Chapter 36: The Final Chapter of Love and Hope
The passage of time minute by minute, the repetition of the future hundreds of times and thousands of times, may tremble with reality between two forces that are enough to distort all things, and the inner side of the world cannot bear it.
Cause and effect are reversed, the past fades, and in the endless illusion, reality becomes hazy, history is wrong and missing, and everything is drowned in the churning river of existence.
- So, Fatroorvi saw such a vision.
It was a scene of two adults, a man and a woman, with two children, a man and a woman, hurriedly driving out of the city.
The man was generous and kept comforting his wife who was a little flustered, and the two children were also very well-behaved and did not cry, and the boy who was the elder brother even learned from his father and began to touch his sister's head and whispered to comfort the other party who was a little unhappy because the birthday party was interrupted.
Because it was night, there were no other vehicles on the street. They drove fast and left the city after ten minutes, and in the middle of the drive, the anxious woman asked in a low voice, "Are you really so nervous?" ”
A warning from a friend of the superpowers...... I didn't believe it originally, but if you think about it, there is nothing wrong with believing in this kind of big thing. ”
The man clenched the steering wheel, his fingers were a little white, and he shrugged his shoulders pretending not to care: "It's a big deal, just when we go out for a day." ”
But soon, a blazing fire lit up behind them, and with a continuous explosion and roar, the otherwise peaceful city burned brightly.
The house toppled over, the streets shattered, and the shock wave that violently shook the entire car from behind, causing the girl who had been quiet to cry out suddenly, and the boy hurriedly comforted each other, at this time, the man and woman also panicked, and they looked through the rearview mirror at the city in chaos behind them, their eyes full of fear and happiness.
This was the prelude to the First World War of Superpowers.
The family, who had no home, was tossed and turned from city to city, but thanks to the world government, his father, a well-known technician in the industry, and his mother, a well-known writer, soon found a new job and settled in a new city. Boys and girls are also back in school.
The boy is a very nice person, although he doesn't talk much, he is sincere to people and soon makes new friends at school. But the world is still at war, a few students are absent from the school from time to time, even the teachers are getting fewer and fewer, and after two years, the school is officially closed, the city is about to be abandoned, and the family is ready to go to the strongest fortified cities under the guidance of the world government.
On the way, the tired faces of their parents, the intense work, the stressful environment, and the increasingly turbid and strange air all make the 40-somethings feel more than enough, but the boys and girls are healthy, which gives them peace of mind.
"We don't care, children have to have a future." These are the exact words they have when they talk in private.
Life in the fortress city was even more difficult, because of the shortage of resources, everyone had a limit on food and water, and at this time the boys and girls who had become teenagers were just in time to grow up, and their parents worked hard, got more share, and even appropriated a little of their share to the children, and several times they refused, but the parents reprimanded: "What to talk about." "If you want to eat, you can eat."
This poverty ended on that day, when the boy's father was hospitalized due to chronic malnutrition, he awakened his superpowers, and powerful energy fluctuations spread throughout the city.
Experts from all walks of life gathered to test the abilities of this powerful natural awakener, and they determined that the boy's abilities were extremely cherished 'teleportation' or 'super-fast mobility', which is very necessary for the current world government. To this end, the government has provided a large share for the recruitment of juveniles into the 'Hunter' special operations force. The boy's parents wanted to refuse, and his sister looked worried, but he shook his head gently but firmly to comfort his family.
"Now, it's time for me to contribute to this family."
War is brutal, but it is not difficult for a teenager, with the ability to 'stagnate everything', he can always make his squad successfully complete a series of tasks, and gradually, he becomes the core of the team, and his position is higher and higher, and eventually he becomes the pillar of the family. His parents, whose physical condition had stopped deteriorating, are now recuperating at home, while his sister skipped a grade and went to college, and the adult man supported all this, although it was hard, but he was willing to do it.
Time flies, the war is coming to an end, and under the all-out counteroffensive of the world government, the radical superpowers are rootless after all, and there is no way to continue fighting. It was clear that peace was coming, but just a week before the final showdown, the parents' deadlines came one after another.
"Child, don't be sad, my mother's health is not good, and after so many years of running, I am still too tired."
Lying on the bed, the woman who was on a ventilator to assist her breathing looked lovingly at the boy and girl who had grown up, crying and her husband, and she whispered, "You are my hope...... Don't cry, my hopes, and see for me a peaceful world. ”
My mother died, and the next day, my father also fell ill, according to the doctor's test, it was stomach cancer, it was estimated that it was because of too much socializing in the early years, and it was not maintained for many years, it was already in an advanced stage, and multiple concurrent inflammation occurred at the same time, and it was basically powerless.
"He's been holding on, probably because he doesn't want to cause you trouble." The doctor took the pathology report and cautiously said to the man: "It was originally stable, but it is estimated that Ling Tang's death was too stimulating." ”
The man, who was already one of the three high-ranking Hunters at this time, was a top official of the World Government, and he looked at his father's medical records and was speechless for a long time.
He and his sister came to the ward, and the father was no longer able to say more, and the old man looked at his son and daughter with satisfaction, and then, as if satisfied, the light in his eyes gradually dimmed.
"No!"
The man roared angrily and activated his ability, stagnating the entire city, wanting to save his father's last time, he touched his father's face, wanting to use his ability to solidify the other party's dying body. But in the end, the power will eventually end, and the old man will still die, in the joy of hope.
After the ability ended, the man disappeared, and the sister searched everywhere but could not find it...... And at this time, the man is wandering between various cities, he walks in every corner of the fortress in confusion, looking at everyone's life, this world because of the war, everyone is tired, panicked, worried about whether tomorrow can come, worried about whether there is hope for the future, the man has walked through all the hidden rooms, walked through all the places he has not been on weekdays, he has found a lot of things, seen a lot of things, those secrets may be able to guard against a person who can teleport, but can not guard against a person who can stop time.
So the man found out about the World Government's plan for all the superpowers, and he laughed out loud in the stagnant world in confusion, not knowing whether to be happy or sad.
……
The illusion is over.
Because Fatroorvi closed his eyes.
He didn't want to look at it, he couldn't bear to look at it, he didn't want to watch it...... He no longer continued to observe the possible world line.
Yes, he knew that although there was still sadness in this future, it might be the path that could lead to the future and hope: his sister was still alive, his comrades-in-arms were alive, and there was no irreparable hatred between the superpowers and ordinary people, and when the hunters came to power, the world government would gradually transform into a super-civilized government - although the future was bumpy and doomed to a bad fate, at least the 'future' had this 'possibility'.
But Fatrolvi resolutely closed his eyes, even though his heart was turbulent.
Because it's enough.
The time promoter never wants a perfect and happy life, he just wants to hear his parents' voices again, watch his sister grow up, and let his comrades who have been fighting for half their lives have a good death...... He just wanted to see a 'possible hope'.
Moreover, now is not the time to pursue the past, he knows that he still has important things to do, he feels that he has forgotten many things, something very important, Fatroorvi turns his mind in pain, thinking about everything he has forgotten.
I...... Where is it?
I...... What are you doing?
That's right...... I'm fighting!
At this moment, Fatrolvi, who remembered all this, opened his eyes—truly opened his eyes, awakened from the chaotic dream!
What appeared in front of him was a shattered, but unrivaled steel fist that was enough to shatter space!
The giant fist quickly retreated—to be precise, withdrawn, and Fatrolvi felt that his head was shattered in half, and the entire body of the galaxy giant flew backwards backwards, his mind was foggy before, because of the direct attack of the giant fist just now, Fatrolvi felt that his mind had been stagnant for a long time, and he had fallen into some chaotic dream. But now, the galaxy in the galaxy giant's body is spinning, and he is gradually regaining his clarity.
On the other side, the owner of the Iron Giant Fist did not pursue, because at this time the giant god's body was also covered with broken scars, and he also fell down and lay on the ground after swinging that circle—at this time, the four-armed giant, not a single piece of his body was intact: traces of stellar flames, degenerate matter self-destructed, psionic space distorted, mass field decomposed...... All kinds of wounds that he didn't even know how to describe were all over him, the scars of millions of powers at the same time.
Both sides have beaten each other in a mental trance, time has been turned back many times, the earth has been turned upside down and reborn, they have completely failed to distinguish between the present and the future, and they rely entirely on instinct to fight
At this point, this is no longer the inner side of the world, but the center of the real world of Sibeya. Above the sky, the soul stars were dim, and only a few were still shining. Fatroorvi had reversed time dozens or hundreds of times, and used it to fight one fierce enemy after another, but now it seemed that fate and the future had been defeated, because the four-armed iron giant god stood up again after a short rest, and walked towards the galaxy giant who had fallen on the central continent of Siberia.
Boom, boom, boom. Every step of the Iron Giant was like a mountain peak bombarding the earth, and this was the result of his deliberate convergence, otherwise the entire continent's crust would collapse, and the air was filled with the smell of ionized, like the smell of blood was spreading.
As the giant walked, it gradually became smaller, and at the same time, the vast sea of stars The giant's body also drifted away with the wind, the dark unknown matter dissociated itself and turned into pure soul energy, and the galaxy in his body also turned into a real nebula, floating towards the high sky.
By the time Joshua came to Fatrolvi, both sides had returned to their normal sizes, Fatrolvi's badly injured body fell to the ground, the crown on his head was dimly and nearly gone, and behind him was the spiral tower that had not yet collapsed because of the time lapse, and the time mover looked at the starry sky illuminated by the Void Vortex and muttered to himself.
"yes, I lost."
At this time, Fatrolvi always picked up the fragmented memory of being beaten, he whispered to himself, and then said indifferently: "Well, this is also a possibility." ”
Above the sky, the light of the divine stars was dim, the observer system was depleted, and the time mover was no longer able to observe the future again—all illusions of possibility were gone, and he couldn't even dodge the attack of the Otherworldly Descendant, so he simply waited for the final blow.
But the footsteps stopped.
Joshua didn't move on.
A puzzled Fatroorvi opened his eyes and looked ahead.
It was a petite figure. The figure of a small, girl-like soul puppet stood in front of Joshua, preventing the other party from moving on.
"You want to protect him?"
The soldier's deep voice came, and he kindly reminded: "You are self-aware, I will not attack you at will, if you have to stop it, I will crush you together." ”
But the calm and undulating voice of the psionic puppet rang out: "Yes, I will protect the Juggernaut." ”
"He is simply using your faith as a primer to channel the energy of the soul. Otherwise, he would not have been able to control the divine stars and create the observer system. ”
Fatroorvi listened to the voice of his enemy, and unlike him, the Descendant calmly told the little soul puppet the truth: "You are just a tool he has made, a useful and loyal toy to take revenge and reshape the world." ”
Amusing. He thought to himself. Soul puppets don't have such a thing as feelings, and protecting themselves is probably just a low-level program that I set up a long time ago...... That puppet was specially designed by him to assist in worldline observations, so what's the use of reasoning with these guys? This Advent is really obsessed with boredom, whether it's against himself or protecting those soul animals.
"If he created our intentions, he did so that I could offer my faith and use my word."
However, the little puppet replied seriously: "Then I am willing to believe in the Lord and be used willingly." ”
"For he is our Creator and our Master."
Lying on the ground, Fatrolvi, who didn't care, was stunned.
He struggled to sit up, his body was so broken that even raising his hand would let the energy in his body leak out, turning into a blue energy liquid like blood, but Fatlorvi had to sit up even so, he was struggling to stand up, and asked in a deep voice, "Are you also a defective product?" ”
"According to the procedure I have set for you, you should surrender as soon as possible! I don't need your protection! ”
After speaking, the time mover who couldn't stand up turned his head and looked at Joshua - this was the first time he had seen the warrior's human face, but Fatroorvi didn't care about that, he whispered, "What are you doing talking nonsense with a puppet, give me the final blow!" ”
"Do you dare to burn this world, but you don't even have the courage to cross a soul puppet and kill me?"
But Joshua didn't answer him. The warrior looked around the world, and Fatroorvi subconsciously followed his movements, looking around at the surrounding world of Sibeya.
But instead of seeing a world eroded and burning by the force of steel, Fatroorvi saw a continent that was very different from what had been before.
In the sky, dust settled, and new earth piled up on the desert land. Above the earth, plants sprouted, and cold rivers flowed down the mountains and into the continents along the rivers that had long since dried up.
In the sea, the turbid pollution is being purified little by little, the mutated creatures swim blankly in the unprecedentedly clear ocean, I don't know why the dangerous but familiar environment of the past has become like this, and next to those original oases, the Siboya rebels watched in shock as the green expanded like life - seedlings began to appear in the mud of the river beach, saplings grew in the desert, and under the action of an inexplicable force born from the burning soul stars, the entire silent Xiboya world began to quickly recover its vitality, faster than anyone imagined.
“…… You didn't burn the world......"
With that being the case, how could Fatrolvi not know the truth of the matter? Joshua didn't destroy the world at all to draw energy for himself, he just relied on the illusion of burning the world to increase the consumption of his soul stars by a thousand times, thus depleting all his reserves - this descender even burned his soul to rekindle the entire world and rekindle the flames and reincarnate again!
But because of this, a wave of emotion that he didn't know what kind of emotion made him grit his teeth, and Fatrolvi, who had always been indifferent even in the face of death, roared: "I don't need you to fix my world!" ”
With the support of this rage, Fatrolvi, whose body was close to complete destruction, stood up again, his body constantly flowing out of light blue liquid energy, and then struggled to pull the girl's soul golem behind him and walked towards Joshua.
"This is the judgment they deserve! They themselves destroyed their own world, and they deserve to be tormented in such a world! You are an outsider, why should you bear their faults! Why clean up the aftermath for these damn guys! ”
Joshua stared at this angry Fatlorvi, who was also the real Fatlorvi. Now, he has finally put aside the mask of the god of fate, the god of the future, and revealed his true thoughts and nature.
Yes, the superpower war of the Siboya people destroyed their own world, destroyed their own civilization and order, and Fatrolvi, as the strongest superpower, put an end to all chaos, he suppressed all disobedience, and established an 'order' with the soul puppet as the core, he predetermined the development of future civilization, anchored the coordinates of the Siberian world, and saved the world.
He is the savior, but at the end of the day, he is also an avenger who slaughters dozens, if not tens of billions of innocent people, and is angry and wants revenge on everything.
"You're wrong, it's not some aftermath."
Facing Fatroorvi, who stood up again and seemed to want to continue fighting, Joshua clenched his right fist, and then slammed into the opponent's left face, the huge force shattered the opponent's shell, causing blue energy fragments and energy streams to overflow, Fatroorvi fell to the ground again, this time, he couldn't stand up.
With this punch, Joshua, who was almost as weak as the other party, took a breath, then stood in front of the other party and said in a deep voice, "This is my vow when I became a legend." ”
The warrior looked around the entire Siboya world and said in a calm tone: "I carry everything, save everything, and punish everything. I am not for the sake of the Sibeans to repair the world, but for the sake of all future life that has been born, is about to be born, and has not yet been born since then. I am not fighting you, not just because you have killed tens of billions of people, but because you have killed the future of the world and made order and civilization your own game. ”
"It's just my job. I only do what I have to do, and you lose yourself. ”
In an unprecedentedly serious tone, Joshua said to this unprecedented enemy of himself: "You think you have mastered your fate, but in fact you are just a prisoner of fate. ”
"When you look down and look back at the past and can't extricate yourself, you can no longer really look up at the stars and grasp the future."
Fatrolvi did not speak.
However, the illusory crown on his head was finally shattered at this time.
The inexplicable power swept through the entire world, and at this moment, the world barrier that separated the entire world from the Void Vortex and even the entire multiverse began to dissipate rapidly.
On the outer side of the world, the spirits of Siboya the Python and Karlis, the Python of Steel, are together, and the two great wills observe the whole process through the cracks that were torn apart by the battle between Joshua and Fatrolvi on the surface of the world, they look at the interior of the world when time is reversed, the future and the past are indefinite, they watch the history and possibilities of the world intertwined, and the flames of steel dance with the light of time.
They saw the history of civilization, the self-destruction of the Sibejas, and the birth of soul golems.
"It's my fault."
Suddenly, the steel python Siboya said. Only the soul of the world will looked gloomy, and the steel python, which originally didn't care about anything and didn't care about anything, lowered its head, and something condensed and fell in its red eyes.
"It's my fault."
It spoke again, its voice low, Sibeja circling in a ball, as if to say to Karlis, as if to say to itself: "I have never cared about the world, I have watched reincarnation, I have never done anything. ”
"I know that the Siberians suffered in the early days of civilization, and for this they constituted an unusually strict order civilization...... They do not allow any individual to escape the control of the collective, they do not allow the development of the plan to be deviated in any way, they are suspicious and malicious about everything, because without this they cannot survive in a cruel world...... Everything is my fault. ”
"I never loved them and never helped them...... They don't feel love, so everyone sees others as hell. ”
Karlis, likewise, watched in silence. It recalls the civilization that the Kallis have fallen, and the Winged warriors who fought the evil gods until the last moment. It is reassuring that its child is not self-destructive, but it is also sad that its child has left on its own.
But as Joshua said, it should look to the future.
The remnants of the Grandian world are its new children, and they cannot be ignored by themselves, but should be inspired to re-establish a new civilization and order.
And the inner side of the world of Sibeja.
The light of soul and time fills the entire starry sky and continent.
Fate and the future dissipate in a silent world in a flickering space.
The endless battle between warriors and juggernauts finally came to an end.
Joshua raised the condensed greatsword in his hand against Fatrolvi.
The greatsword fell.
All sorrow, despair, love and hope came to an end.