Whispers of the Dragon

Chapter 30

The supply station was originally a temporary destination, so Xue Xian and Long only continued to stay here for two days.

Knowing that they were leaving, Ainuo asked Xuexian where they were going.

In Longyu's wandering life, Xuexian didn't have a definite goal.At first it was to survive, then it was to live safely, and now it has other ideas.

After these two days of thinking, Xuexian told Ainuo and Alina: "I want to go to the Mitheus, where Alexander once went."

"Misius?" Alina listened thoughtfully.

Ainuo gestured anxiously, saying that it was very far away, and babbling to indicate that there might be danger on the way.

As a peer, Ainuo likes Xue Xian very much and hopes he can stay.

"It's really far away, in the depths of this continent." Alina said, "Are you sure you want to go?"

There are plenty of tuk-tuks, far from being a big problem.And even if it is on foot, Xuexian must go: "Yes."

He had to look at the totem on the Mitheus, to see what connection there was with him, and what secrets were hidden in it.

I don't know why, somewhere, he always feels that there is something calling him.

Alina nodded: "I heard from Alexander that the place where Mitheus stopped happens to be adjacent to two small islands, and the three are geographically angled. You may be able to find its approximate location on the map."

Before leaving, Xue Xian circled the approximate location of the Misius on his electronic notebook, and carefully avoided the original place marked with the dragon's nest, and made a route suitable for him and Tu Duduo.

Arina and Ainuo also left the supply station on the same day and walked towards the coastline, hoping to meet some survivors, even one.

As they went in exactly opposite directions, they said goodbye by the forest stream.

We all carry a lot of things.

When Xuexian arrived, the package had been replaced with a larger one. It not only contained his original items, but also received herbs and clothes from Alina, as well as daily necessities such as seasonings, lighters, small pots and spoons from Ainuo, plus A bow and arrow that they worked together to transform.

The dragon hovering above the forest swooped down from the sky, waiting for its human beings at a distance, with a little patience.

Many times, Elena felt that rather than saying that Xuexian "tamed" the dragon, it was better to say that this little dragon was "stocking" Xuexian.

Long spent most of his time at the supply station these days, and once he heard Xue Xian's voice, he lazily raised his eyelids to confirm his safety and location.The rest of the time he goes out to hunt, and like every dutiful head of the family, he feeds the prey to the weaker ones in the family.

This strange "taming" and "stocking" subverts the usual mode of getting along with humans and beasts.

Silver dragons are highly intelligent creatures and cannot be compared with ordinary beasts.

Alina is well aware of this.

Maybe it has its reasons.

As soon as they parted, Alina stretched out her arms to Xuexian: "My child, goodbye. You are welcome to come back to the supply station at any time."

Xuexian said "thank you" and extended his hand.

They hug each other.

Human hugs have an indescribable magical power, which is enough to give people encouragement, comfort and warmth.

Xue Xian has not received a hug for a long time, and her eyes are involuntarily sore.

Alina patted him on the back: "I hope to see you again."

Xue Xian said: "I also hope to see you again."

Ainuo stood aside, and after hugging Alina, Xuexian also extended his arms to Ainuo and hugged him: "Goodbye, Ainuo."

Ainuo hadn't hugged anyone much before, a suspicious blush appeared on his dark face, and he was a little at a loss.

When he was about to return Xue Xian's enthusiasm, he saw the dragon who had been staring at this side, suddenly tilted his head, as if he was puzzled by their hugging behavior.

Ainuo happened to collide with the dragon's eyes, and it immediately sat up straight, baring its teeth rudely at him.

Ainuo had no choice but to "ahhh" twice, let go of Xue Xian, bid him farewell, and took out a thin rope and gave it to him.

There is a shiny pendant hanging on the string, which looks like it is made of spar. It is in the shape of a sword. I don’t know where Ainuo picked it up and made it.

Ainuo gestured with some embarrassment, the wrinkles on Alina's face were crowded together, and she translated to Xuexian with a smile: "Ainuo said, this is his lucky charm, and he has hunted many prey with him. Now he is giving it to you, I wish you all a safe journey."

Xuexian hung the pendant around his neck with emotion, and said earnestly, "I wish you all a safe journey too."

Xue Xian didn't turn around until the figures of Alina and Ainuo with their bags on their backs disappeared into the depths of the forest, and started walking again.

His eye sockets are red, and the tip of his nose is also a little red: "Let's go, Tu Tuduo."

The dragon lowered its head, its huge golden pupils were as cold as ever, it observed him, and didn't understand why he was crying, it just continued baring its fangs, wanting to settle accounts with those humans who made him cry just now.

Xuexian is carrying a heavy package—now it has been replaced by an army green rucksack, with sunglasses hanging around his neck, a saber in his waist, and short boots on his feet, like a young soldier preparing to fight in the jungle.

"I'm fine." Xuexian stuffed the pendant into his collar, took a deep breath, "Let's go!"

It is thousands of kilometers away from the virgin forest to the destination.

Even if an adult giant dragon flies alone at the fastest speed, it still needs to fly non-stop for at least several hours a second. This kind of consumption is unbearable even for dragons, and it is almost impossible.Not to mention a small dragon carrying weak humans.

Human beings can't bear the extreme speed and long flight, and the little dragon also needs to replenish energy.

Fortunately, they were not in a hurry, so they only flew on terrain that was difficult to cross, and most of the time they chose to rely on two legs to move forward.

Dragon Islet was too big, meeting Alina and Ainuo in the primeval forest was considered a miracle.

After leaving the supply station, they did not meet any human beings.

Not even aberrations.

During the long journey, the scenery that really belongs to the infinite star gradually unfolds.

Except for the tropical rainforest, snowy regions, plains, and forests, there are many that Xuexian has never seen or imagined in the temple, the main city, or the habitat continent.

This mysterious planet has magnificent scenery that is indescribable in human words.

After leaving the forest, they walked through wetlands that were so foggy that they could not rely on flying to find their way.

The wetland is muddy, and the surrounding area is a vast expanse of whiteness. It is hard to see where is the sky and where is the earth.People and dragons walk in it, just like blind people walking, and they can only rely on the traces of walking on the ground to roughly confirm that the route does not deviate too much.

Xue Xian's hair and clothes were soaked in the mist, and after a long time, water dripped down.

The same is true for the dragon's scales, each silver-white scale is covered with fine and dense drops of water, making it look as shiny as ice, like a walking dragon-shaped ice crystal.

There are some strange critters haunting here.

Often one or several groups of shadows rolled through the mist, chirping and chirping at such a fast speed that Xuexian never saw them clearly.

Those little animals didn't seem to be afraid of dragons, but they also seemed harmless and had no intention of attacking them.

Only when they stopped to rest, a shadow came out and bit the dragon's tail.

This made the dragon very angry.

It jumped up with a "woo", turned around and got into the thick fog to catch those troublemakers.

Xuexian stayed where he was, and when he heard it was nearby, he didn't feel afraid when its sound faded away.

He can feel dragons.

Even with eyes closed, one can experience its vision and see some blurred and chasing shadows.

The feeling was so strange that it couldn't be explained with a good scientific basis, but like in those dreams he had, he could indeed experience the dragon's senses and gradually figure out what it was thinking.

As a top hunter, the dragon caught nothing this time.

When it came back, its body was covered in mud, its big head was still covered with grass, it whimpered angrily and dissatisfied, then it erected its scales suddenly, and squeaked itself dry.

Xuexian became a little bit worse, not only did he not comfort Xiaolong, but he also took off his coat and pants, and put them all on Long's body.

"Tu Tu Duo." Xue Xian said, "Use your super power quickly and help me dry my clothes too!"

Dragon: "Hoo?"

There were drops of water on Xue Xian's pale cheeks, although he was still smiling, but it coincided with the appearance when he was unconscious from the burn.Long licked all the water droplets off his face one by one, and tried his best to help Xuexian dry his clothes.

Unfortunately, the result was not satisfactory.

This "superpower" of the dragon only works on its own scales. If you want to really dry human clothes, you have to breathe out dragon fire and ignite the fire.

Xuexian was in a relaxed mood and was not disappointed.

He quickly took out another suit from the backpack and put it on, packing the wet clothes into the backpack.

The dragon held the backpack with its teeth, holding it high.

Xuexian jumped several times before he managed to snatch it back, let Long put it back on the spot, and said angrily, "What are you doing, Dududuo."

The dragon made a sound of "woo woo" and stepped on the mud pit with its paws, Xue Xian understood it all at once.

It turned out that Long wanted to help.

The backpack was already heavy, and now it was even heavier with wet clothes on it.They tried, but the pack straps were too short to hold on to the dragon's back, and had to be held firmly with human arms.

Long couldn't help.

"It's okay, I can do it!" Xue Xian's thin shoulders were slightly hunched, but he still smiled and walked forward step by step.

They came to a field of moss that stretched almost as far as the eye could see.

The green moss covers the ground, like a fluffy and soft carpet on the ground, and it is green everywhere, like a fairyland.

Xuexian found some edible wild vegetables here, which Alina taught him.

He gathered some, and when he was out of the moss, he took out the meat and the small pot, gathered firewood, and cooked a pot of broth.The first real cooking, the broth was not very tasty, almost unpalatable, but he finished it with a full stomach.

Due to the weight, Xue Xian didn't carry much meat on his back.

He roasted more than half of the dragon to replenish its energy before they could start a new flight.

Then came another forest, a valley... the further inland you went, the more bleak and beautiful the scenery was, and there were hardly any traces of human beings.It is easy for people to lose themselves in such an environment, but this time it was different from the last time when they walked alone in the snowy area, Xue Xian was accompanied by a dragon.

Only on the eighth day of marching to the Mishuus, Xuexian retreated a little.

Maybe there's nothing there.

He doubted it.

But I only regretted it for less than an hour, and then I cheered up again.

Sometimes Xuexian doesn't know what he is doing, nor what he should do.He often thinks of Habitat Continent, the Temple, and Bright Eyes.But that feeling became more and more unclear as the time spent alone became longer, as if separated by a thick film.

He was exiled in Longyu, a wilderness where he could not go back, as if isolated in another world, his eyes and mouth were covered by an invisible hand, and he could only move forward recklessly, looking for some meaning that he himself did not understand.

But humans are always like this.

From the moment of birth on earth, human beings have been searching for meaning throughout their lives.

They meet other dragons for the first time.

It was raining, and Xuexian lay on the dragon's back, drenched by the rain.They had to find a place to land.

This green land with steep rocks, lush vegetation and intertwined vines is a paradise for birds.There are large groups of birds with black beaks and white feathers perched on the treetops. They are too small and flexible to be hunted by dragons, so they are not afraid of dragons.

Xue Xian hid from the rain under a cliff and planned to camp here at night.The dragon leaves to hunt.

When the black little dragon cub appeared, Xue Xian thought it was just a bird.

After the soft sound of "click", he saw clearly the "bird" that fell into the bush. In an instant, his eyes widened in surprise.

Where is a bird, it is clearly a dragon that has just hatched.

It is very small, much smaller than the Tudu Duo that Xue Xian just met, about the size of a heron, scales have not grown on its body, and even its claws are still transparent.

It fell down and struggled to stand up from the wet ground, but its legs were entangled by grass blades, its wings fluttered, and it let out a strange cry of "ah--".

Xuexian was about to reach out to help it, when he saw a pair of giant yellow-green vertical pupils appearing deep in the bushes.

It was an adult black female dragon covered with hard scales and bone spurs.

The female dragon has been hidden in the forest, and it has been around for an unknown amount of time. If its cubs hadn't made noises, Xue Xian would never have discovered its existence.

Having been with Long for a long time, Xuexian almost forgot that he was also one of their prey.Just like the black dragon that captured him, these top predators can silently kill their prey with a single blow if they want to.

Judging from the map on the electronic notebook, there should be no dragon's lair nearby.

But over the past few decades, it is clear that this female dragon has already occupied this place, and successfully gave birth to dragon eggs and hatched cubs during the courtship period.Dragons with "family" do not live alone, which means that male dragons are also very likely to be nearby.

Thinking of this, Xue Xian was so nervous that he even forgot to breathe.

"Ow—"

The familiar dragon roar sounded above his head.

Xuexian raised his head and saw a majestic silver dragon hovering above them.

That's his little dragon.

Not long after Tutuduo left, perhaps sensing the danger, he rushed back to protect its human beings immediately.

The female black dragon took a step forward, approaching her cub.

Its ferocious head pointed towards Xue Xian's direction, bared its teeth, and let out a terrifying growl from its throat.

The size of this female dragon is about the same size as the current Tududuo, but the bone spurs are obviously much less than that of the male. If it really fights, it may not necessarily be the opponent of Tududuo who is close to adulthood.

Apparently, the female dragon also knew this, so she didn't take any action, but kept walking towards her cub tentatively.

But the cub's hind legs were tightly entangled in the blades of grass, and it was impossible to return to its side. It only kept making miserable screams at the moment when the fight was about to start.

But within tens of seconds, the dragon hovering in the sky found the right moment and landed with a "boom".

It came behind Xuexian, fluttered the dragon's wings in a very protective posture, crawled over like lightning, and let out a menacing roar at the female dragon.

The female dragon had no choice but to take a step back, prostrate her body, and erect all the scales on her body.

The scaleless cub the size of a heron finally broke free from the blades of grass, turned and crawled towards its mother.

And Xuexian also took the opportunity to turn around, quickly picked up the saber and audio transmitter on the ground, and came back to the front of the dragon: "Tu Tuduo——"

He wanted the dragon to stay away.

As long as this black female dragon dares to invade, he will press the audio transmitter button without hesitation to play a powerful high frequency, so that these evil dragons can taste the bitter fruit of bullying the weak!

However, Tu Tuduo had no intention of retreating at all.

It seemed to be confident in defeating the adult dragon, even its scales hadn't stood up yet, but its head was lowered even lower, and the roar in its mouth remained undiminished.

Instead, the female dragon took a step back, and the cub crawled in its direction.

Xuexian understood in an instant, and spoke a series of syllables quickly.

That was the dragon language he learned from Grandma Alina.

"..."

It means "I have no ill intentions towards you".

He didn't know whether his words were accurate, so he boldly stood in front of Tududo and repeated these syllables several times aloud.

The female dragon's dark green eyes were still staring at the "enemy", but the low growl in her throat was lowered, and then she picked up her cub with her mouth.

It worked!

Xue Xian was overjoyed.

He said the syllables again.

After taking a few steps back again, the female dragon quickly disappeared into the forest.

Xuexian stood there for a while, he guessed right, the female dragon didn't intend to fight at all, it just wanted to protect its cub as a mother.

It may not be strong enough, but if anyone wants to hurt its flesh and blood, it will not hesitate to bruise its head.

For a moment, he felt that the planet belonged to them.Not to humans, but to dragons, and to all the other flora and fauna on this planet.

They are the real outsiders.

Crisis lifted.

When Xue Xian turned around, he found that the dragon had stopped growling for some reason, but remained silent, looking at the direction where the female dragon mother took her cub like him.

"It's all right." Xuexian touched the scales on its chest, "They have already left."

The dragon has regained his composure, looked down at the human in front of him, but remained silent.

Xuexian thought it left a shadow when it was young, so now it still has lingering fears, so he raised the audio transmitter in his hand and comforted him: "If they still dare to bully you, I will use this to scare them away. Don't be afraid, Dududuo ! I said I would protect you too!"

The dragon looked in the direction far away from the female dragon, and then at the distance and the sky, as if thinking about why they were discovered.

After a while, it lowered its head again and let out a "woo", as if it had made a decision.

For a dragon, its human beings are "cubs" who also need its protection, and they cannot be left in an environment with even the slightest risk factor.

As a qualified feeder, it was telling Xue Xian that they should go too.

Over the next few days, they passed forests, waterfalls... and valleys full of black boulders.

At night they stayed behind a stone the size of a house, intending to spend the night here. Xuexian remembered the giant insect he had seen the first time he spent the night alone in the wild, and only after confirming that it was indeed a stone with lingering fears did he feel relieved. Camp there.

The land here is barren, and there may be some other reasons, so there are no living creatures other than them.

He and the dragon slept side by side in the dark valley, with bright stars above his head, the sky was blue-black, and the stars were embedded in it like shining diamonds.

"call out--"

Two or three stars dragged their long tails across the night.

Long looked at Xingzi for a moment, as if feeling very curious.

"It's summer." Xue Xian told it.

That's a sign that summer is coming.

Such astronomical phenomena have become more and more frequent recently.

"Did you know Tutuduo. In the habitat continent, in the coming days of summer, we will observe the sky and select the day when meteors appear most frequently as the "Summer Festival", and use that day as the official start of summer." Xue Xian said, "There are a lot of traditional programs on the festival, all kinds, it's a big garden party, I can't participate, but I always listen to Mier and the others talking about all kinds of interesting things about the festival."

"Once I slipped out, I didn't dare to wear a bracelet, and I didn't dare to tell others that I got lost in the traffic on the street."

"The teacher came to find me back in person, held my hand tightly, and bought me a lot of delicious food."

In this empty and lonely valley, Xuexian had an illusion.

"Tutuduo." He hugged the dragon's neck, "Tell me, if there were only you and me in the world, would it be like this now?"

The dragon's eyes, which had been closed, opened again, and saw another shooting star across the sky.

Of course it couldn't open its mouth to answer.

But for some reason, it may have sensed Xuexian's emotions, and its consciousness was also silent.

Xuexian feels that Long has been different recently, but he can't say what is different.

"Could it be that there are no other people at all, and there are no other dragons." Xuexian chatted with the dragon one-sidedly, "Maybe we came here very early. I didn't come from the other side of the sea. I saved you, but you never picked me up. There have always been only the two of us on this planet, because the years are too long and we feel lonely, so we have those hallucinations."

Xue Xian's ending trembled a little, and he could hear a trace of fear.

Long let out a "huh", showing a bit of stability, as if comforting, he rubbed the top of the boy's hair with his chin.

"Yuka." It said in a low voice.

"It's Xuexian." Xuexian retorted slowly, "Idiot."

With a long sigh, Xuexian went on to say, "It's not bad if it's just the two of us. Like we are now, we can freely go to many different places."

Xue Xian said these words were just sudden weird thoughts, and his will was still very clear.

It was fine before, Xuexian could bear loneliness.

But after living with humans for a few days and having normal communication, the desire to speak becomes very strong.

After a while, he took out the sword amulet that Ainuo gave him from his collar, groped with his fingers, and murmured: "I don't know what happened to Grandma Arina and Ainuo, did they reach the beach? They should have walked faster than us." Slow down, I don’t know if they are going well or if they are in danger.”

The pendant crystal shimmers at night, refracted on the scales of the dragon, making the light flicker like jumping elves.

The dragon's giant pupils rotated with the faint light, as if in deep thought.

The wind from the wilderness blew into the Black Stone Valley with a chill, stirring Xuexian's hair.

His slender fingers gently touched the dragon's scales, his fair and beautiful side face was close to the dragon's chest, and his black hair almost blended with the black stone.As a human, his body was so weak that to a dragon, his bones were so soft that they were almost indistinguishable from soft skin.

As if afraid of the cold, Xue Xian let go of the dragon's neck, arched his body downwards, hid all the way into the dragon's armpit, and curled up under its dragon wings.

Humans love to hug, and he should be able to cling even tighter.

If the dragon could hold him.