Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 269: The cute cubs hatching from their shells request to establish a research base

On the fifteenth day of Rizhao, just as scholars had speculated, the first fire dragon cub successfully hatched from its shell. As expected, it was a healthy female fire dragon cub.

In the suitable temperature of 35 degrees, with its eyes closed, its big head swayed with a little egg liquid and white silk threads hanging on it. It sniffed with the tip of its nose but didn't smell the scent of its mother. It opened its mouth and immediately let out a loud and vigorous cry.

In the sky, the female fire dragons that were patrolling their surroundings stopped and looked down expectantly.

Soon, one of the female fire dragons let out a joyful roar, flapped its wings wildly, and swooped down.

When it arrived above the fire dragon egg, it seemed to react and turned around in the air, then carefully landed next to the female fire dragon cub.

He hummed softly from his nose and stuck out his tongue to lick the dirt off the cub's body.

The female fire dragon cub shook its big head with its eyes closed, feeling the warmth and wetness on its body and smelling the reassuring scent. Then it slowly stopped crying, instinctively spread its wings, and gently rubbed the chin of its female fire dragon mother.

This seemed to be the first time for this female fire dragon to be a mother. Feeling the touch on her chin, she couldn't help but want to spread her wings to vent the extreme joy in her heart, but she stopped at the last moment, fearing that she would accidentally hurt the newborn.

"Wow, wow!"

As if it had collected the scent of its mother, the female fire dragon cub opened its mouth and cried softly.

Looking at the actions of her cub, the female fire dragon mother was a little overwhelmed. She couldn't understand what the cub was trying to express at the moment, so she raised her head and looked around in panic. This helpless look made the female fire dragons in the sky who had been paying attention below feel the same.

They had behaved in the same way when they first hatched their young.

Fortunately, even though this female fire dragon was a first-time mother, there were experienced cats around.

Accompanied by the sound of a bone whistle, several cats wearing aprons quickly pushed over a cart of nutritious liquid food that had been prepared a few days ago.

Now, the female fire dragon mother also understood what she should do.

Through the large hollow spines in its chin, it feeds the hungry cubs little by little the nutritious liquid food made using cat food craftsmanship.

This heartwarming scene made the cats unable to hold back their tears.

The birth of this cub was really not easy!

At the edge of the big platform, little Xialong was watching this scene. He felt a sudden soreness in his nose. He turned his head to look at his old mother, only to find that Xia Guagua was also looking at him.

"Look at her mother!"

"Rebel!"

Well, as a little Mist Dragon who could only chew rotten plants after barely breaking out of the shell, he naturally did not experience the warm moment of the mother and daughter Fire Dragons at this moment, especially after his mother sold him gorgeously and shamelessly snatched his food. It is really hard to describe the relationship between him and his mother.

Xia Guagua also felt uncomfortable with the intimate behavior between the female fire dragon cub and the other female fire dragon. Apart from playing tricks on her every day, when had this rebellious son ever shown the intimate behavior that was only possible between a cub and its mother?
He has clearly given Xiao Xialong so much motherly love!
What a rebellious son!!
The parent-child interaction between the mother and child of the Xia dragon was not noticed by any other creatures except the dragons in question. Meanwhile, the hatching of the female fire dragon cub was like a signal, and more fire dragon cubs began to hatch one after another.

In less than half a day, all the female fire dragons came down and started feeding with the help of the cat.

The male fire dragons that had gone out hunting returned, and after a moment of excitement, they flew towards the hunting grounds again without saying a word.

The cubs were born successfully. According to the cat meal rules newly formulated by Luo Yun, they had to hunt more food in exchange for more cat meals.

As for eating ordinary raw meat like before?

Sorry, we didn’t have the conditions in the past, and now with cat food available, how can we let the cubs live the same life as before!
This meticulous care from parents seems to be an instinct shared by most family-oriented creatures. For fire dragons, this love will last for 3 to 5 years until the cubs have the ability to hunt on their own, and then it will disappear drastically.

By then, the baby dragons will not be able to eat cat food, let alone ordinary meat. Although they can still stay in their parents’ nest for a while, they are only worthy of eating dog food from their parents! !
With the birth of the fire dragon cub, the ancient tree became lively again. The previous silent atmosphere due to the issue of offspring was now completely washed away by the joy.

Three days later, with the last male fire dragon cub hatching from its shell, this batch of fire dragon eggs finally came to an end.

After the scholar's final check and determination that the last egg was dead, the cats immediately stepped forward and pushed a special cat cart to separate the eggs one by one, intending to transport them back to the dragon's original nest as a 'nutritious meal' for the newborn cubs and female dragons.

The hatching rate was also successfully calculated at 30%, which has exceeded Luo Yun’s initial expectations. This is a relatively satisfactory hatching rate for the current group of ancient tree fire dragons.

As for the male-to-female ratio, it still reaches four to one.

It seems that even if the genes mutated, it still couldn't break the male-female ratio of the New World fire dragons.

After exiting the sunlight state, Luo Yun slowly descended. At this time, he saw the short dragon scholar, accompanied by a cat, walking towards him awkwardly.

"Dear Fire Dragon King, we hope to select a place on the ancient tree to build a special ancient tree forest research base, and we hope to get your consent."

This is the deputy director's request, and it is also the request discussed by scholars during this period.

During this time, they have gained the recognition of the fire dragons. Under the protection of the cats and the fire dragons, and without too many external threats, establishing a research base in the ancient tree seems to be a good choice.

Not only can we better observe the Fiery Sun Dragon, but we can also conduct relevant research on ancient trees and ancient tree fire dragons. It is an idea that kills two birds with one stone.

Therefore, after discussion, the deputy director took advantage of the moment when the fire dragon was most friendly to them to make this request to Luo Yun.

As expected, Luo Yun readily agreed to this matter.

Although there are few scholars in the Star Stronghold nowadays, almost all of them are all-round elites. If a research base is established specifically on the ancient tree, it will also be a good thing for the ancient tree fire dragon group.

At least when a situation like the fire dragon eggs occurs, these scholars can be asked for help as soon as possible.

I'm sure they'll be happy to do that!
(End of this chapter)