It's a dense asteroid belt, with a large number of star fragments scattered in the same orbit at a regular rate, which has become smaller and smaller between explosions and collisions in the past, but there are still some large fragments that have been deliberately preserved as a place for some facilities.

, Sleeping Dragon's Nest, is one of them.

It is a spherical ecological base, the whole is embedded in a star fragment, the top hemispherical shape protrudes from the rock mass structure, and the transparent observation window can see the dark cosmic space outside, and the faint solar brilliance on the other side of distant time and space.

The baby dragon is here.

He stared blankly into the depths of the universe—deep within the asteroid belt, there were many similar buildings and bases, which stood quietly on the broken remains of stars, but it was not these buildings that the young dragon was most concerned about.

It's the behemoths that swim between the stars.

Ian, who was immersed in the memory of the paved steel dragon, was slightly stunned, he was just calling the star map of the Terra star field in his own memory, and he was still thinking about where there was an asteroid belt in the Terra star field, he remembered that it was not right, but the distance of the sun and the surrounding stars told him that the place where he was the orbit of the Nemis.

So, these asteroids where you are...... These stellar fragments......

Is it the wreckage of Nemis?!

And the real dragon is in this place, and there is actually an outer space test site?!

Before Ian could feel that the secret behind the real dragon was really amazing, and the thought that came to his mind, "Could it be that the Nemis Star is broken, this makes him a little unbelievable."

The young dragon in his memory saw a behemoth emerging from the darkness.

It was a real dragon.

But it doesn't look like a dragon.

No...... When he saw this giant object emerging from the dark asteroid belt, the first thought that came to Ian's mind was actually a question.

———— what kind of existence can be called a "dragon"?

What appeared in front of the young dragon and Ian was a giant ark beast with a total length of more than fifteen kilometers, with a curvilinear wedge-shaped shape, the top half of the whole looked like half of an extremely long acutely angled cone cut from it, and the bottom half was a "-" shaped structure when viewed from the side, and the sinusoidal waveform light wings formed by the subspace psionic light flow spread out to both sides with the shape of the structure as the center, forming a shape like dragon wings.

At the top of the Ark Behemoth, there are rows of devices that don't know whether they are portholes or observation holes that are glowing, smooth and gentle.

Is he a living being? Or a large wing battleship?

A cutting-edge creature from another higher civilization appeared in front of the young dragon and Ian, and while they were stunned, they also told them an unquestionable reality in an inexplicable way.

- He is the dragon.

———— the first generation of true dragons, the original true dragons.

The Ancestor Dragon Ertolim rests in front of the "Sleeping Dragon's Lair", and the silver-black hybrid and streamlined outer armor give people an artistic beauty.

The young dragon stares at the young dragon that is staring at him through the observation window, and then conveys the emotional fluctuations that represent "smiles."

[Nain Boraka, come here, we succeeded]

Gentle waves followed, and soon, another slightly smaller beast emerged from the depths of the asteroid belt.

Compared to the first generation of real dragons, the new real dragon also looked very strange - it was a large space dragon whale that looked like a giant water droplet, but there were a number of jellyfish-like tentacles floating on the back of its body, which expanded and spread regularly, causing waves in time and space.

On both sides of the body, the massive side fins are wing-like, but softer, flesh-and-blood structures. It has a sense of elasticity that makes you wonder what it's like to roll over it.

However, compared to the first generation of true dragons that are more like mechanical structures as a whole, the second generation of real dragons are more like living beings.

As for the third generation of baby dragons...... Already a complete life.

The true dragon named Neen Boraka approached the sleeping dragon's lair, and the two huge true dragons looked at each other with the small young dragons.

This was the first meeting between the Steel-laying Dragon Solstner and his mentor, the Rock Silence Dragon, Ne Polaka, and the Ancestor Ertolimu.

that

Shi Cuo Steel Dragon didn't know anything, and he didn't know anything, he only knew that he was the only true dragon in the sleeping dragon's lair that broke free and was conceived, and the only true dragon in that base that survived last.

As one of the few successful entities in various projects that gave birth to a new generation of true dragons, the young body of the wrong steel dragon Solstner was very slow, and the mentor never dared to let him quickly enter the youth stage, which is the so-called "working state".

[After entering the working state, our life begins to count down, and after 500 years, we will die]

The instructor said, "Although various techniques can be used to delay, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than a trick. If you don't grow, you won't have wisdom, and going into suspended animation and dormancy is essentially no different from death, just skipping a part of the time.]

[Even the first ancestor can't avoid it]

[Fortunately, you were successfully born.] The First Patriarch was glad to know this news before he died, proving that we are not limited to a doomed death, with no future...... It's a life of hope.]

Wrong Steel Dragon didn't quite understand what this sentence meant at that time, but when he understood, it was hundreds of years later.

But back then, he was just studying...... In other words, to accept the "inheritance memory" that all true dragons must have.

"I didn't understand it at all."

Ian heard the voice of the steel dragon, not from the perspective of the ignorant young dragon, but from the vicissitudes of life of the wrong steel dragon god who had already entered old age: "The inherited memory and perspective itself is a great treasure, but this treasure needs a key———— we need to gradually dig into the mystery and knowledge in it, but each true dragon gets a different inheritance memory, the technology of knowing, and the power of awakening are all completely different." ”

"The true dragons are divided because of their own inherited memories, the third generation of true dragons, that is, we dragons are not numerous, although the plans of the mentors and ancestors are successful, but there are great flaws, and many compatriots have not yet had time to be born," the egg collapsed and shattered. ”

The voice of the steel dragon god was a little tired, and he seemed to be deliberately telling all the latecomers about the existence of his steel dragon nest: "And the raw materials for making dragon eggs are very precious, so after realizing that the success rate is too low, the relevant research was urgently stopped. ”

"The mentor was not surprised. He told me that our true dragons had no function of reproduction from the very beginning, and their lifespan was also locked, but perhaps it was the mercy of the creators who left us the interface of the relevant functions and some of the news that they only had scaly claws, and it was with this information that the Mentors and Ancestors made us, and created the "descendants" as the "third generation of true dragons". “

"When I was younger, I used to ask "why". Why did you have to create us?"

"And the mentor told me that these true dragons who have experienced the Star Shattering War are all dragons who are afraid of death, so they want to study the methods of immortality and reproduction."

"As for what is the Shattered Star War......"

At this point, the voice of the Iron Dragon God also became ethereal: [I only have a little memory]

Ian saw that the light and shadow around him dissipated, and the real dragon that was staggering in the laboratory gradually distorted and dissipated into mist.

And there were indifferent and peaceful voices in his ears.

A calm voice said, "The tinder must be placed, and after losing the Cradle of Dawn system, we have no condition to continue to preserve these tinder]

A faint voice said, "Only Terra has the environment to place the fire. But it is a reservation for the aborigines, and according to the "Tinder Reservation Agreement", we cannot interfere with the native planet of the aborigines.

A soft voice said: "Then transform other planets and place relevant fires]

A hazy voice said, "The most suitable place for the Tinder is still the Terra Orbit... We can negotiate with the Aborigines, we have a pact with their ancestors]

A cold voice said: [The Terra civilization has been destroyed, their descendants do not meet the conditions for fulfilling the contract, and they are no longer pure Terra, I think they do not meet the "Tinder Reservation Agreement", and can be directly executed]

Then there's the argument.

This is sophistry. We can't interfere with native civilizations]

[But we have more civilization here, and we should protect more of them]

[The dead cannot block the path of the living, priority is given to protecting the civilization that still exists]

[They don't need protection, the Terra civilization has also inherited part of the creator's legacy, they have a powerful force comparable to us, they must take responsibility———— if they are not willing to take it, then they are not responsible. What is irresponsible, it should not exist]

[In any case, we should recover the Creator's Legacy on Terra, and if necessary, use force]

The essence of the five grand voices is a complex psionic fluctuation, through the fluctuating frequency and nodes, as well as the physical sound as auxiliary markers, the frequency of each psionic fluctuation and the loudness of the material sound are intertwined to form a complete source of information.

Creatures without psionic powers, or without physical bodies, are destined to fail to understand the full picture of the dragon's language.

The moment he heard these voices, Ian knew that these five voices were the "Five Great Ancestors" of the True Dragon.

【Heavenly Dragon】【Pure Light Dragon】【Origin Dragon】【Weaving Dragon】【Martial Dragon】

The ancestor Ertolim is the "Archaean Dragon", also known as the "Ark of the Primordial".

He was the longest-surviving first-generation Ancestor True Dragon, and this memory was also passed on to the Rock Silence Dragon, and the Rock Silence Dragon was passed on to the Pin Steel Dragon.

After the Star Shattering War, the Archaeopter sealed himself in subspace, but even so, as he unsealed it again and again, he still came to the end of his life, and died shortly after the birth of the Steelmaking Dragon.

And the Shattered Star War was a battle between the five great ancestors and true dragons, and the above words were just the most trivial point of their disagreement.

Their war shattered the planet Nemis, and the planet named after the divine punishment suffered the divine punishment of the first five dragon gods, and its star shattered into a vast asteroid belt, which was evenly shattered like a crumpled biscuit.

As one of the victors, the Archaeoptin Dragon is also the ancestor of almost all existing third-generation true dragons.

———— Ian had a lot of memories in his head.

The power of the steel dragon resonates with the core of the ancient dragon, and it is also resonating with the aether crystal, and the psionic energy lock he left behind seems to be based on the concentration of Ian's dragon blood to pass on information.

If it was an ordinary second- and third-level dragon blood inheritor, he would definitely not be able to get much relevant information, but Ian was different...... Even if it is shattered and damaged, the ancient dragon heart core originating from Teacher Hilliard is also a true fifth-level sublimation organ.

It has passed the identification of the Mystery Lock left behind by the Pin Steel Dragon, so it can give Ian more information.

Of course, if the Cologne Heart Core doesn't work, Ian still has the Silver Chip.

Hazy fragments of light and shadow were still flickering.

Even at the edge of this orbit away from the sun, the true dragon can grow up with the residual heat of the Earth's core in Nemis, and when he grows to the fourth level, the dragon can travel to Metis, the tenth planet of Terra, a giant gas giant, to draw energy.

It is a giant gas planet with the potential of a brown dwarf, and there are many asteroids surrounding it, and there are even many areas on the asteroids that meet the conditions for the existence of life, and some real dragons have built nests there.

And after the steel dragon reached the fourth energy level, the mentor found him.

【Let's go to Terra】

After experiencing the Battle of the Shattered Stars, the second generation of True Dragons, who had also aged down, said slowly: [The ancestors have all passed away, and we who need to abide by the code the most are gradually getting old...... You who have been created by our hands will not be limited by the Code]

[Go there and recycle the legacy left by the creator, that's what we have to recycle...... And those tinders, we must also recycle them, protect them, and not let the tombstones of those civilizations, the last words of the last words, be lost in our hands]

"But those sparks have been lost."

"They have become part of Terra———— and the civilization of Terra has been polluted by these fires...... Or rather, sublimation. ”

"They don't distinguish each other, the civilization and memory of thousands of stars, stories and power are all integrated there."

"Moreover, humanity has indeed received the legacy of the Creator, and among them there are beings who are comparable to our power

At. The Ancestors made a pact with the Thrones, and we helped each other at critical moments, but we did not interfere with each other on weekdays. ”

【Yes】

The Mentor said, "But the Thrones who signed the contract are long gone, and we are about to leave——— so you should go to Terra, go there, and be yourself, and sign a new contract with the people and civilization there alone.]

[Solstner, you are free, not a third-generation true dragon restricted by the founding code]

[You have to find your own way———— just think it's for me, find the 'True Dragon Immortal Method' I want to find, right?]

[Go to Terra, leave this dead dragon's lair]

The steel dragon was silent.

"Okay."

He said, "Let it be for you." ”

The young dragon turned around under the watchful eye of his mentor, and he spread his wings and set sail in the dark asteroid belt that had sunk into silence.

The true dragon flew in the direction of the bright star, and finally came to a land full of life.

"I didn't really understand anything at the time. Asteroids are abundant in resources, and an entire planet is shattered and evenly turned into food for us to grow. ”

The voice of the steel dragon god sounded again, and his tone was wistful, and he was with Ian in the perspective of the mentor, watching his young self leave his homeland alone, and then. ”

"I had the real beginning of my life."

Ian knew what the cast dragon god was talking about—the dragon god's memories that the boy had obtained in the glimmering cradle were inherited from this place.

The dragon descended from the sky to Terra, where he fought with other people who came to Terra earlier, negotiated with the human empire, and walked the wilderness in search of what the Mentor called "the legacy of the Creator...... He is helped by the local funny little people, and in return, he graciously allows the little people to live next to him.

And then...... That's it.

The time that has flowed from generation to generation has witnessed the alternation of generation after generation, and the wrong steel dragon has become the god of the steel dragon, and the villains living in the sleeve country...... He also became a mountain dweller.

It was at this moment, in his old age, that the Steelmaker realized the meaning of his life and why his mentor wanted to let him go to Terra.

Why do all true dragons go to Terra?

"Because we are meant to be with people. Together with civilization. ”

The old voice smiled and said, "Because we are not immortal creatures, because we have no offspring. ”

"When I was nearing the end of my life, I didn't want to die, I wanted to continue to live, and I wanted to continue to shelter these little people...... I understood the teacher's wishes. ”

"Because I want to continue my dreams, my spirit and thinking, I want to create a creature with my own bloodline......"

"I wanted to have a deeper relationship with them (mountain people). More than just faith. ”

"They can be my children."

"And the origin of all this desire...... The reason why our third generation of true dragons and the fourth, fifth, and even more generations of true dragons will be born. ”

"It is precisely because the essence of our existence is 'tinder,'"

"Life born of fire."

Endless light and shadow intertwined, and in front of Ian formed an old, silver-gray carapace of a true dragon, standing silently in the void, his long tail hovering at his side, and his wings surrounded by an endless black mist, as if he were in the underworld.

The remnants of the steel dragon god's memory stared at Ian with dim silver dragon eyes.

[Successor of the Hereafter, are you a dragon?] Or a human who has received dragon blood? It doesn't matter, it's a dragon or not.]

He said calmly, "Now, I will tell you the essence of the true dragon.

[The real dragon is 'Tinder,' At the very least, we, the third-generation true dragons, are the beings catalyzed by the ancestors and mentors using "tinder"]

He raised his hand and pointed to the bright silver glow behind his chest, where the "heart core" was: "My real name is Thor". Turner is not my name, but a long time ago, he gathered everything from his home planet, turned it into a fire, and launched it into the cosmic void, which was collected by the creators

The name of "Tinder Civilization"]

[According to the mentor's guess, the original true dragon is the "living fire" used to observe many creatures and civilizations in the sea of stars, record and preserve everything they have, and in the process of observing a civilization, our true dragon will gradually grow up, arm itself with their technology, and become the most powerful creature on that planet (UItiteOne)]

[Is this for harvesting, or is it for protection?] According to the Tinder Civilization Preservation Protocol that we have in our bodies, both the Ancestors and the Mentor consider it to be "protection". Our predecessors must intervene in the strife of civilization and guide them not to destroy themselves, and in order not to affect the development of civilization, we can only use the technology we have observed, and we cannot use the power that is too advanced."

[For example, I inherited the "Stena civilization, the technology, created my 'inheritance memory,...... Theoretically, as long as I grow to the fullest, I can have the same power as the whole of the Stella civilization, and I will use the power of this civilization to protect and guide themselves.]

[In a star field, there will only be one true dragon. After the five-hundred-year period has passed, there will be a new real dragon to replace, and the accumulation of technology and feelings to avoid it has made us biased...... It's like the emotion I have for the mountain people.]

[However, Terra is special]

[I don't know what makes it special, but it does bring together the five great ancestors and a dozen mentors here...... They were silent about it, and they didn't say anything about it...... But Terra is undoubtedly special, the true dragons of the level of the Five Great Ancestors should not exist in a single star field at all, they are here for some extremely large project]

[But that plan has come to an end before it has even begun...... The creator of the lead plan had an accident.

At this point, the memory of the steel dragon was stunned.

When he spoke again, it was already a different topic: [Only when he reaches the fourth energy level and recondenses his heart light into an entity, the true dragon is the real true dragon, and can be counted as "mature", holding the true fire inheritance, and having the power to create a new "ecosystem" centered on himself]

[This ecosystem is the 'Tinder, the ecology of those civilizations, our existence itself, can transform the planet and the earth, so that alien life can multiply in a strange world]

[This is the mystery of the true dragon, and it is also the reason why all the true dragons who stay in Terra and do not go to the dragon island will build their own dragon kingdom———— we will naturally transform the world, create our own kingdom and civilization in times of crisis, and continue the existence of the fire ecology in the body]

But I didn't...... I don't want to spread my ecology, the spark of the Stenner civilization has been left in the steel dragon's nest]

[My true people are mountain people]

[And until I die, or I die in battle with other true dragons, I have been working on a technique...... Techniques that can make real dragons】

[It is not the technology that the Mentor and Ancestor created us, nor is it the technology that immortalizes the true dragon...... It's a technique that turns a featureless human into a real dragon step by step.]

[In addition to me, there are many other people who are studying it with dragons...... Worship the Dragon Sect, what an interesting group of people]

He smiled and said meaningfully: "Although we did not succeed until I died, I did leave my mark in the blood of all the mountain people...... Their inheritance of dragon blood will be greatly improved, and they will be able to adapt to even the harshest environments......]

[Of course, this is no different from ordinary dragon blood holders, and the people of Jin also have similar abilities, but at the very least, I have mastered part of the power to change the nature of human bloodline]

[I know that when I die, these people who were united by me in the past will be divided, and even fight against each other...... Life is selfish and selfish, life is greedy, I understand them]

[Therefore, I give them the unity of blood———— as long as there is my messenger, the mountain people will understand that they are really one, and I invite the people of the steel dragon Solstner]

[I will give them a consensus of blood,]

The old true dragon and Ian looked at each other, and he said calmly, "If you want to inherit my inheritance, this is the only condition]

Be my messenger and shelter my people.

[It doesn't take too long, it doesn't take much, as long as they don't perish and awaken to the blood

Consensus,]

At this moment, Ian was completely stunned.

He finally understood why each of the true dragons could not understand each other, and they could not accept each other.

He finally understood why the dragon soul of the true dragon was so special that it could accept any kind of body.

He also finally understood why, as the fifth-generation true dragon, Xiou, who was conceived by his mother, was actually a blank sheet of paper, and not the complete successor of the King of the Mountain!

Because...... The essence blood of the true dragon is not those powers!

Those powers were essentially from the fire, from the civilizations they had observed! The true power of the true dragon is the "universality" that can be fully adapted to any civilization, any life form, and any form of existence!

They do have something to do with the tinder...... Because they are the spark of civilization itself!

And after understanding all this, Ian also understood the desire to invite the steel dragon.

The mountain people are essentially a group of different kinds of Terra, including the people of iron, the people of gold and the people of white, and the people of red, and in general, the great fusion.

And the wrong steel dragon hopes to create a group of "dragon people" in the true sense with its own strength!

He didn't succeed. So expect the latecomer to complete it.

"You don't need to say it."

Take a deep breath and look into the old memory.

Ian replied calmly, "I will do the same." Or rather, I already do. ”

Of course, it's not just the Dragonfolk...... His goal is not just to shelter a people.

Rather, it goes higher and farther...... Farther than the real dragon's real ancient lair, beyond the sea of stars.

High in the sky.

[That's a promise.] Moreover, they still exist]

The ancient true dragon closed his eyes, his face covered by sturdy scale armor could not be seen, but the fluctuations of his soul seemed to be smiling [This is a good thing]

In an instant, in the soul space, the phantom of the steel-laying dragon Thorstner shattered, and it turned into endless surging memory fragments, churning scenery clouds and mist, converging towards Ian.

And Ian stepped forward, facing these memories that he had experienced once a long time ago.

The boy felt a sudden burning pain in his right hand, and a silver dragon head mark appeared on the back of his hand.

Above the dragon's head, a crown of steel thorns hangs high.