Whispers of the Dragon

Chapter 24

The growth rate of dragons will always change dramatically at a certain point, not in a relatively long-term stage like humans.

Textbooks say that the transformation of dragons is often accompanied by pain, and the violent pulling of bones and muscles will make them enter a period of weakness. Most dragons will choose to return to the group or find a safe lair to complete this process.

Obviously, the dragon in front of him does not exist.

During Xuexian's illness, it was busy looking for places suitable for human rest, hunting, and gathering fruits during the day, and stayed by Xuexian's side at night, wrapping Xuexian under the dragon's wings to sleep.

Xuexian didn't even know how it survived the pain.

With mixed feelings, he moved closer, rested his forehead on the bridge of the dragon's nose, and comforted it softly after a while: "It's all right! I've turned off that thing, and I won't use it to hurt you."

"never."

"Huh." The dragon breathed out lightly, trusting its humans very much.

"You've grown so tall now." Xue Xian murmured, "It's not so easy for other dragons to bully you. That's great, Du Duduo."

Xue Xian finally hooked out the box that was brought by the piece of cloth.

The surface of the box was covered with silt, and Xue Xian had just seen a small river not far from the cliff.He went to the river to wash the box, and for safety reasons, he opened it only after returning to the platform.

Although Long has grown a lot, he is still full of curiosity, lying beside Xue Xian to watch the excitement.

It's a pity that what Xuexian found was not a medicine box, but a fortification box.If you distinguish carefully, you will find that the color of the cloth belt and the box is actually different from that of the medicine box, but it has faded due to age.

And Xuexian also slowly remembered the operation method of the flying boat numbered F353.

This kind of flying boat is small in size, and only one person can enter the cockpit.During Chaos's recent operations, it carried a submarine to Longyu, and after entering Longyu, it served as a base station and released several drones to carry out reconnaissance activities.After modification, it is equipped with an audio transmitter, which can not only emit high frequency to temporarily paralyze the combat effectiveness of dragons within ten kilometers, but also emit a sound frequency similar to that of dragons to confuse the enemy and protect itself.After the war, a large number of abyssal vortices appeared on the bottom of the sea starting from Storm Harbor. Submarines could no longer reach Longyu, and no flying boats came here anymore.

But the flying boat that Xue Xian just discovered must not have arrived here before Chaos, it seems to have landed here for decades at most, but Xue Xian couldn't tell.

It took some time to pry open the fortification box, while Xuexian thought of a way, he ate some fruits brought back by Long to fill his stomach.

"rustle."

The wind blew through the treetops, blowing Xuexian's loose robe.

The lines of his soft face, the way he is concentrating on the things in his hands, and the thin body under the tunic, all make the dragon unable to move his eyes away.

The moment he successfully opened the box, Xue Xian had a look of joy on his face, his eyes lit up, and his whole body became more vivid.

"Wow, let's see what's in there."

Xuexian muttered in a tone similar to talking to himself.

"A saber."

He picked up a short-bladed saber, pulled it away to have a look, and said regretfully, "It's rusted."

"But it can be sharpened, it is much better than the original sharp stone."

"A little box," he said, "what could be in it... Ah, it turned out to be a pair of dark glasses."

The sunglasses are intact, probably the pilot's spare glasses.Xuexian put it on his face, the frame was a bit too big, and it slipped to the tip of his nose, but he still wore it with interest, and continued to search for the next item.

Under some expired mints, chocolates, and unidentified parts and screws, Xuexian found another small pink flat box.He opened it curiously, and the light flickered, and the dragon immediately bared its teeth and let out a menacing growl.

It turned out to be a small mirror.

Xuexian thought that the pilot might be a woman, no, it might also be a pilot carrying his wife's personal belongings.For some reason decades ago, they came to Longyu just like him, and endured a long and lonely mission.

Xuexian took a look in the mirror and saw a thin face.

His eyelashes and eyebrows had grown back a bit, as had his burnt hair, and he didn't look as ugly as before.

However, he doesn't care about this at all now, but the reaction of the dragon on the side makes him want to laugh a little.

"Tududuo, look, this is a mirror." Xue Xian pointed the mirror towards the whining dragon, "This is you."

The light flashed, but the dragon still didn't stop growling.

Xuexian leaned over and approached it like the last time he took a photo: "Look, I'm still inside."

Long Yi looked at the mirror with his cold golden pupils, recalled something, relaxed slowly, then stretched his neck, and rubbed his head against Xuexian.It is now much bigger than before, Xuexian was pushed down to the ground all of a sudden, making it laugh out loud as it sniffed back and forth on its body.

Long seems to like Xue Xianxiao very much, and wants to continue playing with him: "Um——"

Xuexian's illness was just right, and he was still a little weak, so he let it fuss for a while, hugged and stroked its neck for a long time, and then sat up and continued to look at the things in the box.

To Xuexian's surprise, there was also an electronic notebook about the same size as the bottom of the box. Because it was stuck just right, he didn't notice it immediately.

He dumped the electronic notebook on the ground, not sure if it can still be used, but it can be charged first - there is a special substance in Theia Light, which can quickly synthesize light energy.This electronic notebook, like the wristband, uses this technology.

Xuexian opened the back cover of the electronic notebook and placed it under the Yaguang light. After about an hour, he successfully opened it.

The electronic notebook contains a lot of reconnaissance information that the pilot sat down, and the notes are very neat.

Generally speaking, notes are displayed in the form of a map.

Taking Storm Harbor as the boundary, the map and terrain of Longyu Island are outlined, but the main information points are concentrated in a small area. The investigation should be carried out in different areas. The notes record the investigation of this airship where the range is.

After zooming in on the notes, the terrain, the direction of the mountains and streams were all clearly visible. Xuexian quickly found the Tower of Babel on the plain near the snowy area, and casually found their current coordinates.It turned out that the dragon didn't take him too far away, and that Tower of Babel was 120 out of 1.

On the note, the number of nearby dragon nests is marked in different colors.

Red is very dense (about 32 at a far distance from them), orange is generally dense (only one place, about 10), yellow is a small amount (a total of five places, respectively 4, 3, and 5 , 1 and 4), green means safe.

Xuexian opened his eyes slightly.

There is a yellow dot near their current location.

Although the notes were written decades ago, it still makes Xuexian a little nervous, because he knows that under the condition of a stable ecological environment, the reproduction of animals will only get better and better.

According to the history that Xuexian has heard, after the battle between humans and dragons, humans won, while the dragon race was extinct.

Now he knows that this is not only a lie, but also many secrets that these latecomers don't know.

This electronic notebook was of great help to Xuexian—in addition to the arrangement of the nearby dragon nests, he also saw a military supply station, which was used to replenish the necessities of the nearby reconnaissance planes, and there should be sufficient resources.

Long Gang ate a wild boar and curled up to sleep.

Xue Xian walked over with the electronic note, knelt gently on the ground, and said to Long: "Tu Tu Duo."

Long lazily opened his eyelids in response.

"I found a place where there may be many things left by humans." Apart from weapons, Xuexian said what he thought were useful, "such as canned food, biscuits... towels, clothes, quilts, etc., are all human life needed in."

"Those things have been well preserved in the ancestors' time. If we can find them, maybe they can still be used."

"It should be big and safe there. Both you and I can live in it temporarily without fear."

Regardless of whether Long could understand or not, Xuexian still said honestly: "Maybe there is a communicator or something, which can contact the habitat continent."

Xuexian gradually calmed down from the excitement of discovering the supply station.

In the past few days of being ill, he has been thinking a lot in a daze.

He is not an idiot, and it is not so easy to fully believe what "Mingmu" said, so he has doubts about the statement that "the temple was blown up clean".But he no longer blindly believes in those in power as before, and performs the so-called soul purification ceremony.

Long raised his head, looking at Xue Xian with his narrow and cold golden pupils.

It was silent and did not make any "goo" or "woo" sounds. When Xue Xian thought it didn't understand, its consciousness came into his mind.

This time, the dragon's whisper was more obscure.

"..."

It tells a series of long syllables, as if it came from a distant snowy area, bringing a bitter wind.

"Are you asking me, will you go back to my world?"

Xue Xian asked tentatively.

For some reason, he seemed to be able to understand what Long wanted to express occasionally.

Just like in the dream, when he became this dragon, he seemed to have an inexplicable connection with it.

Long closed his eyes and leaned his kiss against Xue Xian's chest.

Xuexian hugged its head, thought for a long time, and then replied: "...I don't know."

He slowly expressed his true thoughts: "I just want to figure out what kind of existence I am, what my responsibility is, and find... the meaning of my life."

The dragon heard the young man's heartbeat, from cowardly, chaotic, to firm, hitting human's thin chest one by one.

Heavier than when it first arrived.

Heavier than ever.

Xuexian had promised it.

Never drop it again, never leave without saying goodbye again.

Therefore, the dragon also gave its humans the privilege of choosing the direction.

"Well."

Long retreated a little, shook his head, then stood up and flapped his wings.

Xuexian froze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Will you take me there, Dududuo?"

The dragon raised his head and let out a long whistle, startling a flock of birds flying out of the forest.

"Okay!" Xue Xian stood up, showing her snow-white teeth and dimples, and said to Long, "but don't worry, we still have some things to do! I'm going to remove the audio transmitter on the airship first. Take it with you. In case you encounter a bad dragon who bullies you again..."

Long tilted his head: "Gu?"

Xuexian picked up the short-bladed saber on the ground, put on the sunglasses, turned around and said to Long, "This time, let me protect you!"