Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 500 Drink My Water

Inside the Silver Tomb.

Lu Mingfei and his group entered the dead end together.

The flashlight shone into the darkness of the road, dimly illuminating the walls on both sides.

Lu Mingfei looked around and observed the situation of the road.

Judging from the appearance alone, this "dead end" mentioned by Ling seemed to be no different from the roads they had walked before. The same silver walls were embossed with the same silver inscriptions.

However, Lu Mingfei did not let down his guard. In this case, the more normal it looks on the surface, the more abnormal it may actually be.

After all, many times, danger is often hidden beneath the appearance of safety.

"Junior brother, can you help me carry this bag?" Ye Sheng, who was walking in front of the team, turned around and asked Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei said yes while taking the diving backpack from Ye Sheng. The only emergency supplies in their team were in this backpack.

After handing the bag to Lu Mingfei, Ye Sheng walked straight to the wall, turned sideways towards the wall and slowly stretched out his right hand.

The moment his palm touched the wall, Lu Mingfei suddenly felt as if an invisible wind was blowing past them, and something instantly enveloped the surrounding space.

"Word Spirit·Snake".

Ye Sheng closed his eyes, and with him as the center, the alchemical matrix of "Word Spirit·Snake" suddenly formed under their feet.

Countless "snakes" formed by bioelectric currents slithered along the silver wall. The silver medium, which has good conductivity, brought these "snakes" to a distance that Lu Mingfei and his friends could not see in an instant.

These "snakes" are not real creatures like the "kamaweis". In essence, they use alchemical matrices to manipulate the ions that exist in nature to form bioelectric currents that are free outside the body. The bioelectric currents will transmit the perceived changes in the electric field back to the mind of the releaser to complete the detection.

However, releasing this type of spiritual words seemed to consume a lot of physical energy from the releaser, because Lu Mingfei saw that Ye Sheng's face was visibly turning pale.

After a moment, Ye Sheng opened his eyes and exhaled slowly: "There is no problem within 300 meters ahead, you can go forward. There is a bend about 300 meters away."

"Do you want to replenish electrolytes?" Selma asked.

Ye Sheng nodded, and Selma handed Ye Sheng some purified water and some beautifully wrapped candies.

Lu Mingfei suddenly asked, "Brother Ye, is the maximum detection range of your 'Word Spirit Snake' about 300 meters?"

Ye Sheng pondered for a moment and replied, "Not necessarily. The environment, surrounding media, and my condition on that day all have a certain impact on the specific detection range of the 'snake'. For example, under normal circumstances, I can only detect a range of about 50 meters, which is the level of being able to detect the situation inside a house through a wall. In this silver tomb, because silver has good conductivity, my detection range will be much larger than under normal circumstances. If it is underwater, my detection radius can even reach a radius of more than two kilometers. At present, the detection range of 300 meters is completely within the tolerance of my body, so you don't have to worry."

Lu Mingfei nodded.

Although he didn't know the exact size of the silver tomb, even the 300-meter detection range could not cover its area. It was estimated that the actual area of ​​the tomb was much larger than he thought.

The upper limit of the power of the Word Spirit is closely related to the user's bloodline and the degree of development of the Word Spirit. Different Word Spirits can burst out completely different powers in the hands of different users.

For example, the "Word Spirit·Kamaweasel", which is also non-aggressive, can go head-on with the Dragon King's alchemical field in the hands of some people; but for others, it may only be used as a hearing aid and is of no help in combat. Using this Word Spirit may not necessarily enable one to defeat some large wild animals alone.

Ye Sheng's bloodline is B-level, which is not low, but he is only a sophomore after all, and his development of the Word Spirit is not that deep. His snake can detect a range of 300 meters, which is already a pretty good level.

The team continued to move forward along the road. The darkness swallowed up the light from the flashlights and the deep corridor seemed to have no end.

After a distance, the team stopped to rest for a while, and then continued to move forward after Ye Sheng finished the detection with "Word Spirit·Snake".

After walking and stopping from time to time, the group had already walked a considerable distance.

"It doesn't seem to be a big problem. It's been safe so far." Selma turned her head and said in a low voice.

"Don't take chances." Shude Aki shook his head and gave a warning.

That was true, but in fact, she also felt a little bit of luck in her heart.

Although Zero had said before that this road was a dead end and could not be taken, they had entered this road for some time. At least until now everything was normal and nothing unexpected had occurred.

After all, what Ling said before was just her personal speculation. There is no definite proof whether this silver tomb was cast according to the Chinese theory of Yin and Yang and Five Elements.

From what they could see so far, they had already walked a much longer distance than before, but they had not yet returned to the previous fork in the road. Perhaps this road could be traversed.

While thinking this, the team stopped again and sat on the ground to rest.

Although no unexpected incidents had occurred so far, the rest time was getting longer and longer each time. This was because Ye Sheng had been using the Word Spirit for a long time, and the burden on his body was increasing.

"Word Spirit·Snake" uses the brain to sense the movement of these bioelectric "snakes", so the consumption of brain power is actually quite huge. This is also why Ye Sheng carries candy in his diving bag, because the brain needs a lot of carbohydrates to operate.

But even so, Ye Sheng's face became paler and paler, and even his mouth had no blood color.

This reminded Lu Mingfei of a novel he had read before, in which the protagonist's youngest son donated blood to the county magistrate's wife, but was drained of blood by the doctor.

"You look bad. Are you okay?" Selma asked Ye Sheng with concern.

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Ye Sheng replied with a smile.

"You've used the Word Spirit too many times." Zhou Li next to him suddenly spoke up, looking at Ye Sheng expressionlessly: "Your physical condition should have reached its limit now. For safety reasons, I think it's best for you not to use the Word Spirit for a short period of time."

After hearing what Zhou Li said, everyone else was stunned for a moment and looked at Ye Sheng.

Ye Sheng said word by word: "Don't worry, Doctor Zhou. I know what I am doing. I can feel that we are not far from the exit. Just now I felt that the speed of the 'snake' swimming in front of us was different, as if it had discovered something."

"Are you really okay? You don't have to force yourself. There's still plenty of time. We can rest for a while." Jiude Aki asked with a frown. She also felt that Ye Sheng didn't look like he was fine.

"No force." Ye Sheng shook his head and looked at Selma beside him: "Selma, do you have any candy?
"More!" Selma replied immediately, taking out some candy from her pocket, "But you've finished your water. If you don't mind, why don't you drink mine?"

"What's there to be disgusted with? Aren't we comrades-in-arms?"

Ye Sheng took Selma's water bottle with a smile and unscrewed the cap. However, he was still very careful not to touch the drinking spout directly with his mouth, but poured the water into his mouth through the air.

Seeing the people around him drinking water, Lu Mingfei felt his mouth was a little dry. He took out a water bottle from his trouser pocket and suddenly froze.

He's out of water too.

Lu Mingfei scratched his head, wondering when he finished drinking?

But then he recalled that he had already drunk most of the bottle of water when Ye Sheng gave it to him. He drank a few more sips while he was on the road.

There wasn't much water in the bottle to begin with, and before I knew it, the bottle was empty.

Next to her, Aki, who had just finished drinking water, screwed the cap of her mineral water bottle. For some reason, she suddenly felt uneasy. This was because everything was going too smoothly...

Although the road ahead was smooth, the closer they felt to the exit, the more she had a vague feeling that it was just like the flags in Hollywood movies that would be erected just before seeing the dawn.

In addition, Ye Sheng’s physical condition is not optimistic.

I hope it's an illusion...

She sighed softly, and the moment she raised her eyes, she saw Lu Mingfei staring at the empty mineral water bottle in his hand.

Yaji was stunned for a moment and noticed Lu Mingfei's slightly dry lips.

Junior brother, have you finished drinking the water?
She didn't mind giving some of her water to Lu Mingfei. She had plenty of water.

Her physical consumption was not as great as Lu Mingfei's. Lu Mingfei probably had not taken in much water since he was swept away by the undercurrent, but she had replenished her water supply after returning to the "Moniah". In addition, she had also been very frugal in drinking during the journey. There was still more than half a bottle of water in the water bottle.

But just when she was about to call out to Lu Mingfei, the words froze at her lips.

If I do this... there shouldn't be any misunderstandings, right?

Logically speaking, it shouldn't happen. After all, Ye Sheng and Selma just shared a bottle of water. If I give some water to Junior Brother Lu, Junior Brother Lu shouldn't have any strange thoughts.

Just like Ye Sheng said, we are all comrades-in-arms!

Thinking of this, Aki cheered up again, but another worry came to her mind.

She suddenly thought, what if Junior Brother Lu drank directly from her mouth...

It shouldn't be possible, right? After all, Ye Sheng had demonstrated it once when he drank Selma's water just now.

Besides, there’s nothing wrong with indirect kissing… She’s not a child anymore. She’s an adult, a senior sister who’s several years older than Junior Brother Lu. She should show some leniency as a senior sister should.

Besides, they had done the same thing before when diving, so why should they be shy about it? And Junior Brother Lu probably wouldn't do it mouth to mouth.

But what if Junior Brother Lu is careless for a moment?
It wasn't that she felt embarrassed about the indirect kiss. She was just worried that if the little girl from the Valentine family knew about it, it would be bad. After all, that little girl would be her junior sister in the future...

Aki held the water bottle in her hand, her pretty face looking hesitant and wavering...

At this moment, she saw Ling, who was sitting next to Lu Mingfei, and handed his bottle of mineral water to Lu Mingfei.

"..."

Ling said in a cold voice: "Drink mine."

Lu Mingfei looked at the bottle of water handed to him. He was about to refuse with a smile and say that it was okay, but then he saw the Iceberg Princess looking straight into his eyes with a cold gaze.

Lu Mingfei felt that if he didn't accept it, the Ice Princess might stare at him like this all day long... After hesitating for a moment, he accepted Ling's kindness.

Just as he opened the bottle cap, Ling's voice came again: "There is no water source in the mausoleum. We don't have much supplies, and every drop of water is precious. So it's best not to spill the water."

Lu Mingfei: "..."

Lu Mingfei felt that Ling seemed to want him to drink her water mouth to mouth on purpose, but Lu Mingfei also felt that it was unlikely that Ling wanted him to drink her water mouth to mouth on purpose.

But what Zero said was not wrong... There was no water source here. When we didn't know when we would find the exit, every drop of water was precious.

With some sense of guilt towards Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen and Xiao Longnu... Lu Mingfei drank Ling's water mouth to mouth.

Yaji, who was sitting nearby, saw this scene and curled her lips unconsciously, thinking that Junior Brother Lu really didn't pay any attention to boundaries at all.

He obviously already has a girlfriend, and it would be fine if he just accepted the water handed to him by another girl without any scruples, but he actually drank it directly from her mouth!
Next time if I have the chance to see the little girl from Valentine's family, I must ask her to take good care of Junior Brother Lu.

Aki angrily withdrew his gaze from Lu Mingfei. At this time, Ling raised his eyes and glanced at Jiude Aki through Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei returned the water bottle to Ling: "Sorry, I think I drank a little too much."

Zero took the water bottle and said calmly, "It's okay, it's okay if you drink up my water."

At this time, Ye Sheng supported himself on the floor with his hands and stood up from the ground.

Seeing this, Aki Sakutoku immediately asked, "Are we leaving now? Aren't you going to rest a little longer?"

Ling also said coldly: "I also think it would be better if you rest for a while. You have used up a lot of mental and physical energy. It is best to rest for another half an hour before using the Word Spirit."

Ye Sheng shook his head: "It won't take that long. I've almost recovered... and I feel like the exit is very close to us. After we return to the Moniach, we can rest as much as we want."

Ignoring everyone's advice, Ye Sheng turned around, touched the wall with his palm, and with a silent and ancient chant, the alchemical field of "Word Spirit·Snake" unfolded again.

Countless wandering "snakes" are guided to the distance by the good silver medium.

Lu Mingfei knew why Ye Sheng was so anxious. It was not that he didn't know that his physical condition was not good, but because their current supplies were completely insufficient, not even water was much. Now he and Ye Sheng had drunk all the water, and they had to share it with others.

No one knew how big this underwater mausoleum was or how complicated its internal structure was. If they didn't find an exit quickly, they would soon face a desperate situation of lack of water.

Invisible ripples rippled on the silver walls. Ye Sheng closed his eyes, feeling the information brought back by the "snake" from afar.

In some ways, the "Snake" seems to be more like a radar than the "Kamata". The "Snake" has a larger detection range and also uses the principle of radio waves to construct the surrounding environment in its mind, rather than the sound wave detection used by the "Kamata".

Everyone was looking at Ye Sheng, waiting for the good news his "snake" would bring back.

It was at this time that Lu Mingfei suddenly heard a loud sound coming from the depths of the tunnel. It seemed like someone was chanting something in a low voice, like a curse or a hymn.

Was it the same song he and Zero heard in the mausoleum before?
Before Lu Mingfei told Ling beside him about his discovery, Ye Sheng in front of him opened his eyes, turned around and looked at them blankly. His golden pupils seemed to reveal a heavy sadness that transcended time. Tears welled up in his eyes and flowed silently.

Jude Aki noticed Ye Sheng's abnormality and was about to ask Ye Sheng what happened.

Then he heard Lu Mingfei next to him say sternly: "Cover your ears!"

Jiude Aki was stunned for a moment, and before he could come to his senses, he heard a faint singing voice in his ears.

Then, the dragon characters on the silver tomb in front of her suddenly twisted, and countless abstract lines transformed into countless madly growing plants that danced wildly in front of her, like a madly growing forest in a fantasy story.

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(End of this chapter)