Dragon God, immortal

When Bai Xue arrived.

He knew he was late.

No, his first mate was fine. The second captain who was in charge of cooking summoned the [Dragon Scale Shield] and [Dragon Breath Gun] at the first moment of stress.

Apart from the clothes on Qiqi's body being burned by her own anger, she herself was not hurt... On the contrary, those cylindrical demons and little demons who overturned the lunch were being trampled by Qiqi to vent her anger...

"You (expletive blocked) (expletive blocked) filthy creature! How dare he (expletive blocked) mess with you and my grandma?! Die die die die die!!" The anger on Qi Qi's body condensed into the phantom of a fire dragon, and the phantom's dragon legs were stomping on the cylinder on the ground.

Really, if the snow leopard doesn’t show its power, do you think we are sick cats?

The previous few times the pot was overturned were all force majeure.

So after making a mistake, she could only apologize in a wronged way. What about now? Now she has found someone to vent her anger to.

“Go to hell, die, die! How dare you knock over my pot? That’s a pot made by Lord Dragon God himself! Didn’t your mother tell you not to mess with the cook when she gave birth to you?” The shadow of the fire dragon on Qi Qi’s body became more and more solid.

He cast magic like [Fire Dragon's Claw], [Fire Dragon's Tail], [Fire Dragon's Roar]... um, he is a demon-killing wizard.

Bai Xue swallowed his saliva. He knew that the girls from his hometown on the plateau were not easy to mess with, but he didn't expect that she was so tough. The emotional turbulence on the boat affected your performance, right?

After a while.

The onlookers gathered in groups.

Qi Qi finally vented enough, snorted heavily, and used dragon breath to burn the cylinder demon to ashes.

"They spilled our lunch!" After seeing Bai Xue, the first mate's shadow gradually disappeared, and he pointed at the residue on the ground and said aggrievedly.

"I understand. I didn't expect there are demons here too... Judging from the species, they should be evolved from some kind of marine-specific little demons. Well, the Mumu and the others are in danger..." Bai Xue found a few fragments in the debris and said after analyzing for a moment.

"I'll cook another pot now. Um, please wait a moment..." Qi Qi realized at this moment that her clothes were also burnt into ashes by the anger. She awkwardly used her shield and musket to cover her body.

The Antarctic wind blows.

Chilling.

Of course, few people here like to watch this. Unlike human ships, most of the cat-people's crew are women. Male cat-people like Captain Mumu and Bai Xue are actually a minority.

After cleaning up the mess, three fishing boats including the Mumu also returned soon.

They reported that they also encountered cylinder demons.

"When on the ice, those demons move in a way similar to crabs, using their eight legs to walk sideways," the captain of the Mumu recalled. "However, I found that when they are underwater, their eight claws will extend out, and they will swim like squids using their tentacles and flippers..."

Moreover, the mouth of this demon is like that of a squid, growing between its eight legs and shaped like a bird's beak.

When the fishing boats encountered the demons, a cylindrical demon was grabbing the hull with its eight legs and pecking at the planks with its mouth like a pile driver.

One of the fishing boats brought by humans had a hole in it and was undergoing emergency damage control. It had to return early and ask the cat people for magical assistance.

"...Tsk, damn thing." Qi Qi put on his clothes and listened to the report.

Demons cannot be eaten.

This is well known in the plateau.

According to the first high priest of the Dragon God Cult, demons can eat food from the material world, but creatures from the material world cannot eat food from the spiritual world... Well, what the cat people don't know is that the reason why this high priest knows so much is because he himself is a demon...

The Kingdom of Amon also has similar records. The offspring of humans who eat demon meat will be cursed and become deformed and grotesque, so demon meat cannot be eaten...

The explanation given by Master Shushan is: "The microscopic structure that makes up the demon's body has a different chirality from that of the creatures in the material world..."

The demon's microscopic structure is composed of spiritual matter, and the direction of rotation of the microscopic structure is different from that of the material world.

To use the modern knowledge of Shushan's previous life, it is called "enantiomers". The substances that make up the microscopic structure are obviously the same, but they show mirror symmetry relative to the living things in the material world.

Just like the dragon's right claw and left claw, which are mirror-symmetrical to each other, it is correct to put the right claw on the right arm. If the left claw is put on the right arm, it would be wrong and deformed.

If most creatures in the material world need the 'right arm' of the 'right claw', then the 'left claw' of demon meat is not only not nutritious, but even a poison.

Of course, cat people don't understand the principles behind this.

They only know that demon meat cannot be eaten.

Devil's meat is poisonous. Eating it will cause deformities in children, so it cannot be eaten... Well, that's enough for ordinary people to know.

"It seems that we are now confronting the natives of the southern continent. They are not friendly creatures, so we don't need to pretend to be friendly." Bai Xue nodded and ordered, "Arrange personnel for night watch and patrol to deal with the threat."

All the cat people and humans agreed that the Dragon God Fleet did not have many high-end combat forces. First mate Qi Qi was one, but he was the chief cook and could not be distracted by patrolling.

At this time, the Charm Bee will appear again.

Who says that there is strength in numbers in the swarm of charm bees?

. . . . . .

A swarm of charm bees will occasionally have fewer insects and less power.

Just like the super-large worker insect controlled by Shushan, it is alone and moves forward bravely.

The workers of the charm bee swarm have five size levels: the ultra-small ones are only as big as a few purple algae, the small ones are only as big as a corn kernel, the medium ones are slightly smaller than the queen and are the most common, the large ones are comparable in size to the queen, soldier and intelligent insects, and the super-large ones are undoubtedly larger than the previous ones.

As to why there are so many body types...it's mainly because of division of labor and cooperation. The social division of labor is determined when an insect swarm is born, and they will only do their own work until they die.

"Oh, that was a close call. We were almost discovered."

Shushan controlled the worker insect to escape.

Due to the limited perception of a single worker insect, his field of vision was filled with the fog of war...

Although the super small and small workers sent out can supplement some of the vision, they are really too small...

Ultra-small worker insects attach themselves to other insects and are "cleaners" that are almost invisible to the naked eye. Their job is to expel microorganisms and dust, maintain the physical and mental health of other insects, and extend their individual lifespans.

Small worker insects also cling to other insects, but their job is to act as "sanitation workers", transporting algae and fungi to keep the nest clean and comfortable.

They are born by large and extra-large worker insects respectively, and have almost no larval stage. They quickly pupate and become adults after they are born.

"Okay, it's done. It will probably take the pirates a long time to clear out these insect nests." Shushan finally completed the first phase of the mission.

He controlled the worker insects to build the nest.

She is then controlled to lay eggs and larvae.

However, if these eggs and larvae are cultivated according to normal larval cultivation, they will die after pupation and become edible [mealworms], but will not become adults.

By then, when the pirates discover these mealworms and their nests, they will probably rush to get rid of them, right? He just took this opportunity to explore the island.

The Shushan control worker insects lay dormant for a few days.

Ha, those pirates finally found the insect nest.

They found in the insect nest the 'pink meat ball' that they had eaten when they were captured by the fleet... Now, they finally knew what they were eating!

The pirates who had been captured and eaten mealworms turned pale and vomited. That piece of meat smelled so good, could it be these things?

“Perhaps for these people, things like bamboo worms and cicada pupae are really too advanced. They are obviously quite delicious.” Shushan curled his lips. The Amon Kingdom can accept eating worms, so they can also accept mealworms... But, mealworms are really hard to sell. At most, they can be made into a luxury product like spices in exchange for more sweet potatoes and materials, right?

Yes, that's right. When the time comes, we will publicize how nutritious mealworms are and how rare they are. The nobles will pay for it, and Shushan and the insect colony will split the profits 70% to 30%.

The controlled super-large worker insect was cutely adjusting its antennae. It had no concerns about the mealworms being eaten.

For insect swarms, mealworms are equivalent to the group's "fat", a special species that has emerged after the group has adapted to the environment and divided its work.

In other words, mealworms are also a backup food for the insect colony.

But most of the time.

Just harvested by the dragon.

"Well, the staple foods are enough. Sweet potatoes are enough for my three meals a month. It would be great if I could trade mealworms for fishery products... But the fishery products of the Kingdom of Amon are not stable. They also rely on the weather for their fishing industry." Shushan couldn't help but sigh.

Regardless of whether it is sunlight or ice sea, the best food during the growth period is fish. With the islands' low production, even sunlight and heat can't satisfy the demand...

Just when the pirates were in panic.

The worker insects, which had been dormant for a long time, began to move again.

Shushan discovered that the island was also square in shape, and even the mountain in the center of the island was a square cone. There were only traces of the coastline being eroded by the tide.

It is confirmed that this place was the work of some powerful person. The coral reefs on the outer island and the four-sided mountains on the inner island, this kind of terrain cannot be formed naturally!

"I don't sense the breath of a dragon," Shushan sensed the Four-sided Island through the sense of smell of the worker insect, "So, which Titan god's residence is this? Well, it may not be a residence, it is also possible to be a dormitory like Amon..."

Shushan was a young dragon from the Fourth Era, so he naturally had no idea about the ecology of the Titans. The few fragments he had seen from the soul box...

You can get a glimpse of the whole picture.

But we can't generalize.

The worker insect was sneaking around Sifang Island. Her destination was the center of the island, the Sifang Mountain, which had only a little bit of snow on its top.

The square base of the mountain is inevitably subject to natural erosion... The four collapsed cone edges are very suitable for crawling insects, but for humans... this kind of terrain can probably kill people.

Without any hindrance, Shushan's previous chaos tactics took effect, and the pirates were in a panic, so much so that even the important areas on the top of the mountain were rarely guarded.

Soon, Shushan reached the top of the mountain.

Then he found something familiar.

A soul box was quietly suspended in the depression in the center of the mountain top, flashing with flowing light.

However, outside the box, there is a defensive magic barrier that resists everything, and the pirates' outposts are all outside this barrier, so they must have never entered the inside.

The worker insect's antennae lightly touched the barrier, and a message appeared out of thin air in her stupid brain. The message was written in encrypted Titan language, intermittently: "No... sales... in progress, do not disturb..."

"Okay, so it's the anti-selling technique from the magic side, right?" Shushan rolled his eyes. From the words between the lines, he read the emotions filled with the breath of life.

Sure enough, the Titans once had a highly developed civilization.

Even the salespeople who promote sales?

Shushan thought of the "only 3,000 yuan to repair the door" in front of Amon's dormitory in the valley of miasma disaster. Well, there are also good things in the other world.

After searching the barrier for a while, Shushan found a place where the magic power similar to the input information was condensed. I guess this must be the doorbell? Hmm, not sure... Should I press it?

While Shushan was thinking this, the worker insects had already faithfully completed their task.

She rang the doorbell.

Suddenly!

There was a landslide and the earth broke apart!

Not knowing what was going on, Shushan quickly controlled the worker insects to spread their wings and escape!

"Hey, hey, hey? What's going on! I didn't move anything?" Shushan muttered to himself helplessly. Because the charm bee did not have the same ground perception as him, he could not confirm what happened underground.

In short, earthquakes are certain, landslides are inevitable, and how many pirates can survive is unknown...

Ugh, sorry, I really didn't mean it.

I did want to ring the doorbell though.

So...it was intentional carelessness, right?

Shushan thought nonsensically, observing the scene from the perspective of a worker insect.

All I saw was a pyramid, which gradually emerged as the four-sided mountain collapsed, revealing its true appearance.

It was a tall building made of gold alloy! Various runes were flowing on the building! It was shining as brightly as a lighthouse!

"No, no, no, this is a lighthouse..." Shushan deciphered the runes a little bit, and he recognized some of the Titan languages:

'The distance of a few crosses to the east is the Old Earth Dragon Research Institute.'

'The circled unit to the west is the Marine Management Office.'

'Go straight at the west-southeast fork, and you'll find a restaurant.'

'Due south, the home of Thetis.'

'Welcome to the House of Thetis. The local specialties and services are of good quality and low price. Rich Titans, dragons, and fairies, come quickly.'

The four corners of the pyramid point to four directions, and with the light of the soul box on the top, it is obviously a building like a signpost. However, judging from its size, this signpost serves creatures of the same size as Titans.

Well, a dragon is also suitable, but it is possible that dragons cannot understand Titan language, so there are clumsy claw marks on it, which seems to be graffitied by some dragon clan.

The string of text meant: 'Don't believe it! This Titan is very smart! It costs so much money to polish and maintain the scales!'

There is another string behind it: 'It's a bit expensive, but the effect is good. You are really a Titan in mirror polishing. Your craftsmanship is amazing! '

Shushan was in the main body of the archipelago, opened his eyes and looked down at himself.

Yeah, I'm a little moved.

He even wanted to polish his scales.