Invade the World

  Several cars with public plates drove into Baiyue Village. The sound of smoke and tires rolling on the gravel ground broke the calmness that this small rural place should have. Villagers came out of their houses to watch the vehicles speed by on the narrow paths.

  Xu Xiangyang walked out from the ruins of the fire with his sister in his arms.

  My elder sister's head was attached to his shoulder, quietly drooping aside. The woman's willow eyebrows were slightly frowned, as if she was having a nightmare from which she could not wake up, and there were traces of tears flowing in the corners of her eyes.

  Xu Xiangyang tentatively put his finger under his sister's nose.

   "...Well, slept soundly."

  There was a car horn in the distance. The front car stopped in front of the abandoned house, and a woman in a white suit got out.

   "Leave Ms. Li to us to take care of."

  The attitude of the other party was cautious and respectful, and Xu Xiangyang carefully handed over the elder sister in his arms to her. After the door was closed, the car drove away vigorously.

  The second car comes up to him.

  After the car window was rolled down, a lady with silver hair smiled at him.

  Xu Xiangyang knew her before, and visited her several times when he went to the capital for work reasons, so he also greeted her with a smile.

  A boy who looked about ten years old was sitting in the back seat. He was wearing a primary school uniform and carrying a schoolbag. He looked very well-behaved.

  The little boy kissed the old woman on the face, then opened the door and jumped out of the car. The relationship between the two seems very intimate, like a grandchildren acting like a baby to his grandma.

   But Xu Xiangyang knew that the truth was not the case at all.

  There will always be someone who warns you to "see the essence through phenomena", but for some things, it is not easy to just accept the superficial phenomena.

  The second car also left the village road very quickly.

  The little boy who stayed behind raised his delicate face, looked up at Xu Xiangyang, and asked with a smile:

   "You and your sister have already met? You have always wanted to know the secret of your past, have you got the answer now?"

  The boy's voice is still very immature, but his tone of voice gives off an old-fashioned feeling.

   "Yeah, I understand everything."

  Xu Xiangyang nodded. He is no longer that newcomer who is ignorant of psychics, evil spirits, distant lands, etc. Standing in his position, he has the ability and motivation to understand the world he lives in.

"Is it the so-called 'bad star Tai Sui'? It used to be the only remote event that could be observed in the physical universe, and it was the starting point for human research. But one day, the bad star Tai Sui disappeared and was replaced by a black hole. Shakong died..."

  Xu Xiangyang stroked his chin.

   "When I was a child, did I ever meet an incarnation of the 'evil star Tai Sui'? This incident sounds bizarre, but...it's not completely impossible."

There are not many people in this world who know more about the god-match and the God of God than Xu Xiangyang. Zhu Qingyue, who was in high school, was once trapped in her home by a human clone created by the God of God, and was finally able to escape with the help of the two of them. .

Ningshen's ontology does not have "intelligence" in the sense of human cognition, but this does not mean that they cannot create platforms or media to understand and approach humans. Their instinct to invade reality drives a huge force to operate like a machine. In fact, The ability displayed on the rational level far exceeds the human mind-because the gods are not affected by emotions.

"But if that's the case, the time is slightly wrong." Xu Xiangyang quickly discovered a new problem, "For me, the time when I met the incarnation of Tai Sui was twenty years ago; but according to the stargazing Calculated from the end time, the time when the evil star Tai Sui disappeared should be earlier..."

   "Because, that is the time that happened in 'reality', not the time in the distant realm."

  The boy answered softly.

   "Since you say so, it must be true."

  Xu Xiangyang nodded in conviction.

   If you want to say that the "human being" who has the deepest understanding of the distant world on this planet is none other than [Tiantong]—

   "So, want to take a look with me?"

  One of the four great media in China, a man codenamed [Tiantong], smiled and extended an invitation to him.

   "—In the distant land, you may be able to meet the person you want to see again. What you have experienced in the past needs an explanation, and the person who can give you this explanation is probably only 'her'."

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  Even among all the god-matchmen, "Tiantong" can be regarded as the one with the most mysterious whereabouts.

  However, his ability is an open secret in the world:

  He is the only known human being who can freely travel far and wide, and has been active in the world of psychics since decades ago.

   It's just that for some reason, his appearance doesn't age like a normal person with the passage of time, but gets smaller and smaller. He is at least seventy years old, but now he looks like a primary school student.

  Time flowed against him, and the title of "Tiantong" came from this. But this power can't work on others. The old woman in the car just now is his wife.

  As a human being, returning to youth does not mean immortality. Perhaps when the "Tiantong" returns to the state of a baby in its infancy, it will also lose adult cognition and memory, and is on the verge of death. From this point of view, he is no different from those old people who are dying.

   "Are we going to Far Lands?"

   "Yes, I'll take you there now."

Like Lin Xingjie, because his own power is closely connected with the Sea of ​​Chaos, he can bring others to that place; but Tiantong's power is far from limited to a certain area in the distant land, he can go to any place in the world. A haunted house.

  I heard that those psychics and ordinary people who got lost in the haunted house due to missions or simple misfortune, if they are lucky enough to meet Tiantong wandering between the distance and reality, they can be rescued in time.

Similar cases have occurred all over the world, so regardless of nationality or ethnicity, "Tiantong" can be regarded as the most popular divine medium, especially among the front-line workers who have many admirers, and some people even regard him as a person who helps people in distress. The gods, once in danger, pray to it devoutly.

  After all, it is hard to say whether the gods in religion will save people at critical moments, but those who are willing to believe in Tiantong are really likely to get his protection.

   "Are you experiencing it for the first time?"

  Tiantong grabbed Xu Xiangyang's sleeve, and he felt dizzy for a while. Everything in his vision was like a paint dish diluted with clear water, and the colors faded away little by little until there was only black and white nothingness left.

  This...this is the beginning? Xu Xiangyang was inexplicably surprised. He didn't need any preparatory actions, and directly started to transfer the space between the two worlds. Tiantong's ability is more amazing than imagined.

   And it wasn't until this time that he heard the inquiry from his ear.

   "No, my wife took me there once."

   "Let me take the liberty to ask, who is it?"

   "... Xingjie. It's the place called 'Sea of ​​Chaos'."

"Oh, I've already been to the beach. That's just right, this scenic spot can be crossed out, and we don't have to go again." Tiantong said lightly, "That place can be regarded as a rare dangerous place in the remote area. If it is not necessary, I will still I really don’t want to get close, so I can take another route.”

   "'Attractions'..." Xu Xiangyang laughed, "Your words are really interesting, is this really a trip?"

   "That's right, take it as a trip." The other party replied, "By the way, take me as your guide."

"I see."

  Before he finished speaking, the world in front of him had undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Wow!"

  Xu Xiangyang's eyes widened suddenly.

  He found that he was falling head to foot from a high altitude, accompanied by the whistling in his ears, and the bitter wind blowing towards his face.

  He subconsciously covered his forehead with his hands. For a moment, he couldn't tell which side was the sky and which side was the ground. Everything in his field of vision seemed to be soaked in colored water, flooded with blurry and brilliant light.

  What burns in the sky is beautiful clouds like the setting sun or morning glow; while the place where it lands is the sea or lake, and everything that comes into view is surrounded by sparkling water.

  Here...is the Far Lands?

  Here, it turns out to be a distant land?

Such a beautiful place-

   I am afraid it is a rare and superb view on earth.

  Xu Xiangyang sighed in his heart, it can indeed be called a superb view, no wonder Tiantong called this operation a trip.

  Even if he knows in his heart that this place is only a part of the vast world, it is enough to subvert the imagination of the world.

After all, places where a series of supernatural disasters such as gods, haunted houses, and evil spirits were born have long been regarded as the source of evil by people. class place.

  Even Xu Xiangyang before was no exception, after all, all he had ever seen was the dark sea.

   "Hahaha, this is the first stop of our 'Long Borders Tour'!"

  Tendo seems to like this game very much. The strong wind blew his hair, but he opened his arms, as if embracing the sky and the earth.

   Seeing this scene, Xu Xiangyang no longer panicked, and he shouted against the wind:

   "Next?"

   "See? It's over there!"

  Xu Xiangyang tried to control his posture when he was descending, and at the same time followed the direction of Tiantong's finger, squinting his eyes and looking into the distance.

   The two people who are falling at a very high speed can't reach the sky or the ground, but they can have a panoramic view of the surrounding scenery to the greatest extent.

"That is…"

   It was rain.

  He saw a rain of incredible magnitude.

  Countless silver threads are intertwined and floating in the air, connecting Qingming at the top and connecting the nine lands at the bottom. The huge rain curtain moves along the floating of the clouds.

   Is that really rain?

  He doesn't know, he can only use the most appropriate words that conform to his common sense to explain the phenomenon in front of him.

  This is rain, a torrential rain covering this vast and boundless world, with no end and beginning in sight—

   "Recognize it?"

   “…recognizable.”

  Xu Xiangyang instinctively felt familiar.

   It is so familiar, so even if he saw it for the first time, the answer has already been blurted out:

   "... hive mother?"

   "That's right, that's exactly the body of the hive mother."

   Tiantong said again.

   "You look down."

   Below is a place similar to the surface of the earth. He didn't pay attention to it at first, but after a little attention, he can find that there is a crack in the center of the earth.

  The crack is extremely long, tens of thousands of kilometers? Hundreds of thousands of kilometers? No one can distinguish it clearly, only knowing that it is as invisible as the land pierced by it, encircling the entire planet like a python in mythology.

  In the depths of this huge rift valley, there is a golden-red flowing liquid, exuding a terrifying hot temperature, which seems to be magma under the volcano.

  The ultra-high-temperature liquid that originally flowed in the earth's core is exposed to the surface along the cracks, like a river flowing quietly, making the entire rift look like...a huge eyeball that penetrates the earth's core.

   "This again?"

   "King of Hades," said Tendo. "He is now in a dormant period. When he wakes up next time, I don't know when it will be. Maybe even the carrier of power that came to the world has been changed."

   "Do you understand now? For God Media itself, once they fall into this state, it is indeed called 'unknown life and death', so it is necessary to explain the domestic affairs to others."

  Xu Xiangyang nodded silently.

  The endless rainstorm, the rift volcano that runs through the world, and the endless dark sea...

   "I found something."

  He suddenly murmured as if suddenly enlightened.

"Um?"

   "The so-called 'Shenshen' are monsters invading reality in our world, but in their hometown far away, they are more like a...natural disaster, or a phenomenon..."

   No wonder it is a monster without intelligence.

  Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions...how can there be self-will?

   Their existence has never changed, and they don't need human intelligence; they never need to think.

  Because the so-called "natural disaster" is a phenomenon that just appearing in a certain place is enough to turn the world upside down, and can easily destroy the homeland built by human beings.

   "More precisely, part of the world."

   Tendo raised his head and said with emotion.

   "In the distant past, even the 'sun' that shines on all things was a member of the gods."

  The distant...sun?

   "Is that the evil star Tai Sui?"

"good."

   "Will the sun disappear?"

"...The essence of the gods is the basic part that builds the remote natural world. Their existence may be recorded for hundreds of millions of years, but this does not mean that they will not change. If we compare it with the earth, the world we live in The azure planet is now a veritable 'water star' with more than 70 percent of its area covered by water, but this was not a phenomenon that existed from the beginning."

   "3.8 billion years ago, the earth began to cool down, the temperature of the atmosphere dropped, and a torrential rain that lasted for millions of years was born. All the water gathered, and this formed the original ocean—"

  "The scale of billions of years, the entire history of human beings is just a float in front of it." Xu Xiangyang shook his head, "This time scale is too exaggerated. With all due respect, it really lacks sense of reality."

"I'm just giving an example." Tiantong said, "The reason why the evil star Tai Sui disappeared and the reason why the gods and demons appeared is not because of any human factors. Human will is insignificant in front of nature. According to my judgment, we just 'coincidentally ’ hit a historical cycle change, that’s all.”

"...But now, the impact on our world cannot be described as 'nothing more'. The death of the gods is equivalent to a cave, and the number of invasions by the gods will only become more and more frequent. The balance of the universe is being disrupted."

"Even if the historical cycle is about to end, sooner or later it will reach the day of rebalancing. How long will it take? Decades? Hundreds of years? Or thousands of years? The generations after EMI think about it... a little ice age is enough to ruin a dynasty, and the disaster we need to face is far more than this level, and even concerns the life and death of all human beings."

   "Even if we can't turn the situation around, at the very least, we want to know the answer. And find ways to prepare everyone mentally before that answer comes."

   "This thing only..."

   "—only I can do it."

  Xu Xiangyang looked at the huge stellar body at the end of the sky, like a burning black sun, and took a deep breath.

   "Take me to see her."