High Above

  Chapter 365 Alien Ecosystem Core (33)

  Ancient monsters and real dragons are extremely powerful creatures, located at the apex of the ecological niche of the Terra continent, and can even be juxtaposed with 'human beings'.

  They are often collectively referred to as 'ancient dragons', but in fact, some ancient dragons are not ancient, and the history of their birth is completely traceable.

   It's just that this is not important, because the characteristic of the ancient dragon is its existence itself, which will completely change the surrounding ecological environment.

The transformation of Qianganglong on Indigo Mountain and the surrounding mountains is obvious. The changes in the physical properties of the rocks are the most terrifying manifestation of the power of ancient dragons. Their source quality and powerful life spirit energy are like a living volcano. Continuously overflowing, it can subtly dye all local materials and creatures with its own color.

  Some people even say that the reason why Nanling has so many warcraft of the earth metal branch is precisely because of the existence of the steel dragon. However, there are some scholars who refute that. They believe that the facts are completely opposite. It is precisely because there are so many metal-based life forms in the Nanling Mountains that there is an environment for the breeding and growth of Qiganglong.

   Regarding this, Ian's idea is very simple.

   "Doesn't this sound like the evolution of Crystal Dragon's 'Alien Ecosystem Core'?"

   "Ancient monsters and real dragons... um, or in other words, a kind of man-made super life?"

Riding on a camel beast, Ian looked up at the Indigo Mountain not far away. This 2,000-meter-high mountain peak is already towering into the sky, and the mountain range where it is located will continue to extend southwest, and finally reach the vicinity of Harrison Port. into the Ocean of Storms, forming the skeleton foundation of today's Byson Peninsula.

   And at the final point of this skeleton is the 'Sequoia Base' located deep underground. Among the thirteen heterogeneous ecological circles underground, one is a 'metal-based ecological circle'.

  Crystal Dragon is an artificial life created by the pre-epoch civilization. Its purpose is to adapt to the local ecology in various extreme alien environments, and build a large ecological shelter with its own strength.

  The latter is because Ian has never seen a strong enough living crystal dragon, so he does not know whether this function has been realized, but the former is undoubtedly very successful.

   Ke Gulong was different.

   They are not adapted to the environment.

   They transform the environment.

  Ian recalled that among the many travel notes and rumors he had read, there were records and legends about ancient dragons.

It is said that deep in the desert of Feiyan Land, there is an oasis of frost that keeps moving. There, there are frost fruit grass and ice-free springs that only grow in extremely cold regions. Only the most clear and greedy mind can live in Enter this place when you are hungry and thirsty, and be entertained by Frost Island.

  This may be evidence of an ancient water-type dragon that is friendly to humans wandering in the desert of Flame Land, an extraordinary ecological circle that is against nature.

  A kind of "ecosphere core" that allows a group of pioneers to survive in the most suitable environment and build a frontline base even if they accidentally arrive on a foreign star.

  Thinking of this, Ian sensed the 'ancient dragon core' in his body.

  Hilliard's heart, which was passed on to him by his teacher, has recovered some integrity after being repaired by the marsh crocodile brain marrow nucleus.

   After connecting with the 'ether crystal' on his left arm, it began to operate even more actively.

  Although on the surface, it still has no other functions other than storing a large amount of source material, but it is indeed slowly rising and falling, like a real second heart, running behind Ian's source seed and heart.

  The power of ancient dragons comes from their two 'hearts'.

   This heart is the 'core' and 'heart'.

  Now, Ian already has both... It's just that they are not complete and need to be slowly repaired and unlocked.

  But it is not necessarily wrong to say that he is a humanoid ancient dragon hatchling.

   No one said that people can't be ancient dragons, right?

   "It's not a big problem to repair and unlock it—the silver chip has a complete design of the fire engine, but I still need to continue to learn the knowledge of the inscriptions on the Terra continent before I can reproduce it in my body."

  The young man is not worried about this, he just doesn't know what the current activation of Gu Long's core means.

  It did not enhance its own physique, nor actively optimize the quality of source quality, let alone other functions that are easier to be detected.

  However, it is a good thing to be able to work. Ian now has plenty of time to wait.

   "Where's the mountain people's fortress?"

Withdrawing his thoughts, Ian asked Brin, who was also looking up at the sky beside him, and the other party replied straightforwardly: "It must have been demolished. What era is it still building a fortress at the pass, waiting to be bombed by airdrops?" Are you ashamed?"

"However, in the middle of the Indigo Mountain, there is an artillery position jointly built by Nauman City and the mountain people. There are three brigades of artillery stationed there, and there are Yalong knights patrolling. It is much stronger than the pass fortress. Only they can beat people, and no one can beat them. them."

   "I said so." Ian understood, he turned his head and continued to stare ahead.

  The warm wind in early summer is not suffocating, but brings a sense of freshness. The verdant forests and vegetation stop when they reach the foot of the Indigo Mountain.

  The ground affected by the ancient dragon could not grow normal plants, only a kind of low silver-blue grass stubbornly took root on the ground, and the leaves swayed slightly with the wind.

Because there are no big trees and the field of vision is unobstructed and wide, Ian can even see the long-lost wide sky at the mouth of the gorge—the clouds in the sky are piled up like mountains, and above the ground, the tops of towering peaks insert into the clouds, forming a quite Interesting but also magnificent picture.

  The white room caravan slowly moved towards the other end of the gorge, which is a dividing line between the real frontier and the civilized world.

  North of the Agate Stone Plain is the old Nanling Province that has been developed for more than two hundred years. The prosperity of Nauman City is not inferior to the capital of any imperial province.

  The south of Indigo Mountain is the new colony headed by Sanshan City and Harrison Port, which is full of aborigines and wild beasts, and ferocious monster groups occupy every piece of fertile land.

   Only the bravest pioneers, the most vicious outlaws, and the happiest outcasts and wretches will settle there.

  Ian knew that soon he would be separated from the caravan, so he went back to pack his luggage.

  As an alchemist, his luggage is quite heavy, and he needs a camel to pull it, but Ian has a lot of means to speed up and reduce the load on his mount, as long as he acts alone.

  However, just after he packed his bags and got out of the carriage, he found a large number of mountain people around the gorge.

  These mountain people who believe in the dragon **** wear fur vests, carry short bows, and wear large and small horn ornaments on their heads. It is said that these are obsessed with the horns of their dragon god.

  The stone knives and iron knives of different lengths on the waist are located on the left and right respectively. These are weapons that only warriors in the clan can hold at the same time. They represent piety as rock and determination as black iron respectively.

They stared at the caravan in silence without saying a word. Ian subconsciously thought that this was the looting scene of the Terra world that he had always wanted to see—but as the caravan steward stepped forward, he used the bone on his chest to After the whistle blew five melodious tunes, the team of mountain people became noisy, and some mountain people behind seemed to be carrying something.

Not long after, a group of mountain warriors held up the wrapped rattan basket full of fur and animal bones with both hands, and placed it in front of the caravan, and several caravan members began to speak familiarly with them in the common language with a strong accent. Exchange prices and order others to fetch salt, herbs, spices and tea from the convoy.

  (end of this chapter)