Monster Dismantling Company

Chapter 76 "Sravana's Corruption"

Li Lin did ask for a single bed. But when he arrived at the place, he found that he didn't actually have a choice, because there was only one "bed".

"Ah, sorry, this is a bit messy." After the door opened, Silver Dragon hurriedly picked up the bottles scattered on the ground, put them aside, and made way for Li Lin.

The space wasn't large; it was semi-circular. In the center was a seat, surrounded by a ring of gauges. But those gauges didn't display speed or maps; instead, they showed a complex web of neural networks and periodically fluctuating radio waves, like a heartbeat.

After informing Lin Zhiqing, Li Lin followed Yinlong to the place where she usually rested.

This is the cockpit of the Silver Dragon, and also where the Silver Dragon's true form resides. What's displayed on the screen is the Silver Dragon's digitized mind—its fully analyzed dragon soul.

Silver Dragon's true form was inside the cockpit, less than five meters from Li Lin. That seat was where Silver Dragon usually sat—she sat in this position when she took human form. Surrounding that seat was a large pile of empty plastic bottles.

The entire space was crammed with all sorts of aluminum cans and plastic bottles, looking like a garbage can. A lot of trash was just sitting on the dashboard, blocking the screen at the back.

The labels on these cans and plastic bottles all point to one beverage—coffee.

There are all kinds of coffee here. Sugar-free, sweetened, 200% sweetened, with milk, with tea, with cola—it's practically a coffee museum. Right there on that silver armrest, in the recess for a water glass, sits an unopened bottle of black coffee.

"Would you like a bottle?" Silver Dragon handed over the coffee from the chair. "I especially love coffee. Coffee is in my blood!"

"No, thank you." Li Lin looked around. "I don't drink coffee—so, I'll sleep here tonight?"

"Well, this is the only bed I can offer. You can sleep in the driver's seat; the chair can recline flat and even has a massage function."

She accurately found a remote control in the messy room, then adjusted the chair to a comfortable position: "Please use it! This is where I usually rest."

Clearly, the silver dragon also enjoys being in human form, especially drinking coffee.

She invited Li Lin to her seat, picked up the coffee she had just recommended to him, and drank it all in one gulp: "Ah~~ I work so hard just for this one cup."

"Is anyone still in charge of you?"

"Hmm." Silver Dragon nodded. "The administrators in the academy are in charge of me. They give me some incentive points, which I use to buy coffee. They say I can't indulge my hobby too much, and I have to drink coffee in moderation. They only give me one cup a day—so I like to save up for 10 days and then drink it all at once! Ah! It's so wonderful."

Although it was money she had saved up, she was still willing to share a cup with Li Lin.

"Is it really that good?" Li Lin asked in surprise.

"Why don't you try some?" She walked over to the large pile of soda cans next to her, took out an unopened one, and said, "It's really delicious! I highly recommend you try some."

"Thanks." Li Lin took the coffee and, like the silver dragon, tilted his head back and took a big gulp—

Then he collapsed into the chair and fell into a deep sleep. The rituals that should have been performed before bedtime were all missed.

"Hey? Why are you getting sleepier the more you drink?"

Unaware of the situation, Yinlong shook his head, took out a blanket from the storage cabinet next to him, and covered Li Lin tightly with it. He then tucked the edges of the blanket in so that it would wrap him up evenly.

"Ah~~ I'm so capable." She put her hands on her hips, proud of herself. "I never thought that even such a powerful Dragon King would be so satisfied with me—well, Dragon King, have a good night's sleep."

She gently patted Li Lin's face and then turned off the light. The storage cabinet where she had taken out the blanket now had enough space for her, so she curled up in the storage room and slept on the thicker, softer blanket. This small space gave her the same sense of security she felt inside the dragon egg. Therefore, the silver dragon slept very well that night.

"Ah~~ I slept so well." After a night's sleep in the small, warm storage locker, the silver dragon recovered from the day's fatigue. However, when she opened the locker, preparing to greet Li Lin, she saw a sight she would never forget—a long, slender tail swept past her. Li Lin was lying on the ground, his back to her.

The shrewdness that shone in his eyes yesterday has vanished. Now, only a burning, uncontrollable lust remains.

...

"Woo~~~" The entire Silver Dragon train suddenly burst into an abrupt whistle, the sound carrying a hot and shy urge, waking up Chef Wang in the dining car.

Everyone else around him woke up as well.

"Does this train have an alarm clock?" Master Wang stood up—he keenly noticed that along with the train's whistle, there was a series of barely perceptible sounds coming from the loudspeaker. It sounded like whispers, or perhaps sobs and arguments.

"?" Subconsciously, Master Wang realized that something was wrong.

He looked at the colonel beside him, who also felt the same way; they had clearly heard strange noises.

They all share a bloodline connection with Li Lin, as they all rely on Li Lin's blood to suppress their scaly transformation.

Master Wang immediately realized that the situation had changed:

"Oh no! Today it's Slugia's corruption!"

"Huh?" The colonel looked around. "You mean, Li Lin today..."

"We need to find him quickly! You're the newest recipient of his blood, so your feelings should be the strongest—where is he? Try to feel it."

"He's..." the colonel pressed his forehead, "...seems to be in the direction of the front of the car? I can vaguely sense it."

Master Wang looked towards the front of the car.

With a clear indication of his location, he was able to sense it—because Li Lin was now almost out of control and had no intention of concealing his position.

"I'll be right back."

Leaving the others behind, he walked alone toward the front of the car—it had been a month since he last obtained blood from Li Lin, so his senses about Li Lin were not very sharp. But the closer he got to the front of the car, the stronger his senses about Li Lin became, and the more certain he was that Li Lin was currently in a strong, uncontrollable state of "Slaanesh corruption".

As they reached the front of the train, the door to the driver's cabin was open, and a voice remarkably similar to the train's announcement came through: "Your Majesty the Dragon King! What are you doing! Please stop! I'm scared!"

Without hesitation, Mr. Wang went inside immediately. Turning the corner, he saw Li Lin's long tail sticking out, wagging restlessly. And when he entered the driver's seat, Li Lin's condition came into view:

He was lying on the floor, frantically scrubbing it with a rag. Next to him were rows of aluminum cans, arranged like a military parade, like a work of art—because that was Li Lin's work of art.

Other plastic bottles and similar items unsuitable for display were collected into recyclable garbage bags. The bags were tied tightly and placed in the hallway, ready to be disposed of according to their categories.

On the floor he was wiping, there was a coffee stain that Silver Dragon had spilled—a stain that just wouldn't come off no matter how much he scrubbed, the rag almost sparking. Li Lin grew increasingly frustrated as he wiped, while Silver Dragon beside him grew increasingly frightened.

"Dragon King! I was wrong! Please don't clean my room anymore. I know it's a mess... but you're doing it like you're washing vegetables! I'm scared! I'll clean the room properly from now on, please don't eat me!"

Master Wang looked around the room and roughly understood what was going on.

He stepped forward and patted Yinlong on the shoulder: "Nice to meet you. Did he scare you? It's okay. He's a bit of a perfectionist or germaphobe at times like this. It's alright, I was prepared."

He took out a strong alkaline cleaning agent from his bag and handed it to Li Lin: "Here, use this to clean, it's powerful. You clean this side, I'll clean the other places. Miss, please go out first, please don't touch the places he just cleaned, he'll be angry."

"She can't leave." Li Lin suddenly turned around. "She has to stay here. This house is such a mess, it's outrageous."

Master Wang looked at Yinlong: "Then you can't leave. Doing these things in front of you is also part of the art."

"But I like it messy, so why bother tidying it up... Wait, how come it does look cleaner? Is this considered art?"

"All skills can be art," Master Wang said while putting on his gloves. "Absolute focus and perfection—that's art."

However, he also looked at the silver dragon: "Although it may be presumptuous, is he completely uninterested in your appearance? Why is it 'this' art? I thought it was 'that' art."

"What kind of art?"

"The art of fighting—in every sense of the word. For I came here following the sound of struggle."