Dragon Race: Dragon of Eternal Time

Chapter 31 The Underwater Bronze City
"Reply to them that our ship has a deep draft, and the hull is still stable, and it can survive the heavy rain." Mance said, "You don't have to worry, this is the Moniach. It is not a tugboat, but a ship. A warship can survive a category 12 storm.”

"Captain, they replied to us that there will be an underwater earthquake of magnitude [-]! They insisted on sending us a rescue helicopter and asking us to abandon the ship! Maybe they realized that something is wrong here!" The third officer said loudly.

"Damn it! There is an earthquake at this time! Reply to them that there are several patients on board, and it is not appropriate to abandon the ship." Mance walked into the front cabin, leaned over to Thelma, and stared at Ye Sheng's heartbeat detection, "Delay a little longer Time, I have a feeling... we're getting close... very close."

Ye Sheng observes the world with the eyes of a "snake". In his eyes, the world is composed of countless information networks. The networks are criss-crossed to form a three-dimensional image. His "snake" travels through the network and feeds back the information it gets to him.

Yaji felt Ye Sheng tremble slightly, his body and blood were getting colder, and his heart rate was dropping, this was when he was most vulnerable.Observing through the mask, Ye Sheng's face was as pale as a dead man's, with only those pale golden pupils flickering.

As always, she hugged Ye Sheng tightly, trying to transfer some of her body temperature to him.Although Ye Sheng is the team leader, she needs her protection now.

Ye Sheng shivered, the pale gold in his pupils disappeared, his heart rate rose rapidly, his blood became warm again, and his complexion improved a lot.

"Is there a result?" Aki asked.

"I took back most of the 'snakes', leaving one to continue exploring." Ye Sheng said, "40 meters below us, there is a huge metal, where the speed of the 'snake' is very fast, because the metal are the best conductors."

"40 meters below? But there are rocks below, and we can't penetrate the 40-meter-thick rock, and how did the Dragon King Norton put his underground palace into the rock?" Yaji said doubtfully.

"Ye Sheng, Ya Ji, get ready to float up." Mance's voice sounded through the earphones, "There may be an underwater earthquake with an intensity of magnitude five, and it will be dangerous to stay underwater."

"Got it, prepare to float up." Ye Sheng took the order.

Suddenly, his face changed.The surrounding water began to oscillate, and Yaji felt it too. The rock she was standing on was shaken, and the entire bottom of the water was shaking, and the mud and sand raised from the bottom of the water blocked her sight.

"The underwater earthquake has already started...Damn it! Their usual early warning is not so accurate!" On the Moniaher, through the sonar chart, Mance clearly knew what was happening underwater, and he turned to the first officer. Shout, "Take up the line! Pull them up quickly! Quick!"

The turbines turned, and the black rope, which served as both a lifeline and a signal line, began to recover.

Suddenly, Mance heard the sound of "cracking" and breaking, which was especially clear and piercing in the noisy storm.

The lifeline snapped.

"No!" Mance yelled in despair, scratching his head in both hands.

In the dark and silent deep water like an abyss, there is still a faint glowing light flickering.Ye Sheng hugged Yaji tightly and kept falling deeper into the abyss.

The earthquake is like a mountain axe, tearing the rock layer at the bottom of the water instantly.They didn't have time to react, and they felt the huge water pressure from top to bottom, like a huge wave hitting their heads.

In deep water, the pressure itself is enormous.Because of the cracks caused by the earthquake, a huge cavity appeared under the feet, causing the pressure above to suddenly increase.

Millions of tons of water poured into that cavity, sucking them in with the rock.Not even the lifelines of nanomaterials are immune to this natural force.

There was a dead silence on the boat, and Mance inserted his hands into his hair and brushed it back violently, pulling it so hard that it hurt at the root.

The loudspeaker is only the hiss of current disorder, the signal is interrupted, and life and death are unknown.He may have lost two of his favorite students forever, although he had foreseen that possibility, because it was the same ten years ago.

The situation at the bottom of the water is unknown, and rashly sending people down for rescue may cause more serious consequences, but he can't give up on his students, they may still be alive, waiting for his rescue.Mance looked resolute: "Selma, prepare the diving equipment for me."

"This is Ye Sheng, please answer if you receive it. Yaji and I are both still alive, and I am currently speaking to you through the current of the 'snake'. We think we have arrived...'Norton, the Lord of Bronze and Fire' palace."

"Are you sure?" Mance's voice trembled slightly, "God bless! It's great that you are all right..."

"I'm sure, in front of my eyes is a huge bronze wall." Ye Sheng replied.

At the bottom of the abyss, Ye Sheng and Ya Ji held each other's hands tightly, floating in the dark water.Looking up, the light from the spotlight is swallowed by the darkness, and there is endless darkness in all directions, which is frightening and suffocating.

Only in the front, there stands a huge bronze wall, extending up, down, left, and right, boundless and infinite.This has gone far beyond the scope of human understanding and reached the realm of 'God'.

The earthquake temporarily stopped, the dust settled, and the vision became clearer.

From the patina on the bronze wall, Ye Sheng recognized a mottled imprint, which was exactly the same as the imprint on the pottery shard that he discovered just now. It was a huge, ferocious and painful face burning in the flames.

"This is... a city of bronze?" Yaji said softly.

"This is the same as the city of bronze that he forged in the Nordic ice and snow in the legend." Ye Sheng said, "We are lucky! Thanks to the underwater earthquake that opened the cracks, otherwise we would not be able to drill holes under the water to get here."

"Yeah, I didn't expect it to be buried tens of meters deep underground, and the whole city was cast in bronze. How did he do it?" Yaji asked.

"Professor von Schneider guessed that the Dragon King Norton hollowed out the entire mountain as a mold, and poured the copper paste from the top of the mountain. When the bronze cooled and solidified, and the rocks crumbled, his incomparable palace was completed." Ye Sheng explained.

"It's a crazy construction method." Yaji said softly, "Will he... be in it?"

"You have to go in and have a look to find out." Ye Sheng said, "I'm looking forward to it."

"Ye Sheng, Ya Ji, withdraw immediately," Mance issued an order, "I'm worried that there will be aftershocks, and your oxygen reserves are also insufficient."

"Professor, this is the edge of the two worlds of dragons and humans. The 'King of Bronze and Fire' is inviting us to come in as guests. If the aftershocks fill up the cracks, we will never have another chance." Ye Sheng replied, "I can feel There is something in it, my 'snake' is trembling."

(End of this chapter)