Chapter 127 – Captain Zhao Qingling
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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Both Shan Ming and Ayer stayed at the base.
Ayer spends most of his time training with the other Dragon Blood men. Although there’s no freedom with his new life, he has no choice. In his current condition, he is just like Shen Changze when he was ten years old back then. He usually looks normal. But once he gets angry, he is a threat. Or if he has sexual desire, he can’t help but transform himself. He can’t live well in human society at all. It takes at least two to three years for a newly evolved Dragon Blood Man to be able to fully control himself. The effect is most obvious in the first half a year to a year. By then, he can basically restrain his transformation due to anger. After that, it will take a long time for him to control himself. From the timing of the transformation all the way to him achieving the ability to switch between the two forms freely and also to be able to control oneself under any circumstances. Only by then, it is considered a success.
So Ayer stayed in the base to learn to control his dragon blood gene while constantly strengthening himself.
Shan Ming can only see Ayer once or twice a month. He obtained the right to move freely in most areas in the base. He came and went alone. He was not interested in those high-end instruments. Everyone else was not very defensive against him as well. Although he can move around freely, the place he goes the most is the training ground. Almost every day, he spent time in high-intensity physical training.
He constantly strengthened himself. He kept fighting Dragon Blood people, learned all kinds of knowledge of weapons specially used to deal with Dragon Blood people, and reached the level of proficiency in using each of them. At the same time, he conducted in-depth research on the body structure and weaknesses of the Dragon Blood Man. Only then did he realise that he knew too little about the Dragon Blood Man before. The Dragon Blood Man was stronger than he imagined. They fought many Dragon Blood people back then. And those monsters were killed by them before they even learned how to exert the power of dragon blood genes. This is why even with Shen Yao’s blood purity being far lower than that of Shen Changze, he can still gain the upper hand in the battle. Shen Yao is the earliest group of Dragon Blood people. He was also the one who has the most proficient understanding of his own strength. So he knew how to use it to the fullest.
Shan Ming put a lot of effort into all kinds of training. He faced Dragon Blood opponents every day and his ability increased at an astonishing rate. No matter in terms of speed, strength, sensitivity and fighting skills, he was already able to deal with a Dragon Blood Man and pose a real threat to them.
In a blink of an eye, half a year has passed. When Shan Ming was burying his head in various ways to deal with the Dragon Blood people every day, he suddenly realised that he and Shen Changze had been separated for half a year.
In the past six months, there was neither news of Shen Yao nor of Shen Changze.
Shan Ming often dared not to think about Shen Changze or of his current situation. He must still be alive but he must not have a good life. Shan Ming knew that he would also hate himself. Sometimes, Shan Ming just closes his eyes and the image of the last time he saw Shen Changze will appear in front of his eyes.
Finding Shen Changze and taking him away is now Shan Ming’s only reason to live.
One day, Tang Tingzhi called him over. He walked into a conference room. Besides Ayer, there were many other familiar faces, including Huang Ying, Crow, Yang Guan, and even Lily, who had become a hired agent for the Chinese government.
Shan Ming pulled up a chair and sat next to Ayer. He asked him, “How’s your condition now?”
“I’m okay. When I want to transform, I can do it at will.”
Shan Ming nodded, “That’s good.”
Ayer patted his face, “I haven’t seen you smile for half a year. I don’t want to see you like this again. He will be fine. Shen Yao is his real father. It’s impossible for them to completely disappear from this world. We will find them and bring him back.”
Shan Ming nodded again and said nothing. Needless to say to anyone, he will try his best to bring Shen Changze back.
Ayer patted him strongly on the shoulder and turned away.
Tang Tingzhi began to talk about his purpose of calling everyone over.
“Ayer’s current training situation is good. Just now, we received a mission. I want him to go on a mission with other Dragon Blood people so that he would get used to it. The data will be gathered along the way.” Tang Tingzhi looked at Shan Ming, “You have been held back at the base for half a year. Do you want to go out for a walk? Try to look at the life you are familiar with.”
Shan Ming agreed without hesitation. He hasn’t been on the battlefield for a long time and he doesn’t seem to know where to use his energy. It just so happens that he also needs one to test his progress.
Tang Tingzhi continued: “This time, the mission is against an East X Organisation in Xinjiang. They have robbed Uyghur villages in some remote areas and no one was left alive regardless of the elderly or children. The local army is participating in another peacekeeping operation to prevent a larger Eastern organisation from harassing the border residents. Now we can’t spare the energy to deal with these robbers and murderers who are running around and committing crimes. Moreover, these people’s whereabouts are uncertain and it is very difficult to find them. They hoped for us to send some people to support them. So, I’m going to take you guys there.”
“Just us?” Ayer looked and found that there were seven people in total.
“To deal with some ordinary people, it is enough to take only you guys. The number of people is small so it’ll be easier to track them.”
Although everyone felt that it would be a bit of a fuss to mobilise a large number of people and dispatch several Dragon Blood men to deal with a group of robbers, no one questioned Tang Tingzhi’s decision.
After the meeting was over, Tang Tingzhi sent the equipment for this trip to everyone’s room. The equipment for Shan Ming was sent to him by Tang Tingzhi himself.
Shan Ming watched him closing the door, knowing that he had something to say.
Tang Tingzhi said: “I know you are anxious to know their whereabouts. But I don’t think they will reveal their whereabouts in a short time. In the battle half a year ago, Shen Yao suffered a lot of losses and it hurt his vitality. He would want to make a comeback. So a large number of Dragon Blood people must be recreated by him and these Dragon Blood people must be trained in order to adapt to their own identities. If I were him, I would find a safe place to hide for at least two to three years.”
Shan Ming gritted his teeth and said, “I can’t wait two to three years.”
“I can’t wait either. Losing Shen Changze is a huge loss to us. We can’t wait for even one more day.”
“Why are you telling me about these? Did you actually find them?”
“No. But I found the whereabouts of another important person.”
“Who?”
“Shen Changze’s mother, Captain Zhao Qingling.”
Shan Ming suddenly raised his head, “You found her?”
“Not exactly. I just got some intel. It is said that she has been hiding in the border area, living in some ancient and remote Uighur villages. She was living a life that is basically out of touch with modern society.”
“Why is that?”
Tang Tingzhi shook his head, “We can only ask her the reason face to face. That is, if we can find her.”
“So this mission is actually for her?”
“Yes. Letting Captain Zhao Qingling lure Shen Yao out is the only way at present. Otherwise, with the world being so big and Shen Yao not making any movement at all, it would be too difficult to find them. He is very likely to cooperate with the government or organisation of some other countries. If there are large organisations that are willing to protect them, the chance of discovering them is almost zero. So Shen Yao can only show himself if we use his wife. This is the only breakthrough we can hope for.”
“You haven’t located Zhao Qingling for so many years. She hid herself intentionally. Is it possible to find her this time?”
“We can only find a way to lure her out. That is, by using the Dragon Blood Man and everything else that we can use. She is the turning point of this incident. So we must find her at all costs.”
Shan Ming clenched his fists. He asked, “Why did you tell only me regarding this?”
“Because I need your cooperation.”
“Don’t you also need the cooperation of others?”
“The higher-ups don’t know about this matter. I got the intel privately. And I don’t want to let anyone else know. This is because Zhao Qingling is a woman with a temper. If the higher-ups got involved in this, I’m afraid it would cause her to rebel. So, this is a secret operation. Only three of us know about it. Please cooperate as much as possible when the time comes. I can’t do it by myself.”
“Who else knows?”
Tang Tingzhi said lightly, “Ayer.”
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Next update: 2023.–.–(*TBA)
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