China. Sichuan.

"The terrain here is so complicated, really, can't those guys from the executive department airdrop us directly to our destination?" The girl with two small dimples on her face complained angrily: "If you go on like this, your feet will be worn out." ”

"It's also an experience." The little old man, who was rickety and mentally but quite strong, had his eyes shining, his head was spinning and he kept looking at the surrounding environment, and exclaimed: "The Sword Pavilion is magnificent and Cui Wei, a husband is a pass, and he can't open it, how imposing it is." ”

"I've heard this poem, it seems to have been written by a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, called Li Bai." Speaking of this, Aki Aki also became a little interested, and discussed with his mentor: "Is it possible to write here?" ”

"The name of that poem is called Shu Dao Difficulty, and it is considered a once-in-a-lifetime masterpiece." Mance has always loved to admire Chinese culture. Professor Rundstedt began to talk endlessly, introducing his students to the great rivers and mountains of China, and the girl who had been listless stopped complaining, and followed the little old man and listened to him talk about the trivia he had dabbled in from online books.

The more the two talked, the more excited they became, their pace quickened a lot, and the smile on their faces became brighter, but Ye Sheng, who was carrying all the equipment behind him, couldn't say anything, so he could only shake his head silently and wipe his sweat, gritting his teeth and following the two in front of him.

"But, Professor, what kind of mission is this time, and I asked you to go to the scene to command." The girl suddenly remembered the itinerary of the three of them, and asked curiously.

"It's an S-class exploration mission." Mance looked around and saw that they had entered the realm of no man's land, and did not continue to hide it, and it was better to slowly tell them the details of the mission on the way than to tell them about it when they reached their destination.

"S-class exploration missions?" Jiu De Aki smiled quickly: "Professor, don't be joking. ”

"......," Mance snorted softly.

"Could it be true?" Aki Aki wrung his brows.

"I'm such a big man, I won't joke with you." Mance sighed, "Our destination isn't the territory of the Pharaohs, who aren't even pure-blooded dragons, and if the Night's Watch prediction is correct, it should be the foundry of the Lord of Bronze and Fire." ”

"The Lord of Bronze and Fire? One of the four dragon kings of the dragon family? Ye Shengfa, who had been silent, asked.

"That's right, that's why I chose you for this operation, you are the youngest and best executive under my command." Mance saw that the forest was gradually dispersing, and the groups of men in black were already in their places, operating the machines, and behind them, there was a swarthy cave, like a road to hell with no end in sight.

"Professor Mance."

Someone among the men in black noticed the arrival of the three people, and the rugged man led by them walked up to him with a stern expression: "Please show the mission certificate." ”

"In it." Mance took out the envelope from his bosom and handed it over, the man tore open the envelope, carefully examined the emblem in it, and then nodded, and waved his hand to the people behind him:

"Let's rest for a while, the commander-in-chief of the mission has arrived at the scene, come to a meeting." Then he turned to the three of Mance and gave a knightly salute: "In the 98-level mechanical department of the Lower Kassel Academy, the executive code name is 'Yi', who is responsible for the detection and search work of the academy in China, and I was fortunate to listen to the course taught by Mance in the past. ”

"Ah, I still have an impression of your face, let me think about it......"

"I won a scholarship from your professor back then." 'One' reminded.

"No, it's not that...... I remember, you burned my lab when you were doing experiments, it was you. ”

......" was silent for a while, and 'one' smacked his tongue: "I didn't expect that your memory is still so good, professor." ”

"Of course, the students I have taught have one of the best impressions of you, after all, they can't beat you up because of the school rules at that time." Mance smiled and patted the shoulder of the big man in front of him: "Forget it, let him pass the past, and this is the end of the reminiscence, come and tell me how far you have explored now." ”

"Report to the professor." The man with glasses stood up with the information, and he looked like a civilian officer: "Where do you start?" ”

"Whatever, just be clear." Mance waved his hand and sat down on the chair next to him and swayed.

The man with glasses helped his legs and pointed to the mountains behind him: "Professor Schneider gave us a range, and the latitude and longitude are only an approximate location, just based on the news of the Executive Department, we should be swaying around the mountains like headless flies, and it is impossible to lock on to the target so quickly." Professor, guess how we found out here? ”

"Could it be that the Equipment Department has invented some dragon relic detector?"

"It's a force field." The man with glasses pulled out an object similar to a pocket watch from his arms, but instead of a pointer, the dial was a string of values.

"The gravitational acceleration here is much higher than the outside, and it can't be called much higher, anyway, it's a little higher than the normal value, and it's hard for people to notice."

"And how did you find out?" Mance frowned, he sensed it carefully, and indeed his body felt a little uncomfortable since he arrived here just now, thinking that it was because of the increase in altitude here, and he immediately understood why the executive department threw them here.

"Two hours ago, our plane transporting equipment almost fell while passing here, but fortunately, the experienced pilot reacted." The man in glasses pointed upwards: "The higher you go, the greater the gravitational acceleration, which can also be said to be an additional force field here." ”

"Hasn't anyone else found out about this?" Mance couldn't help but ask when he heard his account.

"They have already discovered it, but no one thinks that this place is related to the dragons, on the contrary, they think that there is a vein hidden in the ground." The man with glasses smiled bitterly: "In recent years, China's environmental protection policy has been extremely strict, and no one dares to risk the limelight to mine here, and it is extremely well protected."

We applied for an investigation in the name of the university's environmental survey, and they didn't stop us. ”

"Understood." Mance nodded lightly.

"As soon as we found out, we sent out an animatronic robot to infiltrate the cave to investigate, but ......" The man put the computer in front of Mance and a video was playing on it.

The sound of electricity kept sliding, but the camera screen was pitch black, and the robot could only be judged to be moving forward by the rustling sound that came, and there was a rustling sound all around, as if there were snakes crawling, and after a while, the robot made an overwhelmed sound, as if something was weighing on them.

The surrounding people gathered together, watching this video with bated breath, many of them have watched it several times, but now they still look solemn when they watch it, and they dare not come out.

After a dozen seconds, the sound of glass shattering was heard, and Mance knew that it was the robot's lens shattered.

Although he was mentally prepared, Mance stood up excitedly.

He will never forget the last time such a nanobot malfunctioned in a mission, and now this situation is not very similar to that time, but it can only be said to be exactly the same.

"That's the end of it." The man in glasses closed the computer: "All ten nanobot circuits are burned out and cannot work." ”

'The realm of the dragon king? The old man gritted his teeth, and his fists were covered with green tendons.

"If there is no other situation, this should be the domain set by the Dragon King." The man with glasses handed over the information in his hand: "But according to the information from the Executive Department and the night watchman, there should be no dragon king here, please rest assured." ”

"That's right." Mance's voice grew deeper and deeper, and he flipped through the information: "I thought that Schneider bastard was lying to me, and this kind of thing facing the awakened dragon king should not be done by these young people. ”

"Don't worry, this kind of thing, the principal will be measured." The man with glasses sighed: "No one wants something to happen in Greenland again. ”

"You were there back then?" Mance stared at the man.

"At that time, I was a scribe in the executive department, and on Professor Schneider's ship, I became afraid of these things, so I took the initiative to ask to be transferred from the front line, and came here, and I had nothing to do to dig up the tomb of a big man and see if there were any dragon products." The man with glasses sighed: "But I never expected that when I ran here, I would have a relationship with the Dragon King." ”

"It seems that you and the Dragon King are destined for fate." Mance complained.

"Who knows, but I would rather have a pretty girl with whom I was destined." The man with glasses laughed twice: "So, professor, look, when will the mission start?" ”

"There's no hurry." Mance glanced at Ye Sheng and Jiu De Aki, who were looking at the information side by side not far away, and shook his head: "Let them rest for a while, the academy doesn't seem to be in a hurry." ”

……

Early in the morning, the library of the Kassel Academy.

Lu Mingfei wore a mask, dressed himself tightly, and got into the seminar room that had been booked a long time ago.

There are not many people at this point in time, and it is a holiday, so it is estimated that even a scholar like Chu Zihang will not come to the library early in the morning to study.

No one should see themselves...... Lu Mingfei sat in the hut, turned on the computer to connect to the library resources of the Kassel Academy, opened the book "Book of the Later Han", and read it with relish.

It is ashamed to say that as a Chinese, Lu Mingfei has little understanding of the history of his country, probably only knowing the name of the Qin Emperor Hanwu, the Xuanwumen incident of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and the old lady Cixi who has been smelling for thousands of years.

Not to mention the history of heroes and heroes from all walks of life after Wang Mang.

I remember that Ange mentioned that the twin brother of the Lord of Bronze and Fire has been sleeping, and the elder brother has come out from time to time to disgust the world at that time.

Regarding Norton, the most famous of his incarnations should be Li Xiong, the first minister under the Sichuan Shu warlord Gongsun Shu in the late Western Han Dynasty.

However, history still has a very high evaluation of him, saying that he 'sympathized with the people, lowered taxes, cared for soldiers, and charged forward in wars.' ’

Probably, this is Norton's mask? Just like the current old Tang, Lu Mingfei can't connect that happy face with the hideous face of the Three Gorges Reservoir no matter what, he would rather believe that it is just a dream.

But Lu Mingfei knew in his own heart that this was not a dream at all, this was reality, his old friend, who used to be Li Xiong, was also the king who was above the throne of the dragon clan, only inferior to the black emperor.

Did Li Xiong know that he was the Dragon King at that time? Or is it the same as the current old Tang, who only thinks he is Li Xiong? Lu Mingfei couldn't help but guess that the Dragon King's personality was extremely tyrannical, if he had the memory of Norton, why should he be considerate to the people and soldiers? It's definitely impossible to get a good reputation or something, how can the dragon king care about his reputation.

Perhaps, it was because the mask had been worn for too long and was unwilling to take it off? Would you rather enjoy the world by deceiving yourself?

If that's the case, then there should be an explanation. Natsumi is like this, she was just an ordinary student before 'something' forced her, but seeing that the fragile reality of her love was about to be punctured, she had to choose to incarnate as Hela in order to protect herself.

Is this also the case with Li Xiong? Imagine that he is a scholar with great ambitions, assisting Gongsun Shu to rise all the way, thinking about competing for the world, and finally fighting with Liu Xiu, but he was overshadowed by those dragon slaying families, defeated and retreated, and finally had to use words when he retreated to the Three Gorges. Candle Dragon?

"I can't guess it." Lu Mingfei closed his eyes and shook his head, his brain was in a mess, he couldn't calm down at all, and he simply stopped studying, anyway, there was still time.

The purpose of his coming here today is not to read e-books, e-books can be read anywhere. He prefers the soft bed in his bedroom to the leather chair in the library.

"Ahh The girl chuckled and pushed open the door, and when she saw the scene in the house, she teased Lu Mingfei: "Is there anything wrong with seeing me in such a hurry?" Could it be that you have figured it out and want to join our Lionheart? ”

"Actually, I want to talk to you about Chu Zihang." Lu Mingfei sighed and spat out the words he had already thought of.

"Chu Zihang? What happened to him? Susie looked a little curious and sat opposite Lu Mingfei.

"I felt something was wrong with him." Lu Mingfei scratched his head with a smile: "I don't know if you feel this way." ”

"No, I think Chu Zihang is quite normal." Susie tapped her temples: "If the only thing that is abnormal should be his expression that has not changed." It's like the stone statue on Easter Island.,Whether it's facing a companion or facing a girl who likes him.。 ”

Susie laughed after speaking, but Lu Mingfei was the opposite, with a serious face:

"Do you really think he's right?"

"Of course." Susie pouted: "He's in good health, he doesn't have any problems all over his body, and even his teeth seem to have a tooth decay." ”

"That's it." Lu Mingfei was slightly disappointed.

"Anything else? If not, I'll leave, and our club still has a bunch of things to deal with. Seeing Lu Mingfei slumped in the chair, Susie got up and waved her hand: "If you want to join the Lionheart, you must contact me." ”

Lu Mingfei was silent, and saw Susie walking towards the door step by step, so he spoke:

"However, I have a feeling that my brother will become Deadpool, and if I remember correctly, it should be called Deadpool."

Susie paused, slowly turned her senses, and looked at the boy with a straight face from top to bottom.