Circular world.

A huge man-made structure orbiting the stars, with a large number of artificial living areas, is a type of man-made habitable world.

In the past, the world of Hilaya was the abyss of the blood moon, the world where the small light body 'light humanoid' was located, a world full of ether, even the continent was an empty island, and the ocean was a floating world without roots.

The sun of that world has been weakened in the distant past, and the civilizations that inhabit the world of Shilaya have joined forces to push the Sky Island, and they plan to bring their continent close to the sun and connect it into a ring to obtain as much light and heat as possible to sustain themselves...... Of course, this plan failed in the end, and the entire world was destroyed by the evil ritual from the Black Mist Mother, and finally turned into a blood moon in the sky, which is the prototype of Xiaoguang.

In the memories of the Abundant Evil God, the 'Infinite World Ring' that exists around the Initial Fire is also part of the inspiration, and Joshua draws on these ancient memories to designate this unique 'Aether Ring' plan with other gods and otherworldly powerhouses.

First, look for a world full of aether, preferably a dead world where the flames have been extinguished, so that you can skip the step of extinguishing the stars.

Next, the entire world is cleaned of all matter to create an absolute aether vacuum.

Then, ignite a new star with a new trait, control its brightness and gravitational pull, and give it the properties of the Void Behemoth, creating a controllable 'living sun'.

Finally, the ring is built to take advantage of the special properties of the etheric world to maintain the stability and structure of the ring.

In fact, the 'Aether Half Plane', which is now being used as a conference hall for the 'United Conference', is the product of their practice, and it is precisely because most of their energy is focused on casting this circular world that the Mycrof civilization seems to be a little less concerned about the United Conference, and only sends Faina and Barbarossa to preside over it.

"The design of the ring is deliberate, and from a reasonable angle, we can certainly build countless small habitable stars that revolve, and there is no need to build such a huge ring, but it is necessary."

At this time, Joshua seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be explaining to Nostradamus: "The ring is the place of residence and the foundation of the circle, and the entire ring world is actually the foundation of a super giant world circle, and the artificial star is just the energy core of the circle. After I have built the foundation of the ring, the Seven Gods will come and give it divine powers. ”

He raised his head and looked at the golden, slowly burning stars in the distance, and the warrior said in a soft tone: "All the life that lives on it is a part of this magic circle, and the whole world will be shrouded in absolute silence by this unprecedented super magic circle...... This realm can even completely shield the transmission of 'divine power', that is, 'memes', and after I cover this world with a layer of black body barrier, it will send the seven gods and me together into the wreckage of the galaxy in the silent void, ensuring absolute safety. ”

"Nostradamus, this is the last hope of despair, the hope we leave for the 'future', and in any case, the seeds of order exist in absolute darkness."

“…… The future, is it. ”

Hearing this, Nostradamus sighed slightly, and he also understood why Israel didn't tell him about it...... If this world is the last refuge of the entire Mycrof civilization, and even other civilizations of order, then its secrecy level is definitely the top secret of top secrets, except for the final evacuation, I am afraid that no unnecessary people will know about it.

After all, after the 'memetic concept' was deduced by Joshua and told the others, everyone understood that even the message should not be conveyed too much if it was not necessary, just as the news of the evil god would undoubtedly attract the evil god if it was widely advertised.

If it weren't for the fact that Nostradamus's space-time spell was necessary to accelerate the construction of the ring world, I am afraid that he would not have known this news now, just like Barbarossa and Faina, who did not know the news now.

Of course, these two legendary powerhouses may have speculated that something important was hiding from them, but they were both smart people who would suppress unnecessary curiosity.

"So, even Joshua, don't you think we're going to win?"

After thinking for a while, Nostradamus sighed again, and then smiled wryly: "I actually prepared 'hope' from now on, and I was even ready to send this world into the Silent Void...... Haha, I thought everyone was immersed in the thrill of conquering other civilizations and enjoying the vast multiverse. ”

"No, I'm sure I'll win."

In response to his old friend's question, Joshua shook his head vigorously, the head of the giant god shook, and even brought up a large gravitational ripple, and he said in a deep voice: "Fighting is for victory, although I won't say that 'thinking about victory before thinking about defeat' is wrong, but if the whole clan is prepared to flee before the battle begins, then there will be no momentum in the battle." ”

"But, Nostradamus."

Suddenly, Joshua's tone softened, he turned his head, stared at the old mage who was only the size of an ordinary person with huge eyes like a planet, and then said calmly, "There will always be people who don't want to fight. ”

A long silence came.

Nostradamus did not speak.

After pausing for a long time, Joshua turned his head, stared at the stars and continued: "The battle against the evil gods in the future must be an arduous battle, even a battle for the end of life, soul, faith, and even existence, the battle of heaven...... You know that, right? This is the mass extinction that our civilization is about to suffer, and it should have arrived a long time ago, but perhaps it was the sages who killed the bounty and repelled that wave of attacks, so that the evil gods did not do their best. ”

"But now, here it is, again, even more and more powerful than before. They are infinite in number, their figures obscuring the sky, they can bend the world, shatter the stars, and dim everything and even the stars. ”

"That's the kind of enemy we're going to face."

Speaking of this, it was obviously an extremely oppressive atmosphere, but Joshua laughed, and the laughter shook the aether vacuum: "This is not an enemy that everyone dares to face, only a madman would be willing to stand up - it is impossible for everyone in a civilization to be crazy like me to laugh out loud when thinking about such a thing." ”

"At that time, I will lead all the madmen and fools who dare to show their swords against despair to fight against the evil gods of stupidity and madness, and we will fight for victory, and naturally we will not fear death...... But what about those people? What about those who have no strength, are ordinary, are afraid of death, are afraid of destruction, and just want to live a stable life, live well, grow and learn well? ”

Noticing that the old mage closed his eyes, Joshua also closed his eyes, and he whispered, "That is the main body of our civilization—the main body of continuation. ”

"We people are fighting, and it's to protect them, we can't reverse cause and effect, make them pay for madness, and force them to be as crazy as I am."

- If you want to fight, you can fight with me, and we will fight bravely against the enemy and fight the darkness and chaos to the end.

- Those who can't fight, who don't want to fight, should naturally live well, as much as possible, and live as best they can.

Not just to live, they must also live well, live very imposingly, with dignity, they must live healthy, and then raise the next generation of madmen and fools, and cultivate a new generation of arrogant people who think they can overcome despair, crazy enough to want to challenge the apocalypse, and stupid to embark on an impossible journey.

A civilization cannot all be intelligent. There must be reason, and there must be madness, and this is a sound civilization.

"So, that's hope, and there's the future."

Joshua opened his eyes and stared at the huge ring structure in front of him, and he said, "It is also the hope that all those who are willing to fight will fight until the last moment without any scruples." ”

For this hope, the cowardly can grow into brave people, and the person who fears pain can become people who are not afraid of death, hoping to change people and give people courage, but hope and courage can also kill people, but the people who are killed are willing, because they fight for the future.

"I don't force anyone to be like me and understand me, after all, I am the only one who is like this, so eager to fight."

Slowly raising their feet, Joshua and Nostradamus began to move around this world, bringing together a huge space-time colleague, the giant god seemed to be walking, and began to cooperate with the seven gods outside the world, subtly adjusting the concentration of the ether of the entire world internally to ensure that its circulation was balanced, while doing the work of transforming the world, the warrior's tone was also easy-going and calm: "Only I can only feel the meaning of life in battle." ”

Nostradamus looked up, and he seemed to hear a deep sense of loneliness in these words, but the warrior's tone did not have half of it, but only a faint sense of joy...... But the old mage could be sure that it was not a delusion.

"No, Joshua."

There was silence for a moment, and then he spoke, Nostradamus narrowed his eyes, and the old man, who had known the warrior for more than fifteen years, said in a deep voice, "You are very wrong. ”

The giant god's gaze was attracted, and he looked at his friend with some confusion, while Nostradamus stroked his beard and said calmly, "Although, I really can't understand why you are so eager to fight, after all, to me, battle is only a means, not an end...... But I can understand you. ”

"We can all understand you."

"Just as you can understand ordinary people who don't want to fight, and understand the dissonance in a civilization, why can't ordinary people understand a battle maniac?"

Speaking of this, the old mage shook his head: "Just like me, I don't want to fight as an old man, I still want to continue to reform and let the empire have a better and more perfect social system, I don't want to die so early, to fight against the evil gods, and fight to the death with those monsters, I have more important things to do...... But can't I understand you? Can't understand the fact that a person who loves to fight can still have courage and conviction in the face of an unprecedented enemy? ”

The old man scoffed, "This makes no sense. ”

Civilization is the process of individuals understanding each other and growing up hand in hand, although in this process, there are 10,000 tiresome misunderstandings and contradictions, and people can never really understand each other, they can only gradually run in in pain and adapt to each other, but if they don't try, how should people cooperate, and how should people share knowledge and technology? How should society and civilization grow and progress?

So, Nostradamus said calmly: "Ring World, this is a good plan. Joshua, you're right, even if you believe you will win, you have to have hope of survival...... It is precisely because they know that hope and a future must exist that warriors are willing to wield their swords for tomorrow...... I already understand your and the Seven Gods' plans. ”

"I understand you, Joshua, it's not surprising that you're a warrior, isn't it?"

Joshua didn't reply, he was still silently adjusting the aetheric flow of the entire world to make sure it could maintain an absolutely stable cycle.

The old man did not break the silence either.

After a long time, the work was over, and the warrior stopped.

He raised his head slightly, and Joshua's gaze passed through the shell of the world without a black body barrier, looking at the endless multi-galactic starry sky in the distance.

Half of it is the dark silent void, the remnants of countless galaxies of the past, and the other half is the glorious sea of stars, which is the plurality of galaxies that still exist today.

"Fighting...... Just means. ”

He muttered under his breath, then chuckled softly.

Oh, yes.

Fighting is only a means.

For Patriarch Thakur and Amos the Great, for all the civilizations of order and all the intelligent individuals of this pluralistic galaxy, battle is only a means.

I'm afraid that even if it is the gods, evil gods, sages, other memetic beings, and even the existence of the mastermind behind the scenes, fighting is only a means.

- But for me, the battle ......

Thinking of this, Joshua slowly raised his right hand, and he placed his thumb in the middle of the silent void and the multi-galactic river, dividing darkness and light, destruction and existence, chaos and order, and his fingers dividing gloom and light, cold and warmth, death and life.

He divides all opposites, all contradictions, and that is the root of the battle.

And the warrior stared at his thumb, as if he was proofreading something.

"At least, for now, here."

After a long time, he lowered his hand. At this moment, Joshua's eyes were clear, there was no divine brilliance in them, no dimming caused by chaotic memories, and at this moment, all the after-effects caused by the evil gods of death had completely dissipated, and even the silver halo of the power of steel did not exist.

The warrior's red eyes, with only incomparably pure faith, laughed in a low voice:

"I'm still me."

"I still haven't changed."