Above The Sky
Chapter 1001 - 1001 102 My Super Crystal Dragon Avatar Extra for Alliance Leader Madame de Rueil!

1001: Chapter 102 My Super Crystal Dragon Avatar (Extra for Alliance Leader Madame de Rueil!) 1001: Chapter 102 My Super Crystal Dragon Avatar (Extra for Alliance Leader Madame de Rueil!) Turning into a dragon is not strange.

This is Ian’s second time experiencing such a clear feeling of ‘transforming into another creature.’ The last time was when he accepted the Qing Steel Dragon’s inheritance and transformed into its juvenile form within the dragon’s memories.

Back then, Ian merely felt the Qing Steel Dragon’s growth and experiences through its ‘memory’ from a perspective akin to playing a game…

This time, however, it feels incredibly real.

At the very first moment, Ian felt as though he was floating in an intensely concentrated saline solution.

His body was curled up in a curved, enclosed space, and he discovered that the number of limbs he could control exceeded that of humans.

Especially noticeable was the tail behind him; its sensation was particularly vivid because it was wrapped around the outer layer of his body and pressing against the hard walls of the curved space.

This is a dragon egg.

He was inside the dragon egg.

“Interesting.”

Ian immediately understood this reality, and his reaction, much like when his memories were restored years ago, was filled with profound curiosity and intrigue: “I should not have entered the nearly shattered and about-to-hatch egg in the South Sea Great Labyrinth; instead, I entered one of the two remaining eggs taken away by Master Gossay and entrusted to the Empire for care.”

“The Crystal Dragon Eggs are connected…

this connection…”

“It’s the Spirit Energy Network of the Swarm!”

Had Ian not previously gained the knowledge of Ian of the Swarm via the Guiding Star, he would have definitely needed more time to analyze exactly how his consciousness was transferred into the ‘dragon egg.’

But as of now, he could mostly confirm that the three dragon eggs left behind by the Aether Crystal Dragon had developed an almost ‘Swarm Network’-like natural spiritual connection under the influence of the Swarm!

“Essentially, it’s no different from remotely controlling engineering constructs through a network, and there’s actually no delay at all?”

Ian manipulated his ‘Crystal Dragon Incarnation’ inside the dragon egg to open its eyes, only to be greeted by dazzling brightness that nearly blinded him—the natural energy convergence structure of the Crystal Dragon Egg had formed an almost 360° panoramic mirror inside the egg, allowing the Little Crystal Dragon to observe the outside world one-sidedly even before hatching.

This was undoubtedly a superior design.

If Ian weren’t inside the egg himself, he would never have thought that the Crystal Dragon Eggs could allow one to observe the external world…

no wonder some dragon hatchlings are so well-acquainted with their surroundings after hatching.

The reason wasn’t something complex like Spirit Energy or memory inheritance; it was simply because they had already seen it with their own eyes beforehand.

“Spirit Energy is indeed more useful than telecommunication networks.”

Ian controlled his limbs and six eyes without feeling even the slightest hindrance.

At this moment, he could simultaneously sense and manipulate both his human body and dragon body, with his consciousness freely switching between them.

This prompted the boy to marvel: “As expected.

I knew bypassing telecommunication networks and directly adopting the Spirit Energy Network was the right choice—the technological edge is just way too overwhelming.”

The three pairs of Crystal Dragon eyes were located on the front of its skull, the temporal region, and the forehead.

They respectively functioned as optical sensing organs, ultrasonic sensing organs, and a type of Spirit Energy sensory organ.

To the Crystal Dragon, the world was extremely multidimensional and intricate.

If an ordinary person were to suddenly inhabit its body, they’d likely feel dizzy and overwhelmed.

But with the assistance of the Silver Chip and the Foresight View, Ian had already adapted to this complex perspective back when he was at the First Energy Level.

In fact, the sensations from the Crystal Dragon’s body were even slightly simpler compared to what he usually perceived.

“Being able to see outside, I’m in no rush to leave.”

Taking a general look at his surroundings, Ian found himself inside an open-air greenhouse within a transparent glass room.

His egg and another egg were placed on soft goose feather pads, surrounded by various Elemental Crystals.

A comforting Source Quality fluctuation enveloped the entire dragon egg.

Evidently, the Empire treated these two dragon eggs quite well, though it was still not as ideal as the natural conditions of Crystal Island, which were inherently most suitable for Crystal Dragons.

Beyond that, Ian noticed that the open-air greenhouse contained several similar glass rooms, some of which even housed living creatures in motion, though they appeared hazy and indistinct.

While observing the external circumstances, Ian also gradually understood the reason behind the abnormalities in the Crystal Dragon Eggs.

Under the Swarm influence, the three dragon eggs of the Aether Crystal Dragon had fused their consciousnesses together via the Spirit Energy Network.

The original self-awareness of the three eggs had merged into a single ‘Dragon Soul Aggregate.’

The core of this Dragon Soul Aggregate was the dragon egg that Ian had placed on Crystal Island.

As he had previously speculated, the three dragon eggs had to unite to form a ‘Complete Form.’ Spirit Energy Networks were not omnipotent; the distance between the eggs was too great for the newborn Dragon Soul Aggregate to fully control all of its bodies.

Being an entirely new and unique lifeform unlike any other Crystal Dragon, it had no idea how to cope with this situation.

If that’s the case, then waiting is the only option.

Fortunately, the little dragon indeed managed to wait for an experienced being capable of resolving this predicament.

“It seems the Little Crystal Dragon wants me to help awaken the intrinsic instincts of its other two bodies and control those two unactivated forms to ‘break out of their shells.'”

Ian pondered deeply as he manipulated his consciousness, transferring himself to another dragon egg.

Following a sensation akin to instantaneous teleportation and spatial distortion, Ian perceived his awareness appearing inside another dragon egg.

He looked at the egg that he had previously occupied and chuckled: “Of course.

Even for a Dragon Soul Aggregate, it would be impossible to master something like consciousness transfer without prior experience—thanks to the knowledge of the Swarm Network and the inheritance from the Dragon God, I’m just barely able to pull it off myself.”