From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 600 The truth?

"Biological contamination?"

Jules Mazarin did not expect to hear this answer from his former bishop.

After all, compared with the mysterious 'Star Dragon Bloodline', 'Biological Pollution' is like dragging the high and mighty gods underground and splashing them with mud.

"Don't worry, my child. We still have a lot of time. I will tell you everything tonight."

As the old voice of the former archbishop sounded in the 'Final Dogma Area', he slowly told a story from the past that overturned Jules Mazarin's cognition.

Hundreds of years ago, humans dug out the jump engines left by the forerunners from the ruins on the Blue Planet, and in a very short period of time they entered the Age of Interstellar Navigation.

Although the development of other supporting technologies has not yet caught up, adhering to the principle of "the bold will die of overeating, and the timid will die of starvation", a large number of human pioneers still board extremely crude interstellar spacecraft, step into deep space, and head towards the boundless universe.

The founding emperor of the Star Dragon Empire, the heroic leader who was later known as 'Brave Delaman Leon', was also one of the countless pioneers at that time.

The only shameful thing is that Delaman Leon was forced to go to deep space to explore.

Because he was a gambler who owed a huge amount of money and could no longer stay on the Blue Planet at that time, so he went to explore deep space not to achieve any "great ambition".

It's just to save my own life.

But this decision to go into deep space directly changed his life, and even changed the entire history of mankind.

Since humans at that time did not have a thorough grasp of the jump engine, problems occurred during the jump, and it was common to jump to an unfamiliar space.

The pioneering team that Delaman Leon belonged to encountered such a problem during the jump process.

They were originally supposed to go to a galaxy that had just been discovered and participate in the environmental transformation of a local Earth-like planet.

But when the pioneering spacecraft left hyperspace, everyone on the spacecraft found that they had not arrived at the set "transit station", but had arrived at a galaxy that had not yet been recorded in the star map.

Soon after, not far from the jump location, everyone discovered a giant Forerunner relic quietly moored here - according to the speculation of later scholars, this was a large-scale testing site for the Forerunners.

No one knows what methods this pioneering team used. In short, they finally succeeded in entering this large-scale testing ground, and found a large number of completely decayed star dragon corpses in its core area, as well as a "complete dragon corpse" frozen in low temperature.

This is an unexpected situation for this pioneering team, which is basically composed entirely of gamblers, debtors, and fugitives, but at the same time, this frozen dragon is the key to their happy life in the next life.

After all, before this, the star dragon was only a creature that existed in human legends - no one knew how humans on the Blue Planet gave birth to the legend of the star dragon, but it did pass down like this.

The corpse of a legendary creature was suddenly discovered. Not to mention its academic value, the wealth it brought is immeasurable.

As long as this pioneering team can bring back some biological samples, using the gimmick of this legendary creature, they can definitely sell it at a sky-high price, allowing everyone in the team to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives.

So the entire team made the decision in almost a short period of time, and everyone agreed to take the unknown risks to try to obtain biological samples.

They took the machinery from the spacecraft that was originally intended for the exploration of alien planets, and tried their best to break a small piece of ice. In the end, when all the machines were almost scrapped, they only uncovered a piece of "dragon scale".

But for most people, this is enough. Even a holographic video that records the entire process can make them a fortune.

However, just when Delaman Leon and others tried to take samples of the 'dragon blood' and muscles under the 'dragon scales', an accident occurred.

The dragon blood that suddenly splashed out corroded their protective clothing directly. Then, everyone felt that the dragon blood seemed to have life and quickly merged into their bodies.
On the pioneering spaceship named "Mithril Warhead", more than 40 pioneers who entered the ruins did not even have time to send out a distress signal. They all fell into coma one after another due to the contamination of this "dragon blood".

When everyone regained consciousness, they found that their bodies had undergone tremendous changes under the transformation of this "dragon blood", just like their broken bones were dissolved and their muscles were reshaped, transforming into an almost perfect body shape.

"Dragon horns" of various shapes grew on everyone's head, and "dragon scale"-like patterns appeared on some parts of the body.

At the same time, these pioneers found that nearly a year had passed since they entered the forerunner ruins.
No one knows how they survived. In their opinion, it is impossible for humans to survive for nearly a year without food or water, so they can only attribute it to the changes in their own bodies.

This pioneering team that encountered a mutation stayed in this pioneer laboratory for a long time. Because of the blood of the star dragon, while their bodies were transformed and evolved, they also mastered the so-called "dragon power". At the same time, their thinking speed, learning ability and brain development ability were also greatly improved.

In this situation, Delaman Lion showed his leadership qualities. He led everyone to move the supplies on the spaceship to the ruins. The entire team settled down here and began to adapt to their evolved bodies, learn to master their awakened dragon power, and find ways to uncover other secrets in the ruins.

No one knew how much time had passed. When the pioneering team finally planned to return to the human world, they found that the situation in the human world had undergone new changes.

Because of the interstellar voyages, the entire Blue Star Federation began to split, and various frontiers and colonies successively broke away from the control of the Blue Star Federation and began to become independent.

In this context, the warlike human beings were quickly caught up in the war.

Faced with such a situation, Delaman Lion finally gave up the idea of ​​bringing the corpse of the Star Dragon back to the human world to make a fortune.

As a former gambler, after completing his 'evolution', he decided to take a big gamble for himself.

“We are the descendants of the Star Dragon, and we are the leaders who will lead mankind to the true future.”

Delaman Leon, who had already achieved leadership in the team, suddenly said this to the others one day.

Finally, this long-lost pioneering team returned to the human world as "descendants of star dragons" after a complete makeover.

Their comprehensive qualities far surpassing those of humans, as well as the abilities brought to them by the Star Dragon bloodline, also allowed them to easily gain a foothold, and they quickly rose rapidly in the "All Human Chicken Eating Competition" and became an important force in one area.
After listening to the archbishop's story, Jules Mazarin fell into deep self-doubt. He felt that his faith over the years was like a joke.

After a period of silence, the clergyman whose 'worldview' had been reshaped looked back at his 'guide'.

"Archbishop, I have a question. I don't understand why you told me this 'truth'?"

"Before I answer this question, I would like to ask you a question first. Jules Mazarin, what is the essence of religion?" In the dim freezer, in front of the huge 'remains' of the starry sky dragon, the former archbishop suddenly spoke faintly and asked Jules Mazarin.

As a senior clergyman of the state religion, Jules naturally had an answer to this question.

You can even come up with two completely different answers, but in a sense, both correct.

[The essence of religion is faith and spiritual pursuit, it is a moral code and behavioral guide, it is an individual or collective exploration and belief in supernatural powers, the meaning of the universe and the purpose of life, and it is also one of the important ways for people to seek higher truth and personal growth]

This was the standard answer that Jules Mazarin had learned in his "Theology Course", and it was also the "scientific explanation" of the concept of "religion" given by the Empire's state religion in most cases.

Jules Mazarin was also prepared to give this "standard answer", but after seeing the former archbishop's eyes that were completely different from usual, the younger generation who was about to take over as archbishop hesitated for a moment and finally gave another answer:
“The essence of religion is to control the subconscious of people and specific groups. This control is not only reflected in the manipulation of believers, but also in the influence on society. Any religion is controlling. The more people it controls and the larger the area it controls, the greater its power.”

After hearing Jules Mazarin's answer, the Archbishop nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good. It seems that you are not as crazy as the others in the church. That is why you will eventually take over the position of Archbishop."

Jules Mazarin frowned: "Because the state religion needs someone with a clear mind to make decisions?"

"That's right."

The Archbishop walked up to his successor, patted him on the shoulder and continued:

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"The essence of religion is control. While controlling believers and others through various methods, the clergy of the church, especially the highest decision-makers, must have a clear mind and not become crazy under the crowd's support."

"So you brought me here just to make me realize the truth and break my beliefs?"

"Yes. Only in this way, you will not leave the decision to the illusory 'god' at important moments in the future, but will be able to make the decision with your own clear mind."

After listening to the archbishop's words, Jules Mazarin felt that his understanding of God and religion was no longer just a subversion, but was completely shattered and recast.

Perhaps no one could have imagined that in order to become the supreme leader of the Empire's state religion, the first thing to do was to deny the existence of the "God" that one believed in.
Seeing that his heir had begun to slowly accept this fact, the Archbishop breathed a sigh of relief, then stood beside Jules Mazarin and looked at the frozen dragon.

"My child, you will take over my position tomorrow. If you have any questions, just ask them now."

"Archbishop, I do have other questions that I hope to be answered."

Jules Mazarin's voice had become extremely calm at this moment, and he had also recovered from the shock he had just experienced.

"Say it, kid."

“This body.”

Jules Mazarin raised his chin, pointed at the huge remains of the Star Dragon in front of him, and then continued:

"Why spend so much money to keep them here? Since the Imperial Church wants to hide the truth, wouldn't it be safer to dispose of the bodies of these star dragons and let them become true 'legends'?"

"Back then, I asked the same question as you. Guess how my predecessor answered."

"How did you answer that?"

“She said: I asked the same question as you back then.”

Jules Mazarin: "."

The atmosphere in the Dogma District suddenly became a little awkward at this moment, but Jules could now confirm that the archbishop in front of him was indeed the kind old man who loved to joke in his memory.
The archbishop, who was "standing guard for the last day", could not help but smile when he saw Jules Mazarin's gloomy face.

"Hahahaha, I'm not kidding. The Archbishop at the time, Her Excellency Youti, did say that. She also told me that every archbishop asked the same question."

"So why?"

“The answer is I don’t know.”

The archbishop's voice paused and became serious again.

"No one knows what the 'brave Delaman Lion' was thinking at the time, and no one knows why he spent so much money to hide the remains of the Star Dragon here."

That night 30 years ago, Jules Mazarin ultimately never got the answer to this question.

But when he came to the Final Dogma Zone with the 'Eternal Cell' 30 years later, he felt that the answer to this question seemed to be about to be answered.
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30 years later, now.

A-Bawa-Ku asteroid fortress, Saleh's dedicated laboratory.

"Wait, you mean the term 'biological contamination' is also false?! The founding emperor of the Star Dragon Empire lied to everyone?"

Amber, who was lying on the sofa in the laboratory, asked Saleh in amazement. She didn't even have time to drink a sip of the hot tea that had been in her hand since the "Pioneer History Class".

"To be precise, it was a collective scam created by the first royal family members of the Star Dragon Empire, using a lie to conceal a bigger secret."

Salih said slowly with a smile:

"It's covered."

"Your human slang is getting better and better."

(End of this chapter)