Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 281 Mission: 07-1 Traveling together
Two days later, the ball Caesar had mentioned was held on schedule at Amber Hall, the new headquarters of the Student Union. Lu Mingfei, completely unsure whether he could adapt to such a "high-end occasion," knocked on Nero's door an hour before leaving.

As mentioned before, there are not many people at Kassel College, and even if all the students are in double rooms, one dormitory can accommodate all of them, so naturally there is no distinction between men and women.

Nero opened the door, frowned, and asked him speechlessly, "So why did you come to see me?"

"Aren't you invited too?" Lu Mingfei scratched his head, his face full of caution: "So I came to ask...how about we go together?"

"Together?"

Nero looked at the guy in front of him who was wearing a suit but had an expression of "I'm a loser" written all over his face, and obvious disgust appeared on his face.

But thinking about it carefully, since it was a social dance, if she was going, it would be best if she had a male companion, and the only male companion she could have was Lu Mingfei. First of all, Nero didn't know the others well, and although it was a bit rude, Nero would definitely not choose Finger if she had to choose between Lu Mingfei and Finger.

"Although I know I'm a loser, it really hurts me when you look at me like that, okay?" Lu Mingfei protested in a low voice.

"That's ok, at least he's better than Finger." Nero sighed, "Wait for me—never mind, just come in and wait."

Lu Mingfei was stunned: "Ah? Is it okay?"

"Aren't you embarrassed to stand at the door?"

Nero said this and walked into the house. Lu Mingfei scratched his head, hesitated for a while, and finally walked in.

He closed the door, then stood at the doorway and began to reflect: "There is something I need to say first, I have a girlfriend."

It was a bit strange to suddenly say such a nonsensical sentence, but the meaning was easy to understand. Nero was so angry that he laughed.

But she didn't bother to explain. There's a saying, "Explanation is a cover-up," and another, "Facts speak louder than words." She drew the curtains and used her magic to weave a jet-black dress around her body.

The student union girls attending the ball were all wearing white dresses, so Nero's black outfit would have stood out. In fact, the balls Caesar hosted were quite "classical" in some ways, and the fact that women wore white dresses was an implicit rule at such balls, and Nero himself was aware of this.

But she didn't want to fit in. It was like Caesar himself wearing a white suit when all the men were wearing black. He was the protagonist of the ball, and the protagonist should naturally be different.

Nero also thought she should be the protagonist, and since Nero is black, she should wear black. Unfortunately, Lu Mingfei is a man. If he were a woman, Nero, accompanied by a woman, could wear a tuxedo.

Or if Xia Mi had already enrolled... but unfortunately, she hadn't. So Nero, who hadn't actively expanded his circle of friends, had no choice.

Changing the dress so quickly was obviously not right, so Nero lingered for a long time before leaving. At this time, Lu Mingfei was still facing the wall and thinking about his mistakes. Nero sternly patted his slightly hunched back, making Lu Mingfei jump up and spin half a circle.

"A-Are you ready?"

"Let's go."

She opened the door. On the other side, the storm had subsided, and the Kuimen Project's water support team was nervously staring at the screens in front of them. Underwater, Ye Sheng and Jiude Aki successfully entered the bronze gate.

It was dark behind the door.

Professor Mans returned to the surface with the "key" and walked into the front cabin while taking off his diving suit. He asked, "How is the situation?"

The scene illuminated by the lights was a dark green. Bronze walls, bronze floors, bronze ornaments, bronze sculptures...everything here was cast from bronze. Ye Sheng and Shutoku Aki were walking through a long corridor. The walls on either side were pierced by cracks like tree branches, as if crushed by some immense force. Beyond the cracks lay a dense array of sharp-edged gears, but they had ceased to function.

"This city is a giant machine," Ye Sheng reported. "But something seems to have malfunctioned. The jammed gears are tearing each other apart and breaking through the walls. I can see the gear fragments on the ground."

"After all, thousands of years have passed. Even dragon craftsmanship will eventually reach the end of its lifespan," Mance replied. "Pay close attention. Dragons are a race that diligently records history. The dragon language materials in this city will greatly enrich our knowledge base."

This was the first time Kassel Academy had discovered a complete Dragon City. Not a relic, not a ruin, not a fragment of broken walls and shattered walls, but a whole, complete, and well-preserved city. Even if its internal structure was damaged, the information within the city was intact!

"Got it. But isn't our mission to find the sleeping King of Bronze and Fire?"

"If he's still asleep, he's no threat. If he's awake, then all of us wouldn't be enough to fill his teeth. So we can only pray that he hasn't woken up yet and won't wake up for a while."

"But what are the dragon language materials?" Shude Aki asked, pointing his spotlight at every corner of the hall.

They had just walked out of the corridor they had just walked through, and at the end of it was a broken bronze statue.

"Like the 'Ice Sea Copper Pillars' we found in the Arctic, the dragon tribe would engrave dragon characters on the metal surface, which at first glance looks like a painting."

Following Professor Mans' instructions, Aki Sakutoku shifted his gaze until he finally spotted it on the metal dome of the hall. A giant tree composed of countless twisted lines.

"Starting backup."

Professor Mans, standing on the boat, was overjoyed and waved his hand in command. The images transmitted via the data cable were recorded, and Aki Sakutoku also took out his waterproof camera and prepared to begin filming the text.

"No, that's not right!"

But Ye Sheng's voice interrupted her. A terrified voice rang out in the channel, echoing through the data line to the control room on the Moniach: "The cross-section of this statue is brand new!"

Brand new?
These three words struck everyone present like a bomb. Why were they so new?

The fracture surface is brand new, which means that the shattering occurred recently. How can metal be destroyed by shattering without external force?
It can rust, it can corrode, it can even turn into a pile of oxidized copper sand, but it shouldn't shatter without a bump or a squeeze!
This place... there are living things!

Professor Mans immediately shouted to his students: "Stop filming, be careful of the enemy!"

(End of this chapter)