Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1238: Headless Black Dragon and Invisible Breath

At Long Wu's call, Lin Lan and the girls came to the observation deck of the restaurant.

Just as the waiter had just said, a long celebration procession was coming from afar on the bustling and lively streets of Xianluo City below.

The Natlan people who were beating drums and gongs along the way were all wearing red robes and covering their faces with props that looked like masks.

The nine lifelike five-clawed golden dragons flying and circling in the air, controlled by the power of the limit, also attracted applause from the onlookers on the streets.

This lively scene filled with a festive atmosphere made Harbin look at Lin Lan and was about to say something.

But when the Donghuang light cruiser turned her head, she suddenly discovered that their commander had opened his eyes wide and was looking at the golden dragon hovering in the sky as if he had seen something unbelievable and strange.

"Commander? What happened? Are you okay?"

It wasn't just Harbin who noticed that something was wrong with Lin Lan.

The attentive Haitian and Anshan also noticed Lin Lan's pale expression and asked with concern at the same time.

"hiss……"

Lin Lan had no time to answer the questions from the ship girls at this moment. He only felt a bone-chilling coldness and even got goose bumps on his back.

There is no other reason.

From his perspective, these nine origami golden dragons flying over the streets of Xianluo City...

It was actually a dark gaseous monster with the body of a dragon but without its head!

These headless black dragons hovered quietly in the air, making people feel a chill down their spine.

What's even more creepy is that the nine-headed headless black dragon has a black aura that is invisible to the naked eye, just like a vine, tightly wrapping around the Natlan people wearing red robes and beating gongs below, as if controlling a group of puppets.

Lin Lan recognized what these monsters were almost instantly, as they were able to disguise themselves so well in front of the ship girls.

Category V threats.

Somehow, a longing from his soul made him want to devour these headless black dragons.

But the concerned words of the Donghuang ship girls made him take a deep breath and suppress the shock and desire in his heart.

Seeing that these black mist gaseous headless dragons did not seem to be planning to launch an attack, he lowered his voice and explained to the Donghuang ship girls who were surrounding him and looking at him worriedly:

"I will show you the true appearance of these paper dragons first. Be prepared and don't panic or alert the enemy."

After saying that, he synchronized his own perspective with the ship girls through the elemental vision.

"hiss!"

Even Harbin and Anshan couldn't help but gasp when they saw the originally harmonious and lively scene undergoing such a drastic change.

Poor Lady Feiyun was so frightened that she was about to scream, but fortunately Changchun predicted it and blocked her mouth the moment Feiyun could speak.

Fushun and Huben instinctively wanted to deploy their ship gear, but Anshan raised his hand to stop them.

"Damn it, have these monsters been hiding under our noses all this time? When exactly did they…"

Harbin's face was cold at this time. He looked at the headless black dragons that were slowly flying past them and towards the front. He clenched his fists and growled.

She had clearly intended to bring the commander to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Dongzhou Festival, but she had never imagined that the enemy would be lurking so openly in the rear city where they thought it was safe.

This made Harbin very angry and felt guilty.

"Commander, why don't we destroy these monsters now? With our current firepower, we can definitely destroy them in the air without any damage."

Anshan asked Lin Lan in a serious tone, and the green-haired girl's good mood for vacation also fell to the bottom.

But Anshan knew very well that there must be a reason why the commander did not let them launch an attack. "Tsk, because these headless dragon monsters are not the pollution source of the Class V threat at all, they are just some pollutants."

The one who answered Anshan's question was the tracker whose tone turned serious.

The two Antiks girls also had their vision synchronized with Lin Lan's.

Whether they were trackers or explorers, there was a golden glow in their eyes as they performed high-frequency data analysis on the scene before them.

"The Tracker is right. If we can't find the source of the pollution, it will be meaningless even if we destroy these headless black dragons. Instead, it will cause a greater disaster."

Lin Lan frowned, but Hai Tian said to him in a trembling voice with an unpleasant expression:

"Commander, according to the Natlan scriptures, the people of Dongzhou perform dragon dances in every city on the day of the Dragon Gate Festival, and this has never been interrupted.

"Could it be that the Category V threat before us has existed in Dongzhou for thousands of years?"

What Hai Tian said made Lin Lan's face even gloomier.

If this is true, then wouldn't this Category V threatening pollution source have already taken root in Dongzhou?
First of all, he was certain that the Type V threat that appeared before them was not the one that the Natlan Goddess and the Natlan royal family had sealed.

Otherwise, if it could allow pollutants to roam freely in the outside world, Natlan would have been destroyed long ago.

But if he really wanted to say that this Class V threatening pollution source came with the bad omen, he didn't think it was likely.

The Category V threat pollution source in Nanzhou that possesses the power of withering and corruption could not wait to expand and devour living beings as soon as it arrived, as if it was extremely hungry.

But the Class V threat pollution source in front of us seems to be planning something, and has been in a disguised lurking state that seems harmless.

And according to Haitian's description, this latent state may most likely be traced back to ancient times.

"The situation is still unclear, let's go back to the temporary port first..."

Just as Lin Lan pondered for a moment, watching the nine headless black dragons gradually moving away, he finally decided to take the Donghuang ship girls back to the temporary port area to discuss countermeasures and collect more information.

A hoarse, vicissitudes of life voice suddenly sounded in his mind, revealing endless resentment and disdain:

"To spend ninety-five years immersed in Huiyuan Pond and then sculpting one's head is a sin.

"But, it's all in vain—"

Lin Lan knew who the owner of this voice was.

It was actually the invisible breath that had merged with his soul and had been silent for some time - Penumbra X.

But almost in the next second, he suddenly discovered a key point.

The Invisible Breath was also a black gaseous monster, and no matter when Yun Xian slashed it in the game, or when he saw it with his own eyes after traveling through time...

The Invisible Breath only has a dragon head, but no dragon body!

Could it be that this fifth-class threat lurking in Natlan is the former body of the Invisible Breath? !
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was very high.

After all, this is the first time that the Invisible Breath has said anything other than "all in vain", which is enough to show that there is definitely a connection between the Headless Black Dragon and the Invisible Breath.

"In the 1995s, did Huiyuanchi Yuemen build a statue?"

Lin Lan repeatedly pondered over what the Invisible Breath said, and combined with what Hai Tian had said in the morning about the Dongzhou myth, he roughly guessed in his mind what this source of pollution from the higher dimension wanted to do.

"Well, let's go directly to the Dragon Palace first."

He changed his mind about returning to the temporary port first, and turned to the Donghuang ship girls and said:

"I finally came out here, and I may have some clues about this matter. We may be able to resolve this Category V threat in the Qinglong Clan."

(End of this chapter)