Chapter 401: Alien Dragon
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"The alien activity area is currently in these places, but there should only be one queen. The message from the young miss has arrived, we start searching together, drag the queen out, and then cleanse the remaining aliens."
Treya had already received the relevant information from the base and opened the electronic map of the Pandora star region that is current.
You can see that the distributor had some ideas; although the number of aliens was still not large, they were spread out quite widely, with alien traces even found near the borders of the desert!
So far, it looks a bit like scattering the eggs laid by the queen everywhere, but the overall number of alien eggs is still insufficient, hence it's estimated that there's only one queen.
"What about the Na'vi? Still uncooperative?"
Tao Yu looked at a thick arrow nailed outside the command room's window and asked casually.
He didn't have much sympathy for the Na'vi.
Trying to affect his share of the mining profits was absolutely unacceptable.
"They even believe that aliens are also a product of nature, and think that we should not interfere with the natural balance, which is somewhat stubborn."
Treya also felt a bit speechless when saying this.
Letting the aliens reach a natural balance, this...
Could overpower a new development zone base.
"Alright, we'll set off too, I'll have Kisame and Yao lead teams to search as well."
Tao Yu was also somewhat speechless about the Na'vi, but right now he didn't have the time to deal with them.
Previously, the alien sightings were minor and confined, not causing any serious concern.
It's very likely that pioneers were responsible for skill development purposes.
But now it's clear that it's purely for destruction.
"Good, we have our own flying vehicles here. Although they will malfunction after leaving the Pandora region and haven't been adjusted yet, they are still very effective for searching nearby."
Treya spoke rapidly.
RDA now can manufacture its flying vehicles, although not many in number, but enough to disperse for reconnaissance and attack!
Though there is conflict with the Na'vi, we haven't destroyed their homes and holy mountains; the scale of the conflict is still controllable for now.
Compared to these natives, the alien crisis is much more urgent.
"Fine, my mount should be ready too, I'll give it a try. You guys can use the flying vehicles."
Tao Yu was ready to test his own alien dragon, which was about to finish assimilating the nutrients from several quality zombies.
And since this creature would be his mount, likely making regular appearances, he saw no need for concealment.
"You have a flying mount?"
Treya was a bit curious, thinking it was some sort of local small dragon like the Ikran.
Actually, she also had a personal flying device, but they were not as convenient as RDA's flying vehicles for this kind of search.
"Yeah, I got it a while ago, and it's almost successful."
Tao Yu opened the command room's hatch, jumped down, and landed on the cracked tarmac.
Then he made a hand gesture.
The next moment, his shadow behind him shook violently, as though some colossal creature was struggling inside.
Treya, who had just followed him out, saw a massive, sinister claw reach out from Tao Yu's shadow and slam onto the tarmac with a bang, sending stones flying and scratching deep marks on the surface.
Then another one followed!
Like prying open a seam, something kept squeezing through Tao Yu's shadow and finally revealed a head with an auxiliary mouth, the standard head of an alien creature!
Even with only half of its body out, one could glimpse the size of this alien.
Roar~
With a high-pitched roar, the alien dragon exerted effort, and its body, appearing somewhat shadowy and 'slimy,' continued to squeeze out from behind.
The alien dragon was too large to merge with the shadow for everyday carrying.
Even with necromancy, it was difficult to emerge, but the Corpse Refining Art granted by Tao Yu allowed it to 'squeeze' out from the shadow at certain moments during its emergence.
However, each time took a bit of time.
Clang clang~
As the alien dragon flapped its claws and wings, its massive body was finally fully revealed.
With a wingspan of thirty to forty meters, its body covered in metallic alien exoskeleton, horned on its head, and the sinister dragon head with its auxiliary mouth, its eyes blood-red.
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Wrapped in a faint mist of ink-like black residue left from its shadow transformation, the creature appeared incredibly majestic.
Seeing such a massive being, Treya's face showed surprise once again.
She thought she had a good grasp of Tao Yu's strength, but she hadn't expected him to have such a huge mount!
And to think it could climb out of a shadow?
This refreshed her understanding yet again.
"Not bad."
Tao Yu was feeling the Alien Dragon's strength and was quite satisfied.
Aside from flight and power, it also had the ability to spew acid breath.
Moreover, because it could partially shadowfy, it had numerous tactics in combat, and if injured, it could slowly recover through the power of shadows.
"When travelling, I can use shadowy True Yuan to help condition it and continue strengthening it; its potential for growth is not low."
Tao Yu stroked the sturdy exoskeleton of the head, then whistled. Little Black eagerly ran over, climbed onto the Alien Dragon's head, and grasped its antlers to act as the pilot.
Tao Yu also leaped up, landed securely on the back of the Alien Dragon, and then waved to Treya,
"Let's split up and search. I'll see if Little Black can pick up the scent of other Queens."
"Okay…"
Mwah~
Accompanied by another roar, the Alien Dragon flapped its wings and took to the sky, creating a whirlwind and leaving a shadow on the ground before sweeping over the dense forests of Pandora…
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A giant Alien, nearly ten meters in size, had a long and agile body but also hands capable of free movement, much like a human's, and kept leaping between the trees.
But in the next moment, a shadow fell from above.
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A pair of talons exploded its head.
It then grabbed the entire corpse and took flight, with copious amounts of acidic blood spilling everywhere, sizzling as it corroded the nearby trees and emitting white smoke.
Many leaves also showed pitted hollow corrosion holes.
As the Yuan Force began to converge, Tao Yu used the Great Shift of Qiankun to draw the item to his hand while the Alien Dragon relaxed its claws, dropping the corpse to the ground.
"A duplicate, but still sells for money."
Handling the claw, Tao Yu casually tossed it into the Corpse Hiding Mirror.
Gazing down at the dense forest below, his eyes took on a deep and mysterious expression.
So far, the number of Aliens was still small; this area probably hadn't experienced mass reproduction. It seemed more like isolated Alien eggs infesting hosts.
And this particular Alien showed no signs of capturing prey alive; it probably didn't know where the Queen was.
"Even if Alien eggs are being distributed everywhere, they need people. Finding human traces would work too."
The dragon flapped its wings, with strong gusts blowing in Tao Yu's face, making his clothing and hair flutter.
"No detection?"
Tao Yu glanced at Little Black clinging to the dragon's antler, prompting Little Black to quickly shake its head.
The fragments of Pandora were too vast, and even though it wasn't the entire planet that fell, the area of this rainforest exceeded that of a great and beautiful nation.
The scale of a rainforest from a past war was already tremendously frightening.
In such a complex region now, they'd probably have to live symbiotically with the Aliens for quite some time.
This was much more troublesome than clearing out Rainforest 01 back then, whether it be the difficulty in increasing the Aliens' own strength or the difficulty of the search.
"The main thing is to establish an Alien surveillance system, to continue hunting the Queens, keeping their numbers within certain limits… Hmm?"
Tao Yu's vision was sharp enough to see even through the dense canopy below, with its multilayered layers.
Even just through the occasional gaps in the leaves, he could quickly make out many details on the ground below.
There—the movement of a human figure!
Although it was likely just a Pioneer completing a task or exploring the area, Tao Yu decided to go and investigate.
Whoosh~
The Alien Dragon flapped its wings and rushed in that direction at high speed…