I, Superman, the Supreme Commander

Chapter 532 Doubts and Concerns: Finding a Way Out

Zhang Hong once again walked out of the Fire Transmission Sacrifice Site.

This time he did not bring any knights with him, but set out alone.

He strolled along the familiar deserted road, casually chopping down the zombies that rushed towards him.

Zhang Hong walked slowly along the place he had already walked, thinking about the fire keeper and the fire transmission as he walked.

The origins of the Fire Keeper are a mystery. According to herself, she lost her previous memories and found herself in a sacrificial site when she woke up.

I only remember that my mission is to help the ashes pass on the fire.

What remains most in memory is the knowledge related to serving campfires and serving ashes.

According to the information Zhang Hong collected from other NPCs and various places, it seems that the position of Fire Keeper can only be held by undead with the blood of Gwyn.

Outsiders have the impression that the gods are sparsely populated, with only the royal family of the Sun King Gwyn and side branches such as the royal family of Lothric.

In fact, the origin of the Sun King's lineage is very ancient. They were born together with the primordial fire. It is unknown how many descendants there are in the world. However, after their bloodline became thin, they lost the power of the gods and became mortals.

Gods, dragons, witches, and humans (dwarves) are the four original races in the Dark Souls world. They have intermarried throughout history, and their pure bloodlines have long been untraceable.

There are only a handful of "half-blood" gods like Gwyndolin of Darkmoon City and Yorsika, and they are extremely rare.

Using the power of the soul seems to be a talent that all creatures in the Dark Soul world have, but there are some differences.

However, using the soul to strengthen the body and shape life seems to be a unique ability of the Gwyn clan.

Therefore, there is no doubt that the Fire Keepers all possess the blood of gods.

And people like Rudolf and Andre have the ability to shape souls into weapons and objects, and they may also be related to the gods...

Of course, these are just Zhang Hong’s guesses.

What Zhang Hong was worried about was what would happen to the Fire Keeper after the fire was spread.

Will he die quietly in some corner like those corpses in the tower?

Or will you throw yourself into the furnace with the fire bearer and become firewood for the primordial fire?

Either way, it's tragic.

Zhang Hong didn't want the woman who had accompanied him all the way to end up in such a miserable way.

Just like he didn't want knights with a sense of justice like Sirius and Anri to die tragically.

There are also concerns about the transmission of fire.

Now, the five Firelords at the Firelord Shrine have all returned to their seats.

They are: Nameless Salary King Rudolf, Fran's Undead Squad, Aldridge the Devourer of Gods, Giant King Youm, and Prince Lothric (buy one get one free).

The conditions for initiating the Fire Transmission Ceremony have been met.

But Zhang Hong was not in a hurry to start passing on the fire immediately, as he still had many questions to answer.

Can the world return to peace after the fire is passed on?

The curse of immortality and the distortion of the abyss, how to solve these problems?

Why can the primordial fire create something out of nothing, but then be unable to maintain it?

Is it possible that extinction is destined to be the irreversible tragedy of this world?

Zhang Hong wants a good beginning and a happy ending.

【There are forty-nine great ways, and one of them is derived from heaven.】

[There must be a way...]

Deep in Zhang Hong's heart, the emotion called hope never disappeared.

He firmly believes that there will always be a way out when you reach the mountain.

Before passing on the fire, he decided to explore the hidden secrets of this world in depth and find the answers to all of them.

……

Ancient Dragon Peak.

With a long and mournful wail, the last ancient dragon left in the world fell down with endless regret.

Zhang Hong brought five sworn knights to the highest cliff of Ancient Dragon Peak.

Amidst the thunder and storm, an unknown king riding a flying dragon appeared and fought with the six people.

Zhang Hong had no mercy.

He swung the greatsword coldly and made fatal blows one after another, resolutely beheading the dragon rider who was suspected to be the eldest son of the sun on the top of the ancient dragon.

Kill all the snake people and flying dragons on the ancient dragon top.

Bringing their souls back to the Firelink Shrine.

There was a little more firewood for the first fire.

After returning from Gulongding, Zhang Hong had more questions in his mind.

The area where the Ancient Dragon Peak is located seems to be an independent area. The sky there is unusually clear and bright, unlike other places in the Dark Soul World which are dark and gray.

The small world in front of him seemed to be broken, with different spaces folded and pieced together.

Maybe even time is confusing.

From the existence of the Fireless Shrine, the Frigid Valley, and the Ancient Dragon Peak, it can be seen that the time and space of these areas are not synchronized.

The curse of the undead, the distortion of human pus, the infection of the abyss...beneath the surface of these problems, perhaps there is something wrong with the basic rules that maintain this world.

All these changes are caused by the changes in the primordial fire...

The ignition of the first fire gave birth to all things.

As the First Fire dies, all things are doomed to destruction.

The world returns to eternal darkness without life and death, light and heat.

That’s why some people long to become dragons, because only ancient dragons are the eternal and immortal life form - but if they do that, they will lose their humanity and be in an eternal sleep. Is there any meaning in living like that?

At least in Zhang Hong's opinion, whether it is ancient or wandering souls, such existence has no meaning for human beings.

It would be better if the world were destroyed.

Lothric, the Undead Settlement, the City of Sin, Irithyll... Zhang Hong walked the Fire Road again from the beginning and explored the hidden areas of these places.

Learned a lot of secrets of the Dark Soul world and various clues related to the Fire Transmission.

He now knew clearly that the original fire of this world had been extinguished before, and the fire had been passed on several times.

However, each time the world is passed on the fire, its prosperity can only last for a short period of time. From the first time the Sun King Gwyn passed on the fire to the current time when Zhang Hong passed on the fire, the several times the fire was passed on only maintained prosperity for a few thousand years.

And all signs indicate that the initial fire becomes weaker after each fire is passed on, and perhaps soon there will be no fire to pass on.

This is easy to understand - the First Fire burns the soul, and the total number of souls in the world is limited, and they will eventually burn out.

But this raises another question or contradiction - when the world was first created, no living creatures were born, and there should be no such thing as soul in the world, but the primordial fire was able to spontaneously give birth, and it was incomparably vigorous.

What is the reason for this?

Could it be that what is burning is the "Soul of the World"?

Pangu's death gave rise to all things?

……

The more he explored, the more uneasy Zhang Hong became.

He always felt that passing on the fire was just a temporary solution and not the right way to save the world.

But extinguishing the fire and usurping the fire are not good strategies either.

To put out a fire is to commit suicide, to destroy the existing world and wait for the world to reincarnate itself.

But that has no meaning for today's civilization and today's people. The new reincarnation has nothing to do with them, and their existence has been completely destroyed.

There is no such thing as "rebirth" at all.

You can't say that after you die, the grass growing from your grave is you or your descendants. That would be too self-deceptive.

The usurpation of fire was planned by those wandering spirits in Londor, and it would not have a good ending.

It's just a carnival before chronic suicide.

The so-called King of Wandering Souls is nothing more than a group of undead souls that are about to lose their humanity, guarding the remaining fire and entertaining themselves.

After a brief period of joy, as the first fire dies out, mankind will still fall into the abyss.

Twisted into unspeakable creatures in the darkness.

The soul irreversibly disintegrates and dissipates, returning to mindless chaos.

The body rotted and decayed, turning into mud and stone.

——This is the final outcome of a world without fire, it is inevitable no matter what.

Zhang Hong needs to find a fourth way.