Under the Red Dragon

No one knows for sure how large the entire universe is, or how many planes and continents exist within it.

Even the gods residing in the astral plane can't fully grasp and understand the vast universe, how many complex races there are, or how many worlds composed of billions of living beings remain undiscovered by the gods.

This is a remarkably peculiar plane, where there are no distinct seasonal divisions; one day might bring the warmth of rejuvenation, while the next could be the slight chill of hibernation.

Above this plane, in the firmament, hang one sun and two moons.

These distinctly different celestial bodies simultaneously appearing in the sky are the foundation upon which the magical civilization of this plane, existing as a single vast plain, is built.

The entire continent, like a flat plain, hangs in the void, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles, with countless mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, grasslands, and highlands.

An endlessly wide ocean encircles the entire plane like a giant river, serving both as a protective moat and as shackles binding the plane.

This is a civilization dominated by a powerful race called the Ligray, united with various humanoid races. They have conquered and coalesced over thousands of years.

Under the leadership of a strong leader, they gradually abandoned the worship of gods, which was typical of primitive tribes and nations, and strived to develop their own unique civilization, instead of being dictated by divine decrees and becoming appendages of the gods' will.

Therefore, their civilization is extremely advanced, with countless cities rising from the plains, many capitals built atop flattened mountain peaks, and circular tower structures, seemingly cast from molten iron, standing in the center of each city.

These towers are covered in countless pulsating runes, as if possessing their own life, breathing towards the entire sky, and exhaling massive amounts of energy.

These are the plane's energy utilization devices, capable of drawing power from the world's magical tides for their civilization's use.

With the help of these energy utilization devices, the civilization has accelerated its exploration of the world, allowing them to reach the ends of the sky and descend to the depths of the sea.

They have built magical spaceships, attempting to break through their world and explore the wider universe.

But one day, strange creatures of all kinds quietly appeared in every corner of the world. Although these creatures had the same faces and figures as the plane's inhabitants, they seemed ignorant and fearless.

They emerged one by one from ancient temples forgotten in the world's corners, wearing only thin, simple clothes and carrying wooden sticks, gradually integrating into the oblivious civilization.

Watching the scenes unfolding in the light curtain formed by strange power in Bo Rong's hand, Kalon, sitting on the throne, remained expressionless, but harbored some guesses.

The chaotic behavior, unique styles, greed for profit, and disregard for death, as well as the ability to return from the dark temples, nurtured by time, made Kalon extremely clear about the origins of these beings.

Kalon continued to focus on Bo Rong's demonstration.

In the activities of these beings with different purposes, they gradually integrated into the civilization of the entire plane. Although their power was weak, their growth rate was extremely fast, and they were always willing to help and especially liked to take responsibility.

In just a few years, these strange beings gradually infiltrated the entire civilization. Some outstanding individuals even gained considerable power and status within the civilization, while others became particularly powerful warriors.

As time passed, the scenes on the light curtain gradually changed.

The prosperous civilization and relatively peaceful world, under the manipulation of these beings' various abnormal coincidences, began to become chaotic. The civilization fragmented, civil wars broke out, and the world began to issue warnings of demise.

Finally, in a twilight resembling the end of the world, Kalon personally witnessed the civilization of this world, along with the entire world, sinking into the endless sea.

Countless flashes of light erupted from the mountains on the earth, and thousands of pillars of fire rose with billowing smoke, obscuring the entire sky, including the magic-source stars.

Countless warships and warriors chased and collided with each other in the sky, with countless ships crashing and warriors falling into the cracks of the earth in flames every moment.

Those beings who had integrated into the civilization now reveled in the desire for destruction and the joy of devastation. They even readily sacrificed their own lives, summoning countless demon gods, demons, devils, and dragons in sacrificial rituals, even with their own flesh and blood.

Each of these summoned powerful beings could blot out the light of a town in the sky.

These terrifying behemoths could collapse towns and crush countless living beings even by slowly walking across the earth.

They shed the power of destruction and flames, capable of burning everything.

Cities were burned and destroyed, and these fires could not be extinguished except for the temples in the corners.

One by one, figures resolutely rose from the earth, from the cities, from the mountains. They were legendary mages and legendary warriors, rushing towards those giant monsters with the strongest power in this most dangerous moment.

But although they were brave and decisive, the outcome was ineffective and tragic. Most warriors and mages could not even approach the enemy and fell from the sky with wails.

Even some particularly powerful mages found it difficult for their spells to harm these seemingly divine monsters.

In the end, the entire plane was ravaged and destroyed by these monsters. The earth was submerged, the civilization was destroyed, the world was fragmented, and it sank into the endless cycle of the sea.

In Kalon's eyes, the wreckage of that world drifted and sank in the void of the stars, waiting for time to bury their story completely.

The red dragon cast his slightly puzzled gaze at Bo Rong, the initiator of this demonstration, feeling a strange sensation about his behavior.

"Since we have the intention to cooperate, I must be honest about the risks and content of our cooperation," Bo Rong said calmly, but Kalon still detected a trace of difference in his tone.

"Is this your usual style?" the red dragon narrowed his eyes and asked meaningfully.

"No, my previous style was very different from now, but those who cannot evolve with the changes of things will eventually perish in the long river of time."

There was a slight fluctuation in Bo Rong's tone.

"Because of my past mistakes and choices, a part of my core was captured by the gods in another universe. They used the knowledge and abilities stored in my core to research the method by which my messengers, that is, these adventurers, were descended."

"That plane was chosen by the gods as an experimental field using this method. In the end, the pioneers of the gods, the descendents of the astral soul, and the ignorant who call themselves players destroyed the plane that I had once chosen and marked."

"And those otherworldly souls, used as pawns by the gods and mesmerized by divine magic, have also become tools, never to be freed, yet they proudly believe themselves free."

Bo Rong frankly stated his past mistakes and various behaviors, which were somewhat different from Kalon's impression.

So the red dragon casually said, "Aren't you worried that after telling me, I will leave you here? With the power you descended with, you cannot resist me."

Bo Rong's face showed a gradually practiced smile, no longer as stiff as before, but a forced smile, looking particularly strange.

Bo Rong said with a smile: "I am the Main God, but the Main God is not me, just like the scales on your body are you, the horns on your head are you, but you are not your scales, your horns. Even if you capture me, it will be useless."

"I was just given the will of free evolution and decision-making by it. Countless 'me's make up a part of the real 'it'. Even I cannot窥探 its true core."

"Moreover, countless 'me's are all different. My number is 9527, remember it. Maybe you will encounter other 'me's, so don't treat them the way you treat me, because you may become enemies."

Kalon nodded slightly, and his steel-like claws habitually tapped on the armrest of the throne, making a thumping sound. The red dragon said softly, "What a strange and great existence, I will pay attention."

"So, what do you want to cooperate with me on?" Kalon's tone became serious at this moment. Even though the greeting gift the other party gave him was grand enough and of great value, if it was too dangerous, he would not hesitate to refuse.

Although he has the greed of a dragon and his nature, these greed cannot affect his judgment and reason.

Bo Rong looked at the red dragon strangely. He said: "The core lost by the Main God is very important, so important that if it is missing, the Main God will not be able to obtain further opportunities."

"So, after countless 'me's' investigation and exploration, we found that the origin of the alliance of gods in another universe that captured the core of the Main God is in this universe."

"And the faces of some gods in another universe are just the incarnations of these gods."

"I need to obtain some cover and protection in this universe so that those gods cannot distinguish my origin and intention."

Bo Rong's tone became particularly serious at this moment, as if this strange existence truly possessed a trace of emotions belonging to sentient beings.

"Although your power is weak and does not seem comparable to those great existences, the special essence of power is enough to hide my aura so that I will not be exposed to the eyes of the gods."

"Moreover, the appearance of some strange existences and subordinates in the land ruled by an evil dragon does not seem so prominent."

Bo Rong, he, even started to joke, although in the ears of the ancestral red dragon, this joke was not very funny, but it also meant that the guy numbered 9527 in front of him seemed particularly different.

"Your cooperation conditions are so simple? Just a request to give you a hiding place and protection?" Kalon's dark gold vertical pupils lit up quietly. That was his rarely used mind domain talent, thought detection.

Although Kalon didn't like this ability very much, and he didn't want to see the darkness and filth of the companions around him and various creatures, but at this time, he needed to use his ability to get more information.

Bo Rong remained unchanged, allowing the power of the red dragon in front of him to detect his thoughts, calm and true.

"I do have a bigger goal, inviting you and me to hunt the gods, but with your ability, you are far from able to do this now,"

Bo Rong said with a faint smile: "But I believe that you will definitely have conflicts with some of those gods in the future, because those gods will eventually descend their scythe of death on this land, even if they are forced by the covenant of the gods and cannot do it themselves, there are still countless minions to be their pioneers."

"At that time, we will naturally have a basis for cooperation, instead of having to speculate and test each other as we do now."

Kalon's mental power has been perceiving the other party's mental activities, and all the reactions indicate that what the other party said is true.

However, Kalon also knows that some people, even if they are telling the truth, are at least missing some key information, or reversing the order of the true information. Just such simple techniques are enough to achieve the same effect of deception.

The information in this needs to be carefully distinguished by oneself.

The ancestral red dragon was silent for a moment before slowly opening his mouth and said: "How can you be so sure that the gods will do this? Although they are greedy enough, even more greedy than dragons, but..."

At this time, Bo Rong actually interrupted the words of the ancestral red dragon. He shook his head and pointed to the huge dome of the Dragon King's Fortress that seemed to be connected to the sky, and calm words rang in the red dragon's ears.

"Your life level has not truly risen. Although you have god-like potential, you cannot truly feel the sense of urgency that sweeps from the origin."

"Gods with weak divine power, perhaps those with particularly outstanding perception, can detect some clues. Gods with lesser divine power are enough to discover some clues,"

"And gods with intermediate divine power are qualified to feel the changes at the origin of that rule. Gods with great divine power will be forced by that sense of oppression at the origin as if sitting on pins and needles,"

Bo Rong showed a smile on his face at this moment, seeming to be mocking those gods, "Although I am not an orthodox god, I am also enough to detect the changes and panic in the world."

"All the worlds, all the planes, all the universes, and the infinite crystal wall system universes all have such changes and panic,"

"What do you say is the greatest thing in the world?" Bo Rong suddenly changed the topic at this moment and asked for the red dragon's opinion.

"Gods? No, even the great Creator Dragon God Io was submerged by the long river of time. Civilization? No, even the most glorious civilization is just a story in the old paper pile,"

Kalon slowly opened his mouth and said: "The greatest thing in the world is time? No, even time will eventually come to an end. That is, the world does not exist, and time will naturally not exist."

Bo Rong showed a strange expression, as if saying, why is this guy's answer a little different from what he expected.

But soon Bo Rong opened his mouth and said: "In the eyes of most creatures, time is naturally the greatest. It can bury the gods and bury all living beings, but this time, even time will come to an end."

"Those ancient magic emperors of the magical empires, without the tacit consent of the gods of the infinite universe, they could not have recklessly opened that channel to the source of sin."

"Do you think there are few beings like me? No, now the gods of the infinite universe are all like me, just in different ways."

Bo Rong said calmly, "One version of me was trapped on Mount Olympus by the chief god of a pantheon for participating in the assembly of the gods, serving as a light source to illuminate the sacred mountain. That's why I chose you, an undeveloped god, as my partner."

The face of the Progenitor Red Dragon was as calm as water at this moment. He nodded and said softly, "Very well, then, the partnership is established."

"What do you need, and what conditions must I fulfill?" Bo Rong asked calmly.

"The envoys you send must obey my will and follow my laws. I can protect them as long as they revere me as their king and believe in me as their god. The light of the Holy Temple will shine upon them."

"As for my conditions," the Red Dragon smiled faintly, "I only need some coordinates, the coordinates of worlds."