Dragon Clan: Force me to be reborn and slay dragons

Chapter 347 I've done some calculations, and tonight there's likely to be a bloody disaster.

The night is long and I have no intention of sleeping.

The Yangtze River shimmered with tiny silver light under the moonlight, sparkling as it rose and fell with the waves.

Lu Mingfei and Lao Tang stood by the river. The night breeze blew, lifting their hair and clothes, and rustling the dense trees above them. The bright moonlight, however, could not illuminate their shadows.

Under the cover of the Word of Power: Dark Illumination, they stood by the river like two ghosts.

This place was not where Xia Mi and Chu Zihang fished in the afternoon. It was two or three miles away from the guesthouse, and even further away from Kassel College and the Tang and Zhou families' residences.

"To be honest, this Mingzhao is really a brilliant skill for petty theft," Old Tang muttered to himself. As they walked along, only a few large dogs noticed their presence but dared not bark, simply lowering their heads and wagging their tails.

Even if you just scoop it up, it probably won't even make a sound.

Lu Mingfei ignored his sentiments, gazing at the ceaselessly flowing river. He stepped forward, stepping on the damp mud and fallen leaves on the riverbank, and squatted down to dip one hand into the icy river water.

Seeing this, Old Tang didn't say much. He carefully stepped forward and held his breath, afraid of disturbing Lu Mingfei's power.

They came here quietly tonight, away from everyone, not to steal chickens or go fishing, but to find Old Tang and his brother's graves.

To this end, Lu Mingfei even sent Chu Zihang to use his charm to stall the Little Dragon Girl, whose intentions were unknown.

Lu Mingfei closed his eyes, and the giant snake that had been restless and agitated deep within his mind was instantly released, bursting out from his arm that had been probing into the river and spreading wildly in the rolling Yangtze River.

The Word Spirit Serpent Calculation is a type of bioelectric current, and its propagation speed and range vary depending on the conductor.

If it were Ye Sheng, he could strengthen his Word of Power domain to a radius of five kilometers in an environment full of river water. As for Lu Mingfei, he does not yet know where the limit is, but covering the entire Baidi City ruins would definitely not be a problem.

In Lu Mingfei's perception, the entire Yangtze River had become a transparent 3D map.

He saw the Yangtze River's ecosystem; all kinds of fish, shrimp, and crabs sensed the impending terror, and chaos ensued wherever the snake passed.

Suddenly, a "snake" touched something unusual. It was an underwater tomb that had been artificially marked, with obvious signs of excavation at the entrance.

Controlling the "snake" to continue exploring deeper, the tomb was in a mess, with burial objects scattered everywhere, but they were all ordinary Han Dynasty artifacts, and there was not even a single thing that looked like an alchemical tool.

Lu Mingfei then ignored it and controlled the snake to continue spreading in the directions of Kuimen and Wuxia.

Soon, he saw the ruins of a city that had been sleeping underwater for thousands of years: broken stone steps, crumbling walls, and scattered fragments of bronze artifacts, maintaining their last dignity in the silt.

I also saw a few boats floating on the water and moored on the shore, and...

Lu Mingfei's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly, a subtle change in expression that Old Tang immediately noticed.

"A discovery?" Old Tang took a half step closer, his voice extremely low.

Lu Mingfei opened his eyes, his golden pupils gradually dimming. He nodded and then shook his head: "No, I was discovered."

Old Tang: "?!"

On the river, a sharp buzzing sound pierced the silence of the night from the research vessel that Kassel College had obtained through connections.

"Captain, we have detected a powerful bio-current erupting underwater, at an unbelievable speed, covering an area even beyond our monitoring range!"

The blond, blue-eyed first mate immediately dialed Professor Mans's number, his voice urgent as the waveform representing the bioelectrical signal on the monitoring panel pulsated violently, with the peak value instantly exceeding the upper limit of the range.

Professor Mans, still reviewing his work, was shocked to hear this. He turned on his computer, connected to the research vessel's system, and frowned as he looked at the somewhat familiar waveform:
"This is... a snake?"

He knew Ye Sheng as the top user of the Word of Power Serpent, but Ye Sheng's domain range and expansion speed were not nearly as fast.

This level of detection goes beyond the scope of ordinary hybrids releasing incantations. It should be noted that Nikola Tesla, who discovered and named this incantation, also broke through its limits by using amplification coils and terrifying elemental turbulence.

Could it be that the one who released this power of words was not a hybrid, but a dragon?

This is the dragon tomb of the King of Bronze and Fire, and also his former home, where there were guard dogs and tomb keepers.

The corpse guardians that had escaped from Wushan earlier, and the tens of thousands of snake-shaped and dragon-shaped corpse guardians that had appeared in the underwater Takamagahara of Japan a few days ago, were still fresh in Mans's mind, so he dared not gamble at all.

His face instantly turned ashen, and he stood up, shouting urgently, "Immediately enter emergency combat readiness status! Everyone on alert! Notify the Tang and Zhou families! We might be in big trouble!"

The sound was as loud as a bell, instantly penetrating the soundproofed house and startling all the Kassel soldiers, whether they were sleeping or on duty.

Ye Sheng and Caesar arrived first, only to find Professor Mans already fully prepared. Upon seeing the two of them, he waved for them to follow.

"Professor, what happened?" Ye Sheng glanced at the stairs, where Jiu Deya was rushing down in a hurry.

"We just detected a terrifying bio-electric current spreading underwater, even beyond our monitoring range!" Professor Mans explained in a few words. He was now somewhat regretful. He had originally been living and eating on the ship, but he had stayed at the base for the past two days because Caesar, Ye Sheng, Lu Mingfei, and others had come.

Otherwise, it would be much more convenient for him to be on the front lines to direct and coordinate, instead of having to broadcast everything as it is now.

"Is it the resurrection of the Dragon King or the dragon servants guarding the Dragon Tomb?!" Caesar asked, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.

He's only been here a day and already encountered such a big incident. I don't know if it's because he's blessed with a knack for causing trouble, or if it's just that Lu Mingfei's aura of bringing trouble wherever he goes.

"It's unclear at the moment." Professor Mans shook his head with a serious face, because the Moniah had failed to enter the country, and their weapons of mass destruction had also failed to be transported in. At present, the only dragon-slaying force they could rely on was the Tang and Zhou families.

He instructed, "Ye Sheng, go and inform Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei."

Ye Sheng was taken aback upon hearing this, then immediately nodded, took out his phone, and started calling for help.

As expected, Lu Mingfei's phone call indicated that the user's phone was switched off.

In fact, after hearing what Professor Mans said, Ye Sheng suspected that the sudden burst of bio-currents that covered the Yangtze River was the work of Lu Mingfei. After all, he had personally witnessed Lu Mingfei releasing the Word Spirit Serpent, which was like a mayfly seeing the blue sky.

When he was in Japan, Lu Mingfei had inquired about the Kuimen plan with him, so there must be some scheme involved.

If you can't get through, don't keep trying. Try calling Chu Zihang's number, but that also doesn't go through.

Looking up, I saw that Professor Mans had already rushed out to drive the car, so I went to find that bastard Fingel.

The commotion here naturally caught the attention of the Tang and Zhou families. Realizing the seriousness of the matter, they dared not delay and immediately sent people to rush to the place where the boats were moored on the riverbank.

Zhou Minhao had just finished dealing with Bai Shanglu's matter when he was dragged along to prepare to suppress the possible Jiang monster.

Three groups of people boarded their vehicles, and just as the army was about to set off, they received news that the bioelectric current had disappeared and nothing had happened on the Yangtze River.

The sonar system did not detect any special signals, not even a slightly strong heartbeat.

Now, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, but to be on the safe side, they still went to take a look.

...The moment Lu Mingfei retracted all the "snakes," the monitoring signal on the river surface suddenly disappeared, leaving the students of Kassel College looking at each other in astonishment.

The two disappeared into the night as they walked through the woods. Old Tang's voice came from the air: "What's going on? How did the people from Kassel College find you?"

“The Word Spirit Serpent can be scanned by their equipment. If it were as small as Ye Sheng, it might have been discovered later. Unfortunately, I am too big,” Lu Mingfei said.

"So what now, go back or continue?" Old Tang asked again.

"Let's go back first, we've already alerted them." Lu Mingfei wasn't in a hurry. "I just searched around and didn't find anything underwater, so there's a high probability that Lao Kang is deep underground now."

Because of the reservoir construction and the resulting rise in water level, the main body of Baidi Ancient City has been submerged, with only the Baidi Temple remaining on the surface. He had just found the ruins of Baidi City, but not the legendary Bronze City, the Dragon King's bedroom.

According to Kassel College, the King of Bronze and Fire destroyed Baidi City with a single Candle Dragon attack, perishing along with the enemy. The ancient terrain is unknown, but since this place is called a mountain city and has been characterized by towering mountains since ancient times, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack, it must have many mountains.

Perhaps the bronze city was buried by the rocks that were blown up by the Candle Dragon, and after thousands of years of being covered by topsoil and silt, it gradually became hidden underground.

"Underground? What do we do then?" Old Tang felt a bit uneasy upon hearing this. He was a seasoned tomb raider, but mostly on land, and had never ventured into underwater tombs before.

"Can you find the entrance?"

Across the Yangtze River and the land, even though Old Tang now knows he has an extraordinary background, he has not yet regained all his power and memories, and there is nothing he can do but rely on Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei had a guess: back then, Old Tang was probably buried underground like Constantine, but somehow he suddenly woke up and ran out on his own, even crossing the ocean.

But all of this shows that Old Tang must have a way to get in and out of that bronze city. Maybe once he gets there, he can change into a new outfit and the earth will crack open and the river will recede to welcome the king.

Even if it wasn't that magical, Lu Mingfei still had a way to carve out a passage.

That day, wasn't the Murakumo Sword supposed to be able to cut through the world? With such an exaggerated tone, how could a mere few dozen meters of land possibly be a challenge for it?

However, there's no need to rush. He said, "I also encountered corpse guards in Wushan before. There was a mountain there that had been dug up and filled with a bunch of green-faced, fanged corpse guards. If they are guardians, then perhaps there is a path leading to the Bronze City in the mountains."

"If they existed, wouldn't the people from Kassel College have already gone to dig them up?" Old Tang wondered.

"They sealed off the cave to cover up their tracks," Lu Mingfei shrugged.

Because of his phone call, government officials in Wuxia are still keeping an eye on things, just in case some foreign forces try to sabotage the film under the guise of making movies.

For this reason, Kassel College had no way to start with the Corpse Guardian Dormitory in Wushan. After all, digging with construction vehicles would be too noisy, and digging by themselves would take forever.

"There's no time like the present, why don't we go now?" Old Tang was getting impatient.

“Look, you’re in such a hurry again.” Lu Mingfei waved his hand, signaling him to calm down: “It’s dozens of kilometers from here to Wuxia Gorge, you could fly there even if you had to…”

Halfway through his sentence, Lu Mingfei suddenly paused, rubbing his chin: "Hiss—you know what, it actually seems to work."

Old Tang's eyes lit up when he saw this: "Shall we go?"

Lu Mingfei turned around and walked down the mountain: "Come with me."

Ten minutes later, a barely audible shout came from a farmhouse: "Hey folks, can I borrow your car?"

The five black dogs, chained in the yard, dared not be angry or speak out. They simply locked themselves in their cages, slapped their foreheads with their front paws, and looked with pitiful eyes as their owner's old partner disappeared into thin air.

Once the terrifying smell of the dog had faded away, the poor dog let out a soft whimper, tears welling up in its eyes.

In the shadows of the village road outside, Old Tang stared dumbfounded as Lu Mingfei pushed out a rusty old Phoenix bicycle, and said incredulously, "No, Mingming, you're planning to ride this thing?"

This thing's chain is so rusted it's broken; you'd be faster riding a dog than riding it.

"Enough with the nonsense, there's no time to explain, get in the car!" Lu Mingfei ignored him, straddled the car, shook the half-broken, completely silent car bell, and urged him urgently.

Old Tang swallowed hard and cautiously climbed onto the back seat, where sitting naked could easily lead to tetanus.

The next second, the bicycle groaned under the strain, and then Lu Mingfei shouted, "Take off!"

Word of Power: Sword Control!
The rusty old phoenix, empowered by the power of words, soared into the sky, carrying two big boys reveling under the moonlight, tearing through the night sky above the Qutang Gorge.

"Wuhu takeoff—" Lu Mingfei pedaled hard, letting the chain of the old Phoenix bicycle creak under the strain, and with the blessing of the Word of Power: Sword Control, it transformed into an invisible wisp of black smoke that swept across the sky in an instant.

Old Tang clung tightly to Lu Mingfei's waist, afraid that he would be thrown off by the speeding bicycle if he wasn't careful: "Mingming, slow down, you're too fast!"

"You should say I was riding too fast!" Lu Mingfei shouted without turning his head. It was a matter of male dignity, so he had to clarify that he wasn't riding fast at all!

Old Tang raised his head, wanting to lean close to his ear and shout, but as soon as he opened his mouth, his mouth was filled with wind, his face contorted and he almost couldn't breathe.

After about the time it takes to listen to a song, Lu Mingfei drove Lao Tang to Wuxia Gorge.

After looking around for a moment, he anchored on the hilltop he had visited before and reminded, "Hold on tight, we're getting off soon."

Without waiting for Lao Tang's reaction, the bicycle plummeted vertically from a height of a thousand meters, just like riding a drop tower.

Even though Lao Tang can ride all sorts of thrilling rides at the amusement park without batting an eye, there are always safety measures in place. Now, relying entirely on his arms as a safety harness without any protection, he's been scared into turning into Chu Zihang.

The bicycle landed steadily on a desolate hillside in Wushan and glided all the way to the bottom of the mountain. As soon as Lao Tang jumped off the bicycle, he leaned against a tree trunk and retched.

This is not a physiological reaction, it is a psychological reaction.

He still considered himself a human being, but Lu Mingfei had long since stopped treating him that way.

Lu Mingfei was about to make a joke when his ears twitched, and he raised his hand to signal for silence.

There were rustling sounds coming from the bushes not far away, mixed with hushed arguments:
"Didn't they say there were zombies that came back to life here before? Where are they?"

"I already said it's this way! Look at the red dot on the map..."

"Bullshit! I drew the map, how come I didn't see any red dots marked on it?"

"Ahem, well, that was some chili oil that I accidentally spilled on my dinner tonight."

Five fully armed men, who looked like a professional gang, emerged from the bushes. The burly leader was wiping the chili oil off the map.

The two sides met face to face, and the air froze instantly. Old Tang stopped gagging, and the professional gang stopped arguing.

"Uh, good evening?" Lu Mingfei smiled and patted his old Phoenix bicycle. "Well, we're just passing by, here for a night ride..."

Upon hearing this, the burly men exchanged glances, and then simultaneously raised their picks, shovels, hoes, spades, and axes.

(End of this chapter)