Chapter 42： 42nd

With Rong Heng's little understanding of the dragon clan, the cubs of the dragon clan usually have a long growth period. The dragons are huge in size and strong in physical quality, and it takes a long time to fully mature.

It's like a balloon that keeps expanding, but the inside is actually empty.

That night, after everyone fell asleep, Rong Heng quietly walked out of the bedroom.

Rong Heng transformed into a human form, picked him up with light movements, carefully inspected his body from beginning to end,

Because of the rapid growth during this period, the small horns on the top of the cub's head also appeared, and the short rounded section protruded, just like the cub himself, it looked round and harmless; the bat behind him Compared with the chubby body, the wings are still a little miniature, but the bat wings have developed very strong bones, and even have blunt white bone spurs.

Except for excess fat and excess weight, the whole cub looks very healthy.

Rong Heng pressed his forehead again, feeling his mental state.

Also very peaceful.

There seems to be no problem.

Is it really just entering the developmental period?

But he had never heard of a dragon growing so fast.

Rong Heng put the cub back, and his doubts remained.

The little dragon cub, who slept soundly, didn't know anything about it, and was still snoring happily. He didn't know what he was dreaming about in the dream, he closed his eyes and rubbed on the soft cushion, humming softly from his nose, and then Rong Heng saw him unconsciously stretch out his claws, groping around for a while, and grabbed one. Put the gem in your mouth.

Crunch, crunch.

The living room remembered the sour chewing sound, and after a while, it was quiet again.

The little dragon cub snorted and slept soundly.

Is there something wrong with the gem?

Rong Heng's eyes fell on those gems, and he picked one up and looked at it carefully. It was indeed a gem, and there was nothing wrong with it.

He has never heard of the saying that dragons can grow rapidly by eating gems.

Meditated silently for a while, Rong Heng couldn't think of the key, so he could only switch back to the cub form and go back to the bedroom.

Looks like I'll have to contact Hector tomorrow to ask.

In the early morning, before Ruan Shiqing woke up, he heard the cries of the little dragon cubs in the living room.

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Ruan Shiqing woke up suddenly, put on his clothes and went out to check the situation.

I saw the little dragon cub sitting on the ground, holding the gem box and crying, looking very pitiful: "My gems are a lot less woo woo woo woo"

"Less gems?" Ruan Shiqing stepped forward and saw no change: "Isn't there still that many?"

"Ten less." Xiaolongzai sniffed and choked: "I counted it last night."

The gem box is now his most precious thing. Every night before going to bed, he will pour the gems on the cushion and play with them one by one. When I was tired, I lay down on it to sleep. When you wake up the next day, gather up the gems on the cushion, put them back in the gem box, and take them to school.

In fact, he felt that the gems seemed to be missing a little before, but he just thought that he had misremembered and didn't take it seriously until he got up yesterday morning, and the little dragon cub found his favorite ruby It's gone, that's when I realized it wasn't right.

He was sure that the ruby ​​was still there before he went to sleep, but when he woke up, it was gone.

The little dragon cub only got his eyesight. He counted the gems carefully before going to bed last night. He only opened his eyes this morning, so he got up and counted the gems.

The result is unbelievable, there are ten missing!

The little dragon cub was stunned. The more he thought about the gem box, the more sad he became, and he couldn't help crying.

The little mermaid and the little fox were also awakened by his cry, and they searched around for it, but they did not find any missing gems in the living room.

"Are you sure you remember the number correctly?"

Ruan Shiqing also helped to find it again. There are not many things in the living room. He even asked 09 to verify the surveillance and determined that no outsiders had invaded the home.

It's impossible for a good gem to run away on its own, so I can only wonder if the little brat slept and remembered the wrong number.

Little Dragon Cub shook his head, with a firm tone: "Remember!"

Gems are few!

The little boy's mouth is pouted enough to hang an oil can.

Rong Heng in the bedroom finally couldn't listen anymore. He came out of the bedroom and hit Ruan Shiqing's leg with his head.

Ruan Shiqing picked him up: "What does Xueqiu want to say?"

Rong Heng tapped his brain, skillfully called up the virtual keyboard, and started typing: [It's himself, sleepwalking, eating. ]

Mr. Rong explained before that when Xueqiu was at home, he did very well in language classes. Although he couldn't speak, he could communicate through words. In order to facilitate him to communicate with people, he was specially equipped with a miniature intellectual brain.

But knowing is knowing, this is the first time Xueqiu has communicated with him by typing.

Ruan Shiqing looked slightly surprised, and after seeing what he wrote, he was speechless.

"How did you know?"

Rong Heng continued typing: [Get up and drink water, I see. ],

Turning his gaze to the little dragon cub, Ruan Shiqing could not imagine what the operation of sleepwalking eating the gem would be, he squatted down and let the little dragon cub open his mouth.

"Ah—" The little dragon cub opened his mouth wide.

Ruan Shiqing checked his teeth, they were white and neat, and the little tiger teeth were very sharp, not worn, and very healthy.

But when I think about it, this is a dragon, maybe it can really chew gems as jelly beans. He suddenly became uncertain again, and could only take the cubs to the workroom to obtain the monitoring of the protection system.

The monitoring archive was opened, and the cubs gathered around the virtual screen, watching nervously.

As the time on the video continued to advance, everyone could see that the little dragon cub in the video was still sleeping soundly with the jewel in his head at first, but after a while, he began to get restless, Little Claw groped around, grabbed a handful of gems and stuffed it into his mouth.

The crunch from the speakers made my teeth sore.

Pause the video where the little dragon cub was crunching gems, Ruan Shiqing pinched the little dragon cub's cheek helplessly: "Does your tooth hurt?"

Toothache is not a disease, it can be fatal. Dental health is very important.

The little dragon cub shook his head dumbly, he still hasn't recovered from the shock that the missing gem was actually eaten by himself while he was sleeping.

The little fox tilted his head and glanced at him. Before he could react, he quickly took out a gem from the gem box and stuffed it into his mouth.

Bite so hard that she choked her teeth.

!"

The little mermaid next to her held back a smile and handed her a tissue.

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"What are you doing?!"

The recovered little dragon cub widened his eyes, took out the bitten gem in disgust, and carefully wiped it clean before putting it back in the box again.

He didn't shed tears at the moment, but he held the gem box and began to worry: "What if I eat all the gems?"

When I asked this question, the little dragon cub was very serious, with an expression that the sky was about to collapse.

Ruan Shiqing was amused by him and laughed, and rubbed his little head: "Dad will buy it for you after eating it all."

He looked at the cub's body, which had grown a lot taller, and wondered if the little dragon cub suddenly began to develop, whether it had something to do with these gems. But now he already knows that dragons do not eat gems, and there is no data to show that gems can promote the development of dragons. Ruan Shiqing felt a sudden shock in his heart. Although the little dragon cub looks very healthy now, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no problems for a long time.

Until everything is clear, you can't be so used to it.

After thinking about the stakes, Ruan Shiqing immediately changed his mouth: "I don't know if I eat too much gems, and I don't know if it will be indigestion. Until my father figure it out, don't eat it, you know? "

The little dragon cub was also reluctant to eat gems, he hugged the gem box tightly, and nodded obediently.

The truth about the disappearance of the gem was revealed. After breakfast, the cubs were sent to school.

The morning class was an activity class, Rong Heng sneaked out of the school while the cubs were playing.

Looking for a secluded place, he dialed Hector's communication.

The communication took a long time to connect: "What's the matter?"

The virtual image of Hector appeared in front of him, as if he had just returned from the outside, and even his eyebrows were frozen.

"You landed on the unknown star?" Rong Heng asked.

Get ready to get out of here tomorrow. It's better to be floating in space than this hell."

The reason for sending Hector to go to the unknown star to explore the way was partly to spare him, but now that he said that the environment of the unknown star is bad, Rong Heng did not force it, he went straight to the topic, and mentioned this time The purpose of communication.

"Suppose a dragon cub that has just broken its shell suddenly grows up rapidly, what do you think is the reason?"

Hector: ? ? ? ?

Danger Langdang: "Dragon clan is considered an adult at the age of sixty, and the cubs that have just broken their shells are just a little older? How fast can they grow? This assumption is not true."

Rong Heng:…

"No hormones." He looked unhappy: "Is there no exception?"

"I didn't say it, it's fake, or it's on hormones, you choose one."

Hector held the cigarette **** between his fingers, knocked on the console, and leaned closer to the camera: "Why do you suddenly ask such a question?" He narrowed his eyes, his golden dragon eyes stood up, with scrutiny.

"It's Dareth." Rong Heng did not change his face: "He has a new dragon girlfriend, and the other party also brought a cub, that cub has some problems recently, So please let me ask you."

"I just said why His Royal Highness suddenly cared about dragon cubs." Hector looked more serious: "Then I suggest that she take the cubs for an examination first."

Rong Heng ignored this sentence and put forward a new hypothesis: "This cub once stayed in the egg for a long time before breaking the shell, it is estimated that it was more than 100 years. This kind of Is it possible that the situation is causing the pups to develop abnormally?"

"Impossible." Hector retorted: "A dragon egg only takes three years from birth to its shell breaking. How could it take more than a hundred years to hatch. Dragon egg-"

Before he finished speaking, he was stunned for a moment.

—He couldn't help thinking of the egg from many years ago. He and Garland had been in the Russo star nest for more than twenty years, just to hatch that dragon egg.

Unfortunately…

It is said that many dragons think that if the cub stays in the dragon egg for too long, it means that the cub is very weak and will choose to give up hatching. But in fact, this is not the case, the cub will continue to accumulate strength in the dragon egg , After the cubs break their shells, use the dragon crystal to guide and stimulate the cubs reasonably, which can promote the rapid growth of the cubs."

This statement can be compared with that dragon cub.

Although the dragon cub looks very lively and healthy, for the dragon family, his horns and bat wings are indeed inherently deficient.

"What is Dragon Crystal?" Rong Heng had never heard of such a thing.

"A kind of ore." Hector explained: "Deeply hidden under the gemstone veins, it is also a kind of gemstone in a broad sense, but it is a little different from gemstones. Internal storage Some kind of very large, but very beneficial energy to the dragon, can promote the growth and development of the cub, and can also increase the strength of the adult dragon."

When he was young and vigorous, he dug all over the veins of Lusuo star, and only got a small bag.

In a broad sense, it is also a kind of gemstone... Rong Heng suspected that the gem of the little dragon cub might have been mixed with Longjing.

"How to distinguish dragon crystal from gem?"

Hector spreads his hands: "I don't know, at least I don't. The similarity between dragon crystals and gems is very high, and it is easy to confuse them. Only professional scholars can distinguish them."

At first he was only responsible for mining, and the dragon crystals were extracted by Garland.

I really didn't want to mention Garland, he thought about it and said: "Actually, I also hid a bag of dragon crystals in Lusuo star, if you want, I can tell you the coordinates, you can get it back by yourself Do a comparison."

Rong Heng pondered for a moment, this is the only way at present.

He hadn't heard of Dragon Crystal for so many years, and he didn't know everything about the Dragon Clan. Now it's too easy to expose himself to someone, so it's better to bring a bag of Dragon Crystal back for comparison.

"Thank you, you send me the coordinates, and I'll ask Dareth to pick it up."

Hector sent him the coordinates, which cut off the communication.

He squatted in the driver's seat, looked at the ice field outside the window, and muttered to himself for a while: "Those dragon crystals have been saved for so long and have not come in handy, I hope this time there will be some Use it."

Rong Heng got the coordinates, but did not notify Dareth.

At this time, Dareth should have arrived in Yanjisi, and it is not realistic for him to go to Lusuo Star to get the dragon crystal. After thinking about it, it is safe to go there himself.

After thinking for a while, Rong Heng sent another text message to Ruan Shiqing: [Mr. Ruan, because something happened at home, I need a pick-up line to go home, I will have someone pick him up in the afternoon. Return to B3024 star in about ten days. ]

After all this. Rong Heng just climbed over the fence and returned to the school.

After receiving Mr. Rong's text message, Ruan Shiqing called 09 to pack Xueqiu's things.

When I went to pick up the cubs after school in the afternoon, I also specially asked Xueqiu for ten days off.

When they got home, the cubs knew that Snowball was leaving.

The little dragon cub pounced on Rong Heng and rubbed against him: "Then when are you coming back?"

Although it is a coquettish action, the little dragon cub now has the momentum of Taishan pressing the top.

Being caught off guard by him, Rong Heng couldn't bear it.

He pulled away the heavy little dragon cub with a sullen face, but was hugged by the little fox again, and even the little mermaid was lying on the edge of the pool, stretched out his head and tugged at his ears, the blue His eyes were fixed on him.

The cubs are waiting for his answer.

“…”

Forget it, don't be angry.

It's not worth being angry with a group of cubs.

His Royal Highness the Prince broke free from the siege of the cubs, called up the virtual screen, and typed: [Ten days later. ]

But the cubs have only just started to learn the phonetic symbols of Interstellar Common Language, and they don't know the words.

The little dragon cub stretched his neck and stared for a while, then turned his head and asked the little fox in a low voice, "What did he write?"

Nota shook her head and whispered, "I don't know."

Rong Heng, who was all listening: "..."

He said, if you don't study, sooner or later you will become spicy chicken.

I don't know such a simple word, two little spicy chickens.

"You will be back in ten days?"

Rong Heng glanced at the android and was slightly satisfied.

In the end, the whole army is not wiped out, and there is a smart one.

After dinner, the person who came to pick up Rong Heng arrived.

The people were sent by Morrie, but in the name of Mr. Rong.

After Ruan Shiqing confirmed the identity of the other party, she handed over the snowball and a small suitcase to the other party.

"When you get home, remember to report safety." Ruan Shiqing rubbed the cub's head.

Rong Heng made a soft "woo" and rubbed his hand again, saying goodbye.

After returning to Feita Manor, he changed back to human form, drove the shuttle to leave the B3024 star, and went straight to the Russo star.

The star of Russo is located in Syracuse in the northeast region, while the star B3024 is located in the central administrative region. The distance is very far.

After letting Noah plan the nearest route, Rong Heng drove "Glory", increased the speed to the fastest, and began to pass through the transition channels.

Some of these transition channels are artificially erected, and some are developed from natural wormholes. Most of the natural wormholes are not stable enough, and the interior is full of meteorite groups. A little carelessness may lead to a space accident, which greatly tests the driver's driving skills and reaction ability.

Rong Heng's attention increased to the extreme, and after four days of restless sleep, he finally entered the Syracuse region.

Leaving the driving right to Noah, Rong Heng went to rest in the rest cabin. Five hours later, Noah woke up Rong Heng and told him that he was about to arrive at Lusuo Star.

Lusso star is full of volcanoes, looking from the dark space, it is a fiery red planet.

The planet is surrounded by several space bases, and many transport ships are hovering around, and countless shuttles travel between them to transport the mined ores to the transport ships.

The invisible device was turned on, and the electronic identification code was changed. Rong Heng easily mixed into the shuttle team and sailed to the surface of Lusso.

There are almost no dragons living on the star of Lusuo. Eighty percent of the land here is being mined. There are almost no other buildings on the ground except for the large apron and warehouse.

After entering the atmosphere, Rong Heng left the shuttle team and drove to the other side.

The remaining 20% ​​of the land on Russo is almost all dormant active volcanoes.

This is the burial ground of the dragon family and the hatching place of the dragon cubs. Every dragon has an active volcano with its own signature. When they hatched a dragon egg and needed to hatch, they would return to the star of Russo to hatch the dragon egg with the help of the high temperature of the active volcano.

The dragon crystal mentioned by Hector is also hidden here.

According to the coordinates given by Hector, Rong Heng successfully found the volcano he signed.

Giving control of "Glory" to Noah, Rong Heng opened the hatch and jumped directly into the crater.

Inside the volcano, the lava is boiling and the temperature is hot.

In the thick smoke, Rong Heng climbed along the steep rock wall and found what Hector called the hatching nest - that is actually a space dug into the rock wall with only ten entrances. About meters, but after entering, I found that it was a different place.

Rong Heng didn't have time to learn about the dragon's hatching nest. According to Hector's words, he quickly found the storage room, and then found the box where the dragon crystal was stored.

The box was covered with dust, Rong Heng frowned and opened it, but found nothing inside.

? ? ?

After confirming again and again that the box is really empty and there are no other boxes in the storage room, Rong Heng returned to "Glory" with a sullen face.

After taking a quick shower and washing away the dust, I dialed Hector's communication again.

"Have you found the dragon crystal?"

"The box is empty."

The two spoke at the same time, and at last they were silent.

"Empty?" Hector couldn't believe it: "How could it be empty? The dragon crystal is indeed there, I won't remember it wrong."

"It was taken by someone else."

Running for nothing, Rong Heng was in a very bad mood.

"Impossible." Hector resolutely said: "I haven't touched those dragon crystals, and... he can't possibly take them. Those development teams outside are forbidden to approach the hatching nest. Dragon crystals Impossible to lose."

"But in fact it just disappeared." Rong Heng squeezed his eyebrows, cut off the communication, and made Noah prepare to return.

Hector sat back, fingers unconsciously rubbing his brain.

He wanted to contact Garland to ask, but when his finger touched the communication number, he hesitated again.

"It can't be him," he murmured.

When Garland left, he said that he would never come back here, nor would he be allowed to come back.

The hatching nest they dug together has been sealed for more than a hundred years.