Chapter 2 Drink a drink before saving the world
Although Mount Olympus was rebuilt under the divine power of Athena, the former gods have been reduced to ashes, and the once lively mountain is now deserted, and Yingluo is taken to a huge temple, and the surrounding walls are surrounded by divine light and engraved with some mysterious pattern.
"I'd love to give you a reception or something, but as you can see, we're just an empty shelf, as brilliant as we look. After Athena said helplessly, Hiluda continued: "And the enemy is currently in the moment, and there is no time to hold a banquet, look at this, our situation can be said to be precarious." ”
With a wave of his hand, a light curtain appeared in the center of the hall, and a three-dimensional miniature model suddenly appeared, which was the "World Commonwealth" that Yingluo had just seen.
Hiluda pointed to the model and said, "After Athena was promoted to the new god, she had the ability to open up new worlds in the void, and I had the ability to connect different worlds. The two of us joined forces, Athena first opened up this world in the void, and 'moved' the Sanctuary, the Sea Realm and the Underworld all here, and then I used the Aesir Divine Domain as the base point, and used the World Tree to connect these small spaces to each other, perfecting this world, which is the new divine realm you see now. ”
"At the same time, we have discovered the existence of the Eater of the Abyss. Athena continued: "Although you have thrown it into the void and lost two-thirds of its body, it is undoubtedly our biggest mistake to use the rules of order to measure the chaotic product of the abyss, the abyss has no state of life and death, it only exists and does not exist. So at that time, although you hit the abyss hard, you didn't really have any effect on it. ”
Ying Luo shook his head and said: "Not only did it have no effect, but it also hit it into the void and infected more worlds, I simply did a big bad thing with good intentions." ”
"Not really!" Athena comforted, "Even if you don't make a move, the Abyss will take the initiative to go to the Void after reaching a certain level of strength to infect more worlds." Although you have accelerated this process, you have greatly reduced the power of the Abyss, preventing it from devouring the world in the first place, giving the world time to produce 'antibodies' and thus survive. ”
"That's why we're building this world commonwealth. Shiluda continued: "In the past twenty years, the World Tree has been reaching out to the surrounding worlds, connecting them and uniting them around the New God Realm, accepting our protection while also contributing its own strength, forming a huge field of order around us, and the abyss has been resisted as a result. ”
Yingluo nodded: "What about the abyss, will it take the initiative to attack?"
"Not really, but the problem is more serious than that. Hiluda replied: "The abyss spreads outward, assimilating everything it touches, not so much offensively as a rule, and it moves forward slowly but surely, and we stand in its way." ”
"How big is the gap between us?" Ying Luo frowned, pointing to the model of the World Consortium floating in the air, "If we occupy such a large area in the Void, how much does the Abyss occupy?"
Shiluda and Athena glanced at each other, and finally Athena spoke: "If you really want to compare, then except for the model, all the space of this temple is the sphere of influence of the Abyss Devourer, we have been completely surrounded, and there is no way out. ”
"This is really a big crisis...... "Yingluo wiped his sweat.
"Our crisis is worse than you think. Hiluda poured cold water and said, "Athena just said that for you to understand better, in fact the abyss is infinite, because everything else has fallen except us. We are like being on a desert island in the sea, alone!"
"It doesn't make sense. Yingluo frowned and said, "At that time, the Abyss Devourer of Mount Olympus was only how big it was, and there is no reason why it became even more powerful after I wiped out two-thirds of its body." ”
"Looks like you've got the crux of the matter. Athena said: "The Abyss Devourer on Mount Olympus is not actually the essence of the abyss, it is actually a concrete manifestation of the abyss of my world. The real abyss has always been in the void, it is not energy or matter, but a phenomenon, a kind of basic information written at the bottom of the void. This kind of information will make everything develop towards chaos and disorder, just as a hot iron block will dissipate heat into the surrounding environment, making the whole system more chaotic; a drop of ink into a glass of water, with the loss of time, this drop of ink will become more and more chaotic, until it spreads evenly into the whole glass of water, this is the trend of the whole void, a kind of 'natural law'! The Abyssal Devourer on Mount Olympus is also a product of this phenomenon, because it is too powerful and has become a mature and complete information body, so it is mistaken for the abyss itself, but in fact it is nothing more than dust raised by the wind, not the wind as we imagined. ”
"This is really desperate!" Yingluo said with a wry smile, "According to what you say, aren't we 'going against the sky'?"
"You're right. Hilda nodded: "Chaos is the orthodoxy of the void, and order is nothing but chaos and thieves, we are indeed going against the sky, we could not observe the abyss before, because we have not yet reached the corresponding height, just like mortals can only see a ball of light when they see information." But in order to destroy the Abyss Devourer, we coincidentally rose to the life level and became an existence of the same height as the Abyss, so this terrible threat was presented to us for the first time. ”
"So we are the real villains?" Yingluo said helplessly: "But since we are equal beings, it means that there is a possibility of victory, right?"
"It's good in theory, but it's not that simple in practice. Athena said: "We are beings of order, bound by the rules of order, unlike the abyss, which has no reason to be contagious." To put it simply, with equal power, the Abyss can create countless selves to fight us in a split second, and there are only four of us. Athena touched her stomach again: "Maybe there will be a fifth, if I hadn't been swallowed by the abyss before this little guy was born." ”
“PVPPPPPP…… Yingluo nodded, looked around again, and asked strangely, "Speaking of Artemis, she is also one of the new gods who has been promoted, right?"
"Patrol the front line. Athena said: "She used to be the god of hunting, she was born to be good at reconnaissance and patrolling, after being promoted, she had the ability to block the world, so she was placed on the front line, and if she found that an abyss crossed the line, she would block the world and then wipe it out." To be honest, this level of invasion is happening at any time, although she is working hard, it is undoubtedly a drop in the bucket, and we have to solve the problem fundamentally. ”
Yingluo nodded and asked, "Then have you thought of any way?"
"Unfortunately, no!" Athena said helplessly, "In addition to the serious shortage of manpower, our second disadvantage is that we do not know enough about the abyss, most of the information comes from our inferences, in fact, our contact with the abyss is limited, which makes it impossible for us to formulate effective countermeasures." ”
"Well, I get a rough idea. Yingluo said: "First of all, we are understaffed to confront the abyss head-on, and secondly, we are not enough intelligence to devise a strategy to defeat the strong with the weak, am I right?"
"It's unwilling, but it's true. Hiluda sighed: "We are just surviving, if we continue like this, the world of order we have established will one day be swallowed up by chaos!"
"Don't be so desperate, I could feel it in the last world, the world itself also resisted chaos, and after I destroyed the fragments of the abyss there, the inhibition could even repair my soul and provide me with strength, and this may be our turning point. ”
Hiluda and Athena looked at each other and asked, "...... do you mean?"
"Go save more worlds and tie them to our chariots!" Yingluo said with a smile: "Only offense can achieve victory, and pure defense will only usher in destruction!" Any world is the goal we want to strive for, there are no comrades-in-arms, just look for it in this process, the intelligence is insufficient, and we will summarize in the battles again and again, since we are the rebels and thieves, then we should have the appearance of the rebels and thieves, we are now poor and white, if we want to be strong, we can only go to the abyss to compete for resources, and I want to be tied up, there is no door, I have a fight to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, anyway, it is already this bird, no matter how bad it is, how bad can it be!"
Hiluda curled the corners of her mouth: "To be honest, I like this offer. ”
Athena covered her face in pain: "I shouldn't have expected anything from you two violent maniacs. ”
"Then there are three people on the scene, two votes passed, and it was decided so happily!" Yingluo said with a smile: "Don't worry, we won't mess around at the beginning, it is also essential to gradually move from shallow to deep, order and chaos are not clear, there will always be some neutral zones, let's focus on these worlds first, slowly accumulate strength, and then wait for the opportunity to move." ”
"It's rare for you to say such wise words. Athena said angrily, flicking the model in the middle of the hall, and after a moment she spoke: "I have found a suitable world, and although it is attacked by the abyss, the inhibition power miraculously prevails...... At least for now, it seems to have the upper hand, but in terms of the flow of information, the slight advantage is gradually eroding. Anyway, this is a world worth saving, and it is really suitable as the first battle against the abyss!"
"Then what are you hesitating about, this is it!"
Hiluda nodded: "I will let the World Tree reach out a branch to that world, but in order to avoid being polluted by the abyss, it must stop outside the world barrier." ”
"No problem!" Yingluo stretched out his thumb: "The world barrier, I'm very familiar with it!"
So, after getting ready, Yingluo and Shiluda descend on the New World in the middle of the night.
"By the way, why are you with me this time?" asked Yingluo, puzzled.
"What's the matter?" Hiluda waved his hand indifferently: "Anyway, it's already on the periphery of the world barrier, isn't it just a matter of going one more step?" Besides, after clearing the abyss here, it will be easier for me to connect to the divine realm from here." ”
Yingluo whispered: "I think you are just idle and panicked, just looking for an excuse to come out and let it go." ”
"Just you talk a lot!" Hiluda grimaced at Yingluo, and then said in surprise: "Look, there's a bar in front, do you want to have a drink?"
"Do you have any money?"
"No, but is money a problem for the gods? ”
"Okay, what you said makes a lot of sense, I'm speechless!" Yingluo said helplessly: "Let's go, I hope the wine in this world is not too bad." ”
"With me with you, how can the wine become unpleasant!" said Shiluda, dragging Yingluo's arm and walking into the bar.
The flashing lightbox outside the bar reads in large colorful letters: "Welcome to Black Bear's Rough Nightclub, where you'll find the strongest liquor and the hottest chicks!"