Otherworld Bone Dragon Operation Guide

Chapter 134 Dimensional Invasion?

Su Ming cut off Miao Xin's view and found the scholar frowning as he looked at the book in his hands.

"What's wrong?" Su Ming asked.

“I found the original data on the zombie technology, and it’s very different from what it was three hundred years ago,” the girl replied. “From a technical point of view, this technology has undergone at least three iterations.”

Technological upgrades inevitably involve large-scale implementation, but no zombies have reappeared in the other world in recent years, except for this sea monster incident.

"Take a look." She handed the book to Su Ming. "The theoretical system is quite complete, and it is very different from the mainstream style of our world."

Su Ming took it; it was a handwritten copy with a cover made of two very thin stone slabs, the edges wrapped in leather. He opened it and read a passage, finding the writing style and word choice strange.

He had already read a great deal about otherworldly texts and quickly made a judgment: "Translation style?"

“That’s the feeling. Either it comes from some unknown tribe, translated from a very niche language; or—” Violet pointed at Su Ming, then paused.

"It was brought from other worlds by transmigrators like myself, and then translated into the language here," Su Ming finished speaking.

Galio's ability to construct a dimensional teleportation array also implies that others might have the same ability, or that someone from another dimension might have come here.

"There's a line on the title page that's been blacked out. Can you take a look and see what it is?"

Su Ming turned to the title page, activated his pupil technique, and easily saw through the crossed-out content at the bottom. It was a date copied in Arabic numerals, in the same format as the one he had seen on the sea monster. After crossing it out, the copyist changed it to the normal writing style of the other world.

“Yesia’s soul only revealed that it was a common number in their language,” Violet recounted last night’s interrogation.

This statement contains a lot of information. "How credible is her statement?"

“One hundred percent, a lie told by the soul will be seen through,” Violet explained, adding that she also explained why all the prisoners were slaughtered the previous night.

Devouring souls didn't sound like a good thing, and Su Ming was very puzzled. "Are you sure what you have in your hand is the genuine Divine Favor Scepter?"

Could it actually be some kind of evil god?

“Of course I’m sure!” the scholar said confidently. “I can sense His pure will, faint and subtle, but undeniable. Besides, He has already saved you once and a half times, so you should be grateful.”

"Huh, when?" Su Ming asked in surprise.

“You know my healing spells are terrible, so when you were seriously ill before, it was basically the Divine Blessing Scepter that cured you.” Zi Jin spread her hands out, and the pure white scepter appeared between the two of them with scattered light, emitting a holy and gentle glow. “The scepter’s strongest feature is its healing properties, so it’s a waste that I’m holding it.”

Violet either uses its indestructible nature to fight people with swords, or it uses it as an unburdenable container to fill with magical elements and set off six-pointed firecrackers.

"Is there half a time left?" Su Ming asked.

"Your shoulder has a comminuted fracture. If it weren't for its healing effect, I would have spent at least another half hour working on it last night—that's practically half a life, isn't it?"

Su Ming immediately clasped his hands together and kowtowed to the scepter, saying, "I was wrong, I shouldn't have doubted you!"

Returning to the topic, Zi Jin offered her conjecture, "Su Ming, is it possible that the Bell of Calamity also originated from Earth, just like you?"

Su Ming shook his head in denial, "The Bell of Calamity does not possess technological power—at least if the principle is known, a steam engine can be manufactured! If they were from Earth, Yesia would not have misjudged the White Triangle's capabilities, would not have been hit by a sniper rifle, and would not have been seriously injured by an industrial superhard tool."

"What if this happened before the development of technology on Earth? Your Industrial Revolution was less than two hundred years ago, wasn't it?"

Su Ming thought for a moment, "That's true, but there's no magic in Earth's history—this assumption can't explain the emergence of zombie technology."

A technology cannot be created out of thin air; it must go through a development process.

But there are no traces on Earth, and the match with Teya doesn't exist either.

The two later confirmed that the characters Su Ming did not recognize were not from the Taiya plane.

Of course, after searching with AI, Su Ming concluded that it was not from Earth either.

"So there really is a third party?" Su Ming murmured. "Is this an organized, dimensional invasion?"

"It's hard to say. Let's clean up this part of the data first," the scholar said, frowning.

"Ah."

"By the way," Su Ming suddenly asked, "you cleared out so many people, how come Seneca is still here?"

“Oh, I think it’s not bad to keep him around to do odd jobs,” Violet replied. “I erased a few hours of his memory.”

Zi Jin used her omniscient vision to look around. "Huh, why is she lying on the ground? Did the memory erasure have too many side effects?"

Su Ming didn't pay much attention, but then he suddenly remembered something. "Just asking, how many days has it been since you fed him?"

Zijin looked up in confusion, "Didn't you arrange the food?"

"..."

****
An hour later, Su Ming stopped working. He had been working all day, and had lost a lot of blood in the battle last night; he was exhausted.

Poor Seneca wept with gratitude when the skeleton servant brought him the thin porridge.

This made Su Ming soften her heart, and she decided to keep him for a few more days.

However, it was still early for bedtime, so he went to get a few raw eggs and a bunch of tweezers and other tools, and carefully began to peel the eggshells.

Violet glanced at him, "Relieve stress?"

"It is."

Neither of them spoke again after that. The sound of the storm outside gradually subsided and eventually calmed down.

Under the soft light inside the cabin, Su Ming used tweezers to carefully remove small pieces of the eggshell, leaving only the soft, thin inner membrane. If too much force was applied, the membrane would break.

Su Ming switched to another one. Half an hour later, he successfully peeled his first whole one. He stretched his arm, rubbed his palms, and felt that all those years of playing FPS games hadn't been wasted; his talent was actually quite good.

"I'm going to sleep now, goodnight."

"Goodnight. I'll probably go to sleep around 1 or 2 a.m., and I'll synchronize my sleep schedule with yours tomorrow," Zijin said.

****
Su Ming woke up a little late the next day. When he opened his eyes, he found that it was already past eight o'clock.

He woke up feeling better. He realized he should eat more after the injury, so he decided to make his breakfast a little more varied.

He bought a seven-hole pot online a few days ago, and broke quite a few eggs yesterday, so he'll make some meat and egg burgers.

Zijin also woke up a little late today, probably because she stayed up too late studying last night. Su Ming prepared the minced meat and stirred the eggs, then handed the mixed batter to the girl, saying, "Let it ferment."

The girl turned around, dipped her finger in the liquid, and was about to put it in her mouth when Su Ming grabbed her hand.

"Hey, I told you not to eat raw food!" Su Ming said angrily.

Zijin stuck out her tongue. "I'm used to it."

She quickly completed the spell, returned the fermented dough to Su Ming, and stood beside him watching him begin making it.

Su Ming first fried the eggs, the oil sizzling and bubbling, and soon the aroma of eggs filled the air.

"Why don't you like fruit juice, but you're interested in raw dough?" Su Ming asked her.

“...because I was often forced to drink fruit juice by Siwo when I was a child,” Zijin admitted. “Fruit juice was a childhood trauma for me.”

"When you were little, did you only eat meat and not vegetables?" Su Ming flipped the egg over and then spread the meat filling on top.

"Huh? How did you know?" The girl raised an eyebrow. "Did Siwo tell you?"

"No, I guessed." Su Ming poured batter into the pan, pressed the fried egg and meat filling into it, then flipped it over and added more batter until both sides were fragrant and bouncy, then took it out of the pan.

"Thanks!" Zijin took the plate, the meat and egg burger on it was steaming hot.

The girl took a bite, but it burned her a little.

A flash of icy light appeared, and the previously soft and bouncy egg burger shrank to a cold, hard state. The grease solidified into a white frost, covering the surface.

Now that it wasn't too hot, the scholar took a big bite, the crisp sound of ice shards cracking faintly audible. "Mmm, delicious!"

Su Ming almost broke the shovel in his hand. He felt that if these meat burgers had any life, they would surely die with their eyes wide open in disbelief.

Next time, I'll make her Stargazing!
****
Beianqi's condition was quite stable, so Su Ming settled her back in her own room and used equipment to monitor her heart rate, breathing and blood pressure, and alerted her if there were any abnormalities.

Su Ming prepared the medicine in the workroom, ready to begin today's injection.

When Su Ming entered the room, he found Zi Jin already inside. Seeing him come in, she pulled up Bei Anqi's clothes and covered her with the blanket.

"What are you doing?" Su Ming asked, puzzled.

Violet shook her head. "Look at Beianqi," she replied absentmindedly, seemingly deep in thought, before leaving the room.

Su Ming frowned, picked up the IV set, and began to give Bei Anqi an injection.

The girl was unconscious, so Su Ming needed to stay with her for a while to observe whether there were any adverse reactions to the intravenous injection.

He sat down on the edge of the bed and began to think carefully about what had just happened.

Although it was only for a moment, he did see Violet lift up Beianqi's shirt and touch something.

This is strange—if she was wiping Beianqi's body, she wasn't holding a towel!
If it were a massage, Violet would be lucky if she didn't kill the person—this former dragon has always lacked the understanding of how to care for others, including herself.

Besides, the nursing and massage were done by White Skull. To be fair, White Skull's technique was excellent after the training, and Su Ming often had it massage his shoulders and legs.

A thought suddenly popped into Su Ming's mind: Could it be that the scholar lady has feelings for this mechanic girl?

More things came to light. Beianqi said that when she was taking a shower, Violet barged into the bathroom.

On her laptop, Zijin only looked at the study materials for girls. That night, she and Bei Anqi chatted until late, and eventually went to sleep together.

Going back further in time, after her battle with Yesia, the girl paid special attention to the spirit mechanic. When she met him on the Iron Mountain Range, she shamelessly sniffed him.

No, that could also be explained, Su Ming pondered, trying to find a way to excuse herself. Zi Jin had lived in a nunnery before, and such interactions between girls living in a communal setting were understandable.

But he quickly realized that those girls were sending him love letters one after another!
So, is it possible that he accepted such a large stack of love letters from the same sex because of his sexual orientation?
Su Ming became uncertain. He had only ever seen these things on screen before; this was the first time he had experienced them in reality.

[Miao Xin, how much do you know about lesbians?] Su Ming decided to consult her off-site.

[Huh? Who?] Miao Xin had successfully eliminated the star and was counting the cash in the house, bundling it up and putting it into brown paper bags.

"It's violet," Su Ming said. "I think I've discovered something."

[Is there some gossip?] Miao Xin's soul fire flared up, and the faint dark sea around her disappeared completely.

After listening intently to Su Ming's question, Miao Xin blinked her non-existent eyelids. "I can't judge either."

"Aren't you a girl?" Su Ming questioned.

"I've had crushes on handsome guys, and I also like being close to my female friends," Miao Xin replied. "How do you think that counts?"

So you shower with other people too?

"No, that hasn't happened." Miao Xin denied. "But people from other worlds share the same origin as us, so it's not surprising that there are such people."

[It's not that it's strange. Beianqi should be a normal straight woman. If that's true, then it's very troublesome.] Su Ming found a reason.

"Why do I feel like you're not very happy?" Miao Xin asked, puzzled.

"No, I'm just worried about Violet," Su Ming explained.

Whether in her dragon life or human life, Zi Jin has only ever experienced the initial stages. The defects in her body, and the gaps caused by repeated sealing and imprisonment, have deprived her of many experiences.

Su Ming, who was constantly unraveling the mystery, noticed that this intelligent scholar was, in some ways, a complete novice.

"I just want to protect Violet from harm," Su Ming concluded.

****
After observing Beianqi in the treatment room for a while and confirming that she was perfectly fine, Su Ming had his skeleton servant take over. He set an alarm for a scheduled patrol and then returned to his workroom.

The scholar had already spread out a pile of materials on the Church of Truth of Calamity and was studying them.

Su Ming couldn't help but glance at her a few more times, and Zi Jin quickly noticed, "What's wrong?"

He hesitated for a moment, but ultimately didn't speak. If he guessed wrong about something like this, the embarrassment would be far more than just ordinary.

“You’re so casual when you’re only with me,” Su Ming changed the subject.

Because it was far from the Southern Hemisphere, the temperature began to drop. The girl was wearing a thin cotton loungewear set, and her hair was not combed and was casually tied with a hair tie.

Thinking back, even when she had just recovered from a serious illness, she would get up early and take meticulous care of herself. And now, the initial experience card has already ended.

Moreover, when Beianqi is around, she still takes better care of herself. But as soon as the spirit mechanic falls into a coma, she immediately lets loose.

Is this what they mean by "women dress up for those they love"? Su Ming's thoughts wandered.

Zijin didn't answer. She looked at herself and only then realized the problem.

"No, no, I'm just chatting. Feel free to do as you please," Su Ming quickly said. "The more comfortable you are, the better."

Actually, he preferred to see Violet in a more relaxed state; after all, her looks were stunning, no matter what.

The scholar thought for a moment and decided to move on from the question. She waved the documents in her hand, "Octopuses are really strange creatures."

"Oh?"

"Suicidal reproduction, one child for life."

Octopuses have short lifespans. Females will not eat or drink after laying their eggs and will guard them until they die, while males will also die shortly after mating.

Therefore, the rune system of the Church of Calamity includes a part that suppresses the octopus's mating season.

“This looks like a point that can be exploited.” Su Ming read the spell of the sea monster runes. “If we target and remove this part, the octopus will easily lose control and die quickly after mating.”

"Ah."

Previously, the massive alliance was completely helpless against the sea monsters until the White Triangle arrived and the situation turned around. Now, with the intercepted data, the seemingly invincible sea monster system has suddenly collapsed.

Su Ming didn't understand why the octopus behaved this way, and could only attribute it to the whimsical whims of the Creator. Reproduction is always the most important component of life; no matter how powerful a species is, if it cannot survive, it will be mercilessly wiped out in the long river of time.

Thinking back to debates with classmates about same-sex relationships, some people said that it's not hereditary and is a biological protection mechanism of the species.

Su Ming's thoughts raced. But then he suddenly realized, maybe not!

This is another world!

Su Ming recalled a picture book he had recently read that had left a deep impression on him. He looked up at the scholar again, and the vaguely similar eyebrows and eyes overlapped with those of the woman in the picture.

Humans and dragons?
So, it is both a dragon and a human?
That's actually possible! Su Ming narrowed his eyes.

(End of this chapter)