Deep space observation is still going on, and the golden world light spots in the void model continue to increase. However, the energy reserves of Shengshan fortress and void observation station are insufficient in the continuous observation of a wider range.

As the magic Rune on the surface of the void Observatory, which is suffused with faint blue light, turns red to represent "crisis", the holy light shield on the outermost layer of the holy mountain fortress, which resists the turbulence of the surrounding time and space, becomes dim. At this time, the huge deep space observation array almost extends to the limit, wrapping the whole world in its arms, And in the center of the copy of its model reflection.

Although there are other stars besides the Milky way, they are not detectable by today's mirov civilization.

There is no doubt that the result of this observation was extremely successful. The three forces joined hands to scan the world galaxy where mccrov's world is located. With the sentry array located in the outer layer of mccrov's world, the integrated information will be sent, They can even directly know whether there is a life reaction in any world - the ordinary golden light spot is a lifeless world, and if the light spot has obvious red stripes, it means there is life in it.

However, the observation results presented later made all the researchers present frown and feel a chill.

"No way!"

In the void Observatory, Tamara Moore, vice president of the Royal mage Association, who came to replace Nostradamus, subconsciously pulled out one of his whiskers after seeing the observation results. However, he didn't have time to regret his thinning hair. Instead, he opened his eyes wide and said in a low voice: "how can it be? How could there be so few? "

Apart from him, none of the mages in the void Observatory made a sound, and they fell into a dead silence. On the other side of the void, the same is true in the holy mountain fortress. Many clergymen stare blankly at the model of void flickering in the light curtain before their eyes, and then suspect that they may have read something wrong.

But they are not mistaken, as it is.

There is almost no world of life in the world of Nuo Da except around mikelov.

Huge models of the void revolve in front of people's eyes. Millions or even more of the world's light spots are densely arranged in the shape of the Milky way. However, among these worlds, there are few worlds with life reactions, and even if there are, they are just faint red stripes, that is, "the environment where life may exist.".

In addition to the bright red light in the world of Michael rove, all the other worlds are shining with dazzling golden light. However, the golden light can not give people a warm feeling, on the contrary, it makes people feel inexplicably cold, because even in the abyss on the other side of the world's Star River, the flashing red light is more than that in the star river.

"... ridiculous, in the normal multiverse, the number of life is even less than the abyss as a graveyard?"

"You're kidding

This is the indignant speech of a holy mountain clergyman, but no matter how subtle the voice is, it can not hide the presence of the two legendary strong men.

In the main control room of holy mountain fortress, Pope Igor looked solemnly at the light curtain in front of him. He had planned to communicate with Joshua about the void vortex, but now his attention was diverted by the deep space observation results.

"So little? It's amazing... You've met several intelligent civilizations around the world of Cronus. "

The old Pope seemed to have doubts about this result. He frowned and said to Joshua beside him, "I still remember that you reported those alien civilizations with the ability to move in the void last time... Originally I thought they were quite a few, but did they happen to meet?"

"Under the crown, the world of Cronus is located in more than 500 layers of the abyss. The reason why those civilizations went there was for the creation power of the Cologne."

Although Joshua had some doubts about this observation result, he from the interstellar age didn't think there was anything strange about the "empty and uninhabited" model of the universe, so he calmly replied: "the civilizations that need the power of creation represent that their world is not much different from the abyss, They are the abyss civilization that has not degenerated into "demons", and they are not in the world at all. "

"Really... I didn't expect that the multiverse was so empty..."

Iger's expression was slightly disappointed, but a moment later, the old Pope sighed, and then announced to all the people present that the deep space observation operation had been successfully completed, and reiterated that the void model was A-level secret and could not be disclosed to the outside world without permission. He sent away the other high-ranking clergy who looked a little trance, comforted them and encouraged them to continue their struggle without much worry about the observation results.

At last, Iger, who had almost finished everything, signaled Joshua to follow him, while the soldier followed him to a simple little room in the holy mountain fortress."It used to be a storage room, but later it was empty because there were not so many materials to reserve... The space of the empty warship was narrow, and life was hard. I hope you, the great aristocrat of the Empire, don't care."

The old Pope himself lifted a chair for Joshua, and Joshua patted the ash on it casually after thanking him, so they sat down in the room without paying attention to each other. Only at this time did Iger show a tired look, and he said with a bitter smile: "Alas, although I conducted this deep space observation operation, It's not really to find traces of the existence of other intelligent civilizations, but this result is unexpected. "

There are tens of millions of worlds. As a result, there are only no more than 50 light spots with obvious life reactions. Perhaps half of them are pure savage planes, rather than the world with wisdom and civilization. How can people not be worried?

"With more wisdom and civilization, there will be strong competition. If they encounter each other, there may be wars because of resources and borders. If there is less wisdom and civilization, there will be less competition. At the beginning of contact, there is a greater possibility of peaceful negotiation."

As the old Pope talked, the wrinkles on his face became deeper. He sighed again: "but if it's as little as it is now, it's not a matter of negotiation. It takes us a long time to go to each other's time and space, and even to cross the long empty world, There is an almost insurmountable distance between civilization and civilization... This makes me feel extremely lonely. We, Mrs. McCullough, seem to be an island in the multiverse. We even have no competitors, let alone companions. "

"Don't worry too much. To tell you the truth, there are many conditions for the birth of life, and it's unlikely that primitive life will develop into civilization. After all, wisdom is not a necessary condition for the growth of life. Only a few races, such as human beings, are lucky to hold it."

Looking at each other's worried appearance, Joshua comforted each other: "in the end, the world we live in is gradually falling into the abyss. It is a region on the edge of the multiverse. The living world is rarely normal - and maybe they will hide their own world skills and not be scanned by us."

"... you don't understand the seriousness of the matter yet."

Hearing Joshua's words, which were not like consolation at all, but a blow to others, Iger could not help frowning and worried about the emotional intelligence of the soldiers. But just because of this, most of his sorrow was gone. The old Pope raised his head and looked at the soldiers. He said in a deep voice: "in a few decades, the evil gods will follow the great evil tide to return to this world, If there is not much civilization and strength here, how can we find allies? "

At this point, Eagleton pause, he seems to be aware that there is no one around, only Joshua, and then continue to say fluently: "how can they be regarded as a 'means' to delay the progress of evil spirits?"

This is too straightforward.

However, both of them didn't care about this. Joshua shook his head slightly. He said: "compared with relying on" allies "or using other civilizations as bait to delay, it's better to think about how to strengthen your own strength. After all, allies may be too busy to take care of themselves, and bait is just a matter of expediency. How long can it delay? You know, it will take a few days for evil spirits to destroy a world without resistance. "

As he said this, the soldier told Iger about his "sanctuary civilization". Some of the information he had said after his last return from the world of Cronus, but now Joshua is talking about his new discovery around the vortex of void.

"Before, didn't you ask me how I knew about the vortex of void? Actually, I just got back from there. "

As like as two peas of a steel, the light fog changed, and he formed a virtual void model that was exactly the same as that of the previous observation array. He pointed to the center of the great vortex and said, "to be exact, he came back from a world in the center of the great vortex of the void after solving the problem of the will of the world there."

In the serious and silent listening of the old Pope, Joshua talked about his experiences and experiences in the Siberian world, but what he emphasized was not the ability and power of fatlovi, but the consequences of the crazy spread of steel power and the existence of "black fog".

"This is probably the consequence of the out of control of the extraordinary power... And black fog is the ultimate weapon of the shelter civilization. Its owner is the ally of the glorious era of mirov world. This civilization is also a powerful civilization whose power radiates many worlds. In this regard, the macrov world may not even be as good as each other, because there are so many member worlds, There are nearly ten in the core world alone, and the number of potential vassals is extremely difficult to count. However, even such a large-scale void civilization has been destroyed under the siege of a number of evil gods. "

At this point, Joshua couldn't help looking at the empty darkness across the world. He shook his head and said, "I thought that the vortex of emptiness was caused by hundreds of years of struggle between the strongmen of the shelter civilization and the evil gods, but now it seems that the belt of emptiness is too big. Maybe there are other reasons.""Can the particles of steel brought by the great evil tide cause such a rapid awakening of extraordinary power? We really need to be vigilant about this. Our world is not easy to usher in a period of peaceful and high-speed development, and chaos is not allowed. "

After listening to Joshua's words, Iger took a long breath and nodded with a heavy face: "moreover, it can be explained that there are so few life worlds in this world. Most of them should have been destroyed by evil spirits or fallen into the abyss in the last era, and what we see now, It should be a new generation of race and civilization. "

"In fact, it is also very likely that the black fog snuffed out part of the nascent civilization for hunting resources."

Joshua touched his chin, and he said in a solemn voice, "rather than worrying about the fact that the world of life is extremely rare in the multiverse, it's more important to get rid of the troubles on his side."

This reason can roughly explain the results of previous deep space observations, but the old Pope still seems to have some problems - not why Joshua went to the depths of the void to solve the world's will problems, but to worry about some things that already exist.

"The results of deep space observation and the black fog and so on, for the time being, Joshua, you should know that a few months ago I wanted to ask you for help."

Leaning back on the back of the chair, Iger's face calmed down. He looked at Joshua and said slowly, "and I'm doing deep space observation for that."

The soldier also sat on the chair, he was silent, waiting for the other side to continue to speak. A few seconds later, the old Pope, who seemed to be thinking about how to speak, continued: "Joshua, do you know that the world of mccrov today is not complete?"

Of course Joshua knew, and he nodded.

Compared with the era of glory, today's era of falling stars has lost several pieces of the mainland alone. As a part of the sky, the boundless heaven has only recently returned to its original place. The fact that the world of mirov is not complete is so normal that it has become common sense among the legendary powers.

"It's about a part of what McCullough once owned but now lost."

Iger said calmly: "the independent hemihedral spectacle and all inclusive library, which was established by all ethnic groups in the glorious era and was once located over the western continent, is the integrated information library."

Integrated big information base?

When Joshua heard the word, he nodded thoughtfully - but he didn't have any information about it in his mind. It was beyond the soldiers' information reserve.

But the old Pope didn't care what Joshua was thinking. He held out his hand and moved aside the void model constructed by Joshua before. Then he built a model of the land of mirov in the glorious era, which Joshua was familiar with and which he had seen in the memories of the fog of God and the goddess of earth, Iger pointed his finger at the entrance of a half plane under the boundless horizon over the western part of the mainland. He motioned: "this is where the unified information base used to be."

"It used to be the common database and Library of all ethnic groups. The contents of it were open to the vast majority of the people, and the remaining few were not open because it was too dangerous for people without corresponding rights to access... In that era, no race or genre would hide its own technology, but would be proud to open it to all personnel, of course, The core content needs the corresponding identity, authority and cost. After all, complete selflessness is unrealistic. "

When it comes to the unified big information database, Iger's expression seems to be somewhat enchanted, but then his face returned to normal. The old pope said with regret: "unfortunately, in the final World War I, the unified big information database was forced to be expelled from the broken world of mccrov just like the boundless sky, which is different from the large sky with many gods guarding it, The half plane where the big information base is located is directly attacked by the aftereffects of the battle between sages, gods and evil spirits, and has disappeared since then. "

"But some time ago, you found a clue to the current location of this information base?"

Joshua nodded thoughtfully again. This time, he understood the meaning of the old Pope: "you wanted to ask me, a man who often walks in the void, to go to the corresponding place to see the situation, but you found that I had left. Even if I came back, I was in a state of transformation and could not wake up for the time being, So a large-scale deep space observation was carried out to explore

"That's right."

Eagle nodded cleanly. He got up from his chair and came to the window of this narrow room. The old Pope looked at the chaotic void and said solemnly, "the existence of the integrated information database has been recorded in the holy mountain's books and records, and the popes of all ages have been thinking about this huge data center that has recorded almost all the knowledge of the glorious era, If we have him, our civilization will have a shortcut and will develop rapidly. "When he got here, Iger raised his head slightly. He said with a smile: "it's not my boast that my strength is the strongest among all the popes in history. If I have the heart to deduce and monitor on the basis of the eye of the Holy One, it's only a matter of time before I find the clue to the big information base."

In this regard, Joshua also nodded his head. As for civilization, it is meaningless to say that it should not take a shortcut and take the old road of the glorious era, because the social form of the era of falling stars is completely different from that of the previous era, and it has a set of cognitive rules about magic, fighting spirit and various supernatural forces, Even the database of the last era can't affect a formed civilization. A large number of empirical data can reduce the meaningless test time for many researchers.

As for the old Pope's boasting... No, to be honest, there is really no problem, because according to him, there are records of the orbit of the big information database being hit. If the coordinates of the world around him do not change greatly, then it is indeed a matter of time to find the clue. Unfortunately, what Iger lacks most is time.

"And then? Have you found the big database? "

So Joshua asked, "is achievement near the vortex of the void?"

To this, Iger nodded, then shook his head: "probably, I guess, I don't know."

Later, he continued: "some time ago, on the day when I asked you to help, the holy mountain fortress intercepted a message from the depths of the void, which was sent by the remaining guardians of the United big information base. They survived the aftershocks of the battle and have multiplied to the present... But now, their situation is very bad, The material circulation inside the information base has collapsed. That communication should be a last word. I doubt they will last long. "

Speaking of this, the old Pope took a deep breath, his face showed a little intolerance, but he said coldly: "to tell you the truth, those guardians are worthy of respect, but their death is not important. Our most important goal is to find the location of the big information database, the countless information data stored in it, Is the real priceless treasure - so I did not rashly launch rescue operations, but has been searching around the void, so as not to waste resources in vain.

"Now, I'm pretty sure that it should be right next to the vortex of the void you're talking about, or the empty belt of the dark world, because there's no star in the half plane where the information base is located."

This is the right choice. Compared with those respected guardians, the database itself is the most important thing. We should not be careless and rash.

When Joshua heard this, he could not help sighing. He also stood up and stood by the window with the old Pope.

After a moment of silence, he said, "what can I do? Moreover, if we really want to inspect the world around the great whirlpool, we must solve the black fog left by the civilization of the shelter, where their headquarters are located, and it is impossible to sit by and watch our actions. "

"I know that."

Eagle touched his beard. He looked at the void as if he were looking at the other world. Then the old Pope whispered, "Joshua... You can talk to the steel boas freely, right?"

"It's true."

Joshua nodded slightly and admitted it. As if he had confirmed something, Iger continued, "you know a lot of steel pythons, don't you?"

"That's right."

When Joshua said that, he was going to continue to say, "but there are only a few of them." the old Pope's voice sounded again: "well, since they can entrust you to help them solve their problems."

Iger turned his head. He looked at the soldiers with bright eyes and said in the most serious voice, "can you also entrust them to help us find the whereabouts of the" big information base "

This is the real purpose of IGOR - as the only one who knows the will of many worlds in the history of mccrov's world, Joshua does not need to go out in person every time. In fact, his words are likely to be better than thousands of aimless searches.

Of course, neither the seven gods church nor other forces will let you pay the price alone. No matter what reward steel Python needs, we will bear it together. You just need to act as the intermediary between us and steel python, and we will even pay an extra reward... Iger originally wanted to say this to the soldiers, He is willing to pay any price in order to integrate the big information base with the whole civilization.

But before he could speak, Joshua's voice rang out.

"Good."

Just as he promised his friends to go out for a meal and a drink, the soldier easily said, "no problem, it's not difficult - but I can't guarantee whether it can be solved as soon as possible."Looking at Igor's slightly changed expression, Joshua naturally understood what the other party wanted to say. For this, he just shrugged: "it's about the whole civilization. Why bother to talk about the reward and share it so clearly... After all, according to my understanding, those world wills may not care about such small things. Just remember to say thank you."

"You know, I spent a lot of energy to help xiboya world solve its problems, and it didn't say thank you," he joked

"Ah... Well."

On one side, Iger, who had planned a lot of speeches, answered quietly. He could not say anything and had nothing to say about it. He just showed a happy smile. The old Pope raised his hand and patted Joshua heavily on the shoulder. Joshua was almost a head higher than the old Pope. This action was really a little difficult.

"Thank you." He whispered.

Soon, Joshua left the holy mountain fortress in the void, followed the portal and returned to the Wanjie sacrificial hall. But before the soldiers got up, they went to kallis world to contact the steel python. A rather nervous emergency interrupted his plan.

The Dragon maiden from Cronus world, the student of the warrior, Lisa Cronus, suddenly fell into a coma in the camp of Wanjie sacrifice ground