Soul of Burning Steel

The silence lasted only a short time before being broken by Joshua herself.

Under the white lights of the information hall, the soldier exhaled. He shook his head and said, "Forget it, no matter what they do, there must always be the main combat faction and the main peace faction."

There are no contradictions and conflicts between the ideas of each other, and they are not humans.

So muttering to himself, he suddenly stood up. Qiao Xiya looked around the entire information hall. He looked at the densely packed information storage devices and laughed: "Everyone's thoughts are never the same. I struggled with this kind of thing, and it was a waste of effort."

"……Eh?"

And the number 3 who was staying behind Joshua, thinking about how to comfort Joshua, blinked, and was stunned for a moment. After a while, she stuttered and said: "Wait...wait, Joe Xiuya, didn't you look, very, very... very angry?"

Confused and overwhelmed? This sentence on No. 3 has been suffocated, because these two words have nothing to do with Joshua, who is calm, calm, and does not seem to have the slightest sense of decadence. The artificial intelligence girl even doubts whether her observation system is correct. What's wrong, so that she can see the hallucinations by an artificial intelligence.

"Angry? Of course I'm angry. This group of people have never even seen the true face of the evil god. They just fought against the black mist mother body. They actually started thinking about the way to retreat so early-I know they are cautious and think about defeat before winning. , But I am the only one of them who has seen the evil god, I didn't even want to run, what are they doing so nervously."

In response, Joshua waved his hand. A silver light wheel appeared behind him. Many translucent crystalline fragments flew out of the light wheel. There were a large number of data spots flowing in the fragments, connecting the whole thing like No. 3. In the storage of the information hall, the soldiers helped No. 3 transfer data while walking leisurely in the hall: "But that's all. If I have to say, I am not angry because of their caution, but simply feel that accurate."

"Unhappy?" No. 3 repeated instinctively, with a strong and unbelievable tone.

"Unhappy, unhappy, why don't they believe that I can't achieve the realm of a sage?"

At this point, Joshua curled his mouth and snorted: "I can achieve the legendary realm from silver in a few years, and it will take ten years to reach a level comparable to a god. At this time, it is at least two times away from the invasion of the evil gods. More than ten years, even decades."

"At that time, I will definitely be stronger than the black mist mother body, even stronger than the average Cthulhu. If luck is good, it is not impossible to find a chance to become a sage-you see, you are not telling me about the'debilitating Cthulhu' The news? This is a very valuable clue. If I really find a clue about the realm of sages, everything in the future will be hard to say."

"the most important is."

Having said that, Joshua turned his head, he patted and followed him all the time. At this moment, he had heard the head of No. 3 in a daze. The soldier smiled and said, "I’m a very knowledgeable person, and I have faced the true face of Cthulhu. The afterimages of the sages, the warriors who talked with the gods and laughed, how could you need your comfort."

"I have saved the world and destroyed the world. I once helped a galaxy civilization defeat the void monsters that swallowed the stars. I once brought a world warped by time back on track. The fate is only rewritten when I get up early and do push-ups. Something, Cthulhu invaded, and now it’s not my character to yell'it's over' in a hurry."

During the conversation, the countless data streams circulating in the translucent crystal that Joshua had spread out suddenly stopped. The soldier noticed this and said relaxedly: "Okay, the data transmission in this hall is finished, and we can go to the next one."

"what?!"

At this time, the expression of No. 3 was even more incredible. She scanned the information database in shock, and then found that Joshua had indeed transferred all the data in the entire information hall within a few minutes, and No. 3 looked at it. The progress bar showing '100% transmission completed', murmured: "My transmission speed is 144 times that of the average Jiyi-level mage, how come..."

"Everyone is artificial intelligence, but one is conceived by parents, and the other is created by engineers and researchers. In my opinion, you are just an ordinary human like me."

At this moment, Joshua had already walked towards the exit of the hall, and he waved to No. 3 behind him: "Winter Castle, I have something to do, so I won’t accompany you... But if there is anything You can keep me informed about the sages’ information."

"Good, good."

No. 3 nodded subconsciously, and then just watched Joshua's figure leaving the hall. After a long pause, she suddenly reacted in the loss: "Wait, who is a human?!"

And outside the hall.

Qiao Xiuya's originally smiling expression quickly became calm and indifferent.

"Sage."

He stretched out his right hand, stared at the palm of his hand, and whispered this word, this person's name, as if chewing on the endless meaning contained in these simple words.

"Cthulhu."

He clenched his fists, raised his eyes, and said the pronoun in an indifferent tone, not knowing what kind of emotions were surging in his heart.

In the end, all emotions are concentrated in two words that can't hear any emotion at all.

"interesting."

After the words, his figure disappeared, and he could see that a spatial crack appeared in the space outside the big information library almost at the same moment. It appeared quickly, and then quickly closed, as if it was just an illusion.

...

"The speed of human evolution has fallen into a slowdown."

Moldavia, Winterhold College, year-end lectures for graduation year.

In the trapezoidal hall, there are nearly a hundred students sitting at the forefront, and behind them, hundreds of other lower-grade students are also sitting, staring at the original stage, now in the center of the podium.

A middle-aged mage calmly accepted the gaze of all the students. Under the light, he used magic amplification to send his voice into the ears of all those present, without a trace of tension or hesitation.

"As we all know, humans, elves, dwarves, halflings, gnomes, and even the extinct centaur and orcs, in a sense, have the same blood origin as us. In the primitive barbaric period tens of millions of years ago, the most The ancient human races were not yet divided. At that time, there were still many alien races in the world, and there were many environments that had not been explored. Our ancestors lived in a warm plain environment without moving for millions of years. Take a step."

Nostradamus and Israel were sitting at the top of the hall. The two of them condensed their auras and watched the middle-aged mage with a calm expression. No student or instructor noticed the two highest leaders of the empire at this time. Right behind them. But at this moment, a figure appeared, sitting beside Israel without any hesitation, attracting the two of them to look side by side.

Joshua made a'quiet, look carefully' gesture to the two of them, and then stopped talking-this immediately stopped Nostradamus and Israel from wanting to inquire, and temporarily let go of asking Joe Xiuya was thinking about what to do before, but turned her head and continued to listen to this long-planned speech.

"But an unusual climate change-now it seems to be the prelude to the first ice age, which forced our ancient primitive ancestors to start migrating away from their homeland. During the long migration process for hundreds of thousands of years, there were Some humans went to the humid south, which was full of jungles, some humans went to the west, which was dry and full of mountains, and some humans chose to stay in place... It can be said that there were as many choices as there were as many tribes as our ancestors. For the first time it began to spread to the whole world."

"Those who went to the south turned into the elves they are today, and those who entered the mountains were the ancestors of the dwarves. Those who stayed in place were the oldest races of boreal barbarians. Halflings and dwarves were all moved into the narrow and warm underground. The tunnel created, and the lucky ones who migrated to the warm plains as before are the ancestors of ordinary people like you and me."

"The form of life will evolve because of the environment. This is a fact that we can observe in countless experiments and practices-the northern sharks and lizards are all ice attributes, but the southern ones have almost all the dual elements of water and earth. Power, fire dragons live around volcanoes, and thunder dragons have always lived on mountain tops in rainy areas. This is no coincidence."

The middle-aged mage on the stage is a Xishan man. His voice is magnetic and strong, with a little Xishan accent, but everyone present doesn’t care, because he has long been in the past few years. His academic skills have conquered all the students, so he can get the opportunity to speak on stage: "While we are transforming the world, the world will also transform us. Life is constantly adapting to different environments, and generations are stronger than generations-data shows , 800 years ago, the average human adult strength was only comparable to the black iron level, but now, in Moldavia alone, our sixteen-year-old boy has the average black iron mid-level strength, and this level is in incredible The rate of increase."

"But it's all just an illusion." Suddenly, the mage who gave a speech categorically said: "This is not our life form is rising-it is simply an illusion that is rich in nutrition, everyone has meat, and everyone can practice. "

"The speed at which life adapts to the environment can no longer keep up with the speed at which life transforms the environment."

"Our evolution has actually stalled a long time ago."

These short sentences immediately set off a low noise in the entire hall. Although these scattered conversations and exclaims were calmed down by the present tutor, it can be seen that all the students have obvious eyes. Surprised and puzzled.

The tutor on stage is still giving a speech.

"With the advancement of technology, with the popularization of practice, as the extraordinary powers penetrate deeper and deeper into our group-including all civilized lives such as elves, dwarves, halflings, etc., in all Mykroff's intelligent lives, Our bodies don’t need to adapt to the environment for a long time. We have clothes and houses that can keep warm, we have practice methods that can withstand the severe cold of one hundred degrees below zero, and there are magic and vindictiveness that can enter and exit the void. Life no longer needs to passively adapt to the environment. The advancement of our ancestor’s wisdom is enough to replace the adaptive evolution of our body.

His voice was so loud that even the three legendary powerhouses at the back of the hall could hear clearly. Israel's expression was calm, Nostradamus' expression was uncertain, and Joshua smiled and nodded.

"Our wisdom has made us unique. The pan-human civilization circle has become the overlord of the entire continent. Since then, apart from the civil war, our race has no longer challenged. Because of this, our evolution has completely stagnated, or it has become very Slowly, I can no longer keep up with our footsteps."

The mage who gave the speech was very engaged. It can be seen that this is the deepest thought in his heart. He looked around the entire hall of hundreds of students and instructors, and shouted: "Now, our civilization is about to enter the void-any race, you can Do not rely on the practice method, do not rely on magic equipment, and directly enter the void with the flesh?!"

"No! Not even dragons! Except for the legendary ancient dragons and the giant void beasts, no life can survive in the void by virtue of its flesh! We humans have the ability to enter and exit the void, but there is no body that matches them. This is the glory of our wisdom, but it does not mean that we should accept this weakness! It’s time to change. Our wisdom should not accept this fragile carrier calmly. It takes tens of thousands of years for natural evolution to achieve a big progress. , But that was something in the ancient barbaric era. Now, we should take the initiative to change!"

"It took hundreds of thousands of years for the ancestors to go from drinking blood to learning how to cook them. It took them hundreds of thousands of years to develop from a scattered settlement to a tribal age. They spent a hundred thousand years playing with stone tools and using It took tens of thousands of years to build a large house. They only learned to forge metal 8,000 years ago, and then they reached the peak of civilization 1,300 years ago! The rate of progress of civilization is simply not what natural evolution can follow. Yes, the primitive tribes on some remote islands in the far south are not as good as our twelve-year-old boy. Natural evolution has lost its meaning. It is impossible for us to adapt to the void and adapt to this multiverse by mutation. The infinite world!"

"Only through wisdom, magic, vindictiveness, and through our wisdom, can we transform our bodies, so that'humanity' and'intelligent life' can adapt to this void age and to this vast and boundless multiverse. This is me."

Speaking of this, the lecturer pointed to himself, then stretched out his hand, and pointed his finger to all the student grades present: "It is also you."

"It is the direction that all of us, the entire civilization, should strive for in the future."

The speech mage on the stage is still saying some closing words. The students on the stage are applauding frantically. You can hear the loud applause echoing in the whole hall, but this is irrelevant, because at the end of the hall, several legends are strong. There was a quarrel that lowered the voice between the two.

"Joshua!"

Nostradamus whispered angrily: "Is this your plan? I want to promote the rationality and legitimacy of the'human body transformation' within the Winterhold Academy, and then use these students as a base point to promote yours to the outside world. Those theories?!"

Having said that, the old mage thought of the densely packed "perfect human prototype experimental body" in the fourth practice room of the Ten Thousand Realms Sacrifice Field, as well as those incredible void monsters that should only appear in nightmares. I couldn't help letting out a sigh: "You really intend to transform the entire human race... You are not kidding."

"I never make jokes. I tell a few cold jokes at most. Nostradamus, you should have discovered this at least eight years ago."

Regarding the old mage’s questioning, Joshua didn’t care. He calmly looked at the speech instructor, who was flushed with excitement and waved to the cheering students, while whispering: “The current human beings are still stagnant at least. For the primitive species thousands of years ago, our wisdom stagnated his evolution, so it should be our wisdom to promote him again. This is the first step for our civilization to become a truly empty civilization."

"Who do you think you are? God or sage? Can you be sure that the transformations you are going to do are really suitable for humans?"

Nostradamus rubbed his temple. He had calmed down and said solemnly: "Although human beings are indeed fragile, they are at least stable-our civilization and our society are based on this fragile body. If one day everyone can fly suddenly, then our architectural style and society will change drastically, and what you have to do now is not only to make humans fly, but to make all humans extraordinary."

"This kind of change is enough to cause great turbulence in our society and civilization, and people will no longer be people-most importantly, you are still not sure whether this transformation is safe! Even so, you still have to do it. !"

"Otherwise." Joshua replied indifferently: "It is suitable or not, how do you know if it is not reformed? Do you think that fighting spirit training and magic training are not reforming? Then what are legendary powerhouses like you and me? Lichization, elemental Transformation, soulization, a magician of talismanic culture, stronger than a dragon, faster than a bird, and a warrior who can enter and exit the void in the flesh. Isn't this a special kind of transformation that cannot be universalized?"

"I just want to make this kind of transformation universal to everyone. It's weird that you can't understand me. I didn't intend to force the transformation, but to make our civilization adapt to this behavior and let them. Take the initiative to reform yourself."

"What's more, I am a human." As he said, Joshua pointed at himself, and then pointed at Nostradamus and Israel: "You are both. Even we are all humans. Why didn't it become after they reformed?"

Nostradamus seemed to intend to refute, but Israel, who was in the middle of the two men, reluctantly gestured to both of them to stop talking: "Okay, there is nothing noisy about this little thing, teacher, you are I feel that this kind of transformation will cause social turmoil and even induce the collapse of'human self-identity'. Radcliffe is thinking about the future. He is indeed right. Our civilization is entering an endless void. The fragile body is indeed a hindrance."

"You have quarreled once before because of the evil god, why bother to quarrel again, this kind of problem is not..." Having said this, His Majesty the Emperor pondered for a moment, and then sighed: "Well, we can decide this matter. "

"I know, Master Nostradamus, you are not completely denying my idea."

But at this moment, Joshua spoke again. He turned his head and looked at the old mage with a headache expression. The warrior's tone was calm: "It's just that you feel that this kind of big event requires careful consideration. It takes decades. Make a plan, and then implement it extremely steadily—only this can push the entire civilization into that new era smoothly and without chaos."

"But we have run out of time-we have all begun to think about whether we should turn people into souls and store them in the coordinated magic circle, so what is the transformation of humanity?

The soldier whispered: "If you don't try, there will be no chance again. This is the case for resistance and confrontation-so is me."

After that, Joshua got up and left the hall, leaving Nostradamus and Israel on their seats.

"...Haha."

After confirming that Joshua’s life reaction had completely disappeared in the fluctuations of time and space, Nostradamus, who was originally depressed and dull, changed his complexion and laughed softly. He let out a sigh of relief, not knowing whether it was comfort or joy. Said: "He finally has the thought of'want to become stronger'."

On the side, the avatar of Israel also nodded slightly, and he sighed: "I didn't expect that we actually played this role."

Nostradamus closed his eyes and said in a tired voice: "Joshua...he is the entire Mycroft world, even including the data of the Glory Era, the fastest to advance, and the closest to the sages. People... I said this a few years ago, but now I have to say it again."

"If you say who is most likely to achieve the'realm of sages', then there is no third person in the whole world except him and Eagle, and Eagle is already an old man, his talent is excellent, but the situation has been limited. As far as Mycroft civilization is concerned, only him, Joshua can surpass him. Only at his young age has been wandering in the multiverse, and those who have walked through many worlds have the opportunity."

"But this guy only has the belief in'challenge a strong enemy' in his mind, but he has no determination to'become stronger'-to him, strength is just a ticket to challenge. No matter how much he says, it's just one thing. This kind of tool, his talent is really good, even if he doesn't care, he can quickly become stronger~www.novelmtl.com~ This makes him weak in this concept."

Israel nodded approvingly: "And now, he wants to become stronger. For the first time, he didn't think'one day I will challenge the sage', but'I want to achieve the sage realm as soon as possible'. Although it seems to be the same. , After all, how to challenge the sages without the realm of sages? But the most important thing for the former is to'find the sages', while the latter is to'become as strong as the sages'... It can be regarded as turning his thoughts around."

"and many more."

Suddenly, Nostradamus frowned: "You said, will Joshua have discovered our purpose?"

"Follow him."

Israel shook his head indifferently: "What if he finds it? This is his own idea, and we are just providing an opportunity-this is not a lie, after all, if he can't achieve the realm of sages, we too It is absolutely impossible to bring a group of ignorant and ignorant feudal subjects to a decisive battle with the evil god."

"Everything is the same as Joshua said-if you don't try, there will be no chance again."