The Universe's First Hide and Seek

When Li Chen fell into the volcano, his consciousness was already in chaos.

Hot magma surrounded him, and mysterious forces dragged him into the depths of the volcano.When he was unprepared and his consciousness was fuzzy, the energy from the volcano poured into his body involuntarily, like a monstrous flood.These energies have already exceeded the limit he can bear, burning every part of his body, as if even his blood is boiling.

The energy of the fire attribute rioted and collided in his body. In order to accept this energy as much as possible and survive, his body began to grow unexpectedly.But to say "grow up" is actually more like being blasted by energy.The bones are stretching, the pulling of the muscles is painful to numb, and the skin cannot keep up with the growth rate and cracks.Blood overflowed from the cracks and blended with the magma, it was the red that swallowed the red.

Li Chen was not awake, but he could feel a heartbeat that was so violent that it was out of control, as well as severe pain in his limbs.He wanted to pass out from the pain, but he couldn't pass out from the pain.Pain and violence occupied all his senses, and he felt that he was being burned, unable to escape, and could not even conceive the idea of ​​escape.

For a moment, the thought of "will die" literally flashed through his mind.

But the next moment, whether it was a hallucination or not, Li Chen suddenly felt a bit of coolness.

This cool feeling gradually became more obvious. Although it could not completely eliminate Li Chen's discomfort, it relieved his pain to some extent.Li Chen was in a daze, and came up with an idea: I heard that before freezing to death, you will feel hot at the end... So before you die from heat, you will also feel cold (a little bit)?

——On the contrary, I can faint a little...

"stay awake."

A voice rang in his ears, Li Chen almost thought it was a hallucination, but the voice still said: "Hold on!"

This voice is also a bit cold, deep and magnetic, with some kind of inexplicable affection.Li Chen felt that he was completely confused, and actually felt that the person speaking was his object.

— sober up!This voice has clearly been heard!

——Who the hell...?

--who is it……? !

Li Chen desperately opened a slit of his eyes, only in time to see a silver light, then closed his eyes powerlessly.

***

As time passed, dozens of giant dragons gathered around Gulong Volcano.

Even the elders came.

They came not only because of the cubs of the dragon clan, but also because of the patriarch of the ice dragon.The volcano is active, and the hot magma is still surging. No one knows whether the only ice dragon and fire dragon of the Dragon Clan still survive hundreds of kilometers underground.

"It's been more than half an hour..." An elder looked at the crater again—the same as 3 minutes ago—and frowned, "There is still no movement."

Serrad said: "But I feel that waves of energy are being released, are they..."

"We can't tell whether it's the volcano's power or the power of the tribe. They are all part of nature." The elder pondered for a moment and said, "Don't all gather here, stay at the elder level, and other tribesmen should do it. Why are you going?"

Meera anxiously said: "But we..."

"It's useless for you to wait here." The Great Elder said, "Go back and strengthen the defense of the dragon clan. The life and death of the patriarch is unknown, and the defense must be able to deal with any accidents. We are guarding here, so you don't have to worry too much."

"...Understood." The elder said so, and the others had no choice but to leave.After all, rationally speaking, the patriarch's life and death are unknown, so it's better for the clan to be more vigilant, and don't swarm around worrying about this and that, as shit doesn't work.Before Meila and Saenz's direct subordinates left, she reminded the elders many times that "if there is any movement, please be sure to notify me", and then left.

As for the "culprit" Jude, he was already as quiet as a quail, fearful and worried.Serad and Meera were not in the mood to beat him up now, but they didn't dare to throw him to school—for fear that if the teacher didn't pay attention, he would go to the volcano to check the situation—they had to take him home first.Meera felt that she couldn't stay at home and wanted to return to work after her vacation, but in order to keep an eye on Jude, she went home to take care of the cub.

Serrad didn't care how his wife disciplined his son when he went back, but went back to the meeting place where he was working.There were many other dragons who landed with him. Some dragons who stayed at the venue saw them coming back, and quickly asked: "How is it, what's the situation now?"

"I don't know what's going on, so I can only wait." Serrad's rank is not low, and he passed the elder's order, "Strengthen the defensive formation of the dragon clan, stick to your post, and be more vigilant!"

"understand!"

***

The elders stayed at the crater for several more hours.Seeing the setting sun and night falling, the elders had to start thinking of other ways.

"If there is no movement at midnight..." the Great Elder looked at the crater and said slowly, "We are going to the altar for divination."

As for the content of divination, he didn't say it clearly, but it goes without saying.

No one knows whether the two lives under the volcano are still alive, and there is no way to substantively detect them.You can only rely on divination to see if the ice dragon is still alive.Once something unexpected happens... the Dragon Clan cannot wait indefinitely.

"It can only be like this." Another elder sighed, "The patriarch and that child Li Chen have only met for a few months, but they have such a deep affection. He really regards Li Chen as a close relative."

"Alas..." the elder also sighed, "It's rare that he was happy for a while, so the babies are normal, I hope they are still alive. If there is no news...we will do the same for the other things, but the patriarch's house, it's just Just seal it up and don't let others touch it."

"The follow-up is not that simple." The other elders said. "We are now in the world, and Li Chen was brought back from another galaxy. If his death is not handled well, it may cause disputes between the two galaxies..."

"Hey, I haven't taken care of these things for hundreds of years, and I have completely forgotten about them. I hope that nothing will happen to the patriarch..."

"You actually prayed for the patriarch to be safe because of this. Is this a dragon's word..."

***

However, the elders did not wait until midnight.

Just after eleven o'clock, when the elders were all silent and the atmosphere was quite stagnant, a wave of energy suddenly vibrated below the volcano!

"!!!" The elders were startled, and looked at each other for a second, confirming that it was not their hallucination, "What was that just now? The energy of the volcano?"

"It's hard to say, it feels like it's not just the power of the volcano." The Great Elder immediately went up to the crater and looked down, but he didn't see any difference for the time being, "We don't know what kind of power the fire dragon is, but it's definitely not from the patriarch. ..."

Before he finished speaking, the Great Elder's communicator vibrated.He glanced at it, opened it, and Serrad's image jumped out instantly: "Elder, what was that wave of energy just now?!"

The elder frowned: "You feel it too?"

"Everyone feels it, what is it?" Serrad said, "Is it something that happened on the other side of the volcano?"

"We don't know either." The Great Elder pointed the camera at the inside of the volcano, "It seems that there is no difference...huh?"

The second the camera was aimed at the crater, the magma in the crater suddenly rolled and surged more violently than before. The fluctuations became larger and more obvious, as if something huge was rushing up from below.Because the speed of rushing up was too fast, the magma also produced this kind of reaction.

The elders released their subconscious power to protect the whole body: "Is it a volcanic eruption?!"

Serrad's face was almost in front of the projected image: "Could it be... the patriarch...?!"

They stared closely at the magma, and continued to stare, and saw that floaters were almost appearing in front of them.Then, there finally appeared the scene that everyone was looking forward to——

The energy shield formed by the condensed energy of the ice system broke through the surface of the lake where the magma gathered, and slowly rose.

"The patriarch——!!!"

The silver-white giant dragon rose from the orange-red magma, and the magma slid down from the surrounding area, without any damage to the ice dragon and the treasure he carefully guarded.

On his back lay another dragon quietly.The dragon's eyes are closed, its body is between teenagers, and its scales are like burning fire and hard volcanic rock.His head hung limply from the ice dragon's back, the blood snaked along the cracks and scales of the skin, and finally dripped from his chin.

into the magma.

The elders were stunned, and forgot to ask about Saenz's situation for a moment, they just stared blankly at the somewhat unfamiliar red dragon: "This is... Lichen?!"

"He was blasted by the energy of the volcano and forced to grow."

In fact, Saenz's power has been exhausted to the extreme. As soon as he stepped out of the volcano, his energy shield shattered instantly.But he still carefully stopped at the crater, carrying Lichen on his back and said, "Arrange first aid at the venue immediately."

The elder said: "You put him down, we will bring him, you..."

"No, I'll go directly to the venue." Of course, Saenz knew that his physical strength was almost at its limit, but he really couldn't hand over the guy on his back to others, "You guys go first...huh?!"

While talking, Saenz suddenly felt that the red fire dragon on his back was getting smaller, no, it wasn't getting smaller, it was turning into a human form!

—his first shapeshifting...without clothes!

The moment he thought of this, Saenz turned into a human form with the last bit of strength, and then grabbed a spare piece of clothing from the space.

Swish-!

The silver-white cloak instantly wrapped the young man whose appearance had not yet been seen clearly by the elders, and was hugged by the ice dragon that also turned into a human.

Even in human form, the blood oozing from Li Chen's body quickly stained Saenz's coat red.

But the ice dragon can't control his cloak.Holding the person in his arms firmly, he said to the elder, "Great elder, please take us there..."

"No problem." The Great Elder's body is Lanlong, he turned into his original form, and used the wind ability to lift both Saenz and Li Chen on his back, "Sit down, we're back to the venue!"

After speaking, Lanlong rose into the air, and other elders also turned into giant dragons to follow.

In mid-air, Saenz sat on the back of the giant dragon and pulled back the cloak covering the side of the boy's face.This face looked a little strange, but after Saenz confirmed who he was, he felt that everything was good-looking and suitable.

He wiped away the blood seeping from the boy's face.

"caught you."

A kiss fell on the boy's forehead.