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

“Emotions are running high right now, don’t miss this opportunity.”

Mercer only moved a little bit, and the spikes on the armor scratched the woolen bed, and he immediately frowned.

"Also, take this thing away, I don't need this useless thing."

"clear."

Rachel nodded, and then Mercer said: "You can send some people out to promote this place and tell them that Xuhei Kingdom will always welcome those people. When the time comes, the floating islands will be even more anxious after hearing the news. Maybe this will expose your flaws.”

Hearing this, Rachel just thought for a while: "I understand."

After saying that, she left the place at Mercer's signal. After returning to the spaceship parked in front of the volcano, Rachel told others the exact words Mercer asked for. However, in response to this, the person in front of Rachel Somewhat puzzled: "Master Priest, we heard that there seem to be pirates plundering resources in the outside world? What if our people are in danger?"

Facing the other party's questions, Rachel's expression remained normal: "Send out ten large spaceships, filled with fuel and supplies. In addition to the spaceship maintenance personnel, bring some more combatants: some hunters, some blacks, and some lynx and A tamed flying dragon can be used to allow the flying dragon to quickly leave when the hatch of a large spaceship is opened."

Her words startled the other party and asked: "But if this happens, wouldn't we discover the location of the Unfloating Island?"

"That's another thing." Rachel said, recalling the decisions she learned from flipping through the documents and making her own judgment:

"The crews of spaceships outside are currently lacking resources. When encountering a large spaceship like ours, they will unconsciously ask us for help and come closer. We can directly reveal our identity to them and give them a month's resources as a price. , we must use them as a tool to promote the virtual black country... No, they may also take the food and keep silent about it. In this case, we can ask them to replace the canvas on the spacecraft and leave This is a mark that only belongs to the Xuhei Kingdom."

Hearing this, the other party's eyes also lit up: "If the sail is taken away, it is impossible for the ship to float far away. Hanging in the air without supplies is no different from waiting to die. This method is good!"

But then, he showed a distressed look: "But, what should be used as a mark?"

"How about depicting the figure of Lord God?" Rachel already had an idea about this.

Chapter 343: Humans

——A few days later, ten large spaceships flew away from the port near the sea.

On the canvas of the spaceship, there is also a painting of a huge black dragon with teeth and claws. There are not many details in the painting, but there are only two colors of the dragon: black all over and red lines on the chest. There is no other dragon except Mercer.

In addition to being equipped with ample firepower, the spacecraft also has backups such as chefs, doctors, painters, and musicians to ensure the physical and mental health of the people staying on the spacecraft.

Ten spaceships will be spread out around the world to carry out Mercer's casual orders.

But before they could fly far, a spaceship sent a letter to Xuhei Country.

The letter came to Rachel through the birds, and was handed over to Mercer through it.

......

"Is it a huge shadow under the sea..."

Looking at the information brought back from the spacecraft, Mercer fell into deep thought.

He held the envelope in his hand, feeling the scale powder inside.

Since it only takes a few days from the time the envelope is written to the time it comes back, the remaining scale powder also retains a lot of activity.

Mercer was able to learn more information from it.

"... Natural disaster, is this guy?" Soon, Mercer opened his eyes and frowned.

He threw the envelope back to Rachel, stood up from where he had been on the wool bed a few days ago, spread his wings and left through the specially reserved hole above his head.

Although Rachel was surprised by Mercer's behavior, she was familiar with his behavior, packed up the envelope, and turned around to leave.

——On Mercer's side, he flapped his wings fiercely in the air, and his figure suddenly accelerated.

After flying for several hours, he arrived at the sea pointed by the spacecraft.

Below, he saw the huge long figure.

"...Xian Shilong, what are you doing here?"

Mercer stared at the shadow and let out a low roar.

As soon as he finished speaking, the vaguely visible shadow on the bottom of the sea moved and slowly came out of the water.

In Mercer's sight, Xian Shilong vomited out the letter and came to Mercer. His huge eyeballs stared at him, with a sly smile in his eyes:

"Why can't I come here?"

Mercer snorted coldly. He didn't believe that such a distance appeared near his territory without any purpose.

Then, Xian Shilong turned his head and looked in the direction of the Ice Vein Snowfield, with a slight arc at the corner of his mouth: "This land has changed too much. If it were not shielded by that energy, not only me, but also other natural disasters would not be able to find out. It’s difficult for you all.”

It swam slowly, ignoring Mercer, and stared at the position of the ice-veined snowfield in the distance: "Humans - this is really an interesting race. Except for our natural disasters, there are not many creatures that can change the terrain in a short time. It’s common, and humans are the most special among them.”

From the words of Xian Shilong, he showed no hesitation in his love for human beings.To this, Mercer just replied coldly:

"However, before the [Cataclysm], you expelled them."

"——This is different, Black Dragon. One is our innate instinct, and the other is my acquired understanding. I admire their strong sense of exploration, but if they offend me, I don't mind letting the human race in the world There is no conflict between these two sentiments."

Xian Shilong said slowly, and then without waiting for Mercer's words, he spoke out the letter and continued: "But then again, if they hadn't touched the taboo, we wouldn't have been born in this world. From this point of view , I still have to thank them.”

"According to what you said, are you happy to see them do this? Even if the taboo is touched?"

Hearing this, Mercer stared at Shilong closely, seeming to be examining it.

In response to this, Xian Shilong slowly turned his head, showing a mysterious smile and said: "I said, this is not a conflict. As a natural disaster, I do not allow the energy of the earth to be used by them at will, but as a living creature, I have I admire the behavior of the group of people.”

"Oh?"

"My ability is related to the earth, and there is too much history in this world buried underground. Among them, the most numerous are the traces of human civilization. These traces buried underground do not even require too much exploration, as long as you feel When you see their existence, you can understand what humans have done." It said slowly, cunning and old man-like wisdom appeared at the same time on this snake's face, which looked very contradictory:

"Throughout human civilization, they have broken too many taboos - they have increased their understanding of themselves by cutting open the bodies of their own kind, regardless of whether the experimental subjects are dead or alive; they have accelerated the progress of their civilization by killing each other among their own kind. , even if there is no winner in that battle; they have set foot on almost every corner of the world, but they are still hungry for more... until in the end, when they reap the consequences and are expelled into the sky by natural disasters such as ours Even then, they won’t reflect on it.”

"Listen to what you said, these human beings deserve death?" After listening to Shilong's long speech, Mercer asked with a normal expression.

And the brilliance in Xian Shilong's eyes also returned to normal: "...Haha, you who are so keen to take humans under your command should know what's special about them better, right? Before they touch the energy of the earth's veins, What else can be called taboo? It is undeniable that in the lives naturally derived from the energy of the earth's veins, they are special."

"As a natural disaster, you are a little too close to humans."

Hearing the admiration for human beings in Xian Shilong's tone, even Mercer couldn't help but remind him.

"I said it, there is no conflict. To a certain extent, they are my teachers." The words that slipped out seemed to hide some kind of secret, and Mercer suddenly became alert.

"——What do you mean by this?"

And Xian Shilong also reacted, showing the same smile as before, "We are both natural disasters and living creatures. Although we have had an unquestionable mission since birth, but even so, our three views need to be shaped later. "

"So what helps you shape your three views is the human behavior you just mentioned?"

“Because of their help, I was able to see the world from another perspective—perhaps that’s why I made my fellow humans so disgusted with me.”

Xian Shilong said this, but in fact he did not directly answer Mercer's question, which made Mercer suspicious.

However, judging from Shilong's tone, Mercer was no longer allowed to test further.

"——Ah, while we were chatting, we actually forgot about the real thing." Xian Shilong suddenly said as he looked at Mercer with a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Chapter 344: Mao Snake Dragon

"...Business?" Mercer looked at it suspiciously, but the thought in his mind might be forgotten so quickly, so he hid it instead.

"My people seem to feel your aura." Xian Shilong circled his head twice around Mercer and said.

"who is it?"

"I told you last time, the guy who lives in the forest and can control plants."

"Mao Shelong?" Without thinking too much, Mercer quickly came up with the answer.

But how does it feel about itself?There is obviously such a long distance between the two... Are they those black people?

"Mao Snake Dragon - yes." Xian Shilong nodded and accepted the name easily:

"But you don't need to worry for the time being. It will not leave the forest and will not allow any natural disasters to enter it, so other natural disasters will not be aware of your situation for a while. It has a symbiotic relationship with the forest, almost with the land. The energy of the earth's veins is connected together. This causes it to be able to feel all the situations within its range. The stronger the forest, the more powerful it will be. Of course, conversely, as long as you can destroy its forest, then it will There will be no resistance.”

Hearing this, Mercer sneered and his face suddenly darkened: "So, you think it's easy to deal with, right?"

"As long as you have the ability to destroy the entire forest, then the Mao Snake Dragon will no longer be a threat to you." Xian Shilong still maintained a relaxed attitude, turning a blind eye to Mercer's innuendo: "According to my judgment, the most difficult to deal with The best thing is to destroy its forest, and its own strength can be put behind."

"..." After hearing its words, Mercer fell into deep thought for a while:

"-I need more information about it."

Xian Shilong was stunned for a moment, then he laughed and narrowed his eyes: "You are really greedy, blasphemous monster - I finally understand why you want humans to surrender to you."

Faced with Mercer's impatient expression, Xian Shilong also began to speak slowly: "As long as the Mao Snake Dragon is in any part of its forest, it is equivalent to its existence in any corner of the forest - —But even so, it still exists, and its moving speed is not fast. It usually moves with the help of plants, so if you want to destroy its forest, you can use this to destroy it — I can tell That's all you have, it doesn't want other natural disasters to enter its territory, so even I can't learn more."

"These are enough." Mercer was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Then, when you are ready to kill it, I will also give you appropriate help."

After Xian Shilong finished speaking, he glanced at Mercer and left with an inexplicable smile.

Mercer, on the other hand, stared deeply in the direction of the World-bearing Dragon, then turned and returned to his ice-veined snowfield.

......

A few months later, in a spaceship, most of the crew members were sitting on the railings, and some were sitting back-to-back with their eyes lowered. The atmosphere seemed very depressing.

"...where are we?"

A crew member slowly came to the helm and asked tiredly.

"Here..." The helmsman clicked on the corner of the map ahead, and the crew lowered their heads, looked at the icon above, and suddenly asked: "Are we going wrong?"

"No?"

Hearing this, the helmsman was confused, and the crew member's temper suddenly became violent: "It's just wrong! It's here! Here!"

He angrily clicked on a spot on the map, where a red cross was drawn prominently.

"You're crazy! Why are you going to the ice-veined snowfield?" The crew began to snatch the helmsman's rudder, and the latter immediately started fighting for it.

The noise between the two people attracted the captain. The bearded man came to the board of the ship. When he saw this, he immediately shouted: "What are you doing!" He glared at the other crew members around him and cursed: "Go and pull it. Stop them!"

However, most people ignored him. Some of the crew members looked at the captain indifferently, stood up slowly, and grabbed the crew member who suddenly became angry.

The latter's manic performance also seemed to have drained all the strength after being restrained, and he lay down helplessly.

Seeing this scene, the captain took a deep breath, the hand holding his fist started to shake, and then he put it down weakly.

He came to the helmsman and said nothing. He just picked up a pipe and stuffed tobacco into it.

"More and more people are having problems."

The helmsman returned to his post, looked ahead and spoke slowly.

"......Um."

In this regard, the captain felt infinite bitterness in his heart.

Sitting in a spaceship is by no means a relaxing and relaxing thing, and it can become a kind of torture after a long time.

The first is rare and nutritionally deficient diseases like scurvy.It is difficult to store fruits and vegetables for long periods of time on a spaceship, so scurvy is one of the most common illnesses encountered by crew members.Although now is different from the past, the so-called nutrition can only be solved by a few pills, but they left too hastily when they were attacked by the black dragon, so they could not prepare too many supplies.

The second is rheumatism and other conditions: the spacecraft flies high in the sky, and the wind is strong and full of moisture. How can the crew members who often live in it not get sick?

Along with rheumatism come hearing, vision and other impairments.The strong wind howled in my ears and hit my eyes at the same time. If I don’t wear goggles and earplugs, my vision and hearing will decline sooner or later. It is said that a crew member forgot to wear goggles when passing through a cloudy area. I thought it would be safe as long as I squinted my eyes to do things, but after one day my eyes were completely blind.

What comes after this is the mental state.The spaceship is a completely closed place. You must have a strong psychological endurance to live here, otherwise depression will be a trivial matter. In this place where information is jammed, entertainment tools are few, and there is no hope, how can you directly escape from the spaceship? Just jump down and everything will be fine.

"Captain, should we..." At this time, the helmsman also asked him in a low voice, and at the same time glanced behind him.

On their sails, there is a striking black icon with a huge black dragon with fangs and claws tattooed on it.

The captain was silent for a while, then shook his head with difficulty: "If you look further, you will definitely be able to find the location of the floating island."

But as he said this, his hand holding the pipe began to tremble.

As a captain, his mental pressure is stronger than that of any crew member. It can be said that the introduction of anxiety disorder has become a common occupational disease among spaceship captains.

Chapter 345: Air Pirates

Just as the spacecraft continued to fly forward, the helmsman saw a spacecraft flying slowly from a distance.

"What's ahead?"

The captain looked into the distance with his binoculars and called others to turn on the lights.

"Ask them who they are."

The captain raised his head and shouted, while the helmsman silently turned the spacecraft.

After a while, several flashes of light came from the spaceship opposite.