Chapter Twenty-Three: The Rainbow in the Dark
Unbeknownst to all the members of the exploration team, the Repair Light Pillar (Compressed Form) they carry carries a complete information transmission module specially made by Joshua, which can simultaneously collect surrounding images, sounds, and energy fluctuations, and this module will automatically activate after the teleportation starts, and then collect the surrounding information.
This module itself does not have the ability to move, and the collection range is also very narrow, only about five meters in radius, but through it, Joshua can confirm the current situation of the exploration team at any time, and roughly know the situation of the world they are in, which is not only convenient for rescue, but also allows the warrior to take the initiative to activate the repair light pillar to unfold the shield in times of crisis.
"You're a little too nice to these kids."
This was Karlis's take on the mod, and he was surprised that Joshua had the ability to communicate information across the world, but after thinking about the properties of the power of steel, it was not surprising. When he saw Joshua unfold the eight light curtains at the same time, and then zoomed them all in and placed them around his side, as if he was about to watch an eight-screen high-definition movie at the height of the Karliss World, Steelpython couldn't help but be a little overprotective: "Isn't it a little overprotective?" β
"You can't think like that."
Joshua shook his head at Karlis's idea, showing obvious disapproval.
Overprotective? This kind of thinking is inexplicable - ensuring the safety of the explorers is the top priority, thinking that when the earth landed on the moon and launched a probe to the moon and Mars, which time was not a lot of hard work, spending countless money and manpower, but also to ensure the safety of the explorer? In this multiverse, because of their extraordinary powers, it is better to explore the other world, after all, explorers also have a certain ability to protect themselves, but on the other hand, the danger they encounter may also be great.
Joshua relies on his own unique faster-than-light medium to achieve the transmission of self-information without delay, so this thing cannot be used on the exploration team members, otherwise, all exploration teams can get official information and opinion support from the Imperial Exploration Department.
"This time it's eight exploration teams, exploring the eight most likely worlds in the 'Dark Realm' at the same time."
Joshua sat in a chair, while Karliss floated behind him like a spirit behind him, and the two of them simultaneously focused on the images coming from the eight light curtains, and the warrior said as he watched, "Keep yourself safe, explore the basic situation of the other world, accumulate experience, and look for clues to the Great Information Database...... That's their task, and it's very simple, except for the last one, which depends on luck. If nothing else, it can almost be said to be 100% complete. β
Even the last clue to find the Big Info is not difficult in most researchers' preset experiments, because it is speculated that the half-plane where the Big Information is located is flying through the void at an extremely high energy level, and it crashes into a world in the dark realm, and then merges with it just as the 'Boundless Heavens' merges into the Mycrof world.
Of course, this process of integration is not very comfortable, and it can even be said to be very painful, according to the calculation and speculation, according to the original speed and energy level of the big information base, if it hits a world, there is a high chance that it can be directly crashed into the end of the world, and even the entire continent or planet is likely to be torn apart, some people believe that the reason why the initial fire of the world in the dark realm will be extinguished, the impact of the big information should also be part of the reason.
And such a terrifying apocalypse will inevitably leave a deep trace, and the aftermath may not have disappeared yet, as long as the eight exploration teams arrive at the world where the information base is located, they will inevitably be able to find it.
Joshua was staring at the light curtain at this time, he watched as the eight teams woke up from the brief dizziness after the teleportation, and then began to quickly determine whether the surrounding situation was safe, atmospheric conditions, geological conditions, and magical elements, and other information, they followed their previous training, the caster smoothly and familiarly stretched the atmospheric shield to provide oxygen to the inside of the shield, and the cleric released a 'faction detection' towards the surroundings.
Faction detection, which is used in the McCrof world, is to confirm the mental bias of each life, and is based on the holy light theorem that "those who awaken the Holy Light must not be evil", and in the other world, it is a simple and easy-to-use mental detection technique, as long as there is a certain amount of intelligent life, whether it is energy life, constructs or ordinary creatures, it will be perceived, and then feedback to the caster a camp result.
Because the judgment mechanism of faction detection is the mind, and there are no casting environment conditions, except for the relatively high cast level, it is much more reliable than the natural spell 'Life Detection' that catches blindness in the absence of a natural environment.
"There is no life in the eight worlds, and the environment is relatively calm."
After roughly confirming the situation, Joshua, who was ready to make a move at any time, relaxed, because the most dangerous moment of otherworldly exploration is the initial stage of exploration, that is, the time after teleportation - for example, what if the exploration team members teleported to a magma world? What if they teleported to a deep-sea world full of water, or even a corrosive world full of acid?
Carefully selected members of the exploration team may not be able to swim in lava, and their equipment is not incapable of moving in the deep sea and acid, but during the initial period of mental trance, as long as they accidentally do not succeed in casting spells, then no matter how elite the team will be wiped out.
Joshua thought about this, so he originally planned to release a defensive shield for each team at the beginning of the teleportation that would last for a period of time, so as to prevent them from being killed by the bad environment and sudden danger, but unfortunately, due to technical reasons, this could not be achieved for the time being, so he had to retreat and watch them through the early stage of exploration with his own eyes.
"The flames of these worlds are about to be extinguished...... Worse than me. β
Joshua and Karliss shared their senses, and the Steelpython sensed the land of the eight worlds, and it couldn't help but sigh, and said a little depressed: "I didn't sense the power of chaos, it wasn't the evil god who destroyed them...... But at most, it is not a direct destruction, I guess it is that when the Evil God of Abundance first passed, it caused an imbalance in the environment of all the surrounding worlds, and these worlds are just remnants, but they are also on the verge of death. β
This is similar to Joshua's opinion, he has personally come into contact with the remains of the Abundant Evil God, and knows the nature of the other party's power.
It is a force that forcibly induces the target's heyday, and then causes it to flourish and decline - in a sense, it may be regarded as the ultimate unilateral time acceleration, but it is more terrifying than time acceleration, because during the time when it is suddenly promoted to its peak, all the hidden dangers of the target will explode in an instant, and it is impossible to grasp such a powerful force, leading to a more rapid self-destruction. In the midst of this, all the overflowing energy will be swept away by the Fertility Evil God.
Even stars can be induced by helium flashes, expand into red giants, and then quickly decay and cool, and become black dwarfs after being stripped of their energy.
As for why such a powerful evil god of abundance was defeated by the sages...... Joshua had a not-so-mature guess that the Evil God of Fertility had indeed spawned the sage to his unprecedented prime...... Then, it can't come down.
After all, Joshua was able to deduce himself to a form with almost no weaknesses in the battle of Fatelolvi, so it is very likely that the sage did not have any weaknesses and hidden dangers that could be detonated by the Abundance Evil God, and the Abundance Evil God raised it to the strongest form, so that it could not make the sage 'decay', and then it was purified into nothingness.
A true, yet sad story.
Finishing thinking about the Evil God of Abundance, Joshua turned his head and continued to pay attention to the current situation of the exploration team.
Eight worlds, numbered as Otherworlds 1 to 8, four of which are barren sand and gravel worlds, two of which can detect the existence of water, and two are still being explored.
Among them, the six exploration teams that have roughly completed the exploration of the surrounding area are reporting to the headquarters.
Of course, the exploration team didn't know that Joshua could hear what they said directly, and their so-called report was to describe the results of their exploration to a transmitter, which had a phonographic function, and could send a signal to the void every once in a while, and the headquarters of the Otherworldly Exploration Department could intercept this void information, although the delay was very high, but it was a means of communication, and it could also avoid if the exploration team encountered an accident and did not gain anything.
"World No. 2 reported that the world was temporarily judged to be a 'barren world', with a light illumination of 52, a gravity deviation of 1.13, a mana concentration of 0.31, no water, oxygen and mental reactions detected, the surrounding ground was basically gravelly soil and compacted rock formations, and high-altitude observation and detection showed that the surrounding environment was basically the same, all of them were barren deserts, and there were no valuable discoveries for the time being."
"World No. 7 reported that the world was tentatively judged to be a 'water-rich world', with a light illumination of 77 and a gravity deviation of 1.07. With a mana concentration of 0.83, we are currently located in the depths of a calm and windless ocean, with no land or mental reaction around us, and the caster has condensed ice as our temporary habitat, and high-altitude observation and detection have shown that there is no trace of a continent in the surrounding area of about 16,000 square kilometers in diameter. The world is extremely oxygen-rich, about 1.92 times the McCrof standard, and alchemists have observed that she has found a special algae in the water, which may be the source of the oxygen-rich nature. β
"World No. 5 reports that the world is almost completely devoid of any light sources, the light illumination is 3, the gravity deviation is 0.92, the temperature is about minus 94 degrees, the magic concentration is 1.21, it is extremely cold and dry, there is no snow and frost, we are located above a rock formation, no mental reaction has been found, we cannot carry out other detection for the time being, we can only temporarily set up camp to ensure life support."
"It's so fucking cold in here, too!" "Quick, bless Elemental Resistance!" "What about the alchemist? What about potions? "Don't ask me for a resistance potion, you can't open the cap, and you can't drink it unless you want to stick to your mouth."
This voice can be faintly heard from the reporter's surroundings.
"World ...... No. 8"
"The ...... No. 4"
"Sixth ......"
After professional training, the words with a unique reporting format came out of the mouths of the captains of each team, and then entered into the messenger, Joshua listened carefully to the other party's return - after all, his cross-world perception range is only five meters, and Karlis also listened to it with relish, the steel python rarely goes to other worlds, but thanks to Joshua's blessing, it can always get a lot of information from the other world.
But......
"Doesn't sound like much to discover, Joshua."
After listening to the reports of the six squads that had finished detection, Karlis wrapped it around the soldier's shoulder, and asked with some confusion: "Three barren sand and gravel worlds, one is completely shrouded in darkness and has no light, one is an oxygen-rich ocean world, and the other is temporarily located on the top of a mountain, and you can only see all the ice and mountains around you. β
"Not to mention the clues of the big database, there is not even a valuable one!"
What Karliss said was indeed right, Joshua nodded, agreeing with the other party's words, none of these six different worlds are indeed easy to develop, and their value is very low.
Three barren worlds aside, although the lightless world exists in the researchers' speculation and is prepared for corresponding prevention, it is not suitable for human habitation, minus 90 degrees Celsius is not only a matter of freezing to death, even metal will become extremely fragile.
The Ocean World may have some value, but it is difficult to build a base, unless the Seventh Exploration Team can find the continent, or send an Extreme Sense mage to freeze a glacier, otherwise it will not be able to carry out follow-up development, and the same is true for the Alpine World, unless the exploration team finds a suitable environment, there is no way to build on the top of the Snow Mountain. Both worlds belong to the kind where the cost is extremely high and the reward is not obvious.
"However, it is possible that the dark world was caused by the impact of the big database."
Joshua stared at the light curtain of the fifth world, he nodded thoughtfully, and then pointed out this possibility: "Maybe it was the smoke and dust caused by its impact that obscured the sunlight, or the big information library directly knocked out the small sun of this world, that is, the light element aggregate formed by magic, which is why it is so cold." β
However, the environment is so bad that the exploration team is completely unable to start exploring, even if the caster blesses the 'Heat Shield' and 'Ice Elemental Resistance', it is useless, and the light and heat brought by the priest's divine spell 'Ember of Radiance' can't even last more than 0.8 seconds in the surrounding environment before being interrupted by backlash.
In the end, if it weren't for the caster's whim, who blessed everyone with an 'ice shield' and shrouded everyone in an elemental ice layer that was only about minus 20 degrees, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, maybe they would have been forced to start camp directly, and they could only settle down and explore slowly.
After all, there are times when it's warmer in the fridge than in the house.
Then, the clue where the big database is located is probably in the remaining two worlds that have not yet been detected, after being confirmed. Joshua shifted his gaze to the light curtains of the First and Third Worlds.
And it just so happened that the captain of the third world exploration team had just finished observing the other world where he was located, and he turned on the transmitter quite excitedly and began to report routinely.
"This is the Third World of the Dark Realm, and I'm going to make a special report with the rank of 'Extremely Important'!"
As soon as he spoke, the captain of the third squad said something that lifted the spirits of Joshua and Karlis, and one person and one python looked at each other, and they both felt that the omen was good, and immediately after, the captain of the third squad continued: "The world is temporarily judged to be an 'extremely rich world', the illumination is 39, the gravity deviation is 1.54, the illumination is poor, the gravity is heavy, the earth does not have any undulations and surfaces, it is barren and flat, we have not detected any water and mental reactions, the atmosphere of the world is mixed with a large number of toxic gases, and it is completely impossible to breathe, Extremely unfit for survival. β
"But." After reporting a lot of bad news, the squad leader said a but, Joshua even saw his excited eyes through his magic armor and inner armor: "However, the concentration of mana in this world is 11.21 times the standard value!" For the super-super-magic world! Here, even a light spell can create an effect similar to 'Daylight Explosion'! Because the elements are so active, we don't even dare to experiment with other spells. β
Eleven times the magic of the Mycrof Continent?!
This sentence alone made the well-informed Joshua and Karlis stunned, and unlike the warriors who were deep in thought, the Steel Python grew up in its own mouth and said in shock: "Eleven times the magic power after the Great Demon Tide? What is this concept? The magic of this world can be liquefied, right? Oh, my God...... This kind of world ......"
"This kind of world is still not suitable for human life."
Joshua interrupted Karlis's emotion, he frowned slightly, stared at the light curtain of the third world, and sensed the situation on the other side by repairing the pillar of light - it was indeed not bad, the fluctuation of the magic concentration was between 9~12 times the standard value, no matter what, it was a very thick degree.
"However, if the concentration of mana is too high, it will cause the magic energy equipment to be unusable, and the radiation will be too high for people to survive, and many spells will automatically dissociate their structure, causing spell casting errors...... In addition, the environment of this world is also very bad, at most it is used as an experience world for some people who want to break through, and other than that, it is of little use. β
I'm a little interested in why it has such high magical power.
This is the true idea of the warrior, after all, the high magic environment, in the Void Maelstrom around the random choice of a dead and barren world, that is, the world of Siboya is located in the eye of the storm, otherwise its magic concentration will at least break through the standard value of hundreds or thousands of times - but the dark realm should be a world that is about to extinguish the flame, why does it have such high magic power?
However, the report of the No. 3 World Exploration Team was not over yet, and he still said excitedly: "In addition to the extreme surplus of magic power, we are sure that this seemingly barren desert where we are is is actually completely composed of some extremely special rare metal particles, and these metal particles themselves seem to be the remains of some super-large high-level magical creation!" β
"The remains of this high-level magical creation are so broken that they have completely dissociated into pure alloy sand, but these materials have been determined by alchemists and can be reused, and this discovery alone is equivalent to discovering a super-large alloy vein for the Empire!"
When it comes to this, the captain of the third world is even a little out of breath - there are reasons for being too excited, and there are also reasons why the air in this world is too poor, and the oxygen supply spell will not provide so much oxygen for a while and a half, but this is not surprising, after all, the results of exploration will be converted into points and rewarded to the members of the exploration team, and whether it is the rich demon world or the alloy vein, if it is true, then the members of the third team can add up to 7500 plus 12000 points to exchange points and three B grades, That is, an A-level redemption right! They can even get a share of the ore veins, which is equivalent to having a steady stream of points.
"It's a pity that too much time has passed, and this high-level magical creation really can't be restored, so it can only be recycled as a raw material."
After relieving himself, the team leader said regretfully, "We want to know what the super-large magical creation that can form a metal desert is. There is no doubt that while we don't know why it's here, and damaged like this, the civilization behind it must be very advanced. β
It should indeed be a pity, because if they really found a super-large magical creation, such as the original Karlis World, a large mobile city where No. 3 was located, then it would not be too much to give them an S-level reward, after all, it was the technological crystallization of a civilization, and its value was immeasurable!
If it weren't for the fact that No. 3 has been assisting the development of Moldavia's magic energy technology, it would never have been possible for a magic energy factory to become popular so quickly, this is just a data carried by artificial intelligence, if it can recycle the entire mobile city, McCrove's magic energy technology will have greater development.
The report of the third team is over, they will continue to explore the metal desert, trying to find the reason for the high concentration of mana and the possible existence of the remains of the creation, Joshua ignored Karlis, who was still muttering to himself, "If I also have so much rich magic" and "It would be great if my world had such good conditions", he turned his head and looked at World One.
That is, the elite squad, the world where the Prest squad is located.
Until now, the world where Prester Team was located was still noisy, and if it weren't for Joshua's ability to detect everyone's steady heartbeat and normal vital signs, he would have thought they were in danger.
After a while, about a few hours later, when Joshua saw the first curious silver goblin touching the repair pillar of light, and then shouted in surprise, calling friends to come to the hot spring together, the light curtain of the First World belatedly heard Prester's tired voice.
"World No. 1 reported that the world was in a special situation and was tentatively judged to be a 'special world'. The world has a light level of 25, a gravity deviation of 0.33, a mana concentration of 1.78, a high heat world, an average detected temperature of 85 degrees, and no water, oxygen, or mental reactions have been detected. β
"Another special world."
Karlis, who had ended his envy and jealousy of World Three, turned his head and stared at the light curtain of World One with Joshua, and then he wondered, "Hey, isn't it snowing here, how can they say that they haven't detected any water?" And how can it be hot even though it's snowing? β
But soon, Prester's report answered his doubts: "After the initial teleportation, we were in the middle of a basin and were surprised by the massive snowfall that is unique to the world, due to the temperature, but soon the alchemists in the team discovered that it was not frost that was falling from the sky, but condensation of metal. β
"Yes, the snowfall in this world is actually' Metallic snow', we climbed out of the basin, found a relatively safe, will not be buried by metallic snow mountainside to observe, determined that the world is full of volcanoes, the surface is full of rifts, a large amount of smoke mixed with hot metal gases gushing into the sky, and then condensed and precipitated into metallic snow to fall to the earth, some of which will be evaporated by the high temperature of the surface, continue this special cycle, and the other part of the metal will precipitate into large chunks of rough metal ore, we are now in the mountains, in fact, the surface is covered with a layer of metal alloyγ β
There is no doubt that this is also a large ore vein world, hearing this, Joshua and Karlis both nodded, this is undoubtedly a good discovery, the natural bare ore layer and the high heat environment are the favorite type of dwarves, they are not afraid of poisonous gases, they can move freely in such a world, and even the snow is metal, for the dwarves, this may be a paradise.
[They lay on their bed-studded stones, and with the eternal furnace burning beside them, all of them were free to pick up the metal they wanted from the ground and forge what they wanted, and no one could disturb the process, and they could drink the spirits as they pleased, without giving them a headache or intoxicating them. With Adamantite and Mithril everywhere and hot air everywhere, everyone can have a completely safe house next to the lava pool. γ
[βDwarven Hadith, Kingdom of Heaven Chapter]
"But that's just it, it's not 'special'."
Joshua commented, "It's just a metal-rich world with low gravity and active geological activity, unless there's some special information." β
And as it happens, Priest continues, "There seems to be no sun in this world, and the source of light is entirely the cracks in the earth's surface, and the light of lava from volcanic eruptions...... But strangely, there is a rainbow in the sky. β
As he spoke, Priest sent a series of special messages to the transmitter, which were encoded to describe pictures and videos, and Joshua decoded them directly, and then obtained a magic video that was not particularly clear.
Above the world in complete darkness were large areas of metallic clouds, and after a particularly heavy snowfall, the clouds disappeared for a short time, and it was possible to see that above the pitch-black sky, there was a circle of dark rainbows.
The rainbow was distinctly colored and swung frequently, and it seemed to surround a completely dim and non-luminous entity, streaking through the sky of World One at a not-so-slow pace.
At the end of the video, Priest's tired voice came with a hint of hesitation: "This is the dark rainbow we found...... Even the sun is out, the water doesn't exist, why is there still a rainbow? And every time the rainbow appears, the concentration of magic will suddenly increase to more than 5 times the standard value, and the gravity deviation will be strangely reduced a lot, and even produce a short-term weightlessness phenomenon, and countless volcanic earthquakes will erupt at the same time, causing countless smoke and dust to be swept into the air like a tide, just like ......"
When he said this, Priest, who had always been calm, also swallowed his saliva and said in a somewhat frightened voice: "It's like we, along with the world, are all being drawn to that dark existence!" β