My teacher, the respected Baron carlis, is a famous astrologist, astronomer and alchemy engineer. She is the champion of the 52nd "mobile world urban design competition" once in a hundred years, and this is the highest achievement in super architectural engineering in the whole "three worlds and nine days". For this reason, the queen of Sky Sword in shining area has personally given her a title, and a brand new mobile world city is also named after her.

In addition, she is also a great "Continental Explorer" who is extremely legendary and well-known in three worlds. In the vast and infinite continent of steel, she discovered eight "stable stellar boundaries" and determined the laws of stellar cycle. Now, those eight stable stellar boundaries have become the new frontiers of the shining area of the alliance of nations, There are hundreds of billions of new immigrants driving a brand new "mobile world city", where they are chasing the glory of the sun.

And it's all thanks to the teacher

[as a disciple of teacher carlis, I feel very honored and inferior, because even if I spend my whole life, I can't surpass my teacher in any field, even a little bit.

However, at this time, Ms. McCullough, a close friend of Mr. carlis and my immediate superior, the Royal Bachelor of Arts, would comfort me: "in a group of people, there must always be someone as a foil, so why can't it be you? That's your mission. "—— To be honest, I'm not sure what Ms. McCullough really means, but her tone is very sincere, so I'll take it as an incentive for my boss for the time being

[Mr. carlis has a lot of students, most of them are about urban design in mobile world. After all, the more advanced the technology of mobile world city is, the faster its speed will be, and it will be able to go to the next stable star boundary in the shortest time after the stars in the region sink into the steel continent. Naturally, the more likely it is to repel the attacks of chaotic demons wandering in the dark zone between many star boundaries. It is one of the most important disciplines in the whole shining region, It means the future of civilization.

I'm not a student of the teacher in this field. I used to be just an assistant she hired when she was exploring the steel continent. The teacher was very lucky to accept me as a student to teach her about exploration. I've benefited a lot from it. Now I'm a well-known Bachelor of astronomy and exploration, Set up your own family in the shining area

But recently, my teacher has encountered a little trouble.

Her best friend, my boss, Ms. mccrov zeloya, the Royal College, mysteriously disappeared during an exploration of the twilight zone. Before her disappearance, Ms. McCullough private psychic communication, she sent the map and log of her exploration to my elegant, intelligent and noble teacher. Since then, the teacher always appears worried, even occasionally covers his head, a person whispering to himself.

"Yes? It's so... Time flies. It's been such a long time... "

Once, when I carefully served the teacher with twice sugar coffee, I heard the teacher talking to himself like this. Is she talking about the time she met Ms. McCullough? It seems that Ms. McCullough's disappearance is indeed a great blow to her

[but even so, I never thought that the successful teacher would embark on the exploration journey again. After she had completely dealt with her assets in the shining area of the League of nations, the famous academic master bought an ark class land exploration ship. She threw the gems on her head and chest and tied up her ponytail, Soon, hundreds of professional explorers came to join her team, ready to start the journey of "twilight zone" again under the leadership of this legendary Explorer!]

A middle-aged man's hand reached out and stroked the words on an old log book under the light.

Can hear, the man sighs softly, he stares at a paragraph of words above, seems to fall into memory.

"Teacher..." he whispered to himself, then showed a bitter smile.

Three worlds and nine days. This is the name of the world. As the name suggests, the so-called three realms are the "steel continent · central realm" where all living beings live, the "sword realm of heaven" and the "axe realm of earth" where the central realm intersects, and the nine heavens are nine super floating continents suspended above the steel continent, which are huge enough to cover the sky. Unfortunately, because of the terrible gravity of the steel continent, so far, No one has ever been on the nine days. Even the gods can only look far away and sigh.

Countless suns rise and fall on the infinite wide continent. They run through the nine layers of heaven and earth. The dazzling sunlight gives life to hundreds of millions of ecosystems on this endless continent.

The continent of steel is vast. So far, no Explorer has ever explored its end, whether it was the "era of gods" 100000 years ago or the "era of chaos" 50000 years ago. Its central region is a vast bright "ring" shrouded by a huge group of stars, which is also known as the "shining region".The shining area is the center of civilization of all nations. In this bright ring of darkness, the world falls into when the stars do not enter the steel continent. All civilizations can bathe in the eternal light in the cycle of stars alternating, falling and rising, and they do not have to worry about being attacked by those chaotic demons living in the darkness.

The "Twilight area" refers to the scattered star distribution outside the "shining area", but it does not guarantee that every place has a shining area all the time. There, a small number of stars will also be sucked into the earth because of the tremendous gravity of the steel continent. However, even if the steel continent will recreate stars, it will be at least several hundred years later. Unlike the shining area, there are no other dozens or hundreds of stars in the dusk area that can continue to shine on that area after a star falls to the earth.

Therefore, the colonies built in this place by all nations, the huge "mobile world cities", must take tens of billions of people to fly on the mainland, chasing one sinking and floating star after another, bathing in their light.

Because of this, all the life on the steel continent, no matter how strange its shape is, all call themselves light chasers.

Although they are well prepared, due to various circumstances, there are often "mobile world cities" who do not have time to go to other solar regions before their energy reserves are exhausted. As a result, all the people in the world cities die of ice and cold, or are engulfed by chaos in the dark, A "stable stellar boundary" with a stable stellar circulation system is very rare and precious. Each of them means a living environment similar to the shining area, which can supply hundreds of billions of people and more than a dozen cities in the mobile world.

Therefore, the dusk area is very dangerous. When exploring, explorers often find the ruins of the city that God knows were destroyed tens of thousands of years ago, and the chaotic demons living outside the dusk area, the lightless area, occasionally sneak into the dusk area, and attack those mobile cities that want to move when the sun falls and the light dissipates.

It is said that, 100000 years ago, the gods of the age of the gods could make stars in the dusk area, and take them as the center to build a huge floating metropolis group, or even a huge energy array covering the whole star - they could create stable and brilliant areas and create brilliant culture. But 50000 years ago, all the gods lost their divine power, and countless floating cities fell. Even the cage of energy that could hold the stars lost its divine power and could not resist the huge gravity. It collapsed with the fall of the stars and fell into the earth of steel.

This is a dark age that has lasted for nearly 20000 years - the extinction of countless lives, the destruction of countless civilizations, and the dissipation of infinite light have made endless chaotic demons swarming out of the "twilight zone" where there is no star light. These are the greatest natural enemies of civilization and life, At that time, all living beings, who had lost the protection of the gods, could not resist the sudden destruction. They could only retreat from the twilight area and withdraw to the shining area. Until now, in some remote corners of the twilight area, they can still see the terrible remains of the war. In the ruins, there are still bleak winds howling.

However, at this moment of despair, there is endless light coming from heaven's sword world and earth's axe world.

It's a holy sword, a magic axe and thousands of "weapons" with different shapes. They fell from the two unknown worlds that never moved and crossed the continent of steel, killing the endless chaos. At that time, the light chasers, who were unable to fight against chaos, picked up the "divine weapon" that came from the end of heaven and earth - the brave sacrifice of countless heroes, ended the "era of chaos" and drove all chaotic demons back to the lightless belt.

They believe that these "tools of gods" are made from the corpses of the dead gods, and that they can barely control the existence of "Kaitian sword" and "chopping magic axe". They are now the supreme leaders of the regional alliance of nations, "the queen of Heavenly Sword" and "chopping magic King". Up to now, no matter who is the son of criminals or exiles, as long as they can master a God's weapon, their sins will be automatically erased, and they will directly become the nobles of the League of nations and shoulder the responsibility of guarding the frontier.

[empress Tianjian, see her teacher off in person. Her Majesty blesses her teacher's car, rekindling, and wishes her a smooth return from exploration. At that time, because of the birth of my eldest daughter, I was unable to follow my teacher to the dusk area, which was a great pity. Instead of blaming my assistant and student for their dereliction of duty, Mr. carlis, a generous teacher, congratulated my daughter on her birth and was willing to name her. This is the honor of my wife and I, as well as the blessing of my daughter

"Let's call it Siberia. I remember that she should be called by that name. I have to say, it's really memorable. You are a guy, and you really have a destiny. "]

Although the teacher's words are strange, the sincere tone and sincere blessing are not false. And my eldest daughter, Siberia farst, got her own name. Her smile with her fingers biting is the greatest happiness of my life[more than ten years later, carlis has gained a lot in her exploration. In the ups and downs of the stars, she found several ancient floating urban relics of chaotic times, and found a new stable star boundary. The teacher has a unique talent in this respect. She has a unique sense of smell, that is, she can find places suitable for life. To tell you the truth, some of them don't have much respect. I always think it has nothing to do with the level of knowledge of teachers. It's a gift from heaven!

During this period, my second child is about to be born, a boy. But just as I was thinking about what name to give him, the bad news came

[it was a dark afternoon. The man-made dome of the capital of learning was slowly closing, and began to absorb the sun's brilliance with full power. Among them, many of the bachelor's degree students finished their work and returned home to have a rest. At that time, I was looking up the papers of several graduate students, but I received a communication from a senior brother by accident - until then, I was stunned to know that my teacher full of exploration spirit had returned to the embrace of light in the deep of the remote dusk Region - a suddenly falling star fell on the steel earth, and the torrent of flame engulfed everything in three light months, and my teacher, Hundreds of professional explorers and 2500 crew members are melting in the bright light

[the teacher died in a glorious exploration, which is the bad news for all nations in the whole shining area. The queen of the sword and the beheader said that the death of Baron carlis was the loss of all the light chasers. All the colonists living in the stable stellar boundary discovered by the teacher observed three minutes of silence for her death. As a bachelor, this is the highest honor, but I still can't believe that the elegant and wise university student, the most famous star astronomer, would die in such a simple astronomical phenomenon. But the fact is that the teacher really can't come back. I was so sad and crazy at that time that I even regretted that I didn't die with my teacher in that great exploration.

But soon more startling news came. Half a year after the teacher left, after all the turmoil ended, I suddenly received a very secret psionic communication, followed by the teacher's secret will!

It's an advanced small exploration ship, a lot of wealth, several packed information crystals, and most importantly, the star map of all areas explored by the teacher over the years! On this star map, there are several specially marked mark points - and just as it happens, the location of the teacher's "death" is just in the area marked by one of the mark points! There are even a few mark points and path maps, which are located outside the dusk area, deep in the dark zone!

Mr. carlis gave me all these properties for free, and left a meaningful "prophecy."

"On the day of the end of salary and the end of fire, when the flame reignites."

——My student, alpha farst, the son of the silver goblin, is not an ordinary person. You don't know the meaning of your existence, but I know it.

Go to the end of the steel continent, the frontier of the world. You have to open that door, then go to the center of the mainland, the core of the three realms, and extinguish the existing flame - that's what only you can do.

A month later, I set sail. I bid farewell to my wife and children. After leaving them a lot of wealth, I decided to explore the unknown according to the star map left by my teacher. Although I don't know what the teacher said, I know that this is something that only I can do - I want to be the greatest explorer in the whole steel continent. This is my dream. It's just sealed because of love and responsibility. Now, because of the teacher's will, because of the renewed curiosity and selfish me, I decided to set sail again and embark on the journey that only belongs to me

[there's no one else, just myself, and the 25 AI crew. I can vaguely feel the turbulent undercurrent lurking behind the teacher. I dare not even tell this news to other close friends. It's no surprise that I just suddenly went crazy and wanted to go out for a walk alone. Explorers are basically like this. They will stride out on a whim and never return for more than ten years

[the exploration ship that my teacher left me was really advanced. Absorbing the light of the sun, I quickly left the shining area and came to the dusk area. After decades of exploration, I was unfamiliar at the beginning, and even mistakenly identified the location. I took a detour of tens of thousands of light years. But soon, I picked up my professional knowledge again and became the right-hand assistant beside the great explorer again - but this time, I was the captain.

However, it is strange that decades have passed, but the number of colonies in the dusk area has not increased, but decreased - I wandered in the familiar area for 700000 light years, and after hundreds of colonies, I found that the number of stars is about one third less than before. This is very abnormal. Decades of time is very short for thousands of years of life of stars on the steel continent. Even if their ultimate fate is to fall to the earth, they will not die out in such a short time.As I continued to roam, more and more discoveries confirmed my conjecture that the number of stars was rapidly decreasing, whether it could or could not give birth to life. Originally, the endless group of stars floating on the continent of steel can be used by us. As a source of life, only about one in a hundred billion, especially in the twilight area. Even within the range of hundreds of thousands of light-years, there are only hundreds of stars with just the right height and size that can be used by us. In the era of gods, the gods can move the floating continent, freely control the distance, and then make the best use of the sun. But for the light seekers who are bound by gravity on the surface of the earth, we can only pray.

Maybe it's because I used to live in the shining zone with endless stars, so I'm not sensitive to the number of stars, but now, in the dusk area where every star is precious, I can see it clearly. But even if there are hundreds of stars, they have been reduced by a third. Many of the mobile world cities that I used to be familiar with have disappeared, and the people in them have disappeared without any sound. I believe that this is no accident. It must be the same to leave this colonial area and go to another one millions of light-years away

[the disappearance of many stars and the death of teachers - no, there must be something hidden behind the disappearance! In order to find out the truth, I began to go deep into the dusk area to look for possible clues - around the colony, all traces have been erased, and the tracks of stars no longer exist. However, I believe that no matter who it is, it is impossible to erase all traces of these billions of stars. In the deep of the dusk area, there must be clues that they are unable to erase.

Soon, following the star map left by my teacher, I followed a safe route to the depth of the dusk area. There are almost no colonies of any countries here, and even if there are, they are just scattered border cities - and here, I do find a clue! I see tens of thousands of stars moving under nine days. The long space-time dent left by their movement is so obvious that I can see the direction of their return in an instant.

And the direction they go back is my hometown, the ring of shining area

[I have to say, I'm starting to get confused - why? In recent decades, I have never felt any sign of dim light... Even recently, many university students have proposed that the stars in the shining world should be moved into the dusk area to open up more colonies, otherwise, even the livable areas in the shining area, It is also about to be filled with life that has been multiplying for tens of thousands of years.

Are they planning to gather the stars in the twilight zone and expand the boundaries of the glittering zone? But it's too hard and thankless - it's not easy to pull stars. Except for the queen of the sword and the behemoth, there are no more than 20 people who can do this in the whole shining area. Even if they join hands, it's impossible to move hundreds of millions of stars in decades! There must be a bigger mystery behind this!]

[with this kind of doubt, I ended this exploration and came home tired - but it was not the smiling face of my wife and daughter that welcomed me, or the disgust of blaming me for not coming back for a long time... I would rather be disgusted, because what I saw was an empty home and a letter left by the ash order.

Ash order is a mysterious order after the fall of the gods. They control a large number of God's utensils, and claim that they are the remains of the gods after the fall. They are nominally led by the queen of the Heavenly Sword and the Lord of the beheader. In fact, they are controlled by the old order leader, who is responsible for the giving and recycling of all God's utensils.

They and I are basically people of two worlds, one is a violent political group with real power, and the other is a bachelor in the capital of knowledge. But today, I am under their ruthless threat. In that letter, I was told that my wife and daughter are now being held in a secret place, and they warned me, Don't try to find out about the changes of stars in the dusk region, and leave the shining region, or they will die, and I will die

At the same time, in order to prove their determination, they also sent a small hand bone - that is my son's hand bone. Presumably, if I don't listen to them, I'm afraid it will be his head next time.

In addition to anger, my heart was filled with fear - I woke up from my excessive fantasy and found that I was just an ordinary person, without the aura of teacher carlis. I was just a well-known explorer, an ordinary Bachelor of astrology, not to mention fighting against the order of ashes, As long as the other party gives a hint to the leader of the capital of learning, I will lose all my glory and become the dust on the roadside

I think the disappearance of Mr. carlis has something to do with them? If it has nothing to do with the unexpected star fall, I absolutely don't believe it.

But if you don't believe it, what can you do? I'm a lost dog. I can only escape in ashes. I sit on the exploration ship given by my teacher and walk aimlessly through the dusk area... But can I really put down the truth? Whether it's the disappearance of the teacher, the deviation of the stars, or where my missing wife and daughter are... They threaten me with their lives, but they don't give me any information that they are still alive. How can I believe that they will let them go and just simply imprison them? "But I can only go far away, far away, no longer pay attention to the changes of the stars, I can only go far away, to the frontier of the world, the deepest of dusk

[with hatred, pain, remorse, helplessness, and the deepest doubt, I came to the dark zone. I came to a light spot on the teacher's star map

A middle-aged man's hand stroked the words on the log. The ink marks of the last paragraph were very clear, as if they had just been written down not long ago. Then, the two hands closed the log and put it into the backpack on one side.

"Teacher, I have followed your guidance and come here."

A middle-aged man is looking up from a small hill, next to a very advanced looking exploration ship with a smooth and solid shell, and overlooking the distant light.

Standing on the land of steel, only 17.29 million meters above the hills, and on the top of the undulating earth, which is the size of two mobile world cities, the man with silver hair and red eyes, known as the son of the silver goblin, looks into the bright distance with tired and deeply sad eyes.

He can see hundreds of millions of suns, floating on the vast continent of steel, bringing bright light to all the darkness - but similarly, chaotic clusters of darkness move with them, hiding in all the dark areas without the sun, lurking, waiting, waiting for the day when the sun falls and all the cities chasing the sun lose their shelter.

Similarly, he can see, in the center of all this, in the nine layers of heaven and earth, the three worlds - in the center of the three worlds and nine days, there is a giant star that can never be seen in the shining area, in the twilight area!

It's a huge, heavy, just being, like a dark star who has swallowed up all the sense of existence in the world and annihilated all the light!

The whole continent of steel is nothing more than an accretion disk around the black giant, the infinite stars, but also a little bit of light fog around the black giant - and the shining area on which all civilizations and all living beings depend for their livelihood is just a thin layer of ground, surrounded by its irregular narrow ring area.

——Is it really a star? But how could the stars be so huge! The black giant star attracts everything and spins everything. It spins as if it is the axis of the infinite world!

The middle-aged man can see that its edge, the boundary of the steel continent and its contact, is releasing a very strong light, and countless stars in the shining zone are floating in this light, releasing endless vitality... But, no matter any intelligent life, no matter who, do not know why, can instinctively know, This illuminates the "shining area" of the superstar, which breeds the "brilliance" of endless beings. In fact, it has long died.

It's long gone out.

Today's everything, the seemingly magnificent hundreds of millions of stars, endless glory, are just the world's most brilliant moment, a little Ember.

"On the day of the end of salary and the end of fire, when the flame is rekindled."

Carlis's student, mccloff's subordinate, sibya's father, an ordinary man named Alfa farst, is murmuring in confusion.

"Does it mean that this black star..."

"That's it. Is it going to be rekindled?"