Arrange the scene on the plain where the night birds are captured.
Whoosh! Boom!
The flare goes off.
A few minutes later, the dragon consciousness ship hovering over the ancient forest released a small balloon airship.
Since there is no union base nearby, Li Fan was still worried about authenticating the contract.
Thinking that there is also a union branch on the Longshi ship that comes and goes to recover the carapace, I feel that the other party came at the right time.
After the small balloon airship slowly landed on the ground, a brown-haired male investigator with a hunter badge got off the ship.
"Hello, I am Barrow, the union's Herald investigator. What you want to authenticate is the contract for hunting night birds, right?"
Ba Ruo asked tentatively.
"Yes."
Eudora said, handing out the contracted magician.
It is somewhat incredible that night birds would fly out of ancient forests and be captured on the plains.
But combined with the fall of Sky Comet Dragon's carapace, everything seems reasonable again.
"Investigator Barrow, the impact of the falling carapace is great, right?"
Li Fan asked.
"Because it frequently causes monsters to migrate, it has been deemed a natural disaster."
Ba Ruo sighed and said.
Li Fan was not surprised.
The migration of other ancient dragons, except for the Laoshan Dragon, can cause natural disaster-level destruction simply by moving.
At most, the remaining ones only occupy one area, and most of these areas are wild and dangerous places that humans do not want to touch, making it difficult to witness them.
The Sky Comet Dragon is completely different. The carapace peeled off during high-speed flight may hit any area on the mainland.
The scope and intensity of panic caused by surrounding monsters may not be as large as the arrival of the ancient dragon itself, but the frequency of being unable to withstand it is too high.
Moreover, Tianxilong's recent activity level is much higher than before.
Naturally, neither the Hunters Guild nor the Ryūliyuan could ignore it.
"Do you want to hand over a whole piece of Nightbird Membrane Wing and complete the side mission at the same time?"
Bajro asked.
"No."
"Well."
After Barrow finished speaking, he stamped the contract.
"By the way, according to the description in ancient documents, the name of the red evil star of natural disaster was just recognized by Longliyuan yesterday. How about it, you want to know, right?"
Barrow said with a smile.
Two people and one cat, you look at me, I look at you, they don't seem to be touched at all.
"Okay."
Li Fan responded calmly.
"Should it be called Tian Hui Long, meow?"
Dilu asked tentatively.
"Ah? This clearly announced journal hasn't been published yet. I guess you were right. You're very lucky, El Cat."
After Baruo finished speaking helplessly, he got on the small airship and left a little depressed.
After the predator returned, the team immediately took off to track it.
Monsters with strong flying capabilities not only bring about a qualitative improvement in mobility, but also greatly guarantee the safety of tracking.
Especially when facing a flightless monster like Zhanlong.
As for tracking the dragon, it is relatively easy among five-star monsters.
The main reason is that it does not have the ability to fly. In addition, according to the ecological report, Zhanlong has poor performance in terms of endurance.
When running for a long time and running out of energy, he will drop his iconic huge tail blade to the ground and drag it along.
Combined with the black ravine discovered by Di Lu and the anomalies in the ancient forest, this was the main reason why Li Fan decided to kill the dragon.
The little fool has a certain ability to mark the places where he has stayed.
The general direction of the trajectory dragged by Zhanlong's tail coincides with Kara Village.
Seeing that there was no need to give too much guidance, Li Fan took out his telescope and watched the ground with Eudora Dilu on the back of the dragon.
After flying for about an hour, the drag marks on the ground disappeared.
The team speculated that Zhan Long was resting and eating nearby. After recovering some of his strength, he raised the tail blade again.
"You have traveled so far. According to Zhanlong's ecological niche, you can already guarantee safety, right?"
Eudora asked with some confusion.
"Perhaps he is looking for a large chanchite mineral vein. Apart from eating, Zhanlong's biggest need is to forge his tail. Chanchite is said to be the first choice."
Li Fan held up a telescope to observe the footprints and gave an explanation.
"I heard that the tail blade will be sharpened like a hunter sharpening his weapon, nya."
Dilu added.
"I hope it can be found soon and not come near Kara Village again."
Eudora said slightly worriedly.
Ten minutes later, a strip-shaped figure appeared on the plain.
The team that discovered the target immediately started to wait and see.
It was a large monster whose tail took up nearly half of its total body length.
Two rows of dark blue flame-shaped shells extend along the back to the end of the tail.
The huge blade-shaped tail blade is wrapped in a bright blue hard substance, giving it a bright metallic texture.
Not long after, the advancing Zhanlong's body sank, his huge tail blade smashed into the ground, and he continued to move forward in a dragging posture.
Although eyewitness confirmation has been carried out, in order to obtain more individual information, it was submitted to the labor union for analysis.
After Zhanlong had gone far away, the team landed in the area the opponent had just passed and collected the traces left behind.
Three hours later, the little fool landed in the forest.
Seeing Li Fan walking towards the counter, Shilin mentally calculated the time and concluded that he was definitely not here to submit a task.
But the contract spread out on the counter, as well as the seal of the union branch stationed on the Dragon Sense Ship Pioneer, all indicate that the mission of the illusionist magician has been completed.
"The contract reward is 47000z, and the additional reward for external workers is 10000z. Please keep the total 57000z and keep talking. The hunting speed of your team is too fast."
When settling the payment, Shireen sighed.
Once a team receives a four-star mission, it is common for them to not see anyone for a month or two, or even disappear.
It was the first time for Shirin to meet someone like Li Fan Eudora who had achieved it in less than a week.
"You know the carapace that causes monsters to panic, right?"
Li Fan changed the topic.
"I know, the branch has received the intelligence and is making preventive arrangements."
Shireen responded.
"A piece of the ancient forest also fell, and it triggered a large-scale migration of monsters."
"Did any witnesses find it?"
Shireen had a bad feeling.
"Yes, Zhan Long has migrated out from the ancient forest. The general direction is towards Kara Village. If he continues to move, he should be able to reach the surrounding area within five days."
Li Fan said, took out a hard blue scale and put it on the counter.
"This is a remnant from the dragon-slaying journey."
"Okay! The Kara Village Hunters Guild has officially accepted your report."
After Shirin finished speaking, she quickly went upstairs with the blue scales.
After returning to the investigation agency and dividing the money with Eudora, Li Fan counted the funds on hand and found that the deposits totaled 94091z.
I felt it was time to upgrade my equipment, so I went to the blacksmith shop.
Currently, the combined equipment of the Full Body Scythe Weasel Dragon and the Sleeping Dog Dragon has a combined activation ability of 3 Penetration and 2 Attack.
Shield Crab Taito has an additional defense bonus, but it can only be reflected in the resistance when using non-standard actions, and it will not bring any advantages to defense.
Look through the equipment illustration given by the boss Dao Wen.
Although it is not as clearly marked as in the game, the expressiveness of the painting is also very worrying.
However, the general motivational aptitudes are still mentioned in the introduction.
[Flying Thunder Dragon Wrist Armor can make body movements more agile and faster.]
Li Fan looked at the description and recalled that the Thunder Dragon Wrist Armor's stimulating properties in Rise did indeed increase physical skills.
The specific effect is to reduce physical exertion.
If this is reflected in an increase in physical agility and speed, it is undoubtedly strengthened.
The most important thing is that in Rise of the Thunder Dragon Bracer, the physical skill level increased by a full 3 points.
As for why the equipment is evaluated according to the standards of rising, it is because Yanhuo Village is currently in an absolute leading position in the Old Continent in the creation of new equipment.
Most of the processing techniques and production drawings from various places come from Yanhuo Village.
This is good. The current sleeping dog dragon wrist armor can only trigger 1 attack point.
If replaced with the Flying Thunder Dragon Wrist Armor, it can increase physical skill by 3 points.
Moreover, the Flying Thunder Dragon is a four-star monster, and its armor defense will definitely be much higher than that of the two-star Sleeping Dog Dragon.
Li Fan finished making a judgment in his mind and moved his eyes down to the cost column.
When I saw the price of 80000z, I was so scared that I almost threw away the equipment illustration book.
However, he has experienced the hunting of four-star monsters himself.
It is not an exaggeration to say that these materials used to make equipment were brought back by the hunter team with their lives.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Fan finally paid.
Boss Dao Hen said that the Guild of Steel and Electric Shock Bags had no reserves and wanted to wait a while before starting to build them. The construction period may take about 15 days.
The next day, Li Fan, who packed his bags, said goodbye to Eudora and embarked on the journey to Bernard Village.
Berna Village is the location of the headquarters of Longliyuan.
Li Fan had two purposes for going there this time. One was to hand over the Searing Carapace to see if he could get anything good in exchange.
The second purpose is to try to join the Dragon History Research Institute, also known as Dragon Liyuan.
The main reason is that in the plot, the defeat of the Sky Comet Dragon was completed under the leadership of Ryuuriin, which is basically consistent with the direction of the plot.
Of course, Li Fan made a mistake in assessing Tian Hui Long's combat effectiveness and concluded that there was a 50-50 chance of a draw between the two sides.
Looking at it now, the Sky Comet Dragon can already cause natural disaster-level effects just by flying at high altitudes. If hostility really breaks out in a battle, it is simply unimaginable what kind of destructive power it can display.
But Li Fan still didn't want to give up. This possibility of capture was almost non-existent.
He had never seen this ancient dragon before, so he couldn't deeply feel its power, and he couldn't compare who was better at the moment.
But in terms of speed and flying ability, Li Fan doesn't think there is any monster that can rival the Sky Comet Dragon.
Moreover, the chance to meet is extremely rare. If it weren't for the records in ancient documents, even the Guild and the Ryūryū Academy would not have known about the existence of the Celestial Comet Dragon.
Before the red evil star was confirmed to be the Celestial Comet Dragon, everyone was convinced that this ancient dragon was extinct.
It can be said that if you miss this opportunity, it may become a luxury to meet again.
Another reason why I want to join Ryūryūn is that almost all special individuals, or two monsters, were witnessed and discovered by Ryūryūn.
Having a large number of dragon consciousness ships will indeed greatly improve ecological research capabilities.
But new discoveries in this field have basically led to a monopoly, which is really unusual.
Li Fan studied the ecological journals published by Longli Academy and felt that the other party's research results in the field of monster mutation were far more than what was published on paper.
Of course, if you think about it, you can understand that human existence is so difficult.
Even if we conduct in-depth research on mutation, the purpose must be how to prevent it.
If the method of mastering it is really publicized and seen by crazy people, causing man-made active mutations, then everyone will suffer.
The little fool flew intermittently for a day and a night.
Seeing the number of airships coming and going in the sky gradually increasing, Li Fan was sure that he was in the right place.
Since it is the headquarters of Ryuuriin, its ability to protect against monsters must not be weak.
After choosing to land at an appropriate distance and putting away the little fool, Li Fan carried the carapace and transferred to the tank to proceed on land.
Three hours later, Li Fan arrived at Bernard Village.
The village and town are built on an extremely open plain with fresh and pleasant air.
Herds of bleating cloud sheep and deer, and clouds trying to gather together, crowded past me.
There are countless felt tents on the grass, centered on the village street and facing outwards.
Behind the giant walled city built against the mountain, dozens of airships, large and small, hovered over the airport at the top.
The blue flag representing Longliyuan and the red flag representing the labor union are hung side by side on the blue-gray wall of the city.
Li Fan carried the carapace and walked on the streets of Bernard Village.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar scene in front of me, I felt magical for a moment.
The villagers and hunters also looked at Li Fan strangely.
As the headquarters of Ryūryūin, the information about Sky Comet Dragon and Searing Carapace will definitely be better understood than other areas.
However, since there has not yet been a large-scale public display of the real thing, everyone still has no clear idea of what the scorching carapace looks like.
As a result, many strange incidents occurred.
For example, some people say that they have unearthed scorching carapace while mining, and some people claim that they picked it up in the wild.
So all kinds of strange and weird things were brought back to the village.
There is a long queue all day long at the entrance of the Ecological Report Center at Longliyuan Headquarters.
The collection of ecological samples related to safety has directly turned into a large-scale treasure appraisal column.
Li Fan is obviously regarded as one of them.
"so many people!"
At the entrance of the Ecological Reporting Center, Li Fan looked at the long queue of nearly 50 meters outside the hall, and stood at the end of the queue feeling depressed.
"Brother, don't waste your time. You look like you're not a Scorching Carapace."
The middle-aged brother in front looked back for a moment, and Li Fan smashed the strips of carapace on the ground and came to a conclusion.
"Well, you don't look like this either."
Li Fan looked at the giant dried salted fish in the other person's hand and said.
"Yes, meow, it's not even a carapace."
Di Lu wiped the saliva from her mouth.
"We will have to wait until researchers identify it before we know what if it is the leftover dried salted fish eaten by Tian Huilong."
The middle-aged brother is still confident.
Li Fan also didn't expect that the other party actually knew that the thing in his hand was dried salted fish.
The team moved forward little by little, and Li Fan was still a little impatient at first.
But after queuing into the hall and seeing the various monster skeletons on display, Li Fan asked Di Lu to help line them up first, and ran over to admire them himself.
This museum-like hall is not small in scale.
Although at best it only has the skeleton of a three-star monster, it is rich and comprehensive enough.
Almost all the skeletons of small monsters are present.
After looking around, Li Fan stood in front of the skeleton of the big strange bird. After observing it for a while, he whispered softly: "It turns out there is a coccyx in Kuku's tail. No wonder why it hurts so much when whipped."
"Li Fan is coming to us soon, I can't hold him back, meow!"
"coming."
Hearing Di Lu's call, Li Fan rushed back immediately.
The middle-aged brother placed the giant dried salted fish on the appraisal table with a look full of anticipation.
The young researcher in charge of the identification, wearing a light blue uniform, had a look of despair.
Bone chunks, unknown horn, mineral vein chunks, failed forging sword, abandoned plaque, small sailboat, door panel, barrel lid, frying spoon
I don’t know how many strange and weird things I have identified during this time.
"Unfortunately, this is not a searing carapace. Thank you for your support of Longliyuan."
The young researcher responded politely.
"Hey, what a pity. Thank you for your identification."
The middle-aged brother said that he wanted to take away the giant dried salted fish.
"It's too heavy to move back. Why don't you just sell it to me?"
Li Fan asked tentatively.
"Take it and eat it."
The middle-aged elder brother said very generously.
"How can this be so embarrassing?"
Li Fan said unexpectedly that his original intention was to buy food for Di Lu.
"Because you are a hunter and have been sacrificing your life to protect the safety of villages and towns. A piece of dried salted fish is nothing."
After the middle-aged brother finished speaking, he waved his hand and left.
"Thanks"
"Hello, hunter, please bring the materials you want to identify up to the top."
The young researcher took a look at the hunter badge and became serious when he saw that it was a three-star hunter coming to appraise it.
Li Fan forcefully lifted the scorching carapace to the appraisal table.
The young researcher was immediately stunned.
Li Fan was thinking about how to communicate with Longliyuan.
His problem is not that he knows too little, but that he knows too much.
Even the information that the Sky Comet Dragon is currently inhabiting the top of the Yiqun Ridge and absorbing the dragon energy veins has been mastered.
This kind of advanced intelligence will definitely be beneficial, but Ryūli Yuan itself is an extremely radical organization.
Li Fan felt that if this matter could be done slowly, it would be better to slow down the pace a little.
"Mr. Hunter! Due to the need for identification, I may partially destroy the material. Do you have any objection?"
The young researcher said extremely solemnly.
"Please, I have no objection."
After asking for permission, the young researcher took out a saw blade and pulled it repeatedly on the scorching carapace.
Silver dust keeps falling, but the source is not the carapace, but the saw blade
The young researcher pulled up the microphone next to the workstation and whispered a few words, and soon three more investigators arrived at the scene.
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, chirp!
It’s heating again, and it’s spraying frost.
Finally, it was confirmed that this was the remains of the carapace that dissolved and peeled off after the Sky Comet Dragon was burned by its own dragon energy.
"The Pioneer has also collected a piece of it, which is being studied in the laboratory on the ship. Although the specific progress has not been reported back to the headquarters, the properties of this piece of carapace are absolutely correct."
Aged researcher identified that.
"Flying in a state where its own carapace cannot bear it, does that mean that Tianxilong is performing a behavior similar to shedding its shell? After all, considering the strength of this carapace, it is not easy to let it peel off naturally."
The middle-aged researcher immediately speculated.
"It's too arbitrary to say anything now. It's better to start research as soon as possible. Well, I'm sorry, hunter, we were negligent."
When the elderly researcher saw Li Fan, he suddenly remembered that this piece of carapace did not yet belong to Longli Academy.
"It's okay. Listening to your conversation is very informative."
Li Fan was willing to listen to them talk more about Tian Huilong.
"My name is Todd, and I am the head of the investigation team at the headquarters. On behalf of Longliyuan, I want to recycle this carapace. I wonder if you agree."
"I want a letter of commendation from the union, some money, and joining Longliyuan."
Li Fan had done his homework before coming.
Although the labor union has always been at odds with Longliyuan.
But letters of commendation carry great weight in the union's star rating.
"No problem, but I may need your cooperation in investigating the source of the carapace. In terms of money, can one hundred thousand z be okay?"
Todd asked tentatively.
Li Fan was stunned for a moment, thinking that he would have gone to bed later that night in the ancient jungle.
