Walking down a busy street, it would be suspicious to wander around with nothing to do. After receiving some eyes that were temporarily curious and could turn into suspicion at any time, Sadiri remembered the skills of spies buried deep in her memory.

She took some money and turned her head into the butcher's shop by the roadside, and after a while she came out with a few rattan baskets, which contained pieces of raw and cooked meat, a few bottles of the cheapest drink, and a few pieces of bread that seemed to be made of starch from unknown plants, and handed them to several people in the group. As a result, they look like a team delivering food to a person or place, and they are no longer noticeable.

"This thing seems to be some kind of bird's meat, and it tastes okay, but it has turkey-like cartilage, and it is easy to chew its teeth. ”

Sadili glared at Zhao Mai. And Zhao Mai just smiled and didn't mind paying attention at all. He dragged Kiki to his side, tore off the strip of meat and stuffed it into her mouth, the latter was already hungry. She can't be blamed, she ate two lollipops along the way, and although the blue crystal is nutritious, it has no taste, and it is just the same as the Legion bread. The smell of barbecue wafting from time to time in the air of Stone Shell City had already aroused Kiki's cravings.

"Don't eat indiscriminately, be careful of diarrhea!" said Satili to her daughter, her stern tone more concerned about it.

"It's okay, it's okay! My daughter's digestion is the same as mine, don't forget that she also has the ability to Z worms. Zhao Mai touched her daughter's head dotingly, and then stuffed a large piece of roast meat from an unknown animal into her mouth.

"Take it easy!" said Satili looked at her daughter worriedly, and then saw her use her little hands to hold her cheeks and work together, quickly cutting open, chewing, and swallowing the food in her mouth. "Don't feed her fat!"

As a mother, I can always find something to worry about, and my father can always run happily on the line of finding trouble. Just as the two of them were discussing whether to fry or boil a blue and white striped egg, Xiaohua tugged at Zhao Mai's clothes, interrupting the imagination of the two of them. "Look at that person, isn't he?"

Looking at the small index finger, a half-dragon man entered everyone's field of vision. Although it is much taller than the lizardmen around it, it lacks the characteristics of dragon blood. Relatively thin, with shriveled skin and loose scales, his fingernails had many chipped fingernails, like damaged blades.

This shows that he is living a bad life - compared to a half-dragon. As soon as the half-dragon man is born, as long as he is not downgraded to the level of "lizardman", as long as his dragon bloodline still has the possibility of continuing to improve, then at least he will have no worries about food and clothing. There are only two things he will do in his life, try to improve his physical fitness, and try to strengthen his physical fitness. The former, which needs to be constantly polished, becomes stronger, more flexible, and more cunning. The latter, on the other hand, needs to provide services to the dragon in exchange for dragon blood and renew their own blood.

Of course, there is a third way, which is to take the blood of other half-dragons and use forbidden witchcraft to strengthen one's own strength. This method is extremely inefficient and has never been seen as a normal route, more as a punishment. If a half-dragon annoys other half-dragons, everyone will unite and draw his blood as a snack. This is a cruel method, and it usually means that a half-dragon person's long-term training and cultivation will be ruined.

Grabac didn't do something wrong to be punished in this way, he was just framed and thus met with the wrath of the dragon. It is useless to reason in front of an angry dragon, and it is only considered to despise the dragon's intelligence. Grabbag thinks he's smart and he doesn't make such a mistake. After screaming and suffering the punishment of blood-pumping and de-escalation, he has to find a way to earn back what he has lost.

It was a fragment of a skull that he had stumbled upon.

"Probably him. Zhao Mai narrowed his eyes, looked at the sky, looked at the ground, and then looked at the half-dragon man. "Flower's observation is correct, the will of the world is keeping a close eye on that guy, and he has that kind of black spectrum aura on him—or the smell of the Templar of Nagus. Of course, the main reason is that as soon as I see him, I want to strangle him, which is my biological instinct. ”

"You also speak of intuition?" said Dogian laughed, shaking her shoulders and the scales on her body swayed.

"I learn the merits from the creatures of the entire multiverse, and women are also creatures, so why can't they learn?" replied Zhao Mai confidently. "You wait here, I'll touch his bottom. ”

Before everyone could react, Zhao Mai had already stepped forward, leaving behind him a complaint of "Oops, let him take the lead again". Only Kiki's eyes widened, looking at her father curiously, wanting to learn the method of adventure from his words and deeds. Zhao Mai didn't realize that his daughter was studying at all, otherwise he would definitely change to a more "orthodox" method.

"You don't look good, Lady Half-Dragon. My host asked me to offer my condolences to you. Zhao Mai bowed slightly, and suddenly appeared beside Grabak. Before his fright could start, he immediately said in a deep and clear voice: "The master asked me to ask if there is anything that can help you, and she is waiting for my reply." ”

"She?" Grabac looked at Zhao Mai. Obviously, Zhao Mai's scale quality and physical fitness are definitely the best among the lizardmen, and he is only a line away from the standard of a half-dragon man. Moreover, this line is nothing, and it is definitely not such a big difference between heaven and earth. Many powerful lizardmen have the ability to directly threaten the lives of half-dragon people, and Zhao Mai definitely meets this standard. But who is this lizardman, and why has he never seen it, and he has no impression at all (what the hell is it)?"

Zhao Mai dealt with this question expressionlessly, and then said slowly: "It's convenient for you to call me, you can call me Merchant A." ”

"It's a fake name. Grabac snorted. "I don't accept help from unknown sources, and I don't inexplicably owe favors. If your owner doesn't want to show up, then of course she can continue to hide. I thanked her for her kindness, but I chose to refuse. ”

"As you wish. Zhao Mai nodded slightly, turned around and left, without dragging mud and water at all. Grabac froze for a moment, took a half-step forward with his right foot, and then came to a forced stop. His curiosity had been seduced, but his vigilance had not yet been suppressed. He watched Zhao Mai disappear into the narrow alleys of the shack area, and his heart was suddenly full of melancholy.

After a while, Zhao Mai and his family reunited at the edge of the half-dragon area, sitting on the steps leading to the "Dragon King Palace", eating and drinking while watching the crowd around them. It is a place to offer offerings to the dragons for protection, and to receive various offerings from the lizardmen. All tributes must leave a lizardman scale, which is considered a type of real-name system. In this way, it is well documented whether it is to be rewarded or to endure anger.

There is another larger dragon king hall in the area inhabited by the half-dragons, which will of course be more luxurious. Because only the tributes that have been screened by the Dragon King's Hall will finally be put into the dragon's lair, so the status of the palace has been virtually elevated. Zhao Mai didn't know what privileges the deacons had on a day-to-day basis, but the terrain here was a cut above the surrounding area, which was obviously related to status. After seeing a lot of lizardmen sitting on the steps to rest, they also did the same, overlooking half of the city.

"For the time being, no more anomalies in the will of the world have been discovered, and it seems that the half-dragon man just now is the most suspicious. Xiaohua held her cheeks, still engrossed in staring at the crowd of people coming and going in the city.

"Xiaohua, relax, don't be so nervous. Zhao Mai said to her, "When making the plan, we set aside a week or so of rich time, and then there is a window of about a month to destroy the root foot of the Shadow Dragon. Judging from the current state of the will of the world and the black spectrum, things have not progressed to that point, and in a few hours, I will be able to complete the layout of the Z bug, bring the entire planet under surveillance, and start screening targets. At least for a few hours, you can take a break. ”

"You set off in a hurry, and we all thought the task was very urgent. Why are you relaxed when you get here?"

"The key to the matter while over there is that the Shadow Dragon can't see with his own eyes what the Time Slingshot is all about, so he can't learn the mysteries right away. Every detached person has the ability to stop time travel, but not every one of them can initiate time travel - time travel is a profound and rare science. We don't think that the Shadow Dragon will be able to learn in a very short period of time, nor do we think it will be able to quickly prepare for time travel again. ”

"Wait, if it's been prepared for a long time in the future, and then it travels to the current time, then won't it be waiting for you somewhere?" asked Xiaohua.

"Have you noticed that I'm eating all the time?" Zhao Mai curled the corners of his mouth and said, "As long as I am full, I am also a person with the strength of a transcendent, of course I can prevent someone from time traveling before me." Even if the Shadow Dragon had this idea, it couldn't do it. If there is any change in the timeline and black spectrum, I will also know in advance. Moreover, Iluvita taught me a few tricks to delay travelers approaching this world, and even make them turn to parallel worlds. I'm prepared!"

"In other words, if the Shadow Dragon chases after you, you also have a way?"

"There's only a way to slow him down, and then he's going to have to take advantage of that time to try to do what he was supposed to do. Zhao Mai said: "There have been no detached people from the black spectrum before in the multiverse, and they only know what will happen if the detached people of the origin power destroy the roots, so there are actually no credible examples to infer them...... Hey, that guy moved this way. I'll have to do it again and get close to him as soon as possible. I had to find out what triggered the roots. ”

Zhao Mai stood up with a swoop, and suddenly disappeared from everyone's eyes. Kiki's eyes lit up, and she silently wrote down the three main points of the expedition in her heart: "Monitor as much as possible, be sure to fool and act in a full set." After a while, Grabac walked past the steps of the Dragon King's Hall, and Zhao Mai lowered his head and walked towards him. Only this time, Zhao Mai was holding a long object wrapped in animal leather in his arms, and the rope was tied very strongly.

When Grabac saw Zhao Mai, he immediately took a few quick steps and stopped him on the fourth step of the stairs. Zhao Mai bowed deeply this time, as cautious as an ordinary lizardman seeing a half-dragon man. "Dear sir, what do you do?"

"You just talked to me, I didn't let you go, why did you leave without permission? I still have something to ask you!"

Zhao Mai didn't speak, and suddenly raised his head and squinted at Grabak. He had observed the lizardmen of Rockshell City, and had noticed that it was common for two residents of equal status, such as shopkeepers who were vying for the right to hire artisans. However, he quickly lowered his head again, pretending that nothing had happened.

"It's really good acting. Satili sat down on the steps and commented, and a group of people nodded vigorously, even Kiki didn't know why she clicked. "Who among us was the first to be deceived?"

"It should be me, but I don't have a direct memory of that part, I just heard about it. By the way, according to Zhao Mai, you should also be there. Dogian looked sideways at Satilly. She was talking about the past in Tyre, when Zhao Mai was released from the slave pit and met Satili on the first night.

"Hmm...... Maybe it's even earlier, Zhao Mai once deceived the druids. It can't be said to be a lie, but it just conceals part of the facts. Xiaohua also said: "I don't know too much about that incident, at that time I didn't have an independent personality, or a branch of the realization tree, only vague emotional memory, no specific process." ”

"Don't learn this from your dad. Satili said to Kiki.

Zhao Mai always said that he didn't have enough brains, but if anyone really believed this, it would be almost his foolish routine. Even if the middle part of his skull is not enough, isn't there still thousands of brain worms to help him think? Taking 10,000 steps back, in nature, camouflage, deception, and misleading are also extremely common abilities, and many creatures have survived the cruel selection of the fittest by developing this ability. Z worms have always adhered to this routine, and the alliance of the chain still has the impression that Z worms are "cosmic gardeners, harmless to humans and animals", which is the biggest flicker.

Zhao Mai, who is well versed in this, uses a series of small actions to create an illusion, that is, the "master" he has done does exist, and he has objections to the "master's" attempt to help Grabac, at least he looks down on the now declining Grabak. As a result, he successfully left two relatively complete "character settings" in Grabback's impression, and then Crawback could follow the "character design" to make up for his own brain and help Zhao Mai, an outsider, fool himself.

"Your master...... I thought about it, or should I thank your host again. Grabac gritted his teeth covertly, and then said, "I wonder if I still have a chance if I make another choice now?"

"Thankfully, it's not too late. Zhao Mai took half a step back and opened the leather in his hand, which contained a pillar of Mithril, like a silver dragon-headed cane. "The dragon will love this mineral, it's yours. ”

"Wait, did you want to pay this tribute to the Dragon King Hall before?"

Seeing Grabac's brain supplement (self-fooling) in such a good way, Zhao Mai immediately grabbed a piece of leather and crushed it in his palm. His act, which he neither admitted nor denied, but was clearly concealing, confirmed Grabak's conjecture and gave him an intellectual pleasure at once. "Now that you've accepted it, you still need to leave a piece of evidence. The master said, you write a few words on the skin, and she will collect it. ”

Zhao Mai tore off another piece of leather and handed it to him, looking at Grabac and writing on it, "Thank you for your help, Grabac." ”

deceived him for a long time and gained his trust, but Zhao Mai only then knew the name of this guy.