Finale: A Corner of the Future (Finale, two chapters in one)
There is no light, but it is not dark, there is no border, but it is not deep.
This is the rift space, and all concepts and rules no longer exist in this pure nothingness.
Yes, there is nothing here, not even the concept of not existing.
No, it's not a complete nothingness, because in the midst of nothingness, there is a gap that tears through space.
Through the gap, the information representing stable rules slowly penetrates into the rift space, although the information has dissipated before passing through the gap and entering the rift space, but the shadow of order is still as eye-catching as a lighthouse in the middle of the night in this rift space without the concept of boundary.
On the other side of the gap, of course, is the world of order.
In a deep space, a dark red planet floats in front of the space gap, and the dark red moon is obviously revolving around the aqua blue planet, but it always maintains the same distance from the crack against common sense, always guarding the edge of the crack.
The violently burning sun was like a scorching fireball, also revolving around the aqua blue planet, occasionally skimming over the gap, and although it never stopped around the gap, it always passed on time every day.
The bright silver moon is always hidden in the upper half of the blue planet, quite far away from the dark red moon, but as the blue planet slowly autobiography, the silver satellite flies behind the dark red satellite from time to time.
A glimmer of light came from the distant void, the stars shining brightly and twinkling at each other, not only on the aqua-blue planet, but also on the surrounding of the gaps, on the dark red moons.
There is no doubt that this is Pavatiga, a fantasy world blessed by the gods.
The opening of the rift space, still steadily suppressed by the Lightless Moon, will not expand or shrink, and has remained in its original state for thousands of years, venting the tension that is enough to destroy Pavatiga.
However, today, the gap opening, which has not changed for thousands of years, has quietly changed.
Without warning, a black tentacle tens of kilometers long stretched out from the gap, the thick tentacle writhed like a snake, the surface was covered with smooth and shiny scales, and the muscles under the scales were strong and full of explosive power.
One, two, three, some gaps in the scales suddenly opened, and one eye after another appeared on the surface of the tentacles, and hundreds of eyeballs rotated flexibly in the eye sockets, constantly rotating in various directions, enough to dazzle those who saw it. Although it is weird, the tentacle is like an innocent child, every eye is full of curiosity, and he can't wait to look around, as if he wants to take everything around him into the line of sight for the first time.
Immediately afterwards, another tentacle poked out from the edge of the gap, this tentacle was much more timid and shy, cautiously poking out a little bit, an eyeball appeared at the tip, cringing on the edge of the gap, only half of the eyes were exposed, looking towards the world of order.
There was silence in the void, only the ubiquitous light, silently sprinkled on the two tentacles.
The two tentacles did not continue to stretch outward, but just clinged to the edge of the gap, as if waiting for something, but, without warning, the shy tentacles seemed to be suddenly greatly frightened, the whole tentacle stretched into a straight line, the scales on the surface were about to explode, and the eyeballs at the top were also closed into a slit, and the next moment, the tentacles retracted into the gap at a speed of thousands of times faster than when they appeared, leaving no trace of what had appeared.
In contrast, the stout tentacles were much more steady, well, maybe it was much sluggish, and it stayed for a few seconds, and hundreds of eyeballs turned rapidly, finally converging in the same direction, which was the direction of the Lightless Moon.
"Whoosh", if you look away a little at this time, and when you move it back, you will find that the thick tentacles have disappeared without a trace, and the gap has returned to its former calmness.
They are worthy of being one of the most powerful races in the Twisted Void, and their perception is extremely keen, although the Dark Moon is slowly rotating as always, and no changes can be detected in terms of sight, hearing, or energy perception, but the two tentacles are still sensitive to discovery, and it seems that there is a line of sight, beyond the distance, emanating from the Lightless Moon, condensing on their bodies.
The Void was calm again, but it didn't last long, and the Void was much more lively today than ever.
If you look closely at the aqua-blue planet, you will find that there seems to be a small black dot between the planet and the gap in space, and the black dot is even smaller than the tip of a needle, and it will be ignored if you don't pay attention to it. However, the black dot seems to be getting bigger and bigger, and it doesn't take long for the black dot with the tip of the needle to become a black shadow.
As time passed, the shadow grew larger and clearer, and it was already visible from the position of the gap, which was an island flying in the void. The island is shaped like an inverted hill, and the flat top seems to have been built in the past, but now that the buildings have been demolished, the top has become flat. There are no shaky shadows flashing on the ground, they flicker very frequently, and it is clear that there are creatures on it, and there are definitely quite a few of them.
It's not just on the island, it's also on the outside.
It is impossible to detect when it is too far away, but when the distance is close enough to clearly see the flying island, you can notice that there are dozens of creatures around the island, forming a sphere formation and wrapping the island in the center.
With a streamlined body, broad wings, a slender neck, and a stout tail, any of Pavatiga's intelligent creatures, though they have never seen them in person, are no strangers to them, dragons, powerful creatures that can only appear in legends.
Yes, dozens of dragons, guarding the flying islands, have changed significantly from when they were in Pavatiga, and what has changed is their size. When in Pavatiga, they prefer to use a body type that is tens of meters long for multiple reasons such as the influence of gravity, but that doesn't mean they are only that big. In fact, this is their true form at this time, with a length of nearly a thousand meters and wings spread out for two kilometers, so that their huge bodies, even against the backdrop of the giant floating island, still do not look small.
The dragons are not just simple guards, they are connected with each other with energy beams, forming a spherical energy network, and the island is located in the center of the energy network, although I don't know the exact role of the energy network, but this is obviously a void where creatures can't survive, but the island is wrapped in the energy net, and there are creatures that can shake around on the surface, and its role is self-evident.
The dragons guarded the floating island, flying from the Pavadiga Star to the spatial crack at high speed, but when passing through the dark moon, the flight speed slowed down significantly, and all the dragons raised their heads neatly, making a posture of raising their heads and groaning, but unfortunately the sound in the void could not be transmitted, otherwise dozens of dragons let out dragon groans at the same time, but Pavatiga was an unprecedented grand occasion.
Beyond the location of the Dark Moon, the Sky Island and the dragons did not stop any longer, crashing headlong into the spatial rift without hesitation, and disappeared into the endless void.
Behind them, the dark red planet silently deflected at a slight angle, as if to say their final goodbyes.
On the other side of the gap, there is a different scene.
It may not be accurate to say that the scene is not even in the rift space, and this is a pure disorder space.
However, there was order mixed with disorder, and the sphere formation formed by the dragons actually supported an orderly space that was enough to accommodate the entire floating island in the chaotic rift space.
If you get closer, you can see that there are a large number of creatures called mythical behemoths hidden on the floating island, and these giant beasts from ancient times are distributed in various areas of the floating island in groups.
The behemoths seemed to sense the danger around them, and roared in a low voice of restlessness, but surprisingly, even though they were full of fear and uneasiness, these large creatures without intelligence actually went against the nature of the creatures, and did not fall into chaos, but continued to maintain the original division of the area, and none of them crossed the line.
It stands to reason that each race is actually led by a sapient mythical beast, and with the dual factors of trust in the leader and reverence for the dragon, these beasts have actually done something that is difficult for many intelligent races to do.
Surprised and even frightened were the giant beasts on the island, but the dragons on the periphery did not show any surprise, they seemed to have long been accustomed to the situation in the rift space, ignoring the indescribable environment around them, dragging the flying island with energy, and rushing down in one direction.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang", the frequent sound of the flying island on the impact, tentacles stretched out from the disorder in all directions, penetrated through the gaps in the energy net, and climbed under the floating island in turn, and then, two shuttle-like creatures full of tentacles followed behind the tentacles and drilled in. It was supposed to be quite a terrifying picture, but the dragons didn't look at it, as if they didn't notice the existence of tentacles at all, and flew forward on their own.
In fact, the dragons must have noticed the appearance of the tentacles, and they still reacted, well, they even gave up dragging the island with energy, and concentrated on maintaining this orderly realm in flight. As for the task of driving the island, it naturally fell to the shuttle-type tentacle creatures, and the two shuttle-type creatures pitifully used their tentacles to pull the island, maintaining the same speed as the dragons, and traveling through the rift space.
Until this time, several secret doors suddenly opened on the surface of the island, and a group of mages in magic robes came out of the secret doors, unlike the mythical beasts in the distance, these mages did not look panicked at all, but let out excited cheers, and in the cheers, several mages quickly took out their notes and began to record everything inside the rift space in detail. Of course, not everyone is recording, more mages are looking around, greedily thirsting for all unknown information.
Only one of them, the fiery red-robed mage, did not lose face like his colleagues, but stood in place very calmly, smiling and waving at the tentacles in the distance. Apparently, the shuttle-type creature also noticed his presence, and several tentacles waved at him together, and by the way, they even braided a beautiful bow with themselves, which was considered to have said hello. The red-robed mage didn't seem to be surprised, no longer clinging to the tentacles, but turned around and commanded the mages to start their work in an orderly manner.
In the rift space without rules, it is difficult to even determine the time, and I don't know how long it has passed, maybe a few days, maybe a month?
However, at this moment, all the creatures surrounding the floating island stopped what they were doing at the same time, because the chaotic environment around them finally changed, and a giant metal spaceship that stretched for hundreds of kilometers and was much larger than the floating island appeared within the observation range of all the creatures. The metal spaceship remained hovering in the rift space, as if it had been staying for a long time, and after confirming the arrival of the floating island, several parts on the surface of the spaceship suddenly fell off, and then the parts that fell off quickly turned into a small spaceship, passed through the dragons, and landed on the floating island.
The red-robed mage who walked out again bowed to several spaceships, and the spaceships also responded with flashing lights, and then a bunch of large and small pieces of various equipment floated into the air, and the mages controlled these precious equipment and walked into the spaceship one after another. The red-robed mage was the last to enter, and before entering, he did not forget to thank the dragons and shuttle-type creatures with mage etiquette.
The hatch closed, and the small ship rose into the air again, returning to the mothership with the mages, and the huge mothership began to move slowly, circling the dragons and floating islands a few times, and then quickly moved away in the other direction, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The dragons were indifferent to this, not even slowing down, and kept moving at a constant speed, as it had been and would be, until it seemed to suddenly break through an invisible barrier and reappear in an orderly space.
Stars, planets, moons, a standard galaxy, eleven planets revolving in an orderly manner around huge stars, large and small spaceships, rising and falling on several planets, a busy scene.
Lying between the dragons and the galaxy is a small fleet, and the mothership that is the main body of the fleet is obviously far larger than the previous ones, but it can't be compared to the previous spaceships in terms of appearance and feeling.
However, it is enough compared to the floating island, which also needs to be moved in a towed way.
"Whoosh", several beams of light exploded above the dragons, like brilliant flowers, followed by hundreds of shuttles flying out of the mothership like swarms, gathering around the floating island, shooting out traction beams to fix themselves and the floating island. The poor shuttle coolie was finally freed, and immediately let go of the floating island, waving his tentacles, he couldn't wait to get out of the dragons, and began to circle around the dragons quite lively.
It's a pity that the dragon group can't relax at this time, keeping the formation unchanged, and gradually approaching a brown planet under the guidance of the spaceship carrier.
Looking at the planet's surface from the void, most of the planet is covered by oceans and deserts, and there is not much land covered with vegetation, even less than one-eighth of the entire planet's surface. From time to time, pillars of smoke rose from the planet, and magma mixed with ash rushed into the sky, making the planet even hotter.
Under the escort of the dragons and the traction of the spaceship, the floating island smoothly entered the atmosphere, and the dragons were finally freed, and let out a dragon groan that resounded through the sky, each flying out in different directions, and the sphere formation completely dispersed.
As soon as it entered the atmosphere, the floating island slammed into a burst and began to fly under its own power, the roles were swapped in an instant, and the towed spaceship group landed on the floating island one after another, and many creatures similar to Pavatiga humans peeked out from the spaceship, looking curiously at these strange-shaped mythical beasts.
"Boom", the ground shook, and the floating island slowly fell into a pit that had been dug on the surface, the pit was obviously tailor-made, and the size and shape were completely consistent with the floating island, so that the surface of the floating island was just level with the ground.
Silence, silence, and the shaking passed, and there was silence on the floating island, and the mythical beasts who had come from afar could not understand what was happening, but just looked around. However, the desire for the ground overcame the fear of the unfamiliar environment, and as if a fuse had been ignited, as the first mythical beast tentatively left the empty island, the originally quiet herd suddenly exploded, and the giant beasts roared and ran, rushing down the floating island and into the vast space of the planet.
Behind them, the floating islands slowly rose again, this time the islands did not leave the atmosphere, but remained afloat and hovered high in the sky, and from a distance, there were several similar floating islands above the planet, like synchronous satellites, which began to rotate synchronously around the planet.
The dragons circled in the air a few times to confirm that the mythical beasts had entered a new life, and then they left the slightly barren planet in turn, and their target was another planet not far away.
Unlike the barren planet just now, this planet is rich in vegetation and has a pleasant climate, and there are many man-made cities dotted among the dense vegetation. The city is vast, tall buildings are lined with tall buildings, and in the wide streets, all kinds of strange-looking humanoid creatures walk, and between them, the sapient beings who look like beasts but speak a lingua franca swagger and go, and the humanoid creatures go in and out of various buildings, a scene of harmonious coexistence.
The dragons went straight to the ground, and as they landed, they turned into dozens of human figures, and the sapient giant beasts that had been waiting nearby let out a warm cheer, and even the nearby humanoids who were obviously not part of Pavatiga's life were infected and joined in the celebration.
In the orderly space outside the planet, an invisible sight came out of nowhere, falling on the lively crowd on the planet, I don't know if it was an illusion, there seemed to be a lady in a black dress in the void, with a faint smile, quietly watching everything on the planet.
The beautiful lady's smile was as cold as the moonlight, but in her sight, there was indescribable warmth and love.
This is the new brown galaxy, and here is the new community of distorted space.