Chapter 1087 Slime Mold
[As reminded by readers, the previous chapter has been modified because Gordon's Black Flame King suit has the [large] effect of invalidating wind pressure. It is unreasonable not to use it, so it was changed to Gordon uses the Black Flame King, and the Windproof Stone is used by Hayata.
Since several paragraphs have been modified, the comments in the corresponding paragraphs will appear to have been deleted, don’t worry haha orz]
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“Get out! "Ted yelled.
The cave camp is low and narrow, making it difficult for the hunters to fully deploy it. What's more, the cave is about to collapse, and continuing to hide in it will only lead to death.
Three people and one odd-faced tribe rushed out of the cave and returned to the ground.
They looked back.
Two Broken Dragons, one big and one small, were wandering thirty or forty meters away.
The larger one, about seventeen or eighteen meters in length, was hammering and bombarding the ground with its well-developed hammer-shaped forelimbs.
Its fist is like a howitzer shell. Not only is it incredibly powerful, it will also cause violent explosions the moment it comes into contact with the ground.
These explosions do not come from the Broken Dragon itself, but from some kind of slime mold that lives in symbiosis with the Broken Dragon.
These slime molds live in the gaps between the obsidian carapace of the Broken Dragon. The slime molds are most densely distributed on the forearms and the large horns of the forehead that are also hammer-shaped.
Wrapped in the slime mold, the tips of the Broken Dragon's forearms and horns are covered with a layer of conspicuous fluorescent green. The different-colored arm mallets and large horns are their most obvious signs.
"Boom--!" There was another loud noise that shook the earth and exploded along with the explosion.
Before a hunter successfully hunted the first Broken Dragon and scholars conducted anatomical research on the body, people's research on this monster was very limited.
Since the Broken Dragon often licks its arm before attacking, previous research believed that the substance that caused the explosion when the Broken Dragon attacked was its saliva or some kind of secretion.
It was not until after autopsy studies that people realized that the explosion accompanying the attack of Shatterosaurus had nothing to do with Shatterosaurus itself.
It was actually those slime molds that caused the explosion.
The relationship between slime mold and Broken Dragon is not one-sided "parasitism", but "symbiosis".
The Broken Dragon provides protection and a place for the slime mold to live, and while traveling around, it spreads the slime mold everywhere to help it reproduce.
Slime mold has become the most powerful weapon of Shattering Dragon due to its explosive power that is far superior to ordinary gunpowder.
It is with the help of these slime molds that the Broken Dragon, which is also a large beast dragon species and whose ecological niche should be similar to monsters such as the Boomerosaurus and the Barbarian Jaw Dragon, was forcibly raised by a large amount. steps.
The guild's danger rating for Broken Dragon is six stars, second only to the top ecological experts under ancient dragons such as Tyrannosaurus Rex, Golden Lion, and Explosive Scale Dragon.
On full alert for a few seconds, the hunters were surprised to find that Broken Dragon's target was not them, or in other words, it didn't care about the hunters at all.
He just kept pounding the ground, as if he was going to collapse the cave in one breath.
Seeing this, the hunters carefully backed away, keeping a safe distance, but did not leave directly.
After all, the investigation target of their mission is right in front of them.
"What do you think it is doing?" Oshula asked in a low voice, but the sight of the light crossbow in his hand was always locked on the two broken dragons.
“How do I know?”
"Does it want to occupy this burrow to make a nest?" Maka suggested a possibility, "The entrance and exit are too small for it to get in, so it plans to open an opening to come out by itself."
"It's possible. Well, the other Broken Dragon next to it is only six or seven meters long, and its scales have not all fallen off. Is it still a cub, looking for a suitable nest for the safety of its cubs?" Orshula guessed.
“I think it is just practicing boxing in the middle of the night.”
“Kaka,” Babaka, the strange-faced tribe, sighed.
I always feel that these guys whose brains are almost replaced by alcohol are not very smart.
What are these random guesses?
I have long said that I would find a compiler partner for these guys to make up for their intellectual deficiencies, even if the whole team shares one brain and one compiler.
But how can ordinary people get along with these drunkards? None of the young scholars who could become editors were alcoholics.
This alone cuts off the possibility of alcoholics finding a regular editor partner.
“Rumble——!”
Under the continuous hammering and blasting of Broken Dragon, the cracks in the one or two meters thick rock layer continued to expand, and eventually completely shattered and collapsed.
The Broken Dragon swung its arm hammer and roared upwards.
Then, it eagerly thrust its head and even its entire upper body into the collapsed cave.
The cub was chirping at the side. It also wanted to get closer to the cave, but it was swung away by the tail of the adult Broken Dragon, who did not know whether it was the father or the mother. It fell to the ground and could not crawl for a while. stand up.
Maka looked at her two companions, "Something's wrong. I'll take a closer look, and you guys will cover me."
After saying that, she put on her invisibility clothes and rushed towards the direction of the collapsed cave.
"Okay."
Oshula loaded the crossbow, and Ted also moved forward to a position where he could charge for support at any time.
Maka approached cautiously, of course she would not run directly to Broken Dragon, that would only anger the grumpy Broken Dragon.
She took a circuitous route to the side and rear of the blind spot, and then pole vaulted with a bug stick to the top of a huge rock. She used the height of the terrain to observe the behavior of Broken Dragon.
Broken Dragon crawled back and forth in the collapsed cave, or "pit", constantly rubbing its head and arms against the inner wall of the cave.
Maka was confused. She took out a portable telescope, hoping to see it more clearly.
With constant rubbing, Broken Dragon's head and arms were stained with some conspicuous yellow.
This color is very familiar to Maka and the others. She exclaimed in a low voice, "Ah, it's those glowing moss!
Wait a minute, moss, glowing. That guy's target is not moss, it's Slime mold hiding in the moss? ”
After achieving its goal, Broken Dragon retreated from the pit. Maka also took this opportunity to jump off the rock and quickly returned to his companions.
"Well, what is that guy doing?" Oshula asked, but his eyes never left the target.
“It was rubbing against the glowing moss on the cave wall. Doesn’t Broken Dragon have a symbiosis with slime mold? There should be a lot of slime mold hidden in those moss.
It’s just that the colors on both sides are a little bit no the same, The ones on Broken Dragon's body are green, and the ones in the moss in the cave are yellow. Look at the yellow ones on its head and hands, they are just painted on. "
"It may want to change its appearance." Tai. De grinned and turned his head sideways, making a joke.
Broken Dragon shook his body as he exited the collapsed basement.
The cub that had just climbed up immediately came over and rubbed against its mother.
The green slime mold on the adult Broken Dragon, together with the little yellow slime mold that was just picked up, fell onto the little Broken Dragon.
This is how the Broken Dragon hatchlings obtain slime mold.
“So, what these two Broken Dragons have been looking for are these slime molds? That doesn’t affect us at all.”
Ted said and made a gesture to his companions, "Let's retreat for the time being and track and observe them from a distance for two days. If there is no problem, we will go back."
Oshula and Maka naturally did not Objection, as for the question "why to acquire new slime molds", let the scholars have a headache.
At this moment, Broken Dragon stuck out his tongue, licked the new slime mold on his arms, and did not forget to turn back and lick the cub twice.
The saliva of Broken Dragon is rich in nutrients, which not only promotes the rapid reproduction and growth of slime mold, but also activates it.
The Broken Dragon licks its arm hammer before attacking for this reason.
However, the next second, something unexpected happened.
The new yellow slime mold, the original green slime mold, and certain components in the saliva of the broken dragon were mixed together, triggering a series of violent reactions of unknown reasons.
Those yellow slime molds grew at an astonishing speed, quickly replacing the original green slime molds, and began to emit a red light that symbolized high heat.
Seemingly unable to bear the high temperature, the cub let out bursts of painful screams.
“Back!”
The hunters who realized the danger could no longer care about anything else and evacuated at full speed.
The next second, a series of violent explosions enveloped the two broken dragons, one large and one small. The tragic howls and explosions filled the originally silent molten mountain canyon.
Ten seconds passed before the continuously flashing flames stopped. When the smoke dissipated, the Broken Dragon cub had turned into a shapeless, broken and charred corpse.
As for the adult Broken Dragon, the obsidian armor all over its body was shattered layer by layer, and it fell to the ground dying. (End of this chapter)