Inheritance Dreamscape with That Special Flavor, Sylvie!

A young dragon's first slumber often lasted anywhere from a few hours to two or three days, depending on its species and how much it had eaten. In their sleep, they would instinctively begin to access some of the Talent Inheritance Knowledge that came with awakening their true names, including Spell Knowledge that made countless Mages smash their staffs in rage.

Unlike other intelligent creatures, who had to memorize spells every day, prepare Spellcasting Material, and finally rely on the Weave controlled by Mystra to solidify these bootleg, endlessly watered-down "spells" into their pitifully few spell slots, dragons were different. Once the Weave collapsed or Mystra screwed up, those spellcasters would be like gamers whose keyboard cables had suddenly been unplugged—left staring blankly as they were stripped bare and smacked in the face with Cleave or stabbed in the ass from behind.

Even Arcanists—Mana Bar Mages—advanced classes that did not rely entirely on the Weave and spell slots, had to walk a grueling path that could make one study until bald. Unless they were top-tier geniuses, they might go bald and still fail to match an ordinary Mage who relied on the Weave. Not only did they need to meditate and construct Spell Models, repeatedly summarize Casting Experience from failure, they also had to spend decades—or even their entire lives—exploring the Origin of Knowledge. It was the kind of miserable profession where one careless moment could leave you single for life.

Compared to those two, dragons were natural-born spellcasters. And compared with Bloodline Warlocks, whose souls could be harvested by Demons at any time, the price they paid was far smaller.

But a much smaller price did not mean no price at all. Dragon Talent Inheritance was not exactly "scientific," though it was certainly magical. To some extent, it was a kind of Mental Imprint.

Some young dragons, while asleep, experienced something like watching a terrible-quality VR Holographic Movie on a computer with bad sectors on its hard drive, constantly skipping and glitching. What they saw were Scene Fragments of some dragon from their bloodline using a certain spell or Talent Ability.

If they happened to awaken the Talent Ability of a particularly powerful Ancestor, it could greatly affect young dragons with no life experience to speak of. Their still-unformed worldviews and personalities could be heavily influenced, and in rare cases they might even inherit certain quirks or Mental Illnesses unique to dragons.

Such as the well-known Magic Addiction and Endless Gluttony, as well as True Name Curse, Puzzle Lock Confinement, Nest Roaming Syndrome, and other conditions that other intelligent races had never even heard of.

This sort of observation could also stimulate the secretion and development of certain glands in young dragons' bodies. They might even grow some very unmagical Tissue Organs as though they had undergone Gene Mutation. In more serious cases, they simply grew completely wrong.

Most of those that grew wrong died young for one reason or another. But the few freaks who endured until adulthood all left a vivid mark on the history of the various planes as Heteromorphic Dragons:

For example, a certain Red Dragon who awakened Nuclear Fusion Breath and was known as a Mobile Seeder; a certain White Dragon called Frostwing, famed across the world for its signature Mass Berserk Gay Art; a certain Black Dragon who had the chance to achieve Neutron Star Lifeform Reshaping yet remained obsessed with card games; and a certain Green Dragon who could have become the ultimate Mama's Boy but instead insisted on striking out on his own and building a nest.

At this moment, Li Wei was experiencing this wondrous event. Because his transmigrated soul was naturally somewhat stronger than a blank-slate young dragon's, he felt as though he could "see" himself drifting through a tunnel-like Starry Sky. Countless bright spherical objects floated around him like stars, each one like a projection orb fast-forwarding through a documentary.

Half-awake, Li Wei swept his gaze over the Light Orbs. Most of the protagonists inside were Silver Dragons like him, though there were occasionally Half-blood Dragons of slightly different colors. What they all had in common was that they were testing or using some marvelous Spell Ability.

As Li Wei looked around, various terms instinctively surfaced in his mind one after another:

[Healing Spell], [Dancing Light Spell], [Detect Magic], [Illusionary Sound Spell], [Cloud Mist Spell], [Walk on Clouds], [Charm Monster], [Ice Shield], [Calm Mind], [Summon Monster]

With a single cursory glance, he saw at least hundreds or thousands of different spells. Li Wei, having only just entered this fantasy Different World, felt like Xianglin's Wife who had traveled through time into the Grand View Garden. His two eyes simply were not enough.

But unfortunately, if he wanted to learn an ability, he had to get close to its Light Orb.

The question was, how was he supposed to get close???

Li Wei's current sensation was much like a Lucid Dream, where he knew he was dreaming. He seemed to be floating in space with nowhere to brace himself and no gravity whatsoever. A feast surrounded him, yet all he could do was stare at it!

Instinctively, he could sense that the hunger buried deep in his bones could catch up to him in the dream at any moment. And when that happened, his dream would end!

Who knew when he would next enter such a miraculous state? This was his only precious chance to improve his odds of survival.

Li Wei racked his brains for every possible method and tried them one by one. Then he suddenly remembered a scene from a movie, where the heroine was flung into space by an accident while repairing a Space Station. In a desperate bid for survival, she removed the spacesuit from one arm, snapped off her frozen left arm, and threw it in the opposite direction to gain Kinetic Energy and return to the Space Station.

His spirits lifted at once. He decisively looked toward his claws—only to find nothing there.

He could not even see his own body, as though he were invisible.

"??!"

Time slowly passed amid his embarrassment and anxiety. Just as that distant sensation of hunger struck again, he suddenly felt a bit indigested. He really wanted to fart.

Pfft!

Li Wei was still feeling awkward after being propelled by a fart when he suddenly realized, in shock, that his viewpoint had moved forward slightly!

It was not an illusion!

At this moment, he was like that badass female astronaut who threw her own arm. He had gained a precious sliver of initial Kinetic Energy and began slowly drifting toward the Light Orbs he desired!

But it was still too slow!

Li Wei could already clearly feel that the little food he had eaten would not sustain the dream much longer. He forced himself to recall the sensation of building up Abdominal Gas just now.

Pfft!

Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft!

For a moment, this Soul Space seemed to have acquired that special flavor that made meals more appetizing.

Like a flood bursting through a broken dam, Li Wei finally used his accumulated initial Kinetic Energy to swim toward the depths of the tunnel! He was absolutely ecstatic.

Those obviously much more powerful abilities were all far too distant. They were beyond his current reach, so he could only try to pick the best among the weaker ones.

He had to seize the last of his time and find a stronger Talent Ability!

At this moment, Li Wei was like a child wandering through a Sea of Flowers in a fairy tale, always wanting to find the largest and prettiest bloom. As his gaze skimmed past the sights, it suddenly fixed on a noticeably darker Light Orb that was drawing near.

What attracted him was its uniqueness. Compared to the other repetitive, clearly distorted, incomplete images, this one was far more realistic and fluid. It was like the difference between 360P and 1080P Member Quality on a video site!

It was because, among all those orbs, he had looked at you one extra time.

Its entire body seemed to radiate mischief and liveliness.

What caught his attention even more was that the image appeared to depict a war!

"That's the one! Here I go!"

As Li Wei plunged in, his consciousness seemed to fall into deep sleep once more, and his vision went black.

Who knew how long passed.

It felt like waking up from a Hangover.

"Mm, Shi Qiu'er, stop licking me. Let me sleep a little longer."

But his waking mind promptly and kindly reminded him that Shi Qiu'er could not possibly have such a huge tongue.

Having been traumatized by being licked by Kobolds, Li Wei jolted awake in fright.

The instant he opened his eyes, however, a stream of foul-smelling liquid poured into his mouth, nearly choking him to death.

An MMP nearly slipped out, but he discovered that he could not open his mouth or control this body. Only then did he realize that he had probably entered the Talent Inheritance Mental Imprint of some Talent Ability.

Even so, what appeared before him nearly caused Li Wei's brain to crash.

If this were some Tabletop RPG, Li Wei's SAN Value would probably have plunged straight to rock bottom like a diver, and he would have gained some DEBUFF such as Cruel Nature or necrophilia.

Before him was an Unnamable Strange Creature, irregular and twisted, as though countless creatures had been mixed together, twisted around several times, then fitted with enough mouths to kill anyone with trypophobia on the spot. Perhaps that would look something like this.

At this moment, the monster's countless tentacles coiled around what had once been a lofty, sacred Snow Peak. Before him was one of its open mouths, which made no effort to hide its appetite for him.

Yes, it wanted to eat the owner of this body.

Perhaps it had only been tasting him earlier.

Seeing that foul tongue curl toward him again, this body instinctively leaned back and retreated. But the moment its little feet moved, it lost its balance and fell flat on its back. Before it could steady itself, it rolled all the way down the steep slope of the Snow Peak.

Mm, it felt like being inside a washing machine.

Then, with a "biu," snow sprayed everywhere. Along with the owner of this body, Li Wei's consciousness flew off the cliff and fell toward the depths of the dazzling Starry Sea.

Amid the dizzying tumble, at one moment Li Wei vaguely saw the Dream Owner's appearance reflected in the ice wall frozen upon the cliff for ten thousand years.

It was an egg covered in silver radiance, sparkling like a sky full of stars.

More precisely, it was an egg with a round little Lizard Head poking out. Egg Liquid—or perhaps Monster Saliva—had stuck the shell fragment she had broken through to her head. But it was quickly flung away by the violent centrifugal force.

The pain of seeing the only Potato Chip in his hand fly away in the wind when he was starving even overwhelmed the thought, Holy crap, this is actually a Silver Dragon Miss!

Do not ask him how he knew. It seemed that after becoming a Silver Dragon, he could tell a dragon's sex at a glance. He could even distinguish beauty from ugliness by their scales, facial contours, and Horns. It did not seem much different from being able to judge the looks of the opposite sex when he was human.

What was rather miraculous, however, was that he seemed able to appreciate the beauty of all kinds of dragons. When he recalled the faces of certain Kobolds gathered around the Soup Pot, they even seemed somewhat delicate and refined.

"Holy crap! What the hell am I thinking about?!"

Just as Li Wei reeled in his runaway thoughts, he saw a magnificent sight before him:

A Floating Mountain suspended in the Starry Sea. Countless winged dragons were fighting this incomprehensible monster, yet to no avail.

In the deeper reaches of the battlefield, countless Bubble-like Light Spots were also blinking out one after another. Then, amid a Bright Explosion that seemed to illuminate the entire Starry Sky, invisible Energy Fluctuation swept across the whole multiverse.

For a moment, Stars Falling Like Rain.

On such a magnificent and tragic battlefield, the fall of this dragon egg in Li Wei's field of vision was like an insignificant speck of dust.

Yet the instant it fell, a gorgeous and powerful Silver Dragon on the battlefield suddenly turned back. She seemed to let out a mournful cry:

"Sylvie!!!"

Hm? Was that this Silver Dragon Miss's name? It sounded rather nice.

But this egg was probably about to shatter, right?

No.

If she had died here, how could her Talent Imprint have been passed down?

Just as the egg seemed to pass through some kind of membrane, tear through the atmosphere, and fall toward the Material Plane—about to freeze into an ice block—a faint Silver Halo slowly emerged over its shell!

PS: I woke from my dream with a start, salted to death, and laughed as I asked where the votes came from~ Recommendation Tickets, brothers!