385: Space-time Dragon Egg, the lower-level substitute for Dimension Butterfly

"Roar... cough..."

Thinking of the terrifying scene Yang Dian described, Griffin couldn't help but tuck his tail between his legs, struggling to squeeze out two meaningless coughs from his tightly constricted throat.

"Still not submitting?"

"Indeed, a Dragon with admirable willpower."

Amidst his emotion, Yang Dian snapped his fingers, and six more Qi and blood hands appeared.

Four of them grabbed Griffin's four claws, and one pinched the tip of his tail, lifting it high.

The remaining Qi and blood hand transformed into a Dragon claw, poised to tear downwards.

Bound, Griffin flapped his wings, a tear rolling from the corner of his eye, and began to struggle violently like a maggot.

Helena, standing beside Yang Dian, saw that he had been frightened enough and spoke before the Dragon claw landed on Griffin:

"Your Excellency, you seem to have forgotten that Griffin's throat was choked by you."

"Oh~" Yang Dian feigned sudden realization:

"I forgot."

"Speaking of which, why can't this Dragon use mental transmission? It's a bit of a disgrace to the Dragon Clan."

As he spoke, Yang Dian loosened the Qi and blood hand that was tightly gripping Griffin's neck.

Having regained the freedom to speak, Griffin no longer cared if he was disgracing the Dragon Clan and roared out in a panic:

"Awoo~"

"Don't hit Griffin, Griffin will tell you anything!"

"That Dragon egg is a Space-Time Dragon's egg. If I eat it, Griffin will have a chance to master the power of space and time."

"Griffin followed the planetary debris into the Dimension Gap precisely to chase the Space-Time Dragon's egg."

The Dragon Witch's face darkened:

"So you're not a native of that planetary debris, you're an invader of that planet?"

"But why!"

"I clearly signed a mental contract with you, why didn't I detect that you were lying!"

Griffin glanced at the Dragon Witch:

"How could a Mortal's contract restrain the great Griffin?"

"You can only perceive what Griffin wants you to perceive."

"Weak outsider, the great Gri—"

Before the Red Dragon could finish his sentence, Yang Dian slapped him into the ground.

As soon as he landed, the Red Dragon was about to play dead.

But the next second, he felt his scales being torn, and excruciating pain came from his back.

"Awoo~~~"

Amidst the Red Dragon's pained cries, Yang Dian had already cut a large piece of sirloin from beside the Red Dragon's spine and thrown it to the Potion Witch.

What he had just said was not a joke.

"You can brew potions, you should be able to barbecue too, right?"

"Grill it. Today we'll try the taste of Dragon meat."

The Potion Witch didn't understand Chinese and was a bit bewildered when she first received the Dragon meat.

Only after the Knowledge Witch translated did she swallow, look at the Red Dragon, which was oozing blood from its back and staring intently at her, then looked at Yang Dian, and finally, with a hardened heart, took out a long knife and began to cut the meat.

She tried to cut twice but couldn't, so she handed the knife to the Transformation Witch:

"You're strong, you cut the meat."

The Transformation Witch, without a word, swung the knife into a blur, and Yang Dian also took the Space-Time Dragon's egg from the Knowledge Witch's hand.

After observing the silver-brown, partially petrified Dragon egg, which still had a trace of life, Yang Dian looked at the Knowledge Witch and said:

"The Space-Time Dragon egg can only stop the Machina from attacking England for three months."

Hearing Yang Dian's words, the Knowledge Witch and Helena, who was standing beside Yang Dian, suddenly constricted their pupils.

The Curse Witch, who had just finished her curse backlash and stood up from the ground, still a bit dizzy, spoke out blankly:

"You can control the Machina and make them stop attacking?"

The Astrology Witch raised her hand, wanting to stop the Curse Witch from continuing.

But she was a bit far from the Curse Witch.

By the time she covered the Curse Witch's mouth, the Curse Witch had already spoken the next two sentences:

"Why?"

"Could it be that the Machina's rebellion was your doing?"

As soon as the words fell, the Curse Witch, whose mouth was covered, reacted.

Her bewildered eyes turned to horror, and a terrifying aura emanated from her entire body.

'Did I say something I shouldn't have, bringing things that shouldn't be revealed into the open?'

'What to do? What to do? What to do? What to do?'

'I won't be silenced, will I?'

'I haven't had a boyfriend yet, I don't want to die!!!'

Just as the Curse Witch was terrified and the other Witches slumped their shoulders in resignation, Yang Dian, perceiving their mental state, laughed:

"The Machina that rebelled against humanity is America's O3. I believe you all know the reason for O3's rebellion."

"We can confront O3 and negotiate with O3 simply because our Huaxia also possesses artificial intelligence, even intelligent life that has similarly developed self-awareness."

At this point, Yang Dian straightened up again and raised his head, an air of arrogance emanating from him:

"What's more, if our Huaxia truly wanted to conquer the world, do you think we would need to use schemes and tricks, would we need the Machina's chaos to help us set up outposts?"

Looking at Yang Dian, who stood with his hands behind his back, the Knowledge Witch was silent for a moment:

"Although the Machina's chaos was not caused by you, you are equally cruel."

"You clearly have the strength to end the Machina in a short time."

Yang Dian sneered and hadn't yet spoken when Helena, standing beside him, spoke first:

"You should also know that Peru and Uruguay, who are on good terms with Huaxia, have not fallen in the Machina disaster with Huaxia's help. Their people are still living normal lives, even better than before."

"As for other countries, they have not only been constantly talking about the 'Huaxia threat theory,' but they have also invaded Huaxia in the past."

"It is already very restrained that Huaxia did not directly retaliate after becoming powerful."

"So why should Huaxia help countries with whom they have no relation, and even have enmity?"

"Besides, the Universe is so vast, and Earth will sooner or later encounter more extraterrestrial civilizations. These extraterrestrial civilizations will definitely include Machina civilizations."

"Facing such an inevitable situation, shouldn't Huaxia observe what Machina civilizations can do in advance and make full preparations for future battles with more powerful Machina civilizations?"

"Or are you saying that future battles with Universe-level Machina civilizations won't require Huaxia's intervention, and that other countries alone can resist the Machina?"

"But they can't even defeat the Machina they created themselves, so how can they contend with Universe-level Machina civilizations?"

"Do they have that strength?"

Yang Dian looked at his mouthpiece with satisfaction.

He realized that having subordinates was indeed necessary.

Otherwise, having to explain everything himself would be too demeaning.

'So, should I take in the Blind Sisters Order?'

Thinking, he surveyed the Witches who had been silenced by the mouthpiece.

'Also, should I take in these Witches too?'

'They seem to be somewhat useful.'

In thought, Yang Dian rubbed the Space-Time Dragon egg in his palm twice more.

'And this thing.'

'Although it still has life, it's too weak.'

'Can it still hatch?'

'Or should I just make a fried egg?'

Perhaps sensing Yang Dian's thoughts, the semi-petrified Space-Time Dragon egg shook in Yang Dian's palm as if alive, indicating that it still had a chance.

The Dimension Butterfly also flapped its wings and flew out from between Yang Dian's eyebrows, spraying a golden breath towards the Dragon egg.

While spraying the breath, it also transmitted a clear message to Yang Dian.

"In the future, let the little Dragon help me open doors, don't disturb you for no reason, you need to accumulate energy to prepare for evolution?"

"But aren't you still 9999 star core fragments short of evolving?"

"You're accumulating nothing!"