Trickster Hunter

Chapter 134 History of the Wilderness

"This life experience is enough to be the protagonist of a novel." Sun Hang commented.

"Is there any novel where the protagonist is destined to live less than half a century?" Zhulong laughed.

"That's the current novel. Nine out of ten books pursue the protagonist to be awesome and invincible. Readers can't bear to see the protagonist falter a little, and the author is afraid that the writing is not exciting enough and readers will abandon the book. Push forward ten or twenty years. , there are many protagonists with tragic endings, and the topics of jealousy of talents and heroes’ twilight have always been very touching..."

Sun Hang paused and then said: "What's more, the plot of changing one's fate against the will of heaven is the most exciting. What previous generations of Zhulong couldn't do doesn't mean you can't do it either."

"Are you comforting me?" Zhulong asked.

"No, I'm just discussing novels with you." Sun Hang said.

Sun Hang himself did not have free time to read novels, but there was a lot of information in this regard in the memories that Tai Sui devoured and integrated. Among the victims who were used as Tai Sui's nourishment, there was probably more than one avid novel lover. .

"Ha, I don't really like reading popular novels. I prefer some ancient books that seem boring to others." Zhulong glanced at the bookcase on one side, and finally stopped at a set of books that occupied four rows of bookshelves. On the tome, "I have recently been reading "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" compiled by Sima Guang during the Northern Song Dynasty. I just finished reading the sixty volumes of "Han Ji" the day before yesterday, and the next one is "Wei Ji"."

"Do you like history?" Sun Hang asked.

"'If you use copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; if you use history as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; if you use people as a mirror, you can know gains and losses.' The source of this sentence is "Old Tang Book Wei Zheng Biography", which comes from Xiazhou Continent From the mouth of one of the most outstanding emperors, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin.

"Were there any weird things during Emperor Taizong's time?" Sun Hang asked again.

"Officially there is no relevant record." Zhulong said, "But in some unofficial histories, there are mentions of evil spirits infesting the wilderness... In my personal opinion, the extremely classic sentence of 'Chao Dynasty' in "The Road to Shu is Difficult" Avoid fierce tigers, avoid long snakes at night. Grinding teeth and sucking blood, killing people like numbness' may not refer to wild animals. "

"Is it a monster?"

"Not sure, everything is just my guess." Zhulong shrugged.

After saying this, the drinks they ordered were finally served. Three cups of different shapes were placed on a walnut tray - the Puppet Master's latte was in an exquisite bone china cup. Hang's butter beer was served in a large glass with a handle, and the foam overflowing from the mouth of the cup was still swaying. As for Zhulong, the Long Island ice tea he ordered was served in a hammered stainless steel wine glass.

Sun Hang noticed that there was no ice in this cup of "Long Island Ice Tea".

"Isn't this the bartender's negligence?" Sun Hang pointed at the cup, "Looking at the name, this thing should have ice cubes, right?"

"Of course not, it's just my personal habit." Zhulong took off the glove hand and held the wine glass. Suddenly, a cold air came out of the glass.

"Ice cubes will dilute the prepared wine during the melting process, resulting in continuous changes in taste." Zhulong said, "Some people like this gradual change in taste, but I prefer consistency."

"Let me tell you, your ability is really useful." Sun Hang picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and the rich foam immediately covered the corners of his mouth.

This non-alcoholic version of butter beer is actually boiled with brown sugar, butter and whipping cream. The bartender also added a tablespoon of maple syrup to make the butter beer taste as sweet as honey.

Sun Hang glanced at the puppet master who was sipping a latte and suddenly asked: "I don't know your name yet? Zhulong has always called you Miss Zhong. Is this your last name?"

The puppet master nodded slightly.

"Zhong Ling." She said.

"Zhong Ling? Zhong Ling Yuxiu's Zhong Ling?"

"It's Poria cocos." The girl corrected in a low voice.

"What about you?" Sun Hang looked at Zhulong.

Sun Hang himself has never had a replacement number, so much so that Yang Qi complained about his "real-name system for surfing the Internet" several times. But for Sun Hang, the name is a person's code name. In this case, why waste time using another one? What about a codename to replace this codename?

"My name is Zhulong." Zhulong said, "It is both my name and my code name - just like the Zhulong meme, this name is also passed down from generation to generation."

"This name is quite domineering."

"The Zhulong was first recorded in the "Book of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness North Classic". It is a monster with a human face and a snake body. It is also known as the 'Zhu Jiuyin' or the 'Fire Spirit'. According to legend, its blood is It is an extremely cold thing, but the oil in its body is very flammable. In ancient times, humans hunted the candle dragon and refined its oil to make everlasting candles. This is the origin of the name of the candle dragon. "

After Zhulong finished speaking, he lightly touched the edge of the wine glass with his finger, and a circle of light cyan flame rose up from the rim of the glass.

However, the appearance of the flame not only did not bring any heat, but also caused the surrounding temperature to drop a lot. Zhong Ling, who was holding the coffee cup, subconsciously shrank his neck and whispered softly: "It's so cold."

"Sorry." Zhulong smiled apologetically and put out the flames with his palms, and then the chilling feeling gradually subsided.

"This flame is your killer move, right?" Sun Hang said, "You have already held back when dealing with the Overlord... If I'm not mistaken, those snake-shaped water streams wrapped around the Overlord can all be burned like this, right?"

Zhulong nodded: "If you do that, Miss Zhong will lose a powerful strange skeleton."

"You just said that humans in ancient times hunted Zhulong and used its oil to refine candles..." Sun Hang brought the topic back, "Were humans in ancient times so powerful? They were actually able to hunt such a powerful strange creature?"

"Humans have always been very powerful. In the wilderness, In the early days, humans lived with all kinds of beasts and monsters in this world. There was no difference between civilized areas and wild lands at that time... Think about it, why were humans able to expand their territory and establish various civilized countries, while those wild beasts and evil monsters were forced into the wilderness where few people have ever been? "

"You mean, in ancient times, humans and monsters had a war... and the winner of this battle was humans?" Sun Hang pondered, "As for the main combat force of the human side... could it be the infected people in ancient times?"

"I think so." Zhulong nodded.