dark moon

Chapter 678 The Dragon Clan’s Ambition (two chapters in one)

"We have similar requirements to those mages."

After bowing to Segres, the current dragon king finally stepped out of his father's huge shadow and stood in front of Xiuer face to face.Although his chubby figure makes him look a little funny, the aura he exudes is undeniable.It was completely different from the previous meeting in the Rose City, and completely different from what most people imagined. The golden dragon Odin did not exude the domineering nature of many giant dragons. Instead, he felt as calm as a mountain.Perhaps this kind of calmness was the reason why Segris chose him as his successor. After experiencing the exodus from the wilderness and Segris's radical war, the dragon tribe needed a stable leader to lead the tribe to recuperate.

"What we need are living planets, two." Confirming that Xiu Er's attention has shifted from the Dragon God to himself, Odin said slowly, "One of them, the conditions are as bad as possible, and there are food resources. , but not too rich, have a livable environment, but not too large, try to ensure food shortage in most areas, pay attention to not lack, but shortage, as for areas with good conditions, they should be as plain as possible.”

"What are you..." Shuer raised his eyebrows, but still refrained from interrupting Odin's description, "You continue first."

"The second one is just the opposite. It is rich in resources, has a mild climate, and a safe environment, just like a wild land." Odin nodded to express his gratitude. "I mean not only food resources, but also all products including minerals and plants. The abundance of possibility.”

"Is just two enough?" Shuer asked, "In addition, there must be a stable ecosystem on a barren planet. What about a rich planet? Are there any special requirements? For example, a more abundant energy environment, etc. of."

"Of course it would be best if it could be done." Odin asked in surprise, "But do you know our purpose?"

"That's right." Shuer shrugged, "It's just that based on your attitude towards the mythical beast, I thought you wouldn't do this."

"If possible, we don't want to do this, but we have no choice but to make it a last resort." Odin smiled bitterly, "But I'm surprised. How did you know our plan?"

"In my hometown, several ethnic groups have similar customs, throwing the young generation into extremely harsh environments and leaving them to fend for themselves. Those children must use various means to obtain scarce resources in order to survive. After After such training, all individuals in the group who successfully matured became extremely powerful and had excellent abilities. However, most of the children failed on the road to adulthood, and not many survived to adulthood." Shuer frowned. Thinking of some unpleasant memories, he had come into contact with ethnic groups with such customs in his hometown in the past, which left a deep impression on him, "That's what you planned, too, to move the mythical beasts into such an environment, but I must remind you that the future of this type of ethnic group is not good. Individually, they are extremely gloomy, and from an overall perspective, most ethnic groups do not even have a future."

"Oh why?"

"Because in that environment, the easiest people to survive are predators, but if everyone in a group is a predator, there will be no future." Shuer looked at the Dragon God and then at Odin, " It is not difficult to meet your request, and I have no intention of judging your plans, but as a reward for that kitchen knife, I still feel obligated to remind you."

"It seems that you are not as greedy as the legend says. At least you have a bottom line." Odin did not pay attention to Shuer's reminder. On the contrary, he was particularly surprised by his 'reminding', "I really didn't expect you to say that. .”

"Tsk, it seems I'm too troublesome." Shuer curled his lips, "You already know the disadvantages?"

"We have thought about it a bit, so we don't plan to do it that extreme. In fact, being so extreme doesn't suit our purpose." Odin explained, "We hope that most of the children can survive smoothly, but it will be more difficult. "

"Evolutionary theory..." Shuer suddenly remembered one of the countless identities of this golden dragon. The most powerful supporter of the biological evolution theory in the pioneering era, the life scholar Vincent, it seems that the dragon family has been since then, He began to think about the future of his descendants, otherwise Shuer would not believe that Golden Dragon Odin would study the theory of biological evolution for no reason, "Biological evolution, history, political economy, you are... planning to return to wisdom. The old ways of the creatures."

"Oh, for thousands of years, we have actually been reflecting on the fact that the mythical beasts have dominated the earth for millions of years. Why are they surpassed by new creatures such as intelligent creatures, at least in terms of intelligence? That's why I went to contact you intelligent creatures. I studied various disciplines and just wanted to find out the reason. Finally I found the reason, or I think I found the reason. The key problem is that they are too powerful."

Shuer responded with silence. He knew that Odin was just taking this opportunity to sort out his thoughts again, and did not want to get a response from him.

"Plenty of food, a gentle environment, and there are few external threats in the children's lives except predators. The Great Rift and Void Evil Spirits, which are fatal to you, are not that scary to the children. Even the weakest among the children, if you want to kill it, the number of void evil spirits would need to be hundreds of times that of your intelligent creatures." Odin sighed deeply, shook his head and said, "Children's Life is too comfortable. As long as you can run faster and jump higher, you can live safely and live a good life. Of course, you can't find the motivation to change."

"Looking at you intelligent creatures, on the other hand, you have been living in a crisis-ridden environment since before the initial intelligence was born. You need to avoid being hunted by various creatures, you need to find food necessary for survival out of the sight of children, you need to You have to do everything you can to survive. Every day is very difficult for you. But it is this difficulty that allows you to develop your own civilization as quickly as possible, leaving the children far behind. "

"Because it is difficult, you must constantly change and evolve, so that you can survive smoothly. This is the reason for your success. After in-depth research on your biology and history, I came to this conclusion, huh, ridiculous, Being too strong is actually harmful, but being weak is the reason for success.”

"The gods actually saw this, because after they were born and began to protect intelligent creatures, the civilized world began a 7-year barbaric era. At that time, they protected with all their strength and fully ensured the safety of intelligent creatures. .But the irony is that during the 7 years of the barbaric era, intelligent creatures have hardly developed at all and have stayed in the same place. Even the structure of most tribes has not changed, let alone various technological advances. You are also a researcher If you have lived history, you should know exactly what I am talking about.”

"Yes." Shuer nodded. He was indeed very clear. After carefully studying the pottery and bone vessels of the barbaric era, he could see that the production process had almost remained unchanged for 7 years.

"It is precisely because they saw it that they decided to try to let go and no longer directly interfere with the lives of intelligent creatures. Unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not help them survive the danger and let them face this dangerous world on their own. The gods can at best Just helping from the side. Sure enough, after the gods let go, the 7-year barbaric era that had not changed was over. The budding era arrived, and the stagnant development of your intelligent creatures began to run at high speed again. A giant dragon explained to himself The history of this family will inevitably seem a little funny, but Shuur can't laugh, not only because he knows that Odin is right, history is like this, but also because... Odin's views later.

"The reason why the changes disappeared in the first place was because of the over-protection of the gods. After losing the opportunity to face the wind and waves, the opportunity for evolution was also lost. The children are actually far superior to ordinary intelligent creatures in terms of physical fitness and mental strength. , have been left behind by you, and have not been able to develop their own wisdom and civilization for a long time, entirely because they have little pressure to survive. They are already very good now, why should I evolve? In this case, then make it more difficult for them to survive. Just like what the gods have done, what the gods can do, we dragons can do it too." Odin thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Let me ask you another question. In your knowledge, wisdom When is the most rapid stage of biological development?”

"Of course it is the pioneering era." Shuer did not hesitate at all. As we all know, the golden age is the most glorious era of intelligent creatures. Every day, the civilized world is undergoing great changes.

"Well, this is the view of most people." Odin showed a mocking smile and said meaningfully, "But unfortunately, this answer is wrong."

"what?"

"If you study the history of the development of the civilized world in depth, you will find that the most rapid stage of the development of intelligent creatures was not the pioneering era that most people think of. Yes, that era was indeed full of changes and new ideas, but compared to the chaos that you least want to mention, In terms of the times, the development speed is still far behind.”

"Are you kidding?" Shuer subconsciously wanted to question, but he knew that Odin would not joke about such a thing, and he also understood that Odin was probably right.

"Actually, this is not my own opinion. Many of you historians of intelligent creatures also believe that the era of chaos is the era that brought about the transformation of Parvatija. Some people even conducted it in the form of data analysis. The average is worthy of comparison, and the conclusion is very interesting. Haha, yes, the pioneering era was indeed wonderful, and it did give birth to many technologies that cannot be repeated to this day. However, whether compared from a cultural or technical perspective, the incidence of benign changes in the chaotic era is actually At least one-third more than the pioneering era. This is actually in line with the rules. You see, you hesitated because you also knew in your heart that war and destruction are the greatest driving forces for the development of civilization."

"Of course, development driven by chaos can easily go astray, which is one of the reasons why the gods can't wait to end the age of destruction. But we don't originally want our children to develop to a high level, we only hope that they can It is enough to give birth to wisdom." Sure enough, Odin finally stated his or the purpose of the dragon clan, "The mythical giant beasts have the conditions to give birth to wisdom. You have also seen that as long as they are powerful to a certain extent, their intelligence is not as good as You are worse. Therefore, due to the pressure of survival difficulty and the competition for survival resources, you may not be able to see any changes in a short period of time, such as one or two years, but as long as you persist for a while, I believe that the evolution that the mythical beasts have stopped long ago will restart."

"I'm afraid it's more than that simple." Xiu Er said meaningfully, he had vaguely guessed the ultimate goal of the Dragon Clan, "What you said is just a process rather than a result."

"Oh, the result will come later. If the process is not completed, the result will be just empty talk." Odin did not deny Shuer's guess. He also knew that his plan could not be hidden from Shuer's eyes. "The harsh environment brings Bringing opportunities for evolution, evolution leads to the opening of the door of wisdom. Our goal is to allow children to generate wisdom in a normal form even if their strength does not reach the current height, just like what intelligent creatures in the civilized world once did. Same."

"Once a certain group, under the leadership of some pioneer individuals, gives birth to wisdom as a group unit, then what awaits them is the second planet. A good living environment not only opens the door to wisdom for them but also the greatest Rewards are also an important guarantee to prevent them from going to extreme development."

"In this way, it may not be long before the mythical behemoths will enter their own budding era, and now that these intelligent bodies are leading as prophets, you may be surprised to find out at any time, almost The distance between us and the mythical beast that we had built over the past ten thousand years has quietly disappeared."

"Haha, a very good plan." The Dragon Clan really had this idea. Shuer squinted his eyes and pondered for a moment, then chuckled, "There is also the most important thing you didn't mention."

"Ah……"

"While guiding intelligent creatures to complete these paths, the gods gained a lot of faith and gave birth to many new gods." Shuer said with a half-smile, "The number of mythical giant beasts is greater than that of the original intelligent creatures. Guide them to open the door of wisdom, and the faith they gain will probably not only allow Lord Segris to return to the ranks of gods, tsk tsk, so... your ambition is really not small."

"This is just a possibility. It has not happened yet. Who can guarantee it." The golden dragon Odin said with a sly smile on his round face, "Besides, this is also in line with yours." The designed distorted space benefits the community, right? With one more god, the community will have one more pillar. If there are dozens or hundreds of gods suddenly added, the intertwined interests will only make your community more stable and make the community more stable. Lady Na’s core position is even more unshakable.”

"Tsk, tsk, it is indeed such an ambitious goal." Xiure tapped his thigh lightly with his fingers and muttered, "The problem is that the more ambitious the goal, the greater the price. What price are you going to pay?"

"Haha, isn't this the best reward to stabilize the community and consolidate Lady Luna's status?" Odin spread his hands and asked, "Do you think there is a reward more precious than this?"

No wonder Segeris wanted to combine the two transactions before. This is to make a profit out of thin air. As expected of a race that likes whoever sleeps on the gold coin pile, I still underestimated the miserliness of these giant dragons.Xiu Er didn't answer, but just paced on the spot with his hands behind his back. Odin didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and watched him walking up and down with a smile, just like watching the people passing by at the door of the store in the Rose City.

"I already understand your purpose. To be honest, I have no objection. As you said, your goal does not conflict with my core interests. Similarly, it can be seen from Lord Anika's attitude that the power of the gods Some of them support you, at least they don't oppose you, so I can accept your purpose. However, only if you pay, you will gain." Shuer, who was pacing, suddenly stopped, "Of course, what you said makes sense. , this matter itself is indeed a reward for our Dark Moon Church, but unfortunately, it is not enough. How about you also listen to my plan, or in other words, listen to the future I describe for you."

　Okay, the tenth volume is over, it will end tomorrow, and the new volume will start the day after tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)