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

The bow hunter suddenly became anxious. No matter how hard he drove or threatened, he could not make it leave.

At this moment, a roar came from afar. The bird shook its body, spread its wings and flew up, but not in the direction of the sea.

Chapter 322: Virus

"Chi, chi—"

In the sky, a bird fell from the sky and landed tremblingly on Mercer's paw.

"Is this the bird you are talking about?"

Mercer looked at the stunned hunter and laughed, then changed his tone and said in a low voice: "Throw it away."

Feiniao's body trembled, and he immediately pecked the bottle off his lap, letting it fall to the ground. The mouth of the bottle was smashed open, and the bright red seeped into the ground and disappeared without a trace.

The hunter watched everything in front of him helplessly, and a sense of powerlessness arose in his heart. His whole body collapsed to the ground, his forehead pressed against the ground and he cried.

"This is... a migratory bird." Looking at the bird in Mercer's hand, Rachel pondered for a while and then replied.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Mercer looked surprised and looked at the flying bird in front of him carefully.

"...So that's it. I even took out the last layer of insurance."

Mercer whispered, then looked at the crying hunter and comforted him: "Don't be depressed, at least they didn't think you could complete the mission from the beginning."

——This is a heterochromatic migratory bird. This species likes to stay in groups with its own species, but because its color is so eye-catching, it can be distinguished at once.

So they don't go to a specific place, and even after training, their nature cannot be suppressed. Therefore, it takes a lot of luck for people to get what they want from it, and vice versa.

After saying this like a mockery, Mercer handed the bird to Rachel: "Prepare a bottle and leave a letter in it: 'Is all you can do to escape desperately? Just like [Catastrophe] 】Escape from the earth to the sky during the period?'."

Looking at the handwriting left by Rachel on the note, Mercer pondered for a while and continued: "'Conservatism is your shortcoming. During the [Catastrophe], what would have happened if you were willing to live on the ground? And now, what harm will it do you to surrender to me?'—That's all."

"clear."

Rachel nodded and turned around to prepare.

"And these people, lock them up and ask them everything they know."

Dealing with the fate of the hunters at will, Mercer swept through the crowd, ordered the black men to tear off the bags carried by all the hunters, and then turned and left without looking back.

He flew to the floating island and came to the building of the Institute of Ecology.

This time he didn't even need to call, the director of the institute hurriedly walked down, showing a humble attitude:

"Lord Black Dragon, do you have any orders?"

"Please study what these cysts are."

Throwing those bags in front of the old man, Mercer said.

"And." Seeing the old man respectfully picking up the bags, an idea arose in his heart: "Send someone to draw some blood for me."

"Eh? Do you want to have another physical examination?"

"It's not just that." Facing the old man's surprised look, he replied: "I want you to help me study my body, all of it."

——The people on the floating island outside have already found ways to resist Mercer's scale powder, so Mercer must not do nothing.Studying weaknesses and destroying them is Mercer's method of facing natural disasters, so he can best understand the fatality of doing so.

Mercer said without exaggeration that if left unchecked, the group of people outside might really find a way to target him.

Therefore, Mercer wanted them to understand themselves first before they found this method, as a means of protection.

......

After that, a few more days passed.

Gollum's funeral ended that day and he was buried with the lava.People cry the saddest at funerals, but they are also the quickest to get over it.

The clan leader is indispensable among the forged people. After everyone's discussion, they finally chose Tiao Mao as the clan leader of the forged people.

Although the two are not of the same race, Zhuangmao's talent and hard work have also earned him respect among the people. Even though he is frightened, the people still say that there is no more suitable candidate besides Zhuangmao.

In addition, there are also some clues about what the Mercer Ecological Research Institute is doing.

After receiving Rachel's news, Mercer also came to the Ecological Research Institute on the Floating Island immediately.

"Lord Black Dragon, we already have an idea of ​​your request..."

The old man stood in front of Mercer, with the scholars studying with him behind him, and he did not dare to show any disrespect to Mercer.

"Tell me about your current progress."

"Well... we have only analyzed the cyst you gave us so far. As for the others, we don't have a clue yet..." When he said this, the old man showed an embarrassed look.

Mercer was not surprised at all by this.He didn't believe how quickly these scholars understood his body thoroughly.

"Then tell me how they made this kind of thing."

Mercer expressed great interest in substances that could interfere with his mist.

"In this cyst, we found a substance composed of part of your scale powder." The old man said, and before Mercer could show his surprise, he explained:

"That's right, the scale powder you release probably contains substances that can receive chemical signals - that is to say, these scale powder can be controlled by you through the pheromones you release, but if it is further away from you If so, they will accept the pheromones released from other scales that belong to you. After all, this is your signal and cannot be disturbed. But the person who studied this cyst obviously has a deep study of you, and he got took some of your scale powder and transformed them into... something similar to a virus."

The old man said and couldn't help but push up his glasses: "It's hard to imagine. It's offensive to be casual, but... the person who made this thing is really a genius. I can feel that the possibility behind this thing will not be there." This terminates.”

Mercer listened to the scholar's words, pondered for a moment and then asked: "If we continue to study along this line of thinking, what impact will the material in this cyst have on me."

After hearing these words, the old man paused, pondered for a moment and then looked deeply at Mercer: "It is a virus, and what it will do is confuse Linfen's judgment - but if it continues, I think all Even the scales and powder will betray you."

Hearing this, Mercer raised his head and glanced around. Now, the entire floating island, ice veins and snowfields, and even the swamp forest nearby were his eyes and ears.

"all?"

"Yes, all of them." The old man nodded firmly.

Chapter 323: Scale powder and blood

"They failed."

On Floating Island No. [-], Luo Er heard the voice of his colleague, paused, and continued his own business.

In a corner of her laboratory, although the two voices speaking at the same time were as low as possible, they still could not hide their amazing hearing from her.

"——But at least they attracted the black dragon's attention, and he didn't notice what we were going to do."

"The black dragon doesn't care about them at all. In its view, the existences it transforms from humans into monsters are just tools that can be used and discarded."

Lore withdrew his attention from their exchange and looked at the being in front of him.

——A monster covered with black scales, its limbs were locked on the operating table, unable to move, and its face was still full of blood.

"......doctor......"

Feeling Lohr's gaze, the black man on the operating table made a weak voice:

"Is there any cure for me? It's so painful... There is a voice in my head that makes me unable to be quiet... It makes me go back..."

"Don't worry, I'll give you a sedative first. You just need to take a nap and you'll be fine soon." A trace of unbearability flashed in Luo Er's eyes as he comforted her.

"Um......"

After the injection, Lore inserted a needle into the black man's body and studied his blood.

Time passed little by little, and the sound of footsteps came. Without looking back, Luo Er identified the other party's identity and put down the test tube in his hand.

"How's it going?"

Luo Er turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, who was the director of the Institute of Ecology, and said: "There has been progress. We have confirmed that the black dragon's scale powder contains its blood structure. Current speculation... . Its essence should be the solidification of the black dragon’s blood.”

"Oh?"

Hearing this, the director looked surprised: "The scales are solidified by blood... I heard that the black dragon's defense power is amazing?"

"Because it has two layers of scales, one primary and one secondary. The secondary scales are where the blood coagulates and grow on the outermost side. The inner ones are the harder primary scales. The hardness of the primary scales is already higher than that of most metals. The two are superimposed. It's a manifestation of its amazing defensive power." Luo Er explained with a calm expression.

"Oh, no wonder - that means that as long as you get the secondary scales, it is equivalent to having the blood of the black dragon?"

"Theoretically, this is the case, but whether it is correct has yet to be confirmed. Moreover, the technology required to convert scale powder into blood is too complicated, and we cannot achieve much in a short time."

When Luo Er was talking, the director had already arrived in front of the operating table, looking at the black man in front of him with disgust.

"What a blasphemy...the devil Black Dragon actually turned humans into this."

Hearing these words, Luo Er remained silent, and the director continued: "I just went to the Sky Island Federation for a meeting, which was about the black dragon."

"I should do this kind of thing..."

Luo Er was about to refuse, but was interrupted by the director:

"This is news to be reported to the whole world. You will know it sooner or later. It is not a secret."

"...Then I'm all ears."

"That's not necessary. We are just confirming its identity based on its past." The director said with a smile.

"identity?"

"Except for us humans living in the sky, any creature that exists on the earth has their responsibilities... and the black dragon, in our judgment, believes that it is an existence that cannot be described by common sense. It It’s a mistake, nature’s mistake, and its outcome is either death, or it messes up the ecology and turns the world into this...or worse.”

While saying this, the director's eyes were always fixed on the black man in front of him.

Then he raised his head again, looked at the somewhat puzzled Luo Er, paused, and said: "I'm afraid you don't know, but on the way we brought this black man back, we discovered an island made of hot land. It is incompatible with other nearby terrain. According to the inspection of the temporary land, it was found that it was produced when a natural disaster died - that is to say, the black dragon had already killed a natural disaster before we even discovered it. No matter what method is used, its extremely threatening strength is confirmed."

He stared directly at Luo Er and sighed: "Unfortunately, the original infected person died. If the blood of the black dragon can be extracted from her body, we can also have a deeper understanding of it... ..Do you think we can find anyone else with similar requirements?”

As soon as these words came out, Luo Er was immediately alert. She looked directly at the director without hesitation, and then said nonchalantly: "Who knows, maybe you will pay more attention to Bell in advance. Maybe she will have hope for more lives."

"...We don't have the ability to predict Wei Gua, and no one knows what it will be like tomorrow." After hearing Luo Er's words, the director said calmly.

"-But compassion and sympathy are for everyone, rather than turning a blind eye to what others are going through."

The director's face was filled with displeasure. He looked down at Luo Er and said, "Listening to what you said, you seem to be resenting us for not providing an education to the child you raised? And then you blame us for her misfortune?"

At this moment, there was already a hint of gunpowder between the two.

——Lol treats everyone like this. Born in the forest, she disdains human calculations, and sometimes she will even tear apart their disguises.Although after so many years, she felt that she had adapted to living among humans, she still couldn't control her emotions when she heard the name of the person she cared about.

"Please don't misunderstand, dear director, I don't want to talk about this topic for the time being. Please leave here. I want to continue the experiment."

Facing the director's anger, Luo Er's face remained calm.

The director snorted coldly and turned around to leave.

Seeing him disappear behind the door, Luo Er pretended to be cold and relaxed.

Her dissatisfaction was all disguised, and the purpose was to make the director unconsciously ignore this topic, which was about the first infected person of the black dragon.

The director has become suspicious, or maybe he is certain.Luo Er didn't know this, but she didn't keep Xiyin's identity a secret. She just concealed the fact that she was the son of Bell, and lied to the outside world that Xiyin was the granddaughter of her deceased friend - this sentence was not Wrong, but the identity must be chosen as part of the lie between Sora and Dale, his former partners.

No matter what, she must keep this secret and let Xiyin live as happily as possible.

Chapter 324: Hunter Practice

At the same time, when Luo Er was thinking about Xiyin, the latter also started practicing in the forest.

"Huh...well...I'm so tired...how long do I have left, instructor..."

Carrying heavy luggage, Xiyin climbed the steep mountain. Panting, she raised her head and asked Hai Xin in front of her.

"It's not a matter of time, little girl."

Hai Xin wore a helmet and crossed her arms with her chest: "Your physical fitness is very abnormal, you can even outrun a red wolf dragon, but that is only possible when you are unarmed. What else can you do besides running? You You need to defeat it, and you have to run away with a weapon when facing an opponent you can't defeat. This is the purpose of my training."

"Okay, then I get it, um..."

After hearing this, Xiyin gritted his teeth and stood up again and climbed to the top of the mountain.

Seeing her giving up her rest so decisively, Hai Xin was a little surprised, but she followed her immediately.

——After Kulu promised Xiyin that she could become a hunter, she immediately went to Haixin to tell her the good news, and pestered her to recognize him as an instructor.Hai Xin, who was interested in Xiyin's talent, simply agreed and tried his best to train her with the mentality of "see how far she can go in the future."

And as she gradually got to know Xiyin, Hai Xin couldn't help being surprised from time to time.

"Her body seems to have been blessed by God. She has great potential in terms of strength, speed, physical fitness, and reflexes. Although she is not very interested in written knowledge, she can become a hunter earlier than ordinary people... ..No, just in case, let her wait until she is an adult.”

With this thought, she followed Xiyin to the top of the mountain, and then asked Xiyin to stop:

"Let's get here for now."