Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Jia Jia sat huddled on the sled, looking lost and helpless.

Since the day she hatched, her "baby" had been the absolute center of her life, even, one might say, the only center.

The sudden separation left her with a sense of bewilderment, as if she had lost the goal of her life.

She was wrapped in the small blanket that Fufu had given her, staring blankly, while the other three were overjoyed.

The reason for the excitement of the research team leader and the third squad leader, the awkward scholar siblings, was simple: they had been regretting that the contact time was too short to collect enough information.

Now, great, the experimental subject had delivered herself to their doorstep.

Fufu's happiness was even more straightforward. She had brought the person back, so her mother shouldn't scold her anymore, right? And what about her father? She had tricked Jia Jia into handing him the picture book personally. What would his reaction be?

Even putting those aside, she herself had so much she wanted to talk about with this amazing little aunt.

As for the original plan to visit the Beast-Entwined Tribe, no hurry, they could talk about it later!

She squeezed closer to Jia Jia, "Jia Jia-jie, this set of yours... this Feather Moon Mother, will it be uncomfortable in a warm place?

And, and, how was it cultivated? Can you get me one too?"

The two scholars traveling with them also secretly pricked up their ears.

They had wanted to ask similar questions for a long time, but they were worried that this was a secret biotechnology of the natives of the Fenglong Tree Sea, and directly asking would touch on certain taboos.

Jia Jia, whose mind was a bit confused, was stunned for a few seconds, then stammered, "It has a very strong ability to adapt... As long as it's not too hot, it should... be okay?

Symbiosis isn't that easy, you know. I tried implanting... them into my body when they were still little bugs, but there was rejection, infection, and many failures. I almost died once, but I was lucky in the end and succeeded."

"Little bugs refers to hydra? Using one's own body as a breeding ground for the Feather Moon Mother's larvae, undergoing metamorphosis together?" the third squad leader muttered to himself, "No matter how you think about it, this method doesn't seem like it could succeed.

Could it be that the physique of the Tree Sea natives has something special about it? Like being modified from a young age or something? Or are there any special steps in the implantation surgery?"

The third squad leader wanted to ask in detail, but the research team leader pulled him back.

The biotechnology related to symbiotic armor is very complex. Even if Jia Jia only mentioned it lightly, they could hear the risks involved. The human experimentation alone would not pass the project review.

In addition, Jia Jia was now confused and a little dazed, so it was not appropriate to ask about too many details.

The two scholars who pursued rigor had concerns, but Fufu didn't think so much. At this moment, she was already playing with the tassel-like tentacles on Jia Jia's body.

She found that Jia Jia could not control the tentacles and other parts of the Feather Moon Mother's body as precisely as she controlled her arms, but these parts would make some nerve reflex-like reactions based on Jia Jia's state.

For example, when she tickled Jia Jia, those tentacles would wrap around her hand as if electrocuted.

They couldn't let them really fight.

Regarding the rating of this mission, the Survey Team initially gave a mission request level of eight stars, after all, the content of this mission was not to subjugate the Elder Dragons, but to guide them.

However, Feng Ying protested, Three Elder Dragons of Niezma! Three!

Under her reasoned argument, this mission was finally changed to the highest level of nine stars.

Anxi'er, the head of the Survey Team, could only hold his nose and accept it. After all, this incident was, to some extent, caused by him, wasn't it?

The reward money happily doubled. Feng Ying threw aside the Greatsword Dragon Combination Blade, replaced it with the 【Royal Gold Shield Axe · Ice】, which had attribute advantages against the Flame King Dragon and Flame Queen Dragon, and, along with Amber and Mushroom, joyfully embarked on the journey.

Traveling day and night by airship, they returned to the Guiding Lands. Too lazy to even rest, Feng Ying went directly to the large island in the Guiding Lands.

This time, she didn't force her way into the thick mist, but stayed on the edge of the island, unlocked the seal of the 【Dragon Vein】, and released her aura.

"gegege — —"

After waiting for a while, a strange clicking sound rang out, and a strange Elder Dragon resembling a decaying corpse slowly emerged from the thick fog.

As she expected, the Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon, sensing her arrival, ran out from underground on its own, saving her a lot of effort.

Amber next to Feng Ying lowered her body, bared her fangs, and let out a threatening growl. Mushroom also nervously placed his paw on the hilt of his weapon, in case the other party suddenly attacked.

The Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon didn't even look at them, but stretched its head over and rubbed against Feng Ying.

Feng Ying, who had just deeply cleaned and maintained her armor, watched the 【Dragon Vein】 covered in spores, hyphae, and foul-smelling mucus again, and her eyes twitched uncontrollably.

Forcing herself to resist the urge to punch the other party, Feng Ying raised her head, "The thing is, we are going to lure the Flame King Dragon and Flame Queen Dragon to burn all the fungi on this island.

It is estimated that a small amount will remain in places like underground, but it should be easy for you to control those.

When they come over, you have to hide well, don't come out. Don't blame me for not reminding you if you get beaten up. You're so afraid of fire, you probably can't beat those two."

"gi?" The Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon looked at her and tilted its head.

Mushroom whispered aside, "It probably doesn't understand what you're saying, meow."

Feng Ying was silent.

Elder Dragons have high intelligence, but if they haven't learned a language, they just don't know it.

If it was some simple "Hello, Goodbye," the other party could guess roughly through sensing emotions, but directly communicating tactics like this was really embarrassing the other party.

"Perhaps we can try communicating with pictures, meow?" Mushroom suggested.

"I'll try."

Feng Ying tore off some of the fungi covering the Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon's eyes, and picked up a dead branch to draw on the ground.

She drew a stick figure and pointed to herself.

"This is me."

"gi." The Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon nodded.

Feng Ying's confidence increased greatly, and she continued to draw two things that looked like dogs with wings. After thinking about it, she added a few clumps of mud-like flames to them.

"These two are the Flame King Dragon and Flame Queen Dragon!"

"gi?" The Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon fell into confusion.

"You're so stupid."

"!" The Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon angrily sprayed Feng Ying's face with miasma.

Mushroom couldn't stand it anymore, "You guys wait a moment, meow."

After saying that, Mushroom left alone. After a while, he called Aibo, who was waiting for news at the island reef camp, over.

"At least find someone who can draw, meow."

"That's right, come on! Help me draw a few pictures!"

After understanding their intentions, Aibo first looked nervously at the terrifying Elder Dragon that seemed to come from a nightmare, and after confirming that the other party's emotions were still stable, she carefully began to draw.

In less than two minutes, the stick figure of the two majestic Flame Dragons took shape on the ground.

Obviously, the Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon still had a deep impression of the Flame King Dragon and Flame Queen Dragon that had beaten it up in the past. A miasma spewed from its mouth and nose, looking a little angry.

Seeing this, Feng Ying was very satisfied, and asked Aibo to draw the Guiding Lands and the Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon's patterns separately.

The Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon seemed to find this method of communication very interesting and listened attentively.

After Aibo finished drawing, Feng Ying first pointed to herself, then to the Flame King Dragon and Flame Queen Dragon's patterns, then to the Guiding Lands' pattern, and finally to the Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon, making a gesture of hugging her head and shrinking up.

She said while pointing, "I, bring them, to burn the Guiding Lands, you, hug your head and hide."

Aibo and the others didn't know how they saw the emotions of "unbelievable" and "resentment" on the face of the Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon, which was full of bones and rotten flesh.

They saw the Effluvium Corpse Coating Dragon roar angrily, knock Feng Ying over with its head, pick her up, throw her on the ground, pick her up again, and continue to throw her around.

Aibo chuckled, "Don't you guys think that Feng Ying's actions just now were more like saying, 'I'm going to bring the Flame King Dragon and Flame Queen Dragon to the Guiding Lands to beat you until you kneel down and beg for mercy'?"

"I think so too, meow."

"Woof."