Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before slaying the dragon

“I know you will find it ridiculous, but I find it ironic myself.” Chu Tianjiao laughed at himself, “I have always said that Vincent is an ignorant, pathetic, and deeply brainwashed guy, but in the end I still embarked on the same path as him. It seems that I have also been brainwashed by that old guy.”

"No, I would have done the same thing back then." Chu Zihang suddenly spoke up. He looked at Chu Tianjiao and said seriously, "I did it for the truth about that island, not because I believed Vincent's words."

“But what Vincent wanted was for me to help him explore the truth about the island. No matter what I thought in my heart, I finally chose the path Vincent wanted me to choose.” Chu Tianjiao shook his head and said, “At that moment, I was really unsure. I suspected that I might have really embarked on a dead end. The sea water was freezing cold. The downward gravity and upward buoyancy acted on me at the same time. I sank slowly. It felt like I was floating in space. All my senses were far away from me. I thought to myself, maybe this is the feeling of death. I am leaving the real world and reaching another shore.”

It was freezing cold and silent under the pitch-black sea. Caesar, Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei had all experienced the "Abyss Plan" when they were in Japan. When the Trieste disintegrated, they had all felt the despair in the deep sea and never wanted to experience it again in their lifetime... But compared to Chu Tianjiao, their experience that time was still lucky. Putting aside the factor of the corpse guards, they were floating up while Chu Tianjiao was sinking, and the water temperature of the "Abyss" was incomparable to the freezing Arctic Ocean.

“As I was floating up and down, I seemed to hear the voice of the ancient times, and my consciousness gradually sank.” Chu Tianjiao whispered, “I let myself be drowned by the sea until a certain moment, when I suddenly heard a laugh.”

"Laughter?" Nuo Nuo frowned slightly, and everyone was stunned.

"Yes, just like the laughter I heard when the white figure turned its head, my consciousness was already very fuzzy, but the laughter was very clear, as if it was right next to my ear, and yet it seemed to be from a long distance. I don't know how to accurately describe that feeling, but I don't think it was my illusion." Chu Tianjiao said slowly, "When I heard that laughter, my body suddenly regained consciousness, and I felt the buoyancy of the sea water beneath me getting stronger and stronger, until it was greater than gravity. I choked on a large mouthful of water, and then was dragged up by the sea water, faster and faster, until I felt a dazzling light, and I dived out of the water."

"You didn't float up, did you?" Nuonuo asked Chu Tianjiao, "Did you reach that island?"

"Yes... No, to be precise, I haven't arrived yet. The island is not far from me." Chu Tianjiao shook his head and said, "It took me a while to adapt to the dazzling light. This is a strange world. The sky is black, and I can see cyan and purple auroras in the far distance. The blue sea is endless and clear. Several white islands are scattered in front of me. From a distance, they look like still clouds. There are huge trees and towering altars on the islands. There is no wind around, but the leaves are swaying slightly."

"Isn't this the same scene as described in the painting 'Isle of the Dead'?" Caesar said.

"So after you jumped off the Yamal, you first felt yourself sinking, then floating up, and finally reaching the Island of Death." Chu Zihang nodded and said, "So that really is a space hidden underwater. Its world is the reverse of the normal world. The sky is the earth, and the earth is the sky, because it itself is a reflection, but the reflection is real."

What Chu Zihang said was quite mysterious, but everyone in the room could understand it because they had all heard Chu Tianjiao describe Vincent's experience and the painting, and they had all more or less experienced one or several Nibelungs. As for that space beyond the real world, there are still countless mysteries that humans cannot understand.

"I took a few seconds to observe the surrounding environment and found that I was on a white reef. It was a group of reefs, about 20 centimeters below the sea surface. At this depth, ships cannot pass. Even a normal wooden boat with people on it will run aground." Chu Tianjiao said, "That world gave me a very strange feeling. Let me think about how to describe it... The whole world is very pale, whether it is the sky, the sea, or the islands, the colors of everything are infinitely close to black or white, even the blue and transparent sea water has a pale illusion. In this world, the light seems to be absorbed by the surrounding objects, just like a movie screen with extremely low pixels in the 1970s and 1980s. In short, it will be difficult for human vision to adapt to it for a while."

"Every Nibelung is different, and they all have their own characteristics," said Lu Mingfei.

He was probably the one who had experienced the most Nibelungs among all the people present, from the Bronze City under the Three Gorges, to the subway in the capital, to Odin's Nibelung in their city... Each Nibelung had very distinctive characteristics.

Lao Tang's Bronze City is like a huge, sophisticated instrument, with layers upon layers, one after another, thanks to the extraordinary alchemical ability of the King of Bronze and Fire; and Xia Mi's subway is like an endless maze, ordinary people who stray into it cannot even find the entrance and exit, because the King of the Earth and the Mountains is the king of control, and the hard mountains and underground rocks are as fragile as tofu to them; as for Odin's Nibelungen, it is a complete replica of Lu Mingfei and their city, and that Nibelungen is always stuck in a dark rainy night. Although Odin's true identity is unknown, this is probably related to Odin's ability to modify the real world.

The "Island of Death" described by Chu Tianjiao does sound like a world after death. It is infinitely close to the real world, but everything is so faint and slow, from light to color, from time to vitality... Ordinary people who accidentally walk into it may not be able to describe this weird feeling in detail, but they will feel palpitations and panic when they are in it, as if they had accidentally entered the underworld of Huangquan and wandered on the boundary between life and death.

"If I have successfully reached the legendary 'Island of Death', then Vincent and the passengers on the lifeboats before me may have also arrived here, I thought to myself, but there is nothing blocking my view except those islands. It is too empty here and I can't see any living people or living things." Chu Tianjiao said, "Maybe they have already landed on those islands? But how did they get to the islands? There are at least several kilometers of sea water between the reefs and the islands. Could they have swam there? Does old guy Vincent have the physical strength to swim so far? Or did they land on the island from the beginning? Just as I was thinking this, there was a sudden movement behind me. I looked back and saw a completely unexpected scene."

"There are beauties wearing bikinis?" An inappropriate voice sounded, and Finkel suddenly interrupted.

Everyone in the room looked at this guy with glares. The node that Chu Tianjiao described was like a story that had reached an important turning point and was about to reach a climax. Everyone held their breath and wanted to know what Chu Tianjiao encountered in that world, but Finkel's words completely destroyed this tense and exciting atmosphere.

People like this should be thrown into the Arctic to feed the polar bears!

"It was Sasha in a diving suit. He suddenly emerged from the water, his hair was wet, his eyes were closed, and he was gasping for breath. His expression was panicked and terrified, like a drowned brown bear." Chu Tianjiao described, "Sasha was not far from me. There were no reefs where he was. He was floundering in the water like crazy. I knew he was a very good swimmer, but I was really worried that he would drown, so I reached out a hand to pull him up, but Sasha's vision seemed to have not recovered yet. Sensing that there were people around him, he floundered in the water and waved the dagger in his hand recklessly."

Everyone's expression was very strange, because they didn't expect that this former Alpha Squad retired soldier would be so loyal and courageous to follow Chu Tianjiao and jump into the icy waters of the Arctic.

"I slapped Sasha on the face and yelled, 'Stop it, it's me.' For some reason, my voice seemed to float very far in this empty world. Sasha gradually came to his senses after hearing my voice. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at me and this world in confusion." Chu Tianjiao said, "I pulled him out of the sea and onto the reef. Sasha was still in shock and said he was scared to death. He thought he was really going to die this time."

"I frowned and asked Sasha why he was here. Sasha said that after I followed Vincent into the water, he and the sailors on the ship used a powerful searchlight to shine into the water for a long time. With the visibility of the Arctic Ocean, the light source of the searchlight can penetrate to a depth of 50 meters. They even saw schools of fish swimming under the sea, but I was nowhere to be seen, as if I had completely disappeared." Chu Tianjiao said, "So Sasha put on a diving suit immediately and jumped into the sea with me near the place where I fell into the water."

"That's not right." Nuonuo frowned slightly. She looked at Chu Tianjiao and said, "Didn't you just say that when Vincent fell into the water, the shadow of the island became very light?"

"Yeah, that's what I asked Sasha, and Sasha told me that after I fell into the water, the reflection of the island just moved farther and farther away but didn't get any lighter, as if it was frozen there." Chu Tianjiao said, "I looked up at the sky, but there was only a chaotic color above it. I had no way of verifying whether what Sasha said was true, but he had no reason to lie to me. However, I was not happy at all about his arrival."

"Because he is a human." Nono said, "But the 'Isle of Death' is a Nibelung, where the secrets of the dragon race are likely to be hidden. If humans are exposed to things related to the dragon race, usually there will be no good consequences."

"I actually have a good impression of Sasha. He's an unfortunate man, but I've hardly seen him complain about life. He seems to be able to accept most of the hardships calmly. What's more, he's just an ordinary person. I admire such a man from the bottom of my heart." Chu Tianjiao said, "And Sasha came for me. He said that he didn't know when 'Yamala' would sail out of the range of the iceberg. If he saw Vincent and I disappear from this world, he might never forget it. He might spend the rest of his life wandering in the Arctic Ocean. He was afraid that this would become his nightmare, so he chased after me."

As an ordinary person, Sasha's courage is truly admirable, and everyone has awe for this Russian man.

"But I know in my heart that in addition to what Sasha said, there is another reason - curiosity." Chu Tianjiao said, "In addition to fear, humans are also curious about unknown things, just like scientists are trying their best to explore extraterrestrial civilizations and Kassel Academy is relentless in its pursuit of dragons. When the legendary 'Island of Death' or 'Land of Eternal Life' appears in front of you, you can't suppress your curiosity."

"Especially for crew members like Sasha who have been sailing in the same sea for years, no matter how beautiful and magnificent the Arctic Ocean is, they will always get tired of the monotonous scenery. Sasha can even memorize the name of every iceberg on their route, so when something legendary appears in front of him, he can't suppress his curiosity at all." Chu Tianjiao said, "This is an experience that ordinary people rarely encounter in their lifetime, even if they have to sacrifice their lives to explore it, because if they miss it, they will definitely regret it for the rest of their lives."

"I can understand his mentality." Caesar nodded and said a widely circulated proverb, "A sailor's life should be on the road."

"I didn't worry about whether Sasha was telling the truth, but these unexpected changes made me feel uneasy. The next moment, Sasha suddenly said something that made me collapse." Chu Tianjiao took a deep breath, "He said, but those guys followed us, their minds are not so simple."

"Those guys?" Chu Zihang frowned slightly.

"Before I understood what Sasha said, there were sounds behind us. I turned around and saw the first mate of the Yamal emerging from the water behind the reefs, followed by the second mate, and then the other sailors." Chu Tianjiao rubbed his temples. "Can you understand how I felt at the time? It was like being spit on by an alpaca, one after another. I was caught off guard and couldn't even utter a curse word."

Maybe... these are the legendary pig teammates.

"All of those guys were wearing diving suits. Some were carrying knives and crossbows, some were carrying high-pressure harpoons on their backs, and some even had guns tied to their waists... but those things would probably go silent after being soaked in sea water." Chu Tianjiao sighed, "They were just like when Sasha showed up, all floundering in the sea water, at a loss, like a group of stranded hairtails."

Chapter 1080 Landing on the Island

"There was even a lifeboat following them, emerging from the water." Chu Tianjiao looked a little frantic. "I took a deep breath for a long time to calm myself down, and then I helped Sasha fish the group of hairtails onto the rocky beach. Those guys were like huskies who had never seen the world, looking around curiously."

A group of huskies emerging from the water...that scene is really tiring and crazy.

"Luckily, Sasha is a normal guy, and he has a high reputation among those guys. He yelled to calm the Huskies down. I ignored these annoying guys and looked around calmly." Chu Tianjiao said, "After seeing Sasha fall into the water, they jumped onto a lifeboat as quickly as possible, leaving only two experienced but not very courageous guys on the boat. According to the second mate, when they were swallowed by the sea, the shadow of the island under the sea had faded to the point of being almost invisible. The Yamal was about to sail out of the range of the iceberg, so they should no longer be followed by anyone."

"But those guys didn't bring all bad news. They did one thing very well. They brought a lifeboat." Chu Tianjiao said, "Otherwise, I really don't have the confidence to swim to the island with such a group of guys."

"For a group of retired special forces soldiers who have been sailors for so many years, swimming one or two kilometers is nothing to them, right?" Caesar said, "At most their physical strength has decreased."

"It's not such a simple math problem. You will understand when you are in that world. The island looks like it is only two or three kilometers away from us, but it actually looks very blurry. There is a sense of illusion in the reality." Chu Tianjiao shook his head and whispered, "What's even weirder is the water. I didn't realize there was anything wrong with the water here until a crew member woke me up. He said that he felt like he was drowning before he emerged from the water and choked hard, but the water here is not salty at all and has no taste."

"Isn't that water sea water?" Caesar frowned slightly.

"It's definitely not seawater. Sailors who have been sailing on the sea for years still have some judgment on this point, but the strange thing is that the buoyancy of that water is even stronger than that of ordinary seawater." Chu Tianjiao said, "A normal person lying on it will be naturally lifted up. In water like this, it is difficult to dive underwater."

"Generally speaking, water buoyancy is positively correlated with water density. Seawater has greater buoyancy because it contains a large amount of inorganic salts, which makes its density much greater than fresh water, and its buoyancy is also greater," Chu Zihang said. "The water there has greater buoyancy, perhaps because there are some other inorganic substances in the water."

“But I can’t think of any inorganic substance that is completely colorless, tasteless, and soluble in water.” Chu Tianjiao shook his head and said, “The water looks quite strange. If you scoop a handful of it in your palm, you can’t see any color, but when you gather it together, it’s a bright blue. The water is very transparent, but you can’t see the bottom at all. The depths of the water seem to be covered by a layer of gray.”

Lu Mingfei opened his mouth and wanted to express his guess, but he stopped after thinking about it... The gray things that Chu Tianjiao mentioned might be the dividing line between the Nibelungen and the real world, but he was not the only one who thought of it. Chu Tianjiao himself should have realized it.

"So even though the sea was as still as a pool of stagnant water, and no living creatures could be seen underwater, and no one dared to swim in the water, I winked at Sasha, and he gathered the guys who followed him together." Chu Tianjiao went on, "I told them a few things. First, don't shout or scream no matter what you see after you get on the island, including but not limited to weird buildings, murals, humanoid creatures with golden eyes, and any other creatures that have never been seen in the real world. Secondly, if you encounter danger, your first reaction must be to protect yourself. Don't lend a helping hand to your companions. Even if they will die without your help, you must not help them. Finally, don't take anything from the island out. No matter what gold, silver, treasures, or rare animals you encounter on the island, don't touch them, let alone take them away."

"The first mate asked me why, and I asked him if I had heard of the 'Curse of the Pharaoh'?" said Chu Tianjiao.

"The Curse of the Pharaoh", almost everyone in the room had heard of this legend, except Eri, who had talked about this typical example in the "Mysticism" class at Kassel Academy.

"'The Curse of the Pharaohs' refers to 'The Curse of Tutankhamun'. Tutankhamun was a pharaoh of the 1352th Dynasty of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt. He ascended the throne at the age of eight and died in 1922 BC when he was about eighteen years old. His short life left behind a treasure that shocked the world." Lu Mingfei noticed Eri's curious eyes and took the initiative to explain, "In , British archaeologist Howard Carter and his team discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor. The entire tomb was excavated against the mountain. They found mountains of gold and silver treasures and Tutankhamun's golden mask. That mask is still the most expensive single item in the world, with an estimated value of trillion US dollars."

"Wow!" Eri's eyes widened. Although she didn't know how exaggerated a figure 10 trillion US dollars was, it sounded huge anyway. Moreover, these ancient and mysterious stories had an inexplicable attraction to her.

"Howard gained tremendous wealth in the team, but bad luck also came with it." Lu Mingfei's voice became deeper. "At that time, everyone who entered Tutankhamun's tomb died inexplicably. The first person to die was Carnarvon. When he entered the tomb, he felt something stung his left cheek. The wound quickly festered and the pain was unbearable. When he walked out of the tomb, his left face was already ulcerated. A few days later, Carnarvon died strangely, and the remaining twenty people also died one after another for various reasons in the next six years. At that time, in addition to the treasures, Howard's team also found several ancient Egyptian inscriptions in the tomb."

"'Anyone who enters this tomb with an impure heart, I will strangle him like a bird'... This is written on Tutankhamun's coffin," said Lu Mingfei. "Some people say that this is because Tutankhamun's soul was angry at the blasphemy of the archaeological team, so he bestowed disaster on them. This is the famous 'Curse of Tutankhamun', also known as the 'Curse of the Pharaoh'."

A fascinated expression appeared on Eri's face... Perhaps this is what makes her different from other girls. Normal girls would probably be scared when hearing such a horrifying story, but Eri just found it interesting, as if the terrible curse of Tutankhamun was a delicious after-meal snack in her eyes.

"In 1980, Richard Adamson, the security officer of the expedition, publicly announced that the so-called curse of Tutankhamun was only fabricated to prevent tomb robbers from entering the tomb." Chu Zihang added, "But the professor of mysticism said that this sentence was fabricated because the ancient Egyptian king was actually involved in the secrets of the dragon clan. So the government at the time lied that the so-called curse did not exist. But according to the analysis of scholars from the secret party, the curse may have come from some ancient spiritual power."

"Yes, I told those guys that if Tutankhamun's curse is real, then the curse of the 'Isle of the Dead' is likely true as well. There are many things in this world that are far beyond their imagination. It's not a bad thing to have a little awe for the unknown." Chu Tianjiao nodded and said, "Sasha has seen my abilities, so he understands what I mean. Sasha swept a stern look over everyone. Fortunately, the other guys are all from special forces, so they shouldn't have any problems following orders."

"We boarded the lifeboat, heading for the islands not far away. Strangely, the lifeboat they brought in was the only intact one on the Yamal, but it just wouldn't start." Chu Tianjiao said, "But it doesn't matter. We have enough people, and the lifeboat has human oars, so it's going quite fast."

"The water surface was completely still. When the boat passed over it, it was like a spoon cutting a completely flat cake, but the cut was silently healed behind us. There was no sound in the whole world except the slight sound of water and our breathing." Chu Tianjiao said, "Those islands are not far from us. At our speed, we should be able to reach one of them within ten minutes. But a long time passed, maybe twenty minutes, maybe half an hour, and we still didn't reach any island. The outlines of the islands became blurry and illusory."

"I don't know when fog fell on the water surface. It was very thick. When I walked through it, my skin felt wet and sticky. It was a very uncomfortable feeling. The boundary between the sky and the sea was all gray, and my sense of direction was unclear." Chu Tianjiao recalled, "Both the compass and the compass were ineffective. I realized that we were lost in this strange sea. The only thing that could guide us was the shadows of black islands in the distance."

"If you rely on those shadows to identify the direction, you will be even more lost." Nuo Nuo suddenly whispered to Chu Tianjiao, "Mirages and auroras appear in polar regions, not to mention in a place as chaotic as the Nibelungen element, just like that huge iceberg. Even your own eyes can be deceptive. Light and shadow may be real or illusory."

"Yes, Sasha and I realized this at the same time, but we still walked out afterwards." Chu Tianjiao said, "We relied on the sound."

"Sound?" Nuonuo frowned slightly, "Didn't you just say that apart from the sound you made, that place was dead silent?"

"Yes, but the sound we heard was made by a human, a sharp cry, and that voice was very familiar." Chu Tianjiao nodded and whispered, "Sasha said that it was Vincent's voice."

"Vincent!" Nuo Nuo was stunned, and everyone showed a surprised expression.

Indeed, Vincent entered this Nibelungen before Chu Tianjiao, but everyone had long forgotten the existence of this old guy... Because this is Nibelungen, the world of the Dragon King, and Vincent is just an ordinary person, an old man who is dying. When he entered this world, there was not even the lifeboat of the first mate and his men. At first, everyone assumed that he was dead.

"The scream came from the opposite direction of the shadows of the islands. Sasha and I looked at each other and decided to turn the boat around to find the source of the sound. We had been focusing on reaching the shadows, but maybe we were just going in circles." Chu Tianjiao said, "The scream sounded not far from us. The second mate twisted everyone's safety ropes together and threw them into the water behind us to observe the lines cutting the water surface to make sure we were heading in a straight line."

"He has such a method, why didn't he use it before?" Caesar asked.

"I asked him the same question, and he told me that he didn't expect those shadows to be deceptive. If he had thought of it, he would have done so at the beginning." Chu Tianjiao rolled his eyes.

Everyone in the room rolled their eyes as well. This was the legendary stupid teammate. But fortunately, this teammate was not such a complete stupid one. At least he had a method, but he used it too late.

"According to the second mate's method, we soon saw the shadow of the island in the direction of the sound. I thought that Vincent had probably reached the island before us. Although I don't know how he did it, maybe he landed not far from the island from the beginning." Chu Tianjiao said, "It is a stone island. It looks like an iceberg because the rocks on it are a strange white color. There are no docks or landing places around the island. There are only shallows covered with jagged gravel. It doesn't look like there are people around. But this makes sense. Nibelungen should have been a world without living people."

"On the outskirts of the island, you can see a huge building similar to an altar. It stands in the center of the island, as high as a seven or eight-story house. This altar-like thing is made entirely of the pure white stones on the island." Chu Tianjiao said, "I have seen this island in the painting of 'Isle of Death' in Vincent's house, so I know this is not the 'main island', not the one in the center. Sasha and I boarded the island one after another. There were only white stones on the island, and no living creatures or vegetation could be seen."

"Vincent is not on the island?" Chu Zihang asked.

"It shouldn't be there, because except for the place hidden by the rocks and the place covered by the huge altar, the whole island is actually in full view." Chu Tianjiao said, "We all set our sights on the huge altar. There may be clues hidden on it. Even if there are no clues, it is the place with the widest view on the whole island."

“Before we went up to the altar, someone’s steel knife fell to the ground, and we happened to discover something,” said Chu Tianjiao.

Chapter 1081 The First Island

"The hardness of those stones is quite high." Chu Tianjiao said, "The sailor's steel knife fell to the ground, making a sound similar to metal collision. The sound startled everyone. Sasha picked up the knife and actually saw a small but clear crack on the blade. When I looked at the white stones, I didn't find any gaps or even any traces."

"It's hard enough to break a steel knife without leaving any trace?" Chu Zihang frowned slightly. "It's also a pure white solid. Is there such a substance in nature?"

"Maybe it doesn't exist in nature, but it's not uncommon to have such things in Nibelung." Chu Tianjiao whispered, "Those crew members seem to have some way to roughly estimate that the hardness of those stones is almost comparable to that of diamonds. Some of them are very interested in the stones on the island. This unknown stone should be able to sell for a high price, but I know there is no time to waste, so I urged them to leave quickly. Our first task is to climb onto the altar on the island, but this is not our ultimate goal. I know that I must climb onto the island in the center. I must see the white figure wrapped in bandages face to face. That is my obsession for risking my life to enter this Nibelung."

The white humanoid figure was most likely a Dragon King. Everyone guessed so, and Chu Tianjiao probably thought so too... But knowing that he was a Dragon King-level existence, he still deliberately wanted to face him. Anyone who would do this was either absolutely confident in his own strength, or possessed extraordinary courage, or was simply an idiot.

"It's hard to imagine that there is nothing on the island except stones. It seems that it is not an island at all, but a stone formation artificially built with white stones." Chu Tianjiao said, "The stairs leading to the altar are on the back of the island where we came. We walked around the altar almost in a circle before we found the way. Unfortunately, there was no trace of Vincent on the island. I walked at the front of the team and Sasha walked at the end. We climbed up the towering altar in an orderly manner."

"When I climbed up the altar, I counted the number of stone steps. There were exactly three hundred, not one more or one less. Each step had a unique pattern. Some were painted with lava and flames, some were painted with swords and spears, and some were painted with unknown characters and sophisticated weapons..." Chu Tianjiao said, "The style of these paintings is realistic and abstract, and the carving skills are so exquisite that they are breathtaking. But many of the things on it don't seem to exist in this world."

"Some sailors said that this was a Mayan relic, which they had seen in ancient books. Some sailors said that this was a sign of aliens visiting the Earth, and that the civilization of Earthlings had not yet reached this level. Some sailors said that the Mayan civilization was actually a branch of an alien civilization, and that they had dreamed of big-headed aliens winking at them..." Chu Tianjiao said, "I listened to a group of men arguing behind me like a group of roosters. I knew that what they said was wrong, because these things were neither relics of ancient humans nor things left by aliens. This was... the civilization of the dragon race."

Yes, everyone in the room knew that the things in the Nibelung were of course left by dragons, but for the vast majority of humans in this world, they knew that there were jackals, tigers, leopards, snakes, rats, fish and insects in this world. They could believe that there were all kinds of strange creatures in this world, but they could never imagine that there was such a thing as a "dragon" in this world... Even if someone told them in person that there really were dragons in the world, they would only think that the other person was making a prank on them, or that the person was crazy.

People will not believe what they know unless they see it with their own eyes.

"The most stunning pattern is carved on the top of the altar. Or rather, it can no longer be called a pattern, but a mural, a...huge painting." Chu Tianjiao recalled, "It was a city, a huge city, carved on a towering stone tablet. The stone tablet was made of the same white stone from the island as the altar. Its shape was similar to the obelisk in ancient Egypt. It was probably ten meters high and stood in the center of the altar."

"The city is surrounded by a complete mural on all four sides of the monument. I don't know what special paint the person who painted this huge painting used. Under the light, the painting actually reflects a bronze luster. It is made up of countless precise gears and blocks. It is more like a huge and sophisticated machine than a city." Chu Tianjiao is still shocked when he recalls it. "I have never seen such a city. I know that what I saw was just a painting of it that was scaled down by who knows how many times. But I can feel the enormity and grandeur of that city. Human power is absolutely incapable of creating such a shocking miracle. Although it is so illusory and unrealistic, I always have the illusion that it really exists in a corner of this world."

When Chu Tianjiao talked about the city engraved on the stele, Lu Mingfei's eyes jumped. The more detailed Chu Tianjiao's description became, the more solemn Lu Mingfei's expression became... Until Chu Tianjiao had roughly described the city engraved on the stele, Lu Mingfei lowered his head calmly and took a deep breath.

Chu Zihang glanced at Lu Mingfei silently, as if he had thought of something.

"Isn't that altar-like building used for sacrifices?" Nono whispered to himself, "It doesn't sound like it has anything to do with sacrifices. The marks on the stairs look like pilgrimages, and the painting looks more like some kind of memorial service. Maybe it's a city that once existed in history but has now disappeared."

"No, that monument is actually a certain coordinate." Chu Tianjiao shook his head and refuted Nuo Nuo's guess.

"Coordinates?" Nuonuo raised his eyebrows slightly.

"On the upper left side of the obelisk, there are four numbers faintly engraved on the four steeply sloping points. Normal people cannot see them, but I noticed them." Chu Tianjiao whispered, "I didn't understand the meaning of those numbers at the time. I wanted to keep them in my mind, but then I thought, I might not be able to get out of this Nibelung, and I might not be able to take out alive no matter how much information I have. So I read the four numbers to Sasha, and after my generosity this time, Sasha actually understood the meaning of those numbers."

"Those four numbers put together form a coordinate pointing to a specific location." Chu Tianjiao said, "They are 10928, 11115, 3038 and 3103."

Everyone's brows furrowed unconsciously, and their minds were frantically thinking about the meaning of these numbers.

After Caesar silently repeated these numbers for a few times, as if he suddenly realized something, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Chu Tianjiao.

"Longitude and latitude? Do these four numbers represent longitude and latitude? 109°28′-111°15′ east longitude, °′ north latitude

30°38′－31°03′." Caesar looked at Chu Zihang, "Do you know where this coordinate points to?"

Before Caesar asked, Chu Zihang had already taken out his mobile phone to search. He opened the software specifically for calculating longitude and latitude. As Caesar finished speaking, Chu Zihang happened to press the "Search" button.

A few tenths of a second later, when the search results popped up, Chu Zihang's pupils flickered and everyone's eyes were focused on him, but Chu Zihang did not answer Caesar immediately, but subconsciously looked at Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath and when he saw Chu Zihang's eyes, he was almost certain of his guess.

"That coordinate is probably in the Three Gorges section of the Yangtze River Basin," said Chu Zihang.

The looks of everyone in the room changed, except Chu Tianjiao and Hui Liyi, because apart from the two of them, everyone else in Kassel Academy couldn't help but think of the mission in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

"Do you know the secret of this coordinate?" Chu Tianjiao also noticed the reactions of others, and he asked in a low voice.

"We have seen the city you saw carved on the obelisk." Lu Mingfei looked at Chu Tianjiao and explained, "If nothing unexpected happens, the painting symbolizes the Bronze City."

"Bronze City?" Chu Tianjiao raised his eyebrows.

"In fact, when you described the details of the painting just now, I thought of it. It is a city made of bronze and metal. It is as precise as a huge machine. It has lasted for thousands of years and is still immortal. It is now hidden under the Yangtze River in the Three Gorges. My brother and I have been there." Lu Mingfei looked into Chu Tianjiao's eyes and said word by word, "It is the city of the King of Bronze and Fire, and also a Nibelung."

“The King of Bronze and Fire…” Chu Tianjiao was stunned for a moment, then said with wide eyes, “The city of the Dragon King? Have you been to Nibelungen in Norton?”

"Well... this matter cannot be explained in a few words." Since it was related to Old Tang, Lu Mingfei didn't want to dwell on this topic, so he said something vague, "Uncle Chu, you saw the city on the obelisk, and then what?"

"This may be very meaningful information to me, but to those sailors, they only saw some unclear symbols and paintings. Although they thought the painting was a huge treasure map, the coordinates I saw were only told to Sasha." Chu Tianjiao said, "Those pure white stones may be rare materials, but I strictly forbade them to carry them secretly, so those guys were not very interested in this island. Fortunately, when I was on the altar, I saw the shadows of other islands in the fog. We decided to go to the coastline in that direction. Anyway, the island is only this big, and it won't take long to walk along the coastline, and we won't get lost."

"This time my eyes didn't deceive me. When we got close to the edge of the pure white island, we really saw another island, no more than a few kilometers away from this island. And we found something even more incredible." Chu Tianjiao said, "A cable bridge extends from a point on the edge of this island, passing through the fog, and seems to connect to another island. It's hard to imagine that there are paths for people to walk between these islands."

Lu Mingfei and the others also had puzzled expressions in their eyes, because from Chu Tianjiao's description, the place where they were was most likely a Nibelung, and Nibelung was a world of dragons, with dragons traveling between islands... Would they need something like a bridge?

However, it is also possible that these bridges are prepared for other things, such as servants like Deadpool. The human-shaped Deadpool does not have the ability to fly... But this explanation is a bit far-fetched. Building bridges between islands always feels like it is to allow people who land on these islands to have a way to move to the next location, like some kind of conspicuous guide, ultimately leading to eternal life or death.

"That suspension bridge is not very spacious, probably only enough for two adult men to walk side by side. The wooden planks underfoot have been dried for who knows how many years, and they make a creaking sound when people step on them. The two sides of the bridge are suspended in the air by two long steel cables, about two or three meters above the water surface. Although it is not high, it is shaky when walking on it, which makes people feel uneasy." Chu Tianjiao said, "We use a team of people who stagger their bodies on the left and right, holding on to the left and right steel cables to advance on the bridge. This can ensure relative balance and avoid hurting the people in front and behind when someone falls into the water."

"I was still walking in the front, and Sasha was the last. The sailors were restless when crossing the bridge, chattering non-stop. I was a little annoyed, so I walked very fast." Chu Tianjiao paused, "But what one of the sailors said made me stunned on the spot."