As time passed, the dark clouds drifted away, revealing the waxing gibbous moon beneath it. The moonlight, which was not very bright, but still bright, sprinkled all over the land, sprinkled in the ruins of the goblin villages.

At this time, Sikout, who had already dispersed the goblin inhabitants, stood respectfully behind Zheng Ming, looking with fear at the raging demon flame in front of him, which was even darker than the night, and under its scorching, the goblin village was gone, leaving only a ruin. Only a few vague outlines barely bothered to brace in the scorch, unwilling to turn to ashes like those around them.

"Whew~, it's conspicuous enough. If Lucy had walked around again, she would have seen it at a glance. The next thing left is to send out the clones. ”

In fact, Zheng Ming, who had experienced a day of fighting here, was already very tired. But the guilt and anxiety in its heart spurred it to ignore its own exhaustion and drastic depletion of energy reserves, and frantically separated its clones and sent them around, so that it could grasp the slightest possibility of meeting Lucy in the vast land.

It is worth mentioning here that the strength of Zheng Ming's clone is linked to the energy it contains, and the clone is also divided into levels.

Even if Zheng Ming could order the clones to devour their own energy to grow, in order to ensure that the clones would not survive in any direction, Zheng Ming also spent a lot of energy.

And what will happen to Zheng Ming, who has almost lost his energy reserves? That's when it fell to level 20. Its energy concentration is still level 25, but its total amount is similar to that of level 20.

Maybe the energy concentration and intensity of level 25 will make its attacks stronger than before, and maybe it will recover a little faster. But the fact that it has fallen to the next level cannot be denied, and the price it has paid cannot be underestimated.

And this is the biggest difference from the novels about cultivation and the world of high martial arts that Zheng Ming came into contact with in his previous life.

After experiencing all the competitions, the end-of-the-road encounters, and the life and death of desperate lives, can you still keep the previous level? What's more, make a breakthrough and become stronger?

Obviously, Zheng Ming's world is not so ideal, it is more realistic and cruel here.

The history he had learned in his previous life told Zheng Ming that fighting or war would never play a promoting role, but a kind of attrition! For the consumption of accumulation and heritage.

There may be a rebuttal. Hey? That's not right. You look at the rapid development of technology after the war. If the time of war is attrition, why are so many people keen to provoke wars. Why does human civilization develop rapidly after war?

Zheng Ming can give a very clear answer. Those who provoke wars are only able to plunder from war than they consume. But no one can guarantee that they will always be on the slightly more side, can they?

It is precisely because of the fear of being plundered and the unwillingness to be weak that human beings will desperately research and develop, to accumulate, and strive for their own strength. Isn't it?

So war is just attrition. The rapid development of human civilization may occur during war, but it is not the same as the credit of war.

"Your Excellency. My lord? What do we do next? ”

The voice of Sikout's call pulled Zheng Ming's thoughts back to the sky, and at this time, Zheng Ming's clones had dispersed according to its orders. Only Zheng Ming, Si Ke Ut, and a clone containing almost the same energy as Zheng Ming at this time remained.

The order Zheng Ming left them was simple, that is, "strengthen yourself and find Lucy".

It was interrupted by Siscoute, and looked at the faintly visible clones running around in a slightly trance, and murmured softly.

"What's next? Oh...... Right. Next! I did what I had to do. All that's left is to try your luck there. ”

Sikewut followed Zheng Ming's gaze and saw that it was looking in the southeast direction.

"Where is that? What's there? ”

"There's probably Lucy there, a human being I think I'm the same kind of."

Hearing Zheng Ming's sigh of emotion, Siscoute looked at Zheng Ming, who had a light blue translucent body in front of him, whether it was a slime form or a human form, it was very different from a human being, and showed a look of doubt...

……

At the same time, in the depths of the Forest of Calamity, a forbidden place that no creature dares to set foot on easily, in the abyss of perennial darkness.

In a cave where you can't see your fingers, there is a thunderous whisper.

"Strange creatures. Has the talent to devour other things and evolve itself. Near-infinite inclusivity and plasticity. Has the ability to transform into other creatures. Interesting, really funny. ”

In the darkness, a huge silhouette faintly different from the surroundings could be seen, and the eyes on it were like lanterns, staring through the darkness at a liquid spherical monster in front of them.

"Huh? Psychic connection? Who's spying on me? ”

Originally looking at the huge figure of the strange creature in front of him with interest, he suddenly snorted coldly as if he had discovered something. It stretched out a sharp claw that shimmered with cold light, and slashed lightly at the top of the monster's head in front of it, and a sound like a bowstring snapping suddenly sounded in the air.

"Hmph, you're pretty clever at it. I'll spare you once this time. ”

It snorted coldly and looked at the strange creature in front of it, with anticipation and excitement in its words.

"I've tapped my bloodline to the limit, and I've been stuck in this realm for countless years. I've even considered learning from those stupid demons who abandon their original forms and transform into human form in search of a breakthrough. But your presence today has shown me a different approach. You are a gift from God. It's a coincidence!"

As he spoke, it slowly stood up as the mountain shook for a while, and its already huge figure became even taller. I saw that its size was almost the same as that of a hill, and it looked around from afar and whispered to itself.

"Hehe, I don't know how many of those old immortals are still alive. Don't you like to indulge when I'm trying to break through? Let your descendants provide it with energy and bloodline power, as well as inspiration for me to break through. ”

"Roar."

With a loud roar that shook the rocks, the huge figure suddenly flew into the air. Under the coercion of a shocking force, it was called the Scarlet Calamity Ukir, and once again manifested its existence in this forest of calamity after many years.

On the other side, it is also the place where Zheng Ming stayed, in Lionheart City.

In the reception room of Archmage Merlin, an old man in a white robe with a kind smile stroked his supple white beard and looked at Merlin with a smile on his face. His name is Charlie, and he is the Pope of the Church of Light. Behind the two on opposite sides of the pair stood Matt, who had become an apprentice, and Saiah, a priest who embraced the light.

Merlin: "You want me to give up my research?" How dare you say it! ”

Charlie: "I know you care about the community and the future of our humanity. Agree with me on this point. You must know that the Church of Light was founded by human beings, and we are the Church of human beings. The God of Light blesses us, and as the Pope of the Church of Light, he wants to change the situation of our human race. ”

Merlin: "So you want me to give it to you?" ”

Charlie: "Yes! You have to think about one thing clearly, it is indeed very powerful, and it does have the potential to become a sharp weapon for our clan. But the price of its strength is high.

You have the wealth to barely sustain your day-to-day research. They simply can't afford to train them into strong men, institutions, or even armies.

You don't dare to say it out loud. That would undoubtedly be an unwise move to lead to annihilation. Then leave it to me. I can raise them to be a sword loyal to my people. The sword is invincible.

We don't have to catch those powerful monsters, strong people, and we don't have to go around searching for treasures and spending wealth. In our hands, we can give it attention to the power of faith and make it grow stronger quickly. After all, faith is priceless! And this incomparably precious but lacking the power to wield it, we in the Church of Light abound! ”

……

After a long conversation, Merlin was persuaded by Charlie's sincere and well-founded arguments, and he instructed Matt to sort out the materials he had researched today, and watched Charlie say what he wanted.

"Research materials can be shared with you, and they can be transferred to you. But I'm going to be involved in the whole process. I want to cooperate with you in research, and neither side is allowed to keep the results. At the same time, you have to inform me about your decisions about them in the future. And give me a certain veto. ”

Charlie agreed to Merlin's request.

"Yes, you can. This in itself belongs to you. Can you show me them now? ”

"We both swear."

"There's no rush for now. Oaths are very serious and important things. It is not too late for us to discuss the requirements of both sides in detail and consider the details. Now can you let me take a look at them first? ”

After lightly avoiding the question of swearing, Charlie couldn't wait to urge Merlin. And Merlin, who felt that the other party's words were reasonable, finally nodded after thinking about it.

So Charlie followed Merlin into his laboratory with great anticipation, and in the large secret room engraved with formation runes, he saw the magical artifact that accidentally came to his ears.

I saw that there were liquid spherical creatures, docile small animals, fierce beasts, various alien races, and even human appearances. It's just that they are all pale blue luster without exception.

"That's them?"

Charlie looked at the magical creatures in front of him, and thought of the information he had accidentally learned, and his eyes flashed with frenzy.

At this time, Zheng Ming, who had already set off from the Goblin Village overnight, didn't know that he had inadvertently lost something in the place where he had set foot.

What it doesn't know is what kind of impact these traces of its past will have on it in the hands of some people in the future.

It just looked anxiously ahead, focused on the present, and was fully engaged in finding Lucy. and ignores what it has forgotten itself.