20demayo Chapter 69 You're quite the player!
Chapter 69 You're quite the player!
"Professor, what should we do?"
Selma stared at the iceberg that suddenly rose from the river in the distance, pinching her cheek with her fingers, her voice filled with confusion.
She's really starting to lose touch with reality.
The mission was abruptly terminated, the boy's identity was shrouded in mystery, and there was this 'iceberg' in front of her... Selma felt like she might be dreaming, but why did it hurt so much when she was being pinched in her dream?
But to say that this is reality would seem far too absurd.
She could understand that her internship assignment in the Execution Department was terminated; the sudden appearance of a young man with a seemingly powerful background was unexpected, but not entirely unacceptable.
But who can tell her what exactly this boy named Lu Mingfei is?
Selma had only imagined the power of this existence through countless theoretical classes at the academy, separated by words and pictures.
But she never imagined that her first time witnessing something like this would be in such a seemingly childish yet breathtaking way.
A dragon a full fifteen meters long! Its underwater speed alone reaches fifty knots, and combined with its enormous size, it's even more terrifying than an underwater torpedo loaded with explosives.
Yet this being, which theoretically required several elite mixed-race units with heavy weapons to contend with, was killed by that boy in less than a few seconds?
No, it's not as simple as just killing.
In the blink of an eye, the entire dragon was sealed inside the iceberg, without even a trace of struggle.
Mans stood at the bow of the ship, a chilly river breeze blowing in. His expression was uncertain as he stared at the 'iceberg'.
He remained silent for a moment, then finally just smacked his lips and let out a sigh.
"Await orders." He turned around, his voice as steady as ever. "Stay alert, monitor all nearby frequency bands, activate the jammers."
From this moment forward, no one may approach that area of water without prior instruction. And I repeat, no one may approach.
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"It looks nice; the building is like a big toy, but the air doesn't smell good."
Lu Mingfei stood in the bronze passageway, commenting as he observed his surroundings.
There wasn't a drop of water in the entire passageway; the bronze walls completely isolated the interior of the city from the water, leaving only dry air and the smell of ancient dust.
A typical venue with "bad air".
He learned the term "bad air" from a cave exploration magazine. It refers to a naturally occurring mixture of toxic, oxygen-deficient, or flammable and explosive gases in enclosed spaces such as underground caves.
This type of air concealment is extremely effective and can easily cause casualties.
Unfortunately, this posed no threat to Lu Mingfei.
As a seeker of the Dharma, he no longer needs normal air supply. With his Dharma body at the Lesser Supernatural Power level, as long as his magical power remains, he can survive even in a vacuum.
"This wall is pretty cool."
He examined the bronze wall itself, a colossal wall composed of countless bronze gears, his eyes filled with curiosity.
Lu Mingfei was indeed a seeker of the Dharma, but he was also a mere 17-year-old boy. These intricate mechanical structures held an almost natural attraction for him.
After all, what teenager wouldn't like such a precise and accurate mechanical structure?
He couldn't help but reach out and gently brush his fingertips against the slowly rotating bronze gear beside him.
The gears were cold to the touch, covered with intricate and complex patterns. Sharp teeth meshed together, seamlessly interlocking and nested layer upon layer, extending to the far reaches of the horizon, forming a massive mechanical wall.
This bronze city was the masterpiece of the King of Bronze and Fire. After losing that king, even though the entire bronze city was a creation of the Dragon King, it could not escape the fate of stagnation.
But the blood of Old Tang brought by Lu Mingfei not only awakened the Dragon Servant who was guarding the place, but also, like a stone thrown into stagnant water, revitalized this masterpiece that had been dormant for countless years.
At this moment, countless bronze gears are turning, from slow to fast.
It started with a barely perceptible "click" sound, like a watch movement being wound up.
Immediately afterwards, the sound of metal scraping together began to rise rapidly, then came from all directions.
Tens of thousands of bronze gears slowly began to turn, and a huge bell echoed inside the passageway. The rust on the bronze gears began to peel off, and the teeth clenched together, making a clattering sound.
The bronze wall, tens of meters high, seemed to come alive and began to slowly tilt towards Lu Mingfei, like the sky collapsing.
"Is it that targeted?"
Lu Mingfei deftly sidestepped, avoiding the crushing force of the bronze wall. His figure blurred, leaving several afterimages in the narrow passageway. Watching the bronze wall surge and press against him relentlessly, he couldn't help but mutter:
"You're not even putting on an act, are you?"
Before he could finish speaking, the rotating gears on the wall suddenly launched countless fine bronze spikes, like a legendary rain of pear blossom needles, covering all his space to dodge.
At the same time, the ground began to deform, and bronze plates flipped and bulged, trying to trap and pierce him.
The entire passageway seemed to have become a giant trap, and Lu Mingfei was the 'foreign object' that needed to be eliminated.
Lu Mingfei sighed.
"Alright," he stopped in his tracks, no longer dodging, his gaze calmly sweeping over the deadly dangers coming from all directions, "The 'welcome ceremony' is just about taking direct action, how boring."
"Then..."
He raised his right hand and snapped his fingers. Countless fire gates instantly unfolded around him, then compressed and stretched, transforming into thin yet condensed lines of fire.
"...I'll just take your toys apart then."
The fire line completely covered Lu Mingfei, forming a perfect spherical defensive zone.
Like raindrops of bronze spikes, they were silently severed upon contact with the fire line and fell to the ground. The surging walls crashed into the fire net, but it was as if they had struck the sharpest laser cutting net; they were neatly sliced open, and huge fragments of bronze crashed to the ground.
Lu Mingfei didn't even move a step.
He stood silently in the center of the fire, like the calmest center of a tornado. Falling metal fragments piled up around him, yet they couldn't touch him at all.
"You're really something, aren't you thinking of running away?" He raised his head, his gaze seemingly able to pierce through the layers of gears and directly into the heavily protected core space deep within the Bronze City.
I've found you.
The moment he finished speaking, Lu Mingfei's figure vanished.
Almost simultaneously, deep within the Bronze City, in that space filled with intricate gears, a fiery door silently unfolded in mid-air.
Emerging from the fiery portal that appeared in the space, Lu Mingfei stood behind the enormous creature, his expression kind and smiling.
"Grandson, you're quite the player."