A ray of sunlight pierced through a crack in the rocks and fell on the newly dug nest in the belly of the mountain.

The newly built dragon's nest was a little rough, and a huge amount of dust swirled in it, and a small haze tornado was formed at the entrance.

The daylight shone through the storm of dust and shone on the belly of a true dragon lying on its back in its lair - the wind in the cave was the breath of the pool, and between the breath and the tornado spawned.

It was vaguely evident that the skin and almost translucent scales of this true dragon were not as tough as those of the other kind, but a little delicate with a new life.

If anyone felt fragile, it would be a big mistake, because on the surface of the delicate scales, there was a shallow psionic shield flowing, which seemed to be as soft as water, but in fact it was harder than steel

Head.

The real dragon Xi'o is taking a nap in the afternoon, and he sleeps very sweetly - digging mountains and building nests is not a big problem for the third energy level, the difficulty is how to build it beautifully beautiful and sturdy, not to mention that he is not known for his physical strength:

Observe the structure of the mountain, use spiritual energy to dig caves for three days and three nights in a row, and connect with the surrounding natural spiritual energy to build a spiritual field with the dragon's nest as the core..... This kind of workload is really no less than fighting with the same strong people, and it is understandable that you want to take a break.

And at the entrance of the cave, the king of the mountain stood quietly in front of the door.

Suppress almost all the mechanical waves around him, without making a sound, just poke his head out from time to time to see how Theo is resting. When Ian arrived at Lone Flame Peak, he saw such a scene.

After a child lives alone, the worried mother quietly comes to the door of her child, observes the scene of the other party's nap through the window, and is careful not to make a sound... It's all too familiar. While smiling, Ian couldn't help but think of the situation when he was still on Earth, and lived in a rented room on the moon with his roommate..... The posture is almost identical.

can only say that it is pitiful for the hearts of parents all over the world.

When the King of the Mountain saw Ian coming, he shook his head slightly, didn't say anything, just took out a small box from the scales of his heart, and handed it to Ian with the wind. [This is a boutique I exchanged from Dragon Island...... The best "leyline-derived crystal" I could find]

Ao communicated with psionic energy, and the soft female voice carried gratitude: "This is my gift to you, Ian. You restarted the dragon god fire and made the ancient treasure work again, curing Theo..... You are me

Friends Forever]

"There's no need to be so serious, Your Majesty the King of the Mountain."

Ian just smiled, he didn't plan to blackmail Entu, and all of this was a matter of course for him, and it was already a great gain to earn a third-level potion material for nothing.

Not to mention, Theo was indeed his friend. There's no need to think too much about helping a friend.

"Compared to that."

Ian glanced sideways at Theo, who was asleep: "Although I proposed it, you really feel free to place Yan in my territory?" “

[There is no better place to go]

The King of the Mountain sighed lightly: [Although the Steel Pterodactyl has been forced back by me, my dragon's nest has been exposed, and in the recent past, I have to transfer the nest, and I have to go back to Dragon Island to report one by one - your territory is the territory of the empire no matter what, and attacking you is no different from starting a war]

[In addition, if nothing else is said about your territory, the defense measures are solid, and the overall development is thriving, which can allow Xi'ou to bind such a high-quality territory and become the guardian dragon of the territory.... Even if it's a mascot, I think it's a good thing.]

A good guy, a mascot, that's what my mother would say. Ian complained in his heart, he didn't dare to look at Theo as a mascot.

Moreover, is the King of the Mountain going back to Ryushima to report.... It's no wonder that Ao told himself last time that he would take himself to Dragon Island if he had time in the future, and it was estimated that the dragon kings had a request. I don't know what the relationship between Dragon Island and the real dragon is, the historical legend is not credible, and I have to explore it in the future.

Shaking his head, Ian withdrew his thoughts.

In recent days, after the purification of the Shimmer Basket System, Xio's body has begun to reactivate and "develop" from those newborn skins, and it can be seen that Xio's body is regaining the physical fitness that a normal true dragon should have.

The reason why I sleep, in addition to being really tired, is also because of this growth.

Theo's sleep represents that Ao is using up the energy accumulated in his body to heal and grow stronger

Meddlesome.

So neither the King of the Mountain nor Ian intended to bother. Waiting, waiting, Theo naturally woke up. [Ian? 】

When he opened his eyes, Xi'o saw the white-haired young man standing up from the door, just wanting to probe curiously to see why Yisi came to the door of his nest, and then he saw that the head of the king of the mountain quietly appeared above Zhengyisi: [Mom... Mother? 】

Chi was taken aback, and the honorifics came out.

[I don't clean up the ashes in my nest before going to bed] And the king of the mountain opened his mouth to count, and snorted coldly: [How can I let you live alone? And there is no vigilance at all,

This time it's Ian and me, and next time it's the Steel-Winged Dragons or the Flamelands Assault Force? 】

[Yes, yes...]

Theo was ashamed to admit that he was actually quite surprised when he saw Ian, and he didn't expect that his psionic circles all over the dragon's lair actually didn't react at all, which shouldn't be

But for Ian, Theo's psionic sensing line is similar to the banana peel that Ming Huang puts in front of his eyes, and it is basically impossible to step on it and get hit.

Xi'o was also interested when he learned that Ian was going to try to create his own "Aether Armament" and achieve his own master-level alchemy (Ian needed third-level materials on the surface), so he needed the leyline source crystal.

Since his mother gave a gift of gratitude, he must not lose!

[Ian! 】

happily got up and came to the door of his lair: [I shot down a few steel wings a few days ago, and some of them are still of the third energy level" - I can't use those materials for it, so I'll give it to you! Those steel winged dragons

En also knew that it was the three-headed steel winged dragon of the Dragon Hunting Team that became a trophy after being shot down by Theo.

Xi'o actually doesn't have any awareness of personal private property, and it's not just the robes themselves that hurt them, and they don't use this kind of wurm's magical beast materials, so it's very happy when they are sent out.

Ian didn't pay much attention to it, but he was a little sorry that he didn't catch up with the time. You know, the third energy level

The soul can condense a "mid-level computing unit, the computing power of that thing is enough to be the management center of a big city, and one to take into account the research and help Ian optimize the materials of various technologies, it may be a little nervous, but two are definitely enough."

And now, Theo said that he would give the whole steel pterosaur of the third energy level to himself...

Ian glanced at the King of the Mountain beside him.

The silver dragon let out a long sigh: "Theo, you can't do this...... That steel pterodactyl is your and Xiahui's joint trophy, not your personal property, and it's not a giveaway—and Ian

To cure your Void Poison, do you plan to use a third-level Steel Pterodactyl to write it off? 】

Xio's tail dangled behind him, feeling a little embarrassed: [That... I.. 】

And Ian laughed, interrupting the awkward atmosphere: "From today onwards, this area of Lone Flame Peak is your territory for Theo - as a price, that third-level steel pterosaur material, me."

I accepted it unceremoniously.

He gave Theo a look, and then said, "Next, here at the mouth of the mountain gorge, there is my newly built alchemy industrial area... If Roland and them do anything to help, you can help them more for the sake of the co-owners of this territory. ”

[No problem! 】

Hearing this, Theo got rid of the embarrassment and said energetically: [It's all a convenient thing, I will definitely help!] 】

[And... My territory! I've got a territory, too! 1

Probably this is the nature of the Tinder creatures - when he hears the words "his own territory", Theo looks overjoyed, and he looks very happy. Ian seriously suspects that those dragon lords of the dragon kingdom are also in the same mindset as Theo.

As long as you have a piece of your own territory, you can solve it..... From this point of view, the real dragon is still quite easy to satisfy.

Looking at this scene, the King of the Mountain couldn't say anything, Ao just shook his head and looked at Yisi: [Please, take care of Yan a little more... Theo is very capable

The child of force, at least has a lot of potential] "No, it's very capable. ”

Ian did not hesitate to compliment, he said seriously: "You can't underestimate your own children - at the very least, Chi can still maintain such a healthy and upward attitude, which is a great proof of ability."

Month.

Although in the eyes of the King of the Mountain, Xio may be full of all kinds of problems, that is, the so-called "you in the eyes of your parents - but as a friend, Xio has a responsibility for his friends and will take action, and his own strength is not inferior, and his spirit is also quite tenacious because of the perennial illness and torture, and his personality is also quite sincere and polite, and he only needs a chance to soar to the sky, and he is the best friend candidate in his eyes.

After all, where can you find such a pure and good true dragon as the first one?

The material of the Steel Pterodactyl is stored in a cave at the foot of Lone Flame Peak, which is sealed and preserved by Theo with psionic energy, and after a while, Ian will tell Scott to prepare the team to transport back to the city to disintegrate into real materials

And after handing over the "Earth Leyline Source Crystal" to Ian, the King of the Mountain is also ready to leave.

Before leaving, the robe cleaned Theo's lair with his own hands.

While reinforcing the mountain with essentia, the god babbled on and on the importance of hygienic and tidy theo.... It can only be said that in terms of parent-child relationship, there is really no difference between dragons and humans.

And Ian naturally returned to Xiahui City early with the leyline source crystal, and opened the small box given to him by the King of the Mountain.

In the box, bright light streaks lit up from the center, spreading in all directions with it as the center, pale blue mixed with pure white light shining gently, and a small psionic field was constructed in an instant

In the center of the field, a pure white crystal is surrounded by a spectrum of pale blue and pure white, staggered, and the color is constantly changing outward, like a flickering lamp.

【Leyline Source Crystals】

[Third Energy Level "Perfect Seed, Authority, Edible]

[Born from the depths of the planet, the rare crystallization of the core node of the natural cycle of essentia, itself is a kind of "entity ether" with the perfect fusion of natural spiritual energy and essentia, and the energy continuously absorbs the spiritual energy and essentia in the surrounding natural time and space for self-charging, which can be used to make some core energy for sustainable alchemy facilities]

[Compared with the general similarity, the perfect quality leyline source crystal has a better essentia affinity, and can warm the soul, and the brilliance it emits can even make the soul of the deceased last forever,

Therefore, it is also called the dark lamp]

[If it is used as a potion material, even if the soul is damaged, it can be quickly healed and regenerated, but it cannot reduce the pain]

[Warning: If the user's basic quality is insufficient, and rashly consumes the perfect quality leyline-derived crystal, it is likely that the vast natural will filled with the crystallized body will dilute the self-consciousness and turn into a plant.]

[Essentia: 35615.8554 Core Units] [.....]

"Sure enough, it's perfect!"

Seeing the data of the silver chip, Ian's eyes couldn't help but light up: "It can heal the soul and warm the soul.... Exactly what I needed the most! “

Recently, Ian has been reinventing his soul structure, even if the prophet can make no mistakes, but as long as it is transformed, there will definitely be pain and loss.

Although his computing power has greatly increased, in terms of absolute strength, Ian's soul has actually decreased slightly.

After all, even if it's made of iron, a large solid iron lump, and a compact computer, it's obvious who is more likely to be damaged between the two. Even if the soul structure of the imitation computing unit is also very tough, if you can cultivate while cultivating, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort!

By now, the potion materials had almost accumulated, and if it was a simple stone lord, Ian could even say that he had made complete preparations. But he has enough accumulation, and he doesn't plan to follow the old path so simply.

Back in his own warehouse, Ian Points now counts the materials he now has.

The heart guard shell of the Dust Dragon, Morion steel, the leyline source crystal, a whole steel wing material of the third energy level...... There are also a variety of sublimation materials obtained from the Kagibe.

Basically, he has all the main materials that he should have.

Moreover, the heart guard shell of the Pure Dust Dragon, because it is the core center of the "Super Giant Magnetic Storm Coil", was ruthlessly purified by the Dragon God Sacrifice Fire.

Although some of the mass was lost as a result, the remaining inscription structure was extremely pure, and even the description in the silver chip was added.

[Extremely pure heart shell, although the physical strength has decreased slightly, but the control of magnetic force has been greatly strengthened, and it is a special product that exceeds the limit of the original owner's ability]

Seriously, Ian doesn't need any "physical strength" at all - his shield is already nine layers, the next door is already in the ground, and the grave grass is estimated to be two inches tall Corde. Kamu did his best and

He didn't break all of them head-on, and it was a nightmare to break Ian's defense in the real sense.

But Jiang Meng's sin is essentially a cosmic-level super life, even if it is a cripple-level fantasy phantom, it is not ashamed to be broken by it!

It was precisely in consideration that Fudo Fortified City had achieved the ultimate in defense, so some time ago, when Ian was building the essentia furnace with the ancient dragon's heart core as the center, he had been thinking about whether he really wanted to follow the old path of Teacher Hilliard.

Ian's future is destined to open up a new path of cultivation, and most of the bloodline true forms cannot adapt to Ian's next combat methods, and the Lord of Stone is no exception.

That's why he wants to level up on the Stone Lord and create a new "new potion", which is the true form of the "Fullmetal Lord"!

The Lord of Steel,On the basis of the Lord of Stone,An improved body with the addition of magnetic manipulation energy,And there is a great difference in positioning.。

The Lord of Stone is essentially a fortress builder and Rock Golem creator with specialized material manipulation ability and extremely strong war ability, and he is also not good, he is a guardian knight and summoner who protects the formation, which is enough to dispel everyone's intention to destroy the summon by beheading the summoner.

The Lord of Steel, on the other hand, is different

Its capabilities are biased towards "research infrastructure" and "self-reinforcing."

What Ian needs is to strengthen his soul, strengthen micro-manipulation, use magnetic force and metal manipulation ability to hand rub the machine tool, and then use the end of the machine to make a large number of production equipment, and so on, and quickly strengthen himself

Productivity of the territory.

Immediately after, although it is impossible to create a large number of golems and rock fortresses, as an existence with individual defenses that are harder than the Stone Lord, the Fullmetal Lord's wonderful use of magnetism is under Ian's strong basic knowledge reserve...... It's definitely better than a large part of Terra's sublimators who play electromagnetism.

If nothing else, Ian can go to outer space with a magnetic propulsion engine in his hands on the spot, and inside the planet, he can easily use magnetic force to accelerate himself to incredible speeds.

Not to mention magnetic offsets and magnetic confinement fields.

To put it simply, the Lords of Metal can fly! And the Lord of Stone can't!

Pure explosion belongs to yes.

"My soul has been transformed, and I am infinitely close to the third energy level, but my physical body is not yet able to

Bearing one - this has reached the limit, and there is no point in improving it. “

Looking around at the materials in front of him, Ian nodded slightly: "The next research direction is to perfect the Fullmetal Lord's potions... As long as I can reach the third level, even if it's a war wave of the Empire and the Flamelands

When I arrived at Nanling, I was also confident that I would ensure the rapid development of the territory. ”

No

Well, Ian had a few more things to do before he could research the Lords of Steel.

Eth arrives at the Alchemy Laboratory.

Some time ago, when Ian defeated the Construct Knight, he successfully copied all the structure of the Construct Knight, including the most important "Spirit Weapon Core Heart".

Of course, he brought this technique back to the territory as soon as possible and handed it over to Adalbert to analyze to see if this all-round researcher had a unique view that was different from his own.

As a result, Adalbert was shocked to see the design of the artifact, and he screamed incredulous, grabbing Ian and asking where it came from, and after Ian replied "The gift of the Flying Flame Land", the extremely disgusted researcher was even happier.

The "this" spirit machine core is essentially a soul storage structure that is far better than our "Dead Monarch Hub"! In the simplest terms, it can convert essentia into psionic spiritual matter, strengthen the deceased, and also make the soul in our body live more comfortably, and the frequency of activities can also be greatly increased. “

Adbord

Te explained to Ian, "It is inevitable that all the souls in our bodies will fall silent after leaving the subspace and the Void, after all, from the very beginning, the Dead Lord designed to use souls as cornerstones, and there was no idea of allowing these souls to use other abilities than "masonry." “

"However, this Spiritual Core can improve this.... Even, without the need for us to maintain the Dead King, this spirit core can carry thousands of souls on its own! ”

In addition to storing souls, Adbert is also quite optimistic about the other ability of the spirit core, that is, the conversion of "essentia-psionic energy": "According to the theory of primordial ether, essentia is indeed one, and the ability to freely transform the two is the characteristic of the third-level powerhouse, and their psychic body is basically the embodiment of this ability. “

"The spiritual weapon core can rely on the strong energy supply to create a psionic shield comparable to that of a third-level powerhouse, or the essentia increase of the third-level energy, which can be said to be an artificial third-energy level. ”

"It's a pity that at the very least, it has to be supplied with an energy source of the level of the ether hearth, and the technology of the ether hearth is ..... Even the capital of knowledge has not been able to fully grasp it, and the cost is so high that it is no different from cultivating a third energy level.

"Not to mention that if you want to control this spiritual weapon core, you also need a sublimator who is at least the peak of the second energy level to be the driver in order to exert its effectiveness." At that time, Adbert shook his head regretfully: "Technology is good technology, but our territory has not made full use of its conditions. ”

But Ian had a different opinion--one is true, apart from himself, Adbert and Xio, it is basically impossible to find a sublimator at the peak of the second level and above in the current Xia Hui Domain, and all three of them have the power to defeat the core of the spirit machine.

But, if one person can't do it, what about hundreds or thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands?

"Energy core, I will find a way, rather, this is the easiest problem to solve. As for the controller..... We don't need to let it fight, but let it become some kind of city defense core to protect the entire city and the Guanxi area

Ian suggested to Adalbert: "As long as we can popularize artificial souls, the entire Xiahui Territory and all the mountain people will have souls...... Then at the critical moment, they can gather any small thing or defense to ask questions, and one hundred and seven knives will let go of the defense of Tiancheng

"At least these ordinary people will have the power to protect themselves, won't they?"

It's like the King of the Dead, but instead of gathering the power of the crowd to give one person, but gathering the strength of the crowd to give a "shelter to protect yourself!" "If everyone has a third-level psionic shield, then even if there is a fourth-level battle in the territory, the casualties will be much lower!"

Adbert was inspired, and although he wanted to protect the weak and the common people, he couldn't think of the same way because the Terrans were too biased towards the individual power mindset.

Ian's words woke him up and made him suddenly think, "yes.... Moreover, in a critical moment, the "consensus" of the vast majority of people is to "protect yourself, protect your relatives and friends".... This consensus is even stronger than the contract between the Dead King and them! ”

"As long as the Dead Monarch technique is skillfully used to strengthen the spirit weapon core, it will become the best shelter!" Ian came here to talk to Adalbert about his recent work.

But he never thought that as soon as he came to the alchemy laboratory, he was approached by Adalbert.

Ian! I've got something new! ”

Researcher Death's enthusiasm - he was a Deathlord after all, he was basically not tired, but he was in a state of research twenty-four hours a day - he grabbed Ian to the deepest underground laboratory, excitedly looking puzzled

Ian said, "Artificial soul potion, I've already recreated it!" ”

"You only need to wait for the cultivation of "benign brain attached" to get on the right track, and you can quickly produce a large number of related medicines, and it only takes about half a year to popularize it to the whole people! “

"Oh! A great thing indeed! Ian's eyes lit up, and the artificial soul could be said to be the basis of all his plans after that.

But soon, the teenager was a little puzzled - as for being so excited?

Artificial souls, while indeed a key technology, are the most central

"Possession of the brain" and the recipe of the medicine are ready-made... Ian was recruited a few days ago, and the sequoia soil with a "benign unactivated possessed brain" in his body is enjoying a rich amount of new water, and it would be strange if he couldn't come back to rice.

Sure enough, Adbert continued, "Besides, Ian, the 'Spiritual Core' and 'Meditation Method' you gave me gave me great inspiration. “

"After the core of the spirit weapon is transformed, it can have some of the abilities of the "Dead King".... That is, to draw the wandering souls around them into their own inner shelter. ”

"At the same time, as long as the meditation method is fine-tuned to the soul structure a little more, then the practitioner of meditation can decouple his soul from his body within a certain range!"

"Although they are just ordinary abilities, they are interesting when combined!" The young researcher holds himself

The one who waved the check paper in his hand, he obviously used himself to do the experiment, so he said excitedly and firmly: "In this way, if our territory encounters a crisis in the future, the people do not need to gather around the square at all, but stay in their own homes, directly leave the body, and be led by the core of the spiritual weapon."

Lead, go to the inside of it to activate its shield!

"This speed is far faster than gathering on human legs, and even if you encounter an accident, at least you can save your soul!"

Adalbert is really very worried about the survival of ordinary people, which is an obsession of his, which is why he is so excited.

Because this idea is also a further optimization of Ian's "shelter" idea, Aldbert wants to come to Ian to listen to his opinion, and is eager to be recognized and opinionated. Ian, on the other hand, did not calmly give some opinions that he did not expect, after admiring himself, as Adalbert had imagined.

The boy froze in place.

“....． Ian? What's wrong? Researcher Deathlord greeted Ian cautiously.

“..． I'm fine. ”

And Ian came to his senses, and he blinked and looked at Adbert seriously.

The young man took a deep breath and said solemnly, "Do you know what you're talking about?" Adbort? ”

The Dead King was stunned for a moment, he didn't know why Ian was so solemn, so his voice became quieter: "I have found a new way to protect the people?" ”

Wrong! ”

Ian stretched out his hand, he grabbed Adbert's shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "You found the gate of Hades!" "Adbort! What you just got up is the key to the gate of Hades! ”