Chapter 203: Relics of the Pioneering Era [Please Subscribe for All Four!]
Soon, the image from the Centipede vessel reappeared in the upper left corner of the four-pane screen.
The enraged Centipede Man furiously pointed at the Maverick’s photo in the upper right corner, spewing curses.
However, his voice was only audible inside the Centipede’s cabin; the video transmitted nothing but faint insect-like noises, sounding utterly ridiculous and dripping with mockery.
Even Ellie covered her mouth to stifle a laugh.
Lu Chen understood immediately.
This lone-wolf woman named Su Yan appeared to be a hacker as well—she had managed to breach the video relay server inside the Director’s flagship.
What Lu Chen received was a secondary relay; he couldn’t restore the Centipede Man’s original voice unless he hacked into the flagship’s server himself.
That task was immensely difficult.
The level 70 flagship’s firewall was extremely advanced. To remotely hack through a video connection would take a long time.
For someone like the Maverick to suddenly break in and instantly alter the entire video feed was nearly impossible.
It seemed this woman was not to be underestimated. The beautiful photo in the upper right corner might not even be her true appearance.
Seeing Lu Chen rarefied his brows, Gloria whispered softly,
“Could it be you’ve taken a liking to her at first sight?”
Startled, Lu Chen quickly muted the audio.
“What nonsense are you talking about? Whether she’s a woman is doubtful—where would a woman have such hacking skills? Most grown women don’t even know how to use decimals properly.”
Gloria was taken aback. Who could be that clueless?
“Anyone better than you just isn’t acknowledged as a woman. If I were a feminist, I’d punch you out right now!”
Lu Chen put on a stern face.
“Not just women—no man has hacking skills superior to mine... I suspect the other side might have planted a mole inside the Director’s flagship, or perhaps they’re outright working with the Director.”
Gloria smiled proudly and patted Lu Chen’s shoulder.
“The universe is vast. Don’t be too confident, young man.”
Lu Chen snorted coldly.
“Just wait. Once I hack the Maverick ship, I’ll strip her down to her underwear!”
Ellie’s eyes widened in shock, and she dared not speak.
Lu Chen then restored the audio.
In the four-pane video conference room, under the Director’s patient mediation, the Centipede Man’s voice was finally restored.
The Director showed no surprise at Su Yan’s methods…
Which meant they had known each other for some time.
Embarrassed in public, the Centipede Man finally spoke honestly.
“Fine, hacking a bit isn’t that great. My Centipede ship is my contracted star beast—there’s not a single spiritual glyph inside. You can’t touch me; you’re only capable of these petty tricks.”
The Director sighed helplessly.
“Don’t forget, you’re teammates.”
Su Yan remained silent.
She was a woman of few words.
After a brief introduction, the Director began analyzing the battle situation and arranging tactics.
“There are three possible enemy targets: a level 69 Azure-winged Dragon, a level 68 Ancient Vermilion Bird, and possibly a level 62 Black Swan accompanied by a beast swarm.”
Lu Chen asked curiously,
“The White Tiger and Black Tortoise are both above level 60. The main forces of the park’s fleet have all been mobilized. Are you sure this is enough?”
The Director explained,
“The White Tiger and Black Tortoise have had their spiritual glyphs re-engraved and are under complete surveillance and control. They can’t act up. The enemy’s goal isn’t to release these park beasts but to find a way to take away the hundreds of spiritual beasts not yet returned to the park... This is very important.”
The Centipede Man also sensed something strange.
“Looks like the Director knows a lot of the truth but doesn’t want to be honest with those of us risking our lives for you.”
“Sorry, I’m just working for the company. I’ll tell you anything that affects your safety. For the rest, you can ask the company yourselves.”
The Director brushed off the topic and continued analyzing the current situation.
“There are three possible enemy positions.
First, the underground caves of the Plum Rain star. The enemy might be deliberately drawing you in.
This exploration is very dangerous, so if you want to retreat now, it’s still possible... But please believe me, it will be just as dangerous outside, if not more!”
The three of them said nothing.
If there were no life-threatening dangers, the Beast Park wouldn’t offer such high rewards.
“Second, the enemy might attack the giant ship docked on the Plum Rain star’s surface. That ship will soon enter the planet’s atmosphere.
We’ve set a net trap.
As bait, the giant ship’s warp engine is intact, meaning the enemy’s plan might succeed; otherwise, these beasts wouldn’t be so easily lured.”
Lu Chen frowned and suddenly asked,
“Wait, aren’t the enemies and the beast swarm the same group?”
“I hope so,” the Director said.
“Third, the enemy might directly attack our fleet. They may disguise themselves as adventure ships. I will personally command the defense.”
Lu Chen knew the Gernika Third Fleet’s Sharpshooter had already entered the Zu’an Nebula, possibly concealed nearby, though the Director probably wasn’t aware of this.
After all, the Gernika Adventure Group was considered a semi-official federal national team. Its third fleet’s power was formidable, likely stronger than the Director’s level 70 flagship, and their goal was undoubtedly to take down the Ancient Vermilion Bird.
Besides them, there was the unknown strength of the star beast swarm leader who had contacted Lu Chen earlier. Judging by the Director’s tension, this was no ordinary opponent.
Still, Lu Chen deliberately probed,
“Why do you think so? The strongest adventure ships entering the Zu’an Nebula are only in their sixties—none should reach level 70. Are you worried the beasts have powerful reinforcements?”
The Director wiped her glasses and sighed helplessly.
“This is actually an open secret.
The flagship is level 70, supported by nine level 60 battleships, plus nearly a hundred level 50 fighter and escort ships.
Such strength can even suppress ten standard stellar fleets of the Empire’s main forces!
Even so, the Director still feels danger and has gathered the fleet’s main force here.
What about the defense of the mid-orbit satellites?
Even if the White Tiger and Black Tortoise don’t escape, what if other adventure ships snatch them?
Or is there some fundamental difference between them and the Azure-winged Dragon or Ancient Vermilion Bird that makes them less valuable?”
Not just Lu Chen, but others—including ordinary park staff and fleet officers—had similar doubts.
The Director could only promise,
“I know you have many questions. I swear, if the Beast Park gets through this safely, I will personally tell you all at a meal without any surveillance.”
“If we get through safely...” Lu Chen was initially unperturbed but became cautious.
Had the situation really reached a stage where survival was uncertain?
Was the star beast elder really that strong?
Could they send powerful reinforcements to break through defenses and surveillance to reach here?
Lu Chen said no more.
The Director exhaled deeply and continued laying out tactics.
“The three of you will be roughly assigned as follows:
The Leonin’s engine is the weakest, but you are skilled in treasure hunting and flying, so you will handle exploration and reconnaissance.
The Maverick will serve in support and communication.
The strongest, the Centipede, will handle combat.
No matter what happens, I suggest you keep within ten kilometers of each other.
If there are no objections, you may proceed.”
The Centipede Man raised his hand, looking very dissatisfied.
“Putting the weakest Leonin at the front for reconnaissance is too dangerous. The Centipede is good at burrowing—let us lead at the front, and you two can support.”
Lu Chen asked him,
“Are you worried I’ll be the first to find the enemy’s location and claim the 100,000 reward?”
“Exactly!”
The Centipede Man declared righteously.
“If you’re not aggressive about making money, there’s something wrong with your head. We’re star thieves—we all know thieves don’t leave empty-handed!”
Lu Chen shrugged indifferently.
“Suit yourself, just don’t die first.”
The Director then asked the Maverick,
“Su Yan, any objections?”
“No objections,” she replied.
“Then the Centipede leads the front, with the Maverick and Leonin supporting on either side. Departure!”
...
The video conference ended.
But the video feed did not—switching to a live connection on the display.
It no longer showed each captain or cabin view but displayed the 360-degree external cameras of each ship.
The dilapidated giant ship was about to reach the surface of the Plum Rain star.
The Centipede was the first to leave the asteroid’s shadow.
The Leonin and Maverick departed shortly after, following from the sides.
Inside the Leonin’s cockpit,
Ellie anxiously said,
“Why does the Director look like she’s preparing for a final battle...”
Lu Chen also felt the tension before the storm.
“It seems the enemy is far stronger than we imagined. The Director can only use herself as bait and fight openly. I can sense many eyes watching us in this space, including formidable ones.”
Ellie remained worried.
“Even if we get the bounty, can we really escape?”
Lu Chen confidently replied,
“As everyone knows, running away is the easiest thing for me.”
But Gloria quickly shook her head.
“Fool, our primary mission isn’t to run but to keep the Beast Park from collapsing. Otherwise, who will pay us 100,000 or even 500,000 spirit stones?”
“That’s true.”
Despite the words, Lu Chen’s expression grew heavier. He felt once again thrust onto a stage not meant for him.
He should have at least reached level 50 or 60 before getting involved in this...
But would the star beasts wait for him?
Though opportunity favors the prepared, even unprepared, he had to leap onto the stage and try.
The Survival Guide was his strong backup!
Ahead,
The dilapidated giant ship arrived at the Plum Rain star, hovering in the atmosphere.
It released numerous drones and robots onto the surface to search for traces of the Azure-winged Dragon and Ancient Vermilion Bird.
Rain poured heavily on the surface of the Plum Rain star.
The atmosphere felt off.
Soon,
The Centipede also reached the planet’s far side, behind the giant ship’s landing site.
Braving the heavy rain, it found a patch of soft earth in the jungle and dove underground.
It vanished from sight.
The screen showed only a black, rapidly burrowing scene.
Five minutes later,
The Leonin and Maverick arrived at the Plum Rain star.
The landing points were ten kilometers apart.
The Plum Rain star was vast.
Rare extensive dark clouds blocked the sky, causing heavy rain that drenched the thorny primeval jungle.
Ellie stood by the porthole, watching the torrential rain outside.
“I heard the Plum Rain star usually has gentle drizzle year-round. Hope the Azure-winged Dragon hasn’t changed the climate, or we’re in trouble.”
Lu Chen frowned.
“Come on, such a huge planet—if it could control weather at will, the Azure-winged Dragon would have to be level 100.”
Gloria suddenly grew excited.
“Level 100? Then we’d be rich!”
Lu Chen:
“...”
Meanwhile,
Ten kilometers away, the Maverick transformed into a slender serpentine mech.
Like the Centipede, it burrowed underground.
The screen’s view began to spin faster...
The Maverick’s serpent mode didn’t just burrow but drilled spirally at high speed.
Now Lu Chen faced a problem.
How would the Leonin get in?
The rain kept falling.
He grew anxious.
Gloria suddenly suggested,
“Why don’t we leave the ship here? You pilot the mech, and Ellie and I both get inside. Then we go through the Maverick’s tunnel and dig our way down. Once inside the caves, your mech can sustain longer invisibility for combat. Perfect, right?”
Lu Chen shook his head.
“My cockpit is small. Last time on the Mist Sea star’s caves, it was cramped with Ellie. Adding you, we’d probably have to squeeze into your fat body.”
Gloria looked disgusted.
“Get lost! I’ll sleep on the floor in your treasure cabin!”
Lu Chen rejected the seemingly perfect proposal.
“Not realistic. If the Leonin stays outside, even beyond the atmosphere, it could be caught in battle and destroyed.
If we go in with the mech, it can only withstand attacks up to level 40, and endurance is limited. Once invisible, everyone will know we can become invisible.
If we bring the ship in, we have a shield, and in a pinch, we can abandon the ship while invisible or suddenly separate the ship’s hull and launch a stealth attack.”
Ellie and Gloria pondered and couldn’t argue.
“Since the Director said there are traces of the Azure-winged Dragon and Vermilion Bird underground, and given the beasts’ huge size, our ship should be able to enter!”
Ellie proposed.
Lu Chen nodded and immediately asked the Director.
The Director was surprised; she hadn’t expected such a basic problem for the Leonin.
“You can’t burrow underground? There is a beast tunnel, but there was a bat beast swarm there before. Going through is risky.”
“Better than not getting in at all. Besides, we have a genius beast tamer. We’re not afraid of a beast swarm.”
Lu Chen said.
The Director remained worried.
The tunnel entrance was on the planet’s far side and might alert the enemy.
She suddenly proposed,
“Can you forcibly use the tunnel the Centipede or Maverick left behind?”
Lu Chen shook his head.
“Their tunnels are too narrow. Forcing our way would damage the Leonin’s hull strength, and the muddy underground tunnels risk collapse.”
“A level 30 civilian ship is really giving you trouble.”
Even the Director sighed.
She’d thought the Leonin had special abilities due to its honors.
“In that case, you have to use the front door. I’ve sent you the cave entrance coordinates.”
Lu Chen then noticed the entrance was on the planet’s far side, near the giant ship.
“Wait, if the main entrance is on the opposite side, and the Centipede and Maverick took shortcuts, then the caves must be huge.”
The Director shook her head with a smile.
“It’s not that the caves are big, but the entire planet has been hollowed out. It’s not a cave but a shell planet.”
“...”
Lu Chen was speechless but somewhat excited.
This was a brand-new cave system he had never experienced.
The Leonin promptly ascended through the rain and headed to the planet’s other side entrance.
Rain poured heavier.
Elsewhere on the planet, the clouds were clearing.
The entire planet’s heavy rain concentrated rapidly toward the Leonin and the giant ship’s direction.
The situation was obvious.
Ellie’s earlier concern was correct.
Lu Chen opened the audio channel and asked the Director,
“Director, it seems a powerful being is controlling the planet’s weather.”
The Director reassured,
“Don’t worry. This is the Azure-winged Dragon’s mutated ability, which means it’s nearby.”
Lu Chen remained skeptical.
“This is a whole planet. Can a level 69 Azure-winged Dragon really do this?”
The Director suddenly smiled gently and said,
“The Shadowless Whale on the Mist Sea star isn’t very high-level either. This is a special mutation of the Azure-winged Dragon. Its mechanism is clever and remains a mystery. I just learned about it myself.”
Lu Chen felt it was a trap.
But so far, the Survival Guide hadn’t issued any warnings.
Nor did the treasure map show anything.
Perhaps the Azure-winged Dragon was too powerful to hunt, or its sovereignty was unclear?
Lu Chen didn’t know.
For now, as long as there was no danger, he would press forward.
To avoid the rain, the Leonin ascended and circled outside the atmosphere to near the giant ship.
It descended again.
Here, the rain was no longer just heavy—it was like the sky had collapsed.
Waterfalls fell from the sky, flooding the jungle into a vast sea.
The giant ship had to ascend and circle.
Drones were swept away by the flood.
Robots, however, remained sturdy and continued working underwater.
As the Leonin plunged into the torrential rain flood, a beast swarm appeared in the dense jungle.
Looking closer, it wasn’t a beast swarm but a school of tuna...
They swam freely in the torrential jungle rain.
No, they were fish!
“Only in space adventures could I see tuna in the middle of a jungle.”
Lu Chen was dumbfounded.
These weren’t ordinary tuna; they had sword-like sharp snouts with extremely strong jaws, recklessly attacking the robots and the Leonin.
They were small, about a meter long, with half their length occupied by the spear-like snout and were about level ten.
Lu Chen roughly estimated there were a hundred thousand.
This was deadly!
If the fish kept charging repeatedly, the Leonin wouldn’t last long.
The giant ship’s hundreds of reconnaissance robots were quickly decimated by the tuna swarm.
Another tuna wave fiercely attacked the Leonin’s engine nozzle’s vector control fins.
Some even charged into the engine to be shredded, hoping their blood and bodies would disrupt normal operation.
Clearly, a beast tamer was behind this.
Before Lu Chen could speak, the Director comforted,
“Don’t panic. This is a typical attrition tactic. It means the enemy isn’t that strong; otherwise, they would have attacked directly.”
“You’re very optimistic!”
Lu Chen was speechless and let Ellie take control of the ship and connect to the beast taming amplifier.
Ellie immediately piloted, channeling beast spiritual power to interfere with the tuna’s attacks on the engine.
Soon, the Leonin broke through the relentless tuna swarm and reached the cave entrance.
The entrance was a canyon in the thorn forest, partially collapsed by the rain.
Lu Chen had to pilot the mech out of the ship to clear stones and open the entrance.
Only then could the Leonin enter the cave.
The cave was wide but flooded.
Lu Chen led with the mech.
The Leonin followed behind smoothly.
Ahead was pitch darkness and winding tunnels.
Behind them, tuna pursuers...
Only after reaching the planet’s gravity inversion threshold did the flood stop, allowing the Leonin to fully escape the fish swarm.
But ahead, a bat beast swarm appeared.
Lu Chen had to lead with the mech to fight through.
Laser beams flashed, lighting the cave with blood and light.
Ellie piloted the ship solemnly, flying slowly but steadily, allowing her beast spiritual power to spread fully.
She felt guilty.
“It’s all my fault for low cultivation, unable to fully resist the opposing beast tamer’s power...”
“Now’s not the time for regret, Ellie. The enemy is the Azure-winged Dragon, or rather, that star beast elder?”
Lu Chen quickly asked.
Ellie thought and replied,
“I feel it’s still the Azure-winged Dragon. The elder wouldn’t be inside the planet—it’s too easy to be wiped out. At a distance, the beast power wouldn’t be this strong.”
Lu Chen sighed helplessly.
“Dragons are the kings of all spirits. Even a counterfeit Azure-winged Dragon having such command over spirit beasts is normal.”
At that moment, the Centipede and Maverick, having passed through a thousand kilometers of crust, nearly simultaneously entered the cave.
The upper left and right screens showed cave scenery.
Indeed, this was a nearly hollowed-out planet!
Blue sky, white clouds, flocks of birds—a paradise.
Inside, the planet was a complete spherical space. The cave walls had the same primeval jungle as the surface.
Rivers, lakes, and seas—all were present.
At the core, there was a luminous core, weaker than sunlight but stronger than moonlight, lighting the cave.
The Centipede Man couldn’t help but ask,
“Shouldn’t the planet’s center of gravity be at the core? Why do these jungles treat the core as the sky? The sky is a spherical blue-green with a small sun?”
The Director explained,
“This is a planetary formation left by humans during the pioneering era. The Plum Rain star’s surface was probably unsuitable for human habitation or to avoid something, so they hollowed out the planet... We just recently learned this.”
The Centipede Man was unconvinced.
“Come on! The Pangu Corridor is only a thousand years old. Where would there be relics from the pioneering era tens of thousands of years ago?”
The Director shrugged helplessly.
“I don’t know either. None of us have lived a thousand years, and no one knows what happened in the spatial disturbances centuries ago.”
Meanwhile,
The Maverick was scanning the surface ecology.
“This ecosystem is thriving, but spiritual energy concentration isn’t high. Most spirit beasts are below level 30. The top of the food chain should be... dinosaurs.”
“Dinosaurs? What’s that?”
The Centipede Man had never heard the word.
Lu Chen was startled.
He hadn’t expected such low-level dragon-like creatures to exist in a universe with dragons.
At that moment, the Centipede Man’s eyes darkened as a shadowing flock of saber-toothed pterosaurs attacked the Centipede ship.
“Not good, there’s a beast swarm here...”
The Director nodded.
“Yes, these are flying dinosaurs—a low-level dragon-type spirit beast.”
Both the Centipede and Maverick were attacked by another beast swarm: a type of hand-slicing dinosaur skilled in high jumps and wielding blade-like arms—more accurately called hand-blade dinosaurs.
Both dinosaur types were small—two to three meters—and only level ten to twenty, but their numbers were enormous and extremely agile.
Their killing power far exceeded the tuna swarm and bat beast swarm Lu Chen had encountered.
Lu Chen felt somewhat relieved.
The Centipede and Maverick could only ascend or burrow to evade but had to move through the jungle or low flight to continue exploration, inevitably facing beast swarm attacks.
Though these two dinosaur swarms lacked corrosive fluid like the insect swarms, their sharp teeth and claws were like swords, and their constant physical attacks required strong ship defenses and hull strength.
Ultimately, it was a matter of spirit energy reserves.
The Director immediately asked,
“If the beast swarm continues attacking, report the maximum time your ships can endure.”
“One...”
The Centipede Man was about to say one and a half hours but was interrupted by the Maverick’s reply,
“Two hours.”
Forced to save face, the Centipede Man responded,
“Two and a half hours.”
The Maverick always contradicted him, entering the crust five minutes later but entering the cave simultaneously.
He was a man and an insectoid, commanding a level 60 ship, yet losing in burrowing skills to a woman—a great humiliation!
He couldn’t help but question,
“How can your level 50 ship last two hours?”
The Maverick said nothing.
The Director asked Lu Chen,
“How long can your ship last?”
Lu Chen sighed,
“I’m not even in the cave yet. Fortunately, we have a genius beast tamer. We might last a day or only half an hour, depending on her stamina.”
“Please do your best!”
Ten minutes later,
Lu Chen finally broke through the winding bat cave.
Nearly a hundred miles of twisting, harrowing flight at slow speed.
Ahead was a straight shaft about a thousand kilometers long, which he estimated would take only five minutes to pass.
This was almost as fast as burrowing.
However, the shaft was too straight and regular, arousing Lu Chen’s suspicion.
Before accelerating, he turned on the mech’s spotlight and cleared moss from the inner wall, revealing rusty metal.
“This is indeed old metal from the pioneering era. The Director’s words are true... But the Pangu Corridor is only a thousand years old. Where did such ancient relics come from? Could immortals have transported them from other parts of the universe?”
Ellie removed her hands from the beast amplifier and wiped sweat from her forehead.
“The books say this is common in the Pangu Corridor—relics not only from ten thousand years ago but from ten thousand years into the future, and even older alien civilization remains, tracing back to a million years... The spatial disturbances centuries ago swept many planets near the Pangu Corridor into this region.”
A million years ago...
The history books Lu Chen studied only recorded human history from the exodus from their homeworld, with no accounts of a million years ago—truly a blank history.
“What books are you reading?”
Lu Chen asked curiously.
Ellie smiled,
“Some are very expensive manuals, others are street stall books.”
Street stall histories weren’t bad.
Lu Chen couldn’t refute that.
At that moment, the Director urged on the big screen,
“Captain Lu, no time to explore now. Hurry into the cave. They’re under beast swarm attack. If you enter now, the swarm might ignore you.”
“Understood. I’m coming.”
Five minutes later,
The Leonin passed through a thousand kilometers of crust and emerged from a lake inside the cave on the opposite side.
A lush, ancient primeval jungle stretched out.
It looked older than anywhere else in the Zu’an Nebula.
Many plants and animals were unfamiliar to Lu Chen.
Soon, he saw dinosaur traces.
Flying in the sky, swimming in the sea, running on the ground—various types.
But they weren’t exactly like the dinosaurs from his past life’s films—many had evolved into spirit beasts.
The inverted gravity took him a while to adjust to.
The ship’s HD cameras even captured the jungle and sea on the opposite “sky.”
The sea was above... a truly surreal feeling.
The Leonin landed on a lakeshore far from the Centipede and Maverick.
No beast swarm attack yet.
On the big screen, the Centipede Man opened audio, complaining,
“You’re deliberately late, aren’t you?”
Meanwhile, the Maverick broke through the beast swarm and seemed to have found the ruins of an ancient city.
“There are many ruined buildings covered in vines and moss. Judging by the architectural style, it’s from the pioneering era. People once lived here.”
The Director sighed,
“There were true dragons in that era.”
The Centipede Man wondered,
“Could true dragons have degenerated into dinosaurs?”
The Director shook her head.
“Unlikely. Even dragon kin, like the flood dragons, have far higher talent than these spirit beasts.”
Lu Chen offered an opposite view.
“Could the true dragons of that era have evolved from dinosaurs through artificial intervention?”
The Director pondered and said,
“Interesting idea, but even if true, no one would believe it. Some won’t even believe humans evolved from apes, let alone that the king of all spirits, dragons, evolved from dinosaurs.”
Lu Chen smiled awkwardly, recalling countless amateur biologists on Douyin in his past life.
At that moment, his treasure map displayed two signals.
He almost forgot he still had the treasure map...
Looking closely, one target was very close!
Lu Chen immediately piloted the ship to the location.
It was in a valley.
A huge slab-shaped object was buried on the slope, with a corner exposed.
Lu Chen jumped into the mech and leapt off the ship.
He soon unearthed the massive slab.
After cleaning it,
It was a dark, bluish-black scale, very sharp at the edges, five meters wide—larger than his mech.
Gloria excitedly asked,
“Is it a dragon scale?”
[One giant exoskeleton piece from a level 100 Ancient Stone-Eater Worm, dating back 96,000 years.]
Reading the identification info, Lu Chen shook his head disappointedly.
“This is an Ancient Stone-Eater Worm’s exoskeleton, likely artificially bred to hollow out planets.”
Still, since it appeared on the treasure map, it must be quite valuable.
Lu Chen struggled to haul the exoskeleton into the cabin.
The Director watched this and said,
“Captain Lu, this is official property of the Beast Park. Please hand it over afterward.”
Lu Chen smiled.
“Don’t worry. This is just a piece of ancient worm armor. I’m only prepping in case the Beast Park doesn’t survive this—so I don’t miss out on the reward.”
The Centipede Man, mistaking it for a dragon scale, looked very greedy.
“Fine, you loot all you want. I’ll cover you. If the Beast Park falls, I’ll seize your ship for payment.”
Lu Chen sneered.
“You’d better save your own skin first. The Azure-winged Dragon is on this planet now.”
The Centipede Man had been circling the surface with his beasts for a while without seeing a single dragon hair.
Whether the scale Lu Chen found was a dragon scale was another matter.
“A dragon that big can’t hide. If it can’t burrow, it should have been found by now.”
“Why not try the core?”
Lu Chen suggested casually.
His treasure map showed two points: one near the worm scale, the other at the planet’s core.