High Above

  Chapter 729 Is Terra dying? (7400, it’s a big chapter!)

  The elven pirate Andor from Canaan Moor feels that he is possessed by the gods of luck and despair at the same time.

  A year ago, he was invited by a big client from the empire to attack a target. Every pirate would do this kind of thing. After all, how much money can one make by robbing merchant ships? It's nothing more than gaining fame, and those big shots who need black gloves are the real gold masters.

   What's more, this customer is very stable. He even arranged a set of armor as insurance.

  Andor thinks this is lucky, such a considerate big client is rare.

   But who knew, they actually overturned—the strength and luck of their opponents were excellent, especially that Bai Zhimin boy... he was simply a genius who was rarely seen in a hundred years, or even a rare one in a thousand years!

  It was the first time that Andor saw that someone who drove the armor for the first time could control it to defeat a second-level monster.

  Even if the monster is in a sea where he is not suitable to display his strength, this kind of record can be called a trump card.

  Meeting a genius of this level, Andor was so convinced that he kicked his legs and planned to die.

   Anyway, pirates, which one doesn't overturn? In the Ocean of Eternity, only the luckiest pirates can live a little longer, and strength has never been the main factor.

   After all, wasn’t the last pirate king ‘Black Storm’ missing because he encountered a passing fourth-level sea dragon? Even the third energy level can encounter this kind of shit, which is enough to prove that luck is far more important than strength.

   At this time, he was undoubtedly desperate.

   But in a desperate situation, Andor was saved because he saved the white man's boy's ironclad shark partner... He was even lucky enough to watch their final battle with the insect nest, and survived as the final winner!

   This is indeed lucky.

   But what happened next was the beginning of this round of bad luck.

  Andor, who was taken from the port to the imperial capital by Master Goser, has been staying in the prison for special prisoners.

  In prison, he has undergone several rounds of interrogation, including the official ones of the empire, those of the Ellen family, those of unknown people (Andor guessed it was another big noble family), and those of Master Gosser.

  He didn't tell the whole truth honestly, but gritted his teeth, and just insisted on the rhetoric that "I shared the troubles with Ian Isengard and others, and finally escaped from the Great Labyrinth".

   As for Patrick?

he? who?

   No, I never knew who my employer was!

   You ask other? Just kidding, how could we Canaan Moore pirates recognize your imperial nobles, we can't even pronounce the name of our own elf councilor!

  His attitude obviously made everyone very satisfied.

   Clearly, no one wants the truth.

   Regarding this, Andor complained in his heart... Are you kidding me, do you really think he is stupid! If he had to tell the truth, even if the empire did not execute him, the Ellen family would not be able to keep themselves!

  The result was just as Andor thought, Master Goser came to the prison, and when he knew that he was still alive, he said in a casual way: "It's okay, not stupid." Then he brought him out of the prison.

   Immediately afterwards, they were dispatched to this place.

   Assigned to the Imperial Wusha Port, Maze Breeding Center, as a D-level personnel, to take care of the "Zhanhai Crystal Dragon Egg" taken out of the maze by Master Gesai and his team.

  What is a D-class personnel?

   Simply put, they are consumables.

The Labyrinth Breeding Center is the most successful example of the "Maze Transformation Project" first implemented by the Empire decades ago. This sea labyrinth originally bred a large number of marine monsters. After being captured and developed by the Empire, it relied on its natural The ability to gather spiritual energy fields and natural sources has become the largest breeding ground for monsters in the empire.

  Here, there are monsters from the first energy level to the fourth energy level. Each kind of monster has different breeding and control methods, and each kind of monster can bring different benefits to the empire.

  Their gestation, birth, growth and final harvest are all firmly controlled by the empire, forming a huge ecological cycle.

  But because it is a monster, not every control method can work.

  They will evolve, adapt, or have other mutations, which will lead to the failure of the original methods... This will undoubtedly cause extremely serious casualties.

  So the people at the bottom are mostly death row prisoners, people who have lost their human rights, and other people who have lost their names and ego.

  Their task is to assist professionals to take care of these raised monsters at close range, or to become food for them.

  No one will treat them as human beings, at most they are useful tools.

  Andor became one of them. This is undoubtedly the most desperate situation... If the pirates in the Yongji Ocean are trying their luck to survive every day, then here, they are waiting for the countdown to death every day.

  The only chance is to make a little contribution in the breeding factory.

  If Andor can be recognized by the labyrinth breeding ground, he can return to freedom. This is the agreement between Master Goser and him.

  At the same time, this is also the empire's last mercy to all D-class personnel, the means to control them.

  Andor still remembers that when he first entered the breeding ground, he was still thinking, 'Maybe these dragon eggs will hatch soon? ’ Fortunately.

   But who knows, the days passed day by day, the time passed by month by month, and the dragon egg still remained motionless.

  Yes, they are gradually absorbing the surrounding source matter and becoming bigger...but what's the use of getting bigger if they don't break the shell!

A year will soon pass, and Andor is almost desperate. If the dragon eggs do not hatch this year, then the possibility of hatching in the future is very small. Not only that, he is the person in charge of this batch of dragon eggs. Human, if the breeding place declares that hatching failed, then he will definitely be executed and thrown to make cheap fish feed for those saber-toothed fish next to him!

  This is why Andor was so excited when he heard that the crystal dragon egg had hatched.

   "Hope is true, hope is true..."

With these words in his mouth, Andor walked through the automatic checkpoints all the way—there were very few human operators in the breeding grounds, and most of them were automated alchemy machines. technology.

  Here, there are no human favors or omissions, and all procedures are carried out in the most rigid sequence, just like the laws of nature.

   Even, the monsters in the breeding grounds will really adapt to many rules inside the breeding grounds as "natural phenomena", and then develop many habits and new abilities that monsters outside the breeding grounds have never had.

  Seeing this scene, Andor felt a little stunned. He probably understood why a 'labyrinth species' that was very different from the outside world was bred in the maze.

   But now is not the time to be emotional, and soon Andor came to the dragon egg hatching room he was in charge of.

  Dragon Egg Incubation Room is located in the source quality flow underground

   It is strange to say that it is obviously the egg of a monster of the fourth energy level, but the only person who looks after it is an elf pirate like himself who has committed crimes and meritorious deeds...

  Andor had guessed before, was it possible that he was softly silenced? These two dragon eggs could not be hatched from the very beginning, Master Gesai just wanted to use the rules of the breeding place to press himself to death in this ghost place?

   It’s not impossible—that old man is kind and evil, and only shows kindness to those he admires!

   Only now, with the eggs hatching, these speculations are meaningless.

  With excitement, the elf with dark green hair raised his head and looked into the glass room.

   Then, he froze in place.

   What a beautiful creature appeared in front of him?

The young dragon wearing light blue crystalline scales is quietly coiled on the snow-white velvet cushion. At the beginning, its slender body still has some translucent texture, but as time goes by and the nutrition of the eggshell is supplemented, it gradually becomes like Sea water is generally deep and opaque.

The young dragon seemed to have sensed his arrival. It swung its tail and turned its head. The three pairs of dragon pupils locked on the "familiar man" in front of it. The irises under the eyelids had complex patterns like prisms, as if they could see through him in an instant. .

  The newborn crystalline dragon looks like a sea snake with horns and claws, just like its parent body.

   But compared to the sea snake beast of the same size, it appears to be more slender and more flexible, and the scales on the surface of the body that look like jade are actually sharp enough to shred steel.

  Especially those three pairs of eyes, just like human beings, staring at him with an intriguing attitude.

Andor froze for a moment. At this moment, he had a strange feeling that the young dragon in front of him was not a real young dragon at all, but some kind of extremely dangerous and terrifying monster reborn from it. !

   And the trainer who ran over excitedly like himself was undoubtedly the first unlucky victim as described in all the horror stories of Warcraft!

   "How the **** is that possible! How could I be scared by a little dragon?!"

  Andor roared in his heart, cheering himself up, then immediately turned around and ran away without hesitation.

  —Are you kidding me, who is he? He is a man who can survive in such a situation in the South China Sea Labyrinth! He still doesn't understand what he should know, what he shouldn't know, what he can see and what he can't see?

This kind of instinct has begun to warn, and he, Andor, must never stay alone. He must find other D-level personnel or the person in charge of this cultivation greenhouse, and everyone will come together, so that he can avoid all possible dangers. Danger!

   I have to say, if what happened in the incubator was really a drama of "a thousand-year-old monster being reborn", then he could really survive by running away.

  Unfortunately, not.

  【Andor】

  A calm voice sounded in the heart of the elf pirate: 【Stop】

  As if the words came out, Andor's body stopped the moment the voice sounded.

  Then, the pirate captain turned his head in surprise and looked at the glass room behind him.

  【Yes, that’s me】

  Xiaolong lazily rolled himself up to be more comfortable, but the voice sounded in Andor's heart without interruption:【Do you remember who I am? Andor】

   “…Ian?”

   Almost tremblingly said this name, Andor swallowed, he was a little unbelievable: "You, you died?!"

  Ian, who controls the young dragon, flicked the tip of his tail unobtrusively. If this action was human, he would probably raise his eyebrows: 【Not dead. Your thinking is too jumpy, I don’t need to die to possess this little dragon, and this is not a horror story, it’s a special psionic technique]

  He completely caught up with Andor's jumping thoughts, and even made a prediction about the other party's thoughts.

  So, Ian said softly: [Even, I can see that your situation is quite bad...Obviously, you need help]

  【Come here, I have something to ask you】

  After thinking about it, Andor felt that he might not have the right to refuse—no matter what methods Ian used to possess the little snake, he had no evidence to prove it.

  Ian can come and go, and if he wants to survive, he must protect the crystallized dragon baby. If there is an abnormality in the baby dragon, no matter what the result is, his death will come soon.

   Not to mention the relationship between Ian and Master Goser, it only takes one sentence to pull him out of the breeding ground, or... sink into the Sea of ​​Tranquility.

  The most important characteristic of a smart person is not to care about things that should not be cared about, and only focus on the current situation.

   Wanting to understand this, the elf pirate turned around neatly and rushed to the cultivation room, almost slipping and kneeling at the door, and said very sincerely and respectfully, "What instructions do you have?"

【very good】

  Xiaolong nodded with satisfaction: 【You are a smart person, so I won’t say much】

  【Tell me, where is this place? 】

  【What is your situation now? If you want to improve, how do you cooperate? 】

  【Finally, can you contact Master Gesai? 】

These three questions are very simple and clear, and Andor answered quickly and smoothly: "This is a breeding base of the Setar Empire located around the Tranquil Sea. The location is probably north of Wusha Port. I'm not sure. I It was sent here by the banning of the five senses, and the calculation is based on the direction of the wind and the direction of the vortex."

"I am now a D-level personnel in Wusha Port. I have no human rights. I may be recruited to deal with some troublesome problems and die at any time. I have not been recruited because of Master Gesai, but if the crystallized dragon egg is no longer Hatching, I guess it will also be abandoned for a whole year."

   "However, you... uh, anyway, this young dragon hatched, and I have a high probability of getting rid of this identity and becoming a relatively stable grassroots cultivator."

   "In the end, I can't take the initiative to contact Master Gesai. He will come to me when he has something to do, but the frequency is very small... But when the dragon egg hatches, he will definitely contact me in the recent period!"

【Um】

  Ian nodded thoughtfully.

Just as Andor thought, he was not afraid of the fact that the other party said that he could possess a baby dragon—not to mention whether other people would believe it, even if they believed, they would not be able to catch Ian's specific possession of a baby dragon evidence of.

And Andor is not a fool, he lost his composure just now because he was too cautious. In fact, when he answered, he had already figured out what the situation is now: the reason why Ian possessed this body, no matter what it was Occult or psionic, there must be a purpose.

  The young dragon's body can do too few things, he needs a helper, and as an acquaintance and a "weak person" who can control life and death, he is an excellent assistant for the other party in the breeding place.

As for the last question, Master Goser's question is to hint Andor, telling him that Ian has the ability to use the power of a higher level at any time to get him out of the sea of ​​suffering, or to sink into hell... But as long as he Andor performs well, Then this young Bai Zhimin who had already let him go once, wouldn't mind letting him go again.

  The premise is that he wants to cooperate.

  And Andor is more than just cooperating—he just wants to kneel and lick!

   "My lord, do you want to breathe?"

  Now that he realizes that Ian is his nobleman, not a reminder, Andor's tone immediately changes from fearful to flattering—this kind of snobbery is actually a good attitude, which proves that he is absolutely cooperative.

   And Ian will naturally not refuse: [As far as my current 'young dragon status' allows, try to show me the surrounding situation as much as possible]

  The labyrinth breeding base around the fogshaft port of the Setar Empire... He has been famous for a long time, but he has never had the opportunity to come.

This place produced more than 30% of the warcraft materials from the imperial military and the imperial capital. With its own efforts, it can match the output of several provinces. En's plan in the future is to use the ecological circle in the "South China Sea Labyrinth" as a reference.

  There are many advanced and mature technologies here, waiting for him to learn and analyze them!

   And Ian is not in a hurry, he has plenty of time, as long as Andor doesn't die, his crystalline dragon avatar is equivalent to a combination of inside and outside, and can do many things that ordinary trainers and Warcraft cannot do.

  Whether it is free-for-all technology or free-for-all resources are all feasible!

Andor rolled out a cart, loaded the entire hatching platform where the crystallized baby dragon was located, and then pushed it out of the hatching room—the other dragon egg was left in it. Ian told Andor not to worry, the egg was temporarily It will not hatch yet, and it will hatch at the right time when Andor is "careful" and become part of the opponent's achievements.

   In this way, he will also gain a certain status in this breeding place, which will facilitate Ian's future actions.

  【It seems quite free】

  Ian sat on the cart and looked around curiously.

  Inside the greenhouse, there are dozens of transparent incubation chambers, some of which are vacant, some have not yet hatched, and some have already hatched, but they do not leave them, but move slowly or rest in the incubation chamber.

These are all monsters, and the glass in the hatching room seems fragile, but it can actually withstand bullets and heavy crossbow shots. The source quality and life breath of dozens of different monsters gather in this area, not only is there no chaos, but also cleverly Under the design, it merges into a peculiar breath of life, allowing the vitality to transpire upwards, straight to the top of the greenhouse.

  Walking out of the shed at the bottom, there is a huge hemispherical vault on the outside, and at the top of the hemisphere is a hole that leads directly to the outside world. The light golden sunlight goes straight into the ground from this hole, faintly showing the light patterns of sparkling waves.

  The psychic field visible to the naked eye gathers with sunlight as the carrier, condensing lines of inscriptions visible to the naked eye in mid-air, adjusting the intensity of the source quality in the space.

   There are a total of eight sheds in the vault space, and there is a sign of "rare monster hatching area" on the edge. Obviously, this vault space is specially used to hatch monsters.

   There are many staff and automated machinery walking and observing between the greenhouses.

   "Some monsters need to be sent to a suitable area as soon as possible after hatching, otherwise, health may be affected."

Andor, who had just reported the situation with the instrument, explained: "I also used this reason to report to the higher-ups just now, otherwise, it would be a big mistake to take the monster out of the hatching area without authorization... But with you, this matter is much simpler. It can send you to the sea area that has long been prepared for the crystal dragon, where you can have a clear overview of the entire breeding ground."

  【Troubleshooting】

   Ian is very satisfied with Andor providing convenience as much as possible, which is also the result he wants.

   However, after saying this, he remained silent.

  The elf pushes the cart, along a spiral upward track, and gradually heads to the ground.

This process was very long, and Ian keenly felt that the 'underground' he was in just now was probably not a normal underground, but a thick building layer under the sea surface, just because its structure was too large and dense, which made people feel uncomfortable. illusion.

   Moreover, this spiral orbit made him feel a little strange... The ladder in it was obviously built by a latecomer, and its original shape is not so much a staircase, but a smooth launch orbit.

   This made Ian have a guess in his mind, but now is not the time to guess.

   Soon he will know the truth.

   Soon, as Andor kept crossing the checkpoint and opening the valve, the outside sunlight really shot in from behind the crack in the door.

  Ian felt the fresh sea breeze blowing.

  Different from the overly warm and humid South China Sea, the just right cool sea breeze mixed with some moist water spots rushed towards his scales.

  The baby dragon raised its head.

In the northern part of the mainland, the sun beside Tranquil Sea is not dazzling. It is blocked by a thin layer of clouds and mist, and covered by a layer of hazy light. A golden fireball is faintly suspended above the sky, shattering the surrounding clouds. And the oceans are plated with their own colours.

   Then, Ian lowered his head, and he looked around the area where he was.

   Then, he saw a 'lighthouse'.

   Ian held his breath.

The area he is in is an extremely tall and huge 'lighthouse', which protrudes from the sea, and there are still hundreds of meters high left, and under this lighthouse, there is an extremely large building structure that is submerged in sea water .

   No... is it really architecture?

   That's a city. A huge, layer upon layer, giant city made up of countless steel structures—it is like Leviathan in myths and legends, an unbelievably huge giant whale, which fell here, and the corpse and this piece of land are in harmony with it. The ocean merged and eventually became what it is today.

  Kilometer-high lighthouses protrude from the rotting corpse of this giant city, like a forest in the ocean, and the huge and thick wall structure isolates all sea water, providing an excellent sealed environment for its internal space.

And around this giant city, there are many densely packed, ant-like biological clusters swimming around, but Ian can see that those are not ordinary creatures, but groups of sonic dolphins. Under the guidance of humans, the monsters became the patrol team around the giant city, closely monitoring the movements of all the monsters around.

   "This is the breeding ground."

Andor's voice sounded, and his tone was filled with awe that was close to fear: "The place we are in is the No. 19 'Incubation Area'... The underwater labyrinth 'Atlan Giant City' is its main component. In the inland sea under the sea and the blocked 'breeding sea' around it, there are countless monsters with different ecologies inhabiting..."

   Andor was in awe, of course. As long as you are a human being, you will be in awe and inconceivable for this huge and abnormal building-for what purpose did the predecessors build it, and what kind of disaster it was, it was buried here, from a glorious The civilized city of the previous era has become a maze today?

   They don't know, so they feel fear and awe.

   And Ian knows.

  【This is... orbital colonial city? ! 】

  Ian's eyes widened, and he could see the true essence of the breeding ground, which is the 'Undersea Labyrinth Atlan Giant City' - it is a 'space colony city' that should be located in a permanent orbit! Whether it is its similar structure to the central area of ​​the imperial capital or these 'lighthouses' that should be the 'track entrances and exits' all prove this point!

Now, Ian can see clearly that the giant city of Atlanta should be a commercial or fortress city that was originally located in space orbit. These densely packed huge 'lighthouses' are all used to guide spaceships. Stationed at the docks, the spaceship will be docked around, and the goods and passengers will follow the tracks in these 'lighthouses' and enter the city horizontally instead of vertically!

  The giant city of Atlan in its complete form should be a space city with a structure similar to a sea urchin!

   Moreover, it was not sunk into the sea due to geological changes at all... It fell directly from the sky and 'smashed' on the earth!

   But why? !

  Even if a space fortress falls from an outer space orbit, it should be smashed to pieces. At least the surrounding terrain will undergo extremely terrifying changes. How could it be so ordinary and inlaid in place?

   Not just these puzzles.

  The six pupils of the little crystal dragon are extremely contracted to observe the surrounding situation.

  He soon realized something was wrong—on the edge of the entire Atlanta city, there was an extremely conspicuous, even unbelievably huge, 'abnormal structure'!

   That's the skeleton... the partial skeleton of a giant dragon.

Several kilometers of giant dragon claw bones cling to one side of the giant city. Its overall structure is crushed by the giant city. All flesh and blood have decayed away, or have become the nutrients of the surrounding land ecology, leaving only The strongest, metal-like bones still exist.

  At this moment, Ian felt that his psionic "foreseeing horizon" was vibrating rapidly... the ability to "return to the past" was in operation.

   Immediately afterwards, he saw it.

Ian saw that, following a dazzling flash of light galloping from the far end of the universe, it penetrated the Moon of Observation in the void. After melting half of the moon, it fell towards Terra with an oblique trajectory. .

  The inconceivable psychic radiation spread towards the entire planet and even the star field, killing most of the people who were directly exposed to this radiation in an instant, and the colonial cities in outer space bore the brunt.

The originally quiet city howled in the sky, and countless dead souls wailed in the burning dead city. It fell from the top of the sky with blood-red smoke, and dozens of similar dead cities also fell in the surrounding area. With a trail of perdition.

  And a severely injured dragon roared and soared from the inside of the planet. He just paid a huge price, resisting the aftermath of the streamer that penetrated the moon, and protecting some of the life of the original planet.

  Now, He also wants to try to protect these fallen floating cities, some of which are still alive.

  Ian felt great unwillingness, reluctance and anger from the heart of this giant dragon... and the despair hidden deep in his heart.

  【Is Terra dying? 】

  An ancient, sad echo with deep regret, as if traveling through time, resounding through the heart of the Prophet: [The prophecy comes true, the apocalypse comes, fate has abandoned us...]

  【Hope is gone, heaven has collapsed... the creators who will build the kingdom of heaven have perished...】

【…Do not】

  The dragon's echo became firm: [I don't believe this prophecy]

  【I want to fight the last time】

   He fought.

Then…

   He failed.

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  (end of this chapter)