Courtship Period

Pinellia is regretting now, very regretful.

He shouldn't have touched the black dragon, because of that response, the black dragon stuck to him all day long, and from time to time, a dragon's head stood in front of him, growling and asking him to rub it.

Because of the black dragon following her, Ban Xia's speed of traveling was much slower.

It's not just because the black dragon pesters him for petting, the black dragon also has a problem of rushing out to pick up a few wild animals from time to time, and instead of eating them, it just pushes them in front of Banxia.

It is impossible for Ban Xia to eat raw meat directly, and he doesn't want to pile up animal carcasses in his space bracelet, so he can only feed the animals brought back by the black dragon to the black dragon.

In this way, until the sky was getting dark, Pinellia didn't go far.

This day, let alone looking for human settlements, Banxia didn't even see traces of human activities, which made him wonder if no humans had ever set foot in this area.

"Roar."

Heilong lowered his head, put his head in front of Banxia, ​​and Banxia raised his hand to touch it.

Since the sky gradually darkened, the black dragon didn't run around in the jungle any more, and started to stay by his side every step of the way.

It's time to find a place to spend the night, thinking this way, Ban Xia started to pick up branches and hay while walking.

It's been two days since he came out of the escape cabin, and he hasn't had a good night's sleep. His body is still recovering, and he can't stand the day and night, so he will rest early tonight.

Pinellia was walking down the river, and now they found a relatively flat open space by the river, and started to light a fire to prepare dinner.

Prepare the materials for drilling wood to make fire, and Banxia picks up the branches and starts rubbing.

Wisps of black smoke drifted from the haystacks.

"Roar." The black dragon moved his head closer.

Ban Xia thought it wanted to be licked again, but he was still rubbing the fire, how could he lick it, so he could only say: "Go and play by yourself."

It's strange, but after a day of getting along, he seems to have lost his initial fear of the black dragon.

Although he would subconsciously tense his muscles when the opponent got close, he no longer kept the dagger and laser gun in his hand all the time.

Probably because the other party looks greedy for caresses, like a clingy little pet.

Hmm... There are several small pets as tall as a building.

"Roar." The black dragon didn't leave, but opened his mouth instead, spitting into the hay fire that already had a little spark.

"..." Ban Xia's movement of rubbing the wooden stick froze.

But before Ban Xia was puzzled or annoyed, the dry grass under the stick suddenly ignited, and the flames rose, almost burning Ban Xia's military boots.

"This……"

Ban Xia took half a step back, her pupils dilated slightly, and she stared at the fire with uncertain eyes.

He was sure that the little sparks he rubbed out were not enough to instantly set the hay on fire, let alone being spit on by the black dragon.

Is there a problem with the saliva?

At this time, Heilong had already put his head in front of Banxia, ​​rubbing it carefully.

The black dragon obviously controlled its strength, but Ban Xia was still pushed back by the black dragon's big head.

Ban Xia's heart was beating a little fast, he raised his hand, and touched the side face of the black dragon with trembling fingertips, "How did you do it?"

"Roar~" the black dragon closed his eyes, the tentacles on his head swayed slowly, and let out a comfortable growl in his throat.

Without the need for Heilong's answer, Ban Xia also had a guess in his heart.

Either the "saliva" spit out by the black dragon is a flammable liquid, and it will ignite directly when it touches the sparks in the dry grass; or the "saliva" has an extremely low ignition point, and it can spontaneously ignite even at room temperature.

Ban Xia stroked the hand on the side of the black dragon's face, and slowly moved it to the closed mouth of the black dragon.

No wonder he made a fire earlier, but the black dragon didn't respond.

This guy is a walking lighter.

Ban Xia couldn't help thinking that she was almost licked all over her body by the black dragon. The black dragon's tongue was cold, and even the saliva was cold.

Does he count as a brush with death?

Ban Xia withdrew her hand, and secretly raised the danger factor of the black dragon to a large extent in her heart.

The hay beside her was about to burn out, Ban Xia withdrew her thoughts, and squatted down to add more firewood to the fire.

The black dragon opened his eyes and saw the male beast playing with the flames.

The male beast likes to burn food on the flame, so it will find more food for the male beast, and the male beast will touch it again when he is happy, right?

Just like this time, he made fire for the male beast, and the male beast touched him for a long time.

Thinking this way, the black dragon turned and walked into the river.

It felt the flow of the river, and a tentacle plunged into the water, and when it was pulled out again, a red fish was stuck on the diamond-shaped tip of the tentacle.

The tentacles brought the fish to the shore and reached in front of the male beast.

Ban Xia was skewering sliced ​​meat, when a fish was suddenly handed over in front of him, he paused, looked up at the black dragon along the tentacles.

"Roar~" The remaining tentacles on the top of the black dragon's head shook.

After spending a day with Heilong, Banxia figured out the meanings represented in many small movements of Heilong, and this is also because Heilong's emotions are so easy to understand.

For example, the tentacles on the top of the black dragon's head are the most expressive parts of the other party's emotions.

If the tentacles hang down, the black dragon is in a low mood, and if they shake gently and slowly like this, it means that the black dragon is comfortable and happy.

When he stroked the black dragon's side face, those tentacles would shake happily, and when he fed the black dragon, the tentacles would also shake.

Now that the black dragon brought him prey, it also waved its tentacles leisurely.

Probably because feeding cubs is a very pleasant thing for females?

It feels strange to be taken care of by a wild beast like this, Banxia hesitated for a while, but reached out to remove the pierced fish from the tip of the black dragon's tentacles.

He does need food.

It's not that Ban Xia has never tried hunting by himself, but even if he walked along the river all day long, he never encountered a single beast.

On the night of leaving the Dragon's Nest, Ban Xia had to rely on electronic eyes to find the way, carefully avoiding all kinds of beasts.

Staying with Heilong today, I feel like all the animals in the forest are avoiding him.

As long as the black dragon is by his side, there will be no animal activities in the hundreds of meters around Banxia, ​​and Banxia doesn't even see the shadow of a wild animal, let alone hunting.

Ban Xia put the fish on the stone on the river bank. It was a fish he had never seen before. He turned on the optical brain to identify the fish.

This is a habit he left behind when he performed missions on remote planets. Any wild animal that he wants to eat has to be identified first.

One is that they are afraid that what they hunt is an animal protected by the alliance, and they will be imprisoned when they go back. The other is that they are afraid that some parts of the animal will be poisonous, and if they eat it, they will directly ascend to heaven.

Now there is another purpose, Ban Xia wants to see how small the database of his optical brain is.

[No relevant data. 】

Ban Xia looked at a line of words displayed on the monocle, and he felt so clear in his heart.

When he goes back, he will update the biological database as soon as possible.

However, since there is no information about this fish in the database that comes with the optical brain, at least it means that this fish is not an animal protected by the alliance.

As for the question of whether there is poison, Ban Xia decided to trust the black dragon.

There are no other humans around, and the optical brain cannot connect to the star network. Ban Xia has no other choice but to trust the black dragon who is a local beast.

Ban Xia handled the fish with a dagger, and the black dragon's tentacles stretched out again. This time, a black and blue crustacean with only a large pincer was caught on the tentacles.

That guy's big pincers were holding the tips of the black dragon's tentacles, and it looked extremely ferocious.

The black dragon didn't seem to feel any pain, and the tentacles on the top of its head dangled happily. Seeing Ban Xia looking over, he growled and urged him to accept it.

"roar~"

Ban Xia didn't dare to reach out to pick it up, he felt that the large pincers of this crustacean could cut off his hand.

Lifting the dagger, Banxia directly separated the crustacean's pincers from its head.

Without the control of the head, the big blue and black pincers were still tightly clamped on the tentacles of the black dragon.

Ban Xia was thinking about how to get the pliers off when he saw the black dragon's tentacles slamming on the stone beside him.

With a "click" sound, the big green and black pincers were torn apart, and the black dragon slowly retracted its intact tentacles.

Such a strong body is really enviable.

Seeing the male beast staring directly at its tentacles, the black dragon was immediately motivated to catch fish. Feeling the changes in the water flow, one of the tentacles plunged into the water not far away, and pulled out a colorful fish. fish.

The tentacles pierced the fish and sent it to the male beast. The black dragon looked at the male beast expectantly.

"Hey~" As my partner, you can eat as much fish as you want.

Banxia found that the black dragon seemed to be addicted to fishing. When he was making dinner, the black dragon continuously fished out dozens of vertebrates and crustaceans from the water.

At the beginning, he would reach out to catch every prey that was handed to Ban Xia.

Not long after, Banxia found herself getting more and more excited as she picked up the black dragon, and the river bank was filled with the black dragon's trophies.

This is a black dragon obsessed with feeding its cubs.

Ban Xia is not a real black dragon cub, how can he eat so much food, in order to prevent the black dragon from catching any more, he can only ignore the prey that is handed to him.

The black dragon, who had been rejected several times, was at a loss. Did the male beast not like the food it was looking for?

Looking at the fish stuck on the tentacles, the black dragon flicked the tentacles and threw them back into the river, while he slowly climbed ashore.

After flapping its wings and shaking off the water on the tip of its wings, the black dragon crawled to the fire and lay down, with a pair of golden vertical pupils watching the male beast who was burning fish with fire.

"Roar..."

Ban Xia glanced at the black dragon, and found that the tentacles of this big guy were hanging down again, looking pitiful.

"Are you hungry?" Ban Xia picked up a piece of fish that was almost grilled and handed it to Heilong, "I don't know if you can eat it."

The black dragon sniffed the food handed over by the male beast, opened its mouth, bit down with a "click", and swallowed it together with the branch with the fish on it.

Ban Xia glanced at the half-cut branch in his hand, and was a little worried that the black dragon would suffer from indigestion after eating the branch, but thinking of swallowing his laser gun, Ban Xia had no idea.

Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, he felt a coldness on his hand, and it was the black dragon's tongue that licked it up.

Having seen the scene of the black dragon spitting "saliva" and setting it on fire, Banxia dared to let the black dragon lick him, so he quickly withdrew his hand, walked quickly to the river, and immersed the hand licked by the black dragon into the water.

After scrubbing her hands carefully, Ban Xia breathed a sigh of relief.

Standing up, Banxia looked warily at the black dragon who stood up, and walked slowly back to the fire.

But this time he changed his seat and sat in the farthest position from the black dragon, separated by a fire.

"Roar..."

Feeling the repulsion from the male beast, the black dragon called twice, but did not get any response from the male beast. It lowered its head and slowly backed away.

It wasn't until the male beast was separated by a dragon's nest distance that the black dragon slowly lay down, and a pair of golden vertical pupils that were particularly bright in the dark stared at the male beast.

The defense and rejection from the male beast is so obvious, it doesn't understand why the male beast hates it again.

Is it because the male doesn't like the food it catches?It doesn't seem to be the case. The male beast just fed him food because... the male beast doesn't like to be licked by it, and it doesn't like its closeness.

The black dragon felt extremely uncomfortable, and scratched the grass with its hanging tentacles.

Ban Xia heard the sound and turned to look at the black dragon lying in the distance.

The black dragon raised its wings violently, covering its eyes like light bulbs in the dark.

Without the pair of golden vertical pupils, the black dragon lying on the ground is a pitch-black mass, almost blending into the night.

Ban Xia's fingers that were rotating the skewers moved slightly, and she looked away, not looking over there.

The black dragon's saliva is too dangerous, and he needs the black dragon to know that he rejects being licked.

Ban Xia picked up a piece of grilled fish, brought it to her mouth, and took a bite.

Grilled fish without any seasoning, the crispy layer on the surface is still delicious, but the inside is tasteless and it is a pity to throw it away.

Pinellia picked up the skewers again and took a bite. Sure enough, the essence of barbecue lies in the seasoning. A skewer without salt, pepper, cumin, and chili powder is soulless.

He can eat so deliciously in the morning, mainly due to the hunger buff bonus of being hungry all day and night.

The food is not delicious, Ban Xia tried to eat as much as possible until she felt full.

After tidying up the wreckage, Ban Xia found a large leaf and put the rest of the grilled fish on the leaf.

He glanced at the pitch-black mass not far away, and put a few pieces of grilled fish leaves on the stone in the direction of the black dragon.

There was no movement in the direction of the black dragon.

Ban Xia only took one look, then looked away, washed briefly with the river water, and returned to the fire.

There is only a tent and a sleeping bag in his space bracelet, and they are all left at the place where he rested last night. Now he can only use the sky as his bed and the ground as his mat.

Pinellia picked a few large leaves and placed them on the grass next to the fire. She found a military cloak from the space bracelet and spread it on the leaves. She lay down and covered her body with a coat. This was all the equipment for tonight.

Fortunately, it is not winter.

Banxia looked at the galaxy above her head, trying to find her old star from the sky full of stars.

This difficulty is obviously too high, the position of each planet is different, and the galaxy seen from the planet is also different, not to mention that the planet is still moving.

Ban Xia closed her eyes and gave up a difficult challenge.

The eyes are closed, but Ban Xia's brain is unusually clear.

In the wilderness of such a strange planet, not far away there is a behemoth several stories high, and it is completely impossible to sleep in peace.

A gust of wind blew by, blowing up the broken hair on Banxia's forehead, and the flame on the side shook a few times, showing signs of being blown out.

Ban Xia pulled up the coat on her body.

A rustling sound came from the direction where the black dragon was lying down. The sound was getting closer and closer, and it was the black dragon crawling over.

Ban Xia pressed the dagger at his waist with his hand under his coat.

The black dragon moved as lightly as possible, approaching the male beast cautiously.

The food it saw the males put on the stones smelled delicious.

The black dragon glanced at the male beast beside the fire, and then at the food beside it. It lowered its head, opened its mouth, rolled its tongue, and brought the food and leaves into its mouth.

After swallowing the food, the black dragon continued to approach the male beast quietly.

It lay down beside the male beast, slightly spread one wing, and covered the male beast and the fire pile under the wings.

Ban Xia opened his eyes.

Above the head are the gorgeous wings of the black dragon, on which there are countless fragments of light, as bright as a galaxy.

Beside the ear is the heavy and slow heartbeat and breathing of the black dragon, with a strange sense of rhythm, one after another.

Ban Xia pressed his hand to his heart, his heartbeat seemed to be at the same frequency as that of the black dragon, and every sound of the heartbeat of the black dragon was pulling his heart.