If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

The terrain around the Taishan Temple in Kuimen was originally a mountainous area. The overflowing river water literally submerged one island after another in the lake. The stormy waves kept rising and engulfed the remaining land area. It was foreseeable that it would continue to rise again. After a while, this place will become the same vast ocean land as it was millions of years ago.

The wings of the aircraft cut through the violent storm in the black clouds, and a huge shadow landed in the thunder, like some kind of beast carrying wind and thunder to attack the earth. Only Sleipnir's pilots had the courage to fly in this harsh weather environment. Landing on smooth ground, the dark take-off and landing wheels were wet with rain and refracted the lightning. The moment it touched the ground, the entire fuselage shook violently, just like a precursor to falling apart.

Before the speed has completely slowed down, the island that serves as the runway is about to see the cliff at the end and the roaring waves jumping up against the cliff. At a thrilling moment, Sleipnir's engine is fully turned on in reverse, and the flames evaporate a large amount of rainwater to form steam. The take-off and landing wheels made of special materials that are resistant to high temperatures made a sharp friction sound, leaving two dark tracks in the heavy rain. They did not stop completely until they finally hit a stone and fell into the river under the cliff. .

Sleipnir's engine stalled, the door opened, and the emergency air cushion popped up. A black figure flew out of the cabin first, landed on the air cushion, bounced several times, and landed on the ground.

Then, Lin Nian's figure rushed out from behind the cabin and jumped down, leaping over the entire emergency staircase. He didn't even bend his knees to cushion the landing. He stepped on the bronze box that was about to fly out, and wrapped himself in a black raincoat around the building. An island surrounded by river water.

For some reason, Lu Mingfei, who was watching this scene from the porthole, always wanted to add emojis like "バァ——ン" around Lin Nian, who was so coquettish in the pouring rain. It seemed that the smell would be different in this way. Something feels right.

"It's safe. No trace of the target has been found." After a few seconds of quiet observation, Lin Nian raised his hand and pressed the wireless headset beside his ear and said.

Then Chu Zihang, Caesar and others, wearing black raincoats from the executive department, appeared in the cabin. Everyone jumped down with their hands held in a very standard manner. After landing, they were still tense and alert to the surrounding heavy rain and rain. Raging waves.

The original beautiful place of Kuimen has now been completely transformed into a terrace to watch the sea. Standing on this land that was originally a mountain but has become an island, surrounded by the black flood that is about to be submerged, it feels quite unique. The illusion that you are not inland but alone on the stormy Caribbean Sea.

Manstein was the last one to jump out of the cabin. After landing, he quickly walked towards the center of the already formed tactical team. "Still unable to contact the 'orthodox' people. The radio seemed to have been affected by the storm and it was difficult to transmit the signal. "

"Is there a problem with the signal base station?" Susie took out the waterproof mobile phone issued by the executive department and saw that the signal was zero.

"It's not a problem with the signal base station. Even satellite phones can't receive communications. The signal in the entire area here is blocked. I think everyone can guess the reason." Lin Nian mentioned the seven deadly sins and walked towards it based on his feelings. One side of the cliff.

"'Field'?" Chu Zihang was no stranger to this familiar scene. On another rainy night in his memory, they were also in a predicament of isolation from the world. No signals or news could be sent out from that elevated road. , in this kind of 'field', or unique 'space', the entire block area is like an isolated island in the sea.

"Can I contact the principal?" Lin Nian looked at Manstein and asked.

"We contacted him half an hour ago. Until we arrived in the Kuimen area, nothing unusual happened at the college." Manstein nodded.

The 'Bronze Project' has brought the true elites of the academy to the Yangtze River. The academy headquarters is bound to be empty of military power. Hilbert Jean Angers, the old 'S', must sit in the headquarters to avoid the last time when everyone leaves. Situation of external intrusion. What's more, there is a considerable treasure such as Constantine's 'Dragon Bone' hidden in the academy. Everyone will covet the legacy left by the Dragon King and dream of relying on the dragon bone to become the second new king to sit on the throne.

"What should we do now? This place is still some distance away from the waters of Baidi City, and we still lack diving equipment and a lot of preparation work." Nono asked.

"It's impossible for the plane to fly to the target water area for skydiving in this kind of weather. Who knows where people will be blown as soon as the umbrella is opened." Manstein raised his head, his face was wet with rain, and his eyes were full of irritability. and worries.

"Look over there." Chu Zihang suddenly said.

Everyone followed his line of sight and saw Lin Nian standing on the edge of the cliff. Of course, Chu Zihang didn't mean for them to look at Lin Nian, but at the position where Lin Nian had been looking at a long time ago - at There were dazzling navigation lights leaving traces on the rolling river like a sword cutting through the darkness, heading straight towards them. It was a white landing ship with a displacement of a thousand tons, rushing on the surging river. The engine was coming at full speed from the Yangtze River, and the sound of the whistle cut through the roar of the hurricane like a trumpet.

"'Orthodox' people. Flares."

Lin Nian did not look back. He reached back, took the signal gun handed by Manstein and fired it into the sky. The fiery red signal bomb flew up into the sky crookedly, and was blown by the hurricane. Light.

The landing craft followed the location where the signal flare was launched, circled around the land where Sleipnir landed, and found a place to land before anchoring on the shore. A figure in a raincoat jumped out of the landing craft. He seemed to be carrying a long-handled object similar to a scabbard on his back. He quickly walked towards Lin Nian and others who were also rushing here.

The two sides stopped in unison at a distance of ten meters, observing each other only with the navigation lights of the landing craft on the shore and the red residual light of the signal strip.

"A member of the secret party?" The person who got off the landing craft was the first to speak. The strong wind and rain could not suppress this man's powerful voice.

"Orthodox people?" Lin Nian asked as he walked out of the team. He looked past the man on the opposite side and looked at the loaded figure on the landing craft.

"What you have in your hand." The man said in a low voice, "Can you take a look at it?"

Lin Nian dropped the bronze box in his hand without any hesitation between the man and him. At this distance, no matter who made the first move, Lin Nian would definitely be able to pull out the knife before the other person.

The man glanced at the Seven Deadly Sins Sword Box on the ground. After carefully observing the lines and the dense dragon inscriptions on it, he determined the origin of this thing. He also reached behind his back and took out the scabbard. Shou, Ge, Juan, Jue, the jade sword is complete with four treasures and is made of dark wood, but the Han Bafang that should be stored in the scabbard is missing.

Lin Nian recognized the origin of this noble scabbard with just one glance. At the same time, he also believed most of the opponent's identity. He no longer hesitated and walked forward to mention the seven deadly sins on the ground. Caesar behind him quickly followed suit. .

"I'm sorry that I need to confirm my identity like this." During the formal meeting, the man who showed his scabbard reached out to Lin Nian, who was the first to arrive, "Zhou family, Zhou Zhen."

"Casel College, Lin Nian."

The two touched each other with their hands.

"Are you Lin Nian? The secret party's 'S'-level hybrid?" Zhou Zhen suddenly stared at Lin Nian, his eyebrows twitched slightly, as if he was suppressing his emotions and didn't want to show too much expression in front of so many people. fluctuation.

"You know me?"

"I guess few people don't know you." Zhou Zhen shook his head and said, "I thought you were older."

Lin Nian glanced at the man's face and felt that the "sword eyebrows and star eyes" and "righteousness and awe-inspiring" often used in Gu Long Jinyong's novels were probably like this. He was as handsome as a good horse, a thirty-four-year-old mature and handsome man. Face is simply a killer weapon for young girls.

But what he valued more was not the man's appearance, but the aura on his body. The heavy rain obviously couldn't suppress the man's iron-blooded and awe-inspiring feeling. It could be seen that there were obvious traces of the military. It was similar to the Li Huoyue he saw for the first time. But it was only similar. There was an essential difference between the two. Lin Nian couldn't tell what the specific difference was at the moment.

"Have we met?" Zhou Zhen asked, looking at Lin Nian up and down.

Lin Nian paused and glanced at Zhou Zhen, "I don't think now is the time to strike up a conversation."

"No, I just think you are a bit familiar. Maybe it's my misunderstanding." Zhou Zhen shook his head.

The Zhou family has never had much contact with the Secret Party. Although the Secret Party's 'S' class is famous, he has never met a real person. Maybe this sense of familiarity is really his illusion.

"The Zhou family? Is it one of the orthodox branch families?" Manstein in the team looked at Zhou Zhen and asked.

Before coming, Manstein had taken tutoring lessons on the branches of mixed-race forces in China. The 'orthodox' seemed to exist in the form of a family, and in a way, it was like the structure of a secret party, with the headquarters as the origin and outwards. Others have developed, such as the Japanese branch.

On the 'orthodox' side, there is a 'main family', which then continues to develop other 'branch families' with other surnames. However, the power of these 'branch families' does not extend to all corners of the world on a large scale. Choosing to stick to local boundaries.

"No, I am not an orthodox person. It may be a little troublesome to explain in detail, but this time we have a cooperative relationship with the orthodox. Friends of the secret party, please get on the ship first. We don't have much time to waste here. The situation on the front line Not optimistic." After Zhou Zhen gave a brief explanation, he quickly turned around and walked towards the docking ship without any delay.

Lin Nian glanced at Manstein and the others and nodded, indicating that the man could be trusted for the time being, and strode onto the landing craft.

After everyone boarded the boat, they retracted the anchor and began to turn around. Sleipnir on the island also started the engine and started turning to prepare for takeoff. The modified engine was prepared for this extreme environment. The pilot was driving before taking off. The cabin crew gave a thumbs up to the landing craft on the river, which probably meant wishing everyone good luck.

The engine of the landing craft roared forward and cut through the violent river waves. The deck was lined with fully armed combatants on both sides. Lin Nian and others followed Zhou Zhen into the cabin to take shelter from the rain. During the process, Manstein directly asked The question of greatest concern is, “What is the specific situation on the front lines that Orthodoxy is responsible for now?”

"Not too optimistic. Or not too optimistic is a good word." Zhou Zhen said in a deep voice, "You should have received the video recording of the first contact with the battle, right?"

"You lost miserably." Caesar nodded.

"The key figures on the orthodox side could not stop the Dragon King. The hot weapons prepared by Jiang Xinzhou were blocked by the Dragon King's domain. You should really see the scene where dozens of rounds of honeycomb missile salvos were ineffective. I doubt that the anti-ship missiles It may not necessarily have an effect on him." Zhou Zhen turned to look at Lin Nian, "I heard that you successfully defeated the other Dragon King 'Constantine'. If they all control the same power, then when we meet You must have encountered this before, how did you defeat this kind of monster?"

"Alchemy weapons, the Dragon King's Word Spirit can control metals and flames, but it cannot affect metals killed by alchemy." Caesar said.

"No wonder" Zhou Zhen whispered as if he wanted to understand something.

"Where is the Dragon King now?" Chu Zihang asked.

"After defeating our defense line, he did not choose to kill us all. Instead, he dived directly and was suspected to have entered the Baidi City hidden under the rock formations a hundred meters underwater." Zhou Zhen said, "Then the heavy rain started. , we were originally planning to mobilize the unused weapons on Jiangxin Continent for counterattack, but now the entire Jiangxin Continent has been flooded, and all the hidden military facilities on Jiangxin Continent and on the mountain gorges on both sides have been scrapped, and all the orthodox and meticulous preparations have come to nothing."

"This rainstorm came at the perfect time. Of course, I have never doubted that all this has something to do with the Dragon King." Zhou Zhen looked at the violent storm outside the porthole and whispered, "A heavy rain has completely destroyed several months." All our careful preparations came to naught. In this harsh and cruel weather, we couldn’t even organize our troops, and we couldn’t even send signals from a slightly farther distance. If we hadn’t seen the navigation lights of your passenger plane when it landed, we wouldn’t have been able to You won’t even know you arrived.”

"What are you going to do next?" Manstein took a deep breath.

"It's not what we should prepare to do, but what they should prepare to do." Zhou Zhen shook his head.

"them?"

"This time the tactical command was taken by the orthodox side. After the first set of dragon-slaying plans failed, Li Hueyue, the user of the 'Sword Control' you saw in the video, suffered severe burns. If it weren't for the bronze in her hand at the end, The sword inspired an alchemical field, and she couldn't even find a whole corpse." Zhou Zhen looked calmly and looked at the orthodox combat members on the deck who had some stooped backs, "She herself is also an 'S' level hybrid. This method can be regarded as one of the strongest means of orthodoxy, but it failed in the first contact battle. This was a huge blow to the morale of our side. As you can see, the morale of my side has now been reduced. The downturn is dangerously low.”

The Dragon King's sniper battle at the Kuimen Pass was too shocking. The mammoth scene almost gave people a feeling of invincibility. Even 'Huayue' lost so miserably, not to mention that they couldn't even meet the Dragon King. What about ordinary mixed breeds who are not even qualified?

"Li Hueyue's speaking spirit is 'Sword Control'. It would be unwise for her to go up against Norton on this point." Lin Nian spoke.

"What about your word spirit? An 'S'-level hybrid from the secret party." Zhou Zhen suddenly looked at him with bright eyes.

Lin Nian glanced at Zhou Zhen, then stretched out his hand and handed him something. After Zhou Zhen took it, he was stunned and found that what he was holding was the Han Bafang sword scabbard behind his back. When he turned around, he didn't know when the scabbard had disappeared. Gone.

"I see." Zhou Zhen was not stupid. He instantly understood what Lin Nian meant, and a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.

"So Orthodoxy did nothing while waiting for us?" Manstein asked.

Zhou Zhen paused and shook his head and said, "The orthodox rear headquarters is preparing to launch large-volume torpedoes underwater to completely blow up the underground rock formations and Baidi City. Large-volume torpedoes and ammunition are being secretly transferred to Kuimen."

"I don't think the Dragon King can be eliminated by increasing the firepower more than ten times, not to mention blowing up the Bronze City. Do you want to crush the Dragon King to death at home?" Caesar shook his head and rejected the idea.

"So this is just a last resort, a helpless one. After all, in this situation, orthodoxy must do something, otherwise this heavy rain will sooner or later cause the Three Gorges Dam downstream to burst, and the disasters and consequences caused by that time will be ignored. You can take responsibility for it." Zhou Zhen breathed out softly.

"Have you never thought about sending someone to sneak into Baidi City and kill the Dragon King?" Su Qian asked.

"I have thought about it." Zhou Zhen glanced at Su Qian and others, "The best candidate is the orthodox 'S' class, but she can no longer go to the front line. After watching the video, you should know that this battle is no longer The number of people can determine the outcome, and the feasibility of the submersible plan is not even as good as the torpedo - in the home of the underwater Dragon King, even if we throw the entire orthodox hybrid species in, we will only be filling our lives."

"There's nothing you can do." Susie nodded lightly.

"Actually, if you had arrived a little later, I would have swam to the gate of Bronze City." Zhou Zhen smiled bitterly and unzipped his raincoat. Inside was a dark neoprene diving suit, "I didn't even think about it. The Dragon King can be eliminated with torpedoes, but that is just the last fig leaf. The only way to truly eliminate the Dragon King is by relying on the hybrids themselves."

"It seems that our cooperative allies still have sane people." Caesar nodded slowly, "But don't tell me that you are also an 'S'-class hybrid. Are 'S'-class hybrids so worthless these days?"

"My bloodline is not as good as Li Hueyue or your 'S' class, but I can represent the Zhou family on the Dragon King's battlefield, so I have some trump cards of my own." Zhou Zhen said.

"Then keep your trump card for the time being." Manstein nodded and said, "Notify the orthodox front line to prepare for the dive, and then our people will hand over the battlefield."

"Let him dive alone?" Zhou Zhen looked at Lin Nian and hesitated for a moment, but finally said what was in his heart, "It's not that I don't believe you. If the rumors are true, he is a war hero who killed a Dragon King. His strength is worth it." Trust. But the stakes are very high this time, and I hope to add an insurance policy to this dive. I will enter the Bronze City with him."

"No, he will not dive alone, but as a team of two. We have already conducted three months of diving training before this, and there is enough tacit understanding between the partners." Manstein shook his head. , "The failure of the orthodox 'S' class is that she is too persistent in fighting alone, but we are different. Our Kassel Academy has always valued the power of cooperation! Since one 'S' class is not enough, then two 'S' work together to complete the mission.”

"Two 'S' levels?" Zhou Zhen was stunned and looked at this group of young people. He had never heard of the secret party sending two super hybrids comparable to the 'Moon' in one go. .

Zhou Zhen's eyes first drifted to Chu Zihang, and then to Caesar. His eyes kept moving between the two, until finally he suddenly found that everyone was looking at the corner of the cabin, where there was a person who could only The boy who saw the back was holding a bucket without saying a word.

"What is he doing?" Zhou Zhen said.

"She must be a little seasick and nervous." Lin Nian walked over and patted Lu Mingfei on the back. After asking a few questions in a low voice, he gave Zhou Zhen and Manstein a thumbs up to indicate that they were fine.

Zhou Zhen was stunned for a moment, staring at the two people who turned to look at Manstein with strange expressions, and then got the confirmation of his suspicion when the old man nodded.