"Come on." The gentle voice came again.
"This should be your first time walking this route. Let me show you what Outpost 104 looks like."
Xia Yibing looked at the man's head and through the green veil, she could see that it was a thin and handsome male face.
That's true, if you don't mind that he has four eyes.
The other person reached out to hold her wrist, but she frowned slightly and quickly withdrew her hand.
"Sorry, I have a partner."
"Really?" The man was slightly surprised, but quickly calmed down.
"Well, I am a bit abrupt, but you still need a temporary guide. At the very least, you should know which way to go to eat after each training session."
The man seemed very confident. He probably felt that this place couldn't do without him.
Xia Yibing didn't comment. She tried to take two steps and found it difficult to keep her balance.
I glanced at the man. Is this what he relies on?
"Keep your balance." The Blood Crystal Crow reminded her, "It's just a normal vacuum environment. Without Lana's protection, it should be a zero-gravity environment. You know what gravity is, right? It's similar to when you walk on the bottom of a pool."
With her guidance, and Xia Yibing's improved adaptability and learning abilities, she completely mastered this technique after losing her balance twice.
It still depends on combat uniforms.
The soles of the shoes can extend something to hook the carpet. As long as you realize this, you won't be afraid of floating when you walk.
Xia Yibing ignored the surprised man and "flew" into the open-air corridor alone.
All he saw was darkness.
Apart from the faint fluorescent light above the corridor, no starlight could be seen outside.
"Without the sun..."
The Blood Crystal Crow's voice was low.
"How can there be no sun... How can this plant called 'Lana' grow without sunlight?"
Is this the deep space?
It was the first time that Xia Yibing saw the true appearance of the universe. Although she had read some books and knew that it was roughly similar to the starry sky at night, the feeling of actually coming into the universe to see and touch it was different.
By the way, those scholars speculated that there is no air in the universe, but now I can actually breathe...
After a brief moment of surprise, she quickly realized that oxygen was provided by plants, and the combat suit wrapped around her body happened to be the product of some kind of plant.
Is this the technology and civilization of the Mithros people?
It's amazing.
Amazing.
With experience, Xia Yibing calmed down and floated around in the open corridor. She tried many angles to get a glimpse of the so-called "Outpost 104", but no matter how she looked, she could only see a small part of it.
To be honest, the place where she is now looks like a big plant ball.
From this position, you can only see the circular outline, which should also be dark green, and is wrapped with that kind of plant carpet.
At the top, she could vaguely see three or four thick stems connected to it. She suspected that they were the transmission channels of the Misros people.
Outpost No. 104 means there are at least 103 such outposts in the universe.
Imagining this scene, she felt that it was very much like connecting cells in the microscopic world.
Each outpost is like a round ball of cells, with roots connecting them, binding them in place, and circulating nutrients among them.
"This is unscientific..." The Blood Crystal Crow was still muttering "sun, sun".
"It's impossible for plants to grow like this without light, and they are such spectacular plants...sunlight should be their lifeblood."
"Are there suns in other worlds?" Xia Yibing was curious.
"Of course, this is just a celestial phenomenon, and the sun is not something special." The crow said to her, "We have seen some dead suns during the years when we were wandering in the Kingdom of God. Unfortunately, there is no sign of life there."
"Has the Sun God Kingdom ever seen anything like this?"
Xia Yibing asked.
She suddenly remembered that this person's original body had followed the Sun King in conquering everywhere in the deep space. They worked together to resist the attacks of the Outer Gods and even counterattacked at one point, causing them considerable losses.
So in this process, have they ever seen a world like Mithros?
That is, worlds like Namiia are being invaded and polluted by the Great Ones. Some worlds may have been polluted to the point of being completely polluted, while others may still be saved.
Such a world does exist in theory, right?
Thinking of this, Xia Yibing suddenly felt that the existence of Misros made sense.
Because there is an answer.
The great ones who devoured countless civilizations are the answers themselves, they are the crystallization, they are the result. Because they exist, a world like Mithros must exist.
"Unfortunately, all we see are ruins."
The crow spoke in a very low voice.
"Even if the traces of life are placed on an infinite time scale, they are still great miracles. We have encountered one or two examples, but the suns there were sucked dry, and even the planets and the entire universe were cut into pieces. All the energy-rich substances are gone."
"Then if we fail..."
"Yes, if we fail, Namiya will become like that."
"..." Xia Yibing held onto the wall and looked at the dark universe that fell into silence.
The initial excitement and novelty disappeared, and the vast darkness suddenly changed in her eyes, and a faint fear began to spread.
She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't even notice the four-eyed man quietly slipping away, and of course she was even less likely to notice a hand patting her shoulder.
Ok?
The slapping didn't make any noise, but she could feel it. When she turned around, she saw it was Lanny.
"I've been looking for you for a long time! Xia Lan!" Lannie said, and her voice could actually be clearly heard in her ears.
This should also be due to Lana...
"Are you here to see the 'blooming'?" Lanny asked her excitedly, "We only knew that the time was coming soon after Sergeant Bird notified us... Oh my God, I'm so nervous! I've never seen a 'blooming' in this place! Are you excited?"
I'm excited... What am I excited about?
With a confused look on her face, Xia Yibing looked past her to the side, only to find that without her noticing, many people had come into the open-air corridor, and each of them was looking towards a certain direction in the deep sky.
"Lani." The woman decided to ignore the issue of flowering for the time being. She wanted to sort out her previous doubts first.
"Each of our numbers... is how many meters you said we would expand to when we die. What does that mean?"
"What does it mean literally?" Lanny tilted her head. "For example, if I am 178cm tall, and I die, my body will expand to 178 meters high... and then explode with a bang! It can cause a certain amount of damage!"
What the hell is this?
"So I'm 1536, which means when I die I'll expand to meters? And then explode in that form?"
"That's it!"
Am I going crazy?
Xia Yibing glared. She wanted to take back her previous judgment. Misros was a damn hellish place!
"It makes sense." The Blood Crystal Crow said to her, "Have you forgotten the insect man that attacked you? That thing also suddenly swelled up when it was dying... Do you think there is no connection here?"
I know there are, but I don't want to experience it myself.
What a hell—Xia Yibing rubbed her head with her hand.
What should have been thought of at that time was that the blade transformed from Sergeant Bird's elbow looked like a pair of sharp claws!
So what is this?
Are the Laiya people actually insect people?
"Xia Lan is very powerful." Lanny continued to talk. "Generally speaking, according to the degree of fusion, those who can run over 150 meters are qualified, and those who can run over 200 meters are good fighters. As far as I know, Xia Lan is the only one who can run over 1000 meters. This shows that your fusion is quite good!"
“Oh?” Then she suddenly showed a confused expression, “With such excellent fusion, why did you lose your memory…”
"Lani." Xia Yibing took a deep breath, "Is there anyone whose fusion degree has reached over 1700 meters?"
"No." Lanny shook her head, "Never heard of it."
Then I believe this is past tense.
Xia Yibing grinned.
1739.
Yondor.
That bastard named Yongdol probably hasn't enlisted yet.
She couldn't help but wonder what role this man played in the history of Mithros, to the extent that so many people who had experienced this dream world were still mumbling his name in their sleep.
As for the degree of fusion, she speculated that it was calculated based on the strength or potential of the spirit.
Like her, her spirit is now far beyond the range of ordinary people, so it is calculated that she can expand to 1536 meters.
Although Lanny is not a mortal here, her spirit is nearly 10 times stronger than hers.
"Will 'expansion' be triggered no matter how you die?" she couldn't help but ask again.
"Death from pollution and death from sacrifice are two different things." Lanny shook her head. "We have Void Mother's tissue in our bodies. This is the source of our power, but it also leads to the potential for pollution. Only the death of active sacrifice can trigger 'expansion', which is actually the last use of our value."
“What will happen to us if we die from pollution?”
"Oh~ We will become part of the Void Mother, be commanded by her, and fight for her."
No wonder then that the so-called citizens of Homo sapiens look down upon the Yalais.
Xia Yibing thought.
Yusilian was right, these were basically a group of biological weapons, something that even human rights had to hope for, and they would act as a bomb even at the moment of their death.
No wonder Bird said that at the time.
"178!"
Just then, some people came over and greeted Lanny.
"Come to see the Divine Light Council too? You really know how to find a place."
"206, aren't you guys here too?"
Lanny waved to them happily, "Hurry up and squeeze forward. Don't blame me for not reminding you~"
"...Don't you think this is excessive?"
After they walked away, Xia Yibing looked at Lannie with a dark face.
They actually used nicknames based on the data they would face when they died in the future... This seemed too crazy to her.
“This is Yalai’s mission.”
Lanny still had the same tone.
"It is because of us that Mithros can exist safely. Isn't that good?"
Xia Yibing was speechless.
She was not from Misros and could not understand this obsession.
Just then, the crowd began to stir.
A beam of light shone on the woman's face, and she was forced to squint and raise her hand to block the scenery in front of her.
What is this...
After adapting for a while, Xia Yibing looked into the universe again and was surprised to find that in a place that was extremely far away but seemed very close, there were huge petals spreading out in all directions, revealing a brilliant golden light.
"What the hell-"
The Blood Crystal Crow cursed in her heart.
"This is an old sun...!"
sun?
It looked like a huge plant.
