in the tunnel

"It's a bit embarrassing to see in this situation." The blonde man scratched the back of his head.

"I didn't expect that dragon's fetish to be so abnormal." One agreed.

"This should be the Teleportation Matrix deliberately damaging our things." Chu Zihang picked up the strip of cloth on the ground and shook his head.

"By the way, Caesar, how did you develop your pectoral muscles?" Ye Sheng looked at the strong muscle mass on Caesar's chest, and then looked at himself, obviously he also exercised regularly, why couldn't he practice like this.

"It's probably genetic, my father's stallion's pectoral muscles are obvious." Caesar thought for a moment.

"Hey, stop, how did you two manage to talk in such a situation?" Chu Zihang interrupted the two with a cold face, he was the same as the two, he was shirtless, and he was wearing a grass skirt below, and the skirt was above the knees, if it weren't for the pair of bright golden pupils, he would be so feminine and thin that he might really be confused with a girl.

"Chu Zihang is right, our task should not be to discuss why this King of Bronze and Fire is only interested in your men's grass skirts."

Jiu De Yaji, who was dressed in a good combat uniform, whispered, she would only show her giggling appearance in front of a few people, and in front of Chu Zihang and Caesar, she would still pretend to be that quiet and elegant Asian girl.

Under the light reflected by the crystal on the roof of the cave, four shadows were arranged side by side on the ground, Chu Zihang and Caesar came here after passing through the teleportation matrix, and the equipment they carried with them crackled and fell to the ground, but their clothes were torn to shreds and became strips of cloth on the ground.

Ye Sheng and Jiu De Aki were startled by the sound here and leaned over.

Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, the two presidents did one of the most humiliating things in their lives - put on their skirts in front of their mortal enemies, then picked up their guns to find cover and hide, waiting for the owner of the footsteps to appear.

Then, they saw Ye Sheng, who was also wearing a grass skirt.

"Caesar, what are you doing?" Chu Zihang covered his face with his hands, and the sound of flashing lights and shutters came again and again, stabbing him a little unable to open his eyes.

"I'm documenting the murals." Caesar held the camera at Chu Zihang, his face was not red and his heart was not beating and pointed behind him: "I think these things are very meaningful to record, and it is very likely to be related to the Dragon King." ”

"Childish behavior." Chu Zihang sneered with a cold face, picked up the camera and took a picture of Caesar.

"Two, now is not the time to quarrel." Ye Sheng hurriedly stood between the two: "What are we going to do now?" Whether to leave or continue exploring. ”

"Let's keep exploring, there should still be time, and we've brought a lot of food." Caesar picked up the headset and blew it, putting it on his ear and muttering for a moment: "It seems that the connection here has been cut off. ”

"We can send signals out, but their signals can't come in." Aki raised the camera in his hand: "We can only do what we want." ”

"That sounds good." Caesar smiled.

Chu Zihang, who was squatting in the corner of the wall to study the mural, also nodded.

"Do you have any thoughts on these murals?" Ye Sheng asked while patting around: "Aki and I have looked around several times, and almost all the tunnels here are covered with murals. ”

"It's a little incomprehensible, so I'll have to let the vice principal interpret it." Chu Zihang held his chin: "But in my opinion, these murals should not contain dragon scripts, but are like ...... It's like a child's scribble. ”

"Indeed, I remember when I was a kid and made a mess of my dad's renovated room, it looked very similar to this one."

"Do you think so, too?" Ye Sheng smiled bitterly: "But in the territory of the King of Bronze and Fire, some people have scribbled and scribbled, isn't this a little unreasonable." ”

"The King of Bronze and Fire, the direct blood of the Black King, it stands to reason that they can't produce heirs, and the only way is to divide their power on their own." Chu Zihang continued: "It's hard for me to believe that someone will paint here for him." ”

"Nothing is impossible, what if it adopts a child?" Caesar stood in front of the wall, looking at the mural with a slight distraction.

"Is that true of all tunnels?" Chu Zihang asked.

"According to our investigation, the tunnels are all like this, there are several rooms in front, and there is a room that is special and there are various ...... The bones, I probably looked at them, to be honest, I couldn't see anything, so many years of drying had made them as fragile as paper, and they shattered when touched, and next to them was the bronze door we found, with living parasites on it. Ye Sheng said truthfully: "But there are no living creatures, which can be assured." ”

"I remember, the vice principal said that there is a huge alchemy matrix here?" Caesar slapped his head and looked at his bare skin.

That alchemy matrix contained a large amount of mercury, and when he just came down, he also felt a significant burning sensation when he breathed, which was undoubtedly the effect of mercury vapor.

If you are under the action of mercury steam, your bare skin will not change at all.

"If I'm not mistaken, here, it's two locations from the mine just now." Chu Zihang dug out some dirt from the bottom of the wall, rubbed it in his hand, and sniffed it again.

"Teleportation of the results of the Matrix?" Caesar scratched his head: "To be honest, this is beyond my knowledge. ”

"To be honest, I'm quite surprised to be alive to hear your words." Chu Zihang sneered: "However, it's a little strange. ”

"What's strange?" Caesar scratched his head.

"We looked at the floor plan before we set off, and I still remember clearly that after the labyrinth, there should be a bronze gate leading through, and then an alchemy matrix." Chu Zihang's face was gloomy: "This should not be a foundry, but another place for the King of Bronze and Fire." ”

"I agree with that." Ye Sheng added: "We also looked at the floor plan before we set off, and there was no record of this place on it. ”

"Then here is ......" Caesar listened, his face was solemn, and he glanced at the grass skirts on the other two: "The dragon king's dance floor? ”

“……”

"Just kidding." Caesar laughed, took out Dick and tapped around: "The surroundings are solid, it seems that there is no other way, and the only way for us should be to move forward." ”

Chu Zihang looked around: "Since that's the case, let's start taking pictures first." ”

The Academy's order was to record the information in the ruins, and the murals may contain key information related to the dragons, and each painting is crucial.

"There were nine tunnels and six rooms, and we just finished shooting three places." Aki said: "If this continues, we should be able to finish filming soon." ”

Caesar tinkered with the camera and frowned: "This camera ...... It seems to be something from a few years ago, but is the Executive Department so short of funds now? ”

"That's right." Completely ignoring Caesar, Chu Zihang suddenly raised his head: "Have you seen the others?" ”

"Others?"

"No, we only heard the voices of the two of you before we came."

"No?" Caesar raised his eyebrows and glanced at Chu Zihang.

"Could it be that there are other people?" Ye Sheng was confused.

"And Lu Mingfei, who is the S-level freshman of our academy." Caesar explained: "Like Chu Zihang, he didn't listen to orders, so we couldn't find him. ”

"He shouldn't be here." Aki shook her head: "I didn't hear any other sounds around. ”

"It can't be that he was swallowed by the dragon king." Caesar pondered, "No, it stands to reason that he should have entered here." ”

"Lu Mingfei, by the way, my previous task was originally to interview him with Ye Sheng." Jiu De Aki suddenly raised his head: "But I didn't expect him to directly agree to enroll, otherwise, this mission should not have been ours, and now I can still see him here, which can be regarded as a mistake." ”

"So miserable? I remember that Lu Mingfei didn't go to school for many days, and he didn't even have time to rest? Caesar quipped, "It's a good brick for the executive department, and it can be moved wherever it is needed." ”

"Who wants to, but there are so many executives in China." Ye Sheng pursed his lips and looked at the girl leaning on him: "However, this trip is not without gains." ”

"This should be our last mission." Aki Sakutoku smiled back.

"One last mission?"

Caesar and Chu Zihang stopped their work at the same time and looked at Ye Sheng and Jiude Yaji.

……

Lu Mingfei held the knife in his hand, pressing his steps to explore the surrounding environment step by step.

After coming out of the teleportation matrix, he was here.

The darkness of the space was lit by kerosene lamps lit on either side, an extremely wide avenue, and rows of snake-faced statues stood on either side of the road, half-bowed, as if bowing to themselves in the middle of the road.

Lu Mingfei still remembered that it was recorded on the fragment of the Ice Sea that this was the road that mortals had to pass when they went to meet the Dragon King, and the snake-faced statues on both sides represented the metal controlled by the Dragon King.

It hated snakes, both then and now, when he first dived in the countryside, his grandmother told him that there might be water snakes in the water, so scared that Lu Mingfei never entered the river again.

And now, with the cold and slippery surface, coupled with the well-dressed body, even if they look as elegant as scholars, Lu Mingfei is even more disgusting.

Standing in the middle of them, there was always an eerie feeling, like he was a thousand-year-old corpse that had been dug up from a coffin, Lu Mingfei subconsciously quickened his pace, wanting to walk over quickly.

At the end of the road, there was an iron door, Lu Mingfei gently pushed it open, but after stepping in, he was attracted by the creaking sound.

Looking back at the source of the sound, Lu Mingfei originally wanted to preemptively stab a few times, but he was surprised to find that it was those snake-faced statues that made the sound, and the dust accumulated for thousands of years jumped in the light and shadow, and he hurriedly suppressed his breathing mask.

Nearly a hundred voices were mixed together, as upsetting as firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, their bent bodies slowly straightened, and Lu Mingfei guessed the source of the sound, which was the rusty gears in their bodies.

"Don't they bow all the time?"

In his memory, the last time he was at the bottom of the Three Gorges, in the palace of the King of Bronze and Fire, he also saw this kind of snake-faced human statue, they were bowing.

But who can guarantee that they will always be in this form? In terms of the alchemy of the Norton brothers, it is not unusual to get a row of bronze statues to jump here, so why bother with a small mechanism?

Lu Mingfei suddenly realized a big problem, this road is logically for ordinary people to walk, since this is the case, then why does the statue bow?

Who are you bowing to?

Myself....... This is impossible, Lu Mingze said that he is not the Dragon King, he doesn't need to lie to himself, what is that?

With a flash of inspiration in his mind, Lu Mingfei took out the phalanx necklace given by the little devil from his neck, which was part of the Black King, and it was normal for them to bow.

This can be explained, but what about the Three Gorges? It's not yourself, but it's still ......

Nono?

Lu Mingfei's heart sank, and he suddenly remembered that when Giovanni took him to escape, he specially told him to stay away from Chen Motong, what did she know?

Or, what is Chen Motong?

He looked at the statues, they were already standing upright, their eyes looking ahead, not caring for their own existence, but even so, the boy's heart was still cold, and it was like a cold snake crawling behind him, and the slime was attached to his body, and it felt disgusting.

A feeling of vomiting hit his mind, Lu Mingfei turned his head and ran away as if he was fleeing, there was darkness in front of him that he couldn't see clearly, but Lu Mingfei's footsteps were getting faster and faster, until there was a bang and he hit something.

……

"Unexpectedly, this mission even gave birth to a couple." Caesar stuck out his tongue and whispered to Chu Zihang, who was carefully patting the mural beside him:

"Are you going to go?"

"To what?" Chu Zihang didn't raise his head.

"Didn't the two of them say that the engagement banquet would invite the two of us and Lu Mingfei?"

"If you have time, go ahead."

"And what should I bring them as a gift?" Caesar looked up at the rugged stone carving at the top: "What do you Chinese bring to this kind of event?" We don't have that habit over there. ”

"We usually go with the salute."

"Gifts?"

"It's to wrap cash in a red envelope as a blessing." Chu Zihang said lightly.

"Send money? That's too vulgar. Caesar frowned: "I originally thought that you Chinese were also romantic." ”

"And what do you think is a good gift?" Chu Zihang glanced at Caesar.

"Hmm......" Caesar couldn't answer.

"Since we have kung fu, let's talk about it." Chu Zihang glanced at the two people on the other side, put down the camera in his hand, and looked directly at Caesar.

"Talk?" Caesar was obviously a little interested: "What are you talking about?" A free day of betting? ”

"That's not what I want to tell you, but do you want to bet me?"

"Of course, it's everyone's dream to get his stuff as loot while defeating a sworn enemy." Caesar's eyes lit up, "I'm very interested in the ancient knives you hung in the Lionheart." ”

"As long as it's mine, it's okay except for Murayu, and it just so happens that I'm also a little interested in your Bugatti Veyron, but my knife shouldn't be as expensive as your car." Chu Zihang said. [Note 1]

"That's not a problem, the victor never cares if the loot is a crown encrusted with the pearl of the night or the head of an enemy." Caesar waved his hand: "In that case, make a bet?" ”

"Yes."

"Okay, what the hell do you want to tell me?" Caesar sat opposite Chu Zihang and said with a smile: "Are you looking for me to consult on how to fall in love?" After all, among the four people now, it seems that you are the only one who is single, but let's say it first, I can't teach you this alone. ”

"You should understand." Chu Zihang ignored Caesar's ridicule and went straight to the point.

[Note 1]: In the original text, Chu Zihang and Caesar bet on their own village rain, but the author thinks that in terms of the meaning of village rain to Chu Zihang, the latter will not take it as a bet so easily. Therefore, the changes were made.