Chapter 105: Survival, Civilization in Danger

The reverberations in the crystal echoed in Fari's mind like chaotic mumblings. There seemed to be some fragments of words in these mumblings, but when Fari listened carefully, there was only a meaningless noise.

Just when Fari thought that all remaining records about dragon civilization had been erased, a clear text appeared.

"...After that, we became the masters of this world. Both the sky and the earth changed according to our will. Those mortal creatures were proud to be slaves of the dragon. Hundreds of thousands of years passed like this. At that time, it seemed that our era would never pass."

Unlike previous records of other civilizations, this is more like an old man's remembrance of past glory than a record.

In the following content, Fary could slightly feel the author's pain.

"I don't know when it started, but some strange impulses began to appear in dragons. Different dragons had different impulses. Some dragons began to frantically collect wealth, some were obsessed with collecting servants and making them obey their orders, and some changed into the appearance of ordinary races and hung out with them all day, even forgetting that they were still dragons."

When seeing this description, Fari couldn't help but think of the various dragons nowadays and their habits. It seemed that the "impulses" encountered by the dragons at that time were very similar to the habits of dragons nowadays, but the degree seemed to be much more exaggerated.

"The dragons that had not yet been affected by this 'impulse' quickly reacted and began to study the situation. The research lasted for a long time. At first, the dragons thought that they were under some kind of mental attack. But after trying various mental defenses and corresponding treatments, the spread of these 'impulses' did not show any signs of slowing down. The dragons had to admit that they were not under any mental attack from the outside world."

The author attached a lot of detailed experimental reports at the end, and it is clear that he was also a participant in the experiment. The experimental data is very detailed, and the dragons spent a lot of time trying to find clues of the attackers in the mental space of those dragons affected by the "impulse".

The dragons seemed to have some kind of fantasy that this crisis was an attack by some external force that overestimated its own capabilities, and as long as they could find the attackers and get rid of them, everything would return to the way it was before. But now this fantasy has finally been shattered.

"After changing the direction of our research, we soon discovered the real reason for this 'impulse'. It comes from the blood of the dragons themselves."

Fary felt a hint of pain coming through the message left by the author.

"The research found that as long as the blood of the dragons that were 'impulsed' was completely sealed, their symptoms could be alleviated to a great extent. In subsequent further research, we found that the blood of the dragons was undergoing some changes."

As before, in these places, the author will attach the data he can access. In these data, the blood of dragons affected by "impulse" is different from that of normal dragons.

"We call it degeneration. Those 'impulses' are actually the instincts brought by the blood after degeneration. And this instinct will increasingly affect the thinking of the dragons. In the end, the dragons will degenerate into a kind of beast, a powerful beast."

The author wrote in detail what happened afterwards. The dragons tried again and again through their spells and techniques to re-purify their bloodlines and remove the "impurities" that appeared in the degenerated bloodlines. They successfully eased the situation and delayed the degeneration for a long time.

However, these measures can only alleviate the situation. This degeneration is caused by itself and has no external reasons at all. It is as if the dragon race has reached the end of its lifespan and is dying.

"..."

Then a small blank space appeared again. Obviously, the content of this blank space was not what should appear on the second floor of the library.

"We finally accepted the deal and left the scope of civilization. Apart from leaving legends on the continent and alleviating its decline, we could not interfere with the progress of civilization on the continent. Then, we followed the directions and found Dragon Island in the sea far away from the continent."

That’s all the memory crystal says about the decline of the dragons. Compared to other races, this section is more like a memoir. However, in the end, the author still gave the dragons a current status, just like other civilizations. “Current status, barely surviving, civilization in danger.”

Fary temporarily pulled his mind out of the memory crystal. He had an idea that needed to be verified.

"Safrina, lend me some of your blood."

Savrina moved her eyes away from the book in front of her and looked at Fary not far away. After realizing that he was not joking, she gently brushed her arm, and a small stream of blood stretched out, and under the effect of the spell, it floated in the air and floated towards Fary.

Fari also cut a wound on his arm, blood flowed out, and two pools of blood floated in front of him.

"really."

After realizing the connection between the "impulses" recorded in the memory crystal and the "instincts" of different dragon species, Fary realized the difference between himself and other dragons.

Although she occasionally had some instinctive impulses common to dragons, these impulses were easily suppressed, unlike other dragons, who would unconsciously be influenced by their instincts. Moreover, Farui did not feel any instinctive impulses unique to any dragon species.

He had always thought that he was just an ordinary black dragon, but he had never felt the unique instinctive impulses of a black dragon, such as the love of cruelly killing prey and the inexplicable hatred and fear of other dragons.

It's not that he didn't notice these differences before, but he simply understood it as he was a time traveler, his soul was different, so he was not affected. Now it seems that this is obviously not the real reason.

After all, according to the experimental reports, some researchers have tried to replace the bodies of dragons affected by "impulse" with other souls, but the "impulse" remained.

Now, the reason was right in front of Fari's eyes.

There was an obvious difference between the two streams of blood in front of Fary. He thought of the difference between the normal blood and the blood of the dragon affected by the "impulse" in the memory crystal before.

Farrell's blood is quite close to the blood of dragons that are not affected by the "impulse". And Safrina's blood is closer to those dragons that are affected by the "impulse".

"It seems this is what the Council wants us to see."

Farui discovered that he was indeed special, although he didn't know the reason yet, and whether this specialness was a good thing.

"I hope the remaining contents of this memory crystal can answer these questions."

There was one last entry in the crystal. Fari put his spirit back into it.

(End of this chapter)