What made the world come about?

Ancient theologians and philosophers were keen to discuss this noble and sacred subject.

Some people say that the world was born because of the sacred, or the creation of the world in seven days, or the opening of the heavens by giants, or the dream of the ancient gods.

It has been said that the world was born from an explosion, a fluctuation, a fire that God knows how to start, or even a misplaced spaghetti sauce of the gods.

Many people have discussed this kind of question and come up with many kinds of answers, and depending on the civilization, species, and habits of mind, each civilization, each race, and even each person has a different opinion on it, but in any case, they all end up picking an answer, telling themselves that this is the reason for the creation of the world, and then happily leaving the question behind.

After all, no matter how the world was born, what does it have to do with the daily life of ordinary people? It doesn't matter what it is.

So here's the problem.

What made the world come about?

Joshua slowly opened his eyes, then calmly looked around.

He was in a huge dark and empty space, with no dome in sight, no earth in sight, no borders, everything was just like the state in which the whole universe was before the concept of 'light' was born.

But at the same time, Joshua found that as he opened his eyes, there was an endless light that began to light up around him, one after another, and the prismatic brilliant silver crystals released endless light from the inside out, illuminating the whole world in an instant.

Through the Steelpower Vision and multiple energy perceptions, Joshua immediately knew that what he was in now was a special small world composed of almost entirely silver steel crystals, with extremely high density and high gravity.

That's not a good idea.

Because it's not 'there'.

Joshua sensed the world, and an invisible force swept across the empty earth and sky, like a person rubbing his forehead and thinking about a problem.

In fact, the world is his body.

And the self that the warrior perceives now is a condensation of ultra-high-density steel power that is releasing endless light in the center of the entire world...... That is, the sun in the true sense of the word.

"Is it an empty world?" He muttered in a low voice, "I succeeded? ”

In the past thousands of years ago, the ancients had thought about the structure of the world countless times, some people believed that the sun, moon and stars in the sky revolved around the world, some people believed that the world moved around the stars, sun and moon, and some people believed that the world was a sphere, and all people lived on the inside of the sphere, and the center of the sphere was the sun, moon and stars seen by all living beings.

Actually, they're all right.

There are thousands of multiverse worlds, what heliocentrism, geocentrism, heaven and earth, abyssal world, empty island world, water world, mountain world, lava world, atmospheric world...... There are only structures that humans can't think of, and there are no worlds that don't exist in the multiverse.

The underworld is one of thousands of different worlds.

Regardless of whether the description is correct or not, in short, let's make an analogy and imagine it.

The world is a balloon, a very thick balloon.

The outer side of the balloon is the world barrier, its solidity is generally proportional to the size of the world, the larger the world, the stronger its barrier, the more difficult to penetrate, the barrier of the small world can be easily broken, whether it is inside or outside, life is easy to shuttle back and forth, and the barrier of the big world is particularly strong, the strength is not to a certain extent, I am afraid that even its existence can not be felt.

According to calculations, if a world is so large that there are countless galaxies, then its mass will make the world barrier so strong that it is inconceivable that there is no power in the observable universe that can penetrate it, and people from the outside world cannot enter it, and people from the inner world cannot go out, isolated from the entire multiverse, just like a black hole and its event horizon.

The inside of the balloon is the world where life usually lives.

According to the shape of the world, the heart, the energy density, and the internal structure of the world are mostly different, some worlds may not have any matter, only pure energy, which is the elemental plane in the popular sense, and some worlds may be completely filled with matter, without a little atmosphere, and life is born in the endless lava, which is the relatively rare 'mountain world' and 'lava world'.

However, due to the resonance of order, most of the worlds are structures with a rough reality, a balance of matter and energy, and suitable for the birth of life, and the most common of these structures are the continental world with a round sky, and the single star world similar to a small-scale galaxy.

As for the world that Joshua is incarnated in now, it is a 'hollow world' that is even rarer than the elemental world.

Imagine that the world is a hollow sphere, the outer wall of the sphere is the barrier of the world, and the inner side is the earth where life lives, and the center of the world is the sun that shines on everything in the world.

To be more specific, it's like the symbol ⊙.

After Joshua figured out the current situation, he knew very well that after destroying the weakened evil god, the advance he took the risk should have been a perfect success.

The entire sealed world, along with the prototype of the world of his main body, was forged into a completely new world in the flames made from the corpse of the evil god, and the size of the entire world was about one light second.

All in all, it's a peculiar world without 'gravity' in the usual sense.

Yes, there is no gravity in Joshua's world today, and the thin layer of earth attached to the edge of the world does not provide sufficient mass and gravitational adsorption.

On the other hand, the sun, located in the center of the world, exerts a strong gravitational pull and releases a continuous and evenly covered stream of high-energy energy, which 'presses' all the matter in its original position, maintaining a delicate balance.

You can see that above the universe, there are countless prismatic silver crystals, standing like obelisks, and they reflect the sun, that is, the light of Joshua, illuminating the whole world.

And in the center of each prismatic crystal, there is a misty brilliance turning.

Joshua knew that this was the mother civilization of the former weakened evil gods, and the souls of all the expeditionary forces and their descendants.

The world born naturally, if you want to give birth to life, either by chance, or by a powerful existence like an ancient dragon or a black mist mother, and after the birth of life, the soul born on the transcendent path for various reasons can in turn help the world itself absorb the free energy in the void of the multiverse, and urge the world to gradually evolve towards a high spirit and high demon environment.

There are rarely, or at least impossible, worlds that have a large number of souls at the beginning of their birth, even if they are the fairy towns created by the fairy queens.

But Joshua was different, his world was born from the burning body of an evil god, and infinite souls were reborn with his world.

The souls in these steel crystal prisms will gradually evolve into some kind of natural creature in the future, this creature is like a silver elf, born in Joshua's world, with Joshua's power as the source, in a sense, his family.

"It turns out that this is the initial ...... of the family Thanks to the debilitating evil god's family, which was wiped out thousands of years ago, otherwise it would have been a lot of trouble this time. ”

The warrior muttered, then closed his eyes again.

The things of the new world can be observed slowly in the future, this is his current body, and the future time is still long, so he can figure it all out immediately if he is not in a hurry.

Now, the most important thing is to communicate with the outside world.

Joshua, subjectively, closed his 'eyes'.

But the infinite force of steel, electromagnetic waves, gravity, and shock waves began to burst out from the 'sun' of this world, and then spread beyond the world, into the void of the multiverse.

Almost instantly, all the information around the world was collected by Joshua.

He is now at the edge of the world's galaxy, and in the area where the world was originally sealed, countless rune structures are orbiting his body, as if to protect and stabilize the form of the world.

In the galaxy void not far away, there is the life reaction of a group of Void Giant Beasts, as well as a large number of legendary powerhouse energy fluctuations, it seems that it should be the Void Giant Beast controlled by the group of Outer Domain powerhouses, and the strong man who came to communicate with the Microf World to guard.

At this time, there are many large and small Void Warships that are collecting energy fluctuations and data around the world they have turned into, it seems that it should be the academic organizations of various forces that are taking themselves as the core research topic, but it is really troublesome for them to come so far - Qiao Sia originally planned to try to advance around the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Ground.

Of course, in addition to this, Joshua also sensed an incomparably powerful energy fluctuation, a familiar existence.

The silver miniature world is Joshua's body at this time - unlike the steel python, the steel python is essentially similar to the combination of Gaia and Alayya, and it is the collection of the soul reincarnation that rotates in the world unit after the birth of intelligent life, it is certainly the embodiment of all the spirits of the world, but Joshua is the world itself.

Therefore, even if it is a world barrier, it is an extension of Joshua's perceptual organs and will.

Therefore, Joshua easily saw that with himself as the center, a rather prosperous Void Base was being built, several huge Void Warships were transporting supplies, and small fortresses were being built at the nodes of the surrounding Voids, and the Glory Warship transformed by the Sacred Mountain of the Far Sea was located in the center of the fortress not far away, sitting in the center.

He could hear a large number of researchers around him discussing the specific process of the birth of the world and the transformation of various energy substances.

Joshua can perceive a lot, although he can hear it originally, but after achieving the 'world', the scope and processing threads of this perception have been further expanded and increased, even to the point where he can observe millions of units at the same time - and this is just the basics, Joshua believes that he can further strengthen this ability by constructing a special computing matrix in the inner world

He could even see the shadows of the faint light of the galaxy of other worlds in the distant depths of darkness.

Because of this, it seemed that he felt Joshua's undisguised 'gaze', and the powerful aura that had been staying next to the silver star turned his head and looked at the world.

"You're awake, Joshua."

The Pope of the Church of the Seven Gods, St. Iger's face was grim, and he said very seriously: "Do you know how long you have been sleeping? ”

"One hundred and ninety-seven days."

Joshua replied crisply: "Although it is only a moment for me, it should be said now, long time no see, His Majesty the Pope." ”

"I thought you didn't know how long you slept."

Hearing Joshua's clear answer about the time of his sleep, the old pope's pretended cold expression immediately disappeared, and the old man first smiled slightly, then shook his head, and sighed with a little pity: "Otherwise, I can tell you that it is now fifty years later, and the invasion of evil gods is imminent." ”

"I didn't expect you to tell bad jokes."

Joshua laughed politely, and then condensed a projection avatar in the void, accompanied by silver light chips that appeared out of thin air, and then condensed into a slightly vague, but more and more real human form, the warrior moved his hands and feet, and then shook his head and said: "Without relying on the medium, directly condense the human form in the void, and the power is really easy to overflow." ”

Joshua's usual condensation incarnation is all with the power of steel as a medium, and when the cross-border descends, it is even more necessary to repair the pillar of light, which is essentially a part of his body, if he directly condenses the incarnation out of thin air, even if it is with the power of a warrior, it will almost collapse across half a continent, this is a collapse phenomenon that will inevitably occur in the transcendent world with high-energy interference, and in the void, because of the existence of space-time turbulence, this phenomenon will be more serious.

Because of this, Joshua knew that the white-haired old man in front of him was not an incarnation, and the true body of Pope Eagle came here, waiting for him to wake up.

"Matter, after more than half a year, whether it is the natural mentor or the great khan of the star herder group, we have asked a few times and communicated for a long time."

The old pope didn't say too much to greet, he knew that he didn't need to care about this when facing Joshua, so he directly stretched out his hand, patted the warrior's shoulder, and said softly: "But I still think that you need to tell what happened in person...... Especially the battle against the debilitating evil gods. ”

This is the period of course. Joshua had planned to share the experience and information gained from fighting the evil god with others, but when he was asked at this time, he knew everything and said everything.

And the old pope listened very carefully, occasionally interjecting to ask a few questions, and only when he had to ask them did not speak.

"I see...... Is it a debilitating evil god...... If you master this power, then even the attacks of non-legendary powerhouses can cause damage to the evil gods. ”

After listening, Eagle was silent for a long time, and Joshua did not continue to speak, and after a long while, he exhaled and asked with emotion: "Also, those souls are all in your ...... now In vivo? ”

"Yes, it's all within my world."

Joshua raised his head and looked at a dark void, and he replied seriously: "Most of those souls are badly damaged, and even a large part of them are old and die, and the soul itself does not have the desire to recover, even if it is repaired, the soul is still asleep. ”

"Yes."

After the old pope replied simply, he was silent for a long time.

It can be seen that the old man's expression is somewhat complicated, gratifying, joyful, contemplative, and there is an indescribable loneliness. But in the end, he still smiled and said: "All in all, congratulations, Count Radcliffe, you have advanced to the Legendary High Rank, embarked on this endless road, and are one step closer to the realm of the sage." ”

"As luck would have it, there were indeed many coincidences." Although Joshua doesn't care much about interpersonal communication on weekdays, he still has eyes after all, and he can clearly see that the old pope's mood at this time is a little complicated, the warrior frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "What's the matter, Your Majesty, look at your expression, could it be that in the two hundred days that I advanced, something happened to the McCrove world?" ”

"No, everything is fine in the world of Microve, or rather, it's an infinite number better than I used to think."

Eagle shook his head with a wry smile, and he said softly, "Who would have thought that ten years ago, I was still thinking about how to keep the flame burning with my own life? Who would have thought that ten years later, the chaotic, war-torn and endless world of McCrove would rapidly develop to the point where it is today? ”

"Everything is so good, Count Radcliffe, the orcs have been exterminated, the dragon plague has been quelled, the cultists have been swept away, the chaos tumor has been eliminated, and the Emperor of the Northern Empire, who manages a quarter of the human race, has regained his ambition because of you, at least he has not made a mess of the situation in the country - you have rekindled the flames of the Mycrof Continent, restarted the Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground, and recovered the Great Unified Information Base,...... I seldom pray, for I know that the way I walk is the way of God, but have you noticed that the world is getting better and better at an unbelievable rate because of your presence? ”

"Yes." Joshua didn't think about it - he was a time-traveler, holding a system that was presumably sent by a sage or the will of some world, wouldn't it be natural for him to do such a thing? If he Joshua can't even do this kind of thing, he might as well go home and bless: "Yes, a little work." ”

And Eagle looked at Joshua and stared at him with a look of surprise that even the warriors felt a little uncomfortable, and the old pope said in a deep voice, "It's just wonderful. Earl. The Ten Thousand Worlds Sacrifice Ground has brought more cheap materials to the whole world, the integration of the big information base has saved us a lot of scientific research practice, and it is only a matter of time before the magic energy factory spreads all over the world, our civilization is developing rapidly, and everyone is getting better and better. ”

"Yes." Listening to the old Pope's tone, Joshua felt that something was not quite right, and he asked in confusion, "But isn't this a good thing?" ”

"A good thing indeed."

Eagle said lightly, and then pointed at Joshua: "But what about you?" ”

Speaking of this, the old Pope's eyes narrowed, and he stared into Joshua's eyes: "Everyone is enjoying the change you bring - but you have been fighting in the outside world. I have advised you to look at the earth beneath your feet, not to look up to the sky all the time, and to pay attention to your own life, rather than to dedicate yourself to the whole civilization. ”

"It's like this time, the battle with the debilitating evil god." Speaking of this, the old Pope began to step in the void, and Joshua stood beside the old Pope, walking with him, the two walked with the silver star as the center, Eagle said calmly: "This time, you and Garanod have suppressed the weak evil god, as well as the strong man of the star herder clan, this is enough, Joshua, you don't need to be like this, several times to blow yourself up, use extremely dangerous methods to experience the power of the evil god, you have reinforcements, we will arrive soon, we have enough safe ways to kill the evil god, Rescuing the soul inside – you don't need to take such a big risk as if you were alone. ”

Eagle stopped, he turned his head, and said sincerely, "Joshua, you are one of the hopes of the Microf world, the master of Hotaru and Rin, the lord of Moldavia. You are not cornered, you are not alone, there are still decades to go, the evil god is not invincible, we have a lot of money...... Do you understand? You can enjoy life, enjoy the privileges and pleasures of being a nobleman, a lord, a legendary powerhouse, etc., and you should even be a little more extravagant, instead of risking yourself again and again, throwing yourself into near-death danger. ”

Joshua, of course, understood what Eagle meant.

The old pope said it very sincerely, very sincerely. He is like an elder, he can't see his juniors with excellent conditions jumping into the fire pit again and again, and he can't help but preach a few words, let the other party relax, don't always be so nervous, adventurous, and exciting so that the onlookers can't help but sweat when they look at it.

It was clear that he understood the old pope's mentality, but it was also clear that Eagle didn't know Joshua well.

"Thank you very much for your concern, Your Majesty."

Stretching out his hand, Joshua originally wanted to pat the old pope on the shoulder as he comforted the others on a regular basis, but considering the matter of politeness, he withdrew his hand and pressed the back of his neck, and the warrior thought for a while, and then said simply and directly: "But in fact, I enjoy this life. ”

"Enjoy?"

"Enjoy."

In the face of Iger's questioning question, Joshua replied very dryly: "Because fighting is my belief, I have always acted on it. ”

As he spoke, Joshua stepped forward again and began to walk, and this time, it was Eagle who stood at the side of the warrior and walked with him: "Of course, I used to doubt my convictions occasionally...... Because I want to fight, not to protect anything, not to invade, to destroy something. I don't care if I win or lose, I don't care about the sense of accomplishment, I don't even care who is before, the fight I want is pure, it's empty, it's meaningless. ”

Didn't care about the old pope, 'Don't you know?!' Joshua looked at the dark void and continued to walk as he spoke: "Many times, I have watched your majesty fight for the entire Microf world, watched the nature mentor work hard for the elves, watched Israel meditate hard for the empire, and watched many strong people become stronger and fight for everything they want to protect for the past and future, and I do occasionally wonder if my own life will be a little empty." ”

"I was really confused at that time."

The warrior happily admits this, he never cares if he has any defects in this regard, because only by admitting it can he affirm, and then eliminate, ignoring is always the most wrong choice. Half of Joshua's face was illuminated by the light of the stars, while the other half was sunk into the shadow of the void: "I've been named a savior, a guardian, and even a new god in every otherworld—but I never intended to do that in the first place, I just happened to do some good deeds, and those names have nothing to do with my heart." ”

Speaking of this, Joshua chuckled in a low voice, "Just fighting for the sake of fighting, this kind of belief, it sounds like a madman, doesn't it?" It's just like the evil gods we saw in the past, no one knows what their purpose is, why they came about, and why they are destroyed. ”

The theory of the weapon of the evil god and the existence of the mastermind behind it are all Joshua's speculations, and everything is still shrouded in mystery.

And the warrior's continues: "Holding on to this belief may well push me into the darkness." Will I become another evil god in the future? Just like the plague and the Mother of the Black Mist. I've been thinking about this since my trip to the world of Sibeya. ”

"And now?"

The old Pope had been listening quietly to what Joshua had to say, and when he heard this, Eagle asked softly, "Have you found the answer to this question now?" ”

Have you found your own order?

"I've woken up, Your Majesty."

The warrior replied with a pun. He lowered his head slightly, looking at the equally endless void and stars below, and Joshua said lightly: "Now, I already know what the voice of my inner agitation is. ”

"I'm alive, I'm going to fight, that's my order."

It was my turn.

Raising his head again, Joshua suddenly changed the subject, and he chuckled in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you know? The birth of life is meaningless. ”

"Inorganic matter is transformed into organic matter, and organic macromolecules accumulate to become the original soup of life, and the rudiments of life are born in this soup...... There is no meaning behind this, there is no God, there is no Creator, there is no selection, there is no meaning, it is just a coincidence. ”

"Viruses, cells, bacteria, single-celled organisms, multicellular organisms, they are born, and they exist only because they exist."

"And existence itself is a battle with the world."

At this point, Joshua stopped.

They had already circled the silver star, and the two legendary powerhouses circled this small world with a diameter of one lightsecond.

Everything is back to where it was.

And the warrior, staring at his own body, this silver world, his expression did not show any emotion, but it was not cold, but there was an ignorant enthusiasm condensing.

"Breathe, move, eat, reproduce...... What are these desires for? In fact, there is no reason, just like the appearance of life, all this, everything that already exists. ”

"Including the world, they are born, exist, and even end."

"You don't need a reason."

I've found my order.

Joshua closed his eyes and remembered what he had experienced, the picture of his life flashing in the center of his mind, which was already faster than a supercomputer, and he had finished his life.

There is no need to look for a righteous hat for your actions, nor do you need to put a noble name on your ideas.

Fight if you want to fight, and defeat if you want to defeat.

"Don't care about my feelings, Your Majesty, all this is my choice and what I am happy with."

Joshua opened his eyes, he turned around and looked at the edge of the galaxy of the world, and the warrior raised his hand and pointed to the edge of the edge of the galaxy, which was vast and boundless, as if it was an endless darkness, as if it was provoking, and issued a war post against the infinite unknown.

"Because I'm going to do what I want to do."

As he spoke, Joshua's fingers slid and swept through all the voids and galaxies in front of him, and the silver steel power trail even lit up the starry sky, and he laughed heroically, even with the old pope on his side, who originally had a serious face, couldn't help but shake his head helplessly and laughed.

"Because that's my life."