I draw skills in Monster Hunter World

Chapter 278 Ecological Formation

A month passed quickly.

The lush forest ecology and the high-energy environment near the core of the earth's veins have attracted a large number of creatures to settle in.

Insects, fish, birds, shrimps, lizards, butterflies, turtles and frogs, species from the New World, gradually appear in every corner.

Unique species of ancient trees are also spreading and growing.

The basic ecology has taken shape, and the forest terrain has begun to expand explosively.

Big ferocious jackal dragon, tickling bird, big strange bird, poisonous demon bird, barbarian jaw dragon, male fire dragon

All kinds of monsters swarmed in and started fighting for each other.

During this period, Li Ming was extremely tired every day, but his proficiency in controlling the fog balls [Rain] and [Cloud] also improved significantly.

At noon, the sky is clear, with sparse clouds floating high in the sky.

One dark cloud stands out in particular.

Plop-tat-tat~

The rodent flaps its wings restlessly.

Li Ming in the dark clouds immediately felt something.

"It should be that Mingbolong and Biemeizi are fighting again. It's a good opportunity."

A strong wind surged up, and dark clouds moved forward in the mid-air.

During the period of expanding the forest terrain, the two sides had already clashed several times, and Li Ming had long been accustomed to this.

Since Biemeizi had the upper hand, Li Ming did not take action.

Every time Mingbolong felt that it was about to be unable to resist, it would flee to the edge of the giant pit.

It's not clear why, but this strategy is quite useful.

This balanced situation is exactly what the human side wants to see, and Li Ming will naturally not take the initiative to break it.

Hucha~hucha~

The water surges on the huge waterlogged coral leaves.

Tick~

On the black wing membrane pierced by thorns, thick blood of the ancient dragon dripped continuously.

The dazzling and lustrous phantom whiskers extending outward from the chin are no longer shining.

The surface of the body is dim, gray and dull.

Pooh~pooh~

After vomiting a small amount of water from his mouth, the fangs that were accidentally swallowed during the battle fell into the puddle under his claws.

Mingbo Long wanted to fill his body with water at this moment, and it was not far from the coast.

But if he can't save everything, he will encounter the Nergigante again, which will make him extremely miserable.

Waiting for rain is the best option, but for some reason, there has been very little rainfall on the Coral Platform recently.

However, thinking of the gloomy sky before, Mingbolong still looked up to the sky with expectation.

What can be seen is the last remaining dark cloud, which is drifting away with the wind and flying towards the nearby forest terrain.

Mingbolong finally confirmed that the reason why he was carrying a heavy load was because there were other ancient dragons who were trying to calm down the time for him.

The local cologne is so wicked.

A vague concept gradually took shape in his consciousness.

"The wind is so strong, meow!"

Even if Mi Duoduo is wearing the Storm Cat Armor, he must bind himself to Li Ming with worm silk to prevent him from being blown away.

"Yes, meow!"

The cloth at the end of the other worm thread indicates approval.

Li Ming obviously noticed it, but the core configuration of the fog balls that pulled the clouds did not change.

It's still Lan Long's [Rain] and [Cloud], plus Steel Dragon's [Wind Control].

After checking around, he found that the [Wind Control] fog ball was flashing with gray light, and its stimulation was extremely powerful.

"Just stealing the clouds from the Coral Platform, why does it make the Steel Dragon's will so excited? Does it still hold a grudge about being repelled by the Mingbo Dragon when it landed in the New World?"

Li Ming quickly made a guess.

Boom~Wow~

Thunder rolls and heavy rain falls.

All things in ancient trees and forests are nourished and full of vitality.

Li Ming and the two cats fell to the ground.

After setting up the awning, we grilled the cat lizard hunted on the mainland coral platform.

The reason why they do not hunt in the ancient tree forest is because the guild has issued a ban on hunting in advance.

Everything is just to make this regional ecology operate and expand faster.

Li Ming, who was full, leaned against the big tree and looked at the map that was updated almost every day.

"There is a large anthill wasteland between the two places, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

Naturally, the more regional ecological species there are outside the mountain walled city, the better.

Because every additional one can form a natural barrier to many monsters.

But the topographic environment of the Great Ant Mound Wasteland can only be formed naturally, and the harsh environment of the desert is not friendly to humans.

Half a month later, the bilateral expansion finally came to an end.

Colorful land corals border with emerald green vegetation, touching and embedded in each other.

In the end, no one can influence and cannibalize the other, and the ecological expansion in this direction stops.

At this point, a buffer zone that takes into account both hunting and regional isolation has finally been firmly formed.

Li Ming felt that it was time to take a good rest.

One person and two cats landed in the rising stronghold that was being expanded.

The huge branches of the ancient tree have spread out and grown, completely covering the roof of the house, and the thick leaves completely block the sunlight.

Under the shade of the trees, the hunters were placing railings for the walking pterosaurs to rest in the soil.

If you are taken away from the flying dragon, there is a risk of being attacked by the monster in the air.

However, this method of traveling in the wild has too much mobility.

The association then conducted in-depth research and issued some detailed rules to pay attention to when flying.

Come to the counter and read the information compiled by Sophia.

Li Ming felt a little relieved after confirming that there was nothing unusual except for the emergence of leyline nodes and the gathering of a large number of monsters.

The appearance of batches of battle-experienced monsters is indeed a new challenge.

But it is much better than the previous situation of Gulong's separatist rule.

Monsters that occupy the nodes of the earth line at the same time will not share it generously with other monsters.

Frequent competition and consumption among powerful individuals will also benefit humans in disguise.

Just like the area of ​​the Wasted God Community in the past, the overlords fought for each other around Yuquan Township all day long.

I have absolutely no interest in Feiye Fortress.

It wasn't until Lan Long arrived and drove away the monsters that the disaster occurred.

"The situation has finally stabilized."

"Yes, and let me tell you some good news. This place may become the base of the guild's field branch."

Sophia handed over a glass of beer and whispered.

"That's right. When hunting is allowed, hunters will be able to stay in the wild."

"Recently, I have seen many resident hunters from other villages settling in the stronghold, waiting for the ban to be lifted to flex their muscles. I feel that everything is developing in a good direction."

Sophia said with emotion.

If the villages and towns themselves cannot escape the crisis, it is naturally impossible for the hunters in the villages to go out to hunt, collect materials, and build the equipment they want.

Since the complete fall of East Doruma, humanity has also hit rock bottom.

However, thanks to the outstanding performance of the ruthless team, they are now out of despair.

"I hope this hard-won balance will not be broken easily."

After Li Ming finished speaking, he raised his glass and drank.

A week later, the hunting ban in the ancient tree jungle was lifted.

Unfortunately, there are still relatively few hunting contracts.

Basically, they are tasks such as maintaining transportation lines, or escorting researchers to conduct research deep into the forest.

But the hunter team with a slightly higher star rating did not feel depressed.

Because of the hunting contract issued on the Coral Platform at the same time, everything from the Cat Lizard to the Fang Pterosaur to the Wind Drift Dragon and the Misty Claw Dragon were included. However, the frequent appearance of ancient dragons and the rapid ecological evolution mean that the area is not very well explored.

Therefore, hunting is extremely uncertain and dangerous.

But correspondingly, hunting rewards have increased, and the guild has also made concessions on the material sharing ratio.

As a result, the enthusiasm of the hunter team was unprecedentedly high.

The hunter team goes out to hunt, brings back materials, clears the way, and resolves crises.

The villages and towns that have been built flourish, build armor weapons, increase logistics investment, and provide more comprehensive support to the hunter team.

Once this complementary virtuous cycle is correctly started, it will be the beginning of the prosperity of villages and towns.

Guild headquarters in the mountain fortress.

Li Ming pondered for a long time and chose a card called [Fly, Floating Dragon! ] contract.

In addition to wanting to obtain the inhalation mist ball, he also wanted to investigate the situation there. If possible, it would be best to meet with Biemeizi.

Take a look at what the other person is doing.

As for the two teammates, there are no hunting plans in the near future.

Ni Shuang participated in the research on two monsters restarted by Longli Academy, and visited and investigated with researchers in various places.

Chu Ying accepted the guild's invitation and led three five-star hunters to deal with some difficult emergency contracts.

The rapidly expanding ancient forest has brought many benefits.

But it only brought a devastating blow to the maintenance of the slide rail.

The railway was either blocked by ancient tree roots that stretched out or overturned by tree trunks that broke through the ground.

Then there was a big and vicious jackal blocking the road, trying to use its body to hit the front of the car.

It is common for transportation lines to be disrupted several times a day.

Li Ming went intermittently along the way, and rushed to the entrance of the Rising Stronghold with Lunch and decided to change to other means of transportation.

On the rows of railings at the door, a pterosaur immediately took off and jumped to Li Ming's side.

This pterosaur named Xiao Fei was domesticated by Li Ming.

The reason is simple. Being dragged along by the opponent is relaxing and comfortable.

So as long as he is not in a hurry, he will take it with him when traveling recently.

However, the journey of the rail car had already wasted a long time, so Li Ming decided to save the relaxing and comfortable journey for the return trip.

So he picked up Xiao Fei, strong wind surged around him, and he flew into the sky at high speed.

The other pterosaurs standing on the railing looked at me and I looked at you, but they always felt that something was not quite right.

On the water-logged coral leaves in the outer area, a thin yellow mist slowly rose around it.

Xiao Fei, whose wings were a little stiff, was pinned to the railing by Li Ming.

Make sure it maintains its balance and won't fall, then slowly let go.

This is the camp Li Mingmi Duoduo set up when he first visited.

The cats in the emergency cat truck have been living here for a while.

Relying on Li Ming's self-produced stink bomb, he has never been infested by monsters.

However, some hunting teams would pass by and said that the smell of stink bombs was very strong.

If a team encounters difficulties, the cats will also provide various assistance.

After glancing at the ecological information collected by Maomao, Li Ming found that there was no abnormal movement in the surrounding area. Li Ming changed his equipment and continued on the road with Midoduo.

The balance was finally established and he didn't want to break it.

But Mingbolong looked up at the sky all day long, studying the direction of the clouds, looking a little dazed.

Li Ming didn't want to irritate the opponent, so he loaded the pure muscle system fog ball with the weakest external induction.

The armor and weapons are all made from the original silver dragon.

In this way, with the sealing characteristics of the [Scaleless Carapace], the external induction will be further blocked.

Relying on the big flying insect jump point maintained by Aibo, he can rush forward at high speed in areas with huge terrain differences.

At the same time, he did not forget to hunt a few cat lizards and leave them for Aibo as supplies along the way.

[Fly, floating dragon! 】The location marked in the contract is similar to the location provided by Aibo.

The client is Longliyuan.

The content is to obtain the skin of the floating dragon for use in the research of new airship airbags.

This kind of research can only be restarted when the overall situation of mankind improves.

Tian Hui Long focuses on the earth's veins and no longer crosses the continent at high frequency, which should also play a certain role in boosting.

Li Ming naturally supports it. After all, technological development is also one of the important means to fight against monsters.

If the dark red dragon whose will is "destruction" really gets mad in the future, he will not be confident enough to be able to turn the tide on his own.

In the evening, one person and one cat arrived at the target location.

There are patches of cherry-pink coral trees here, which look particularly beautiful and dreamy.

"Since there are no specific targets or restrictions, that means you can hunt any one you want."

Li Ming confirmed the contract again, rolled it up and put it away.

Chichi~

Midoduo was at the side, already polishing the knife for peeling.

Explore the area for a while.

Hu~hu~

A cold wind surging high in the sky was noticed by Li Ming.

Looking up, the wind-drifting dragon, whose wings resemble butterfly wings, is swooping down from a height with a cold current.

"Are you hunting the Aromatic Pterosaur? Logically speaking, you don't have to put in so much effort."

Li Ming raised the telescope and followed the trajectory to observe.

I saw a spherical monster that used its breath to help it escape quickly.

The fur on the monster's body is white, like a pom-pom.

The two wings folded back to the side are pink and cute.

The exhalation boost has a strong acceleration effect, but at the same time, the spherical body is rapidly drying up.

Fortunately, the opponent was about to touch the ground, and he barely escaped the high-altitude flying attack of Feng Piaolong.

"Thank you, Feng Piaolong."

Li Ming was still thinking about how to track it.

Unexpectedly, under the pursuit of Feng Piao Long, he directly witnessed the location of the floating dragon.

Rushing towards it, the two dragons are confronting each other.

Because he was in the middle of the distance between the two dragons, Li Ming felt like he was standing in the referee's position.

Take off the ornately engraved silver ax sword and shield.

The two dragons were still staring at each other warily, not paying much attention to Li Ming's presence.

Haven't you noticed? He has such a strong breath sealing ability.

Li Ming finished praising.

The floating dragon began to inhale vigorously, and its body swelled into a ball shape.

Although the Wind-Drifting Dragon is not a Frost-Winged Wind-Drifting Dragon, its skin does not have metallic luster, so it does not look like a battle-hardened individual.

But for a monster that is obviously weaker than itself, it only lowers its head slightly, obviously showing obvious confidence.

A hunter with similar combat power would have to wait until the two sides decided the winner before attacking, but Li Ming felt that there was not much need.

Ow!Ow!

"Ow!"

Three roars sounded one after another. The two dragons noticed something was wrong and quickly turned to observe.

The bulging floating dragon and the air cannon are gathering momentum.

Facing the oncoming attack, Li Ming did not flinch.

boom!

A spherical air mass is coming.

Li Ming felt for a moment, and he was about to press forward with the shield and suddenly retreated.

Huh!

The spherical air mass was chopped into pieces by a vertical sword strike.

(End of this chapter)