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Chapter 289 Dragon Language Tutorial
Then several doctors in white coats came in and attached electrodes with wires to Guagua's head.

“You can go to the lounge now,” You Chi said to Wang Baihu. “Leave this place to us.”

"Don't I need to go to the consciousness space?" the latter asked in confusion.

"We don't have enough equipment; we can only connect a maximum of three people... or two people per dragon."

"Alright... I hope Guagua can understand what they're saying." You Chi was slightly disappointed. He had thought he could also enter the consciousness space to see if it was really as magical as Honglian had described.

……

"Quaa?"

"It actually works!" Chen Xuan looked at the dinosaur slowly getting up from the ground and found it unbelievable.

The quack before him was not an illusion, but the real person he had invited into his dream.

To achieve this, at least two conditions must be met: the other party must know what dreaming is; and the other party must understand the meaning of the invitation.

"Was today's dream a little strange?" Lin Qing was also in a dream at the moment. "It felt like there were many impurities floating in the air."

“It’s not impurities, it’s noise,” Chen Xuan judged. “The last time Zhang Zhiqi’s dream collapsed, it left a bad impression on him, even if he himself may not remember it. When he encounters the same nightmare again, he will be more likely to wake up in fright.”

"Fortunately, we don't need to disturb him this time." Lin Qing turned to look at Guagua. "Next, we just need to make it understand what it needs to do."

Guagua looked around, his eyes full of curiosity.

It wasn't afraid of Chen Xuan and Lin Qing. Before entering the dream, Wang Baihu had already given it a detailed introduction to everyone—although it didn't know if it understood, it at least knew that these people had no ill intentions towards it.

This time, the container they were in was farther away from Zhang Zhiqi, and a door panel had been added to the entrance so that even if a small light was turned on, no one outside would be able to spot them.

"Quack, quack, later you can smell the air carefully." Chen Xuan patted the dinosaur's neck and instructed it word by word, "Remember its characteristics, and then go out and find similar smells."

"Crack."

"Do you understand it?"

"Quaa?"

"If you understand, nod once. If you don't understand, nod twice."

"Quack quack." The quack shook its head three times.

"..." Chen Xuan fell silent for a moment.

"What does this mean? Does it understand or not?" Lin Qing couldn't help but ask.

"Who knows?" Chen Xuan scratched his head. This step was much more difficult than he had expected. Guagua was indeed very smart, which was evident in its abilities, but being smart did not mean that it could complete the task accurately.

"Should we let it try first?"

The worst outcome is that it doesn't know what to do and wastes a whole day.

"That's the only way." Chen Xuan was about to open the door when he suddenly stopped. "Wait... maybe there's another way."

"what way?"

Instead of answering directly, he took out a barcode scanner, pointed it at himself, and adjusted his abilities.

Then he took a deep breath and squawked at the croaking creature, "Croak!"

Lin Qing was completely dumbfounded.

Guagua shook his head, "Gua~"

Chen Xuan imitated, "Quack?"

"Gah!"

"No, what are you doing?" Lin Qing was amused. "You don't actually think that by barking like a dog a few times, the dog will understand what you mean, do you?"

“The dog might not understand, but it can definitely bark.” Chen Xuan made a shushing gesture. “Let me talk to it a few more times.”

The man and the dragon started shouting at each other again.

If time in a dream weren't something the dream creator could freely control, Lin Qing would have loved to knock Chen Xuan awake. But gradually, the corners of her downturned mouth slowly opened up until they formed a large, round "O".

The two people's shouts were no longer limited to one or two simple sounds.

Instead, it transformed into a harmonious string of notes!

"Croak, croak!" the croaking frog cried.

“Gaga wah o qua!” Chen Xuan said.

Lin Qing actually saw a hint of satisfied approval in Guagua's eyes.

Huh? Am I dreaming?
No, this is still a dream! She slapped her cheeks hard, but Chen Xuan stopped her after a few tries.

"What are you doing? This could cause a break in the relationship."

"Sorry, I'm a little confused about whether this is a real dream or a dream I'm not," Lin Qing said, looking bewildered. "How could you possibly talk to animals?"

“We had all fallen into a misconception that Froakie was an animal… a prehistoric dinosaur, or a smart, large pet.”

"Is not it?"

"Of course not." Chen Xuan shook his head and said, "The reason why dogs can't understand a dog's bark is because no dog in the world is smart enough to invent language. Whether it's a chimpanzee barking or a dolphin barking, they are basically roars from instinct. No matter how well a person imitates it, they are only imitating the animal's emotions at that time."

“But Guagua is no longer an animal; it is… a sufficiently intelligent life form, perhaps…” He paused, “perhaps even more intelligent than humans. That is why the sounds it makes are no longer roars, but can be regarded as meaningful language.”

Lin Qing raised her eyebrows in disbelief. "Are you serious?"

“There’s a way to prove it,” Chen Xuan said, pointing to Lin Qing. “Wow.”

"Whoosh?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Qing found her body suddenly moving uncontrollably. She tiptoed and spun around three times on the spot.

"What happened?" she asked, bewildered.

“This proves that it is indeed a language,” Chen Xuan said, withdrawing his hand. He had just used the Lawful Mantra Technique, which could only produce the effect of a single word; a command like rotating three times was usually impossible. But when he used a completely different language, this limitation was broken—it only produced a single tone, yet contained a much more complex meaning.

After hearing his explanation, Lin Qing was even more shocked. "You mean, you not only realized that Guagua invented language, but you also learned it in an hour?"

"I wouldn't say I've mastered it; I've only scratched the surface," Chen Xuan said modestly. "But at least I can make it understand our requirements."

Seeing his companion's puzzled expression, he knew he needed to explain further. "Actually, this isn't just a guess; it's inspired by the description of its 'exceptionally intelligent' ability—if Guagua's intelligence far surpasses that of wild beasts, and isn't equivalent to a ten-year-old child as the organization claims, then where exactly is it at?"

The version of what he told Lin Qing at the time was clearly a simplified version.

In fact, the barcode scanner describes this capability as: "Exceptionally intelligent" LV5, blue.

"There are different levels of wisdom. The lower level achieves its own success, while the higher level brings blessings to the world. The foundation of civilization is built on the latter."

If we've elevated capabilities to the level of the cornerstone of civilization, then creating a language is perfectly normal, isn't it?
So he gave himself a new "linguistics" ability and tried to communicate with Guagua again.

The result was even more surprising than he had expected.

The conversation wasn't about him trying to understand what the other person was saying; rather, Guagua was teaching him how to master their language, using facial expressions, body language, and even the size of his mouth opening and closing to aid expression. This linguistic ability directly elevated him to the level of a language master, and with Guagua's intelligent guidance, he was able to grasp the general framework of this foreign language in a very short time.

Lin Qing was stunned after hearing this.

It took her a while to come to her senses. "Even an ordinary human couldn't do that..."

To be precise, most people couldn't do it. At least Chen Xuan couldn't guarantee that he could easily teach an alien to speak Chinese.

From this perspective, Guagua's intelligence level is probably even higher than that of humans.

It just lacks a systematic learning system... such as nine-year compulsory education.

"If the gap is so big, how did the agency determine that it was only at a child's level?" Lin Qing couldn't understand it; this was undoubtedly a major work error. It was one thing for the agency to deviate from its original mission later on, but its professional level was still at the top of the industry, so it shouldn't have made such a ridiculous mistake.

“I asked Guagua, and it said that it pretended to be stupid during the test.” Chen Xuan shrugged. “Because it felt that the testing area was full of blood and evil atmosphere, and it didn’t want to be too conspicuous.”

"Quack!" the quack replied proudly.

(End of this chapter)