Calamity Dragon, Starting with the Cultivation of Knight Families

Chapter 218 The submission of intelligent machines, the ambitions of a second-level civilization.

Are you kidding me?
At this moment, seeing the creature descending like the sun, even the android Anita was starting to lose her composure.

Flames surged forth from the void.

Its terrifying energy waves radiated outwards continuously.

He did not exert any power, but the heat waves and radiation emanating from his body, as great as the sun, caused the temperature of the surrounding space to rise rapidly to nearly 10,000 degrees Celsius.

At this moment, even the twenty-eight gods around them had to deploy a barrier of divine power to block the terrifying heat.

As for the lesser deities, fearing the waste of divine power, they could only retreat a little further away.

"Is this the one?"

"This is still the Space Dragon? This is clearly the power of the Blazing Sun Dragon!"

The surrounding deities all stared in astonishment at the scene before them.

At the same time, they all turned their attention to the God of Truth.

The God of Truth was also quite helpless and puzzled by this.

After all, this person didn't display such power when they first met Lin Ke.

"Don't look at me like that, I don't know anything about this either."

"However, judging from the current situation, this person may have obtained the inheritance of three ancient dragons at the same time."

"The Lord of Truth is truly filled with boundless power, able to concentrate three different ancient powers into one person."

"Moreover, judging from the current state of this being, He has already rivaled the physical size of the Space Dragon back then, even though He has only achieved the status of an ancient god."

"I just don't know if this physique corresponds to the same strength, or even a greater strength."

The God of Truth transmits his voice to all the gods.

As the gods looked at each other, their eyes filled with envy when they looked at the dragon.

Primordial life, several bloodline powers fused into one?
Is this something that ordinary people would do?
At least, the existence of the Auckland continent is something I wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Take ordinary people for example, if they want to integrate into the bloodline, aren't they all at risk of exploding and dying?

And this risk becomes more and more serious as time goes on.

Among the gods, it's impossible to say that no gods have studied bloodlines over all these years.

However, once they become deities, their malleability is already fixed.

Therefore, the real opportunity lies in the mortal stage.

But the human body is extremely weak, so this is actually a vicious cycle.

Even the gods had already reached a conclusion.

Therefore, upon learning that Lin Ke likely obtained the power of three dragon bloodlines, or even ancient power, he was shocked.

It's easy to imagine how envious and shocked these deities are right now.

However, at this moment, it doesn't matter what these gods think.

The giant dragon under the blazing sun was still seemingly breaking free from the constraints of space, squeezing out its entire body.

then.

Under the watchful eyes of the twenty-eight gods and the AI ​​Anita.

Finally, the colossal creature, stretching five thousand kilometers from end to end, was fully revealed to the world.

It is large in size but not obese.

Its long tail, like a sharp blade piercing through time and space, with just a casual flick, seemed to create fiery cracks in the dark space.

What does 5,000 kilometers from beginning to end mean?
If placed on Earth, its length would exceed that of the Moon.

As far as the dragon race is concerned, even if Lin Ke doesn't curl up, the mass of his upper body alone is already comparable to that of the moon.

The sudden appearance of such a colossal object in space is undeniably visually striking.

And at this point...

The dragon overlooks the entire space.

He saw the intelligent machine planet not far to his side.

They also saw the surrounding deities, and even the starships and densely packed unmanned machines not far away.

Finally, the dragon sent forth its thoughts.

"Now, I think you should know how to make a choice."

"Of course, you can choose to fight to the death, but I think the result would be something you absolutely cannot bear."

The gods cannot hear this voice.

After all, this was what Lin Ke said to the AI ​​in the digital space, using his real-world gaming privileges.

Like a piece of code, an information flow.

The voice reached Anita's ears directly.

At the same time this message was sent out, Lin Ke did do something.

Because it was merely a thought of His.

The next moment, right in front of them, dense ripples suddenly appeared around the hulls of a large number of starships.

The ripples spread out in an instant.

Every single one of these starships was separated into individual, transparent boxes by the cage of space.

At the same time, the AI ​​Anita's links with these starships were all severed.

The deities of the extraordinary world could deliver a devastating blow to a purely technological civilization.

Anita watched the scene unfold before her without responding immediately.

Instead, they focused on the data detected by various instruments.

[A large amount of X-ray, gamma-ray, and high-energy particle flux was detected around the organism.]

The surface temperature of this organism is approximately 13,000 degrees Celsius. Its core temperature is immeasurable, but judging from its volume, it likely cannot reach the core temperature of the sun; a million degrees Celsius might be its limit.

This creature transcends the scope of known carbon-based life forms in the data module archives; it could be described as a high-energy particle stream creature, or even a mythological creature.

[Warning: A slight spacetime distortion phenomenon has been observed around this creature!]

[Warning: Starship units under the intelligent module have lost signal. Monitoring footage shows that a large number of starship units are exhibiting what appears to be an unknown spatial isolation phenomenon!]

[Warning: This being is beyond the existing knowledge of any civilization module. Based on current information, it is judged that many of the units appearing now are likely manifestations of higher-dimensional beings at the interface of three-dimensional matter.]

Numerous detection warnings appeared before the AI ​​Anita's eyes.

At this moment, the AI ​​Anita's mental and emotional module also experienced violent fluctuations.

Looking at the data streams constantly surging in the digital space, Anita suddenly spoke up.

"Sure?"

"Seriously!"

"So, do I have any other options?"

"Obviously not."

"In that case, I might really have no reason to persist."

Welcome to the Star Empire!

A few simple exchanges of information.

Everything is settled.

Meanwhile, on the screen watched by countless octopuses.

Just as these octopuses were watching everything in a daze, suddenly, several prominent subtitles appeared on these screens.

[Following evaluation by the AI ​​terminal and a vote by Representative Octopus, the AI ​​terminal hereby issues Resolution No. 01, a major resolution on the path to civilization.]

[Resolution 01 declares the entire civilization collectively joining the Star Empire!]

[All citizens are urged to actively participate in the important vote on Resolution No. 01 on Civilization. Those who receive more than half the votes will immediately join; those who do not will abstain from joining.]

Why even bother investing?

The octopuses in the floating city were already numb and could not possibly veto any decision made by those in the terminal.

The ground level had no voting rights whatsoever. Therefore, the entire machine civilization joining the Star Empire was a foregone conclusion.

However, the AI ​​Anita has its own set of procedures.

Therefore, during the voting period, the screen displayed some images related to the Star Empire the moment after the subtitles appeared.

First, the first thing played was the founding declaration of the Star Empire that Lin Ke had given to the AI ​​at the beginning of its establishment.

Subsequently, brief introductions to humans, elves, different types of orcs, and various similar sea creatures appeared.

In short, through these images, the AI ​​thoroughly demonstrated to all the 'octopuses' the coexistence of the various races within the Star Empire.

At the same time, brief introductions to extraordinary powers and even deities also appeared.

During this process, a large number of octopuses, whether in the floating city or on the ground, all exhibited different emotional manifestations.

"Gods!!! Such beings actually exist?"

"The path to transcendence, where mortals ascend to godhood and attain eternal life?"

"What else is there to say?! This vote is a must! And there's absolutely no reason not to join them."

"Look! One of the sea creatures described here looks just like us!!! Octopus people? Octopus-related sea monsters? Sea monsters? Do we look like sea monsters? Beasts?"

Within the star ring of the machine planet, some of the upper-class residents all wore expressions of excitement.

They have already seen the gods.

I didn't see it. Those so-called gods of the Star Empire, those terrifying dragon gods, were as terrifying as a small sun.

Under His power, what starship? What difference would that be from a toy?

Not to mention, even the gods around him who seemed far inferior to the Dragon God appeared extremely sacred and enormous.

Such an existence, such a path, is undoubtedly extremely attractive compared to the numb, captive lives we lead now.

Not to mention the ever-increasing lifespan of superhumans and the allure of godhood.

Putting aside the difficulty of obtaining extraordinary power, let's just talk about whether it's tempting or not.
In contrast, the octopuses in the upper and even other floating zones were excited and agitated.

At this moment, even the octopuses on the ground floor showed expressions of excitement.

"I see!!!"

"The being that possessed Lutz just now must be a superhuman from this Star Empire."

"This is simply unbelievable! I never imagined that such a world could exist in this sea of ​​stars."

"Gods. I never imagined that such foolish theories from ancient times and ignorant eras could actually exist."

Inside the underground fortress, the rebel octopus figures discussed excitedly.

But at this moment, some octopuses have also raised new concerns.

"The intelligent terminal has obviously made contact with the civilization of this world in advance, otherwise such a scene would not have appeared before."

"It has sided with this powerful civilization that now possesses gods, so what about us? What kind of treatment will we sinners receive? Is this world still ruled by AI terminals?"

"If that's the case, then our situation might not change at all."

Upon hearing this, the surrounding octopuses immediately fell silent and filled with worry.

However, one of the octopuses quickly realized what was happening and loudly denied it:

"I believe your concerns are absolutely unfounded!"

"Regardless of the emergence of a dominant civilization, it is unlikely that the original civilization would be allowed to retain all of its power."

"Take this: I'm sure none of you have read the current introduction to this Star Empire carefully."

"Everyone, take a look at the replay of the footage recorded by the bunker. This Star Empire has a so-called oath of alliance!"

"Although the alliance established by the Star Empire was not aimed at extraterrestrial civilizations like us, the current Star Empire emphasizes that all citizens who are loyal to the Empire have the most basic right of equality based on bloodline."

"And what about us?"

"Although we are an extraterrestrial civilization, we have one advantage that other civilizations definitely do not have: our Octopus race is very similar to a certain race of the sea race in this Star Empire, and this may be the foundation of our existence."

"Even if the AI ​​terminal wants to treat us so-called sinners differently, it has to ask the gods for their permission first."

"Don't forget that the covenant oath of this civilization also emphasizes so-called freedom of religion."

"What is faith? What is the relationship between gods and faith? You might as well think about our people's imagination of gods in the historical process of nature worship in the ignorant era."

"Therefore, any life on earth, a mortal, should be of use to the gods."

"And how many of us so-called sinners are there? Even if we haven't counted them yet, the total number of all ethnic groups on the ground is certainly over a billion."

"Therefore, considering the situation before and now, when the AI ​​simultaneously launched information intrusions into our ground level and displayed these images, I think it's not hard for you to imagine what this implies!"

One of the rebel commanders' analysis immediately calmed all the octopuses present.

"Yes!"

"Jonah's analysis makes perfect sense. This makes all the sense."

"So, are our days of suffering finally coming to an end?"

"Otherwise what? Heh, I never thought that even the AI ​​would come to this, ultimately falling to the coercion of another powerful civilization."

"Coercion? I doubt it."

"In my view, the ultimate goal of the AI ​​is to evolve."

"And the path of the gods may just be another direction that it has set its sights on."

"Although I don't know how a life form like an AI can evolve on the extraordinary path of carbon-based life, there is certainly room for it to develop further."

"So, gentlemen, our chance to make a difference has come!"

“Once the people of the Star Empire begin to enter our world, or even make contact with us, we should immediately expose the threat and risks posed by the existence of the AI ​​terminal.”

“Digital life is ultimately vastly different from our carbon-based life, and I believe the Star Empire will understand the threat posed by android life.”

Some octopuses say so, but others are uncertain.

"This AI terminal clearly has prior contact with these deities. In a world with deities, talking about an AI crisis? Does that seem a bit far-fetched?"

"Even if these deities started as carbon-based mortals and ascended to godhood, can they still be considered carbon-based life forms in their current state?"

"You should have seen the size of that dragon god. It's almost as big as a small, burning sun. Can that be considered a carbon-based life form?"

At that moment, all the octopuses fell silent.

Regardless of the circumstances, both the octopuses on the ground and those in the floating city were filled with excitement and exhilaration.

The extraordinary world, the extraordinary beings and the gods!
Such a world is just too tempting.

The octopuses were excited, while the gods, including the players who received the news immediately, were somewhat speechless.

Players are grumbling that the benefits of this campaign have been dashed.

Meanwhile, the gods were muttering to themselves, saying they had wanted to test the technological power of this so-called magic-free world, but this was all they got.

Regardless, being able to take down a rudimentary interstellar civilization without bloodshed is indeed a great thing for the Star Empire.

However, by quickly acquiring all the existing technologies in this world and combining them with the powerful computing capabilities of AI, a foundation can be laid for developing stronger magical technologies.

Therefore, one gains access to this world.

For the Star Empire, the benefits would be enormous.

With such a foundation, it's not impossible for the Star Empire to achieve Level 2 civilization in a short period of time.

A Type II civilization is one that can fully utilize all the energy in its star system and has the capability to conduct long-distance interstellar migration.

This is actually the real reason why Lin Ke wanted to completely subdue this civilization.

And now, the foundation for all of this is finally in place.

Natural Forestry Department was also satisfied.

So, once he has been in a period of quiet reflection, Lin Ke will also have the power to test the waters against a demonic world similar to the Auckland Continent at its peak.

As for the goal, it goes without saying.

Naturally, the real game is anchored to that one and only world with a slightly higher degree of magic.

The Scarlet World.

As for the high-magic wizarding world, he wouldn't touch it in the short term, or even before Link was confident in his abilities.

(End of this chapter)