"Noelle, do you remember how long we have been here?"
The two figures were walking on the endless ash wasteland that seemed to never end. The soft feeling of everything under their feet being burnt to ashes had lasted for who knows how long.
In this world with no light, no sound, no magic, and no void energy, time seems to be completely diluted. It is faster or slower. No one can tell, because the reference is lost, Zig. He and Noelle could only judge how much time had passed based on their own condition and the alchemy items.
"Twenty-four days, seven hours and eight minutes, I don't know how many seconds. The physical exhaustion is more serious than expected. This world absorbs our own energy too fast, and for us, in this world with no energy, It’s like a water-soaked sponge in the desert, losing water all the time.”
Noelle's answer came after a slight pause, and the fatigue in it was obvious.
As a giant dragon, even in human form, the power flowing through the body is much more than that of other races, and the corresponding resistance and strength will be particularly powerful, but in this world where nothing exists, this kind of "High energy" has become a huge disadvantage.
The power in Sieg and Noelle's bodies is seeping into the world all the time. This cannot be stopped by their own containment. The entire depleted world is absorbing their energy. It is difficult to say at what level they must reach to resist.
"Very good, keep thinking and keep moving forward. On a too far scale, the changes in distance will be extremely inconspicuous. We just need to keep walking in that direction. If you feel hungry, just tell me, at least for now The supplies are quite sufficient and we can maintain the best efficiency."
Sieg smiled and touched Noelle's head. He didn't look as tired as Noelle, nor did he show too much worry.
But in fact, the magic circuit in his body was supplemented by the living dragon suit. Siege's control over these magic powers is far less powerful than that of the dragon. He is almost unable to stop the flow of magic power. The nameless magic armor It has become a complete burden for him.
The feeling of weakness coming from his body was much worse than that of Noel. The supplies carried in the storage items were not sufficient for the dragon. This situation was so extreme that it was impossible to imagine it in advance. All fell into endless emptiness.
But at least, it is much better than when they first came to this realm. They no longer have to rush around like headless flies. The direction they choose is where the turning point may be.
Somatosensory time: On the 17th, 18th hour, 36 minutes and 7 seconds, Siege, who had been walking in the darkness, caught a trace of light in his eyes. It was very small and very dark, but in this completely dark world It cannot be ignored.
Light also means energy. Whether it is burning or something else, if you want to release light, it is impossible to leave nothing like this dead world.
Variability, this is what Sieg needs. If it remains unchanged, no matter how they save materials, they will only become two mummies in this world. Even the corpses will never decay because there are no microorganisms.
It's just that the change of that glimmer of light is so slow that people can't help but feel their hearts sink. It's too far away and too small. After more than ten days of trekking, the glimmer of light is still almost the same as when I first saw it. When it came to Noelle, Sieg had some doubts as to whether he was a prankster who deliberately gave them false hope.
"What are you thinking about? I have to go out and deal with the dragon's troubles. How can I die here?"
Following what Wang Yu often said and did, he shook his head. Sieg gently pushed Noelle's back, encouraging him to keep moving forward. If that guy were here, he would definitely do anything after identifying the target. I didn't want to bury my head in the road, but I still couldn't control those complicated thoughts.
"Brother, is that light bigger?"
Noelle did not continue to move forward, but asked Sieg with some doubts and hesitation, his faint joy was suppressed under the words of doubt.
Sieg was stunned for a moment, and then looked carefully at where the light was. That tiny bit of light, just as Noel said, seemed to have changed unknowingly.
It has become twice as big as before. Although it is still pitifully small, this news is enough to cheer up the numb heart.
"Walk!"
Waving his hand, Sieg smiled, and started on his way with Noelle, whose steps were much more brisk.
At 7:56 on the 42nd day, for an unknown number of seconds, the complete scene of the light finally appeared in the vision of Sieg and Noelle.
At this moment, the two giant dragons have consumed more than half of the supplies. Fortunately, their wills are strong enough, and they did not suffer from mental problems while walking in the dead world. They were just wrapped in deep fatigue.
"Brother, we're almost there."
Noelle pulled Zig's sleeve, and there was undisguised joy in his words.
"Um."
Sieg responded with the same joy, but only he knew the hidden thoughts underneath. There was something wrong with this light.
In the ashes wasteland not far away, there was a figure who looked quite old, sitting cross-legged on the ground, looking up at an unknown place in the dark sky above.
A lantern at his hand became the only possible light source in the world, illuminating a small area. It was this light that pointed the way forward for Sieg.
In addition, there are several bodies lying next to the old man. They are all dead. Their bodies are shriveled and there are no wounds. It can be seen that the cause of their death is that they have no material to maintain the minimum operation of their bodies. , and eventually died of organ failure.
"Ah...were there another poor person who fell in here? I'm so sorry. Did you come here looking for light like them? But this is not the place where energy is born as you thought. These lights are all from it. Sent out." qδ.net
The old man seemed to notice the approach of Sieg and Noelle. He lowered his raised head and looked at the two people who were approaching. He spoke lightly and shook the lantern in his hand. The surprise and apology in his tone were sincere.
The words spoken by the other party also made Sieg's heart skip a beat. His bad guess was verified. He didn't feel anything like normal light from the light that became brighter as he moved forward. Even if he looked directly at it, he wouldn't feel it. It's so dazzling that you can't detect the existence of this light using magic...
"Lighthouse, the name of this strange object is so ironic. It is called a lighthouse, but this never-extinguished light cannot point out the direction of escape for those who are lost in this world, whether it is them or you..."
The old man raised the lantern at his hand. The reason why this light did not have the characteristics of normal light was already clear, because it was the light emitted by a strange object.
The birth of these lights is not due to the existence and conversion of energy, but simply because the "eternal light" is the nature of this strange object. Nothing has changed. This world is still dead and empty, and energy is eternally empty.
"fine……"
He gently patted Noelle, who was a little stunned, and motioned her to sit down. Although her expectations for this light were in vain, it was not that bad to find someone with whom she could communicate, although...
Sieg's eyes swept over the corpses next to the old men. There were five bodies in total of humans, elves, and dwarves. One of them had different clothes from the other four. As for those four bodies whose clothes were uniform, Sieg seemed to have seen them somewhere. logo on the body.
"Explorers? The second phase, they are those entities that set sail again after the explosion of Morning Star..."
Sieg stepped forward and carefully observed the clothes and coats of arms on the corpses. He quickly determined that these beings were some of the explorers who went out to explore the world beyond the endless sea. However, for some reason, Some of them died here.
"Do you know them? It's a pity that they are a group of courageous and curious beings. They told me many stories about the outside world. I also shared with them the stories I knew. In the end, they calmly accepted their die."
The old man's words rang out, asking Sieg.
"I do know their existence, but I didn't expect that some of them ended up disappearing here. Old man, may I ask who you are and what kind of place this is. If possible, can you tell me how?
Come out, or at least, tell me a story about this place? "
Sieg calmed down and spoke respectfully to the old man. He had already become somewhat aware of the old man's state. It was a projection that affected the outside world in an unknown way. It was as if he was not on the same layer and could not be touched.
"No problem, there have been no outsiders here for a long time. If possible, I hope that no one will ever fall here and die needlessly. But since it has happened, all I can do is share my story."
"Since you know these existences, your eras should be about the same. Abyssal creatures are what you call these existences that come from the stars, right?"
The old man cleared his throat, agreed to answer Sieg's doubts, and then asked a question first.
"That's right."
Nodding, Sieg really didn't expect this place to be related to abyssal creatures.
"There is probably more than one civilization in this world. We are the previous one, and you are the next. That should be the case. As for me, you can call me Flo, the god of the last civilization of intelligent creatures, the Dream God."
The old man's first words made Siege feel confused. The meaning of the word civilization was indeed a bit heavy, and the words "the last civilization" made people feel an astonishing sense of depression.
"Your reaction is much faster than ours. For these beings who came from the starry sky, we gave them too much time to grow and develop. By the time we were ready for full resistance, everything was already too late. A person who came from the starry sky Come on, the beings you call creatures of the abyss are extremely powerful."
"The kingdom is as fragile as a building block in front of him. The legend is not even qualified to touch it, and the gods have almost no way to deal with it. It has learned too many things, and it is too comprehensive. In our time The civilization was completely destroyed amidst the difficult and powerless resistance.”
The old man calmly told a story about destruction, as calmly as if he had not witnessed it with his own eyes.
"It's over, it's over. There is no existence that can stop that thing that looks just like a giant octopus. Our force is worse than a toy in front of it. We can't even sting it."
"But at least you showed up, right? And we don't seem to have left anything behind. The capital of crime and so on, those explorers said so. There are still some ruins and the like that prove that we once existed. Moreover, the ending itself is not that bad.”
The old man was talking, and at some point his words contained a hint of anger that was tinged with a smile, while Sieg just listened, and it was hard to describe how confused the thoughts in his heart were.
"The anger of civilization is probably the last gift left to this existence by us who have now died, a dream that can never be awakened, and an eternal cage."
"These abyssal creatures have learned so many things that they themselves are unable to distinguish which ones will cause them trouble. It is so powerful that we cannot harm it at all, so we can only use its own power to do it. Deal with it."
"One of their abilities is to occupy the void. I don't know how it does it, but it can forcefully occupy a void and use that power to distort the material world. That is also one of its most powerful abilities. But it was also this ability that ruined itself. In that state, they were almost unable to be affected by the power of the gods, but they were finally affected by me."
"The last survivors of that civilization and I, before it destroyed everything with its power, used rituals and used all our power to make it have a dream."
"That was the last day before civilization was destroyed. Its power was so powerful, but its will was so weak that it made me laugh. Unfortunately, it learned a little too slowly. It wasn't until the eve of everything being destroyed that I saw it on its own. With the help of others, I was able to weave this dream for him, a dream that cannot distinguish between dream and reality.”
"Its power can affect itself, and the void it occupies allows it to turn its thoughts into reality. Therefore, the moment it fails to distinguish between reality and dreams, everything is over."
"It has ushered in its own cycle. It will always dream of the day when civilization will be completely destroyed. After the destruction, everything will
It will come back again and again. "
When the old man said this, he sighed slightly.
"It's a pity that in the end I only managed to make it trapped in a cage where dreams and reality intertwine forever, but the next step was to let it fall to the bottom of the void but I failed to complete it. Compared with its will, the strength of its body was... Instinct is much stronger.”
"Its body instinctively stretched out its tentacles, clinging to the material world, and spontaneously divided the world created by its dreams. One was dead and desolate, here, and the other gathered all the energy, too. A place that keeps replaying that day.”
"These two worlds are used to stop me from continuing. I am divided into two parts by its power. The body is in the realm where all energy is gathered. I can't do anything without conscious drive. My consciousness is in front of you. All you can do is look and tell.”
"But I have a lot of time. My believers still exist as reflections that are constantly circulating. Although they are reflections, they can be regarded as reality in the world they build. If they do not die, I will not die either. I will watch it until it is completely destroyed."
"That's what the tide barrier is called. To you, this barrier is actually the phenomenon caused by it holding on to the material world to resist falling. To it, it is an anchor in the material world."
Sieg's eyes flashed. This is how the tide barrier came to be. In this way, Wang Yu and Aviya, who fell with them, should be in another world at this moment.
"Can you tell me how you got here? Those existences before were all due to some coincidences that I can't understand. It seems that the bomb you detonated called Morning Star blew up the anchor it was used to fix. A hole, there are some gaps in this sealed world, but you can get in but you can't get out."
The old man asked how Sieg fell here. The "impossible" in his words made Sieg feel depressed, but he did not refuse to answer.
"Because our dragon god, the Dragon God..."
Zieg talked about what he had experienced.
"Wait, did you get something wrong? How could a god harm his own people? Also, why does your god have the power to open a hole and let you fall down to form a tidal barrier? "
Speaking of the eve of the fall, Flo, the dream god, suddenly interrupted what Sieg was saying, frowning, and seemed extremely puzzled.
And what the other party said completely made Sieg, whose thinking was a little sluggish due to receiving too much news just now, react. Yes, why, how did the Dragon God know this place, and why did the Dragon God do that? , and how the Dragon God became a "god".
