The Arctic Sea was still cold and windy, but the eternal Great Tarlonde Barrier maintained the warmth and comfort of the Giant Dragon's home as always.
Melita Pânia woke up on the wide and soft bed. Her lavender eyes reflected the familiar ceiling of the bedroom. She was in a daze for a few minutes before she blinked, took a deep breath, and stretched herself.
"I haven't slept at home for a long time …"
The blue dragon lady murmured in a low voice. She lay lazily on the bed and waved her hand. The sensor device in the room immediately received the command. The slanted roof on one side of the bedroom opened silently. Sunlight shone into the room through the transparent polymer shell, dispelling the dim red of the room. Various devices in the bedroom were activated one by one. A low humming sound came from all around the room.
A transparent polymer curtain hung down from the wall facing the bed. A shimmering image of a ring appeared on the curtain. The edge of the image vibrated and a pleasant mechanical voice sounded. "Good afternoon, Melita Pânia."
"Good afternoon, Omega …" Melita rubbed her eyes and replied vaguely. She was suddenly stunned. "Huh? Afternoon?! "
"Yes, you have slept for eighteen hours. Don't worry, this is normal. Your body needs to recover, especially your nervous system. More sleep will ensure that your nervous system recovers as soon as possible."
"But I have an appointment with Speaker Andal today," Melita exclaimed. "He will kill me!"
"Don't worry, he won't. Speaker Andal will only deduct your secondary field allowance for this month. Don't worry, it has already been deducted."
"… Damn it, I should have let you set an alarm clock! The kind that uses arcane missiles and pyroblasts on my face! " Melita pulled her hair hard and then jumped out of bed dejectedly. "Well, anyway, it's already this time … Help me write an apology letter and make a new appointment. Other than this bad news, is there anything good? "
"Your heart has been recalibrated and the spinal implant is ready to be installed at any time."
"Well, at least it's good news." Melita shook her head and walked to the bedroom door in her nightgown. "Take me to the workshop … and help me prepare two units of Hallucination booster."
"It's my pleasure to serve you, Melita."
The elevator in the Giant Dragon's lair ran silently and quickly. In just half a minute, Melita was sent from her bedroom in the "human residence" to her lair at the top of the mountain.
After stepping out of the elevator, Melita came to a huge hemispherical hall. This huge indoor space was transformed on the basis of a natural mountain structure. The lower half of the hall had a large area of evenly cut rock walls. A large number of polymer supports and cable pipes were fixed on the walls. The upper half was a tightly closed alloy dome.
The hall was wide and empty, but there were a large number of mechanical devices and golden columns painted with complex and gorgeous patterns. At this moment, three of the columns had been activated. Flowing light flashed on the surface of the columns, and something hidden in the columns could be vaguely seen.
This was Melita's "dragon lair," a lair that she had spent thousands of years building. Compared with the "extremely gorgeous, complex and exquisite" style that most Giant Dragons of this era admired, her lair was a little plain. But in fact, the decoration style here was not always the same.
She had also installed a magnificent dome full of reliefs here, used palace-style arches and pillars, piled up gold, silver, and jewelry here (although some of them were glass and artificial polymers to make up the number), slept on huge treasure chests, and even filled this place with bookshelves as high as the dome. The bookshelves were filled with model books that she had bought from the flea market.
And now, she had decorated this place in the "classic workshop" style that was popular in Tarlonde 10,000 years ago.
She was a Giant Dragon who liked change and was keen on an independent style.
Melita came to the center of the circular hall and stretched her arms. A brilliant magical halo immediately shrouded her. Her body quickly grew in the light and transformed into the form of a Giant Dragon. The three gorgeous columns at the edge of the hall quietly moved to her. The alloy shell on the surface of the columns slowly opened with a hissing sound.
Inside were huge tubular crystal containers filled with a thin liquid. Two of the containers were soaked with huge hearts. The hearts were a combination of biological tissue, bionic skin, polymer pipes, and complex mechanical pumps. The other container was quietly floating with a shiny metallic spine. The spine was connected to a large number of cable interfaces and flashing runes.
A string of bubbles bubbled in the container. The metal spine then turned half a circle, revealing two clear lines of steel letters on its back.
"The soul in the machine is still free."
"Komodo Implant Company's design patent infringement will be investigated."
The magical glow gradually dissipated. Melita opened her eyes in the dissipating light. She had transformed into a Giant Dragon.
Looking at the two huge hearts soaked in the containers, the giant blue dragon shook her neck and said in a rumbling voice, "I heard that Bak Bator has launched a new auxiliary heart. It's beautiful and cool."
"Overzealous pursuit of these things will not improve your financial situation," Omega's voice rang throughout the hall. "And there is no essential difference between the performance of the new and the old auxiliary heart. A beautiful bionic skin on a built-in implant is pointless. Perhaps … you plan to replace the scales near the chest with transparent polymer? "
"Forget it. I have no money." Melita sighed. "Start the implant process. Make me happy."
The mechanical devices that were on standby in the hall immediately began to operate. A large number of mechanical hands cooperated with each other and came to Blue Dragon Melita's side. They began to dismantle the scales and internal protective layers that were part of the mechanical structure. Her chest was opened up, revealing the cavity that was filled with temporary buffer fluid. Her back was opened up, revealing the temporary nerve connector and body fluid circulation pump inside …
The heart was restored, the spine was repaired, and the pre-prepared synergistic agent was injected into the circulation pump, allowing the organ parts to run happily in a short period of time.
The synergistic agent began to affect the nervous system. Melita felt her mind gradually spread, and she began to have some uncontrollable thoughts. Her huge eyes looked into the air, and the image of Omega's interface seemed to appear in the focus of her vision.
But she knew that this was just an illusion of her nervous system. There was no visual medium of Omega here. What she saw was actually an illusion created by the resonant core in her skull.
The resonant core that accompanied every Dragon for life, the neural interaction system that connected all the citizens of Tarlonde together, the super artificial intelligence that affected the entire Giant Dragon Kingdom and controlled the operation of the entire Tarlonde … Omega was here. It was controlling every machine in the hall, controlling these medical devices that could be fatal at any time.
It was performing the most delicate implant surgery for her. Her heart, her central nervous system, were all exposed to the artificial intelligence.
Melita shook her head. She knew that it was the synergistic agent that affected her judgment, but she still could not stop her thoughts from spreading.
"Please try not to move." Omega's emotionless voice came from all directions. The probes of the surgical machines flashed with a dim red light. "I am closing the protective layer of your spine."
"Omega … Where are you?" Melita mumbled vaguely.
"I am in Tarlonde. I am in the depths of the Giant Dragon Kingdom. I am also here, in front of you, Melita Pânia." Omega's voice responded immediately as usual, and the flashing red probes and moving robotic arms were still quietly performing the precise surgery.
"You say … Are you the real ruler of Tarlonde? I mean the part outside of the divine right … "
"Omega is the servant of Tarlonde. I was born to serve you, to manage this continent, to complete the mission of service."
"Yes …" Melita felt that she was about to fall asleep, but she still mumbled softly, "Omega, so … you are quite loyal …"
"Omega is loyal to Tarlonde." The artificial intelligence's voice echoed in the hall and drilled into Melita's mind, which was about to fall asleep. "Omega is loyal to the Dragons. Absolutely loyal, forever loyal …"
…
The high-ranking dragon priest Helagol walked in the magnificent golden temple. Only his own footsteps echoed in the sacred and solemn hall.
The middle-aged man who was closest to the god walked through the long corridor, through the spacious hall, and came to the tall holy throne.
A beautiful and graceful woman wearing a light golden long dress, with golden hair that reached the ground, sat lazily on the holy throne, and lowered her head to look at the Dragon Priest in front of her.
Helagol bowed his head respectfully. "My Lord, what have you summoned me for?"
"Recently, I feel that the hearts of the Dragons are a little unstable," the graceful blonde woman said softly. Her tone was gentle, and her expression was kind. "Helagol, my high priest, do you know what happened?"
Helagol kept his head down and his expression unchanged. Although he knew that he could not hide anything from the eyes of the god in front of him.
"The Dragons seem to be rejoicing in the changes of the times," he said respectfully.
"The changes of the times … Oh, you are referring to the continent opposite the Eternal Storm." The Dragon God smiled and looked interested. "Another generation of civilization … Round after round, time after time … It seems that you are not tired of it yet."
"There will always be young Giant Dragons who are curious about the outside world, my Lord."
"Curiosity and anticipation, isn't it?" The Dragon God looked down at the high priest. "Do you have the same expectations as them?"
"My Lord, I am loyal to you," Helagol said calmly. His tone was unperturbed. "Absolute loyalty, forever loyalty."
The Dragon God narrowed her eyes slightly. "Absolute loyalty … forever loyalty. Ah, the 'Omega' that you created often said that to you, right?"
She did not get a response from the high priest, but she did not seem to care.
The god who came to the secular world just slowly stood up from the chair. Her long skirt dragged on the ground as she walked past Helagol.
"To be honest, sometimes I really want to get in touch with the 'Omega' that you created, the creation without a heart …
"But forget it. A child's toy, leave it to the child.
"Isn't it? Helagol. "
Helagol crawled on the ground, his forehead pressed against the ground where the Dragon God walked. "Yes, my Lord."
…
Cecil Empire, Southern Border.
Maggie sat in a warm room, looking through the crystal glass window at the bustling streets of Cecil City.
This was the "dormitory" assigned to her by the Institute of Magical Engineering, but it was actually a comfortable, warm, and fully functional independent house.
Compared to the cold and hard feeling of the old castle, these new houses in Cecil City were particularly comfortable to live in.
It was a sunny day today, and there was no cold wind. There were many pedestrians on the streets, and many of them were wearing foreign clothes and seemed to be full of curiosity about the city. Maggie looked at the end of the street. At the end of her line of sight, she could see the tall steeple and walls of the Imperial College standing in the distance.
More and more people came to Cecil City this winter. They came from all over the empire, and even from the neighboring tribal kingdom of Augulay and friendly cities in the north.
This incredible city with a new order seemed to be gradually becoming a kind of "center." The merchants of Cecil City and the magical products they sold were sparing no effort to spread the news of the city everywhere. Even though it was winter, when it was difficult to travel long distances, the city still attracted countless foreigners — nobles who could travel long distances, extraordinary people who were curious about new knowledge, and students who were sponsored by the royal family were all flocking here.
Maggie had never seen such a scenery, but she could not help but think of the legendary kingdom that had become history. She thought of the Kingdom of Gondor, which was once the center of civilization on the continent. It was said that the capital of Gondor back then also attracted scholars from all over the continent and visitors from all races.
Maggie left the window and sat down at the desk. She took out a letter and began to write a letter to a distant friend.
She once thought that it was impossible for her to write to that place again.
"Su Jina, my friend, you might be surprised to receive this letter. Of course, the premise is that this letter can cross such a long distance, cross the suffocating cliffs of the Holy Dragon Dukedom, and accurately reach you. However, I have decided to believe in the respectable messengers. I believe that they will bring my news to you, as well as my other friends in the Holy Dragon Dukedom.
"Sugeena, do you still remember your dream of flying?
"I am now in an incredible place …"
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