Chapter 979: Feelings Are Licked Out
(Too late to update twice today, I will update twice tomorrow orz)
There were differences of opinion within the Silver Edge team on whether to let Gale join this free exploration mission.
Everyone decided to vote, and the result was as expected, one person was in favor, one was against, and one person said it didn't matter.
This vote was cast as if it had not been cast.
The eyes of several people were focused on Gordon, who abstained from voting.
Looking around, Gordon finally changed his vote to yes under the encouragement of Hayata and the desperate eyes of Anshil.
"Happy~."
Gale gave Anshil a provocative look.
Anshil took a deep breath, "I hope you don't hold us back."
Gale laughed strangely, shouted to the chef's counter, "Put it on my account!", and then took Sandstone and the happy Xianglan to the processing house.
The rules for the ownership of hunting partner equipment are indeed not as strict as those of hunters.
Under the speechless gaze of the leader of the second group, Gail said that she and Hayata had exchanged cats, so the equipment had to be changed.
The old craftsman naturally saw through her nonsense at a glance.
However, Hayata and Gail were both seven-star hunters, so there was no "cat leading people". Considering that it would not waste materials, he turned a blind eye and let them take advantage of this loophole.
At the same time, Gordon and the other two were on the way to the Ecological Research Institute. If Gail hadn't told them, they wouldn't have known that the egg had hatched.
They were all quite curious about the egg, so they just went to see it.
Along the way, Anxier had a dark face, obviously still resentful about the decision to let Gail go with him.
Although they had cooperated before, they were all straightforward hunting missions. The two disliked each other and didn't communicate too much.
But this mission was different. Even if they didn't stop all the way, the clues kept coming, and it was absolutely smooth, three months was the shortest.
When he thought about going with that guy for so long,
"Tsk." Anxier was shocked again.
"Do you hate her so much?"
Gordon smiled and hooked his arm around Anhil's shoulder, and then put half of his weight on the latter. "Come on, as long as you say 'I hate Gail so much, either I or her!', I will go and help you get back."
Anhil gritted his teeth, "Forget it, it makes me seem afraid of that guy."
Hayata looked at him with amusement.
She had long seen that although these two guys disliked each other, they didn't hate each other that much.
Otherwise, with their equally arrogant personalities, even for the sake of mutual friends, they would not eat at the same table or hunt together.
Gordon winked and hit Anhil's ribs, in exchange for Anhil's kick.
They came to the Ecological Research Institute in such a quarrel, and the scene in front of them almost made them stare out of their eyes.
Before, they heard Gail say that the Spider "holds that little thing and licks it all day long", and they thought it was just a way of describing it.
It was not until I saw it with my own eyes that I realized that Xixi was real, holding the little flying dragon that was only two days old and licking it with her tongue.
After being stunned for several seconds, Anxiel rushed over in a rage, pulled up his half-sister, and picked up the water bag to rinse Xixi's mouth.
"Ji!" The frightened little Fengpiaolong screamed.
Xixi quickly pushed away the water bag that Anxiel stuffed into her mouth, hugged the little Fengpiaolong, who was not much smaller than Ailu with his wings folded, and comforted it for a while, and licked it a few times.
"You scared her!" Xixi glared at Anxiel angrily.
Gordon and the others really saw Xixi speak in such a harsh tone for the first time.
"You scared me!" Anxiel glared back.
Gordon pulled Anshil's shoulder, signaling him to calm down, and at the same time looked at the little dragon that had not hardened its bones and felt soft.
During this time, the dragon stuck out its tongue again and licked the corner of the dragon's mouth.
The dragon chirped "Woo woo" and licked it back.
This scene made the clean Anshil's hair stand up.
Just as he was about to say something, Gordon asked the dragon, "Why are you licking?"
The dragon explained seriously: "The behavior of licking the cub can clean the body surface, but it is also to establish an initial family relationship. Many animal mothers do this!"
"Is there such a saying?" Gordon looked at the director of the Ecological Research Institute who was recording something on the side.
The old dragon scholar pushed his glasses, "Of course, we haven't tried to lick it with our tongues. At present, it seems that the effect is very good.
This wind drift dragon cub is very sticky to the dragon, and it obviously regards her as its mother."
Anshil hesitated to speak.
Most animal cubs are very cute, and flying dragon cubs are no exception. Hayata's eyes lit up, and he squatted down and tried to touch the puff dragon cub, and almost got bitten.
"I'm afraid of giving birth to her." Xixi said softly, and turned her cheek to rub against the little puff dragon.
The little puff dragon responded intimately, which was completely different from the vigilant and aggressive attitude when facing Hayata.
"Is this relationship really licked?" Gordon asked in surprise.
The old scholar continued to explain: "This is part of the reason, and it is also because Xixi is one of the first people that the puff dragon cub saw when it broke out of the shell. This is the first impression engraved in the subconscious.
Well, I can only say that the role of licking is quite critical. I was also there when the hatching took place, so she was not so close to me."
After hearing this, Liefeng, who was following Anxil, opened his mouth wide and flicked his tongue, wanting to go up and take a few licks.
Xiaofeng Piaolong was so frightened that he quickly got into Xuanxu's arms, and Xuanxu beat the strong wind away.
"Why did you think of licking it?" Hayata asked curiously.
Xuanxu rubbed the tips of his noses with the Fengdiao dragon cub and said casually: "This is what everyone does, it's common sense, isn't it?"
"This should be the 'common sense' of Hong Leong Shu Hai."
"Yeah!" Xuanxu nodded vigorously, "There are also people who tame small monsters. That's what we do over there, so that we can kiss each other in the future!"
After hearing Xuanxu's answer, Gordon laughed dryly, "The strange knowledge has increased."
"How long can this kind of personal care last?" An Xil, who had calmed down a bit, asked with a frown.
The current Feng Piaolong cub is less than one meter long. With its body curled up, a girl as petite as Xuanxu can easily pick it up.
But what about the future?
The length of an adult Fengdiao dragon will exceed fifteen meters, and the extreme size individual can even exceed twenty meters. It is an absolutely large flying dragon that can swallow a cricket in one bite without chewing it.
By then, can the "family relationship" still be maintained?
Xuanxu is not stupid, so he naturally understands the meaning of An Xier's words.
She hugged the Fengdiaolong cub tightly and shook her head, "I don't know. Anyway, until it grows up and becomes independent, I will be its mother!"
"Individual Fengdiaolong in the wild leaves the juvenile stage four to five years after breaking out of its shell, and reaches sexual maturity after about ten years old."
The director of the Institute of Ecology said from the side: "But after all, it is a predator at the top of the ecological chain. At the age of two to three, it can basically stand on its own."
"Then I will take care of her for another three years!" Xuanxu said seriously.
Ancier's expression was a little distorted. He asked the director of the Institute of Ecology, "How big will this thing grow in three years?"
"The body length should be six to eight meters. By then it will be able to prey on pterosaurs. In five years, the body length will be almost over ten meters."
Anhir rubbed his face in distress.
Mother, sisters, they would go crazy if they knew it.