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He finally couldn't stand Zero's gaze and sighed.
Then I'll be honest. Anyway, I, Lu Mingfei, acted honestly. I didn't steal or rob. My senior and junior sisters and I were willing to do this. What does it have to do with you, an outsider?
He was furious in his heart, and his eyes became clearer. "Okay, okay, actually..."
At this moment, thunder suddenly exploded at the foot of the mountain, and the loud bang was heard from the abandoned village not far away. Lu Mingfei and Ling were both stunned and looked towards the direction of the mountain at the same time.
"Senior Sister, there is an abandoned village at my nine o'clock direction. Are Yuan Zhisheng and Miss Ying there?" Lu Mingfei pressed the earplugs, and the helpless and innocent expression he had just had suddenly disappeared.
Although this guy was a little anxious and worried, he was afraid that Crow's father was ignorant of the world and had to get involved in the dispute between the mixed-bloods. He was also worried that Yuan Zhisheng and Yuan Zhinu would meet here.
If the two brothers had fought each other, it would have taken some time to determine the winner. However, when Yuan Zhinu called Lu Mingfei, it was clear that Wang Jiang had already arrived at Tama River.
Until now, the structure of the Menggui Clan has been almost dismantled. It seems that Yuan Zhinu is the uncrowned king standing in the shadow organization of the Eight Snake Families, but in fact, Wang Jiang is the one hiding behind the scenes.
There is no King General in the world, or rather, there was once a gangster leader who called himself King General, but in the end his value was eaten up by Herzog. Today's King General should be Herzog's Shadow Warrior.
Lu Mingfei had faced that kind of dangerous and strange thing before. The eyes under the noble mask were rendered in red gold. In the world of dragons, red-gold pupils were the privilege of princes. When Chu Zihang pushed the blood burst to the fourth degree, the golden pupils were also red.
A next-generation shadow warrior with unknown purpose might be lurking in the mountain. Lu Mingfei trembled silently, and his hand tucked into his sleeve quietly clenched the handle of the lustful knife.
"Their signal source is indeed very close to you, but I'm not sure if it's an abandoned town or village. Some uninhabited villages have been deleted from satellite maps after they were updated in recent years." Nono spoke quickly, and at the same time, the sound of keyboard typing came from the other side. "By the way, I saw you guys were talking so happily just now, but there's something I didn't tell you. Finkel is here too. This guy knocked out the original crew members and occupied the cockpit. He's with me now."
"Hey, my little brother, did you miss me?" A man's voice then came from the earphone. It sounded like that guy was right next to Nuonuo. Lu Mingfei could even imagine the smug look on Brother Loser's face from his tone.
Lu Mingfei's eyes twitched and he looked at Ling.
Ling nodded in the direction where the explosion came from and said, "Just go and take a look and you'll know."
Lu Mingfei thought it made sense. After all, they came out to try their luck and see if they could find Mr. Saeki.
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The Ditriaster vibrated slightly. The domain of the Word Spirit. Diamond Realm was originally attached to the outer shell of this prototype. It not only helped it to resist the high temperature brought by the King's Flame, but also blocked the impact of the huge amount of steam expansion and the seawater with a pressure of more than one hundred atmospheres.
Now that this indestructible armor has been removed, the Trieste is like a general taking off his armor and going to the battlefield. When it is hit by weapons, all the bones and muscles in its body are wailing.
This is six thousand meters below the sea surface. Twenty minutes ago, the communication between the Dilieste and the command center was completely cut off. As the captain, Chu Zihang reported the situation here and explained that he used the stable burst of Junyan to kill thousands of Ghost-toothed Vipers that attempted to swallow them.
Of course, the existence of Jude Mai was concealed in the report, otherwise the dispatch tower would have forced the Ditrieste to return by now.
The submersible was tied down by three alloy safety ropes, leaving no room for resistance.
What really surprised Chu Zihang and Caesar was that Principal Angers and the executive department actually gave them instructions at the same time to continue diving and try to destroy the ancient dragon embryo.
Ever since the principal privately resigned from his duties and fled to Tokyo, the core power of the executive department has nominally returned to the hands of the board of directors. Although Professor Schneider will still stand on the side of the principal when he has to make a choice, it is obvious that the decision on the Trieste is not within this range.
In other words, the executive department represents the wishes of the board of directors, and Frost, as the acting board member, would actually let Caesar take the risk.
It's incredible.
The atmosphere in the cockpit was a little quiet. Jiude Mai was fiddling with her long sword, while Caesar and Chu Zihang were in a daze in front of the operating table.
This submersible does not need them to control it, the automatic system will take appropriate actions at the right time.
The watertight compartments were still being filled with seawater, and the propeller of the Trieste was turning slowly, sinking at a steady speed.
Until now they still haven't seen the so-called ecosystem, and now Caesar even suspects whether he has been fooled.
Seven thousand meters.
The inner wall of the cockpit was suddenly illuminated with the color of the wall at sunset. The three people looked out of the observation window and found that the sea water here was no longer the dark blue-black color, but a bright golden red.
There was a light like molten gold flowing in the sea water.
"We are very close to our destination." Chu Zihang looked at Caesar. The feeling of uneasiness in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, as if he was heading towards...
death.
Jiude Mai walked out from the shadows, stretching her slender body wantonly and overlooking the observation port below.
Across hundreds of meters of deep sea water, one can vaguely see a dark, molten-gold crack that stretches across the sea. There is no end in sight in the north and south directions. Red rock layers are rolling out of the crack, and magma is gushing out intermittently, slowly flowing in all directions. The icy-cold sea water and the scorching magma are blending like water and milk, and faint thunder is echoing all around.
"This is an irreparable scar on this planet." Caesar also looked down at the place and whispered.
"The Japanese Trench, your destination should be there, the Lenin is also sunk in it." Jiude Mai said softly, her charming pupils were reflected in the golden light, her cheeks looked unreal.
"It is connected to the Kuril Trench in the north and the Ogasawara Trench in the south, and extends all the way to the southwest to the Mariana Islands. You can think of these trenches as a huge trench that stretches for thousands of kilometers. From a geological point of view, it is the junction of the Eurasian Plate and the Pacific Plate. The crust at the junction of the plates is very unstable, and volcanoes may erupt at any time, or like this, the fiery red mantle may turn over the surface. Therefore, Japan is a place where earthquakes occur frequently. There is a theory that if the crust activity is too intense, Japan may sink into the Pacific Ocean overnight like Atlantis."
"Let's go down and take a look. If the god is really in there, we will drop the sulfur alchemical bomb down." Caesar said. Chu Zihang nodded, pushed the pull rod, and the submersible began to dive.
Chapter 355: She’s just a princess, what’s wrong with hugging her?
It was really chilly in the mountains on a snowy day. The strong wind blew against Lu Mingfei's umbrella, as if there was a little goblin pulling at the tip of the umbrella and swinging it back and forth with laughter.
The ice deep in the snow under their feet became more and more solid, and when Lu Mingfei and Ling walked quickly past, they heard dense crackling sounds under their feet.
"I'm calling the nearest satellite to aim the camera at the coordinates where Genno Chisei and Yabuki Sakura are located, but the weather is too bad. The dark clouds and blizzards prevent even the most advanced optical cameras in low-Earth orbit from forming images on the screen." Finkel's voice came from Nono's side. Lu Mingfei could imagine that guy squatting in front of a laptop that was much smaller than his, as anxious as a monkey who had lost a banana, typing away on Nono's special keyboard with his fingers twirling.
“It’s okay. The place where the explosion came from is not far from us. With the speed of Zero and I, we can get there in no time… Fortunately, the camp of the Yamanashi Institute of Environmental Sciences is near the Thunder Valley, and the noise of the drilling rig is loud enough, otherwise the workers there would have been alerted by now.” Lu Mingfei held on his earplugs and walked down the mountain against the wind and snow.
After all, they are just ordinary people. Although the academy and the Sheqi Eight Families are now at loggerheads, no one wants to spread the dispute to ordinary people in Tokyo.
Even though the gang war last night did not cause much trouble to ordinary people except for causing traffic jams in some areas.
"The helicopter is equipped with air-to-ground weapons. In addition to steel core bullets and mercury core alchemical armor-piercing bullets, the executive department has also specially prepared Frigga bullets. Do you need me to provide air support?" Nono's voice was calm. This was her personality. She looked unreliable at ordinary times, but she could always calm down quickly at critical moments and make the best solution among many choices.
In another world, if Nuonuo had not accepted Caesar's proposal, she would have had to drop out of Kassel College in her junior year at the request of the Chen family and the Gattuso family and enter the Golden Iris College in the Maldives. Perhaps there would have been one more beheader among the graduates of that year.
In the academy, Nuonuo and Susie were always competitors. They were the best girl in the Student Union and the best girl in the Lionheart Club respectively. Even Isabel, Lu Mingfei's most capable assistant and the most caring secretary at that time, regarded Nuonuo as someone to chase after.
"No, Senior Sister, you should stay in the sky and provide us with logistical support and information support." Lu Mingfei sighed, "The Japanese branch executive bureau is full of killers. They may have brought individual missile launchers. Helicopters are thin-skinned and have a lot of stuffing, so they can't withstand a few rounds."
This kind of thing is not without precedent. In another world, Yuan Zhisheng drove his large-displacement Hummer to the Feiqi Airport to the salt marsh to pick up Dao Lu Mingfei and his group who had just arrived in Japan. The back seat was filled with weapons and ammunition that could arm an entire squad, including a single-soldier missile launcher.
On the night of the assassination of the King, Crow and Yaksha also carried this thing with them, and they blew away all the Deadpools on the Sky Tree with a rocket.
At this time, sporadic gunshots began to be heard in the distance. It could be heard that neither side was firing indiscriminately, but was conducting an anticipated encounter in an organized and cultured manner.
Lu Mingfei was stunned, and his expression turned a little ugly.
He was not as proficient in firearms as Caesar, and the exclusive weapon he chose in the practical class was also a short arc knife, so he could not tell what type of weapon the combatant was using just by the sound of the gunfire.
But he could tell the difference between an automatic rifle, a shotgun, a homemade shotgun, and a pistol.
The gunshots that were still ringing at this time were rapid and dense, and the sound of bullets leaving the gun was crisp, sounding like an assault team mixing automatic rifles and submachine guns.
Japan is a country with extremely strict gun prohibitions. Even in gang fights that develop into life-and-death fights, the most that can be obtained are revolvers that have long been eliminated and short-barreled shotguns that fire deer bullets on the black market. When the Snake Eight Family Execution Bureau carries out decapitation missions against demons, they will try to avoid firearms that may cause panic and use swords to solve the problem.
But it is obvious that both warring parties are no longer following the original rules.
Enemies that follow the rules are easy to deal with, but opponents outside the rules are particularly tricky.
"This helicopter is hovering at a height of five kilometers away from you. The wind and snow will serve as our cover. If you are in danger during the encounter, I will immediately launch air-to-ground missiles nearby to destroy the remaining hostile forces. Then you will see us appear above your head within five minutes." Nono said coldly, "The hit rate of the rocket launcher is very touching when facing highly mobile targets. I am willing to take the risk."
Lu Mingfei took a deep breath and said, "Okay."
Although Qi Lan had not said a word on the public channel in the three hours since he found the commanding heights and set up the sniper rifle, Lu Mingfei knew that at this moment, the crosshairs of the modified sniper rifle, which was so powerful that it could even penetrate the outer armor of a tank within one kilometer, were guarding the surroundings with himself as the center.
Qilan is actually a silent and efficient man. His style of doing things is close to perfect. He is a combination of the Middle Eastern version of Chu Zihang and Lancelot.
This guy's excellence has always been overshadowed by Lu Mingfei's brilliance. All the shining talents of his generation have been looking up to Lu Mingfei to survive.
"Hey, hey, wait a minute, please! When you are in love with each other, can you consider other people's feelings and thoughts?" At this time, a certain useless man asked a soul-searching question unwillingly.
Then, Finger's screams could be heard from the earplugs. The senior sister was probably reaching out to twist the guy's ears, saying, "Isn't Lu Mingfei your brother? Isn't sticking your neck out for your brothers a common saying for people like you?"
Finkel said, "From a friendship point of view, I would risk my life for my junior brother, but reason tells me that there are a group of girls in Cuba with butts that can hold up a big glass of champagne and are waiting for me... It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, why can't I go, I go?"
"Kim Kardashian will have it, and so will Blake Lively, but with your age as an uncle in reserve and your Bruce Willis-like weathered features, I doubt whether Cuban girls will be blindly attracted to you!" Nono shouted.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. You've become much sharper in your words."
"No way, no way. Senior brother is still as cowardly as ever, with a thick skin that can serve as a bulletproof vest."
"Hey, hey, I think it's understandable to take advantage of opportunities to stab you, but it's unnecessary to stab you directly in the vital points, right? Haven't you heard a saying? Sincerity is the killer skill. Junior sister, you are so sincere in listing all my unique skills. It's hard for me to survive in the underworld!" Brother Loser was filled with righteous indignation.
"You are still in the underworld. Could it be the legendary paparazzi avenue?"
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Lu Mingfei listened to the quarrel between Nuonuo and Finger in his earphones and smiled silently. The world has changed a lot, but Finger is still the same.
Then he knew that what he was experiencing was not a dream.
Lu Mingfei took a deep breath and looked at the abandoned village that had appeared in his sight.
Such villages are not uncommon in this mountainous area, with low torii gates at the entrance, carp flags so broken that they are unrecognizable hung on rusty street lamps or mottled electric poles on both sides of the road, a small shrine under a big tree, and a stone Jizo in the corner with a thin incense stick that has been extinguished for who knows how many years.
"I shouldn't have worn high-heeled boots," Zero complained.
“It doesn’t matter. The combat effectiveness of the Execution Bureau is considered elite even among the Execution Department. If Crow’s father is really there, Yuan Zhisheng will not be unable to protect him.” Lu Mingfei shook his head.
What he was really worried about was always General Wang.
Whether Herzog is dead or alive is still a mystery, so Wang Jiang’s identity at this moment becomes even more confusing.
Maybe he is still the shadow warrior who is comparable to the next generation, but the controller has changed from the dead souls of Nameless Port to an ambitious person who wants to take away everything from Herzog.
"I can take off my boots," Zero said, "The hybrids won't get frostbite, and they can speed up the process, and they won't be a burden if there's a fight later."
Lu Mingfei was stunned and tilted his head to look at Ling who had a serious expression.
He ended the call with the helicopter and tapped Zero's forehead lightly with his knuckles.
"I'll carry you away." He frowned. "How can you take off your boots and walk barefoot in the snow in this weather? Uterine cold is a lifelong problem."
While Ling was still trying to understand the words "uterine cold is a lifelong problem", Lu Mingfei had already stuffed the umbrella into her hands without saying anything, bent down and picked up the little queen.
This guy is tall and strong, with muscles as tight as steel, while Ling is petite and soft, so carrying her like a princess is effortless for President Lu now.
But for a moment, Lu Mingfei was a little surprised with the soft jade and warm fragrance in his arms. He didn't understand why he did such an presumptuous act that could get him killed a dozen times by the princess without thinking.
Ling was really surprised. He struggled subconsciously at first, then held down his hem and lapels tightly to prevent his coat from opening to both sides and allowing Lu Mingfei to take advantage of him and see his sexy figure.
Little Renata is a grown-up girl now, with a slim waist, long legs, a swan neck, grown breasts and perky butt. She is the kind of pretty girl with a good figure who can make older men turn their heads when she puts on a swimsuit and appears at the beach.
But Lu Mingfei did not see Ling's helpless look at the moment, nor did he see the icy princess turning her head away and hiding the smoky blush on her cheeks in the shadows.
He just squatted slightly, then jumped up like a cheetah and ran wildly in the snow on the winding mountain.
Ling had to hug Lu Mingfei tightly and buried her little face in his chest. This guy opened his thick coat and wrapped her in it, blocking the snow and wind outside.
The umbrella was blown over the moment Lu Mingfei started running wildly. The huge trees on both sides, which were unable to stand up due to the weight of the snow, retreated at a rapid speed. Ling only felt that Lu Mingfei's heartbeat had hardly changed, and his breathing was only slightly rapid.
Only after she calmed down did Ling realize how tough Lu Mingfei was, holding her tightly. As she ran, her muscles hidden by her winter clothes rippled like water in an invisible place. The warmth that penetrated into her bones wrapped her up completely, and there was also a faint scent of beech wood, which was the scent of Lu Mingfei.