Chapter 247 Storm in Qutang

"We have arrived in the Yangtze River Basin, Kassel's S-class."

The crew member's prompt came from the anti-noise headphones. Lu Mingfei ended his meditation and prayer and opened his eyes.

He looked sideways out of the helicopter's window. The towering Wushan Mountains were covered with greenery. The rugged and steep ravines were like the backs of giant beasts dormant on the vast land. The winding and majestic rivers were rushing between the mountains. roar.

If the weather were better and the sun could shine down, perhaps the scenery would be even more magnificent, but the gloomy dark clouds in the sky above the helicopter were like a dark ocean that could pour down at any time.

"Wonderful world, wonderful planet."

Lu Mingfei sighed in his heart, his determination to purify the Chaos Heretics and never let them get involved was as firm as steel.

However, His Majesty the Emperor seems to have no intention of regaining his home planet - you must know that during the Great Crusade at the peak of the Human Empire, the Emperor's fleet spanned the entire galaxy, recovering lost humans one after another. Colonize the planet.

What if one day in the future the Emperor lets him lead a team to bring his hometown under his protection? Will the complicated and uneven countries in my hometown surrender obediently? It is said that many planets refused to submit to the Emperor during the Great Crusade and were conquered by force from the Legion of Astartes led by the Primarch.

If it really comes to that point, in the eyes of the humans in my hometown, I should become a traitor... ah, no, I should become a "ball traitor".

Forget it, now is not the time to think about this. Lu Mingfei gathered his thoughts and regained his composure.

It was now the fifth day since Angers' phone call. As soon as he put down the phone, Eva immediately arranged a swimming and diving instructor for him.

Thanks to the excellent physical fitness of the mixed race and the extremely high level of understanding, Lu Mingfei learned to swim on the first day, deep diving on the second day, and began to swim in Lake Michigan and Lake Huron on the third day. The jaws of those retired Navy SEALs almost dropped.

But as Lu Mingfei himself said, he can exert powerful combat effectiveness on land/air/battleships, but not necessarily underwater. They are completely two concepts. A boxing champion runs underwater and a The frogman also had to lose in the fight - even though he knocked down the instructor underwater after several hours of learning on the fourth day of the underwater combat course.

Secondly, there are weapons. The density of water is eight hundred times that of air. The faster the bullets of modern firearms are released, the greater the resistance they will cause underwater. "MythBusters" has conducted tests. In deep water areas such as swimming pools, When fired with a supersonic sniper rifle, the bullet turned into fragments.

Therefore, you cannot bring a bolt gun underwater, and you can only rely on weapons such as harpoons with large mass and slow initial velocity... But what you have to face underwater on this trip is not big fish or shrimp, but dragons on the sea, land and air. A three-dwelling alien, the great white shark is about the same as a kitten or puppy compared to dragons.

"The local meteorological bureau has issued a red storm warning. It is expected that there will be heavy rain in the Kuimen River Basin tonight..." The pilot controlled the helicopter and jumped over a high mountain. The view in front of the window suddenly became clear, and the gloomy river set off boundless raging waves. "We We’ve arrived at Qutang Gorge.”

"Boom!"

There was a thunderous explosion, which even drowned out the roar of the helicopter propellers. Dark clouds were threatening to destroy the city, and the mountain rain was about to come.

"Although there are many winds and rains in Yiling, storms in this season are really rare." Someone said.

The person accompanying Lu Mingfei was not a member of the Holy Blood Pavilion that he was familiar with, nor was he a member of Kassel's executive department.

The name "Lu Mingfei" has been remembered by all the mixed-race forces in the world, including the "Orthodox". Perhaps because of mutual cooperation, the orthodox learned the behind-the-scenes information about the Rome incident. In addition, coupled with the accident on the Byrmos cruise ship last month, they were concerned about this S-class boy who followed wherever there was big noise. I am quite wary, after all, the location of this joint exploration is quite sensitive and inconvenient.

They only allowed Lu Mingfei to participate in this operation alone and did not allow him to bring any more family members. Lu Mingfei's original idea of ​​bringing Fingel and Alchemy Sergeant Old Tang was shattered.

The helicopter leaned forward and accelerated, and the pilot also wanted to reach the destination before the storm. The only huge tugboat on the dim river in the distance had already lit up its ship lights and landing lights, and was ready to receive them.

About ten minutes later, thunder exploded in the completely dark sky one after another. When Lu Mingfei stepped onto the deck of the Monyach, heavy rain poured down, giving him the grandest welcome...or an expulsion ceremony.

Lu Mingfei frowned slightly. This cold rainstorm reminded him of the false god Odin and the alien White King. "Elemental turbulence" was all presented in the form of violent storms.

"But at least the rainwater in my hometown is clean enough to drink directly." He was ready to fight at any time, and the Jingyue Holy Sword, which could kill demons, was slung behind him with its hidden edge in its sheath.

"Welcome, S-class!" Professor Mans Rundstedt walked over quickly and said loudly, his captain's windbreaker rustling in the strong wind, "I remember you listened to me last semester. Class! Let’s talk in the cabin first!”

Lu Mingfei just nodded and silently followed Professor Mance into the cabin of the Monyach. As the cabin door closed, the cold storm outside was temporarily isolated.

As soon as he walked into this warm cabin, Lu Mingfei felt the gaze and scrutiny of nearly ten people. Lu Mingfei's eyes also swept over the faces of these people. Surprisingly, the people in this cabin included Most of them have Asian faces. Only Professor Manns and another girl with black hair and Latin beauty are "foreigners".

"Hello, S-level! I'm your fan! Can you give me an autograph?" The Latin beauty came forward excitedly, with a pretty face and a pen in her hand.

"Thelma, pay attention to the occasion." Professor Mance reminded him with a cough.

"This is the temporary combat conference room. Let me introduce you to our Kassel S-class, Lu Mingfei."

Mance proudly introduced Lu Mingfei to everyone, and the words "Kassel's S-class" were emphasized very strongly.

Then, he began to introduce everyone to Lu Mingfei one by one.

"Mr. Zhou Zhenlong, the representative of the orthodox side of this joint exploration operation." The man with the standard Chinese character face nodded solemnly.

"Mr. Zhou Yuanhen, an orthodox Xunlong Feng Shui master." The old man with gray hair and a touch of immortality sat in the corner of the cabin, staring intently at the simple black compass in his hand.

"Ms. Chen." A woman who looked like a noble lady concentrated on taking care of the baby in her arms, and quickly looked away.

"Miss Li Yinxing, the protector sent by the orthodox side, in a sense... has the same position as you."

"Hello, S-class, I've heard about you for a long time," the beautiful sports girl wearing a white Adidas sportswear and a high ponytail stood up with a smile, and came forward to shake hands with Lu Mingfei in a familiar manner, and then took the initiative She pinched his shoulder and commented, "You are more handsome in person than in the photos, and you have a good figure. You must be very popular in Kassel."

"Hello." Lu Mingfei didn't pay attention to the girl's moves and just responded politely.

And the other party does have good strength, but it is a pity that the legion does not recruit women, otherwise he would have already opened his mouth to try to recruit the other party into his legion.

And the girl's speaking style always reminded him of the Fingal brothers.

"It's more boring than I thought~" The girl snorted and sat back down in her seat. Next to her seat was a simple eight-sided bronze Han sword with a warm jade on the hilt.

After the "courtesy" between the two ended, Professor Mance introduced the remaining people to Lu Mingfei:

"Thelma, my student, serves as the communications director for this operation's dive."

The Latin girl smiled sweetly at Lu Mingfei.

"Ye Sheng, Shutoku Aki, executive department specialist, and my student, are the most critical dive exploration personnel in this operation."

The two of them stood up straight at the same time. They were wearing coats, and underneath were the black diving suits they had worn long ago, with the emblem of the half-decayed silver World Tree on their chests.

Lu Mingfei nodded to them. With this bad weather and the possibility of dragon aliens underwater, there was no doubt that their mission was the most dangerous. However, guessing that he might act with them next, he added, "I will protect you."

"..."

Ye Sheng and Shude Aki were stunned, as if they didn't expect S-class to say such a sentence, but the former quickly reacted and responded with a smile:

"With your S-level words, I'll feel at ease."

Lu Mingfei nodded seriously, looking at the pretty and sweet girl beside Ye Sheng, and suddenly thought of the thin woman named Mai Jiude.

But he didn't care, so he didn't ask if Shuode Aki knew the other party.

Lu Mingfei looked for a seat and wanted to sit down, but saw Li Yinxing waving with a smile. Lu Mingfei didn't think much and sat directly next to him.

"Then let's get straight to the point." Professor Mans opened the tactical board, which had a strategic map of the underwater environment and terrain, and an eye-catching circle was drawn with a red pen in the middle of the strategic map, "After Zhou Yuanhen Based on Mr. Feng Shui’s positioning, we have initially confirmed the water area where Baidi City is located.”

"The intersection of mountains and rivers is the place where the dragon stops. If the dragon stops, there must be a water boundary..." The old man with immortal style did not raise his head, "Forget it, you won't understand even if I talk too much. Anyway, Bai Di The city is right below us, if you want to overthrow the Dragon King, you'd better take your time."

"Do you think it's scientific for the Dragon Clan to look at things like dragon veins when building homes and tombs?" Li Yinxing came over and asked in a low voice.

"I don't know." Lu Mingfei was only interested in Baidi City, which was suspected to be an alchemy arsenal.

"Yes, it has been confirmed by the sonar observer and Ye Sheng's Word Spirit 'Snake' that there is a huge bronze object buried underground in this water area. Ninety percent of the entities revealed by Norma through simulation modeling are consistent. The outline of the architectural group." Professor Mann's face softened slightly:

"In addition to the fifty-meter-deep water body between Baidi City and us, there are also nearly fifty-meter unstable rock formations. Fortunately, a small crustal movement a few days ago allowed us to discover a path away from Baidi City. The imperial city is only separated by a crack less than ten meters."

"The underwater drilling rig is now operating at full capacity, and it is expected that the crack will be opened in two hours. At that time, we will launch the first dive exploration operation."

Professor Mance looked at the huge rumbling machinery fixed on the deck outside the cabin. It was an underwater drilling machine, forming a deafening duet with the thunder of the storm.

"This sudden storm has protected us," Zhou Zhenlong, a middle-aged man with a Chinese character, said solemnly, "otherwise the movement of the drilling machine would have quickly attracted other people's attention."

"It sounds like luck is on our side. Master Zhou, did you perform some kind of transfer ceremony for us?" Li Yinxing said with a smile.