Chapter 563: Chapter 446: Dragon Lice Missile
At this moment, the young fellow, the Backplate Dragon Knight, was still in shock. He couldn’t believe that such a horrifyingly powerful cannon shot came from his own Backplate Dragon! Only after the dragon called him three times did he snap back to reality.
"Let’s go, my meritorious cannon shooter, we have to get back," said Long Yi, who could empathize with his excitement. However, it was a pity that they had to part with this artillery.
All the components would be disassembled for prototype casting and mass production; the young man was bound to receive his cannon. But unfortunately, it wasn’t going to be the same one.
When Long Yi informed him of this, the young man took it very well and said, "Although individuals in the future may have better aim and knock down more enemies with it, none of them would be as lucky as me who fired the first shot!"
When Kai Long left the research institute, he felt as if he were still in a dream. For a while, he had several tactical ideas revolving around the terrifying light cannon in his head. He was eager to get home and perfect these tactics. He was thrilled at the prospect of seeing the light cannon fall into the hands of the local dragon knights and witnessing their panicked scrambles.
When Kai Long left the main entrance of the research institute nearing the evening, he saw two men with bloodshot eyes approaching him.
"Kai Long! Hurry, tell us! What was that explosion just now! Iron Cat and I were scared!" Iron Hand the General grabbed Kai Long and yelled.
Kai Long looked at their faces.
"What you heard just now was the death knell for the Black Dragon Knights! Hahahaha!" Kai Long walked slowly away with his hands behind him, leaving the two persistent generals surrounding him; pleading humbly. It was hard to imagine that these were the three top generals of the Empire!
"No, this thing is too important, needs to be kept strictly confidential, I cannot say anything!" Kai Long, suppressing his laughter, kept his mouth shut. The other two generals couldn’t help but stick around, worried that they would miss out on something good in the future.
The successful trial of the heavy artillery gave Long Yi confidence in building a modern military powerhouse.
Yes!
As someone who had reached the pinnacle of modern warfare, nothing was more memorable than missiles and large cannons. For now, missiles seem far-fetched. However, he’d already succeeded with a large cannon.
Wait!
Who said missiles were out of reach!
Walking in the military camp, Long Yi spotted Wesley standing between Chef and Mosquito, all three with notes stuck to the horns of their dragons. Wesley had the most, Chef had fewer, and Mosquito had the least.
This must be the result of their identification game.
Strange as it was, all the Dandi sisters in the camp looked alike. Wesley might have the Observation Technique and be good at distinguishing people, but he couldn’t 100% tell every Dandi apart. But Mosquito knew how to tell each Dandi apart immediately!
This frustrated Wesley greatly. It seemed that they had played another failed bet today, and the losing Wesley was obliged to offer a meal.
Walking along the road, the three noticed Long Yi from afar.
"Hey! Brother Long! Let’s go eat together? Wesley is treating!" Chef yelled with a smile from afar.
"I won’t have dinner. Chef, I have something to discuss with you?" Long Yi stared at Chef, his eyes gleaming.
"Brother Long! Even though my bust is large, and my cup size is shocking, I assure you that I am a man! Please don’t make desperate choices!" Chef covered his chest, looking startled.
"Brother Long, you can’t be serious! You are known for having no limitations regarding age, species or even substance! Even so, you are still insatiable, and you begin to disregard genders, too?" Wesley lifted the notes blocking his view and asked.
"Nonsense! Is Brother Long such a person? He probably just wants to change his taste occasionally." Mosquito said solemnly.
"You three, you definitely haven’t been training hard enough recently." Long Yi said, clenching his fist.
"Enough! Definitely enough!" As soon as they heard the word ’training’, the three immediately became gentlemen.
"Alright, stop messing around. I wanted to chat with Chef about the working principles of his self-destructive beetles and whether it’s possible to mass-produce them." Long Yi said.
Upon hearing this, Chef’s eyes lit up. He grabbed the note from his head and threw it away, then solemnly stated, "You two kids go eat first. Brother Long and I have some business to attend to."
Wesley also swiftly threw away the notes and seriously stared ahead, "How can I be absent from such a thing? With my wealth of knowledge, I would surely help Brother Long achieve efficiency."
Mosquito gave a laugh, and threw away the few remaining notes on his dragon’s horn: "My dear brother, I’ve already promised Zhu Na, I’ll help her protect your chastity!"
"Why don’t you all just die!" The chef roared in rage, before the three of them started to brawl. However, at that moment, they simultaneously let out a loud roar and charged towards the dragon!
"Ha, ha, Long Yi, we’re completely different now! Let’s see how you escape from our clutches this time!" Wesley yelled, launching a direct attack at Long Yi’s face.
"Witness my unbeatable iron fist!" The chef aimed directly at Long Yi’s chest.
The mosquito, silent and swift, quickly moved to Long Yi’s rear, naturally aiming for any of Long Yi’s unguarded spots!
At this moment, Long Yi hadn’t even reacted yet!
"This is promising!"
"We did it!"
The three of them showed looks of joy.
But, instead of retreating, Long Yi charged forward, heading straight for Wesley and the chef. The two of them hadn’t even deployed their full strength yet, but Long Yi had already caught their fists! Simultaneously, Long Yi swung around abruptly, dragging Wesley and the chef with him, causing them to collide directly with the mosquito behind them.
"Dream on!" Said Long Yi.
A few minutes later, Long Yi arrived at the training ground with the three dispirited men. The Dandi sisters had finished their training and gone back to rest. The Chef summoned the Hive Dragon, a huge scale opened, and a massive white beetle fell down.
Long Yi picked up this beetle that curled up to the size of a basketball, and aimed the Giant Tablet at him.
Dragon lice, parasites of the Dragon Clan. Generally parasitic on the native dragons of the human world, it survives on dragon power and purebloods of the Dragon Clan are rarely parasitized. However, a long, long time ago, a female dragon louse did parasitize the Hive Dragon. What kind of dragon the Hive Dragon was at that time is largely untraceable. But now, the Hive Dragon that people can see is a huge symbiotic creature.
The real body of the Hive Dragon starts to shrink below its chest, and the female dragon louse evolved into a huge hive that lost its consciousness and retains its ability to lay eggs. New dragon lice are hatching in the hive at all times, relying on the Dragon Clan’s powerful lifespan and the provision of dragon power. A fully mature dragon louse that can be launched only takes six hours to fully mature.
A maximum of thirty-six mature dragon lice that can be detonated and launched at any time can be stored in the hive at once, and there are also a group of dragon lice larvae that can mature within ten minutes.
Of course, endless hatching is also a large consumption to the dragon itself, so the demand for food of the Hive Dragon is also high.
On the Giant Tablet, the structure and hatching principle of the hive are detailed. And the dragon louse in Long Yi’s hands didn’t move during this period. These dragon lice only possess basic instincts, they would fly towards enemies, dodge attacks, explode their dragon breath within them, and the command was issued from the Hive Dragon.
This is a missile, and what’s more, it is a more reliable automatic tracker that does not rely on radar!
Even in the wild, the number of Hive Dragons is extremely scarce. Apart from the inexplicable luck of the Chef, hardly anyone else could become a rider of the Hive Dragon.
However, since the hive of the Hive Dragon is not its own, is it possible to transplant it to other dragons?
To get some dragons to change their structure is of course impossible, but if it’s just attached externally, maybe there’s a chance. And if successful, these missiles can not only dominate in air combat, but also cover both aerial and ground attacks!
Long Yi carefully observed the dragon louse held in his hand with the help of the tablet.
This dragon louse is clearly a product of extreme degradation, aside from sensory organs, the entire digestive system only appeared symbolically in a corner, while the reproductive system completely degraded, about two-thirds of its body length is filled with deadly compressed dragon breath. The dragon louse is launched in a spherical shape, and once its speed drops, it will unfold its wings and fly towards the enemy. Due to the need to withstand the shock during launch, its wings, which can fold into three sections, are very sturdy.
To mass-produce, it would have to start from the mother hive above.
In the part of the mother hive close to the dragon, that’s where the almost completely degraded dragon louse mother body resides. It has only a tiny brain structure, no digestive system, and retains a most basic reproductive system. The sole task of the mother hive is to lay eggs, hatch dragon lice, discard some, strengthen some, this is the characteristic of symbiotic creatures.
Yes, Long Yi currently has no way to perform delicate genetic operations, but he can conduct experiments using magic! He intends to create a new mother hive and mass-produce self-destructing dragon lice!
This is difficult, and of course it would be hard if it solely relied on Long Yi himself.
However, the Biological Research Institute of the White Dragon Empire is not just for show!
This time, because it doesn’t involve any ethical issues, Madam Nor from the Biological Research Institute was fully cooperative. Although they had not considered things about the Hive Dragon before, this does not mean they were unprepared. As the Biological Research Institute, they are never short of all sorts of bizarre research projects.
Though Long Yi’s request was difficult, it wasn’t without a starting point. The Biological Research Institute, which had been idle in this arms race for so long, finally ushered in their busiest moment. (To be continued. If you like this novel, please go to qidian.com to vote for it, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
