High Above

[Black hole? 】

The Dragon King turned his head and looked at Ian seriously.

Then, the giant dragon laughed: [I actually knew the real key point of Dragon Island at the first glance... Over the years, there are really very few people who can detect this from the layers of ether flow fields]

[Perhaps this is also the ability to create the Lord’s legacy? 】

Having said this, Ji Feng Dragon King became interested.

He raised his head and asked curiously: [In that case, do you know... what exactly is the black hole in Dragon Island used for? 】

"Um……"

Ian did not answer immediately. He carefully observed the Dragon Island in front of him.

Dragon Island has a dark tone throughout, with black and gray as its base color.

Its specific shape is a perfectly round disc, somewhat similar to a top, and somewhat similar to a traditional UFO (Unidentified Flying Object).

In the middle is a huge sphere, while the main body is a uniform disk.

It is evenly divided into four major areas and twelve areas by twelve pillars, and the most important sphere is shrouded in an iridescent layer of changing light and shadow...

The 'black hole' Ian saw was located there.

Is it actually a black hole?

To be honest, Ian has a lot of data and theories to make this speculation.

First of all, with the sensitivity of Fudojiancheng's earth element, he noticed the extremely terrifying gravitational changes there.

Secondly, he observed the mass imbalance of Dragon Island, and the curvature of space and time was also abnormal.

Finally, the saucer-shaped shape of Dragon Island reminded him of an accretion disk, and the poles in the central core area of ​​Dragon Island were indeed releasing powerful pulse flows.

The strength of this material has reached an incredible level. Even the gravity of a black hole can support the material. Even if it is supported by the ether, it will not affect its terror. Dragon Island is probably the strongest material structure in the world!

In short, all these can prove that there is a black hole inside the central spherical area of ​​Dragon Island.

Ian saw that each of the four major areas of Dragon Island had an extremely strong true dragon aura and characteristic ether residue, which should be the power of the major dragon kings.

Among them, the Extreme Wind Dragon King is the most active, which proves that he has been revived many times in recent times.

And his lair, a Y-shaped flash silver tower, is very close to the central area.

In other words, very close to the black hole.

When he saw this, Ian was convinced.

He said in an extremely determined tone: "Black holes are the way for the Dragon Kings to bypass the lifespan limit."

【oh! 】

The Thunder Dragon King's thunderous eyes flashed, and he was quite surprised: [You actually know? 】

Generally speaking, black holes are stars formed by the collapse of super-giant stars after they decay due to various reasons.

It has gravity beyond the limit, but as long as it is farther away, there will be no abnormalities.

However, if you are close to a black hole, time will also slow down due to the distortion of the curvature of space-time by supergravity.

Of course, this slowing down of time does not mean that one can live longer. Slowing down time is relative.

For example, if a person close to a black hole spends a year with him as the frame of reference, he himself will not feel any slowdown.

You have to leave the scope of the black hole's influence and stay away from the distorted curvature of space and time before you can realize that the year you spend around the black hole may be equal to ten or even a hundred years in the outside world.

And if someone from the outside could observe people around the black hole, then they would see that every movement of those approaching the black hole slows down ten or even a hundred times.

One party's "slowing down" is the relative "acceleration".

In a sense, this may be a one-way and one-sided 'time traveler' - as long as a person is willing to circle around the black hole's event horizon, when he comes out again, the outside world may have been hundreds and thousands of years ago.

How is this different from time travel?

The premise is that the being close to the black hole has the ability to escape the gravitational pull of the black hole and 'come out'.

Ian looked at the Extreme Wind Dragon King in front of him.

——Can He do it? Easily escape the gravity of a black hole and escape the distorted curvature of space-time?

Of course.

Because the polar wind dragon king who incarnates magnetic field and thunder is comparable to 'light', except that the consumption may be greater, it is basically equivalent to the actinization of the sun bird.

The speed of light is enough to escape the gravitational pull of a black hole before it reaches the event horizon.

What's more... He can also control the ether.

Ether is a medium that transcends time and space.

The 'Ether Furnace Core' essentially uses high-purity ether to form a curvature bubble, attracting the surrounding source matter and spiritual energy to create a semi-perpetual motion machine.

The curvature engine is a high-end application of the etheric furnace core: a complete etheric furnace core will expand its own curvature bubble, and then wrap the human body or the ship body, and then carry out possible curvature navigation or super-time and space jumps.

The Extreme Wind Dragon King obviously possesses this kind of time-traveling skill.

Therefore, even if he is in the "slow time" in the black hole, the Ji Feng Dragon King, who has the ability to think at the speed of light and super time and space means, is enough to ensure that he can break away from the curvature of the black hole at the critical moment, respond to the call of the external acceleration state in real time, and come to the normal state. timeline, interfering with the outside world.

"...May I ask, Dragon King, how long have you lived?"

Ian was silent for a while. He considered his words and asked cautiously: "How many times does the small black hole in Dragon Island distort time and space?"

[I have spent four hundred and seventy-two years of use]

The Jifeng Dragon King smiled and said: [The Dragon Island black hole has a very small mass. It is an ultra-small black hole maintained by the ether field. Its mass is only one-third of the moon plus the Nemis star (the eleventh planet of Terra, which was A quarter of the planet destroyed by the Ancestor True Dragon Civil War...】

[The curvature of time that we can safely use has reached three times the speed, and can be increased up to five times, but this requires extremely precise ether field control. If you are not careful, it will cause the black hole to evaporate, or the dragon island to be destroyed]

[Of course, if you want to die, then pounce on the black hole, and the acceleration rate can be increased to nearly infinity—maybe you can see the end of the universe? Haha, for those of us who can control the ether, this is quite difficult]

really. Ian thought so.

Extreme Wind Dragon King's time is right... If he spent most of his time waiting around Dragon Island after becoming the fifth energy level, then the Terra time he actually experienced should be between 900 and 900 About one thousand two hundred years.

That was indeed the time when Qiang Steel Dragon and other third-generation true dragons were born one after another.

The original foundation of Dragon Island should be the Nemis star that was destroyed by the civil war between the five original dragons.

After the Nemes star was shattered, the remaining star became the laboratory of many second-generation true dragons and the birthplace of the third-generation true dragons. However, when the Qiang Steel Dragon was born, there were not many true dragons on the Nemes star.

Presumably, before the Qiang Steel Dragon was born, the cornerstone of Dragon Island had been sent into the orbit of Terra and became a planet monitoring station.

If the Extreme Wind Dragon King is not lying, the real meaning of what he said about the "Dragon Island Black Hole" is "Shuo Yue", which is one-third of the mass of the Moon of View. It is probably that the ancestor of the true dragon used " The Dragon Island Black Hole 'acted as a vacuum cleaner, sweeping up all the lunar debris between Terra and New Moon...

This project should have been completed during the Lost Era. The Dragon Island black hole gained mass, and Terra would no longer be attacked by natural disaster meteorites.

As for the age of the Extreme Wind Dragon King... it means that he is still twenty-eight years away from the final deadline of the true dragon.

Even if it relies on black holes to continue, for humans on Terra, it can only continue for another eighty-four to more than a hundred years.

It’s not long, it’s not short. For Ji Feng Dragon King himself, more than twenty years may pass quickly.

For the Terrans, that's three or four generations.

At this moment, Ian had a lot of things on his mind.

First of all, with the mass of a planet and planetary satellites, it is absolutely impossible for it to naturally collapse into a black hole. The Dragon Island black hole was created by the ancestor true dragon or the mentor true dragon's generation. The purpose is to ensure that the powerful true dragon can exist for Tai. for as long as possible as far as human beings are concerned.

And in order to maintain its stability and exploitable state, dragons need to maintain it at all times.

The four dragon kings are probably the 'cornerstone' of maintaining Dragon Island.

It’s no wonder why the other fifth-level true dragons didn’t compete for the position of Dragon King one by one...

Because becoming the Dragon King means loneliness.

The five hundred years of other true dragons were spent on Terra, with humans, with their families and subjects, and with their partners and friends.

During most of the Dragon King's five hundred years, he spent most of his time curled up in the twisted curvature of space and time of the black hole, waiting until something happened before he could leave for arbitration.

Their whole lives were spent on Dragon Island, staring at the land of Terra... It wasn't even overlooking, but an envious gaze.

In their vision, Terra is a world accelerated several times.

Time passed, the mentor fell silent, and his peers returned to their graves one by one. Even the earliest fourth-generation true dragons had reached the limit of their useful life.

And they, the third-generation true dragons, are still watching in the black hole.

But even so, they are coming to an end.

From Terra's perspective, in the remaining hundred or even less than a hundred years, Dragon Island needs four new fifth-level dragon kings to succeed them.

And this dragon... it is best to be a real dragon of flesh and blood that has lifted the limit of the Star God's life span and has eternal life!

In other words, they are dragons like Xio and Anfa!

——So that’s it, perhaps from the very beginning, when creating the ‘Dragon Island’, the ancestor true dragon and mentor true dragons had already thought of all this!

——That’s why Dragon Island signed a contract with humans. No matter what method they used, they had to find a way to release the restrictions on the real dragons... And by using the port left by the creator and the auxiliary research of humans, they really succeeded. Earth has created a real dragon of flesh and blood like 'Xio'!

Even if the cost is to endure the poison of the Void Demon, it is still feasible!

As for Anfa's mother, Ms. Chialetta's pregnancy through blood is another way, and this road is actually more sinister. After all, not every 'Anfa' has a living second-generation true dragon Echo father.

[It seems that you have figured it all out without me saying anything]

The Extreme Wind Dragon King senses Ian's thoughts. Even though most of the young man's thoughts are handed over to his soul, he can still rely on the induction of nerve micro-currents to read some of Ian's shallow thoughts and give affirmation: [You are right, that’s what you thought]

[We Dragon Kings don’t have much time left... If Dragon Island is not maintained by the four fifth-level true dragons or the corresponding fifth-level sublimators, it will be unable to maintain the stability of the ether flow in the ring black hole]

[At that time, the real disaster will happen]

[So, I asked you... Ian, are you willing to become a real dragon? 】

[Become...Dragon King? 】

The Dragon King extended an olive branch to Ian... For Ian now, this may be his biggest opportunity since he came to the world of Terra, next to meeting Teacher Hilliard and the Silver Chip.

However, the young man did not accept it easily.

"I have a question."

The dark gold dragon's head opened slightly, and Ian stepped out of the dragon body.

He stood in space, looked into each other's eyes, and used his own body and pure soul to communicate with the Dragon King: "If I agree, will the real dragon I can become still only have a life span of five hundred years?"

【Yes】

The Dragon King smiled slightly and said: [After all, the methods we have are still limited by the creator...there will naturally be a time limit]

"But I am the heir to the Creator. I am the bearer of the Gift of the C'tan."

Ian thought thoughtfully: "So, Ji Feng Dragon King, if I guess correctly, what you actually want to ask is not at all whether I want to become a real dragon."

"Your real question is actually whether I, as the 'successor of the Star God', can replace the Star God and unlock the 'use period' for you real dragons!"

【……】

Ji Feng Dragon King was silent for a while. He was silent at first, but soon he laughed: [That’s it]

[I am about to die - from my perspective, twenty-eight years later, I will usher in the final end]

[Even if I am willing to stick to my mission and watch over Terra for the rest of my life, if I can, I still want to live longer - after all, I am also a third-generation true dragon, not a teacher with no desires and desires, let alone a saint. Ancestor True Dragon]

[This is the question I really want to ask]

This time it was Ian's turn to be silent.

Let's not talk about it for the moment, why is he who just has the gift of the Star God suddenly asked this question...

As long as you think about it carefully, if true dragons really no longer have a life limit, and they are not like the ancestor true dragons and the second and third generation true dragons, they will have more or less goodwill towards intelligent life, but pure , a flesh-and-blood life with self-awareness and desires...

So, what a terrifying existence a real dragon is!

Unparalleled power, extraordinary talents, and immortal lifespan... Such a true dragon surpasses many fourth-level sublimators just by its existence.

They don't even need to inherit wisdom, they only need that invincible body to compete with high-level ascenders, and the powerful true dragon among them is enough to reach the fifth energy level.

If the poison curse of the Void Demon that must be faced to reproduce can be lifted, it will really be a perfect clan.

Even the ascended ones are no different from mortals when facing them. A near-eternal class.

"I have no idea."

So he responded: "I don't even know why you think I can - just because of the gift of the C'tan?"

【only? 】

The Dragon King shook his head slightly: [You underestimate the things you hold]

[Ian, how much do you know about the Creator, the True Dragon, and everything that happened to Terra? 】

"The Demon of the End."

Ian replied: "I already know that the Star Gods have retreated from this universe - whether they die or leave, this is the result."

[Yes, you already know this much]

With that said, the Thunder Dragon turned around and looked at Dragon Island.

And Ian's eyes also followed him to look at Long Island: [So, you can definitely understand what kind of existence is imprisoned in this black hole, right? 】

[The Creator, and the mortal enemy of all life in this universe... is the culprit who extinguishes the starry sky, creates many terrible disasters, and causes disasters like falling from the sky]

The Dragon King roared: [Ian, the fragment of the Final Demon that caused the Creator's spaceship to fall is imprisoned by the black hole in the center of Dragon Island! 】

[And we, the real dragon and the dragon king, are his jailers! 】

Ian clenched his fists.

yes. He had already guessed it - black hole, the devil of the end, such a simple relationship... After seeing that the core of Dragon Island was a black hole, he immediately thought of this possibility.

But when the Extreme Wind Dragon King actually mentioned this possibility, he couldn't help but clench his fists... and felt sincere fear.

It turns out...complete destruction is so close to Terra?

[You can understand this horror, right? The end will be suspended above the orbit of Terra]

Saying this, Ji Feng Dragon King's tone became excited, and the thunder all over his body flashed: [Back then, the Creator's spaceship was breached by the fragments of the Demon of Finality. A Creator used his last strength to use the main engine of the spacecraft to create a Create a gravitational cage and seal it]

[And at the first moment, the Ancestral True Dragon used all his strength to maintain it... And after the Battle of Broken Star, the Ancestral Dragon, who decided the next direction of development, used part of the mass of Nemis Star and part of the mass of Shuoyue, And his own body, built the physical black hole and 'Dragon Island']

[We, the four dragon kings, have taken over the mission of our ancestors and mentors. We are controlling the surrounding ether flow at all times to maintain the stability of this black hole and prevent the fragments of the Demon of Finality from climbing up the ether from the event horizon again. Climb out and destroy Terra's star! 】

[But even so, it's just a 'temporary seal' - after we pass away, where will we find the other four dragon kings who meet the requirements to guard the seal? 】

[Can humans do it? Can the next generation of true dragons shoulder the heavy responsibility? Whether you say I'm selfish or because I don't want other beings to endure this kind of torture, I want to live longer and continue my mission - even if it's just staying in the curvature of the black hole and continuing to watch alone]

With that said, Ji Feng True Dragon led the dark gold dragon's dragon body and Ian slowly landed towards the Dragon Island.

His tone gradually returned to normal: [I wasn't sure at first, but when I really observed you, I found that you actually collected the 'gifts of the Creator']

[Ian, think about it...for a civilization as powerful as the Creator, what kind of blessings will they send to the best pioneers in the universe, the outstanding ones who even surprise themselves? 】

"...themselves."

Finally understanding what kind of 'blessing' the Star God's Gift represents, Ian closed his eyes. He recalled the essence of 'Star Glory', 'Light Body' and 'Source Soul', and exclaimed with sudden surprise: " Yes. I understand."

"When the Star God's Gift reaches its final sublimation level, a life will be promoted to a 'Star God'!"

"This is the real gift of the Star Gods - an 'invitation' to all the pioneers they value in the entire universe to become one of them!"

"Star God is a pioneer civilization with all 'pioneers'!"

[No - you are thinking too narrowly, Ian. exactly. The gift of the creator is a ‘seed’]

The Dragon King first nodded, then shook his head and said that he had some objections to Ian's idea: [Creators are so powerful that they cannot forcibly promote other creatures without harming their soul essence and life essence—— So they send gifts, they send seeds, and they give the best people in civilization the seeds of sublimation]

[Then, these best sublimators will use this seed and their own whims to develop a variety of completely different methods of sublimation, leading the entire civilization to transcendence, and eventually become a member of the Creators 】

[This may take an extremely long time, but to the eternal creators at that time, time is the least noteworthy thing]

Said slowly, the Extreme Wind Dragon King turned his head and looked at the planet Terra.

Together with Ian, he stood on the orbit of the planet, staring at the blue planet and the vast continent.

The Dragon King said in a soft tone, with curiosity and desire: [Yes, as you think, Ian... The Creator's thoughts are definitely not that narrow... They are definitely not just absorbing a few 'pioneers' , an elite civilization that selects 'elites']

【Completely opposite to it】

[Just like every civilization has its own unique ‘Star Guardian Dragon’ to protect it]

[All beings in every civilization have the opportunity to become a unique, new 'Star God'! 】

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