National Survival: I Supported the Dragon Nation by Hunting Dinosaurs

Beneath Zhang Li's palm was a cold, hard touch, like caressing a piece of finely polished alloy.

He knew that the creature before him was no longer a simple Quetzalcoatlus.

That thunderstorm, that mysterious 40th pair of chromosomes, gave it new life.

"Let's go home." Zhang Li flipped over and straddled Cang Yu's broad back with practiced ease.

Cang Yu did not resist, but let out a low cry. The sound was extremely penetrating and was no longer the previous roar. Instead, it carried a metallic dragon's roar.

The next second, Zhang Li felt a terrifying push-back sensation.

"boom!"

The sonic boom cloud exploded behind Cang Yu. Without even taking a running start, with just a single flap of its wings, its entire body shot straight into the sky like a cannonball!

That's incredibly fast!

It's at least three times faster than before!

The strong wind stung Zhang Li's cheeks, forcing him to press his body tightly against the hollow of the dragon's back to maintain his balance.

"Slow down! Back to camp!" Zhang Li shouted, pressing the command button on the controller at the same time.

However, Souha showed no reaction to the weak current released by the controller.

It's like a child who has just received a new toy, full of curiosity about this transformed body.

Instead of obeying the command, it continued to climb upwards at an even more tricky angle!

The all-seeing eye is showing an ever-increasing altitude!

5,000 meters... 7,000 meters... 9,000 meters...

Zhang Li's heart sank.

Azure Feather has gone out of control!

To be precise, it has developed its own will!

This is no longer a beast enslaved by chips, but a companion with rudimentary intelligence...

He must rebuild the rules.

Zhang Li increased the current output of the controller.

"Sizzle—"

The intense electric shock caused Cang Yu to let out a long, painful groan, and his flight became slightly erratic.

But then, an even more violent will came from below.

Like an enraged rebellious teenager, instead of lowering its altitude, it suddenly folded its wings, and its whole body shot vertically toward the higher and more distant sky like a sharp arrow!

10,000 meters!

11,000 meters!

13,000 meters!

……

Blue Star, Dragon Kingdom Live Stream Room.

Academician Ma's cloudy old eyes were filled with horror.

"This altitude is probably over ten thousand meters! And it's still climbing!"

"This has broken the known flight limits of life on Earth! This is the cruising altitude of a Boeing 747!"

Wang Bingbing's voice trembled: "Academician Ma, what does this height... mean?"

Academician Ma said, slowly and deliberately, "It means death."

"Above 10,000 meters is the 'death altitude' in the aviation industry. The temperature is below minus 50 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen content in the air is less than 30% of that at ground level."

Humans exposed to this environment will fall into a coma within thirty seconds due to acute hypoxia without any external force, and will suffer brain death within minutes.

"Zhang Li's situation is extremely critical!"

……

Prehistoric world, 13000 meters above the ground.

Zhang Li felt that with each breath he could only inhale cold, thin air, bringing a tearing pain.

The oxygen in the blood is being lost rapidly.

His brain began to buzz, everything in front of him became blurry, and the edges of his vision began to darken—the most direct warning of brain hypoxia.

He felt like his blood was about to freeze.

He gripped the bony protrusion on Cang Yu's back tightly.

"Damn it... if this continues... I'll die..."

He tried using the controller again, but the response he received was an even more frantic ascent of Azure Feather.

This guy is sulking with him!

We can no longer use coercive measures.

Zhang Li's consciousness began to blur. He gave up the controller and, with his last bit of strength, pressed his lips close to Cang Yu's cold neck.

"Azure Feather... get down..."

His voice was almost completely drowned out by the whistling wind.

"Get down..."

Zhang Li's body went limp, and he almost fell.

The unruly blue-blooded behemoth suddenly stopped flying.

It slowly turned its head away from the hideous head, and a complex emotion flashed in its deep blue vertical pupils.

It understood.

"hold head high--!"

A desolate dragon's roar resounded through the sky.

The Azure Feather stopped climbing, folded its wings, turned its massive body around, and swooped down towards the dark green carpet below.

……

I don't know how much time has passed.

Zhang Li's mind cleared up, and he greedily inhaled the moist air, each breath bringing back sensation to his stinging lungs.

He came back to life.

Cang Yu was gliding smoothly at a height of about two hundred meters above the ground, the warm sunlight shining on him, dispelling the chill of the high altitude.

Zhang Li understood.

From now on, the controller will only be an aid; true bonds need to be built with care.

This reborn sky overlord can no longer be viewed as a wild beast.

"Let's go home," Zhang Li said softly.

However, the reborn Cangyu seems to be filled with curiosity about everything in the forest.

Like a child just learning to walk, it began to dart rapidly through the forest, sometimes skimming the treetops, sometimes plunging into the river and creating huge splashes on the surface.

It is enjoying this brand new body, enjoying this unparalleled speed.

Zhang Li shook his head with a wry smile and did not stop it any further.

Let it play a little longer.

But just then, a series of dense red alerts suddenly popped up within the range of Zhang Li's all-seeing eye!

Multiple human life signals detected

[Possesses pistols, explosives, shotguns...]

Zhang Li's eyes instantly turned cold.

This location... is too close to their camp!

He never expected that the people from the Seventeen Nations Alliance would actually find their way here!

"Since they've come to our doorstep..."

……

at the same time.

The other side of the forest.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The silence of the jungle was shattered by a burst of gunfire.

A giant southern dragon, over fifteen meters long, let out a mournful howl of despair before its massive body crashed to the ground.

Its head was riddled with hideous bullet holes.

Pierre-Carsson blew on the hot muzzle of his gun, a cruel smile on his face.

"These are apex predators? Before modern weaponry, they're nothing but prey!"

Roland emerged from behind a tree.

"Don't be careless. Our mission is to scout and find the Dragon Kingdom's camp."

"What's the rush?" Piercasson said arrogantly, one foot planted on the giant beast's corpse.

"This forest is now our hunting ground! Once we find those bastards from the Dragon Kingdom..."

Before the words were finished, a terrifying whooshing sound came from the sky.

Everyone instinctively looked up.

A huge black shadow was seen flying toward them at an astonishing speed.

"It's that Quetzalcoatlus! It's Zhang Li!" Roland's pupils suddenly contracted.

Pierre-Karl looked up and saw that the pterosaur was flying at a very low altitude, less than a hundred meters off the ground.

That enormous body was, in everyone's eyes, a perfect live target!

"Hahahaha!" Piercassonne suddenly burst into maniacal laughter.

"You choose the path to heaven but refuse to take it, while barging into the gates of hell when there are none!"

"Are you at this height meant to be my target?"

He suddenly raised the gun in his hand, aimed it at the Quetzalcoatl in the sky, and grinned maliciously:

"Today, I'll riddle you with bullets!"

"You little punk!"