The year 20549 of the galactic calendar, the year 1976 of the last calendar, the 400th galactic year of the birth of the Devourer of the World.

"Visitors, what you are about to see is the Devourer of Worlds......"

Inside the sub-light psionic spaceship, the calm voice of the AI sounded, and the girl sitting on the passenger seat lay on the transparent window, her eyes wide open, looking at the behemoth, the incredible myth hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

Incredible.

Looking at the huge creature that is difficult to see even if it is hundreds of millions of kilometers away, the monster swimming in space, the girl's heart is only horror and awe.

Even if you have already seen it in various images, those lifelike stereoscopic images are not inferior to the prototype in terms of realism. But only when you get close to yourself can you feel the powerful psionic power, the calm posture, and the cold majesty that can intimidate the soul, and these incredible strange powers cannot be simulated by simple images.

"It's incredible, even if you've seen and heard countless stories about it, you're still blown away by it, isn't it? ”

Behind him, a soft voice sounded.

Sound?

The girl turned her head to look back, and a young man with a silent face stood behind her, staring at the giant serpent in space.

"You...... Good. ”

Some stammered and replied.

In this interstellar age where everyone has psionic powers, it is rare for people to use voice to communicate, and generally only some psionic ascetics choose to do so, following primitive instincts in order to deepen their self-exploration.

However, since the other person is talking to you in a voice, you should greet him in the same way as the most basic courtesy.

"Aren't you used to talking...... I'm sorry, but I was oversight, but let's talk to me with psionic energy. ”

When the young man heard the girl's stammering voice, he seemed to react, and then emitted a gentle wave of spiritual energy, with a slight apology.

The girl's face was shy, her eyes were grateful, and then she asked with some curiosity.

"Have you been here many times?"

After the Eater of Worlds appeared in front of the interstellar humans, a lot of things happened, and the Second Republic tried every means to try to kill the monster, but in the end it was unsuccessful. But with the passage of time, as the understanding of this space monster continues to deepen throughout the galaxy, it has also given birth to a wonderful industry - the tourism industry of the Devourer of the World.

Through a sub-lightspeed ship, humans from across the galaxy watch the Eater of Worlds look like they are within a certain radius of the Devourer of Worlds.

It's funny, right, but this is human beings, and even though there is a certain amount of danger, there is still a steady stream of tourists who come here every year just to see this incredible sight.

In the girl's opinion, young people must have been here many times.

"How many times? No, it's my first time here and it's the first time I've seen it...... This self is born knowing that it is destined to face an old enemy. ”

The young man's gaze was deep, staring at the giant serpent in his sight.

I don't know why, although the young man just stood there calmly, the girl felt that the youth had an invisible sense of oppression, although it was very light, but it did make people instinctively feel afraid.

It was only then that the girl really took a closer look at the young man in front of her.

His eyebrows were slender and sharp, his dark pupils couldn't tell what he was thinking, and his thin lips, serious downward, seemed to say that the owner of the lips was a little indifferent.

Age...... Is it a hundred years old? Or is it two or three hundred years old? In this age of long life and generally young appearance, even if the life expectancy is close to 1,000 years old, there is no sign of old age, so the girl really does not know how old the youth is.

But judging from the feeling, he must be not young, at least not less than twenty years old like himself.

"Rivals...... Indeed, many people feel that the Eater of Worlds is the enemy of humanity. ”

Turning her head and looking at the monster in the far reaches of space, the girl said thoughtfully.

"When I was very young, I had heard of it, 'primordial gods,' 'eternal immortal monsters,' 'The end of mankind,' 'The loopholes of the universe,'...... Everybody says that's it. ”

"At that time, there was news from time to time about which galaxy the Devourer of Worlds approached and which star it devoured, and there were also many Second Republic military operations, but they were all in vain. To this day, it is still moving forward in this vast space, gnawing at the stars, and we can do nothing......"

looked at it in a daze, and his bright eyes were a little uneasy.

"You say, one day the world will really be eaten by it?"

Suddenly, the girl asked.

What is the ultimate goal of the Devourer of Worlds? All will answer "black hole" without hesitation.

This monster, which likes to feed on stars, is predicted to eventually travel countless light-years to the deepest part of the Milky Way galaxy to a supermassive black hole. And before that, it will eat another thing along the way - the world ring.

The great world around the world, the glory of mankind, the supreme brilliance, the miracle that took 10,000 years to create, the unique miracle in the whole universe.

On top of this miracle lives the interstellar human beings counted by Jingjing, the total number of people occupies more than half of the entire galaxy, and it is the permanent capital of the Second Republic, the pride of all mankind, and the monster is trying to swallow it into its belly.

The Devourer of Worlds is moving at nearly the speed of light, and it is expected that after 1976, the Devourer of Worlds will arrive in the Sumor star system, and then swallow more than half of the humans in the ring and the entire galaxy.

According to this date, at some point, a thing called the "End Calendar" was born, and the number of years decreased by one for each galactic year, and when the end of the calendar reached year 0, it was the end of the world...... Or the end of all mankind.

Of course, the time is still very far away, there are still two thousand years to go, and countless capable people with lofty ideals are still fighting for this, trying to prevent the emergence of the end of the calendar year 0.

Right now, the Second Republic is trying its best to unify this chaotic galaxy, every moment there are administrative planets being included in the rule of the Second Republic, and every moment there are wonderful inspirations born on the Rim World, and all the humans of the galaxy are working hard to achieve this.

These were glorious times.

The unification of mankind has been foreseeable, all kinds of ever-changing technology is blowing out, the interstellar human beings who occupy the entire galaxy are under the guidance of the second republic, trying to explore the farther extragalactic galaxy, the spacecraft flying to the Andromeda galaxy set off as early as two hundred years ago, human beings will not be limited to this small galaxy, human footsteps will not stop, will never stop.

But under the glorious staircase, at the foot of the human climb forward, a small black shadow has appeared, and it is slowly eroding this glorious path, as if to swallow the human race into darkness.

The process is slow, but unshakable, like ...... It's like ......

"It's like longevity. ”

Just as the girl was thinking wildly in her heart, the young man seemed to see through her thoughts and said calmly.

"Woo......"

The girl who was seen through her mind was stunned at first, and then reacted, ashamed and annoyed, and couldn't help but exude angry spiritual energy fluctuations.

"Rude, what a rude! How can you...... How can you peek into my inner world......"

Powerful psionics can indeed get a glimpse into the minds of others, but this behavior is obviously extremely rude and contrary to the law. The young man said what she was thinking, obviously using his psionic energy to peek into her spiritual world.

But the young man shook his head.

"No, I didn't peek into your heart, I just guessed by your expression, you see, the spaceship AI didn't give a warning, did it. ”

When the girl heard this, she reacted, the spaceship AI is equipped with a psionic energy detection device, and if someone really uses psionic energy, it is impossible not to be discovered.

After realizing that she had misunderstood others, the girl blushed and hurriedly stood up, bowing and apologizing.

"I'm sorry! I......'m really sorry! I thought ......"

"It doesn't matter. ”

The young man was not angry, but chuckled.

The seemingly indifferent and solemn young man is unusually hearty when he laughs, which makes the girl involuntarily feel at ease.

In this way, on the spaceship, the two chatted a few words from time to time, and after a few hours, the short trip was over.

Spaceport.

"That...... If we can, can we come out and play together again next time?"

In the intertwined crowd, the girl asked cautiously with her hands behind her back, her head lowered, looking a little cramped and uneasy.

The young man calmly looked at the girl in front of him and chuckled.

"Yes. ”

"Really?"

The girl looked up suddenly, and stars twinkled in her bright eyes.

"Of course ......"

......

The excited girl left the spaceport happily in her own shuttle, while the young man watched his new friend leave. And I don't know when, there was an old man in a burqa beside the blue bird.

The old man stood beside the young man, waiting quietly.

The chuckle on the young man's face had long since faded, and only indifference remained. There were all kinds of strange brilliance in those dark pupils, and if you looked closely, you could vaguely see countless nebulae living and dying in them, and the eyes seemed to hide the entire universe.

"Is it a time when everyone has psionic energy and uses spiritual energy to talk...... What an unimaginable time, Husoruan, you have done a good job. ”

A deep voice rang out.

Unconsciously, there was no longer an intertwined crowd around the two, only the vast void and a little starlight.

Overlooking the spaceport below, the young man was very interested.

On the side, the old man who heard the words lowered his head and said humbly.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, the ministers are terrified. ”

There are still many divided human warlords in this era, but there is only one who can be called His Majesty the Emperor by a psionic master: the legendary psionic emperor, the demigod who single-handedly created the First Empire.

The emperor's face was as calm as ever.

"It doesn't matter, this is not the time of the empire, I am a person of the past, and I am a guest in this future era. You are the host and I am the guest, and the guest is as the lord is pleased, and it doesn't matter what the monarch or minister. ”

As he spoke, the Emperor looked at the little light in the distance of space, and even from such a distance, the brilliance emitted by that behemoth was still so bright. And as the most powerful psionic of all time, the Emperor could perceive even more.

"Husoruan, what do you think of the girl calling the snake lifespan?"

"The minister did not dare to speak falsely. ”

"I think it's also appropriate, everyone knows that they will die in the end, it's nothing more than a long time, the pace of life is slow but firm, no matter joy, anger and sorrow, all kinds of life, life will come, just like the progress of this snake. 2,000 years, is this the remaining life of human beings...... Husoruan, gather the psionic troops, it's time to kill the snake. ”

In the face of the Emperor's words, the psionic master was silent.

"Your Majesty, the era you came from is the year 17653 of the Galactic calendar, and that year ...... It was the year before you died. With all due respect, I'm afraid that after this battle, whether you win or lose, you will die of your injuries. ”

In the year 17654 of the galactic calendar, the 2,300-year-old Lingneng Emperor suddenly fell seriously ill and died when he was in the prime of life, and it was because of this that there was a later Second Republic.

The lifespan of powerful psionics is often difficult to estimate, and it is not impossible to live more than 10,000 years.

There are many opinions about why the most powerful psionic emperor in history died suddenly. Some people think that it was the conspiracy of the dissenters to assassinate him, while others think that the Psionic Emperor has gained too much power and has exceeded the limits of what humans should endure. And for now, it seems that it is precisely because of the current operation.

The emperor's expression was calm, as if he was not surprised, and then he seemed to be caught in a memory.

"Husoruan, since I was born, I have known that I have a mission, my destined enemy. I've been to the Old Earth Age, I've been to the early days of the Galactic Calendar, I've met the scholars of the Supreme Council of Science, I've tried to stop its awakening, I've worked with the Grail Knights to found the Hermitage of Xunshan, I've helped Leonardo da Vinci find Fish, Angels and Humans, and I've stopped it from destroying the Serpent civilization...... But all this could not be done, it still woke up. ”

The Emperor said, many of them were secrets that even the psionic master had never heard of, but he said them plainly. And Husoruan did not interject, but remained silent. The emperor didn't need an answer at the moment, he just wanted a listener.

He could feel that the emperor was also uneasy, and perhaps even he was not very sure that he was regarded as a demigod by the world.

"Husoruan, I can't change the past, all I can change is the future. I will die after this battle, but who can say if I will take anything with me before I die......?

The Emperor said to himself, and then fell silent, but his heart was already firm.

"Let's go. ”

Suddenly, he remembered the girl's question.

"You say, one day the world will really be eaten by it?"

At that time, he did not answer, but digressed the subject, but now, he felt that he could answer the girl for sure.

"No, absolutely not. ”

How could the circular world I had worked so hard to build fall into the mouth of a beast like you.

......

Around the world.

"The day before yesterday, the largest psionic force in the history of the Second Republic was ......"

In the psionic network, all kinds of information circulate in it. For example, the recent Second Republic's formation of the largest psionic force in history attempted to assault the Devourer of Worlds, but the entire army was wiped out, and there was a lot of talk, most of which lamented these precious psionic troops and denounced the Second Republic's incompetence.

But for a girl who is in love, she doesn't care about this.

The girl lay on the bed with her legs crossed, looking at the strange landscapes on various planets, and longing for how good it would be if she could go with the youth.

"Hmm...... What should I wear?"

Thinking about it, and then thinking about it, the girl's face gradually reddened, and finally buried herself in the futon......

"Ahh......h I can't stand it, I'm so ashamed......"