(Ask for a monthly pass! That’s right, I’m asking for a monthly pass at the last minute!! Of course, I will continue to ask for an annual pass by the way... Besides, the big pit dug by Anyue is tortuous enough, right?)
The aboveground world and Dark Moon have completely different social structures.
According to the progress of civilization, the above-ground world, that is, Heisenwood, is more like a "normal" intra-planetary civilization. Its various races have some communication and integration, but overall they are still clearly divided into different countries. Each country is dominated by one race, and dozens of kingdoms, large and small, occupy the vast continent on that planet. These countries maintain a generally peaceful situation. Although there are occasional disputes with each other, they have initially formed an international union-they have a parliament composed of racial leaders and kingdom leaders. The teaching of mutual aid and unity is the core idea, responsible for organizing all ethnic groups in the world to fight back when the Dark Moon War comes, and promoting all ethnic groups to recuperate in peacetime. In this way, the entire planet is basically at peace: this is the situation in the world above.
Dark Moon, on the other hand, has a completely different social environment. Even though its number of races is no less than that of the above-ground world, there is no country, no race territory, or even any territorial division on this planet. All the races on the Dark Moon live together, and the only ruler of the entire planet is the Dark Moon Maharaja. They regarded themselves as the people of the dark moon. Other than that, few people mentioned their own race, and no one even remembered what a "country" was. This is a planet that has been under absolute centralized rule for thousands of years, and all aspects of social class, organizational form, and industry division have been highly simplified. In some respects, this planet may even meet the definition of "peaceful harmony" than the world above-it has not had an internal war for two thousand years.
There is a reason for the special social environment of Dark Moon: it is a big prison. There is only one purpose for the existence of the entire planet, and that is to suppress and seal the demon forces trapped deep underground on the planet, not only to suppress those disheartened monsters, but also to suppress those ominous shadows wandering around. Since the heroes thousands of years ago temporarily bound the Lesser Abyss in a small cage at a huge cost, all races on Dark Moon have only one identity: Jailer.
As a prison, it naturally does not need a state, it only needs to have a prison guard system. Lord Dark Moon is the warden here.
It is difficult to say clearly which of these two completely different social environments is better or worse. On the surface, it seems that Anyue has reached the height of the complete integration of various races and the complete elimination of civil wars, while the various races in the earth world are still struggling to find the best way to coexist at the same time, but with Bingtis From my point of view, the world on the ground is a more dynamic normal civilization. Although it has not eliminated internal friction, it has the surging power to continue to move forward; instead, the dark moon is a lifeless place. The purpose and reason for continuing to develop has been lost thousands of years ago: As a prison, everyone born on the dark moon is planned to work from birth to death, and although they thus avoid civil war, they are also obliterated the power of change.
Lord Dark Moon and his assistant Blood Princess both live in the palace, and the place called Dark Moon Palace is almost never open to the public, and all instructions usually issued by Blood Princess are sent by the wardens of the palace. Come out and send it to all parts of the planet, and the people of the dark moon can't see their leader at all. The only day when the Dark Moon Palace will be open on a large scale is when the Dark Moon War comes - on that day, the Dark Moon Lord will wear a gorgeous armor and go to the world to take the knife, and this day is almost here .
The teleportation tower leading to the Dark Moon Palace requires some troublesome authentication methods to open, and the palace itself does not seem to be too far away, so Suoya decided to take everyone there directly. After we left the upper city, we kept heading towards the deserted direction, and soon left the main road, and finally came to a bare hill. Sonia looked at the surrounding environment, and seemed to be quite satisfied with this place, so she asked everyone to retreat a little open some.
Although I guessed what she wanted to do, I subconsciously asked, "What are you doing?"
"I want to turn into a dragon form, so I can fly over faster," Sonia took a deep breath while talking, but was choked by the bad air on the dark moon and coughed, "This damn fog... Thousands of years ago, the air here was better than it is now, and it seems that with the passage of time, demon forces are still subtly affecting this planet."
I shrugged my shoulders speechlessly and looked around: the ubiquitous thick fog on the dark moon keeps the whole planet in a gray state, and of course it is the same here. In fact, judging by the naked eye, I have no idea that I have been heading towards which direction to go. If there is no special way to live here, you have to get lost when you go out. Therefore, there is a strange phenomenon among the folks in the dark moon: the children in the family go out for the first time after the age of seven. Before that, they have to learn from their parents how to use various spells for finding ways and calling for help—the visibility on this planet is too high. It's a scam.
It is said that some vampires have been forced to super-evolve by this terrible weather, and newborns who can be positioned with ultrasonic waves have begun to appear after birth, while new-types that can directly read the geomagnetic field appear frequently on the side of monsters... This is simply amazing. I can't laugh or cry.
"Roar-"
A deep howl interrupted my messy associations. It turned out that Sonia had already completed her transformation. I looked around and saw a huge black figure slowly walking through the thick fog. I didn't realize that it was until I got closer. A silver-white giant dragon with a slender body, about ten meters high and thirty to forty meters long: according to the standards of the dragon clan, this probably belongs to a beautiful woman
"It's not as refreshing as the doormat at home for being transformed. Lin transforms all in front of us." The little silver dragon is slimmer than Lin, and the girl at home can barely see the tops of her feet when she turns into a dragon, thanks to the fact that she still has two heads."
This guy Bingtis can really comment on everything.
"Are you going to take us there?" Qianqian happily jumped to Suoya's feet, hugged one of Yinlong's nails and yelled, "Thank you, your scales are so beautiful!"
Sonia lowered her head slightly, and her voice was booming, but she could still hear a female voice: "The dragons never let other creatures stand on their backs, unless they are their partners or other relatives, but if they are serving God If so, I think it's an honor."
What she said was neither humble nor overbearing, and she could still hear a bit of self-respect. Obviously, the sense of glory of this bare dragon king has not disappeared with her decadent life for so many years. If other people were present, it would be the first time to ride a dragon. It will definitely jump up and down with joy, but our family is an exception-Lin has been a transportation vehicle at home for a long time, and we are all masters who have eaten and seen it. Sonia lowered her wings and asked everyone to climb on her back, and the group of people chanted as they climbed up—
Qianqian: "The back doesn't seem to be as wide as expected."
Bingtis: "Well, this little silver dragon is a bit skinny, so he should eat more meat."
Lin Xue: "It would be nice to have a railing here, and of course it's better to have a fully enclosed box."
Bingtis immediately agreed: "Yes, it's like the one installed on Lin's back. But it's too narrow here, and our mahjong table can't even be opened."
Weiska concluded his statement with regret: "You can't just engrave words here, right? I still want to play backgammon with my brother."
Only Dingdang said something consoling to Sonia: "Actually Dingdang thinks this place is quite open!" As long as the radius exceeds one meter, Dingdang loses the concept of size. Words are boundless...
Sonia listened to the gang of picky guys riding on her back and talking non-stop, her neck was getting lower and lower. Fortunately, Bingtis discovered this situation in time and quickly explained: "Hey little girl, don't mind , we didn't complain about you, it's just that there is a dragon bigger than you at home, and we subconsciously compared it to you."
"Another dragon?!" Sonia's body trembled, and all the people on her back immediately staggered.
"Ah, yes, another dragon," Bingtis patted Sonia's back with a smile, "so we said that everything will be fine, even if you can't resurrect your compatriots who have died for thousands of years, we It is also sure that you will meet a lot of new friends... "
Suoya's spirit was refreshed for an instant, and then she took the two-step run-up and took everyone soaring into the sky, shaking the ground on the spot. We frantically opened the barrier to resist the strong wind, and Bingtis stomped his feet angrily: "Scare the old lady! You and Lin are absolutely compatible. Your takeoff and her landing are a perfect match!"
Although I feel that it is inappropriate to complain after riding on someone's back, after taking off, I still feel that Lin's air service is more comfortable: on the back of the airbag, we even dared to hold a bonfire in the air, Bingtis even A floor heater was installed under the thickest scales on Lin's back to improve the riding experience (sister Dragon God's skin is rough and fleshy anyway, and she can't feel it), but on Sonia's back, everyone is more restrained, and I have to feel it at any time. Look at Qianqian and Weiska, and prevent them from engraving this trip or drawing little bastards on their backs...
The terrible atmospheric environment of the dark moon also showed its power after we took off. Almost a hundred meters above the ground, there was already a vast expanse of whiteness up, down, left, and right, and everyone almost felt like they were flying in a chaotic space. We are protected by barriers, and we can still talk and laugh, but Sonia can only keep her mouth shut, and even her breathing is planned carefully. I understand her approach very well: she travels through such a severe smog at subsonic speed , if she still opens her mouth, she will probably be full before landing...
Looking at the thick fog around me, I really want to know if Sonia regrets choosing the air route to fly there...
Fortunately, our destination is not very far away. After flying for about half an hour, I felt that Sonia was lowering the altitude, and then a tall shadow appeared in the thick fog ahead. It appeared to be a hilltop, or possibly a protrusion of a mountain range. Looking at the thick fog, Bingtis asked a question presciently: "Although there is navigation in the general direction, do you think blind landing in such a thick fog is reliable?"
Everyone's expressions changed in horror, and then the reaction force trained by riding Lin to travel frequently exploded at this moment. We put away the card matza and the small table, and rushed to the edge of the dragon's back to jump down. Within two seconds, we Everyone jumped down.
Everyone slowed down in the dense fog, used their mental perception to find the landing point, and then landed safely. A huge black shadow in the sky flew into the distance without hesitation. After a while, the rumbling sound came from about two or three kilometers away.
I suddenly felt that she and Lin might really be a perfect match...
Everyone waited for a while before seeing Suoya staggering out of the thick fog. She had returned to her human form, and she was extremely embarrassed. The originally cool and beautiful white-haired Yujie now looked at the same person who just dug in Shanxi. Fifteen years like coal. As she walked towards the crowd, she coughed violently, panted hard, and retched from time to time. I really couldn't see it, so I stepped forward and patted her on the back to make a suggestion: "You should not fly until the atmosphere of the dark moon improves, too. Broken engine...”
Sonia looked at me with red eyes and said, "...Ah Choo?!"
It's really hard for her to fly under the smog for thirty minutes, but you can see that this sister's expression is much richer now.
"That's the Dark Moon Palace?" Qianqian stared and looked around for a while, and finally found a tall silhouette in the thick fog in the distance. At first glance, it looks a bit like a mountain, but if you distinguish carefully, the outline There are obvious traces of artifacts.
"That's the direction," Sonia nodded while coughing, "Let's go over there..."
Sister Long with the facial paralysis never dared to fly again.
Everyone opened the barrier to isolate the annoying dust around them, and then quickly rushed towards the huge building in the distance. Sonia looked in amazement at the transparent shield that could isolate the dust and not affect the air circulation (this world sees I have never had similar magic or technology), while running along with the team thoughtfully: "If only you had put this on my head just now, that fog almost choked me to death."
Bingtis: "... Fuck, why didn't anyone think of it just now?"
I staggered and smoothed things over in embarrassment: "I'll talk about it next time, I'll talk about it next time—there is a dust cover on the head when flying, Sonia, are you going to dive?"
Everyone walked quickly, and the huge hazy shadow of the Dark Moon Palace quickly turned into a clear image in the thick fog. After I got closer, I realized that it was a stone building similar to a castle. It was built on top of a very high rock platform... No, it was not built on the top of a rock platform—this castle was carved out of a huge mountain rock. of! It is integrated with the rock platform below. The gray-white main body has natural boulder patterns and unadorned rock window holes. Because there are cracks inside the natural rock, the castle carved out of the rock as a whole looks like A cracked stone statue covered with large cracks, but these cracks do not affect the firmness of the whole building: the entire Dark Moon Palace is shrouded in a layer of iron-gray light mist, which should be some kind of enhanced protection or strengthening the firmness of the building magic effect.
The surrounding area of the Dark Moon Palace is bare. Apart from this castle, I can’t see any outbuildings here. I was surprised to find that the supreme ruler of the Dark Moon lived in a gravel wilderness—this should be the most desolate place in the world. The remote leader's residence.
"Silly Barbarian seldom contacts outsiders after being infected by demon power. Only those who are strong enough can bear the maddening aura about him, so after we came to Redmoon, the four of us worked together to build such a castle. And the range of hundreds of kilometers around the castle is listed as a forbidden area," Suoya led everyone to the gate of the castle, "The people in the Dark Moon Palace are all the strongest selected from thousands of people, with firm will and strength. Powerful, and it rotates every three years. When the dragon clan was still relatively prosperous, I also asked my clansmen to work together to create a seal, which was engraved on the chest and back of the stupid barbarian. This seal was also used to suppress him. It is made of demons. So you can actually think of this castle as part of a prison. Redmoon is a big prison, and its ruler lives in the strongest cell."
"No wonder, this place looks so desolate," Qianqian murmured, she was studying the outer wall of the stone city, "Thousands of years of time imprint, it has been like this since it was built... live in It must be uncomfortable in here."
"It's nothing compared to the devil's corruption." Sonia put her hand on the thick red gate of the castle and waited for a long time, then suddenly frowned, "It's strange... how deserted here."
I gave her a strange look: "Didn't you say that, ordinary people can't get close to this place."
Suoya shook her head vigorously: "No, that's not what I mean... It stands to reason that someone should have come out to welcome us at this time. And now there are only a few days before the opening of the Tiandi Bridge, and the Dark Moon Palace should have already started preparations. It should be very lively, and those big lighthouses will also be lit... Where are the people here?"
I suddenly realized that the situation might change, so I quickly took out Dingdang and swept around the outside of the castle as if holding a hand-held scanner. Dingdang reacted immediately after being dizzy for a while, and reported loudly: "Castle There are only about twenty living people inside..."
"Fuck, something may have happened!" Bingtis screamed suddenly, and rushed up to smash the gate of the castle, but the moment she raised her fist, the heavy red gate suddenly creaked It rattled open.
There seemed to be a person standing in the dark shadow of the doorway, and the other person walked forward slowly, and I saw that it was a short-haired girl in a maid uniform, with a pair of pointed cat ears on her head: this is a demon Beast Maid.
Hearing Ding Dong said that there were only about twenty living people in the castle, I prepared myself for the corpses scattered all over the place, but the one who came out to greet everyone turned out to be a weak-looking little maid girl, and she seemed to be doing something wrong It looked like nothing happened, this situation made me a little dazed, but the little maid girl seemed to be very calm as if everything in the castle was normal. Ya: "You are the Dragon King, right? Blood Princess is already waiting for you." Then she turned to us and smiled slightly: "There are some special guests." RS