In many worlds with underdeveloped civilizations, ancient dragons are not regarded as the creators of all things, but rather as natural disasters.
The powerful power of these primitive beings can cause volcanoes to erupt and shake the earth. They can create thunder and storms in a single thought, change ocean currents, and surge ocean tides. Cities built by civilization are as fragile as white paper in front of them, and can be destroyed at will. For flat ground.
But this does not mean that the ancient dragons are born for destruction, it is just because they are too powerful.
In fact, those forces that appear to be disasters are actually the source of life.
Volcanic eruptions provide warmth to the icy world, allowing elements from deep within the earth to come to the surface, and new continents can be formed in the sea. Lightning and storms can promote the synthesis of material particles and increase the probability of the emergence of large organic molecules, which is an important condition for the emergence of primitive life. The powerful magnetic field can not only disrupt the celestial phenomena, but also resist the energy radiation projected from the sky, protecting the microscopic organisms that have just taken shape. The changes in the earth's crust are also an important step in allowing the surface elements to fully integrate and form the primordial soup of life.
For the world itself, natural disasters are just ordinary natural phenomena, as common as rain and snow. It is precisely because of the existence of intelligent life that natural disasters are "natural disasters", and it is precisely because of one's own weakness that these orders are The power of the birth of life is regarded as synonymous with destruction... However, not all civilizations think so. A long time ago, people in the multiverse have recognized the power of ancient dragons and tried to use this power for their own purposes. exist.
The beginning of everything goes back thousands of years.
"When our ancestors were still tending fish in the sea, the war between the Dragon God and the darkness had already begun at the other end of the multiverse. Initially, the darkness that came from nowhere could not harm the Dragon God at all. Shen also thought it was just a small fight and didn't take it too seriously."
"But as time goes by and technology advances from generation to generation, the harmless children in the past have grown into adults holding sharp blades. The darkness is gradually able to fight the Dragon God head-on."
In the central mountain range of Kronos, in the underground ruins, slight footsteps could be heard. The old dragon man held the hand of the silent Lisa and walked along the translucent crystal tunnel towards the lower part of the earth.
He looked straight ahead and whispered the secrets passed down by the dragon people since ancient times. His tone was calm and unwavering: "After hundreds of thousands of years of fighting, the Dragon God has been unable to expel the opponent. Because he cannot bear his harassment, the God only You can choose to go far away and enter the void, but the darkness will follow you like gangrene on your bones, chasing you to the other side of the multiverse."
Even Lisa already knew what happened next: the darkness chased the Dragon God and came to the periphery of the world where the dragon ancestors lived. Because they were afraid of the threat of darkness to themselves, the Dragon God and the Kronos civilization worked together to completely defeat the pursuer. However, the Dragon God himself was seriously injured. The world of Kronos, which accidentally exposed the location of the mother world, was completely destroyed by the magic of destruction. The continent collapsed into broken rocks, the oceans dried up into deserts, and the entire plane gradually fell into the abyss.
The Kronos civilization was also destroyed as a result, and the living race was almost extinct. Only the remnants of the last fleet survived.
"Because of guilt and gratitude, in order to repay the help of our ancestors, the Dragon God decided to connect himself with the entire world that was on the verge of destruction... It slept in the center of the former ocean, now in the center of the God's Desert, assimilating itself with the entire world . In this way, when the Dragon God repairs his own injuries, it is equivalent to repairing the origin of our entire world - according to the Dragon God's words, it is the rebirth of the power of steel."
"The Colonos Mountains where we live now is the source of rebirth. When the Dragon God is completely restored, the entire world will reshape its foundation and regain its vitality. In order to wait for that day, our ancestors who lost their civilization chose to accept the Dragon God The bloodline acquires its power to thrive in this mountain range and maintain the existence of the race."
The members of the dragon elders did not follow the old dragon to the bottom of the ruins. Most of them went to other corners to maintain and adjust this ancient ruins. Only this old dragon elder still led Lisa downwards, as if there was no end.
The dragon elder's face is full of wrinkles, his beard and hair are white, even the dragon's horns are starting to turn white, and there are signs of broken pieces falling off at the edges, but his voice is very clear, without any ambiguity of an ordinary old man. The old dragon man held Lisa's hand and talked to himself about ancient secrets while walking downward.
"However, the rebirth of the world comes at a price... The Dragon God connects itself to the world, and it is equivalent to the heart of the world - how can the heart leave the body? Before self-healing is completely completed, the Dragon God cannot leave our world, it is Bound by the agreement, it can only stay on the earth, never be able to rise to high altitudes, and never be able to fight the enemy.”
At this time, Lisa no longer knew how many meters underground she was, and even the Syndicate couldn't tell. She felt that she should have crossed the thick rock formation and entered the earth's crust. Balrog also discovered unknowingly, On both sides of the translucent crystal tunnel, dots of golden-red lava can be seen. They are like blood vessels, flowing and spreading under the earth.
If she were really underground, the dragon girl should have been unable to survive at this time, but because of the creation of the Kronos civilization, the microscopic crystal tunnel that flashes magic power from time to time perfectly shielded the surrounding high temperature and pressure. , so that Lisa can still continue to move forward steadily.
"The link with the world is the only way for the Dragon God to save our world, but this is equivalent to binding the Dragon God in a cage called the world... When the enemy comes, the Dragon God cannot even fight back."
The old dragon elder seemed to come here often. He held Lisa's hand calmly and walked towards the depths of the distant mantle that had been completely wrapped in lava. He seemed to want to go to the center of the earth.
But that was not the case. Just when Lisa felt that she had completely entered the depths of the earth's mantle, they arrived at their destination—a huge hall made entirely of light silver crystal.
This hall is full of mysterious atmosphere. It is in the shape of a dodecagon. The walls on each side are engraved with completely different complex runes. On the light silver walls, light blue arcs are running along the lines like circuit boards. Like lines beating, there are many useless grooves and runes on the wall, flashing with the brilliance of magic.
In the center of this hall, there is a huge, pyramid-like altar. This altar is silver in color, with crystal lines like blood vessels shining red light. At the top of the altar, there is a half-human figure. A tall column with a delicate tray on top, and a blue amorphous light group suspended above the pyramid, like a projection.
When Lisa saw this scene, she was almost frightened and took a step back - this was not because the girl was timid, but because the environment was too dangerous, because on the way to the huge pyramid altar, there were blood-soaked Lava, boiling metal, suffocating heat. Purple-red lightning wrapped around the top column and tray, releasing unparalleled pressure, as if the anger of the gods had materialized.
When we came to this hall, the dragon elder stopped. He held my girl's hand tightly and said softly in an inexplicable tone with nostalgia, unwillingness and relief: "The approval of the earth, the promise of steel." , the trials of the atmosphere, and the pact with the gods and the world and the dragons. This is the center of the world of Kronos, where the fire once burned."
"The Dragon God is indeed bound to our world, but fortunately, the ancestors had anticipated this, so they designed this altar and this ceremony."
—What ceremony
Lisa just wanted to look up at the old dragon man and ask what the hall and the altar were used for, but at this moment, the old dragon man let go of Lisa's hand.
He walked forward slowly, towards the altar, looking at the lava, molten steel and twisted heat in front of him as nothing. The dragon man elder's clothes all over his body began to burn, but the flames could not burn his body. Instead, he showed the old man's Old, with wrinkles and spots everywhere, a body with bulging veins and scars.
How many battles did you have to go through to leave so many scars? Lisa was so shocked by this scene that she even forgot that the old man was walking on the lava.
And the clear voice of the old dragon man continued to come.
"As long as a few dragon people with pure dragon god's blood use the power of their own blood as a guide to condense a false illusion, they can temporarily deceive the world and temporarily prevent the chain from binding the dragon god. With the power of pure blood, As a guide, the Dragon God can not only gain temporary freedom, but also gain the blessing of the power of our entire race and become stronger."
The shoes had long been burned, and the old dragon man stepped barefoot on the blood-like boiling lava. Blue lightning protected his horns, but he could still smell the aroma of roasted meat. The old dragon man didn't care about this. He shook his head and said: "Unfortunately, the original ceremony required at least twelve pure-bloods to stand under twelve walls and rely on the combined power of runes to calm the restless lava, molten steel and Hot wind, the embodiment of the anger that calms the world on the verge of destruction."
Otherwise, if the load is too large, it is likely to cause casualties. The number of people is currently seriously insufficient.
"If this were not the case, the load would be too great, and it is likely to cause casualties. But now, the number of people is insufficient, let alone twelve."
Having said this, the dragon elder who was still heading towards the top of the pyramid altar sighed: "Not even half of half."
Hearing this, Lisa looked at the arc of electricity that started to jump all over her body, looking at the high temperature around her. Lisa's lips moved slightly, and she whispered softly: "Because there are not enough people, so... you need me?"
"So, sacrifice is required."
Having reached the end of the pyramid altar, the old dragon man stopped. He did not turn around, but said with a smile: "We have failed our ancestors' expectations and lost the method of awakening our bloodline. Therefore, this generation of pure people naturally awakened. There are only two Blood Dragons."
"two?!"
Lisha suddenly raised her head and looked in the direction of the old man. Lisa murmured in surprise. Suddenly, her eyes widened. She stared at the dragon man elder whose hair and beard began to burn and turned into flames. Her heart was already There is speculation.
"Yes, it's me. Lisa, I am a self-awakened pure-blood dragon from the previous generation."
Still not looking back, the old dragon man had arrived in front of the cylindrical tray. His skin had become like coke under the surrounding purple lightning and flames, and was covered with black scorch marks. The surrounding high temperature It has reached the bottom of a kind of terror, even if the old dragon man has ancient dragon blood and has awakened most of his power.
But even so, the old dragon man's voice has not fluctuated at all so far. He stared at the tray in front of him and the light blue light group suspended on the top of the tray, and said calmly: "Thank you, ancestors, for not letting me go so fast." Death, otherwise even the minimum ceremony would not be possible. This is so rushed, I don’t even have time to explain everything to you."
He raised his hand to stop Lisa from stepping forward. The old dragon man raised his index finger and cut the blood vessels in his wrist with his sharp nails. He pressed his wrist on the altar tray, causing purple-black blood with electric arcs to spurt out.
Until then, the old dragon slowly turned around. He looked at the young girl with loving eyes and chuckled: "Fortunately, I am still alive, so I don't need you to sacrifice... Lisa, you are so young, With this kind of power, you must be our dragon people’s hope for the future.”
Therefore, it is enough for me who has no future to sacrifice.
The old dragon man turned his head and looked directly at the altar. At this time, the light group suspended at the lower end of the altar began to flash strange numbers - 12.47%, 24.91%, 37.32%, 49.11%... The numbers were rising like flying. , and the old man's blood spurted out rapidly, and he could smell the terrifying bloodline power of the pure-blooded dragonman who inherited the blood of the ancient dragon burning.
Even so, the old dragon man was still dissatisfied. He took a deep breath, and then arcs of electricity began to flash all over his body. He closed his eyes and smiled one last time.
Goodbye, compatriots, continue to move forward, live well, and help me focus on the promising future of the dragon people.
Bang, like the sound of something breaking, accompanied by the violent trembling of the blue arc, in Lisa's extremely shocked eyes, the old man's body suddenly turned into a burst of blood mist, and then moved toward him as if it was alive. The tray at the top of the altar surged forward - a huge and terrifying bloodline power burst out that even Lisa was trembling with now. This power was refined by the lava along the way, sublimated by the boiling molten steel, and twisted. Calcined in the high-temperature atmosphere, and after undergoing the triple test and purification of the earth, steel and atmosphere, one can see that the blood mist transformed by the old dragon's whole body power turned into a silver streak, mixed with cyan thunder.
This thunder seemed to come from ancient times. It caused the primitive materials to fuse in the electromagnetic storm, and allowed the polymers to fuse under the impact of pure energy, forming the first life. And this thunder poured into the depths of the altar, A gentle light lit up.
The ground began to shake.
The purple-red thunder seemed to fade away, and the boiling metal began to cool down, gathering around the altar. The high-temperature hot wind that was scorching everything slowly subsided, and the lava turned into black rock. It seems that the anger of the world has subsided. It can be seen that silver light is gathering from all directions, forming a faint silver metal chain around the altar.
In the distant center of God's Desert, the angry ancient dragon suddenly froze. It felt that the restraint that connected it to the world was gradually weakening, and the power that bound it was fading away. It turned to look at Ke In the Ronos Mountains, the Dragon God knew that the ancient agreement was being fulfilled, and the dragon people were unshackling it so that the original dragon could rise to the sky and fight the enemy.
In the depths of the earth, one gazes at the silver-blue electric arc still lingering on the altar, as well as the traces of blood mist. These are the last remains of the old dragon man who did not even have a name in this world. Lisa opened her mouth wide. He wanted to say something, and she wanted to hear something, but at this time, no one could listen to her, and no one could explain the secrets of the world to her. She was alone again, at the bottom of the earth, who knows how many meters deep in the earth's core.
After all, the girl is only in her early teens. For a girl of this age, death, sacrifice, the fate of the race and the world, civilization and the possibility of the future are all too heavy. Lisa is farthest from the future. She only wanted to explore the distant desert of God. But now, this incomprehensible thing makes the girl feel hard to breathe. The mountain of responsibility called Lisa will completely defeat and crush Lisa.
Fortunately, she wasn't really alone.
"Come forward, Lisa."
In the silent hall deep underground, the Syndicate whispered in the spiritual link with the girl: "The old man has done all the most difficult things, and now it is your turn to complete the last step."
"You have no way out, and so do I. Don't be in a daze, wake up quickly."
"Really... It's my turn."
Hearing Balrog's words, the girl woke up from her confusion. She raised her head and looked at the pyramid altar not far away. Lisa slowly took a step forward, stepping on the rock floor of the altar hall, and she walked towards He took a step forward, but his face still showed confusion and fear, as well as confusion and trouble.
But Lisa kept moving forward, one step after another, without stopping.
-Yes, she is still confused.
Lisa still didn't understand what all this was about, why she came here, and why she took on such a heavy responsibility... But even though she was still confused, still confused, still flinched and sad, there was still Fearful and worried, but she kept moving forward.
Lisa stepped on the black stone path made of lava and crossed the silver ramp made of metal. She passed through the thunder that had become gentle and the blood mist that had not dissipated, and strode towards the top of the pyramid altar.
Even though there are heavy responsibilities and unknowns ahead of her that she has never known, Lisa still has the courage to face it all. She knew how difficult this road was, but she didn't know whether she could complete it. But now that the girl had started taking steps, she would never look back, look left or right, or stop where she was.
If she wants to move forward, she will only move forward.
Because this is the direction she has chosen from the beginning.
(End of chapter)