Chapter 608: Chapter 588: The Young Dragon Out of the Cage
After hearing You Huan's words, the airship was silent for a short time before the voice of another slightly older woman was heard:
"The attack on your territory was not done by our Hive, but by a force called 'Outer Garden'. Most of the people taken in by your Molten Light City are defective products that drifted out of the 'Garden'."
"Of course, we did observe you to some extent, so we are willing to provide the information about the Outer Garden to compensate you for your loss."
You Huan narrowed his eyes, deliberately expanding the light hanging on the wing tip, and said,
"Whether you are the force that attacked me just now or not, I will go and find out the information myself. I don't believe your intelligence, and you must give me something truly valuable."
"this..."
Just as the old voice from the airship revealed a hint of hesitation, the giant dragon with white green mane suddenly flapped its wings, and beams of white-gold blazing light, like the sun's halo, shot towards the honeycomb building in front!
As if predicting his actions, the magical equipment in various parts of the hive were fired simultaneously.
In addition to the conventional magic cannons, there were also several streams of magic particles that were powerful enough to annihilate all matter in orbit. They collided with the platinum light beams and caused a violent shock wave in the space between the hive and the dragon!
Several ordinary airships resting on the honeycomb docking platform were suddenly lifted up in the aftermath of the energy burst and slammed heavily into the building behind them, making a teeth-grinding sound of metal friction.
The white dragon, coiled in the clouds like a spirit snake, also retreated slightly. A particle cannon shot from a tricky angle brushed past its body and wiped out a large area of clouds.
The Lord of Molten Light City suddenly folded his wings, flew upwards for a while, and looked down at the hive with a slightly fearful look.
Both sides have demonstrated their strength, and at least on the surface, they are evenly matched.
The scene fell into silence.
You Huan specially brought the team that was observing Molten Light City back to the hive. Although several unlucky team members were always entangled in the clouds by him, the distance was so close that the latest information about him had been transmitted to the hive.
The top leaders of the Hive already have a basic understanding of the capabilities of this white dragon.
The platinum beam it fired from its dragon wings now showed more of the qualities of a "sage", borrowing the power of sunlight, and could only be considered its ordinary ability at best.
In terms of firepower, the light beams cannot match the hive's magical weapons, nor can they penetrate the hive's solid overall defense.
But the real strength it displayed, that blue-gold flame curtain stretching for a thousand miles... If it were allowed to attack at will, it would probably be able to destroy one third of the beehive.
Although there are more cards and back-ups in the hive, the power of this dragon does not only lie in its own strength.
The Hive People have not forgotten the dragon army that appeared at that time.
In short, the top leaders of the Hive are still quite wary of this "new neighbor" and do not want to confront it.
They are currently thinking about how to negotiate with You Huan.
You Huan also remained in deep thought, but his attention was quietly shifted to another body.
——Inside a huge cage covered with a false blue sky projection and planted with lush trees, the black dragonfly named "Hope" by Pelliot and others suddenly opened its eyes, as if waking up from a nap.
After stretching, the young dragon jumped down from the big rock where it was taking a nap.
The bushes rustled and swayed, and the figures of Percy and Lily walked out of the woods.
They were not wearing heavy protective clothing like they did at the beginning. Both of them were wearing casual clothes and holding scissors and other farm tools in their gloved hands. It was obvious that they were trimming the plants in this huge ecological cage.
After a period of observation, the researchers in charge of "Hope" have confirmed one thing:
Hope's personality, whether you can say it's peaceful and calm, or lazy and slack, is that he is very adaptable to the current life of having food provided for him, and he is not aggressive towards any two-legged animals that appear in his field of vision.
Currently, researchers are divided into two camps regarding their views on hope for humans.
One group believes that they hope to have a sense of mastery and have already regarded the researchers as their masters.
The other group said that judging from its attitude of hope, it clearly regards humans as creatures inferior to itself, and that humans are merely servants who serve its life.
In their spare time, the two groups always quarreled over this boring issue.
But everyone reached a consensus - even if they walked into the cage and did all kinds of things, Hope would not care.
That's why Percy and Lily appeared here.
Pruning plants is fake, observing hope is real.
It looks like today is just another ordinary day... thought Pelliot, a marginal researcher from the institute.
But he had a vague worry in his heart.
He just received news that the mayor of Molten Light City came to his door in a threatening manner.
It is said that the dragon has changed a lot in both appearance and ability, and is much stronger than before.
This made Percy feel uneasy: he hoped to adapt to the life here. The dragon was also kidnapped from Molten Light City, and it must be the dragon under the command of the city lord.
The dragon coming to the door is naturally related to hope.
What will happen next? Will it force its way in, and hopefully be taken away...
Complex thoughts were fighting in his mind, but he looked calm. He slowly approached the young dragon, took off his gloves, and took out a syringe from the suitcase.
Hope glanced at him, then stood there calmly, allowing him to draw a little of her blood.
As soon as Percy put away the syringe containing the dragon's blood sample, he felt a blur in front of his eyes and a sinking feeling on his back.
Hope leapt onto his back, hooking her claws deep into his battle-worn coat, expertly opening his backpack with her mouth and snatching a bag of snacks from inside.
After getting the food, Hope jumped off him and ran into the woods without looking back.
Pelli also very skillfully arranged the coat that was about to be torn off, zipped up the backpack again, and sighed as he looked in the direction where hope disappeared:
"Hope is getting heavier and heavier. It's growing so fast... When will it learn to fly?"
Lily said eagerly: "Maybe it's overweight, so it can't fly. Teacher, can we help Hope lose weight?"
"This, this shouldn't be the case..."
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Percy murmured something and suddenly frowned - he seemed to see a small black dot in his peripheral vision.
He turned his head to look, then froze in place.
The little black dot that was rushing up into the sky under the false blue sky... Although it was a little far away, it didn't look like a bug at all, but some larger creature...
He squinted his eyes and looked carefully.
No matter how you look at it, the black spot seems to have a pair of wings similar to bat wings, and it flies very freely...
"...Hope?!" With a start, Percy came back to his senses as if he was frozen in place, and ran towards the black spot.
At the same time, he took out the magic communication device and shouted to the guards: "Pay attention to Hope's movements, don't let it leave here!"
However, he spoke too late.
"Teacher!" He raised his head following Lily's exclamation from behind.
I saw a bright red fireball hit the false sky with a "bang". The blue sky was slightly distorted and then filled with noise. The whole cage suddenly darkened.
There was only a beam of bright light coming from the sky - a hole had been blasted somewhere in the sky by a fireball.
Everyone watched as the tiny dragon shadow flapped its wings and flew out freely from the hole.
——Outside the cage, the top executives were secretly observing the white dragon outside the hive through the monitoring screen.
In the deep blue eyes of the white dragon, golden light flickered. It seemed that he realized that the hive was quite powerful and it was not something he could destroy.
Considering that this dragon seems to have some of the savagery of a beast in its temperament and does not quite understand the ways of humans.
In case it suddenly had a brain attack and wanted to start a fight, the Hive's top leaders deliberately kept silent for a while, then took the lead in speaking with the help of the airship:
"You can see that our two sides are evenly matched. If we must fight to the death, the force that attacked Molten Light City will definitely strike both of us mercilessly."
"Instead of being hostile... let's make some deals."
You Huan pretended to ponder for a while, then said, "Trade, yes. You return my... subordinates to me, and then compensate me, and I can allow my city to have a stable trade with you."
It seems that although this dragon has certain barbaric habits, it is actually very smart.
The Hive's higher-ups judged in secret.
If trade relations can be established between Molten Light City and the Hive, it will be more beneficial than harmful to both.
but...
"Your subordinate, do you mean a black baby dragon? Sorry, it is not under our control--"
"boom!"
"Quick! Stop it--!"
The voice from the airship was interrupted by a burst of explosions and noise. (End of this chapter)