More than thirty days and nights had passed since the emerald dragons started attacking Standing Scorpion.
Many things had happened during that time, but Lin was most concerned about Black Pepper's insanity …
Black Pepper had gone insane. From the beginning of the nightmare to the current situation, its mental state was becoming more and more abnormal. Susumi originally had three battle commanders: Mukla, Black Pepper, and Fei Mao.
After losing two, Susumi decided to choose more commanders. Otherwise, it would be difficult to command so many troops. Susumi didn't choose directly. Instead, it created a new system called 'Leveled Up'.
Lin had to admit that the name 'Susumi' was quite strange.
However, the meaning of this name was quite simple. The 'level' of the soldiers was determined by the number of enemies killed and their performance in battle. The higher-level soldiers could command the lower-level soldiers, the higher-level soldiers could obtain wyverns as mounts, and the highest-level soldiers could become commanders.
It was a bit like the skeleton dragons competing for leadership. However, no matter how high the 'level' of the emerald dragons was, it would never be higher than the king …
In order to create a new system, Susumi planned to reorganize its troops in this vast grassland that used to have five … no, four pyramids. They would choose some powerful emerald dragons from among them. The attack might be delayed.
Emerald dragons would lie to their own kind. Some emerald dragons would probably lie about their achievements. Dealing with these lies would be another problem. However, this had nothing to do with Lin … She was more concerned about Black Pepper.
The brain-creating monster that caused Black Pepper to become like this had been labeled as a 'highly poisonous and extremely dangerous' creature. Its drawing board had already been transported to the city by wyverns. It wouldn't be long before. The emerald dragons would be able to fully recognize this creature.
As for Black Pepper that was bitten. The emerald dragon didn't know what to do with it, so it was currently tied to a wooden stake with vines. Lin walked up to it and looked at the emerald dragon that kept saying strange things.
"They, the East … Gaaaaaah!!" Black Pepper kept struggling and repeating these words.
"Don't go near it!" When Lin's spy approached, the emerald dragons guarding Black Pepper immediately raised their spears and said, "Its poison might be contagious!"
"…" Lin didn't say anything, but she didn't move forward either.
In fact. Lin could cure Black Pepper, but if she did, she would lose some special clues … Black Pepper's brain was affected by a special substance.
This substance wasn't injected by the brain-created monsters, but rather produced by Black Pepper's own body. This substance was originally used to excite the body, but it also had some other functions. Recently, Lin noticed that after Black Pepper had a nightmare, its body would produce a large amount of the same substance. Most likely, there was a reason that its body was secreting this substance.
This kind of thing is harmless at first, but after a certain amount. This would cause his thoughts to become abnormal.
By studying the black pepper, Lin had discovered the cause of this phenomenon. It was some kind of electric current, probably produced by the Brain-Creation Monster when it bit.
Due to the fact that it was very difficult to detect, Lin hadn't noticed it at all. Now, however, Lin had discovered the same 'induced electricity' in another creature.
This had something to do with the creature that created the 'Ground Bug' that Lin had discovered earlier …
The creator of the Ground Bug didn't take in any nutrients. At that time, Lin had been waiting there, and recently, she had finally found a creature that came to feed it.
This creature could be said to be … an electric discharge type of creature. It looked like a parasite called a louse, but its body was more than a meter long, and its two front limbs had been transformed into electric organs.
This creature was responsible for feeding the creator of the Ground Bug, and it usually lived a life of hunting. There didn't seem to be anything special about it, but its electric discharge ability was rather special. It would damage the endocrine system of some creatures that were electrocuted, which was very similar to the effect that Black Pepper had.
Most likely, the brain-created monsters had a similar ability, because this … Let's call it 'electric louse'. It was the same as the brain-created monsters, a creature left behind by the subspecies.
However, the brain-created monsters had a deeper effect on Black Pepper. It could cause Black Pepper to have nightmares and many other situations, and these nightmares weren't imagined by Black Pepper's own thoughts, but were fixed.
In fact, it was hard to believe that Black Pepper's behavior was caused by a single brain-created monster. It was likely that there was something else that was continuously affecting Black Pepper.
Besides, where was the east that Black Pepper kept talking about?
If Lin wanted to solve this problem, she had to keep Black Pepper in a frenzy … Perhaps at some point, Black Pepper would point in that direction.
The night was slowly getting darker. Susumi had finished the first round of selection for the Emerald Dragons. She had selected quite a number of elite Emerald Dragons, and just as Lin thought, Susumi didn't trust the Emerald Dragons who reported their battle results. Susumi had chosen the Emerald Dragons that she or Susumi had personally witnessed in battle.
After the Emerald Dragons had eaten a feast of roasted scorpions, they began to use simple branches and stones to build temporary huts, forming a huge camp. Almost all of the Emerald Dragons slept in these huts. Since it was easy to be ambushed like this, Susumi had also built some 'watchtowers' around the area, with some Emerald Dragons standing guard on top of them.
Other than Black Pepper and the guards on top of the watchtowers, the surrounding Emerald Dragons had all entered the huts. The surroundings were quiet.
Black Pepper seemed to be tired at this time, and it stopped struggling. However, it still didn't sleep, and its eyes were fixed in one direction.
Lin didn't enter the huts either. Instead, she lay on the grass near Black Pepper and observed it.
Other than the sound of the wind, there was no other sound. Lin had a feeling that something was about to happen …
"Something's happening over there!" On a watchtower nearby, an Emerald Dragon said to its companion.
"What's going on?" The other Emerald Dragon looked at the dark forest swaying in the night wind and asked curiously, "What did you see?"
"There was something white in the forest just now …" The Emerald Dragon said, "I've never seen white creatures here before."
"Maybe it's a Skeleton Dragon?" The other Emerald Dragon said, "I wonder if there's a community of those creatures nearby."
"Would they be in the scorpions' territory?"
Just as the two Emerald Dragons were discussing, several white figures suddenly rushed through the forest. They ran past the watchtowers at an extremely fast speed, and rushed into the camp without the Emerald Dragons noticing.
"Caw …" These white creatures whispered to each other and quickly approached a certain direction …
Where Black Pepper was.
Lin noticed the footsteps echoing in the camp. She immediately had the spy change its color and waited for the target to come closer. As the footsteps got closer, Lin confirmed the figure of the approaching figure through the starlight in the sky.
These are … Skeleton Dragons? At first, Lin thought that it was a scorpions sneaking in to ambush them. Why are they Skeleton Dragons?
There were five Skeleton Dragons in total. They looked around nervously and walked to Black Pepper's side. One of the Skeleton Dragons took out a red object and placed it on Black Pepper's head …
Is that … a split-brain? Things seemed to be getting interesting.
After the split-brain was placed on Black Pepper's head, it didn't seem to have any special reaction. However, Lin felt that it released some brainwaves. The Skeleton Dragons immediately picked up the split-brain and were about to release the ropes binding Black Pepper, as if to take it away.
But … Whoosh!
The Skeleton Dragon that was released from the ropes looked at its chest in disbelief. There was a spear sticking out of it. It didn't even have the chance to scream before it fell to the ground.
The remaining four Skeleton Dragons immediately turned around and saw Susumi, Mukla, and a few Emerald Dragons standing behind them. There were even more Emerald Dragons surrounding them.
In fact, the Emerald Dragons weren't the only ones on night watch in the watchtowers. Many of them were still in the huts and hadn't slept yet. They must have noticed the commotion here, including Susumi.
"Caw …" The Skeleton Dragons looked around in panic. Susumi and the Emerald Dragons around her seemed to be surprised as well. No matter which Emerald Dragon it was, they probably thought that this was a sneak attack by scorpions. However, they didn't expect to see the Skeleton Dragons attacking Black Pepper …
However, Susumi didn't care that much. At her command, all the Emerald Dragons rushed forward. The Skeleton Dragons fell into a pool of blood in an instant.
During the fight, Lin noticed that the Skeleton Dragons didn't seem to be as strong as the Skeleton Dragons that were commonly seen. Although they were still tall and strong, they didn't seem to be as strong as the Emerald Dragons.
Lin speculated that this was a very different kind of Skeleton Dragon. After they were killed, their bodies were buried by the Emerald Dragons. Then, the Emerald Dragons returned to the huts as if nothing had happened …
However, this was already a lot of information for Lin.
The split-brain that the Skeleton Dragons took out earlier fell to the ground. Fortunately, it wasn't trampled in the fight just now. Lin picked up the split-brain and placed it on Black Pepper's head.
Black Pepper looked fine, but the split-brain seemed to react to Black Pepper. It began to produce a stronger signal.
Perhaps the Skeleton Dragons used this signal to find Black Pepper … For now, Lin could only speculate that they might be the same kind of Skeleton Dragons that were affected by the split-brain and began to build strange buildings.
Could it be that if they were deeply affected, they would do something even stranger? This seemed to be a possibility.
In any case, Lin had already found a clue. She noticed that the split-brain's strong signal would be sent in one direction …
And that direction should be … Scorpions' 'city'. Heavenly Astronomy.
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