A few days ago.

Tanaris Desert.

A group of camels and travelers walked slowly on the golden dunes, numbering about twenty people, all of them young and strong. The travelers, dressed in sand-proof robes and carrying short sabers at their waists, trudged through the sand with difficulty. This caravan is responsible for transporting fresh water from a nearby oasis to the hot sand port to the east, and at this time of year, many caravans take on this job, and the goblins of the hot sand port do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire such a caravan to ensure an adequate supply of fresh water.

The hot sand invaded the boots of the travelers, who walked and stopped, constantly discerning the direction of the wind, carefully avoiding the craters of quicksand that might form, and loved and hated the scorching sun overhead.

The scorching sun scorched them, but they had to not only look at the position of the sun to determine their position in the vast desert, so as not to lose their way in the desert environment that was the same everywhere.

Compass, you say? It was true that there were people in the caravan carrying it, but it didn't work. The compass doesn't work in this desert. The reason is said to be related to a mysterious cave in the southern part of the desert that interferes with the direction of the magnetic field in the desert.

The caravan had to stop again, and the camel elder who was in charge of formulating the route found a suspected pit not far ahead, and decided to adjust the route for the safety of people and goods, but in this way, the time required on the road would be half a day longer.

Travelers sat down on the hot sand dunes, pulling out their kettles and gulping down water to replenish their strength. Fortunately, they will not lack fresh water, which is the most basic guarantee of life in the desert.

At this moment, someone suddenly raised his hand and pointed in the direction in the distance, saying, "Look, what is that?" ”

The others looked up in the direction of his finger, and saw a faint black dot in the distant north sky.

"What's that? An eagle? Or, a big bird? ”

"It's fast, it seems to be flying towards us." It was said.

All eyes were on the little black dot in the distant sky. After a while, the small black dot enlarged a lot.

"It's coming!" Someone shouted.

Gradually, the travelers could see that the black object in the sky was a winged creature, flying so fast that it was about to reach them in the blink of an eye.

The shadow finally flew over the caravan.

All the travelers opened their mouths in horror and looked up at the huge shadow.

The shadow did not pause for a moment, and hurriedly passed by. For a moment it blocked out the daylight, making the figure look extraordinarily large.

The travelers watched as the huge figure flew towards the southern end of the desert.

After a long time, the silence was broken until the shadow shrank again into a small black dot in the distance.

"A dragon! A yellow dragon! ”

"Oh my God! We actually met a dragon! We're alive! ”

"I'm going to tell everyone what I saw today!"

The caravan boiled. Whether it is an experienced camel old man who walks in the middle of the desert all year round, or a rookie who joins the camel team for the first time, these ordinary people usually hear that there are dragons in the Tanaris Desert. But they only listen to its name, and few people have actually seen it.

In people's minds, dragons are huge, evil horror monsters. They can attract a sandstorm with a flap of their wings, and destroy a town with a single breath. Anyone who meets a dragon and comes back alive will be treated as a hero.

And today, they met a dragon covered in yellow! Real dragons! Look how huge it was when it flew by! Half of the sky is obscured by it!

Not to mention that the travelers who are back on the road are full of topics, and the next trip will not be boring anymore. The yellow dragon, which had swept past their heads and disappeared without a trace, was slowly lowering in height, and not far in front of him, a huge cave mouth appeared, and the dragon flew into the cave without hesitation.

As soon as you enter the cave, the ** part of the cave is not only narrow, but very wide. The dragon flew along a long, wide passage in the cave, and judging by the height, it was constantly extending below the ground.

I don't know how long it took to fly, but this cave passage seemed to have no end. The walls on both sides of the passage were monotonous and dark at first, but gradually the walls disappeared and were replaced by scenes that would have shocked outsiders. It was a brilliant and colorful cosmic space, the stars reflected each other, the round planets were scattered all around, and there were constantly colorful ribbons of light on both sides of the passage like silk silk surging slowly. Only those who truly understand know that these are the images formed by the most violent energy turbulence trapped in time and space.

The passage ahead finally opened up, and the yellow dragon quickly descended towards a wide square.

In the center of the square, stands a bronze clock of astonishing height and intricate structure. The clock was running slowly, and the complex structure recorded time in a way that was clearly not ordinary.

As soon as the yellow dragon landed, it instantly changed its shape, and its body shrunk into a human male.

"Anaklos, welcome back." A four-legged, half-dragon, half-human monster stood beside it and bowed to the human male.

"Is Nozdom here? I brought back a report from the dragonman who was in charge of monitoring Onexia's lair, and the timeline was discreet. Anaclos said.

"You know, my king's whereabouts have been erratic...... said the dragonman.

"I see." Anaklos interrupted with a wave of his hand, "Then let's go see Soridomi." ”

"The Dragon Queen is now in the hatchery room, and this phase of the Dragon Egg is at a critical moment of hatching, you know ......"

"Then I'll have to meet one of them." Anaclus said in a slightly displeased tone, "This matter is far more complicated than I thought, and I must report it to them." ”

The dragonman was about to say something more, when a heart-stirring voice suddenly resounded throughout the cave**, as if conveyed from beyond eternal time, and the voice said, "Anaclos, my son, what news have you brought?" ”

The dragonman immediately fell to the ground.

Anaklos, who had the appearance of a human male, also looked solemn, bowed to a certain place in the square, bowed his head and said, "The dragonman who was in charge of monitoring in the Dust Swamp has sent news that it has been confirmed that the black dragon princess Onexia has returned to the lair. ”

"Back to the lair, at this time?" Accompanied by this voice, Anaklos appeared in front of a large but indistinct phantory figure, which could only be faintly seen as an unusually large brass-colored figure, and the curtain that shrouded it seemed to be the fine sand flowing from the river of time.

This is none other than the Guardian of Time in Azeroth, one of the five Guardian Dragons, the Elder Dragon, the Bronze Dragon Lord Nozdorm.

"I suspect someone is interfering with the flow of time," Anaklos said, "and according to the normal flow of time, Onexia should not escape back to her lair until a few months later." But she had already been evicted early. Another piece of news also confirmed that the king of Stormwind also returned early and sat back on the throne. ”

"Oh? Do you know who is interfering with time? Said the giant phantom in the quicksand.

"I locked in a few points in time, and by comparing them, I was able to conclude that the earliest deviation in the flow of time was in human territory. It appears in the town of Shining Gold at the foot of Stormwind. Before Onexia's problem arose, there had been a small temporal deviation there many times. ”

"Even the smallest deviation in time can have an unpredictable impact on the long river of time. Have you fixed these deviations? ”

"I tried to fix it, but it didn't work." Anaklos uttered an answer that surprised Nozdorm as well: "While repairing time, I could feel that time there seemed to be disturbed by a powerful external force that I could not restore the flow of time. Cause...... Unknown. ”

There was a moment of silence.

After a while, the huge phantom in the quicksand spoke again, "Anaklos, find the problem. ”

Anaklos bowed down and said, "Yes, my king." ”

In an instant, the huge phantom in the quicksand suddenly disappeared from the spot, as if it had never appeared.

Anaklos pondered for a moment, then asked to his side, "Who's going?" ”

At this time, many figures had gathered around him. Some of these figures are the real body of a yellow dragon, and some have transformed into human form. Like Anaclos, they are all descendants of Nozdorm, the Lord of Time.

"Who's going?" Anaklos asked again.

"Leave it to me!" A crisp voice sounded, and a yellow dragon less than a meter long flew out with fluttering wings, and after falling to the ground, it turned into a female dwarf.

"You? A hatchling? Anaklos looked at the female gnome suspiciously, clearly skeptical about the other party's ability to accomplish the task.

"Rest assured, leave it to me! In recent years, I have studied human beings very deeply. Since you're going to a human place, you might as well send a bronze dragon like me, who is familiar with humans. I'll be sure to get to the bottom of it! The female dwarf said with a smile and patting her chest.

Seeing that the other bronze dragons didn't seem to have any intention of going out to do this, Anaklos couldn't help but sigh helplessly, and after thinking for a while, he slowly nodded and said, "Then this task will be handed over to you, Chromie." Come back and let me know as soon as you find something. ”

"Okay!" The female dwarf suddenly said with a happy smile.

Then, she transformed into a fledgling dragon again, flapping her wings and flying away slowly out of the cave.

……

So, when Li Quan returned to Azeroth and appeared at the Lion King's Pride Inn in Shining Gold Town, he immediately saw this female dwarf dressed in a gorgeous golden mage costume and looking very curious about everything.

"Hello, my name is Chromie, I'm the Bronze Dragon, I'm here for you!" Chromie stopped Li Quan and said straight to the point.

Li Quan couldn't help but be stunned. Bronze Dragon? He was just about to come to find the Bronze Dragon. If he could catch a bronze dragon's line and ask the other party to help reverse time, then he would be very sure to prevent that incident and save Yao Feifei. However, how could the bronze dragon take the initiative to come to him?

"Are you really Cromy? Bronze Dragon? Li Quan looked at the female dwarf in front of him with some surprise, and the female dwarf was looking up at him with a cute smile, how did she look like a little girl who hadn't grown up.

Chromie transforms into a dwarf with long, conspicuous white-blond hair that is tied up in two cute buns on the left and right, making her look more like the little sister next door than a bronze dragon with the ability to control time.

In order to confirm his identity, Chromie suddenly winked at Li Quan while there was no one.

Li Quan was taken aback, and the pupils in Chromie's eyes turned into a bunch in an instant, which were the eyes of a dragon.

Li Quan finally believed that this little dwarf was indeed Chromie, the bronze dragon who had the most contact with players in the World of Warcraft, and at the same time the bronze dragon with the most exploration spirit, and he had a strong curiosity about human society.

"You're coming to me?" Li Quan nodded, confirmed the identity of the other party, and asked.

"That's right, I've been waiting for you here for days. I heard about you as soon as I arrived, and you are very famous here. Chromie grinned and said, "Although you are a few days late, I have not been without success in the past few days. The snacks here are very tasty, my favorite is the grilled pork chop and strawberry fudge. ”

"Uh......" Li Quan was a little dazed by the leaping thinking of this bronze dragon, and he asked, "What is the matter with the bronze dragon looking for me?" "That's what he wants to know most.

He was just about to come back and find a way to contact the bronze dragon, but a bronze dragon came to the door on its own. He didn't believe it was a coincidence. There must have been something going on that he didn't know about.

"Hmm. I'm here to investigate one thing. This matter has plagued us Bronze Dragons. Chromie listened to his expression, looked at Li Quan carefully for a long time, and suddenly said, "How did you do it?" ”

This question with no beginning or end made Li Quan confused when he heard it, and said suspiciously: "What is it and how did you do it?" ”

"Tamper with time!" Chromie knocked on her own head, a look of confusion on her face, a thoughtful look that made her even more cute, and she muttered, "I've inquired as soon as I came, and I know what you've done." I'm sure it has something to do with you. You tampered with time, but I can't guess how you did it. You did, but I couldn't find any signs of tampering. It may sound like a mess, but to put it simply, you have tampered with something to change the course of history, but I have found a strange phenomenon through observation, as if this history should have been what you tampered with. It's not like anything I've ever been to before! ”

When the other party said this, Li Quan couldn't hear the other party's intention. I see, no wonder the bronze dragon came to him. Because he forcibly pushed the plot forward, allowing Varian to recapture Stormwind from Onexia ahead of schedule, thus changing the timeline of the original plot.

And the bronze dragon found out about this, so he sent someone to investigate.

Thinking of this, Li Quan couldn't help but hesitate. He didn't know what the bronze dragon would do after figuring out what the problem was? Will they interfere? As far as he knew, the Bronze Dragon's mission was to repair tampered time.

Li Quan's gaze at Chromie inevitably became complicated.