Whispers of the Dragon

Chapter 25

Xuexian had only disassembled and assembled equipment in science class, which was not the main subject he wanted to study, let alone a modified military accessory, so he was not good at it.

But he did what he said.

It is not a problem for the flying boat to get stuck in the mud. With the dragon around, the flying boat can be dug out soon.

Xuexian conscripted the dragon to be a coolie. After the flying boat was dug out, he tried to remove all the mud inside to reduce the weight. Finally, he let the dragon drag the empty flying boat to the cliff platform where they rested. superior.

The wide sleeves of the holy robe were in the way.

Xue Xian hardly hesitated, and cut off a section of sleeve with a saber to facilitate his work.The extra fabric was used as a rope, which was put on the lever of the flying boat and tightened in reverse, so that the sunken and deformed bulkhead could be corrected so that he could enter it.

After clearing the fallen leaves and mud, there was a very bad smell in the flying boat. After getting in, Xuexian tied a cloth to his face as a mask, and he could barely bear it.But the dragon's sense of smell is too sensitive - Tu Duduo approached him once just out of curiosity, then hid away and refused to approach it again.

It is still a picky, clean dragon!

Xue Xian used a saber, screws in the fortification box, and stones picked up from the mountain to remove the audio transmitter by tapping, and two of his fingers were covered with blood blisters.

The audio transmitter is not big, about the size of a human palm, and he can easily put it in a package and take it away.

The dragon didn't have to eat after eating a whole wild boar, but when Xuexian went to wash himself in the river, it caught a fish for Xuexian.

In the evening they lit a fire and Xue Xian cooked grilled fish.

The dragon lay down beside the fire, ate some meat fed to it by Xuexian, and finally licked its mouth, still wanting more.

The mountain breeze is gentle, and the moon and stars are rare.

This was Xue Xian's first very peaceful night after coming to Longyu Island.He was still curled up under the dragon's wings, listening to the dragon's breath and looking at the bright stars above his head.

In the quiet valley, Xue Xian gently read a poem from Dylan Thomas.

"Death is not invincible...

The sinking moon merges into one;

the bones were picked clean,

And the clean bones disappear again,

There must be stars on their elbows and soles of their feet..."

"Ugh..."

Long bent his neck, and rested his chin on the top of Xuexian's head.

Xuexian's face was dirty, with traces of charcoal fire, and his black eyes had a faint glint of water.Sensing the dragon's movement, he stretched out his arms and hugged the dragon's neck.The rough, cold scales scraping against his skin, touching the wound on his arm, made him feel safe.

The next day they set off at dawn.

Xue Xian slept well and was full of energy. He packed all his things, it was cold in the mountains, and he even put on snow wolf fur.

According to the original plan, Xue Xian would choose a relatively easy path, and Long Neng could help check the terrain in the air—depending on Long's intelligence, their communication would be smooth.But when he was ready to set off with his pack on his back, the dragon faced him and bowed his heavy body.

Xuexian has seen people riding dragons in historical materials and videos.

However, that was all before the Great War. Some people tamed the evil dragon and were responsible for feeding and controlling it, making the dragon a human mount. Such people are called dragon riders.However, all dragons with a higher IQ are very proud and will never allow humans to run wild on their backs.

The previous two times when Xue Xian rode on the dragon's back, there were special reasons, but this time, it was an invitation from the dragon.

"...Kumu Duoyana."

The dragon's consciousness came into Xue Xian's mind with difficult syllables.

"Yuka."

"I can walk by myself!" Xue Xian touched its cheek, "Although it's a bit slower, I can do it by myself."

Long stuck out his thick tongue and licked Xuexian's face.

It's still sending out invitations.

How could a dragon take the initiative to invite humans to ride on its back?

Xuexian hesitated: "I don't want to bully you, Dududuo. You have helped me a lot."

Long Can's golden pupils reflected the weak appearance of human beings. It blinked and uttered the real syllable in an obscure voice: "...Yuka."

That syllable, Yilong's deep and vague voice, really appeared in Xue Xian's ears, together with the breeze in the mountains, it was ancient and distant.

Xue Xian was dazed, his brows and eyes relaxed, he only paused, then came to the side of the dragon, grabbed its dragon wings and climbed up.

He sat in the middle of the row of bone spurs on the dragon's spine, and grasped the two raised bone spurs in front of him with both hands.Long felt his movements, and the muscles down his back spasmed slightly, probably still getting used to it.

"I'm ready! Tuk tuk more!"

Xuexian shouted loudly.

The dragon raised his upper body and let out a long howl towards the sky.

Immediately afterwards, it flapped its wings, carried Xue Xian to take off, and rushed out of the valley platform.

The cool morning wind was blowing loudly, Xuexian immediately got down on the ground to ease the wind resistance, he squinted his eyes, and felt his body leaning to the left - it was the dragon turning, it didn't leave in a hurry, but He circled twice in the valley, as if to let the human on his back get used to the way of traveling in the air.

After two laps, it burst out with more powerful force and flew forward.

Everything in the mountains is getting smaller and further away, they are rising and moving away.

Theia's golden light penetrated the clouds and shone into the mist around them, illuminating Xuexian's pupils and the densely covered silver dragon scales on the dragon's body.

Xuexian could hardly open his eyes.

He put on the sunglasses hanging around his neck and looked back, vaguely seeing the tip of the Tower of Babel from the churning sea of ​​clouds, and an extremely distant place, a vast expanse of white snow.

"Move forward——Tu Tuduo——"

They didn't encounter any other dragons along the way. They only found traces of suspected dragons after taking off on a sandy field by the river, so the audio transmitter was not used for the time being. Of course, Xue Xian hoped that he would never use the most good.

Their flight speed was not very fast, but they arrived near the supply station around noon.

It was a primeval forest.

Compared with the forests they have been to before and other forests on Infinity Star, this place is more primitive - the vegetation structure here is dominated by the native species of Infinity Star, and it is almost difficult to find foreign objects at a glance.

Those trees are very tall and thick, so the gaps between the trees are also very wide, even if a dragon enters it, it won't be too crowded, let alone a small flying boat.The supply station is built here for concealment and easy access.

In addition, the vines and low plants in the forest are also much larger, some are similar to the plants of the Araceae family, and a leaf is as big as a door.

Everything here seems to be magnified, or to put it another way, Xue Xian almost thought that he had become smaller.

"I seem to be a little confused about the direction." Xue Xian took out the electronic notebook, a little distressed, "Are we going the wrong way now, or are we going in a circle?"

Judging from the markings on the notebook, they were not far from the supply depot, but could not confirm its location from the air.

After entering the forest, I was even more confused.

Xue Xian zoomed in on the marker and took a lot of effort to confirm a marker, but after such a long time, it seemed that the marker was nowhere to be found.

Long also leaned over to look at the electronic notebook.

Its snort made Xuexian's neck itchy, Xuexian smiled and avoided it, and also stretched out his hand to scratch it.

Long roared "Woo", as if he thought it was fun, and touched Xuexian with his kiss, once or twice, apparently wanting to push Xuexian down.At this time, they all became childish and almost forgot the business.

Having played enough, Xuexian drew out his saber and said to Long: "Let's use a stupid method to mark the path we have traveled. That way, if we pass by here next time, we will know that we have gone wrong."

"Whoa."

The dragon flicked his tail and swept the fallen leaves in the forest, but he didn't know if he understood.

Wherever Xuexian walked, small forks were carved on the bottom of the trunk.

On the way, they encountered a mutated black bear, which was four or five meters high and as big as a mountain. It might be able to overturn a tree like a dragon.Xuexian walked in front, and the black bear looked at him from a distance, making his blood freeze.

Fortunately, there is a dragon behind Xuexian.

Seeing the black bear, it didn't pay much attention to it, but "woo woo" issued a warning, and the black bear turned around and ran away.

The golden light of Theia fell on the ground in a straight line through the gaps in the forest branches. Xue Xian saw a few small black balls following behind the black bear and fleeing together. It turned out that it was a female bear with cubs.

Although dragons are brutal creatures, they also have principles of their own in certain situations.

Xuexian stood there for a long time, making sure that the cubs had followed the mother bear away, and then opened his legs again.

They were looking for the location of the supply station in the forest. Xuexian carved the mark and asked Long: "Tutuduo, have you seen your mother?"

Dragon: "Hoo?"

It didn't seem to understand Xuexian's question.

"You used to be an egg." Xuexian thought for a while and said, "When you were an egg, you should have lived in your parents' nest. Your parents took turns to incubate you, and you broke out of the shell and became a baby." A little dragon cub. You have a mother, do you remember her?"

Xuexian didn't have a mother, he was just a fertilized egg in a freezer, and after staying in a petri dish for a full term, he was taken out by the people of the temple, every holy son was like this.

Long didn't answer, probably because he had no impression of his parents at all, Xue Xian guessed that its life experience must be very poor, otherwise how could it be living outside.

"It doesn't matter if you don't remember." Xuexian said, "Since you came to this world, it means that she still incubated you. It is a very long process, and it cannot be done without love."

Long heard this and blinked.

Xuexian laughed: "'Love' is not something to eat, love is a very great emotion that can reach everything in the world."

He carved a mark on the trunk and put away his saber.

He felt that they had traveled a long way. Fortunately, they did not encounter any marks left along the way. He guessed that the direction should be correct.

After walking a few steps, I found that the dragon did not keep up.

When Xue Xian turned her head, she saw it was still sitting there, its eyes looking deep into the woods.

"What's wrong?" Xue Xian asked back.

"Woo——" the dragon opened his mouth, revealing a mouth full of fangs, with a ferocious face.

Xuexian suddenly noticed something, and when he was about to turn around, he saw a small red dot on the dragon's neck.

Someone took aim at it.

The muzzle appeared under a broad green leaf, dark, cold, and silent.

A crooked figure stepped out from behind the round leaf.

It was a boy about Xue Xian's age, with very long hair, all braided, and dark complexion.He looked at them silently, with no intention of putting down his gun at all, and even suppressed it, and was about to shoot in the next second——

"and many more!"

Xue Xian stopped loudly, his voice changed a bit.

He quickly took two steps to the side, stood in front of the dragon, and said sternly, "Don't hurt it!"

It was only later that Xue Xian realized that the power of this gun was not enough to bring down a dragon.

But at that time, the threatening behavior of humans seriously provoked the dragon, and also provoked the dragon's desire to protect Xue Xian.

It was full of anger and had no intention of avoiding it at all. A ball of light rose from its belly and went straight to its neck, and the dragon fire would burst out in an instant.

"boom--"

After the gunshot, Long shook his head and backed away, a puff of smoke coming out of his mouth.

A large anesthetic needle was nailed to the side of its neck.

Xue Xian immediately pulled out his saber.

"Aino!" Another voice came out, "Put down the gun!"

The black-skinned boy put down his gun, but his eyes were still fixed on Xue Xian and the dragon behind him.

The scales of the dragon are hard, the skin is rough and the flesh is thick, and it has a strong ability to metabolize anesthetic ingredients.Even in a war, a sufficient amount of anesthetic is only effective for a dragon for more than ten minutes.

There were rustling sounds in the woods, but a white-haired old lady walked out, and she was carrying a gun like the black-skinned boy.

She is a severe deformity, half of her face and eyeballs are already half-black, but she is still hale and hearty and rational.

"Don't be afraid, child." The old lady said kindly to Xue Xian, "We will not hurt you and your little dragon."