Chapter 139: Searching for the Metal Shell Ability

Thus, half a year slowly passed.

Behind a beautiful and comfortable great mountain, a voice came from afar at the entrance: "True Dragon, General Huang Zhongtian requests an audience."

Hearing this, Baichuan, who was accumulating energy, opened his eyes. After half a year, his body had once again grown to its limit.

He had gone from the previous 25 meters to 30 meters in length, and his body had also filled out considerably, packed inside with large amounts of energy converted into fat.

Seen from afar, he no longer possessed his former handsome and majestic appearance, but was a round, chubby homebody snake.

He lazily propped his head up with one claw and said, "Let him in."

No sooner had the words fallen than a man was seen walking in shortly after.

It was indeed Huang Zhongtian. Over this half year, because Zhang Rang considered that the True Dragon was not very familiar with them and the like, he simply had Huang Zhongtian, who was most familiar with him, serve as the communication bridge between the two sides.

Before he could approach, Baichuan lazily spoke again, "Speak, what good news is there this time?"

Hearing this, Huang Zhongtian first respectfully performed a salute, then said: "My lord, the sperm whale you needed to find has been captured."

"Is that true? Then why aren't you bringing it out quickly?"

The moment these words came out, Baichuan, who had just been lazy a moment ago, instantly opened his squinting eyes, turned his head and leaned close to Huang Zhongtian. Gone was his former lazy appearance — he was simply a completely different snake.

The sudden appearance of the massive dragon head, and those eyes like burning flames right before him, caused Huang Zhongtian's pressure to spike instantly. He couldn't help but grip a corner of his clothes, as if he once again recalled that original nightmare.

But facing the True Dragon's question, he had to answer. He could only forcefully swallow his saliva and reply: "Yes."

As he spoke, seemingly to avoid those terrifying eyes, he directly squatted down and dragged a large wooden box behind him to in front of Baichuan, bowing his head respectfully: "This is the sperm whale flesh and blood you needed."

Hearing this, Baichuan didn't stand on ceremony. He directly grabbed a piece, paid no attention to anything else, and swallowed it straight into his belly.

Afterwards he carefully distinguished the taste and texture of the flesh and blood, and confirmed it was indeed the flesh and blood of a whale species. By now he had eaten quite a few whale species.

He just wasn't sure whether it was specifically a sperm whale, but he figured this group probably wouldn't dare deceive him — the consequences of deceiving him were more than they could bear.

"Very good, Huang Zhongtian, you've done excellently!"

At this moment, Baichuan was finally happy and loudly offered a word of praise — complimentary words were free anyway.

Sure enough, this was his true development path. The snake lay at home, and the resources he needed had already appeared by his side.

If he had to search for it himself as before, finding a sperm whale in the vast ocean would be no easy task.

The time required would absolutely be no less than now, probably more.

Not to mention his current energy consumption had intensified. If not for Da Qin's supply, hunting on his own, he estimated that after moving every day, eating would wipe out a huge area — just like the situation caused by eating after his initial evolution.

In this way, perhaps every time he moved, it would cause the ecology of an area to collapse, because there weren't many large animals in the ecosystem, and his Light Point feeding didn't pick and choose by size.

It was only because humans were now continuously capturing large animals across vast areas that no ecological problems had arisen.

However, Da Qin's supply to him was becoming increasingly strained — this wasn't because they were slacking off.

It was because too many of his abilities ultimately couldn't be borne by this ordinary planet.

Now that he had obtained his first target, his subsequent plan could begin.

An increase in diving depth meant he could enter areas near volcanoes more than two thousand meters deep in the deep sea, and obtain the ability to transform his entire outer body into an iron shell.

That's right — the first step to wingless Flight was to first transform all his outer scales into iron armor.

Only after achieving wingless Flight would his flying speed not be this tortoise-like pace. Currently, his Flight alone was practically an insult to the word "dragon."

This was also why he didn't dare call himself a Jiaolong — if he couldn't even fly without wings, how could he dare to call himself a dragon.

Once he achieved fast wingless Flight and had high-speed mobility, then the plan in his heart could truly begin.

By then, he might no longer have to worry about food, and he could settle down to slowly research and receive all the achievements of Da Zhou.

That's right — over this half year, he hadn't had anyone touch anything in Da Zhou Huang Gong.

As for why, based on what Zhou Tianzi had said during their previous confrontation, he always felt that there were other secrets there — a very big secret.

And these secrets might not be suitable for too many people to know, because this was very likely related to the blood worms. Just for this reason alone, he wouldn't actively let others approach.

Not to mention he still didn't fully trust these humans before him. Or rather, compared to trusting others, he trusted himself more, so he simply left it there.

And without his command, the reason that palace remained frozen was because of what he had done. In this era where power was gradually dissipating and only the True Dragon was eternal, who would be crazy enough to risk offending the True Dragon by going to Tiandu Feixu?

What would they gain by going? Would it help their power?

No. Not only that, it would also cause their power to dissipate even faster. For the current strong who could only watch helplessly as their power vanished, only someone with a sick mind would do such a thing.

Lost in imagining his plan, Baichuan ignored Huang Zhongtian's hesitant appearance beside him, directly waved his claw, and said: "Since the item has already been brought, you may leave. I still have important matters."

Hearing this, Huang Zhongtian was stunned. He seemed to want to say something, but the fear in his heart restrained him from daring to speak.

In the end, he raised his hand and awkwardly scratched his head, could only silently sigh and leave.

After he left, Baichuan shook his head. If they didn't even dare to speak their minds, then there was nothing to say — he didn't have that much time or mood to guess their intentions.

If you have something to say, say it. If not, leave. Be straightforward, and save wasting each other's Time.

His Time was extremely precious. He had already wasted half a year on development, and it was about Time.

He stood up again, and instantly the massive body of the Jiaosnake propped itself up, casting a large shadow.

Baichuan took one last look at this place and muttered to himself: "It's Time to leave."

This place was ultimately not where he would stay long. Now the energy he had accumulated was enough that he wouldn't have to worry in the short term. On this planet, there were ultimately too few creatures that could quickly fill him up.

Then, the slender-bodied Jiaosnake leaped up on all four claws, spread his wings, and soared toward the heavens, disappearing into the distance.

At the same time, at the foot of the mountain.

"How did it go? Brother Huang, what did the True Dragon say?"

"Zhongtian, have we learned the reason for our dissipating power?"

Looking at the few friends before him staring at him eagerly, Huang Zhongtian opened his mouth somewhat helplessly and awkwardly: "I, I didn't ask..."

"What? Big brother, you didn't ask?"

"How could this be?"

"Does Zhongtian have some difficulty?"

Listening to his friends' dissatisfaction, and Zhang Rang's gentle inquiry, Huang Zhongtian was momentarily at a loss for words. Although he knew this matter was especially important, he really couldn't bring himself to ask.

In others' eyes, he had the best relationship with the True Dragon, which was why he was chosen to serve as a bridge of communication between the two sides. But he knew his own situation best — he had merely been extremely "fortunate" enough to become the True Dragon's very first target of interest.

No matter how many times he had audience with the True Dragon, the moment he saw those eyes, he seemed to recall that incident from back then — it had once become a nightmare in his heart.

In his current state, he truly did not dare ask the True Dragon any questions.

Looking at Huang Zhongtian in such a state, Zhang Rang, who had carved out time from his busy schedule to come over, could only sigh helplessly. "Looks like we can only wait until next time to ask…"

Whoosh— whoosh!!

But before he could finish speaking, a series of tremendous roaring sounds came from the great mountain behind them, and then a slender True Dragon was seen flying up from the mountain, heading off into the distance.

"This is—?"

Zhang Rang was stunned — or rather, everyone present was stunned, all of them shocked by the True Dragon's sudden departure.

The people who came back to their senses afterward exchanged glances; anyone could see the shock and bewilderment in the others' eyes.

Zhang Rang, lost in thought, took a step toward the direction the True Dragon had flown off, his expression puzzled as he murmured to himself:

"Why has Lord True Dragon abandoned us and left?"

"Could it be that we did not take good enough care of him?"

Unfortunately, no one could answer his question.

Admittedly, the True Dragon's staying here had brought them a great burden, but the benefits were also plainly visible.

In this half year, because of the True Dragon's presence, within the entire territory of Great Qin, not a single remnant of Great Zhou dared to show their head, lest the True Dragon learn of them and wipe them out in one stroke — especially now, when their forces were gradually beginning to crumble.

But now that the True Dragon had left, the situation that had only just barely stabilized — Zhang Rang could already see with his own eyes that storms were about to rise on all sides.

It might even come to pass that schemers would raise the slogan: "Great Qin has lost the True Dragon's favor; anyone under heaven may take their place."

After a long while, receiving no answer, Zhang Rang led the others away from the foot of the mountain with a heavy heart, and silently made a decision within himself.

The matter of the True Dragon's departure absolutely must not be spread for now; he could not let the hard-won peace vanish once again, and for this he would not shrink from ruthless measures.

That night, countless people and soldiers near the foot of the mountain died under mysterious circumstances, or simply disappeared.

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(End of this chapter)