“zero？ Zero? Lu Mingfei thought it was a little strange, it didn't look like a name, it was more like some kind of code name.

"Code Zero? Sounds pretty cool, like an agent. Lu Mingfei thought about it, and always felt that there was a subtle sense of déjà vu.

After sitting bored in the classroom, Lu Mingfei knocked on the classroom door and handed in the papers.

Seeing Lu Mingfei coming out, Nuo Nuo said with a smile: "You are quite calm, there are really not many students in the 3E exam who are as calm as you." ”

Lu Mingfei pretended to be modest and said: "Generally, the students are very good. ”

At lunchtime, Fingal knew that he was stable as soon as he saw Lu Mingfei's expression, he arched Lu Mingfei's shoulders and said, "Are you in a good mood, the exam went well?" ”

"The exam went well, but I was a little wrong when I saw that you were in a bad mood." Lu Mingfei looked at Fingal's face, as if he had seen the balance of 1,500 yuan.

"Hey, don't do that, just say if what I gave you is useless." Fingal whispered.

Lu Mingfei was speechless, although Fingal's answer did not play a decisive role in the results, but his goods were still conscientious, and Lu Mingfei couldn't pull his face and say no.

"By the way, it seems that there is something important I forgot to tell you," Fingal patted the back of his head, "Oh! Come to think of it, didn't you win the 'Freedom for a Day'? There are actually a lot of benefits to this title. ”

"Benefits? What benefits? Lu Mingfei was surprised, he didn't know what other benefits this thing had.

"First of all, it is customary for the winner of Freedom Day to receive access to the 'Norton Pavilion' for one year." Fingal squeezed his eyes and said, "The Norton Pavilion is a rare big villa in the academy, and the student union should send someone to hand over to you today, junior brother, you are developed." ”

"What's the use of me living in such a big villa?" Lu Mingfei said, "It's not that I don't have a dormitory. ”

"If you don't live there, you can rent it to someone else!" Fingal said, "Do you want my brother to introduce you?" ”

"I'm not interested in it for the time being, let's talk about it." Lu Ming said perfunctorily. "Listen to you, what other benefits are there?"

"This second perk, you've earned the right to be the finalist of this year's 'House Star'." Fingal shrugged and said.

"What is the House Star?" Lu Mingfei was a little confused, "Similar to an excellent student representative? ”

"It's the highest honor among students," Fingal said as he looked at Lu Mingfei, "I don't think you're very interested in any honors, so let me tell you, there is an extra scholarship for you." ”

"Got it." Lu Mingfei immediately understood.

"The third benefit is that the first girl you pursue in the academy cannot refuse you, and nominally maintain a relationship with you for at least three months." Fingal had a gloating smile on his face, "Because of this, you have become the public enemy of all the boys in the house." ”

"It's a little too nasty." Lu Mingfei only felt against the sky, "What kind of neurosis would set up such stupid rules, so what if the girl who was confessed just didn't agree?" ”

"It does sound stupid." "But it's a great way to inspire the courage of the victors, isn't it?" With the glorious and bold confession of the victory of the day of freedom, there is a good chance to achieve a good story. ”

Lu Mingfei shook his head: "Is there anything else?" ”

Fingal nodded: "And the last one, this is an additional benefit this year, Caesar made a bet with Chu Zihang, betting on his Bugatti Veyron, saying that whoever gets the victory car for a day of freedom will belong to whomever it is, and now that the luxury car belongs to you, you can go to him at any time to pick up the car." ”

"Uh......" Lu Mingfei tore the pork knuckle on the plate with a fork, "I haven't seen any of these benefits you mentioned." ”

Looking for Caesar to pick up the car, not to mention that when this bet was established, the Kassel Academy didn't have him at all, Lu Mingfei, even if the car was lifted, what was the use, he couldn't drive.

"If you don't want to get involved in this, just wait for the official class tomorrow." Fingal poked the pork knuckle on the plate with a fork, and the expression on his face was not very satisfied, "By the way, the teacher of the first level of magic power mechanical design you took is Professor Mance Rundstedt, he is one of the strictest professors in the academy, every class must be named, and there are endless quizzes, you pay attention." ”

"It seems that I didn't sleep too late." Lu Mingfei doesn't care, his sleep quality is very good, and it's no problem to get up early every day.

At this moment, Lu Mingfei's mobile phone vibrated and opened it to see that it was a notification text message from Norma.

After glancing at it, Lu Mingfei said to Fingal with some happiness: "The magic mechanical design class you said tomorrow has been canceled." ”

Fingal leaned over and glanced at the text message, and said in a very sophisticated tone: "Professor Rundstedt must have gone on a mission, and he is also a senior member of the executive department, so he probably can't get away from a very important secret mission." ”

Lu Mingfei was surprised: "Something to do with dragons?" ”

Fingal nodded: "The temporary cancellation of the class seems to be a huge discovery, maybe the academy will organize a dragon slaying operation in a while." ”

Lu Mingfei was a little excited when he heard this, the only thing he knew about the dragon was the red dragon cub he saw a few days ago, and he didn't know anything about what a real adult dragon clan looked like.

In the middle of the night, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River were shrouded in a storm, and on the restless river, all the other ships had taken shelter from the wind, and only the tugboat "Moniach" was still trembling in the torrential rain.

Professor Mance Rundstedt stood in front of the cab window, frowning at the rain curtain as he smoked his cigar and waited for good news.

There was a faint cry of a baby in the rear cabin, Mance snuffed out his cigar and said to the people monitoring him: "I'll go see what's wrong with that baby, Selma, pay attention to the life signals of the two of them, be sure to ensure their life safety, and close the line immediately if there is a situation!" ”

"Understood!" The Latino girl replied.

With that, Mance walked towards the rear cabin.

And 50 meters below the surface of the water, two signal wires connect two young people, who are the protagonists of this underwater exploration.

Ye Sheng, Jiude Aki, both of them are young elites in the executive department, and they are tacit partners, and the two have successfully performed twenty-six underwater collaborative operations together, and now it is twenty-seven.

Ye Sheng groped underwater, and then showed Aki what he had found, which was a pottery shard with an ancient pattern.

"The pattern has the characteristics of Shu culture, at least a thousand years of history, and may be related to the ruins of the White Emperor City." Aki said.

"The oxygen is still sufficient, but if this is the predetermined location, I can't see any trace of the existence of the White Emperor City." Aki looked around and couldn't see the goal of their trip.

"I've asked Norma for a sonar scan, and although we can't see it, judging by the surrounding terrain, the most likely place to be in the White Emperor City is here. But we need to find the entrance. Ye Sheng looked at Aki, "In order to save time, Aki, help me find a fixed point." ”

Aki swam behind Ye Sheng, the steel claws popping out of her fins fixed to the rock, and she stretched out her hands to wrap around Ye Sheng's waist.

Ye Sheng was weak when he launched the Spirit Snake, and there was a risk of being swept away by the current, and at the same time, the consumption of physical energy would also cause a loss of body temperature, so Aki would hold him like this to fix and maintain his body temperature to a certain extent.

Ye Sheng closed his eyes, and the restless snakes in his consciousness were liberated and explored towards the waters in all directions.

The effect of the Snake is to drive a unique bioelectric current like a group of snakes, sensing everything they explore.

Underwater, Ye Sheng's exploration radius is five kilometers.

Ye Sheng shuddered for a moment, the "snake" had already seen the abnormality.

"About 40 meters under our feet, mark it, there is a huge metal there, and the 'snake' senses it." Ye Sheng calmly reported to the command through the signal line.

"Captain, the Yangtze River Waterway Maritime Safety Bureau has informed us that there may be an earthquake with a magnitude 5 intensity next, and the epicenter is underwater." The third officer reported loudly, "Is the operation aborted?" ”

Mance walked into the front cabin, his face was very grim, and he immediately decided: "Ye Sheng, Aki, the operation is suspended, immediately float, repeat, the operation is suspended, immediately float, there is danger under the water now, and there may be an earthquake with a strength of five tonight." ”

"Ye Sheng received."

"Aki received."

The two of them floated up the black rope that served as a lifeline and signal line and returned to the Moniach.

"At least we didn't get nothing tonight," Ye Sheng took off his helmet and said, "I marked a location, which is likely to be the entrance to White Emperor City." ”

"It's okay, the principal said that our cause requires unparalleled patience, as long as the situation is determined, the opportunity is not bad, and the safety of your lives is the most important." Mance said, then ordered: "The Moniach will dock immediately. ”

At this moment, the river surface can only be described as the empty turbid waves of the Yin Wind Fury, perhaps the earthquake has already occurred at this moment, and even the Moniach, a tugboat converted from a warship, is in danger of facing such a situation.

But the crew of the ship are quite professionally trained, they can fight the big waves in the sea, and at the moment they can successfully land in the Moniach.

Mance dialed the phone: "Headmaster, there was a little accident in the 'Kuimen Project', there was an earthquake under the Yangtze River, I stopped the operation for safety reasons, Ye Sheng reported that the 'snake' sensed a huge metal at a depth of forty meters underground. ”

"You're doing a good job, Mance." On the other end of the line, the headmaster's approval came out, "Huge metal, most likely left by Norton, the Lord of Bronze and Fire...... I have a hunch that there will be a big harvest this time, so start the next exploration as soon as possible, and ask me if you need anything. ”

After saying this, the headmaster was silent for a while, and then said: "When necessary, the power of the academy can be dispatched, and the tragedy of ten years ago will never be repeated." ”

"Mance understands."

Lu Mingfei was practicing his sword routinely at the sword level, and suddenly the whole space trembled.

"You're coming too often, and can you be a little quieter?"

Lu Mingfei sighed, put away his sword, and looked back to see that Lu Mingze was there.

Lu Mingze spread his small hands: "I also want to come to see you unconsciously, but brother, this is your territory, and it is impossible for me to come in without alerting you." ”

"Then tell me, why did you come to me this time?" Lu Mingfei asked, "Won't there be another version update?" ”

"This is not a version update." Lu Mingze maintained that grinning expression, just like the first time he saw them.

"The first is to celebrate that you have passed the 3E exam and become a member of the Kassel Academy." Lu Mingze snapped his fingers, and then used his mouth to simulate the sound of firecrackers ringing in unison, "I'm sorry, that's all I can do here." ”

"You seem to be even happier than I am, although I feel very sure, but the test scores have not yet come out." Lu Mingfei was full of black lines, and he always remained vigilant against this strange little boy who called himself Lu Mingze and was able to come to the sword steps.

"I believe in my brother's strength very much." Lu Mingze said, "But although my brother is already very strong, I still have to give the gifts that should be given." ”

"Gifts? What gift? Lu Mingfei became vigilant, he always felt that this Lu Mingze was like the kind of devil in the story who seduced people to fall step by step.

"Do you remember the cheats from StarCraft?" Lu Mingze asked.

"Nonsense, you're questioning my gaming credentials?" Speaking of this, Lu Mingfei was suddenly aroused. "Power Overwhelming is invincible, show me the money to get 10,000 ore and gas, black sheep wall map full open ......"

"Okay, that's it, the map is open, what do you think?" Lu Mingze interrupted Lu Mingfei's penetrating behavior.

"How's that?" Lu Mingfei was puzzled.

"Black Sheep Wall, this is the first gift I prepared for you, now you can use it," Lu Mingze said, "The way to use it is to shout this sentence into the air, the effect is to instantly get a detailed map of the surrounding environment, but this is a one-time cheat, it is best to shout it out when needed." How about it, brother, what do you think of this gift? ”

Lu Mingfei looked at Lu Mingze, with an expression on his face that wanted to speak and stopped, and finally he said with difficulty: "I thank you very much for your kindness, but you said that this is a one-time thing, and you want me to shout it out when I need it, well, you know." ”

"You think I'm kidding you?" The smile on Lu Mingze's face stiffened, "If you say that, I'll be angry." ”

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a twist in his heart, and a very aggrieved feeling welled up, and he couldn't speak.

"I can open my heart to you, brother." Lu Mingze restrained his smile, and the sadness revealed in those golden eyes almost drowned Lu Mingfei, "You should believe me, brother, because I am Lu Mingze, and we are brothers." ”

After saying this, Lu Mingze turned around, and unlike when he came, he disappeared without a sound.