One horn is long and the other horn is short, which is one of the ugly postures of the heterosaurus population that is regarded as a defeat, which is similar to the aesthetic of human beings on Earth, which regards uneven feet and uneven teeth as an ugly and deformed posture.

For a long time, the Black Elder Dragon had thought that regional differences would make this notion of beauty and ugliness inaccessible. Over the years, however, it soon discovered that the eyes of the Homo from far-flung worlds were also focused on its horns and wings, suggesting that the trichromatic visual animals were very consistent in their focus on the living.

It's been alive for a long time, and this kind of thing has become commonplace...... As for now, there is only one problem it distills -

What is the origin of aesthetics?

The Black Elder Dragon, who closed his eyes, casually remembered his past movements. At that time, it was alone on a deserted land with winged hands carved many doubts into the rocks that really puzzled him.

After a while, it opened its cloudy eyes again, and spoke its words in both the mental world and the physical world:

"Welcome to the Hanging Garden, guests from afar."

The seventh island is covered by a dome.

The crowd saluted.

The Black Elder Dragon didn't speak immediately, its gaze surveyed everyone in front of it. He had seen all of them through the introduction of the Foreign Affairs Department, and theoretically there should be no special guys among them. But its gaze quickly fell on one person.

Gu Chuan blended in the crowd and felt the gaze of the Black Elder Dragon.

He clearly recognized that he had been discovered.

The serpent did not see through him, but he paid attention to the heresy in him.

Tianheng noticed something strange just by looking at the faint traces of the mind, which may be because Tianheng has existed for a very long time.

Tianli observed him face-to-face for a while, and then recognized him, and released "kindness" like an elder dragon.

Tianhe and Shawang's understanding is not completely recognized, it is more special, they may rely on their physiological research on the human line or allosaurus.

The Black Elder Dragon may not be as good as Tianheng, but it can never be inferior to Tianri, it may not have been fully confirmed, but it has definitely been known-

"I'm not a 'human' who has nothing to do with the 'alien dragon'."

The strangers suppressed their own gaze. Suppose you look up, you glance at the wings of the Black Elder Dragon. The claws on the wings are terrifying.

I'm afraid that the Foreign Affairs Department did not enforce the inspection because for the Black Elder Dragon, the Foreign Affairs Department's inspection was not necessary.

"The guests have been here for a variety of years, but most of them should have formed a vague impression, and I wonder how you feel about the Hanging Garden now?"

Elder Black said.

The strangers did not fight to speak, but looked at each other, not knowing who should answer first.

Finally, the mummy-like stranger, seeing that there was no one around, was the first to speak:

"The temperature is good, the air is good, and it feels good to live here."

"Temperature, air ......"

If it is pure black or pure gray, with regular striped spots, it will be considered beautiful, but it is beautiful at different levels. However, the body hair is mainly black and impure, mixed with ash and mixed, and it is regarded as an ugly and corrupt appearance.

The ugly dragon let out a burst of laughter, and his gaze shifted to the distance, where all he could see was the boundless land, the mountains and cloud walls in the distance, and there was no end in sight.

It says:

"Is it just the environment? The environment is not a good element. You have traveled so much land, and you should know that the environment can change at any time. Originally, when the hanging garden was still below, it was still relatively hot, but it became cold when it went up, and it became colder when it went up, and it became colder until now, and we couldn't stand in the open air. I've seen people see that someone's heart can change at any time, and they call it something bad. At that time, the environment that can change at any time, alternating between hot and cold, and the flow of rain and shine, will it be crucial? Is it good to look at something that changes at any time? Not deep, not deep......"

Another passenger replied:

"The environment of the hanging garden is good, but the customs and people are better. When I came over, I saw that the people on the road were living and working in peace and contentment. When I arrived at the hanging garden, it was even more unbelievable, and I actually looked at it, and they were all polite people. In the hospitality of the Department of Foreign Affairs, we also listened to a great theater performance, which was performed by young students, and it was even more remarkable that everyone in the Hanging Garden had such a unique skill! ”

The old man's eyelids moved. He stood on the side of the army, carefully observing the Black Elder's movements.

"Oh?" Elder Black turned his gaze, "Your perception is good, and I am also surprised by these changes in the Hanging Garden. You know, a thousand weeks ago, the Hanging Garden wasn't what it is today. At that time, there were many alien dragons like me circling over the land...... Have you heard about the history of the Allosaurus Dynasty, where humans and dragons lived together? ”

At this time, Elder Black brought up the past, and made everyone, whether travelers or officials in the hanging garden, feel the danger.

The travelers did not dare to talk for a while.

Gu Chuan mixed in and remained silent. He didn't need to behave, in fact, now this distance has reached the distance that the weapon given by the snake can work.

Boldly said:

"I've heard people say that that period of chaos is over."

"It's over, it's over, all the chaos has been settled a long time ago."

It wasn't until the Black Elder Dragon said this that the young man suddenly felt that something was wrong, what is the chaos has been calmed down?

The Black Elder Dragon continued:

"But is this the first time you've seen a creature like me? Or have you seen it before? Have you ever seen me like this in the Hanging Garden, or elsewhere in Qiongqiu?"

One after another, people answered:

"I've seen some, I've seen a lot."

Others are starting to paint pictures of what they look like.

Although that may not be the kind of Black Elder Dragon...... It's something else, something that's been completely alienated.

Losing the power and status that it originally relied on for honor and disgrace and etiquette, it gradually degenerated into an alien dragon with no civilization.

Or by surrendering afterwards, sacrifice your body and become an individual of a battleship.

The Black Elder grinned horribly, as if he was dismissive of the plight of his people as portrayed by the travelers.

"That's good. Now, then, I want to ask, you must have seen many tribes gathered together on the way here, right? I don't mean it's me, and it can't be like people, but it's just a settlement of many individuals on land or something. ”

The sound resounded in reality and psychology at the same time.

"Yes."

"There's one thing I've always been curious about." "But since I ascended to the throne of the old dynasty and became an elder after abdication, I will no longer be allowed to leave the Hanging Garden, this is the oath I made under the stone tablet of my ancestors. So I know less about the creature settlements farther away than you do. So I've always wanted to ask the outlanders, I've seen a lot of outlanders, you've seen them, um, like...... Were there settlements of two or more very different species, as we used to be? ”

People looked at each other.

The situation of the Hanging Garden is heretical. Most of the settlements they knew, let alone civilized settlements, and even animal settlements, could not have been made up of two or more animals.

The Black Elder Dragon smiled.

"Not necessarily."

When it lifts up, people see its short, curled tail, which is recognizable to those who come from a place where the sun is in full swing.

"Have you ever observed the ants in the field?"

Most people shook their heads.

The ground of the hanging nursery is rich in insects. Among them, there is a social structure that is highly differentiated into 'breeding mothers' and 'pure working bodies that do not reproduce', which can be roughly translated as ants on the earth.

These are not proper nouns per se, but simply refer to a certain class of animals. Adding an adjective to an ant to become a termite refers to another group of animals that closely resemble one type of animal. On Earth, there are many species with similar highly differentiated social structures, and in the Hanging Garden, this Earth-like environment also exists.

"When I'm bored, I observe ants." The Black Elder Dragon began to explain some of the characteristics of ants, which many people understand, killing the mother body of a certain race, the group will decay, "This kind of race was once rampant in the underground of the hanging garden, forming a disaster, in order to sweep away the ants in these fields for the human system, the Heterosaurus Dynasty at that time took great pains. ”

Few people have heard of this period of history.

This period of history is probably more than a thousand generations away from modern times, and it happened in the early years of the Black Elder Dragon. For the human system, it is the grandfather of the grandfather's grandfather, and a series of grandfathers must be added to the back.

The officials of the Hanging Garden, who were also interested in the storytelling, stood in the caves, listened from afar, and gathered information for the conversation.

"These species are small, but they're actually very troublesome. There is an endless stream of worker ants, but the queen ant enjoys the supplies brought by the worker ants in peace, and keeps producing more worker ants, which will crawl on the body of the dragon and man, crawl into your cave, even if it is covered with material, it will not help. ”

At that time, the Black Elder Dragon was ostracized within the clan, and although it did not like to be alone, it could only be alone.

One of the instincts of animals is to judge the value of something by what they see and smell.

"Interestingly, though, in my observations, I quickly discovered that ants are also divided into many different species. Our most common kind of ants, which I call black ants, are like big black swarms. And another kind of ant is called cavitation ant, this kind of cavern ant is very peculiar, the proportion of worker ants of this cavity ant is very low, the queen ant is slightly more than the black ant, and the cavitant queen, very similar to the black ant worker ant, may be the appearance, may also be ...... Smell? ”

The Black Elder Dragon said calmly:

"They will climb into the burrows of the previous black ants...... You will directly find the queen of the black ant and climb on its back...... Then, cut off its head! And then in the position of the queen, he laid his eggs calmly as usual, much better than any usurper I have ever seen. ”

The travelers looked at each other and were shocked by his story.

"Interesting, right? Next, the black worker ants take care of the children of the burrow ant queen...... Worker ants cannot reproduce and will die sooner or later. At that time, the burrow ant will take over the black ant's nest and usurp all its gains. Looking at it this way, the advantages of burrow ants are boundless...... But、It's strange that ......"

The Black Elder Dragon said as it reached into the inside of the rock with its claws, finding some kind of gap, and pulling violently.

It spread out its claws on its wings, revealing a small black ant.

"Black ants have always dominated the ground, accounting for more than 70 percent of the various ant colonies...... On the contrary, burrow ants can only occupy about 5% of the living space. It seems that in this ratio, the two creatures have reached some kind of balance. There is a certain force that causes the burrowants to continue to multiply, and they will disappear faster, and this is also true. ”

The allosaurus intervened in this dispute using psychic language. The user of the most subtle psychic language, in a one-on-one situation, can even invade the barren and narrow thinking kingdom of ants, like a giant squeezing into a basement of less than three square meters.

The depth of the thinking kingdom of ants begins almost directly from the depth of perception. At that time, the cave ant queen was hypnotized to relax her vigilance and gave birth in large numbers in an artificial environment created by allosaurs and humans.

Humans are responsible for killing the cavitant workers, and after the caveant ants are released, these queens are like killers released by humans, invading the black ant burrows in large numbers with unmistakable accuracy, and then the cavitants also begin to disappear in large numbers after the death of the black ant worker ants of that generation.

The ant plague that swept through Qiongqiu was dissolved.

The Black Elder Dragon also made its first great achievement.

"On the other hand, if the burrow ants are exterminated, the black ants are not too damaged and continue very steadily. It's just strange that there will be other opportunistic ant colonies...... In the constant struggle against black ants, black ants will never be stable forever. ”

The dragon who gathered all the ugly and corrupt faces said:

"This is one of the underground tribes of several species of ants, and there is a war."

Travelers do know about such cases, such as small beasts that lay eggs in the nests of other similar animals, or two trees that are entangled.

It's just that their example has greatly disappointed the Black Elder Dragon.

"It's too banal, it's too banal...... There is no higher and unfathomable, there are civilized races involved! ”

It looked up.

As soon as Gu Chuan was nervous, sure enough, the eyes of the Black Elder Dragon fell on him.

"For example, you, I heard from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, you claim to have come from the Netherworld, right?"

The men of the Foreign Affairs Department dug up their records, and the travelers made a way. The young man was exposed to the gaze of the Black Elder Dragon.

He calmly took two or three steps forward, and at the same time, looked at the cloudy black eyes:

"Yes."

The Black Elder Dragon said:

"The Netherworld behind the cloud wall is a mysterious place. Many people in the Hanging Garden ventured to the Netherworld, but either did not return, only to say that it was so dark that they could only touch something, a land abandoned by the sun. I've always wondered if there are any similar cases over there. ”

The young man pondered it and said:

"I've seen one, made up of three animals...... Bugs, giant organisms, and a two-legged and two-handed human system similar to everyone in this room, but I don't know if I can count it. ”

It's a dream-born jellyfish, an oily worm...... and the toeless trio of the ephemeral floating society.

He still remembers it vividly.