From the end of the world

Chapter 363 Wrong Evolution
Combustion is a physical phenomenon that produces light and heat, and light and heat are also the basic properties of flames. The same is true for the flames formed by my superpowers.

Not only is the flame I summoned composed of my spirit, the light and heat radiating from it are also manifestations of my spirit. The application of thermal energy marks and the tactics of invading Chenlong's "portal armor" with the help of light in the past are all based on this principle.

And because I concentrated all my mana together, the resulting "solar eclipse" naturally became a creation that would not emit light and heat. Although it still had a high temperature that could destroy even time and space, it seemed to be moving away from the definition of "flame".

This qualitative change reminded me of a discussion I saw on the Internet before.

Compared to the sun, the earth is very small, so even if all the water on the earth is used to irrigate the sun, it cannot cause any significant damage to the sun. So, if there is a large mass of water with the same mass as the sun in the universe, and it is moved and thrown towards the sun, can it extinguish the sun?

Anyone with a little knowledge of astronomy and physics will probably realize that this is a question that is not true from the very beginning. It is impossible for a mass of water with the same mass as the sun to exist in the universe. It is not that it is impossible to collect so much water, but if there is really so much water gathered together, the gravity formed by the excessive mass will compress it inward.

When compressed to a certain degree, a nuclear fusion reaction will occur, and this overly large mass of water will "burn". It will not have time to be thrown into the sun, and will become another sun first.

Just like when too much mana is simply piled together, it will show incredible magic, and when natural materials are simply piled together, they will also form such incredible qualitative changes. Anything will present an unimaginable appearance after it is done to the extreme, and facing the "water" after the qualitative change, even the water master Xuanwu will not be able to control it. Because it is no longer his water, but more like my fire.

The "solar eclipse" that I summoned now has also undergone a qualitative change.

In order to achieve high density, the excessive pursuit of power compression has turned it from a "flame that emits light and heat" into a "darkness that emits no light and heat". This is the property of the "miniature solar eclipse" at the moment. If it is replaced with the "solar eclipse" released during the last battle with the life turbidity, it will not only emit no light and heat, but will even absorb light and heat from the surrounding environment if necessary. This property is better said to be at the opposite pole of the flame.

Although it still looks like black flames, if I continue in this direction, I will deviate further from the main purpose of flames. Just like the water master Xuanwu cannot control the water that turns into the sun, as a flame user, I should not continue in this direction. This black flame symbolizes a wrong evolutionary path.

Wrong evolution... It sounds a bit cool. When I was a kid, I liked Zombie Greymon more than Machine Greymon... And the black flames are also very cool. One of my fantasies during my junior high school years was to manipulate black flames to fight the enemy...

No, no, I can't think in the wrong direction. In short, I must re-examine the direction of my power evolution. After tapping into all my potential, the issue I must face is how to better control the existing power. Since what awaits me on this evolutionary path is a power that cannot be controlled, I must decisively change the course.

"Solar Eclipse" itself is still a very powerful ultimate move and can continue to be used.

I dispersed the "Solar Eclipse" first, and as I watched the black flame disappear into the air, I remembered what Xiaowan had said to me in the past.

It is said that the demon of disaster that appeared in the doomsday era is a monster with black flames wrapped all over its body.

However, the flames I found in the bodies of Water Master Xuanwu and Mingzhuo were not black flames, but the same orange flames that looked quite normal to me in daily life.

I have never heard of Xuanming controlling black flames. Xuanming in myths and legends is also a legitimate god of fire, not an evil god who controls ominous black flames.

In the doomsday era, there was a rumor that the predecessor of the Great Demon of Disaster was Xuan Ming, and the black flame that symbolized the Great Demon of Disaster appeared on my body. Could it be that, as I had suspected several times in the past, the predecessor of the Great Demon of Disaster was not Xuan Ming, but me?
It can't be that the Great Demon of Disaster is actually Fate Turbidity, and the reason why his body is wrapped in black flames is because I set him on fire with the "Solar Eclipse" in the future, and then because he can't die, he can only keep burning, right?
If the Great Demon of Disaster is really me, does that mean that my future self will continue along the evolutionary path of Black Flame? Is this actually the correct evolutionary path?

I couldn't figure it out. In order to relax my mind, I could only put this question aside and shift my attention to other directions.

Through the thermal energy markers set in Ma Zao's body, I sensed her current condition.

At this time, Ma Zao was cooking in the kitchen of the nursing home. It was a large kitchen with other people busy inside. Ma Zao found a corner and stirred the viscous liquid of egg yolk in a stainless steel basin with a stick. Some people wanted to get close to her and help, but they were forced back by her vigilant eyes.

I couldn't tell what she was making, but it didn't seem like an ordinary home-cooked meal. I decided to treat it as an unknown surprise, wait for her to bring out the finished product, and then sense it in other directions. Many "sounds" were pouring into my consciousness from all directions.

When others mention his name, Da Wu Chang can sense it. But strictly speaking, it is not that Da Wu Chang has the ability to sense that his name is mentioned, but that Da Wu Chang's perception is so strong that "he can even sense when his name is mentioned", which is essentially the same as saying that a shark's sense of smell is so sensitive that it can track bleeding prey several kilometers away.

Even if someone says my name on the other side of the world, I can hear it as if I were in the same room. Having said that, if many people are talking about me at the same time, I may not be willing to listen carefully. It's like when I was in junior high and high school, I could occasionally hear people gossiping about me from different directions in the classroom. Although I could hear it clearly, it was just background noise to me.

During these three days, I became a big star in Luoshan. People were talking about me everywhere, mainly discussing how I defeated Mingzhuo, how Mingzhuo would retaliate against me in the future, and who was stronger between me and Xuanming. I really liked to hear other people flatter me, but after a long time, I inevitably got bored and it affected my normal rest.

If someone wants to stand out from the background noise, they may need to use some ritual means to amplify their voice. Perhaps this is also the main purpose of some rituals to worship gods.

Or, if the other party is powerful, or even has hostility or ill will towards me, and wants to investigate where I am, then even if they don't explicitly say my name, I will instinctively pay attention to it - perhaps this is how Mingzhu noticed me in the past.

Recently, I have also been observing the overall operation of Luoshan. With my current perception, observing Luoshan headquarters is like looking down at a chessboard from a high God's perspective. While I can see the big picture, I can also choose to go deep into it and see the working status of each person from a microscopic perspective. Although some places have anti-detection barriers, and there are many professional works that I can't understand, I still grasp some general information from the atmosphere.

Luoshan Headquarters can basically be regarded as an open-air enlarged version of the Fufeng Base I have entered in the past. It is a comprehensive fortress that integrates command, training, medical care, living and other functions. However, unlike the Fufeng Base, which is mainly based on political governance, many demon hunters from different mountains gather here, and friction and intrigue often occur. It is also easy to have non-cooperation and functional conflicts at work. The efficiency is high in some places, and even the people themselves complain that it is low in some places.

In addition to a large number of demon hunters, there are also a large number of agents working. It can be seen that most of the agents are newly assigned to work at the headquarters. Facing the powerful group of demon hunters, the agents seem to be humble. And many of the tasks taken over by the agents can be done better by demon hunters. After all, the latter can use spells during work, and the presence of ordinary people here does not seem to be very necessary.

However, Luoshan Headquarters seems to be exploring a route that will allow ordinary people and demon hunters to live in harmony - to be precise, it is likely that only the hegemony is actively exploring.

Recruiting a large number of ordinary people to work at Luoshan Headquarters was probably the idea of ​​the hegemony. However, at this stage, instead of making the two sides harmonious, it further exposed the differences between demon hunters and ordinary people.

The agents shared some of the work of the demon hunters, but they were not able to complete it with the efficiency of the demon hunters. Even for electronic work that did not require much physical strength, some demon hunters could split themselves and operate dozens of devices at the same time, while others could speed up their consciousness and use one second as a hundred seconds.

Therefore, some agents with advanced professional skills who were qualified to work in Luoshan headquarters could only do some cleaning work such as sweeping garbage and mopping the floor. Even so, some demon hunters could cast cleaning spells that could make rooms and corridors clean in a blink of an eye.

In some places in the headquarters, there are mechanical puppets that can operate automatically for a long time and undertake physical labor, or even handle simple mental work. According to some demon hunters, this kind of thing seems to be mass-produced at a low cost, but the higher-ups have not yet issued instructions for popularization.

It seems that some mechanical puppets can also undertake complex mental work. All you need to do is extract the soul of an ordinary person and imprison it inside the mechanical puppet like a chip. Such mechanical puppets do not need to rest or sleep, nor do they need to eat or excrete. They absolutely obey orders and can even work together like a bee colony. They can continue to work until they are damaged, and then they can be replaced with another one.

However, the production of this kind of tool is currently prohibited by the hegemony, and it is not known whether anyone is still continuing to produce it in secret.

Originally, I couldn't quite imagine what a civilization dominated by demon hunters would be like, but now I seem to be able to vaguely see that future scenario.

I was in the "audience seat" that these demon hunters and agents could not perceive, silently observing all this as if I was watching a movie screen. Slowly, I sensed something else. In this invisible "audience seat", it seemed that another person walked in. He sat quietly beside me, and watched everything happening in the distance with me silently.

I turned my head and took a look at the person who came - this was just a description, in reality I was just sitting on a bed in a nursing home. But in that imaginary "audience seat", I seemed to really see the true face of the person who came.

"What do you think after seeing this?" Fa Zheng asked.

(End of this chapter)