Volume 3 Hello, Eri Chapter 237: Old Friends Meet and Pledge Blood (Part 2)
The Lenin was decaying at a speed visible to the naked eye. Its blood vessels, granulation tissue, pulses, even its decks and steel, everything about it faded rapidly, leaving only the dust of defeat. The slightest wave of sea water would bring down the once invincible ship. It was like a burnt mountain of coal, with only the dust telling of its former brilliance.
"What is that?" Caesar opened his eyes wide.
As the Lenin died, a mirror made of seawater appeared in its body. It was surprisingly high, about dozens of meters, and it was still growing. Fire and thunder flowed in the rippling mirror. Odin, riding Sleipnir, was slowly passing through the mirror. Half of his body had disappeared, and the other half remained in the seawater. The neighing of the warhorse could be heard clearly even in the Trieste, like thunder.
As if he had sensed the sight from behind, Odin turned around and took a look at the Trieste. The Viking's horn helmet covered his head and most of his face, but his golden pupils were clear. Caesar subconsciously closed his eyes to avoid that sight. Even when he first faced Chu Zihang's golden pupils, he had never felt this way. It was not a stabbing pain, but he actually felt that the look was like the magic eye of Medusa. If you dare to open your eyes and look at him, then you will die.
Caesar suddenly understood. That was the door that Professor Schneider was talking about. To them, it was a mirror made of sea water. The rolling patterns and thunder made it particularly eye-catching in the sea water, but to the man on horseback, it was a door. He could come to the bottom of the sea through that door, and he could also leave through that door.
Odin held Gungnir in his right hand, a spear shaped like a giant tree branch, with the front end of the spear bent like a dazzling flame, glowing with blood-like flames. In his left hand, he held a deformed tumor, which was obviously still alive, constantly oozing bloody juice. Every twitch was like a seriously injured person struggling to survive, making people feel that the thing must be dying soon .
Chu Zihang suddenly stood up, put on the diving suit, and without saying a word, he picked up Murasame and opened the watertight door. From here he could take some time to get out of the submersible.
"What are you going to do?" Caesar was shocked. It seemed that Chu Zihang was going to go out. This was the bottom of the abyss ten thousand meters underwater. Humans had not yet been able to create diving suits that could be used for long-term activities in such a place. The combat suits they were wearing could only be used for activities in such an abyss environment for five minutes at most, and they would still risk their lives for this. They should not leave the submersible unless it was absolutely necessary. It was only for them to repair possible external faults.
"Go settle accounts with God." Chu Zihang looked exceptionally calm, but Caesar was no fool, he was Chu Zihang's opponent, he knew this guy was an exceptionally cold-hearted killer, the more he behaved like this, the more it showed that his heart was in turmoil. When others were hysterical, they would already be dancing and singing on the table, but Chu Zihang would just silently drink the wine in the quilt, and then stab this thing into his opponent's heart.
Caesar glanced at Chu Zihang's knuckles as he clenched Murasame's fingers. Because he was forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, his entire fingers turned bluish white under the force. One could imagine what condition he was in now.
"Caesar! Stop him!" Yuan Zhisheng's voice sounded in the voice channel of the Trieste, "You don't have time to touch that kind of thing! Look below you!"
Yuan Zhisheng also saw the scene of Odin's departure from the video signal. He didn't know what it was and didn't intend to care. The most urgent matter was the ancestral spirits that had been released from the ancient city... or the devil. The guy who could come and go freely in the deep sea was certainly a dangerous thing, but if the devil in front of him was not dealt with, the world would move towards destruction from today.
Caesar looked out the observation window below. The ancient city had completely awakened. Every time it beat like a heartbeat, it brought a huge earthquake to the bottom of the sea. Scarlet water mist was spreading like a smoke bomb. More slender creatures with human heads and snake bodies emerged flexibly from the ruins. When they first appeared, they could only crawl in the water mist, but in just a few dozen seconds they recovered their adaptability, suddenly jumped up, and swam their long snake-like tails and floated rapidly upwards.
They passed by the Trieste without even glancing at the large shell. They had endured darkness for too many years, and their eyes only saw the light that could be caught by looking upwards. Artificial light would not interest them. Caesar clearly saw the iron-blue scales on these things, which had a metallic luster and fine serrations at the ends. Even if he just touched these monsters with his flesh, he would be cut into pieces.
"The corpse guards the ancient city?" Caesar roughly guessed what it was.
The powerful dragons would create corpse guards in their territories. The bodies of dragons would not decay for many years after their death, so the dragons would use alchemy to create their own corpses and use them as city guards. This was a forbidden technique, and humans tried to use this method to create the bodies of pharaohs and nobles in ancient Egypt, but they could only preserve corpses, and could not preserve nerve and muscle activity like the dragons. Only the dragons' corpse guards were real walking corpses.
"The embryo's blood activated this ancient city. This is undoubtedly the city of a powerful dragon clan. You will never be able to return to the surface of the sea without dealing with these corpses! Now is not the time to care about the man on horseback, stop Chu Zihang!" Yuan Zhisheng said loudly.
"But I only have one sulfur bomb in my hand. If you ask me to deal with the corpse guards now, I will..." Before he could finish his words, Chu Zihang had already walked into the watertight compartment. Seeing that the door was about to close, Caesar kicked the emergency brake hard, forcibly shutting down all the equipment in the Trieste and only retaining the power system. The voice and video were completely interrupted.
"Are you crazy? Didn't you hear what the tortoise said? Now is not the time to go look for that thing!" Caesar was almost furious. Although he had never liked Chu Zihang, at least he thought that this guy would be a calm person who would consider the overall situation. But now this seemingly reliable character was getting out of control. All the words he had said before going into the water about centering around him were in vain!
Caesar reached out his hand to hold Chu Zihang's shoulder and pull him back, but Chu Zihang suddenly turned his wrist and hit Caesar with the handle of Murasame's sword. Caesar didn't expect Chu Zihang to actually dare to attack him, so he could only block with his bare hands. The power of the sword handle was no less than that of an iron rod, not to mention that he was a mixed-blood. Caesar was pushed back into the cockpit with his arm blue. Chu Zihang slammed the switch of the hatch, and the watertight compartment was completely closed, seawater was injected, and it only took a moment to open the external hatch and take him into the sea.
"Chu Zihang!" Caesar punched the watertight door, but it was too late. Caesar could only watch the sea water swallow Chu Zihang. Chu Zihang ignored him and turned his head to put on the helmet tightly. His never-extinguished golden eyes burned like flames, and even the sea water turned golden.
The seawater was discharged, bringing Chu Zihang into the sea. In this extreme environment, he immediately felt tremendous pressure coming from all directions. The diving suit on his body was not suitable for such an extreme environment. This was the reason why Caesar stopped him.
Odin was hundreds of meters away from the Trieste and was slowly entering the Mirror Gate. He could not catch up by swimming alone. Chu Zihang held Murasame tightly and held him horizontally at his side. His golden eyes burned, and hot waves rippled in the sea water.
Junyan exploded! A vortex of black flames appeared in the seawater behind the oxygen cylinder. This was the most condensed state of Junyan, without a trace of heat leaking out, like extremely compressed high explosives. The black vortex slowly rotated in the seawater for a second before collapsing. Heat leaked out and sprayed backwards in the form of a spiral. The swirling white steam roared in the deep sea. The water vapor flow and the flames entangled and swirled, pushing Chu Zihang forward at high speed.
Jun Yan once worked together with the Eye of the Wind King to create such a fire tornado. Jörmungandr never cooperated with Chu Zihang again, but Chu Zihang himself could also release Jun Yan in this way.
A crack appeared on Chu Zihang's diving mask under the high pressure, and his vision suddenly blurred. The first thing to be damaged under high pressure is the eyesight. He had to close his eyes and rush straight to Odin with his heart. The royal flame rose above Murasame, repeatedly heating the divine sword. It had once chopped off the head of the god. Now that he has inherited his father's business, he also wants to make Odin awed in the same way!
Time seemed to be stretched out very long at this moment. Chu Zihang felt as if he had been flying in the water for a century. The distance of hundreds of meters was just a stone's throw away with his Junyan Jet acceleration method. He should be able to hit the target soon, but there was no feeling of a hit on the blade from beginning to end.
He had to open his eyes and confirm it with his own eyes.
He was right in front of Odin, maintaining that forward posture. Jun Yan's power was getting weaker and weaker, but there was always gushing foam behind him, which showed that he was moving forward. But he was completely still, not being able to get closer to Odin at all, as if there was an invisible wall in front of him, an insurmountable chasm between gods and mortals, and no matter how strong your will was, you couldn't break through it.
The Murasame in his hand disappeared. Odin slowly raised the Murasame and tilted his head as if to admire the knife. He wondered if this familiar thing would evoke his past memories. Many years ago, a man jumped high with this knife and swung it with a flash of sword, forcing him to retreat.
"Take it," said Odin, his voice booming like thunder.
Odin stuffed Murasame into Chu Zihang's hands and hit Chu Zihang in the chest with his elbow. Chu Zihang felt as if his soul had collapsed at the blow. He flew away from Odin upside down. The oxygen tank and diving suit he carried were shattered in an instant. Sea water poured into his facial features. The pressure of the deep sea was about to take his life. The whole world was dark, but it could never extinguish his burning heart.
Take it? Odin said to him, Take it?
This shows that Odin really knew Murasame, but why would Odin return a knife that was once pointed at him to the person who wanted to kill him, and tell him to keep it?
Chu Zihang's eyes suddenly widened. He figured out a shocking secret, but he no longer had the chance to tell Lu Mingfei about this discovery. Ten thousand meters underwater in the deep sea, he had lost everything that could keep him alive.
Odin turned around and completely entered the mirror door and disappeared. A figure swimming at high speed stuck to the red mist on the seabed and rushed straight towards Chu Zihang. His speed was much faster than Chu Zihang and he successfully caught Chu Zihang before he fell into the group of corpses that rushed out.
Caesar reopened all the systems of the Trieste, the lights came on one by one, and connected to the voice channel. Chu Zihang was in a hurry to run away and die, so let him have fun. He, Caesar, was the team leader, and the team leader had his own things to do. He could not forget his job because of the temporary behavior of his team members.
"Hello, hello? Calling the Trieste! Calling the Trieste!"
"Calling the Trieste!"
This time, Lu Mingfei's inquiry was heard first, followed by Yuan Zhisheng's communication. The sudden interruption of communication made Xumizuo think that something went wrong underwater, although that was indeed the case.
"I'm here." Caesar took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart.
"What happened? I can't see your video signal now. I can only hear your voice, boss. Where's my senior brother? Ask him to call me back!" Lu Mingfei said anxiously. She had just ended the fake call and returned to the central control room when she heard Yuan Zhisheng's roar. Before she could connect to the communication, the Trieste lost contact, which scared her half to death.
"Chu Zihang... he ran away, and I couldn't stop him. He left the submersible and went to look for the man on horseback." Caesar really wanted to choose his words, but it was impossible for him to do so given his current state of mind.
"A man on horseback?" Lu Mingfei's heart skipped a beat. This description made her feel uneasy.
"We saw a door made of seawater on the bottom of the sea, and a man riding a warhorse with a spear in his hand was passing through the door. Chu Zihang went crazy when he saw that thing, and he rushed out desperately to find that guy... To be honest, this is the first time I have seen him like this."
Lu Mingfei was stunned. There was only one kind of man on horseback who could make Chu Zihang mad, and that was Odin, Chu Zihang's enemy. But how could Odin appear at a depth of 10,000 meters under the sea? And how could he come and go freely through some door? Professor Schneider had also mentioned the door. Did he know about this?
"Never mind the door, Caesar! Listen, sulfur bombs are useless in this situation. The only solution is to detonate the nuclear power cabin." Yuan Zhisheng said, "The family has discussed with Professor Schneider through a transoceanic phone call to solve the problem of corpse guards. Currently, only a nuclear explosion can eliminate all targets."
"Nuclear explosion? What should we do then?" said Caesar.
"You have time to evacuate, but the time is limited. Listen to me, the nuclear power module will not explode under normal conditions. To detonate it, the neutron density must exceed the threshold and cause it to overheat." Yuan Zhisheng said, "The Trieste has a nuclear power module. After it overheats, you must immediately float up. I will use a safety line to fish you out of the water. We can shorten the floating process to half an hour. When it explodes, you will be at least four kilometers away from the center of the explosion. In this case, you have a great chance of survival."
