Dragon Race: Dragon of Eternal Time

Chapter 34 Trapped in the Bronze City
She picked up the waterproof camera hanging around her neck, divided the dome into small pieces, took pictures of the patterns on it, and sent them back to the Moniach.

"Back up quickly! This is an unexpected harvest!" Mance was very pleasantly surprised, "It is the first time for us humans to obtain such a huge amount of dragon text data. Although it is not yet decipherable for the time being, this is still an extremely precious discovery for us."

Complicated lines kept appearing on Yaji's screen. These lines reminded her of what she saw when she had a "spiritual vision" in the rating test, but the lines here were more complicated than that.

She wanted to take more shots, so she lowered the output pressure of the oxygen cylinder, which could extend the time.

By the way, wait for Ye Sheng.

The reduced oxygen delivery made her dizzy, and the lines on the dome became blurred.She paused the shot, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath, trying to wake herself up.

"Aki, your heart is beating faster, are you okay?" Thelma's nervous voice came from the earphone.

"I'm fine, just a little dizzy." Yaji said.

Suddenly, someone behind her supported her shoulders.

She turned her head in surprise and found that it was Ye Sheng.

"You're back, have you completed the mission? Why didn't I hear the sound of the explosion?" Yaji relaxed when he saw Ye Sheng again.

"Aki! Who are you talking to?!" Thelma yelled.But it couldn't reach Yaji's ears.

"Underwater explosion, the movement will not be too big." Ye Sheng spread his hands, "The task is completed, and we will return after collecting some bronze materials. There is not much time left."

"Okay, I've finished taking pictures of the dome pattern."

"Look at that, we can try to bring that thing back." Ye Sheng pointed to a bronze statue and said.

"Okay." Yaji was dragged by Ye Sheng, and swam towards the statue. The water was separated along her diving suit, and there was a slight warmth.

The statue is only a few tens of centimeters high. He is wearing an ancient Chinese robe and holds the tooth wat held by the minister in both hands.He stood on a bridge-shaped bronze pole with his head slightly drooping, as if saluting respectfully to the emperor.

Strangely, his head looked like a cobra, and his slender neck protruded from the collar of his robe, which looked extremely abrupt.This is a snake face.

"What is this?" Yaji turned to Ye Sheng.

"Probably a totem of the dragon clan, it will be useful to bring it back, so you can take it down." Ye Sheng said.

"Okay." Yaji nodded slightly and swam over.

She came face to face with the snake-faced man, and found that the snake-faced man's eyes were made of pure silver, and a sharp silver light flashed on the dark bronze surface, as if blinking.

This is impossible.Yaji shook his head and dispelled this strange idea. It was just an illusion caused by reflections, and deep-water operations must remain calm.

She reached out and grabbed the snake-faced man's neck. Surprisingly, she lifted it up without any effort. The bronze statue was not as heavy as she thought.

"Ye Sheng, it's easy to take it off!" Yaji turned around and said.

Suddenly, a shadow appeared beside her, grabbing her neck with lightning speed.

Relying on the physical training he received at Kassel College and years of experience in underwater operations, Yaji pulled out his jackknife without hesitation and swiped across.

At the same time she shouted: "Ye Sheng! Be careful!"

"The signal is interrupted!" Thelma exclaimed, "The signal between us and Yaji is interrupted!"

"Take up the line! Take up the line! Warning Ye Sheng!" Mance froze for a moment and shouted.

The engine at the stern rotated again, retrieving Aki's lifeline.

"There's no tension on the engine," Thelma said, losing all color on her face, "Aki's lifeline broke again!"

The speed of that shadow was extremely fast, he bounced off Yaji's jackknife with a weapon in his hand, and hit the top of Yaji's helmet hard, Yaji only felt dizzy for a while.

She subconsciously rolled back, trying to avoid the shadow's next attack, but the opponent was very fast, opened his arms wide, and hugged her tightly.

"Ye Sheng! Shoot!" Yaji shouted.

"Shoot at whom?" asked Shadow.

Ye Sheng is equipped with a Russian-made SSP-1 underwater pistol, which has been specially modified by a lunatic from the equipment department.

Yaji froze, it was Ye Sheng's voice.

Once, when they were training on the Great Barrier Reef, her oxygen tank failed underwater.At the moment before losing consciousness, she also heard Ye Sheng's voice, so she regained consciousness.That saved her life.

She opened her beautiful eyes suddenly, and saw the black shadow hugging her clearly, the dim light in the other's helmet illuminated his face, it was a young face, it was Ye Sheng!
"How come there are two Ye Shengs?" Ya Ji was terrified.

She turned her head to look behind her, the Ye Sheng who brought her to swim had long since disappeared, and what floated in the water was a snake-faced sculpture of the same height as a human.

Its silver bead eyes shone strangely, and its grinning mouth bared its fangs, as if mocking them.It defies the laws of physics and floats strangely.

Ye Sheng pulled out his pistol, and shot the sculpture's face off: "It's too dangerous! When I came back, I saw that thing floating behind you, until you reached out to activate the system."

Only then did Yaji realize that his lifeline and data cable were broken.

She picked up the lifeline to check, and saw a neat cut, apparently cut with a knife.

Yaji touched her waist, and suddenly realized... She drew her knife and cut the lifeline!

"Oh my god!" Yaji shuddered, "Is it a hallucination?"

"Maybe it's because of those dragon writings," Ye Sheng pointed at the dome. "You stare at those dragon writings for a long time, and subconsciously start to interpret the dragon writings. This will make your mind uncontrollable and produce hallucinations."

"I shouldn't have activated some mechanism." Yaji murmured.

Suddenly, there was a sharp "click" sound from all around, as if someone was holding a sharp piece of metal and scratching the glass next to your ear, which was so ear-piercing.

Ye Sheng and Ya Ji looked at the surrounding bronze walls, tens of thousands of bronze gears slowly began to rotate.

Inside the cave eeriely sounded the bells that would only ring in a temple or a church.The rust spots on the bronze gears gradually began to peel off, and the gears were biting together and turning, making a muffled "cluck, cluck, cluck" sound.

They raised their heads abruptly, and in the darkness that could not be seen clearly, a huge ancient clock with a strange shape rang.

The bronze pendulum oscillates back and forth around the bearing.The snake-faced man on the bronze wall moved at the same time, respectfully raised the tooth wat in his hand, bent his slender snake neck, looked up at the dome, like an ancient pilgrimage ceremony.

"Oops! You've activated the system," Ye Sheng looked at the bronze rod pushed by Yaji just now, "I don't know what kind of system it is, but I'm sure it's not a good thing...it's a trap! "

There was a huge shock in his heart, he felt that the "snake" he had left around to guard against was fleeing.

This is an unprecedented phenomenon, the "snake" is his loyal servant, always inhabiting the depths of his consciousness, and at this moment, absolute fear makes the "snake" escape from its master.

Ye Sheng had a splitting headache, and other snakes in the depths of his consciousness were also rushing in panic, as if they were going to crush his head.

"We must evacuate as soon as possible!" Ye Sheng said, enduring the pain.He pulled out the jackknife from Aki's waist and stabbed it into the gap between the two gears.

This power is astonishing. The jackknife made of nanomaterials is extremely sharp, piercing into the bronze wall to a depth of two inches. Two gears were stuck by the jackknife and could not rotate. The shaking of the huge bronze clock slowed down and it lost its power. .

"As long as it is a machine, it needs power, even the alchemy machine!" Ye Sheng shouted, "Let's go! The road is changing! The Bronze City is starting to move!"

A moment later, the jackknife fell, and the huge bronze clock regained its power and roared angrily.

(End of this chapter)