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Chapter 62 Life and Death Line
Chapter 62 Life or Death
Bear Falls.
The raccoon is sheltering from the rain by leaning against a snack tree.
Staring at the honeycomb on the bear's paw for a moment, even with drool dripping from his mouth, he resisted the urge to lick it.
As a partner who can share food, Li Ai specially collected this to give to her.
Campsite upstream of the waterfall.
In the turbulent river, Mova, the leader of the rescue team, is leading the cats to secure more ropes to the small boat to prevent it from being swept away by the current.
Cui Cui held a heart-shaped piece of cotton cloth and rinsed it in the water. Seeing the purple sticky substance on the bandage begin to fade, a smile appeared on her face.
Hey~
A hurried roar pierced through the raging wind and rain.
Cui Cui looked up and saw the little fool almost swooping down and crashing down in front of the camp.
"Ambulance team disbanded!"
""
After Li Ai landed and finished speaking, Mova thought he had misheard, but soon a money bag was thrown over.
"Cui Cui, only take the most important things! Run now!"
Cui Cui had never seen Li Ai so nervous. Realizing the critical situation, she grabbed the heart-shaped bandage and quickly transformed into a dragon, soaring into the sky.
Li Ai stopped using the rope ladder and jumped directly off the waterfall.
Running towards the raccoon across the river, ignoring the beehive the raccoon was excitedly displaying, I waved my arms wildly and shouted, "Run! Get away from here!"
""
The raccoon, who had intended to wade across the river to meet the beehive, hesitated for a moment, then swung its paw and tossed the beehive over before turning and scrambling away.
Li Ai breathed a long sigh of relief after the evacuation was completed.
Just as it was about to climb onto the little fool's back, ready to fly away.
A blue figure suddenly stood up from the rapidly rising river surface.
"It really is you."
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Yu Ya's voice wasn't loud, but it clearly reached Li Ai's ears through the torrential rain.
Li Ai didn't reply. She lay down and patted the little fool's back shell hard, flapping her wings with all her might in the rain.
You can't escape.
""
Xiao Ai, who was standing upright in the water, did not move, but the ribbon on the brim of her spiral-shaped bone hat, which was as thick as a woman's wrist, suddenly grew to the thickness of a tree and stretched to more than ten meters in length, transforming into a giant tentacle.
The tentacles coiled and wrapped around the snack tree, and with a gentle pull, the entire tree was uprooted.
Thud!
The trees exploded, and the little fool who had just taken off was knocked to the ground.
A stream of water overflowed from the side of the river, and Xiao Ai walked barefoot through it, slowly and steadily towards it.
The little fool gets up, gathering his strength for a fireball.
But before it could erupt, a huge tentacle that swung sideways wrapped around its neck.
With just a slight lateral tug, the little idiot's two deeply planted paws immediately lost their balance.
Just as they were about to knock it down, a green light flashed.
The rapidly shrinking body not only loosened the tentacles' grip, but also allowed the fireball, which had been gathering momentum, to be successfully spat out from the little fool's mouth.
Boom~ Hiss~
The small fireballs spewed by the little fool hit Ai, but were instantly extinguished by the rain, leaving only a few wisps of smoke.
Ai was unharmed, but her face showed a look of surprise.
"If she's this skilled, she should have transformed into human form long ago. This is a female Rathalos, and it seems to be a normal individual..."
'
Ai Haibara seemed quite surprised by the transformation of the little fool.
"Li Ai, you run! I'll hold her off!"
'
The little fool stared at the unknown monster and assumed a fighting stance.
"Okay, lack of crisis awareness, seems a bit dumber than the average individual."
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Ai quickly changed her rating.
"We can't leave."
"Then let's fight together. If we join forces, we might have a chance."
The little fool still has a lot of confidence.
"There's no way we can beat you. Promise me you won't turn into a female Rathian again, no matter what state you're in."
"Oh... okay!"
'
The little fool thought Li Ai's request was a bit strange, but he still agreed.
As Li Ai spoke, she put the Love Hunter pendant on her chest and walked forward with her chest out.
The ribbon, which hadn't expanded, also curved and reached out to the chest, straightening the skeletal heart.
"I am Li Ai, the hunter of love. Just like you, I am doing something similar to what you are thinking."
"The moment I appeared, you were already planning to escape. You seem to know me very well?"
Ai asked the question that was puzzling.
She is quite confident in her perfect female transformation.
It's one thing that Li Ai was able to see through it, but to run away without even making contact or getting to know her makes no sense at all.
"She immediately grasped the crux of the problem, she's so smart... In that case, how can we possibly fool her and let the Love Squad go?"
Li Ai's heart tightened.
"Are you thinking of lies, how to deceive me... It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, it's all the same anyway."
After the thick tentacles thinned, they suddenly swung to the side, tightly binding Li Ai and lifting her up.
"Release Li Ai immediately!"
'
The little fool wanted to transform into a dragon to rescue her, but remembering Li Ai's instructions, he held back.
Ai opened her mouth, and thin, reddish-black arcs of electricity escaped from her body.
Soon, the fish in the river seemed to lose their way, constantly jumping out of the water and splashing on the grass.
Seeing this unprecedented surge of attributes, the little fool suddenly felt an unprecedented fear, his mind went blank, and he knelt down on the ground.
This fear is not simply due to the dragon attribute, but also to the powerful sense of oppression inherent in ancient dragons.
"Although I don't like human bones, you're so strong, your skeleton probably isn't too bad either."
As Ai spoke, her tentacles began to tighten their grip.
The other ribbon on the brim of the hat leaned towards the Love Hunter Medal.
"The underground lake in the ancient forest...that's your lair!"
After Li Ai roared out the location of the skeleton dragon's lair, the tentacles that had been coiling around him suddenly stopped rotating and tightened their grip.
"Hehe~ You really know me well."
"If I die, my partners will reveal this location, and you won't be able to keep a single monster skeleton that you've accumulated in your lair!"
'
Ai hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and sighed, "Your understanding of me is indeed beyond imagination, and your threat is very powerful, but the problem is... building a dragon's lair is no longer my ultimate goal!"
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His eyes flashed red, and his mouth, full of broken teeth, curved into an exaggerated arc.
"No matter how large a nest or territory may be, it will eventually wither and die! What I pursue is to become an immortal, eternally living ultimate life!"
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Ai became more and more excited as she spoke, her smile gradually turning into a sinister grin. She looked down at her palm, where the lines were clearly visible:
"And this current form is the key element for me to realize my dream!"
"It's just a pity that the only person who knows that I'm pursuing is a human, and that I'm about to die."
""
Ai sighed sadly, and the tentacles tightened their grip even more.
In fact, Li Ai had already given up hope when she realized that even exposing the threat of her nest could not affect the skeleton dragon.
"The stream should be the safest place, so why is it like this...?"
Crack!
A huge rock crashed down on the spiral-shaped bone cap from behind.
Ai turned her head indifferently and saw a blue bear beast raising its palms and roaring intimidatingly at her.
"Her perception is too low; she can't even sense the threat... Her legs are shaking."
Boom!
A flash of light, and the tentacle was hit by the fireball.
Then the little fool pulled at the entangled tentacles, trying to help Li Ai escape.
"Strange, they're clearly monsters, so why would they be willing to rescue this human..."
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Just as Ai was beginning to have doubts, a wooden barrel fell from the sky.
With a series of clattering sounds, a bundle of poisoned knives was revealed, and then Cui Cui swooped down, transforming into a monster girl.
She stared at Ai for a moment, her eyes trembling with horror.
The opponent clearly showed no intention of fighting, and apart from that tentacle, it was difficult to confirm that it was a monster girl.
The aura it emitted was even more terrifying than the ancient dragon that Cui Cui had previously observed from afar.
"Ahhh! Li Ai, we're here!"
'
The rescue team of Elo, in small boats, also rushed down the waterfall.
"The partnership is really harmonious, and our thinking is very similar."
""
As Ai spoke, she looked at the ribbon that was brushing against the Love Hunter Medal.
"If we kill him, these human-turned-monsters will be unable to submit. But there's no other way, let's deal with them all at once."
""
As Ai finished speaking regretfully, her tentacles swelled up again.
Become the ultimate life form! I have a way!
'
Li Ai, who was almost swallowed by the tentacles, shouted loudly.
The tentacles thinned slightly, revealing Li Ai's head.
"If you're lying to me, you know the consequences, right?"
"Ahem... Knowing you as I do, how could I not know!"
'
Seeing Li Ai's resolute attitude, the tentacles that had been binding her loosened considerably.
"Okay, but I don't have that much patience... Besides, I actually understand you pretty well now."
The tentacles suddenly pulled away and tried to wrap around the little fool, but before they could touch him, Cui Cui pushed them away.
She tried to lash out with her tail, but the seemingly soft tentacles were completely unmovable once her tail touched them; she was immediately entangled and hung upside down.
"Waaaah~ Cui Cui..."
Tears welled up in the little fool's eyes as she slapped her tentacles with her dragon claws, but just like before, Ai was completely unfazed by the attack.
"Run away, her target is Li Ai, she won't chase you."
Cui Cui reminded her.
"I'm not leaving! We'll die together!"
'
The little fool gritted his teeth and transformed into a dragon.
The tentacle caught it and swung it backward, slapping the little fool to the ground, while also causing Cui Cui, who was thrown away, to have her head broken and bleeding.
"I'll say it!"
Li Ai roared in anger.
"Then hurry up and tell me. My control over my power isn't always this precise."
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"I cannot predict the future, and I have never met you, but I have ways to understand you."
"That's already been said, it's not of much value."
Ai's gaze darkened.
"What about the other monsters!"
'
Ai was taken aback by what he said.
"I guess you're constantly replicating the abilities of other monsters by transforming your own dragon head, and then conducting in-depth research with the rationality of a monster girl, trying to integrate them into yourself in order to achieve the ultimate life."
"It's a real shame you're human... You're right."
"But what if I told you there's a monster that's born immortal, and even if its body is destroyed down to just a heart, it can still regenerate itself and survive?"
Upon hearing this, Ai's lips twitched slightly, but she then shook her head repeatedly in denial: "Impossible, how could such a monster exist in this world?"
Yes, you just don't know it!
Seeing Li Ai's absolute confidence, which seemed to be overflowing, Xiao Ai suddenly became conflicted.
"Where's the evidence?!"
'
As she spoke, Cui Cui, who was hanging upside down, was dragged over.
Li Ai reached into her waist pouch and rummaged around, then pulled out two monster cards.
After it was extended, the ribbon reached out and was taken.
"Bone Dragon's Baiting Form...Bone Dragon's Predatory Form?"
'
Seeing her monster form clearly displayed on the card, the feeling of being completely exposed made Ai grit her teeth involuntarily.
There is more detailed information on the back of the card.
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After Li Ai finished reminding her, Xiao Ai flipped the card over.
The ancient Linlong Cemetery is a lair of skeletal dragons, and information such as its fondness for hunting sea dragon cubs and its insatiable appetite is all clearly marked on it.
If we remember this information clearly and then speculate on the monster girl's behavior, we do have a chance to confirm her identity.
"ah"
"~
As soon as Ai opened her mouth, two cards were thrown in and quickly chewed into crumbs.
Clearly, even after becoming a monster girl and her aspirations changed, she wouldn't want such things to continue to circulate.
"Understood. Hand over that card, and I'll let all your companions go."
*Bang!*
Xiao Ai was only halfway through her sentence when another huge rock crashed down from behind onto the snail shell and shattered.
"It should also include the Blue Bear Beast."
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Li Ai reminded her.
"good!
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Ai's pronunciation was very heavy, making her seem unwilling.
"Then release it now."
"you...
'
"Do you think I can still run away?"
After a brief silence in the rain, the touch loosened.
Li Ai helped her up and whispered, "Cui Cui, take the little fool and leave with the rescue team. Once you're far enough away from the river, escape the stream."
"And what about you... you're not going to die here, are you?"
"I'm worried," Cui Cui asked.
No, the situation has stabilized.
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Li Ai spoke with confidence on her face, but somehow she seemed to lack a certain conviction.
Cui Cui carried the little fool onto the small boat, and together with the rescue team, they quickly sailed away down the river.
In the past, Ai would have been extremely concerned about the whereabouts of these two monster girls.
But right now, what she really wants is Li Ai's card that contains crucial information.
Li Ai rummaged in her waist bag for a moment and took out a bill.
Raindrops fell on the card, leaving water droplets because the plastic wrap was still on.
After the ribbon was absorbed, it seemed to notice the difference in material and began to wrap around the person.
"Bring it here quickly!"
It wasn't until Xiao Ai shouted something that the ribbon quickly retracted, allowing her to reach out and take it.
"Strange, aren't she controlling these two tentacles herself?"
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Li Ai noticed something was wrong.
Seeing the card's front, a black dragon with a single wing bone and no wings was drooping its neck in the sea. Ai read the name on it: "Gran Miraos, the Black Dragon..."
'
Then, flipping through the description, I found that apart from being the embodiment of the power of destruction and land creation, and being able to be reborn with an eternally beating heart, there was no other relevant information.
"This bright red ocean is...you're standing so far away."
"The rain was so heavy by the river... the water seeped in."
Li Ai, who wanted to escape, gave a very weak explanation.
The ribbon immediately swayed, then poked at Li Ai repeatedly, seemingly indicating that she wanted to escape.
"I understand now. This crimson ocean is your last trump card."
"That's right, you're very smart, Ai."
"Let the monsters escape while I stay here, so that there is no threat."
""
"right."
"So it seems your life is spared for the time being... What do these nine stars mean?"
Ai shows the card and asks a question.
"It means very powerful."
"How many did I have?"
Ai then realized that her card had been chewed up in order to erase the information.
"You also have nine."
"Am I a creature whose combat power is on the same level as the opponent's?"
""
"That's right, you're a skeletal dragon. There are several monsters in this world that are stronger than you."
Li Ai said with certainty.
At this moment, the ribbon suddenly shook violently, as if expressing a different opinion.