A man among dragons, building a mysterious ancient church.

Chapter 375 Digging through the Red Ghost River
West of Tokyo, heading west, you pass through Akishima City, Hachioji City, and Akiruno City, and further west lies the continuous mountain range that stretches from Ōdake in the north to Mt. Takao in the south.

The Well of Remains, which Fingel foretold, is located here, and Aso Makoto is responsible for relaying this information to Genji.

Even though Genjiro and Uesugi Kotsugi have been searching for Erii so desperately these past few days, they haven't really gone mad. They understand the importance of the Well of Hidden Bones.

Only by digging down from the surface to reach the well where the remains are hidden can they find the White King's sacred remains, kill him, and break the tragic fate that has plagued the Serpent Clan for so many years.

Only by finding the White King's remains will the ambitious figures like Ince and Herzog, who are hiding in the shadows, be able to show themselves and have a chance to rescue Erii.

As it turns out, finding someone is incredibly difficult, like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Even with the help of the artificial intelligence Kaguya and the mobilization of all the yakuza members in Tokyo, Genjiro and his team still couldn't find Erii, let alone Ince and Herzog.

So, after a secret discussion, Genjiro, Uesugi Kotsugi, Aso Makoto, and Angers decided to dig up the well where the remains were hidden.

Using the White King's remains, which both Ince and Herzog coveted, as bait, they lured the snakes out of their hole and captured them all in one fell swoop!
As a result, the once desolate mountains were inundated with mixed-race people.

Upon entering the deep mountains, the air suddenly became chilly, and there was no fresh oxygen from the so-called forest oxygen bar; instead, the nostrils were filled with the muddy smell of soil and humus.

Walking through the dense forest of cedar and oak trees, Lu Mingfei trudged through the thick layer of fallen leaves, accumulated over countless years, soft yet sinking into his feet: "This path is truly unfit for human habitation."

Caesar lit a cigar beside him, confident that it wouldn't start a wildfire: "The Snake Clan is too stingy, only opening up a simple road deep into the heart of the mountains."

"We entered the scene based on the favor of protecting Tokyo Bay, but we also agreed to the condition that the Snake-Headed Eight Families would assist in the defense and resist the Demon Clan."

"If you want to join in the fun with the White King, you can only travel more through the mountains and forests and help the Snake Clan find defenses."

“I understand seeking defense, but this approach is just too outrageous,” Lu Mingfei couldn’t help but complain.

The various factions are not blind. With the Snake Clan and the Tokyo Diocese venturing into the deep mountains and forests on such a large scale, and even deploying various large-scale excavation equipment, many hybrids realized that the local strongmen must have found the remains of the White King.

King Bai, all the forces initially came for this, and now that they've finally seen some clues, who can sit still? They've all flocked into this mountain range.

When they found Genjiro, they immediately launched an emotional offensive, with everyone saying that they had paid such a high price to help protect Tokyo, and that Genjiro himself had said that they were heroes who protected the 30 million residents of Tokyo.

So, it's not unreasonable for the heroes to want to see the White King's remains and broaden their horizons, is it? It wouldn't be appropriate for the Snake Clan to exclude the heroes and monopolize everything, would it?

With pressure from all sides, the Serpent Clan had no choice but to let them in. They couldn't very well risk turning against the various factions again when they were preparing to kill the White King's remains, could they?

The only condition of the Snake Clan was that all forces assist them, forming a circle to patrol the mountains and forests, check for any gaps, and guard against attacks from Ince and the Oni Clan, as well as Herzog.

All parties agreed without hesitation, including Kassel.

As a result, Lu Mingfei is now patrolling the mountains and forests in the southeast with his senior brothers and sisters to prevent the fierce ghosts from secretly infiltrating.

"Stop complaining." Fingel chewed on a stem and leaf of some unknown plant he had gotten from somewhere, the leaf bobbing as he spoke: "At least it's quiet here."

"Over there at the Sheqi Eight Families, the excavation equipment is making a deafening roar, it's so noisy it's unbearable for my ears."

Chen Motong sided with Fingel this time: "I also hate that kind of noise, and it's so dusty, it's like taking a dust sauna over there."

"It is quite noisy." Lu Mingfei, who was complaining about the environment in the deep mountains and forests just a moment ago, changed his tune after seeing his senior sister Nuonuo speak up: "The mountains and forests are also very interesting. Look, wild rabbits!"

The three looked in that direction and saw a grayish-white rabbit, looking panicked. Because of the arrival of the hybrids, it suddenly darted out of the bushes, its long ears standing up alertly, its ruby-like eyes filled with fear, and quickly disappeared into the deeper forest.

Not only Lu Mingfei's place, but with the entry of various forces, the birds and insects in the peaceful mountains all left this forest invaded by humans, leaving their former homes.

Lu Mingfei didn't feel anything special. He even thought that roasted rabbit might be delicious, but after observing his teammates—the young master, the academic genius, and the senior sister—none of them seemed like they knew how to roast rabbit, so Lu Mingfei had to give up on the idea.

After patrolling for an hour, the four returned to the temporary camp and encountered Chu Zihang and Su Qian, who were leading a team back from another direction.

Chu Zihang was not in the same team as Lu Mingfei and his group because he had to lead a team of thirty executives.

Caesar gave Chu Zihang a strange look, seemingly puzzled. Caesar considered himself more suited to be the team leader.

In Caesar's mind, Chu Zihang was like a lone swordsman, always charging ahead with his sword alone. Such a person was not suitable to be a team leader, so why is Chu Zihang now leading the team?
Little did he know, this was the ritual requirement for Chu Zihang to advance to the fourth rank of Iron-Blooded Knight: to form a team of at least thirty people, cultivate tacit understanding and camaraderie, and that would be considered completing the ritual.

Over the course of this long period, some of the executive department's specialists were recruited by Chen Motong and secretly joined the Old Church.

Chu Zihang has been teaming up with such specialists to carry out missions in Kassel. For example, when digesting the Schemer's Potion, Chu Zihang was responsible for setting up the plan and forcing the mission target to a designated location, so that these specialists who joined the Old Church could surround and kill the mission target.

It can be said that during the time Chu Zihang was dealing with the schemers, he had already developed a strong bond of camaraderie and tacit understanding with his team members.

So after Chu Zihang digested the Reaper and spent two days with his familiar team again, he drank the potion and successfully advanced to Ironblood Knight.

He possesses extraordinary abilities to transform into flames, steel, and weaponize, and can also establish mystical connections with his team.

He concentrates the strength and spirituality of everyone in the team on himself, shares the vision of the team members, and even shares his injuries with the team members.

Caesar looked at Chu Zihang with an inscrutable expression. Could it be that Chu Zihang's father, Chu Tianjiao, had made his move? It should be noted that the execution department's squads rarely exceeded ten people.

Not to mention bringing such an exaggerated number of thirty people at once. If it weren't for Chu Tianjiao's efforts, Caesar would not have been able to understand how Principal Angers could allow such behavior.

By the way, where is Uncle Chu Tianjiao, who talks so much?
Unlike Caesar, Lu Mingfei didn't think too much about it and happily waved to greet him: "Senior Brother Chu."

Chu Zihang and Su Xi looked over, nodded knowingly, and the two groups joined together, stepping into the temporary camp. Chen Motong asked in surprise, "Huh? Why did the excavator stop?"

The camp was very quiet, unlike the previous noise. You should know that the super excavator used by the Snake Clan to dig tunnels would make noise up to 170 decibels when it was working.

Construction workers must wear noise-canceling headphones, otherwise their eardrums will not be able to withstand such high levels of sound.

Everyone else outside the Red Well could hear the incredibly loud noise; very few people could withstand that level of decibels.

"Has the tunnel been dug through?" Caesar didn't want to miss it, so he walked over impatiently, wanting to see for himself what kind of place could hide the White King's remains.

This is the White Emperor, who is on par with the Black King.

Everyone followed, and soon they reached the top of a relatively high hill. Looking down, they could see the so-called Red Well at first glance.

This enormous vertical shaft has a cross-sectional area of ​​approximately one square kilometer and extends to an unknown depth.

The Sheqi Eight Families mobilized all available industrial resources, even setting up multiple elevator platforms to construct a nine-story-high, circular well wall thirty meters below the surface of the Red Well.

Deeper in, a huge gap can be seen in the rock wall, clearly indicating that the Snake-Gi-Hachi family was digging horizontally.

From Caesar, Lu Mingfei, and the others' perspective, they could see a tunnel on the well wall deep inside the Red Well, constantly overflowing with red water.

The tunnel walls are covered with anti-collapse metal sheets temporarily attached by the tunnel boring machine. They are six meters in diameter and can even be passed through by trains.

However, the red mud covering the ground prevented ordinary vehicles from moving forward.

Yuan Zhisheng stood quietly above the red well, silently looking down. His expression was as calm as still water, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.

As Caesar and his men approached, they discovered that not only them, but also people were standing in all directions, in relatively high places.

Hybrids from various factions have also gathered here, including the various families of the Secret Party, the Tokyo Diocese, the Jungle Cult, the Titan Brotherhood, the Tamoan family, the six major tribes of North Africa, and the Solomon Temple Order.

They even saw the alliance of the Zhou and Bai families of Xiangyang, and the Nuwa, a human-bodied, snake-tailed goddess, standing in front of the two families.

"Hiss!" Lu Mingfei gasped. When he saw Nuwa again, her human body and snake tail easily reminded him of the horde of corpses outside Tokyo Bay, and he subconsciously got goosebumps.

Chen Motong noticed this small detail and playfully patted Lu Mingfei's back: "It's very impolite of you to look at girls like that."

"A girl?" Lu Mingfei was dumbfounded. He had inquired everywhere about the details of the battle in the capital, and naturally he had also inquired about the heroine Nuwa. Everyone said that Nuwa was old and definitely not as young as she appeared on the surface.

She's probably old enough to be Lu Mingfei's grandma, yet she's still being described as a 'girl' by Senior Sister Nuonuo?

While they were chatting, Miyamoto Shigeo, the head of the Miyamoto family of the Snake-Headed Eight Clans and in charge of the Iwai Research Institute and Maruyama Manufacturing Plant, excitedly punched the air: "Patriarch!"

"The calculations are in. Five minutes. If we continue digging for another five minutes, we can connect the Red Demon River and the Red Well!"

Yuan Zhisheng closed his eyes and took a deep breath, exhaling the stale air as he opened his now dazzling golden eyes: "Continue digging."

"Yes, sir!" Miyamoto Shigeo hurriedly relayed the order, and a moment later, the enormous noise that could be heard even from outside the well once again swept through the mountain forest.

Many mixed-race people frowned, but no one was willing to leave at this moment, and could only try to endure the jarring noise.

As time passed, the ground suddenly began to shake, and the digging noise that had been so loud that the mixed-race people covered their ears instantly fell silent.

The extreme difference in pitch can even make the world seem to go silent, allowing you to hear the sound of blood flowing through your veins.

The next second, a huge roar came from inside the tunnel. It was no longer the noise of metal structures digging into the rock, but the sound of waves crashing against the shore!
The Sheqi family dug through the Akaki River. As its name suggests, the water was blood-red. With the burst of immense water pressure, countless streams of red water rushed out of the tunnel, turning into a huge waterfall that irrigated the bottom of the well.

The surging water even swept away large excavators and tunnel boring machines, and the crimson waterfall began to shimmer with silver light.

"Ghost-toothed dragon viper?!" In the Ruben tribe, a sharp-eyed mixed-race person immediately recognized the executioner they had faced outside Tokyo Bay.

"How many Ghost-toothed Vipers are there? At least tens of thousands, right? By the way! The Crimson Demon River, which gave birth to the White King's Sacred Remains, was also affected by them, and will surely give birth to many dragon blood subspecies!"

"Look, there are indeed other dragon blood subspecies!"

Within the cascading red waterfall, dragon-blooded subspecies resembling pythons and crocodiles occasionally appear. Their bizarre shapes and ferocious dragon scales make one wonder if hell has descended to earth.

Genjiro raised his right hand straight up as if wielding a sharp blade, and swung it forward with a fierce slash. The Snake-Headed Eight Families received the order and opened the thirteen openings in the wall of the Red Well.

Inside was 5,000 tons of mercury that the Snake Clan had painstakingly collected in a short time. Mercury was highly poisonous to dragon-blooded creatures.

Once the opening was made, five thousand tons of mercury poured down from thirteen places, seemingly vying with the excavated Red Demon River Waterfall, but after reaching the bottom, it began to poison the dragons!

"Hoohoo!!"

Whether it was a wail or a scream, tens of thousands of dragon blood subspecies roared at the bottom of the well, cursing the world, soaked in deadly poison, suffering torture no less than being slowly sliced ​​to death.

Listening to the wails of the subspecies below, Genji raised his hand again and swung it forward. The Snake-Headed Eight Families began to unleash specially made alchemical incendiary bombs that could ignite mercury.

The flames mixed with mercury were no longer torture, but a pure and efficient massacre targeting dragon-blooded creatures.

(End of this chapter)