Chapter 67: The Cold Wave (I)
Realizing the crisis of the "Source Master", as if he was making a final struggle, the entire "Source Sea" under the Starry Sky World Tree began to make waves and surge in front of Liao Ji.
Countless "sources" jumped out of the sea, using their bodies to bring up waves of turbulent waves, and rushed towards Liao Ji like crazy, trying to stop Liao Ji's footsteps towards the "Source Master".
But these are just useless efforts, the only source master at the same level as Liao Ji has been completely paralyzed under the damage of the players, and no matter how many other "sources" there are, they can't help Liao Ji at all.
The blade of the great sword broke through the waves, crushing the mythical creatures that stood in their way, but these "sources" still followed one after another, just to give the phoenixes behind them, on the sea, to breathe, hoping that their "source masters" could at least fly again and escape from here.
This scene can be regarded as a sight for Liao Ji to see, belonging to the other side of the "source", as the side of the ethnic group.
At this critical juncture, it seems that the "source" is no longer such a cold and ruthless mythical creature.
But this will not make Liao Ji's subordinates merciful.
After all, ideologically, the two sides seem to be destined to be opposites, just like one day, the oxygen on the blue star has an autonomous consciousness and tries to occupy the body and obtain the body, I am afraid that all human beings will try their best to kill such an autonomous consciousness.
Now Liao Ji is doing the same.
Sources are the building blocks of the world.
Cornerstone, no consciousness required.
Ten steps... Five Steps... Three Steps...
Liao Ji, who was holding a big sword, finally came to the phoenix, no matter how the phoenix source master retreated, at this distance, there was no room to escape, as long as Liao Ji thought, now he can swing the big sword and cut off the head of the phoenix.
The source master is destroyed, the entire race that symbolizes the source is also completely ended, the source sea is restored to peace, the ecology of the world tree is balanced, the natural "turbidity" will disappear, and the world, which is every "leaf", will also usher in recuperation.
It's all back to good...
Is it?
In the cry of the phoenix with reluctance and despair, Liao Ji's big sword pointed directly at the phoenix's head, slashed down, and stopped abruptly at the last centimeter distance, and the sword blade was suspended on it.
But obviously, this phoenix source master didn't seem to notice it, and it was more like he had imagined that he was killed by Liao Ji, and after letting out the last scream, his body fell completely and began to convulse.
Twitch once, twitch twice, twitch ...
"Woo... Huh? ”
The Phoenix Source Lord, who had his eyes closed, finally sensed that something was wrong, shouldn't its body be completely frozen to death after two convulsions, how could it still convulsions?
When the source master opened his eyes and saw Liao Jihou, who had reined in the big sword and stopped at his head, the phoenix was confused at first, followed by an unparalleled desire to survive.
Some things, such as death, if you really experience half of it, after going through a ghost gate, and experiencing such coldness and dead ashes, then the will to survive in the rest of your life after the catastrophe will be several times stronger than that of the "newborn calf" in the past.
Therefore, when extorting a confession by torture, it is not necessary to directly punish the subject, but you can find another prisoner first, and let the subject see the miserable appearance of the prisoner, and then the subsequent extortion of confession will be much smoother.
This is also the origin of the phrase "killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys" in Liao Ji's hometown.
And what Liao Ji is doing now can be said to be much the same.
After being so frightened by Liao Ji, and experiencing the first time in its "Origin Birth" that it was so close to the end, the current Phoenix Source Lord, as if he had awakened some attributes, from the previous high and unyielding, to today's...
"Whoa!?"
"Whew..."
The phoenix began to chirp frantically towards Liao Ji, and after seeing Liao Jiyi frowning, the phoenix seemed to realize that it was so frightened that it was so nervous and panicked that it even forgot to "switch" the language, and hurriedly changed it to Liao Ji's language.
"Rao... Spare me..."
"Please, let me go..."
Unlike the ethereal voice of the source master before, the current phoenix, as if catering to Liao Ji's preferences, has been replaced with an ethereal and crisp timbre, with a weak and pitiful voice.
Even... Or a female voice.
It has nothing to do with the sound.
In Liao Ji's plan, he didn't plan to really destroy the source master, he did so much before, in order to make the phoenix completely obedient now, and derive more autonomous consciousness to communicate with him.
"Tell me, what do you mean by "crossing" earlier? ”
Phoenix was momentarily confused, as if she was thinking about what Liao Ji's "crossing" meant, and soon her expression changed, as if she was about to regain her excitement.
"The cold wave... The end of the epoch... You guys... Why refuse! Stupidity! You're killing yourself, I'm the only one for you..."
It seems that there is a phoenix that has become the "source master" again, and even the voice is sharp and piercing, but unfortunately this state did not last for a few seconds, and the words were just halfway through, and suddenly fell silent.
Because Liao Ji's big sword was a little closer to her neck.
"What is a cold wave?" Liao Ji asked.
In view of the statement of the source master just now, Liao Ji paused and emphasized: "Use an easy-to-understand expression. ”
"The cold wave is the end of the epoch and the crisis that the World Tree will face." Phoenix replied honestly.
Seeing that Liao Ji still didn't seem to understand, for fear that the sword on his neck would fall a few more points, the phoenix immediately followed up with a metaphor.
"Trees will actively turn their leaves yellow and wither in the "autumn" in order to survive the cold wave of "winter", and the same is true for the World Tree."
"Turbidity was never meant to target us."
"It is the consciousness of the World Tree that destroys your world, and we, as the source, are the ones who save you."
"We need to stop the World Tree's self-dormancy and collect healthy leaves together, which is the only way to survive the terrifying cold wave that even the World Tree can't compete with."
"If you don't concentrate your efforts, it's still an independent world..."
"When the cold wave comes, and all the leaves of the trees, your world, will be stripped of everything in an instant, and become a barren world of silence, then you will be really... Death. ”
Maybe he was worried that Liao Ji wouldn't believe what he said.
After the words fell, the source master opened his phoenix wings to Liao Ji, and then, the images from the distant past that had been preserved began to slowly resurface in front of Liao Ji's eyes.
The existence of the Starry Sky World Tree is no longer known for many tens of thousands of years.
Although the "source" was born in the last few epochs, consciousness was born, but there was still a memory of Mohu before.
In the image shown by the phoenix, Liao Ji saw a reincarnation.
In summer, the branches and leaves of the world are luxuriant, and in the vast worlds of the leaves, living beings have multiplied to their heart's content, giving birth to various civilizations, including some incomparably bright and dazzling leaves.
But gradually, when tens of thousands of years have passed, and after "a certain point in time", that is, when "autumn" comes, corresponding...
Turbidity appeared.
Yes, as the "Source Lord" said, turbidity did not appear "suddenly", but has existed since ancient times, but it has not been recorded before, because the world that has experienced turbidity has been experienced... All were destroyed.
The green and healthy leaves, under the corrosion of turbidity, withered and decayed one after another, corresponding to the world inside, the living beings were ruined, the earth was cracked, and one civilization after another was resisting, but in the end it was still annihilated under the turbidity.
As the last leaf of the World Tree also came down, symbolizing the complete death of its world, these withered yellow leaves, after falling off from the World Tree, all fell into the "Source Sea" of the World Tree.
From the lushness of "summer" to the bare world tree now, all this is in preparation for the following "winter".
I don't know how long it took again, this time it was a little faster, it should only be a few thousand years, Liao Ji saw it in the image recorded by the "Source Master", the so-called cold wave.
It was like a cold wind, and it was like a swarm of locusts.
Countless dense and tiny particles leaned towards the World Tree from the distant darkness.