Ye Sheng followed the dark metal passage all the way into the interior to explore this magnificent bronze city.
Their vision gradually began to brighten, and they were shocked by the scene before them.
This is a giant underwater palace.
The interior of the entire bronze city is hollow, and the walls are surrounded by narrow and dark corridors one after another, like ant nests, and the group of them walked out of one of the corridors.
The tall conical dome is inlaid with round moon pearls the size of a human head, emitting soft and powerful light.
Below is a layout similar to that of an ancient palace, with bronze steps rising up little by little, leading directly to the gorgeous and majestic throne at the top.
Under the steps of the palace, there are rows of bronze human statues standing facing the throne. They are wearing wide-sleeved robes and have a retro appearance. They hold in their hands the ancient ministers who went to court to record the content of the meeting and the official rituals. They raised them high.
If you respect gods.
And because Caesar and his party were in the corridor, they couldn't clearly see the fronts of the statues.
"Ye Sheng, look!"
Shutoku Aki suddenly pushed his partner beside him and pointed at the ancient patterns spreading on the bronze dome.
These patterns gather together to form a giant tree with lush branches. When separated, they look like strange human faces. If they are further separated, they become individual ancient characters.
Caesar and others, including Caesar who raised their heads, seemed to be attracted by this ancient and mysterious pattern. They seemed to see the origin of the universe and the true meaning of life from this pattern scattered like a giant tree.
"It looks like the abstract painting I saw in the 3e exam!"
Su Qian's sigh immediately woke up the addicted Ye Sheng.
These intricate line characters are completely words that should not exist in this world.
"Longwen, this is an ancient dragonwen that has been lost for a long time."
Ye Sheng turned on the searchlight in front of the diving suit's helmet, and the golden light instantly passed through the river, illuminating all the simple patterns on the dome.
"This is an important discovery. We need to take pictures of all this information and transmit it."
Ye Sheng said to his companions around him.
At this time, the signal between them and the Monyach on the ship was restored again, and Professor Mann excitedly shook his fist on the ship.
This is a major discovery. If the dragon text message is deciphered to be valuable, it will already exceed the total funding of this mission.
So Caesar and the others spread out and swam around, flapping their flippers to go to various places in the underwater hall, taking out waterproof cameras to take pictures of various materials and patterns on the dome.
At this moment, Shutoku Aki was swimming among the many statues arranged in front of the main hall steps. When she swam down the corridor in person, she realized how tall and impressive these bronze statues were.
Each statue is seven or eight meters high. The figures' movements are solemn and respectful, and the carved lines are graceful and distinct, lifelike.
Aki was originally focused on taking pictures but could not help but be attracted to this statue. She gradually looked up, only to find that the slender neck was sticking out from the wide robe, and the thin and cold scales spread out and gave off a faint cold light.
This turned out to be the neck of a cobra.
This is also the same sculpture as the snake-headed human figure that Ye Sheng saw outside the Bronze City before, but the proportions and the expression of the snake's face are different.
It spat out a snake message, and the golden pupils were shining in its narrow and dangerous eyes.
"Aki!"
The girl who was in a state of ignorance suddenly heard someone calling her name. It seemed like the call of her parents when she was a child, and it also seemed like the call of Ye Sheng when she first met her at the age of eighteen.
The girl looked back and saw a black shadow passing behind her.
Shutoku Aki followed the black shadow in a strange way, and his eyelids slowly closed, gradually losing his energy.
Chu Zihang and others who were busy collecting dragon texts did not notice the anomaly of Jiude Aji. They were all wearing diving suits and they were similar to each other. At this moment, Jiude Aji was just swimming farther away, closer to the outside of the Bronze City.
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"Aki!"
At this time, Ye Sheng's shouts came from everyone's chat channel. They just woke up from the dragon text on the dome and looked at the position of Senior Aki.
This sight was enough to make their hair stand on end. Even though the oxygen bottle was still pumping air continuously, they still felt like they were suffocating.
At this moment, half of Shutoku Aki's body had penetrated into a bronze tunnel, and a bronze statue with a snake's head and human body was quietly following her. The ferocious snake's face showed a strange expression in the dark and gloomy waters.
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It seems to be really smiling.
Ye Sheng had already taken the lead and rushed over. He pulled out the Soviet SPP-1 underwater pistol and fired three shots in a row. The arrow-shaped bullets continued to streak through the water and hit the strange face of the snake-headed statue hard.
The bronze statue, which was as tall as a man, was shattered into pieces, and the two narrow and dim eyes were destroyed. Only then did the weird and terrifying atmosphere in everyone's hearts subside, and they felt relieved.
But it was too late. With a crisp sound of machine push, countless mechanical gears throughout the Bronze City began to rotate, making a rumbling sound.
All the snake-headed men in the main hall turned around, raised their fangs in their hands, and looked at the empty bronze throne in the front.
It seems to be a kind of pilgrimage ceremony, and it also seems to be waiting for their king to wake up.
The patina on the bronze throne was shaken off, and red-red lines like magma appeared. The green and red colors intertwined and spread in one place. The entire throne looked like a giant dragon spreading its wings and about to fly.
The city came to life, like a disrupted Rubik's Cube that was turning to restore its original order. All kinds of precision parts were in operation. Ye Sheng and Shude Aki fell into that tunnel and completely lost their traces.
The passage that Caesar and the others came in before has now been closed. Countless passages on the walls of the entire bronze city are constantly closing and opening, closing and opening, but the space they are in is getting smaller and smaller under the operation of this gear.
"This is Caesar, call the Monyach, call the Monyach, we are trapped in the Bronze City, all escape routes are changing, and we have lost contact with Ye Shengjiu Deyaji, we need support
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Caesar was contacting the people on the Monyach via radio, and soon they received a reply from Captain Mance, saying that he would find a solution as soon as possible.
But Thelma, who is responsible for contacting Shutoku Aki, is still calling Aki anxiously, and it is obvious that they have lost contact.
"Principal, I need your help. The oxygen in the oxygen bottles of Ye Sheng and his group is being consumed all the time. They need a practical escape route."
Mance quickly established a dialogue with the Kassel headquarters and transmitted the dome pattern they had previously photographed and explored.
A sharp-eyed and knowledgeable professor recognized this map at a glance, but it took too long to decipher all the dragon characters to create a complete map, so they had to call on all the students in the college to work together.
The elites gathered together for a heated discussion, hoping to gain something in this short forty minutes. However, they had different opinions, and the answers they got after having visions were too few and too complicated.
As time passes by, the hope of survival of the underwater team is getting lower and lower.
At this moment, Jiude Aji and Ye Sheng were swimming in a complicated and narrow corridor. Ye Sheng's brain was about to explode. Countless snakes acting as scouts swarmed out, but they still couldn't fill the entire bronze city.
He could not find the only escape route, and the busy escape at the moment was just a struggle before death.
Finally, they ran into a dormitory. The decoration here was simple, with only a small bronze lamp, a desk and a bed.
Ye Sheng was just about to go out, fearing that the two of them would be trapped here after the door was sealed, but his hand was pulled by Aji.
Yaji swam to the front and saw a brass jar half a person's height placed in a corner.
Ye Sheng turned on the searchlight on the top of his helmet, which read in official writing, "I would like to dedicate my bones and blood to the great Majesty Nidhogg. He is the supreme, most powerful and most virtuous existence, and rules the entire world with destiny."
The young man suddenly felt something was wrong, and he and the girl beside him made gestures, indicating that they should take the brass can and escape together.
Their radio signals were blocked by unknown objects, and they could only communicate through underwater sign language.
But if they can't find a way out before the oxygen is exhausted, they will still die.
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The cold and aloof emperor walked on the waves with his hands clasped behind his back, possessing the power to control the mountains and rivers.
Li Yongyuan stood alone on the long river water buffeted by heavy rain, swaying with the waves, and the light in his golden eyes shone brightly in all directions.
Looking down, he could see his companions hiding under the dense rotation of gears looking for a way out through the layers of water and bronze metal.
"Like ants on a hot pot."
The black-robed emperor smiled, but his voice was as cold as a cold front.
He didn't care about the lives of these people, as he described them, like ants.
Li Longyuan did not respond, but plunged into the water with a fierce force, preparing to see if he could disrupt the operation of the Bronze City from the outside.
He had tried many times before, but nothing worked. It made him wonder whether he had entered an illusion created by the emperor.
"We have three minutes left..."
Mance stared at the Omega waterproof watch on his wrist and sighed dryly. The oxygen in Ye Sheng's oxygen bottles can last for up to three minutes.
"Captain, many professors at Kassel College have given a more feasible route."
Thelma came in to report.
"Quickly pass it to Caesar and the others."
Mance almost yelled this sentence, no matter how likely it is, this is their only chance to give it a try.
"It's already being passed on, but what should we do with Ye Sheng and Aji?"
The Latin girl's confused question made the man sit down on the revolving chair in the control room, looking at the pouring rain outside the window, feeling heavy.
They have lost contact. Even if they have a map, they can't receive it at all.
Under the water 150 meters away, Ye Sheng and Yaji hugged each other tightly. The long-term use of the Yanling Snake had almost caused him to bleed from all his orifices, and his body was extremely exhausted. However, not only did he not recall the snakes in his mind, but he sent more and more snakes.
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He needs to find a way out.
At this moment, Yaji had tightened the valve of the oxygen cylinder and reduced the delivery speed. The lack of oxygen caused her brain to gradually experience fainting and hallucinations.
She seemed to think of Ye Sheng when he was eighteen years old. During the swimming competition, he kept swimming in front of her at a constant speed. He held the trophy and did not forget to wave his butt to her. He said with a bright smile that Aki, the stupid duck, can only drink from me.
Hateful words like foot washing water.
At first, she yelled back, saying that if you die underwater, don't think about me saving you.
But since when did her attitude towards him change and some subtle changes occur?
They trained together at the Kassel Academy for four years, joined the executive department and handled many tasks together.
But they have never been a couple, even when they were questioned on the plane, they still defended themselves.
Not only is the love unknown, but more importantly, they are afraid that after becoming a couple, they will no longer be life-and-death partners in the mission.
"I love you"
The girl looked at Ye Sheng. She knew that Ye Sheng could not hear it, but she still said these words slowly and firmly in the diving helmet. Hot tears spewed out of the girl's eyes and gradually blurred her cheeks.
Ye Sheng lay in the girl's arms, smiled weakly, and reached out his hand to wipe away the tears from her eyes through the mask.
The pair of thick and flying black eyebrows have now smoothed down, and the eyebrows and eyes are full of gentleness and tenderness.
"I love you too!"
Ye Sheng couldn't receive the girl's message through the radio, but he could see the girl's mouth shape and tears, and he already understood everything.
There is no doubt that he likes Aki. When did he start? Maybe he felt this way on the first day they met.
Looking at her clumsy steps like a little duck, I can't help but tease her and laugh at her. But I always find her extremely cute.
This may be the reason why I have been making trouble around her. I like to see her angry face, like the way she chases me in the windsurfing race but can't catch her jumping feet. I like her to laugh, I like her to cry, I like her.
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The young man leaned into Aki's arms and murmured, slowly closing his eyes.
The lack of oxygen caused darkness in their consciousness and the turbulent cold water almost swallowed them completely.
"Wow!"
On the Monyach, a hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed the side of the ship, followed by several hands that also floated up.
Caesar and the others finally broke out at the last moment and floated ashore by holding their breath unlike ordinary people.
"Where are Senior Ye Sheng and Senior Aki? Is there any news?"
As soon as Caesar and the others took off their diving suits, they looked eagerly at the people on the boat. But the only response they received was silence.
Chu Zihang frowned coldly: "Give me another oxygen bottle, and I'll go down again."
The other three nodded similarly.
"It's too late. The oxygen in their bottles is no longer enough."
Mance looked at them, his voice almost hoarse. As a tutor, how could he not be in pain when he lost his two most beloved students?
"Really, is there no other way?"
Susie looked at Mance and Thelma, with a faint tremor in her voice.
Although they have known each other for a short time, they are both top seniors.
"I know you have a way, tell me, and you can tell me the conditions."
On the river where the heavy rain was raging, Li Longyuan clenched the emperor's clothes with both hands and said something almost pleading with a violent attitude.
"Say in advance, I'm not trying to force you to buy or sell. Even if this is an opportunity to give it to you for free, next time, you have to be fully prepared."
A smile appeared on the emperor's stern face, and he immediately stretched out his hand and touched Li Longyuan's forehead.
The next second, the figure of the black-robed emperor disappeared, and all the lines in Li Longyuan's golden pupils suddenly lit up, magnificent and complicated to the extreme.
"I am here as a king!"
Such a voice sounded deep in the boy's heart.
The handsome young man pulled out the Tai'a sword from the river. For a moment, the dark clouds and thunderstorms stopped, and only a sound like the sound of a hidden dragon being drawn out of its sheath could be heard in the sky and the earth.
He seemed to pull out a roaring dragon looking up to the sky.
Li Yongyuan simply raised the sword with his right hand, and the sword body of Tai'a Sword immediately dispersed into nothingness.
The young man's slender white fingers were still clenched into fists, and then he suddenly waved them down.
With this sword, the sky split, the river collapsed, and the city was destroyed.
The surging tens of thousands of tons of river water was cut and cut off by the invisible sword energy. The dense dark clouds in the sky were cut into two sides. Norton's indestructible city, which was made of bronze and was as big as a mountain, was completely divided into two.
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A faint light came out, shining through the oxygen masks on the faces of the two young people.