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

"Oh."

Ada kept talking, while Ali remained silent and observed the surrounding terrain.

But even if Ali didn't react much to his every word, Ada was always in high spirits, as if the topics in his mind would never run out.

"Speaking of which, my dad also went on a mission, but his mission was to go to that gray miasma to boil potion. How envious. Our mission was just to observe the spread of the gray miasma. Can't we use that spaceship for this kind of thing? Yet?"

"Ah."

"Hey, Ali, why don't you express your opinion too!"

"..."

The two of them still walked without stopping. Ali was silent for a while and said:

"It's probably to save energy, not to mention that Mr. Harold also has his own purpose in making this arrangement."

After saying that, he raised his head and looked into the distance.

Unknowingly, they had gradually penetrated deeper into the jungle.Along the way, Ali did not forget Kraft's instructions and kept collecting soil.

"Is there any higher terrain nearby where we can observe the gray miasma?"

He turned to Ada and asked.

"High place? Let me think about it... yes, there is exactly one place!"

Ada thought for a while, then his eyes lit up and he started running.

Ali frowned slightly and quickly followed behind.

"What the hell is that place?"

"On the tree! It's not clear what I'm telling you, just come with me!"

Ali tried to ask for details, but Ah Da did not stop, but skillfully led him forward quickly.

...In this way, after running for about five or six hours, during which the two of them ran and stopped and had lunch, they finally arrived at the destination Ada mentioned.

"Huh...huh...is this the open place you mentioned?"

Ali panted heavily and watched Ada stop behind him.

He raised his head and looked forward, his eyes slightly frozen.

——Standing in front of you is a huge tree with a trunk so thick that even dozens of people holding hands cannot form a ring.

Ali also discovered that there were many roots hanging from the branches of the big tree. These roots fell to the ground, and some of them had penetrated into the soil. The roots became thicker and turned into another tree connected to it.

The trees were closely connected. Ali didn't pay attention when he ran over. Now that he thought about it carefully, he probably entered the range of this giant tree 10 minutes ago.

"We climbed up. It used to be the habitat of the fire dragon couple. It must be high enough!"

Ada pointed at the tree with nostalgia, then grabbed a fork of the branch and climbed up first.

Ali panted for a while, and when his limbs regained some strength, he also imitated Ah Da's previous actions and climbed to the top of the tree.

Gradually the distance between the two grew higher and higher until they exceeded the surrounding trees.A cool breeze hit from a distance, and Ali's hands and feet trembled a little.

He didn't know how far he had climbed. He didn't look around and just started to blindly follow A Da.

——It wasn't until there was a rustling sound above his head, the climbing figure above disappeared, and then a hand held his arm that he realized that he had reached the top of the tree unknowingly.

Ada pulled him up. He lay on the ground and panted for a while before looking around.

Although the foothold at the end of the tree is not flat, it is enough for people to move freely on it due to the large number of branches and leaves cushioning it.

Since a fire dragon couple lived there before, the area at the end of the tree was spacious enough.

When the soft feeling in his hands and feet slowly dissipated, Ali stood up and looked at the scenery outside the tree top, overlooking the green sea of ​​trees.

Chapter 33: Fire Dragon’s Past

——Looking around, there are vast leaves all around, a line of birds flying over the top of the trees, and in the distance are the towering peaks. Under the green colors, the sky on the horizon is also so blue.

Just when you turn your sight, you can see a cloud of gray fog slowly approaching from a distance, shattering this vibrant scenery.

"..." Ali's face suddenly became serious. He knelt down, took out his notes and recorded the scene on the ground.

"How is it? The view here is very broad! Look over there!"

Ah Da pointed in the direction not far away. Ali raised his head while recording and vaguely saw a hot air balloon emerging from the cover of leaves.

"That's the direction of our village."

"Oh."

Ali stood up and looked around, his eyes suddenly stopped in one direction.

He raised his hand and pointed to a place where the leaves were sparser than other areas:

"Has that forest been cut down?"

"There." Ada looked at that place and recalled it for a while, with a look of sudden realization on his face: "That place was burned down by the fire dragon a few years ago."

"Fire dragon?"

Seeing that Ali was confused about this matter, Ada suddenly became interested and began to explain the origin of this matter to him:

"That happened four or five years ago. The weather was relatively dry at that time, so the fire dragon should have burned this forest when it breathed. In order to prevent the fire dragon from burning the forest during this period, we Senior Luo Er planned for the whole village to drive the fire dragon couple out of here, seemingly to drive it to the volcano in the distance. Although I don’t know if this is feasible, I still followed them."

"Yeah." Ali nodded. As a bodyguard who followed the recorder of the Institute of Ecology to investigate the dangers on the ground, he was well-informed.

Leaving the forest in the east direction, you will come to a desert, then cross the desert, and finally reach the lava volcano.

And with the flying ability of the fire dragon, it is entirely possible to migrate across such a distant place in one go.

From this point of view, this Miss Lore has indeed made a careful analysis.

"Then we started fighting! In fact, we were quite hesitant at first because the fire dragon couple was in the breeding season and they were more aggressive. But later when we went to fight, we found that this was not the case. The fire dragon couple didn't know each other. There was a big fight, and there were injuries all over the body, so even if the fire dragon couple were present at the time, we could easily kill them."

At this point, Ah Da scratched his head with regret: "It's a pity. Originally, we only planned to drive them away. Unexpectedly, they refused to retreat no matter what, so we had to kill them - but it can be considered that we responded in time, otherwise According to Miss Lore's speculation, they will go in that direction again, and if we don't stop them in time, they will be burned down."

With that said, Ada pointed in another direction.

"Is there anything different there?" Ali frowned. From the top of the tree, he could only see that the direction was no different from other areas. He really didn't know what attracted the fire dragon couple there.

And he also found it strange that creatures would indeed behave more violently than normal during the breeding season, but they would not be as aggressive as fire dragons, not to mention that they were still a couple.

Could it be that there is some contradiction in them?

This idea flashed through Ali's mind, but without any realistic evidence, any conjecture would be in vain. He soon restrained this meaningless thinking.

"Is there anything different?" Ada spread his hands helplessly, revealing his empty hands, "We also went to that place to investigate afterwards, but there was nothing. There was no hidden creature that could threaten the fire dragon, and there was nothing. A legendary treasure, and this matter will be lost forever.”

"There's none......"

Ali looked in the direction that Ah Da pointed at, pondered for a while, and touched the container in his backpack.

"Go there and have a look," he said.

When the time comes, pack some soil and bring it back to Kraft for study.

......

...The next day, the two people returned to the village after running around all day. At this time, they were covered in a little dew and mud, but they were accustomed to it.

Ali remained silent, while Ah Da stretched out comfortably.

"Okay! I'm finally back. I'm going to submit the task. Ali, just go back and rest!"

With that said, he started running again, and while running, he turned back and shouted: "Let's get together again when we have time!"

"As much as possible."

Ali said calmly. There was already some distance between the two of them, but Ali knew that their sharp ears could hear his words.

After saying this, he returned to the room and opened the door.

"I am back."

"Um......"

Ali said hello, but his answer was a weak promise.

On the desk, the young scholar rubbed his eyes and was picking up his glasses from the desk and putting them on.

Seeing Ali's arrival, he smiled reluctantly.

“Before I knew it, I stayed up all night.”

"Oh."

Ali nodded, put the sword aside, took out a lot of utensils from his waist, and placed them next to the desk.

"The soil you asked for, I'm going to clean the armor."

"Thank you."

After handing the vessel to Kraft, Ali turned around and left, leaving only the scholar behind him who rubbed his eyes again, yawned and started the experiment.

——At the same time, a flying bird flew across the sky, stopped at the bow of the ship, and made a crisp cry.

After a while, Harold came out, and the bird fell from the height and stopped on the railing beside him.

Looking at the flying bird, Harold had a somewhat complicated expression, but after hesitating for a while, he untied the rope from its leg, pulled out the note hidden in it, and read it.

Soon, his expression gradually turned bad. He sighed deeply, took out a match and lit the note on fire, letting it turn into ashes and float in the air.

The content of the envelope is very straightforward. Simply put, it urges him to solve the gray miasma. Of course, the most important point is to complete the preparatory work of the resource collection center as soon as possible.

The so-called preparatory work is to solve the problems that cause trouble in the establishment of the resource collection station. It does not refer to the ferocious creatures in the forest - because they are also a kind of resources.But it is Homo sapiens who have the highest respect for the forest, that is, the forest people in the village.

Harold knew that someone above him was tired of his indecision and was urging him to use faster methods.

"A quicker way...haha..."

Staring at the ashes dissipating in the air, after a long time, Harold let out a wry smile.

Chapter 34: That green love

......

That night, looking at Corythy's sleeping cheek, Harold's face was full of tenderness.

Just when he was about to fall asleep next to her, there was an anxious knock on the door.

"Mr. Harold! I have something to ask you!"

He frowned immediately, but out of self-cultivation, he reluctantly left his beloved wife's side and put on his coat.

He opened the door, and without waiting for the people outside to say anything, he made a hissing gesture, and then quietly closed the door.

"Mr. Harold..."

"Let's talk somewhere else."

Standing in front of him was a young scholar. He had an impression of this person. His name was Kraft. He was a recorder at the Institute of Ecology. He was performing ecological survey tasks on this dangerous ground. Although his qualifications were still relatively young, it was impressive. Respect.

He followed Kraft to the corner of the boat, cleared his throat and said, "I remember you are Kraft's recorder, right? What's the matter?"

"Do you remember me?" Kraft was stunned, and then ignored the matter. Instead, he anxiously said to Harold: "Team Leader Harold, I, I discovered something important. According to what my companion said, I've come to a very... very bad guess, and if left unchecked, something very serious will happen!"

Seeing that he was a little incoherent, Harold patted his shoulder and said patiently: "Don't be impatient. Calm down and talk to me slowly."

Kraft's half-open mouth paused. He took a deep breath, clenched his fists, and said slowly: "Okay... That's it. Yesterday morning, you arranged for my companion Ali to go We are on a mission to investigate the gray miasma, right?"

"That's right." Harold nodded.

Under his persuasion, Grandma Lizi, who had not experienced much human experience, quickly agreed to his decision and allowed him to command both the scholars and the villagers.

Although this is only for future missions, for now, we still need to take some normal actions, and letting Ali and Morito act together is one of them.

"——When Ali was going out, I asked him to bring me some soil from outside. He agreed. When he came back today, he brought me several jars of soil from different regions. I started researching that day. Get up." Kraft said, then thought of something, and quickly added, "Of course, these do not violate the rules of the floating island, I am just curious, and I will go back after studying it."

"I trust you as a person, Recorder Kraft. Let's talk about the important things first."

"Okay. After studying a few jars, I found that there was a special substance in one of the jars of soil. After I extracted it, I found that it was very similar to the ash miasma I saw!" Kraft said in shock. After hearing the news, he became excited, "You must think that I saw it wrong, but I guarantee with my career that this is indeed gray miasma... No, it is not gray miasma, it is gray scale dragon scale powder!"

Seeing the surprised expression on Harold's face, Kraft added: "You have disclosed information about Gray Scale Dragon, and the above records say that it uses pheromones as a signal activity. Although I have only studied it for a short time Time, but I am sure that these scale powders have not received the gray scale dragon’s pheromones for a long time and have lost their activity!”

"...You." Harold looked at Kraft in disbelief, feeling like he couldn't turn his head around.

Why is there gray-scaled dragon scale powder in the soil?Where was this jar of soil dug?What exactly is going on?