Do You Like It? (1)
The chains on his ankles swayed slightly, glinting silver in the sunlight, looking more like ornaments than shackles.
The shimmering flicker swept across his eyes like a sharp snow-white blade cutting through the darkness.
At that moment, memories from before the blackout flooded into Shi An’s mind like an open flood.
He was forced to regain his true form in full view of everyone, the nearly erupted Luosi volcano, the almost ripe abyssal rift…
And the almost uncontrollable rage.
Then what?
He seemed a bit exhausted. So, was that why he passed out?
Shi An: “…”
Hold on?
This wasn’t right…
Was there something vital missing in the middle?
He stared at the chain of his ankle with a dull expression, blinking slowly, his brain like a rusty hinge, accompanied by the rotation of a creaking and arduous sound.
It felt like…
The game had just started and after stepping back to take a nap, I found the blood-red words of a “game over” that appeared on the screen when I opened my eyes.
Shi An tentatively reached out his hand, grabbed his ankle silver chain, and pulled at it hard.
The chain issued a clanking metal clanging sound, but it was solid, with no signs of loosening.
Shi An frowned. His fingertips were covered with a layer of silver-white hard scales, which looked sharp as if they could cut gold and break jade.
The silver chain was engraved with intricate patterns that faintly lit up.
Shi An hissed and retracted his hand.
He looked at his fingertips in the sunlight.
Although there was no apparent superficial injury, the skin was slightly reddened.
This chain was specially built for dragons and was even able to suppress his lineage ability to some extent.
–Could it be the group of people from the Bureau?
But… It shouldn’t be.
In theory, as a team led by a dragon slayer, shouldn’t the first thing they did be to hurry up and kill the dragon while it was weak after discovering it?
And they had also witnessed his transformation, so there was no worry about catching the wrong person.
Shi An was confused.
He blinked blankly. He suddenly seemed to think of something, stretched out his hand, carefully lifted the quilt on his body, and glanced inside.
“…”
A complex expression of speechlessness appeared on Shi An’s face.
One more question.
Why was he naked?
***
The abyssal rift was closed.
The word “closed” seemed inaccurate. The most accurate word to describe it should be “blown flat.”
In the past, even if the Eye of the Abyss disappeared, a scar would be left on the ground that could not be repaired, but this time it was different. The crack disappeared entirely and was replaced by a vast crater, and the heat around it remained for days.
But at least this time, the abyssal species was cleaned up very well.
In response to the cause of this disaster, the top authorities of the Luosi District did not release any news.
However, the raging fire that almost burned the whole world out could be seen even thousands of meters away that night.
Some speculated that the government was experimenting with new lethal weapons and others said that new unknown magical creatures had been discovered. There were even some religious conspiracy theories, all with different opinions.
Unlike the people’s wild speculations, the existence of dragons was no longer a secret to the high-ups in each district.
So, they began to press the Bureau for an explanation.
Even though they pompously said it was out of consideration for each district’s population, they all had ulterior motives. Every section wanted to get a piece of the action from this matter. Even the higher-ups in the Aiwen District took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, hoping to squeeze out the dragon’s whereabouts or any relevant clues from the Bureau.
The place where it had been hiding before.
Whether it was strong or not.
Whether it could be killed.
Any weaknesses… etc.
The Bureau’s response to every district was the same.
–Don’t know.
They were not lying.
The higher-ups in the Bureau honestly did not know the answers to these questions either.
Even more so, they didn’t know that one of the most elite combat squads in the Bureau had witnessed the dragon’s transformation and knew its cover identity that it had used in human society.
In this matter, Wen Yao respected the chief’s decision and did not report it to the top.
Their men were well-trained elites and knew perfectly well what to say and what not to say, and after so many years of fighting beside Mu Heng, their mouths were sealed tight.
After the battle in the volcanic crater, most were slightly or seriously injured and received a complete set of medical protection services provided by the Bureau.
To them, the past few days were like a bizarre dream.
No one thought the gentle, harmless-looking young man would actually be the legendary dragon.
This event was comparable to a nuclear bomb explosion or lightning in a clear sky. Even now, thinking about it made people feel dazed. It almost seemed that everything existed only in their fantasies.
Regarding… their leader hiding a dragon, only three people knew about this.
Wen Yao, Zhuo Fu, and Mu Heng, himself.
Regarding dragons, Zhuo Fu and Wen Yao had conflicting opinions. After several arguments, neither of them could convince the other.
As for Mu Heng…
No one knew what he was thinking.
Their chief became more temperamental and unpredictable coming from the volcanic crater that day.
No one knew what Mu Heng thought when he found out Shi An was a dragon and what shocking waves were hidden beneath that seemingly calm and unruffled exterior.
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