Chapter 80

Several layers of magical barriers emitting different colored glows enveloped a giant egg that almost required two people to encircle it. Whether it was the rock platform or the floor and ceiling of the hall, they were all engraved with mysterious and intricate patterns, the material of which seemed to have a high affinity for elemental forces.

The floor was spotless, and more than a dozen crystals, each about the size of a human head, were distributed in various corners, serving as nodes, clearly not natural formations.

If there was no mistake, what Lin默 and Su saw should be a large magic array, which had been running for an unknown period, perhaps a few years, decades, or even centuries. The magic array continued to draw in indescribable and obscure energy fluctuations from the surroundings, converging towards the central rock platform.

"Probably left by some giant beast. Let's leave quickly, or those guys will catch up again."

More than two hours ago, the metal dragon sensed that many metallic objects had entered the mountain. Those dragon hunters and people from Portland seemed to have found and excavated the cave entrance buried under the snow and ice, which had collapsed.

With the help of magic, the human race in this world was far more capable of dealing with such situations than Earth civilization, which would probably still be looking for excavators.

But here, just one earth mage could solve all the problems.

The mysterious fluctuations gathered around the giant egg increasingly gave Lin默 a sense of familiarity. A sudden movement in his memory, and he seemed to recall something, lightly tapping his head and exclaiming, "Wait, I remember. Spatial attribute, it should be a silver dragon's egg. Although I've never seen one, the elders in the Dragon Rider Corps mentioned it."

The energy fluctuations drawn by the magic array seemed to be the special energy of the spatial attribute.

Although the dragon rider only had a light attribute affinity, he had felt this special fluctuation in the spatial turbulence, especially from a spatial silver dragon that left a deep impression on him.

"Silver dragon?" The metal dragon Su shivered all over for no reason and hurriedly said, "Then let's go quickly? Waiting to be eaten by a dragon? Silver dragons are the natural enforcers of the dragon race. I don't want to fall into their hands."

It looked around, fearing that a silver dragon might suddenly appear and give it a severe beating. After all, it and this human had already invaded a silver dragon's egg nest, and the giant egg was clearly still in the hatching process.

Any species would go to any lengths, even at the cost of their lives, to protect their breeding grounds. Invaders would face the most frenzied attacks.

The terrifying aspect of spatial silver dragons was their ability to enter the secondary phase at any time. Even though they could be seen, neither physical attacks nor magic, or even curses, could touch their bodies, as if they were illusions, all attacks would fall short. Combined with the spatial dimension's powerful dimensional slash and spatial seal abilities, it meant that no one could attack the silver dragon, while the silver dragon could attack its opponents at will.

Even the most combat-capable metal dragons would only be captured by the silver dragons.

Perhaps the red dawn night flame lion, which defied common sense and occupied the cold mountain cave, was the guardian of the silver dragon's breeding ground. This was not impossible.

"Hmph, Tesserapalía..."

Lin默 seemed to be muttering to himself, giving a heavy cold snort.

Mentioning the spatial silver dragon, he thought of the female silver dragon that forcibly took his battle partner, the metal dragon Gold Coin, the current enforcement captain of the dragon race, Tesserapalía.

"What are you planning to do now?"

Su noticed that Lin默 was clearly distracted and even made a grimacing face, which made it feel somewhat puzzled, although the name was also somewhat familiar.

It began to regret causing trouble by breaking the barrier that sealed the silver dragon's egg nest.

"I have an idea. Do you want to eat a dragon egg?"

Lin默 was talking to a dragon. If anyone else heard such words, they would probably think the dragon rider was crazy, truly crazy. It was no different from discussing with humans how to eat humans, which was simply too terrifying.

"..."

The metal dragon felt its legs go weak. Lin默's words were more terrifying than a curse. It dared not even think about eating a silver dragon's egg, which would certainly result in being hunted by the entire dragon race.

Su's voice trembled as it continued, "I suggest you don't do this! And I've been eating vegetables recently! Let's leave quickly, I have a bad feeling."

If outsiders knew that a fierce metal dragon claimed to be a vegetarian, they would probably laugh until they dropped their jaws.

"Ha ha! Don't worry, Su!"

Lin默 smiled and picked up a few stones from the ground, throwing them into the stone hall to test the way.

Outside the huge barrier that the metal dragon had broken, the "Dragon General" identified that the thick dust on the ground of the passage had not been disturbed for at least a thousand years. From the knowledge of the dragon race that Lin默 obtained in the Dragon Rider Corps, the hatching period of a spatial silver dragon's egg was usually around 100 years, with a maximum of 300 years. A thousand years was enough for a newly hatched young dragon to enter adulthood.

At least 1000 years and a maximum of 300 years, the time difference was obvious. Perhaps the silver dragon egg in this egg nest had already died in the egg, or had even turned into a precious spatial crystal under the influence of the magic array.

A walnut-sized stone hit the ceiling of the hall, and three stones of the same size hit the corners and the rock platform on the left and right. The irregularly shaped stones rolled around on the magic array patterns, making a crisp rolling sound. The last stone, which contained considerable force, knocked a magic crystal out of position in the center of the magic array, causing the entire magic array to slow down immediately.

During this time, no sinister traps seemed to be triggered. But it made sense; if the young dragon hatched and triggered the trap, it would be disastrous, turning the egg nest into a Schrödinger's cat box.

"Hey, don't mess around!"

Metal dragons were always isolated from magic, and Su had no idea what Lin默 was doing. For it, if it wanted to enter, it just needed to lift its leg, but the silver dragon's egg nest scared it.

It couldn't understand why a silver dragon would hide its egg here without placing it in the very safe Sky Dragon City or other element-rich hatching grounds.

"Destroy the magic array!"

The dragon rider continued to use stones to knock the magic crystals, which served as energy nodes, out of position, causing the entire magic array to completely stop. Only a faint, barely perceptible abnormal energy aura remained in the air, and even the magical barrier on the rock platform dimmed.

After confirming it was safe, Lin默 stepped into the stone hall.

"Don't do anything foolish! Let's go, those guys are already coming down."

The metal dragon Su, with its head and neck retracted, warned, refusing to follow Lin默 across the line. It was a fierce dragon, not a foolish teenager.

Moreover, it didn't think that the original inhabitants of the cave, such as the spiky rock fish, heart-eating butterflies, hell spider wolves, and gold-eating ants, could stop the human team composed of elite soldiers, especially since these species had already been slaughtered by it and Morin to the point of near extinction.

"Safe!~"

The "Dragon General" repeatedly scanned the corners of the stone hall with multiple reconnaissance systems. After cautiously advancing a few steps, Lin默 strode towards the central rock platform, each step landing as light as a feather. An anti-gravity field quietly enveloped his entire body, so even if there were other hidden traps on the ground, they wouldn't be easily triggered.

A small pebble was thrown at the silver dragon's giant egg on the rock platform, passing through the magic barrier, which had become ineffective due to the lack of energy, and hit the egg, producing a clear collision sound before bouncing back.

"It seems to be as I thought."

Lin默 nodded, activating the repulsion shield of his tactical armor, slowly rising to the top of the rock platform. He embraced the giant egg with both hands, trying to move it off the platform, with the SEG core unit ready to increase its output power at any time.

"Ah!"

When his hands entered the magic barrier, the dragon rider suddenly exclaimed in surprise, unexpectedly retracting his left hand and using only his right hand to grab the egg.

The multiple layers of magic barriers suddenly expanded when his hand was inserted, like a phantom, strangely dissipating in the air. Even the giant egg, which was more than a person tall, disappeared, but in the dragon rider's right hand was a pale white egg, no larger than a goose egg, identical to the outline of the giant silver dragon egg he had seen before.

This was truly incomprehensible. What he saw with his eyes and what he held in his hands were completely different. Perhaps it was an illusion or a special phase conversion technique that made a goose-egg-sized silver dragon egg appear as large as one that required two people to encircle it.

The silver dragon egg, like white jade, was extremely light in hand. Mysterious runes occasionally appeared and disappeared on the surface of the eggshell, similar to the heart core of the metal dragon Gold Coin that Lin默 had seen before.

He didn't know if it was a dead egg or a live egg, but it had probably been in the egg nest for more than 300 years, perhaps even longer.

"Su? Is the silver dragon egg really this small?"

Lin默 hovered two meters above the ground, holding the egg and waving it at the metal dragon, which dared not cross the line outside the magic array.

"Probably, maybe, possibly, I'm not sure."

The metal dragon Su was also unclear about what other elemental dragon eggs looked like. This was probably a secret of the various elemental dragons, with only information about the hatching period and other details known to outsiders.

He weighed it in his hand, and Lin默 flew out of the egg nest magic array's range with the egg, not bothering to pick up the human-head-sized magic crystals that he had knocked out of position with stones. Misfortune often comes with greed, a profound truth. Moreover, the most precious thing here had already successfully fallen into his hands.

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