The world above ground and the Dark Moon had a completely different social structure.
According to the progress of civilization, the world above ground was more like a "normal" civilization on a planet. Its various races had a certain degree of communication and integration, but they were still clearly divided into different countries. Each country was dominated by a race. Dozens of kingdoms, large and small, divided and occupied the vast continent on the planet. These countries maintained a generally peaceful situation. Although there were occasional disputes between them, they had formed a preliminary international alliance. They had a council composed of race leaders and kingdom leaders. This council took the teachings of "equality, mutual assistance, and unity" of the goddess as the core idea. It was responsible for organizing the races in the world to fight back when the Dark Moon War came and promoting the races to recuperate during the peaceful period. In this way, the entire planet was basically in a state of peace. This was the situation of the world above ground.
The Dark Moon had a completely different social environment. Although the number of races on it was not less than that of the world above ground, there were no countries, race territories, or even any territorial division on this planet. All the races on the Dark Moon lived together, and the only ruler of the entire planet was the Dark Moon Lord. They regarded themselves as the Dark Moon people. Other than that, few people mentioned their race, and no one remembered what a "country" was. This was a planet that had continued to carry out absolute centralized rule for thousands of years. The social class, organizational form, industry division, and other aspects had been highly simplified. In a way, this planet might be more in line with the definition of "peace and harmony" than the world above ground. It had not had an internal war for 2,000 years.
There was a reason for the special social environment of the Dark Moon: it was a big prison. The entire planet existed for only one purpose, that was to suppress and seal the demonic powers trapped deep underground of the planet. Not only to suppress the lost monsters, but also the ominous shadows wandering around. Since the heroes paid a huge price thousands of years ago to temporarily bind the Secondary Abyss in a small cage, all the races on the Dark Moon had only one identity: prison guards.
As a prison, there was naturally no need for a country. It only needed a set of prison guard system. The Dark Moon Lord was the warden here.
It was difficult to say which of these two completely different social environments was good or bad. On the surface, it seemed that the Dark Moon was the first to reach the height of complete integration of the races and complete elimination of civil war, while the races of the world above ground were still stumbling to find the best way to coexist at the same time. But in Icetis's opinion, the world above ground was a more dynamic and normal civilization. Although it had not been able to eliminate internal friction, it had the surging momentum to continue to move forward; the Dark Moon was a dead place. Although the races of the Dark Moon were already united, they had lost the goal and reason to continue development thousands of years ago: As a prison, everyone born on the Dark Moon was scheduled to work from birth to death. Although they avoided civil war, it also erased the power of change.
The Dark Moon Lord and his assistant, the Blood Princess, lived in the palace. The place called the Dark Moon Palace was almost never open to the public. Usually, the instructions issued by the Blood Princess were sent out by the palace wardens and distributed to all parts of the planet. The people of the Dark Moon could not see their leader at all. The only day when the Dim Moon Palace was opened on a large scale was when the Dim Moon War came. On that day, the Dim Moon Lord would put on a magnificent armor, lead the army, and go to the surface world to take that blow. And now, it was almost that day.
The teleportation tower leading to the Dark Moon Palace required some very troublesome authentication methods to open. In addition, the palace itself did not seem to be too far away from here, so Sonya decided to take everyone there directly. After we left the city above ground, we kept moving in an uninhabited direction. Soon, we left the main road and finally came to the foot of a bare hill. Sonya looked around the environment and seemed to be satisfied with the place, so she asked everyone to step back a little.
Although I guessed what she wanted to do, I still asked subconsciously, "What are you going to do?"
"I am going to transform into my dragon form. It will be faster to fly there this way," Sonya said as she took a deep breath. As a result, she choked on the terrible air on the Dark Moon and coughed. "This damn fog … The air here was better than it is now two thousand years ago. It seems that as time passes, the demonic power is still imperceptibly affecting this planet."
I shrugged and looked around. The thick fog everywhere on the Dark Moon kept the entire planet in a gray state. Of course, it was the same here. In fact, I did not know which direction I had been walking in just now with my naked eyes. If you did not have a special way to live here, you would get lost when you go out. So there was a strange phenomenon among the people of the Dark Moon: the children in the family would go out for the first time after the age of seven. Before that, they had to learn from their parents how to use various spells to find their way and ask for help. The visibility on this planet was terrible.
It was said that some of the vampires had been forced to super evolve by this terrible weather. There were newborns who could use ultrasound to locate their location. On the other hand, there were frequently New-types who could read the geomagnetic field … It was really funny.
"Roar!"
A low roar interrupted my messy thoughts. It turned out that Sonya had completed her transformation. I looked towards the direction of the roar and saw a huge black silhouette slowly walking over from the thick fog. When it got closer, I realized that it was a slender silver-white dragon that was about ten meters tall and thirty to forty meters long. Based on the standards of the dragon race, this was probably considered a beauty?
"She actually ran so far after transforming. She's not as good as the doormat at home at all. Lin's transformation happened right in front of us." Bryndis couldn't help but come over and whisper in my ear. "However, this Little Silver Dragon is slimmer than Lin. The lass at home can't even see her own feet after transforming into her dragon form. She still has two heads."
Bryndis was really a guy who could comment on everything.
"You are going to bring us over?" Shallow Shallow happily hopped to Sonya's feet and hugged one of the Silver Dragon's fingernails. "Thank you! Speaking of which, your scales are really nice!"
Sonya lowered her head slightly. Her voice rumbled, but I could still hear the tone of a female. "The dragon race never allows other creatures to stand on their backs unless it is their partner or other relatives. But if it is to serve a god, I think it is an honor."
Her words were neither servile nor overbearing. Furthermore, I could hear a hint of pride in her voice. It was obvious that the pride of this lone Dragon Queen had not disappeared after so many years of decadent life. If it was anyone else present, they would definitely jump up and down in joy at riding a dragon for the first time. However, our family was an exception. Lin had been our family's means of transportation for a very long time. We had all eaten and seen her before. Sonya lowered her wings and allowed everyone to climb onto her back. The group of people chattered as they climbed up.
Shallow Shallow said, "The back doesn't seem as wide as I imagined."
Icetis said, "En, this little Silver Dragon is a bit skinny. He should eat more meat."
Lin Xue said, "It would be good if there was a railing here. Of course, it would be best if there was a completely enclosed private room."
Icetis immediately agreed. "Yes, just like the one installed on Lin's back. But it's too narrow here, we can't even stretch out our mahjong table. "
Visca concluded with some regret. "We can't casually carve words here, right? I still want to play five-in-a-row with my brother. "
Only Jingle said something comforting to Sonya. "Actually, Jingle feels that this place is quite spacious!" As long as they were in an area with a radius of more than one meter, Jingle would lose the concept of size. Most places in this world were boundless to Jingle …
Sonya listened to the group of picky fellows riding on her back and chattering non-stop. Her neck drooped lower and lower. Fortunately, Icetis noticed this situation in time and hurriedly explained, "Hey, little girl, don't mind us. We're not complaining about you. It's just that there's a dragon at home that's even bigger than you, so we subconsciously compared him to you."
"Another dragon?!" Sonya's body trembled. Instantly, all the people on her back swayed left and right.
"Ah, yes, another dragon." Icetis laughed and patted Sonya's back. "That's why we said that everything will be fine. Even if we can't resurrect your compatriots who died thousands of years ago, we're confident that we can let you meet a large group of new friends …"
Sonya was instantly energized. Then, she took two steps forward and brought everyone soaring into the sky. The ground shook on the spot. We hurriedly opened up a barrier to resist the strong wind. Icetis stomped her feet in exasperation. "You scared me! You and Lin are a perfect match. Your take-off and her landing are a perfect match! "
Although I felt that it was inappropriate to complain since I was already riding on her back, I really felt that Lin's air service was more comfortable after we took off. On the back of that punching bag, we even dared to have an aerial bonfire party. Icetis even installed a set of floor heaters under the thickest scales on Lin's back to improve the riding experience (Anyway, the dragon goddess sister's skin is so thick that she couldn't feel it). However, on Sonya's back, everyone's hands and feet were much more restricted. I still had to keep an eye on Shallow Shallow and Visca at all times to prevent them from carving here and there or drawing little tortoises on her back …
The terrible atmospheric environment of the Dim Moon also showed its effects after we took off. When we were just a hundred meters above the ground, there was already a vast expanse of whiteness all around us. Everyone felt as though they were flying in a chaotic space. We had the protection of a barrier, so we could still chat and laugh. However, Sonya could only keep her mouth shut. She even had to carefully control her breathing. I could understand why she would do that. In such a heavy smog, she was traveling at subsonic speed. If she were to open her mouth, she would probably be full before we landed …
Looking at the thick smog around us, I really wanted to know if Sonya regretted choosing to fly in the sky …
However, it was fortunate that our destination wasn't too far away. After flying for about half an hour, I felt Sonya lowering her altitude. Then, a tall shadow appeared in the thick smog ahead. It seemed to be a hilltop, but it could also be a protruding part of a mountain range. Looking at the thick smog, Icetis asked a question with great foresight, "Although there is a navigation system in the general direction, do you think it's reliable to descend blindly in such a thick smog?"
Everyone's expression changed in fear. Then, the reflexes that we had trained from traveling on Lin's back erupted at that moment. We put away our cards, stables, and small tables, and rushed to the edge of the dragon's back to jump off. Within two seconds, everyone had jumped off.
Everyone slowed down in the thick fog and used their spiritual perception to find the landing point. They then landed safely. In the sky, a huge black shadow flew into the distance without hesitation. After a while, a rumbling sound came from about two to three kilometers in front of them.
I suddenly felt that she and Lin might really be a perfect match …
Everyone waited for a while before they saw Sonya staggering out of the thick smog. She had already returned to her human form. She looked extremely disheveled. The originally cold and beautiful white-haired mature lady now looked as though she had been mining coal in Shanxi for fifteen years. She coughed violently as she walked toward everyone. She panted hard and even retched from time to time. I really couldn't stand it, so I patted her back and suggested, "Don't fly before the Dark Moon's atmosphere improves. It's too damaging to the engine …"
Sonya looked at me with red eyes and said, "… Achoo?!"
It was really hard for her to fly in the smog for thirty minutes. However, look at this sister's expression now, it's much more colorful.
"That is the Dark Moon Palace?" Shallow Shallow stared around for a while and finally found a vague tall silhouette in the thick smog in the distance. At first, it looked like a mountain, but if you looked closely, the silhouette had obvious traces of man-made objects.
"It's in that direction." Sonya coughed and nodded, "Let's walk over …"
The expressionless dragon sister didn't dare to fly anymore.
Everyone opened a barrier to isolate the annoying dust fog around them. Then, they quickly rushed to the huge building in the distance. Sonya looked at the transparent shield around her that could isolate the dust fog without affecting the air circulation (there seemed to be no similar magic or technology in this world) in amazement. She followed the team and ran forward thoughtfully, "If only you had covered my head with this just now. The fog almost choked me to death."
Icetis, "… Damn, why didn't anyone think of that just now?"
I stumbled and tried to smooth things over awkwardly, "We'll talk about it next time. We'll talk about it next time. Speaking of which, you need to cover your head with a dust cover when flying. Sonya, are you going to fly underwater?"
Everyone moved quickly. The huge hazy shadow of the Dark Moon Palace soon became a clear image in the thick fog. When I got closer, I realized that it was a stone building similar to a castle. It was built on the top of a high rock platform … No, it was not built on the top of a rock platform. This castle was actually carved directly on a huge rock! It was integrated with the rock platform below. The grayish-white main body had natural boulder patterns and undecorated rock windows. Because there were cracks inside the natural rock, the castle carved from the rock looked like a broken stone statue full of thick cracks. However, these cracks did not affect the sturdiness of the entire building. The entire Dark Moon Palace was shrouded in a layer of iron-gray light fog. This should be some kind of magic effect to enhance protection or strengthen the sturdiness of the building.
The surroundings of the Dark Moon Palace were bare. Apart from this castle, I couldn't see any ancillary buildings here. I was surprised to find that the supreme ruler of the Dark Moon Palace actually lived in a gravel wilderness. This should be the most desolate and remote leader's mansion in the world.
"After the foolish barbarian was infected by the demonic power, he rarely came into contact with outsiders. Only those who are strong enough can withstand the maddening breath on him. So after coming to Reedmunn, the four of us worked together to build such a castle and listed the area within hundreds of kilometers around the castle as a forbidden area." Sonya brought everyone to the castle gate. "The people in the Dark Moon Palace are the strongest selected. They are strong-willed and powerful, and they are rotated every three years. When the dragons were still relatively prosperous, I also asked my people to work together to create a seal, which was engraved on the foolish barbarian's chest and back. This seal was also used to suppress the demonic elements in him. So you can actually see this castle as a part of the prison. Reedmunn is a big prison, and its ruler lives in the strongest cell. "
"No wonder, this place looks so desolate," Shallow Shallow muttered. She was studying the outer wall of the stone city, "The mark of thousands of years. It has been like this since it was built … it must be very uncomfortable to live here."
"It's nothing compared to the demonic corruption." Sonya pressed her hand on the heavy red gate of the castle and waited for a long time. Suddenly, she frowned, "Strange … why is it so deserted here?"
I glanced at her strangely, "Didn't you say that ordinary people can't approach this place?"
Sonya shook her head vigorously, "No, I didn't mean that … Logically speaking, someone should have come out to welcome us by now. Besides, there are only a few days left before the opening of the Heaven and Earth Bridge. The Dark Moon Palace should have already started their preparations. It should be very lively inside, and the big lighthouses should be lit up … Where are the people here? "
I suddenly realized that the situation might change. I quickly took out Jingle and scanned the outside of the castle like a handheld scanner. Jingle was dizzy for a while before she came back to her senses and reported loudly, "There are only twenty living people in the castle …"
"Damn, something might have happened!" Icetis suddenly let out a weird cry and charged forward to smash open the castle gate. However, the moment she raised her fist, the seemingly heavy red gate suddenly creaked open.
There seemed to be a person standing in the dark shadow of the doorway. The other person slowly walked forward. I saw that it was a short-haired girl wearing a maid's uniform. She also had a pair of sharp cat ears on her head. This was a demonic beast maid.
When I heard Dingdang say that there were only twenty or so living people in the castle, I had already prepared myself to see corpses strewn all over the place. In the end, the one who came out to welcome us was actually a weak and powerless looking maid. The other party had an expression as though nothing had happened. This situation caused me to be slightly dazed. However, that maid looked as though everything was normal in the castle and was abnormally calm. She walked in front of us and politely lifted her skirt to greet us. Afterwards, she turned towards Sonya, "You must be the Dragon King? The Blood Princess is already waiting for you. "Then, she turned to us and smiled," There are a few special guests. "
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