Monster Hunter: I can hear the monsters' thoughts

Chapter 207 Confession
Fire dragon eggs have extremely high nutritional value. In addition to being able to hatch fire dragon cubs, they are also an important raw material for certain rare medicines. Not only are they often coveted by various monsters (Saucy Bird:?), they are also a long-standing contribution in the Hunter Guild's commissioned tasks.

Of course, Lin Lin came here today not to be a despicable egg thief, but to fulfill his promise to a dying mother.

He untied his wrist armor, squatted down, and reached out to touch the big egg that was half a person's height. The coldness he felt made his heart sink slightly.

Through the memory images of the female fire dragon, he knew that in order for the fire dragon's eggs to hatch, the temperature had a high requirement. When the female fire dragon left the nest to go hunting, it would often cover them with the embers of the burning fire to preserve the heat.

This method may be suitable for emergency use, but it is conservatively estimated that at least half a month has passed since the female fire dragon last left the nest. The breeding season has long passed and the cold season is almost halfway through. Not to mention these embers, even a bonfire cannot last that long.

I'm afraid these dragon eggs are already dead...

Lin Lin sighed slightly, not knowing what was going on with this female fire dragon. Not only did she not raise offspring during the breeding season like most of her kind, but even the male fire dragon that was supposed to be with her was completely gone. If there were no "scumbags" among the fire dragons of the Old World, perhaps that male fire dragon would have met with an accident earlier than his wife.

Lin Lin shook his head slightly. These eggs were already lifeless. They would either rot here over time, or one day in the future, the new owner of this place would treat them as garbage...

It would be better to let him take it back to the village and exchange it for some money. Maybe Ai Cao would be particularly happy and develop something like dragon egg dumplings...

Thinking of this, Lin Lin leaned over and silently began to carry the dragon eggs out.

There are only three in total. With Tiao Tiao here, it is not difficult to take them all away. You just have to be careful not to let them bump into each other and break.

Soon, Lin Lin put the first two dragon eggs into the prop bags on both sides of Tiao Tiao's body. Just as Lin Lin returned to pick up the third one, his brows twitched slightly.

"what?"

"Boss, what's wrong, meow?"

Date felt very confused today. The boss should have been fully preparing for the trip to the Frozen Islands, but he inexplicably took an exploration mission and ran out. After wandering around for a while, he led them straight here. I don't know how the boss knew that this was a dragon's nest.

And now, Lin Lin's action of moving the eggs suddenly stopped there, which made Date's doubts reach the peak. So it could no longer suppress the confusion in its heart and asked questions.

"This egg... seems to be still alive?"

Jujube looked confused and imitated Lin Lin's actions, stretching out his cat paw and pressing it on the crystal eggshell, feeling it carefully for a moment.

It's just as cold, and I can't feel even the slightest pulse. It's obviously no different from the previous two eggs. Why does the boss say that?

"I...heard a cry..."

Lin Lin gently stroked the white eggshell with his palm, his eyes slightly closed.

"Although it is very weak, it is struggling...it wants to survive..."

"Just like its mother..."

Seeing Lin Lin muttering something in a daze, Yezao put his ear to the egg and listened carefully for a moment, but still found nothing.

So it looked at Lin Lin with a worried and fearful look. The boss looked like this... Could it be that he was possessed by an evil spirit?
Just when it was hesitating whether to hit the boss with a club to force the evil spirit to roll out of the boss's body, Lin Lin suddenly stood up, and with nimble hands and feet, he gathered a pile of dead branches used to build the dragon's nest and lit a bonfire next to it.

"Boss..."

Lin Lin picked up the dragon egg and sat down beside the fire. The dancing flames illuminated his face, making it appear flickering. "Date, I'm fine. This is an ability I've always had. Don't worry."

"Meow?"

Lin Lin smiled. "Why do you think I could use Xiong Er's belly as a pillow, why I could get along so well with Tiao Tiao, and why I felt so confident in bringing Puff back to the village?"

"Meow meow meow?"

Date opened its mouth in confusion. It seemed like it didn't understand what the boss was saying, meow?

"It's because of me that I can hear their voices, the voices that come from their hearts, which are more powerful than any words."

"I came here because I heard the female fire dragon's thoughts about her offspring before she died."

"I lit a bonfire here because I heard its sound—"

Lin Lin pointed to the dragon egg in his arms, "It said it was cold, and it said it didn't want to die."

Date's round eyes blinked and he didn't say anything for a long time.

Is this kind of thing really possible?
But when I think carefully about what I have seen and heard since I followed the boss, it seems that the boss has always been very perceptive.

When I first encountered Tiaotiao in the desert, I could tell at a glance that he was just bluffing and had no real intention of attacking...

When fighting against Fengshanlong, he was always able to predict the opponent's next move and counterattack accordingly...

When we left Rocklake and encountered the Ceratopsian, we could tell at a glance that it had been driven out to sleep on the street by its shrewd wife, and it just wanted to fight to vent its frustration and anger...

At the stream, he knew something was happening just by hearing the wolf howls. He didn't let them follow him and went to investigate alone. He also brought back the kind of detailed intelligence that only he could obtain after many actual battles...

When feeding Puff the fish, I noticed Tiaotiao's envy, so I fed Tiaotiao a big fish as well...

"So, even if I don't speak, Boss can still hear what I'm thinking, meow?"

Lin Lin looked back at it and gave an awkward but polite smile.

"That's not possible. My ability seems to be born for communication, but it has a special limitation. I can't hear what life forms that can speak language are thinking. I can only instinctively understand the meaning of their words."

Coconut Date suddenly understood. "No wonder I heard Sophia say that the village chief of Jieyun Village praised your excellent language talent. She hasn't figured out what it means yet and wants to get the answer from me!"

"But Boss, what language is the village head lady referring to when she mentions a talent for language?"

Coconut wanted to scratch his belly, but the skirt-like cat armor blocked his way. He shook his body awkwardly and then muttered to himself:

"It definitely can't be the common language of the continent, meow... Could it be Orcish? Or a minority language from that country?"

Lin Lin's mouth twitched. Good guy, you eliminate the correct answer first, right?

(End of this chapter)