Chapter 0 Extra: Pioneer Space Travelogue (1w1)

"My name is Jiu Ming, born from the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the North Pacific Ocean. I am fourteen years old this year, and I am a True Dragon."

"Dragon by gender, dragon by orientation, my hobby is collecting all kinds of treasures and bloodlines related to dragons, and my occupation is the Dragon King of the South Sea."

"My current goal is to cultivate into an Earth Immortal. Although I am only a mere Xiantian True Dragon now, I have a dream: to deduce the Ming Hong Transformation Dragon Art left by my master, the Dragon King of Tianchi, to the Heavenly Immortal realm in the future, and become a true Heavenly Dragon Dragon God!"

"Originally, my life was peaceful and boring. Every day, I would just eat, drink, and wait to die in the sea, while cultivating and filming advertisements for publicity. It was really empty, dull, and annoying. So, when a mysterious space extended an invitation to me one day, I chose to accept it without hesitation, looking forward to living in an interesting world in the future."

"And now, I have encountered a big problem."

"That is, the current days may be a little too interesting."

——Pioneer Space, Independent Trading World · Utopia——

The world of Utopia is a small Gaia world without distinct seasons. It is a flat circle, with a perpetually suitable temperature, and will adaptively change all species. Ninety-nine percent of the creatures in the multiverse can comfortably survive in such a world.

Today, the world of Utopia is sunny, like a clear summer day, and a harmonious breeze blows through the large adventurer's central trading post located in the coastal area, making people quite comfortable.

The First Central Trading Post is a peaceful-looking coastal town. It is bustling with people, with dozens or hundreds of completely different races coming and going, communicating with each other. Thousands of adventurers gather here, making it like a real town.

Although there are other trading posts in the world of Utopia, the First Trading Post, as the earliest established and the most complete in various facilities, is still the first choice for many new and old explorers to trade strange objects and exchange information.

Da da, light footsteps sounded.

Jiu Ming, in human form, was wearing simple open-toed straw sandals, draped in a loose white robe. The Dragon-human youth had delicate features, and wore an ornate golden ornament on his forehead. His long, deep blue hair was also tied up with golden ornaments, hanging down behind his back and shoulders, exuding a slightly moist water-based spiritual light.

Having already come to the independent trading world more than once, Jiu Ming walked naturally on the stone slab road. His blue dragon eyes curiously scanned the various adventurers passing by. He was dressed in ancient Egyptian attire, looking not like a Divine Dragon of the Zheng Kingdom, but rather like an Egyptian priest.

In fact, in the previous exploration world, a world called 【Duel King】, he was actually hired by the Pharaoh of that world as a foreign reinforcement, and fought against several evil priests who intended to launch a rebellion and seize the 'Power of God', and was finally given the title of High Priest.

The world of 【Duel King】 is very interesting. Its power system is inclined towards the mind. Everyone's mind can give birth to powerful 'spirits', transforming into mental cards, and then relying on these mental cards to fight each other in dark duels.

This is a power system very worthy of excavation. The power of the mind ignores the bloodline of the body—at least Jiu Ming discovered that the royal mental cards inherited by the Pharaoh actually had the manifestation of the 'Winged Dragon of Ra' and 'The Winged Dragon of the Netherworld', the power of the main god-level divine dragons.

This immediately made him, whose hobby was dragons, quite tempted. Therefore, under the guidance of the Pharaoh, he awakened his own mental card.

However, as a True Dragon, his mental card manifested from the excavation of his true inner self was not a dragon, but...

Sea Abyss Dragon Vein Giant Insect!

【Sea Abyss Dragon Vein Giant Insect】

【Normal Monster】

【Race: Dragon】

【Attribute: Water】

【Star Level: 6】

【Attack Power 2400】

【Defense Power 1900】

【As long as this card is face-up on the field, when a magic, trap, or monster effect that would destroy or remove a card on the field is activated, you can remove one water-attribute monster card on the field to negate that activation and destroy it】

【As a giant beast almost like a dragon, the Sea Abyss Giant Worm reigns supreme over all things in the sea】

A terrifying sea monster with sharp thorns all over its body appeared in the sea abyss.

"Why do you say I'm a Giant Worm!? At least... at least it should be a Giant Sea Cucumber!"

This awakening of the mental card did greatly hit Jiu Ming, but the young man was after all quick-witted—thinking carefully, the Dragon Vein Giant Worm is also a Dragon Vein after all, and it is also a long strip, so naturally it is a dragon.

How could a True Dragon be such an inconvenient thing? As long as you think this through, all worries will disappear immediately, not caring at all.

By the way, it is worth mentioning that there are many dragons in the 【Duel King】 world.

Very, very, very many.

That world is simply a dragon-cancer world. No matter where it is, what kind of duelist, they will basically bring a few mental cards related to dragons—even if some mental cards represent monster races that are not dragons, their forms are very much like dragons.

And according to the strongest True Dragon of the Zheng Kingdom, the contemporary Zhu Zhou who was designated by the Pioneer Space as not a dragon, the Overlord Su Zhou, that is, as long as it looks like a dragon, then it is a dragon.

They are all dragons.

The battles in the 【Duel King】 world were actually quite arduous. Whether it was repelling the rebellious priests holding the Seven Divine Artifacts, or eliminating the cult leader who intended to summon the evil god, they all made Jiu Ming exhausted. What's more, the main plot of this world was in the desert, almost turning the water-based True Dragon into a dried dragon after continuous battles.

But it is precisely because of this that Jiu Ming has now found his true path to the Overlord tier.

That is to rely on the excavated mental power to strengthen the body in turn, making his body gradually tend to spiritualization, possessing various damage reductions, and also having strong destructive power in terms of material—in addition, such a body can also continue to improve the effect of water assistance by absorbing water-based strange objects.

As a young True Dragon who is not yet fifteen years old, and has not exceeded seventeen years old even including the time in various plot worlds, it took him so little time to touch the edge of the Overlord tier. Apart from his own talent, and the strong support of the forces behind him, the help of the Pioneer Space is absolutely indispensable.

After assisting the Pharaoh in arduously pacifying the various rebellious parties and heretics, Jiu Ming obtained the greatest harvest of this exploration from the other party—the Millennium Necklace, one of the 'Seven Divine Artifacts'.

This necklace holds a certain power to foresee the future. In the world of the Duel King, it can even predict the historical shadow thousands of years later. In other worlds, although the effect is greatly weakened, it can also greatly improve Jiu Ming's spirit, allowing him to almost detect in advance all prying and malice aimed at him. Therefore, Jiu Ming wears this necklace almost all the time.

The First Central Trading Post.

After walking into the small town, what appeared before Jiu Ming's eyes were explorers of all kinds of races, including the traditional kinds of goblins and monster races, elves and dwarves, as well as humans, worm people, fairies, demons, and several elemental lifeforms.

All the languages of life are automatically interconnected here, whether it is light waves, sound waves, electromagnetic signals, pheromones, spores, or magical fluctuations, all are treated equally. All fighting is prohibited in the world of Utopia, but contracts can be signed here to resolve disputes outside.

Everyone is an explorer of the Pioneer Space. All kinds of strange and varied people and races communicate with each other, exchanging treasures and secrets they have obtained in various worlds, so that they can grow rapidly.

And Jiu Ming is not ordinary.

In addition to making himself grow rapidly, the True Dragon youth's task also has another one.

That is, to help the Zheng Kingdom exchange some useful and peculiar materials through the exchange system and market in the Pioneer Space.

After a comprehensive discussion by the high-level officials, during those ten days back on Earth, Jiu Ming successfully passed the central meeting and became an 'Imperial Inspector', a profession in the Central Divine Court in ancient times.

While receiving this salary, the Earth high-level officials also gave Jiu Ming many treasures and strange objects, allowing him to exchange a batch of materials on the list in the market of the Pioneer Space.

These materials are now difficult to find on Earth, but they may not be so in other worlds.

This time Jiu Ming came to this independent trading world of Utopia, in addition to finding some water-based spiritual objects he needed, he was also here to complete the list of the Zheng Kingdom.

"Although I've been here once before, it's really amazing—there's really everything in the Pioneer Space!"

Full of curiosity, Jiu Ming looked around the trading post, at the dazzling array of strange objects, and the many private vendors and passing customers, and then exclaimed: "Heavens, there's even an Ant-Man Lich!"

Not far from the True Dragon youth, an Ant-Man Lich who was rubbing his head was walking slowly through the crowd.

He was surrounded by elemental fire, and his soul light flickered with a cold color, looking unapproachable, seemingly very annoyed by this crowded environment, but he had to come in order to trade.

The Lich seemed to notice Jiu Ming's gaze, and slowly raised his head to look at Jiu Ming.

Immediately, the emotionless, cold gaze met Jiu Ming's curious gaze, but the Ant-Man Lich suddenly felt a chill—the Ant-Man Lich muttered 'Why is it a dragon again' and then hurriedly withdrew his gaze and disappeared into the crowd.

"Eh, what exactly is going on with that guy?"

Noticing the other party's cold vigilance, and even a hint of fear in his eyes, Jiu Ming, who thought he would be the first to back down, was immediately baffled: "He seems to have the strength of a Human Immortal, the peak of the Overlord tier, why does he look like he's afraid of me, who is only at the peak of the Extraordinary tier?"

Shaking his head in confusion, Jiu Ming didn't know the specific situation, so he could only continue to move forward, wandering around the trading post.

The First Central Trading Post was divided into several areas by explorers in different fields, occupied by explorers in different fields and levels. On both sides of the avenue were all kinds of private stalls.

Some stalls were full of cold light flashing, sharp-edged peerless divine weapons; some stalls displayed dense, extremely precious kinds of divine beast bloodlines; some stalls were all kinds of smooth and simple mechanical weapons and equipment containing a strong sense of technology; and most stalls would display all kinds of books and manuals, either handwritten or printed.

There was even a stall that simply sold all kinds of books from many worlds in the multiverse. Behind that stall was a polite human male mage, with a business-like smile on his face that never changed, making it difficult to tell whether it was a replicant or the main body.

The explorers coming and going to these stalls were also full of all kinds of strange shapes and outfits: raccoon people wearing fully covered exoskeleton armor, glowing iron balls floating in the air, constantly rotating, emitting electrical sounds, and angels with halos on their heads, floating around.

Jiu Ming even saw a dragon-horned man, probably also with True Dragon bloodline, wearing a classical robe, bargaining with a slender elf. In front of this elf's stall, pure spiritual light rotated, transforming into various colors, showing words such as 'Clearance Sale', 'Clearing Inventory Before Trying to Break Through the Peak of the Overlord Tier', 'No Malicious Bargaining', 'Specializing in Bargaining for 415 Years', and so on...

"It's not like I haven't been to the corresponding world, of course I know that there are two types of Judgment Dragon bloodline! One is the 'Judgment Form' with wings, and the other is the 'Verdict Form' without wings... This is a world of difference!"

"They're both the same dragon, there's no difference, anyway you're just borrowing the bloodline to cultivate, who cares whether it has wings or not!"

"This place is really as lively as ever."

Jiu Ming walked through these strange but not chaotic stalls and avenues, occasionally crossing paths with people dressed in various ways. In the process, he bought some things piecemeal, most of which were water-based insights he needed for future advancement. The precious items on the list were not even available in the trading market, and could only be directly exchanged through exploration points in the Pioneer Space, rather than bartered for with the treasures given by the Zheng Kingdom.

Jiu Ming didn't care about this. Anyway, he had already posted a task in the 【Explorer Bulletin Board】. If he couldn't find it himself, others would naturally come to his door and bring him the target.

The relationship between explorers is not tense. Even if multiple explorers come to the same world, there will be no mandatory conflict. The most that will happen is different exploration directions. Most of the time, they need to cooperate with each other to deal with the terrifying and incomprehensible monster bosses in each world. Therefore, the sense of competition in the entire Pioneer Space is not so strong, but rather the atmosphere of mutual assistance is greater.

The Explorer Bulletin Board is precisely the embodiment of this idea of mutual assistance and shared misfortune. In addition to various task commissions, it also contains various world intelligence that has been specially made public, reminding all explorers of noteworthy things, as well as some powerful world bosses to be wary of.

"It's about time to go take a look—to be honest, if someone hadn't posted the general information about the 'Duel King' world in the announcement area last time, I might have been completely clueless."

Thinking this, Jiu Ming sensed the storage bracelet on his wrist, and when he was sure that he had bought almost everything he needed, he nodded and set off for the bulletin board.

——First Central Trading Post - Announcement Area——

The announcement area is a plaza filled with all kinds of large-screen bulletin boards, such as various electronic screens, projection screens, magic light curtains, and Taoist water curtains. There is less foot traffic here than in the trading area, but the strength is significantly stronger.

The strength of most explorers is actually not strong. The Pioneer Space pursues exploration, and will not arrange tasks that are sure to lead to death. Although strength is important, it is generally kept at a sufficient level. Most explorers have no pursuit of strength, unless they encounter a situation where they cannot continue to explore without the corresponding strength. Otherwise, they will basically not have a strong desire to cultivate, that is, the level of ordinary people.

After all, there are so many worlds in the multiverse. Some only need various detective methods to solve puzzles. Even adventures and explorations related to various terrifying ancient gods are not to say that you must kick down the door to pass. On the contrary, kicking down the door will reduce the chance of passing.

Jiu Ming's strength at the peak of the Extraordinary tier is already considered good compared to the average strength of explorers, but in the announcement area, it seems ordinary, and even inferior.

It can be seen that under various light curtains, there are groups of explorers exchanging with each other, discussing some issues fiercely.

Most of the worlds opened by the Pioneer Space are not the same, but there are some specific worlds with obvious similar developments. These specific worlds hide all kinds of very mysterious ancient legends and secrets. Their exploration progress is very difficult to increase, and the seemingly ordinary plots hide deeper meanings. Carelessly, it will induce all kinds of ridiculously strong specific bosses or unexpected developments, forcing many explorers to leave in hatred.

The 【Gods Vanish on a Cloudy Day】 and 【Duel King】 worlds that Jiu Ming had been to were such specific worlds. Although the former's worldview only showed a corner of Chentang Pass, the vastness of the entire world behind it, and the deep conspiracy behind it, I am afraid that only reaching the Overlord can be considered qualified to join in.

Although the Duel King world looks ordinary, there is nothing special about it, it is just using mental cards to duel and play cards, Jiu Ming's keen intuition smelled something wrong - that world has main god-level divine dragons, extremely powerful evil gods, and various subsidiary worlds belonging to spirits and souls ... Obviously, he has helped the Pharaoh to defeat the rebels, but the world's exploration progress is stuck at the low level and has not been able to increase, which obviously means that this world has more elements that have not yet been unfolded, and everything now is just the tip of the iceberg.

Therefore, in order to help each other, and also to exchange information with each other, to explore these specific large worlds, explorers will gather together to openly exchange information, and even temporarily form strategy teams to tackle and decipher specific worlds.

The Pioneer Space naturally supports this behavior. Therefore, those explorers who are willing to make world information public and share intelligence can even get extra exploration point rewards.

Now, in the central square of the announcement area, a loud-voiced Hellfire Demon is making an announcement with a succubus, announcing the exploration results of their team 【Abyssal Floaters】 recently, as well as corresponding world hints and evaluations.

The Abyssal Floaters can be considered a relatively veteran adventurer team in the entire Pioneer Space. All the members are abyssal demons, but their camps are all unexpectedly lawful neutral, or even lawful good. They are all abnormal guys who cannot tolerate why demons can only stay in the abyssal hell. Their greatest wish in this life is to go to the prime material world or the heavens for a vacation.

Announcements from large teams like this are generally to disclose their exploration results in various worlds, such as discovering novel monsters, opening up new mission lines in specific worlds, finding hidden characters, greatly increasing the exploration progress ... These messages are the things that explorers like the most.

【According to the results of our team members' exploration in multiple different parallel worlds, we have found that in the world of Dark Wolf · Undead Calamity, as long as the progress of exploration is maintained at a certain frequency, without giving the Demon Dynasty too much pressure, it is very likely that after defeating the Extraordinary tier Demon Emperor, you will encounter an Extraordinary high-level lightning-based fairy, which can increase an extra 2% of exploration progress.】

【It is worth noting that this lightning-based fairy does not need to be fought. As long as you try to survive its first wave of attacks, it will quickly give up the pursuit and leave on its own, heading to the ionosphere to cultivate. Ten days later, after breaking through to the Overlord tier, it will leave the local planet and head to outer space.】

【All of this can only be triggered by explorers with strength between Awakening peak and Extraordinary early stage. If the strength is higher than Extraordinary mid-stage, the Divine Wood Banyan Undead Tree will awaken, and the Demon Emperor's strength will soar to Extraordinary high-stage or even Overlord tier, and the lightning-based fairy's strength will also rise accordingly, making it extremely difficult to pass normally.】

【However, in that case, a Divine Dragon Zhu Zhou will appear around the Kunlun Secret Realm. This Divine Dragon, born with another Divine Wood, will be born because of the awakening of the Banyan Undead Tree. If you have its help, the difficulty will definitely be greatly reduced.】

Recently, the Abyssal Floaters are focusing on the strategy of the 【Divine Wood Series】 specific worlds. The so-called 【Divine Wood Series】 is, as the name implies, a series of worlds that focus on various Divine Woods. Undead Calamity is just one of the more popular ones. There are also worlds about the Tree of Wisdom 【Eden Radiance】 and the worlds about the Tree of the Successor 【Conquering Divine Wood】, which are relatively popular specific world groups.

On the stage, the abyssal demons were giving fiery speeches, and the explorers around the square were also discussing animatedly. Just after the fire demon said the name related to 'Zhu Zhou' in a booming thunderous voice, the discussion among the crowd below the square immediately became heated.

"There's also Zhu Zhou in the Undead Calamity world? This Divine Dragon is quite rare in other worlds, but it appears unusually frequently in specific worlds..."

"What, you also encountered Zhu Zhou? I also encountered it! Which world did you encounter it in?"

"It was that 'Dragon Snake Series' world, 'Holy Grail War', the local lord summoned Zhu Zhou, which was really impressive. I have never seen a dragon that can escape with its head cut off, leaving its body to self-destruct, blasting me out of the game directly..."

"Indeed, Zhu Zhou's appearance frequency in specific worlds is particularly high, and they are all particularly random. You see that the plot has nothing to do with it at all, but it suddenly pops out and gives you a big scare..."

"This guy is the most terrifying hidden boss of the space. The ranking is at least in the top ten! It's really frustrating. Have you ever seen a Divine Dragon that can take off its wings and use them as weapons? By the way, is it really a dragon?"

"The legend in my place is that it is the guardian of Qingqiu, it doesn't say it's a dragon."

"The one in my place is the Dragon that Cuts the Divine Wood, which is relatively clear."

"The one in my place is the Dragon of Judgment and Verdict, so it should indeed be a dragon."

"The one in my place is a rocket pioneer, and the creator of graded rockets."

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——What the hell is that?

The originally heated discussion suddenly stopped because of the last inexplicable answer. Everyone was confused and at a loss.

"That's right, that's it!"

Jiu Ming, who had often seen Su Zhou dismantle his wings and use the Lanjian rocket to travel, nodded in emotion: "This is indeed the real Zhu Zhou."

"Moreover, so many worlds have legends of Zhu Zhou circulating..."

Although the discussion was only a flash in the pan, after all, most explorers had not gone to the worlds with Zhu Zhou for exploration, but, you must know, this is the Pioneer Space that connects the entire multiverse! Even if only a part of the explorers know about it, this also means that its popularity is multiverse-level.

At first, it was just a sigh, but when Jiu Ming left the announcement area and walked on the coastal road in the world of Utopia, the Dragon-human youth's gaze suddenly became distant.

"Zhu Zhou... huh."

All True Dragons have the same name. Only the most powerful dragon snakes, the most extraordinary existences, can stand out from the sequence of True Dragons and become independent groups.

Not a dragon is not a derogatory term. On the contrary, it is a kind of glory—born from dragons, surpassing dragons, obtaining a unique name of glory belonging to oneself, an independent branch evolution tree... Such an achievement is not something that ordinary Dragon Kings or ordinary Dragon Gods can do.

At first, Jiu Ming was just sighing, just envious.

But in the end, when the young True Dragon raised his head and looked at the distant and endless sky, his eyes burned with fierce ambition.

"Jiu Ming..."

"One day, I will also let my name spread throughout the heavens!"

Explore further, go to higher places, get stronger power, and then repeat the cycle again and again.

This is both a pioneer and a reincarnation.

And also... innovation.

The story of the young True Dragon has only just begun.

The wonderful adventures of traveling through the multiverse, the endless novel journey, are only now about to begin.

At the same time, in the Pioneer Space, in a private space.

With a trace of annoyance and unease, Ansonte returned to his private space. The Ant-Man Lich sat on his elemental throne made of five-color gems, and he sighed long.

"What happened today? How could I be so afraid just by running into a small dragon at the Extraordinary tier..."

"Was I given PTSD by the Lord of Judgment..."

This time, Ansonte went to the Central Trading Post mainly to find special ritual materials that could allow him to advance to the Overlord tier. Since the Four Elements Heart, this kind of top-level material, is not easy to find, but the next level of various perfect element gems are not so rare.

He had already found several powerful magic gems that met the requirements and bought them. A small part of the advancement requirements had been completed, but the circulating funds had almost been exhausted, and the rest was emergency funds that could not be used.

But, even though the situation was still considered smooth, Ansonte still had a inexplicable irritability in his heart.

What is the reason?

Is it because of the failure of the plan in the mother world?

No, definitely not. If Ansonte was the kind of guy who would dwell on a failed plan like this, then how could he have grown step by step from an ordinary Ant-Man to the current Archmage of the Elements, and become the current demigod Lich?

So, what is it?

Was it really because he was too frightened by the Lord of Judgment's overpowered strength and suffered psychological trauma?

That's not it either. In so many years of explorer life, who hasn't encountered a few ridiculously strong hidden bosses? Who hasn't encountered a few hidden characters who can hang the hidden bosses up and beat them? He should have known how deep the water in his mother world was from the fact that he had explored it for seventeen years and the exploration progress was still 'Medium'. He just didn't expect that the hidden boss was the Lord of Judgment.

"...Forget it, in a while, I'll compile the information about my hometown and post it in the announcement area..."

Sighing long, Ansonte, who was always inexplicably restless in his heart, remembered the crowded crowds in the trading post, and the many adventurers in the announcement area, most of whom had already formed exploration teams, and he couldn't help but feel another burst of boredom.

——I, after all, still have some social anxiety...

He thought, both distressed and unwilling, the soul fire in the Lich's skull flickered on the throne, releasing uncertain light.

But, how could he not be afraid?

"After all, everyone dies so quickly..."

Magic resonated around, making a sound almost like a sigh. Ansonte took out a photography crystal from his storage ring.

It was many years ago, when he first returned from the Pioneer Space, and took it with his family, the last photography crystal.

Father, mother, brother, sister, younger brother, younger sister... and more relatives. In this crystal, there were nearly a hundred Ant-Men with similar appearances taking a group photo. If it weren't for the Wind Folk, they would probably have face blindness in an instant.

Now, all the people in this photo have died.

"The lifespan of Ant-Men is generally only fifteen years. Those who live longer can reach twenty years. Among the Wind Folk, they are considered to have a lower lifespan."

"A long-distance adventure for ordinary Fire Folk takes five or six years, which is a dozen percent of their lifespan, but it is one-third of the Ant-Men's."

"The Ant-Men's time is always very tight. They don't need sleep. They only need a short rest to continue working continuously."

Staring at the photography crystal in his hand, Ansonte muttered to himself: "And my sense of time is wrong - my sense of time is very slow, almost the same as the Fire Folk, not at all the rhythm of the Ant-Men."

"I spent several years to get to know you."

"I spent seven or eight years to get close to you."

"I spent nearly ten years, from birth to ten years old, to finally have affection with you - and then you aged, died, and turned into dust."

"Before you died, you seemed to be very familiar with me, very close to me, thinking that I was your good son, good younger brother, good older brother, the best friend... You confided your dreams to me, confided the things you hadn't finished, confided the paradise you imagined..."

"But... I don't know you at all! How can a mere few years, less than ten years, deeply understand a person? How can it give birth to the kind of feeling of a close friend?!"

He doesn't understand at all... Ten years old for the Fire Folk is just a child, but ten years old for the Wind Folk is already middle-aged, or even old age, a long and boundless life.

For Ansonte, it takes several years to build a friendship that can be called deep. This is not long, but for the Wind Folk, people like him are really a bit timid, not decisive enough, difficult to approach, and resistant to communication, appearing extremely withdrawn.

But even so, it does not affect the enthusiastic Wind Folk from treating the 'socially anxious' Ansonte as a friend, taking him to work together, communicate together, and play together.

Then, treat them as close friends, and then die.

Reincarnation.

Like grass and trees, they live, and like grass and trees, they die. The old batch of Wind Folk died, and a new batch of Wind Folk emerged. Amid the disturbances, only Ansonte, who had already achieved longevity, stood blankly on the earth of his hometown, watching his former childhood home become someone else's home, watching his former friend's family divide and split, turning into several branches.

Everything has changed, and what is needed is just not a long time.

Does he really understand the Wind Folk? Does he understand his family, his friends, his race?

He doesn't understand at all.

Whether it is their thoughts, their dreams, or their will, it is all like this.

Stroking the photography crystal in his hand, this is probably the last crystal in the entire multiverse with photos of those ordinary Wind Folk, Ansonte's eyes are full of melancholy.

"You, you are just farmers day after day, repeating the same work day after day, staying in your hometown day after day, earning salaries to support your families and children, and then just die 'empty' like this, leaving nothing behind, seeing nothing."

——I want to see the sea, with your mother and your son together. It's a pity that work is too busy, and it seems that there is no time to go. Ansonte, I'm afraid only you will go alone in the future.

——What does it feel like to climb a mountain? I heard that climbing to a very high place and looking at the people below will make them very, very small... Brother, is this true?

——Ansonte, you've been to many places, right? Can you tell me what the desert looks like, what the grassland looks like, and what the forest looks like?

——Ansonte, you seem to live a long time, like those priests... Are you a priest? Can you tell me what the Central Great Temple of our Lord looks like?

Many wishes, many people's dreams, many slight regrets left by many people, are remembered by the relatively long-lived.

And the dreams of these Wind Folk who are stagnant in place and have never gone far in their lives are so, so... so...

Shining.

For the Ant-Man explorer, seventeen years in the Pioneer Space is already an incredibly long time in the Tartadis world.

Everything has long since dissipated. The so-called mother world, in fact, he has no attachment to it.

That is already an unfamiliar world, with nothing special about it except for the name of the hometown.

"A Wind Folk's life is already rich enough like this. You don't need to leave the small Ant-Man nest. You can live your whole life in just one city, fulfilling and complete. The Wind Lord's spiritual link allows you to sense each other's feelings. In just a few minutes, you can understand each other and gain friendship."

"But for me, what's the difference between this kind of life and closing my eyes and waiting to die?"

"I don't understand why the Wind Folk need to live this way, why can everyone only work on one job that has been destined long ago?"

"The world is so vast, the multiverse is so vast, why can the Ant-Men only be farmers? And it is so generation after generation, forever and ever?"

"Why? Why does such a world exist? What is the meaning of such an order?!"

"Unwilling... Really unwilling..."

The nearly immortal Lich finally took back the photos of his long-deceased relatives into his arms.

He muttered to the empty private space: "If I can become the strongest in the mother world, become a true god, I can turn that world into my exclusive world and transform the order."

"In that case, I can also select some Wind Folk and join my team... They are no longer ants who are born and die like grass and trees, but partners who can truly pour out their emotions and communicate with each other."

"This time, letting those pirates become gods was just to get the Four Elements Heart, but it still didn't succeed... Losing this path to the Overlord, how can I become the Overlord? How can I become a god?"

"Dragon of Judgment..."

So powerful, He is the Overlord who created the order of that world.

"I won't give up."

Suddenly, Ansonte raised his head and stood up from the throne. He walked out of his private space.

The Ant-Man Lich looked up at the top of the Pioneer Space, the lines that were releasing shining brilliance towards the endless distance of the multiverse, and roared loudly: "I will not give up!"

At this moment, he finally understood why he felt annoyed.

Because, before this, he was afraid, afraid of the Lord of Judgment's powerful power, so he actually chose to give up.

Just because of the Lord of Judgment's power, in the moment of returning, he actually temporarily gave up the dream of returning to the mother world and transforming that strange world order.

But not now.

——Go to higher places, set foot in further places, become stronger.

This is the belief of the pioneers.

Finally, Ansonte understood the meaning of this belief... Sometimes, it's not that you can do whatever you want, if you don't have strong power, no matter what kind of dream you have, it can't be realized.

The soul light in Ansonte's body was burning fiercely, and he made up his mind resolutely.

"No matter what means, one day, I will become stronger, and then go back and open up that world!"

"In order to let everyone, no matter how long their lives are, no matter what their origins are, in order to let everyone explore the ends of the mountains and seas, in order to let everyone see the other side of the sky and the stars, I will never give up!"

——Tomorrow must be stronger than today, and the future must be better than now.

Cyan-purple firelight was burning gently in the depths of the Ant-Man Lich's soul fire.

"Huh."

At this moment, on Earth.

Su Zhou, who had just returned to his home, suddenly sensed a trace of throbbing in his heart, which made him startled slightly.

Then, he smiled: "I didn't expect that the Lich has a very firm will... Sure enough, everyone has their own persistence. It's a bit difficult to just influence him like this, he deserves to be a member of the Pioneer race."

"However, affirming one's goal and determining one's ambition is itself a kind of innovation... I have plenty of time to wait."

Earth, May 14, 2018.

One month after Su Zhou disappeared mysteriously again, or rather mysteriously went into seclusion.

The whole world, the world has undergone all kinds of new changes again.

【Su Zhou, you've disappeared again... This time, are you going to say it's a mystic immortal realm again?】

Picking up his phone and dialing a number, Su Zhou quickly heard Yan Sheng's extremely calm voice, without any emotional color: 【We won't care about you, but say something in advance before you leave.】

"This is my fault."

Admitting his mistake simply and neatly made Yan Sheng, who thought Su Zhou would use immortal relics to fool him, stagnate slightly.

At this moment, Su Zhou said with a smile: "Also, Yan Sheng, do you have time? Do the other Holy Seats have time?"

"Thinking about it carefully, it's time for me to come clean with everyone."