Chapter 229 The Second Project (Part 3)

When the whistle sounded, Jian Yu felt as if dumplings were being dropped around him.

The four brave warriors jumped into the lake in a diving posture, making loud "splash, splash" sounds and splashing water everywhere.

It's very passionate and energetic, and the cold water can cause muscle cramps.

Look at Harry, diving deep into the water and then suddenly twitching and coming out of the water and doing a 360-degree turn!

After he fell into the water again, the Black Lake returned to its calm again. There was no sound or movement at all, only the shimmering lake surface.

This protagonist - should be okay, right?

With so many professors watching, there should be a lifeguard, right?

Jian Yu looked down and felt that it was a little outrageous.

So why were students being herded here so early in the morning to stare at the lake? Watching a game where you can't see anything?

She is not worth the audience's ticket price!

If this wasn't a free competition, she would probably have wanted to protest to the organizer and get a refund!

Jian Yu frowned and reached out to touch the lake water——

It was freezing cold, with a deep chill.

She decided to add a little more to the viewing experience for the audience.

"The suitcase is flying! The gold galleons are flying!"

Screams rang out from the stands, and the students covered their pockets tightly, but their gold Galleons seemed to have their own will and jumped out of their pockets and flew towards Jian Yu.

In an instant, a small hill of gold Galleons appeared beside her.

“Is this some kind of blessing ceremony?”

"Black Lake, Jade, toss a coin, make a wish, get it?"

"Quick! Quick! Take out your coins!"

Excited voices came from the stands of Hogwarts students. Some students who did not carry gold Galleons also began to throw their silver Sickles and copper Knuts at her, and many coins fell into the Black Lake.

"God of learning, please help me pass my Potions class!"

"Please pray that I will never be caught while wandering at night!"

"May my bubble pods thrive!"

"Please help me by getting five extra points for entering the Potions classroom with my left foot first!"

The students of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang looked at them in shock, seemingly struggling over whether or not to join in this large-scale blessing ceremony. They communicated with each other through eye contact:

All the students at Hogwarts do it, so why don't we do some coin flipping too?

Should we adapt to local customs? After all, students are prohibited from throwing coins in the fountain at Beauxbatons!

Besides, it’s boring enough to just stare at the surface of the Black Lake!

"Miss Jane showed great audience interaction!" Ludo Bagman complimented forcefully. "Everyone threw gold Galleons, silver Sickles, and bronze Knuts at her to show their support!"

Unfortunately, what the students who prayed didn't know was that -

The protagonist they were talking about, Jian Yu, was not too happy.

Because her suitcase didn't come flying.

It seems that Dumbledore had already cast a spell on the suitcase to resist the Spurring Curse, in order to force her into the water!

But she decided that every second she could spend underwater was a second less.

"The boat is coming!"

This time she succeeded. The small boat that the freshmen took when they entered school quickly sailed towards her... and flew towards her, along with the oars on it.

She jumped into the boat and rowed towards the center of the lake.

"Smart move!" Bagman exclaimed. "She's faster rowing on the surface than swimming underwater entangled in aquatic life! She's already ahead of everyone!"

Gradually, the lake water under the boat turned into a gloomy black color, and she could observe some strange-shaped houses under the lake.

Several green grindylows with sharp horns and teeth tried to block her progress at the bow of her boat, but unfortunately these low-level aquatic creatures were not very strong on the water and were knocked unconscious by her oars and fell back into the lake.

And the mermaid's song began to sound:

"…one hour…to retrieve…the item…"

"…disappear…never to appear again…"

Jian Yu became even more unhappy after hearing this.

Is there no property law protection in the British magical world?

The mermaid also wanted to embezzle her Galleons and Nifflers?

This is outrageous!

Now that we are here, it seems impossible not to go into the water.

Jian Yu reluctantly prepared to take off his robe and take the gill grass.

But before that, she planned to heat the lake water to keep it warm.

After all, getting cramps in the middle of the Black Lake when hit by cold water is not a good thing.

"The God of Fire leads the way!"

She carefully controlled the flame to move downward and break through the lake water, and with her other hand she tested the direction and temperature of the surrounding water.

The water temperature gradually increased from freezing cold to close to body temperature. Feeling that he had achieved his goal, Jian Yu nodded with satisfaction, took off his robe, revealing his swimsuit.

But before she jumped into the water, something unusual happened under the water!

Strings of bubbles emerged from under the water, sharp and piercing cries echoed in the center of the lake, and the water surface began to fluctuate violently, as if some creature was about to break through the water seal.

Jian Yu held her wand tightly and looked around vigilantly, only to find that one mermaid after another broke through the water and did 360° Thomas turns on the water like Harry who had cramps, as if the lake water was poisonous.

She felt her eyes were stinging.

These mermaids are completely different from the legendary mermaids. They have twenty abdominal muscles lined up on their slender bodies, green and gray skin, messy yellow-green hair, and mouths that take up half of their faces, with teeth that look like they haven't been brushed for five hundred years.

Instead of singing beautiful songs, they continued to make shrill, piercing cries:

"…(Heat! Flame!)…(Kill the fish!)…"

"(It's almost cooked!)...(Cunning human!)..."

"(Help!)...(Chief!)..."

Several mermaids nearly overturned Jian Yu's boat, but she paddled them back one by one, and their tails were nearly burned by the flames.

Unfortunately, Jian Yu didn’t understand the mermaid language. She could only feel that these mermaids were trying to stop her.

Finally, a mermaid who looked like a leader emerged from the water holding a trident-like iron fork. She looked fierce and anxious, and spoke in English:

"Stop - stop - what do you want -"

"I want the treasure of Yongtu." Jian Yu asked.

The mermaid's silver tail slapped the water hard, and it uttered a series of sharp and chaotic notes to the mermaids behind it, and the mermaids quickly dived down.

In less than a minute, they emerged from the water carrying a bunch of things and people.

Jian Yu's eyes widened in shock.

In addition to her suitcase, there were Hermione, Ron, Cho Chang, Gabrielle... They were all unconscious...

This project actually ties living people under water!

In this magical world, not only are property rights not guaranteed, even human rights are not guaranteed at all!

The mermaids took the initiative to load people and boxes into her boat and urged her to leave quickly.

"(Go away, you living death!)"

"(Stop making a fire! Who can burn you?)"

They made complaining sounds and swam quickly, creating a large undercurrent that pushed the boat back at lightning speed.