Chapter 444: Scarlet Life-The Mystery of the General Trend(6200 words)
Regarding the scarlet rune crystal, Feng Qi once had a detailed understanding of it from Wei Wei.
I have also seen related scenes in Mu Zi's memory fragments.
The origin of the Scarlet Rune Crystal can be traced back to the beginning of the establishment of the Scarlet Research Institute, that is, the first director of the Scarlet Research Institute.
With the help of Mu Zi, he established the Scarlet Research Institute.
The task given by Mu Zhen to the first dean was to try to analyze and use the power of the scarlet rune crystal.
Hundreds of years have passed, and the technology of rune transformation has been continuously improved and improved during this period, but the transformation plan of inlaying scarlet rune crystals has always been difficult to achieve.
This rune crystal is very special, and its degree of uncontrollability is far beyond the rune crystals of creatures in other fields.
Over the past hundreds of years, countless transformers have tried to control the scarlet power, including many of humanity's top warriors. However, without exception, the transformations have failed, and the endings of the transformed ones have been very miserable.
Until Mu Qing's parents appeared.
After entering Star City, the couple, who were already dead, voluntarily participated in a secret experiment issued by the Scarlet Research Institute.
As a result, Weiwei found on Mu Qing's father that the scarlet rune crystal had a hint of controllability.
This discovery is undoubtedly exciting.
Now that Feng Qi thought about it, he felt that Mu Qing's father might have activated part of the mysterious power, which was the miracle warrior Mu Yan was looking for.
But unfortunately, Mu Qing's father was attacked by domain creatures during the migration, and he was already dying. The experiment had just begun and he could no longer sustain it.
Finally, Weiwei found Mu Qing, who was an orphan at the time.
Facing Weiwei's inquiry, Mu Qing chose to continue the experiment without hesitation, and expressed that she was willing to give up her life in order to gain the power of revenge.
Although Mu Qing was young at that time, as a scavenger, she had been taught by her relatives to hate realm creatures since she was a child. In addition, her parents were seriously poisoned due to attacks by creatures beyond the realm, and her heart was already filled with hatred.
So Weiwei brought Mu Qing back to the Scarlet Research Institute to continue the unfinished Scarlet Rune Project.
According to Wei Wei's description, Mu Qing's physique is very special. Whenever her consciousness is about to be swallowed up by the scarlet power, she can always suppress the violent scarlet power at the critical moment and allow herself to recover.
In addition, Mu Qing's body has a recovery ability that far exceeds that of ordinary people.
An injury that would take ordinary people months or even years to recover from after surgery, Mu Qing could recover in just a few days.
What surprised Wei Wei at the time was Mu Qing's willpower.
Faced with physical torture, Mu Qing never showed pain in front of her, but always shed tears silently where she couldn't see, licking the wounds in her soul.
The special physique that is different from ordinary people, coupled with Mu Qing's willpower, made the experiment go very smoothly.
From the reluctant state where the scarlet rune crystal could only last for one minute after being embedded in it before having to be taken off, I began to gradually adapt to the power of the scarlet rune crystal.
Ten minutes, half an hour, one hour, twenty-four hours... Mu Qing became more and more compatible with the scarlet rune crystal, and the core of the scarlet rune crystal grew in her body.
Finally, when Mu Qing was 9 years old, she completed the final rune transformation and completely merged with the scarlet rune crystal, becoming the owner of the rune crystal.
It can also be said that the scarlet rune crystal became a part of Mu Qing's body.
In Wei Wei's words, Mu Qing's ability to fuse the scarlet rune crystal was not due to luck. Her hard work, willpower, special physique, and many other factors were indispensable.
As for the detailed origin of the scarlet rune crystal, Wei Wei didn't know.
She just speculated based on Mu Qing's strength growth rate that this rune crystal might come from some kind of super domain creature with extremely terrifying strength.
The truth of all this is only known to Mu Zhen.
Looking at the messy dining table, Feng Qi asked about the scarlet rune crystal.
After hearing this, Mu Zhen lowered his head and spat out the remaining bones on the table with a "pop" sound. Then he raised his head and extended his index finger towards his forehead.
Suddenly, ripples appeared in Feng Qi's eyes, and his vision became distorted.
Then the world in front of him gradually collapsed, and he found that he was surrounded by darkness, unable to see his surroundings clearly, and even unable to see himself.
At this time Mu Yan's voice sounded in his mind:
"Don't worry, this is a mental illusion. What you see now is a reproduction of the scene I once experienced."
"Where is this scene reenactment?" he immediately asked curiously.
"In the void world, there is no light and no aura particles. Except for a rare number of void creatures, no life dares to be directly exposed to the void. Otherwise, they will be corroded by the void and turned into nothingness."
After Mu Yan finished speaking, a golden little sun appeared beside him.
The blooming light instantly illuminated a nearby area, and Feng Qi was able to see himself immediately.
In the illusion, he still looks as old as in the outside world, suspended in the void.
Looking into the distance, the void world is still dark, and the sticky black seems to be able to swallow up the light, preventing the light released by Mu Zi's transformed little sun from extending.
At this time the scene changes.
As the blackness surged in front of his eyes, his vision quickly zoomed forward, and the blurry dim light spots in the distance quickly magnified in his eyes.
Soon, a huge island suddenly appeared in front of him.
This island is suspended in the void and is extremely broken. The island is surrounded by rubble. Many of the buildings on it have been corroded by the void and time and are riddled with holes. It seems that they will fall apart at any time.
The sense of historical vicissitudes belonging to the old era is overwhelming.
Just by looking at each other, countless information flashed through his mind.
These messages were all complex symbols that he could not understand, and they were forced into his mind. He immediately felt a headache, his vision trembled, and the mental fantasy scene was on the verge of collapse.
As if realizing that Feng Qi could not withstand the influence of the remaining power of the ruined island, the little sun incarnated by Mu Jun burst into dazzling light.
Suddenly the scene in front of Feng Qi became blurry. When it became clear again, he found that he was in a dark hall.
This palace is very dilapidated, and the roof has collapsed. Through the damaged gap, you can see the endless pitch black outside. Looking to other places, you can see that the statues placed on the left and right sides of the hall have collapsed. The faces of the statues have collapsed.
It has also been corroded by time, and its appearance is no longer visible.
Under his feet was a mysterious formation that had dimmed.
This formation looks very ordinary, not even as complicated as the formations discovered through modern human cultivation.
But Feng Qi quickly overturned his idea.
When he looked carefully, the dim formation nodes under his feet seemed to have some kind of magic power, attracting his eyes, and then his eyes suddenly zoomed in and zoomed in.
What appeared before our eyes were countless dim light points as vast as the starry sky.
Only then did he realize that every node in this formation was composed of countless miniature formations, layer by layer, and finally formed this seemingly inconspicuous formation.
The complexity of this formation cannot be measured by mankind's current knowledge of formations.
Looking at the formation, he felt strong discomfort again, and the unreadable knowledge symbols appeared in his mind again.
This was not the first time he had encountered this situation.
In the previous timeline, he briefly looked at the mysterious scarlet shadow that appeared above Mu Qing's head.
At that time, he felt as if a large amount of uninterpretable information had been stuffed into his mind.
The narrator's explanation of this situation is that the process of being forced into knowledge is like the process of diluting high concentration to low concentration. The eyes of the mysterious shadow contain too much information and knowledge, and he is diluted.
This is why a large amount of mysterious information that cannot be understood appears in the mind.
If the stare continues, he will even be blown out of his mind and become a vegetative state.
Feng Qi decisively shifted his gaze at this moment and looked forward.
Right in front of the main hall is a damaged throne.
The throne is three meters high, and it is also inlaid with countless formation nodes composed of micro formations. The entire hollow area on the throne cannot be seen through, and only a faint scarlet light can be seen.
There are two holes in the very center of the throne.
One of the holes is inlaid with a crystal blue gem.
The other hole is empty.
The shape of this gap reminded Feng Qi of the scarlet rune crystal on Mu Qing's arm.
Even after so many years, he could still clearly feel a domineering aura that looked down on the world coming from the throne.
If he guessed correctly, the owner of this throne is the owner of the scarlet gem on Mu Qing's body.
One can imagine the supreme power that the owner of the throne wielded while he was still alive.
At this time Mu Yan's voice sounded in his mind:
"The layout of this ruined island is very complex. Now I have only explored less than one-tenth of the area. During my exploration, I accidentally came to this temple and discovered the Scarlet Throne, as well as the scarlet throne embedded in the center of it.
location of the scarlet spar.”
After hearing Mu Yan's explanation, Feng Qi immediately asked:
"So the scarlet gemstone on Mu Qing's body is not from the life of the realm world, but the inheritance of the Pillar God, right?"
"Not sure. I explored this temple carefully and found several interesting things."
"After entering this temple, I first checked the formation at my feet and found that the complexity of this formation exceeded my knowledge. After trying to activate several of the nodes that were not completely damaged, I found that this formation was
The function of the formation seems to be to transmit information, but since most of the formation has been damaged, I don't know where the signal is sent, or even how far away it is. I need to use this kind of method that transcends common sense.
The signal transmission array was used to establish contact... At that time, I even doubted that the information transmitted by this array could span time."
"In addition to this mysterious communication formation, I also checked the collapsed statues in the temple. I found that after being pieced together, these mostly damaged statues showed the posture of kneeling and worshiping while looking at the Scarlet Throne... I thought at the time that these were
The statue worships the owner of the Scarlet Throne, but subsequent discoveries made me deny my guess."
"The last thing I checked was the Scarlet Throne. On this throne I found the scarlet gem that contains mysterious power inside, as well as the blue gem you see now. The scarlet gem has not been completely damaged by corrosion over time, and the other one has not been completely damaged by corrosion over time.
One gemstone was seriously damaged.”
"I examined the two gems separately and found that the structure of the scarlet gemstone is like a storage device, which contains unimaginable terrible energy. This power is not under control. My spiritual consciousness extended into the scarlet gemstone.
It will be eaten away by the scarlet power within in a short period of time."
"After inspecting another severely damaged blue gem, I found that it turned out to be a communication gem, with a communication array similar to the one on the temple floor carved inside."
"Putting these clues together, I came up with a guess. The mysterious life worshiped by the pillar gods in the temple may not exist on this island at all, or even in the space we are in. Through this, the pillar gods
A mysterious formation and gems, across the barriers of space and time, made a weak connection with the other party, and gathered the power projection transmitted by the scarlet life, and finally condensed the scarlet rune crystal."
After listening to Mu Yan's explanation, Feng Qi felt an uproar in his heart.
"You mean the scarlet rune crystal is just a crystal made by the projection of the power of scarlet life?"
"This is just my guess. I don't know the specific truth. There are many other seemingly reasonable guesses. For example, the owner of the scarlet rune crystal may be one of the pillar gods. He traveled far away for some reason, and then his people passed through
This mysterious formation has a weak connection with the distant Scarlet Life. As for the Scarlet Rune Crystal, it is a crystal made by them using the remaining power of the Scarlet Life. It is inlaid on the throne only for commemoration and worship."
After hearing these words, Feng Qi suddenly thought of the Scarlet Research Institute's most core project.
Counter infiltration plan!
The core of this plan is to send humans transformed into domain life forms to the domain world, hoping that the warriors sent there can cut off the space nodes between the domain world and the human world, ending the endless domain invasion.
After listening to Mu Yan's story, he suddenly thought about whether there was such a possibility.
The Scarlet Life is selected by the Pillar Gods to go to the source to intercept the strong men who are coming.
Looking up at the dim scarlet throne, Feng Qi's eyes flickered.
The information about the ruined island has gone beyond the range of clues that can be pieced together by existing intelligence, and has completely touched his intelligence blind spot.
What is certain is that the pillar gods before the birth of the human era must have encountered some kind of irresistible troubles, and eventually fell one after another, with no one to support them until the birth of the new era.
Thinking of this, he asked:
"Muzhen, do you know what is coming?"
Facing his inquiry, Mu Zhen's voice sounded again:
"Mo and I have analyzed the coming trend and come up with many speculations. Here we will focus on two of them."
"The first guess is that assuming the world we live in is really a very real simulation game world, then the big trend will most likely be an updated iteration of the game version. If you have played the game, you will definitely know that the player's strength will continue to get stronger.
, the existing dungeons and monster values can no longer meet the growth of players. At this time, the game will be updated and new content will be launched for players to continue to explore... Based on the speculation that the world is a game, the general trend will most likely be our version.
Being destroyed, a new version is about to be born."
"And the Pillar Gods we have never seen are the beings of the previous version. They were completely wiped out in the version update... Maybe there are more versions before the Pillar God version, and each version of life has no one.
Exceptions are obliterated in the face of renewal.”
At this point, Mu Yan's voice changed:
"But there are many unreasonable factors in this assumption. If I were a game manufacturer, it stands to reason that I can completely determine the operation of the game. I would not let the pillar gods and other game beings escape my control, let alone let them use bugs to leave information.
Give new life to the next version."
"Of course, it is also possible that the game controller hiding behind the scenes knows all this but does nothing because he doesn't care about the occurrence of bugs at all. Instead, he watches the unexpected occurrences with interest and feels that everything is still under control."
"In short, the possibility of this guess is not high. Mo has put in a lot of effort to confirm this guess, and the final answer he got is that this world is very real. Although I want to beat him up, his research results have always been very convincing.
"
After hearing Mu Yan's conspiracy theory, Feng Qi felt ashamed.
If this is the truth, then the future is too hopeless.
Everything develops under the observation of mysterious beings behind the scenes. Even if unexpected circumstances occur in the middle, all lives are destined to escape the ending arranged by fate.
He didn't think too much about this issue.
He also had a discussion with the narrator about whether the world is real.
The narrator dismissed this and said that there are so many conspiracy theories. If this is the truth, then use your muscles and fists to find a way out.
Thinking of this, he continued to ask:
"What is another guess about the coming trend?"
"The general trend is coming, and it may be the harvesting of the breeding farms by super-dimensional life forms."
"Farm?"
"That's right. Assuming that our world is a breeding ground for super-dimensional life, this can explain why the final outcome of every era is destruction. Just like human beings plowed in spring and harvested in autumn during the farming period. The seeds sown in spring have reached the mature season.
Nature has to be harvested. The life at the beginning of the new era is equivalent to the newly sown seeds. The life at the end of the era is the mature stage. The coming of the general trend is the ruthless sickle, harvesting all the mature lives."
"So mysterious?" Feng Qi was stunned.
"It's so mysterious. Maybe the Pillar Gods of the last era were unwilling to give in to the predetermined destiny and chose to challenge the super-dimensional life, but failed in the end."
"Is there any basis for this guess?" Feng Qi couldn't help but frown.
"It's all just speculation. Of course, there is no substantial basis for it. We can only find some clues from the changing trends of the world."
"For example, if I am a super-dimensional reaper and discover that the leeks in the new era are slow to mature, and then launch a slow invasion of the general trend, we can understand this process as sprinkling a catalyst and accelerating the growth of the leeks, which directly leads to different
In order to cope with the coming general trend in the future, the races have launched crazy killings and competitions. The human world is the main battlefield for all races to fight. You can also understand it as a breeding ground. During this period, all races have grown rapidly through competition and plunder.
This is exactly what I am happy to see as a super-dimensional reaper, and I look forward to the birth of King Gu."
Speaking of this, Mu Yan paused for a while and then continued:
"It is undeniable that powerful races develop rapidly in this competitive environment. It is conceivable that one day in the future, when there are only a handful of peak races left in the world, perhaps some of them will be born that can rival the previous race.
The power of the Era Pillar God, but this will also herald the coming of the final harvest."
The second guess from Mu Yan shocked Feng Qi far more strongly than the first guess.
It's like a frog at the bottom of a well suddenly jumped out of the well, only to realize that the world is vast and far beyond the scope of his small troubles at the bottom of the well.
Now that I think about it, he still has a long way to go.
As for Mu Zhen's statement that in the brutal fighting and plundering, a powerful person comparable to the Pillar God might be born among the peak tribe, he did not doubt this.
The 1,500 years he went to was only the time when human civilization perished, not the time when the general trend came.
The peak competition between various races has just begun, and it is far from over.
In the words of the Lord of the Mist, even if the eight royal families are only temporarily the strongest forces, it does not mean that these eight races will inevitably surpass all other races and become one of the final winners.
Not to mention that there are potentially powerful forces like the Blue Skin Tribe secretly there.
Having the same idea as the Lord of the Mist 1500 years later, there are certainly many powerful people with potential who want to challenge the eight royal families.
Under the rapid development brought about by cruel competition, there may be a race that will complete the transcendence of life forms and become a new life form comparable to the Pillar God.
But these are too far away, and he is far from reaching the height of touching these issues.
While Feng Qi was meditating, he suddenly felt dizzy, and then the world in front of him cracked like broken glass, spreading at an extremely fast speed, and finally shattered and fell off inch by inch.
After a brief trance, Feng Qi came back to his senses and found that he had escaped from the mental illusion created by Mu Zhen.
The scorching heat coming from the stove next to him and the chill coming from the other side made him realize that he had returned to reality.
He subconsciously rubbed his sore temples.
The large amount of messy information received in the mental illusion made his spiritual consciousness somewhat unbearable. It was hard for him to imagine that if he went to explore the ruins island in person, he would be overwhelmed by the mysterious knowledge that kept pouring into his mind.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He calmed down for a while before the tingling feeling on the mental level subsided.
He looked up at Mu Jun.
At this time, Mu Yan had already eaten most of the food on the table, but he continued to eat without wanting to finish.
Mu Yan also looked up at him at this time, chewing food in his mouth, and said vaguely:
"I can see that your spiritual consciousness can no longer bear to receive information. I can only cancel the illusion scene. I originally wanted to take you to visit a few more ruins scenes, but it's a pity... Do you have anything else you want to ask now? Continue
Just ask and tell me everything you know."
Feng Qi nodded immediately.
He has not yet fully digested the information that Mu Yan just said.
The inheritance of life carriers, the Era of Pillar Gods, game version updates, super-dimensional life breeding farms... every guess contains a huge amount of information.
It is too early to think about these far-reaching and complex issues now.
After all, the road must be walked step by step. There is no benefit in taking too big a step, and the existing intelligence cannot provide strong analytical support.
At the same time, there were still many unanswered questions in his heart.
Compared with those far-reaching problems, these problems are the difficult problems before us.
After pondering for a long time, he looked at Mu Jun and continued to ask:
"Muzhen, do you know the origin of Xiao Hei?"
"Are you talking about the mysterious thing created by Mo and hunting you down 1,500 years later?"
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