Salina flew westward along the border of the occupied area, and soon she arrived at the junction of the Bull Principality and the Falcon Principality.
From here, you can go south to reach the Iron Crown, the main city of the exiled dwarves where Li Ran and Selina first met.
Yes, the route Selina took Li Ran back to Starwind City was exactly the same route they took when they escaped from Iron Crown.
This flight path perfectly avoided the army of Broken Stars entrenched in the north of Falkenridge. At that time, her eyes were completely dark. If Selina had deviated slightly, the place where the two fell would not be the Griffin. The Principality's Fengling Plain was directly above the Broken Star Army.
It has to be said that fate can be so bizarre sometimes.
A slight mistake, a thousand miles away, this narrow air corridor leading to the occupied area achieved Li Ranguang's feat of restoring Star Wind City and brought about the rise of Star Wind Territory.
When Selina flew over the border of the pioneering area and entered the occupied area, the sky above the two of them had turned into night, and the starry sky was just like the night they escaped from Iron Crown.
However, at that time, Li Ran was hanging on the chain below Salina. He was pitiful, weak, and helpless, and had no idea what kind of thorny road he was going to walk.
And now, Li Ran is sitting on Salina's back and is about to return to Starwind City after a long absence.
He held Xuerou in front of him and wrapped her in the snow wolf fur, leaving only a slit where her eyes were. The magnificent scenery in the sky caused the girl to let out small exclamations.
The young girl couldn't bear the cold air, but Li Ran enjoyed it very much. He mobilized the magic power to flow on the surface of the skin, forming a magic shield that was enough to maintain the lowest body temperature, and let the cold air flow wash over his body wantonly.
His mind became clearer and clearer, and some wonderful memories came to his mind.
"Salina," Li Ran said, "do you remember how we escaped from the Iron Crown?"
"What do you want to say?"
Li Ran remembered an interesting detail: "I wanted to guide you to fly out of the Iron Crown, but you didn't let me ride on your back."
Selina turned her head to the side in embarrassment.
She clearly knew how stupid her behavior was. The dragon's pride almost made her give up her life. If Li Ran hadn't grabbed the chain astutely, she might have died in that smelly dwarf fortress.
However, the dragon knight's shame did not allow her to admit this embarrassing incident in front of Li Ran, so she looked puzzled as usual: "Is there such a thing?"
Li Ran couldn't help but laugh: "I remember your reaction very clearly. How did you say that sentence?"
He spoke in a rough voice, imitating the majestic tone of the black dragon: "Only recognized knights can ride dragons. Dragon knights are not for a bastard like you! A first-level idiot!"
Selina couldn't hold herself any longer on the spot.
As her wings trembled, she wanted to throw Li Ran down from this high altitude and let him experience the pleasure of falling into a dead land again.
But unfortunately, he was holding an innocent girl in his arms, so Salina had to give up the idea of revenge.
Despite this, she still threatened: "If you continue to imitate me, I will throw you over the head of the demon army."
Li Ran ignored the other party's weak threat and asked as if he remembered something: "Salina, have we not signed the dragon knight contract yet?"
Selina thought about it, and after a while she said seriously: "Li Ran, we can't sign the contract."
Li Ran was shocked for a moment: "Why?"
"In the decisive battle with Jones, the moment you died, the Dragon Knight contract was automatically terminated," Salina said slowly, "However, the condition for the contract to be terminated was not the destruction of your body. I clearly remember that when you While his body was still disintegrating, his soul was withdrawn from this world in advance and disappeared without a trace."
"Subsequently, the soul connection between us was severed. You returned to another world and could not feel the pain, but I was deeply impressed - even a giant dragon could not bear the pain of soul stripping."
"You descendants often call yourself players and know nothing about the impact of your actions on this world. If you continue to sign the Dragon Knight Contract, I am not sure whether you will still be desperate and treat your life as a child's play. , let me bear that pain again?”
Li Ran was shocked by Salina's point of view and couldn't answer for a while.
Salina continued: "Since then, sometimes I even doubt whether the Li Ran in front of me is you, or is it a marionette controlled by residents of another world? On the other end of this puppet, is the real you? What is it really like? Will you suddenly disappear from this world one day, leaving only an empty body?"
"Forgive me, Li Ran," Salina's voice was a little tired. It was obvious that she had been thinking about these words alone for a long time. "Once such thoughts exist, it will be difficult to ignore. You are a person from another world."
"Eureka and Maren trust you, and the people of Starwind Territory respect you. But I, Salina, who was once linked to your soul, clearly remember that your soul disappeared from this world without a trace. that moment."
There was a gentle apology in her tone: "Signing a dragon knight contract requires two people to have connected souls and unite their minds, but I am unable to do this now, so we cannot complete the contract now."
Selina's thoughtful words shocked Li Ran.
He gently stroked the dragon's body, and the other party couldn't help but tremble slightly when he just talked about the pain of soul peeling off.
That must have been heartbreaking.
Li Ran frowned and remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "Salina, what I'm going to say next may offend you."
"In the eyes of most descendants, the entire Ashan is just a game, like a completely real dream. Most people firmly believe that Ashan is virtual, does not exist, and is artificially created. Everything here The native inhabitants are merely mindless playmates for their entertainment and play.”
"Do you think so too, Li Ran?" Salina said in a tired voice, "Please don't doubt it... The stars are bright in front of my eyes, and the endless mountains and rivers are beneath me. The world is clear before my eyes. Mirror, in this mirror, I can see the shadow of your soul, and I am extremely convinced that all of this is true."
"Thank you, Selina...I didn't think the same as they did."
Li Ran fell into deep thought.
Figures appeared in front of him.
The Undead Chapter that defends Starwind City, Talengard's loyal insider "Blood Reward", the leader of the Griffin Claw Chapter Umberto who died alone...
Could it be that the righteous deeds of these people are just cold data?
Salina, Eureka, Yin Beisi, Maren, Jamil and Tricia...are they also data?
Amber Technology, the publisher of the game, has repeatedly emphasized that the AI behaviors in Broken Star are all false performances. They are just fixed machine logic, and the entire Broken Star is a binary virtual world.
However, Li Ran believed in his own judgment.
Salina and Eureka are by no means cold machines.
However, he cannot change the perception of most "players".
In their view, an NPC tells you that he has a soul and self-awareness that is the same as a human being. How can you tell whether he is a conscious human being or an unconscious machine?
Most players will only think that this is a more advanced artificial intelligence.
Is Broken Star false data, or is it a real different world?
I am afraid that no one except Amber Technology Headquarters is qualified to answer and prove the answer to this question.
However, if Amber Technology is lying, then it can only reveal the truth of the world in its own way and by means.
The Star Wind Leader is rising, and Li Ran has also gained huge wealth and power by relying on future technology in reality.
The future is promising.
Now, he has a new goal.
The most powerful magician in history, Sar Ailan, after reaching the extreme of magic, successfully touched Asha's heart, ignited the divine fire in a mortal body, and ascended to the throne of God.
If the native residents of Ashan can accomplish such a great feat, the descendants will certainly be able to do it as well.
Choosing a magic profession when he returned to Ashan was Li Ran's preparation for this.
"If everyone in the world is deceived by lies, let me witness the truth with my own eyes," Li Ran murmured, "As long as I become the god of this world, can I know everything?"
