"We're asking about the same as the mages. ”

After bowing to Segris, the current dragon king finally stepped out of his father's vast shadow and stood face to face in front of Shure. Although his chubby body made him look a little funny, the aura he exuded was impossible to fake. Completely different from the previous meeting in the Rose City, and completely different from most people's imagination, the golden dragon Odin did not exude the innate domineering aura of many dragons, but gave people a feeling as calm as a mountain. Perhaps this composure was the reason why Segris chose him as his successor, after the exodus from the wilderness and the radical war of Segris, the dragons needed a steady leader to lead the people to recuperate.

"What we need are biologically inhabitable planets, two. Confirming that Shuer's attention had shifted from the dragon god to himself, Odin said slowly, "One of them, the conditions are as bad as possible, there are food resources, but not too rich, there is a livable environment, but the scope is not too large, most areas try to ensure that food is scarce, pay attention not to nothing, but to shortage, as for the areas with good conditions, it belongs to the plains as much as possible." ”

"What are you ......" Shure raised an eyebrow, but still held back from interrupting Odin's description, "You go ahead first." ”

"The second one is just the opposite, rich in resources, mild in climate, and safe in environment, just like a wild land. Odin nodded in gratitude, "I don't just mean food resources, everything including minerals and plants is as abundant as possible. ”

"Is just two enough?" Shure asked, "Besides, there must be a stable ecosystem on a barren planet, but what about the rich planet, are there any special requirements? ”

"If you can do it, of course the best. Odin asked, somewhat surprised, "But do you know what we're trying to do?"

"Sort of. Shul shrugged, "It's just that I saw your attitude towards the mythical beast, and I thought you wouldn't do it." ”

"We wouldn't want to do that if we could, but we couldn't help it, we just had to do it. Odin smiled bitterly, "But I'm surprised, how do you know what we're going to do?"

"In my hometown, there are several ethnic groups that have a similar custom of throwing the younger generation into extremely harsh conditions and leaving them to fend for themselves. Those children have to use all kinds of means to get scarce resources to survive. After such training, all the individuals in the group who have successfully reached adulthood are extremely strong, and their abilities are very good, but most of the children have fallen on the road to adulthood, and not many can live to adulthood. Shur frowned, remembering some unpleasant memories, he had been in contact with such a group of people in his hometown in the past, and he was very impressed, "You also plan to move the mythical beasts into that environment, but I must warn you that the future of this kind of race is not good, individually, they are all extremely dark, and from the perspective of the race as a whole, most of the races do not even have a future. ”

"Oh? Why?"

"Because in that environment, the easiest people to survive are the predators, but if everyone in a group is a predator, there is no future. Shure looked at the dragon god and then at Odin, "It's not difficult to meet your request, and I have no intention of commenting on your plans, but as a reward for that kitchen knife, I feel obligated to remind you." ”

"It seems that you are not as greedy as the legend, at least there is a bottom line. Odin didn't pay attention to Shure's reminder, but was particularly surprised by his 'reminder', "I really didn't expect you to say that. ”

"Tsk, it looks like I'm having a lot of trouble. Shure pouted, "You already know the drawbacks?"

"We thought about it, so we didn't plan to be that extreme, and in fact that it wasn't in line with our purpose. Odin explained, "We want most of the children to survive, but it's going to be difficult." ”

"Evolutionary Theory ......" Shuer suddenly remembered one of the countless identities of this golden dragon, the most powerful supporter of biological evolutionary theory in the pioneering era, life science scholar Vincent, it seems that the dragon family has begun to think about the future of their descendants since then, otherwise Shuer does not believe that Golden Dragon Odin will study biological evolutionary theory for no reason, "Biological evolution, history, political economy, you are ...... I'm going to go back to the old ways of intelligent creatures. ”

"Heh, for 10,000 years, we have actually been reflecting on why the mythical beast has dominated the earth for millions of years, why has it been surpassed by the new creature of intelligent beings, at least in terms of intelligence? Eventually I found the reason, or rather, I think I found the reason, and the key problem is that they are too powerful. ”

Shure was silent, he knew that Odin was just taking this opportunity to sort out his thoughts again, not to get a response from him.

"Plenty of food, a mild environment, and a child's life with few external threats other than predators. The Great Rift and the Void Spirits that are fatal to you are not so terrible to the children, and even the weakest of them will need to kill them hundreds of times more than your intelligent creatures. Odin sighed deeply, shook his head and said, "The children's lives are too comfortable, as long as they can run faster and jump higher, they can live safely, and they live very well, of course, they can't find the motivation to change." ”

"On the other hand, you intelligent beings have lived in a perilous environment since the time when the first wisdom was not born. You need to hide from all kinds of creatures, you need to find the food necessary for survival out of the children's sight, you need to do everything you can to survive, and every day is quite difficult for you. But it is this kind of difficulty that allows you to develop your own civilization as quickly as possible, leaving the children far behind. ”

"Because it is difficult, you must keep changing and evolving, so that you can live smoothly, and this is the reason for your success, and after studying your biology and history in depth, I have come to the conclusion that heh, ridiculous, too strong is harmful, and being weak is the reason for success. ”

The gods actually saw this, too, because after they were born and began to protect intelligent beings, the civilized world began a 70,000-year wild age. At that time, they did their best to ensure the safety of intelligent beings. But the irony is that in the 70,000-year barbarian era, intelligent beings have hardly developed at all, and have remained in place, and even the structure of most tribes has not changed, let alone various technological advances. You've also studied history, so you should know exactly what I'm talking about. ”

"Hmm. Shuer nodded, he really knew very well, a careful study of the pottery and bone tools of the Barbarian Era could see that in 70,000 years, the production process had hardly changed.

"It is because they see it that they decide to try to let go, and no longer directly interfere in the lives of intelligent beings, unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not help them through the danger, let them face this dangerous world on their own, and the gods will only help from the side at most. Sure enough, after the gods let go, the age of barbarism that had not changed for 70,000 years came to an end, and the embryonic age arrived, and the stagnant development of your intelligent beings began to gallop again.

It would be amusing for a dragon to explain the history of his own people, but Shure couldn't laugh, not only because he knew that Odin was right, and history was like that, but also because ...... View after Odin.

"The reason why the change disappeared in the first place was because of the overprotection of the gods, and after losing the opportunity to face the wind and waves, the opportunity to evolve was also lost. Children, both physically and mentally, are far superior to ordinary intelligent creatures, left behind by you, and have not been able to develop their own wisdom and civilization for a long time, entirely because of the pressure of few survival, and now it is very good, why do I still want to evolve? In this case, then make it more difficult for them to survive, just like the gods have done, what the gods can do, we dragons can too. Odin pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Let me ask you another question, when is the most rapid stage of development of intelligent beings in your cognition?"

"Of course, it's the pioneering era. Shure did not hesitate at all, as we all know, the Golden Age was the most glorious era of intelligent life, and every day, the civilized world is undergoing great changes.

"Well, that's the overwhelming majority of people's opinions. Odin smiled mockingly and said meaningfully, "But unfortunately, this answer is wrong. ”

"Huh?"

"If you delve into the history of the development of the civilized world, you will find that the most rapid stage of the development of intelligent life was not the pioneering era that most people think, yes, it was indeed full of changes and new ideas, but it was still a lot worse than the chaotic era that you least want to mention. ”

"You're kidding. Shure subconsciously wanted to question it, but he knew that Odin would not joke about such a thing, and he also understood that what Odin said was probably right.

"Actually, this is not my own opinion, among you historians of intelligent beings, many people also believe that the era of chaos is the era of metamorphosis for Pavadiga, and some people have even made an average comparison in the form of data analysis, and the conclusion is very interesting, hehe, yes, the pioneering era is indeed very beautiful, and it is true that many technologies have been born that cannot be repeated to this day, but whether from the perspective of culture or technology, the incidence of benign changes in the era of chaos is actually at least one-third higher than that of the pioneering era. This is actually very in line with the law, you see, you hesitate, because you also know in your heart that war and destruction are the greatest driving force for the development of civilization. ”

"Of course, it's easy to go astray when you're driven by chaos, which is one of the reasons why the gods can't wait to put an end to the Age of Destruction. But we don't want the children to develop to a high level, we just want them to be able to give birth to wisdom, and that's enough. Sure enough, Odin finally said his or the purpose of the dragons, "The mythical beasts have the conditions to give birth to wisdom, and you have also seen that as long as they are strong enough to a certain extent, their intelligence is no worse than yours." Therefore, the pressure of survival difficulty, coupled with the competition for survival resources, may not be able to see changes in a short period of time, such as a year or two, but as long as you persist for a while, I believe that the evolution of the mythical beasts that has long been stopped will start again. ”

"I'm afraid it's more than that. Shure said meaningfully, he had vaguely guessed the dragon's ultimate goal, "What you said is just a process, not a result. ”

"Heh, the result is later, the process can't be completed, and the result is just empty talk. Odin did not deny Shure's speculation, he also knew that his plan could not be hidden from Shure's eyes, "The harsh environment brings the opportunity to evolve, and evolution leads to the opening of the door of wisdom, and our goal is to make children even if their strength does not reach the current height, they can produce wisdom in a normal form, just like the intelligent creatures of the civilized world once did." ”

"Once a certain race, under the leadership of a part of the precedent individuals, is born as a unit of the race, then what awaits them is the second planet. A good living environment is not only the greatest reward for them to open the door of wisdom, but also an important guarantee to prevent them from going to extreme development. ”

"In this way, it may not be long before the mythical beasts will enter their own embryonic age, and with these intelligent beings now leading as prophets, you may be surprised to find that the distance between the mythical beasts and the mythical beasts for tens of thousands of years has quietly disappeared. ”

"Hehe, very good plan. The dragon clan really had such thoughts, Xiu'er squinted his eyes and muttered for a moment, and chuckled, "There is the most important point that you haven't talked about. ”

"Heh......"

"While guiding intelligent beings through these paths, the gods gained a great deal of faith and gave birth to many new gods. Shuer said with a smile, "The number of mythical beasts is more than the original intelligent beings, and guiding them to open the door to wisdom may not only make Lord Segris return to the ranks of the gods, tsk, so ...... Your ambitions are not small. ”

"It's just a possibility, and who can guarantee that it hasn't happened yet. With a sly smile on the round face of Golden Dragon Odin, he said meaningfully, "What's more, this is also in the interests of the distorted space community you designed, isn't it? ”

"Tsk, that's such an ambitious goal. Shul tapped his fingers lightly on his thighs and muttered, "The problem is that the more ambitious the goal, the greater the cost, what price are you going to pay?"

"Hehe, isn't this the best reward for stabilizing the community and consolidating Lord Luna's position?" Odin spread his hands and asked rhetorically, "Do you think there is a more precious reward than this?"

It's no wonder that Segris wanted to combine the two transactions before, this is to make a profit out of thin air, it is worthy of the race who even likes to sleep on the pile of gold coins, and he still underestimated the stinginess of this group of dragons. Shure didn't answer, just paced in place with his hands behind his back, and Odin didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, smiling as he watched the crowd walk around like he was watching the crowd at the door of the Rose Capital.

"I understand your purpose, and to be honest, I don't object to that, as you said, your goals do not conflict with my core interests. In the same way, it can be seen from the attitude of Lord Anika that there is a part of the gods who support you, or at least do not oppose you, so I can accept your purpose. However, there is a pay, there is a harvest. Shure, who was pacing, suddenly stopped, "Of course, what you said makes sense, this matter itself is indeed a reward for our Darkmoon Church, but unfortunately, it is not enough. Why don't you also listen to my plans, or rather, listen to the future I have painted for you. ”