Chapter 4 Games and Players

"Thankfully, you overestimate human nature." The old mage said in a deep voice: "If it is really done for you, then without the use of evil gods, human beings can directly destroy themselves within ten years." ”

Hearing this, Joshua wasn't angry - how could he not know this? The lessons of the Siboya world are still there, and the warriors certainly understand that before the moral saintization of the whole people, the popularization of too powerful supernatural power is completely tantamount to self-destruction.

But even self-destruction is better than being destroyed by the evil god, and Joshua also knows that he has gone a little crazy in order to fight against the invasion of the evil god in the future, but if he doesn't do this, what else can he do? Even if he is strong enough to resist several evil gods in the future, then in the face of the invasion of the evil god clan, the people of the Mycrof world will need their own strength.

That's why Joshua thinks about the perfect primordial thing, according to the most perfect plan in his heart, which is to transform all the human beings into a core body made of the flesh and blood of the Void Giant Beast as the main body, and the outside is covered by giant magical armor Super Void Warriors, they can live freely in the void, even if the world is destroyed, everyone has the combat power to destroy a modern civilization.

It's a pity that the Void Flesh and Blood is not controlled, even if Joshua's control of the life force, he can't forcibly control the Void Behemoth, the incarnation of steel that belongs to the same level as him, otherwise, even if all the legends and gods in the world don't agree, he will definitely try his best to make all those who are willing to accept it complete the transformation.

"Leave that aside - I've pretty much done the experiments on the Perfect Primordial and the Void Behemoth anyway, and I was going to finish it later."

Joshua sat in front of the experimental table, his hands and fingers crossed on the table, and he said lightly, "As for now, it's time to talk about some of the 'Awakened Ones' in the wider area. ”

"What Awoken?" Nostradamus was a little confused, but he soon realized that Joshua was talking about the superpowers who had awakened the power of Steel. Thinking of this, the old mage frowned slightly, and he said strangely: "What? The number of Awakened has been very small lately, and it has not yet reached the bottom to be nervous. ”

"That's not what I'm talking about...... Anyway, as I said, I've recently been back to the world of Sibeya. ”

Joshua's experience was not hidden from his acquaintances, almost everyone knew that he had been to a world in the center of the Void Maelstrom some time ago, and the warrior said succinctly: "All in all, that nascent world has become very large, but most importantly, the magic of that world has changed dramatically - all the superpowers of the Siberian world have sensed the emergence of a new dimension, and they call it the 'Shadow Realm'. ”

"What's that?" Nostradamus asked.

"To put it simply, it's the world that connects everyone's shadows. It's similar to the subspace of some worlds, the psionic space, but it links all the shadows. ”

Joshua raised his hand and created a light curtain in mid-air, and in the light curtain appeared figures jumping in the shadows—they could travel between the shadows with their corresponding abilities, as if they were teleporting. The warrior looked at the scene in the light curtain, and he whispered, "Have the master assassins of the Microf world done it?" They are known as the masters of the shadows, the demon kings of the night, and if anyone can travel through the shadows, they must be the only ones. ”

Nostradamus was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "...... Can't do it. ”

He raised his head and looked at the strange actions in Joshua's light curtain: "Of course it can't be done. ”

"Whether it is an assassin or an assassin, even a master-level Night Master, he only uses rapid or even some special spatial magic to carry out silent raids and assassinations, and the vast majority of assassins use visual errors to hide themselves by taking advantage of the visual defects inherent in humans and various creatures."

"Teleporting with the power of shadows? Or even dive into the shadows and hide yourself completely? Even mages can't do it, there is no such magic. ”

Speaking of this, Nostradamus even laughed a little dryly: "Diving into the shadows? Shadows are just optical phenomena, how can they sneak into ......"

"But it's true."

Joshua interrupted the old mage, and he reiterated, "A new dimension has emerged in the world of Siberia—and the worlds around the Void Maelstrom have begun to do the same. It is conceivable that in the near future, there will also be a Shadow Realm in the world of Mycrof. ”

"From now on, shadow will no longer be an optical phenomenon, it will become a new and transcendent power...... Nostradamus, the world is changing. ”

There was a long silence between the two, the old mage seemed to be thinking, and Joshua was waiting patiently.

The warrior had planned to look for someone who could be trusted and trustworthy to tell them what he had found, but now Nostradamus had come to the door himself, and he had to go looking for them one by one.

“…… I know what you're thinking, but Joshua, what if this was just a magical anomaly caused by the Great Demon Tide. ”

After a long time, Nostradamus spoke again—this time, the old mage's tone returned to normal, and he said forcefully, "You can't think of everything in a bad way. ”

"But what if not?"

Joshua said calmly, "We are legendary powerhouses, and we should have thought of the worst - if the appearance of the Shadow Realm is not a mutation of some great demon tide, but a completely new multiverse-level change like 'Holy Light', then do you know what this means?" ”

The order of light and shadow is broken, and the boundaries between reality and illusion may be blurred in the years to come.

Thinking of this, Nostradamus gripped the handle on the other side of his chair, and the veins near his temples were already bulging, and he could see pure liquid energy flowing through them.

The old mage closed his eyes tightly, not knowing whether to escape or ponder.

"You've probably seen the Big Info."

Joshua stood up, and his calm retelling was the most secret information even in the database of the Great Database: "Demon tides are periodic changes in magical power, usually with a cycle of one to three thousand years of tides - and Microf has been fortunate to experience two magic tides, each time the magic tide comes, it will bring great development to civilization, as well as the invasion of evil beings called evil gods. ”

"The first evil god recorded in the history of the entire Mycrof civilization to invade with the demon tide, called 'Imbalance', its arrival caused the sun and moon to be lightless, the sea to boil, cold and heat, light and darkness, the balance between life and death was broken, the necronomicon appeared on a large scale, and the sea life was extinct by ninety percent - it was a powerful psionic sage who did not leave a name and repelled the other party at the cost of sacrificing the lives of most of the world, and the price was that the existence of the necromancers has not completely disappeared."

"And the second demon tide happened to run through the entire Glorious Era, and the number of invading evil gods was more than ten times that of the first one, and there were countless clans and abyssal demons - if it weren't for the existence of sages, the Mycrof civilization would have become a dead and silent abyss wasteland."

"And we're the third time."

Joshua said in an emotionless voice, "Maybe it's the last time." ”

"It's not all."

At this time, Nostradamus was finally no longer silent, he opened his eyes, and said softly: "The first magic tide has made the Microf world in addition to psionic energy, with more energy called the six magical elements and aether, which can perfectly cooperate with magic power and release all kinds of powerful spells that are far superior to psionic energy - even the fighting energy was completed in the later part of that era. ”

Needless to say, the second magic tide has since been filled with extraordinary powers called 'Holy Light' in the Mycrof world and even in the entire multiverse.

"Joshua, what are you guessing?"

Nostradamus jerked his head up, he stared into the warrior's eyes, and said in an extremely solemn tone, "You want to hint...... Is it implied that the so-called shadow realm is the same? ”

"Nostradamus, I, I didn't guess anything."

Joshua's voice was as mechanical as it didn't fluctuate, and he replied: "I'm just telling the facts that are happening, and the records of past history - the emergence of the shadow realm means that the essence of a certain natural phenomenon has changed, and the shadow is no longer an optical phenomenon, but some kind of transcendent power, what does this mean, what does it portend, do you dare to imagine?" ”

The multiverse is being altered, like someone is carving a mark on it with a carving knife, and we don't know who is holding the razor—

“…… Of course I dare. ”

In response to Joshua's question, the old mage slowly stood up, he exhaled, and then said in a deep voice: "It's too early to scare me with this kind of fake big empty thing. And no matter what the speculation is, it is too early to draw conclusions, with such little information, there is no way to prove anything. ”

"It's you, Joshua, have you really been doing this kind of thing lately? What is the human perfect primordial body, the flesh and blood transformation of the Void Behemoth, and the study of the shadow realm...... All sorts of crazy plans, you're more like a mage than I am. ”

"Is that crazy?"

Joshua picked up a piece of paper from the bench, his eyes flashing with a series of intricate data, but finally calmed down, he raised his head and whispered, "Actually, it's much more than that, Nostradamus. ”

The report held by the warrior was full of dense plans, which contained strange words such as 'repair the upgrade of the light pillar', 'soul collection optimization of the soul abyss ball', and 'reduce the soul loss caused by resurrection', and at this time, the warrior's face was covered in shadows, and no one could see his expression clearly: "I'm wondering what the so-called 'game' is." ”

Then, Joshua Van Radcliffe's voice rang out from the center of the Fourth Practice, reverberating throughout the half-plane:

"And what does the so-called 'player' mean?"