Chapter 1134: Chapter 884: What Went Wrong?
Zemir could only helplessly shake his head. Although he was also the head of a research group, others were just more high-end than he was, and there was nothing he could do about it. Even though they were all working for the awakening of the Star Devourers, different contributions meant different statuses.
Now he could only hope that Lily and Sasa could create a miracle.
The two people saw Zemir just smiling without speaking, found it uninteresting, and left. Zemir lingered outside for a while before returning to the laboratory. To his surprise, he found that in front of Sasa there were now many sheets of paper covered with data!
Lily’s hands were constantly changing rune formulas, seemingly validating the rune formulas on the papers!
Was there really such a method? No wonder Lily’s magic power was so strong! So this was the way the two of them were conducting their research!
This time, they didn’t continue to hide from Zemir, because they were too busy to spare a moment. Whenever a sheet of paper was tested, they would immediately destroy it. It even took a full hour before all the data was completely tested.
"How is it?" Isrile asked.
"Interesting," Ruosha said with a smile.
"Interesting? What’s interesting about it?" Isrile asked, puzzled.
"It’s all very interesting," Ruosha said.
"Speak human language, I don’t understand!"
"The purpose of this spell remains to prepare for opening a spatial rift, just that some of the data he provided us with was incorrect. If we were to continue with that data, although we would eventually get a result, the result would certainly be vastly different from the correct answer," Ruosha explained.
"Did he do it on purpose, or is he just that stupid?" Isrile muttered to herself.
"Definitely on purpose, because once you can calculate to this step, the answer can absolutely not be wrong. He deliberately switched the answer to trap those who haven’t calculated this far and plan to skip this step by brute force," Ruosha said.
"Old fox, setting a trap?" Isrile remarked.
"Haha, too bad I saw through it!" Ruosha stretched lazily, looked around, then tugged at Isrile’s sleeve, "I’m tired, let’s go rest, sister."
Isrile immediately pushed all the experimental equipment aside, "Alright! That’s it for today!"
Having said that, the two of them turned and left. Leaving only Zemir alone, staring blankly around. Only two hours had passed; others hadn’t even finished writing their experiment plans, and yet these two girls were going to rest? It was utterly unbelievable. But they had always been this way, and Zemir had no other choice, after all, as he wasn’t the main person in charge of the research. He could only let them do as they wished.
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Searching for the dragons across the entire plane?
That was not so easy. The great explorer vessel would survey every passing planet, assessing whether they were suitable for the Dragon Clan to live. Then, it would deploy some automated golems to the surface for further surveying. Of course, so far, after surveying a hundred planets, there had been no good news.
"I think, have we got something wrong?" Ai Lin suddenly asked.
"What thing?" Long Yi, who had been marking the starmap, asked as he turned to Ai Lin.
"From the beginning, we’ve assumed that the dragons are hiding on uninhabited planets, but if we think back to our time in the Human Realm, those from the Dragon Clan only lived on Dragon Island in the Outer Sea, and most humans never even saw them."
"Are you suggesting that the Dragon Clan might be hiding right under our noses?" Long Yi opened his eyes wide in surprise.
"I don’t know, it’s just a guess. But even if I really had a bunch of dragons in my backyard, would anyone know?" Ai Lin said.
"Now that you mention it..." Long Yi scratched his head. "I realize that something doesn’t seem quite right."
"What is it?" Ai Lin asked.
"I’ve never felt Dragon Power on Elma," Long Yi said.
"You mean..." Ai Lin’s eyes widened.
"What I mean is, when we left the Ancient Mage Tower, he did not have any dragons! Back then, I helped Elma nearly rebuild his body, and I carried out a very precise examination. I can affirm that there was no trace of Dragon Power within him. As someone who has secretly nurtured a dragon for so long, it’s impossible for him not to have any Dragon Power on him," Long Yi said. "So his Dragon Power must have been obtained after we left, and I even suspect it was a gift from some Emperor."
Ai Lin’s realization dawned, "He once occupied those planets, and maybe one of them had been hiding dragons, and not just one!"
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
"Which planet is the closest to us?" Long Yi asked, excited.
"An hour’s journey!" Ai Lin pointed at a planet on the starmap.
"Change course! Let’s pay a visit to some friends!"
The great explorer glided through space in a huge arc, heading towards a certain planet.
Of course, Long Yi wasn’t foolish enough to barge in with a grand entrance. Instead, he approached that planet somewhat secretly and then conducted a series of secret negotiations with the Emperor. With Little Zi’s assurance, the negotiations were candid and friendly. Long Yi did not obtain what he wanted, and the Emperor watched Long Yi depart with a look of utter bewilderment on his face.
A giant monster with wings? What on earth was that?
If the first Emperor didn’t know, then onto the second one! If the second didn’t know, then the third!
It was not until he visited the seventh kingdom that Long Yi was completely stunned the moment he saw the Emperor.
The Emperor was an old man who appeared kind and benevolent. But the Dragon Power radiating from him made Long Yi realize that this Emperor was clearly a dragon!
The old Emperor was taken aback by Long Yi’s arrival, hurriedly inviting Long Yi to sit down. After all, Long Yi’s fame was widespread, and even the Ancient Mage Tower couldn’t harm him in this Plane, let alone this pitiful old dragon whose power had been sealed.
"How have you been lately, Your Majesty?" Long Yi greeted the old Emperor with a cheerful smile.
"Very well! Haha, all thanks to Mr. Long Yi for driving away the people from the Ancient Mage Tower!" The old Emperor said as he glanced toward the people behind Long Yi. This glance was unsettling for him, as the group of sisters with identical looks and temperament standing behind Long Yi were clearly two dragons!
Even though he didn’t sense any Dragon Power, the perception of dragon to dragon would never be mistaken!
"Judging by your expression, I guess you must’ve noticed something, right?" Long Yi cheerfully said to the old dragon.
"No, no, just blurred vision from old age, just took an extra look is all." The old dragon dared not admit it. He had been in hiding for a long while, never encountering any issues before, and he certainly didn’t wish for trouble today.
"It’s not very nice to be dishonest like this, old Dragon Majesty." Long Yi simply broke it to him directly.
"You..." The old dragon’s first reaction wasn’t to deal with Long Yi but to quickly look around, only to find that both ministers and guards had collapsed on the ground. When his gaze fell on Little Zi, she gave him a reassuring look.
"To have won the hearts of two dragons, I believe you must have been exceptionally brave. But if you want to get something from me, I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you. Although I am of the Dragon Clan, I have no treasure," the old dragon said helplessly.
"I don’t want treasures, actually I came to you because I have some questions," Long Yi said.
"What questions?" Hearing this from Long Yi, it was clear that he didn’t care about the old dragon’s identity and had even come because of Long Yi’s fame.
"Did you send a dragon to Elma?" Long Yi asked.
On hearing this question from Long Yi, the old dragon sighed deeply.
"Ah! That was my child!"
As it turned out, after Elma’s people entered here, they immediately searched the entire Imperial Palace and just happened to find the Emperor’s child hidden away—a Black Dragon.
The old dragon had built a comfortable underground palace for his child, because all of the Dragon Clan had lost their rightful power, so the old dragon’s child couldn’t take on a human form. It spent most of its time hidden in the underground palace, sleeping. Only occasionally would it stealthily sneak out to stretch its body and breathe some fresh air, always under the old dragon’s supervision, who used magic to help conceal its presence.
This time, the people of the Ancient Mage Tower appeared suddenly, occupied the Imperial Palace with extreme speed, and overpowered the old dragon. Even as a dragon, without mighty power and having turned into a human, he could only learn human magic, which meant he was no match for the Ancient Mage Tower.
With no other choice, the old dragon falsely claimed that the Black Dragon was a pet he had found and raised since it was young. In a world where the Dragon Clan had been silent and unseen for nearly ten thousand years, most people’s impressions of Long Yi were derived from historical materials, but neither writing nor painting nor sculpture could compare to seeing a living dragon for the first time.
Therefore, when Elma personally arrived here and confirmed that this Black Dragon was indeed a Black Dragon, he immediately demanded to take the Black Dragon back to the Ancient Mage Tower for research. As the father of the Black Dragon, the Emperor naturally couldn’t agree, but Elma had no intention of reasoning with the old dragon, and they forcibly took the Black Dragon away.
"I could only tell my child not to resist them, to be as submissive as possible, otherwise it might suffer even more!"
The old dragon sighed deeply as he spoke, his helplessness at its peak.
"Did they ever tell you what exactly they wanted to research with the Black Dragon?" Long Yi asked.
"No," the old dragon shook his head helplessly then, as if a sudden thought struck him, he intently asked Long Yi, "Mr. Long Yi, are you truly an enemy of the Ancient Mage Tower?"
Long Yi nodded with a smile, "Looking at how mad Elma has become, of course I am."
The old dragon instantly became excited, "I beg you to help me! Mr. Long Yi! Please help me save my child! If you can rescue my child, you can ask for anything in return! I swear on my Dragon Soul!"
Long Yi looked towards Little Zi, who nodded, clearly indicating that the sad old dragon was speaking the truth.
"Alright then, I had actually planned to kill Elma, and saving your child should be possible too. But whether this process goes smoothly will depend on the answers you give to my next questions."
The old dragon immediately nodded, because he was well aware that if he did not rely on Long Yi now, he truly had no one else to turn to. In this entire Plane, only Long Yi might be capable of contending with the Ancient Mage Tower!
"So, my next question is, are you the Black Dragon?" Long Yi inquired. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, I invite you to vote and support me at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)
