As I read and fought against the skeleton dragon in the Dragon Cemetery, many details were revealed.
These include pre-war deployments, various emergency plans, detailed original human configurations, etc.
Senior researcher De Wen, as the leader of the support team, suggested dropping a living Tyrannosaurus into the Dragon Cemetery to hold back the skeleton dragon, and then dropping a huge number of explosive barrels to blow up the Dragon Cemetery.
This suggestion has not been adopted!
Dewen also made this suggestion, is it true?
Seeing this, Li Fan always felt that this suggestion was somewhat inconsistent with his elegant image.
An hour passed, and when I saw Naraku's demon star in the fifth book, the ecological report on the skeleton dragon finally appeared.
However, since the Skeleton Dragon was only repelled and there was no support from the autopsy report, most of the contents were speculations made by investigators based on the traces collected at the battle site.
He has a terrifying appetite, a huge hunting range, and an astonishing amount of dragon energy in his body.
As a result, when using Jet Breath, it can penetrate clouds on land.
The blue ink secreted by the body can bond monster bones to the tentacles to form skeleton armor to enhance the tentacles' defense capabilities.
It can also use its tentacles to grab the key parts that are glued to the monster's bones to achieve attribute transformation attacks.
This ability is tentatively named Dragon Head Transformation.
What is currently known is that the skull and tailbone of Zhanlong are replaced, and the fire blast is released by smashing it.
Replace Hai Long's back shell to release the lightning stance.
Replace the jawbone of the Boomerosaurus to release a shock wave.
Replace the Smasher's skull to release the explosive slime mold.
The method of realizing the ability is unknown. According to the Ancient Dragon Observatory, it is speculated that the skeleton dragon may have the ability to read monster ecological information from the skeleton.
Crack!
Li Fan excitedly turned over the pages of the book and found that it was the last page of the fifth volume of Naraku's Demon Star.
The following content is the list of compilers and investigators who participated in the report.
As for the sixth volume, the label on the cover is Ecological Restoration and Material Acquisition Research. Obviously there is no more ecological introduction to the Skeleton Dragon.
Is the mechanism of dragon head switching so bizarre that neither major academic institution can give an authoritative explanation?
Li Fan couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Becoming a high-level hunter to explore mutations is something he has always planned.
It's not easy to get to where we are now step by step, and this situation is really unexpected.
Don't worry, there should still be a chance. The information not found in the skeleton dragon report may be reflected in the records of other special individuals.
Li Fan took a deep breath and had no intention of giving up.
After all, there is so much information in the top-secret archives, and so far I have only seen the information related to the Dragon Skeleton.
Just when I was about to ask Vegasa for help and guidance, I caught a glimpse of the sixth volume of Naraku's Youxing that I hadn't read yet on the table.
I have read all five volumes, and this one is the most important.
Li Fan took the book and started to look through it.
The first half introduces the skeleton dragon, which has caused devastating damage to the ecology of the isolated island area.
Many monsters were eaten to extinction, and the ecological chain was on the verge of collapse, triggering large-scale migration of monsters.
This caused a secondary threat to the safety of surrounding villages and towns, and the impact did not tend to gradually ease until two years after the skeletons were repelled.
The second half is a research report on obtaining materials.
Among them, there is a focus on the huge pile of bones that fills the entire lake in the Dragon Cemetery.
Some old skeletons, even Ryukyakuin and the Bone Dragon Observatory cannot tell what kind of monster they come from.
Inside the Broken Dragon skull, which was covered with blue ink, there was an emerald green spherical gemstone embedded inside. The material was identified as Broken Dragon's jade.
No, this skeletal dragon is so lucky. Any broken dragon skull you can find will contain gems. In order to make equipment, I didn't even get a dozen of them.
Li Fan looked at the information in the material survey and couldn't help but sigh.
However, he quickly thought that so many skeletons in the Dragon Cemetery were accumulated by the skeleton dragons hunting monsters. Some of the monsters contained gems, so it seemed that it was not difficult to understand.
There is a sea-blue spherical gemstone embedded in the back shell of the sea dragon covered with blue ink. The material was identified as the beryl of the sea dragon.
This skeleton dragon is still a European emperor
The jawbone of the Boomerosaurus, whose surface was covered with blue ink, has been broken into pieces and has no investigative value.
There is a red and blue scale embedded in the tail bone of Zhanlong, which is covered with blue ink on the surface. It was identified that the material is the reverse scale of Zhanlong.
Li Fan stared at the information on the page, his eyes deeply immersed in it.
He felt as if the truth was right in front of him
"Dean Vegasa, where are the ecological records of the special individuals Black Flame King and Purple Poison Lady?"
After a long time, Li Fan stood up and asked.
"This information should be placed on the second floor of the bookcase on the left side of the third row."
Vegasa briefly recalled and told.
"Thank you very much."
The Black Flame King and the Purple Poison Lady are special individuals of the male and female fire dragons. Ryukyakuin currently has no hunting and expedition plan, and mainly focuses on research and tracking, so there are only two relatively thin books on the relevant information.
Li Fan quickly read the introduction about the Black Flame King. As expected, Longli Academy has not yet grasped the cause of the Black Flame King's mutation.
In addition to the records of activity areas and individual characteristics, there are only preventive emergency measures and estimates of their harmful capabilities.
Li Fan opened the information about Purple Poison Princess again.
Soon, my eyes stopped at a hunter's diary.
It is the nineteenth day since the research team arrived in the swamp. It is very foggy today. The general area of activity of Purple Poison Princess has been locked. The cumulative number of high-altitude sightings has reached 4 times. It is believed that the opponent's lair is nearby.
Of course, this kind of investigation progress has no record value. The really important discovery that needs to be recorded is the corpse of an ancient dragon!
Yes! Just now, our team discovered the body of a Xialong in an unexplored area of the swamp.
Although there is only one skeleton left, senior investigator Karl confirmed that this is Xia Long.
Karl also said that no signs of fractures were found in the skeleton during the preliminary investigation, and it was inferred that this Charosaurus most likely died of old age.
It’s hard to estimate the specific time, but it must be more than fifteen years!
The skeleton of the ancient dragon that aged and died is still so completely preserved!
As the escort hunter of this team, I will become famous!
Alas, it's a pity that the fog in the swamp is getting thicker day by day, and I don't know when the skeleton can be transported out.
When I leave this hellish place, I must eat the most expensive cat meal!
Not going out hunting, just digesting and savoring the food at home.
I feel a little tired after writing so much in one breath, and I really want to go home early.
Source of information: Diary soaked in purple venom.
Li Fan took a deep breath and closed the book containing the record of Purple Poison Princess before reading it completely.
Xialong Skeleton, Purple Poison Fairy
Skeleton dragon, various monster bones glued to the tentacles
Monster's Jewel and Reverse Scale
After Li Fan integrated the information in his mind, he opened the fifth volume of Naraku's Demon Star again.
According to the Ancient Dragon Observatory, it is speculated that the skeleton dragon may have the ability to read the ecological information of monsters from the skeleton.
Confirming the content of this speculation, Li Fan felt that he had found the key to allowing monsters to mutate.
The reason why the skeleton dragon can use the dragon head transformation to launch multi-attribute attacks is incomprehensible because the tentacles only glue the monster's bones.
This is like the fire-breathing organ in the fire dragon's body.
The fire bag is indeed the key to generating fireballs, but this organ is not in the fire dragon's internal body. If it is not used in the same way as the fire dragon, it is impossible to generate fireballs.
Therefore, there is no reason why the skeleton dragon's tentacles can just be glued and spliced together with the skeleton to use the monster's abilities during life.
The real key point lies in the jade or scales condensed by the monster.
In Li Fan's deduction, the monster skeleton can be compared to hardware, and the jade and inverse scales, which condense the monster's energy and biological information, are the driving software.
It is by combining the two that Skeleton Dragon achieves the incredible transformation of dragon head.
In other words, the Skeleton Dragon is not imitating monsters, but borrowing biological information read from Baoyu and Reverse Scales to reshape the entire application process of its abilities.
As for the connection between this behavior and mutation, it confirms the magical effect of Baoyu and Nilin.
Li Fan's understanding of the two precious materials was limited to equipment and decorations before. He only knew that these two materials were indispensable when many equipments moved to higher levels.
This conjecture was originally not supported by any evidence. Later, Li Fan thought of the cause of the special individual.
Two types of variation, adaptive variation and excitation variation, have been identified in these individuals.
But the method is either impossible to reproduce or simply ineffective.
Take the adaptively mutated Sky-Eye Puff Fox Dragon, for example. Even if Puff is willing to poke his own eyes in order to mutate, no one can guarantee that it will have the same mutation effect as the Sky Eye in the future.
So Li Fan began to study the Black Flame King and Purple Poison Lady whose causes have not yet been discovered.
Among them, the skeleton of Xialong was accidentally discovered in the area surrounding Purple Poison Lady's activities, which finally gave Li Fan a basis for his speculation.
Of course it is impossible for a female fire dragon to hunt a Xialong.
However, according to the description in the guard hunter's diary, the senior investigator determined that this Xia Long may have died of old age.
Then a scene appeared in Li Fan's mind.
In the misty swamp, a female fire dragon accidentally discovered a Xialong corpse.
The female fire dragon was afraid to avoid it at first. She considered the area around the area as a forbidden area and did not dare to approach it at all.
Gradually, the smell of corruption came out, and the female fire dragon changed from not daring to get involved at all to a wait-and-see attitude.
After a while, the corruption intensified, and the female fire dragon tried to penetrate, and finally came to Xia Long's body.
Li Fan could not guess the state of Xialong's body at that time, but the moment he discovered the purple jade in his body.
He felt that maybe the female fire dragon didn't know what this jade meant to her.
Phew~
Li Fan took a long breath.
He couldn't believe that it took him less than half a day to discover an exciting mutation.
Is this how the world of Monster Hunter mutates?
Although he was happy, Li Fan was a little confused.
Because if this kind of excitation mutation is established, then there simply won’t be too many special individuals that can be cultivated through the combination of various monster gems and reverse scales.
But this time the old problem reappeared, along with a new, more serious problem.
This field is blank and there is no experience to draw from.
This kind of cultivation method is absolutely taboo in the world of monster hunting!
Special individuals are very easy to identify. If the number increases sharply in a short period of time, the guild and Ryūryuan will definitely notice that something is wrong.
Wait, isn’t it a little early to think about this? I haven’t cultivated a mutant monster yet.
Just when Li Fan was struggling, an investigator came to the door and signaled that he had something to report to Vegasa.
In order not to disturb Li Fan, Vegasa walked to the door and listened to the report.
"Excuse me Li Fan, is your team the one that hunted the electric dragon and discovered the location of the Sky Comet Dragon?"
Vegasa asked.
"Yes, Dean."
Li Fan said and quickly closed his notebook.
"You are so young. Sorry, the Pioneer's response time is a bit slow, and the headquarters has not prepared a welcome ceremony."
Vegasa apologized.
"You don't have to be so polite, Dean."
"Sigh~ Do young hunters nowadays no longer pursue a sense of ritual? Regarding the reward for discovering the geographical discovery of the Tower of Babel, does the team have any tendency? I can try my best to help coordinate."
Vegasa said with a smile.
"I want a Xialong jade."
Li Fan informed.
He didn't necessarily want the little idiot to mutate, but among the mutation routes he had mastered so far, Purple Poison Princess was the only one with clear mutation materials and a successful precedent.
Even if you don't do any mutation, you can still use it for trial research to provide accumulation for subsequent research.
After standing still for a few seconds, Vegasa sighed helplessly and said: "Xialong's gems are used for inlaying or making equipment. They are indeed rare and top-notch materials. It is a pity that neither the guild nor Longliyuan have had them for at least five years.
There is a report of Xialong’s death, why don’t you change it?”
Li Fan suddenly realized.
The overly focused exploration just now caused him to ignore the true situation of the monster hunting world.
No one here will hunt ancient dragons because of the materials.
Even if Ryuriyuan and the Guild find traces of the ancient dragon, they only investigate the traces and monitor their activities.
Only when ancient dragons attack villages and towns and pose a threat to human survival will they choose the right time to try to repel them.
Then the only way to obtain Xialong Baoyu is to search for corpses.
No! Those gems embedded in the bones were still intact after the skeleton dragon was defeated!
In other words, the one inside Zi Du Ji's body
"Li Fan?"
Vegasa's call pulled Li Fan out of his thoughts.
"I was a little distracted thinking about something just now. Dean Vegasa, can the red jade from the female fire dragon be okay?"
Li Fan responded.
"Okay! In order to commend the team's outstanding contribution, I will coordinate with the guild."
Seeing Dean Vegasa's somewhat embarrassed look, Li Fan vaguely felt that the probability of Baoyu and Nilin here might be even lower than in the game.
From then on until late at night, Li Fan stayed in the top-secret archives room.
After initially deducing the mutation mechanism, many seemingly unimportant details in the data suddenly took on special significance in Li Fan's eyes.
For example, in the report of the Qingdian Master, it was mentioned that before it became a special individual, this electric dragon had been tracked and locked by the guild due to various misdeeds.
This is the only special individual that gained attention before mutating.
It stands to reason that there should have been more discoveries, but apart from the constant fight to the death with a super powerful individual Thunder Wolf Dragon, the guild did not notice anything unusual about this electric dragon.
