Chapter 18: The Trap
The second task requested by the Serpent is to seek a cure from its designated Allosaurus and bring the message back after all the tasks.
The complexity of this task is not in the execution, but in the proposition, more precisely, in the point of bringing it back.
On the one hand, it ensured the safety of the young man on the way from the snake's point of view - if the snake wanted to trap Gu Chuan, then it was impossible to ask him to go back with the information. As long as you are aware of this, the transaction will be able to go smoothly.
On the other hand, it is also an invisible threat...... The results he brought back are likely to still affect their fate.
Therefore, Zai Yi is right.
I shouldn't go back, I don't even need to go on a mission, I should run away after I meet with Hatsuyun, Mr. Dandan, Pinion, Mengsheng, and Wangyuan.
Now, he was close to the dragon assigned by the second mission, and the dragon's assistant said that the dragon was not an expert in dragon healing.
Gu Chuan and his assistant looked at each other, and the assistant was expressionless.
Inside, the corridor between the rooms is narrow and soundproof, and it is said that it is in this small corridor that many of the policies concerning the national art are finalized by several members of parliament who are concerned to submit their final proposals to the Parliament.
"Why are you, a 'human system', an expert in diagnosing and treating 'allosaurus'?"
Gu Chuan asked him.
The bespectacled assistant pointed to his temple and smiled:
"It's up to you to think about it, you don't trust me, so you didn't tell me about you in the first place. Of course I can't ...... Oh, tell you about me 1510. But in fact, the principle is very simple, just think about it with your own brain. ”
"It's because ......"
Gu Chuan thought for a moment:
"Can't healers heal themselves?"
"Are you trying to say a profound aphorism?"
The assistant calmly walked inside.
Epigram is a kind of grammar or grammar existing in the Qiongqiu language, which refers to concise sentences that are related to world view, outlook on life and values. This will be taught in the original aristocratic teaching of Qiongqiu and in the teaching of ordinary schools today, whether it is writing poems and essays, using beautiful aphorisms will add points. You know, for well-educated people, everyone understands the truth, and it is difficult to speak beautifully and when.
Gu Chuan followed behind him, opened the stone door, and revealed the vast space inside:
"It's not a special aphorism, is it...... I mean, if you want to learn to heal something, you have to have a model. For example, a person cannot use his own body, observe his own mouth, tongue, eyes, or anything else to study medicine, but always find someone else as an example of the patient. So, it's the same for you......? Dragons need a man, and learn how to govern people in the body of man, and man learns in the body of the dragon...... How to govern dragons? ”
When the curtain was lifted, the dragon that was remembered by the snake revealed its true face.
It smiled sinister and said:
"That's a good guess, it's a reason. Shawang and I are indeed friends who use each other's bodies to learn about healing. Until now, dragons are not allowed to be dissected in the world of dragons, and people are not allowed to be dissected in the world of people, so how can medical techniques for animal body organs make great progress? ”
Shawang was the name of the assistant.
He stood by the door, locked it, and then came to the dragon's side, glancing at the dragon unhappily.
However, Gu Chuan was reminded so much that he thought that the dissection would be used on each other's bodies? He didn't think much about it, he didn't ask too much, he just said:
"Hello, I'm here for ......"
"Whose name do you admire?"
Doctor Long interrupted unceremoniously.
"I heard that the Marquis of Tianting once praised you, saying that Tianhe is a dragon body researcher who has been affirmed by Elder Long Tianheng, and is destined to be recorded in the history of the dynasty."
"Well, then I'll know—"
The Medic Dragon retracted his smile and bowed his head on its soft blanket. It was in trouble.
- The strange man in front of him was called by Tianting, who was supposed to be in distress and his life and death were unknown...... Freeloader.
Tianhe's body size is larger than Tianting, but it can't be compared to Tianrime. It has no feathery wings, some of which have reddish scales, it has a pair of small horns, its limbs are not similar, its hind limbs are thicker, but its forelimbs are thin, and it looks more flexible, and in order to be flexible, the four fingers of its claws have been sharpened.
However, compared with the human hand, this pair of forelimbs is not flexible, at least when used on the fragile human body, I am afraid that it is by no means flexible. The reason is simple, this finger is nearly twice as thick as a human finger, and it may not be comfortable to put two fingers into a person's mouth to make people open their mouths.
"Don't look at it," said the doctor, ...... raised his claws, "I shaved the claws for a more delicate operation." ”
Whether it is a medical dragon or a medical person, a pair of sharp claws inserted into the stomach may be able to pull the intestines out. The more detailed the animal's body, the more delicate the tools it needs to operate. Claws are not flexible either in person or with tools.
Cutting off the claws of nature is a pain of departure from nature for this alien.
But there's no way around it -
It patiently explains:
"For the creatures of Qiongqiu, they must master medical skills that surpass the level of herbal medicine and self-healing in order to gain a foothold."
Doctor Long then asked the same question as Elder Dragon:
"But you, whose offspring are you...... How did you become a person? ”
"I'm sorry, I can't answer your question......" Gu Chuan can now determine the technique of mending the Heavenly Punishment, in the past, he seemed to be barbaric and rough, but under the personal comparison of the alien dragons, no one could really see it, he said, "Because I have been a human since I was born." I don't know what you're talking about......"
Doctor Long didn't speak, but just said a few words to his assistant Sha Wang, discussing the abnormalities of Gu Chuan's body that they had discovered.
Gu Chuan found that they were the same as Tianri, and they didn't use their hearts. He believed that this person and a dragon could definitely communicate with each other in psychic language, but he didn't choose to do so, in other words, there was always some kind of reason why he couldn't use psychic language?
"There's no need to discuss so much, the two 'adults' of the clinic, I didn't come to heal myself."
Gu Chuan said.
"Who's that for?"
It was Dr. Long who spoke, but he raised his eyes. He stood beside the dragon, smiling and silent, waiting for an answer. They will have different dispositions for different answers.
Gu Chuan didn't hear about Shawang from the snake, which made the young man confused.
"I ...... The ...... of the doctor sought"
The young man poured a long shadow in the light of the crystal tube.
"Just here to ask for a scar."
"What kind of scars?"
Dr. Long's eyes narrowed.
He said:
"I mean, hypothetically, for example, the Black Elder Dragon, if the Black Elder Dragon is cut off...... How should I recover? ”
"Obscuring ......"
Dr. Long really bowed his head.
The assistant clasped his hands together and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, Tianhe, there are many ways to do this. But I still want to ask a few points, presumably the body of this black elder dragon was covered with silver glow at that time? ”
"Yes."
"Interesting, its organs are still alive, aren't they?" Shawang took out a few atlases, which were not in circulation on the market, and were drawn by himself based on Tianhe's body.
"It's the same, I think it's probably still active."
"There are a number of things that can make it impossible to reunite. And there are a number of things that can make it compound in Qiongqiu. "I can prescribe you two regular prescriptions, and one that doesn't ...... Very conventional recipe. ”
Gu Chuan picked up the paper and pen.
"No, no, it's not a conventional medical skill for the incredible injuries of incredible creatures."
Sha Wang smiled and immediately began to speak. This speed of thinking surprised Gu Chuan.
The first recipe is the simplest, relying only on a special kind of mud that can bind the human body without limit. This is the prescription that Tianting wants in the conventional sense.
But I'm afraid that in your imagination, there is no such good material.
And the second recipe is to break the tail to survive.
"Dead tail ...... survive?"
Glasses obscured his expression. He said:
"Cut off your own tail,"
Eat it.
"With the vitality of the Elder Dragon, actually eating yourself is not a particularly bad imagination, is it? This may instead restore basic mobility. In addition, it is better to cut off the part of the main body that is broken and eaten. ”
Shawang said.
"What about the third party?"
The third recipe is slightly more difficult, and it requires the preparation of a complex operation, in which many allosaurs are used, whether dead or alive, but the flesh needs to be alive, and the body is forcibly glued to make a ......
"Zombie body...... This is my main recommendation. ”
The young man walked away with heavy doubts.
The rain outside was getting heavier and heavier, and the guards were impatient with reading the newspaper, and finally saw Gu Chuan, looked at his lower body, disgusted and sympathetic, and urged him to return to the Foreign Affairs Department quickly.
In Dr. Long's clinic, only Shawang and Tianhe were left.
They ensued an untold conversation.
"The three methods you gave are all unattainable by Tianting, right?"
Sha Wang said calmly:
"The first way, they can't do it. The third method they can't do. Then only the second method is possible, but if the second method is implemented, the Elder Dragon's vitality should be destroyed faster. ”
"Tsk......"
Dr. Long was guilty.
As far as the Hope and its stance are concerned, the Elder Dragon's continued life has only drawbacks, and there are no benefits to speak of. This continuation of the good death depends on the living, and even makes them feel miserable in the society of the hanging garden.
"Assuming he's really here for the Elder Dragon, I want him to bring my medical treatment back quickly." Shawang put down his glasses and lit a tobacco, "I need stability, not chaos like this." If it's this messy, I might want to consider getting out of here. You know that I fled to Qiongqiu in the first place. ”
"...... exactly what you've thought of?"
Tianhe looked down at him.
"Yes, Tianhe, you also know that in the old dynasty, I was a person who could threaten the health of the allosaurus, and being able to heal means that I have an excessive 'understanding' of the body of the allosaurus, which is your taboo and can only be entrusted to you. In the New Kingdom, I was transformed into a man who could save the wounded dragons who were fleeing...... Hehehe, this is another taboo. ”
He turned his head to the side and said:
"But if it could have ended soon, my situation would have been very different...... The xenosaurus can no longer threaten the status of the Qiongqiu people, and I have become a 'specialist' being, and I can simply do what I want to understand, about the inner things of the exotic beasts......"
Moreover...... There will be an inexhaustible supply of materials.
He thought to himself.
"Right...... You said that by that time, my life will also be calm......"
Tianhe leaned on the side of the man and said in fascination:
"I don't like fighting, it's terrible! It's terrible to fight in the air...... Now I am scared and feel like I'm going to be abandoned at any moment, as a leftover outlier...... I reformed my tongue and learned the language of Joanqiu, cut off my own claws, smoothed everything out, and gave up the language of the heart. I need to be accepted, to be put in suspense by society...... Acceptance. ”
It muttered.
If it wasn't born as an allosaur...... That's it.
Then ...... You don't have to suffer so much.
Halfway through it, he knew that the allosaurus had completely forgotten about its past studies of Shawan and other human bodies, and he smiled, then snuffed out the tobacco.
The smoke curled up to the dark zenith that the crystal tube could not illuminate.
Rain poured down on the hanging garden, washing the nearby cable car and the distant earth. The young man looked up at the terrible iron-covered dome in the cable car.
The water is also washing the dome, and the few pieces of land that the dome completely shelters cannot stop the wind and rain from outside.
Rainwater pours in by the wind between the land and the land.
"So what is it for?"
The young man muttered to himself.
None of the three methods given by Dr. Long's assistant could not be implemented in his opinion.
The first one seems simple, but the snake simply can't have this kind of three-inch mud thing, and if it did, it would have been used a long time ago. The latter two are terrifying.
Especially in the third type, if you want to stick to the body with live meat, let's not talk about rejection...... Bu Zi probably didn't have the living flesh of a dead allosaurus at all, unless he called a snake or something like that to sacrifice himself.
The second method is a little more relaxed, and it doesn't require any living dragon to sacrifice, but with the speed of his thinking, can it really be done by pushing the weirdness of the alien dragon?
"Tsk......"
With these three methods, Bu Zi, I'm afraid I really can't go back.
He clutched the substance that was close to him.
Even if Bu Zi didn't have an accident, I'm afraid he would have to tell Zai Yi to take the risk and escape.
"What if...... It would be nice if there were more people. But there were never many opportunities along the way...... No, it isn't! Maybe...... The opportunity in the Great Wilderness should be firmly grasped, and as many Gear People as possible...... "If anything, with the aerial waters of Dream Life, the Dead or Alive is called more than twice the technology of the Hanging Garden, plus those weapons that are not loaded, the strength of the Gear People, if you avoid the edge, it will never be like a raft that will capsize at any time in a storm like now."
He thought.
"It's just that there's no point in talking about it now...... But if I had to start now, who would actually be my friends? Or can I actually be a friend of a part of the crowd? ”
It is extremely important to know who is a friend and who is an enemy.
At this moment, the cable car in the sky suddenly shook violently.
He was caught off guard and hit his head against the glassy crystal.
The guard helped him and said:
"Don't worry, it's an island diversion, there are natural diversions, and there are occasional artificial diversions. So I even moved with the ropeway, but I was really unlucky...... We ran into it. ”
In the Hanging Garden, there is no precedent for the diversion of the road without advance notice.
Outside the window, there was a hanging garden in the sky, the wind and rain were like clouds, water droplets were flying, and the endless neon lights swayed in the air, and then, suddenly, a black figure swept over the land, circled on the edge of the distant sun, and stopped above the dome.
"Black Elder ......"
He heard the guard mutter.
"The Black Elder Dragon, who often goes out, is the only alien dragon that can fly freely above the dome right now."
The guard continued.
The young man's eyes were fixed on the dark shadow in the dark sky.
Soon, the cable car slowed down and slid straight down into the ditch of Twenty-three Islands.
The Foreign Affairs Department of the 23rd Island is still in a state of nervous overload. Gu Chuan came to their guest room, and his roommates informed him that they had been notified by the Foreign Affairs Department.
The day of dialogue with the Black Elder Dragon is near.
And the Black Elder Dragon, not surprisingly, is the target of the snake's third mission.
It is also in the eyes of the snake that a completely betrayed the existence of the alien dragon population.