Chapter 39: Me and the Future
Chalil joined forces with the First Farmer's World to shake the World Tree wrapped in its own rhizomes, causing the fish-men who were experimenting in the laboratory on its branches to interrupt their work.
But the fish-man did not complain about this, the high priest Godard raised his head in a daze, he walked out of the laboratory quickly, and then looked up at the top of the empty world: "Garanord, do you hear?!" ”
"I hear you."
In the huge World Tree, there was a light voice from the elf, but there was a hint of solemnity in the tone: "This voice is very strange, very strange...... I don't seem to understand what I'm saying, but there's no doubt that it's definitely very important. ”
"But it's not as important as the job at hand."
Godard frowned, pondered on the branch for a moment, and said, "You continue the experiment, and I'll go and contact Igor and them...... Damn, Joshua is not here, and the secret work of the Seven Gods seems to have reached a critical moment, perhaps we need to ask the Ruling Will of the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground, although it doesn't know much, but at least it is richer than us. ”
Just as the Fishman Priestess was about to start contacting the other legendary powerhouses, the Mentor of Nature gave him an unexpected piece of good news: "Wait a minute, Godard. ”
"My experiment may have succeeded, until I determine the last step."
Hearing this, the Fishman Priestess was stunned at first, and then surprised: "Really succeeded!?" ”
"Have you developed a vaccine for the limit virus?"
The giant tree did not answer, but a green aura enveloped Godard, and he did not resist, and in the next moment, the high priest came to a hall made entirely of emerald green, half-wood, half-crystal.
This is the central center of the World Tree.
The force of nature is a derived energy between magic and life energy, so it is related to everything in the world, and nothing is man-made that does not involve the force of nature.
This is its advantage and disadvantage, because in a barren and lifeless world, even if the magic is abundant, the power of nature will not be born, and in the same way, in the world with many lives without magic, the power of nature will wither, in other words, its essence is the magic with the characteristics of life energy, or the life energy with the characteristics of magic, which can be said to be the earliest, similar to the extraordinary power of divine energy and emotional power.
And in the heart of this huge World Tree, the majestic life energy and magic power are constantly surging up and down, flowing along the crystal lines on the inner wall, and Godard is guided by a dark green light formed by the power of nature, and comes to an unusually wide compartment.
Walking into the compartment, the originally peaceful and peaceful atmosphere suddenly changed, Godard raised his head, he saw the bones of countless creatures piled up in the corners of the compartment, sealed by the Force of Nature Crystal, sealed tightly. The High Priest knew that these were the bones of creatures devoured by the Extreme Virus, and they were experimental individuals created by the Mentor of Nature, looking at this number, I am afraid that more than 100,000 Beasts and Demonic Beasts have been consumed in the past few days, and the experimental materials in the past are even more innumerable, after all, the worthless experimental subjects will be decomposed again and recycled as the next experimental materials.
And in the center of the compartment, in a space completely shrouded in transparent crystals, a super-large mycelium ecosystem is multiplying, and the mycelium of various colors is mixed with extraordinary power, and it is wriggling and growing in this miniature space with a diameter of 1.5 kilometers.
"According to my research, any organism that is more complex than sponges and jellyfish is extremely vulnerable to extreme viruses, and it has a certain degree of conditional selectivity, and the more complex the structure, the more favored by them."
Noticing the eyes of the Fishman Priestess, the World Tree, which is now the body of Garanord, made a voice and explained, "In other words, if I want to carefully observe the erosion process of the Limit Virus, I must use a sponge jellyfish, and a creature that is simpler than the structure of the sponge jellyfish...... There aren't many creatures, the sponge is already the lowest multicellular animal, and the jellyfish are a little bit more advanced than it. ”
"So you choose all kinds of microorganisms and fungi? Yes, after all, the ancestors of sponges are fungi, and they are the only ones who want to make it simpler......"
Godard nodded thoughtfully, he was also an expert in the field: "So you succeeded?" ”
"Perhaps."
The voice of the Mentor of Nature was undeniable, and the force of nature condensed into an arrow, guiding Godard to look at the colony ecosystem: "The limit virus is not incapable of eroding fungi and various microorganisms, in fact, its structure is probably smaller than the virus we know, the smallest one is even only ten nanometers, the largest is not more than fifty nanometers, in front of them, the virus is also a kind of can' The object of 'sublimation' I have just destroyed a part of the initially limited super virus, which can infect any intelligent life that uses spiritual power in the realm of thinking through psionic energy, and gradually transform their thinking patterns into extreme creatures that we are familiar with. ”
"As for these bacteria and fungi, they haven't reached the point of extreme creatures, but you see, they are already beginning to be able to manipulate supernatural powers through the situation of colonies, similar to magical energy circuits and runic structures...... It's really a very scary force. ”
"But it's because of the modification of these colonies by the Extreme Virus that I discovered a loophole in it."
"What vulnerability?" Godard asked a little hurriedly, after all, it was about Microf, it was about the fish-man, even if he was a cold-blooded creature (literally), he had to think about his race: "Don't sell it." ”
"It's simple."
And the nature mentor replied simply: "The limit virus is a selfish and very 'smart' virus. It will ensure that its host is as successful as possible, and then assimilate with the host and become an extreme creature, but due to its limited energy, as long as it finds that the host may fail to sublimate, it will take away all the host's energy, that is, erode the host into those dry bones in the corner, and then self-replicate and spread. ”
"But as long as it is not a sure failure, then the limit virus will never let its own kind increase, it is very selfish, if it can succeed in one of its own individuals, it will never generate a second one."
"Combined with the previous point of 'Extreme Extreme is keen to erode advanced organisms with complex structures', I can draw one element: the Extreme Virus pursues the maximization of success alone, and if it can, then the stronger and more complex this extreme creature, the better."
Speaking of this, Godard already understood a little, and the nature tutor said with a smile: "So, based on this element, I have found through many experiments that when the extreme virus parasitizes on low-level multicellular organisms such as sponges and jellyfish, the erosion rate becomes extremely slow...... This is easy to explain, because even if the sponge jellyfish is successfully maximized, it is not much stronger, perhaps only the sea surface of the monster has the value of erosion, compared to wasting their own opportunities and possibilities on these weak creatures, the limit virus will not hesitate to choose to dormant and suspend the erosion process. ”
"So!" Following the train of thought of the nature mentor, the Fishman Priestess hammered his palm, and he said excitedly: "As long as the limit virus feels delusional, as long as it is ......"
"Yes, as long as the limit virus is given the illusion that it is not eroding a human being, but a large sponge, a large jellyfish, a large fungus and a variety of single-celled organisms, then even if it is infected, it will not do it immediately, but will attack after 8~14 days, trying to find the next host."
With a hint of an intriguing smile in the Nature Mentor's voice, she whispered, "To put it simply, as long as it feels like you're a waste, it won't erode you, but will retain energy and wait for the next chance to meet a target worthy of erosion." ”
As long as you become a waste, no one will be able to take advantage of you.
Hearing this, the Fishman Priestess completely understood the thinking of the natural master.
Yes, the Extreme Virus is an extraordinary biochemical creation that is far more advanced than the current Mycrof civilization, and even the inheritance of some kind of ultimate lifeform manufacturing, and it is actually a completely impossible task to create a vaccine from the root, at least for the time being.
But on the other hand, taking advantage of the overly advanced and overly intelligent nature of the Limit Virus can be exploited to make a fuss...... As long as a transcendent elixir is created that gives the person who drinks it the biological essence of a sponge jellyfish, then the limit virus will not bother to eat away at these lower creatures and try other targets.
Is it hard? It's too simple, the transcendent world, even a dragon can turn into a human form, even a human can become a neutron star or even the world, just disguised as a jellyfish fungus, it's not too simple for a legendary powerhouse.
In this way, the transfer of the limit virus, of course, will give birth to strange things such as extreme cows, extreme grasses, extreme tree vines, and extreme overlord flowers, but at least human beings are safe and this is enough, if the virus does not transfer, then there is also an incubation period of about eight days, as long as the seven gods and a few legendary powerhouses go to purify the crowd every once in a while, then there is no worry about the outbreak of the virus.
It's really bad luck, the innate anti-magic and anti-change spell caused the potion to not work, or the virus attacked early...... There is no way to do that, now that the situation is critical, Garanord can only guarantee the safety of the vast majority of people, not the whole of humanity unharmed.
"Can you ensure success?"
However, as soon as the excitement passed, apprehension arose, and Godard walked around the cubicle a few times, his brow furrowed again: "For example, the Extreme Virus discovered that its host was just pretending to be a sponge ......"
"One hundred percent. As long as the Extreme Creature is indeed the transcendent creature of the ultimate lifeform, as long as it is indeed that advanced, then it will certainly not risk wasting energy to detect whether it is attacking advanced animals disguised as sponges and fungi, or real fungi and sponges. ”
The Nature Mentor's tone was very conclusive: "After all, it is too small, no matter how advanced the way it carries energy, it cannot be eroded many times, it must be killed with one hit, so it gives us the opportunity to take advantage of it." ”
"I made it."
“…… Couldn't have been better. The Fishman took a deep breath, and he immediately picked up the communication circle in his hand, Godard couldn't wait to share the good news with the other legendary powerhouses.
Eagle was the first to hear the news, and after listening to Godard's general explanation, he quickly realized that this was an extremely simple and feasible preventive measure.
"Now, immediately, immediately."
He said so, then pulled out the communication circle, ready to inform the others: "Have Garanord write out the recipe for the camouflage potion and then we'll write it into Joshua's Pillars of Exchange." ”
"Thankfully, Radcliffe has been able to help a lot outside of the fight...... Without the exchange of light pillars, just the time to set up the production line is probably going to kill hundreds of millions of more people, if it is a multi-galactic river, I am afraid it is hundreds of billions. ”
Thinking of this, the old pope hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, and decisively said: "Also inform other civilizations and tell them this method." Ha, this method is not difficult, I think it should be more than us to find out, just take it as a favor. ”
"After all...... In this multiverse, the remnants of civilization can no longer be destroyed. If that voice is true, then I'm afraid this is the last chance. ”
If this last chance comes, all civilizations will not be able to work together to share resources with each other and face the greatest and most terrifying threat...... Then this plague called selfishness will surely cut off hope, and doom and end will come.
"This is my responsibility, the responsibility of an intelligent being."
Pope Eagle didn't think he was too smart, he knew that he was just talented, lucky, good enough inheritance, and good conditions for growth, and his intelligence could not become the 'inheritor of the Holy Light', or the 'Pope of all worlds and all races', he could only be Mrs. McCro's Pope at most, a strong, kind, and good person who liked to watch the sunrise.
However, no one has ever said that Mrs. McCro, Mrs. McCro's Pope, cannot be attached to the multiverse, and no race can say the same about being independent of all worlds.
Because in the face of the calamity that swept the heavens and all the worlds, all wise minds are a whole, not independent islands, and under the light of the flames, order must live forever.
He believed so much that he got to where he is today.
And this is the complete opposite of the extreme virus, called the path of civilization.
"We are the final, the last, and since then, there has been no future or hope."
The sound that resounded through the multiverse, echoing in the confusing time and space, all the strong, all the enlightened, had already understood that this was indeed the last hour, that the path to the 'source' was about to be cut off, that the initial fire would be completely lost contact with the multiverse in the near future, and that everything would be doomed from then on, turning into black ashes that could no longer burn after the flames were extinguished.
So.
I have to succeed.
We must succeed.
As long as I can make it
As long as there is a future.
It has to be me, it can only be me, if it weren't for me, then the universe would be meaningless, whether it was to destroy or perish, it would be meaningless.
It's me, I hope it's me, but if it can't be me, then at least, I hope that I and my successors can have the possibility of the future.
The beast that longs for 'tomorrow', and the civilization that yearns for 'tomorrow'.
Between the two, there is an obvious dividing line, and this boundary is like an abyss, the abyss called the 'Abyss of Tomorrow', which divides two thoughts, two modes of behavior, and two underlying logics, and adjudicates the future of the multiverse.
Even if there are some individuals who can't tell the difference between the two, at least as a whole, even if they tend to destroy all alien races, all non-self racial clean civilizations, at least they are also civilizations, and the vast majority of civilizations can understand the collective of countless people.
But only for the vast majority.
The Court of Amos, the dome of the royal court, a void of stars.
The huge glowing nebula, because of the cry of the beast in the distance, fell into deep thought.
Until one after another Void warships sped in from afar, interrupting his musings.