Deep Sea Embers.

Chapter 732 Before everything begins

The entire deep sea seemed to be quiet at this moment - the entire dimension fell into deathly silence, and the smoke and dust floating among the floating islands also stopped. No one spoke for a long time, only the ancient god like a mountain was waiting. As he answered, the lights as dim as stars slowly flickered on and off on his body, appearing extremely patient.

After an unknown amount of time, Shirley's voice broke the dead silence from the side: "...Wow..."

Duncan raised his head and looked at the "mountain" calmly: "I hope you can make it clearer - what does 'take over all this' mean?"

Amidst the soft tremors, a very human sigh seemed to come from the depths of the star-shaped mountain range, and then he slowly spoke: "Fire Usurper, you may already know... In the so-called 'Third Long Night' , I did not realize all the plans on the blueprint - the boundless sea is not a perfect shelter. In a sense, my 'Genesis' failed just like the attempts of the King of Pale Giants and the King of Dreams, only But...this failure was delayed for ten thousand years."

Standing in the deepest part of the deep sea, hearing an ancient god who had shaped everything in the world admit his failure was a shocking experience even for Duncan, even though he had mastered many things in this area before. Clues, after hearing the words of Holy Lord Yousu, he still couldn't help but sigh deeply.

After a while, he finally broke the silence: "Yes, I know, there are many clues pointing to this. I have seen the mirror images of the city-states located in the deep sea of ​​the real dimension, as well as those that have not yet taken shape in the deep sea. As a 'half-finished product', I also came into contact with the truth about the deep demon - in a place called the Holy Land Island, I saw the hall where thousands of biological data were recorded...

"There are various indications that today's deep sea age... is actually just some specious remnants of civilization lingering after the end of the world. As a 'shelter', it is full of flaws."

Alice listened and murmured in a low voice: "Isn't this a bit too rude..."

"That's very polite." Shirley also lowered her voice and muttered softly.

Then, their whispered conversation was interrupted by the tremor coming from the dark mountain range: "Yes, it is full of flaws - and now this shelter full of flaws is gradually reaching its limit... Fire Usurper, observe How many times has the stabilizer effect anchor failed?"

Duncan's eyes immediately changed slightly: "...twice."

"It is the key to ensuring the stable, balanced, and compatible existence of the many 'ashes' in the sanctuary. Its illumination can collapse the conflicting and untranslatable fragments of the world after the Great Annihilation into the same reality, and its failure , which means that the flaws at the beginning of the establishment of the shelter have accumulated to the limit - after it is completely extinguished, this 'ash ball' that we have forcibly kneaded together will float away again."

"...So, what does this have to do with letting me take over 'all this'?" Duncan said slowly, "The shelter is on the verge of reaching its limit. Is it possible that if I take over, I can give it a new lease of life?"

"In my calculations, yes."

Duncan's heart moved when he heard this. In such a quick and affirmative reply from Holy Lord Yousu, he instantly realized one thing - this "ancient god" knew him, the "fire usurper" better than he expected!

He immediately hardened his expression and said seriously: "Why?"

"...because you are a more powerful and stable observer than the observer effect anchor," the lights on the surface of the dark mountain range flowed and flickered like a star river, and the voice of the Holy Lord Netherworld echoed throughout the dimension, "If you take over this All in all, your power will be enough to cover any flaws in the sanctuary—all imbalanced systems will be stabilized and restored to the most perfect state in which they were created.”

"...You seem to know me better than I do." After a moment of silence, Duncan still did not respond to the other party's "invitation", but frowned and said, "You, and the other so-called 'ancient kings', you They all seem to know me better than I know myself.”

"...We are only guessing your nature through long-term observation, but even if we have guessed for ten thousand years, we have still not been able to figure out...what you are," the tone of Holy Lord Yousu became a little slow and hesitant. , He seemed to be hesitating and worried about something, but after a brief hesitation, He continued, "Fire Usurper, do you really not know where you come from, nor your own nature?"

Duncan didn't speak for a while.

His own origin and essence... To this day, he has actually mastered many clues, the message emerging in the darkness, the "message" sent by human civilization at the end of time to the distant past, and the 0.002 second The universe... is revealing the truth about the individual "Zhou Ming".

But after a few seconds of hesitation, he did not choose to directly answer the "ancient god" he was meeting for the first time. Instead, he asked: "I want to know, what does the 'long-term observation' you just mentioned mean? You , and other 'ancient kings', when did you discover me?" ˆ ˆ ˆ "...In the first wave of impact after dozens or hundreds of worlds collided, we saw you—— You are the first of us, the Fire Usurper."

The expression on Duncan's face changed slightly, but returned to calm in the next moment.

He is the earliest one... He came to this world long before the Deep Sea Age began, more than ten thousand years ago.

It’s not the year 1900 in the new city-state’s calendar, it’s not the day when the Lost Home returned to the real dimension, it’s not the day when he opened the door as “Zhou Ming”...

He just woke up that day.

It's one thing to know something in advance, but it's another thing to hear it with your own ears and confirm it for yourself.

However, Duncan just stood there calmly, as if all the emotional changes had settled in the deepest part of this body, and then he nodded slightly: "...continue."

"... We still haven't been able to figure out why the impact occurred. The only thing that is certain is that there were only a very few...'survivors' in that impact, and those lucky or unfortunate survivors are the so-called 'Ancient Kings'.

"Our survival is the result of accidents and distortions. Our essence...has undergone earth-shaking changes after that impact. At that time, time was in chaos, space was squeezed and torn apart, and we changed from after the Great Annihilation. Rising from the hot and chaotic ashes, it was almost another disaster when we first confirmed each other's existence - many people died due to pollution during the 'first contact' process. Those who were not strong enough, Those who were not lucky enough soon became new ashes in the ashes, and then only a dozen figures remained, including... a few names you know.

"And you have been there since the beginning, sleeping in the depths of some kind of...'cocoon' that we cannot understand. You have never woken up, and you don't even have a body. In our observation...you are a ball. The amorphous light is independent of everything around it and does not respond to the outside world. Three long nights, countless gatherings, and countless changes that can reshape the world have not interfered with your existence.

"In fact, if you hadn't suddenly started to act recently, I even thought you would have slept like that forever, maintaining that invisible glow forever, until this world after destruction was destroyed again...

"And 'our' observation' of you was carried out without any response... Tarijin understood your name first, and he called you 'Fire Usurper', but he had no idea about this The origin of the name is tight-lipped, and Navigator Two understands your power or 'characteristics' to a certain extent, the King of Pale Giants... He watched you in the center of the ashes for seventy-seven clock cycles, leaving only one sentence - He said he would see you again, and he never spoke another word until he died in the first long night."

The low tremors of the ancient gods echoed in the deep sea, and the eternal dark starlight shone from the sky, looking inexplicably cold.

"Fire Usurper - We still can't understand what you are, but in the long years before you awakened, we have been watching your sleeping 'cocoon', and those invisible glows revealed different truths to each of us. and the future, and now, it’s my turn to be the first to contact you.”

Duncan said nothing for a long time.

He needed to slow down - his overly confused thoughts needed to be sorted out.

An incomprehensible "cocoon", an invisible thing sleeping deep in the "cocoon"... Is this what I have always looked like in the eyes of the "ancient kings"? !

And those "kings" who survived the world collision of the Great Annihilation have been observing themselves like this... and have also obtained many "enlightenments" from this long "observation"?

A strange feeling filled his heart. After a while, Duncan frowned and said, "What about you? What 'enlightenment' did you get from your long-term observation? Do you want me to 'take over' today?" This 'shelter' you created?"

Under the dim starlight, the majestic star-shaped mountain range briefly fell into darkness. Then, all the lights on its surface suddenly lit up, and each stream of dark blue light gradually filled up. A low roar came from deep inside the mountain range. There was a sound everywhere, and then under the stunned gaze of Shirley and others, the central "peak" of the mountain range slowly opened, and a flickering dark red core rose from its deepest part, like a huge One eye stared at Duncan calmly.

"No," the dark red core spoke, with a stiff, cold mechanical quality, "The revelation I received is that you will ignite the entire world - all timelines, all historical processes, every world The remaining lights of civilization will be terminated in an unprecedented 'cremation'."

(End of this chapter)