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

Looking at Mercer's condition, there was a hint of worry in her tone.

Black Dragon always falls into an abnormal deep sleep recently, as if he has dreamed of something bad, and his sleep state is very unstable.

"No need, just say what you just said again."

Mercer covered his head and gasped.

...Since killing the Xingzhou Dragon, Mercer has always dreamed of that scene: a world where all life is gone and only things that symbolize doom or destruction can survive.

After Rachel repeated her previous words, Mercer was silent for a while and then replied: "What I want to do has not changed. Find the news about the floating island. If you can't get it, tell me and I will do it myself." ask them."

"understood."

Rachel nodded, mentally praying that this wouldn't happen.

"——There is one more thing." Rachel paused and said: "There seems to be a violent vibration in the west. We don't know the specific cause, but considering that the creatures on the west side of the swamp forest are affected by this, I’m frightened, so the director of the Institute of Ecology wants me to follow you.”

"The creature is frightened?" Hearing this, Mercer frowned and his face darkened: "Has another natural disaster arrived?"

"We are not sure yet. We have ruled out the spacecraft investigation, and we have not received accurate information yet."

While Rachel was speaking, Mercer had already stood up, shook his head and looked at her and said, "Where is the distance where the vibration occurred?"

"Flying to the west, you will see a forest with a prominent mountain. That is the direction where the earthquake occurred. If the spacecraft goes there, it will take about three to five days to get there."

As soon as Rachel finished speaking, Mercer flapped his wings and flew away into the distance.

......

After about a day or so, Mercer had arrived around the high mountain that Rachel mentioned.

His flight speed increased again with the strength of his body, and his wingspan of hundreds of meters also gave him unparalleled strength, allowing him to reach this position in a short time.

If possible, Mercer could fly faster, but he always felt a little distracted during the flight, which was why he was so slow for so long.

He looked around, but saw nothing except a few traces of crushed trees.

"Will it be a natural disaster..."

Mercer did not dare to relax his vigilance at all. He stared around, observing the surroundings, and at the same time released the black mist to investigate.

——However, before the black mist fell in the forest, a low and hoarse voice sounded directly from Mercer's mind:

"...Oh? I really didn't expect that the one who killed that old turtle was you...blasphemous monster?"

Mercer's pupils narrowed, he looked around and growled: "Get out!"

"I've always been here, little one."

The voice in his head had a hint of sarcasm, and then, the mountains not far away shook.

In Mercer's frozen sight, a huge head poked out from behind the mountain. Just one head was as big as Mercer's entire body.

After the head, there was an endless neck wrapped around the mountain - an extremely huge python, just appeared in front of Mercer.

The giant python is covered with dark black scales, but they are different from Mercer's scales. Under the sunlight, you can see colorful rays of light appearing on the scales.

Looking at its head, Mercer had already exposed his fangs and was ready to fight. However, at this moment, the giant python narrowed its vertical pupils and showed a human smile:

"I'm not going to fight you, kid."

"Aren't all your natural disasters like this?" Mercer did not relax at all, and his whole body was flashing red light.

Mercer could see that after staring at the red light on his body, the giant python showed a strange and doubtful expression. Although it flashed past, Mercer still captured it.

"——At least now, the purpose of my coming here is not to fight you." The giant python corrected: "What's more, you can't beat me. Even if you use that ability to kill the old turtle, it will only cause me It's just a little troublesome. But if you do this, you will get entangled with a nosy, self-righteous guy, and trust me, you don't want to experience the feeling of being electrocuted."

As the giant python spoke, it approached Mercer and stopped a few hundred meters away, its eyes seeming to be scrutinizing.

"What do you mean?" Mercer was still staring at the giant python, but he thought of something: "The old turtle you are talking about...is Xingzhou Dragon?"

"I don't know what the Xingzhou Dragon you are talking about is, but the natural disaster you killed recently, I am referring to it." The giant python spit out the letter and showed a look of recollection: "I didn't have a good relationship with it. It was a long time ago. After a fight, I left poison on it, and it also caused scars on me that are difficult to recover from.”

Listening to what it said, that old turtle was definitely Xingzhoulong, and it did look very similar to a turtle in appearance.

"——Until recently, I felt my injuries begin to heal, and I understood faster than anyone else of my kind that the old turtle was dead." There was an uncomfortable inquiry in the python's eyes:

"The strange and familiar energy around your habitat and on you, it can be seen that the group of bugs expelled into the sky have finally reached out to the taboo - of course you are the same. No matter what, this energy The energy has the effect of suppressing us, and it also temporarily blocks the collective response to our clan’s death... It’s incredible.”

"For you, I even attracted the attention of that nosy guy - its senses are sharper than ours. Otherwise, how do you think you have survived until now?"

Hearing these words, Mercer suddenly remembered the sudden light rain that also appeared in the west not long ago. So, did the giant python attract the attention of a natural disaster?As the giant python casually said important news, Mercer asked calmly:

"After talking a lot, what is your purpose?"

Chapter 3: Cooperation

"——How about we join forces?" The giant python stared at Mercer with its vertical pupils and said something unclear.

"What do you mean."

"You group of creatures that touch taboos are very interesting. You have an endless desire for the energy of the earth, and the creatures with the most energy in your body are our race. I will tell you where I am, you How about killing it and I'll help you hide their death?"

Hearing this, Mercer immediately aroused the greatest suspicion: "You asked me to kill your people? Why did you do this?"

"Well... I don't have a good relationship with them. This is indeed one of the reasons. You don't have to doubt it."

"You were obviously born because of the energy of the earth's veins, why are you killing each other?" Just because of hatred?Mercer didn't believe it at all.

"Earth energy? Is this what you call that power?" The giant python spat out a letter, and the look in its vertical pupils was unpredictable, but soon it answered: "Since we are the darlings born from the energy of the earth, We are also living creatures. Some of us will hate each other, and we will also have partners. As a living creature, isn’t this normal? It’s just that I’m more likely to provoke their hatred.”

"...just for this reason?"

"You are my best choice, blasphemous monster. If you are not interested in the energy of earth veins, who else would do this?" The giant python sneered: "It's okay for us to have a small fight, but once our lives are endangered, That nosy guy will come out and stop it, so even if I want to do it, I can't do anything, so I'll let you do it for me. This seems to be your plan, right?"

This was indeed the case, but Mercer had not made up his mind. If possible, no one would be willing to fight to the death with one or several creatures whose strength might crush them.

"What if I refuse?"

"In this case, although the energy around your territory can suppress the energy of the earth's veins, it will gradually be noticed by other members of our clan. When the time comes, that nosy guy will arrive, and you can really only Die passively.”

Hearing the whisper of the giant python, Mercer's face became solemn. He did feel that the range of energy released by Xingzhou Dragon after its death was indeed smaller than expected, but after repeated confirmation, he found that it was changed by the energy. The terrain is still spreading slowly:

"...It seems like you didn't give me a choice."

Hearing this, the giant python was stunned for a moment, then opened its big mouth and let out a low and deafening laugh: "Since you touched that taboo that you shouldn't touch, your ending has been determined - no, this is all You chose it yourself, blasphemous monster. I just fulfilled my own purpose before you died and let you live longer."

After a long time, it stopped laughing, its vertical pupils shrank with a dangerous sheen, and its head came close to Mercer again, but Mercer did not move, only flapping his wings in the air.

Staring at Mercer, the giant python said: "Furthermore, it is our responsibility to protect the energy of the earth's veins. In other words, it is also my mission to kill this blasphemous monster like you."

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere became tense instantly. The two giant beasts looked at each other. Mercer did not speak, but the red light on his body condensed little by little.

After a long time, the giant python laughed and kept a distance from Mercer, "I said, I don't have such thoughts for the time being, so I won't do anything to you, you can rest assured."

Seeing this, the red light on Mercer gradually dimmed, but his expression remained indifferent:

"...Tell me about the natural disaster."

......

When Mercer returned to the ice-veined snowfield, he suddenly felt a sense of fatigue that was rapidly increasing.

He stopped above the floating island and raised his hand to feel the energy in his body.

"This is......"

It was not obvious to me that I had been living here all this time, but now I realized it after a trip back and forth: my body was also transmitting the reversed energy. From this point of view, it seemed that I had lived in this area for a long time, and the energy in my body was Leyline energy is also affected.

No wonder, what the giant python said: The energy around your habitat and on you... I'm afraid the giant python has already discovered something.

But this is also good for me. After all the energy in my body is affected by this, I will have more flexible methods to deal with natural disasters. Otherwise, I will have to fly around with the red phoenix.

Shaking his head to get rid of the thoughts in his mind, Mercer landed on the street and arrived in front of the Institute of Ecology.

The black fog always filled the area around the floating island. He felt the movement in it, and felt the old man sitting in the office staring at the photo of a middle-aged man, and he called out unceremoniously:

"Come out and go to the library."

The old man was stunned, then stood up immediately, showing a passive and respectful expression:

似"Master Black Dragon...I'll do it right away."

——After a while, the old man came to the library with several scholars and said, "What do you want to investigate?"

"Natural disasters." Mercer replied decisively, "I want you to find out all the information about natural disasters."

The giant python did not tell all the news about the natural disaster, but only told Mercer most of it, but even so, it gave the floating island a deeper understanding of the natural disaster.

"And -" Mercer said in a deep voice: "I will tell you the characteristics, and you will give priority to finding out the information about the natural disaster."

"Please speak."

"——The black giant python is extremely huge. Its black scales will reflect different colors under the sunlight."

As soon as he finished speaking, the old man thought for a while, walked straight in one direction, and found a file.

Before he opened it, he said: "I think the natural disaster you are talking about is called Shilong."

"Oh? Are you familiar with it?"

"...A substance called earth crystal dropped on the path of Xian Shilong is an important building material for the eighth floating island, so we are not unfamiliar with it."

"That's it, continue."

"The name of the world dragon comes from an aborigine who accidentally saw it. Because it is so huge, it seems to be able to surround the world..."

The old man was about to speak when he was interrupted by Mercer's impatient words:

"That's not what I want to know. What are its abilities or special features?"

"We don't know much about it, but the only thing we know clearly is that it can cause earthquakes and its molting behavior."

The old man opened the document and said, but Mercer was not satisfied with this: "Is there anything else besides these? For example, has anyone seen it interact with other natural disasters?"

"Well... I'm sorry, Lord Black Dragon, this is all we know about it." The old man turned back a few pages and replied with some fear.

In response, Mercer also frowned: "I know, let's continue looking for news about the natural disaster."

——As for the request made by the giant python, the dragon holding the world, even if I beat Mercer to death, I would not believe that its purpose was just to vent its anger.

Chapter 3: Holding the World Dragon

...Xian Shilong talked for a long time, talking about every natural disaster it was willing to mention in great detail.

In Mercer's eyes, this guy was a sinister and cunning figure, but when he talked about these things, he actually showed a wise and old man-like temperament.

But the more this happens, the more Mercer doubts its purpose - Mercer's intuitive judgment is that Shilong did not deceive him. It is true that it has a bad relationship with most natural disasters, and it is not true that he wants to kill them with hatred. lie.But this is not important. What is important is that it must conceal its true purpose.

The greatest form of deception is to say something half-sent, so Mercer was sure it had some other hidden purpose.

But what it was, Mercer didn’t understand.

In the final analysis, not only myself, but also this group of humans have a very superficial understanding of the world. If we can learn more information, we may be able to explore the purpose of the world-bearing dragon.

——But no matter what, the request made by Xian Shilong was in his own interest. Apart from worrying about the conspiracy behind Xian Shilong, Mercer had no reason to refuse.

Mercer opened his eyes and remembered every word Xian Shilong said.

"Judging from the direction of the Xingzhou Dragon and the location of the light rain, I'm afraid the purpose of the Xingzhou Dragon that time was to seek revenge on it. After I killed the Xingzhou Dragon, the World-Bearing Dragon attracted another Only natural disasters prevented me from being discovered.”

"As for that nosy guy... he was struck by lightning... If I guess correctly, he was talking about Huangzhoulong... Ha, he is really an old friend. "

Mercer fell into a brief thought. As the second natural disaster he encountered, he was extremely impressed by this natural disaster.In the library, Huangzhoulong is known as the punisher of natural disasters, balancing the impact of natural disasters on the ecology.

It is said that it even has the ability to make people surrender unconsciously - researchers believe that this is caused by the electrical signals that spread from it. As a Huangzulong that can control thunder and lightning, the electrical signals it releases can affect living things. It's not unacceptable. In Mercer's view, this is an evil ability similar to hypnosis or mind control... although he is almost the same.

Thinking of this, Mercer glanced at his arms and felt the energy contained in his body.

"Lord God, your physical examination has come out."

At the same time, Rachel also came to Mercer, followed by several scholars, reporting the situation to him.

Not long after meeting with Shilong, after feeling the energy in his body change, Mercer asked this group of humans to perform physical examinations on himself and those who were arranged to the edge of the volcano.

The group of scholars were going crazy back then. Through the black mist, Mercer could clearly feel how much they coveted his body.

However, Mercer would not coddle them. He could use the black mist to feel what their emotions would be like, so the little Jiujiu in their hearts could not succeed, leaving only a small amount of blood as a sample for studying the energy in the body.

"Say."

"First of all, those who live on the volcano are severely weakened. Their internal organs are sluggish and their cells are aging, as if their bodies have lost their activity."

Rachel took out a book of documents and said.