As we all know, in the modern social science system, trust is considered to be a dependency relationship.

If two parties trust each other, it often means that there is an exchange of interests between them.

Only when both parties need each other can this trust relationship be maintained for a long time.

So essentially trust is an intangible luxury.

Because the cost of building trust is often very high, and it takes a lot of time and energy to maintain.

The most important thing is that this thing is like reputation. Once damaged, it is almost irreversible.

Obviously, as assassins who can be hired by anyone, the relationship between the Gorgon Vaska and Nicol Bolas can only be considered as mutual use at best, and there is no so-called trust at all.

To be precise, just one look at the resumes of these two guys will show that they are ruthless people who change their attitudes faster than turning the pages of a book.

Things like betrayal are as common as eating and drinking.

Therefore, the alien planeswalkers who defected to Nicol Bolas did not consider Vaska as one of their own at all. They just regarded him as an object to be exploited, nothing more.

But now, with the seed entering his body, he finally felt relieved.

Of course, this has nothing to do with trust, it’s purely about confidence in one’s own abilities.

After all, so far, no one who had the seeds planted in him has been able to escape his control.

"Can I go now?"

Vaska deliberately pretended to be cold and questioning, trying to keep people at a distance.

The alien planeswalker smiled and replied, “Yes, you can go wherever you want now.

Just remember to keep me informed of everything that happens within the Guildpact.

Next, I will completely destroy all resistance forces in the entire Ravnica before the great Dragon Lord arrives.

Clear his way to victory."

"Huh! I didn't realize you were so loyal."

Vaska said sarcastically with disdain.

Of course, all these emotions, tones and attitudes are the optimal solutions obtained by the Perfect Mind Flayer Tadpole through simulation, calculation and judgment, just like artificial intelligence simulating a person in a conversation.

"Of course! After all, the great Dragon Lord saved my world, so I will naturally do my best to repay him."

The alien planeswalker gave his answer in a tone full of gratitude.

"Saved your world?"

Vaska was visibly stunned.

Because according to the information she had, Nicol Bolas was an absolute mobile scourge, bringing killing, destruction, and ruin wherever he went.

Even if they have other purposes and do not take the above actions, they will often become tyrants and rule cruelly.

So normally, unless the entire time and space, including the memories of the gods, have been tampered with like in Amonkhet, it is basically impossible for anyone to have any good feelings towards this elder dragon mage.

To be precise, most survivors' attitude toward Nicol Bolas is often one of fear mixed with anger and hatred.

The alien planeswalker nodded slightly: "That's right! The great Dragon Lord destroyed all the dirty, deformed, and ugly cities in our time and space.

Let everything return to its most original and beautiful natural state.

And it saved me and my compatriots.

To me, he is like a savior and a benefactor.

So unlike you guys who are only interested in profit, I am the one he truly trusts.”

After hearing this explanation, Vaska instantly understood what had happened, and then turned and left without looking back.

Obviously, the race of this planeswalker is a kind of intelligent creature close to plants, so for them, forests, wilderness and nature are important environments for survival.

But other races and civilizations are just the opposite. They need to constantly encroach on, swallow up, and transform forests, wilderness, and nature to build cities and villages.

In other words, the contradiction between the two sides is the most fundamental contradiction of survival, and there is absolutely no possibility of reconciliation.

Therefore, it can be predicted that a brutal war will definitely break out in this time and space, and the two sides will fight to the death.

But the problem is that the race that relies on the original natural ecological environment for survival certainly has less room for improvement than the race that obtains resources through continuous learning, research and transformation of nature.

When the latter's technological level develops to a certain extent, the former will immediately collapse and become a lamb to be slaughtered.

After all, it is much easier to destroy nature than to restore it.

Many times, it only takes a few large fires to turn large tracts of virgin forest and wilderness into a scorched earth.

Just when this group of plant intelligent life was forced into a desperate situation, Nicol Bolas arrived and destroyed all the cities and villages in the entire time and space with a devastating force, and launched a horrific massacre.

To those who survived the destruction, Nicol Bolas was a horrible natural scourge and butcher, but to plant intelligent creatures, he was a hero and a god who saved them.

It is only natural that some of them would worship and follow this elder dragon mage.

After figuring out the general origins of this mysterious alien planeswalker, Vaska quickly used the cave tree in New Phyrexia to pass on all the information he had.

After doing all this, the seed that entered her body seemed to sense something and immediately began to take root and sprout, growing inside at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a few minutes, the entire nervous system, spine and a large number of organs are replaced.

To be precise, these plant structures completely replaced the original flesh and blood.

At this moment, Vaska is equivalent to a vegetative person in the appearance of a Gorgon.

There is no doubt that her deliberate act of leaking information activated the conditions set in the seed in advance.

If it were an ordinary person, the current situation could basically be declared complete death.

But Vaska is obviously not an ordinary person, and cannot even be considered a human being.

After collecting the data of all the changes in the body, the transformed Mind Flayer tadpole began to shrink rapidly. After a while, it turned into an expanded electronic neural brain and turned back to its original tadpole form. It jumped out of its eyes and jumped into the cave tree next to it.

Before the puppet plant, which completely controlled the body, could react to what was happening, the tadpole jumped out of the cave tree again.

Along with it comes the overwhelming amount of shiny oil.

Boom!!!! The huge wave of shiny oil instantly engulfed the Gorgon.

Not long after, this poor guy, whose body and even soul had long been hollowed out, fell to the ground and began to twitch violently.

About three to five minutes later, she was finally eroded once again by the Mind Flayer Tadpoles and the Shining Oil and was completely controlled.

When she opened her eyes again, the Gorgon had completely transformed into a half-human, half-machine form, and exuded a creepy sense of oppression from her body. It was obvious that she had been endowed with powerful strength by the omnipotence of Mirrodin.

As one of the electronic eyes flashed a terrifying red light, Vaska raised his right hand, which had turned into a claw, and whispered, "Using natural magic to allow plant structures to replace a person from the inside? It is indeed a terrifying ability.

But it is nothing compared to the great New Phyrexian Oil.

Now, let’s get on with this fun game.”

Before he finished speaking!

The Gorgon activated her built-in stealth system and disappeared on the spot.

From this moment on, the confrontation between Zuo Si and Nicol Bolas officially began.

…

At the same time, far away in the meditation state.

Look, Zuo Si, who has completed his soul transformation, has returned to his body.

Not only did he now acquire all the soul traits of the Elder Dragon, but he also had his dragon form upgraded unexpectedly.

Jinjitasha and Vashtor are undergoing a comprehensive inspection using various complex instruments.

It is not difficult to see from the two people's extremely excited reactions how amazing the results of this soul transformation are.

It was unknown how long it had passed, but when one of them came up with a report, he immediately reported in an ecstatic tone: "Great Father of New Phyrexia, please allow me to congratulate you. Because according to the test data, your connection with the Meditation Realm has now surpassed that of the Spirit Dragon Ugin."

"Oh? You mean my body and soul are closer to the Primordial Dragon than his?"

Zuo Si narrowed his eyes and asked in an uncertain tone.

Jinji Taxia nodded quickly: "Yes, that's it.

According to the theory drawn from the latest research, the so-called elder dragon should be a life form created by the primordial dragon by separating a part of itself.

So when you absorb a large number of broken souls of defeated elder dragons, you will naturally be closer to the Primordial Dragon than they are.

This is a reverse atavism process.

The only question now is whether the remains of the Primordial Dragon still retain his consciousness in the meditation realm.

If there is, then you may end up in a battle for dominance once you become one with it.”

“So this could be a challenge?”

Zuo Si obviously did not feel any sense of crisis because of this, but instead showed an expression of interest.

"I don't know. Because we still know too little about the Primordial Dragon. We can't even confirm whether it can be considered a living creature and whether it has self-awareness."

Vashtor, who was fiddling with the instrument, suddenly stopped what he was doing and interrupted.

"Here is the result of our method of reversing the rules to transform a portion of the energy of the meditation realm into entities. Perhaps you can find some useful clues from it."

As he spoke, Jinji Taxia handed over the extra-dimensional space container in his hand.

Zuo Si only took one look and his pupils instantly contracted violently and obviously.

You know, after going through so much, there is basically nothing that can make him feel surprised or even shocked.

But at this moment, he was like the first time he ignited the spark of the planeswalker and was pulled into the dark void, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

I saw a piece of scale emitting colorful black in the super-dimensional space.

Yes, you heard it right, colorful black.

This is not an outrageous request from the client, but the result of the continuous release of astonishing original matter and energy from within.

And under the scales there is a piece of something that keeps wriggling, like muscle tissue.

However, if you look closely, you will find that they are not cells or muscles at all, but miniature space-time created by countless collisions and explosions.

"This... is this the Dragon of the Beginning?"

Zuo Si released the extra-dimensional space and directly used his own hand to touch the thing that should be the remains of the Primordial Dragon.

"careful!"

Jinji Tasha's face changed drastically and he subconsciously wanted to stop it.

But it was too late.

In less than a millisecond, the entire scale, along with the micro-space that was constantly being created and destroyed underneath, suddenly surged up, wrapped up the hand that Zuo Si stretched out, and devoured it at an unimaginable speed.

Gradually, the entire hand, including the skin, muscles and bones, disappeared.

Just when Jinjitasha and Vashtor thought it would continue to devour the arms and even the body, everything suddenly calmed down as if the pause button was pressed.

Afterwards, the remains of the Primordial Dragon began to decompose themselves, eventually turning into sharp dragon claws that replaced the palm that had been swallowed.

Such a strange change immediately made the eyes of the two crazy people who were keen on research light up and reveal an extremely fanatical expression.

Especially Jinji Taxia, who was closest to him, opened all kinds of auxiliary mechanical arms used for experiments behind him and began to test the dragon claw. At the same time, he asked hurriedly: "Is this hand under your control? Does it have self-awareness? Can your various magic and abilities be used normally through it?"

"Hmm - how should I put it?

It feels a bit like a prosthetic limb.

Although it can be perfectly controlled, it is not considered a part of the body in subjective cognition.

But its power is indeed quite amazing, and it can even completely tear apart the soul of the elder dragon."

As he spoke, Zuo Si turned around and cast a malicious look at the spiritual dragon Wu Jin.

The latter obviously noticed something and immediately retreated to the depths of the Meditation Lake vigilantly.

But unfortunately, the current meditation state is already under Zuo Si's control.

He simply hooked his fingers, and an invisible force forcibly pulled Wu Jin's soul up from the bottom of the lake, and then waved his dragon claws to tear off a piece of the elder dragon's soul fragment that was shining with a blue light.

"Aa ...

The intense pain of having his soul torn apart and the fear of complete death finally made Wu Jin no longer care about his face and let out a desperate wail.

"Ah! I see! Now you finally have a weapon that can actually kill the Elder Dragon."

Dark red flames shot out of Vashtor's eyes, highlighting the ecstasy in its master's heart.

After all, how to deal with the defeated Elder Dragon Planeswalker has always been a very tricky matter.

The risks of keeping the likes of Ugin and Nicol Bolas imprisoned for long periods of time are too great.

Who knows if they will suddenly seize some opportunity to escape and then resurrect.

Both of these brothers have experienced death and resurrection.

But now, this last hidden danger has been solved.

In front of the power of the Primordial Dragon, even the Elder Dragon, who had previously been immortal without any flaws, had to admit defeat.

“Well, this is indeed a pleasant surprise.

Although there may be some unknown hidden dangers.

But how can one achieve self-transcendence without taking any risks?

All the preparation I've done over the years has been for this final moment.

So let this part of the flesh and blood of the Primordial Dragon become a part of my power and a witness.

Because what I'm going to do next is kill all his offspring and take his place."

As the last word came out of his mouth, Zuo Si tore Wu Jin's soul into pieces alive without any hesitation.

The deafening screams and wails continued to echo in the sky above the meditation realm.

When everything was settled, he used his gloves to cover the dragon claws that could not change their forms, and asked directly: "During my busy time, is there any news worth paying attention to?"

“There are a few indeed.

One of them was that one of Nicol Bolas's planeswalkers used his own abilities to cause chaos on the plane of Ravnica.

Niv-Mizzet and many of the Guildpact's high-ranking officials were either seriously injured or killed in an assassination, or were directly controlled and led to a civil war.

His Highness the Dark Prince Greya is tracking him down, but because the other party is very cautious, there has been no substantial progress.

Lithomancer Nahiri is eager to meet you, and she is probably a little overwhelmed by this matter.

Oh, by the way, Vaska was completely completed not long ago, and submitted some information about the planeswalker."

Jinji Tasha did not dare to hide anything and hurriedly made a concise report of all the information he had collected.

"Nicol Bolas hasn't attacked yet?"

Zuo Si raised his eyebrows in surprise.

Because in his impression, the old dragon should be eager to launch the Spark War after getting everything.

But now it seems that the other party has become a little too cautious.

Jingitashia explained in a low voice: "I think this may be related to the direct conflict you had with him when you pretended to be Ugin. And according to what Shane VII described, Nicol Bolas's reaction after receiving the Immortal Sun was very calm. It is obvious that he noticed something."

"Didn't King Shane VII send any more intelligence after he returned?"

Zuo Si asked with interest, stroking his chin.

Jinjitaxia shook his head: "No. He said that in order to avoid alerting us, he would not contact us easily again."

"Okay, I think I know what to do. First, we need to meet Nahiri. Her abilities will be very important in the War of the Spark."

After saying that, Zuo Si activated the Planeswalker Spark and disappeared on the spot.

In a flash!

He appeared in the base on the plane of Zendikar and saw the Lithomancer in a state of extreme tension and anxiety.

"Damn it! What are you doing? You left me alone for so long! Do you know what a mess Ravnica is in right now?"

When Nahiri saw Zuo Si appear, she immediately rushed up to him and demanded to know the culprit.

But Zuo Si smiled and responded, "I think you should know that I am making final preparations to defeat Nicol Bolas, and I absolutely cannot be distracted at all."

"Are you ready now?"

Nahiri narrowed her eyes and looked him up and down, trying to judge through observation how strong Zuo Si was now.

"Of course! I am ready to crush Nicol Bolas's ambitions myself, and take his place as the one with the perfect Ancient Planeswalker spark.

Just like the promise I made to you.

When this is over, I will give you the spell so that you too can regain your ancient planeswalker spark."

As he spoke, Zuo Si raised his arm and gently brushed the other person's short silver hair, his tone full of tenderness and sincerity.

"Hmph! That's better. If you dare to deceive or betray me, I swear I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth."

A very complicated look appeared on Nahiri's face.

On the one hand, her emotional part was willing to believe this was true, but on the other hand, her rational part kept reminding her of Sorin Markov's betrayal and imprisonment.

This psychological conflict of wanting trust yet fearing betrayal has been tormenting her spirit.

If Zuo Si really betrayed Nahiri, then this woman would most likely collapse and become a complete lunatic.

Fortunately, Nahiri had no time to dwell on the situation as the enemy was at hand. Instead, she suddenly changed the subject and said, "Ravnica is in complete chaos now, and the Guildpact is falling apart. When do you plan to make your move?"

"Don't worry, I won't take any action until Nicol Bolas's army arrives.

Because in any war, the party that takes action first will often fall into a passive position.

The party that waits for the enemy to tire out and responds flexibly has a great chance of winning in the end.

What's more, I plan to meet this elder dragon planeswalker in person."

Speaking of this, Zuo Si's mouth corners slightly raised and a malicious smile appeared on his face.

Although he was not sure whether he had been exposed by the other party, he could not help but feel excited just thinking about the process of communicating face to face with the enemy before the war, or even fooling and deceiving them.

It’s like people are always inexplicably excited about things that break constraints and taboos.

For example, there are those Tauren warriors who are only interested in other people's wives or girlfriends, and there are those lunatics who like to drive on the highway at speeds of over 150 or 160 kilometers per hour and may die in a car accident at any time.

"To see Nicol Bolas? At a time like this!"

Nahiri was visibly stunned by the audacity of this idea.

But Zuo Si asked indifferently: "Why not? You should know that I have never been able to get the Elder Spell from him, and now is the best opportunity.

After all, an elder dragon like him who is used to being arrogant and conceited is more likely to become complacent the closer he is to success.

What's more, I can also bring news to this old dragon about his most beloved brother, the spirit dragon Ugin."

"What! You know where Wu Jin is?"

Nahiri's eyes widened, obviously unaware that Ugin was now completely dead.

After all, the state of meditation is so special.

Except for his most trusted confidants, Zuo Si never told anyone else.

This means that in the eyes of the outside world, Wu Jin is not dead, but his whereabouts have become more secretive.

"Yes. There may be no one else in this world who knows Wu Jin's current situation except me."

Zuo Si said something that couldn't be more true.

But in Nahiri's understanding, this was just Zuo Si expressing that his relationship with Wu Jin was closer.

Little did they know that this sentence was actually the confession of the murderer.

At this moment, the spiritual dragon Wu Jin has been completely and thoroughly destroyed from body to soul, and will never appear again.