"Is there really a dragon out of the city? Or a swarm of wyverns? Hearing this news, everyone couldn't help but shake in their hearts, as hunters, if they had large-caliber guns in hand, they were not very afraid of ordinary dragons, but now they didn't even have a cold weapon, even if they were strengthened, they were afraid that they were not the opponents of a few dragons.

After discussing the situation of the mission, they had already built up their psychology in advance, and speculated that if the ancient dragon city was really prosperous, the dragons under the collective society would definitely be much more complete and sophisticated in weapons and equipment than a single dragon, and they would not be able to provoke an existence that they could afford.

It is a well-known consensus that the only strategy is to find out enough information and then slowly figure it out, and this point does not vary depending on the internal team formation of the hunters.

Therefore, after roughly confirming the position of the dragon group, Lu Yongcheng, who climbed up to the treetops, climbed higher, his fingers gathered into small holes and placed them in front of his eyes, and the internal forces converged in his eyes, and his farsightedness increased sharply, and he could clearly see the scene of eight or nine kilometers.

It was a group of dragons of all shapes, sometimes flying and sometimes spinning low in the air, and clustered around a particularly striking white dragon, who held an invaluable staff and could soar into the sky without spreading its wings with the help of the wind elemental buoyancy controlled by the dragons.

All the dragons moved in unison, drawing graceful spirals up and down, as if to show some kind of ornate dance that represented etiquette, arching and guarding the noble man in the middle, advancing faster and faster into the distance, gradually disappearing into the depths of the clouds.

What kind of team is this? Is that white dragon one of the legendary White King's bloodline?

…… Five or six days have passed, and outside the ancient city of the dragon clan made of metal, there has never been a scene of so many dragons flying out of the city at the same time, and those departing flying dragons do not seem to have the slightest sign of returning.

During this period, hunters also cut down a batch of timber far from the dragon graveyard, near the outer forest of the primitive settlement, set up a temporary camp, and made a few simple tools and weapons, and discovered the distant coastline.

The hardness of the materials in the Dragon's Tomb was surprisingly high, and it took a long time to get some leftovers to make the blades of the new weapons, and as for the excavation of the tombs and the burial goods underground, the progress was slow due to the dragons coming to worship almost every day.

Some of the reindeer, bison, wild horses, and wild boars that are common in the mountains and wilderness were hunted by them, and some of them were turned into food stored in the camp, and some of them became gifts to break the barriers between people and primitive people, and attracted many primitive friends.

After a long period of communication, several hunters with high linguistic talents finally learned the common language of the nearby primitive people, mastered the meaning of a large number of words and sentences and their structure, and could talk to the natives normally.

In the settlement, a wise man known as Acheuli told the crowd important news, such as the movements of the surrounding mammoth elephant herd, the location of the swamps suitable for fishing, and rumors of powerful monsters such as basilisks, ancient worms, and dragon spiders.

What's more, Acheuli revealed a very crucial news, the dragons here have been recruiting helpers from the surrounding primitive settlements for many years, and giving them a certain amount of remuneration, and in this way, they can enter the city reasonably and compliantly.

…… Since then, the brave hunters, who have collectively changed into primitive clothes and are not afraid to attract the attention of dragons, have begun to venture to the vicinity of the city, observe them, and obtain some new information.

From the outside, the outline of the entire dragon city showed a tendency to rise higher and higher in the middle, and the height of the city wall at the edge was only more than ten meters, and the walls were covered with golden spikes, which was daunting in the cold light.

It may seem very dangerous, but for dragons, it is almost just a decoration, after all, except for those newborn young dragons who have not yet mastered the art of flight, almost all dragons have the ability to soar freely in the sky.

They could easily fly over the walls and enter and exit the city without any hindrance. Therefore, this circular wall, which is three or four kilometers long, is more of a work of art than a fortification.

Its existence may be more to add to the magnificence and mystery of the city, and at the same time to provide a safe barrier for those young dragons to prevent them from accidentally breaking out of the city and encountering unnecessary dangers.

However, for hunters trying to infiltrate the dragon city, the walls became an insurmountable obstacle for them.

The height of ten meters, combined with the sharp spikes, makes any attempt to climb or climb over extremely dangerous.

At present, it seems that with permission, like some primitive people, going directly to the city to work may be the best way to sneak into the city and explore all kinds of intelligence, the danger is not high, as long as you can act safely, it is quite safe.

Although dragons mainly eat meat, they usually do not eat people, and they have no hobby in this area, after all, the latter is also intelligent life, otherwise, people would have been kept in captivity and bred a long time ago.

As for the possibility of being detected as a spy by the dragon bloodline, it is even more remote. Because there are not many dragons who can gather bloodlines, and even fewer are often used, after all, in such a small city, most of the dragons with long lifespans know each other, and it is really not polite to release this kind of probing spirit for no reason.

According to Zhao Qing's recent research, although the principle of blood knotting is somewhat unclear, the target of its bloodline induction is actually the active dragon blood in the body, not the spiritual power of the brain, so there will be a red line connected to the heart and extending to the distance in the field of vision.

In this case, Yan Lingdong, who can reduce the heartbeat and breathing, is one of the basic skills she provides, which can completely weaken the effect of bloodline induction, allowing half-breeds to pretend to be ordinary people, making it difficult for ordinary bloodline knots to take effect.

…… On this day, in front of a simple hut on the side of the road on the outskirts of the city, more than a dozen strangely dressed hunters came here.

Dressed in colourful animal skins, hats woven with feathers on their heads, their faces painted with flowers, and sharpened stone spears in their hands, they look like a group of primitive people from ancient times.

Inside the shed, in the dim light, a behemoth lay lazily on a stone chair. It had a scaly-covered body and sharp eyes that gleamed in the darkness, and it was the dragon in charge of recruitment.

"Want to go to the city to work?" As the crowd approached the door, the dragon's lazy voice sounded, in the language of the local primitives: "As long as you pass the test, you can receive a large piece of jerky, and go to work in the city, and for every week of work, the basic salary is fifteen pieces of jerky, and there is an additional reward depending on the performance." When the hunters heard this, they looked at each other and secretly rejoiced in their hearts.

Although they are modern people, they have to disguise themselves as primitive people in order to be able to enter the city smoothly.

Now it seems that this plan is halfway there. Next, the interview began. Dragons first ask hunters to answer some common life questions separately and time their speaking speed to test their language expression and reaction speed, which is naturally not a difficult task.

This is followed by a jigsaw puzzle, in which the dragons pull out pieces of wood of different shapes and ask the hunters to put them together into a complete pattern.

This link tests the IQ level and logical thinking ability. With the wisdom of modern people, the hunters quickly completed the puzzle and won the praise of the dragons.

The final link is the tensile tester. Dragons have hunters take turns pulling a giant puller to test their physical fitness.

As a hybrid with dragon blood, the hunters naturally easily met the standards set for primitive people, but they also controlled it not too much, which is an excellent evaluation.

"Congratulations on passing the test, remember to report tomorrow when you bring the jerky back." Seeing that the quality of these humans was good, the foreman dragon expressed his satisfaction, and casually pulled out a thin piece of metal with a flowing luster, and asked everyone to press and leave fingerprints, and scratched them with their claws to register, and then planned to continue sleeping for a while.

"It just so happens that a few dwarfs in the Alchemy Workshop in the east of the city need a group of helpers with a bit of brains, are you going to go? Except for a little harder, the treatment should be pretty good. Before going to bed, he wagged his tail and added, "This is a relatively stable job, better than many short-term jobs." ”

"Then do as you say!" The hunters replied. …… The next day, the hunters followed the dragon in charge of recruiting workers and stepped into the outer part of the city.

I saw that on both sides of the street, there are more than ten meters high relief metal columns, they are the most common exterior decoration of the city's buildings, but also a piece of exquisite artwork, each pattern is different, carved by the nearby residents, in the sunlight refracted dazzling light.

Hunters walk along the streets, occasionally catching glimpses of dragons on the side of the road, sitting on the side of the street basking in the sun, holding delicious barbecues and sweets in their hands, enjoying their afternoon leisure; Or get together in twos and threes, chatting and playing, laughing one after another.

The dragon men and women on the streets, all wearing all kinds of jewelry, shimmering with charming brilliance, most of them recited elegant poems that they couldn't understand as they walked, melodious and beautiful, and the artistic conception was far-reaching, almost making the people listening fall into the spiritual vision.

Suddenly, there was a burst of giggling laughter, and the hunters followed the sound to see a group of baby dragon cubs graffiti on the ground and walls with their paws.

Although their works are immature, they are full of innocence and creativity, as if each stroke contains a vision and expectation for the future.

While other dragon youths were playing with some kind of alchemy items similar to Rubik's cubes, their eyes focused and serious, watching them flip, combine, and splice and deform, and there was a brilliant light inside.

After several turns, under the leadership of the foreman dragon, everyone finally turned into the gray-black industrial area. It was a far cry from the rest of the city, with a pungent smell of metal and sulphur in the air, and black smoke rising into the sky as if it were tearing the sky apart.

As the group gradually went deeper into the factory, there were more and more alchemy machines running around it, as tall as metal walls, and the roads formed between them became more and more intricate.

But the foreman dragon seemed to be quite familiar with the situation in this area, and quickly brought them to their destination, near a huge smelting blast furnace, stopping at the end of a pipe several people thick, and came to the alchemy machine.

"The fifteen newcomer helpers I wanted, all of them have been found?" As a deep voice sounded, behind the gray-black gas pipeline, a heavy valve suddenly opened, and a tall and strong man with a pale face and black hair came out.

He was wearing a shiny coat in the style of dragon scales, with inconspicuous scales on his body, although he seemed to be too strong, with a height of two meters, three or four, but at first glance, his physical appearance was no different from that of a human.

This guy is called a dwarf? Is there any mistake? The hunters complained frantically, almost suspecting that they were on the wrong path, until they took out the sheet of metal from yesterday and asked them to leave a new trace under their fingerprints for verification.

…… In Norse mythology, the dwarven gnomes are the best craftsmen in alchemy, and it is said that they inhabited

The "land of gnomes", Vat Alheim, created artifacts such as Thor's hammer and the eternal spear, and his main duty was to make unusual magical items for the gods.

But to this day, the European hybrids have never discovered intelligent species other than dragons and humans, and they feel that races such as giants and gnomes are all imaginary products, and they only use the relevant names of Norse mythology, which makes the equipment department of Kassel famous

"Wat Alheim" is the name. And when Bai Daosheng and the others saw this self-proclaimed dwarf

After the "giant", it suddenly dawned on him that the so-called dwarf turned out to be a branch of the dragon family, or the human body form of the dragons, which was the result of the alchemists in the dragons changing their shapes.

It is well known that the extraordinarily flexible fingers are one of the most important abilities of human beings, which distinguish them from ordinary animals, gradually develop the ability to make and use more tools, and eventually give rise to great civilizations.

Purely in terms of the flexibility and fineness of the knuckles, the dragons with large bodies and sharp claws are actually much worse than humans, so except for some earth-based fire dragons with a high degree of control over strength and fire, and the rarer high-level dragons, they are not very good at alchemy.

In order to make up for this shortcoming, popularize alchemy, and increase the number of craftsmen among dragons, soon the wise men of dragons sought answers from the natural world, thought of ways to imitate humans, and gradually developed the human form of dragons despite the opposition of conservative nobles.

That's it

During the initial birth of the "dwarf" race, the first batch of innovative dragons, with the support of the White Emperor, changed into human appearance, abandoned the shackles of the cumbersome dragon body, and quickly developed alchemy skills that were far more advanced and powerful than those of the old school.

The scale of alchemy craftsmen in the dragon clan continued to expand, and more and more dragon members devoted themselves to scientific research, which made the dragon civilization fade away from the appearance of primitive society and enter an era of rapid development and prosperity, which also made the white emperor accumulate great prestige.

However, as a race that respects force, although the popularization of alchemy technology has brought great convenience to the life of dragons, many dragons who are not engaged in this industry still have considerable discrimination against ordinary craftsmen because the combat power of dragon bodies is far superior to that of human bodies.

The name "gnome" is the contempt given to humanoid dragons by dragons for a long time, mocking their small and thin size, almost reduced to the point of approaching humans, so there is another kind

The nickname "Dwarf" was later inherited. True

"Dwarf",

"Gnomes", their dwarf size is only compared to the form of a dragon's body, if they are placed together with ordinary humans, they are all a group of burly giants, giving people an incomparably majestic sense of oppression.

Of course, this is not the first time we have seen these histories far before the birth of the four great monarchs

The many hunters of the "gnome" craftsmen can know it. They just listened honestly to the dragon

The "dwarf" supervisor impatiently informed him of the precautions for working here, as well as the general situation of the work that needs to be carried out in the initial stage, and then entered the relevant training process.

To put it simply, as primitive people with no education or knowledge, what they will do is naturally the most common assembly line operations in modern factories, such as transporting metal bars in a semi-molten state, simple gear assembly, cleaning slag, quality inspection, etc., without any technical content.

Like the so-called

"Quality inspection" is to take a hammer and smash it to see if there is any damage - qualified recycled metal can absolutely ignore the various attacks of ordinary people picking up hammers, so as to screen out defective products.

In this process, the previous dragon dwarf will continue to patrol the various workshops, do the work of supervision, and intervene in the management according to the situation, and reward and punish him.

…… More than ten days passed in a flash, and the hunters had been working in the workshop in the outer city for half a month, except for a few times when they were allowed to go out of the city to meet and communicate with others, and they all stayed in the open space of the factory, where there were shantytowns to shelter from the wind and rain, and the conditions were obviously better than in the wild.

On this day, while they were in the toilet together, two hunters who had cultivated their internal skills and strengthened their hearing quietly approached the house where the overseer was located, trying to gather new information, hoping to uncover high-value information—obviously not the first time they had done this.

The language of the dragon clan is essentially a kind of spiritual resonance, according to Zhao Qing's analysis, without encryption, as long as the spiritual power is strong enough, you can understand most of it for the first time.

Especially the half-breeds with dragon blood, their knowledge of dragon language is hidden in the depths of the bloodline, almost a native language, which can be activated in this way, the higher the bloodline, the more naturally they can understand.

But unlike the previous ones, this dragon conversation attracted the attention of the two as soon as it began: "The dragons of the city council have finally had some brains recently, and passed a bill to put the whole city into a 'temporary state of combat readiness', intending to restart the weapons production line and expand it twenty times. I could only hear the excited voice of the dragon overseer coming from the room: "And in order to avoid being restricted by the outside world in terms of alchemy materials, Lord Earl has also unsealed some ancient technical materials, aiming to restore the independence of the city...... Yes, as you think. ”

"Mantle drilling technology?" Another craftsman was obviously a little surprised: "The stability of the underground here is not very good, and it is very easy to cause rock collapse accidents if you rush through the earth's crust, so you have to rely on the analysis of the geological structure and carry out large-scale monitoring." ”

"Although there are some difficulties, the temple will definitely send professional dragons to solve this problem." The overseer let out a hoarse laugh and said slowly, "A city protected by 'God' is very different from ordinary areas. There was a rustling sound in the room, as if the craftsman had flipped through some information: "Well, then I'm relieved...... I heard that the group of primitives you recruited recently showed a good IQ, maybe you can pass the many tests of the temple and become a low-level monk? ”

"If any of them can be ranked in the 'Feast of the Assumptions' of this era, the recommender will receive a great reward." The overseer sneered a few times: "Hehe, the breath of war is getting closer and closer, we middle-class dragons, don't get involved in this kind of trouble." For such a long journey to the 'White Moon', it is difficult to guarantee that you will not encounter all kinds of dangers, and when the time comes, you will bother and work hard, but you will find nothing. ”

"Really don't think about it anymore?" The craftsman's voice was low: "I might be able to help." ”

"What's there to think about? In the past ten epochs, how many ordinary dragons have been promoted in status? But where there is a little bit of profit-sharing resources, after several turnovers, doesn't it fall on the heads of those nobles? The dragon overseer refused again: "You and I don't have to be delusional about this!" There was a long silence between the two sides.

“…… Speaking of which, the batch of old weapons at the bottom of the warehouse has also reached the time of scrapping, and it should be re-smelted and smelted, saving the cost of overhaul and directly producing a new generation of products. After a while, the voice of the craftsman leaving through another door was heard: "I'll go back to the inner city tonight, and I'll wait until early tomorrow morning, and I'll go to the town hall to apply for a processing fund, and hopefully it will be approved." "A few hunters who eavesdropped came back to their senses and couldn't help but be secretly frightened, mantle mining technology?

A super deep well drilled through the earth's crust? This is the first time I've heard of it, so it's no wonder that the dragon city uses so much metal material, but no trace of large-scale mining has been found in later generations.

There are also old weapons at the bottom of the warehouse, which is also one of the points worth paying attention to, looking at the lazy appearance of the dragon overseers on weekdays, most of them have not carefully counted their number, and just took the opportunity to steal a few pieces to update their own equipment.

…… On this night, the sky was pure and deep like glass finely polished by ice and snow. There was silence, only the gentle sound of the wind, occasionally mixed with the low roar of wild beasts, added a touch of mystery and wildness to the quiet night.

Looking up, the sky full of stars is shining, like pearls scattered on the black velvet, shining, connecting into a brilliant galaxy, across the sky, flowing with endless poetry and dreams.

Above the alchemy workshop in the outer city, on the suspended tracks, a dark black mining train quietly recycled the elevator, and after unloading at night, it slowly drove away, and the rumbling sound gradually faded away, like a distant bell, echoing in the night sky.

Then everything returned to a deep silence. Hundreds of meters away, deep in the workshop, the room of the dragon overseer stood still, several old or broken metal machines leaning against the wall, the intricate bronze gears exposed, and the speed of rotation seemed to be eternal, like the mark of time.

A heavy iron door more than three meters high was not completely closed, but was half-hidden, leaving a long and narrow gap.

Moonlight poured down from the patio and sprinkled on the cold and hard ground, casting a silvery sheen. Looking through the crack in the door, he could vaguely see the dragon overseer lying on his side on his large bed, his arms folded over his chest, sleeping soundly, and a faint golden light flowing from the corners of his eyes.

Even if he is just an ordinary dragon dwarf, but with the advantage of bloodline and size, he also has more than ten times the strength of ordinary people, enough to kill an adult bison with one punch, there is no reason to be injured by human gangs, in his own territory, of course, there is no need to be too guarded.

However, the Overseer did not expect that the hunters, who worked honestly during the day, turned out to be a group of bold and crazy people, and had the power of various abilities.

So when he fell asleep, after observing for a while, two cultivators jumped in front of him, quickly glanced at each other, and tacitly reached out at the same time, pointing at the dragon's sleeping hole, penetrating the meridians, making his body tremble slightly, and it became difficult to wake up.

One of the hunters retreated to the door, made a gesture that things were going well, and immediately a dozen hunters rushed in, quietly entered the room, and began to rummage cautiously and search, but after a while, there was still no result.

"I've searched the whole house, why can't I find the key?" A hunter asked suspiciously.

"Did it fall into the factory outside? How long do you have to find such a big place? It's like looking for a needle in a haystack! The other hunter frowned: "Look again, maybe he was crushed under him." ”

"I turned over, and I didn't find anything underneath. It can't be that there is a secret mezzanine in the room, right? ”

"Do you have to rely on the overseer's key? I'm also a professional, so there should be a master who is proficient in unlocking, right? ”

"Someone has already tried it, but it can't be opened at all, the dragon alchemy process, the multi-layer deformation induction lock cylinder, only the bloodline that reaches a certain standard can be opened. Counterfeit keys made of ordinary materials cannot even withstand the reaction force when unlocking, and can easily be twisted into two parts. Just when everyone was at a loss and wanted to give up, someone suddenly hesitated and said: "I can't find anything outside, could it be hidden in my body?" As soon as the words came out, the people on the side immediately looked at him with strange eyes, probably thinking of unhealthy content.

Before the man could explain further, someone grabbed the overseer's face, broke his mouth hard, and looked inside: "I remember, when this guy opened the door, he would touch his mouth with his hand every time, and most of the keys would be in his mouth!" Unable to see what was going on in the dragon's mouth, and not wanting to reach in and dig around, several hunters thought about it, and carried the overseer to the door of the room, and couldn't help but take a closer look by the moonlight.

Soon, they found the edge of the key under the overseer's tongue, and one of them roughly ripped the other's mouth to the maximum, pinched and lifted his tongue, and pinched the glittering alchemy key with two fingers.

However, just as they were about to succeed, the dragon overseer suddenly opened his eyes, his scorching golden pupils lit up, he let out an angry roar from deep in his throat, and the muscles in his forearms burst into force, reaching out and grabbing the hand of the mouthbreaker.

The seeping creak sounded immediately! The hunter who was caught off guard by the dragon grabbed his hand, his metacarpal bones were instantly crushed!

It turns out that as a group that is extremely good at physical evolution, the dragon dwarf craftsmen tens of thousands of years ago have a big difference between the acupuncture points and the dragon clans of later generations, and the difference between them and modern humans is naturally greater, and the spiritual resistance is hundreds of times that of ordinary people, and the effect of the sleeping point is quite average.

In fact, just now, after the overseer was exposed to the two fingers of the real strength of the acupoint, he was only shallow and dazed, and then he was stimulated by forcibly priing open his mouth, which made him gradually wake up and fight back on the spot.

"Help me!" The hapless hunter was suddenly deprived of one hand, but he endured it in a weakened state of pain, and with the other hand showed a short dagger, which was sent straight to the dragon's throat, only to be bowed by the other party, and just took it in his mouth with his teeth, and chewed it into two pieces.

Is the mouth so good? Seeing that the dragon then bent his arm slightly, and suddenly handed out a punch that was about to hit his face, this person was not afraid of danger, and looked behind the other party with an expectant expression.

Sure enough, in the next moment, three gray shadows suddenly pounced, and the two of them used a big grappling hand and a staggered hand to attack the dragon's shoulders and backs, intending to unload the power of their arms, and the third person fell from the sky, his five fingers were white in purple, blooming quietly like petals, and brushed the back of each other's heads lightly.

Suddenly, the dragon felt that he was stunned, and stopped the onslaught in a trance, and then felt all the energy of his body pouring out from the place where he was being whisked, losing control of his muscles and bones, and his limbs fell backwards weakly, his eyes rolled, and he was held hostage by the enemy.

This is the Heavenly Jedi Exterminator Great Soul Searcher, from "Heaven and Earth Crossing Yin and Yang Great Compassion Fu", which is Zhao Qing's reference to Western Demon Sect

The result of the completion of the fragment of the "Great Soul Searcher" is extremely powerful, and while it has the ability to extract the essence of the target, it also has the attribute of being a finger of the spirit rhino.

With the help of the two elite hunters, he instantly took down the dragon overseer who was rampant, but Bai Daosheng did not slack off, but stared vigilantly at the situation outside the door, pressing his palm on the other party's lowered head, listening to the clicking sound of the heavy mechanical start.

"Are those machines out there alive?" A hunter exclaimed in a low voice: "It is worn out to the extent that the gears are exposed, and they can still start normally, this is the effect of the 'living spirit'!" "The alchemy golems that fused with living spirits, almost as machines with consciousness and life, spontaneously forced to activate when their owners encountered a major threat, and one by one they stood up from the outside wall, shaking and approaching the door, their slightly glowing silver pupils locking on to each hunter as targets.

But obviously, they are not big in size and in disrepair, and their combat effectiveness is quite limited, and the hunter whose hand was crushed just now, after all, still retains a little pain, and his heart is quite unhappy, and he kicked towards one of the puppets, kicking it to the ground on the spot.

How weak is it? Another hunter grabbed the hammer he was using to work, leaned down to dodge a hydraulic jaw, reversed the handle of the hammer, and plugged it into the gap between the gears, causing it to get stuck and burst into a few sparks, and the rollers on his feet lost control, knocking over the third golem on the side.

Seeing that the enemy was not their opponent at all, everyone relaxed, and soon someone began to discuss: "What to do with this dragon?" Do you want to kill him? The overseer died unexpectedly, will there be a dragon to track him down? ”

"Deal with the alchemy puppet first, don't underestimate the enemy!" Bai Daosheng casually reminded him: "Since these things are deliberately placed in front of the door by the overseer to protect himself, it is impossible for them to be really useless, far less than his own strength." Perhaps they are equipped with some kind of secret weapon. It was at this time that several parts of the first machine that was kicked over suddenly began to be spliced and deformed, turning into a long pipe-like appearance, and the opening was roughly aimed at the person who kicked it just now.

……