12. Awakening
"Oh yes." Professor Guderian seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurriedly said, "Please wait a moment. β
After a while, Professor Guderian approached with a black box in his hand. He was followed by an Asian man carrying a suitcase.
"This is Masasaki Toyama." Professor Guderian introduced to Xia Yan and Chu Zihang.
Masashi Toyama bowed slightly to the two, and the two hurriedly returned the salute.
"I really didn't expect the admissions counseling to go so smoothly..."Professor Guderian lamented, "so much so that what we had prepared was useless... But I still need to show you something. β
"We brought two proofs that dragons do exist in this world, both of which are high-level artifacts that we specially borrowed from the academy archives." Masashi Toyama opened the first suitcase with a password and fingerprint, and after removing the layers of foam, a black scale, about half the size of a palm, presented a perfect shield shape, with a smooth surface as if coated with a layer of oil, and the texture was clearly visible in the light.
"It's dragon scales." Masashi Toyama explained.
Xia Yan picked up the dragon scales and pinched them with his fingers. The texture of the scales is a bit like steel, cold and tough, but the weight is very light, close to plastic, and the edges are so sharp that a little force will cut your fingers. At this time, Masashi Toyama stuffed something into the palm of his hand.
Xia Yan looked down and saw that there was an extra pistol in his hand.
"The Walter PPK pistol, caliber 7.65 mm, muzzle velocity 280 meters per second, effective range 50 meters, the guys in the armament department have made some improvements to it. Now you can shoot at the scales with it. Masashi Toyama placed the scales on the windowsill.
"Shoot at it?" Xia Yan confirmed to Masashi Toyama again.
Masashi Toyama nodded at him.
So, under the gaze of Chu Zihang, Guderian and Masashi Toyama, Xia Yan aimed at the scale and pulled the trigger.
There was a loud bang, and the bullet was pushed out of the muzzle like a cannonball. Xia Yan looked at his raised right hand in shock with some shock, he really didn't expect the recoil of this gun to be so great.
Professor Guderian said dissatisfiedly: "How can you give the modified pistol of the Equipment Department to the freshmen?" It can even kill an elephant with a single shot! β
Masashi Toyama smiled awkwardly, and then said, "But our new student has mastered it well, hasn't he?" β
Everyone looked at the scales together.
The black dragon scales were still perfect, and the bullets had left no mark on its surface. Xia Yan was absolutely sure that the shot he had just shot hit the scales.
"This is the dragon scale, which Sven Hedin found in 1900 in the ancient city of Loulan in XJ, China, and he didn't recognize it, but he found that fire or hammer could not damage it, so he brought it back to Europe from China. Someone in Europe recognized it, and that person was called Menek Kassel. This is one of the evidences. Masashi Toyama said.
Xia Yan and Chu Zihang were silent.
"There is the second piece of evidence." Professor Guderian impatiently opened the second suitcase, and a cylindrical glass bottle was delivered to the two of them, like the one used by the teacher in biology class to hold specimens.
Xia Yan looked at the bottle blankly, and Chu Zihang's eyes widened rarely.
Soaked in the pale yellow formalin solution is a lizard-like animal, yellowish-white, curled up with a slender tail, like a fetus in the womb, the membranous wings on both sides stretch behind it, the long whiskers around the mouth flutter slowly in the solution, and the eyes look as peaceful as a baby.
"It's a cub of a red dragon, not even dead, just asleep. Dragons are very difficult to kill, especially the noble primordial and secondary species, even if you destroy their bodies, you can't destroy their souls, they will wake up again," said Masashi Toyama, "This is an extremely rare specimen, and usually humans cannot capture dragons, because dragons can sense the activity of the human brain and either attack before humans get close or flee." This specimen was discovered in India in 1796, and luckily, the red dragon cub was probably swallowed by a python just after hatching, and the local farmers killed the python and got the cub from its belly. β
"Perfect." Chu Zihang muttered.
"Yes." Professor Guderian exclaimed, "This is a perfect creation!" β
The red dragon cub soaked in formalin solution suddenly opened its eyes, golden eyes. From head to tail, its whole body trembled spasmodically, and it stretched out its neck and roared at the crowd, and then the scorching dragon flame ignited deep in its throat and erupted! It struggled to spread its wings to break through the shackles of the glass bottle, and it woke up, but its body was as big as a cat, but with the majesty of a dragon.
The formalin solution poured into the cub's throat, causing it to cough in pain like a drowning man, and it failed to break through the glass bottle, vibrating its membrane wings with force, but hitting the glass wall without even leaving a trace.
Its bright golden pupils stared at everyone, or rather, at Xia Yan.
Xia Yan looked at its eyes in a daze.
Suddenly, all the light was swallowed up by the darkness, everything around it dimmed, and the whole world became pitch black, and there was no light.
He couldn't help but close his eyes, trying to resist the infinite darkness.
In the deepest darkness, a bright and blazing fire was born. The fire burned violently, spreading outward from the source of darkness until it set the whole world on fire.
Xia Yan felt the scorching temperature around him.
On the bronze platform at the top of the city, the little boy slowly opened his eyes. In front of him, a white-robed man stood with his hands in his hands. The man looked down at the crowd in the city with an indifferent expression, like a master who ruled the life and death of all spirits.
"I know the promise you made with Konstantin, since you want to leave this long journey, go ahead, I will not stand in my way." The white-robed man turned to him and said, "We'll meet again... Whether it's a thousand years or two thousand years, I'll be waiting for your answer. β
"Xia Yan, you have to remember..."
"When the day of sight ends, the journey of search is the path of loss..."
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βOh my godοΌβ Professor Guderian exclaimed, "How could it be at this time! β
Teacher Masashi Toyama cried out with a pale face, "What's the matter? Did the folks at the Archives get the label wrong? Its awakening date should be 2077! They're going to kill us if they label like that! It spewed dragon flames just now! Dragon Flame! β
The dragon flame that had caused the two of them to panic was extinguished in an instant, and this time the recovery that had accumulated for hundreds of years ended as quickly as it began, and soon, the dragon cub curled up again, regained its serenity, and went into hibernation again.
"Is it a bloodline summoning?" The two looked suspiciously at Chu Zihang, who was closest to him.
Chu Zihang was stunned and didn't know what to say.
The two shook their heads at the same time, and shifted their gaze to Xia Yan again.
I saw that the originally dark eyes in Xia Yan's eyes had long disappeared, replaced by a pair of golden, no, red-gold pupils.
"Ugh!" Professor Guderian said in surprise: "It seems that Xia Yan is a bloodline of the Bronze and Fire King, and it may be that the bloodline between them caused this young dragon to wake up in advance, which is an unprecedented research direction!" β
Masashi Toyama ignored Professor Guderian's words, he pointed to Xia Yan's eyes and stammered, "Gu... Professor Guderian, I've never seen a golden pupil like that. β
Guderian was stunned for a moment, and then looked into Xia Yan's eyes with the guidance of Masashi Toyama.
What a pair of eyes! The crimson golden pupils exuded endless majesty, and the crimson of the depths flowed like raging magma, containing the power to incinerate everything. Guderian just glanced at it, and he felt inexplicably frightened, and couldn't help but look elsewhere.
"He's in Vision... He's awakening! Professor Guderian said in shock.
"Awakening?" Masashi Toyama said in disbelief, "Could it be that the awakened young dragon just now brought him into a state of spiritual vision?" β
"Take his pulse and heartbeat." Professor Guderian gestured to Masashi Toyama.
Masashi Toyama nodded, and pulled out the device from the medical bag he had brought with himβit was meant for students who were frightened during the entrance counseling.
After getting close to Natsuyan's surroundings, Masashi Toyama felt like he was being roasted by a scorching fire.
"Why is it so hot?" Masashi Toyama was sweating profusely in an instant, but he still insisted on tying the pulse device to Xia Yan's wrist.
"He's a descendant of the Lord of Bronze and Fire, and it's normal for him to wake up with a high temperature on his body." Guderian explained.
"The body surface is hot... Is this called high temperature on the body surface?! Masashi Toyama shouted again: "This is not normal at all! β
Guderian hurriedly walked over, and he saw that the pulse device tied to Xia Yan's wrist was gradually melting!
"It's... The elements around him have been heated, and he is awakening the fire system of the spirit! Guderian said with great certainty: "Is it blazing?" That's right..."
"Is it possible that the spirit of speech is a little more violent?" Masashi Toyama said with an ugly face as he felt the temperature in the carriage getting higher and higher.
"Uh, what do you mean?" Professor Guderian's expression changed suddenly.