In the library control room, Manstein pushed open the door forcefully. The oak door hit the wall with a muffled sound. Schneider, who stood in front of the big screen and looked up, did not look back. His iron-grey eyes stared at the stars on the screen.
The converging light spots can solidify the atmosphere around them visibly to the naked eye. Some people call this the pressure of a superior person, while others call it "murderous aura".
"Who is on duty tonight?" Manstein hurriedly walked behind Schneider and asked in a low voice, but shook his head when he saw that Schneider did not respond to his question.
Also, the question of who is on duty now is meaningless at all. This sentence is mainly to break this solidified heaviness. Schneider has always been the sharpest sword facing outwards in Kassel Academy. Now the sword has been unsheathed, but
But it did not face the outside, because it was rare for the enemy to bump into the blade.
This is a complete provocation. Remember, this is the first time a foreign enemy has invaded since the school was founded in 1900. Not to mention that no one would be crazy to invade a military fortress full of mixed races. The college itself has also done a good job in keeping its address confidential.
It’s so airtight that only the CC1000 express train can get here through the wilderness where Annabell’s flowers bloom. How did these people find the Hilltop Academy?
But this was also a meaningless question. Guderian, wearing a nightcap, quickly ran in from the door. Seeing the dignified backs of Manstein and Schneider, he could not help but calm down and straighten his red nightcap.
He quickly ran behind the two of them and said in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
Manstein looked back at his old friend and then said with a straight face, "It's my turn to ask you what's going on with you?"
Guderian straightened the collar of his pajamas to hide his hairy chest and felt a little embarrassed. "Time was so tight. I came right over when I saw the text message from Norma. Didn't the emergency assembly regulations say that all professors will be in the first level of alert?"
Are you going to rush to the control room as soon as possible? Where are the others?"
"Non-combatants have been ordered to stay in the faculty and staff dormitories. Didn't you read Norma's additional notice ten minutes ago?" Manstein frowned as he looked at Guderian in pajamas, "Now the entire college is
It has become a battlefield, and if you just run here and there in slippers, if you encounter an enemy, you will be a living target, with no chance to resist!"
"Aren't you here too?" Guderian whispered.
Manstein glanced at him coldly, took out a silver pistol with a unique and futuristic shape from the inside of his formal suit and slapped it on the table. Guderian took one look and said, "Turtle, Guangguang."
"Sigh of the Dragon'? How can you carry an experimental weapon made by those madmen in the equipment department without fear of it exploding?"
"It's better to blow up than to be killed with one shot." Manstein glanced at the firearms on the table and felt a little annoyed.
Although the Equipment Department is often unreliable, the "power" of the equipment has never disappointed anyone. He really wants to equip every student in the academy who is fighting the enemy with such a weapon that is said to be able to
The weapon that left traces on the scales of the third generation species, but the surprise attack was so unexpected that even ordinary standard weapons were not distributed to everyone, which undoubtedly brought a great disadvantage to this encounter.
"Who are our enemies?" Manstein asked Schneider, who had been staring at the twinkling stars on the big screen. The executive director was the first to arrive in the control room, which is Norma's information processing hub.
This means that all the information in Kassel College will now be gathered here for processing in detail. Schneider, who doesn't know how long it has been, should know more information.
"Are you sure that the people who invaded the college are all 'dragons'? Who determined the gender? Norma?" Guderian shrank his neck and whispered, "When I came here, I heard explosions and fires in many places, especially Anbo.
In the direction of the museum, it’s as lively as if a cloud bomb had exploded!”
"Did you also see the fire there?" Manstein asked in a deep voice, "There is expected to be a celebration banquet in the Anbo Hall tonight. The president of the student union will host it. It was very popular on the Night Watch Forum. Lin Nian, Su Xiaoqiang and the others
They should be at that place tonight, but I can't get through their cell phones. It may be due to the electromagnetic influence after the explosion or other reasons."
"What you saw was not the fire of the explosion, but the spirit spirit. According to the information from the survivors, someone released a spirit spirit in the Amber Pavilion half an hour ago." Schneider finally spoke, his voice was low and hoarse, which made Man
Both Stein and Guderian were a little uncomfortable. No one likes the voice of the executive director, especially when he announces bad news, it always feels like rough iron sandpaper slowly rubbing against your heart.
"It's not an explosion, it's a word spirit?" Manstein's pupils shrank, and his breathing became a little less smooth. "How can someone still release a word spirit under the influence of the 'commandments'?"
The library control room was still within the radiation range of the speaking spirit in the bell tower, and the three people present could still feel the power of the 'commandments' suppressing their 'spirits'. Manstein's mind was filled with emotions that surged.
None of the 'snakes' could escape, and the force suppressing him was as clear and heavy as a giant hand caressing the top of his head.
"So Norma speculated that it was a 'dragon invasion'. Theoretically, only pure-blood dragons or hybrids with extremely powerful bloodlines can break through the 'commandments'. The power grid in the back mountain will be paralyzed if it is attacked by the spirit of speech.
At the same moment that the invasion occurred, Norma detected multiple biomagnetic fields spreading outside the college, so it was reasonable to raise the level to 'Level 1 Alert' and issue a 'Dragon Invasion' warning." Schneider said coldly.
"A large group of dragons attacked Kassel College?" Guderian took a breath, "Is this an unprecedented 'war'?"
"It's not unprecedented. Dragons have attacked the secret party's fortress before in history," Schneider said.
"Summer's Mourning." Manstein whispered, staring at the back of Schneider's head, "Are you sure the dragons are starting a war against us?"
Schneider did not answer Manstein, which made Manstein pause and slowly frown. When he wanted to ask anything else, an application for signal access suddenly popped up on the screen in the central control room. Schneider
I made a gesture to connect almost at the same second when the application popped up.
"This is the central control room," Schneider said.
"This is Chu Zihang." The boy's calm and calm voice echoed in the huge control room.
"Report on mission progress."
"Mission accomplished, target is dead."
Schneider was silent for a few seconds, and the other side of the screen fell into silence. After that, he said, "I said I want him alive."
"Caesar Gattuso has obtained key intelligence." Chu Zihang said, "It is confirmed that the target is a hybrid and not a dragon. Norma misjudged our enemy."
"Their origin and purpose."
"According to the misleading words of a student in the Amber Hall, I temporarily learned from the target's mouth that this was an organized and purposeful 'hunt' against Kassel College. The target revealed that they were from Chernobyl.
Prison, the main purpose of coming here is to kill the people on a 'list', and the names on the list are me and Caesar Gattuso." Chu Zihang said methodically.
"Isn't it a dragon invasion?" Guderian and Manstein behind Schneider stared wide-eyed.
"Where's the body?" Schneider stared at the screen with countless thoughts passing through his eyes.
"It's burnt, but after an on-site autopsy, it can be vaguely recognized that it is indeed not a dragon, and the internal structure is completely consistent with that of a human being."
"Deaths and Injuries in the Amber Pavilion."
"Three people died on the spot when they blocked the target from releasing the spirit spirit for the first time. The remaining students, under the protection of Caesar Gattuso and an unknown student, suffered serious injuries and excessive blood loss and needed to be rescued halfway.
Receive medical assistance within hours, otherwise you may die at any time.”
"The medical unit has already rushed to your side and is expected to arrive within three minutes." Schneider withdrew his hand and signaled Norma to send a signal to the troops who were already waiting outside the woods of the Amber Pavilion for the end of the battle.
Guderian and Manstein only reacted when they saw his operation. It turned out that Schneider had been standing silently in front of the screen waiting for this moment, waiting for his students to go deep into the battlefield and bring him back the key to influence the war.
Important information!
Manstein was a little cold, because this meant that Schneider sent his only student, a second-year student, directly to the center of the battlefield when the identity of the enemy was unknown and was judged by Norma as a 'dragon invasion'.
And ordering him to 'capture' alive does not mean to 'kill' the enemy!
Schneider felt the heat behind his back and the piercing eyes like ice picks, but he did not look back. Instead, he continued to ask for information, "The battle process, a brief report in a hundred words."
"I rushed to the scene and found that the target had released his word spirit for the third time. The president of the student union handed over the battlefield to me to rescue the injured. I observed that his energy and physical strength were not enough to completely release his word spirit, so I chose to use 'Jun'
He suppressed Yan's attack, and finally chose to attack when he was in decline, cutting off his head at the cost of minor injuries." Chu Zihang said.
Ignoring the reactions of Manstein and Guderian behind them when they heard the word 'Jun Yan'.
Schneider thought for two seconds and then asked, "What is the target's spirit?"
"According to Caesar's intelligence, it is most likely 'Yang Lei'."
"The 'Yang Lei' of serial number 93?" Manstein couldn't help but lost his voice. As a professor, he has lived a long life and has seen a lot. Naturally, he understands that the so-called "serial number 93" is not as simple a number as it sounds.
Going up from the Word Spirit No. 89, all dangerous Word Spirits are strategic "weapons". In ancient times and even in the Middle Ages, they were terrifying existences capable of attacking cities.
"How can he release the word spirit when he is still a hybrid with the 'Commandment'?" Manstein finally asked the question he wanted to ask when he heard Chu Zihang's report.
"The 'commandments' have been weakened." Chu Zihang answered this question, "After the college's power grid was destroyed, I found that I could release my speech spirit."
"Your speech spirit is 'Jun Yan', which is also a dangerous speech spirit. That's why Schneider dares to send you to perform tasks on the first battlefield." Manstein said coldly, but Chu Zihang did not say anything on this topic.
With his remarks, one can imagine his silent face in the rain on the other side.
"Besides you and the target, is there anyone else on site who can release the spirit under the 'commandment'?" Schneider asked.
"As far as I know, Caesar successfully released the Yanling, as well as the unknown students who had previously fought with him against the target."
"Unknown?"
"He covered his head with silk stockings, as if he didn't want others to know his identity, but judging from what he did, at least he was on the side of the college."
After Schneider was silent for a few seconds, he no longer struggled with this issue. "I will send a team to the bell tower to check the situation of the night watchman. The weakening of 'Commandments' must be because he has also encountered problems. I hope the problem is not big, as long as
'Discipline' can regain its repressive power, and the damage of this invasion can be minimized."
"The current 'commandments' cannot suppress your students. Does this mean that other students with excellent bloodlines can follow suit and release the spirit of speech? Do you need to spread this news through Norma?" Manstein asked immediately
road.
"Those who can release the spirit of speech will feel confident in their hearts. They also understand that in such an emergency, the school rules are in vain, and they will make good use of the 'sword' in their hands." Schneider said lightly, "It just looks like this.
The information about the fall of the Ernobyl Prison is true. The hybrid possesses the 'Yang Lei', which is very consistent with the monster that comes out of that filthy place."
"But the executive department has not received any news about asking for help over there." Manstein stared at the big screen.
"Is it a network delay? I heard that the signal over there is poor due to problems left over from previous nuclear leaks." Guderian said probingly.
"Don't pretend to understand. The place where the Chernobyl prison was built is completely covered by wireless networks, and there are parallel satellite monitoring anytime and anywhere. How could it be possible that the information cannot be transmitted because of poor signal!" Manstein glared.
The old guy next to him said angrily.
"Is it possible that the Chernobyl prison has been completely destroyed and the management has been controlled so that the intelligence cannot be handed out." On the other side of the screen, Chu Zihang also heard the conversation between Manstein and Guderian and raised a question.
idea.
As soon as this conjecture came out, the ripples of the last argument in the control room hit the wall and disappeared, leaving only an unsettling pool of stagnant water.
"It's unlikely, right?" Manstein said through gritted teeth. It could be seen from his facial expression that he was trying his best to suppress his inner uneasiness.
Schneider looked back at Manstein, and a look of death like rotten dead wood appeared in his iron-gray pupils, because even the head of the execution department would be shocked by this conjecture, just imagine Chu Zihang's description
As soon as the scene happened, strong energy surged in his body, which was like a stormy wave of murderous intent.
The location of the Chernobyl Prison is very special. The school board injects funds into it throughout the year and replaces the best facilities and equipment every period of time in order to turn that place into the "Eighteen Levels of Hell" in Chinese mythology.
, so that the devils who were knocked inside will never be reincarnated. They will completely 'die' in this world the moment the prison door is closed, and they will be cut off from the spring, summer, autumn and winter outside the nuclear ruins, leaving them with
Only the black cage before becoming withered bones.
Only truly dangerous characters will be imprisoned in Chernobyl Prison. Political prisoners, financial prisoners, etc. are just good babies in the [Green Zone] of the prison. From the [Orange Zone] to the [Red Zone], [
The Black Zone is the place where terror is truly imprisoned. Hidden there are the local hybrid forces who are like hot potatoes, monsters that are difficult to control and want to kill, but cannot bear the cost.
Especially in the [Red Zone], there are many prisoners who were personally sent in by the Cassel College Executive Department. If they came out today and rushed to the college, it is not difficult to imagine their influence on this secret party's fortress.
What kind of hatred and madness will they have, maybe they want to break the bones of this city that symbolizes 'justice', suck out the marrow, bite it into dregs, and then swallow it into their abdomen?
Not to mention the real things hidden in the [Black Zone] that no one wants to accept their 'existence'. In order to ensure the absolute control of the Chernobyl prison, secret keys are buried under the entire prison.
The final means was inserted in the activated state and could be detonated at any time. However, now the final means did not bloom again on that ruins, but was completely destroyed?
Who is the person who broke into the prison? If he controls the prison, it means he controls the ultimate weapon. Now his first step is to use the hatred of those hybrids to hunt down the students of Cassel College, then his next step
What will it do to send that "legion" that has no power, no fear, no fear? Create a kingdom in Chernobyl, or do you want more?
Just imagining this possibility is enough to make the three professors in the control room sweat all over their backs.
"Professor, I suggest that the information on the 'list' be passed on to all students through Norma." Chu Zihang's voice sounded again, "If the enemy's goal is to 'hunt', no one can guarantee that there will be no information on the 'list'."
Their names will appear which means student dormitories are no longer safe."
"They may raid anywhere in the academy." Schneider said hoarsely as he could keep up with Chu Zihang's thinking. "Can we deduce more potential names based on the known names on the list?"
"It's difficult, but there is an idea. It was provided by the president of the student union." Chu Zihang said, "He believes that the list is arranged according to the 'blood' of the students."
"Bloodline?" Manstein suddenly raised his head, along with Guderian.
"It is unlikely that the information of Cassel College students has been stored in the Ministry of Information and Norma's core. If hunting targets are really drawn up based on blood, how did they get the students' information to draw up this list? Norma
She has never been invaded, and no one in this world can quietly break through her firewall in the network field!" Schneider frowned.
Manstein's whole body was shaken and he suddenly whispered as if he remembered something, "Unless the invasion had already happened and was successful."
Schneider paused when he heard his voice and suddenly turned back to look at him.
"Pearl Tower incident." Manstein looked directly at Schneider and whispered, "We thought they didn't do anything at the time, but they actually got what they wanted. Norma's information database contains everything about Kassel.
Academy information! Building branches, hidden facilities, and even strategic deployments!”
Guderian suddenly felt a chill after hearing Manstein's words. Doesn't this mean that the group of people who invaded the academy have "opened the whole map" from the beginning, with an absolute message?
The crushing state launched this strategic invasion?
"If you were the enemy's commander, what would you do first after getting the local strategic deployment?" Manstein stared at Schneider and asked.
"A decapitation operation kills the enemy's executive officer," Schneider said.
The two of them looked at each other, then looked up at the big screen at the same time. Under the gaze of Guderian, who was in a dazed state in pajamas, he said sternly, "Norma! Block all entrances and exits of the library and enter a state of first-level martial law!"
"The order has been received." Norma's voice sounded in the central control room. At the same time, blood-red lights and alarms lit up on both sides of the control room and at the exits at the front and back, and the heavy alloy iron doors began to fall and seal them shut.
Every entrance of the control room was blocked, high-voltage electrostatic and infrared detection in the ventilation ducts were turned on, the air purification system was operating normally, and all defense systems began to come online.
But even so, Schneider and Manstein did not feel any less heavy in their eyes. The second floor of the library is the central control room. Controlling this place is tantamount to abolishing the command headquarters, not to mention the central control room on the first floor.
There is a special elevator leading to the ice cellar!
The things hidden in the ice cellar are really things that can destroy the world. The equipment department and the principal like to stuff everything into it. I heard that the equipment department stuffed an experimental bullet into the negative three floors of the ice cellar last time.
The "miniature alchemical hydrogen bomb", not to mention how the madmen in the equipment department managed to shrink the nuclear weapon, just hearing the word "alchemy" in front of the hydrogen bomb is enough to give people a chill.
When Schneider and Manstein sealed the library, they also had a more terrifying suspicion about the attack. The students with excellent pedigrees on the hunting list seemed to be a "last shot" against the secret party, but who knew that in this case
Is there the real dirty purpose of the mastermind behind the superficial actions?
After all, the attack happened today, and today is not an ordinary working day. Very few people know that an epoch-making "experiment" is secretly being held at Kassel College today, and the scene of this "experiment" is in the library.
Underground of the museum, in a mysterious and dangerous ice cellar.
"Have you notified the principal?" Manstein asked.
"There is no way to notify him. That part of the ice cellar is a non-magnetic and metal-free space, and I don't have the time or manpower to notify him personally," Schneider said.
"What about Lin Nian? Have you contacted him?" Manstein finally asked this question after being silent for a few seconds.
"I thought you wouldn't mention your students this time," Schneider said.
This sentence aroused Manstein's confusion and anger, and he shouted uncontrollably, "Do you think I am you? You want to send your student to a battlefield that does not belong to him because he has excellent blood? What do you think?
Are there any unintended consequences?"
Before Manstein could speak, Schneider waved his hand to silence the communication on the screen. He said coldly, "Before assigning him the task, I told him that you can refuse. I gave him the option, and he also
Take control of your own choices.”
Manstein stared coldly at Schneider's profile. This was a conflict of ideas between mentors. He had never liked the Executive Department, and naturally he would not agree with the ideas of the leader of this lunatic organization.
Guderian looked left and right and whispered, "By the way, have you seen Lu Mingfei?"
Suddenly, the warning light in the central control room came on, emitting a terrifying red light, which cast the shadows of the three professors in front of the screen diagonally on the ground. Manstein suddenly looked up at the screen and asked, "Norma.
, what happened? Is the library under attack?”
"An impact was detected inside the first floor of the library, and the logic was judged to have been invaded." Norma's voice was cold.
"Ground floor!? There was no one on the ground floor when I came!" Manstein said in shock.
Schneider suddenly shouted as if he remembered something, "Calling out the list of students and faculty who will be in and out of the library tonight!"
The next moment, the data flow washed out on the screen, and the names of the students with added time were organized into a list and presented in front of the three of them. When they saw the last column, which was also marked in red by Norma, everyone's pupils narrowed.
Yes, clenched fists.
"August 23, 2010, 23:30:03. Lin Xian, a teacher from the Psychology Department, entered the first floor of the library."
As for the time of leaving, there is no record, she never left the library!