Dragon Raja: History Simulator

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This time she was stopped; a hand grabbed her wrist, and a familiar voice came again:

"Aki, what's wrong?"

Shudeya was stunned. All the darkness in front of her was dispelled, leaving only the strong light of the underwater searchlight shining on her face. Ye Sheng grabbed her wrist, which was holding a short knife.

She then stabbed Ye Sheng in the head with a short knife, the tip of the knife less than a centimeter from Ye Sheng's temple.

With a "thud," the short knife fell to the ground, and Ye Sheng released his grip on Jiu Deya's wrist.

Shudeya covered her face with her hands, "What did I almost do?"

"It's alright, Aki," Ye Sheng patted her back to comfort her, unusually refraining from mocking Aki's cowardice.

He looked at his terrified girlfriend, "Aki, what did you see?"

Ye Sheng then noticed the confusion in Aki's eyes and asked, "Did you hear that?"

Shudeya murmured, "Just now, I heard a little boy's voice. He lowered his voice and asked me who we are?"

Recalling all this, Shudeya pointed to her earphones as if she had found a treasure, "Selma has heard it too."

Selma was the operator responsible for contacting her on the Moniach, communicating with her at all times. If she heard something, Selma would definitely hear it too.

Ye Sheng looked deeply at the girl in front of him and sighed, "Yaqi, the signal is lost."

"What?" Shudeya was stunned. Now, she didn't know whether she had just been hallucinating or had really heard the voice.

Ye Sheng nodded, then said, "Not only that, I can't contact the professor on the Moniach even using my Word of Power."

Ye Sheng's Word of Power is snakes, and his ability is to control a kind of bioelectric current. When necessary, he can use these "snakes" to amplify the signal instead of the signal.

Not long ago, they had also lost contact once, and Ye Sheng reconnected with Mans on the Moniach by using his spiritual power.

“However, right now, let alone sending the snakes onto the Moniah, I can’t even open my domain of Word Power. The swarm of snakes residing in my mind is terrified of everything here and can’t even open their domains,” Ye Sheng explained.

“The vice principal’s precepts,” said Shudeyaki softly.

The situation Ye Sheng described was not uncommon for the people of Kassel College; in fact, it was extremely common. The Vice Principal of Kassel College, known as "The Night Watchman," possessed the Word of Power of "Commandment."

He can force the "spirits" of all the students in the academy to sleep, thereby limiting their use of incantations within the academy.

“It’s different,” Ye Sheng shook his head. “In the academy, my spirit was forced into a deep sleep, but now, my spirit is so afraid that it dares not leave my mind.”

He spoke in a low voice, looking into the darkness ahead, a place they hadn't yet explored, "Aki, the sounds you heard are very likely real."

They all knew that the voice was not an illusion, but could only be a dragon, their target for this trip.

“Let’s go back!” Shudeya grabbed Ye Sheng’s hand, her expression resolute, and swam back the way they had come in. “Anyway, we don’t have much oxygen left, and going back now is in accordance with the regulations.”

Ye Sheng did not stop them until Jiu Deyaji pulled him back to the metal disc, at which point they finally stopped.

"What is this?" Shudeya exclaimed in surprise. What they saw was not the huge building that resembled a mechanical watch as they had imagined, but a long corridor that seemed to have no end.

“We have no way back,” Ye Sheng said, scratching at the wall. The bronze wall, soaked in cold water, exuded an indescribable chill, as if it were covered with a layer of frost.

"This is what I was going to tell you."

Just as Shudeya was about to say something, that childish voice rang in their ears again.

“Now you may come and see me.”

This time, the voice wasn't just heard by Shudeya Ki; Ye Sheng heard it too, and he could feel Shudeya Ki's grip on his hand tighten suddenly.

He knew this was the voice Aki had mentioned hearing before.

“Aki,” Ye Sheng called out.

"Hmm." Shudeya pursed her lips, looking around as if trying to find a way out, but there was none.

“We have no choice,” Ye Sheng said, pointing to the long corridor that had appeared out of nowhere. They now had such a corridor in front, behind, left, and right, and Ye Sheng believed that their destination was the same.

It's all about death.

Would you be willing to die with me?

"it is good."

Post later today

Something came up at my internship; I'll write this when I get back tonight.

Chapter 120 Negotiation

"That's it, this is the last photo we took after losing contact with the diving team."

Mans tapped his finger heavily on the control panel, pointing to the central screen inside the cabin. The screen showed an empty bronze hall, and in the dim light, something seemed to flash across the screen.

Immediately afterwards, a very soft sigh flowed from the audio, the voice was childish, with an indescribable desolation, like a cold needle silently piercing everyone's eardrum.

Xia Mi stared intently at the screen, a faint golden light flickering in her pupils.

This is the scene inside the Bronze City. Even after thousands of years, Norton and Constantine have not changed their habits.

That innocent sigh undoubtedly belonged to Constantine.

The realization that it was Constantine, not Norton, who stepped forward ignited her inner ambition like a flame.

She knew very well that Constantine rarely showed up unless absolutely necessary, and the fact that the voice was coming from Constantine further confirmed the guess her senior had just told her.

Norton is no longer here.

She might have been wary of Norton, but how could Xia Mi be afraid of Constantine, a frail child?

She glanced quickly at her senior brother, who seemed lost in thought beside her, and at Nuwa, who had remained silent throughout, and raised her hand to ask:

"Professor Mans, after Ye Sheng and Jiu Deya went missing, didn't the academy send out a second group of underwater divers?"

Underwater operations certainly carry risks, but even an ordinary high school student like Lu Mingfei, who was preparing for the college entrance examination just a few months ago, could complete them after intensive training.

This is not a problem for modern technology.

Mans glanced at Xia Mi. He didn't have much of an impression of the girl, but seeing that Nuwa didn't speak, he said, "The second underwater diving team has been sent out."

Mans waved his arm, and the screen on the ship split in two.

On the left is the entrance to the Bronze City, which was photographed earlier: the huge bronze gate is majestic and solemn, with intricate dragon patterns carved on it, and the masked living spirit statue in front of the gate seems to be gazing at everyone who looks at it.

“This is the entrance to the Bronze City that we filmed earlier. People enter the city by offering blood to the living through the key.” Mans’s voice grew lower as he pointed to the live feed on the right.

"However, everything has changed now."

The differences are obvious.

The original bronze gate was solemn and ancient, carrying a mysterious sense of history, like an ancient tomb that had been unearthed for thousands of years; but now the city gate is ferocious, with countless sharp metal structures protruding, like a giant beast that has awakened and raised all its sharp spikes, making it look more like a war fortress.

Moreover, what is even more disturbing is that the "living spirit" statue that served as the switch for the bronze city gate has disappeared.

Mans shook his head. "It's obvious that the dragons in Bronze City have deliberately cut off contact with the outside world. Without their permission, we can no longer enter."

We can only stand here, quietly awaiting the next move of this esteemed prince.

Wang Anzhi shifted his gaze from the screen to the sleeping baby in Madam Bai's arms, and suddenly asked, "Is there no way to fix it even with the key?"

To be honest, he was very interested in Chen Motong's younger brother. Dragon blood is a highly corrosive substance that always promotes the mutation and evolution of organisms. There has never been a case like the "key" that caused him to be stuck in the infant stage forever.

In a sense, this baby is the true "mutant" that violates the laws of the dragon bloodline.

Mans shook his head. "You know it's impossible. Word magic is a technology mastered by the dragons. We are just copying what they've learned. It's impossible for us to use the dragons' technology to disrupt the Dragon King's plans. Even when we first entered the Bronze City, we made a deal with the living spirits through the blood of the key, not through Word magic."

At this moment, Madam Bai chuckled softly, turned to Nuwa who remained seated, and asked in a gentle voice, "The Zhou family of Xiangyang has a long history and profound heritage. May I ask what advice you have for us, Nuwa?"

Nuwa didn't even lift her eyelids, only replying calmly: "This is an action by the Kassel College. The orthodox will not intervene. My purpose in coming here is merely to ensure the safety of the Three Gorges Dam."

And when necessary, they can escort the Dragon King out of the country.

This will not change.

Professor Mans's face darkened abruptly, his voice filled with suppressed anger: "You want to make peace with the Dragon King?"

As soon as the words were spoken, a tense silence filled the cabin. The executive officers and students all turned their gazes toward Nuwa, Xia Mi, and Wang Anzhi, their wariness and hostility almost palpable.

Nuwa seemed oblivious. A faint smile even curved her lips—the Moniach had already been thoroughly and openly inspected, and she knew all its weapon configurations by heart; none of them could truly threaten her.

"make peace?"

She glanced at Madam Bai, whose expression had changed slightly, and said with a knowing smile, "Do you think so too?"

Lady Bai understood the unspoken meaning of Nuwa's words: unlike Kassel College, whose lineage had been interrupted several times, the orthodox tradition had never been broken since its establishment during the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It was precisely because of this that she deeply understood that the Dragon King himself was not unapproachable. The so-called "Li Wuyue," who was suspected to be the King of the Sky and Wind, was completely sealed in a coffin by the orthodox during the Song Dynasty, and the seal had already begun to loosen by the end of the Qing Dynasty.

That was the time when Empress Dowager Cixi "declared war on all nations," and it was also the first time that the Zhengtong (orthodox) regime began large-scale exchanges with the Western secret society.

During the exchange, both sides became aware of each other's existence. The orthodox side was extremely wary of these "bandits" who had come from afar with foreign guns and cannons, and was well aware of their ambitions.

So they took advantage of the greed of these outsiders and the ambition of Empress Dowager Cixi to secretly send the coffin containing the Dragon King to the Kassel Estate, which was the center of the Secret Society at the time and is equivalent to the present-day Kassel College.

The consequences are well known: the "Summer Mourning" incident occurred, and the Secret Party suffered heavy casualties, so much so that even Angers, who was only in his twenties, was able to quickly become an elder after surviving.

For the next thirty years, Western mixed-race people remained wary of the East and did not exert the same unrestrained control over Japanese mixed-race people as they later did.

Madam Bai knew very well that cooperating with the Dragon King when necessary was a legitimate tradition, and even "politely sending him out of the country" was not an unacceptable practice. Otherwise, "Li Wuyue" would not have been sent overseas so easily.

However, she was now representing the Chen family on behalf of Kassel College and could not speak on the matter, so she simply smiled and said nothing more.

Professor Mans was about to say something when Nuwa said earnestly, "Don't forget where you are, and please remember that this is just an action by your Kassel College. Don't involve the orthodox."

In the almost suffocating silence, Wang Anzhi suddenly raised his head.

He met the countless sharp gazes around him, and finally looked at the girl in front of him who still maintained a calm demeanor, and said, "Lord Nuwa, I hope to descend into the Bronze City again and negotiate with the Dragon King with the talisman."

Nuwa seemed unsurprised. She raised her head and asked, "Have you thought it through?"

“Of course.” Wang Anzhi replied without hesitation.

At this moment, Xia Mi also raised her hand and said, "I want to participate too."

"Granted." Nuwa waved her hand, then, as if forgetting something, looked at Professor Mans beside her and smiled: "Is that alright?"

Professor Mans sighed and scratched his already thinning hair. "If you have a way to get into Bronze City."

"That's none of your concern," Nuwa said, looking at Professor Mans. "Then, could you please prepare two diving suits?"

“Of course, that’s only right.” Professor Mans sighed and agreed.