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Nuwa remained silent. Not sending the Dragon King away was indeed a difficult point for her, and the thought that the Dragon King might be hiding in Sichuan gave her an even bigger headache.
Then, she looked at Madam Bai, who was holding the baby. Madam Bai had always adhered to the philosophy of self-preservation. She stayed in the cabin and did not come out when Long Shi launched his incantation. She only breathed a sigh of relief when Long Shi was completely killed by Nuwa.
Having always lived a life of wealth, Madam Bai never imagined that slaying a dragon would be such a dangerous thing. The baby in her arms cried loudly, and she was powerless to help.
The power of the hybrids is far too weak compared to that of the Dragon King.
Thinking of this, Madam Bai couldn't help but look at Nuwa.
How can she be so powerful?
After seeing Nuwa wave her hand to signal her to come over, Madam Bai suppressed her jealousy and walked over gracefully.
"Madam Bai, you heard that too!" Nuwa commanded without any politeness, "The Dragon King may have already entered Sichuan. Go and inform your brother to make preparations!"
At least, don't panic.
The regional relationships between the various mixed-race families are quite obvious, such as the Zhou family of Xiangyang, the Chen family of Haining, and the Bai family of Chengdu...
Legend has it that the Bai family's bloodline originated from the "gift" of Norton, the King of Bronze and Fire, and their relationship is the closest to that of the King of Bronze and Fire.
The current head of the Bai family is also Madam Bai's brother.
Lady Bai was somewhat stunned upon hearing Nuwa's instructions. She glanced at Wang Anzhi and cautiously said, "Your Majesty, the Dragon King's story is only his side of the coin..."
Nuwa interrupted her, scoffing, "Is the bronze city beneath our feet also just one side of the story?"
Madam Bai remained silent and nodded.
Professor Mans added, "Kassel College will also help."
"Kassel College?" Nuwa couldn't help but chuckle.
Sensing the disdain shown by the goddess Nuwa, Professor Mans insisted, "Our academy's principal, Angers, will also be arriving soon."
When the name Angers was mentioned, Mans couldn't help but feel proud of his old friend. In today's mixed-race society, Angers is the undisputed "strongest dragon slayer".
“Angers, he’s probably here by now.” Nuwa looked up at the sky.
The helicopter slowly descended from the sky, lowered a ladder, and a man with a full head of silver hair wearing a black suit slowly stepped down.
Chapter 130 The Essence of the Nibelungen Project
"Principal, you've arrived."
Mans walked over and stood next to Angers.
“Of course, I’m back again,” Angers scratched his head. “To be honest, I just left and hadn’t even finished dealing with some things before I had to come back here.”
"Is it... about that Chu Tianjiao?" Mans thought for a moment and asked.
"Yes, we found Chu Tianjiao. We found his life trajectory, his connection with Kassel College, and even him himself. The only thing we can't find is any memory of him."
Angers shook his head, not wanting to say too much.
Upon finding Chu Tianjiao, he immediately realized that this was yet another "Dragon King Resurrection" level of danger.
In addition, he personally devised the "Kuimen Project," and the revival of the King of Bronze and Fire was imminent.
Based solely on what they've discovered, there are already two or even three Dragon Kings who may have been resurrected.
Angers recalled the fleeing dragon in the Greenland Sea.
To this day, he still doesn't know whether it was a being at the level of one of the four monarchs or just a small dragon at the level of a fourth or fifth generation.
He looked at Nuwa and said, "It's been a long time, Zhou family head."
He pointed to the darkening sky on the horizon and said jokingly:
"This is not the place to talk. I don't know much about everything yet. If possible, I hope we can find another place so that we can all go over the details and then discuss future cooperation again."
Nuwa also wore a formulaic smile, "Of course."
……
The area around the Three Gorges Reservoir.
Angers sat in his room, flipping through underwater photos of Bronze City, even though he had already looked at them once on the plane.
He stared intently at the last picture, which showed the collapse of the bronze city walls. The collapse of the bronze walls triggered an enormous chain reaction.
If it weren't for the previous earthquake that caused the 200-meter-deep crack, the consequences could have been even more severe.
“In other words, the orthodox believe that bronze and fire might enter Sichuan in search of traces of their past,” Angers asked softly.
“Very likely,” Mans lit a cigar, the smoke swirling around him, “According to our records, all dragons go through a period of memory loss before they awaken, and they need to find familiar things in order to recall their long past.”
Even for a noble dragon king, the amount of memories they bear is far too immense.
Angers listened quietly, lost in thought. He saw the smoke that had been lured in front of him and scrutinized his bare, dark right arm.
“Mans, you should also go to the hospital for a proper check-up. Using that alchemical weapon is still too much for you.”
Mans disagreed, saying, "If weapons are just left in an icebox, what's the difference between them and works of art? They may be dangerous, but they shouldn't be left idle."
He paused, looking somewhat helpless, "I originally wanted to intimidate the orthodox faction, but unexpectedly I was intimidated by the head of the Zhou family instead."
Angers replayed the video in front of him, which showed the battle between Nuwa and the Dragon Servant. This video was taken by Norma through the camera on the Moniach.
Heavenly fire blazed down from the sky, and orange flames illuminated the dragon servant beneath the water, turning it crimson. When the black swords sliced through the water, the dragon servant's life came to a complete halt.
He looked at the dragon servant, stroking the hilt of the folding knife in his hand, without saying a word.
Mans said to himself, "Before I saw Nuwa unleash her full power, I never imagined that a hybrid could achieve this level of skill."
"To what extent?" Angers laughed instead.
Mans, however, remained serious. "Headmaster, if the Academy's Nibelungen Project succeeds, will the experimenters be able to achieve this level of performance?"
The Nibelungen Project is a secret research project conducted by the Kassel College. Its fundamental purpose is to enable hybrid species to evolve their bloodlines to the level of the Dragon King by reusing the bones, blood, and horns of dragons.
Compared to other methods of enhancing one's lineage, the Nibelungen Project's greatest advantages are its safety and stability.
It is actually a result of mimicking the way dragons devour each other's dragon bones to achieve bloodline evolution.
In conventional understanding, only dragons can evolve their bloodline by devouring the bones of their own kind, from the fifth generation to the next generation. Such cases are recorded repeatedly in the Ice Sea Remnants.
This is either a "gift" or a "curse" from the Black Emperor Nidhogg to the dragon race; hybrids are not entitled to this.
However, the Nibelungen Project broke this limitation. Its starting point was to suppress the dragon blood by implanting alchemical matrices and to allow hybrids to slowly receive the power contained in the dragon bones through the gradual refinement of the dragon bones.
The Nibelungen Project, in theory, can only allow a hybrid to absorb one dragon bone.
Kassel College has no shortage of dragon bones; fourth and fifth generation dragons often resurrect, and after their deaths, they are often made into Philosopher's Stones.
But what's the point of that?
Does Kassel College lack a fourth-generation fighter?
Therefore, naturally, they set their sights on the four monarchs for this dragon bone, hoping to use it to perfectly usurp power.
This is also the origin of the "half-blood monarch" in Kassel College.
While puffing on his cigarette, Mans said in a low voice, "I think that apart from our ideal of usurping power, Nuwa and the half-blood monarch are not much different anymore!"
He waved his hand. "Of course, that's not the most crucial point. There are countless hybrids carrying high-risk Word of Power imprisoned in that prison in the Pacific Ocean, and even... Rhine."
Word of Power: Rhine, serial number 112, the only world-destroying Word of Power that humanity can master.
The essence of this Word of Power is nuclear fission, and it is a pollution-free nuclear fission. Its maximum power is currently limited by the physical strength of the hybrid race, and the highest power is only that of "Little Boy". It is used by the Secret Party as a cheap nuclear bomb.
Mans said with concern, "The most crucial thing is stability. Nuwa easily slaughtered a third-generation dragon servant without any mutations, which shattered our understanding of the dragon race."
Angers tapped the table, the "thump-thump" echoing in the quiet room. "Mans, don't overthink it. Our primary objective is to escape the King of Bronze and Fire, not the orthodox one."
The door was suddenly pushed open, and the Latin girl Selma looked excitedly at her teacher and principal, "Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya have woken up."
Angers and Mans couldn't help but stand up; they had too many questions to ask these two students who had returned alive from the Bronze City.
Chapter 131 The Story of the Nibelungs
"Principal," Ye Sheng lay on the hospital bed, forcing a smile as he watched Professor Mans and the Angers alleyway enter the room, struggling to sit up.
“Alright,” Mans stopped him, “you should get some rest now!”
He glanced at the girl next to him, who was still fast asleep.
"Has Aki not woken up yet?"
Ye Sheng explained, "She woke up once, but then fell into a deep sleep again."
He noticed the teacher's right hand was completely bound and asked, "Teacher, what's this?"
Mans nodded when he heard the good news that Aki had woken up. He knew that since she had regained consciousness, it meant that she was out of danger.
He then looked down at his numb right hand, not showing much gloom, but instead joked, "I bet him on the new world."
Ye Sheng didn't laugh; he knew it wasn't something to laugh about.
The master and apprentice were silent for a while, then Angers broke the silence:
"Alright, Ye Sheng, enough of this small talk. I think you know what I came here to ask you."
His gaze suddenly sharpened, then relaxed again. "In the underwater Bronze City, you and Aki were out of contact for more than three hours, and your oxygen reserves were only for two hours. During that time, only you know what you did?"
Mans tapped the recorder and played an audio clip containing only a short, childlike voice.
"who are you……"
Mans turned off the sound and explained, "This is the last audio we received before we lost contact with you."
He glanced at Angers, who remained unfazed. "I suspect that the owner of this voice is very likely the King of Bronze and Fire."
Ye Sheng gently shook his head. "I'm sorry, teacher and principal, I didn't hear that conversation. I only learned about it from Aki."
He recalled: "While I was filming Bronze City, Aki was filming in another palace, and we weren't in the same room."
I only turned back to where Aki was after I heard her scream, and then I saw her brandishing a dagger and lunging at me.
“Spiritual vision,” Angers deduced.
Ye Sheng nodded. "That's right. Aki fell into a state of spiritual vision, and then I did too, and we heard this voice together."
Mans frowned. "Is there something the Dragon King wants to know from you?"
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