Golden Dragon: Six Thousand Years of Empire.

Chapter 463: A Hundred Years in a Hurry, a Transdimensional Empire
The huge steel gears slowly rotated on the wall, with a kind of mechanical roughness and primitive beauty. In this brightly lit operating room, a tall and burly dragon-horned steel giant used an auxiliary mechanical arm to take out an energy core shining with a faint blue light from a sealed lead box.
“Cheer, jump for joy, and be grateful! This is the divine blessing bestowed by the most supreme and holy God of Steel and Machinery, the great Holy Dragon!”

The dragon-horned steel giant's eyes flashed with a strange luster as he looked at his fellow man lying on the operating table. Most of his body had been wrapped in steel, but some of his greasy green shiny skin could still be seen. There was fanaticism in his voice, as if he was preaching.

However, facing a mentor whose mental state was more or less abnormal, the goblin engineer, who was lying on the operating table with most of his flesh and blood replaced by steel machines, looked at the energy core clamped by the mentor's mechanical arm with fanaticism in his eyes.

Replacing the weak flesh and blood heart with an energy core that possesses nearly inexhaustible energy is the most critical step in the mechanization of the entire body.

Once this step is completed, he will be able to increase the mechanization of his body from the original 47% to over 70%, and even increase the mechanization of his body to 90% before graduation.

If he could do this, he could easily join the logistics and maintenance department of any chapter of the Empire and become a glorious chapter mechanic.

He might even be able to do something more radical. With the huge energy provided by the energy core, he could try to add combat components to himself.

If he could transform himself into Machine Tyrannosaurus, he could join the regiment as a combatant rather than a logistical support. He would gain a higher status and become the pride of his family and even the city where he was born.

However, it is easier said than done. So far, mechanical transformation has always been very risky. During the transformation process, countless goblins have unfortunately died because they could not endure the pain of the operation and the many problems such as postoperative rejection reactions.

But even so, the goblins who embark on this path of mechanical transformation continue to come in an endless stream, because the lives of ordinary goblins are simply worthless.

Even for a goblin who has received a complete twelve years of compulsory education, getting straight A's in every exam is nothing and has no meaning.

Because there are so many goblins, even if the number of goblins who get excellent grades is low, it is still an exaggerated number based on the huge base.

Even though the difficulty of the exams increases every year, the number of goblins is growing day by day. Without the worries of survival and with sufficient supplies of materials, a normal goblin couple can produce at least ten offspring.

It is worth mentioning that in order to ensure the continuation of the goblin race's bloodline and to ensure a steady supply of blood, the Iron Committee issued a clear order that in any mechanical transformation process involving the transformation of the reproductive system, an application must be made, and any behavior that damages one's own reproductive system is a criminal act.

Only goblins who are married and have given birth to eight or more children with their partners are qualified to give up their reproductive systems and replace them with steel components.

The young goblin lying on the operating table was actually the father of eleven children. Otherwise, he would not have been able to apply for the energy core, and his own mentor would have performed the operation on him personally.

"Praise the God of Steel and Machinery, His Majesty the Holy Dragon is eternal and immortal!"

Facing the instructor's crazy expression, the goblin lying on the operating table responded in the same tone and expression, and then. The giant with a face full of steel and indifference implanted the energy core in his hand into the goblin's already broken chest.

It is a special intracavitary environment that is a mixture of flesh, blood and machinery. For any human physician, even a sorcerer who is good at biology, seeing the surgical environment in front of them and the condition of the patient's body, their eyes will go dark.

This is definitely a nightmare-level operation from hell, because the patient's transformation of himself is completely a self-willed act and can be said to be improvisation.

However, the Iron Goblin who presided over the operation was quite calm during the operation, except for shouting the Holy Word and praising the Holy Dragon, facing this operation full of randomness and unknowns.

As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. He had performed similar operations countless times. Even though the internal condition of the student in front of him was different from the 47 operations he had performed previously, it was all within his ability to solve.

Therefore, this iron giant, who no longer looked like a green goblin, easily solved the various problems that arose in the operation.

Finally, the energy core he implanted into the student's chest burst out with a brighter light, from the initial faint blue color to a brighter incandescent light.

"Ah! Huh—"

During the operation, the goblin engineer apprentice's eyes gradually closed and his breath became weaker and weaker. At the moment when the energy core burst into light and changed color, he instantly opened his eyes and gasped.

The originally ugly yellow-green pupils were now gradually invaded by the incandescent energy light and turned into brilliant white pupils.

"how do you feel?"

Seeing the giant opening his eyes again on the operating table, the dragon-horned giant's tone became much softer.

Because in his opinion, only the goblins that have completed the implantation of energy cores can be called its kind. As for the goblins that have not undergone this key transformation, no matter how much mechanization they have achieved, they are just primitive creatures of a lower level than them.

“I feel like I’m full of strength now!”

Although the flesh on his chest was blurry, under the stimulation of abundant energy, the flesh was growing and healing rapidly. The goblin apprentice sat up from the operating table, feeling the energy surging in his body, and a satisfied smile appeared on his slightly swollen face.

But his smile immediately affected the wound on his chest which had not yet healed, and a stream of blood spurted out immediately. However, the goblin did not care about such an injury.

Although his teacher's suturing skills were terrible, even worse than the most common human physician apprentices, it didn't matter. After all, these flesh and blood things had to be replaced in the end, so it didn't matter whether the suturing was good or not.

In fact, at least thirteen transformation plans have emerged in his mind. Not only is he determined to further improve the mechanization level of his body, he is also ready to overturn all his previous transformation results and start over again.

This is the power of the steel mechanical body. As long as there are enough resources, it can be optimized and modified at any time.

"It's a great feeling, right? I know. So, congratulations, from now on, you are a true Iron Dragon Clan.

However, this is far from enough. You still need more guidance and help. Are you interested in joining our Iron Dragon Clan?"

"Iron Dragon Clan?!" The goblin apprentice paused for a moment, then became excited.

This is an organization that emerged among the goblin community along with the wave of mechanical transformation.

The prototype of this organization is the transformed goblins who revere Noah, the god of steel and machinery, as their first ancestor. Their predecessors were goblin engineers who, because of the worship of the original ancestor, evolved their bodies into dragons in the subsequent transformation plan.

Precisely because they share the same beliefs, hobbies and pursuits, these dragon-like transformed goblins united to form an organization called the Iron Dragon Clan. They no longer regard themselves as goblins, but as the Iron Dragon Clan that is superior to the goblins.

Its ultimate goal is to have a status equal to or even superior to that of the pure-blooded dragons in front of the God of Steel and Machinery.

Such intentions, goals and pursuits make the Iron Dragon Clan extremely popular among the young goblins, who have grown up under the influence of dragon culture for generations.

Although there is also a Dragon Transformation Tower in the place where they live, the starting point of their goblin bloodline is too weak. Even with the influence of the Dragon Transformation Field, it is simply not worth seeing compared with other holy dragon branches.

In contrast, through mechanical transformation, one can quickly possess power comparable to or even crushing dragon vein creatures, so the choice is self-evident.

Many goblins do not have the awareness to make themselves the cornerstone of the next generation's rise; they just want to rise in this generation.

"Are you interested in joining us? If you join us, I can provide you with sixteen types of Steeldramon transformation templates.

You can transform yourself according to the template, or use it as a reference and design your own, but once you join our dragon clan, the direction you can choose is only dragon. "

"Of course, this has been my dream since I was a child. And I want to be a dragon. I want to be the strongest steel dragon!"

"The strongest steel dragon? Then you better work hard!"

He did not attack or laugh at this ambitious junior, but treated him as a dragon-horned giant of the same kind. He was very tolerant of him and accepted any of his ideas. Who can tell what the future will hold? Maybe one day that will really come.

Compared to the goblins' tolerance towards their own kind, Noah's tolerance towards goblins is also unparalleled, even though these guys have begun to regard themselves as dragons.

The pure-blooded lords under Noah all have considerable opinions about this newly added mechanical dragon clan. These guys are descended from goblins, even though their ancestors had a glorious history.

But it has all become history, what else is there to talk about? Now only some remnants are left. If it weren't for the Holy Dragon Noah's single-minded protection and support, these guys would have disappeared into history long ago.

Although Noah also thought that these goblins were cute in their rampantness, he did not attack them but gave them guidance. Most of the transformed goblins still called themselves Battle Greymon.

There are only a very few who can truly be called dragons, and each of them needs to be recognized by Noah. For example, the strongest among the transformed goblins was given the title of Steel Dragon by Noah.

Not only that, Noah also took the opportunity to declare that only those who have transformed their bodies into those of ancient dragons and are the strongest among the goblins can obtain the title of Steel Dragon.

This is not just a simple empty title, but also actual power to match it. Therefore, the goblins are quite noisy in their fight for the title of Steel Dragon. However, all these powers are directed outward by Noah instead of being consumed in internal strife.

The minor changes within the goblin community were just minor disturbances after Noah built and completed the fifth phase of the floating city construction project.

The real raging tide came when these completed floating cities, after initial reorganization and training, sailed out of their homeland and headed straight for the material plane where part of the land was occupied by Noah's forces.

Five floating cities descended on five different material planes. One city shook a whole world. Although it was a bit exaggerated, in fact, with the cooperation of Noah's dragon army and the controllers of each floating city, this could be done, because these worlds had already been conquered and there was no open resistance.

After the floating city came to light, the rebels who had originally intended to resist and try to trace their origins had completely lost their hope.

No legend can fight against a floating city controlled by a legendary spellcaster. In the material world, even gods have to retreat.

The only thing that can fight back is the floating city which is also driven by the legendary wizard. Unfortunately, all the floating cities in Noah and its surrounding areas are produced and manufactured by Noah.

Therefore, when the floating city started operating, Noah felt the changes very clearly and intuitively. The resources transported from the conquered planes to the mainland began to increase significantly and steadily.

Therefore, Noah started more construction plans and prepared to build more floating cities. At the same time, he ordered to clear out the floating cities of the remnants of resistance and select new target worlds for conquest based on the principle of proximity.

He built the floating city not as a tool for suppression and defense, but for attack and conquest.

Without the interference and influence of gods, they used floating cities as war fortresses and brazenly attacked other material planes. Such an offensive would be difficult for most small material worlds to resist.

In particular, Noah's invasion is different from the Abyss Hell. Those evil demons from the lower planes come with the purpose of destroying the world, so under the massacre, it is easy to cause the revival and resistance of the world's will.

But Noah's dragon army mainly uses appeasement. As long as they are willing to surrender, they will definitely accept them. If they don't surrender or surrender, no matter how many soft words they say, it will be useless. Then there is nothing they can do but start killing.

War is cruel, not to mention the colonial war that Noah launched in order to be promoted to the Dragon King. Noah has no mercy. This is his path to becoming king. No matter what stands in his way, even if it is a god, he will sweep it away.

In this way, a hundred years passed in a flash, and the Dragon Empire, which spanned many dimensions and was led by the Holy Dragon, the guardian of the world, floated above the sea of ​​​​boundaries, causing the vigilance and attention of many forces. They watched this latecomer, and many immortal wills awakened from their long sleep, observing the many floating cities that roared forward in the howling storm of the void.

(End of this chapter)