Chapter 4008: Feilianna

"Twenty-something minutes..."

The doll lady nodded:

"Just now you said you wanted to check "Dragon Book: Breeding and Growth" that Fiona brought to the academy?"

"Yes, I encountered trouble that needs hatching eggs."

Xia De briefly explained the matter of the moon egg again, and mentioned that whether it was from the perspective of an egg or a seed, the egg had no reaction.

So Miss Feilianna put forward a new idea:

"I only flipped through that book roughly, so I don't know if there is really knowledge in it that can help you. But according to my understanding of dragons, is it possible that what that egg lacks most is actually time?"

Gina, who was listening to the conversation, widened her eyes immediately:

"Right, how did I forget this?"

She held her tail and explained to Xia De:

"The hatching of a dragon egg is a very, very, very long process. The more powerful and ancient the dragon, the longer it takes for the dragon egg it lays to hatch. Although you said that the egg theoretically has no blood relatives, it is indeed powerful enough from its origin."

"It has had no reaction until now, it may be because the time is too short. From the perspective of a dragon egg, it has only been born for less than two months, this little time is nothing at all."

"In more ancient times, even without tracing back to the Mythical Era, the dragon eggs laid by ancient dragons in the Second Era took hundreds or even thousands of years to hatch."

"Need such a long time?"

Xia De hesitated slightly, thinking of letting Emilia accelerate the time of that egg, but he felt that this was too difficult for the little elf, and his own 【Breath of Years】 could not do such a long time acceleration.

Miss Feilianna saw Xia De's thoughts:

"Don't try to hatch eggs by accelerating the passage of time. The hatching of dragon eggs requires suitable conditions. Just accelerating time will only cause it to decay in time. If possible, the best method is to send that dragon egg to the 'present'."

The doll lady dangled her legs, not letting Xia De see her thoughts:

"The academy's conditions are quite good, Gina is very good at taking care of dragon eggs, and "Dragon Book: Breeding and Growth" is also placed here, which can be checked at any time. But doing so also has risks. After all, no one can be sure that what that egg lacks is really time."

Xia De then inexplicably thought of the reward for this mission, which was the dragon maid contract with unknown effects. But it is still too early to think about these things, and the trouble of this mission is far from over.

Xia De believed that Miss Feilianna must have heard the conjecture about the evil god 【Lord of Flesh Aberration】 from their narrative, but Miss Feilianna also did not make any indication:

"Speaking of which, what is the scene like when that Life Furnace is activated?"

"Very spectacular!"

Gina immediately expressed:

"Blood-red blood threads emerge from the furnace, then connect to the walls and ceiling of the entire room, all the light gradually goes out, only the furnace emits a dim red light, and then—*boom! *"

She wanted to describe the scene as much as possible:

"The blood pool boils, the baby's crying can be heard by everyone at that moment, and then it is a quite exaggerated scene."

"Can the furnace be activated without collecting all the organs?"

Xia De, who had never seen the scene, asked, and Lady Gustav nodded:

"It can be activated, but because it cannot complete the forging, there will be no such scene."

Xia De did not propose to waste 【Essence of All Things Blood】 now:

"Then wait until the fourth time the furnace is opened, and I will go see it. Miss Bladevi, speaking of which, are you ready this time?"

Xia De was referring to the matter of "poisoning" with 【Active Metal】. The halfling girl made a no-problem gesture to him:

"I plan to use 【Active Metal】 to imitate the shape of 【Ghost Face Eye】, and then use the characteristics of the latter to make a ghost face really appear on the active metal, so that 【Active Metal】 can have part of the characteristics of 【Ghost Face Eye】."

She explained to everyone:

"This is what my

The doll lady on Xia De's shoulder nodded gently:

"This approach is good; at least it's better than the effect of Gina's bubbles."

The Pink Dragon Maid lowered her head in embarrassment, but Miss Feilian was not criticizing her:

"To prevent the worst-case scenario, Xia De, after you leave this time, besides finding a way to temporarily suppress the 'Wither Crystal,' you also need to think about how we should respond if we encounter an existence even more terrifying than the 'Child of Flesh Aberration' forged by the Life Furnace."

Xia De also understood that this was the key to this adventure:

"I have thought about it before, but I haven't thought of a very effective method."

After all, the Tree Father had warned that divinity is best not used in the past, and Xia De also knew that this power would seriously affect the order of time and space.

He then tentatively asked:

"Teacher Feilian, I wonder if you have any good ideas?"

A sweet smile appeared on the doll lady's face. Gina had never seen this demigod Great Witch show such an expression.

"The Source of Fire you created gave us a chance. Assuming you can leave after completing the forging of the Life Furnace, then even if an existence more terrifying than the Child of Flesh Aberration appears, you don't need to actually defeat this existence; just dodge and run away."

All four nodded:

"Yes, we don't consider ourselves opponents of such an existence either."

The doll lady swung her legs under her skirt again:

"So, you just need to think about how to dodge. Although the difficulty is still great, it is at least much easier than facing the enemy head-on.

The life force in the Source of Fire is so powerful that you can borrow it to create a doll avatar similar to me for yourself, letting the doll avatar stay here in your place."

Xia De hesitated to speak:

"But just like this, it wouldn't be enough to deceive that kind of existence, right?"

In Xia De's impression, all the gods he had encountered had the ability to see through time and space. Even if the life force were real, it would be impossible to deceive the eyes of a god with a fake shell.

But Miss Feilian said again:

"That one shouldn't be watching here all the time, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to get in at all. Perhaps only by triggering some strict conditions would that existence arrive, and under normal circumstances, it should just be this factory automatically running existing production processes and self-defense processes."

The three witches felt much more at ease now:

"Yes, for such a small matter, how could that kind of existence personally take action against us?"

But Xia De understood in his heart that in the missions he appeared in, gods would definitely appear; Miss Feilian's assumption was non-existent from the start.

And Mana Feilian, who had exchanged information with demigods from different times and spaces and had read the records of Xia De's appearances scattered across many eras of the Fifth Era, of course also knew that a god would definitely appear.

The previous rhetoric was just to put the three witches at ease. While they were discussing that subsequent actions must be cautious, the blonde doll tilted her head, aimed her small, exquisite doll head at Xia De's ear, and said in a very soft voice:

"After returning to the Sixth Era this time, you need to do one more thing."

Xia De listened carefully.

"If I remember correctly, the Red Moon not only has the imagery of promoting reproduction, but also has the power of 'Flesh Aberration,' right?"

"Yes."

Xia De nodded. The "Moon of Madness" that erupted in the Vesta Woodland was the disaster of the Red Moon in terms of flesh aberration.

The doll continued to lower her voice:

"After going back this time, you need to learn and master the power of the Red Moon in terms of 'Flesh Aberration.' I won't point out specifically what you need to learn and master; you have to make the choice yourself."

Xia De noted down all these teachings:

"I need to learn those powers that point directly to the essence of the Red Moon's 'Flesh Corruption,' right?"

"She" by his ear seemed to smile.

And for the rest of this adventure, everyone huddled in the small shelter, first using the flesh organs contained in the small bucket to piece together a human shape on the ground. Then, while those organs slowly squirmed to adjust their positions, everyone held a small tea party with the tea and snacks Xia De had brought. Even the small Miss Feilian held a "huge" cookie and tasted it.

Watching the flesh piece together and the organs link up, everyone drank tea and ate snacks, sharing more stories of their pasts.

Thus, Xia De learned that Lady Gustav had had a happy marriage many years ago, but unfortunately, her wife passed away early; Miss Bredewei had never left her hometown halfling town for more than twenty miles in her life, but her mother was a famous halfling adventurer whom even Miss Feilian had heard of.

Gina told everyone more little stories about her life in the tribe in her early years, talking about how she had adopted a cute little rabbit when she was young, but the rabbit didn't live long and died of illness. She was sad for a long time because of this and even buried it by herself.

As for Xia De, he shared the story of Little Mia, who wanted to follow him here for an adventure:

"I wouldn't bring it here. It's already hard enough for us to resist flesh erosion ourselves. It can't do anything except have its tail catch fire and spit small flames. That cat is sometimes just too bold."

Miss Feilian recalled that during her summer vacation in 1854 of the Sixth Era, she had heard more than one person talk about how that cat turned into a golden lion and broke half the wing of the evil god 【Dragon-Eating Demon】 with one "Sun Breath":

"Actually, you can try to bring it along; this can also be considered a good kind of insurance."