Above The Sky-Chapter 1730 - 335: I Understand the Principle—Why Is the Crystal Dragon So Big? (First Update)

Chapter 1730: Chapter 335: I Understand the Principle—Why Is the Crystal Dragon So Big? (First Update)

The bright red emergency notices flashed back and forth within the Atlantian Megalopolis, giving Ian a strong sense of déjà vu, reminiscent of the recent emergency situation in the City of Knowledge. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

However, Ian wasn’t worried at all; he surveyed his surroundings.

Although, for some reason, Andor wasn’t present at this crucial moment, the breeding chamber was fully equipped—clean water, a large supply of fresh meat, Origin Quality nutrient liquids, and a portion of trace mineral mixtures. One could say that all the nutrients necessary for the natural growth of a juvenile Crystal Dragon were fully prepared.

"Not bad."

In response, Ian was quite satisfied: "Currently, the strength at the First Power Level is too low, even though the foundation is good, but it’s only the foundation of the Crystal Dragon that’s good."

"Not only is the high affinity of the Aether Crystal Dragon for Origin Quality not manifested, but it also can’t support my subsequent ’True Dragon’s Power Transformation’—with these nutrients, it’s much better."

Without any hesitation, the little Crystal Dragon that Ian was possessing slithered towards the large amount of prepared food and trace elements, completely ignoring the external emergency warnings and started devouring them with large gulps.

Before reaching maturity, the Crystal Dragon is more like a snake rather than a dragon, consuming these foods in large bites, filling its belly so that it swells, while the light cyan little dragon coils its body, and the soul residing within begins to operate rapidly.

The Spirit of the Fairy, Supreme Spirit Arms, along with a large number of demon souls transformed into calculation units, now Ian, on the computation side, is no different from having the Heart of Terra, except lacking the multitasking capabilities of the Heart of Terra AI.

And now, Ian began ’transforming’ his dragon body, relying on the enormous computational power.

Under the meticulous control at a nanometer-scale, every cell in the Crystal Dragon’s body began to operate at full speed, transporting all the nutrients and moisture through simple grinding and digestion to the entire body, infusing into every cell.

At an eye-visible speed, the originally ’slow-developing’ juvenile Crystal Dragon began to grow longer and larger.

To be honest, slow development is a misconception for a Crystal Dragon.

Because a Crystal Dragon is not a normal organism; it is an artificial battleship from a previous era, and its natural growth is an autonomous upgrade result under extraterrestrial colonization circumstances.

Its true growth requires extraction of a large amount of nutrients in the laboratory with the aid of specialized tools for artificial activation.

Just like what Ian is doing now.

While eating and digesting, using every bit of protein and mineral, the scales on the cyan little dragon constantly thicken, forming a faint layer of overlapping tiny scales resembling a crystal cluster, intertwining to form a semi-transparent crystal shell, with visible flashes of cyan Origin Quality glimmering inside.

Raising its head, two long horns began to protrude from the head of the little dragon, and in the flashing of purple-blue electric light, layers of fine metal wires coiled around the dragon horns in a coil structure, with dazzling currents flowing through, causing light variations throughout the breeding chamber.

This is the bloodline instinct of the Crystal Dragon: because the strong computational power and control over Origin Quality brought by Ian, causing the body of the Crystal Dragon to begin evolving toward a subspecies specialized in energy control, the ’Lightning Crystalline Dragon’.

Much like Green Pupil’s mother, who, although an Aether Crystal Dragon, could control storms and thunder—this is the result of evolution.

Because an Aether Crystal Dragon is actually not an evolution of the Crystal Dragon, but a transcendent species of it. An Aether Crystal Dragon can also determine its own proficiency inclination towards a certain Origin Quality, gaining the corresponding advantages.

Ian was pleased with this transformation, as the power he wanted the Crystal Dragon to experience was precisely the Pioneer of Iron’s ’electromagnetic control system’ and the Earth-Attributed True Dragon’s ’gravity control system’.

In less than ten minutes, under Ian’s push, the juvenile Crystal Dragon, originally just as long as an average person and still ’petite’, quickly grew into a form nearly five meters long.

And that’s not the limit!

Ian remembered very clearly that the Aether Crystal Dragon of yesteryear, at the First Energy Level Peak, was over twenty meters long and could face the Worm Nest Mother at the Second Energy Level Peak head-on—such a mother ship was a biological cosmic battleship of the Ether Stardust Dragon, and from the start, it was rather incredible.

"Just in time, with the current computational power, I can still condense the Sublimation Organs at the First Energy Level."

Testing his current body, swishing his tail, Ian was quite satisfied with his current form—a nearly semi-transparent, cyan glass-like Crystal Dragon, with its body levitated in mid-air by the magnetic field, twin horns on its head serving as the organ for magnetic field control.

This is thanks to the non-human magnetic field flight data provided by Shasha and Green Pupil, allowing Ian to quickly utilize it now.

Coupled with Ian’s own flight experience as the Pioneer of Iron, the maneuverability of the Crystal Dragon’s body was already stronger than an average Second Energy Level!

Being able to fly is a thousand times better than wriggling on the ground.

"However, merely extracting Origin Quality from the air to condense the Sublimation Organs is a bit foolish; since there are other organisms providing raw materials, one should use what’s available."

Raising its head, the elongated Crystal Dragon silently floated out of the breeding room door, and Ian came outside, with its three dragon pupils flickering with silvery-cyan light: "Let me see, what suitable ’supplements’ are available around..."

The answer is quite a lot!

The breeding zone where the Crystal Dragon is located is originally a VIP breeding zone for numerous precious Magical Beasts, rich in Origin Quality, with special inscription arrays to adjust the Spirit Energy Field, and very stringent external defenses.

Most importantly, there are many rare Magical Beasts here.

If it was in normal times, Ian would certainly not risk the capture of the Crystal Dragon’s body to hunt other Magical Beasts bred by The Empire, but now... scarlet alarms from all directions, along with the scant few guards.

It’s time for a feast of flesh and blood!

Without the slightest hesitation, Ian identified several targets with ’lightning-attributed Origin Quality’ and then magnetically levitated up, flying directly towards those breeding houses!

"An attack?"

Very quickly, Ian’s figure was seen by other staff members who were guiding Magical Beasts to leave for shelter. These staff members of The Empire couldn’t help but widen their eyes: "No, it’s a Crystal Dragon!"

"Out of control!" An instructor gasped, "That Crystal Dragon has started attacking other Magical Beasts!"

Another instructor instinctively stepped back, "I understand the logic, but why is this Crystal Dragon so large?!"

At first, these staff members thought they were seeing it wrong due to a visual error, seeing the Crystal Dragon as so large—but soon they realized that the Crystal Dragon, which swung its tail smashing a breeding house and captured Magical Beasts like opening a can, was indeed that huge!

Moreover, it’s overwhelmingly strong!

The Magical Beasts in the VIP breeding zone mostly have extremely powerful potentials, most being similar to the Crystal Dragon, eventually possessing the strength of the Fourth Energy Level. Such Magical Beasts being referred to as royal is not an exaggeration and are generally the center of a local ecosystem.

Even at the First Energy Level, such Magical Beasts are not easily dealt with.

But now, that Crystal Dragon, which clearly only had First Energy Level strength, was casually picking up Magical Beasts supposedly at its level like an eagle catching chicks, biting them to death in one gulp, then devouring them whole!

Black Iron Scaled Beast, Radio Leopard, Silver Light Giant Slug... these Magical Beasts, possessing more or less thunder, light, and electromagnetic control powers, were individually lifted with the tail from the breeding rooms by the Crystal Dragon and eaten... it didn’t even spare the Fluorescent Fish in the nearby water pool, used for display, which possessed weak power generation abilities!

Fluorescent Fish: "I have provoked none of you beasts!"

Meanwhile, as those instructors watched in horror, the surface of the abnormal Crystal Dragon began to undergo changes.

As fine electric currents danced back and forth on the cyan glass-like shell, electromagnetic control power at the electronic level outside the atomic nucleus was rapidly transforming the material structure of the outer shell of the Crystal Dragon—the initially dense crystal clusters started forming a pattern of regular octahedral crystals, stably lined up, and were continuously growing and expanding.

Dragon Scales.

If a scholar knowledgeable about True Dragons saw this scene, they would certainly feel endless curiosity and frenzy alongside their hair-raising experience—because before them, the Crystal Dragon was astonishingly using its power to transform its body, changing what was once considered not durable to the most solid Dragon Scale structure in existence!

A perfect metallic crystal!

Unfortunately, there was no expert in True Dragon details among the present instructors—they could only perceive that this Crystal Dragon, leveraging the chaos to blissfully feast on other Magical Beasts, was a creature threatening their lives.

Without any hesitation, the vast majority immediately turned around and accelerated their escape.

Except for one person.

A ’breeder’ hastily returning from outside in an Armor Suit.

"This, this..."

Former Pirate Captain, now Crystal Dragon Breeder at the Atlantian Breeding Grounds, Elf Andor gazed dumbfounded from the observation port of his Armor Suit at that extremely familiar yet fearfully altered Crystal Dragon in the distance, instinctively gasping, "Why is it so large?"

[Andor?]

At that moment, Andor heard a familiar young voice: [You’re back? Just in time, there are some Elemental Crystals in reserve in the Armor Suit, right? Give me all the backup fuel, I am advancing to the Second Energy Level]

[Also, what exactly is happening outside?]