After returning from the assembly hall, we decided to stay in the Kingdom of the Great Dragons for a few days. Alleria said that she had a lot of work to do in this realm, and we happened to be very interested in the various mystical ruins preserved here. Especially the Forgotten Garden, where there was a huge floating city called the City of Angels. I wanted to see what it looked like when it was released.
The City of Angels … In Qian Qian's words, this name alone was enough to make anyone grin and think of two hundred thousand words in half a minute. Especially since that place was Alaya's birthplace, it was even more attractive. When I first saw the Forgotten Garden, I couldn't help but call it the 'City of Angels'. Now that I heard from Alleria that the real City of Angels was even more magnificent than the magnificent Forgotten Garden, our family's curiosity was fully aroused. Qian Qian had already started planning to buy a three-bedroom property in the City of Angels. It had to be facing the sea and all kinds of flowers would bloom …
When we returned to the dragon settlement, I found something interesting. Most of the buildings here were built according to the size of the dragon race. Even a small door was more than ten meters wide. According to the housing prices in Beijing, the balcony of Cha 'er's house was enough to buy out the entire three-wheeler service industry in the Third Ring Road. But between these huge buildings, there were some special houses. The size of their doors and windows were obviously prepared for human-sized tenants. When we saw these houses, we could confirm that the dragons in this world could actually take human form.
However, ever since we came to this realm, we had seen countless dragons, but we had never seen a dragon in human form. Char and Tracy had never even mentioned that they could take human form. It was as if they had never thought that it would be easier to communicate with us in human form. It was really confusing. I couldn't help but ask, but Char's answer was that only children liked to transform into human form, because they could build their own secret base in the corners of the adults' houses with stones … The little houses hidden between the stone castles that looked like they could be used for human habitation were the secret bases built by the dragon race's problem children!
This was different from the dragons I knew in other worlds. According to Alleria, this might be because the dragons in this world were not 'pure' natural creatures, but were modified from the old Empire. They were still somewhat different from the real dragons.
Due to the influence of the information disturbance from the Interstellar Dragon God and the other divine races, the dragons that evolved naturally had common habits. One of them was that as long as they had evolved to the point where they could take human form, they would become accustomed to taking human form when interacting with other humanoid creatures. After all, it was more convenient to communicate this way. Although the dragons in this world also had the ability to take human form, they seemed to have no interest in it. After a thousand years of modification, other than being able to recognize the Interstellar Dragon God, they no longer had many of the habits of the natural dragons.
Alleria said, "In order to ensure that these modified dragons could retain their sense of the Interstellar Dragon God under the shielding state, part of their information needs to be exempted from the Concept Isolation state. However, due to the limited bandwidth, very little of their dragon-like characteristics can be retained …"
This explained why the dragons, who were usually considered dignified, stubborn, arrogant, and indifferent, had become a group of happy, peaceful, and ignorant optimists in this world. Of course, such a sunny personality could not have been set up for them by the iron-blooded Xiling Empire. It could only be said that after losing the dragon-like characteristics, these huge guys had naturally evolved into this form in this enclosed space. One-third of the dragons here were even vegetarians!
Tracy originally wanted to let us live in her palace because she felt that it was the only way to show her respect to the "ancestral spirits" and the "ancestral spirits' seven aunts and relatives". However, we politely declined her kindness because everyone felt that sleeping on a stone bed that covered an area of a hundred square meters was not a very comfortable thing. Moreover, there was a pile of Tracy's eggs at the head of the bed … Damn it, if Sandora woke up hungry at night, we would be in deep trouble. Cha 'er had been longing for children for more than two hundred years. His wife had just laid a nest of eggs last month with great difficulty that could hatch into little dragons …
There was no need to worry about housing. After all, I had a sister who could put a foldable kitchen in her Dimensional Pocket. She had brought a few living cabins with her, and from the looks of it, they were presidential suites. So, I firmly stuffed the frozen castle that Shallow Shallow had taken out of her.
Sleeping on the floor of the castle was an experience that I had enough of once.
We hovered the living cabins a thousand meters above the Dragon Mountain as a temporary residence. From here, we could see the spectacular view of the sea of clouds, and we didn't have to worry about being hit by the speeding dragons. The dragon race had a rule that unless there were special circumstances, flying above the Dragon Mountain where the leaders of the various races lived was not allowed to exceed a thousand meters. We were hovering in a no-fly zone.
It was already close to evening, and the dragons were preparing for a grand celebration. From time to time, we could see groups of dragons flying over the Dragon Mountain. Their huge claws were holding huge packages, as though they were taking out all the good stuff from each family to share. They were going to celebrate the "return" of the ancestral spirits tonight. The entire Dragon Mountain and the nearby peaks were enveloped in a joyous atmosphere. I was a little surprised. I didn't think that the dragons would be so happy about Lin's appearance. Lin herself looked quite calm. Thinking about it, as a Guardian Goddess with moral integrity, this kind of experience wasn't unusual for her. Yes, a Guardian Goddess with moral integrity. Even though this Dragon Goddess was clumsy, timid, shy, apologetic, and could be bullied by anyone, as long as she was compared to the other guys in the Protoss group of five, she would immediately become the synonym of justice, majesty, holiness, and love. Her radiant image was hard to look at. Let me put it this way. Just Icetis alone was enough to elevate Lin to the level of a saint. That was because the first thing that the female pervert did when she heard that there was going to be a gathering tonight was to drag 123 out to practice boxing for three hours. Her goal was to digest and eat more tonight …
Do you still have any sense of shame?
Her older sister and Lin Xue were resting in their room. No one went to disturb them. The events that happened today were too impactful. Even the usually calm older sister and the observant young lady were a little confused. That was why the two of them announced that they wanted to "organize their thoughts" by themselves when they returned. In comparison, Shallow Shallow was much more domineering. This girl whose mental fortitude was unimaginably strong had gathered all the children in the family. She was currently telling them stories of the past, as if she had really experienced it herself.
"Back in the day, I was a high-ranking military officer of the old Empire. I was much more powerful than I am today. Leading a two-hundred-thousand-strong fleet to sweep across the Heavens was like a daily thing. When the Abyss came, I was the one who turned the tide and fought for 1,300 years …"
"And then? And then?" Little Crow chirped. She was one of the only naive ones left among the bunch of naughty children. Unlike Mercury Lamp who was dozing off in boredom, she was completely attracted by the glorious deeds that Shallow had conjured up in her mind.
"And then? And then I died. It was a heroic sacrifice. My blood splattered across the skies and dyed seven or eight Mother Rivers red, or maybe three or four, but the amount of blood was not enough … Let's not dwell on the details. "Shallow Shallow's eyes glowed as she recounted her glorious deeds." Anyway, I had millions of troops under my command. Everyone was in high spirits and wanted to fight to the death against the Abyss. But Sister Chen Qian — she was the Emperor back then — did not allow it. My sacrifice could not be in vain, right? So she led a group of people into the depths of the Void to look for Ah Jun. Oh, right, Lin Xue was there too. It was a pity I died, or else I would have gone too. How could I not join in the fun … "
"Caw —" The little crow's eyes lit up, and it let out a long cry of surprise. It then stuffed a handful of hazelnuts with shells into its mouth, and as it chirped, it asked in a muffled voice, "And then? And then? Master should have come out by now, right? Why hasn't Master appeared yet? "
"Right, you're talking about Ah Jun, right? Ah Jun was even more powerful back then than he is now. Monina said that Void Creatures are even more powerful in their mother's womb than when they are born … Eh? Ah Jun, what are you doing … Wuwuwu, it hurts … "
I finally couldn't listen to her anymore. I pinched Shallow Shallow's cheeks and pulled them to both sides forcefully. "Is there anyone else like you? Is there anyone else like you!" This lass was actually telling a child about how she died in her previous life. Was there anything more interesting than this?
As Shallow Shallow and I were fooling around, there was a circle of little lasses who were immersed in their daily lives. Little Bubble was still obediently playing with her pile of sparkling glass balls, occasionally conversing with Ji Shanshan who was behind her. Liliana was explaining all kinds of strange knowledge to Mercury Lamp. Mercury Lamp's face was filled with disdain, but her ears couldn't help but perk up. This was the main reason why she would be tricked by Liliana every few days. In terms of evil intentions, this violent puppet who only knew how to fight was definitely not a match for Liliana. Little Crow was very interested in Shallow Shallow's story, but after realizing that the story had already ended, she changed her target. She was currently lying on the table reading Little Bubble's primary school textbook. Of course, she was only looking at the illustrations, and she was even looking at them upside down …
"Such a carefree fellow is so enviable." Xiaoxue suddenly came over and laid on my back. "Don't you think so, Dad?"
I pinched the tip of this big brat's nose. "There are some things that you already know, right?"
"If you want to talk about the results, then I know a little, but I don't know the process." Xiaoxue wrinkled her nose. She had a slight smile on her face that was similar to Lin Xue's. "A lot of things are secrets between you and Mom. When I asked you when you were young, you would always say, 'Kids shouldn't ask so much, go play somewhere else'. Then, I was too lazy to ask."
"Oh." I was silent for a few seconds. In the end, I couldn't help but ask, "Say … How did Lin Xue become the commander of the old Empire? And Shallow Shallow … Sister even became the Emperor of the fifteenth sky zone. I still can't believe it until now. "
"What's the matter?" Xiaoxue lay on my back comfortably. She didn't seem to care that she was past the age of acting coquettishly in front of her father. "When I was young, I heard you say that some people believe in the reincarnation of souls. Just treat it as a reincarnation. Although my mother's situation is different from Shallow Shallow's mother's, they … Rather than saying that they reincarnated, it would be better to say that they just inherited some power. Rather than saying that they had reincarnated, it was more accurate to say that they had only inherited some power. Didn't Alleria say that she couldn't feel any trace of the soul from back then in them? Dad, can you listen to my thoughts? "
I gently stroked Xiaoxue's long hair that hung down to my chest. "Go ahead."
"Let it go. Don't think about it. The dead are dead. Even if there is such a thing as a 'past life', the one you are living is' this life ', isn't it? Back then, the Emperor of the Heaven Zone and the Imperial Army officer don't sound close at all. "Xiaoxue stuck her face on my neck." Dad, you and my mom are the same. You like to keep everything bottled up in your hearts for a long time. As your daughter, I really worry about you … "
I raised my hand and patted Xiaoxue's head. She stuck her tongue out and giggled foolishly at me. "Dad! The dragons were coming for Auntie Lin! Let's go get some food! "
I was speechless. It was obvious that Icetis had taught her this personality!
Xiaoxue's prophecy ability was as accurate as her mother's. Basically, the moment we were egged on by Xiaoxue, Silver Dragon Char would arrive. Icetis swung her arm heroically and dragged Lin out. "Let's go! Let's go get some food with the stupid dragon! "
I couldn't help but look at my sister and Lin Xue's room. As if they sensed it, the two doors slid open at almost the same time. My sister and Lin Xue, who had recovered their spirits, appeared behind the door. Lin Xue beckoned at me as she walked out. "Let's go, Blockhead. Let's go get some food!"
I couldn't help but stare blankly for a moment. Then, I smiled in relief. It seemed that this girl wasn't too affected by those things.
I had been cooped up in my room and didn't know what was going on outside. When I arrived at the huge square on the mountain top, I couldn't help but be surprised. In less than half a day, those bored dragons had already turned this place into a super bonfire party of unprecedented scale. In the middle of the square, there was a huge bonfire with a radius of more than 30 meters. Around the square, there were more than a dozen smaller bonfires. The air was filled with a strange, sweet burnt smell. After asking, I found out that it was the bonfire's fuel. Dragons were used to using fast-growing trees that grew halfway up the mountain as fuel for their barbecue. These fast-growing trees were very resistant to fire and would emit a fragrant smell when exposed to high temperatures. As for the so-called Border Mountain, it was actually a mountain peak at the very edge of the floating landmass. Because there was no land beyond that mountain, the dragons called it the edge of their world.
Of course, these dozens of bonfires weren't enough to surprise me. Although they were built according to the size dragons were used to, they did look quite big. What really surprised me was the lively scene of thousands of dragons gathered in front of me.
The square at the top of the Dragon Mountain could be said to be huge. Back then, the builders of this place had shaved off one-fifth of the entire mountain to build this grand square. But when thousands of gigantic creatures with an average body length of 10 meters squeezed in, even such a large square seemed to be overcrowded. There were all kinds of scaled dragons everywhere. These gigantic beasts were like humans attending a temple fair. They were all squeezed into the square, the earth shook and the mountains shook. Some stepped on other people's heads, some flapped their wings in the air but couldn't find a place to land. Some were squeezed off the edge of the square, and when they flew back up again, their heads were covered with gravel and broken tree trunks. Occasionally, we could see "humans" running around among the dragons. Those were the dragons who couldn't stand the crowding and decided to change into their human form. At least they could find a place to land. Of course, they had to be careful not to be stepped on by others.
The square was bustling and extremely noisy. There were a few loud voices that we could hear clearly from midair.
"Damn it, don't push, don't push! I got here first, who stepped on my foot! "
"Excuse me, excuse me — I'm late, the feast hasn't started yet, right? It hasn't started yet, right? Luckily, I didn't eat lunch! "
"Second Brother, have you seen my wife? I came here with her. How come I didn't see her when I turned around? "
"Your wife? Oh, she's too cramped, so she just transformed into her human form. She's the big-eyed girl that you stepped on — good luck, I still have some ointment left at home. I'll send it to you tomorrow. "
"Oh, thank you. Take care, I might be a little busy from now on — wife! Don't slap my face! "
"Why isn't the ancestral spirit here yet? Didn't I tell the tribe leader to inform her already? "
And so on and so forth. In any case, it was extremely lively down there. The sky had already darkened. Apart from the dozens of bonfires and the items piled up beside the bonfires, the vast square was relatively empty. There were dragons everywhere in sight, just like a black tidal wave. Their numbers far exceeded the number of people that the square could accommodate. Looking at the extent of the pushing and shoving, it would be impossible for these gigantic beasts to even walk around, much less hold a celebration. Chael was hanging beside us by Lynn's tail (mainly because Icetis didn't like the wind from having a giant dragon flapping its wings too much, so Chael had been in this state ever since we came out. As for Lynn, she was also ordered to move around in her human form — for obvious reasons). She tilted her head and explained, "Everyone is here to see the ancestral spirit. There are some who couldn't find the place and have already gone to other mountains. Later, the ancestral spirit only needs to show herself. After that, only the elders and children of each race can stay in this square. The other dragons will go to other mountains to gather. Actually … if the ancestral spirit doesn't mind, I really hope that she can circle around every dragon mountain. We've been waiting for this day for tens of thousands of years …"
Lynn was hovering in midair while holding onto the tip of Chael's tail. She was a little stunned when she heard what Icetis said. Then, she looked at us hesitantly. "Hey, can I turn into my dragon form and fly around?"
We were also in a difficult position. It was obvious that there would be problems after Lin transformed into her dragon form and took off. However, we couldn't ignore the ardent wishes of the Dragon race. After thinking for a while, Bryndis could only nod and say, "Alright, go ahead. But remember to transform into a human when you land. Even if you fall, make sure to make as little noise as possible. If you really can't remember, you can find an empty island and crash into it."
Lynn laughed with delight and held out her hands in a triumphant gesture.
Chael said, "Oh my god, why did you …" He couldn't hear the last word clearly.
There was a commotion in the square below. "The tribe leader has appeared! The tribe leader has appeared with her head down! "
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