Volume 1 Hello, Lu Mingfei Chapter 104: No King's Shadow (Part 2)
Caesar also noticed this strange abnormality at this moment. He tried to adjust his body to make any possible movements, but found that it was not that his body could not move, but that he could feel strong resistance everywhere on the surface of his body. It seemed that there was an invisible transparent substance wrapped tightly around him, restricting his movements. He had to expend a lot of effort to move even a little bit.
"What's going on?" Nuonuo was a little confused, but fortunately her headphones were not turned off, so she could communicate directly with Caesar.
"If I'm not mistaken... this is the Word Spirit·Silent Flow!" Caesar felt a chill down his spine. There were tens of millions of tons of sea water above his head, but even combined they were not as chilling as the feeling he was feeling now.
It was a water-based word spirit. In the discovered word spirit periodic table, it was not even considered a destructive word spirit, but its effect was very strange. Within the domain, all water would be killed and turned into dead water in the alchemical sense, thus changing the nature of the water and solidifying it into an invisible gel prison. In this case, everything in the water or on the surface of the water would become a prisoner in this static flow. The loss of flow and solidification of dead water would bring great resistance. Every little movement was like fighting against a swamp. The deeper the water, the more difficult it was to fight against this word spirit that directly controlled the elements themselves.
Among the four great dragon kings, the Sky and Wind King is the most mysterious. In the long history of mankind, no one has ever received news about the awakening of this dragon king. The Ocean and Water King is the most difficult challenge. Humans know that he is in the sea, but they have no way of seeing his true appearance because the entire ocean is too vast. In addition, the word spirit of Jingliu can make water form an absolute defense. There is no way to cross the depths of the ocean to meet this king.
But isn't Jingliu the spirit of the water element? How could the king of bronze and fire master a power that is completely contrary to his own nature?
A bold hypothesis was formed in Caesar's mind. The four monarchs could master each other's words, regardless of whether they were mutually exclusive in the elements! The secret party had always misunderstood the relationship between the dragon kings. They were both rivals who wanted to kill each other and brothers who respected each other. Just like the Black King would be extremely sad for the death of the White King. He killed the White Monarch with his own hands, but because of the White Monarch's departure, he would fall from the sky to the depths of the trench three times, and his sad cries spread throughout the vast ice sea.
"Call the Moniach! Call the Moniach! Move the ship away as soon as possible! Norton can use Static Flow, and the King of Bronze and the King of Fire can use water words at the same time!" Caesar immediately reported the situation that he had already controlled to his superiors.
At this time, a black figure passed by him from bottom to top. Caesar clearly saw the pair of burning golden eyes. The Dragon King Norton retained his human form and did not even look at him. He just cut off the lifelines behind him and Nono when he swam past at high speed. In this way, they would exhaust their oxygen in the stagnant static flow field until they suffocated to death.
The Moniah was moving slowly on the river. Its engine power had been output to the maximum, but the dead water had produced a gel-like form. The Moniah could only use its own power to fight against them, breaking through the still water at a speed comparable to that of a human-powered boat. After successfully crushing the water, the still flow would be temporarily lifted and the water would become active again.
But judging from the current progress, it is too slow. The Moniach can only move forward about half a meter per second. Compared with the vast river surface, this is no different from a turtle crawling.
"Caesar!" Professor Manstein pressed the headset and tried repeatedly to continue communicating, but there was no signal .
The underwater AB group's communications were completely cut off. Professor Manstein looked out from the captain's room and saw a vast expanse of white mist on the river. Visibility was almost reduced to that of a thick fog. The two destroyers responsible for support were completely invisible, and even the light of the searchlight could not penetrate the dense layer. This place had become a boiling pot, steaming out increasingly thick white mist, as thick as milk, and everything on the river seemed to be being boiled.
This means the arrival of the King of Bronze and Fire. His high fever heats the river water, creating a large amount of water vapor. The report from measuring the water temperature just now shows that the water temperature outside is close to 50 degrees. It is too hot to take a hot spring bath. It is impossible for unprotected humans to wade in water for a long time at this temperature.
Kassel Academy thought they were hunters coming here to slay dragons, but now they realize they are prey. The three ships were trapped on the river by stagnant water and became sitting ducks. It was foreseeable that the attack from Dragon King Norton was imminent. This was a perfect trap he had set, just like selling a few harmless peasants in the interstellar space to lure the opponent's scouting troops in the wrong direction. The battle plan was misguided from the very beginning, as they thought Norton would not have strong means of resistance.
The hull shook violently, Manstein stumbled and hit the control console, a loud muffled sound came from the bottom cabin, and everyone felt a strong sense of weightlessness. The entire Moniach seemed to be impacted from bottom to top by some kind of violence, and floated in the air for a moment.
"The cabin was pierced!" Susie's voice was amplified by the loudspeaker in the captain's room.
She stayed in the bottom cabin, where the Storm torpedo and other ammunition used to attack Norton were stored. At the moment of the impact, a huge stream of water rushed up and penetrated the watertight compartment and then the steel plate of the bottom cabin. Susie watched with her own eyes that the water, which was comparable to a sword blade, pierced everything it touched around her, and finally opened another hole in the ceiling.
The second explosion was not from the Moniach, but from the river not far away. The huge waves briefly dispersed the pale mist, and everyone on the deck of the Moniach could see this miraculous scene with their own eyes. It was as if a powerful fountain surged from the bottom of the river. The jet, which was wider than that of the No. 105 ship, lifted up the ship loaded with various weapons in one breath. The bottom of the ship was instantly torn apart by the violent surging force. The thousands of tons of steel giant ship flipped 90 degrees in the air and fell back into the water. The splashes and waves rushed towards the Moniach, and the people on the deck who didn't have time to dodge were suddenly slammed against the wall, and their organs were bleeding and injured in the violent shock.
The word spirit jet, this is supposed to be an instantaneous discharge phenomenon that occurs between thunderstorm clouds and the ionosphere, and it looks like red lightning suddenly spurted out from the sky like a stream of water. Perhaps the King of the Ocean and Water saw this scene while cruising in the sea one day, and it inspired him to gather a large amount of water and then explosively spray it towards a small area, which would produce a devastating impact. No ship can survive under such power, even if you are a 100,000-ton steel behemoth, as long as the bottom watertight compartment is destroyed, the only way left is to sink.
Caesar's reminder was correct. The King of Bronze and Fire not only knew how to use water words, but also used more than just Jingliu. This was indeed an elaborate trap that had been planned thousands of years ago. The endless river water was not only the best protection for the Bronze City, but also a paralyzing agent that allowed the hybrids to let down their guard.
A dozen vortices erupted in succession within a short half minute, some far away from the Moniach, some almost brushing against the side of the ship, ranging from a few meters to more than ten meters high, with diameters of varying sizes, and the surging impact force pushed the Moniach to the side. If you don't consider the consequences of being hit by a large vortex, this scene looks quite spectacular.
"Damn, Norton has the talent to work in an aquarium! Even whales can't spray as much as he can!" Finkel cursed while steering the boat frantically. The gushing river water was certainly powerful, but it would also destroy the area of static flow. As long as there was a whirlpool, the river water would come alive again.
Although Finkel seemed unreliable most of the time, he was an expert at escaping. He quickly analyzed the loopholes in Norton's attack and drilled into the place where water had just burst out. The speed of the Moniah actually increased.
It seems that the accuracy of this word spirit is not very high. Everyone subconsciously prays not to be hit. It feels like the whack-a-mole game in the arcade, where Norton holds the hammer and hits it randomly with his eyes closed. As for the Moniach, if it is hit by a large-scale vortex jet, it will capsize like No. 105, and everyone will become boiled fish in the river.
"Mai?" Zero answered the phone in the corner behind the deck. She was wearing a diving suit and carrying an oxygen tank, but her mission was to keep an eye on the sonar and torpedoes on the ship. The Moniach was constantly shaken and swayed wildly. Most people had to hold on to something tightly to avoid being thrown out, but Zero stood there surprisingly steady, and could even hold the phone with both hands to avoid missing any sound.
"Fuck it, fuck it, I'm going to be scalded to death!" On the other end of the phone was Jiude Mai cursing like crazy, and she sounded not in good condition.
She was on the No. 105 ship which had just capsized. There were supposed to be only Cassel's students and a small number of people from the Chen family on that ship. Jiude Mai was an uninvited visitor.
"If you can still curse, it means you're fine." Zero said calmly, "Are you ready?"
"Can't you care about me a little more at a time like this? Being so heartless will make me sad. I think you can treat me like you treat your baby Mingfei." Jiude Mai struggled to climb onto a floating piece of broken board. She should be thankful that the phone had a good waterproof function. She could still make calls after being soaked in water for a while.
"She is different from you. You have hundreds of rumored boyfriends, enough to form N football teams. As long as you give an order, there will always be people willing to rush over to serve you. But she doesn't even have anyone around her who can sit down and listen to her. She is as lonely as a teddy bear thrown into the trash can. If I'm not around, she might go to the tree hole and pour out her heart."
If Lu Mingfei was standing here, she would probably be shocked and ask how do you know how I live my life.
"It sounds like you are in love. If I didn't know what kind of person you are, I would have believed it." Mai opened the silver suitcase and took out the black metal parts one by one and assembled them. A black rifle was soon formed. In the corner of the suitcase was a cylindrical quartz glass tube with an indigo bullet sealed inside. The bullet looked like some kind of roughly polished crystal. If you look closely, you will find that there is a brilliant light flowing inside.
It was a Philosopher's Stone bullet, but unlike the red , which were made from spiritual elements, this bullet came from the element of wind and was obtained from the noble King of Wind.
"Everything is going according to plan. I'm ready." Mai replied, "The guys in Kassel still know too little about dragons. The fact that the Fire King can use water spirits is enough to disrupt their entire plan. A university seems to be a bit lacking in their expertise."
"Remember the order, Lu Mingfei must survive. As for the King of Bronze and Fire, it doesn't matter whether he dies or not." Ling said.
"How could I possibly hit her with a bullet? If I have this kind of luck, I might as well go buy a lottery ticket earlier!" Mai loaded the gun casually, pulled the bolt, tilted his head to hold the phone, and pointed the gun at the river, "Remember to return safely!"
The indigo bullet slid into the barrel of the gun, the firing pin was ignited, and a thin flame flashed at the muzzle. In the world where water flowed like a column and the fog was thick, no one would notice the fleeting gunshot.
The bullet entered the water and moved only a few meters before losing power. The case melted, and the crystals inside came into contact with the water, instantly releasing a large amount of wind elements. The river water, which had been solidified by the static flow, seemed to come alive again at this moment, even more vigorous than before. If someone jumped into the water at this time, he would see countless huge bubbles spreading in the depths of the river, just like thousands of people blowing soap bubbles at the same time. The wind element brought a large amount of air, and the water pressure in the depths was reduced to the maximum. Even a novice who had just learned to dive could easily break the world record for deep diving in such a current.
"I'm really going to spend a lot of money on this silly girl!" Mai sighed and turned off his phone.
The Philosopher's Stone is not easy to obtain, especially one that contains the concepts of the four elements. It is a treasure that any hybrid in the world will flock to, and can be used as a weapon to severely damage the first generation. But now the role of this wind element bullet is only to minimize the obstruction of the river water, so that Lu Mingfei can return safely from the Bronze City.
At the same time, Zero jumped onto the deck of the Moniach and dived deep like a graceful mermaid. Norton's turbines were erupting not far from her, but she was moving forward in the direction of the raging currents without fear.
Ling is a good swimmer comparable to that of a fish. After the wind element was activated, the entire river water would no longer be an obstacle. Physical laws such as water pressure and resistance were not a problem at all in the elemental field under the vision of the dragon clan. The wind airflow wrapped around her, and she herself was now a high-speed supercavitating torpedo, pointing directly at the bronze city in the depths.
