Chapter 1 Residual Steel Chips
When Joshua regained consciousness, he found himself standing in the void.
The void is deep and dark, with no end and up and down, both left and right, front and back, as unpredictable as a human dream.
But it is precisely because it is a chaos like a dream that it will be affected by human thinking. Because of the awakening of the warrior, the deep void begins to change, the vast earth appears under his feet, and monotonous clouds and sky also appear. With the moon hanging in the black sky, a simple little world has taken shape.
“…I’m dead?”
Is this the world after death?
He was a little surprised at first, but immediately recalled the scene of the previous stalemate with the Ten Disaster Stars, and then he had a little guess about his situation.
This is indeed reasonable. Joshua, who is still echoing in his soul now, knew how much harm the divine power has to his body. If it weren't for his heart that was usually the core organ that carried the Dou Qi, in terms of flexibility and tolerance, it might have been burned to pieces by endless power.
But even so, the body lost most of its flesh and blood, and it was bleeding heavily, and it fell from the sky after falling out of coma. Even Joshua himself didn't feel that he could survive.
But no matter what, now is not the time to think about whether you are dead.
The warrior began to try to act in this monotonous world, but he was surprised to find that everything was exactly the same as the real world. He was like a body, walking freely on this black land. Although there were no plants and trees, he could smell the fragrance of the soil. The harmonious night wind was also slowly blowing, bringing a hint of summer.
Wait, when will there be wind?
He looked up suddenly, and Joshua looked around alertly.
During the time when he had just woken up, the world was still nothing, but then the earth and the sky, the clouds and the bright moon appeared. Now, the soil has a familiar smell, and the wind has begun to blow in the originally quiet world, which can even make him feel the temperature.
Everything was getting more and more detailed, and the simplicity began to change toward reality. The warrior frowned. Under his gaze, tender buds grew from the black soil. Mountains and hills began to rise from the earth. With the pervading water vapor, a river like a silver ribbon appeared beside Joshua. Behind him, the fir forest made a rustling sound like a sea tide, as if whispering.
The moon in the dark night casts light and puts a layer of white veil on everything.
It seemed as if there was something that was recalling, shaping a world with memories, and all the details became more and more delicate, until even Joshua could hear the hustle and bushing of the river and the cicadas between the woods. His feet were no longer just black mud, but were mixed with soft soil layers of fallen leaves, shrub branches and wood chips.
Not only that, when the soldier looked up and looked forward, a familiar firelight appeared, which was the color of the village fireworks. He was standing on the green hills, looking at a small river-bearing village located on the edge of the mountain forest. Next to the river, there were suspension bridges made of solid wood and creaking water wheels. The sound of mill operation came, making people wonder whether this was an illusion or a real world.
Things began to get complicated.
Just as Joshua frowned and pondered what this scene meant, a white figure slowly walked out of the village.
This is a white-haired boy who is impeccable in terms of temperament and appearance. He was wearing a white dress and a faint smile on his face. The boy walked slowly across the path between the trees and came to the middle of the hill not far from Joshua.
Then he sat down, held his knees with his hands, and looked up at Mingyue quietly.
And the moment Joshua saw the other person's appearance, he was shocked.
He had seen this young man in the memory of the Sky Blue Pearl. It was not long ago when he was assassinated by the Five-Colored Dragon Clan with the evil gods, and he saw from the illusion of the order power that automatically protects his body!
The red pupils were tightly locked on the other party, and Joshua took a deep breath. If there was no accident, then the boy in front of him who seemed to be asleep immediately was... still a sage when he was a child!
Just as before, the white-haired boy seemed not to notice Joshua not far from him, but instead he quietly stared at the light silver moon alone. There was a smile on the corner of his mouth, his eyes were a little blurred, as if he was thinking, and as if he was recalling.
Just as the warrior was thinking about how he should act next, the boy suddenly said something, and the clear boy's voice sounded and echoed on the hills.
"I really miss it...the two months in my hometown."
Then he turned his head and looked at Joshua with his white pupils like a mirror.
The world in front of the warriors was shattered.
Countless fragments of memory flashed like shadows. In a faint vaguely, Joshua saw the other person's growth. The young man who once looked at the moon with a smile slowly became mature, and the smile on his lips gradually disappeared. The serious young man learned the knowledge of his ancestors and thought about the meaning behind all phenomena. In order to explore the truth and power between all things, he chose to travel the entire world. For this reason, the young man's footsteps spread throughout the continent.
Jungles, hills, plains, cities of different races, even ocean currents under the deep seas, extremely cold glaciers and steep and deep valleys between mountains, come from the other world at the other end of the cracks in space and time. By the time the youth returns, he has mastered the power different from steel and fire, fighting spirit and magic.
The light called order and holiness shines in his palm.
Everything afterwards became fragmented, as if it was smashed ice. The broken residue could never be restored to its original state. The warrior could only see the end of everything.
In the dark and deep void, countless time and space gates are slowly opening, huge shadows are squirming, and the power from the ancient abyss comes from outside the world. Countless strange chaotic monsters are pouring out endlessly, intending to swallow the world in front of you.
And before them, a figure in a robe covered in light and whose appearance was covered by glory, raised his unparalleled authority alone.
...
...
The world returns to chaos, and there is no distinction between up, down, left and right in the void.
From the shock of witnessing the opening of the Abyss Gate and the prelude to the war between the sages and evil gods, Joshua slowly looked around, feeling a familiar and grand aura. He sighed and said in a deep voice: "Please come out, I don't know what to call the great existence."
"What is the purpose of letting me look at these memories?"
The sound quickly disappeared in the void, as if a stone was thrown into the water, but there was no ripples.
But another sound appeared quickly.
"I originally wanted to see it, but I didn't want you to see it."
He immediately replied to Joshua's inquiry, and a voice came from the chaos. The sound was like thunder, with a rumble echo, but unexpectedly it was not disgusting: "What I want to see is your past memory, not this past of a powerful person who has mastered the power of existence."
With the echo, the entire void began to twist violently, and as little by little silver luster appeared from the chaos, in Qiao Xiuya's unsurprising gaze, a silver python that was so huge that it was even comparable to the entire world slowly appeared in front of the warrior. It turned its huge head, and the light between its eyes was like the sun, flashing with a strong silver glow.
"You have the same taste as me in you. I think you have seen other world wills."
The words of this giant python were simple and direct. It did not even leave time for Joshua to reply, but said simply and neatly: "So, you can call me Ilgena of the Steel Python. In your language, this is my name."
Why do you want to see my past?
Before he could speak, the question had just flowed through Joshua's heart, and the huge python of the world gave an answer at the same time: "Because of curiosity."
Its voice shaking the void with a hint of curiosity and appreciation: "You are just a human being, not even the life I have bred, but you are willing to fight against the chaos in the void to carry all this."
"Of course I will be curious, even I will be curious, curious about what the past of a warrior like you looked like, what kind of experiences shaped your will and beliefs, and what kind of world can give birth to your existence."
The steel python Ilgna is completely different from the will of the world that Joshua encountered before. If Karlis is a wise elder with a towering mountain, then Ilgna is a whistling wind, which brows straight across the earth, and the words will not stop or turn at all.
Joshua originally wanted to ask some questions, but Ilgna shook its huge head and said with some regret: "Soldier, we haven't had much time to talk. Your body has left this world, so I can't force your soul to keep."
"My body is still alive?"
Joshua, who had been unable to speak, finally said this time. The news made him happy and he was also a little confused: "But my injury has become that way, and I should not be able to survive no matter how I think about it."
According to Joshua's own calculations, the moment the divine power withdraws from his body, his body will completely collapse due to overload. Coupled with the heavy bleeding at the wound and a large amount of internal organ injuries, he should have died directly.
"Father of Nature, the god in your mouth has healed your body."
When facing Joshua's question, even the will of Ilgena, who was like a storm, would patiently explain it. However, when talking about the father of nature, the sound of this giant steel python contained a hint of incomprehensible, as if it was a pleasure: "The existence of this giant tree is no different from the evil gods. He transformed my body, extinct most of the life I had originally bred, and the remaining ones changed their original appearance for survival... But in order to save you, He fell into a deep sleep again and lost the ability to continuously transform the world."
Its relationship with the father of nature is absolutely not harmonious. If it weren't for the father of nature that had been sleeping for thousands of years, and the new elves gradually became the original inhabitants of its world, perhaps there would be a battle between gods between them.
But no matter what, everything was over. The Python of Steel lowered its head and looked at Joshua. Its thunderous voice was serious for the first time and became quiet: "No matter what, you saved me... Saving all living beings in this world. Perhaps for me, this is not the best ending, but it is not bad either."
"Take it, this is the proof of your salvation and my authority, and you can deserve this glory."
A little silver light suddenly appeared on Joshua's chest. The warrior reached out and caught the light like a star, but before he could look down, the sound of the Steel Python appeared again.
Chapter completed!