"Call headquarters, call headquarters, we are close to where the embryo is, and although the oxygen stock has been drastically reduced, there are still about 50 minutes of activity on the seabed. The surrounding marine ecology is weird, but otherwise normal, this is a rare opportunity, please continue the survey, repeat we ask to continue the survey. Caesar put on his headphones.

After a moment of silence, Schneider's voice rang out: "You have made an amazing discovery, and I agree that you will continue to investigate, please pay close attention to the normal operation of the equipment, and give priority to safety if necessary." ”

"Are my old guys putting pressure on Enforcement?" Caesar laughed.

"It is said that your uncle is ready to take the next flight to the headquarters with a double-barreled shotgun, a tube of gunpowder to blow my head, and a tube of gunpowder to blow Professor Manstein's head."

"Don't worry, I won't give him a chance, I won't do what he says, but I still want to inherit the Gattuso family!" Caesar ended the call.

"Look at the beauty there, why are there dangers hidden under the beautiful things." Lu Mingfei complained.

Caesar and Chu Zihang looked down, and at first glance they mistakenly thought that swarms of fireflies were rising from the depths of the trench.

There are thousands of them, glowing blue, hovering around the dying hammerhead shark like a whirlpool of starlight.

This scene should be accompanied by Hisaishi's music, like a battlefield under the night sky, with fireflies surrounding the corpse of a dead samurai, as if to pay tribute to his heroic soul.

As they got closer, they saw that they were small, slender fish, covered in beautiful silver-blue scales, the glow of which came from a slender tentacle on the top of their heads.

Chu Zihang's face was ugly, and he spit out two words. "Viperfish."

The starry vipers pounced on the hammerhead shark as if a bell was ringing and the feast began.

They thrust dagger-like teeth into the hammerhead shark's body and bite with powerful jaws.

The dying hammerhead shark straightened up sharply, the pain squeezing the last of its vitality out, and the former predator swayed wildly, unable to shake off the snake-like little fish. They burrowed into the hammerhead shark's body, biting through its chest, abdomen, and all muscles, and the shark, which was still struggling, gradually revealed its pale bones in Lu Mingfei's eyes, and the vipers had begun to devour its oil-rich liver.

After a few minutes, the miserable white skeleton slowly sank. The vipers drifted away like a milky way in the distance, and they came and went with the utmost grace, only when they ate like the most brutal beasts on land.

All three of them understood that the overlord squid did not kill the hammerhead shark and calmly leave, but fled in fear.

Because the smell of blood from the battle between the two sides alarmed the vipers in the depths of the trench, they were the real overlords of this sea, and they could eat living creatures like Ling Chi.

No wonder the duel between the hammerhead shark and the overlord squid is extremely crazy, because they dare not linger for too long, once the smell of blood is released, the viper will leave the nest, and both sides of the duel will become food for the viper.

"Looks like we survived by luck." Lu Mingfei wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"I agree with you this time, they can bite steel." Chu Zihang, as a killer, rarely showed a frightened and uneasy expression, but now his pupils were dilated, his face was pale, and his face was full of the appearance of having just seen a ghost.

"I thought this thing was extinct." Caesar said.

"The last record of the Ghost-toothed viper is in the Sumerian clay tablet, right?" Chu Zihang said.

"Well, the Sumerians used them to purify iron ore." Caesar said, "Biological ironmaking predates high-temperature ironmaking by a thousand years." ”

"If I'm not mistaken, sharks and overlord squid are also subspecies, right?"

"They are all subspecies, no wonder they can adapt to the extreme environment here."

"Who told them all to carry dragon genes, what is this called, this is to call a person to attain the Tao, and the chicken dog will ascend to heaven!" Lu Mingfei said, "Look! The overlord squid is back. ”

The overlord squid was hovering beside the hammerhead shark's white bones, and the remaining nine brachiopods were undulating and rolling, suckers appearing and disappearing, and the mouthparts in the center of the brachiopods sucked into the blood-red water.

The water filtered by the overlord squid is getting clearer and clearer, and the wrists and feet are finally revealed. The surface of the thick brachial feet with a diameter of more than half a meter is densely covered with scales, like nine wild snakes writhing in the sea, and there should not be an overlord squid covered with scales in the world.

After feasting on the scraps, the overlord squid waved its wrists and feet gracefully, and the fish returned to the area, and the atmosphere of peace and tranquility was restored, with turtles carrying giant anemones on their backs paddling slowly, and manta rays flying in a bewitching manner.

But in their eyes, the beautiful and warm scene of this aquarium has completely changed its taste, and the peace of the moment hides the most bloody rules, where the killing will happen at any time, the weak seize the time to live, and the strong watch the frolic of the food.

The seas are governed by the bloody and violent rules of the dragons, and every creature here is half a dragon, including themselves.

"That embryo should be in the abyss below, and it's an extremely powerful ancient species. During its incubation, it constantly releases secretions rich in genetic information, which attract various sea creatures and rewrite their genes, transforming them into dragon subspecies. Chu Zihang said, "We have entered the territory of that ancient dragon. ”

"It's weird." "As far as we know, dragons like to keep their embryonic hatcheries away from humans and any other creatures, they don't need to bring these schools of fish for food, and they don't easily release secretions that carry genetic information," Caesar said. It is difficult to understand that there are only examples in history of evolution by contact with the blood of ancient dragons, and a large number of dragon subspecies are born due to the influence of embryonic secretions. ”

"The best thing to do if you can't understand is to see it with your own eyes." Chu Zihang said.

"I think they're close to God's burial place. The video has already been sent. Yuan Zhisheng said.

"I've seen it, it's a miracle in the world." Tachibana Masamune sighed, "Far beyond my expectations, I only know about the burial place of the gods from ancient books, and I don't know what the place where the gods are buried should look like." There was no doubt that something was nourishing that sea, not an embryo, but a corpse of a god. Success is not far ahead, completely erasing the burial place of the gods from the world, and the Snake Qi Eight family does not need to keep the remains of the gods. No, it's not the remains of God, it's demonic! ”

"Dad, I've been thinking these days that we need to master the maximum violence in order to live a peaceful life, don't we?" Gen Zhisheng was silent for a few seconds, and asked this seemingly completely unrelated question.

"Do you doubt it?" Tachibana asked.

"It's not doubtful, it's just not completely certain. Blowing up the burial house and ending the demons is a bloody affair, and I don't know if it's worth it. We may want to trade violence for peace, but when we master the greatest violence, we become the ones to be erased. Yuan Zhisheng whispered, "Daddy, are you sure you want to do this?" ”

"Sure." Tachibana Masamune said slowly, "I'm sure. If I make a mistake, I will take responsibility independently. You don't have to think too much, even if it's a sin, it's my sin. You've been a very kind kid since you were a child, and I know you just can't bear to be lonely. ”

"How can the patriarch of the Eight Snake Qi families be lonely? A lot of people surround you and take pride in being reprimanded by you. ”

"A samurai is not lonely because the hounds are clustered around his horses, and the only thing that can keep a samurai from being lonely is another samurai."

"Actually, I'm just a hound in front of your horse, Daddy, or a hound who just wants to leave you for a distant land." Yuan Zhisheng hung up the phone and put the headphones back on.

The rock formation below seemed to have been split by an incomparable giant weapon, leaving scars thousands of miles long and golden blood flowing out. There was a dull explosion in his ears, and the magma river was like a giant sword immersed in the sea water and quenched, but it did not explode.

After the glitch, the Di Trieste operated very smoothly, and Lu Mingfei slowly recovered the pressure of the airtight cabin, the air flow made a slight whining sound through the valve, and the pointer in the instrument panel jumped, and all the values were within a reasonable range.

Caesar controls the Diriaste in its dive, and the momentum is strong, and the old machine is getting closer and closer to the surface of the magma. With some oxygen loss, Caesar wanted to save some time, so his driving style suddenly became violent.

Like a powerful bull, the Delriaste sails above the rampage of magma, the cracks in the ocean below like a burning abyss, and the Delriaste passes above it like a midge illuminated by flames.

All the viewing windows were open at the moment, and their view was almost 360 degrees, except for the surface of the Dirieste.

"The outside water temperature is 224 degrees." Chu Zihang said, "Although there is a thermal insulation layer, if we continue to get close to the surface of the magma now, we may not be able to stand it ourselves." ”

"It's still a sauna now, and if it heats up, it's a roast suckling pig." Lu Mingfei wiped off the sweat on his forehead.

The scene in the cockpit was a little chaotic, Caesar's group was almost completely naked, everyone was sweating, and their butts seemed to be scalded and glued to their seats.

This is a mistake, because few people reach the bottom of the abyss, and the equipment department has no information to check, mistakenly thinking that the bottom of the abyss is a low temperature environment, so the combat uniform still has the effect of keeping warm, and continuing to wear the combat uniform at this time will definitely cause heat stroke. But Chu Zihang was still wearing a belt and a long knife, and Caesar shook his chest muscles, letting the sweat gather into small strands and flow down from the gaps between the muscles.

"Empiricism kills people, does the equipment department think that it must be cold in the deepest places?" Lu Mingfei said. "Have they forgotten the temperature of the magma?"

"Needless to say, we can laugh at them when we go back." Caesar bit his cigar, "The temperature outside the cabin has risen by another 15 degrees, and there are 28 minutes left in the oxygen reserve." ”

"Oh my God! What's that thing that's erected? Caesar exclaimed, "at nine o'clock." ”

Lu Mingfei had never seen such a look on Caesar's face, shocked, confused, shocked, and terrified.

It was as if he had seen a ghost, and as if he had seen God come down before his eyes.

Lu Mingfei hurriedly looked at the nine o'clock position, completely forgetting the heat at a glance, he slowly shivered, and his whole body began to get excited.

He actually saw a tower! A giant tower! It stood on a gentle slope beside the fissure, the tide of magma rising and falling not far from it, and the dark tower was reflected, as if it were about to melt the iron tire.

No one spoke, all words seemed weak at the moment, and all the emotions were only shock, ecstasy, and fear. From the dive team to the Gen Zhisheng on the Sumeru seat to Schneider and Manstein in the academy headquarters, everyone was looking at the tower, which seemed to have stood there for millions of years, towering like a god and lonely like a god, and it made people want to worship when they saw it.

"It can't be a human thing." Caesar said hoarsely.

"Impossible," Chu said, "it is impossible for human beings to build such a giant tower in the 8,600-meter deep sea." ”

"Nibelungen! And you can also connect with the outside world in the Nibelungen! Lu Mingfei said excitedly.

As the Diliyast advances, a majestic city emerges at the end of the field of vision, in the posture of the kingdom of God!

Beyond an undersea ridge, the ancient city below unfolds like a picture scroll.

It is centered on the tower, adjacent to the long river of magma, and has been immortal for thousands of years.

The Dyeste cruises above the ancient city like an airship passing between skyscrapers.

Half of the ancient city has slipped into the lava river, and the other half is only in the ruins, except for the giant tower in the center, which has stubbornly stood for many years, symbolizing the city's former glory.

Even from the collapsed ruins, you can still see its original majesty, continuous buildings, the raised gable roof is covered with iron-black tiles, the tiles are engraved with cirrus clouds and dragons, hundreds of meters of metal chains hang from the four corners of the building, the chains are hung with black wind chimes, these chains rise and fall in the current, thousands of black wind chimes sway, playing silent music.

Everyone was overwhelmed by the antiquity and majesty of this city, and all the civilizations in the world had never seen such a magnificent architectural style, but those ancient civilizations that had been destroyed had inherited this architectural style.

The ancient city seems to have been carved into the rock with a giant axe and decorated with black iron, bronze and silver, and the lines that have survived to this day are still as simple and sharp as their aesthetics have stood the test of time.

Chu Zihang made sketches on paper and drew a map of the city.

The layout of the city can be vaguely seen, with vertical and horizontal avenues dividing the city into different districts, and in the center of the ruins is the Colosseum-like circular square, which is the starting point, and the four imperial roads lead to the south, east and west.

In the center of the square stands the first discovered tower, with intricate relief patterns on its body, with sharp spikes tens of meters long at the top of the tower, and similar spikes on the tops of other buildings.

As far as the eye can see, there are dense spikes below, like thorn bushes of pig iron.

"The city spreads out to the surrounding area with the central square as the center, and the four royal roads in the southeast, northwest, and northwest are the main thoroughfares. The presence of roads means that the city was built on the ground and only then sank to the bottom. Chu Zihang said, "The huge square shows that dragons often have grand religious activities. ”

"What religion do dragons believe? Divine Dragon Cult? Lu Mingfei asked.

"At this time, don't slot the king attribute." Chu Zihang said.

Caesar cruised over the ancient city in the Dirieste. "We still have enough oxygen, so we map the city as much as we can, and then we go down into the building and take some samples with a robotic arm."

Chu Zihang and Caesar were busy, only Lu Mingfei looked up at the huge tower that reached the sky and the earth, and suddenly his mind was in a trance, and a picture flashed in his head, as if some beast was about to break through the shackles. The sinners nailed to the pillars, the endless insults, the winds of sorrow and the mottled blood, all these things seem to have been seen with one's own eyes.

He remembered that in the Nibelungen under the subway, as if countless images had flooded into his mind as he slaughtered Fenrir. In one of the scenes, he walked into the ruined church, and walked down the long aisle into the darkness of the deepest part of the church, where he saw a white cross, where a sword decorated with gold pierced Lu Mingze, covered in bruises, blood stained the lower half of the cross, his black clothes torn, and the mark of humiliation carved on his body.

is as similar to what Chu Zihang said, the pillar, the crucified sinner, the endless humiliation...... Yes, this scene seems to have been repeated countless times, in different places at different times, and at first, it seemed to be on such a tower. He looked up into the clouds, and the devil's blood turned into red and flowed through the black iron tower.

"Lu Mingze." Lu Mingfei muttered.

(End of chapter)