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

"Can you specifically determine the reason?"

"Scholars have already made some conjectures." Rachel nodded: "According to the information you mentioned: leyline energy is the essence of the earth and the source of all life. A scholar made a hypothesis based on this sentence. If leyline energy represents If life is lost, does the reversed ley line energy represent the opposite of life? If so, then it is reasonable for people to become weak living here."

At this point, even Rachel couldn't help but have a worried tone in her words.

After hearing these words, Mercer also pondered for a while.

If this is really the case, then this area is equivalent to the realm of death, and it is self-evident what will happen if we live for a long time.

"The equipment for reversing earth energy, do they have any record of how they discovered it?"

Rachel was speechless for a moment, but the scholars who followed immediately said:

"Before [the Cataclysm], scientists who studied the energy of the earth's veins extracted it. It was originally the residue after using the energy of the earth's veins, and then it was perfected in the research institute where natural disasters were imprisoned."

The remnants of leyline energy... It makes sense to say so.

While Mercer was thinking, the scholars did not stop talking: "But what is strange is that we also examined the bodies of people living on the ice and snow fields, as well as people living on floating islands. According to the situation, we found that the degree of physical fitness decrease is different, which is related to the distance but the difference is not big. The residents of the Floating Island are the least affected - similarly, we also found the energy consumption on the Floating Island. The speed has also improved a bit.”

"——You mean, under the influence of the reversal energy, the floating island energy consumes itself to reduce your burden on the reversal energy?"

"Strictly speaking, it is a normal reaction caused by the contact of two opposite energies. We are the beneficiaries of the trend." The scholar explained.

Hearing these words, Mercer's frown eased.Since this is the case, the danger of reversing energy is greatly reduced.

But then he thought of something again and asked: "Let's talk about my body. The energy of the earth veins in my body is no lower than the energy of the floating island. Logically speaking, the reaction you just mentioned will also appear in my body. .”

"Well..." The scholars all showed embarrassment: "Your body is very healthy, too healthy. Even if it is the first time for us to see your physical condition, we can still tell you. Your body is not affected by the reversal of energy. What is affected is only the energy in your body. We have a rough judgment on the specific reason. It may be that your body is unconsciously absorbing the reversal energy; But as for why it was not affected, we can only guess that your body may have extremely high adaptability to the reversed energy. As for the details, we cannot study it."

Hearing what they said, Mercer could understand that because of the heart of the furnace, his body was always running slowly, absorbing the surrounding energy, and this also led to the conversion of energy in the body.

But since I won't be affected, where does that constant feeling of fatigue come from.

The more he thought about it, the more Mercer felt something was wrong, so he looked at everyone:

"I'll check again after a while, so let's do this this time."

Chapter 3: Current Situation

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"After the Black Dragon conquered the No. [-] Floating Island, all the floating islands fell into a state of panic. Not only did they deviate from the original flight route, but there were no more route drawings - that's what they said."

Three ships come together and then one leaves.

On the bow of one of the two boats, the female hunter turned her head and sighed, and answered to everyone.

"Then what should we do? Captain Hai Xin?"

Faced with everyone's inquiries, the female hunter, or Hai Xin, shrugged: "I can only find a safe place and land."

Regarding this, everyone reluctantly expressed that it was meaningless.At the same time, in a corner of the ship, a large group of women, one small and one small, were listening to their conversation at a distance from the others.

"Sister Kulu, what is the route map?"

The immature girl turned her head and looked at Kuroo and asked.

"There are drawings recording the movement route of the Floating Island in the next ten years. Everyone who left the Floating Island before will have to have a few drawings so that they can find the location of the Floating Island."

Kulu also looked at Xiyin and whispered.

"Oh..." Xiyin seemed to understand. After looking at Hai Xin standing in front of everyone for a while, he asked again: "Then what are we going to do?"

"Originally we planned to go to the floating island to buy supplies. After all, we have to live on the ground for a long time. But in this situation, we can only go to a safer ground to collect resources before reaching our destination."

"Finally going to the ground!" Xiyin's eyes lit up, showing excitement.

Now she is at the age where she is curious about everything. The scenery on the spaceship is always the same, and she has gone from being full of novelty everywhere to boring.

"Not now." In response, Kulu just said quietly, then raised her head and looked at Hai Xin walking towards her.

"I've looked at the map. There is a nearby forest that has been explored by the floating island. We can stop there."

After saying that, Hai Xin lowered her head and looked at Xiyin: "Let's take a look around for this little guy."

"Really!"

There is a twisted scar on Hai Xin's face. In addition, he is very old and has wrinkles, so he looks scary.But now for Xiyin, her appearance can simply be described as beautiful.

"——This is not possible." Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Kulu suddenly frowned: "Even if the area has been explored, it is definitely not safe. You stay in the house and you are not allowed to leave. "

Suddenly, Kulu's delicate appearance was a bit disgraceful in Xiyin's eyes.

Hearing this, Hai Xin shrugged and laughed: "That's up to you, you are the guardian anyway."

"what--"

Just as Xiyin lowered his face, the spaceship on the side came to the side of the spacecraft, blocking the sunlight from the dusk.

On the spaceship, you can see several people looking here quietly, holding a light and flashing it towards them.

Seeing this scene, Xiyin suddenly became quiet, and Kulu also pulled Xiyin behind her to prevent the lights from flashing.

Hai Xin also put away her smile and looked at their flashing lights. After pondering for a while, she shouted to the board:

"Go, tell them our next stop."

Hearing this, a crew member came to the bow of the ship, turned the lights placed on the ship, and flashed them frequently.

The bright lights shone on the faces of the people on the spacecraft, making the interplay of light and dark look a little strange.

——They didn’t know where the people on the spacecraft came from: they were hunters on a mission. When they were on the ground, they happened to encounter the incident where the No. [-] floating island was conquered by the black dragon. So when they went to the location on the route map , no trace of the floating island was found at all, and so far they can only fly aimlessly, trying to find the location of the floating island by asking the hunters... at least that's what they said.

No one on the Haixin spacecraft had any doubts, because this spaceship was not the first to do so. The same was true for the spacecraft that they had just encountered. But one thing was different, they followed up shamelessly.

Hai Xin did not reveal the location of Floating Island No. [-]. After all, that place was a secret.What's more, according to the descriptions of the survivors of the No. [-] Floating Island, the Black Dragon came to the Floating Island hidden on a spaceship. Therefore, in the hearts of everyone, there was also a sense of vigilance when facing a strange spacecraft.

After the lights from the spacecraft on the center of the sea stopped, the spacecraft also emitted a brief flash of light. This time, even Xiyin could understand the meaning of the frequency: received.

Then, the spacecraft slowed down again and followed Hai Xin's spacecraft.

Only then did Xiyin poke his head out from behind Kulu, carefully looking at the direction in which the spacecraft was leaving.

Hai Xin was no longer in the mood to continue talking, so she left them a message: "It's getting late, I should go and rest." After that, she left.

"Are you okay?"

Kulu also lowered her head and looked at Xiyin and asked.

She was so active in the past, but it was rare for her to be so quiet.

"I'm fine. It's just..." Xiyin withdrew his gaze and said absently: "I think those people are a little weird."

"Weird?" Just when Kulu was confused, Xiyin suddenly showed a heartless smile: "It's okay, it's okay! It's just a feeling."

"...If you feel something is wrong, don't hide it and tell me right away, okay?"

Kulu said solemnly without forgetting her physical condition.

"Well, don't worry!"

After all, Xiyin himself didn't know where this feeling came from. He just felt that there was a familiar aura on the other side for no reason...

At the same time, people on the spaceship behind them were silent for a moment. The captain looked at the hunters behind him with a flattering look: "——Is that all right?"

"Don't be too nervous, we are just following the black dragon's orders. Well..." Behind him, one of the hunters holding a helmet said lightly, and then he spoke with a look of pain: "It's just ...If I or other black people had disobedient thoughts, they would feel extreme pain..."

After he finished speaking with a distorted face, his body relaxed and he gasped for air.

And on his neck, a fine black scale was slowly fading away.

Touching his neck in fear, the hunter looked at the captain and the uninfected crew around him with a fierce expression: "-Anyway, just be honest and don't make it difficult for us."

"understand......"

The captain smiled, but the fear on his face was still reflected in their eyes.

Chapter 3: Rules

——After the past few days, the spacecraft landed from the forest and stopped on the side of the mountain.

About half of the hunters got off the boat and collected useful resources around them.

Kulu did not stay on the spaceship. Instead, after telling Xiyin to be honest, he got off the ship and explored the surrounding area.

As a forest person, she has an innate familiarity with the forest and is very suitable for moving around it.

After Kulu left, Xiyin put down the book in his hand and lay down on the bed out of boredom.

"Ha... I can't see it."

What is written in the book is a collection of interesting stories, which Luo Er selected and gave to Xiyin.

It's just that she is not interested in the stories in the book. From her perspective, it always feels a bit childish.

She turned her head and looked at the door to the side.

Before going out, Kulu warned her in every possible way not to go out, and also asked other people on the ship to keep an eye on her.But even so, Xiyin is not willing to just stay here and waste time.

She didn't plan to go deep into the forest, she just wanted to get off the ship and wander around, so she wandered around the spaceship - the space where the spaceship was located was an open space. According to Hai Xin, this should have been left by the people on the floating island during their investigation. The trees in the camp had been cut down, so the surrounding area was very open. Not to mention, there were still people guarding the area between the clearing and the forest, so even if she really wanted to enter the forest, it was impossible.

Thinking of this, Xiyin made a decision and changed clothes on the bed.

She was now wearing a pair of loose pajamas. After unconsciously touching the area under her collarbone, she changed into clothes that were easier to move around.

She tiptoed to the spacecraft, only to see the two hunters standing in front of the gangway. Although they were looking idly into the distance, when Xiyin appeared on the board, they spotted her immediately. And waved to her with a smile.

"...Hello." Xiyin immediately flinched back, pretending that nothing happened, waved to them, turned around and left in the other direction.

Seeing this, the two hunters looked at each other and smiled.Xiyin also became familiar with everyone on the spaceship. After all, a child rarely appeared on the spaceship, and even adults would inevitably feel a sense of novelty.And Xiyin thought her disguise was perfect, but in fact her little thoughts were clearly visible to them.䉉

But they didn't do anything. After all, there was only one way to get on and off the ship. Xiyin was free to do whatever she wanted on the ship.

——But when Xiyin came to a place where they couldn't see it, he breathed a sigh of relief and showed a look of distress.

The road to disembark was unworkable, which discouraged her.

But Xiyin didn't intend to go back just like that. Since this road didn't work, there were other ways to go.

So, she looked at the railing beside her, and her heartbeat increased.

Hai Xin, Kulu, and everyone on the boat usually do not allow her to get close to the railing because there is a risk of falling from the railing.

Xiyin never took this seriously - it was normal to die if she fell from the spacecraft. She would naturally stay away from the railings when flying.Xiyin felt that there was no need for others to keep repeating this incident in her ears.

But the rules are set according to the situation. In Xiyin's opinion, it is the same as falling from a height, jumping from a building and taking the stairs. The only difference is whether people will be injured. In this case, then As long as you don't get hurt, it doesn't matter if you jump, right?

Thinking of this, Xiyin looked around again. After confirming that there was no one around, he took a deep breath and quietly climbed up the railing. He sat on the railing and looked at the distance between the spacecraft and the ground.

Viewed from this perspective, such a height made Xiyin feel frightened unconsciously.

She slowly closed her eyes, thinking about the scenes she had seen of hunters jumping down from high places just to look cool.Even though they were wearing armor heavier than Xiyin, they were still unscathed.

They can do it, why can't they do it?

The instinct in her body seemed to be ringing in her mind, so Xiyin let go of her hand and let herself jump.

The strong wind blew against her face, and a moment later, she fell heavily to the ground.

His legs were bent and his knees touched the ground. After Xiyin's body shook twice, he surprisingly stabilized his figure and did not sit down on the ground.

When she opened her eyes, she saw a completely different scene.

So Xiyin stood up, turned around and looked up at the spacecraft, showing a clever snicker.

She had seen a lot of the scenery on the ship, but the scenery of the spaceship under the ship still made her feel shocked unconsciously.

Such a height makes it difficult for Xiyin to imagine that he jumped directly from above.

... Could it be that I am gifted?

Xiyin has heard that those who can become hunters are the only geniuses. After all, this is a profession that tests talent.

Unconsciously, she suddenly imagined what it would be like if she became a hunter.

Just when Xiyin was thinking wildly, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from a distance. Her body trembled and she turned around to look at the visitor.

——They were the hunters from another spaceship. They were holding the chopped wood, staring at Xiyin in front of them, showing elusive eyes, and slowly walked towards her.

"Hello...you guys..."

For some reason, Xiyin felt a strange feeling. She looked at the hunters around her and backed away nervously.

Looking at Xiyin in front of them, these hunters also felt a little strange - familiar, yet strange, as if they had met this little girl before.