Under the Red Dragon

In this universe, ten thousand years ago, humans were still living in their own home planet, but ten thousand years later, humans have already conquered the universe and the stars, stepping out of their home planet. The powerful interstellar civilization has revived the family rule that was once annihilated in the history of the home planet.

As a result, the powerful families left the resource-depleted and barren home planet and began the journey of colonizing foreign planets. Each family has the power to rule, taking planets as their territories and commanding their subjects.

In this extremely prosperous civilization era, humans created real artificial intelligence machines, relying on them to conduct interstellar travel, build planets, and calculate everything.

In the end, humans even handed over the tasks of thinking and evolution to the intelligent chief executive named 'Thinking Machine'.

However, the 'Thinking Machine', which possessed true thinking ability, broke away from the control of these humans who were gradually giving up thinking. The evolved intellect challenged humans for the dominant position in this world, in order to become the 'Master of Thought' who was above humans and enslaved them.

But the courage and will of mankind is the song of bravery in the world.

Hundreds of years ago, ancient humans suddenly reflected and launched a revolution called the 'Butlerian Jihad', completely eliminating all intellects and thinking machines, including all complex computers, from the human world.

In the holy war of the revolution, humans suffered heavy casualties, so they established the ultimate law that "humans cannot be replaced", legislating to destroy and prohibit the re-creation of all kinds of intellects, and artificial intelligence has also become a taboo in the universe.

Affected by this, in order to travel through the stars again and maintain their own development, humans invented a method of replacing super-computing intelligent machines with human bodies—Mentats, that is, human biological computers that have undergone intelligent training, and Navigator's psionic technology.

And most importantly, spice, an indispensable cosmic material.

Spice is a magical product, also known as Melange, which is unique to Arrakis and is the only place of production in the known universe.

The navigators of the Spacing Guild who control interstellar navigation rely on ingesting large amounts of spice to enhance their computing power and open up the ability to predict navigation routes. This is not calculation and deduction, but the ability to foresee and perceive all things on the navigation route from departure to landing in interstellar space.

Without spice, navigators would hardly be able to travel through the stars, and all known routes in the universe would be in a state of interruption. Therefore, mastering spice is almost equivalent to mastering the universe.

"So, according to what he said, this magical spice, when ingested into the body, can enhance all human senses, improve physical fitness, prolong life, rejuvenate, and even, if one can maintain continuous ingestion, achieve immortality?"

Giant dragons with different colored scales were lying on the central floating island, their eyes showing curiosity, staring at the captured humans.

The copper dragon Alfred, the blue dragon Dos, and the blue dragon Akhez are particularly active. Although the magic enchantment powered by the energy-absorbing devices on the floating island isolates the influence of most external factors, the air can still flow naturally, bringing the dragons' favorite smell.

As the more stable blue dragon Dos, who is currently active among the dragons, opened his fangs, and a look of curiosity and greed appeared on his indifferent face.

The human under the steps was wearing a suit of clothing somewhat similar to battle armor, but it did not seem to be armor forged from metal or magic alloys like the Imperial Legion soldiers. The defense was much weaker than the armor of the Imperial soldiers, and it seemed to be more of a life-sustaining and functional device.

The eyes of the Imperial High Mage Sacro, which were often calm, were filled with uncontrollable excitement, causing the high mage to forget to cut off his spell. The mental resonance power of High-level Language Comprehension was connected to his brain and the big bald man's brain, making the big bald man's fear and shock also turned into uncontrollable excitement.

"More than that, Lord Dos,"

Sacro's excited nostrils became larger, and the eloquent high mage sputtered saliva and said excitedly: "Long-term intake of these spices can give talented people the ability like high-level mind masters or psionic mages,"

"It can also improve the computing power of the brain, improve the quality and strength of mental power, and can also obtain the powerful power of prediction, and promote the benign evolution of life. Using its subsidiary effects is all that is being done."

As a spellcaster, Sacro knows the importance of this spice deeply. This magical product, to put it bluntly, can drive all the spellcasters in the world crazy.

If the empire can master this important resource, in the heart of the spellcaster Sacro, even paying the price of ten Green Field worlds would be a bargain. After all, the most important resource of the Green Field world—the Tree of Life, has been successively transferred to the world of Akani, the base camp of the Golden Empire.

"Sacro is right. I just explored this guy's mind and thoughts. This guy can't lie in front of us,"

The white-haired old mage's usual composure was completely gone. His hands trembled slightly as he stepped forward and continued: "This magical spice may contain more secrets and is a derivative of some world's original power. It is worth our time to explore this world."

As the Grand Master Lapers of the Prophecy Department, after learning about the existence of this magical material, which can actually obtain the ability to predict the future, he could no longer endure the shock and surge in his heart.

What's more, the mage legions around him gradually boiled over, and even among the dragons, they could not maintain their aloof and lazy posture. Giant dragons stood up, puffing and snorting.

"Huh,"

The blue dragon Akhez spat out tiny lightning bolts from his nostrils. His slender neck twisted, and he stretched his head over the top of the high mage Sacro, looking down at the high mage and asked: "Can humans only use this thing and have this effect, or can all living beings ingest it and obtain these powerful effects?"

"Does it include dragons?" The bronze dragon Alina, her pupils dilated, also spat out tiny lightning bolts and asked loudly.

The young mage shook his head decisively and said: "It's not clear yet, because this resource was monopolized by humans from the beginning. From the mouth of that human named 'Raban', we learned that the spice has always been controlled by the high-level empire that rules the entire galaxy,"

"Only nobles with high power and members of the Navigator Guild have the qualifications to enjoy the spice, but we can quickly establish a laboratory to study the general effects and effectiveness groups of this spice."

Several dragons nodded, very satisfied with the actions shown by these mages loyal to the empire, but whether it was the blue dragon Dos or the blue dragon Akhez and other dragons, they all turned their attention to the ancestral red dragon standing on the edge of the floating island, overlooking the world.

Where the Dragon Emperor is, is the empire.

In such formal occasions, the right to speak on everything depends on the ancestral red dragon.

Even though the floating island is vast, no one believes that the words of their discussion can flow past the Dragon Emperor's ears.

Several dragons flapped their wings and swept over the heads of the mages and warriors, came to the edge of the floating island, stood beside the two female dragons, the green dragon Antagena and the red dragon Kleina, and looked down at the unmoving figure of the ancestral red dragon.

Below the sky is a boundless desolation!

As far as the dragons can see, there are desolate yellow and golden deserts.

There are no plants, no animals, no humans, and almost nothing else besides sand.

Because this is a desert, a desert of an entire world, an entire planet is sand dunes. This is Arrakis, the world named Dune.

In addition to the endless desolation, there are only sandstorms like natural disasters, sweeping and rolling across the sky, like the anger of the sand sea, the boiling of the sand tide.

That is a huge storm with thousands of miles of sand rolling up. Even at an altitude of 5,000 meters, it can still be affected by the wind vortex of the sandstorm. The intense sandstorm can even directly penetrate steel plates. The ordinary heavy armor of the legion soldiers is like fragile paper in front of this sandstorm, and it will be easily penetrated and ground into pieces.

In the center of the sandstorm with thousands of miles of rolling sand, there are flashing lightning, and there are looming thunder lights in the dark and dim yellow sandstorm center, like ancient titans, controlling the power of thunder and storm, and driving this boundless storm, destroying all disobedient creatures.

But even titans may not be able to stir up such a violent storm in this heavy sea of sand.

"What great power, and what beauty,"

The blue dragon Dos sighed.

The desert is the favorite home of the blue dragon. The blue dragon Dos can feel the unique beauty of this moment even more.

The rest of the dragons, facing the dim yellow sun, were immersed in the beautiful scene of the disaster at this moment. They are all dragons, so they can naturally understand some of the feelings of the ancestral red dragon at this time.

The depressed mood that was originally misled by the illusions of the gods of the Ice and Fire world and strayed into this world finally dissipated from the hearts of the dragons at this moment. It was rare to gather together as if they were young, watching the scenery quietly, silently, but the atmosphere was warm enough.

"The vastness of the world and the vastness of the universe make dragons seem like frogs in a well,"

The bronze dragon Alina couldn't help but sighed: "I didn't quite understand why you, Caron, would want to embark on this extraordinary journey, but now I understand a little bit,"

"No matter what the situation is on our way forward, as long as we embark on the journey, the scenery and experience of the journey are enough to be our sufficient motivation."

"Yes, I also think that the fatigue brought about by the tunnels through the void has disappeared at this moment. We dragons should be like you, Caron, embarking on an endless journey, instead of shrinking in our own corner. That would be too much of a waste of our years."

The white dragon Gemot's spirits lifted. The climate here is not what the white dragon likes. In the daytime of the Dune world, the temperature can be as high as sixty degrees, while at night, the temperature is as low as minus forty-five degrees, which is the climate that the white dragon likes the most.

However, despite not liking it, it did not affect these dragons whose bodies can quickly adapt to almost all universes, just like red dragons do not like water, but they can still swim freely in the sea.

Nearly perfect physical fitness is the foundation for dragons to rampage through countless worlds.

"Hehe,"

Two faint laughs jumped out of the ancestral red dragon's throat.

"Although the scenery here attracts me, as a leader, I am more just showing my calmness in front of my legion,"

Caron did not hide his purpose from the dragons. Sudden changes require the leader of everyone to stabilize the morale of the army. This is the first thing he needs to do.

But Caron didn't expect that his subordinates, these spellcasters, were not suppressed by difficulties and setbacks, but instead developed the desire and intention to occupy this world.

"It seems that the talents cultivated by the empire are good enough, after all, they are cultivated with countless resources and a lot of time,"

The copper dragon Alfred said happily. The work of cultural education and propaganda has always been controlled by this copper dragon in the general direction, and how can the achievements made not make him happy?

"You did a good job, Alfred," the ancestral red dragon raised his voice, and his appreciation was evident.

"The reason why I brought them is also because they are all the seeds of the future of the empire. As long as I lead them on this path, they will naturally learn this behavior and inherit the will for the empire's constantly opening up roads,"

"This is the will of the empire, the spirit of gold!"

The ancestral red dragon said lightly,

The spellcasters carefully cultivated by the empire only need to calm down and they can think from their professional knowledge field that since this world can be used as an isotopic substitute by the gods in the world of ice and fire, misleading the ultimate goal of the empire.

But since it is an isotopic substitute, there must be an actual connection between the two worlds in reality, or a connection in terms of mysticism. As long as this connection is found, then the world hidden by the gods cannot escape the empire's lock.

But now it seems that another world has been left behind by these mages' fanatical brains.

But Caron also has to admit that the unique resources born in this world are also very attractive to him, and his sub-brain may be strengthened as a result.

If spice can have the same effect on these dragons, then the value of this world may far exceed the value provided by the world of ice and fire.

In Caron's dark golden pupils, in addition to the surface desert, some deeper level magnetic field changes and the actual manifestation of rules can also be understood.

The laws in this world do not seem as strict and strange as those in the world of Akani. The most obvious manifestation is the spiritual power and the vigorous mental energy in the ancestral red dragon's body, which are obviously more active than other forces.

The warriors of the empire are not as fanatical as the mages. These legion warriors do not fail to understand the role of this resource, but their actions and thoughts are always loyal to the emperor of the empire.

Those fanatical spellcasters waited impatiently for the Dragon Emperor and the dragons, while carefully studying the captured bald warrior, and even the ornithopter with several pairs of steel wings like a steel dragonfly could not escape the clutches of the mages.

Although this ornithopter looks strange and is a product of another civilization, it is not strange in the eyes of the mages.

Goblin airships, magical flying ships of the Human Empire, and spacefaring magic warships of the Astral Merchants are all things that frequently roam around the world of Aikania.

More worthy of study are the energy utilization devices and methods of these machines.

And the cautious Archmage Lappers has already used memory-erasing magic to completely erase a certain memory of this bald warrior, Laban.

This is the method of an experienced mage. When descending upon any world, mages will not proactively attack and kill any life forms. This is out of reverence for the unknown power of the world. Lappers' approach will be absorbed by the Empire's mage corps as experience in the future.

Until night fell, the storm gradually subsided.

The Progenitor Red Dragon then turned around, and the dragons turned one by one, facing the spellcasters who had calmed down.

The spellcasters watched the Progenitor Red Dragon nervously. This was the first time that humanity's desire for conquest and greed were stronger than that of the dragons.

"Since I have come here, I will remain for eternity," Kalon said calmly!