I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

"Say it."

"Drain the energy of the Molten Mountain Dragon into the sea, and then guide enough of it into the earth veins. You can absorb the rest, or let the Hazak deal with it."

"Hiss, this is a bit difficult. The Molten Mountain Dragon is already too old and insane. It's already difficult for this old guy to know how to get here. How can we let it turn around and walk back to the sea?"

Meiya also frowned. The Molten Mountain Dragon was a real ancient dragon. It had accumulated a huge amount of energy in its body, causing it to become unconscious as if it had a cerebral thrombosis. Not to mention her, even if seventeen or eighteen more dragons came, they couldn't wake it up.

"You are stupid, just hit it! Use your strengths! Use your stupidity to charge at it! Even though it is stupid, its instincts are still there. It will definitely choose to run away if it is attacked by a strong force."

Yan Wanglong expressed his idea.

"That's right, no, who are you calling stupid?"

As soon as Mei Ya nodded, she noticed the hidden sarcasm in Flame King Dragon's words.

"You heard it wrong. It's murderous intent. Yes, murderous intent."

"Oh?"

"Okay, just tell me if this method will work."

"I'll try it, but if that's the case, I've thought of a better way."

Mei Ya seemed to have thought of something, smiled slightly and disconnected the call with Flame King Dragon.

"Looks like I have to go back to Xingchen..."

Chapter 16: An Old Friend I Haven’t Seen for a Long Time (Xi’er)

"Xi'er, look! There!"

Bai Xing pointed to a huge rock in the center of the Big Ant Mound Wasteland that was still emitting heat. This rock, which was clearly not of the style of the Big Ant Mound Wasteland, was the purpose of their trip.

"so big!"

Xier looked at the fragment that was three or four meters high. Even after it was separated from the Molten Dragon, it still carried amazing energy.

Although Xi'er and Shirahoshi had landed on the body of the Molten Mountain Dragon, the situation was urgent at the time and they had no time to observe. But now this piece of debris made them truly realize how terrifying the Molten Mountain Dragon was.

"So hot!"

Shirahoshi retracted her hand that she had stretched out for her own death. Her gloves were already charred black and she was burned by the scorching energy just by touching it.

"Really? Are you unhappy if you don't do it?"

Xier looked at Bai Xing who was blowing in the wind speechlessly, and took out a roll of bandage from the backpack behind her.

"Here, wrap it up quickly."

"Hey, thanks Xier."

Bai Xing chuckled, took the bandage and wrapped it around his hand skillfully.

"click"

Ignoring the suicidal Shirahoshi, Xier took out a knife and scraped a sample from the fragments of the Molten Dragon and put it in a small tube, preparing to take it back for the director of the research institute.

"Hey!"

Just when Xier just closed the small tube, she found that the ground under the traces of the Molten Mountain Dragon made a hissing sound. At first glance, it seemed nothing, but when Xier looked closely, she could find that the energy hidden under the ground was flowing slowly.

"What's going on? Captain, come and take a look here."

Xier quickly called Bai Xing over.

"what?"

Bai Xing looked in the direction Xier indicated, but could only see a stretch of sand.

"There's obviously nothing. What's wrong with you, Xi'er?"

Bai Xing's words made Xier feel dazed. Could it be that she had seen it wrong?

Looking down again, Xier was sure that she saw light blue energy flowing slowly. This energy hidden underground was like blood vessels flowing with blood.

"Little guy, the energy of the earth veins is accumulating, don't come out and wander around if you have nothing to do."

Suddenly, the words of Flame King Dragon appeared in Xier's mind.

“Is this the leyline?”

Xier murmured, but why could she observe the movement of the earth veins, and why were the traces of the Molten Mountain Dragon on the earth veins?

Just as Xier was watching the flow of the earth veins, a barely detectable wave surged out from the earth veins.

(Come to me, come here...)

Like the whisper of an ancient god, a voice suddenly appeared in Xier's mind, and that voice was trying to guide Xier to a certain place.

When Xier heard the voice, she seemed to be fascinated. Her eyes gradually became blurred and her consciousness became hazy.

"Get out of here, you little brat, how dare you show off!"

Suddenly, a violent voice sounded from Xier's stigmata space, directly dispelling the voice, and Xier woke up, but she didn't know what had just happened, she just felt like she was in a trance.

Xier continued her thoughts without realizing what was happening.

(The leyline explosion mentioned by the Flame King Dragon, could it be because of the Molten Mountain Dragon?)

Looking at the fragments in front of her that contained a huge amount of energy, and thinking of the size of the Molten Mountain Dragon, Xier couldn't help but swallow her saliva. If all the energy of the Molten Mountain Dragon flowed into the earth veins, I'm afraid the earth veins wouldn't be able to withstand the explosion...

"team leader!"

The sudden serious voice startled Bai Xing who was observing the fragments. She quickly turned to look at Xier and asked, "What's wrong, Xier?"

"I discovered something very important. Although I don't know if it will come true, I must tell the commander-in-chief about it. Now that the mission is accomplished, let's go back quickly!"

Xier said this with a serious expression, and Xier's words also made Bai Xing, who was originally in a playful mood, serious. She knew that Xier would not joke about such things, and that it must be a very important matter.

Bai Xing did not ask too much, anyway, he would know when the group leader held a meeting. So the first priority now was to rush back to the camp.

"In this case, I can only make some sacrifices!"

Bai Xing said resolutely.

"Captain, what are you talking about?"

Looking at Bai Xing's expression as if he was about to die, Xier was stunned. She just said to return to the camp quickly, so why did Bai Xing have such an expression?

"Come on! Xier, sit on Wangcai. Wangcai's speed is beyond the reach of a pterosaur!"

Bai Xing pointed at the ceratopsian Wangcai who was foraging nearby with a sad face, and spoke in a determined tone.

"Ah, that's true."

So, with Shirahoshi's suggestion, the two of them sat on the ceratosaurus again and headed towards the stronghold.

But the process was not very pleasant.

"Ugh! I feel dizzy!"

"Captain! What are you doing, Captain!"

"Xi'er! Don't stop! Ugh..."

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Finally, after paying the price of a white star, the two returned to the base as quickly as possible. Leaving the already burned white star to explain to everyone, Xier walked to where the commander-in-chief was.

But when she got there, she found an extremely familiar figure standing in front of the commander-in-chief and saying something. Although his back was facing Xier, Xier would not mistake that figure. That was exactly why Xier came to the New World.

The familiar long silver hair, the extremely bold clothes, and the simple black tone all made Xier's eyes sore. All her thoughts were filled with longing, and the report she had just thought of was temporarily thrown behind her mind.

Xier stared at Meiya, she knew that she was discussing something, so she was trying hard not to rush over to her and tell her how she felt and how much she missed her over the years. But the tears in her eyes had accumulated to the extreme.

Meiya, who was being stared at by Xier, seemed to feel the burning gaze from behind her. She stopped gesturing on the map, turned around and looked at Xier with a smile.

"Long time no see, Xier, do you want a hug?"

Meiya smiled gently and looked at Xier with open arms. If the Flame King Dragon saw this gentle expression, he would be shocked.

Finally, Xier couldn't hold back the tears in her eyes anymore. She couldn't hold back her longing any longer and threw herself into Meiya's arms. She cried and hugged Meiya tightly, as if the person in front of her would disappear if she let go.

Meiya gently stroked Xier's head like a gentle mother, and pinched Xier's little face.

"It's been a while since we last met. Xier has become stronger. Have you eaten well?"

"Aunt Meiya, I miss you so much..."

"I know."

"So why didn't you reply to any messages? I thought..."

"Oh? Xi'er, are you worried about me? Don't worry, I'm very strong..."

Chapter 17: An Old Friend I Haven’t Seen for a Long Time (Meiya)

While Xier and the other were still in the wasteland of the Big Anthill, Meiya was happy about the solution she had come up with.

"I am a genius indeed!"

Meiya cheered happily. How could she think of asking hunters to help her stop the Molten Mountain Dragon? This was too genius. Meiya didn't expect that her identity as a hunter many years ago could still be useful.

"I have to think about how to say it."

After the excitement, Meiya's mind began to become active. She had to think about how to make the hunters realize the importance of this matter. Although she knew that they had been investigating, she didn't know how far they had investigated.

"let me see……"

(Isn't it too abrupt to directly say that the Molten Mountain Dragon will cause the earth vein to erupt? I need to provide some evidence...)

Meiya defines herself as a bold woman who is dedicated to exploring the environment and observing the trends of the earth's pulse, so she has a reason not to appear in Xingchen for many years. There are many such people in the first group, so Meiya gave herself this identity after observation, and she does explore the environment on weekdays (going to various places to find food every day)

“What a hassle!!!”

However, after thinking for a long time without any reason, Meiya began to get increasingly irritated. Her claws scratched the ground unconsciously, and soon she dug a small hole.

"If you've made your decision, just say it directly. The reason is that you can't get anything back!!"

After coming up with a seemingly universal explanation, Meiya gave up thinking completely. She flapped her wings to lift her huge body into the sky, and then flew towards the direction of the stars at an extremely fast speed.

Propelled by the powerful wings, Meiya soon arrived near the stars.

A burst of white light enveloped Meiya's body, and she gradually began to transform into a human form.

The long snow-white hair fluttered in the wind, and the solid shell turned into an extremely bold coat that wrapped around Meiya's body. Hunter Meiya made her grand appearance!

"Hmm~~I haven't been like this for a long time."

Meia stretched lazily. She had almost never turned into a human form again after returning to the New World. After all, the dragon form was the form she had used the longest and was the most comfortable in.

"Well, it's time to go see how the Star Development is going."

As she spoke, Meiya walked towards the location of the stars.

As soon as she passed through the gate, Meiya felt the lively atmosphere of Xingchen.

"Oh! It's so lively! There are so many people from the fifth group!"

Meiya said in surprise, she didn't expect there would be so many people here. She originally thought that the fifth group that came to pursue the Molten Dragon would also use a small number of full-time elites to deal with the investigation of the new continent like before, but she didn't expect that the fifth group would have so many people.

Almost all the people coming and going at this time belong to the fifth group. After all, the first four groups have their own exclusive work and rarely appear in the circulation area. Only the fifth group's work is investigation, so they will move around in the circulation area.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

A stranger greeted Meiya.

"Oh? Thank you..."

Mei Ya was stunned for a moment and then responded. She didn't expect the people here to be so enthusiastic.

Amidst the greetings along the way, Mei Ya arrived at the commander-in-chief's location.

"Yo! I'm back!"

Looking at the commander-in-chief who was studying with his head down, Mei Ya greeted him loudly.

"Hmm? Meiya!"

The commander-in-chief put down his pen and looked up to express his great surprise. He did not expect to see Meiya at this time.

"You're back? Are you done with your research?"