The world-devouring dragon

"...The sky barrier is called Jieli Zheluzhan in the ancient snake language of the tenth era. This is the earliest record of the sky barrier."

"Among the forty-three eras of rise and fall experienced by the snake people, the first era is the birth of the snake people, the second era is the reign era of the white snake woman Mona, and the third to ninth eras are all The reign of King Unogaya spanned 20,000 years.”

"The Ocean Age, Sky Age, and Earth Age are all divisions of world domination and exploration. The Sixth Age is the millennium era when war breaks out with the Atlanteans, or the Age of Old Enemies. The Seventh Age is only five More than a hundred years of truce era... The eighth era is unknown, but all the data point to that unknown huge disaster, but almost all the data and information of this era are in the ninth era - the madness of the wise king The era was destroyed and no information was left.”

"In the ninth age - the age of madness, King Unogaya suddenly fell into madness for some unknown reason. It is difficult for today's scholars to understand what happened in that era, but the only thing they know is that the powerful king destroyed Almost everything in the sea. All ancient cities were destroyed, countless ancient technologies were lost, the method of making the brass giant disappeared, the blueprints of the Sky City disappeared, the ancient mechanical legion completely disappeared... many, many Everything was destroyed by the king that the ancient snake people dared not mention."

"In the ninth era, the ancient snake people banished the mad king and banished it to the land forever, so that it could never enter the sea."

"But even so, the ancient snake people are still afraid of the power of this king. They are afraid that the immortal King Unogaya will one day break away from the curse and return to the sea again, so the ancient snake people of the tenth era created The sky barrier, this underwater world that the outside world can never perceive and cannot enter, is trying to escape the hatred of King Unogaya..."

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In a certain majestic palace, Uberto lay on a brass seat and quickly browsed the information in front of him.

At the same time, thousands of robotic arms in the palace were quickly retrieving books, flipping through the books, eliminating unnecessary books, handing Uberto the books he needed, and then sorting out the books that had been read. Some will also thoughtfully add bookmarks so that they can be found again next time.

The Snake Civilization does not have the concept of the Internet or computers, but they are good at using steam and have found a new way to use their own steam machinery to create this special mechanical arm. The many mechanical arms installed in this palace are good at checking and retrieving books. Whenever necessary, these numerous mechanical arms will retrieve all the books and information you need for you.

When he first came here, even the well-informed Uberto was shocked by it.

When thousands of tedious and complex robotic arms work at the same time, the coordination and neatness are as mathematically beautiful as art, and it was only now that Uberto could turn a blind eye.

On the side, the former snake king and the current deputy king of snakes stood beside Umberto. After Yaanjiemu abdicated, as the only two snakes, she served as deputy king to assist the new snake. King of men.

The beautiful creature frowned as he looked at Uberto who was so serious that he completely ignored him.

In her opinion, Uberto was indeed a very capable person. She was a little jealous and unwilling at first, but after getting in touch with him, she realized how powerful this arrogant earthly freak was. However, Uberto, who had such an ability, did not have the consciousness of the Snake King at all, and he devoted himself to searching for information in this library.

"Do you really want to leave Haixu?"

The cold voice said.

Uberto didn't hide anything from her, or he didn't have the energy to hide it. He had been trying to find a way to leave, but the Lords would not allow the Snake King to leave the Hai Ruins, let alone the only pure snake known so far. people.

But Uberto did not answer her question, but asked without looking back.

"Where is "The Strange News of the Ming Void Sea"?"

The beautiful creature with a face that surpassed human beings couldn't help but be held back, but she still had to fulfill her obligations as the deputy king seriously... looking for information for the Snake King.

"This is it. There are only fragments of it in the library. It was originally destroyed a long time ago..."

"Which book is "Hymn to the White Snake"..."

"this……"

""Crazy Poetry...""

After a long time, when he felt that he had almost found it, Uberto waved his hand to signal that the many robotic arms could stop. He leaned on the brass seat, rubbed his temples, and slowly thought about the many materials he had just found.

According to the information I just found, the Snake Man civilization has preserved a lot of history from the Atlantis era to the present. It spans forty-three eras and more than 50,000 years, which is far more detailed than human history.

Although the world is viewed from the perspective of the snake people themselves, it is inevitable that there are tendencies, such as derogating the Atlanteans as "barbarians on the earth", and most of them describe the stories of the snake people's civilization themselves, but if combined with The information Uberto had gathered in the past, as well as the occasional revelations from the "Last Angel", were enough for him to deduce many things...

He couldn't help but take a deep breath.

A long history, dusty mythological era, from that mythical era to the present era, this world has experienced too many changes, and only the snake-man world that is lucky enough to survive still retains relatively complete records.

Among these many incidents, Uberto realized that all the crux was related to a recurring character...

Father of Snakes.

The snake people civilization highly respected the god they called the "Father of Snakes". There were countless poems about the Father of Snakes in every era. Uberto realized that all the problems he was currently experiencing were related to this Father of Snakes. There are countless connections.

What is the Father of Snakes?

While he was deep in thought, he caught a glimpse of a beautiful creature beside him and was startled.

"Why are you here?"

He didn't seem to notice when she was approaching, but in front of Uberto, the beautiful creature pursed her lips with a gloomy expression, seeming to be trying hard to suppress her anger. After a long time, she smiled inexplicably and said.

"Am I not your slave, Lord Snake King? You just handled me very easily."

Her face is extremely beautiful, but her usual dignity and majesty make it difficult to look directly at her, so that she subconsciously ignores this girlish beauty. But at this moment, this smile seems to be the coming of spring and the blooming of flowers, but in this hundred flowers After blooming, there is a deep chill.

Uberto was silent for a moment, it would be a shame if he couldn't see such obvious resentment and sarcasm.

"Ya'anjiemu, what does the father of snakes mean to you?"

"It is the great Father God!"

When the father of the snake was mentioned, Yaanjiemu couldn't help but raise his voice a bit, and glared at Uberto angrily. After expressing his dissatisfaction, Yaanjiemu said.

"Umberto, I know that you were born on earth and did not receive the influence of orthodox classics. You still do not understand how great the great Father God is. I don't blame you. But you have to understand that it is precisely because of the kindness of the Father of Snakes. Only with tolerance can the creatures in this world have a place to live, survive and reproduce.”

As she spoke, she stroked her chest solemnly and said solemnly.

"In the eyes of us snake people, the Father of Snakes is our origin god. He is the most tolerant god. Even the mind of the sea cannot describe its tolerance. It is under the earth and carries the entire sea and land on its back. , never mind that little creatures like us build kingdoms and develop civilizations on it. Both snake people and terrestrial species have room for survival. Because of this, the ancient snake people praised the tolerance and tolerance of the father of snakes. Fraternity.”

"However, behind the tolerance and fraternity of the Snake Father, there is also a cold and violent side. When the Snake Father becomes angry, the underwater world will collapse and the above-ground world will disappear like water splashes. We are snakes The descendants of the father of the snake are the creatures closest to the father of the snake, so the kings of the past generations have upheld the concept of protecting this fragile world and the responsibility of appeasing the father of the snake, and tried their best to comfort the father God not to be angry."

"Since the status of the Snake King is so revered, why do you have to let me, a human on earth, sit here?"

Uberto said noncommittally.

Ya'anjiemu was silent for some reason, then bit his lower lip and said.

"Umberto, I know that you are still wary, thinking that I pushed you to the position of Snake King because of my own intentions, but in fact this is not the case. It is natural for Snake people to fear those in power. Perhaps those who respect They have other ideas, but I have no ill intentions towards you."

"...You may not be able to understand it. Just standing in front of you makes me feel very tired and I can't help but want to kneel down."

Those bright eyes raised their eyes and looked at Uberto.

"You are the snake king chosen by the father of snakes. In this world, you are closest to the father of snakes... I know that I do not have such power and cannot fulfill the responsibilities of a snake king, but I hope you can Fulfill this responsibility well.”

This snake-man princess, who looked more like a fish-man than a snake-man, seemed to be unwilling to give up in her words.

But Uberto didn't pay attention to the subtle emotions of the snake-man princess in front of him, but he was thoughtful and then said jokingly.

"Are you willing to obey me just because of this natural awe? What if I ask you to take off your clothes now?"

From Uberto's point of view, this nature seems to be common among all underwater races. The upper-level races have a natural sense of majesty towards the lower-level races. He has deeply felt this during his time at the bottom of the sea.

As long as they see his face, the elegant and polite maids can't help but turn pale and tremble. This is not because they are afraid of his appearance, but simply because they have an inexplicable sense of nervousness in their hearts, which makes them feel uncomfortable when they see him. It is difficult to control oneself when a Snake is a person. This is true for almost all undersea races. Lower-ranking races are naturally afraid of upper-ranking races and are more likely to obey the orders of upper-ranking races. This is the so-called "created inequality."

But most of the time, this sense of fear does not affect the decision-making of lower-level races. The snake-people civilization has gone through 34,000 years, and there are a total of 520 kings including Ya'anjiemu, the snake-people king. Among them, there are only 479 snake kings, and the other 40 kings are all non-snake kings. Do you think these non-snake kings were snake people who gave up their thrones on their own initiative?

As long as they hold power, even lower-level races dare to have cruel thoughts.

In Uberto's eyes, facing his little joke, the arrogant snake-man princess in front of him would probably walk away angrily, but unexpectedly...

In front of him, Yaanjiemu lowered her head. Uberto couldn't see her face clearly. He could only see that her hands seemed to be shaking. After a long time, her arms were somewhat stiff and placed on the ties of her clothes. superior……

"Okay, let's go, I was just joking."

Uberto, who had already noticed Ya'anjiemu's strangeness, said directly that he did not intend to really offend the former Snake King. He still needed the help of the former Snake King in many places.

Ya'anjiemu put down his hand, did not look up at him, or even said a word. He just turned around and left. His slender fish-tailed body was extremely fast on the ground.

I'm angry.

Uberto was thinking this in his heart, but he didn't intend to pay attention to it, let alone apologize. He was not a good person with overflowing sympathy.

He lowered his head and looked at the "Prophecy of the Void King" in front of him. This is a summary of the predictions made by many undersea prophets some time ago. Although there are differences, the contents are generally related to the return of the Void King and the end of the snake-man civilization. coming soon.

The seabed at the moment is not as peaceful as in the palace. The palace is protected by the Council of Lords and naturally cannot feel any waves. However, many riots and battles have broken out in various countries in the underwater world.

Before the Void King arrived, something went wrong inside the Snake Man.

What Uberto was thinking about was, what exactly is the King of the Void? What does it have to do with the father of snakes?

It's not like he hasn't enjoyed power. He once controlled the entire world. If it weren't for the fear of the power of the Priory of Sion, he would have begun to integrate the entire human race on the earth, and he didn't care about the power of the underwater world.

At this moment, he just wanted to return to the earth as soon as possible to retrieve the statue, throw it into the volcano, and leave it to the last angel to deal with.

At this moment, there was a sudden vibration and shaking under his feet.

what happened? earthquake.

His eyebrows furrowed slightly. There were many earthquakes in the underwater world, but this was Nano City, a city protected by many steam machines. Even if there was an earthquake, the shock-absorbing machinery underground would be enough to eliminate it.

Suddenly, he realized that there was something wrong with the light coming in from the window, and it seemed to dim. He suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky outside the palace...

There, the sky barrier that was originally as vast as the sky was emitting an inexplicable flicker of light, gradually transforming into a blood-red color, as if it was a warning of some kind of danger...

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Outside the sky barrier, the dim seabed was pitch black without any light.

There was only soft seabed soil here, and the naked man's ankles were sunk into the soil. The feeling of skin contacting the soft soil was not strange, but made him inexplicably familiar.

When did you feel this way?

The man was silent, just quietly recalling long-standing memories.

There was an image, or rather a feeling, in the memory that was too long ago. My ankle was stuck in the mud, but I couldn't understand why. I just felt that the mud seemed to be some kind of living thing, so I grabbed my ankle. .

What happened next?

The man didn't remember much. He only vaguely remembered that at that time, he used the earth as an imaginary enemy and fought against it. Finally one day, the son of Adam tore open the earth and killed the dragon transformed from the earth's mountains. From its lungs The world's earliest seeds were taken out of it.

It was an extremely cold and merciless desolate world. There was no vegetation on the ground, and only the occasional giant beast could feed the family who had left the Garden of Eden. The seeds bred from the dragon's body had unimaginable power. It was that The most precious treasure of time.

So, the man began to scatter seeds on the surface of the earth, so that the life hidden deep in the earth could grow on the earth.

It worked diligently, gradually spreading the green color, and after that, plants gradually appeared on the ground, and then there were more beasts that eat plants, and then there were his brothers to hunt animals.

The brother said that he was a hunter, and the man was a farmer. This land was given to their parents by Heavenly Father and the snake, and it would be theirs in the future. Farmers and hunters would jointly take charge of this land.

What happened next?

It seemed that what the brothers said at that time came true. Farmers and hunters did take charge of this land, but they did not take charge of this land together. Sedentary farmers dislike nomadic hunters, and nomadic hunters dislike sedentary farmers.

Just like their descendants, so did their ancestors.

So, he killed him.

Standing in the dark seabed, the oldest murderer quietly recalled.

There was only deep-sea mud under his feet, with no barriers. The man knew that even if he dug thousands of miles further, all the way to the depths of the hot lava, he still would not be able to find the place he wanted to find.

In the past, I once thought in the magma deep in the earth. At that time, his body was wrapped in the hot magma, wandered in the depths of the earth, and was finally ejected from the volcano.

But even after thinking about it for so long, he didn't know why he couldn't find any trace of those guys after digging for so long.

It wasn't until now... until now that I finally knew why.

Looking at the ground under his feet, the man opened his mouth. There was no air at the bottom of the sea and he couldn't speak, but he could vaguely make out the changes in the shape of his mouth.

"So you are hiding here."

The calm face spoke the ancient snake language used by the snake people before the ninth era.

Raise your fist, just like fighting with the earth at that time...

Then it fell.

In an instant, billions of tons of seawater burst out with a force that was like the creation of the world, and a vast barrier designed to avoid a specific person collapsed...

"Boom!!!"

In the midst of hundreds of millions of stunned or horrified eyes, a large hole was opened in the sky barrier as vast as the sky. A lot of sea water gushes out from the large hole, like a sky pillar pouring down into this underwater world that has not seen sea water for a long time. .

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Half a month later, the Council of Elders, who were eager to repair the sky barrier, asked the Snake King to lead an army to fight against the incoming King Unogaya.

For many reasons, Uberto had to choose to lead his army there, but he vaguely realized that this seemed to be a good opportunity to leave this underwater world.

"Get ready to leave this world."

Through the built-in chip, Uberto used signals that the snake people did not understand and spoke calmly to the Roberts father and daughter not far away.

The only problem now is to get rid of the "King of Unogaya". Uberto, who has never led an army, feels uneasy. Ya'anjiemu, who was on the side, noticed his uneasiness. He held him with his slender hands and looked at Uberto with his calm eyes, comforting the king he had decided to assist.

Under the comfort of Ya'anjiemu, Uberto calmed down a little, and glanced behind him, at the silent steel army and the huge aerial ship as huge as a mountain, which made him feel a little more confident.

"In any case, an army of this size will not be able to meet its opponents even on the surface. King Unogaya is only one person, no matter how powerful he is."

Thinking in his mind, Uberto couldn't help but feel calm.

"Set off!"

With a wave of his arm, under his orders, this unprecedentedly large army marched towards its destination step by step like a ferocious beast.