Chapter 735 — The Dragon's Shadow in Winter
Blade of Dawn · Page 2 of 4
The three additional hearts and the subdermal bionic pumps could vastly enhance the endurance and survivability of dragons who needed to travel far, but no matter how you put it, discussing the Black Pit with a foreigner and dropping oblique hints about the forbidden knowledge of the gods... it was still too stimulating.
Mei Heng breathed in great gulps, settling the side effects of the booster overdose—though some dragons actually enjoyed the sensation, and some even suffered from booster addiction, she simply couldn't adapt to it.
Once she felt somewhat better, she closed the scales around her neck and hid those implants away again.
In the dragon society of Tarlond, implants and boosters had long been part of dragon life. Even newly hatched dragons underwent their first implant surgery within the first decade of their lives, embedding a resonance core into the skull. This resonance core would establish a connection between its user and "Omega," enabling the young dragon to converse with that mighty artificial intelligence, which would in turn complete the young dragon's knowledge education and behavioral guidance. So it could be said that any normal Tarlond dragon citizen had implants inside their body, one hundred percent.
Some dragons simply chose to leave their implants exposed, such as Council Speaker An Qian; others preferred concealed modifications, such as Mei Heng Pernia.
After resting for several more minutes, Mei Heng finally stood up. The bleeding wounds on her body had already healed in emergency fashion, and taking flight was no longer a problem. Though she would have liked to rest a while longer, she knew her colleagues monitoring the situation from the rear had probably descended into chaos by now.
The blue dragon soared into the air and soon reached an altitude where she could communicate directly with Tarlond.
Communication with Tarlond was possible from the surface as well, but at that altitude all transmissions would be heard by the Dragon God. Only here, near the end of the sky, near the legacy of the "Voyager," would communications escape the eavesdropping of any god.
Even if the person on the other end of the line stood on the ground, stood right at the gates of a god's palace, it made no difference. A million years had passed, and the lingering might of the Voyager remained.
A pale golden communication interface materialized before Mei Heng. Maintaining her flight altitude, she called toward the distant headquarters of the Mithril Vault: "Mei Heng Pernia calling the support team, Mei Heng Pernia calling the support team... pick up already! I'm up here in the stratosphere dialing you with grade-ten disabilities, you hear me?!"
At last a somewhat tense and flustered voice came through the interface: "Mei Heng! This is Noretta—what's your situation? Your implants suddenly reported that two of your four hearts burst! And you injected yourself with triple the dose of booster!"
Mei Heng drew a deep breath: "Phew... they didn't burst. I saved them with regenerative agent, but the sensors are probably broken... it's fine, I can feel them still beating."
Hearing Mei Heng's still-spirited voice, Noretta, far away in Tarlond, finally breathed a sigh of relief. Relaxed now, she even felt like cracking a joke: "How'd you get so badly wrecked? Did the client finally catch you embezzling their complimentary gifts? Which legendary powerhouse pinned you down and beat you up?"
"I had a chat with Gao Yang Cecil about the Black Pit, and about the Tide-Reversal Empire," Mei Heng said flatly. "I let a few extra words slip."
As expected, she heard through the channel a clatter of objects hitting the floor and several gasps.
This chaos, brought about by herself, made the corner of Mei Heng's mouth curl upward despite herself.
A friend's voice cried out from the pale golden interface: "Mei Heng! Are you insane!! Do you have a death wish?!"
"I'm still alive, aren't I?"