Chapter 271 Wait, where is the dragon I want to slay? !
Although the embryos hidden deep in the abyss suddenly began to hatch, there were no accidents during the dive of the Trieste.
There was no sudden loss of control and rapid sinking, and no oxygen tank fell off. It dived safely into the deep sea below 7,000 meters.
Caesar is a sailing enthusiast and has participated in various large and small competitions in previous years, but he has very little experience in underwater operations.
Fortunately, there were two super professionals, Angers and Cheng Shuangfan, who were operating the Trieste, so he didn't need to intervene at all.
This made him feel redundant, like a young man who came to a big project to go through the motions and gild himself.
Although the principal feared that he would be bored and assigned him some tasks within his ability, it was still too easy after all and it would be the same no matter who took over.
He put his head close to the porthole of the submersible. It was pitch black outside. The 7,000-meter-high sea water blocked all light and heat. There was only sea water in the direction illuminated by the searchlight of the Trieste, and nothing could be seen.
Fortunately, he brought a camera with him on this trip, as he wanted to take some pictures of the deep sea scenery to show Nono.
Of course, Caesar is not the kind of person who expects some major changes to happen and then turns himself into a lone hero to save the world. It would be best if he could solve the problem of the White King smoothly.
And as the Trieste continues to dive deeper, the risk they have to take will continue to increase with every meter they dive.
When diving to a depth of 7,500 meters, a light unexpectedly appeared on the seabed.
The red light like the setting sun shines in through the porthole, rendering the white light in the cockpit the color of dusk.
Cheng Shuangfan looked at the scene captured by the surveillance camera of the Trieste and reminded:
"It looks like we have arrived directly above the Abyss."
Ange nodded slightly: "This place is more lively than I thought. It seems that after being imprisoned for ten thousand years, the White King will also feel lonely."
At this time, this sea area shrouded in red light is full of vitality, and all kinds of strange fish can be seen floating everywhere in the rosy water.
"These marine creatures have a certain degree of mutation." Caesar was standing by the porthole, watching several large turtles swimming slowly past in pursuit of schools of fish, their huge carapaces like cracked red basalt.
But this was just the appetizer. Further down he saw a giant whale that was over a hundred feet long. Everything gave way wherever it passed, like the overlord of the sea.
"That was the long-extinct Basilosaurus. I didn't expect there was a living one here. It seems that the embryo of the White King should be nearby."
Ange taught the course "Dragon Family Genealogy" at Kassel College, and he recognized the domineering giant below at a glance.
Continuing to explore downwards, they encountered even more dangerous dragon-blood creatures.
The dozens of meters long giant squid and the more than ten meters long shark treated each other as hunting targets and started a fierce fight. Just as they were entangled and the battle had not yet ended and the winner had not yet been decided, a group of silver-blue fish emerged from the depths of the trench and surrounded the entangled squids and sharks like a swarm of locusts.
It can be seen that these two top predators on the sea are very afraid of these small fish. When they appear, they stop fighting and want to escape separately.
Unfortunately, they had fought too hard just now and their bodies were still entangled together, so they couldn't escape the pursuit of the silver-blue fish school.
"This is... a ghost-toothed viper?!"
Ange and Cheng Shuangfan were both shocked when they recognized the small silver-blue fish that were fighting hard, treating the sharks and giant squids as prey.
All the lights, engines and other systems that could attract attention of the Trieste were shut down to prevent it from being targeted by those strange fish that could easily tear apart steel.
Soon, the two entangled deep-sea overlords were eaten until only bones were left, and the real top underwater hunters returned to the depths of the trench contentedly.
"Keep calm, we are now in the White King's territory. If you feel dizzy, hallucinations, or other abnormalities, report immediately."
Although they took anti-interference drugs before diving, the dragon clan's abilities were hard to guard against, especially since the monarch of spiritual elements was buried under the sea.
Ange waited for a moment, restarted the Trieste, and chased in the direction of the trench where the Ghosttooth Viper disappeared.
If nothing unexpected happens, the White King's embryo is hidden there.
When dragon embryos are hatching, they will continuously release secretions rich in genetic information. After the marine life attracted by the secretions devours them, their genes will mutate, achieving a leap in life level, and transforming from ordinary marine life into a dragon subspecies.
The Trieste sank into the trench with as little noise as possible. The rock strata here seemed to have been split by Pangu in the past, leaving scars thousands of miles long, and the bottom was covered with boiling magma.
The seawater collided with the magma, causing a thunderous steam explosion.
The depth gauge showed that they were now in the deep sea at a depth of 8,500 meters. The water temperature outside the Trieste was over 200 degrees. Although there was an insulation layer inside, the cockpit was still unbearably hot.
Cheng Shuangfan and Caesar had already taken off their combat uniforms, leaving only their underwear, and were sweating all over from the heat.
Angers was more tolerant than them. Perhaps out of consideration for his image as the principal, he still wore a white shirt, but it was already soaked with sweat, revealing a gorgeous and hideous pattern.
Caesar's attention, which had been distracted by the scorching heat, instantly came back to his senses. Looking at the principal's extremely cool tattoos, he couldn't help but marvel at them:
"Principal, I didn't expect you to have such a wild side."
No matter whether the weather is cold or hot, Angers always appears in public in a well-fitting suit, and few people have ever seen him shirtless.
Therefore, not many people actually know his secret.
It was the first time that Cheng Shuangfan saw this, and he was surprised. The tattoos all over his back and arms looked like the Ukiyo-e style from Japan.
"'The Violence of All Realms' is a gift given to me by the Eight Clans of Sheqi." Angé said in a flat tone.
"What identity?" Caesar was curious. Could it be that when the principal established the Japanese branch, he was also a gang leader?
"The Violence of All Realms is the highest level tattoo of the underworld. Only you can bear it."
In the communication channel, Inuyama He suddenly said: "I thought you had washed off the tattoo a long time ago."
"Why should I wash it? This is proof of my identity. Back then, I was the MacArthur of the Japanese underworld." Angé smiled.
Hearing this, Inuyama He and Uesugi Yue on the offshore platform both showed a look of sudden realization, as if they were brought back to more than 70 years ago, when they were still...
"Everyone, now is not the time to reminisce about the past." Miyamoto Shio suddenly interrupted, interrupting the nostalgic moments of several old antiques:
“God must have felt threatened. The progress of embryo hatching is soaring and has now reached 51%!
We must hurry up, the God may hatch at any time!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the relief caused by the joking just now turned into solemnity again.
The Trieste was speeding underwater, not caring about being exposed at this time. It turned on the sonar detector and searched for the whereabouts of the White King embryo with all its might.
But being in the White King's territory, the sonar detection system seemed to be affected, and there were regular heartbeats everywhere ahead.
Soon, they discovered an ancient city that sank to the bottom of the sea.
This ancient city is probably the Takama-ga-hara that sank to the bottom of the sea along with the second generation Yamata-no-Orochi as recorded in the Yamata-no-Orochi murals. It does exist.
But now is not the time to be shocked. The progress of embryo hatching has reached 60%. Angers has not even been able to walk around the giant tower in the center of the ancient city, which is as tall as the sky and as deep as the Copper Pillar of the Sea of Ice and records the history of the dragon clan, and scan all the information recorded on it and upload it to the database of Kassel College.
The sonar system seemed to be completely paralyzed at this moment, and the heartbeats of monsters could be heard from all directions, as if they had fallen into a carefully prepared trap.
"What's going on? Can the White King split himself?" Caesar was a little confused and put his head to the porthole to look out.
He wanted to find the whereabouts of the Lenin, a huge ship that was a hundred meters long. Even in this ancient city that had experienced a volcanic eruption, it should still be conspicuous.
However, when his eyes fell outside the porthole, he was surprised to find that the scenery outside the window had changed.
It is no longer the ancient city of the Age of Gods immersed in a sea of red, but a Catholic church with carved beams and painted rafters.
Caesar blinked hard, and the scene in front of him changed again. He appeared inside the church. The neatly arranged seats were empty. Under the statue of the Virgin Mary was a woman kneeling, with her hands clasped together in prayer.
The moment he saw the back clearly, Caesar, who had already guessed that it might be an illusion, felt dazed. It was as if a huge rock had been thrown into his calm heart. The hand that wanted to slap himself to regain consciousness froze in mid-air and could not fall.
That person, could it be...
Caesar couldn't help but want to take a step forward, wanting to go around the woman and see her clearly.
But he was not completely lost yet. He remembered what he was doing and what he was going to do, so he slowed down his pace and raised his hands high again.
However, at the moment the slap fell, the woman who was kneeling and praying in front of him suddenly tilted her body and fell to the ground weakly.
The sudden change made Caesar's brain go blank. Childhood memories flooded into his mind, and many negative emotions such as hatred, regret, guilt, and pain came flooding in. He could hardly control his body and was about to rush forward.
But he was stopped.
A big hand pressed down on his shoulder with great force, causing pain in his shoulder.
There was someone roaring loudly next to my ears, but it was as if there was a thick layer of mist between us. I could only catch the emotions contained in the voice, but couldn't hear the content clearly.
Caesar thought that those were the bastards in his family who had stopped him from finding his mother when he was a child, so he turned around and threw a punch. This punch was filled with more than ten years of accumulated anger, and it was fast and fierce.
But he failed to hit anyone, and his fist was caught by someone.
Then he felt a sudden sharp pain in his philtrum, and the world in his eyes returned to normal. He saw Commissioner Cheng Shuangfan holding his fist with one hand, pressing his philtrum with the other hand, shouting, "Wake up, kid."
"What am I doing..." Caesar's eyes regained clarity and he realized that he had been tricked and almost lost himself in the illusion.
Seeing that Caesar had returned to normal, Cheng Shuangfan stopped dragging him: "You almost punched the porthole just now. If it had cracked a little, we would have been finished."
Although he didn't think Caesar was that strong, he still had to be prepared for the worst. In order to prevent this kid from doing something stupid again, he pulled him to sit next to him.
Caesar came to the console and was about to apologize for his mistake, but he found that the screen showed that the embryo hatching process had soared to 999%!
It’s not 99%, nor is it 99.9%, it’s 999%!
"This...what is going on?" Caesar was a little bit unbelievable. He only had hallucinations for a few seconds, so how come the embryo's hatching process suddenly exploded?
"There is a mistake. The one that was hatched was not the White King."
At this time, Ange had opened all the observation windows of the Trieste and was looking at a small hill of lung snails not far ahead with a grim expression.
An unknown vibration occurred on the seabed, and millions of lung snails fell, exposing a strange object nearly 100 meters long.
Half of it is inserted into the seabed, and the other half is wrapped in layers of lung spirals. The surface is not metal, but constantly wriggling tendons and fascia... probably.
"Is that... a hatched embryo?" Caesar felt his throat a little dry. That thing looked like a giant creature.
"It's the Lenin." Cheng Shuangfan shook his head and pointed to the steel part that was not covered by the deformed flesh and blood. One could even see the blood vessels there:
"It has been taken over by the embryo and transformed into a part of it."
Caesar looked carefully and soon found something wrong. The blood vessels attached to the steel were pumping continuously. "Why is this embryo actively transporting fetal blood?"
"It's already a dead fetus. Although it still has strong vitality, it will never hatch again." Angé's face looked grim. They had been preparing for so long, but the White King was not here.
That embryo was just a sacrifice. The White King had already resurrected and escaped. The remaining nutrient-rich embryo and fetal blood provided nutrients for the city.
Boom boom boom——
The ancient city of Takama-ga-hara vibrates more violently, the seabed gradually cracks, and this long-dead city from the Age of Gods is awakening.
"No wonder these dragon subspecies dare to move around in the pure-blooded dragon hatchery with impunity. This dragon is already dead." Caesar also understood and his eyes fell on the hatching value that had soared to 9998%.
"So, who is our enemy now?"
He remembered the monster with a human head and a snake body recorded in the mural. That thing was called a corpse guard, and according to legend it was used to guard the dragon city.
"You already have the answer, don't you?" Cheng Shuangfan looked at the observation port at the bottom with an unpleasant expression.
The three of them looked at the tombstone-like Lenin, only to see that it was still pumping blood to the city below. Scarlet mist was emerging from the ruins around it, and a bronze monster wrapped in a fetal membrane was crawling out of the cracked ground due to the vibration.
It has a human head, a snake body, and red-gold eyes, and is exactly the same as the snake-like Deadpool created by Herzog.
They bathed in the blood of the ancient dragon fetus, and their long-dormant bodies regained vitality and slowly floated towards the sea.
Hundreds of corpse guards crawled out from the cracks, and tens of thousands of corpse guards floated up from the ancient underwater city, swimming hard towards the sea surface, eager to return to the human world and find the monarch they were loyal to.
"Recover the Trieste and prepare to drop a nuclear bomb. We must not allow these monsters to appear in the human world!"
(End of this chapter)
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