dragon raja

The Bronze City（6）

"Just like the sound during the 3E exam, will it directly affect the depths of consciousness?"

"Far more powerful than those."

A creepy sound came from the bronze wall, as if someone was holding two pieces of rusty iron and rubbing them against your ears. But at this moment, this sound was amplified hundreds or thousands of times.

Ye Sheng and Ya Ji looked at the bronze wall in horror. Tens of thousands of bronze gears with wolf teeth on the wall slowly began to turn. The huge bell sound echoed in the cave. The rust on the bronze gears began to peel off, and the teeth bit together and made a rattling sound. Ye Sheng raised his head suddenly. Hidden in the darkness, a huge bell of unprecedented shape rang. The bronze bell reciprocated around the bearing. The snake-faced people standing on the bronze poles on the bronze wall moved, raised the tooth-shaped hu in their hands, and seemed to praise something. The slender snake necks bent, and they looked up at the dome together, like an ancient pilgrimage ceremony.

"You have already activated the system," Ye Sheng looked at the bronze rod that Yaji had just pushed, "but the problem is that I don't know what system it is..."

His heart suddenly trembled, and he felt that the 'snake' he had left around to guard was fleeing. This was a phenomenon that had never happened before. Those 'snakes' were his slaves, his subordinates who spied on him. They always lived in the depths of his spiritual consciousness, and at this moment, the huge fear was forcing this 'snake' to choose to escape from its master. Ye Sheng's head hurt so much, and the other snakes in the depths of his consciousness were also swimming in fear, trying to squeeze his head.

It was too late, there was no choice. Ye Sheng pulled out the folding knife from Yaji's waist and stabbed it into the gap between the two gears. The force was amazing, and the nano blade of the folding knife was also extremely sharp. The folding knife sank two inches into the bronze wall. The two gears were locked on the folding knife and could not turn. The shaking of the bronze giant bell immediately slowed down, and it lost power.

"No matter what kind of alchemical machinery it is, it still needs power!" Ye Sheng said loudly, closing the visors of his and Aki's helmets, "Let's go! Get out of here! We don't have time!"

Lu Mingfei heard a deafening bell ringing. He woke up from the sound and looked up to see the darkness and stars outside.

"Damn it, are they calling my soul in the middle of the night? What kind of damn school is this? Don't they know how to protect students' healthy sleep?" His first reaction was to curse, and his second reaction was to lift the quilt and cover his head.

He huddled in his bed for a while, realizing something was wrong. He hung up the phone. Finger, who had been snoring loudly on the upper bunk before falling asleep, was now silent as if dead. Moreover, the sound of the bell showed no signs of weakening, and it penetrated his quilt and shot directly into his mind. Shouldn't this schizophrenic guy Finger jump up and curse after such a thing happened? Lu Mingfei slowly got up and leaned over to the upper bunk to see that Finger was sleeping there peacefully, just like... dead.

"Hey, here." Someone said at the window.

Lu Mingfei turned around suddenly and saw the boy in a black suit, a white silk shirt and small square-toed leather shoes sitting on his windowsill, staring into the distance in a daze. Lu Mingfei hesitated for a while, tiptoed to the boy's back, gritted his teeth, and suddenly reached out to mess up the boy's hair. To his disappointment, the touch was extremely real, the washed hair was smooth and comfortable to touch, and the boy's body temperature was also real. The boy did not resist at all, and looked back at Lu Mingfei with his chicken coop-like head, and simply brushed his hair to restore his hairstyle like an aristocratic elementary school student.

"I say...can you tell me if I am dreaming?" Lu Mingfei said, leaning against the window.

"It depends on how you understand the concept of 'dreaming'. It's about the same. According to your understanding, what you see now is not the real world." The boy shrugged.

"But what is the real world?"

“But it feels so, so, so real to me…” Lu Mingfei pointed at the clock tower outside and said, “Look, the clock is still ticking. I remember I went to bed at around 2 a.m. and it’s 4:30 now. It doesn’t look like a dream at all.”

"Don't trust your eyes too much. What you see may not be true. Maybe you are dead now, but you just think you are still standing here talking." The boy looked into Lu Mingfei's eyes. "Maggots are crawling around in your body, as happy as worms crawling around in cheese holes."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, his whole body was cold, and he pinched his throat and wanted to retch. "I just ate cheese last night. Can you not make such a creepy analogy? And don't push me down this time. The dream is also quite scary."

"That won't happen this time. Last time you were just too annoying. This time I'm here to remind you that something is about to happen, so be prepared," said the boy.

"What's going on? A dragon invasion or the destruction of the world?"

"Didn't you hear the bell?" the boy said meaningfully.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. "What's the use of the bell? I can buy a small alarm clock for ten dollars on the carpet at my doorstep and it will work!"

"But the little alarm clock doesn't kill people," the boy smiled, "Also, I want to congratulate you on passing the 3E exam and becoming a member of Kassel Academy."

"But the test scores haven't come out yet!"

"Trust my judgment, but I guess there are many people who want to challenge you or get something from you. I am willing to do you a favor. You have to continue your studies here as an 'S'-level student. You have to have some skills. Do you remember the cheats in StarCraft?"

"Of course I remember, power overwhelming means invincibility, show me the money means adding 10,000 minerals and gas, black sheep wall means the entire map is open..." Lu Mingfei was very familiar with this.

"Yes, this is good. It's very useful to open the map completely, right?"

"Of course. Don't you know how important it is to explore the stars?"

"The first cheat I taught you is the black sheep wall. You can use it now. As long as you shout this sentence into the air, you will get a detailed map of the surrounding environment. But remember, you can only use this cheat once, so don't try to use my kindness lightly. When you need this help, shout it out loud, and you will thank me for saving you." said the boy.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, "What a weird thing, shouting at the air... black..."

He couldn't finish his words because the boy suddenly put his hand over his mouth. The boy raised a finger and shook it at Lu Mingfei, "Don't say anything now, don't waste my kindness, or I'll get angry."

Lu Mingfei saw that he didn't seem to be pretending, "Why are you helping me?"

"Because I'm Lu Mingze, we're brothers." The boy stood up on the windowsill and patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder vigorously. "Remember, BlackSheepWall, when you need me the most... your troubles will come to you soon."

"You, this mysterious kid, are my biggest trouble now..." Lu Mingfei wanted to say.

The boy opened the door and walked out like a classmate who came to visit. When the door closed, the dormitory fell into a deathly silence. Lu Mingfei looked up and down, then looked at Finger, who was lying on the upper bunk like a corpse. For a moment, he was lost in the debate between reality and dreams. A cold air ran down his back, and he shivered violently, reaching out to pinch his face.

Before he could pinch it, there was an ear-piercing buzzing sound outside the door, like a knife scraping his ear bone, or some thief triggering the alarms of banks all over the world at the same moment.

"Did that guy burn the fire alarm with a lighter?" Lu Mingfei thought. He instinctively felt that the boy who called himself Lu Mingze was not a good person. However, this voice relieved the pressure in his heart. The death-like silence was too terrifying.

He rushed out of the dormitory and shouted at the top of his voice, "What the hell are you doing?"

"What kind of plane are you working on?" someone asked back.

Lu Mingfei was suddenly stunned. He saw the person standing in front of him clearly. It was Nuonuo in a school uniform. This was not a dream. He was really standing in the corridor of the dormitory. At this moment, the red lights arranged in an array along the ceiling were flashing, and the harsh buzzing sound came from the loudspeakers hidden in the wall. Students were gathering towards the elevator from the exits of various stairs. There were both male and female students, all wearing school uniforms and looking serious. The size of Kassel College was limited, so the dormitory in Area 1 was mixed with male and female students, but they were arranged on different floors.

Lu Mingfei was wearing a pair of shorts with a Dalmatian pattern and he was staring at his messy head with a sleepy look.

"My friend, with the look on your face, even if you have the privilege of pursuing girls for three months without being rejected, you will definitely be kicked out after three months and one day." Bradley, who came up to him, said regretfully.

"Can anyone tell me there's a fire?" Lu Mingfei closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and smiled at the onlookers. He had already been seen anyway, and it was too late to be embarrassed now.

"No, there must be some emergency. You should read the admission handbook carefully. The college will summon students to gather in the library when an emergency occurs." Finger poked out a head that was even messier than Lu Mingfei's, squinting his sleepy eyes. Lu Mingfei knew he didn't dare to show his head because Finger liked to sleep naked. "This alarm is to summon 'S' and 'A' level students. Others can continue to sleep. It has nothing to do with you."

After saying this, he slammed the door shut and retreated into his dormitory.

"Please all 'S' and 'A' level students report to the library. Emergency! Emergency!" Norma's voice came from the loudspeaker, confirming Finkel's speculation.

"The 3E test scores haven't come out yet, so I shouldn't count them." Lu Mingfei really wanted to go back to sleep like Finkel.

"Nono, Mingfei, hurry, hurry, it's an emergency, gather in the library, we need your help!" Professor Guderian rushed out of the corridor while putting on his suit, his hair was messier than Lu Mingfei and Finkel combined.

Lu Mingfei knew that he probably couldn't escape, and couldn't help but sigh. The door of the dormitory opened at the right time, and Finger stretched out his bare chest, with Lu Mingfei's school uniform draped over it.

"Emergency situations are also opportunities for the best students to shine. I have confidence in you!" Professor Guderian patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder forcefully and whispered in his ear.

"Are you doing this for your full professorship?" Lu Mingfei thought maliciously.

A group of people almost ran into the library, the buzzing sound did not stop, it was like a soul-calling call. Lu Mingfei suddenly thought that what Lu Mingze said was right, there was really trouble, could that guy be a prophet?

Professor Manstein and Professor von Schneider of the executive department were waiting for the elite students in the control room of the library with gloomy faces. Lu Mingfei counted them quietly. There were thirteen people in total, including Caesar, Chu Zihang, Nono and Qilan, and the petite girl with a small back in the 3E exam. She sat in the front row, still leaving only her back to everyone. The professors occupied the remaining seats. This room was a very classical and elegant library, not like a control center. It could seat forty or fifty people. The four walls were lined with bookshelves, and on the bookshelves stood hardcover ancient books with cowhide covers.

"There are 13 students, 12 in 'A' grade, 1 in 'S' grade, and 27 professors. Everyone is here." Professor Manstein whispered to Professor von Schneider.

"We don't have much time, let's start right away." Professor von Schneider dragged his gas cylinder cart to the wall and glanced at everyone. He breathed in a low and rapid manner, and his ferocious face, half covered by a black mask, calmed the restless students.

"Dear students, we need your help, right now. The situation is that two members of our executive department are trapped in the Bronze City of the Three Gorges Reservoir in China. It is a dragon's lair. We have just obtained important information from it, but we don't know what kind of mechanism has been triggered, and all the roads have changed. Their oxygen tanks are running low every second. Each of you has dragon blood, and some of you have blood from the great Bronze King Norton, the owner of the dragon's lair. I have the dragon text information obtained by Executive Department member Aki underwater. I hope you will concentrate on reading it, thinking, and recalling to see if you can provide some help in uncovering the maze of the Bronze City. Please be quick! As soon as possible! Our people all over the world are trying to help, and their oxygen tanks can't last more than 20 minutes!" Professor von Schneider clapped his hands suddenly, and the two sides of the teak bookshelf that was higher than the ceiling and wall moved away, revealing a giant screen that was as large as 100 inches. At the same time, the desktops in front of everyone automatically flipped open, revealing personal monitors.

In just a moment, this place became a control center with extremely sophisticated equipment. Everyone, including the freshman Qilan and the petite girl, took out their student magnetic cards and swiped them through the card slot. Norma quickly checked their identities and entered their respective operation interfaces. At the same time, a giant cyan dome made up of pictures appeared on the big screen. Lu Mingfei looked at the text blankly. It was different from the Zhuyin Longwen in the 3E exam. This time it was not the Korean characters that looked like keychains, but completely... a big tree!

“Damn, do dragons use painting instead of writing?” Lu Mingfei cursed these ancient lizards who did not simplify rhetoric but made writing extremely artistic.

He searched all over his body, and finally found his student card in the pocket behind his buttocks, and frantically swiped it through the card slot. His screen also lit up, probably because he had never configured his own interface, so it was different from others. A guide page appeared. On one side of the page was a realistic 3D image of a girl, wearing a white gauze dress like a pajama, with long hair flying like a curl in the air, bowing lightly to Lu Mingfei.

“The beginner’s guide is quite thoughtful…” Lu Mingfei muttered.

"Hello, Lu Mingfei, it's a pleasure to serve you. Please configure your system." The girl's voice came from the headphones.

"Are you Norma?" Lu Mingfei was very happy to hear such a sweet voice. "I thought you were a middle-aged lady."

"I'm EVA." The girl smiled on the screen. "If you don't know how to configure it, I can configure it for you according to the most common method, okay?"

“No problem!” Lu Mingfei thought, unless you configure the system into a Bubble Bobble game, I still won’t be able to play it even with the simplest configuration.

The windows on the screen flashed rapidly. To Lu Mingfei's surprise, this system was indeed as difficult as the Bubble Bobble game. He could open, move and close files at will just by tapping on the screen. All the icons that required his attention were highlighted by EVA. He followed EVA's instructions and naturally called up a map.

"This is the map we compiled based on the route Ye Sheng took when he entered," Mans said solemnly while looking at the monitor on the Moniach. "But the map has changed. All the original routes are blocked. All of them!"

"Ye Sheng's 'snake' can still maintain communication, but I don't know how long it can last. The Word Spirit 'snake' will consume his physical strength and his oxygen consumption will also increase." Selma's face was pale, "Time is running out."

"The rescue helicopter is only 60 kilometers away from here." The first mate took off his headphones and shouted.

"The principal has ordered all the elites to start deciphering the dragon text... Now all we can do is wait." Selma said.

Lu Mingfei looked around. Everyone had a heavy face. Some were staring at the map on their monitors, and more people were staring at the "tree" on the big screen as if they were looking at a three-dimensional painting. Nuonuo was painting on a piece of white paper at high speed, copying the dragon characters, probably hoping to understand its grammatical rules. Caesar and Chu Zihang were staring at the big screen, their faces were terribly gloomy. Qilan held her forehead with both hands, closed her eyes and thought, and the petite girl sat like a sculpture, breathing heavily, as if she was not thinking, but doing some physical work. The professors lowered their voices and argued fiercely. They were not as pure as these students in terms of bloodline, and their direct understanding of dragon characters was much weaker, but they were just, they had studied the grammar of dragon characters for decades, and they tried to make this knowledge aggregate and explode a miracle in these twenty minutes.

Lu Mingfei actually sympathizes with these people. They are all elites, different from others, because their wisdom is so high that they are different from humans, and they feel lonely like "Blood Sorrow". For them, even if there is still a glimmer of hope, it is shameful to give up. This is just like what Spider-Man's uncle said to Spider-Man before he died, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. But Lu Mingfei is different. He sneaked in here. Others hear the dragon text as if they hear thunder, and see the dragon text as if the patterns come alive and bloom with flowers and branches and leaves. But for Lu Mingfei, hum is hum, and tree is tree, simple and strong.

So he was pulled here with these super elites to think about the secret of dragon script that humans have not been able to uncover for hundreds of years, and to save two people who were about to die in twenty minutes. It was really like a burnt tortoise carrying an elephant on his back. Lu Mingfei felt that he was quite kind. If he had some ability to help the two people under the water, or even to pour a glass of water to quench the thirst of these thoughtful elites, he would be happy to do so. Unfortunately, it was obvious that none of these people wanted to drink water.

Lu Mingfei frowned and pretended to be thinking. This was a matter of saving lives, and he didn't want to be seen as a cold-blooded animal because he was bored and lazy.

Time passed by minute by minute, and he sighed in his heart. This cross-sea rescue using satellite communication was actually not realistic at all. Some things were very cruel. It was like you were a Zerg, and your two puppies were trapped in a human's home. The human's tanks were all ready to bomb them. If you started hatching dragons to rescue them, would it be too late? It would be a miracle if it was too late...

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, and suddenly a spark burst out in his mind. That’s right...it may not be too late...as long as you cheat!

Map... open the map, right? I just need to unlock the map... how do I unlock the map?

Blacksheepwall！

Wall of Black Sheep!

Blacksheepwall, the "black sheep", or the "black sheep", is the restless evil element in the flock of white sheep. What will it see when it crosses the wall? The infinitely vast world?

Lu Mingfei felt that the taboo he cited was only a thin layer of paper away. There was a group of white sheep in this control room. They just lowered their heads to eat grass and didn't know how to look outside, so they could only be sheared and slaughtered for meat. They couldn't find a way out. Black sheep were different. They would jump over the wall to survive. Longwen was a high wall that stood in front of them. They couldn't climb over this wall, so they could only rely on a pair of black sheep's sharp horns... to smash it.

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath and typed "Blacksheepwall" into the search box at the top of the map.

He thought he heard someone chuckle in a hidden corner. The blocks on the map moved quickly. The old roads were blocked and new roads appeared. A few seconds later, a brand new map appeared on Lu Mingfei's monitor. Lu Mingfei couldn't believe his eyes. He took his hands off the keyboard and widened his eyes. He didn't do anything else, but just as "Lu Mingze" promised, a miracle was happening before his eyes. He jumped over the wall. He was the restless black sheep!

"This is the map... This is the current map!" Lu Mingfei stood up and said loudly, "I solved it!"

The new map was immediately displayed on the big screen. After a brief silence, everyone turned their heads to look at Lu Mingfei. After the map was solved, it was too easy to understand. Everyone realized that this was the correct result. There was a dead silence in the control room. The calmness concealed a huge amount of surprise and uneasiness, like a depth charge sinking quietly.

Lu Mingfei saw the delicate girl’s face for the first time. It was as transparent as ice and snow, and as cold as ice and snow.