Chapter 727: Chapter 509: World of Dragons
At this moment, what appeared was Li Pu—wait, no, perhaps it should be called Li Long.
What appeared in front of him was also a small dragon.
Its physique similarly resembled a velociraptor hatchling.
However, its appearance was more bizarre, with a steel helmet resembling a crown on its head.
The scales on its body were like heavy steel armor, except its belly, which was nearly hollow.
There was no skin or muscle, exposing a row of white ribs.
"What the heck are you supposed to be?"
Seeing Li Long, the little dragon also spoke.
"Oh my, why did I turn into something like this!"
But when it saw itself reflected in a mirror made of stone, it was immediately startled.
This tone felt strangely familiar.
So Li Long hesitantly communicated with the other for a bit and discovered it was actually Ah Yajun—no, Ah Yalong.
This bizarre situation made both of them repeatedly marvel.
"So this is what ’starting with a dragon’ means?"
Ah Yalong sat on the ground, dazed for a while before mumbling.
"By the way, how did you end up looking like this..."
Li Long’s gaze was fixed on the other’s belly.
By common sense, shouldn’t this guy already be a dead dragon?
The belly was hollow, and looking inside seemed like you couldn’t even see any organs.
"This might be because of the card I chose, haha."
Ah Yalong chuckled.
The only S-rank card it had was the Cemetery Skeleton Guard card obtained with Li Long at the Soul-Eroding Cemetery.
And this hollow belly was the forced ability manifestation.
"Speaking of which, don’t you feel hungry?"
Ah Yalong stretched out its hand wanting to touch its belly, but found its forelimbs were too short to reach.
With this reminder, Li Long suddenly felt insatiably hungry.
It was already the kind of hunger that made it feel like it was losing strength.
[Eat your eggshell to quickly restore your strength]
[Then go out on an adventure and embark on the path of evolution]
At this time, the earlier voice sounded again, providing them with a hint.
"So it’s edible?"
Li Long realized, looking at his pile of eggshells.
"If only someone had told me earlier, I’m starving to death!"
Ah Yalong wasted no time, and directly buried its head, chomping away.
Only its belly was hollow, so once the food went inside, a lot of it leaked out from the gaps between the bones.
Li Long: "..."
Li Long felt this guy probably got a negative ability.
"Hahaha, um..."
Seeing itself eating while leaking, Ah Yalong felt a bit embarrassed: "I chose an ability for strong defense, but it slows down my evolution speed."
Sure enough, the ability granted by carrying the Cemetery Skeleton Guard card was pretty much as Li Long imagined.
Now, regardless of all that, Li Long also started gnawing on his eggshell.
To be honest, maybe because of the transformation, the taste had changed, and it found the eggshell quite delicious.
Crisp and refreshing, moderately sweet, not greasy.
Though the eggshell couldn’t provide evolutionary energy, it indeed could restore their physical strength.
After Li Long and Ah Yalong finished eating, they both felt rejuvenated.
"According to the earlier hint, now we should go out and seek real food, right?"
Ah Yalong walked to the cave entrance and began to look outside.
Outside the cave was a tropical rainforest.
It was rather quiet here, quiet enough to feel like no other creatures were around.
"Feels like, it’s too quiet."
Since transforming into a dinosaur, Li Long lost its Spiritual Power and physical qualities, but its sixth sense remained intact.
"Haha, you’re overthinking it."
"We are now here, this is essentially the first level."
"The purpose of the first level is to let players adapt to the game."
"So there definitely won’t be any danger."
While Ah Yalong talked, it took steps and walked outside.
"Hey?!"
Then, it saw a shadow suddenly appear on the ground, quickly expanding.
As it looked up, all it saw was a gaping maw much bigger than itself.
"Uh..."
Li Long in the cave saw this scene clearly.
Descending from above was a giant dinosaur head.
Apparently, the other had been using a blind spot in their vision to guard the cave entrance from some unknown time.
Just the head was as big as this cave, obviously not an opponent they could match.
"No worries, don’t worry about me, my body’s defense is very strong!"
Ah Yalong’s voice came from mid-air.
"Is that so."
Li Long had barely responded when he heard the sound of metal grinding.
Cr-ch-ch-ch...
The sound was teeth grinding, accompanied by fragments falling down.
Judging by the color and the actual situation, these should be remnants of Ah Yalong’s body.
Evidently, it was chewed to death by the big dragon.
[Roar...]
After devouring Ah Yalong, the big head lowered again.
Pupils larger than the cave entrance blocked the entrance, starting to probe inside.
Li Long held his breath, silently... entering an invisible state.
The Formless Object, now came into play.
The cave was actually quite shallow, only about 3 meters deep.
This meant at this moment, Li Long and this giant creature, or its eye, were within arm’s reach.
The big eye was entirely yellow, even shimmering somewhat like golden.
The pupil was black, but not a traditional pupil—it had a slight curve, resembling an S shape.
Perhaps due to the current size difference, Li Long unconsciously felt a powerful sense of pressure from this pupil.