Chapter 384: Strange Meow

Clatter, clatter.

Lucy used a staff refined from blocks of snow to forcefully shatter the ice layer on the surface, then dug away the broken ice and accumulated snow.

A substance with a white, smooth surface appeared before her.

This was a bone; to be precise, it was the bone of a creature that had been extremely powerful while alive.

She could not yet determine exactly what creature it was, but judging from the residual Spirituality she had just detected, it must have been a big one.

It was clearly difficult for her to excavate it completely on her own.

Realizing this, Lucy decisively left a mark here using Qi, then her body transformed into Ether and moved toward the location of the Shanyin Cruise Ship.

About five minutes later. "The remains of some powerful creature?" After hearing Lucy's description, Yun Mu subconsciously looked at Fen Yege.

"Don't look at me, I don't know about this kind of thing." Noticing her gaze, Fen Yege denied it without hesitation. He said, "Today is also my first time coming here."

"Otherwise, how would I not know about that Snow Monster Lord?"

Fine, fine. (_) If you say you don't know, then you don't know. Yun Mu looked at Lucy: "So, do you intend to use those bones as alchemy materials?"

"Hmm, I want to see if there are better parts to replace the staff body. Besides that, I am also curious about the identity of that skeleton."

"Then let's dig!" Yun Mu suggested: "The Trans-dimensional Engine still needs some time to cool down. I will have those mechanical units assist you."

"Mm." Lucy nodded, agreeing with her suggestion.

Maneuvering the Shanyin Cruise Ship to stop at the location marked by Lucy, Yun Mu brought a large number of mechanical units and began to dig around the exposed skeleton. As the ice layer was peeled away bit by bit, a skeleton extending upward like ivory appeared before everyone.

"This is..." Lucy seemed to recognize this thing.

She walked to the front of the skeleton and reached out her palm to gently stroke the surface of the bone.

"There seems to be some space inside. Should we try digging in this direction?" Lucy pointed with her hand to a patch of ice beside the skeleton.

Yun Mu decisively let the executors go up to dig. At the same time, Fen Yege walked to the side of the two. He looked at the skeleton before him, thoughtful: "This part looks a bit like a rib. This structure, and this size... is it a giant?"

"No, that's not right. This curvature... could it be..." A look of disbelief appeared on his face.

Yun Mu was somewhat surprised by this. Could it be that Fen Yege really didn't know about this skeleton? And, could it be what? Was the identity of this skeleton truly shocking? "This should be the skeleton of a dragon," Lucy said, expressing her opinion at this moment.

"Although I have never seen a real dragon, I have studied some dragon-kin... The shape of this bone is very similar to the ribs of an earth dragon."

"Yes, and even though it has been dead for many years, one can still feel the faint dragon might on it." Fen Yege gently stroked the surface of the bone with his palm.

Dragon might? Why don't I feel it?

Yun Mu tilted her neck in confusion.

"A dragon? Its soul must be very delicious!" The Wolf flew to the front of the skeleton at this moment and sniffed hard with its nose.

"Ha, this scent..." It bared its teeth: "A bit difficult to deal with."

After spending these days together, Yun Mu could roughly understand what it meant. When the Wolf said it was difficult to deal with, it was likely referring to the soul of this dragon, which it and the Sheep Spirit probably couldn't take down.

Doesn't that mean that while this guy was alive, its soul was already comparable to a god? Why would such a powerful existence leave only a skeleton here? Bang!!

The excavation by the executors seemed to have made progress. After knocking away the thick ice layer, there was actually a space inside supported by the bones.

The people and gods present all had the ability to see in the dark to some extent. After crawling into the cavity dug out by the executors, Fen Yege looked up at the surrounding bones: "It looks like this should be the dragon's chest cavity."

"That side is the direction of the skull..."

Fen Yege used his fingernails to scrape the surrounding ice and bones, bringing down some debris.

"It's truly amazing. The formation of this space has been about twenty thousand years... The gods have only been born for thirty or forty thousand years."

"There seems to be something here." Yun Mu saw a protruding object in a layer of thinner snow at this moment.

If it were just a simple protrusion, she certainly wouldn't care, as it might just be a stone or something.

But in this cavity, everything was very flat. Only here, as if something was buried, the snow protruded like a small tent.

This couldn't help but pique her curiosity.

Her dark gray Cat Ears twitched twice. Yun Mu squatted down, used her hands to brush away the snow, and soon touched an object that was very smooth on the surface but had distinct textures.

"What is this thing?"

A gray-black 'stone' covered in stone spots on the surface, which felt very hard to the touch, appeared before Yun Mu.

"This is..." Lucy moved to Yun Mu's side. At this moment, she suddenly thought of something, and her breathing couldn't help but become rapid: "Miss Yun, hurry and dig it out!"

"This might be a dragon egg!" she said, her words somewhat excited.

"A dragon egg!?" Hearing this, Yun Mu's spirits were immediately lifted, but soon, she thought of what Fen Yege had just said.

"Even if it is a dragon egg, it's been ten thousand years, it should have died long ago," she said.

"You can't look at dragons from the perspective of normal creatures. Have you never thought about why you would find a dragon egg inside the skeleton of a dead dragon?" Lucy looked at her righteously: "Perhaps it was facing some crisis, and the dragon had no choice but to... to protect the dragon egg or something..." She clearly couldn't continue making it up, and her words became slower and slower.

"In, in any case, dig it out and see!" she said.

"Alright, alright, alright~"

Yun Mu squatted down and continued to brush away the snow with her hands.

As a Transcendental, the temperature of this snow couldn't freeze her. As for whether she would find it dirty—of course she wouldn't, since this snow looked very white and there shouldn't be anything strange inside.

Thinking this, Yun Mu soon dug out the 'stone' suspected to be a dragon egg.

"It really is an egg..."

Looking at the 'stone' that was gradually revealing its oval shape and was nearly a meter tall, Yun Mu muttered to herself.

"This should be a dead egg," Fen Yege appeared beside the two at this moment. He looked at the lifeless dragon egg and judged.

"In a sense," the God of Wine and Victory, Avala, said behind him: "This thing, and these dragon bones, can all be considered fossils."

"Have you ever seen a dragon?" Fen Yege did not discuss the topic of fossils with him, but instead suddenly asked the other party.

In terms of age, Avala was much older than him. The title of being the last person in history to reach the Epic level and ascend to godhood was enough to show the fact that Fen Yege's qualifications were shallow. So it was reasonable for him to ask Avala this question; after all, this God of Wine and Victory could be considered one of the oldest gods.

"I have seen one once." Avala raised his wine glass. Even in such a frigid environment, the wine in his hand showed no signs of wanting to Freeze: "In the ancient era, dragons would occasionally appear in the sky above the continent. My Kingdom once had a red dragon fly over."

A glimmer of memory flashed in Avala's eyes: "That guy headed north the whole way, and even the fastest horses in the Kingdom couldn't keep up with its speed."

"But in the blink of an eye, it disappeared." Pausing, Avala put down the wine glass: "I only saw that much."

"What is the difference between this and not seeing it at all?" After hearing Avala's words, Fen Yege raised an eyebrow.

"Of course there is." Avala spread his hands: "At least I have seen it, haven't I?"

"Do you think you are very humorous?"

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Just as Fen Yege and Avala were bickering with each other, the Wolf that had been following by Yun Mu's side all along was acting somewhat strangely.

He leaned close to the Dragon Egg, constantly sniffing the scent of the Dragon Egg with his nose, and from time to time, he would use his tongue to Lick the surface of the Dragon Egg.

The Wolf's face revealed a rather human-like expression; it was clear that he seemed quite confused at this moment.

"What is it, Wolf?" Noticing this, Yun Mu asked him.

"I cannot smell whether it is dead or alive!" Hearing her words, the Wolf said truthfully.

"Cannot smell if it is dead or alive?" Hearing this, Yun Mu was somewhat surprised.

As the God of Decay and Necromancy, Fen Yege certainly had some skills when it came to probing life.

An egg that he said was a dead egg should logically be impossible to still be alive.

But!

Compared to the God of Decay and Necromancy, the Wolf before her was the God of Hunting and Death! Could it be that the Wolf had noticed something that Fen Yege had not? Thinking of this, hope suddenly reignited in Yun Mu's heart.

"Let us dig this egg out completely first." She said to Lucy, who was to the side.

"Alright."

Hearing this, Lucy also squatted down to help, and the two of them carefully dug away the accumulated snow around the Dragon Egg, fearing that one careless move would break the egg.

Although, based on the feeling, this egg should be a substance harder than Steel, when the two of them dug the Dragon Egg out of the pit, something unexpected happened.

Rumble— A violent tremor came from beneath everyone's feet; after the Dragon Egg was moved, it was as if some kind of mechanism had been triggered.

Crack, crack— The ice surface of the surrounding walls was constantly cracking, and it seemed that it would not be long before the space here collapsed.

And after the Dragon Egg was taken away, a pitch-black stone disk engraved with unknown characters was revealed before everyone; at the same time, in the center of the stone disk, a brilliant ice-blue crystal was emitting a bone-chilling cold.

Seeing that the place was about to collapse, Yun Mu subconsciously wanted to shout for everyone to get out.

But when she saw the Immovable Fen Yege and Avala, she suddenly came back to her senses.

Oh right, there were two gods standing beside her; a mere cave collapse was nothing.

At this time, even if an Evil God came to invade, they would probably only be on the receiving end of a beating... Wait, wasn't she that Evil God?

Just as Yun Mu was letting her imagination run wild, Fen Yege raised his palm and struck the ground hard.

Thud! A dull thumping sound echoed continuously in the cave, and the cave that was originally about to collapse seemed to be glued together by some kind of strong adhesive, instantly returning to calm.

"The characters on this... are they the legendary Dragon Language?" After finishing all this, Fen Yege leaned close to the stone disk.

"It is said that magic was not actually invented by Elves at first, but by dragons... These dragons used Dragon Language to stir the Ether between heaven and earth, using it to cast powerful spells."

"And this kind of magic is also called Dragon Language Magic..."

"However, these Dragon Language Magics are not the same as the magic created by Elves. Although they are more powerful, they are difficult to control precisely, while the Elf Magic created by Elves on this basis, although the power is quite different, can accomplish more things, which is why the Magic God is an Elf rather than a dragon..."

"Heh, but whether it is an Elemental Dragon or an Elf, they were all created by that Elven Ancient Tree."

Yun Mu pricked up her ears to listen to Fen Yege's eloquent talk, and seeing that he suddenly stopped speaking, she immediately asked: "Elemental Dragons and Elves were both created by the Elven Ancient Tree, so what about Elemental Dragons? Why are their traces almost unheard of on the continent?"

"This is something Renowned, Miss Yun." Lucy pulled her sleeve with some helplessness.

"Eh, is it?" Yun Mu was somewhat bewildered.

"Yes." Lucy nodded seriously: "According to the records in the Myth, the first Elf Dragon King in the world, Roderick, was enticed by the God of Pleasure and Chaos, Vikala, devoured the roots of the Elven Ancient Tree, and ascended to godhood by relying on the Authority of the Dragon Ancestor."

"Because of this, the relationship between Elf Dragons and Elves deteriorated and eventually separated; the name was also changed to Elemental Dragon. It is said that those Elemental Dragons later left this continent, and only a few dragons still reside here."

"And that Dragon God Roderick, who was sealed under the tree roots, is therefore also known as the Chaos Dragon God."

"Or—the God of Conspiracy and Betrayal."

"Ah?" After hearing Lucy's words, Yun Mu was somewhat stunned: "So it was the God of Pleasure who did it?"

"Uh, that is correct." Lucy did not expect that this was what she was focused on, and she was slightly taken aback.

"Myths are all written by people; there is no need to believe them entirely." Just at this moment, Avala listened to the conversation between the two and chimed in: "Actually, back then, Vikala just had a casual chat with Roderick."

"That guy cannot help but join in whenever he sees fun. After noticing that Roderick had the intention to stir up trouble, he fanned the flames a bit, and then that guy foolishly went to eat the roots of the Elven Ancient Tree..."

"Ah, is that so? But..." Yun Mu thought for a moment: "Inciting and enticing are actually about the same, right."

"Hahaha, indeed." Avala chuckled twice: "But that guy Roderick already had a crooked mind; calling it an enticement makes it seem like he was some kind of good dragon to begin with."

"The God of Conspiracy and Betrayal is clearly a more suitable title for him."

Just as Avala said this, Fen Yege, who had been staring at the stone disk holding the Dragon Egg, suddenly clapped his hands hard.

"Ah—I understand!"

(End of this chapter)