The world is made up of four elements - earth, water, wind and fire.
However, the four elements are not just the four elements literally. There are also some magic theories that connect the four elements with deeper rules.
Wind is time, water is space, earth is matter, and fire is energy.
The so-called four elements are not so much earth, water, wind, and fire as they are time, space, matter, and energy.
Of course, this is the private theory of some mages from certain schools. It is only at the theoretical stage and is not recognized by most mages.
Now it seems that at least the essence of the wind elemental plane is time may have been confirmed to some extent.
Like a piece of stagnant water.
There are no waves, no movement, no life whatsoever.
Time has no meaning anymore.
This is a one-way street and there is no turning back.
Absolute silence is the final inevitable outcome of this multiverse.
The elemental spirits in the elemental plane are immortal under any circumstances, and will only lose their "life" due to this ultimate outcome.
The rituals that the so-called elemental monarchs mentioned by the aboleth, which are today's elemental fluctuations, are just attempts by the elemental spirits who have received the "last words" of the first elemental king to break this final outcome.
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In other words, it’s not an attempt to get to the final outcome.
Maybe the final outcome will not change because of anything, but what they do is not go to the final outcome.
After a period of time, the world is "restarted" and artificial power is used to set off "flow", thereby restoring "vitality" to the world.
This kind of reincarnation will only destroy all planes except the elemental plane, but the elemental spirits in the elemental plane can gain "eternal life" as a result.
The truth about the other three elemental planes is actually not important anymore. Even if it is confirmed that earth is matter, fire is energy, and water is space, Li Wen has no intention of using these new discoveries to publish a paper among the mages of the human world.
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Now there is an obvious choice before Li Wen - whether to kill all living beings on all planes that exist today, or to sacrifice everything in exchange for "eternal life" at the level of the entire multiverse.
Even if the floods surge after my death?
Or it may leave hope for those who come after it, just like the illithid universe, leaving seeds for the next world in the ashes.
Then, just like the illithid, it finds a way to preserve its strength across era changes, thereby gaining a new life in the new universe.
Is this the truth behind the "change of eras" spoken of by the Goddess of Creation?
Save everyone to the next new world through the player's power?
Is this your mission?
Li Wen squinted his eyes and felt something was wrong.
Is the universe about to burn out?
If it's still early, why are they rushing to launch this "restart" of the universe?
And on what basis do they define the time for "restart"?
Or should they wait until they have accumulated enough strength to cause the elemental fluctuations needed to "restart" the world and then start immediately?
So...what role does the moon play in this? ...
Li Wen raised his head.
The colorful moon with half of its face hanging quietly in the sky.
"Can you relate to the colorful moon?"
Li Wen suddenly said.
"cannot."
Gray Mist is straightforward.
Li Wen was silent for a moment and then asked again.
"Will your operating route be affected by any factors?"
Although Li Wen has never said anything similar to anyone, there is a question that has been lingering in his mind and has never gone away.
According to Helen, the twelve moons return at different intervals.
This interval is not necessarily certain; each moon's return cycle is different and independent of each other.
But what they have in common is that the interval is very long.
Under this premise, are there too many returning moons in recent times?
In less than half a year, how many rounds of the moon have there been?
Since the Moon of Corruption, the moon has returned one after another, leaving almost no time for breathing.
What is the probability that the return points of the moons, whose return cycles are often calculated over hundreds of years, happen to be all crowded together and return simultaneously?
Looking at the games I played in my previous life, such as a certain continent in Lordaeron, new expansion packs representing disasters appeared one after another. This is normal. As for games... you can't really let players get into trouble.
But this is not a game right now. Even if there are so-called "players", these players are just dragged to work by the goddess of creation from nowhere.
Compared to myself and others, this is a real world!
The real world requires reasoning.
It doesn't make sense that these moons, whose return periods are calculated independently in units of hundreds of years, are crowded together and return.
So, could it be that there is something happening that directly contributes to this change?
Are the twelve moons subject to some kind of attraction, thus changing their natural return cycle, and returning one after another during this period?
However, it is obvious that Croxanne still knows nothing about this.
The writing in the gray mist looked extremely blank.
"I have no idea……"
"All right……"
Li Wen sighed softly and stood up, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"etc!"
Gray mist floated before Li Wen's eyes, and a line of handwriting was arranged as close as a few feet away.
"What you said at the beginning that you wanted to contact the colorful moon...is that important to you?"
"Yeah~very important."
Li Wen nodded, "But if there is no other way, forget it, I will find a way myself."
"I know~"
Pulling out a door, Li Wen stepped in and arrived at the Lunar Moon Continent that he had not been to for a long time.
"Li Wen!"
Miss Aleta, the moon elf girl who was found by Li Wen, had a bright smile on her face, which seemed to eclipse the eleven-ring spell in the sky - eternal light and fire.
"haven't seen you for a long time!"
"haven't seen you for a long time."
"Is there anything I can do to help?"
Before Li Wen could speak, Aleta asked proactively.
Li Wen hadn't been here for a long time, and now he suddenly came to see her. He couldn't just come to reminisce about old times. …
"Well... I do have something to trouble you with."
"What's up?"
"I'll lend you your floating boat for use."
"Go to your world?"
Aletta was surprisingly smart. She had already guessed Li Wen's intention before Li Wen even fully stated his intention.
"Yes... I also want to see the starry sky in our world."
The starry sky is dangerous.
Gaia is also a ball. This is something that has been confirmed by the mage group of Gaia.
There are more powerful people on the continent of Gaia than in the Lunar Moon Continent where even legendary professionals are rare. Those powerful and curious legendary mages have long understood the truth of the world.
It's just that the sky is just as dangerous. Don't look at the footprints of the mages on the Gaia continent all over the entire multiverse. Their footprints are found wherever there are living beings, but they are only a very small part.
And in most places... places like hell or the abyss, in addition to certain environmental suppression factors, more dangers actually come from the creatures inside.
But deep space is different.
In fact, in addition to the extremely weak boundary with the astral plane, the uninhabited high altitude itself is completely unsuitable for the survival of any living thing.
Low temperature, vacuum, radiation...
Any danger can easily take away the lives of professionals below Legend. Perhaps the spells of mages can create miracles.
But even if some mages are fully prepared, the effect of the spell cannot last forever. The moment the spell fails, it is the moment of death.
Today, Li Wen does not have the qualifications to ignore the environment, so he needs certain external means to help.
Obviously, the floating ship of the elves of the Crazy Continent that had worked in the past had this qualification.
I just don’t know…
"Isn't it convenient?"
A bright smile appeared on Aleta's face, "Of course, no problem, Master Li Wen, you are our Sun King, any request you have will be met by us, this is our honor. It's just...
"
"Just what?"
"We have been to your world before, but we cannot stay in your world for a long time... So I don't know if our floating ship can survive in your world for a long time. You can only pay attention to this.
"
"I'll pay attention."
"Then I'm going to inform my mother now."
"good."
…
"Ouch! What is this?"
Gray fog surrounded the floating ship, curiously looking at this product that had never been seen before.
"There are special magical elements flowing inside... It's so magical. I have never seen this special form of magic."
"I heard it's an eleventh-circle spell - Sail Technique."
As Li Wen spoke, he suddenly remembered something.
"Can you use spells above the ninth level in your Shadow Demon Network?"
In the magic network that is normally controlled by the goddess of magic, all spells above the ninth level are banned.
This is not because the spell itself is invalid, but because it is prohibited from being cast under the conditions of the magic network. This is a unique prohibition imposed by the goddess of magic.
However, the Shadow Demon Network is not under the control of the Magic Goddess. The Magic Goddess should not be able to control the casting of spells under the Shadow Demon Network? …
"Um……"
Gray fog looked a little hesitant.
After a long silence, it slowly turned into a line of handwriting: "I don't know."
An expected answer.
The Goddess of the Lost Lake is like this, and she doesn’t know anything about it.
Li Wen waved his hand.
"Forget it, I don't have that ability now anyway."
Only a single caster level of 17th can cast nine-level spells. If you want to cast a tenth-level spell, you have to be 19th level, right?
Although I haven't come across it yet, this inference is simple and Li Wen makes irresponsible guesses.
Now that I don't have access to spells above the ninth level, and secondly, I don't have the hard power, it's useless to know whether I can use them.
"Going back."
"Hey, your boat."
"Put this first."
Li Wen left the entrance to the Croxan space opened by his clone and appeared at his home in Jianfeng City.
It would be difficult to conceal a huge thing like an airship from another world, and a new and unknown thing could easily arouse other people's investigation. It is always right to ask Helen, the city lord, for his opinion.
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"Just go and register."
Helen said somewhat casually.
"So simple?"
"It's that simple."
Helen nodded, "Do you think you are the only one in this world who can always come up with something new? There are many mages who often come up with some eye-catching creations. You just need to register with the local mages association.
The only trouble is...the origin is unclear. Is it something from the elves in another continent?"
Helen, who had had an exchange with her before, had heard the words of the two Sun and Moon Elf ladies from another world, and knew that their other world had some things that were not available on Gaia... or were lost.
If exposed, it might put the other world in danger of being coveted.
Facing Helen's eyes, Li Wen nodded sadly.
"That's what I'm worried about."
"So you just have to work hard on yourself."
"Um?"
"Master Li Wen has invented a brand new floating ship. Isn't it reasonable?"
"..."
"As long as you can shamelessly admit that this is your brand new invention, there will be no problem at all. After all, it is a brand new creation made by Master Li Wen who has created so many miracles. I don't think many people will doubt it.
"
"Do you want to give all the underlying design principles?"
Helen shrugged, "Have you?"
"No."
"Then don't hand it over. No one stipulates that any mage's inventions must be shared with all other mage. The purpose of registration is to say to everyone, 'Hey~ I have a new thing. Isn't it awesome? It's not shared.
, I’m just going to show you.’ Of course, some forces may contact you privately, but that’s your own business.”
"It sounds okay."
Helen's clear eyes stared at Li Wen quietly.
"The Mage Association has never been a bandit organization."
"Okay, then I'll go register now."
"When registering, remember to park the boat in the square. They will have to record it."
"I know~"
"Also...when you plan to sail somewhere, don't forget to take me with you."
"Um?"
After walking a few steps, Li Wen turned around and looked back at the soft smile on Helen's beautiful face.
"good."
…
A huge orange and green ship suddenly appeared from the sky above the city and slowly sailed towards the Mage Association's headquarters in the city.
The city guards who were notified in advance and the protective mages of the Mages Association all exercised reasonable restraint.
On this day, everyone in the city was fixated on the huge ship in the sky.
"Did I have some misunderstanding?"
"Why did the ship in the sea go up to the sky?"
"Hallucination! Did I not sleep well?"
Discussions in the city arose one after another, and finally all eyes followed the giant ship and landed on its destination—the headquarters of the Mage Association.