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

Rachel stood up and walked with them to the door.

The other party turned around and said again: "It's a pleasure working with you, thank you."

"You're welcome." Rachel said, "——In addition, please tell the main leaders of the Ecological Research Institute: I hope our cooperation will be fair and just."

Hearing this, the other party's smile faded slightly, then he maintained his smile and nodded harmoniously:

"...Of course we will."

——After saying that, they got on the cart and left, disappearing from Rachel's perception.

Then, a voice suddenly sounded in her head:

"These things are indeed useful. Take these pangolins to the people who make them and tell them how to use them."

"Understood." Rachel paused and then said.

Mercer's voice sounded again:

"——Tell them also to get what I want done quickly."

Rachel expressed her understanding, and then arranged for the lynx to take the pangolins to the cart and bring them to the forging place at the foot of the mountain.

......

"Meow! Brother Forged Hair, I'm here to find you, meow. This is what the boss gave you, meow!"

The lynx said, reluctantly leading the mammoth into the cave and calling around.

"Excuse me, Brother Blacksmith, is he here?" Seeing that no one responded to his call for a long time, Shanmao asked the Blacksmith on the side for help.

The forging man carrying the hammer listened carefully to the lynx's voice for a while, and then said: "Are you referring to the forging hair? It has been in the shipyard in the past few months, and I haven't seen it for a long time."

"That's right, meow." The lynx nodded in realization. After handing the mammoth to another companion who came here with him, he turned around and walked out of the cave toward the shipyard.

It didn't take long to walk, and it soon arrived in front of the shipyard. After pushing open the small door in the main door, the bobcat suddenly heard the rumbling sound that echoed throughout the factory.

"Hmm...that's so harsh, nya."

It couldn't help but cover its ears and looked around. Soon, it found Forge Hair.

——Dou Mao was currently in front of the control desk, struggling to control the mechanical arm to dismantle the spacecraft hanging in the air.

A closer look at the Bobcat revealed that the work they were doing was not installation, but disassembly.

"Meow! Brother Tao Mao!" It came to Tao Mao and shouted in the noisy environment. Only then did Tao Mao look at itself, but it quickly stared at the spacecraft and asked without squinting. :

"It's you, what's the matter?"

"The boss asked me to tell you that what he wants must be done quickly."

"I know, it'll be done soon. Just wait for me for a few months."

Seeing that the eyes of Forged Hair were not cheap, the bobcat couldn't help but asked curiously: "Brother Forged Hair, what are you doing, meow?"

"The boss's request."

"...What did the boss ask you to do, meow?"

"Tear down the spaceship." Duomao paused and said in more detail: "To be precise, it is to remove the dragon hunting stake. This tool may be able to play a role in the face of natural disasters... Maybe cannot."

"Is it difficult, nya?"

"Ah."

Seeing the bloodshot eyes, Shanmao couldn't bear it, "Then I won't disturb you, meow."

Chapter 263: Researching natural disasters

——Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, whether it is the progress of Mercer's defense project or the time.

At this time, new houses that were closely connected had been built near the crater, some distance away from Rachel's house.

Some scholars have already moved here and are conducting research on the Xingzhou Dragon carapace brought by Mercer, together with some forging people.

In the center of a room, on the big table, was the carapace of Xingzhou Dragon.

"There seems to be something alive up here?"

A blacksmith touched the carapace, but was immediately stopped by a scholar: "Don't move! This is a very important thing!"

Seeing the forging person retracting his hand as if he was electrocuted, the scholar's tone softened and he said: "Each natural disaster has various force fields on its body, and some of their body tissues can survive being roasted by flames. Keeping it cold, some can rebound the impact force received, and others like this can still emit a warm force field in the ice and snow - so sometimes, powerful hunters will use natural disaster materials to make armors, weapons, etc. "

"Using materials from natural disasters to make armor?" Forging Man showed surprise: "How did those hunters do it? Didn't they say that natural disasters are invincible?"

"Of course it depends on picking it up. It doesn't say that you have to defeat the opponent before you can extract the materials. Some natural disasters will drop part of the body tissue when they act. Hunters who are lucky will find them and then either sell them to others for money, or directly Make it into armor." The scholar looked at the carapace in front of him with fascination and said:

"Of course, there is also a natural disaster recorded in history. Because it is so huge, there are even creatures living on it. Even if we directly peel materials from it, there will be no reaction - but this kind of material There is very little force field on the body, and the armor or weapons made of it are of little use.”

Listening to the scholar's words, Tuoren tilted his head and thought for a while, then replied: "Well... In that case, does there also exist some kind of force field in our land? For example, if we frequently visit An abnormal snowstorm or something? After all, this is the so-called 'place where natural disasters fall'."

"...To be honest, it was only when we discovered that there was a weak force field in the soil on this land that we confirmed that this was the 'place where natural disasters fell'. But you also know that the energy of natural disasters has spread to the ice Every piece of land in the Snowfield cannot be used to make armor or weapons, even if it is used for farming..."

The scholar paused, then suddenly sighed and said: "To be honest, if we want to maximize the benefits, I think we should postpone the development here until our technological level has improved to a certain understanding of natural disasters, and then If we continue to study this land...if we can extract the force field energy of the natural disaster and utilize it, it will undoubtedly be of great help to our development."

"What you said are from the perspective of Floating Island, right?" Hearing this, Zhu Ren glanced at him and said.

"...cough." Realizing that he had made a mistake, the scholar coughed and changed his words: "...Of course, it is also very good now. The current development of the Ice Vein Snowfield... .It also effectively utilizes the power left by natural disasters on this land..."

Halfway through, he didn't know what to say anymore, so he put his words back on the carapace:

"——In short, as long as we understand the carapace of natural disasters, we can find a way to break through the defense...probably."

Another scholar shook his head and said: "Anyway, let's get started. What we need to understand now is the hardness of the natural disaster's carapace and its weaknesses."

As he spoke, he whispered again: "Although I don't think natural disasters have any weaknesses..."

After everyone heard this, they all remained silent and just started their work in silence.

"Then I'll start."

One of the forging men also stretched out his hand towards the carapace, took the pliers in his hand, and clamped a corner of the carapace. Then the veins in his arms popped out and he exerted all his strength.

Others also held pliers to support the carapace, or held them together with the forging pliers to assist in exerting force.

"Well..." Zhuan Ren's face turned red little by little, and he squeezed out a sentence: "If I had known... I would have installed a power hammer right here!"

"No!" The scholar on the side looked solemn and said, "The power hammer will destroy the structure of the carapace. You must not use such rough things!"

"Then we can't just use our hands..." With their efforts, the carapace was slowly bent by the pliers, and then was broken off and placed on the table.

"Huh...huh..."

Trough the man loosened the pliers, shook his hand and said, "Really... you can also use a saw, right?"

“If it’s a floating island table saw, it’s okay, but if it’s just a hand saw, forget it.”

The scholar said this, then picked up the tweezers and carefully clamped the broken carapace fragments on the table nearby.

He took out the solution from the side, put the fragments of the carapace into the test tube, and watched the reaction between the carapace and the solution in the test tube.

"What is this doing?"

A blacksmith watched this scene and asked.

"To confirm the material in the natural disaster carapace, don't you smiths also need to use the volume to confirm the metal in the ore?"

"Yes, there is, but it's not as detailed as yours."

As soon as he finished speaking, the solution in the test tube changed quickly under the gaze of everyone. First, a few bubbles emerged from the carapace fragments, and then the color of the solution became turbid, with a yellowish gray color and a small amount of smoke. Emerge from it.

"This is......"

"What's wrong?" Seeing the scholar frowning, a blacksmith asked.

"...It's very complicated. The material on this carapace is not a single metal element."

The scholar touched the part of the test tube containing the solution with the back of his hand, and then fanned it with his hand over the mouth of the test tube, blowing up a little smoke and smelling it.

"Ahem...it smells so bad."

He immediately distanced himself from the test tube and fanned himself with his hands.

After a moment of pause, he replied: "It is an iron block made from the fusion of a large number of complex metals, and the quality is not very good. The reason why it is so hard is probably related to the stance of Xingzhou Dragon."

For this conclusion, no one was very surprised. After all, this was something fired as a cannonball, so it was understandable that the quality was not very high-end.

Chapter 264: The Body of the Furnace

"This natural disaster also eats metal?" After hearing the scholar's words, some of the blacksmiths present couldn't help but think of the scene where they worshiped the black dragon metal in the volcano.

——Of course, there are some young forging people who grew up in the ice and snow fields, and their impressions of this are limited to the words of their elders.

"This is the only possibility. After all, if Xingzhoulong is so big, there is nothing that can fill its belly if it wants to eat living things... But we know too little about natural disasters, and we don't even know that they eat for their own health. Demand is just unnecessary behavior." The scholar frowned and said.

"--show me."

The next moment, the solution in the scholar's hand was taken away by Tuo Ren. Without waiting for the scholars to stop him, Tuo Ren directly put the test tube to his nose and took a deep breath, and then pondered.

Tengren's thick beard can resist the harm to the body caused by most solutions. He thought for a long time and said: "This smell...is like the product of different metals being burned and forged for a long time."

"Huh? Tell me more carefully?" A scholar who was about to take away the test tube to prevent the forging people from messing up stopped and asked.

"Each metal has a different forging time. If it is placed in the furnace for too short time, it will be ineffective. If it is placed in the furnace for too long, it will easily become a pile of scrap iron. This is the case with these carapace."

The forging man returned the test tube in his hand to the scholar, came to the large piece of natural disaster carapace, stretched out his hand and touched it, and then simply took out the small hammer he carried and struck it:

"Such a large carapace is only a small part of Xingzhoulong's body. I don't believe that its body is made of scrap iron. Moreover, to generate this kind of carapace, there must be something that functions like a furnace. .So I think this 'melting pot' should be the body of Xingzhoulong."

Hearing this sentence, the scholars looked thoughtful. After a while, someone nodded, looked at the crowd and said, "What you said makes sense. How about following this line of thinking to study it?"

"no problem."

......

"——The result is out, Lord Kami."

As winter turned to spring, Rachel stood on the edge of the volcano and said, and behind her stood scholars and blacksmiths.

A huge head emerged from the hot magma, moved its body, opened its scarlet vertical pupils and stared at them:

"Tell me."

In order to avoid confusion when there are many people, they arranged in advance that only one scholar and one blacksmith would make the report.

"...Dear Lord God, at your request, we have studied the carapace of the natural disaster 'Xingzhou Dragon' and obtained a small number of results. I hope you will be satisfied."

The scholar took a step forward and said respectfully.

"Let's get down to business." In response to this, Mercer just raised his eyes slightly, glanced at him flatly, and then turned to look at the seaside in the distance.

"Ahem..." Seeing this, the forging man on the side stood up and said: "'Xingzhou Dragon' eats a lot of soil, which also contains some ores. These ores are forged at high temperatures in its body. Then it turns into liquid and is expelled from the body, and sticks to the body to form a carapace, and that’s it.”

"...So, is there any weakness in it? In other words, what method is more effective to deal with the 'Xingzhou Dragon'?" Mercer listened to Tiao Ren's words and pondered for a moment before asking.

"We don't dare to confirm the weakness, because the target is a natural disaster, so..." The scholar was about to say something long, but was glanced at by Mercer, and he immediately stopped talking. After a moment, he said:

"We did find a more effective attack method against Xingzhoulong - the carapace on Xingzhoulong does not actually grow from it, but is attached to it. As long as it grows from Xingzhoulong Peel off the carapace tissue similar to what you brought back, and it will reveal its true body. The next attack may be more effective...or it may not. After all, we are not sure what the 'line' is really covered with. Is Zhoulong's body made of scales or fragile skin..."

"Well... that is to say, what we can do to the Xingzhou Dragon right now is to peel off as much of its metal carapace as possible. What we can do after that is to adapt to circumstances, right?" Mercer said.

"This is the only way at the moment..." the scholar replied with an embarrassed look.

Mercer turned his attention to Tengren again: "So according to what you said, what is the easiest way to peel off its carapace?"

"Knocking and burning, that's the easiest." Tiao Ren answered quickly without thinking for half a second.

Beating... can be counted as the vibration caused by the cannon hitting the body, and burning... In addition to its own flames, there is also the red phoenix, in addition to...

"I understand, please stay out of the way and you can leave after I leave."

"Yeah, I got it!"

After hearing this, everyone was confused for a while, then their expressions changed slightly, and they immediately left the place and hid in a nearby house.

Then, Mercer spread his wings and started to flap.

The surrounding wind gradually became fierce, and the sand blew away. A hurricane pushed Mercer's body to slowly take off. With a special sound of metal friction, Mercer flew towards the swamp forest.

He came to the top of the forest, took a glance and found that the nests of the mutated fire dragons were all empty, so he went to the lower level of the forest.

Spring is the season for pythons to migrate back. The crowded python team rushes through the water flow formed by the melted ice and snow in the upper forest. Not only does it give itself the opportunity to reproduce, it also allows other creatures to enjoy the first time in a few months. Moon’s python feast.

The group of mutated fire dragons were among them, and each of their families occupied a spot in the river, looking extremely domineering.