Do you believe me when I say I’m not a dragon?

They are more slender than bobcats in stature, but if you look closely, you can see the strong muscles hidden in the fur, and the facial features also look more wild than bobcats.

At the same time, the hair of bobcats is relatively dull, while their colors are brighter, which may be the effect of growing up in different environments.

"They were the ones who saved me, meow, when we drifted here."

The lynx said this, and then meowed towards them.

Since the sounds they could make were all the same meows, there was no language barrier. Mercer could easily understand the words of the cool-haired cats.

"Meow meow meow!" The lynx in front of Mercer made a sound to the lynx on the branch, which meant:

"The one next to me is my boss, meow! Don't be too nervous, meow!"

Then, another cat on the branch asked it: "Is he the boss cat in your mouth? Although he looks really powerful, I don't know if he is the real cat."

The voices of this group of lynxes are shriller than those of the ice-veined snowfields, giving off a wildness that is difficult to tame.

The lynx that made the sound is also the most distinctive compared to other lynxes. It has a necklace of animal teeth around its neck and a headdress of animal horns on its head.

"It's really powerful, meow. It's very, very powerful. You have to believe me, meow." Hearing the contempt in the other person's tone, the lynx in front of Mercer suddenly became anxious.

"Don't misunderstand meow, you have proven to us how powerful you are." said the lynx on the branch: "We don't doubt that he can defeat us, meow, but who knows if he is really powerful."

Listening to their words, Mercer felt that his own strength was being questioned, and he felt a little funny. However, he just stared at the lynxes on the branches and remained unmoved.

"You are our friend, so we won't do anything to your boss, meow."

...Finally, after some difficult exchanges between the lynxes, the lynx on the branch raised his hand and dispersed the surrounding lynxes that were wary of Mercer:

"You can do whatever you want in the forest, but be careful when you get close to where we live. Don't let this big guy damage our house."

"...Then I'm disturbing you, meow..."

The bobcat was a little unsure, so he nodded and watched the bobcat on the branch leave.

The branch that was originally full of bobcats suddenly became empty. It also exhaled, scratched its ears and relaxed.

"It seems that your relationship with them is not very good."

Mercer stood behind it and said calmly.

"Meow?! There is no meow here. They took me in, and I taught them knowledge that they don't have in the forest. The cats here are very good to me." At this point, it hesitated a little, "It's just that... What can I say? The culture here is different from other places."

"Oh?"

It explained: "They are a family of cats that respects the strong. Only when they confirm that the other party is strong will they recognize the boss cat."

"Really?" That's what Mercer said, but Mercer didn't think so. If they were just purely in love with Qiang, they would have trembled at the first sight of Mercer. If nothing else, Mercer's attitude toward I am still very confident in my appearance.

He simply continued deeper into the forest and asked, "Do I have to beat them up before they will recognize me?"

"That's not meow. The word 'powerful' in their language has another meaning, meow." The lynx followed Mercer's pace and replied: "As long as it can defeat an opponent taller than itself, it is considered a powerful meow."

The scene in front of us gradually broadened, and the original lynxes all appeared here. Obviously, this is their habitat, or the tribe is more suitable.

After seeing Mercer's arrival, they immediately became vigilant, but they only stared at him with their eyes and did not directly pull out weapons from behind.

——Yes, almost every lynx living here carries a weapon with them. Even the cubs are holding weapons and waving them around randomly. They are a proper fighting nation.

"Generally speaking, the act of proving oneself by taking up weapons and fighting beasts that are larger than oneself is a rite of passage for them here. The earlier the age and the larger the beasts hunted, the more respected they will be. The more you will be looked down upon, meow.”

It explained on the side, and then there was a hint of pride in its eyes:

"Actually, Meow, they are still very open-minded, and they won't look down on me after knowing that there is no such custom there. However, I still proved myself after I recovered, Meow! My trap-laying skills are among the best, Meow!" A whole big wild boar meow!”

It can be heard that he is very satisfied with his record.

And after hearing this, Mercer also understood the reason why these lynxes didn't look at him.

Immediately, Mercer noticed that the lynx next to him paused, and then said to Mercer, "I'll leave for a moment, meow." Then he ran out quickly.

In Mercer's sight, the lynx stood together with another more graceful lynx. The former handed the firewood on his back to the latter. After a brief exchange, the lynx handed a fresh flower to the latter. Gave it.

Seeing this scene, Mercer also somewhat understood the reason why he was participating in the "coming-of-age ceremony" here.

After the lynx came back, Mercer asked calmly: "How do you feel about this place?"

"Well..." There was a hint of residual joy and shame on Shanmao's face, and he said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, I want to stay here forever, Meow. Boss, you saw it too. I like it." It’s meow.”

"Yes." He said in a low tone, "But I have to remind you that the things you like may not survive in the future."

"Meow!" It was startled and stammered, unable to speak clearly: "Boss, what are you talking about, meow? What are you going to do, meow?"

"Calm down, it's not me who wants to destroy this place, it's the natural disasters."

"Natural disaster?" Shanmao was stunned for a moment and thought for a moment: "I have seen a similar book cat in the village. It is a very powerful racial cat."

"It's not quite correct to say it's a race, but what you need to know is that there is a high probability that a natural disaster will pass through here. It will probably destroy the environment around here and then pass through my territory."

Mercer turned his head and gazed calmly at the nervous lynx with his scarlet vertical pupils: "——And I am here just for this matter."

Chapter 241: Use small things to make big things happen

"...Qi Miao?"

Hearing his words, the lynx half-opened its mouth, remained silent for a long time, and showed a hesitant expression: "Then... what should I do?"

"The lynx with the fangs just now is the leader here, right?"

The lynx clan in the ice-veined snowfield has a very vague concept of leader. Even when facing Mercer, he is still such a carefree "boss". However, the lynx in this forest has a clear superior-subordinate relationship. From just now, During the conversation, Mercer could feel that the surrounding lynxes showed great respect for the lynx leader.

"Yes meow?"

"I need to talk to it."

......

"——We have met Meow before." The leader of the lynx, Da Ma Jin Dao, sat in front of the small wooden post. There was an aura on his body, which was cultivated from his childhood.Because of this, it raised its head and stared at Mercer without fear.

"The natural disaster will destroy my territory, but before that, it will most likely pass by you, do you understand?" Mercer also sat opposite it and answered straight to the point.

"I've never heard of this kind of creature, meow." The lynx leader made a low voice, but his tone did not show contempt. Instead, he leaned forward seriously and looked at Mercer, showing that he wanted to understand.

"If I guess correctly, that natural disaster is more powerful than me, even more exaggerated." Unless it was imprisoned for countless years like the Red Phoenix, Mercer didn't think that the natural disaster that came would be weak.

In the face of natural disasters, Mercer must make certain psychological preparations, such as... hunters facing beasts that are several times taller than themselves.

"Huh?" Hearing this, the lynx leader narrowed his eyes and looked at Mercer.

Mercer raised his head and looked around, and said lightly: "As for me, I am confident that I can destroy this forest in one night. Give me three days and three nights, and I can make all the creatures in this forest suffer." Die, without exception.”

Faced with Mercer's gaze sweeping across them, the lynx leader was silent for a moment, then nodded: "I understand, what are you going to do?"

Seeing that it agreed so easily, Mercer was a little surprised, but he quickly calmed down and replied: "The geographical environment here is conducive to resisting natural disasters. I will arrange a large number of manpower to build defense projects here - This is related to the security of my territory, so whether you agree or not, I will arrange it this way."

"Hmph, that's really rude, meow." It snorted coldly, crossed its arms and stared at Mercer: "If a natural disaster comes, this forest will be destroyed immediately, right?"

"It's very possible." Mercer nodded.

"I understand, Meow." The Bobcat leader pondered for a moment, and finally raised his head and replied, "We will assist you."

"Thank you."

Mercer was surprised by its ability to see the overall situation, but soon, the lynx leader said: "But one thing you have to know is that our family only cooperates with you because we have a common goal and face a common enemy. We are not your subordinates, so if you have anything to tell my subordinates to do, you must inform me in advance."

Hearing these words, Mercer began to look squarely at the leader of the lynx. He knew the general picture but also knew how to measure. There was no doubt that he was a talented person.

"...Of course I understand. But..."

Mercer did not hide his coveting for it, and said directly: "What method should I use to make you become my subordinates?"

"Meow?"

Hearing these words, not only the lynx next to Mercer, but also the lynxes belonging to this forest who were listening around were also startled.

"——Meow, meow, meow." However, faced with Mercer's question, the lynx was stunned for a moment, then let out a meow like a laughing cat, then raised its head and faced Mercer: "Interesting, meow, but you should know Yes, although we admire the strong, we don't care whether you can beat any of us - because only the weak will bully the weak, and a real warrior should be small and broad! So, as long as you are better than you If you defeat a larger creature, we will recognize you as our boss!"

"Really..." Mercer snorted and glanced at his body in a funny way.

"With my body, it's not easy to find an enemy bigger than me."

That being said, Mercer looked back on the past and found that he had defeated the big with small things many times.

"This is none of my business, meow." The lynx leader was not worried that Mercer would take his place, and even expressed some expectation.

"I understand." He nodded and said, "Then for our cooperation, don't you need to celebrate?"

The lynx leader Meow Meow laughed, waved his hand and asked his men to bring some flower dew, placed them in front of him and Mercer, and drank them down first.

When Mercer faced this quilt made of flowers that was so small that it could even pass through the gap between his fangs, he lowered his head and stuck out his tongue, rolled it up and swallowed it with the water and cup.

......

"——To sum up, we should make some preparations."

A week later, in the ice-veined snowfield, Mercer called Gulu, Hami and Rachel to tell him what he had seen and heard in the canyon forest.

It took him three days to fly back, and within those four days, he let the lynx fly into the sky with his paws and let it draw a map of the canyon forest and the surrounding area.

Although it is a bit crude, it is enough.

"No matter which angle the natural disaster comes from, if it wants to cross the sea, it can only pass through the sea channel in this canyon. After leaving, it has a high probability of passing through our territory." Mercer stretched out his hand in the lava. The claws slid around the map, leaving obvious scratch marks, forming a river track. "So, what do you think?"

Hami squatted on the ground and looked at the map spread out on the ground, thinking deeply: "The environment here is undoubtedly beneficial to us, but if we face a natural disaster..."

Not only did he show a worried look, in his eyes, the mystery of natural disasters and the power passed down by people were like gods. Although there happened to be a "God" not far away from him, after all, he had heard the big news since he was a child, no matter if it was a sense of oppression The uneasiness it caused made him fearful of this unknown existence.

"I don't need you to repel it head-on. I will personally take action in this regard. All you have to do is try your best to harass it in front of the natural disaster and make it change its route." Mercer replied.

"...I understand." Hami was silent for a moment and nodded.

Chapter 242: Arrangement

"But what should we do about defense?"

After glancing at Hammy who still had a trace of worry, Rachel looked at Gollum beside her.

Gulu pondered for a while and pointed in the direction of the canyon on the map: "The defense project can be built in the middle of the river. How about we build crisscrossing bridges there and place cannons and other items on the bridges?"

"The only thing we have are the cannons obtained from those spaceships. Isn't that not enough as a defense project?" Rachel asked.

"Don't worry about this." Regarding this, Gulu moved his beard and showed confidence: "Forging Hair... My disciple, he is very confident in manufacturing. Although our technology cannot A large number of imitations, but as a disposable item for short-term use, it can be produced.”

Hearing this, Hami hesitated and said: "The current problem is not just that. We are not sure when the natural disaster will come. If it happens earlier..."

"I will send lynx and pterosaurs as scouts to carry a signal gun, and park a ship at regular intervals on the sea to form a line. Once an abnormal situation occurs, a signal will be sent immediately, and the other lynxes who receive the signal will pass it on to each other. This way, we can detect the movements of natural disasters from a distance without having to fly for a long time." Mercer said: "In order to prevent them from encountering sea monsters, I will arrange a large number of flying dragons to hover in the air above the sea to achieve a threatening effect."

"That can only be like this." After hearing this, everyone was silent.

"——There is one more thing." Before he finished speaking, Mercer said:

"Our actions cannot be noticed by those on the floating island. Keep it secret."

"understood."

......

"I'm a doctor! How could they let me do this..."

On a huge spaceship, a man was muttering angrily.

At this time, the spacecraft sailed through the forest and headed towards a basin.

"Just get used to it."

On the side, another person was biting bread and sitting on the ground to rest: "Before you came, the basin was deserted. If our previous coolies had not managed to dig out a relatively flat ground, there would not have been a decent building there until now. of houses.”

"Are you the person sent here the year before last?" Hearing this, the doctor turned to look at him and asked, "Why don't you go back?"

If you look closely, you will see that the man is all dark, giving off the air of a dirty lower-class citizen.

The man spread his hands and said with a smile: "I provoked people on the floating island, and I have no place to go. Of course I can only stay here - at least there are no debt collectors here, and I can have enough to eat as long as I work." , in my opinion, much better than the floating island."

"It's just a backward, barbaric and chaotic land..." The doctor obviously couldn't agree with his words.

While they were talking, they had already arrived at the edge of the basin. Looking at the devastation there, the doctor couldn't help but open his eyes wide:

"...Oh my god, what is going on?"

Such a tragic scene, even if hundreds of spaceships bombed it with bombs, would not be able to create such a scene.

"They said it was the black dragon who did it."

"That black dragon? This -" Recalling the posture of the black dragon that he only saw once by chance, the doctor couldn't help but feel speechless.