Whispers of the Dragon

Chapter 31

The arrival of summer lengthens each day and makes time slow down.

They are always on the road.

Sometimes when he took the wrong route, he would stop and check. Xuexian would carefully discern the trend of the landform, and he was not in a hurry.Most of the time, they were walking on the correct route. For Xuexian, it seemed that he had no reason to retreat now, and only the Mishus supported him to continue walking.

In the main city daily, someone once wrote an exclusive interview about this Holy Son.

The reporter commented on Xue Xian, saying that he has a gentle personality, maybe not as confident and dazzling as the previous sons, but he has a special tenacity in him.Xuexian didn't know what tenacity was, he thought, maybe he had to find a goal to continue.

They never encountered another dragon.

Perhaps once the courtship period is over, other dragons will stop flying around looking for a mate.

Xiaolong is always by Xuexian's side, and the time he even spends hunting is greatly shortened.

This seems to be intentional.

They don't have a fixed nest, so they can't guarantee that Xuexian will stay in a safe environment every time.After meeting the female dragon last time, this little dragon is now consciously catching some animals that are easier to hunt, so that it can return to Xuexian more quickly.

It seems to be getting more and more sensible.

Xuexian was grateful, and really thought this dragon was very good.

Of course, it would be even better if we were smarter in terms of communication and could quickly understand why human beings cannot be called "Yuka".Xue Xian guessed that it might not have communicated with other dragons much since it was a child, which made him a little distressed.

One day when they arrived in a desert, Xuexian found a shiny object in the sand. He picked it up, took off his sunglasses, and saw that it was a ring embedded with precious stones.

Standing behind Xuexian, Long leaned over with his neck down, looking curiously at the things in Xuexian's hand: "Huh?"

"It's so beautiful." Xue Xian admired, and casually put it on her finger to play with, "Does it look good on me?"

The ring was a bit big, dangling on Xuexian's slender finger, the jewel was as bright as his eyes.

Humans like shiny things very much, such as the mirror found in the fortification box, the pendant given by Ainuo, and this small thing in front of me. Every time Xuexian receives it, her eyebrows and eyes will be crooked, revealing dimples.

The dragon probably thought his fingers were prettier, so he licked them with his tongue.

Xue Xian said angrily, "Huh—a lot of saliva, Dudu Duo."

He wiped his hands casually on his body, but he didn't look angry at all.

But the next time the dragon came back from hunting, it brought back a shiny stone.

This is a kind of spar on the infinite star, which is very common. The inside of the stone is full of brilliance, and the refractive index is very good after cutting. It is a very good jewelry material.

Xuexian didn't know what the dragon was doing with the stone, but the dragon spat the stone in front of him, pushed it forward with its paws, and touched his face with its snout.

"Yuka."

It says so.

Xue Xian asked in surprise: "Do you mean to give it to me?"

Long: "Woo."

It turned out to be a gift for him!Xuexian was both surprised and delighted, and being moved, he picked up the stone and put it in his backpack cherishingly.

But then, the dragon began to bring this kind of gift to Xuexian after each hunting, one piece after another, with different shapes.Xuexian put them away properly. When resting on the road or when he couldn't sleep at night, he took all the stones out of the bag, put them on the ground, and stacked them for playing.

This behavior may have misunderstood the dragon again.

It began to send Xuexian bigger stones, which made Xuexian's backpack heavier and heavier, and his shoulders were lower and lower.

Finally, one time, when the dragon brought back a stone that couldn't fit into the backpack at all, Xuexian couldn't help but tell it: "Tududuo, don't give me any more gifts."

The dragon had just finished preying, and there was still a fishy smell on its mouth and body.

It was sitting aside and licking its own scales to clean up, but it was stunned when it heard the words, as if it didn't understand.

Afraid that it would be sad, Xue Xian said, "I really like the stones you gave me, but I really can't carry them on my back."

He took out the big stones from his backpack, and then dumped the rest of the small ones on the ground. The big and small glowing stones surrounded Xuexian in the center, making him seem to be glowing too.

Seeing Long looking at him for a moment, Xue Xian suggested: "Look, these stones are very beautiful and perfect. Let's pick the most beautiful one and take it away, and stack the others here. As a sign that we have been here. If we have the opportunity in the future, we can come and take them. What do you think?"

The dragon came over, dragging its wings, circling around Xuexian.

Xue Xian sat in a pile of shiny stones, and was a little dizzy by it: "Tu Tu Duo!"

Long rushed over a little bit, and pressed Xue Xian to lie down.

Xuexian was carrying a small stone and backpack on his back, and was tickled by the dragon licking his face and neck, making him laugh.The dragon whimpered eagerly, the light reflected from the scales made Xue Xian unable to open his eyes, so he could only hug the dragon's head to compete with it.

Summer is coming quietly.

Xuexian was lying on the ground, and in the daytime, he also saw stars passing by in the sky.

There will be star waterfalls appearing in these two days.

"By Kagram!"

Long's consciousness became more and more low, Xue Xian's shadow was reflected brightly in the golden pupils, and it seemed that it was no longer so cold in summer.

The scenery was so beautiful that Xuexian didn't go to correct Long anymore.

He suddenly felt that it didn't matter if it was called wrong, it was just a majestic, loyal and cute little dragon.

"Stupid Dragon."

After enough trouble, Xuexian struggled to get up, chose the smallest, roundest and brightest stone among a pile of stones, and said to Long, "Then I will choose. I like this one, Tutuduo, you Which one do you like best?"

Of course, the dragon doesn't care about the choice, it listens to Xuexian.

In fact, although Xuexian chose the stones he likes, he is still reluctant to part with the rest.It took him a long time to stack them one by one. The stack was very stable, about forty or fifty centimeters high, like a pointed tower.

"This is a kind of beauty of balance." Xuexian stood up with gestures, reminding Long to be as gentle as him.

After standing far away, he announced: "This is a joint work by Xue Xian and Tu Duduo! Congratulations, it won the 'Summer Festival' creative artwork No.1!"

Xuexian awarded the award to the work in a fair and impartial manner, and then opened his arms, throwing himself on the chest of another co-winner, celebrating warmly with it.

The journey to find the Mitheus finally ushered in the end of the day.

When he was about to arrive, Xuexian had discovered some human creations one after another.There are some large remnants with strange shapes and unknown uses, steel shells exposed on the ground, and several dried human bones have been encountered.

Because of the energy leakage of Mitheus, the nearby soil and ecology have been completely destroyed, forming a barren and deserted Gobi.

Xuexian didn't see any living things, nor did he see any water source. It seemed that only he and the dragon existed in the whole Gobi, except for the sound of the wind, it was eerily quiet.

The behavior of the dragon is relatively ordinary, indicating that there should be no danger nearby.

But it is not suitable for people to walk in such a place for a long time, Xuexian called the dragon's name, grabbed its dragon wings, and climbed up its back.

After flying for about half an hour, they saw a huge diamond-shaped black block on the ground—that was the legendary Myseus.

From time to time, meteors streaked across the sky.

But Xuexian didn't have time to appreciate it anymore, he made the dragon circle a few times in mid-air, and observed the Mitheus.

More than 1000 years have passed, and the appearance of the Mitheus is still as good as new. Even if it is covered with a fine layer of yellow sand, the black shell seems to be faintly flowing with dark light.There is a round protrusion near Misius, which is small compared to Misius, but after landing, Xue Xian discovered that it is also very large. It should be the bunker that Alexander and the others mentioned.

When the ancestors came, they expanded the bunker and took root next to the Misius, and established a base for the first generation of reproduction on the infinite star.

According to the location of the bunker, Xue Xian found the entrance hatch of the Mississ - the hatch seemed to be blown open by something, some lines and pipes were scattered here and there, and the ground was covered with sand.

"Tu Tuduo!"

When Xuexian turned his head, he saw Long sitting not far away, looking up at the sky.

At this time, the twilight is close, the clouds in the sky are dyed golden by the golden light of Theia, and the female star has risen from the other end.

There are more and more meteors appearing.

Three or four... seven or eight... They are passing by the infinite star, and some stars have long tails, leaving behind several dreamy halos.

Even if it is a dragon, that huge figure looks small in the wilderness.

Long seems to like watching shooting stars.

It's been like this for days.

The meteors had become more concentrated this day, and there was no doubt that there would be a star shower later.The star waterfall and the actress appear at the same time, which belongs to the summer, a super sky phenomenon once a year.

Xuexian called it again, and then it turned its head and looked at Xuexian with those golden pupils.

For some reason, Xue Xian's heart skipped a beat, as if sensing something unusual.

That feeling was a little familiar, and it reminded Xuexian of the first time he looked at it in the highlands in the middle of the lake, and felt its chaotic emotions and slightly restless heart.

But the dragon shook his head, and soon crawled over with both wings and feet: "Woo."

Xuexian was relieved a little, and touched the dragon's chest with his hand: "I have to go in and have a look, you wait here for me, okay?"

The dragon's scale armor is not as cold as before, and it is a little hot, probably because of the hot weather.

It licked its human: "Yuka."

"...Yuka." Xuexian imitated its pronunciation, a little wanting to laugh, "Good dragon."

Xue Xian entered the Mississ.

The spaceship has landed here for thousands of years, and the interior is no longer what it used to be, but some lines are still working.Xuexian stepped in, and a red sensor light lit up inside the cabin.

The Mitheus is too big to be seen at a glance, except for the red light, it is pitch black everywhere.

Xue Xian's palms holding the saber were sweating slightly, and he walked slowly inside.

It's like a maze here, but as Alexander said, it's very safe.

Xuexian gradually relaxed. He walked through several cabins, and could barely distinguish some functional areas.Xuexian had never boarded a spaceship, nor had he carried out "archaeology", so he came here with a curiosity-seeking mentality.But the deeper you go, the mentality is gradually replaced by wonder and awe.

There were tens of thousands of people who worked on the Misius.They built it, followed it here from the earth, shouldered the mission of human rebirth, crossed the galaxy, and sowed the seeds of hope in alien stars.

That kind of courage has spanned thousands of years, and to this day, Xue Xian, who walked in here, was agitated and had the urge to cry.

The empty and mysterious cabin has three floors.

But the elevator had broken down long ago, and the steel plate was hanging in the air. Xue Xian climbed up and looked up, and found that the door of the second floor was half open, so he squeezed out from here.

The floor height of the second floor is lower than that of the first floor, and the induction lights are white, and the irradiation range is also larger.

Xue Xian felt that his eyes suddenly opened up.

The gray layer here is less than the first floor, and there are many closed doors with different signs on them. Xuexian doesn't know what they are for, but none of the doors can be entered.

He walked inside for about half an hour, and when he felt like he was going around in circles, he found a blank area.

Afterwards, he stopped in his tracks - on the ceiling and floor here, there were totems with the same tattoos on his body.

Complicated patterns and star maps are combined, beautiful and ancient.

The first time Xuexian saw this totem was on the body of the previous holy son, Amber.

He was six years old at the time, and he was still in class at the nursery school affiliated with the Temple.One day Dr. Bai told him that the holy son Amber passed by here and wanted to see him.Xuexian had never met Amber formally, but Amber held his hand and chatted with him for a long time like an older brother.

"Xuexian." Amber asked gently, "You will go to the temple next year. The life in the temple is a bit hard, are you afraid?"

Xuexian shook his head: "I'm not afraid. I want to be like you, to be an excellent son."

"What about the pain?" Amber is beautiful, his lips are like pink petals, and his blue eyes are like calm sea water, "Are you afraid?"

Amber pulled up the sleeves of the wide holy robe, revealing the tattoos on her arms: "Like this, get some tattoos every year until the totems are all over your body."

Xuexian was a little scared, and couldn't help shrinking his neck back: "Will it hurt?"

"It hurts," Amber said.

Little Xue Xian clenched her fists: "..."

"I will be brave." In the end Xuexian replied childishly, "Because we are the hope of mankind."