Monster Hunter: This Fire Dragon has characteristics

Chapter 273 The potential crisis of the fire dragon group
At the conference table, there were obvious differences among the top leaders of the investigation team.

Some people think that for the Steel Dragon’s ancient dragon crossing this time, the Star Stronghold does not need to take any action and only needs to do the relevant protective work.

The investigation team is now only barely self-sufficient in terms of staff. Although the third phase team has four ships, 80% of them are scholars without combat capabilities. Even if they try to track down and investigate the steel dragon in the ancient dragon ferry this time, they will most likely not get any results in the end. Instead, they will greatly consume the materials accumulated in the stronghold over the years, greatly delaying the development of the stronghold.

The other side holds a different idea. They believe that although the frequency of the ancient dragon crossing has been shortened from once every hundreds of years to once every ten years in recent decades according to the guild's observations, it may suddenly become once every hundreds of years again. Therefore, they need to seize every opportunity during the ancient dragon crossing period and try to find out the reasons why the ancient dragons cross the river.

The two sides argued endlessly about this different point of view, which made the commander-in-chief and others a little confused.

They had asked Luo Yun vaguely about the matter of Gulong Ferry, but the only answer they got was "it's just a natural phenomenon". As for why the time of Gulong Ferry was shortened, Luo Yun just said "there is a powerful existence that attracted them to come."

This practice of only telling half of the story directly made the scholars even more confused.

If it was just a natural phenomenon, they would probably only guess about some habits of the creatures. However, knowing that the time of Gulong Ferry was shortened because of the attraction of certain creatures completely aroused everyone's curiosity.

What a magical existence that can attract ancient dragons?

However, after Luo Yun said these ambiguous words, he no longer answered any questions about Gulong Ferry, leaving the members of the investigation team in a dilemma. After some fruitless thinking, they directly sent the information back to the Old Continent, intending to let the scholars there study it as well.

Ultimately, the meeting ended without reaching a conclusion. Even Commander-in-Chief Carlos, who was always decisive and rational, was unable to make a final decision. He could only dismiss everyone and then have a good discussion with the Grand Commander. After all, the next decision would have an impact on the Star Stronghold for at least five years.

Although winter has arrived on the ancient tree, the temperature is not too low because of the abundant fire energy. At least the cats still only need to wear ordinary clothes and their own fur to keep warm.

In the past two years, no new members have been born on the ancient tree. It’s not that there are any problems with the fire dragons’ bodies, but that the blood in Luo Yun’s body is about to complete the entire transformation, and the degree of transformation has also reached this critical point.

Under the influence of the symbiotic characteristics, the fire dragons also realized that there was something wrong with their physical condition. Therefore, in the past two years, although the female fire dragons have been actively adjusting their physical condition and prolonging their pregnancy preparation time, no couple has chosen to give birth to offspring.

All the fire dragons are waiting, waiting for the day when they will complete their final transformation!
In addition, something that Luo Yun had been worried about since the fire dragons began to mutate finally happened.

After the mutation, the male fire dragons became isolated from their "concubines"!
There is actually a kind of rejection that the subspecies has towards the original species!
This means that the ancient tree fire dragon group is gradually beginning to deviate from its original ecological habits and is developing towards a new race.

This is not a subspecies, where only one or two appear in a population of hundreds, but a whole population of nearly 500 high-ecological-niche monsters!!
This situation can be seen as the evolution of organisms, but from another perspective, it can also be seen as a provocation to the existing order of nature.

The current group of ancient tree fire dragons is in a vague boundary. Perhaps only through time, opportunities and tests can we verify whether the current group of ancient tree fire dragons can become a part of the ecology of the new world. This is a long and continuous process.

In addition, the isolation of the ancient tree fire dragon group also had a great impact on the ordinary fire dragons in the New World. For two whole years, 60% of the female fire dragons living in the Big Ant Mound Wasteland did not give birth to cubs. Nothing can be seen in the short term, but over time, it will have a great impact on the original fire dragons.

One move affects the entire body. Going to the ancient tree for a "blind date" has become an instinct engraved in the genes of the New World Fire Dragon. If this matter is not handled well, even if Luo Yun successfully transforms and becomes a real ancient dragon.

Nature will not allow the existence of a group of ancient tree fire dragons that occupy the ancient trees.

Yaji descended into the nest with wings carrying flames. The steam formed by the evaporated water vapor dissipated above the nest. The surging flames made the already warm nest a little hot.

In the past few days, it began to rain in the ancient tree forest. The continuous rain made the fire dragons, who already hated the cold and humid weather, lose the idea of ​​going out to patrol the territory. Except for the necessary daily hunting and one or two patrols of the territory, they would squat in their nests most of the time.

The cats also urgently built a large awning for some fire dragon families in open nests so that the fire dragon couples could be more comfortable.

In the nest, Yaji squeezed into the nest and let Luo Yun's wings cover her somewhat "petite" body, and the body temperatures of both warmed each other.

But at this moment, Luo Yun looked at the cold rain outside the nest with some uneasiness. For some reason, he always recalled the battle between the Steel Dragon and the Mingbo Dragon that he saw in the Big Ant Mound Wasteland twenty years ago.

The rain at that time was so cold and so continuous!

The sense of urgency in my heart became stronger and stronger. My body felt like something was about to suffocate and was constantly struggling, trying madly to break free from the last restraints!

"Quick, quick! Cover the supplies in the open air with awnings. After everyone finishes their work, go to the assembly center to collect cold-resistant supplies!"

In the heavy rain, hunters, scholars, craftsmen and cats, under the command of a young man, built fortifications in an orderly manner.

On the high platform, the Grand Commander looked at the young man for a long time, then turned his head to look at the Commander-in-Chief beside him and said with a smile: "Your son is exactly like you back then. It looks like in a few years, when we are all old, he will be able to take over your job. By then, we can also return to the Old Continent to retire with peace of mind, hahahaha."

The commander-in-chief looked at the commander-in-chief speechlessly. Return to the Old Continent to retire?
He had never thought about this!

(End of this chapter)