Five years old Lu Mingfei

Chapter 30 Thirty. Repay the favor
Lu Mingfei walked in front and led the way, and Nono followed behind him.

The intricate corridors in the Bronze City seemed like nothing in front of Lu Mingfei. After a long journey, they arrived at an open space.

What appeared next was a huge bronze tree. Its top almost poked out of the dome, and the branches and leaves that sprouted all around formed a dizzying fractal pattern.

Lu Mingfei stopped and looked up at the top of the tree.

"What's wrong?" Nono asked confused.

Lu Mingfei looked troubled and said, "I want to do something, but the consequences will be serious..."

"Can it be more serious than both of us dying here?" Nono said calmly.

Lu Mingfei thought for half a second and gave a negative reply: "That's not the case. With luck, we should be able to get out of here."

"Then you don't have to hesitate. It's better to have a chance to escape than to wait to die here." Nono came to a conclusion directly.

"Okay." Lu Mingfei agreed readily.

He took a step forward, stretched out his hand, bit his thumb, and smeared bright blood onto the bronze tree.

The rust rubbed against the wound, exacerbating the pain but also blocking the flow of blood.

However, this is almost enough.

The strange symbols drawn with blood seemed to activate the switch of the mechanism. The entire bronze tree began to stretch out like a living thing, and the leaves and branches all over the sky emitted a dazzling brilliance.

Lu Mingfei turned his five fingers into sharp claws and penetrated into the bronze tree. It didn't even struggle, it just trembled and allowed the source of its life to flow into Lu Mingfei's body.

After the light dissipated, the bronze tree withered and stiffened little by little, turning into a dead body.

"What is that?" Nono opened his eyes wide and was surprised.

"This bronze tree is the control center of the entire Bronze City, and it is also an energy storage device. I just drained out all the energy in it." Lu Mingfei explained.

"Huh? Let's not talk about how you did this. If you drain out the energy, what will happen next?" Nono's face was stiff.

"Asking knowingly," Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes: "Of course it self-destructed. It has no energy. It is still running on a thread. It must have exploded directly with us."

The sound of gears turning could be heard from the surrounding walls, and bronze shards fell from the ceiling.

"This place is going to collapse! Run!"

Lu Mingfei didn't hesitate for a second and immediately ran forward.

"Ah! Bastard!" Nuonuo shouted, "I'm really going to be killed by you this time!"

"Didn't you agree? And now there's no need to set off the bomb."

"You're right, but I still want to bite you to death!"

"Run quickly! After it starts to self-destruct, it will open the only escape channel. If you wait any longer, you can wait for Kesha to collect the body for you!"

"Get out! If you die, you die first!" While the two were bickering, the road ahead was filled with water at some point.

Lu Mingfei tightened his damaged diving suit again, stretched out his hand to Nono and raised his eyebrows: "Now it's your turn to hold my hand. If you let go halfway, don't expect me to come back to save you."

Nuonuo held his hand tightly: "You think I'm a little white rabbit. If that happens, you'd better not come back. I, Chen Motong, can't afford to lose that person."

The two looked at each other, smiled, and dived together into the rapids.

The entire Bronze City was wailing, as if it knew its fate and was struggling to defy it at the last moment.

In the darkness of the falling rain, Nuonuo grabbed Lu Mingfei's wrist tightly, maybe? Lu Mingfei wasn't sure. His exposed hand was numb and he couldn't feel anything.

I don't know how long it took, but the exit was right in front of me. Looking at Lu Mingfei's gesture, Nono finally felt at ease.

She took Lu Mingfei's hand and wanted to escape with him, but Lu Mingfei broke away.

She looked at him in shock, but saw Lu Mingfei pointing at his remaining oxygen with a smile.

"The walkie-talkie seems to still be working. It's obviously been flooded. It can't be made by Nokia... Ahem, I'm going too far. Well, I'll send you here. A lot of oxygen was leaked before, and now it's floating. It’s no longer useful..." Lu Mingfei laughed dryly.

"What are you doing! Come and follow me! There's no reason to give up before the last step!" Nuonuo finally understood. He never thought of leaving here safely in the first place.

Lu Mingfei removed his own oxygen bottle and gave it to Nono: "Here is this for you. I won't use it anymore. There is less than a third left. Plus your share, it should be enough for you to return safely." On board.”

"Stop joking!" Nono didn't let go of Lu Mingfei's hand at all: "It's like saying goodbye forever. I hate this word the most!"

Lu Mingfei still smiled: "I didn't say goodbye to you forever. There is still oxygen in Bronze City. I will find a place to hide and wait for you to go back and call someone to save me. If you don't leave, I will really die. ”

Nuonuo took a deep breath and said resolutely: "Then let me stay. My water quality is better than yours. Even if there is an unexpected time..."

Lu Mingfei shook his head gently and interrupted her: "You will die, Chen Motong. Don't forget that I owe you a favor. If you die here, I will never be able to repay you in my lifetime."

"You don't have to worry that I won't die. If I died so easily, I wouldn't agree to carry out this mission." He said easily.

Nuonuo bit her white lips. When Lu Mingfei called her name, she knew that she would not be able to convince Lu Mingfei. If the stalemate continued, it would only be a waste of their time. She would rather be burdened by that kind of indecision. Even if you die, you won't take it for granted.

She made up her mind to let go of Lu Mingfei's hand and pierced the escape hatch like an arrow from a string.

When he looked back, Lu Mingfei had disappeared.

There was deathly silence in the forward cabin of the Monyach.

The connection status on the monitoring screen is still disconnected. The connection between the Monyach and the dive team is disconnected for an unknown reason. Staring at the surveillance screen were Manstein and Kesha. From the moment it was disconnected, their eyes did not leave there for thirty minutes.

"Thirty minutes have passed, and the chance of survival is already very low." Manstein whispered.

"Now we should send the second group to dive. It doesn't matter even if I am the only one. They are still alive before the oxygen is exhausted." Kesha said coldly.

Manstein was unmoved: "If you wait another thirty minutes, diving now will be in vain."

(End of this chapter)