Chapter 96 If You Don't Listen, I'll Kill You
It was two days later when Genjiro was released.

When she walked out of the room, she saw the white-haired old man standing in front of the window.

Ange was still wearing his meticulous black suit, with a red rose bud pinned to his chest, his gray hair combed neatly, and two glasses of red wine in his hands.

It was so solemn that it looked like they were attending a funeral.

Yuan Zhinv walked forward, and Angé heard the noise but did not turn back, but just handed her a glass of wine.

Yuan Zhinv took it and stood by the window: "Principal, why are you here?"

Outside the window, you can see the rippling river surface in the distance. After two days of sedimentation, the chaotic water flow caused by the explosion has subsided, and the Yangtze River seems to have returned to calm.

"I didn't want to come either, but Mance was taken away for investigation."

Angers showed a somewhat helpless expression: "The military believes that Mance deliberately sneaked into the Yangtze River to sabotage it. I am still looking for someone to bail him out and try to explain that this is just a misunderstanding."

"But the crime is so serious that Professor Mance may not be able to get out for a while."

He paused here and looked at the expressionless girl beside him: "Girl, aren't you going to give me an explanation?"

Yuan Zhinu took a sip of wine and said calmly: "It was all Caesar's idea. He is the team leader and I can only listen to him."

Ange scratched his head: "...Isn't this reason a little far-fetched?"

Yuan Zhinu: "It's not far-fetched. A higher-ranking official can crush people to death. Not to mention that I am so well-behaved and obedient that I can only succumb to his tyranny. Please, principal, you must punish him."

Ange's expression suddenly became even more helpless. He had no way to deal with the girl next to him, and he couldn't understand what she was trying to do.

He had no choice but to change the subject.

"I sent people to investigate. The underwater explosion caused a small earthquake. The 40-meter-thick rock layer cracked, and a passage appeared underground. The end of the passage should be Baidi City."

"If we delay, something bad will happen. The Kuimen plan will be launched ahead of schedule. Are you ready?"

Yuan Zhinv smiled slightly: "Of course, I can dive anytime."

"Then tomorrow." Ange drank the wine in the glass and looked at the scenery outside the window with a far-reaching gaze: "I heard that tomorrow will be a good day."

Due to time constraints, the Moniah had not yet been modified, and it had already attracted the attention of the police, so the previous survey ship was still used for this dive.

"You have enough oxygen for three hours. No matter how the mission is completed within three hours, you must come back."

"As for the logistics, you don't need to worry too much. I will personally take care of it for you." On the deck, Angers looked at the two people in front of him with a smile: "Don't worry about it."

Gen Chinushi and Caesar put on their diving suits again, carrying new oxygen bottles on their backs. They nodded when they heard this and opened their hands to let the staff check their equipment.

Until the staff made an OK sign, he nodded and said, "Go, kids."

"I'll wait for your safe return."

Caesar and Genjitsu jumped into the water together.

Although it was only the second time they cooperated in the underwater operation, the two of them had a tacit understanding and came to the previously marked location with ease. At this time, the rocks on the ground were like cracked earth, with cracks spreading one after another.

In the middle, there is a huge crack that goes straight to the depths of the ground, and it looks bottomless like an abyss.

The two men jumped into the abyss, as if they were swallowed by a ferocious giant mouth.

They were not the kind of people who would procrastinate. They moved very quickly and dived very quickly, reaching a depth of 40 meters in the blink of an eye.

A huge bronze wall stopped them. Caesar stretched out his hand and touched the surface of the wall. Large pieces of rust were peeled off, revealing a brand new metal surface with a blue-black luster like oil.

"Ancient Bronze City." Caesar murmured, "This legendary thing actually exists?"

"That is the bedroom of Dragon King Norton." Ange's voice sounded from the headset: "You are approaching that great being."

"But how do you open this thing?" Caesar wondered.

After the patina peeled off, the pattern on the wall became clear: a raised human face with a burning log in its mouth.

It was a truly bizarre picture, with the face twisted in agony, yet the creature refused to loosen its teeth which were clenching the firewood.

"Liuli." Angé said, "I may need some of your blood. I told you in advance. Are you ready?"

"I understand." Yuan Zhinv answered calmly, and then, under Caesar's shocked gaze, she took out a small bottle from her arms and smashed it directly on the mouth of the strange human face.

The red blood floated in the water, but before it could be carried away by the current, it was strangely sucked into the man's mouth.

After the bronze face absorbed the blood, it was silent for a moment and slowly opened its mouth as if it was yawning.

A terrible sound of metal heating and breaking came from deep within the bronze wall. A pitch-black hole with a diameter of about one meter appeared on the bronze wall. Above and below it were the teeth of the bronze human face. Those were definitely not human teeth. Each one was as sharp as a dagger.

"This is the entrance, a great achievement of alchemy, using living spirits as door locks. Only highly pure dragon blood can temporarily satisfy him, but the living spirits will close the door. Next time, he will continue to use Liuli's blood to open the door."

Caesar raised his eyebrows in surprise: "My blood is not okay?"

Ange was stunned and embarrassed: "This... unfortunately, only S-level bloodlines can be used at present."

Caesar shrugged his shoulders to show his disdain.

"Remember, you only have enough oxygen for three hours. Dragon King Norton has not yet awakened. The goal is to find his eggs, but if you can't, just destroy them."

"I asked you to carry the alchemical equipment given by the Equipment Department. It can directly destroy the eggs. You must stay 50 meters away before detonation."

"Good luck to you, classmates." Angers hung up the call.

Caesar and Genji walked into the passage. In the spotlight beam, the rippling waves were projected on the incredible round bronze objects. Surrounding them was a circle of sharp wolf-tooth structures. At first glance, it reminded people of the strange arc that would be drawn when thrown, biting the enemy's neck and spinning.

As the exploration deepened, the second metal disc appeared, followed by the third, the fourth... countless metal discs covered a giant bronze wall tens of meters high, with the bronze teeth biting into each other.

"It's like a watch movement." Caesar looked at the incredible scene in front of him and exclaimed from the bottom of his heart: "What an incredible craftsmanship. Dragon King Norton is simply a mechanic."

But compared to his fuss, Yuan Zhinv was very calm. She didn't even look at these stunning designs, and her eyes were always wandering around.

She released a lot of snakes, and now all those little things were swimming around a certain location. Yuan Zhinv could clearly feel what those snakes were afraid of.

And you don’t have to think about what it is that can scare snakes here.

Reaching out and touching the black box behind her, Yuan Zhinu turned to look at Caesar: "You take pictures and samples here. My snake has found something. I will go to find the snake. If you encounter anything, just evacuate directly. No need for rescue."

Caesar frowned: "Girl, it seems that I am the team leader?"

"Then do you know the location of the snake, team leader?" Gen Chinu asked back.

Caesar had no choice but to remain silent. Yuan Zhinv did not waste any words and ordered again: "Evacuate immediately if you feel anything unusual. No matter what happens, don't worry about it, just leave."

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with being ordered, Caesar still nodded with a sour face. He knew that now was not the time to be upset, so he could only accept it with a pinch of his nose.

Yuan Zhinv found his expression quite funny, so she laughed out loud: "Be obedient."

"Be good, I'll make sure you're okay."

The girl looked completely different after she smiled. Her delicate look that originally had a strong aggressiveness softened, and the frightening coldness also dissipated a little, just like when she first entered the school for the live broadcast.

Pure and beautiful, like an angel.

Caesar couldn't help but stare in amazement, but Yuan Zhinv had already turned around and left, going deeper alone. There were holes one after another in the ancient bronze city, and each hole was connected to a bronze corridor, like an ant nest immersed in water.

Caesar scratched his head, shone the flashlight upwards, and looked up at the entire cave.

The space here is so huge that it seems like a giant's palace. The dome is engraved with ancient patterns. They are the scattered branches of a giant tree, and the leaves and twigs are bent into unreadable characters.

Caesar picked up the waterproof camera and kept taking pictures and recording. These precious images were continuously transmitted to the survey ship on the water, which would be a major gain.

"I didn't realize Norton was an artist." Caesar muttered to himself, "He has quite good taste. Although I don't understand it, it feels very exquisite."

"Those are all dragon characters." Ange's voice sounded in the headset: "Although it seems that we can't decipher them at the moment, it can be regarded as an unexpected gain. Back them up immediately."

Caesar raised an eyebrow: "Does the Dragon King like to write on the roof? So it's convenient to lie down and read?"

"Not sure. We haven't come into contact with other dragon kings yet. Maybe we can ask Norton himself if we have a chance." Angers said, and then paused: "Caesar, your heartbeat is speeding up. Are you okay?"

"What could possibly happen?" Caesar smiled nonchalantly. "If there's going to be a problem, it can't be me. I'm the team leader."

Time passed minute by minute, and complex patterns continued to enter Caesar's viewing window. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but as the dragon text continued to be transmitted, he felt a little dizzy.

Taking a deep breath and patiently taking the last picture of the pattern, Caesar put away the camera and swam to the edge of the cave.

He had already taken pictures of the patterns on the top of the sky, and was ready to take pictures of the things in other holes, but just as he was about to enter the passage, a shadow suddenly floated up from beside him and reached out to grab his neck at an indescribable speed.

Almost subconsciously, Caesar crouched down and kicked the black shadow hard, but he kicked nothing because the thing was moving at an awful fast speed.

When he looked up, he found that it was a statue of a snake-faced man, only a few dozen centimeters tall, wearing an ancient Chinese robe, holding a Chinese-style ivory tablet, with his head slightly lowered, as polite as a nobleman.

But his head was shaped like a cobra, with a long and thin neck sticking out from the collar of his robe, which looked particularly abrupt.

"A sneak attack is not a gentleman's style." Caesar rubbed his wrist and punched the snake-faced man's neck hard.

But just as he was about to touch the snake-faced man, a huge force suddenly came from behind him, and Caesar was caught off guard and was thrown to the ground.

He subconsciously tried to struggle and fight back, but a hand had already grabbed his neck and lifted him up.

Caesar was unwilling to be restrained like this, so he reached out and took out the diktat from his waist. But before he stabbed, he felt a sharp pain in his wrist and the knife fell to the ground with a crisp sound.

"Did I ever tell you to evacuate immediately if you see anything unusual?"

The girl's voice rang out, and Caesar suddenly woke up. He subconsciously opened his eyes and met a pair of cold golden eyes.

Yuan Zhinv grabbed his neck with one hand and lifted him up into the air. Lack of oxygen made his face turn red, but he was unable to escape from the terrifying force. Caesar could even see his own reflection in those golden eyes.

At that moment, he even suspected that the girl really wanted to kill him.

But the next second, he was thrown heavily to the ground. The ghostly girl looked down at him and tilted her head slightly: "Are you more awake now?"

Caesar covered his neck and coughed continuously. He was stunned when he heard the girl's words. Then he realized that his lifeline and data cable had been broken at some point. He touched down along the lifeline and felt a smooth break, which was caused by a knife cut.

Caesar suddenly remembered...it was he who drew his sword and cut the lifeline!

He looked up suddenly and saw the snake-faced man standing not far away, staring at them quietly. His eyes were pure silver, flashing a lonely and fierce silver light on the dark bronze surface, as if he was blinking.

And he almost ran into the snake-faced man just now.

"It's a self-destruct system." Yuan Zhinv said. Caesar's pupils suddenly shrank, an unspeakable fear exploded in his heart, and his whole body trembled.

The ghostly girl spoke again, her voice as cold as ice: "If you try to do something stupid like this that holds me back again next time..."

Having said this, she paused, with undisguised murderous intent in her eyes:
"I'll kill you first."

(End of this chapter)

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