Alone and Infinite.

Chapter 179 Run away!
The previously released hidden quest by the Temple of Light: [Unlocking the Ultimate Secret of This World]

Besides 3 Time-Space Coins and 5 Attribute Points, what other reward is there for the mission?
Now that Dragonstrike has lost power and is in a shutdown state.

The Hall of Light then indicated the mission objective: defeating the ultimate weapon of the ancient civilization, 'Dragon Strike General,' has been completed.

It has changed to [Obtain the final reward: Dragon Strike General's Life Core]

The core of life?

Tissna took a while to react, and seemed somewhat reluctant.

Even the eyes, unique to the dragon race, gradually turned a bright yellow, showing a tendency to transform into the pupils of the Dragon Strike General.

Li Xia raised his eyebrows and looked down at his left palm.

The fingers are long and slender, perhaps due to the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts, and even appear somewhat delicate and resilient.

Yet it also exudes a strange sense of power.

Hmm—in short, it's very suitable for palm techniques.

Stina's gaze involuntarily followed Li Xia's movements downwards.

I felt my face suddenly burning as if by reflex.

The slap seemed to carry a strange power, and my entire brain, including my eyes, became clear.

That's not entirely wrong; Li Xia possessed the True Qi Fan.
"The core of life—"

Her eyes, now clear again, gazed at Long Jijiang's chest:

"Inside the bio-armor on my chest, there are boxes—"

Tissna said apologetically:

"I'm sorry, I'm fusing with Dragon Strike. The fusion process took too long and I'll be affected by it."

Li Xia gave a signal with his eyes, and Heitan and Aowu immediately surrounded Dragon Strike General's back with the observers.

While pondering where to start, even Dettel came over, meowing and pointing to his back to offer his opinion.

But in reality, although the one person and the three animals were having a lively discussion, they were all secretly listening to the sounds from two meters away.

Because Li Xia and Tissna were discussing 'top secret information,' it would be firmly sealed off within the Hunter's Guild, and it would be impossible for even a single thing to be leaked.

"I can't remember many things anymore. I only remember that after seeing the mural, some things matched up with what was recorded in the guild."

Tissna's white hair is extremely long, and it seems to have been growing slowly over the past fifty years.

At this moment, it was draped down, covering the upper body like a white robe.

"According to the guild's procedures, you should return immediately and report."

Li Xia placed his charred right hand in front of him and, just like last time, used a small knife to peel off the cooked flesh.

Every little bit helps; I've heard that the cost of limb restoration in the temple is not cheap!
Tissna's eyelids twitched as she watched. Even though the hunter had great patience, she had never seen such a scene before.

She looked away and sighed.
"How many people can resist the urge to keep such a secret?"
Hunter, you are the same. Otherwise, I would have encountered the Hunter's Guild's Night Survey Team.

Li Xia neither denied nor admitted it, but simply changed the subject:

"So this is the research base of the Ancient Shured Kingdom?"

"The Kingdom of Shured is not the ancient Kingdom of Shured."

Tissna shook her head and said in an extremely ethereal voice:

"The Shured that was destroyed a thousand years ago was merely the embers of the once extremely powerful Shured dynasty when it was burned to ashes."

She smiled strangely and inexplicably, slightly raising her chin:

"And the Hunter's Guild and the current Kingdom of East and West Shured are merely sparks that drifted out when the embers died down."
In ancient times, the Shured created a brilliant civilization, so powerful that they could almost look down on all life on the planet.

Even the dragons, which are considered taboo, are merely troublesome monsters.

But like all life, once basic needs are met, they begin to yearn for a longer lifespan.

Naturally, they turned their attention to the ancient dragon, which possessed a long lifespan.

Tissna's smile grew increasingly strange, but what she said became more and more horrifying:

"The Shured are trying to integrate the genes of ancient dragons into the human body. By the way, you don't know what genes are, do you?"

"I know, you can continue—"

She definitely didn't say the word "gene," but through subconscious mapping and translation, Li Xia heard the word "gene."

Tissna's smile froze for a moment, seemingly not expecting Li Xia's response. After a brief pause, she could only continue:
"They succeeded. The ancient dragon genes brought tyranny and arrogance, ultimately triggering an epic war between humans and dragons."

This battle shattered the earth and blotted out the sky, with the ancient Shured people's combat weapons, Dragon Strikers and Dragon Strikers, covering the heavens and the earth.

However, the Ancient Dragon faction also gave their all, and ultimately the Shured people, blinded by arrogance due to the integration of Ancient Dragon genes, were defeated.

The victorious Ancient Dragon suffered extremely heavy casualties; those beings who transcended the taboos were reduced to less than one in ten, and could only hastily fall into slumber.

The remaining ancient Xiureid people went into hiding, living in constant fear.

These ancient Sorority people were later known as the Dragon People!

The observer's body suddenly trembled. So that's how dragon people came to be?
In contrast, Aowu and Heitan were much better; at least half of their attention was focused on their work.

Li Xia found a bottle of 'gene transcription repair agent' and poured it into his hand. To Tissna's astonishment, the remaining flesh and blood seemed to come back to life.

"continue."

Tissna nodded and looked away:

"In the era of Ancient Xiu Red, only elites and upper-class nobles were qualified to receive the injection of ancient dragon genes. As a result, after the war, those native humans were like mushrooms in the forest after the rain."

Even though the dragons relentlessly hunted and eliminated them, these ordinary people were as resilient as ants on the ground, constantly reproducing and increasing in number.

Although the ancient dragons won the war, the heavy losses made them unwilling to fight a second time.

Seeing that they could not stop human development, the enlightened forbidden beings decided to cooperate with humans to avoid a second war between humans and dragons.

Therefore, the emblem of the Kingdom of Shured is a black dragon. The observer's body began to tremble; she suspected she had heard enough to land her in the Hunter's Guild for a hundred years!

Is this the kind of secret I, a junior investigator, should be able to hear about?

Wait, Abbot suddenly realized that because of his partner, every time he leveled up his hunter rank, his own rank would also increase.

Now, she is a Special Investigator of the Hunter's Guild!

Second only to the legendary investigator!

Abbott suddenly perked up; she not only listened intently but also decided to take notes.

"The Black Dragon Emblem. So that's what it means?"

Li Xia nodded thoughtfully, but Tissna still didn't get to the point, which was what exactly had happened to her.

Why did it appear inside Dragon Strike General's body?

"That's right, the Black Dragon has formed an alliance with the Kingdom of Shured and become its guardian deity. However, the Kingdom of Shured is also prohibited from hunting dragons indiscriminately."

But the dragons found an opportunity; they possessed superior wisdom, although most of their technology had been lost.

However, there is still a significant place for this legacy in the oral traditions.

They secretly painted a beautiful picture for the high-ranking officials of the Kingdom of Shured, including the existence of Dragon Slayers and Dragon Slayer Generals.

The longer lifespan and the near-invincible biological weapons attracted the high command of the Kingdom of Shured.

Thus began a top-secret project to restore ancient technology.

Li Xia could roughly guess what would happen next without Tissna saying it.

The plan has definitely been exposed—

"In order to avoid taboos and to obtain more materials, the department that restores ancient weapons was set up in the Dragon's Rest Land."

This is also the burial ground where ancient dragons spontaneously come to when they are about to die. If done well, it is entirely possible to secretly obtain a large amount of ancient materials.

It was indeed a very meticulous plan.

The raw materials required for a Dragonstrike are already quite staggering; it takes the corpses of a full 30 ordinary dragons to produce just one Dragonstrike.

What about Dragon Strike General?

The answer is 50 – Ancient Dragons!
The initial plan went very smoothly, and the ancient dragons, who had come to the Dragon's Rest Land to quietly await their deaths, did not notice anything unusual.

There are so many corpses here that even if some disappear, it won't attract attention.

Thus, the progress of the Dragon Strikers and Dragon Strikers was quite rapid, and even the Kingdom of Shured was immersed in the ecstasy of soon possessing forbidden-level biological weapons.

But Dragon Strike is still missing something crucial.

That is... the core of life!

The life core required to activate such a powerful cyborg is something that ordinary dragons, and even ordinary ancient dragons, absolutely cannot provide.

Only forbidden things can generate the core of life!

The Kingdom of Shured initially wanted to give up, but Dragon Strike's powerful force was like poison.

Ultimately, the ancient dragon learned of the Shured Kingdom's plan.

The enraged ancient dragon Fang arrived in the new continent, where the most elite forces of the Shured Kingdom resided.

In this desolate land where dragons slumber, the second war between humans and dragons broke out.

The base, buried deep underground, was shredded by the Serpent King Dragon, and the Dragon Striker's death ray illuminated the entire sky.

The Kingdom of Shured, which possesses a wealth of ancient technology, also inflicted heavy casualties on the ancient dragons.

Although it didn't reach the level of changing the entire world like the first war between humans and dragons.

However, this also caused changes in the topography of the new continent, with sea levels rising and the Dragon's Sleep Land sinking.

Although no one witnessed the earth-shattering battle directly, its aftershocks were reflected in the sky.

Finally, the blue flash released by the Xeno'jiiva before its death was witnessed by humans at sea.

That azure light became the legendary Azure Star in the hunters' mouths.

The outcome of the battle was obvious: the enraged black dragon descended upon the royal city of Shured.

All resistance was futile in the kingdoms of the New World, and they were consumed by the black dragon's flames.

In the end, in this fortress that the Kingdom of Shured once regarded as its last hope, only an unfinished Dragonstrike stands alone.

The observer listened intently, as if his soul had been transported back a thousand years to the past by Tissna's narration.

Watching from the sidelines as that earth-shattering battle unfolded.

"Ding--"

The peeling knife was blocked by something sturdy.

She came to her senses. Could this be some kind of life core?
The observer carefully parted the flesh and blood, only to find that Long Ji was in the chest.

A thin, wiry Detler huddled in a crevice of the metal structure.

It held in its hands the essential record book for observers, as well as a metal badge symbolizing its identity.

Almost instinctively, the observer reached for the record book.

On the title page, written in hasty handwriting:

"Run! — Tissna"

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