering, although the heart is not connected, it is impossible for everyone to understand the thoughts of othersβalthough everyone is full of flaws.
But this is how human beings with countless flaws, selfishness, indifference, conservativeness, prudence, and endless desires.
It's human.
Because of selfishness, there is selflessness, because of indifference, there is passion, and human beings are humble, brutal, sincere, and cruel.
It is precisely because we are all conservative, cautious, selfish and arrogant ordinary people that we live in a world that is not peaceful and full of strife.
That's why generations of adventurers leave their hometowns alone, with dreams that no one knows and belong to themselves, so they take great strides and go far away without hesitation.