Dragon Raja: Starting with acquiring Orochi, a counterattack against the gods.

"Our opponent this time is a noble first-generation species. He is currently asleep, so remember not to disturb him."

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The next day, it was another sunny day. Sunlight shone on the water, creating shimmering patterns. A research vessel was slowly moving along and finally came to a steady stop in the middle of the water.

Mans stood in the control room, where countless machines were running. Everyone was quietly guarding their posts. They had undergone rigorous training at the Kassel College, staring at their screens, operating swiftly and silently.

The headphones echoed with the sounds of two intertwined heartbeats, and in the heart rate monitoring window, the rising and falling green dots indicated that the two young and strong hearts were still beating normally.

At this time, the water level is below 50 meters.

The spotlights couldn't penetrate very far in the deep water, leaving only a bluish-gray band of light. Both Genjiro and Caesar were wearing tight-fitting black diving suits, with large oxygen tanks on their backs.

This is their first underwater collaborative operation, and so far it seems to be going smoothly.

A single signal line connected them tightly, and Caesar watched the girl's slender figure float beside him, as if he could reach out and grab her.

As the team leader for this dive, Caesar felt he needed to say something to ease the silence. Clearing his throat, he spoke first:

"Is your word of power truly a snake?"

He believes that it is essential for both parties to know each other's words of power in order to form a more harmonious partnership and better coordination.

However, it would be presumptuous to ask someone he wasn't familiar with directly about the power of words, and this girl didn't seem to have a good temper, so Caesar was very careful in his tone.

But Genji nods only casually, seemingly unconcerned.

They had reached the bottom of the water, where a 50-meter layer of water filtered out the raging tide, leaving only gentle ripples.

They extended steel claws from their webbed feet and stood lightly on the rocks. Before them stretched an endless mountain range, beyond which darkness swallowed everything else, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

At this point, they needed to determine the location of Baidi City; everything was unknown and required exploration.

“Norma, use sonar to scan,” Caesar called out.

"Understood, sonar scan ready," the central processing unit in the United States responded immediately.

A three-dimensional sonar map, outlined by dark green contour lines, was displayed on the helmet screens of Caesar and Genji. Sound waves are far more useful than light in water.

The sonar scan results appear to show no abnormalities.

"Could we be in the wrong place?" Caesar frowned. "This place doesn't look like a city."

"Or has it been buried a thousand years ago?" Caesar kicked the rocks on the ground.

However, if it has already been buried deep underground, then sonar scanning will be ineffective. He looked at Genji: "You know my Word of Power, Kamaitachi, it can also be used for exploration. Do you want to go first or should I go first?"

“There’s no need to rush. We have plenty of time to search slowly. This is a huge project.” Mans’ serious voice came through the earpiece: “Your main task this time is to familiarize yourself with the environment.”

Searching for a thousand-year-old structure in such a vast riverbed is undoubtedly extremely difficult. Caesar knew it would be hard work, and out of consideration for the lady, he volunteered:

"I'll go first. You can explore when I'm too tired."

Yuan Zhinü did not answer his question. She carefully studied the sonar map in front of her, and after a long while, she finally spoke: "Come with me."

Caesar was surprised and was about to ask a question, but seeing Genji's serious expression, he swallowed back the words he was about to say and silently followed behind her.

Yuan Zhinv knew that Baidi City was indeed buried underground, but not in this location. She roughly determined the location by combining the sonar map and the description in the simulator.

In the simulator, including the times she secretly went underwater, Yuan Zhinv went underwater over a hundred times, almost turning the bottom of this area upside down to search for it, before finally pinpointing the location.

With the foundation of those hundreds of dives, Genji easily found the approximate location this time.

Sonar data shows that the area to the northeast and southeast is surrounded by mountains, forming a shape resembling a "gate," which perfectly matches the description in the simulator. Once we confirm that these two mountains are Baidi Mountain and Chijia Mountain, we can pinpoint the location of the ruins.

Yuan Zhinü felt that this should be the right place, so she closed her eyes and released a snake, which went straight down into the ground with a very clear goal.

About 40 meters below her feet, the snake sensed the presence of a huge metal object.

Having understood, Genji retracted the snake and turned to Caesar, saying, "Let's go, let's go back."

Caesar was completely bewildered: "Why? We haven't even started exploring yet."

Mans on the other end of the headset was also very dissatisfied: "Liuli, what are you saying? You've only been underwater for less than twenty minutes! My system shows that you have plenty of oxygen, why are you ending the exploration?"

“Because I have already found it,” Genjiro replied calmly.

Caesar: "?"

Mans and other staff: "???"

Chapter 94 The girl looked at him and said: If you're bad, practice more.

"What, what did you say?"

In the earphones, Mans' voice trembled with shock: "You said you found something?"

Yuan Zhinu calmly replied, "I said, I have already found Baidi City."

Silence, deathly silence, the communication channel was as quiet as a chicken's nest.

Everyone was prepared for a long-term battle, and everyone knew that this was a very large project that might take several months.

But their exploration team, less than twenty minutes after their first dive, claimed to have found the target.

It's hard not to think this is a joke.

As if oblivious to the shock of these people, Yuan Zhinv patiently repeated: "Right where I am now, about 40 meters down, is the ruins of Baidi City."

"My snake sensed a massive metallic shell. I'm certain I've found Baidi City. Any other questions?"

No one answered her, for they were too shocked to say anything, and Caesar looked at her as if she were a monster.

"When did you release the snake?" Caesar asked her, his voice rising slightly with surprise. "I didn't sense it."

Yuan Zhinu glanced at him and sparingly uttered a few words: "If you're bad, then practice more."

Caesar: "..."

Caesar was instantly defeated. In that instant, the flamboyant young nobleman's expression was as ugly as if he had suddenly discovered that his family had gone bankrupt, his wife had run away with someone else, and the child was not even his own. It was extremely complicated.

Ignoring the shock of the others, Genjiro went upstream, leaving Caesar no choice but to swim back with her.

The two returned to the ship soaking wet, and someone immediately wrapped them in towels. Mans was already waiting on the deck, looking at Genji with a hesitant expression.

Not just Mans, everyone was looking at her, their eyes brimming with an intense thirst for knowledge, but they didn't dare to ask.

Finally, Mans spoke up, but this time his voice was soft, and he seemed a little cautious.

"Um, Liuli, is everything you just said true?"

Yuan Zhinu nodded.

Manston became even more excited. He clapped his hands loudly, a look of joy on his face, and couldn't help but mutter, "It's truly a blessing from heaven! I found it so easily!"

"Yes, yes, I thought it would take a long time!"

"I really didn't expect it to be found so easily?! This is so lucky!"

The others chimed in with their own opinions, and everyone was very happy. Only Caesar frowned and kept staring at Genjiro.

He went into the water with Genjiro and knew clearly that she hadn't done much research; instead, she was heading straight for a certain place with great determination.

They didn't look like it was their first time here; it was as if they had been here dozens or even hundreds of times, knowing every place like the back of their hand. It's no exaggeration to say that they were as familiar with the place as if they were at home.

How could this not raise suspicion?

Finally, Caesar asked, "How do you know where the White Emperor City is?"

"Why do I feel like you already knew? Besides, there's rock 40 meters below the surface. We can't possibly break through 40 meters of rock, and the Dragon King Norton couldn't possibly have built his palace inside the rock."

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent. In fact, not only Caesar, but they all found it absurd.

Everything was going too smoothly, so smoothly that they all found it absurd.

Faced with the doubts, Yuan Zhinv remained calm and composed, saying, "The place we were just in is surrounded by mountains to the northeast and southeast. The one above the water is Baidi Mountain, and underwater is Chijia Mountain. Opposite us is the original Caotang River, which flows through a valley."

"According to Chinese feng shui, that place is where the mountain dragon and the water dragon meet, gathering yin and yang energy, making it a good place to build a city. Therefore, I concluded that the ruins of Baidi City are there."

“If you can’t see anything underwater, then it must be underground. My snake moves very fast at a depth of about 40 meters underground, because only metal has such good conductivity.”

At this point, Yuan Zhinü paused for a moment, her dark eyes staring directly at Caesar: "As for whether Norton would hide the palace in the rocks, are you so certain that he wouldn't? Did you ask Norton?"

The girl's voice was completely flat, and her words were logical and well-organized. Her final question, laced with sarcasm, left Caesar speechless.

Mans' eyes grew brighter and brighter as he listened, and he paced back and forth excitedly: "You found it so easily! I thought it would take a long time. Liuli, you are truly amazing! You must be what the Chinese call a lucky charm!"

Yuan Zhinv ignored the praise and even poured cold water on the excited person in charge.

“Finding it doesn’t mean we can get in. The rock layer is 40 meters thick, and we can’t get in using conventional methods.”

Yuan Zhinv said, "Do we have bombs? I need bombs to blast open the rock layer. Can we contact the equipment department?"

“No!” Mans rejected her without hesitation: “Although the equipment department did provide us with time bombs that could blast through the rock layer, they are not powerful enough to break through a 40-meter-thick rock layer.”

"To blast open such a thick layer of rock, a lot of explosives would be needed, which would cause a huge disturbance, inevitably leading to underwater collapses and potentially affecting people on land nearby."

"Most importantly, we absolutely must not awaken that noble first-generation being. If he awakens, we will all perish with him!"

Mans hesitated for a moment, then his expression turned serious again: "I need to report the situation here to the principal immediately. The exploration is suspended."

"Once the principal and I come up with a suitable method, we will continue with the 'Kuimen Project.' Until then, everyone should stay put."

"Yes!"

Everyone agreed, and after marking the area, the research vessel slowly sailed away. The river returned to its calm and still state, as if nothing had happened.

Before leaving, Mans instructed Caesar and Genjiro: "Rest well and conserve your energy."

Seeing the two nod, Mans left with satisfaction. Just as Genji was about to leave, Caesar's voice rang out.

"Kazama Ruri".

Yuan Zhinü paused slightly, but without turning around, she heard the arrogant young nobleman say behind her:

There's an old Chinese saying: "Ghosts come to your door in the middle of the night." So remember to stay inside at night and don't wander around.

Faced with these threatening words, Yuan Zhinv simply replied lightly, "Don't worry, I told you I'm very well-behaved."

Ignoring Caesar behind her, Genji walked away, but in her mind she was calculating where the time bomb would be placed.

Of course, she couldn't just obediently wait for Mans and Angers to come up with a plan before she would follow through; she wanted to take the initiative.

The moment she found the location of the White Emperor City ruins, she had already made up her mind: tonight, she would break through that layer of rock.

As darkness fell, the last glimmer of light was swallowed up, leaving only pitch blackness in the entire world. In the silence, Yuan Zhinü quietly stepped out of the room.