Monster life starting from picking up materials

But he was a little unsure whether the transformed gas frog would have a mouth full of paralyzing gas, and whether the injuries left by the current state would remain after the transformation?

I don’t know, but I will definitely know in the future.

The thief dragon's body shrank and transformed into a bulging gas frog.

The eye muscles of the gas frog were contracting, and Ji Jie was adapting to his new form. At the same time, he was also sure that the paralyzing gas was produced and stored by the gas frog itself, and he could always squeeze it out if he squeezed it.

After confirming this, Ji Jie transformed from a gas frog back into a thief dragon, drank some water by the stream, and walked back to the stone slope while twitching, feeling a little refreshed.

But this did not affect his ability to gather the scattered thief dragons into a group with a roar. In the past ten minutes, two more thief dragons were lost.

After bidding farewell to the gravel beach, Ji Jie continued searching for the traces of the stinging bird in the forest, following the smell and traces.

They also saw the poisonous bird on the road, which had circled and marked an area bordering the territory of the Great Thief Dragon. When the Great Thief Dragon came here for patrol, there would definitely be another fight.

The thief dragons circled past the edge of the poisonous bird's sight. Fortunately, the bird just roared in warning and did not chase or attack them.

It wasn't long after they gave up chasing the scratching bird, as it couldn't run far.

Finally, Ji Jie saw the scratching bird he had been thinking about. It was pecking at a dragon egg that came from nowhere. Unfortunately, only one of its arms could move normally, and the egg had no way to be fixed, so it could only roll continuously under the pecking.

The thief dragons were a little agitated and most of them retreated.

In just a few hours, not all of these thief dragons were the same group that followed Ji Jie at the beginning. Even if they were, their courage had waned again after a few hours, and they no longer had the courage to cross their ecological niches.

What's more, their leader, the thief dragon, disappeared at some point in time. They could only hide in the corner and watch the large monster as usual, waiting for an opportunity that might not come for a whole day.

As a large monster, the Scratching Bird does not take seriously the thief dragons that do not appear in front of it and pose a threat, even though it was being chased by a group of thief dragons before. Or perhaps the pain of the wound is making it weak, and the hunger is urging it to focus its attention on the eggs in front of it.

At this moment, a round object half-jumped and half-rolled into its field of vision. The bright yellow color was somewhat similar to the color of eggs, which made the bird peck at it subconsciously.

A powerful paralyzing gas spewed out from the mouth of the gas frog, instantly covering the body of the scratching bird.

The gas frog, who was hit by the scratching bird for no apparent reason, naturally transformed secretly and left the thief dragon team. He wanted to release the paralyzing gas actively, but he didn't expect that the scratching bird would peck him directly when it saw him, with a kind of innocence that had never experienced the equality of all beings.

It was not difficult to guess that the scratching bird was extremely hungry, but Ji Jie only felt pain now, a piercing pain from his back downwards. The gas frog's reaction nerves prompted the thigh muscles to twitch in order to escape from here.

After confirming that it had escaped the range of the paralyzing gas, the gas frog's body began to expand.

Ji Jie forced himself to transform into a thief dragon, trying to get rid of the pain while getting rid of the uncontrollable thigh muscles.

The gas frog's body swelled up and turned into a thief dragon, its narrow vertical pupils staring coldly at the scratching bird twitching in the paralyzing gas.

Chapter 9 Harvest

The dull pain on his back answered Ji Jie's previous question. After the transformation, the injury still existed, but it would be significantly alleviated.

At least, the current level of pain was giving him just the right amount of excitement.

The paralyzing gas was evaporating rapidly, and Ji Jie was also locking onto the weakness of the bird. That severely injured arm was really tempting.

It is better to enlarge the wound than to create it.

It is better to expand the advantages than to create them.

It is better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt ten of them.

The thief dragon's body carried out the instructions of the alien soul. He opened his mouth wide and pounced on the scratching bird, which was twice his length.

The scratching bird, unable to move its body, could only watch as the thief dragon bit its injured arm and twisted it violently to one side. The force was so strong that even the thief dragon itself rolled to the side.

Death rolled, the weight of the whole body and inertia fell on the broken and fragile arm of Zaoniao, and Ji Jie rolled out with the arm.

"Crack, crack."

Even though the Scratching Bird is not a big monster, its skeleton is not something that the Raptor Dragon can bite into in a few bites. However, the Raptor Dragon has a large stomach, so Ji Jie raised his head and swallowed it directly.

There was a flicker of joy in his vertical pupils, a joy that was simple and pure.

I wanted to do it, I did it, and I succeeded.

He had now reached the third step, but it was only a small victory.

The thief dragon's eyes became even more greedy, scanning up and down the parts of the scratching bird that were still convenient for prey.

The success of the death roll made him want to try it again, this time, to tickle the bird's tail.

In the game, cutting off a monster's tail means one more chance to skin it, but compared to one more chance to skin it, more hunters enjoy the experience of achieving an intuitive victory in hunting, just like seeing their own milestone on the road, which is a symbol.

The surrounding woods were in turmoil because the thief dragons were emboldened by seeing Ji Jie succeed in his attack.

Ji Jie just walked around behind the bird. The bird was still twitching at this time. The series of behavioral and psychological activities just now took only more than ten seconds.

He aimed at the bird's tail and bit it hard at an angle. Instead of keeping his body stable, he let his body roll in the direction of the force.

But this time, the tail of the scratching bird was not broken as he wished, but was only scratched by the teeth of the thief dragon, leaving a bloody scar.

Instead, he used too much force and threw himself out. When he stood up, the bird had regained control of its body. It raised its head and pecked at him twitchingly. He could only jump away in a hurry.

The paralysis that had not completely disappeared seemed to make the scratching bird ignore the pain of the broken limb, or perhaps it felt hatred towards the thief dragon in front of it because Ji Jieliu had stopped him from stealing. The scratching bird was now determined to make the thief dragon in front of it pay the price.

After being pecked repeatedly, Ji Jie was chased and jumped up and down, but he was still hit and his head was bleeding instantly. But the next time he dodged, he hid directly in the group of thief dragons that were surging like a tide.

There were obviously more thief dragons wandering around and observing than the ones Ji Jie brought. They surrounded the injured scratching bird and, as usual, used the simplest and most primitive claws to bite it, leaving wounds on the enemy that was larger than itself.

One punch cannot beat four hands, not to mention that the scratching bird now only has one claw and one beak.

It had already suffered considerable injuries and shock from encountering a powerful enemy, and was interrupted twice when it wanted to eat. The broken limbs caused a terrible loss of physical strength, and the weakness of the bird dragon species' physical weakness was also exposed at this time.

It no longer had the strength to fight back or escape, and could only fight desperately against the tide of thief dragons.

Ji Jie jumped up again from the group of thief dragons, hugged the neck of the scratching bird, became the last thief dragon to overwhelm it, and dragged it into the wave of thief dragons.

But Ji Jie quickly let go of the fallen bird and jumped up with a start, not because he was excited, but because there was a thief dragon biting him!

This made him push away the thief dragon that bit him. He turned around and saw that one thief dragon had bitten the claw of another thief dragon, and an identical death roll was done by the claws of the other thief dragon.

"Mom!"

This made Ji Jie stunned, and the thief dragon that accidentally bit its companion was just biting its claw in a daze. The thief dragon with a broken claw rolled on the ground and moved away from its companions, as if it was planning to eat the leftovers.

Although I had seen crocodiles perform death rolls on their own kind when fighting for food in my previous life, it was still very, very, shocking to see this scene in person.

Looking around at the various thief dragons, Ji Jie shook his head somewhat disconcertedly. A sense of accomplishment arose spontaneously, and he thought of fishing.

Why is fishing so addictive for men? There is even a legend about Emperor He Tian who has been fishing alone for eternity and has never returned. This legend is regarded as the Bible by anglers.

Some say that men in ancient times had the responsibility of hunting and fishing to maintain the survival of their tribe and family. This responsibility remains in men's bones like an instinct, and has become their desire in modern fashion. Others say that the sense of accomplishment and happiness gained from fishing makes people psychologically dependent on it, and then they continue to perform this behavior to satisfy their psychological needs. The two statements do not conflict.

Fishing is a part of hunting. The old man and the old man in the sea refused to let go when faced with a marlin bigger than the one that could tow their boat. Even though the prey could not escape the fate of being eaten by sharks, when he returned home dragging the fish bones and lay in bed, he still felt satisfied.

Ji Jie feels very satisfied when he hunts prey stronger than himself and wins.

Society in the past was quite privileged, but also had its share of high pressures. Many people wanted to fish, but couldn't find the time to go out, nor could they calmly catch enough fish to satisfy themselves. In the end, they could only satisfy their need for relaxation through games. How pitiful...

Being able to travel through time and space, being able to escape the high pressure of society and gain freedom, although there are dangers everywhere and you need to survive, only this kind of freedom that requires you to be responsible for yourself is the most perfect freedom.

Ji Jie feels very lucky.

But if he didn't start eating now, he might not be able to get much meat. He pushed away the thief dragon beside him and joined the normal gluttonous feast.

The skin of the scratching bird is tough and the meat is firm, soft and tender but not greasy. Ji Jie's appetite and psychological needs are further satisfied, and the totem of the scratching bird is also gradually radiating its brilliance.

"Click."

Ji Jie bit a piece of hard object mixed in the meat. He held it in his mouth, bit off the meat cleanly, and then spit it out. It turned out to be an irregular five-colored crystal bead.

"Bird Dragon Jade? That's not right, or should it be beads?"

Ji Jie took a look at it and held the bead with his claws to avoid losing it, and continued to eat the little meat left on the scratching bird.

A group of thief dragons quickly devoured a scratching bird, leaving only its skeleton. Ji Jie, relying on his size advantage, naturally got the most food. He also ate a crystal bead. After being satisfied, he realized that he seemed to have overlooked something.

He looked around and noticed that the thief dragon with a missing claw had a bulging stomach, just like when Ji Jie ate the eggs.

But unlike Ji Jie's time, the thief dragon kept hitting the eggshell with its larynx but failed to break it.

It looks like an egg different from the herbivorous dragon's. Just as Ji Jie was thinking this, he heard a sharp and piercing dragon roar coming down from the sky.

Chapter 10 Life will always find its own way out

Dragon eggs mean new life, the continuation of the clan and one's own life. Every dragon egg will be carefully hidden and preserved by its parents.

There are also creatures that store nutrients and guard their eggs in the nest until new life is born, and then they resume going out.

The dragon egg is cherished by its parents. It is still unknown how this dragon egg has ended up in this state, but now, its parents have obviously come to find it.

The flames that fell from the sky tore open the lush green curtain, and the monster covered in purple shells broke through the flames and rushed into the group of thief dragons.

The ferocious, horny beak was raised and struck, and with every strike, a thief dragon in front of it flew high up, splashing out along with drops of blood.

It swung its long, spindle-shaped tail covered with thorns, and the bewildered thief dragons behind it were thrown away. Before they landed on the ground, the horrific poison destroyed the thief dragons' lives.

The area around the monster instantly turned into a dragon-thief vacuum zone, and the skeleton of the scratching bird was even stepped on by it into the mud.

Ji Jie was one of the ones who was gouged away by this guy's beak, but the body of the thief dragon disappeared the moment it fell into the bushes, leaving only a hairy spider with a broken leg watching the death of the thief dragons with its eight eyes.

He recognized who the visitor was, a bird dragon monster named Black Wolf Bird, the top of the bird dragon species. The thief dragons could use their numbers to hunt down a wounded bird, but when facing the Black Wolf Bird, they encountered a one-sided massacre.

"It turns out he can really breathe fire. That's incredible."

There are not many large monsters that Ji Jie has encountered so far. Among them, only the Tyrannosaurus Rex can use its attribute power to cause damage, but it has not been seen to use it until it was repelled by the Megalodon.

Now seeing the black wolf bird spitting fireballs with his own eyes, he was greatly shocked and filled with longing.

Cool? Really cool!

The Black Wolf Bird's slaughter continued. It seemed that it had no desire to hunt, but simply wanted to kill every thief dragon it could see.

Another fireball shot out of its mouth, blowing away the group of fleeing thief dragons.

The dragon egg, which was suspected to be the culprit, flew out of the mouth of the disabled thief dragon and rolled right in front of the hairy spider. Ten eyes were staring at the egg, eight of which belonged to Jijie and two to the black wolf bird.

The black wolf bird stopped chasing the thief dragons. It stared at the egg, and the fierce light in its eyes gradually dimmed. It seemed to be identifying something, and its open wings gradually folded.

Finally, it strode closer to the dragon eggs.

But there was a dragon that was faster than it. A scratching bird suddenly appeared from the bushes, rushed straight to the egg, stretched out its claws to grab it, and then carried the egg into the dense forest.

This scratching bird that suddenly appeared was naturally Ji Jie who had unlocked a new form. The injury he suffered when he was knocked away by the black wolf bird in the thief dragon form still existed. However, compared with the thief dragon's fracture and the hairy spider's broken leg, after two attenuations, the only thing he inherited in the scratching bird form was a broken little finger. It would hurt when he ran, but it would not affect his movement too much.

The black wolf bird's ability to spit fireballs and instantly kill a group of thief dragons aroused Ji Jie's longing, and the black wolf bird's behavior towards the egg also made Ji Jie's guess about the egg's parents lean towards it.

Especially this dragon egg, which has withstood the pecking of the scratching bird and the stomach of the thief dragon, must not be the egg of an ordinary monster in Ji Jie's eyes.

However, in the ecology that Ji Jie knew, the Black Wolf Bird was different from the egg-hiding and egg-guarding schools. It should be the egg-hosting school that laid its eggs in the nest of the giant monster bird.

The giant monster bird is a species of bird dragon that looks somewhat similar to the black wolf bird, but is weaker than the black wolf bird in its ecological niche and suffers from its bullying. Not only does it have to help the black wolf bird raise eggs, but it is also attacked by it for food on a daily basis. However, the giant monster bird has never appeared in the New World.

Some players familiar with the Monster Hunter ecosystem have even discussed how Black Wolf Bird will raise its offspring without the giant bird: should it raise them on its own or find a new successor? And who should it choose as the new successor?

Unfortunately, the game developer Capcom did not give a clear answer, emphasizing that "life will find its own way out."

If the black wolf bird lays an egg without finding a recipient, it should indeed carry the egg around looking for a recipient, and losing the egg does fit the stereotype of being bad at raising cubs.

A high temperature stung Ji Jie's skin and interrupted his thoughts. He only had time to jump to the side, breaking a branch and rolling out. Fortunately, his head did not hit the tree, and his claws holding the egg did not loosen.

The round pupils of the bird, which was about to stand up, shrank slightly. The heat wave from the fireball explosion hit its face, and the feathers on its head and arms were also slightly curled up by the heat.

Run, and keep running.

Ji Jie urged himself to stand up and continue to go into the dense forest, away from the open areas.

Who would have thought that not long ago he was chasing the tickle, but now he is being chased as the tickle.

A sharp and piercing roar erupted from behind him, rustling the leaves. Ji Jie tilted his head slightly. The eyes of the wolfbird were located on both sides of its head, giving it a wide field of vision, which allowed him to see the black wolfbird flapping its wings and flying.

But before he could rejoice at having escaped the pursuit, a fireball fell from the sky and directly lifted the green dome. Some sparks fell on the dead leaves on the ground and started burning.

But Ji Jie never stopped running, and the fire on the ground had no chance to surround him. He just felt his scalp burning, and the feathers on his head seemed to be burning. Maybe he was bald?

He had no time to mourn the passing of his coquettish great ornamental feathers before they even fluttered. Waves of heat were chasing him, and black wolf birds were bombarding the dense forest from the sky.

"hold head high!"

A fireball did not dissipate after breaking through the green dome, but fell directly on Ji Jie's body. The skin on his back was instantly burned, and the nerves that transmitted the pain were melted by the high temperature, followed by a continuous burning pain.

But fortunately, after this, the black wolf bird calmed down. The bird dragon species' physical weakness was not enough for it to continuously release fireballs. Its ability to spit fire did not mean it was immune to flames. Its throat would be burned by the continuous high temperature, and its mouth would also suffer from overheating ulcers.

This gave Ji Jie enough time to catch his breath. He transformed from a scratching bird into a thief dragon. After opening his mouth and putting the dragon egg into his stomach, he limped into the deeper forest and drilled into the gap between the wooden wall and the large bacterial colony.

The sound of the ruffian flying through the dense forest disappeared, and the black wolf bird lost its target and could only hover in the air.

Ji Jie didn't know how long he hid in the gap. After listening to the shrill dragon roar in the air fading away, he vomited the dragon egg in his stomach with satisfaction.