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

"Oh oh oh oh! I see it! I see it!" Some scholars were already prepared. They brought their telescopes and looked at Mercer's posture.

"This male fire dragon actually has four legs! It's incredible!"

"No! This is not a male fire dragon... It's not right either. It does have a trace of a male fire dragon on its body. Is it a subspecies of a male fire dragon? What's its name? Black fire dragon?"

"How could it be a subspecies of the Fire Dragon! Even the skeleton has changed!"

Seeing these scholars starting to take out their notebooks and draw pictures of Mercer, the captain quickly stopped them: "Hey! Now is not the time to do this. You should go into the room first! In case you encounter any danger!"

However, for this group of scholars who have fallen into a state of fanaticism, even a strong and powerful captain cannot stop them in the first place.

"What are you talking about! This is the discovery of a new species!" the scholars shouted, speeding up the painting.

"what happened?"

At this moment, a soft female voice came out, and a figure walked out of the room.

Seeing the woman, the captain seemed to have seen a savior: "Ms. Ke Laici, please stop them quickly! If this continues, the male fire dragon will come over!"

Phew - just as he finished speaking, a sound was heard breaking through the air. The black dragon had broken through the clouds and was flapping its wings in front of the spacecraft, observing them.

Chapter No.16: Scholar

Homo sapiens with normal ears and wearing normal clothes are different from the group of elves. It seems that these people are real humans.

Mercer looked down at the group of people, his eyes lingering on each of their faces.

Finally, his eyes stopped on the last, good-looking woman who came out.

The clothes are casual and loose, but there is a hint of veteran sophistication in her eyes, and her body...it turns out that she is pregnant.

One person and one dragon looked at each other silently. Ke Lici's gaze froze for a moment, and then she immediately shouted: "Harold!"

Among the group of scholars, an elegant man wearing glasses stared at the enthusiasm in Mercer's eyes and suddenly woke up, pulling the scholars around him:

"Stop recording it now and hold on to the railing next to you!"

His words played a much more useful role in the hearts of the scholars than the captain. Although these scholars were unwilling to do so, they still hugged the guardrail around them tightly.

——After glancing at these people, Mercer turned his attention to the spaceship.

Around the ship, there were several devices similar to crossbows. The bowstrings were fully drawn, and the sharp arrow points were pointed at Mercer.

"Throw stink bombs first to drive them away. If you don't want to leave, fire them immediately!"

The captain commanded in a familiar manner, and then waved fiercely at the scholars standing on the bow: "What are you doing standing still? Bend down and hide under the railing, don't let it see you..."

A bag with a lead inserted into it was ignited by the crew and then immediately thrown towards Mercer.

Staring at the thing emitting yellow smoke, Mercer's pupils shrank, he turned around with wings and passed by it.

But even so, he could not help but smell the huge stench.

"Ugh...what the hell is this..."

The yellow smoke was extremely smelly. Mercer wrinkled his features tightly and flapped his wings to blow away the stench.

Seeing this spaceship was driven by curiosity. He had no plans to have too much contact with humans yet. When he was about to leave, Mercer spit out a mouthful of fire and sprayed it on the spacecraft in retaliation.

Then, he spread his wings, rotated his body 180 degrees, dived into the clouds, and flew away without looking back.

——What he didn’t see was that the flames were burning on the surface of the spacecraft, but they quickly extinguished naturally.

On the spaceship, a group of shocked scholars were lying on it, holding the notes in their arms with lingering fear.

"Did it fly away? That's great...Fortunately, it doesn't mean much harm to us."

Since they were all lying tightly on the board of the ship, this place and the railing were the blind spot for Mercer's breath. Fortunately, everyone was safe and sound.

Kelisi walked over quickly and helped Harold up. Her eyes were full of worry and reproach: "Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?"

"It's okay...Thank you for your concern."

Harold breathed a sigh of relief and held Kelisi's hand: "You too, it's so cold at this altitude, what will you and the child do?"

"In that case, you should take good care of me instead of putting yourself in such a dangerous situation like this time. What if that dragon is very aggressive?"

Facing his wife's accusation, Harold nodded and said, "It's an occupational disease. I'm sorry, I won't do it next time."

After he finished speaking, he muttered again: "But there are indeed very few creatures that can fly to this height..."

"Harold——"

Ke Laixi's eyes became dangerous. Harold's shoulders shook and he apologized again and again: "I'm sorry I was wrong. Let's go back to the room."

"That's right." Ke Laixi regained her gentle smile and took his hand back to the room, leaving only a group of scholars watching the show happily.

During this period, the two people’s exchanges were faintly heard:

"Speaking of which, are your companions also in the village? Didn't you inform them in advance?"

"Haha, just think of it as giving them some surprises..."

......

The spacecraft flew in the air for a while, and finally landed slowly, arriving at a primitive village.

The spaceship landed in an open space that had been cleared in advance. A staircase was opened in the middle of the hull. The scholars inside and the people who controlled the spacecraft walked out one after another, looking at the surrounding scenery in novelty.

Luo Er stood not far away and watched this scene with his arms folded, and yawned lazily.

"Are these scholars from the Institute of Ecology? With them here, I should be able to be lazy for a while."

There were heavy dark circles on her face, and one could imagine how many days and nights she had studied hard.

"I'm afraid this won't work. At least in terms of knowledge about insects, your talent is probably not as good as even the best scholars, right?" Sora and Dell stood aside, and the former said with a smile: "Speaking of which, you Has there been any breakthrough in the recent research on parasites?”

"Yes, yes, the main thing is that this is not a parasite at all...Forget it, I have to explain it to those scholars when the time comes. If you want to know, just stand aside and listen."

"Forget it then, I don't understand what you are saying, so go back..."

Sora was about to turn around when he suddenly saw a familiar figure in his sight. He opened his eyes wide and stopped.

"Eh? That's not..."

At the same time, the other two women also saw the figure slowly coming down the stairs, and a look of surprise appeared on their cheeks.

"Hey! Ke Laixi!" Sola stretched out his hand excitedly, shouted without caring about other people's eyes, and then immediately jumped out.

"Sora is still like that..." Letting Harold support her, Corasi looked towards the direction of the sound, with a warm smile on her lips.

"Your two companions are here too." Harold looked around and found the figure in his memory.

The two boarded the spacecraft and walked towards them.

"Why are you here!" Sola came to her, circled her several times like a big active dog, and looked at her repeatedly, "Aren't you pregnant? What are you doing here?"

At the same time, Luo Er also trotted over, followed by Dale who was walking quickly.

"Long time no see, Sola. And Lordelle."

When she reunited with her friend after a long absence, Ke Laixi's smile was particularly bright.

"Long time no see." Harold also greeted him gently and explained: "I am the leader of the scholars who were sent to participate in the mission, and after hearing that you are also here, Ke Laiqi I also asked to come here.”

"Is it too dangerous for you to come here?" the taciturn Dale suddenly said.

Facing the impending arrival of parasites, this place is not too safe.

But for now, the place is still safe and sound. After all, according to predictions, it will take at least a year for the parasite to arrive here.

"Otherwise, what else can I do? Do I have to abandon you and stay in your room on the floating island?" Ke Laixi said with a smile, and then suddenly pinched Dale's expressionless cheek.

Seeing their warm appearance after a long absence, Harold smiled and silently left to organize the scholars.

Chapter No.17: Natural disaster-level creatures

At night, after the scholars had introduced themselves to the forest people in the village, Lore came to the spacecraft and held a meeting with the scholars.

"First time we meet, my name is Luo Er. I am an insect master. Since I have some talent in insects, I was entrusted to assist in this matter."

Standing in front of the oval round table, Lohr briefly introduced himself and then began the formal content of the meeting:

"Regarding the parasite incident, I need to remind everyone that this is not a simple parasite. Please pay attention."

She paused, her tone hesitant, as if she didn't know how to describe it:

"I've seen detailed samples and done provocative studies on those parasites, and it turned out that these parasites... are not actually bugs."

"This is the first time I have encountered such a complicated situation... Forget it, let me just come to the conclusion. The body tissues of these 'parasites' are too rudimentary. They are so rudimentary that they really don't look like a living thing, but rather some kind of... A part of the individual that breaks off.”

——In front of the table, several scholars had a notebook in front of them. They gathered together to read the contents. It was the record obtained by Lohr during his research.

After flipping through the pages, a scholar raised his hand and asked: "You mean, these 'parasites' actually have a body? These 'parasites' are actually substances released by that body?"

"Maybe, the instruments at that time were too crude and I couldn't get more detailed information." Lohr nodded, noncommittal.

"Then according to your judgment, maybe as long as we defeat this subject, we can prevent the spread of these parasites?"

Another scholar raised a question.

"I don't know. Even if my research is correct, I wonder if this subject can control such a large number of parasites."

She paused and continued:

"What's more, if such a subject really appears in front of us, do we really have the ability to kill it?"

Lore's words caused scholars to fall into silence. The strength of a creature that can have such a huge impact on the ecological environment cannot be underestimated.

Luo Er knew best that when the villagers fought against the Fire Dragon couple, they had to mobilize the whole village. Facing this more terrifying subject, a reckless challenge was definitely the stupidest move.

In the silence, someone asked again:

"...If, if this main body creature does exist, then Miss Luo Er, what do you think its strength will be?"

"..." After hearing his words, Luo Er did not speak immediately, but lowered his eyes and sighed: "I have also thought about this possibility, but according to the records provided by your Ecological Research Institute Look, its strength is probably... natural disaster level."

- Natural disaster!

There is no hierarchy among creatures. Each different creature will show various performances in different ecologies. Their strength may be greatly reduced due to acclimatization, or they may become stronger as they adapt to the environment.

Although people at the Ecological Research Institute also make general divisions of strength based on records, such books have always been controversial, and there are countless people who disagree with the contents.

But in addition, there is another situation that everyone recognizes, and that is the existence of natural disaster level.

As the word implies, every creature that is labeled as a natural disaster is a disaster that is active in the human world.

Some can control the wind and rain, summoning world-destroying typhoons; some live underground and can easily cause earthquakes; some bring horrific plagues, and countless creatures die in severe pain.

Natural disaster-level creatures were existences that pre-technologically advanced civilizations could not resist even before the [Catastrophe] - or it could be said that it was precisely because of their existence that humans fled to the air.

For a moment, people in the meeting fell into deep fear.

"If...if it's a natural disaster, we won't be able to handle it, right?"

The fear of natural disasters made even the scholars who faced the unknown dragon feel like shrinking back. Regarding this, Luo Er also nodded silently: "I have also considered whether to let the village chief order the entire village to move. But please note that this is just my rough judgment. The specifics still require research by professionals like you to get the answer."

"——In that case." On the side, Harold also stood up at the right time: "The scholars present were divided into two groups. One group studied Miss Lore's judgment and speculated whether this 'parasite' has a main body. ; The other group began to prepare antidotes and study substances that can kill parasites to cope with the difficulties one year later. How? "

"I support."

"Seconded."

"no problem."

After a quick exchange, the tasks of the scholars were determined.

"Then, let me join the second group." Luo Er also volunteered to join in. "There are various herbs in this forest, which should be helpful in the research of antidotes."

"Then it's up to you - the meeting will be held here. Everyone, please go back and rest. Please join the group tomorrow to complete the task."

After sparse applause, everyone slowly left and returned to the dormitory of the spaceship.

......

At the same time, Mercer was lying on the boulder, his eyelids trembling slightly to prove that he was not peaceful in his sleep at this time.

"......where......"

"Answer me...where are you..."

"--come on......"

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