Monster Hunter: This fire dragon has special characteristics

Progeny are a big deal for any race. Although the fire dragon adheres to the ecological law of the weak and the strong, and has no concept of needing support from offspring, this is nature, instinct, and an absolute rule engraved in genes.

If you are not like the Fire Dragon, you really can't find your partner, who doesn't want to leave one or two descendants in this world?

A group of fire dragons were so noisy that Luo Yun didn't even have time to think.

A dragon roar fell, and a terrifying sense of oppression instantly enveloped the entire place.

The fire dragons seemed to have pressed the pause button one by one, and there was no sound for an instant. Only then did the tree canopy become quiet.

Luo Yun slowly retracted his outstretched wings, and his blue pupils coldly scanned the group of fire dragons below.

There are only more than thirty fire dragon couples in total who plan to have offspring this year, including a newly promoted fire dragon couple who have experienced battles.

One of them has not hatched yet, and it is the couple who have experienced fire dragons.

To be precise, it is the battle male Fire Dragon and his ordinary female Fire Dragon mate.

Except for these thirty-odd fire dragon couples, the other fire dragons gathered here out of worry. After all, this kind of thing also concerns them. There is no breeding plan this year, which means there will be no breeding plan next year. Of course, they will also fall into panic.

Fortunately, Luo Yun now not only has enough prestige among the fire dragons, but he can also convince all the fire dragons in terms of strength. Therefore, with Luo Yun's comfort, the fire dragons dispersed.

He flapped his wings and flew up into the clouds. The low temperature in the air made his mind clearer. After thinking for a while, Luo Yun glanced around the ancient tree. After confirming his position, he flew towards the middle layer of the ancient tree.

Of all the fire dragon eggs this year, only the middle-level fire dragon couples had a slightly higher hatching rate. Basically, every fire dragon family that laid eggs hatched one or two cubs. Perhaps we can learn from them. See something.

On the cloud, Luo Yun thought about several possibilities.

First, of course, it is because of the magical life energy in this world.

The higher the ecological status of a monster, the lower its fertility rate. This is a general rule in many worlds, and the world of monster hunting is no exception.

The only known exception is a pair of ancient dragons with extremely high ecological niches. Even meeting each other is a problem. Even if they find the other side and have the idea of ​​​​reproducing offspring, they will be summoned by nature with the force of thunder. A bunch of 'thugs' encircled and suppressed them.

After the ecological niche reaches a certain level, the reproduction of the monster's offspring does require a large amount of life energy to assist, so as to ensure the survival of the babies in the eggs and the safety of the mother.

However, here comes the problem. Although due to the symbiotic relationship, the ancient tree fire dragons have mutated to a certain extent, their overall strength has also improved to a certain extent. Even if the mutation continues like this, they may become a new fire dragon in the future. A subspecies is not necessarily reproductively isolated from the original species.

However, in terms of ecological niche, the ancient tree fire dragon group is still similar to the original species in terms of ecological niche. Even in terms of strength, most of the fire dragons in the ancient tree fire dragon group are not even comparable to the ordinary blue fire dragon and cherry fire dragon.

So there is no such thing as insufficient life energy.

Besides, where is this place?

Ancient tree!

The place with the most abundant life energy in the entire ancient tree forest. The leyline corridor nodes of the ancient tree forest, coupled with the filtering of the ancient trees, make the life energy even softer.

Therefore, in terms of overall strength, the monsters in the ancient tree area are stronger than the monsters in other areas, and they have more battle experience.

Such an environment is far enough even for ancient dragons like Xialong who are not picky about their fertility environment.

Not to mention the current group of ancient tree fire dragons.

Therefore, after eliminating the problem of life energy, there are only external factors or internal genetic instability as possibilities.

With a preliminary judgment in mind, Luo Yun quickly arrived at the lair of a fire dragon couple.

The oppressive feeling brought by the silvery white body with a hint of red frightened the fire dragon cubs who were very sensitive to the smell. They screamed loudly, making the cats responsible for taking care of the cubs suddenly feel a little nervous. At a loss.

The female fire dragon, who was flying not far from the nest to relieve her nervousness, immediately roared back as she felt something in her heart.

Before the dragon appeared, an angry roar came over.

He landed in his lair very quickly, spreading his wings wide and roaring at Luo Yun above.

This was just the stress behavior of the female fire dragon's mother. Luo Yun didn't care, but waited for her partner to return.

Soon, he also noticed something strange in his lair, and the male fire dragon that was patrolling the territory arrived belatedly.

Fortunately, unlike female fire dragons, although male fire dragons are also worried about the condition of their cubs, they can basically stay calm most of the time.

Therefore, after flying past Luo Yun, he quickly comforted his partner.

After the fire dragon family below had completely calmed down, Luo Yun slowly landed under a gust of wind pressure.

Amidst Luo Yun's low roar, the female fire dragon reluctantly pushed out the baby fire dragon hiding behind her.

The big-headed cub is as big as ever, but judging from the scales and thorns on its body, it has obvious characteristics of the ancient tree fire dragon group.

Luo Yun looked at it carefully, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong with the cub.

He was obviously in good mental condition, and his body proportions were also good. There was nothing missing in any part of his body, but he looked like he was malnourished.

After looking at the cubs, he looked at the nest next to him. There were still four intact eggs in it, but at this time, there was still no sign of hatching. The color of the eggshell had begun to darken, and it would most likely become dead eggs after a while.

For the newborn fire dragon cubs, these eggs that could not be hatched would become dead eggs and would immediately become food for them and the female fire dragon mother.

After checking, Luo Yun did not stop, but continued to fly in the middle layer of the ancient tree to see the situation of other fire dragon families.

This was a whole day, and after returning to the nest, Luo Yun had more doubts in his heart.

This batch of fire dragon cubs, not only were born young, but why did they all look so thin, like premature babies.

But these cubs were full of energy, and they did not look weak as premature babies should.

Yaji looked at the returning Luo Yun with some concern. She was also a little worried in her heart. She was also afraid that the eggs she laid in the future would become like this, but out of trust in Luo Yun, she believed that Luo Yun could definitely solve it.

"Premature birth, premature birth"

After eating the corpse of the herbivorous dragon brought back by Yaji, Luo Yun felt that he seemed to have found the problem.