The young dragon tries to conquer the world

　The Lord of Reincarnation kept trying to bite the Silver Dragon's neck, but the Silver Dragon had never been wronged like this before. After quickly regaining its senses, it let out a short roar and then struggled desperately to escape from the Lord of Reincarnation's claws. The gnawing insects also fell uncontrollably onto the Lord of Reincarnation's body.

　Tiny wounds were left on the platinum scales by the gnawing insects. Just as the insects were about to continue biting, the Lord of the World grabbed the Silver Dragon and slammed them to the ground. He then dragged the Silver Dragon along the ground for a distance. The sudden heavy blow and the excruciating pain of its head scraping against the ground caused the Silver Dragon to struggle violently again, desperately trying to shake off the platinum dragon pressing down on it. The Silver Dragon knew that it absolutely could not continue like this.

　But the Lord of Returning Worlds was constantly adjusting her posture. She also became stubborn, lowering her head and biting the throat of the Silver Dragon, wanting to see whether the gnawing insect would bite her to death first or she would bite the Silver Dragon to death first. However, the Silver Dragon could not withstand it and immediately lashed out with its tail, which had three cone-shaped carapaces at the end, and stabbed at the Lord of Returning Worlds' eyes. The Lord of Returning Worlds had no choice but to jump back a step to avoid the Silver Dragon's stabbing attack, and at the same time, she released her wing claws.

　"Huff~ Huff~" Jueyinlong panted heavily as he looked at the platinum-colored ancient dragon in front of him. Their first encounter ended in Jueyinlong's crushing defeat. Jueyinlong found the opponent to be particularly troublesome, but that wasn't the most difficult part. The most difficult part was that the gnawing insects were completely unable to help Jueyinlong.

　After regaining its composure, the Silver Dragon stood up and covered its upper body with its dragon wings. Some of the gnawing insects lay on the Silver Dragon's body, transferring the life force they had absorbed to it. After absorbing this life energy, the Silver Dragon's body turned completely black, as if covered by a shadow. Its already scarlet body burst forth with an even more dazzling light. The Silver Dragon officially entered a state of blood energy activity with its entire body in a crimson state. In this state, the Silver Dragon's body would be strengthened, and its strength, speed, and dragon attribute manipulation ability would be greatly enhanced.

　Jueyinlong took a step back and flew into the air. Then, its figure appeared in front of Huishizhu like a ghost. Its dragon wings crossed and slashed at Huishizhu. Although the speed was extremely fast, Huishizhu still noticed this move. Huishizhu raised its wing limbs and used its sword scales to block Jueyinlong's attack.

　"Roar~" The Lord of the World, who was attacked by the Silver Dragon, also let out a roar and entered the berserk dragon state.

　At this moment, the surrounding area was no longer just filled with blackish-purple scales; large amounts of white-gold scales also appeared. Although the Silver Dragon noticed this, it did not know what was happening. The Silver Dragon was trying to use its high-speed movement advantage to bite the World Lord and absorb its essence.

　The Lord of Reincarnation did not immediately retaliate. The Silver Dragon roared and lunged at the Lord of Reincarnation's wings, beginning to drain its life force. However, the Silver Dragon's fangs did not...

　It could penetrate the scales on the body of the World Lord; even the longest and sharpest fangs were merely stuck between the scales.

　The Silver Dragon twisted its neck frantically, trying to pierce the skin of the World Lord, but the World Lord suddenly used its four claws to forcefully step back to the side, its fine dragon teeth biting directly into the Silver Dragon's neck, and then slammed the Silver Dragon's body against the mountain wall beside it.

　"Bang!" The impact of the massive body caused the Silver Dragon to release its grip before it could even adjust itself. This caused some of the World Lord's scales to fall off, but the Silver Dragon also lost several fangs. However, losing a few teeth was nothing to an ancient dragon, as were the scales.

　The Lord of Reincarnation turned its body, its wing claws sweeping across the Silver Dragon. The sharp wing claws left grooves in the ground. The Silver Dragon spun its body, flicked its tail, creating a trail of flames as it rubbed against the ground before colliding with the Lord of Reincarnation's wing claws. Then, it quickly spun its body and charged away from the Lord of Reincarnation. Finally, it turned around, raised one of its dragon wings, and whipped up a gale in the direction of the Lord of Reincarnation.

　A gale whipped rocks toward the Reincarnated Lord, but the Reincarnated Lord merely condensed the Mad Dragon Virus on its wing claws and slammed it down. The Mad Dragon Virus immediately exploded, and the dense Mad Dragon Virus in the air also exploded. Beams of purple light collided with the gale created by the Silver Dragon, which in turn exacerbated the spread of the Mad Dragon Virus.

　The Silver Dragon unleashed two more gusts of wind, taking the opportunity to approach the Reincarnated Lord. It then raised its tail high, gathering strength to slam it down. The Reincarnated Lord calmly dodged the Silver Dragon's gusts, then lashed out with its own tail, colliding with the Silver Dragon's tail. The Silver Dragon's hard scales collided with the Reincarnated Lord's white-gold scales, and the black dragon scales shattered into fragments that fell to the ground. Although the Silver Dragon intentionally aimed for the damaged parts of the Reincarnated Lord's scales, the Reincarnated Lord had protected them well.

　The Silver Dragon covered its chest with its wing claws again, and then released three dragon-attribute energy shockwaves. However, the World Lord was immune to this level of dragon-attribute attack, so this attack did not have much effect. But since the Silver Dragon used a beam attack, the World Lord naturally would not be left out.

　The Lord of Rebirth raised its wing claws and sprayed azure beams of light towards the Silver Dragon. The Silver Dragon immediately folded its wings and quickly dodged, then lay down and spat out dragon-attribute breath at the Lord of Rebirth again. Unexpectedly, the Lord of Rebirth did not spray beams to counter the Silver Dragon. Instead, the Lord of Rebirth sprayed several blasts of Mad Dragon Virus at the Silver Dragon. The moment the Silver Dragon landed, the Mad Dragon Virus left on the ground by the Lord of Rebirth exploded.

　Several times, the Silver Dragon attempted to take off and pounce, but was interrupted by the Mad Dragon Virus of the Lord of Rebirth. "Roar~" Before the Silver Dragon could take off, the Lord of Rebirth bit down on its belly. With the help of its wing claws, the Lord of Rebirth used its weight to suppress the Silver Dragon and almost tore its belly open. Foul-smelling dragon blood dripped down the corner of the Lord of Rebirth's mouth, but the Silver Dragon, with its superior agility, kept stabbing at the Lord of Rebirth's eyes.

　After being slammed to the ground on its back by the Lord of Rebirth, the Silver Dragon desperately tried to escape from the Lord of Rebirth's claws, but was bombarded several more times by the Mad Dragon Virus before it could escape. Seeing the Silver Dragon's pathetic escape, the Lord of Rebirth smacked its lips a few times. Judging from the taste of the dragon blood, the Lord of Rebirth thought this guy was not tasty, so it left with the Swift Dragon.

　On the way home, Hui Shi Zhu killed another blue bear beast and several wild boars and brought them back. Inside the castle, watching the little girl eat fried pork cutlet with an "OwO" expression, Lan Mei was curiously playing with the strange insects that the little girl had brought out.

　The Meralus stood with their arms crossed, staring at the strange insect before them.

　"Meow, meow, meow." Deep-fried? Steamed? Doesn't taste good, meow.

　"Meow, meow meow, meow." I think we should stick with sashimi; the boss just brought it back.

　As Melaloo spoke, she boldly took a bite.

　"Meow, meow." It tastes awful, just like rubber!

　The remaining two Melaloo tried it too, and both nodded.

　"Meow." This tastes awful. Our boss is very picky. Could this be a difficult problem he's set for us?

　"Meow, meow meow meow, meow." Then we must try our best to complete it, meow!

　The silly little girl was purely out of curiosity. She didn't know that the Melalu would try to cook gnawing insects for such a thing. Of course, because of this, the Melalu decided to go to the observation base in the afternoon. Experimenting with cooking requires a lot of seasonings, so naturally the little girl and Lanmei also went.

　Inside the observation post, Flame, utterly dejected, recounted to Bahari her eighteenth encounter with the Resurrected One. After Bahari left, Fiorena sat down beside Flame with two glasses of Dahlia beer. "Well, you felt Bahari's enthusiasm, didn't you?"

　Lieyan curled his lip, "Isn't that a bit too enthusiastic? Is the Lord of Reincarnation really that attractive to him?"

　"You don't like the Reincarnation Lord? I quite like it. Speaking of which, Bahari introduced me to a theory about ecological balance. You should know about it in the Hunter's Guild."

　"Uh, ah, um, I've looked into it." Looking at Lieyan's expression, Fiorena knew he definitely didn't know. After taking a sip of beer, she said, "Ecological balance, simply put, means that the environment we live in has a maximum carrying capacity, like how the Ankylosaurus eats grass..."

　Rathalos prey on Slardar and Elektra, but Elder Dragons like the Wraiths and others hunt Rathalos, creating a cycle. However, if the Rathalos population increases dramatically due to certain reasons, the Slardar and Elektra populations will decrease, leading to an increase in forests and shrubs. This changes the lives of other monsters, and at this point, monsters like the Wraiths will appear to hunt Rathalos and restore the ecological balance.

　"Ha, so that means someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes. That's impressive."

　"It's less about a human being and more about the invisible hand of nature. Of course, we hunters are also one of the means of nature's regulation. This is a view recently put forward by the Hunter's Guild and the Ancient Dragon Research Institute, just like the two times the World Lord was observed, except for the one that appeared in Sky Mountain."

　"You mean the skeleton dragon in the primeval forest and the Thunder God Dragon incident in the Hundred Dragons Abyss of the Dragon Palace Ancient City?"

　"Bingo, it was these two times. You can see from the mission request documents that the Bone Dragon not only threatened the land, sea, and air, but even the fishing village by the sea was devoured overnight. According to the legendary hunters, the entire underground lake was filled with the bones of monsters. This will help you understand how many monsters the Bone Dragon has eaten, which is why both the hunters and the World Lords appeared there."

　"So, the Lord of Returning Worlds is indeed doing this for balance, not for eating?"

　"At least the mainstream view at present is that it is for the sake of balance. And if we talk about eating, if the physique of the World Lord is such that it has no other means of eating but only meat, it would have to eat four or five fire dragons every day. In that case, it would also become a party to be balanced."

　“Indeed, Bahari told me that it has some of the characteristics of the Safi'jiiva, so it probably eats like the Safi'jiiva.”

　"That should indeed be the case. The second matter is the destruction of the Thunder God Dragon, the source of the Hundred Dragons, by the Returning Lord. From the legend of Flamefire Village and the resonance of the two dragon-human sisters, we know that the Thunder God Dragon and the Wind God Dragon were the culprits that caused the Hundred Dragons Night Parade. They came together to give birth to offspring. After giving birth to offspring, it is foreseeable that the scale of the Hundred Dragons Night Parade will increase exponentially. But the Returning Lord appeared and successfully prevented it from happening."

　"But the Lord of Reincarnation will not spread the Mad Dragon Virus, which will also have a great impact on the ecology."

　"As for this, according to scholars, the Reincarnated One is just like that; it's unavoidable. Look, who is that?"

　Following Fiorena's finger, Lieyan saw the young girl and Lanmei enter the tavern. Lanmei skillfully ordered two drinks for Vivi, while Lieyan noticed something in the young girl's hand. It was something the young girl had been holding and swinging around when she entered. It looked like a fish, but it probably wasn't.

　"Hi, long time no see, Miss A-Lan, Xiao-Guang."

　"Long time no see, Miss Fiorena."

　After a few words of casual conversation, the little girl's drinks were served. Having grown tired of what she was playing with, the little girl handed it to Fiorena, saying, "I'm done playing with it, this is a gift for you~"

　The little girl casually handed the grub to Fiona as a gift, then lowered her head to eat her dessert. Lan apologized to Fiona and offered to throw the grub away for the little girl, but Fiona had never seen such a thing before and became curious. After examining it closely, she found it to be quite disgusting, so she asked the little girl where she got it. The little girl was eating her cake with an OVO expression.

　"I found it~"

　Lanmei explained, "I found this on the ground while taking a walk in the countryside. Kids always like to pick up weird things, so please just throw it away."

　But Fiorina always felt that this thing was not so simple, so she kept it.

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　P.S.: In 2011, a Russian suicide bomber received a strange text message from his wireless carrier, which triggered his belt bomb and killed him. The message wished him a Happy New Year. Giraffes can live longer than camels in water-scarce conditions.

　PS2: Wishing everyone a wonderful and happy day!

　PS3: My child's recent data is so bad, dear readers, please have pity on me, sob sob~

　Volume 1: Chapter 375 - A Series of Events Triggered by a Piece of Roasted Meat

　The tavern, a place for hunters to rest and relax, was far more bustling than any other part of Elgard, the observation post. Moreover, the tavern was astonishingly large. If hunters had the chance to look down on the city from the sky, they would be able to spot it from among the many buildings very quickly. After all, the massive stone pillars used by the craftsmen to support the entire towering obelisk roof would require several adults to hold hands and barely encircle them.

　The tavern had several tables that could accommodate...

　There are huge long tables for many people, with guests constantly standing up and sitting down. Huge barrels of wine are piled up against the wall, looking like a small mountain at first glance. It is these that fill the stomachs of the drinkers with mellow wine every night.

　Most of the customers here are hunters. The tavern also has a Gathering Hall counter, an authorized mission distribution agency. Hunters can accept missions here and then go hunting. If they encounter a hunting mission that requires multiple people to complete, and the recruited companions need a lot of time to prepare, the hunters can drink and eat here while waiting for their companions to arrive.

　Hunters who successfully complete a hunt will treat themselves to a fine drink in their joyful mood; those who fail, though in a terrible mood, will still manage to squeeze out some money for drinks as a consolation for their hunting career, because even if the mission fails, hunters still need to eat.

　Of course, people other than hunters are not prohibited from visiting this place. Merchants and scribes who travel here also come here to gather information and sell items. Every night, many people who have finished their day's work also come here, making the tavern even noisier.

　At that time, even the small tables placed in the corner of the shop were full. Even long after the sun had set, the place was still filled with a lively atmosphere, the aroma of fine wine and roasted meat fat. For hunters, roasted meat is an extremely delicious food. Of course, hunters who are tired of roasted meat will occasionally want to treat themselves to some carefully cooked, mouthwatering dishes.

　The little girl's mouth was watering as she looked at the perfectly golden-brown roasted meat that had been grilled for a while. The melted fat seeped out of the meat, and the thick white mushroom sauce mixed with oil slowly slid down the surface of the meat. The potatoes, filled with cheese and butter and roasted, were steaming hot. The little girl, ignoring the rising heat from the plate, grabbed the roasted meat and took a big bite, chewing it heartily.

　Unlike the young girl who was happily munching on the high-quality roasted meat, Lan Mei carefully blew on the meat a few times before taking a big bite to avoid burning her mouth.

　Compared to Melalu under the young girl's command, the Palico's cooking skills are not bad either. During the cooking process, the Palicoes not only have to control the fire so that the heat slowly penetrates the entire piece of meat, but also ensure that the cooked meat is piping hot, both on the skin and in the center. The sauce made with white pepper, salt, onions, and crystal tomatoes is also very important. The sweet and sour taste with a hint of spiciness can effectively neutralize the greasiness. With one bite, the aroma of the fat rolls around in your mouth, and the aroma of the sauce and mushrooms blend together to make the aroma of the fat even richer and more mellow. A heartfelt sense of happiness will rush to your head.

　As expected, that was the case. But as the little girl chewed, she felt something was wrong. The expression on her face changed from happy to puzzled. The little girl, who was chewing the roasted meat with great interest, was first stunned. She seemed to feel that there was a strange taste in the roasted meat. Of course, it was not the kind of sour and astringent taste, which meant that the meat had gone bad, nor was it a strange taste caused by unsuitable seasonings such as bitter, spicy, or salty.

　The little girl adorably tilted her head to one side, as if to confirm, and chewed a couple more times. The taste was indeed a bit strange. After swallowing the piece of meat, the little girl forked another piece and put it in her mouth. After chewing a couple more times, the little girl tilted her head to the other side again. This time, the little girl did not savor it carefully and swallowed the roasted meat with a quick movement of her throat.

　Fiorena, noticing the little girl's strange behavior, asked curiously, "What's wrong, Hikari? Tired of barbecue?"

　The little girl shook her head, reached out and forked a piece of roasted meat from Lan Mei's plate, then put it in her mouth and chewed it carefully. Sure enough, both the meat on Lan Mei's plate and the meat on her own plate had that indescribable strange taste. When Lan Mei saw the little girl's actions, she swallowed the roasted meat and also noticed something was wrong. After meeting the little girl's crimson-gold eyes, the two of them frowned at the roasted meat on the table and then nodded silently.

　"The meat tastes a bit strange~"

　Lanmei nodded and said to Fiorina, "Well, rather than saying it's strange, it's more like... it doesn't taste like meat, it tastes more like..." Lanmei couldn't find the right words to describe the feeling for a moment. The little girl was also tilting her head, thinking about how to describe the taste. Seeing that the two of them were reacting like this, Fiorina lowered her head and sniffed the roasted meat in front of her. It tasted just as delicious as before.

　Fiorena didn't find anything unusual. After carefully putting away the grubs that the little girl had given her, Fiorena forked a piece of roasted meat and put it in her mouth.

　The Palicoes used salted, bone-in meat, the same raw meat that hunters carried when hunting. Fiona didn't taste anything strange with her first bite. Judging from the surface of the meat, the Palicoes had controlled the heat very well, and it must be full of delicious juices inside. In fact, it was. The juices filled her mouth, and Fiona was very satisfied with the roasted meat. Her mouth was even covered in grease.

　After swallowing the piece of meat, Fiona didn't feel anything unusual. "Hmm, I don't feel anything wrong. Did you eat something else that caused this in your mouth?"

　There's a lingering taste of both flavors. Should I rinse my mouth with some cider?

　The little girl and Lan Mei tilted their heads at the same time. The little girl's cute appearance made Fiorena blush a little. The waiter quickly brought over two bottles of cider. Lan Mei uncorked the bottle and was about to pour herself a glass when "Ah~" the little girl opened her mouth early. Lan Mei had to pour a little into the little girl's mouth first before pouring herself a full glass.

　"Glug glug~" After rinsing her mouth, the little girl drank the apple cider in her mouth without hesitation.

　Fiona's outstretched hand froze in mid-air. She had thought the little girl would spit out the cider, but to her surprise, she swallowed it. And Lan Mei did the same. "Uh, spitting it out would have been fine, but since you've already drunk it, why don't you try some more?"

　The little girl nodded to Lanmei, picked up her fork and ate another piece of roast meat. However, even after rinsing her mouth, the taste of the roast meat was still a bit strange. The little girl put down her fork with some disappointment and said, "Stomach, pain, wax."

　Fiorena corrected her with a helpless look, "It's more like it tastes like chewing wax, Xiaoguang. Do you mean the barbecue doesn't taste like meat?"

　Fiorena would never believe there was anything wrong with the grilled meat, but it was understandable that the young girl couldn't stand the taste of the white mushrooms. After all, children are like that; the fragrant green peppers, celery, and broccoli taste bitter to them. If that's the reason, then there's nothing wrong with the ingredients themselves.

　What? You're saying that's the reason? Then why does Lanmei react the same way as the little girl? Ha, anyone with eyes can see that Lanmei dotes on the little girl so much because she's influenced by her!

　In fact, the young girl didn't have much aversion to vegetables like green peppers or broccoli. It's just that these vegetables were a low priority in her diet. She was happy to use them as seasoning or filling gaps, since only a fool would choose vegetables instead of meat to fill his stomach.

　"Slap!" Fiona looked up immediately upon hearing the sound, and the chubby little girl's face suddenly appeared in front of her. Her cheeks were round and puffy with anger. "H-Hikari, w-what's wrong?" Stared at by the little girl's crimson-gold eyes, Fiona felt a sudden panic. This was also the first time she had seen the little girl so serious. Fiona didn't think she was this nervous, not even when facing Admiral Gareas. Her legs involuntarily tensed up.

　"It's not meat, it just feels like there's a bad guy in there~"

　"Hey, that's what Hikaru thinks, but my sister eats it without any problems."

　Fiorena twitched her lips. She couldn't understand what the little girl meant by "meat what meat." Could there really be something wrong with the roasted meat? Fiorena had no choice but to fork up another piece of roasted meat and put it in her mouth. The taste was exactly the same as the first time. Just as she was about to say something, the little girl had already jumped off the stool and ran towards the Palico with her short legs.

　"Meow meow meow meow, meow meow, meow." This is all meat from the Li Yang Beasts and Armored Dragons that the hunters captured in the hunting grounds. It's being sent here for processing, meow, so there won't be any problems, meow.

　When the little girl arrived at the kitchen, four Palicoes were busy at the stove. The Palico in charge of preparing the ingredients had already piled up chunks of meat and vegetables into a small mountain in front of the stove. The Palico skilled in cooking was wielding a spatula to turn each grain of rice golden brown. The Palico in charge of the oven was constantly pedaling the bellows to keep the flame at a suitable temperature. After hearing the little girl's question, the Palicoes did not stop their work and answered the little girl's question while they were busy.

　"Meow, meow, meow, meow." If the customer doesn't like it, we can make them a new one. And if there's anything you don't like, please let us know!

　"The meat has lost its flavor and doesn't taste good anymore!" The little girl solemnly told the Palicoes this. The Palicoes were stunned by the little girl's words. The little girl didn't say that the cooking method was wrong, but that the meat had lost its flavor. But if the meat had lost its flavor, what else could it be? The Palicoes could only stare at each other in disbelief. They couldn't understand the meaning of the little girl's words, but seeing the serious expression on the little girl's face, the Palicoes felt that the little girl's words were not just nonsense.

　"Meow, meow meow, meow, meow." Do you prefer your grilled meat a little more tender? If you'd like it medium-rare, medium-well, or even rare, we can make that too, meow. If so, we can make you a new one right now, meow.

　The little girl shook her head firmly and continued seriously, "The meat doesn't taste like meat anymore!"

　The Palicoes stopped what they were doing and pondered the meaning of the little girl's words. Suddenly, the little girl thought of something and proudly puffed out her thin chest, saying, "I know, the bad guy is that big bat!"

　"A giant bat?" Lanmei and Fiorena also arrived at the little girl's side. They were also very curious about the giant bat the little girl mentioned, as were the four Palicoes.

　"This, this, you bad guy, trying to steal all the food!" The little girl revealed herself.

　Its little tiger teeth were sticking out as much as it could. It touched its pointed ears with both hands, then spread its arms and flapped them a few times. Then it hopped back and forth on the ground a few times. After thinking for a moment, it ran to the other side and continued to make cute gestures.

　"The light is like this, and then like this, and it drives it away!" For Fiona, a human, the advanced art expressed by the little girl was too difficult to understand, which meant that Fiona did not understand what the little girl was trying to express at all. However, Lanmei understood the little girl's meaning at a glance.

　The story of the young girl is that she encountered a large bat while hunting. The bat coveted the food in her hand and shamelessly tried to steal it. However, the young girl was stronger than the bat, so she managed to drive it away.

　Lanmei also remembered the fire dragon that the young girl brought back that night. After it was made into a mixed hot pot, the taste was somewhat similar to the pork chops she ate today. However, the taste of the pork chops was much clearer and more profound. At first, Lanmei thought it was just a coincidence, but now it seems that it is not so simple.

　Now it's Fiona's turn to be confused. She and Lanmei are not that different, so why is it that Lanmei can understand everything after the little girl finishes speaking, but she always lags behind for a while?

　However, compared to the taste of the barbecue, Fiorina felt it was more important to hand over the strange flying insect that the little girl had given her to Bahari for research. She had never seen such a strange flying insect before. After saying goodbye to the little girl and Lanmei, Fiorina immediately rushed to Bahari's research lab. However, when Fiorina arrived at Bahari's research lab, she saw a completely different scene.

　Fiorena almost thought she had met the Reincarnation Lord. It turned out that Bahari, who was obsessed with the Reincarnation Lord, had made himself a helmet of the Reincarnation Lord and put it on his head. It was a life-size helmet, and the huge helmet was stuck on Bahari's shoulders, making it difficult for him to move around. But Bahari didn't mind at all. After distinguishing the scales scattered by the Reincarnation Lord in front of him into two types, blackish-purple and white-gold, Bahari examined them for a while, picked up the blackish-purple scales and was about to pour them into his mouth.

　"Wait, wait, Bahari, what are you doing?" Fiona, who had just recovered her composure, immediately stopped Bahari as he was about to put the Mad Dragon Virus into his mouth.

　Bahari shook his head and said calmly, "Fiolena, you're always so impatient, rushing into everything. You'll inevitably suffer a big fall if you keep this up."

　"Never mind me for now. What you're absorbing is the Mad Dragon Virus of the Reincarnation Lord. Right now, only Blazing Flame can use the Mad Dragon Virus without any side effects. Remember, you're not Blazing Flame. You're just a researcher. If you can't withstand the erosion of the Mad Dragon Virus, your life force will be affected."

　"That's why I need to experience the Mad Dragon Virus firsthand, so that I can know what the Returning Lord is trying to do. Otherwise, I wouldn't be a qualified researcher."

　“You’re just a human being. It’s absurd to think about things from a monster’s perspective.” Fiona had long heard that Bahari would completely ignore his surroundings and do strange things when he encountered something that interested him, so he was often called a “weirdo.” Now, Fiona felt that the nickname was absolutely right.

　Seeing that Bahari wouldn't listen to her advice, Fiona had no choice but to snatch the test tube from Bahari's hand, seal the powder inside the tube tightly with a cork, and place it on the sample table next to her. Then she took out a parasite from her pocket and placed it in front of Bahari.

　"Don't worry about the Reincarnation Lord for now. I'll show you something. Xiao Guang found this by accident. I've never seen it before. Do you recognize this kind of insect?"

　Bahari glanced at it and shook his head. He didn't recognize the insect and wasn't interested in it. But then Bahari suddenly noticed something and leaned on the research table. "Hmm, hiss, the shape of this creature is so contradictory. Let's call it some kind of insect for now. Look, this insect doesn't have eyes or a nose at the front, only a round mouthpart covered with sharp teeth. The end of its body also doesn't have reproductive or digestive organs in the usual sense. The structure is too simple, but this body shape..."

　The gnatus that the young girl caught was already fifteen centimeters long. How could a creature grow to this size without digestive and excretory tissues in the conventional sense? Moreover, its round mouthparts were enough to prove that this worm could capture food through its mouthparts. Thinking of this, Bahari's curiosity about scholars was aroused.

　"Who do you think found this?"

　"Xiao Guang, that little guy who often comes to the tavern with Miss A-Lan, don't you remember him?"

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　PS: It's over! She's back! That day, my mom said she was having trouble walking and was planning to rest, so I immediately called 120 (emergency services). After an MRI, she was immediately admitted to the hospital. The tests showed a blood clot concentrated in the brainstem. Fortunately, it wasn't too serious, but she also had high blood pressure, so after a few days of observation, they started ablation therapy. The results were very good. After ablation, she started rehabilitation. Well, my mom has officially entered retirement life—which is a good thing, I guess. But with her impatient nature, I figured a relapse was inevitable. After being discharged, she had more free time, and my relatives and I took turns caring for her. According to the doctor, she'll be fine in a month. It's not a major illness, but it's not minor either; at least it's not incurable. I'm already very satisfied. My legs went weak when I called 120; I imagined all the worst possible outcomes. Sigh!

　PS2: Thank you everyone for your concern~ Please remember to take care of yourselves too~ Health is the most important thing~

　Volume 1: Chapter 376 - The Approaching Truth