"26 meters, 31 meters..."
13 only emerged from the pile of bronze snake statues after Lu Mingfei had moved further away.
Although he had a smooth journey with no dangers, and someone was walking ahead to clear the risks for him,
he still regretted taking on this mission. If it weren't for the fact that the client was a repeat customer, he should be playing StarCraft right now!
To infiltrate the Yangtze River, he had come to China with his team half a month ago. At first, he could enjoy good food and drinks locally, relying on his fluent Chinese spoken with online friends, but in less than three days, he was ordered not to leave his room freely.
He had to ring a bell and wait for someone to deliver his meals every day.
If it weren't for the fact that all 12 people in the group received the same treatment, he would have already left.
The employer suddenly said he wanted to change his mission objective, asking him to go underwater to steal a dragon egg. At first, he curled his lip in disdain, scoffing, "What a joke, are we filming a fantasy movie? A dragon egg? The fantasy genre has long been dead."
However, the employer paid a deposit of 200,000 dollars and said there would be another 1.8 million dollars waiting for him after the job was done.
So, 13 concluded that the world he was in was a fantasy world.
"Speaking of which, these bronze statues could also fetch a lot of money if sold as art pieces, right?" 13 looked at the bronze snake statues beneath him with great interest. Although these things were very eerie, bowing their heads when they saw him, he had seen many strange things in his travels over the years, so he could understand this peculiar phenomenon.
Did he really think 200,000 dollars was that easy to earn?
13 himself was usually unreliable, but that didn't mean he would be careless when doing business. He was a person who cherished his life, and he had a rather good one.
He felt that 13 was his fated number, so no matter when he went on a mission, he was willing to use the number 13.
Watching Lu Mingfei walk further and further away, 13 quickly followed. As he passed the massive, naturally formed bronze snake statue, he shivered for no reason, as if something was waiting for him inside.
Why did it bow its head again?
Hey, hey, hey, don't move! It's making a lot of noise!
13 suddenly panicked, craning his head left and right, afraid of being heard by the person in front, and quickly left the area, swimming towards that side as well.
Behind him, the enormous bronze snake head revealed orange-yellow gem eyes, staring intently forward, sending shivers down the spines of those following 13, as if the thing would move in the next second, flick out its long, slender tongue, and use its massive snake tail to strangle them to death there.
"--" That person was silent for a long time before uttering a single sentence.
"Follow."
"Moniyahe, we have reached the bottom." Lu Mingfei suppressed the urge to scream and reopened his camera.
Sometimes he really suspected he was in a movie; he had only seen such scenes on TV. "Please be mentally prepared, the next visuals will be very impactful."
A large number of skeletons appeared on Moniyahe's screen, and everyone gasped slightly.
Under the illumination of the spotlights, dense, eerie white bones appeared before Lu Mingfei's eyes. It was estimated that the thickness of these bones would be more than enough to bury three of him.
"They are human skeletons." Zero floated beside Lu Mingfei, saying the most terrifying words in the calmest tone.
Tens of thousands of people had died here, their bones accumulating for hundreds or thousands of years.
"Is Norton a man-eating dragon?" Lu Mingfei recalled the evil dragons in fairy tales who liked to abduct princesses. Could it be that Norton also had such a Hobbies?
"No. These bones are the bones of soldiers and generals." Zero shook his head, "There's a red flag with black characters over there."
Lu Mingfei moved a few steps closer to where Zero's gaze was directed, recognizing something familiar.
"They are our Liu Family ancestors," Liu Heguang said. "The ancestors once conquered Norton after greatly defeating White Emperor City."
"You killed Norton?" Lu Mingfei gasped softly. No wonder they said there was a third one; sure enough, behind every absurd rule was an absurd event.
"They did kill Norton," Liu Heguang corrected Lu Mingfei's statement. "Every one of Emperor Guangwu's Twenty-Eight Generals of Yuntai in the Eastern Han Dynasty was capable of reaching the Qian position, possessing combat power completely equal to yours and mine. Family history records that the ancestors greatly defeated the King of Bronze and Fire, returned after half a month, and were overjoyed."
"That is to say, the King of Bronze and Fire's last nirvana was truly at the hands of a mixed-blood! Ancient emperors truly knew of the Dragon King's existence and even dared to attack a Dragon King!" Ye Sheng's surprised voice came through the channel. He had not read the Ye Family history, and this was the first time he had heard of the history of a major Family.
"Could mixed-bloods in ancient times really fight Dragon Kings with their flesh and blood?" Shuhtome Yaji was also greatly surprised.
"Many hands make light work. The alchemy techniques mastered in ancient times were far more complete than they are now. Mixed-bloods with powerful bloodlines were fully capable of piercing the scales on a Dragon King's body. Dozens of mixed-bloods capable of breaking through a Dragon King's defenses to slaughter a Dragon King, the outcome was indeed a toss-up," Liu Heguang explained.
"Moreover..." He paused, letting go of a slight reservation in his heart, "That time, Emperor Guangwu was ordered to slay the dragon."
The channel fell silent. Everyone was surprised, wondering what kind of existence could command an emperor to slay a Dragon King. Could it be another Dragon King?
No one dared to ask; hearing such a secret had already made the staff present sweat profusely.
Ye Sheng opened his mouth but didn't ask. The research into the relationships between the Four Monarchs had made no major progress to this day, and there were no clear records in the mixed-blood organizations of various countries.
"Don't be nervous. In this era, hearing such things won't get you beheaded." Liu Heguang made a joke to lighten the mood. "If you have the ability, you can find relevant records in the Family's library in the future. This is publicly available information."
Lu Mingfei got goosebumps all over. He hadn't expected that behind the Liu Family's great achievements, there was actually someone pulling the strings.
"Found it. There are traces of excavation on these bronze walls," Zero said calmly, and the screen switched to his camera's perspective.
Lu Mingfei floated to one side, suppressing the chill in his heart and moving the bones piled against the wall.
"This is indeed the passage; it looks similar to the description in the records." Liu Heguang looked down at the cloth on the table. "Our ancestor took this path to find Norton, who was taking a nap at the time."
"Norton, who was taking a nap?" Lu Mingfei's movements paused.
"Don't be nervous. What you've found now should be an unawakened 'dragon egg.' Dragon eggs don't possess destructive Runes," Liu Heguang comforted, and that heartwarming power reappeared.
After all the bones were moved, the true face of the bronze floor was finally revealed: a door built into the ground, and at this moment, Lu Mingfei and Zero were standing on its doorknob.
"Congratulations, you've found the door to the Dragon King's sleeping quarters without any major incidents along the way," Liu Heguang said with a smile, leaning closer to the screen.
Staring intently at the intertwined dragon patterns on the door, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and he whispered,
"I've finally found you, Your Highness Norton."