Warm Dragon

Volcanoes, snowfields.

This is the opposing ecosystem of ice and fire on Longmian Continent.

The entire continent was covered by the power of the Snow Demon, so that the land was covered under thick ice and snow, becoming an endless snowfield.

But the birth of the dragon broke the seal of the snowfield.

Volcanoes rise from the ground, spewing out scorching lava. This is the roar of the dragon. The power of the dragon flames rolled along the magma, and the heat began to radiate around the volcano, creating a warm oasis.

The Shadow Flame Grand Duchy was established in this way with the birth of the Shadow Flame Dragon. Nearly four hundred years have passed so far.

The power of the Shadow Flame Dragon continues to grow, and the area of ​​​​the country continues to expand.

But the main land still surrounds the volcano, but further away, as the bipedal dragons are born, the ice on the periphery of the volcano also begins to melt, forming warm places like the Youguang River Valley.

The edge of the warm place is the transition zone between ice and fire - the underground cave.

"This is the ice cap, sir." Katie held the torch and acted as a guide for Russell. "The ice cap above our heads has been sealed for countless years. Have you seen this fracture line? Inside the line, the ice cap is unbreakable. It’s going to melt at any time outside.”

"Is it because of the warm season?" Russell asked as he walked.

"Yes, when the warm season comes and the temperature rises, the ice caps outside the fault line will melt and break, accidentally killing people. When the ice age comes and the temperature drops, the ice caps will re-condensate here to isolate the cold current. , ensuring the temperature of the cave.”

Under the light of the torches, the ice caps shone like eternal crystal.

even.

Among the ice caps, you can still see dead animals and plants, frozen in eternal ice.

"Ms. Katie, are you saying that these ice sheets have never melted?" Charles asked, pointing to the ice sheets inside the fault line.

"Yes, at least in my memory, it has never melted. No matter how hot it is in the warm season, it can only melt the ice cap outside the fault line."

"Well, what about this..." Charles turned back to Russell and said, "There is a legend that is right. Legend has it that the Snow Demon invaded from another world. Before the Snow Demon invaded, Longmian Continent had four seasons changing and vitality. exuberant."

As he spoke, he pointed to the frozen remains of plants and animals in the ice cap, and explained: "These remains are probably those that were frozen in after the invasion of the Snow Demon... Tsk, tsk, tens of thousands of years have passed, and they are still lifelike! "

"Maybe not," Catherine interjected.

"Why?" Charles asked.

"Maybe there used to be a dragon country here, but later this country died and was frozen again." Catherine said, "After all, it has been more than five thousand years since the birth of the dragon, and there are so many stories that can happen. "

"There is some truth, but I reserve my opinion." Charles smiled, "No remains of the ancient country have been found in this land. It can be seen that our Shadow Flame Grand Duchy was established on a brand-new snowfield. We are this land. The only story.”

Russell was noncommittal.

He was just silently observing the ecology of the cave. Under the ice cap, the Youguang River flowed into this place, and it was called the Sound River.

The rushing sound of water flow, echoed by the ice cap, seemed particularly crisp and loud.

Gradually, he saw some clues. The so-called Xiangshui River Cave was not a real underground ecology, and the Xiangshui River was not an underground river. It was just a normal river, flowing through the surface of the earth.

However, the earth is now covered by snowfields.

The ice cap cannot melt, and the earth cannot be exposed and moistened by the sun, so the entire environment is called a cave.

The free people of the caves live in the ice caps, in the holes that were eroded by some force.

Even without a torch, there is a faint light in the cave, which is the faint light escaping from the thick ice cap above.

"Where does the Xiangshui River eventually flow?" Russell asked.

"Inside the ice, it should continue to flow inside the ice, but it is too cold and dark there, and no one has ever explored it." Katie replied, "In fact, after some distance, the Xiangshui River will freeze, and the water will freeze." Flowing under the ice, it’s no longer suitable for survival.”

The free people of the caves can survive only in the unfrozen space of the Xiangshui River and in the ice caves where there is still unfrozen water.

Katie said: "We call places with water but not yet frozen, called cold springs, as opposed to hot springs... I haven't seen what a hot spring looks like."

The cave extends inward along the Xiangshui River, but the space is getting narrower and narrower.

There are dense moss and some tiny mushrooms growing around. You can see many free people wearing animal skin clothes picking up these moss and mushrooms. For the free people in the cave, this is food.

"Moray, Monet, come here and pledge your allegiance to your lord!" Catherine shouted immediately after seeing the free people in the crypt.

Two cave freemen who looked somewhat similar stumbled over, and then under Catherine's guidance, they knelt on the ground and kissed the toes of Russell's leather boots.

"Have you all received the news, the free people there? Lone Wolf Lisbon is dead, the Xiangshui River Caves will be merged into the Black-waisted Snake Manor, and everyone must be loyal to Lord Russell... Is there anyone there? escape?"

"No one escaped." Murray looked at Russell and his group vigilantly, for fear of being hacked to death with a sword, even if he had pledged his allegiance.

"Then go and call them all over and pledge their allegiance to your lord!"

"Sir, no, Master... How can Master look down on us lowly people?" Murray asked boldly.

Russell looked at the pale-faced brothers Murray and Monet, who looked like drug addicts, and said lightly: "I need labor and a complete Xiangshui River Cave to resist the snow ghosts for the Youguang Valley, so this is your chance."

Charles echoed: "Cherish it, boy, Master is not always so kind!"

Monet, who was next to Murray, suddenly whispered: "We are Master's serfs, can Master help us marry a wife?"

"You kid, you are dreaming!" Charles sneered.

Russell did not laugh at the other party, but smiled slightly: "Become my subject, then you are free to fall in love. As long as you can meet a girl who is in love with you and the other party's parents do not object, as a lord, I am even happy to help you preside over the wedding."

Encourage childbirth, this is the policy that Russell has already planned in his mind.

Monet's numb face suddenly flushed, and his eyes projected a radiance of hope: "Really, sir?"

"What the lord said, can it be false!" Charles scolded.

Monet got a positive answer and immediately pulled his brother Murray: "Let's go, let's call everyone over and pledge allegiance to the lord!"

Along the way, cave freemen like Murray and Monet came one after another to pledge allegiance to Russell.

As they walked, they came to the largest patio in the Xiangshui River Cave - the patio is where the ice cover is the thinnest, so that in the warm season, the ice cover will break a big hole, and then the sunlight will shine in, becoming the brightest place in the cave.

With sunlight and cold springs, the patio is the most suitable place in the cave to grow moss and mushrooms.

"Wolf Head Patio, sir, the Cordyceps of mushroom worms and the blood tooth fungus field are here, Lisbon's nest." Katie said.

No torch is needed to light the road.

Russell could already see the whole picture of the Wolf Head Courtyard. In the middle of the courtyard was a large moss field. A large number of earth pits were dug around it, with countless rotten wood buried in them. Blood tooth fungi with flashing blood-red spots grew on the rotten wood.

On the thickest rotten wood, there grew a blood tooth fungus the size of a washbasin, which was the Cordyceps sinensis of the blood tooth fungus mushroom insect.