High Above

Just when the Mountain King was communicating with the Extreme Wind Dragon King on the Orbital Dragon Island.

Terra, Imperial South Ridge.

Ian is also dealing with dragons.

In recent times, Xio has repaired his dragon nest, and the mountain scenery around Guyan Peak has changed.

Originally, the area around Gu Yan Peak was full of dark clouds, and thunder would often fall on the top of the mountain, shining like a blazing light. Therefore, the mountain people called it Gu Yan.

But now, layers of white mist are filling the surroundings of the mountain top. It is like the light gray brush strokes in an ink painting. It outlines the prototype of a vortex above Guyan Peak, and light blue arcs flow in the clouds. , gathering the power of nature, gently guiding the thunder into the mountain peaks, and turning it into energy.

It can be seen that on the mountain peaks, one or two spiritual light patterns visible to the naked eye light up from time to time. They crisscross the mountain and eventually disappear into the core of the rock formation.

The surface soil of Guyan Peak was stripped away due to the big storms in the past ten years or so, and what was left were the strongest rock structures, and these rocks were obviously transformed and became the dragon's lair.

Ian was walking halfway up the mountainside of Guyan Peak. He observed with great interest this newly transformed strategic location. Inside the mountain, Xiou had buried many huge structures, just like what Ian saw in front of him. This bullet-shaped metal protrusion on the table serves as a floor vent for a giant pipe.

The copper pipes are exposed, and from time to time a milky white, faintly glowing steam spurts out from the inside, flowing straight into the clouds on the mountain top, adding to the reuse of energy.

With the dragon's nest as the center, a small source-rich area will be formed. In a few years, Xiou's dragon's nest will grow many sublimated plants, and even extremely special sublimated spirits related to its true dragon characteristics. Energy plants.

The skills of true dragons are far beyond the imagination of many people. Many people who do not know the source of the power of true dragons will regard the ignorance of dragons and the savagery of half dragons as the nature of dragons.

But in fact, every true dragon possesses extremely profound skills and wisdom. Even a fifth-generation true dragon like Xiou, a flesh-and-blood body bred by his parents, is also the essence of the highest memory.

Although he did not inherit the wisdom held by his mother, Xiou also mastered a lot from his years of study in the dragon's nest.

"Maybe next time we can kidnap Xiou to the alchemy workshop? Adlbert has always wanted to see what the real dragon is up close."

With this thought in mind, Ian came to the door of Xiou's dragon lair.

Compared with the first time, this time the dragon's nest door was closed by a metal door. There were two golden crystals at the door, shining with blazing light.

As soon as Ian was illuminated by this light, the door opened automatically - he was a registered guest with the highest level, and the Dragon's Nest would naturally not shut out the young man.

By the way, the Mountain King has special authority. Although it is also the highest level, it will make a strong sound that is almost like an alarm to remind a certain real dragon that his mother is coming.

Ian came here this time to see how Xiou was recovering recently.

Xiou's body needs to eat a lot of sublimated metals and special biomass to re-develop. The Mountain King is partly responsible for this, but as Xiou's lord and temporary guardian (entrusted by the Mountain King), Ian is naturally also responsible.

Sublimated metal is easy to say, and the mountain people can supply it. Rather, the mountain people are too accustomed to worshiping a real dragon.

Many tribes were even moved to tears when they found out that they could actually offer services to the real dragon. They repeatedly refused Ian's reward, which forced Ian to give it to him.

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Of course, this is actually the benefit brought by Ian's high prestige... In recent times, under Ian's tough methods of rectification, all the mountain tribes that had surrendered to the Flying Flame Land were forcefully split up and managed centrally. , and their original wealth and land were divided by Ian and other mountain tribes who supported the empire.

And Ian also brought a large number of modern working tools and alchemical creations to the mountain people. Cheap pyroxene lamps replaced the original lamp oil. Roads began to be laid between the various tribes to facilitate the exchange of materials and Ian's creation. Management brings great convenience.

With these benefits, as well as the increasingly elite magnetic storm armor troops in Ian's hands, all the mountain people were managed and obeyed.

Occasionally, if you don't want to be controlled, you can kill a few people with a big stick to establish your authority, and the itchy idiot will return to his honesty.

Some typical chiefs who had objections to Ian were even arrested and paraded through the streets, wandering around the entrance of each tribe, and then executed after being pronounced guilty.

Although it sounds very much like a reign of violent terror, it must be explained here: In this world of sublimators, if you don't show your violent terror, others will teach you what violent terror is.

No one really thinks that gentleness and morality can control a group of people whose political system is still in the tribal stage and who have a sublimated heritage, right? That is no longer naive, but stupid.

As for the defeated mountain people who were centrally managed, Ian also knew very well that most of them were ordinary people.

However, rather than making the mountain people on his side feel uncomfortable, he would rather make the former enemy feel uncomfortable.

However, the problem is not big. Ian gathered these people around the swamp area in the northwest of the Baisen Mountains, conducted a swamp reclamation, and tried to grow the raw material of element crystallization 'Sky Crystal Mushroom' on a large scale - he would provide sufficient food and The tools, housing, and utilities on the land, while rudimentary, are definitely not cut corners and are very solid.

Moreover, because these people are defeated and know their status as defeated, Ian has many experimental techniques and management methods that can be used on this group of people who do not and dare not resist.

Perhaps, they were the first people to become Ian's true people.

The most important thing is that Ian did not deprive them of their Ascension inheritance, but did not give them enough wealth to become Ascended.

For the mountain people, this was just a deprivation of all past wealth, but the glory was still there. The Dragon God messenger promised that all their sins would be wiped out, and all accumulation would begin again.

Reasonable punishment is almost a gift.

In short, with the arrival of the new year, the mountain people have also ushered in a day that is more promising to the naked eye. They willingly worship the descendants of the mountain king and the true dragon that can bring them peace.

And Xio didn’t do anything.

In addition to building the nest, he also helped Roland and the dwarf team who were exploring the terrain around the gorge. Xio was not originally the kind of aloof character. He would take action after hearing Roland's call for help.

The result of Xio's action was that he burned down three jungles, dug up four small hills, ate an entire group of pine cone wild boars, and drove away a large number of Warcraft beasts. Roland even casually said, "This Where the foundation could be dug deeper, a large pit fifty meters deep was dug.

To be honest, as an outsider who has never seen a dragon, Roland's view of Xio is full of awe - the Xiakou land that he planned to take several months to complete the preliminary exploration has accelerated to the point of being reached by the power of the real dragon. It can be done by the end of the month.

Why?

The woods were burned out, the hills were flattened, the wild animals were gone, and the complicated terrain became flat... If this exploration still takes time, then he must be cheating on his wages!

This is the power of a real dragon. It is so terrifying that an entire engineering team cannot compare to it. This was the emotion expressed by Roland's dwarf brother, who called the workload of one Xiou in one month one dragon's power, in order to evaluate the efficiency of the major engineering teams he knew.

Now Xiou became a unit of measurement.

From this point alone, Ian can actually infer that Xiou's recent recovery must be quite good, and because he is recovering well, he uses all his strength when he has some strength. It is like a blind man who goes out to travel every day after recovering his eyes. King, a deaf man listens to the original soundtrack every day after regaining his hearing.

In this case, Ian has to come up with a brand new opinion for Xiou...

According to the information he knew in the Steel Dragon's Lair, the true power of a true dragon needs to be at the fourth energy level to be fully revealed.

For the true dragons transformed from the fire, this power is the embodiment of the truly powerful civilizational power in the fire, but the fifth generation true dragon like Xio seems to be in a different model.

"The first generation of ancestral true dragons were obviously 'tools' created directly by the 'creator'. The power they possess is unbelievable, and even the stars can be shattered."

Ian murmured to himself: "As for the second generation, there is a high probability that the creators have determined their functions in advance. They are 'auxiliary tools' bred by the ancestral true dragon. They take on a form between machinery and biology, and have Its power is also extremely powerful, and it was the first generation and the second generation True Dragon who joined forces to create the third generation Fire True Dragon."

"I don't know exactly what happened between the third generation true dragon and the fourth generation true dragon, and Qiang Ganglong doesn't understand either, but the fourth generation true dragon like the Mountain King has become fully alive and can even directly Use your own body to parthenogenetically reproduce the fifth-generation true dragon, which is Xio.”

"If the King of the Mountain has the power of fire, where does it come from? Even the true dragon does not have that much fire reserve. After giving birth to the third generation of true dragons, almost all of it has been consumed, and Xio is not the only one who has the power of fire. Possessing the power of fire.”

"Dragon of the Void Realm, the advanced prompt given by the silver chip... This kind of power is not so much a 'fire', but rather an extreme display of the 'power of dragon blood' that a real dragon can adapt to any environment."

Ian guessed that just as the Terran civilization had been trying to learn from the real dragons, and even 'seize' their power, the real dragons were also learning the technology of the Terran civilization.

The development and sublimation of the power of his own bloodline is quite similar to that of a Terra sublimator.

In order to confirm this guess, Ian came here.

"Xio?"

The dragon's nest is located deep in the mountain, but it has direct access to the entrance and exit. Ian saw at a glance the scene of Xio's real body crawling in the nest in the center of the dragon's nest, and then he knew in his heart: "This is the driving prosthetic body."

Even real dragons are not perfect in everything. The simplest thing is that the real body of a real dragon is too big, making it troublesome to do experiments and actions. Therefore, the real dragons developed prosthetics based on the special characteristics of their souls. This technology replaces their real body actions.

For example, deep in Xiou's dragon lair, there are several laboratories and rest rooms dedicated to prosthetic operations. Building this kind of room is not troublesome at all for the dragon, but it can enjoy many conveniences and is very cost-effective.

Since the real body is 'sleeping', it proves that Xiou's prosthetic body is focusing on doing some very important things. Ian did not go out of his way to wake up the other party's real body. Instead, he went to the prosthetic laboratory and knocked on the door: "Xio." , I have something to ask you."

"Eh? Ian is here!"

At this moment, an energetic voice can be heard, with a common accent and a northern ethnic flavor: "Come in, come in, I have something good to show you!"

Ian frowned slightly. He vaguely remembered that the accent of the prosthetic red-haired elf woman before Xiou seemed to be from Canaan Moore, and the accent of the red-haired mountain people was not from the north... Has he changed his prosthetic body again?

But, the good stuff?

With curious thoughts, Ian opened the door and walked into Xiou's prosthetic laboratory.

Then he saw a face.

A familiar face.

Ian's own face.

"..."

Ian raised his eyelids slightly. Although he had expected it, he was still a little surprised when he saw it - the red-haired dragon girl was wearing a white-gold dress, revealing her white arms and slender collarbones. Her hair was as long as flames. The hair falls quietly, not like a raging flame, but like blood ice, giving it a crystal clear and ethereal feel.

There is a silver-black dragon scale pendant hanging on the slender neck, which makes the skin even more white.

And the dragon girl's eyes were not light blue like Ian's, but as bright and golden as the sun.

Xiou is obviously debugging his own prosthetic body. Overall, the face made using Ian as a model is more cold and ascetic than the face he made using Anfa as a model before. This is probably because of the impression Ian gave him. That's it.

But that's not necessarily the case - Anfa is also a very calm person, but he can show a naive look to Xiou. It can only be said that the appearance comes from the heart. Even if they have the same face, the core essence is still the same. Can't hide it.

"How about it, does it look like it?"

Xiou was excitedly looking at a surrounding mirror. She turned back to look at Ian. After looking at the young man's face for a while, she became a little dejected: "Ah, what's going on... It obviously feels like it has been pinched so much." , but after actually seeing his face, I feel that I have completely missed the essence..."

"Without this temperament, she is just averagely good-looking!"

"Of course." Ian complained: "In addition to my face, you also changed my hair to red, added elf ears, and colored contacts... And if I were a woman, I wouldn't wear this kind of evening dress." A long dress like a dress, at most it can be worn over a white laboratory robe or an alchemist's robe."

"Too many elements are added, conflict with each other, or influence each other. Of course, it has nothing to do with me, but your own aesthetics."

"Yes." After thinking about it, Xio couldn't help but nodded in agreement: "Then what do you think of my aesthetics?"

"Your aesthetics are quite similar to my former boss."

Ian commented succinctly, and Xio asked curiously: "What? He also likes pointed ears, or fluorescent pupils? Personally, I would rather add a tail and dragon horns, but that would not look good. It looks too human, and it’s difficult to walk in the human world. I can only hang around the mountain people..."

"No. I'm just talking about redheads."

Ian and Xiou chatted about the red-haired pure love Viscount Grant, and successfully changed the topic to another world - Xiou actually understood Viscount Grant very well, because the same is true for dragons.

But soon, Ian changed the topic: "I don't mind if you use my face as a prosthetic model. Everyone else can tell it's not me, but..."

He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Xiou's and his brother-sister faces, and said thoughtfully: "It would be better to say, if you can tell it's me, it would be of some use..."

"interesting!"

Thinking of this, Ian suddenly became interested. He pointed to the hair and asked Xiou: "Can the hair color be changed?"

"Of course you can, just adjust it."

Xiou shook his head happily, and then his long bright red hair turned into pure white - although it was slightly different from Ian's hair color, in general, most people couldn't tell it at a glance. .

And if you need to adjust it, you can quickly adjust it to exactly the same size.

"What about the eye color?" Ian's eyes lit up and he asked again.

And Xio blinked, and his eyes suddenly turned into the same water-colored eyes as Ian's.

Now, from a distance, they really look like a brother and sister.

"very good!"

Ian stood up, and now he was really happy: "Xio, I have a favor that I need you to help me with!"

"It's definitely okay to help, but I've agreed beforehand that I can't imitate your usual speech and behavior - and I can't adapt to your living habits!"

Xiou is not stupid. He guessed Ian's purpose from the beginning... It was nothing more than asking Long to use a prosthetic body as a substitute for him. This kind of thing has not never happened in history. There was once a king who asked him to His true dragon friends took his place on the battlefield as a central force to suppress the morale of the troops, while he himself led an elite squad of Ascendants to raid behind enemy lines.

But this kind of thing rarely happens...because you can have a real dragon pretend to be your substitute, so if something happens, can the real dragon just crush the other person? The king in disguise didn't know the identity of the other party's real dragon, and thought he was just a sublimator in disguise. The real dragon didn't want to reveal his true identity, so it happened.

Xiou is naturally happy with Ian's commission, but if he is asked to learn from Ian's living habits, that is not possible. This person is too busy. He works and studies all day long. Even acting is very tiring, and It’s absolutely impossible to learn!

"unnecessary."

Ian shook his head slightly: "I definitely don't need you to disguise my identity for long. Even if I do, you only need to stay in the laboratory, pretend to be doing experiments, and show up occasionally without being discovered."

"As for the work, I will definitely tell Scott and the others to do it in advance. Just treat it as if I'm in seclusion in the laboratory. It won't be troublesome at all."

"No problem."

Xio readily agreed. He didn’t think this was a difficult problem. On the contrary, he was more interested in whether Ian had any business that required him to leave the territory: “But in recent years, the development of your territory has been very difficult. Are you busy? Do you really have time to go out? I can only help you disguise it, but I can’t do the real work for you. "

Ian shook his head slightly: "I don't know what it is, but I know it will definitely happen. If nothing else happens, Canaan Moore, if something happens to Anfa, I will definitely go."

"That's what I said."

Xio was a little puzzled: "How come it's just like the prophet, it's all guesswork, but yet so sure..."

"I am indeed a prophet." Ian shrugged, while Xiou shook his head: "I know, the prophet who brings thunder...wait, weren't you kidding just now?!"

The real dragon's perception of lies and truth is far better than ordinary people. She originally thought that Ian was just joking, but later realized that what Ian just said was a frank statement.

This immediately shocked her.

——Prophet, this is a prophet! They are rarer than true dragons, and there are only a few in the entire continent of Terra. Even the four major orthodox religions cannot guarantee a 100% stable inheritance of prophets!

There is one right in front of me? !

"yes."

The dragon girl looked at the smiling young man in front of her in astonishment, and Ian said calmly: "I am a prophet - that's why I can do so many incredible things and achieve such incredible achievements today."

"There are still many people who don't know this. You are among the top few."

Saying this, Ian slowed down his tone, and he looked into Xiou's eyes, leaving the other party time to think: "The reason why I tell you now is because I plan to gradually let out the news that I am a prophet during this period - and You, I happened to foresee a little bit of the future."

"Xio, how much do you know about the 'Dragon of the Void Realm'?"

"Prophet...Dragon of Void Realm..."

Xio's surprised expression had not completely subsided. She murmured to herself: "No wonder, no wonder you walked so fast in the subspace maze as if you could predict the future... Oh, you did predict the future!"

"No wonder, I didn't hide it from you from the beginning, and Anfa probably did the same, right? I asked you why you have always been so calm, and you are not afraid at all even if you are being chased. It turns out that you have known for a long time that Anfa and I will meet Take action!"

"Great! I have a prophet friend!"

Although he thought a lot, Xio's final thought was still fixed on 'yes' - being able to be friends with the prophet is an unprecedented experience for a true dragon.

But her view of the Dragon of the Void Realm is very vague: "I only heard a few decades ago when my mother was in contact with Dragon Island when I was still resting in the Dragon's Nest that the Void Dragon Tianyu Ramilton died at the end of his life. He passed away without descendants or successors, and the inheritance vacancy he left behind needs to be reclaimed by the surrounding true dragons."

"At first, my mother was unwilling to go to take care of me, and I didn't want him to delay his work for me, so I gathered my energy and chatted with my mother for a while before he set off to collect it. Because of this, I remember it very clearly."

"inherit?"

Hearing this, Ian couldn't help but frown.

The Void Dragon may be the name of the Void Realm Dragon on the side of the True Dragon, or it may be the name of the Void Realm Dragon of that generation... It seems that this True Dragon has existed for a long time, but no one has inherited it?

Could it be said that the power gained by the fifth-generation true dragon after reaching the fourth energy level is related to this inheritance from the previous generation?

It doesn't feel like...or, it shouldn't be completely related. The inheritance must have something to do with the power of the fifth generation and even the fourth generation of true dragons, but it is not everything.

For some reason, the dark golden dragon that he had seen on the path of spiritual disaster suddenly appeared in Ian's mind.

Such a true dragon that is so powerful that it can even break through the gravity of the solar system and go to the stars of the universe on its own... If he is a true dragon of the new generation.

So, whose power did he inherit?