Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 143 Great Progress in Research on the Ecology of Fire Dragons in the New World
Bathed in this environment full of life energy, Luo Yun exhaled comfortably and slowly lay down.

It seemed as if the fatigue of the body was greatly relieved at this moment.

Just as Luo Yun closed his eyes and immersed his body and mind in it, he vaguely heard some movements because his hearing was more acute after closing his eyes.

It's like when it's late at night and you're lying in bed with your eyes closed, you can vaguely hear someone renovating their house in the same building.

But when I concentrated my attention, the sound of the magma was drowned out by it.

Because this sound was mixed in with the sound of flowing magma, Luo Yun did not take it seriously and subconsciously thought that it was a normal phenomenon.

After absorbing the energy and relieving the uncomfortable feeling that had accumulated over the past few days, when Luo Yun left the earth vein branch, he did not see Yaji at the place where Yaji used to stay.

Luo Yun’s first reaction was that Yaji had left for something, not that something had happened.

The entrance of the cave where Yaji stayed for a long time was not far from the branch of the earth vein. According to Luo Yun's hearing, since no sound of fighting was heard, it was highly likely that nothing would happen.

However, Yaji's unusual disappearance still made Luo Yun's heart tighten. He flapped his wings and hurriedly came to the cave entrance. When he was about to call out, he saw Yaji staying at the fork in the road above the cave entrance, trembling slightly all over, like a frightened quail.

Luo Yun became alert instantly and flew quickly to Yaji's side. Just as he was about to see what had happened, Luo Yun, like Yaji, froze in place instantly, not daring to move or make a sound.

Looking towards the other side from this fork in the road, one could see that the passage there, which was large enough for several fire dragons to fly side by side, was now filled with something.

Although it was still a long distance away from where Luo Yun and Yaji were, at this distance Luo Yun could only see the bluish-white dragon scales that were growing in reverse order of the creature, and each dragon scale was as big as Luo Yun's wings.

The solid rocks underground were like a piece of tender tofu under those scales. They could be easily cut off just by brushing past them, without even making much noise.

Just by glimpsing a corner of the other party's body, the pressure emanating from the ecological niche was enough to force high-ecological-niche monsters like Luo Yun and Yaji, who had faced ancient dragons, to stay quietly in the corner and wait for the other party to leave.

It is hard to imagine what kind of existence this is.

It passed through the ground like a snake, until the last blade tail disappeared from the passage, the absolute pressure from the ecological niche began to slowly dissipate.

Luo Yun and Yaji's tense muscles finally relaxed. In the closed environment, a monster dozens of times your size passed by you. This kind of oppression even affected your body mentally. They kept gasping for breath in place to relieve their spirits.

This kind of pressure alone can give them the illusion that they have fought a great battle with organisms of higher ecological niches.

It is conceivable that if one really faces the other party, it will be a question whether one can muster the courage to fight.

After confirming that the other party had really left, Luo Yun spread his wings to cover Yaji's still slightly trembling body. Yaji came close to Luo Yun as if she had found support, seeking a breath of safety.

At this moment, Luo Yun's mind kept flashing back to the terrifying blade tail and the bluish-white reverse scales that he saw at the last moment. A name gradually emerged in his mind.

"Snake King Dragon!"

This is one of the world's true creatures, at the top of the food chain, and closest to being "taboo".

Even in the eyes of many people, he is a non-'taboo' creature that possesses power comparable to 'taboo'.

According to the records of the Hunter's Guild, the smallest size of the King of Snakes is 440 meters. This size alone is enough to make it stand at the top of its ecological niche, not to mention its absolutely powerful strength.

Luo Yun has always firmly believed in the existence of the Ophiuchus in the New World. Several areas of the Miasma Valley are built on the corpses of the Ophiuchus. These corpses have permanently changed the topography of the Miasma Valley.

Although he knew it, Luo Yun never thought that one day he would actually see a living King Lobosaurus.

The distance just now was not close enough for Luo Yun and Yaji!
But for the Tyrannosaurus Rex, turning over was more than that distance.

For such a super-large ancient dragon, just passing by can drastically change the ecology. It is not appropriate to describe the ancient dragon by saying that the ecology has to adapt to it.

It should be said that His existence is an ecosystem.

After Yaji recovered completely, Luo Yun turned around, and amid Yaji's worried growl, he spread his wings and flew towards the tunnel that the Snake King Dragon had just passed by.

The originally wide passage had now turned into an underground tunnel with a diameter of more than 50 meters, leading deep into the earth.

Along the way, the rocks cut by the King of Snakes had already been crushed into powder by its huge body.

Luo Yun didn't know where this passage led to, but for a monster of this ecological niche, there were only a few places in the New World that could attract him.

Restraining his curiosity, Luo Yun did not fly into the depths of the tunnel for his own death. Instead, he pretended to be calm and returned to the fork in the road. Seeing Yaji breathing a sigh of relief, he left with her.

Back on earth, the dry smell of the wasteland hit them in the face. After soaring for a long time under the vast sky, Luo Yun and Yaji finally relaxed completely.

The depressing environment underground and the sight of such an existence were always like a huge rock pressing on their hearts.

Luo Yun never thought that even though he had become the "giant beast" in his previous life, he would one day feel gigantic phobia again.

All I can say is that the water in this world is really too deep, so deep that you never know when a creature beyond your past imagination will emerge.

Luo Yun and Yaji quickly completed a hunt. After driving away the Zhanlong and Man'elong that wanted to steal their food, they did not eat much and returned to their residence with the food.

The impact of the snake king dragon in that environment was still a bit big for them, and it might take several days to fully recover. The days passed one by one, and Luo Yun also took three days to recover before re-entering the earth vein branch to absorb life energy.

Even so, when he was absorbing energy, he was still very alert, and any slight movement would attract his attention. This look was completely different from his previous attitude when he regarded the tributaries of the earth veins as a "sauna", fearing that an extremely dangerous monster would jump out from the deep underground at any time.

The engineers of the investigation team have been in the fire dragon's residence for several days. After the initial fears, they were afraid that they would accidentally do something that would cause misunderstanding and the fire dragons would attack them.

Gradually, they adapted to the situation and, under the protection of hunters and their followers, after surveying many places, they finally found a relatively hidden area suitable for breeding.

Shiitake pigs are not large in size and can be raised by building some suitable camouflaged buildings under the cover of trees.

There is nothing wrong with biting fish. This thing is just like the catfish in the previous life. If there is no proper means of handling it, the taste is so bad that most people will not touch it even if it is a monster.

What's more, biting fish are aquatic creatures, which are inherently quite safe.

Finally, I encountered a problem with the herbivorous dragon.

There are no "natural barriers" like the Star Stronghold near this settlement. There is no sufficient terrain to block monsters, and herbivorous dragons cannot be bred at all.

This gave Detel and the engineers a huge headache. For a moment, the breeding of herbivorous dragons was put on hold. They first began to prepare for the breeding of mushroom pigs and biting fish, cultivating them in a mushroom growing environment. The matter of the herbivorous dragons would be decided after other personnel and materials arrived.

Time passed quickly, and two months later, the transportation route between the investigation team and the Fire Dragon settlement was finally opened.

Among them, the fire dragons also made some contributions.

Of course, it doesn’t mean that the fire dragons will take the initiative to help open up the route, but Luo Yun asked the cats to move along that route as much as possible. He also spread the information among the fire dragons from time to time that there is a good hunting ground in that direction in the distance.

On this point, Luo Yun was not talking nonsense. There was indeed a good hunting ground in that direction. The only drawback was that it had become a place frequented by a group of Thousand Blade Dragons at some point.

In order to better obtain prey and fight against the Thousand Blade Dragons that disrupt the hunting of the Fire Dragons, often several male Fire Dragons go together to hunt.

The cats opened up transportation routes there. When they encountered monsters that were hostile to them, they would handle them themselves if they could. If they couldn't, they would blow the rescue horn after calculating the time.

At this time, the male fire dragons passing by will be furious and beat up the monsters that are "bullying" the cats and then drive them away.

Every time the rescue horn was blown, the cats would feel very guilty. Fortunately, the investigation team provided sufficient star dried meat as a reward. After each battle, the male fire dragons would leave with satisfaction.

For this reason, sometimes even male fire dragons will go to that route after returning from hunting to see if they can rescue the cats that have been "bullied".

That day, the investigation team's Felyne was driving a herbivorous dragon to pull a cart, transporting supplies on the road, and as expected, they were attacked by a large monster.

When the hunters were led away by the monster, a Barbarian Dragon appeared from nowhere and attacked the transport team again.

Without the protection of hunters, the transport team's weak Felynx had no choice but to abandon their supplies and flee. At this time, a male fire dragon in the sky that was about to go hunting in the distance also discovered the situation below.

Of course, the main thing was to discover the herbivorous dinosaur that pulled the cart.

So, when the herbivorous dragon was just killed by the Orcinus, the male fire dragon descended from the sky and defeated the Orcinus in a battle.

When I was about to enjoy the herbivorous dragon, I suddenly found the Feline hiding under the car.

The male fire dragon, who originally wanted to drive Felyn away, discovered the identity scale hanging around Felyn's neck under Felyn's horrified gaze. The scale was specially provided by the ancient tree fire dragon tribe to ensure that the investigation team's transport team would not be accidentally injured. After that, his attitude changed from ferocious to somewhat suspiciously friendly.

When the male fire dragon saw that this somewhat different cat did not offer the star jerky as quickly as the other Detters, he thought that the cat had forgotten to stock up on the star jerky.

This was not the first time this had happened, so after sniffing the Felynx at close range and remembering its scent, it left one of its scales behind when the Felynx thought it was going to die and looked pitiful, then grabbed the herbivorous dragon's body and flew away.

Later, when the hunters came back with Deter who came to pick them up, after hearing the description of the poor Elu cat, they finally understood the meaning of the male fire dragon's actions.

The amount of star meat jerky that the fire dragons Detel carry with them when they go out is limited. Sometimes, there is more than one fire dragon coming to support, which will result in not enough jerky.

So somehow, the dragon remembered the cat's scent, and the cat left a dragon scale. When they returned to the settlement, they would use the scale to make up for the missing star meat.

However, this Elu cat's fur color happened to be very similar to Detel's, and it also had special identity scales, so the male fire dragon mistakenly thought it was a member of the ancient tree fire dragon clan, which led to its subsequent actions.

After learning that there was such a procedure, the investigation team had an idea. Every time the transport team set out, they would specially select Felynx cats with fur color similar to the Detel of the ancient tree fire dragon clan, and carry their identity scales with them.

And after receiving support from the fire dragons, hunters who also wear identity scales will offer dried star meat as a reward, allowing the ancient tree fire dragons to gradually adapt to the approach of hunters.

Gradually, as time passed, sometimes, when the ancient tree fire dragons encountered hunters while hunting in the wild, they would not attack them at will. If the hunter was wearing the special identity scales made by the ancient tree fire dragons, they would not even mind the other party's existence.

However, this would sometimes lead to some puzzling situations that gave the investigation team headaches. Sometimes when they encountered a fire dragon in the wild, they did not know whether this fire dragon was a fire dragon from the ancient tree fire dragon group. Then, when they accidentally got close to it, they aroused the other party's vigilance and were forced to engage in battle.

However, despite such a great risk, the investigation team is still happy to do it. After all, the "very friendly" behavior of the ancient tree fire dragons has enabled the researchers to make a leap forward in their research progress on the fire dragon ecology of the New World.

In this way, the Star Stronghold and the settlement worked together, not only successfully opening up the transportation route in two months, but even successfully defending the transportation line when there was a slight shortage of manpower, relying on the occasional help of the ancient tree fire dragon group.

(End of this chapter)