Chapter 1激奏纪元·4547年

——The Strikeforce Era, 4547——

This is an era that has been perfected and is constantly climbing to higher realms.

The Continental Alliance and the Atlantean nations announced their merger thirty years ago. The United Human Federation of Ilothar is their current name. This vast society, gathering all of humanity's strength and wisdom, has set foot in the Sea of Stars, ascending to the endless stars that were once sealed by the God-Kings of the firmament, refusing entry to humanity.

This is a prosperous era that no one could have imagined a hundred years ago—every star that can be reached and touched bears the footprints or even settlements of humanity. There are so many habitable planets in that vast and boundless starry sky that, for a time, some planets only had small villages consisting of a few families.

Humans have not only settled on the infinite continent of Ilothar, they are scattered throughout the Sea of Stars, multiplying in great numbers. If it were in the past, those humans who settled on remote planets would eventually become independent, forming independent human societies.

This is an extremely realistic possibility—as long as one leaves the center of civilization, unable to understand how other humans think, unable to share the latest news, the latest technology, the latest social changes, then such an independent settlement is destined to be separated from the overall human race.

In theory, this is the fate of interstellar empires without faster-than-light communication, and the United Human Federation of Ilothar is no exception.

However, something beyond theory occurred.

They have faster-than-light communication.

With the 'Dreamscape' that can transcend time and space and connect all of humanity in a world of will, the connection between humans is closer than ever before... If all living beings are a song, then the human soul is undoubtedly a very important part of this song, independent of the world, with its own divisions, and therefore able to transcend the separation of time and space.

Therefore, to this day, the United Human Federation of Ilothar is still a huge human organization. They build countless colonies and outposts in the stars of the sky, just like the theoretical afterlife, the final era, with ancient and powerful relics from the previous era on those stars.

The only difference is that they are the ones who built the relics... and most importantly, there are no gods to destroy this era.

The Church of the Dawning Light, long hidden in the torrent of the times, has now been scattered into secret groups and societies. Similarly, all old social organizations have disappeared. In an era where sincerity is guaranteed, interactions between people can easily form extremely large groups.

The resonance of their spirits can even directly construct 'Primarchs' in the 'Dreamscape', which should have appeared in later generations... or, another name more commonly used in other universes and timelines.

[God]

Yes, in the Dreamscape, with the surge and convergence of many ideologies, the entities condensed from the fiery sparks of thought of those sincere hearts are the aggregation of wishes.

And gods are beings born from wishes.

In many worlds in the multiverse, those known as ancient gods and nature gods are essentially powerful beings who have become gods because they have been entrusted with wishes and expectations. This is the correct causal relationship.

The benevolent can condense benevolent gods, and gods and those who condense them, who are also practitioners of the Dao, are together. As long as all practitioners are still practicing their beliefs, whether it is helping others, playing games, repairing flowers and plants, or arguing and bickering with people, they can obtain the power bestowed by the gods and receive hymns and ballads unique to their branch.

This is another kind of transcendence popularization, derived from the condensation of wishes, that is, the奏 (zou) of musical notes.

The birth of 'new gods' has astonished all members of the United Human Federation of Ilothar. It should be known that this is not an atheistic world, but a transcendent world with miracles, magic, and true gods—and those 'old gods' are so powerful, rich in authority and humanity, which is essentially different from those newly born 'new gods', which are more like a collection of sentient beings' wills than 'people'.

Which path is the correct one? A great debate lasting ten years arose within the Federation, and this debate ended with a question.

"In the end, do we still want to become like the old gods? Forget it, that's too scary!"

Indeed, most people felt that becoming like the old gods was too terrifying. Living like that was basically equivalent to not living at all, while a small number of people who sympathized with the old gods felt that some of the old gods might not have been willing to be like that and needed to be saved.

Look—the mortals of this era have already become so arrogant that they want to save the gods. Heaven knows how much rage the gods above the sky erupted after hearing this, but in the end, this rage was still impotent rage, because another great god was beating Him violently, spanning many eras.

People (musical notes) still do not know what kind of decision they have made, a path that is not guided by anyone, nor is it 'influenced' by any powerful being... Of course, it is not completely unrelated.

Innovation strikes down powerful enemies for the future, miracles set the stage for change, the desire for perfection exists in everyone's heart, and the quest will open the door to endless time and space.

Existence gives their civilization a foundation, and continuation allows everything to extend into the past and the future...

Too much, too much, countless.

Everything is related to correctness, but most people cannot realize this, just as most people cannot understand what infinity is, what omnipresence is.

However, all of this is just to pave the 'stage'. People still have the freedom to choose, as long as they have the awareness to bear the consequences of their choices. In any case, chaos always accompanies them.

Therefore, the Strikeforce Era, 4547.

In this era when the United Human Federation of Ilothar is exploring the vast starry sky and condensing the will of all living beings in the Dreamscape.

A 'miracle' happened.

What is a miracle? A spiritual energy revival, a shocking reversal, an impossible transmigration, a huge change that is enough to change the entire multiverse... But if miracles are things that appear inexplicably, that is obviously not correct either.

The revival of spiritual energy has its reasons, such as the turmoil of the multiverse and the awakening of great beings; shocking reversals also have foreshadowing, which are unexpected but reasonable developments; not to mention transmigration and changes, although they may depend more on luck, but in the end, if a person favored by miracles has not prepared everything in advance, then even if a miracle descends, what can it do?

If a transmigrator does not have enough intelligence, solid knowledge, and a firm will, then even if they transmigrate, they may not be able to make any achievements or changes.

And this time, the change that happened to the Human Federation is like this, a thing that has long been prepared... but is also unusually unexpected.

The 'only god'... has awakened.

It sounds a bit incomprehensible—the only god is not nonexistent. In those worlds with independent creators, the creator is naturally the only god.

But in the Song-Verse Multiverse, everyone is a seed of god, and as long as they are奏 (zou), they are in the body of a god. Not to mention the human Primarchs condensed from the Dreamscape, which are gods condensed from wishes.

So many gods, good, evil, curious, firm... Where did the only god come from?

The answer is 'humanity itself'.

It was an ordinary evening. Just as everyone was enjoying their rest after work, or looking up at the starry sky, or immersed in the dream net, a sudden premonition was born that made all living beings palpitate together, as if a huge monster was whistling away from their hearts.

This was an unprecedented ensemble, a strange scene that even the gods had not seen in countless era rotations!

As everyone knows, the sentient beings of the Song-Verse Multiverse are one of the musical notes. If they have achievements beyond ordinary people in this life and are recognized by sentient beings, then their musical note will be奏 (zou) and become a god in the next era.

This is the basic rule of the universe. The gods, in order to suppress the birth of more gods and ensure their rights, suppressed the development of mortals and concealed this truth... But sentient beings did not think deeply about why there was such a setting in this Song-Verse Multiverse, and never thought about what they should do after becoming a god.

But now, everything is clear.

A musical note needs more musical notes as a foundation to奏 (zou)... In other words, a person needs many, many people to believe in them to become a god.

So, what if.

——Everyone believes in everyone?

Like a song, like a grand奏 (zou), like an unprecedented symphony and strikeforce song, a vast opera from the realm of the infinite...

A moment when all musical notes are奏 (zou), are in concert, and emit a movement that resounds throughout the universe!

People living on the continent cannot奏 (zou) a movement. Because everyone cannot recognize everyone, they are divided by geography, country, power, ethnicity, and even objects of faith, and kill and conquer each other. Such a world cannot奏 (zou) a movement.

People living in the starry sky also cannot奏 (zou) a movement. Because there will always be people who go far away, and there will always be people who stay where they are. Even with peace and mutual understanding, there is a separation between them called distance and strangeness, which is almost infinite.

But... the Dreamscape solves these problems.

A network that connects the souls of all living beings... a dream that ignores all distances and time and space, allowing everyone to interact with everyone.

Endless belief... interwoven between one person and everyone, everyone and every individual.

At this moment.

Aura stands in the Sea of Stars.

The white-haired artificial human girl stares at the ripples rising at faster-than-light speed between the stars. That is a frenzy formed by the materialization of almost infinite miraculous power. This frenzy will stir the entire Song-Verse Multiverse, and it will equally grant everyone the key to 'awakening into a god'.

Miracle?

It's not a miracle.

From descending into this world until now, more than a hundred years have passed, as if it were just an instant, but in the end, Aura spent a long time, communicating with many explorers from the Pioneer Space, and constantly delving into and studying the technology of the Dreamscape with local researchers from the Human Federation... They overcame one difficulty after another and made the whole world better, so that everyone could not spy on each other or hate each other.

Not to mention the seven heroic spirits who came to this universe with Aura.

Matvey has been researching with the technology team for this purpose. This former priest who intended to become a god took out his experience and shared it with others.

Vika, the priest, has become the leader in cracking down on various new-era malicious crimes and pirates, maintaining order.

Mikhail, the bounty hunter, has become the explorer who leads the pioneering team to the farthest reaches of humanity. He will do anything as long as he doesn't have to fight.

As for Agata, the prince, he concentrates on developing various games. Anyway, after giving up his power, he has nothing else to care about. And to be honest, isn't it better to make everyone happy? He really has talent.

As for Fendt and Evelyn, they have launched the collation and compilation of various prehistoric gods' scriptures and various miraculous magic poems—they, together with many scholars from the Human Federation, have compiled two classics, 'Poems of Miracles' and 'Songs of Truth', which almost record all the ballads and hymns.

——So what did Aura do?

As the leader, Aura doesn't actually need to do anything... She just needs to determine the goals, set up the framework, coordinate all the work, and then 'believe'.

Believe that others have this ability.

Believe that humans will pursue happiness and beauty.

Believe that getting better will not be rejected.

Believe that the 'correct ending' will eventually come.

It is precisely because so much has been prepared, even from several eras ago, from the future timeline, that visitors from different times and parallel timelines have arrived, generously gifting them with the technology they possess.

Therefore, the humans of today can achieve

"Teachers..."

Behind the girl, seven spiritual bodies appear one after another, and Aura and them together gaze in the direction of Ilothar and the Atlantean continent: "Look."

"That is what we need to do after we return to our hometown."

"That is our goal."

At this moment, one can see.

A magnificent human figure, as if condensing all colors and all light, difficult to describe in words, like transparent fire, is slowly straightening up from the two continents. He is so huge, so towering, that all the Primarchs previously condensed by humans have become a part of Him, becoming His eyes, nose, mouth, ears, and all structures.

He is unimaginably powerful, and the almost materialized乐章 (yue zhang) resounds throughout the universe. He merely opens His eyes and opens His mouth, and majestic sounds of music ring out, as if telling the desperate cries of humans in the cycle of fate in countless eras, and the roar of never giving up and vowing to reach the desired ending.

The 'only god'—or rather 'humanity itself'—raises His hand. This unprecedented god, who has never been named, but also has the names of everyone, the 'God-King', raises His hand and extends it towards 'above the sky'.

Time and space are distorted and churned by this hand, like a tsunami.

He is so powerful that time and space and causality cannot stop this newly born only god. Oppressed by the gods for countless centuries and opportunities, the angry god of humanity raises His fist to the sky. He wants to pull the 'God-Kings of the firmament' down from above and end it all.

Of course, He did not succeed.

The power of the God-Kings of the firmament, even without eternal elements, cannot be grasped by a newly born collective will of humanity. However, in many parallel timelines, Deus, who is fighting with Zhuzhou, has sunk to the bottom of His heart. He already knows that even if He drives away this original Zhuzhou in front of Him, He will never be able to act recklessly against humanity again.

This human god who transcends time and space may not be powerful enough to surpass their power, but it is enough to ensure... that humans can break the fate they have set!

[Is this your purpose? Original Zhuzhou...]

He looks at the fiery human figure in front of Him hatefully: [To give the slaves of fate the capital to resist... to give these mortals the divine power to tear the gods from the firmament!]

[Are you so sadistic?]

"You're wrong, I don't have any purpose, I just let everyone have a choice."

In response, the fiery human figure who slashed down with His blade simply smiled. He waved His blade amidst the shrill sound of time and space shattering and returned: "Besides, they are not slaves of fate."

Turning His head, Zhuzhou gazes at the entire universe.

That gaze is gentle, with expectation, admiration, and conviction.

The youth firmly says: "They are gods—who can judge their own destiny, who can create their own miracles, who can choose their own innovation!"

"Look, everyone has such authority—everyone is their own god!"

"The only god!"