Andor, the elven pirate from Canaan Moor, feels like he is possessed by the gods of luck and despair at the same time.
A year ago, he was invited by a big client from the empire to attack a target. Every pirate would do this kind of thing. After all, how much money can you make by robbing merchant ships? It's nothing more than gaining fame. Those big shots who need black gloves are the real financial backers.
What's more, this customer is very stable. He even arranged a set of armor as insurance. Compared with those mentally retarded customers who don't have complete information about the enemy, he is simply considerate.
Andor considers this to be lucky, it is rare to see such considerate big customers.
But who knew that they would overturn the situation - their opponent's strength and luck were both excellent, especially that boy from the White People... He was simply a genius that was rare to see in a hundred years, or even a thousand years!
It was the first time Andor saw that someone could control the armor to defeat a second-level monster for the first time. It was smooth from beginning to end, as if it had been rehearsed, and the total duration was no more than ten minutes.
Even if the monster is in a sea where he is not suitable to display his strength, this kind of record can be called a trump card.
Meeting a genius of this level, Andor was so convinced that he was defeated. He kicked off his legs and planned to wait for death.
Anyway, pirates, who wouldn’t overturn their car? In the Sea of Eternal Silence, only the luckiest pirates can live a little longer, and strength has never been the main factor.
After all, didn't the last pirate king, Black Storm, disappear because he encountered a passing fourth-level sea dragon? Even the third level can encounter such nonsense, which proves that luck is far more important than strength.
At this time, he was undoubtedly desperate.
But when he was desperate, Andor was spared his life because he saved the Iron Shark companion of the boy from the White People... He was even lucky enough to watch their final battle with the Insect Hive, and lived as the final winner. Come down!
This is indeed lucky.
But what follows is the beginning of this round of misfortune.
Andor, who was taken from the port to the imperial capital by Master Gosei, has been staying in a prison for special prisoners.
In prison, he underwent several rounds of interrogations, including those from imperial officials, the Ellen family, unknown persons (Andor guessed it was another large noble family), and Master Gosei.
He did not tell the truth honestly, but gritted his teeth and just insisted that he and Ian Isengard and others shared the difficulties and finally escaped from the big maze.
As for Patrick?
he? who?
No, I never know who my employer is!
You ask something else? Just kidding, how can we Canaan Moorish pirates recognize your imperial nobles? We can’t even pronounce the names of our own elf councilors!
His attitude obviously made everyone very satisfied.
Apparently, no one wants the truth.
In response to this, Andor complained in his heart... Are you kidding? Do you really think he is stupid! If he tells the truth, even if the empire doesn't execute him, the Ellen family won't be able to keep him!
The result was just as Andor thought. When Master Gosei came to the prison and found out that he was still alive, he said in a nonchalant way: "It's okay, not stupid." Then he took him out of the prison.
Immediately afterwards, the distribution arrived here.
Assigned to the Maze Breeding Center of the Imperial Mist Port, as a D-class personnel, he took care of the 'Zhanhai Crystal Dragon Egg' that Master Gosei and his team took out from the maze.
What are D-class personnel?
Simply put, they are consumables.
The Labyrinth Breeding Center is the most successful example of the Labyrinth Transformation Plan first implemented by the Empire decades ago. This marine labyrinth originally bred a large number of marine monsters. After being captured and developed by the Empire, it relied on its natural The ability of the psychic field and natural source of energy to converge has become the largest Warcraft breeding ground in the empire.
Here, there are Warcraft from the first level to the fourth level. Each type of Warcraft has different breeding and control methods. Each type of Warcraft can bring different benefits to the empire.
their
Breeding, birth, growth and final harvest are all tightly controlled by the empire, forming a huge ecological cycle.
But precisely because it is Warcraft, not every control method will work.
They will evolve, adapt, or develop other mutations, which will cause the original methods to fail... This will undoubtedly cause extremely serious casualties.
Therefore, most of the people at the lowest level are death row prisoners, people who have lost their human rights, and others who have lost their names and identities.
Their mission is to assist professionals in taking care of these farmed monsters at close range, or to become food for the monsters.
No one will regard them as humans, at most they are useful tools.
Andor has become one of them. This is undoubtedly the most desperate situation... If the pirates in the Everlasting Ocean are trying their luck to survive every day, then here, they are waiting for death every day. countdown.
The only chance of survival is to make some achievements in the breeding factory.
If Andor can be recognized by the Labyrinth Breeding Ground, he can return to freedom. This is the agreement between Master Gosei and him.
At the same time, this is also the empire's last mercy to all D-class personnel and a means to control them.
Andor still remembers that when he first entered the breeding ground, he still thought, "Maybe these dragon eggs will hatch soon?" , what a blessing.
But who knows, the days passed day after day, and the time passed month by month, but the dragon egg remained content and motionless.
Yes, they are gradually absorbing the surrounding source matter and becoming bigger... But what's the use of getting bigger if they don't break the shell!
One year will soon pass, and Andor is almost in despair. If the dragon eggs do not hatch this year, the possibility of hatching in the future is very small. Not only that, he is the person in charge of this batch of dragon eggs. , if the breeding place declares that the hatching has failed, then he will definitely be executed and thrown away to make cheap fish feed for the sword-toothed fish next to him!
This is why Andor was so excited when he heard that the crystal dragon egg hatched.
"Hope is true, hope is true..."
With these words in his mouth, Andor walked through various automatic checkpoints - there are very few human operators inside the breeding ground, most of them are automated alchemy machines, and the empire uses many of them that are still being tested here. Cutting-edge technology.
Here, there are no favors or omissions, and all procedures are carried out according to the most rigid sequence, just like the laws of nature.
In fact, the monsters in the breeding ground will really regard many of the rules within the breeding ground as natural phenomena, adapt to them, and then develop many habits and new abilities that the outside monsters have never had.
When Andor saw this scene, he felt a little enlightened. He probably understood why the maze gave birth to a maze species that was very different from the outside world.
But now is not the time to sigh. Soon, Andor arrived in front of the dragon egg incubation room that he was responsible for.
The dragon egg incubation room is located in the underground flow of source matter.
It's strange to say that it's obviously the egg of a fourth-level monster, but the only person taking care of it is an elf pirate like himself who has committed crimes...
Andor had previously speculated whether he might have been silenced softly? These two dragon eggs couldn't be hatched from the beginning. Master Gosei just wanted to use the rules of the breeding place to pin him to death in this ghost place?
It's not impossible - that old man has a kind face and an evil heart, and only shows kindness to those he admires!
But now with the hatching of the dragon egg, these speculations have become meaningless.
With excitement, the dark green-haired elf raised his head and looked into the glass room.
Then, he froze in place.
What a beautiful creature appeared before him?
The young dragon covered in light cyan crystal scales lay quietly on the snow-white goose down cushion. The slender body was still somewhat translucent at first, but as time went by and the nutrition of the eggshells was supplemented, it gradually became like a dragon. Sea water is generally deep and opaque.
The young dragon seemed to notice it too
When he arrived, it swung its tail and turned its head. Three pairs of dragon eyes locked on the familiar man in front of it. Complex patterns like prisms rotated in the irises under the eyelids, as if they could see through him in an instant.
The newborn crystal dragon looks like a sea snake with horns and claws just like its mother.
But compared to the sea snake monster of the same size, it appears to be more slender and more flexible, and the scales on its body that look like jade and are as moist as jade are actually sharp enough to cut through steel.
Especially those three pairs of eyes, just like human beings, looking at me with an intriguing attitude.
Andor's body stiffened for a moment. At this moment, he had a strange feeling that the baby dragon in front of him was not a real baby dragon at all, but some kind of extremely dangerous and terrifying demon that was reborn under its weight. !
And the trainer who ran over so excitedly was undoubtedly the first unlucky victim as mentioned in all the terrifying Warcraft stories!
"How the hell is that possible! How could I be scared by a little dragon?!"
Andor roared in his heart, cheering himself up, then immediately turned around and ran away without hesitation.
——Are you kidding? Who is he? He is a man who can survive a situation like the Great Maze of the South China Sea! He still doesn’t understand what he should know and what he shouldn’t know, what he can and cannot see?
In this situation where instincts start to warn him, Andor must not stay alone. He must find other D-class personnel or the person in charge of this cultivation greenhouse, and everyone should come together, so that he can avoid all possible dangers. Danger!
It has to be said that if what happened in the incubation room was really a scene of a thousand-year-old monster being reborn, then he would have survived by running away.
Unfortunately, it's not.
【Andor】
A calm voice sounded in the heart of the elf pirate: [Stop]
As if the words were spoken, Andor's body stopped the moment the voice sounded.
Then, the pirate captain turned his head with a look of surprise and looked at the glass room behind him.
【Yes, that's me】
Xiaolong lazily positioned himself more restrained, but his voice sounded in Andor's heart without interruption: [Do you remember who I am? Andor]
"...Ian?"
Almost trembling when he said the name, Andor swallowed. He was a little unbelievable: "You, you are dead?!"
Ian, who was controlling the young dragon, flicked the tip of his tail imperceptibly. If it were a human, this would probably be like raising an eyebrow: [Not dead. Your thinking is too fast. I don’t need to die to possess this little dragon. And this is not a horror story. This is a special psychic skill]
He surprisingly completely followed Andor's jumping thoughts, and even made a prediction of the other party's thoughts.
Therefore, Ian said softly: [I can even see that your situation is quite bad...obviously, you need help]
[Come here, I have something to ask you]
Andors thought about it and felt that he might not have the right to refuse - no matter what method Ian used to possess this little snake, he had no evidence to prove this.
Ian can come and go, and if he wants to survive, he must protect this crystal dragon baby. If there is an abnormality in the baby dragon, no matter what the outcome, his death will come soon.
Not to mention that with the relationship between Ian and Master Gosei, it only takes one word to pull him out of the breeding ground, or... sink him into the Sea of Tranquility.
The most important characteristic of smart people is that they don't care about things that they shouldn't care about, and only focus on the current situation.
After wanting to understand this, the elf pirate turned around neatly and rushed to the incubation room. He almost knelt at the door and said with great sincerity and respect: "What are your instructions?"
【very good】
Xiaolong nodded with satisfaction: [You are a smart person, so I won’t say much]
[Tell me, where is this place? 】
[What is your situation now? If you want to improve it, how can you cooperate? 】
[Finally, can you contact Master Gesai? 】
These three questions were very simple and clear. Andor answered quickly and fluently: "This is a breeding base of the Setar Empire near the Tranquility Sea. The location is probably north of Wusha Port. I'm not sure. It was brought here by the five senses that were banned, and it is estimated that it was through the direction of the wind and the direction of the whirlpool."
"I am now a D-class personnel in Wusha Port. I have no human rights. I may be drafted to deal with some troublesome problems and die at any time. I probably haven't been drafted yet because Master Gosai sent me here. But if the crystallized dragon egg doesn't stop, Incubation, I estimate it will be abandoned in a full year.”
"However, you...well, since this baby dragon hatched, I will most likely be able to get rid of this identity and become a more stable grassroots cultivator."
"As for the end, I can't take the initiative to contact Master Gosei. He will come to me if he has something to do, but only rarely... But when the dragon egg hatches, he will definitely contact me during this period of time!"
【Um】
Ian nodded thoughtfully.
Just as Andor thought, he was not afraid at all that the other party would tell him that he could possess a baby dragon - let alone whether others would believe it. Even if they believed it, they would not be able to catch Ian's specific possession. Xiaolong's evidence.
And Andor is not a fool. He just lost his temper because he was too cautious. In fact, when he answered, he had already figured out what was going on: The reason why Ian possesses this body, no matter what it is, Mysterious events or psychic powers, there must be a purpose.
There are too few things that the young dragon's body can do. He needs a helper. As an acquaintance and a weak person who can be controlled by life and death, he is an excellent assistant for the other party in the breeding area.
As for the final question, Master Gosei’s question was to hint at Andor and tell him that Ian has the ability to use higher power to help him escape from the sea of suffering or sink into hell at any time... But as long as he Andor If you behave well, then this young man from Bai Zhimin who has already spared him once will not mind letting him live again.
The premise is that he wants to cooperate.
And Andor is not just cooperating - he simply wants to kneel down and lick her!
"Sir, do you want some air?"
Now that he realized that Ian was his noble person, not the one who urged him to order, Andor's tone immediately changed from fearful to fawning - this snobbishness was actually a good attitude, proving that he was absolutely cooperative.
Naturally, Ian would not refuse: [With my current status as a young dragon, I will try my best to take me to see the surrounding situation.]
The labyrinth breeding base around the Setal Empire's Wusha Port... He had heard of its name for a long time, but he had never had the chance to visit.
This place produces more than 30% of the Warcraft materials in the Imperial Palace and the Imperial Capital. With its own efforts, it can match the output of several provinces. It is undoubtedly a super-output building. It is also Ian's future plan to draw lessons from the ecological circle of the 'South China Sea Great Labyrinth'.
There are many advanced and mature technologies here, waiting for him to learn and analyze them!
And Ian is not in a hurry. He has plenty of time. As long as Andor does not die, his crystal dragon clone will be able to do many things that ordinary breeders and Warcraft cannot do.
Both free prostitution technology and free prostitution resources are very feasible!
Andor rolled out a large cart, loaded the entire incubation table where the crystallized baby dragon was, and pushed it out of the incubation room - another dragon egg was left in it. Ian told Andor not to worry about that egg. It won't hatch yet. It will hatch at the right time under Andor's careful care and become part of the other party's achievements.
In this way, he will also gain a certain status in this breeding place, which will facilitate Ian's future actions.
[It seems quite free]
Ian sat on the cart and looked around curiously.
Inside the greenhouse, there are dozens of transparent incubation chambers, some of which are vacant, some of which have not yet hatched, and some of which have already hatched.
It has melted, but it does not leave it. Instead, it moves slowly in the incubation room, or rests.
These are all Warcraft, and the glass in the incubation room seems fragile, but it can actually withstand bullets and heavy crossbow shots. The source essence and life breath of dozens of different Warcraft gather in this area. Not only is there no chaos, but it is also ingeniously Under the design, it blends into a unique breath of life, allowing vitality to steam up and reach the top of the greenhouse.
Walking out of the underground greenhouse, there is a huge hemispherical vault on the outside. At the top of the hemisphere is a hollow that leads directly to the outside world. The light golden sunlight penetrates directly into the ground from this hollow, with faint light patterns of sparkling waves.
The spiritual energy field visible to the naked eye uses sunlight as the carrier to gather together, condensing lines of inscriptions visible to the naked eye in mid-air, adjusting the intensity of the source essence in the space.
There are a total of eight greenhouses in the vault space, with the sign 'Rare Warcraft Hatching Area' on the edge. Obviously, this vault space is specially used to hatch Warcraft.
There are many staff and automated machinery walking around the greenhouses for observation.
"Some monsters need to be sent to a suitable area as soon as possible after hatching, otherwise, their health may be affected."
Andor, who had just used the instrument to report the situation, explained: "I just used this reason to report to the superiors. Otherwise, it would be a big mistake to take the monsters out of the incubation area without authorization... But with you here, this matter It's much simpler, I can send you to the sea area that has been prepared for the crystal dragon, where you can have a clear view of the entire breeding area."
【Troublesome】
Ian is satisfied that Andor is as convenient as possible, which is also the result he wants.
However, after saying this, he remained silent.
The elf pushed the cart, gradually heading to the ground along a spiral upward track.
This process was very long. Ian keenly sensed that the underground where he was just now was probably not a normal underground, but a thick building layer under the sea. It was just because its structure was too large and dense, which made people feel uncomfortable. An illusion.
Moreover, this spiral track made him feel a little strange... The stairs in it were obviously built by latecomers, and its original shape was not so much a staircase as a smooth launch track.
This made Ian have a guess in his mind, but now was not the time to guess.
Soon he would know the truth.
Soon, as Andor kept crossing the level and opening the valve, the sunlight from the outside world really shined through the crack in the door.
Ian felt the fresh sea breeze blowing.
Unlike the overly warm and humid South China Sea, the just right cool sea breeze mixed with some moist water points hit his scales.
The young dragon raised its head.
In the north of the mainland, the sun next to the Sea of Tranquility is not dazzling. It is blocked by a thin layer of clouds and mist, covering the next layer of hazy light. A golden fireball is vaguely suspended in the sky, covering the surrounding clouds. and the ocean are gilded with their own colors.
Then, Ian lowered his head and looked around the area where he was.
Then, he saw a lighthouse.
Ian held his breath.
The area he is in is an extremely tall and huge lighthouse. It sticks out from the sea and is still hundreds of meters high. Under the lighthouse, there is an extremely large building structure that is submerged by the sea. .
No...is it really architecture?
That's a city. A huge, layer-on-layer city made up of countless steel structures - it is like the Leviathan in myths and legends, an incredibly huge whale that fell here, with its corpse and this land It merged with the ocean and finally became the shape it is today.
Thousand-meter-high lighthouses protrude from the rotting corpse of this giant city, like a forest in the ocean, and the huge and thick wall structure isolates all sea water, providing an excellent sealed environment for its internal space.
And around this huge city, there are many densely packed, like ants
Groups of creatures were swimming around, but Ian could tell that those were not ordinary creatures, but groups of sonic dolphins. These intelligent monsters became patrols around this giant city under the guidance of humans. , closely monitoring the movements of all surrounding monsters.
"This is the breeding ground."
Andor's voice sounded, and his tone was filled with awe that was almost fearful: "We are in the 19th 'Incubation Area,... the underwater labyrinth' Atlan City, which is its The main component is that in the inland sea under the sea and the surrounding sealed 'breeding sea', there are countless monsters with different ecological habitats..."
Andor was certainly in awe. As long as we are human beings, we will be in awe and wonder at this unusually large building - for what purpose did our predecessors build it, and what kind of disaster caused it to be buried here from a glorious place. The civilized city of the previous era has become the maze it is today?
They don't know, so they feel fear and fear.
And Ian knew.
[This is...orbital colonial city? ! 】
Ian opened his eyes wide. He could see at a glance the true nature of the breeding place, the 'Undersea Labyrinth Atlan City' - it was a 'space colonial city' that should be in a permanent orbit! Whether it is its structure similar to that of the central area of the imperial capital or these lighthouses that should be 'orbital entrances and exits,' they all prove this!
Now, Ian can see it clearly. The giant city of Atlan should be a commercial or fortress city that was originally located in space orbit. These densely packed huge lighthouses are all used to guide the spacecraft. Stationed at the dock, the spaceship will be docked nearby, and cargo and passengers will enter the city horizontally instead of vertically along the tracks in these lighthouses!
The complete form of the giant city of Atlan should be a space city with a structure similar to a sea urchin!
Moreover, it was not sunk into the sea due to geological changes at all... it fell directly from the sky and smashed onto the earth!
But why? !
Even a space fortress would be shattered if it fell from outer space orbit. At least the surrounding terrain would undergo extremely horrifying changes. How could it be so ordinary and inlaid in place?
It’s not just these puzzles.
The six pupils of the little crystal dragon were extremely contracted to observe the surrounding situation.
He quickly noticed something was wrong - at the edge of the entire giant city of Atlan, there was an extremely conspicuous, even incredibly huge, abnormal structure!
They were bones...partial bones of a giant dragon.
A giant dragon claw bone that is several kilometers long clings to the side of the giant city. Its overall structure is pressed under the giant city. All flesh and blood has decayed, or has become nutrients for the surrounding earth's ecology, leaving only The strongest, metal-like bones are still there.
At this moment, Ian felt that his spiritual power, 'precognitive vision', was rapidly vibrating and his ability to look back into the past was functioning.
Then he saw it.
Ian saw an extremely dazzling flash of light flying from the end of the distant universe, penetrating through the Moon of Gaze in the void. After melting half of the moon, it fell towards Terra with a tilted trajectory. .
Incredible psychic radiation spread towards the entire planet and even the star field, killing most of the people directly exposed to the radiation in an instant. The colonial cities in outer space were the first to bear the brunt.
The originally silent city was howling high in the sky, and countless dead souls were mourning in the burning dead city. It fell from the top of the sky with blood-red fire smoke, and around it, dozens of similar dead cities were also falling. With a trajectory of destruction.
And a heavily injured dragon roared and soared from the inside of the planet. Chi Gang paid a great price to resist the aftermath of the stream of light that penetrated the moon and protected part of the life on the native planet.
And now, Chi also wants to try to protect these fallen floating cities, among which there are still some surviving lives.
Ian felt great unwillingness from the heart of this giant dragon.
Surrender and anger...and despair deep within.
[Is Terra going to die? 】
The ancient, sad, and deeply regretful echo seemed to travel through time and resounded in the heart of the prophet: [The prophecy has come true, the apocalypse has come, and fate has abandoned us...]
[Hope is gone, heaven has collapsed, and the creators who will build the kingdom of heaven have perished...]
【......No】
The dragon's echo became firm: [I don't believe this prophecy]
【I want to make the final fight】
He fought.
Then......
He failed.
