High Above

In the hazy recollection, Ian vaguely heard a prophetic poem recited in the tone of Terra.

【The apocalypse finally arrives】

【Fate has abandoned us】

【Eternal glory turns into dust】

[The world's catastrophic flames burn the sun and the moon]

【All living beings】

【You shall face the judgment】

[Remnants of past lives]

[Return to dust]

[Gone in oblivion]

【All living beings】

【You should listen】

[The day when the world becomes darkest]

【When the end comes】

【None of you are immune】

This fourteen-line poem is the most orthodox prophetic fourteen-line poem among the many myths and legends of Terra. It uses a sigh-like lamentation to tell the story of the coming of the apocalypse, the destruction of the world, the end of all living beings, and the return of everything in the past to dust. A process that was completely forgotten.

But there were hundreds of versions of such doomsday prophetic poems in Terra back then.

It can be said that almost every year there are people saying that it will be the end of the world in a while. To the people of Terra at that time, none of these prophecies came true, so naturally it didn't matter.

Sustainable collapse belongs to yes.

However, Terra is a world with psychic powers after all...

In this world, there really are true prophets and true prophecies.

It now seems that perhaps a powerful prophet had foreseen this scene long before the disaster of falling from the sky came.

At least, he saw the moment when the disaster happened.

However, he was limited by the times, or he was not born in the era before Terra unified the planet and discovered the fire of alien civilization, so his predictions were lost in many false apocalypses and were not taken seriously.

But that giant dragon, that strange giant dragon, knew this prophecy and knew that it was true.

Moreover, He also knows the 'Creator'... This means that He is obviously a member of the 'True Dragon'.

But here comes the problem - at the time of the Skyfall Disaster, the third generation of true dragons had not yet been born, and the ancestor true dragon and most of the second generation true dragons were not in the orbit of Terra, but around the 'God's Punishment Star Nemis' .

In this case, where did Terra get the dragon?

Even though the ancestral true dragons had long signed a contract with Terra's pre-era civilization and had cooperation, they had no spare power to respond or even warn Terra's civilization when the skyfall disaster occurred.

The answer is actually already there.

"It's Terra..."

Ian whispered to himself. He stared at the huge dragon with metal bones and cloud wings roaring and enveloping the planet's atmosphere, turning into something that could be clearly seen even in outer space orbit. It was like The giant hands of clouds and mist that were as big as half a continent were holding up the fallen colonial cities in outer space, so that they would not 'fall' as much as possible, but instead 'land' on Terra with as gentle a force as possible.

Not only that, layer after layer of inscription circuits emerged, and the entire planet's atmosphere seemed to echo this true dragon. This represented that the true dragons of the entire 'Terra' once again erupted in dragon roars, caused by the sky falling. , the impact that was enough to scatter the atmosphere of the entire planet was actually suppressed by him alone.

And His name...

It’s [Terra]

[Dragon of Terra·TerraDrac]

The most essential meaning of all real dragon names is 'Dragon of a certain place', 'Dragon of a certain planet', 'Dragon of a certain civilization'. The reason why they sound so complex and changeable is simply because The transliteration and translation of the concept of 'dragon' in different languages ​​of various planets.

Of course, in some civilizations, there may not be the concept of dragons, and local civilizations will regard these powerful beings as 'messengers of heaven', so their names may also be 'angels of a certain place'.

But none of this prevents others from understanding the identity of this giant dragon - he has settled in Terra since ancient times, recorded almost all civilization and biological data of Terra civilization, and is close to the existence of the 'Terra Fire'. And he is also the bridge between the Terran civilization and the five ancestral true dragons, and the intermediary who assists in the conclusion of the human-dragon contract.

He is the Dragon of Terra!

He regards Terra as his hometown, a true dragon, and does his best to prevent Terra's destruction. However, in the face of the Skyfall Disaster, a horrific destruction originating from the deep space of the universe, it is absolutely impossible for him to do so with the power of a single dragon. withstand.

Even if He delayed the fall of many huge satellite cities, even if He tried his best to restrain the spillage of the planet's atmosphere, even if He tried his best to control a mysterious force in Terra's atmosphere to deflect the moon fragments that shattered the Moon of Gaze... …

Terran civilization was still destroyed.

Incredible psychic fluctuations swept across the world, destroying the Terran network system built on the electronic and psychic network in an instant. Even the virtual realm set off a tsunami. Almost all permanent mystery locks were destroyed, and many automated intelligent programs were destroyed. If something goes wrong, they will evolve into virtual realm machine gods in later generations.

Except for those key storage equipment that had been specially protected, almost all civilian storage equipment was burned down, and the inheritance of civilization was cut off for the first time here.

Then, horrific geological changes and natural disasters killed one-third of the entire population, and the resource supply imbalance caused by the subsequent collapse of civilization killed the remaining one-third, and the subsequent secondary disasters and Human-to-human killing once again reduced the population.

At this point, except for those emergency shelters that maintained basic order, the entire Terran civilization was completely destroyed on the surface.

A glorious era has come to an end, and the eternal achievements have turned into dust and passed away in the long river of history.

However, the Dragon of Terra's efforts were not in vain.

Yes, destruction, end and extinction came with the apocalypse. The Terran civilization, which thought it had made all preparations to deal with the doomsday, ushered in an unexpected natural disaster in a hurry, but the efforts of the Dragon of Terra, This planet still retains some fire.

The last thing Ian saw was the completely burned and exhausted Dragon of Terra falling slowly.

Even so, He who welcomed the final outcome was also carrying a colonial city on his back at the end, lifting it up and slowly falling to the ground, just like lifting up his own tombstone.

[As a dragon ending, this is not bad]

In this relief, the retrospective ends.

Ian fell silent.

Another look back at the Skyfall disaster - not surprising, in the land of Terra, almost all the origins and drastic changes originated from the Skyfall disaster more than 1,600 years ago. disaster.

The big city that was lifted up by the Dragon of Terra and finally landed on the ground is obviously the best-preserved colonial city. In the changes in later generations, it gradually became the center of the gathering of natural sources, and the core has not been completely extinguished. The heart of the furnace has formed a huge spiritual field, nourishing countless lives.

The complex urban structure, exquisite streets and urban areas have become increasingly obscure and difficult to explore due to the lack of map guidance from the past.

So, gradually... this city that recorded the last battle of the Dragon of Terra turned into an area that the beings of Terra now call a 'maze'.

Later, it evolved into a breeding ground used by the empire to breed monsters.

[One thousand and six hundred years, most of Terra’s civilized history, four dynasties and the complete cycle of troubled times...not long, but not short, enough to witness the change of the world, the loss and rebirth of civilization]

Ian, in the form of a young dragon, sighed. The Dragon of Terra was almost desperate in its struggle to face the prophesied doomsday. Obviously, no one could know what the prophecy represented and when it would happen before it actually happened. , and this is enough to make more than 90% of the preparations meaningless.

But He did succeed in retaining something... If the Dragon of Terra did not try its best to burn its own hard work, Terra today is probably still in the bloody massacres and disputes during the 'Lost Era' period, how could it be possible to use more than 700 It took only a year to recover or even develop to the point where there are so many fifth energy levels today?

Of course, Ian still has many questions.

The existence of the dragon of Terra is quite normal. After all, other civilizations have dragons of fire, so there is no reason why Terra does not.

But the question is, what does the collapse of the ‘kingdom of heaven’ and ‘heaven’ mean to the creator in His words?

The creator is the creator of the true dragon, and also the creator of the sky-falling spaceship. It is also possible that the creator of the guardianship order of the universe civilization represented by the true dragon - they are undoubtedly an extremely powerful universe. Civilization, but they obviously have opponents.

The crash of the Skyfall spaceship may have something to do with the ‘Destruction of Paradise’ mentioned by the True Dragon of Terra.

As for the status of the True Dragon of Terra, Ian believes that it is probably lower than the First True Dragon, but higher than the second generation True Dragon.

The strength of the opponent is equal to that of Terra Civilization, an emerging cosmic civilization that has absorbed a large amount of fire. Although they are not yet able to travel to the outer starry sky, this does not mean that their technical capabilities are low... At the same time, Terra True Dragon is obviously a A veteran true dragon, he might have survived for more than five hundred years and received the ancient existence of "extended lifespan" from his creator.

He must know more than Ian imagined... I just don't know where the Dragon of Terra's 'Inherited Fire' is, whether it is in the 'Atlan City', or whether it was there earlier. It was taken away in the past.

【Take me back】

The harvest has been great, and Ian is now more and more interested in the 'breeding place' where he is.

Perhaps it was fate, or it was coincidence. From the moment Master Gosei chose to take away the two dragon eggs and store them in the Atlan breeding ground, it was destined that Ian would be able to detect the truth of this place - and all of this Thanks again to Ian's adventures in another maze.

Everything converges in the choice of the prophet... Maybe in the past, there were other prophets who wanted to reverse the doomsday and do the same thing as Ian, but they were not as strong as Ian, or in other words, they None of them have the perspective and ability like Ian to look at the past and the future and integrate all the information.

"OK."

As someone who had seen Ian use 'retrospective vision', Andor seemed to have noticed something, and he took the young dragon back to the inside of the giant city without hesitation.

At this moment, a group of knights and a researcher headed by them walked quickly towards Andor.

"That's good, D-73687, you can actually make a crystal dragon egg hatch - the teacher said you only need to do it alone. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect it to be true!"

As soon as the cheerful researcher opened his mouth, he revealed his identity as a former disciple of Master Gosei, and also revealed that Master Gosei actually wanted to throw Andor to rot in the giant city of Atlan. ——The old man can definitely tell that the two eggs are in bad condition, but he insists on letting Andor take care of them alone. Obviously, he wants to throw the blame on Andor and use this 'informed person' when the time comes. Eliminate them by reasonable means.

As for why we have to be so roundabout...it's actually for Ian's sake.

After all, it was Ian who spared Andor's life. Even if Master Gosei was not willing to let him live, he would respect Ian's decision and kill the pirate captain secretly.

Of course, he will still use his own methods to achieve his goals, and Ian doesn't think there is a problem with Master Gosei doing this, but he just feels a little bit emotional about Andor's good luck.

If he had come a little later, or if the crystallized dragon had hatched a little later, he would have really died.

"How is the situation? How is the crystalline baby dragon's condition? Does it express a desire to settle in the water, or is it hungry?"

At this moment, the researcher is asking Andor about the needs and situation of the crystallized dragon. As the only responsible person, he must obtain relevant information from Andor before he can arrange a suitable breeding room for the crystallized dragon. .

As the only crystalline dragon in the entire Atlan City breeding area (because of Master Gosei, the empire does not know the existence of the etheric crystal dragon), the treatment of the crystalline baby dragon is quite high, not to mention being used as a material. It is estimated that it will be cultivated as a breeding dragon in the next few decades, and it can be regarded as a treasure for the factory.

But the prerequisite is that it can be hatched and grown up. After all, if it were just eggs, there would still be a lot of them in the breeding area.

【Listen to my answer】

Naturally, Ian couldn't bear to see Andor, who was so clueless, that he wanted to ensure that his collaborator had some merit.

So, soon, under Ian's mind control, various professional words began to pop up in Andor's mouth: "Now the crystallized dragon is in good condition, the recovery rate of the original material exceeds 98%, and it has no limbs. , intellectually deficient, showing a yearning for the natural environment outside, so I took it out of the incubation greenhouse and went to the open sea to breathe fresh air."

"The young dragon showed a desire to be hydrophilic, but it was not strong. Its mother's source material should be inclined towards 'ice' rather than the common 'liquid'. Based on my experience in the Great Labyrinth of the South China Sea, I can judge that the mother body of the crystallized young dragon Born in the maze cooling area, it matches the performance of a young dragon."

"But due to the contamination of the insect nest in the maze and the lethargy symptoms shown by the crystalline baby dragon, I just noticed that the baby dragon wanted to enter the 'dragon sleep', so I brought it back from the lighthouse."

In fact, Andor himself didn't know what he was talking about. He simply repeated everything that Ian asked him to say - and the moment he finished speaking, the crystal dragon clone controlled by Ian started to play lazily. He yawned, then put his head on his coiled body, obviously looking like he was about to sleep.

"Take him to the Bingyang Breeding Room."

The disciple of Master Gesai turned his head and ordered to the knight: "The Zhanhai Crystal Dragon Young Dragons enjoy AAA-level treatment."

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head and looked at the overjoyed pirate captain. The researcher smiled implicitly and said: "This is the teacher's instruction - as long as you can hatch the crystal dragon egg, you can regain your human rights and enjoy official treatment. ...Congratulations, Mr. Andor, you are free."

"Of course, you can also stay at the Atlan breeding ground and continue to cultivate crystal dragons as my subordinate."

After finishing speaking, the researcher waited for Andor's choice.

"I'll stay in Atlan!"

Without hesitation, Andor just breathed a sigh of relief - as the person Ian had ever seen who wanted to live the most, he naturally knew what choices he should make to continue to live: "I don't have any worldly thoughts in my mind right now. , I just want to take care of the little crystal dragon wholeheartedly!"

"Very good. You are a smart man." The researcher smiled - sincerely this time: "You survived."

Then, he continued to say to the knight on the other side: "Change the number of D-73687 to C-361 Andor, and enjoy the treatment of a C-class personnel."

"Take him to my office later and I will remove the alchemical toxins from his body."

Obviously, if Andor dared to choose freedom just now, he would indeed be able to obtain the most complete freedom in the world...that is, death.

Although he was furious in his heart, Andor could not help but smile on his face and let out a long breath.

Now... he was finally freed from his precarious life.

The crystallized dragon fell into a deep sleep.

And the other side of the continent.

Ian opened his eyes.

He released his hand from the dragon egg and nodded thoughtfully: "Interesting. Sure enough, Terra is very big and has many hidden secrets... With such a clone, it will be convenient to explore the secrets beyond Nanling. many."

"And... are the three dragon eggs really one body? The dragon soul is also choosing the pilots of its other two bodies..."

Ian raised his head and looked at Ellan and Shark, Elder Pude and Qing Chao who were also watching him on the other side.

He smiled: "It seems that not only I can do it, but others can too."

"Now, I don't have to worry about the problem of no one controlling the crystal clone."

And right now.

As Ian finished his 'demonstration', the unbroken crystallized dragon egg in front of him suddenly began to tremble slightly.

Seeing this scene, Ian took a step back. He raised his brows and stared at the dragon eggs shaking in front of him.

Obviously, after seeing Ian's extremely clear 'action method', the dragon egg that gave birth to the real crystallized dragon body will also hatch.