Simultaneous Travel: Becoming a Legend in the Heavens.

Chapter 298: Slapping someone in the face is always unexpected
The approaching figure brought with it the breath of death, and Norton had the illusion that his life was slipping away quietly with the footsteps.

At this moment, a small hand held his hand and guided it to a certain place - the vital point on Constantine's forehead.

He lowered his head and saw his brother, who had just woken up and accompanied him to release Zhulong and exhausted his strength, with his eyes closed and his body relaxed like a sacrificial lamb.

"Eat me, brother."

"If you eat me, you will regain your strength and become even stronger. Then no cage will be able to stop you."

Constantine closed his eyes and waited for the dragon's sharp teeth to bite him, but in the end the hand just gently stroked his forehead and then retracted. He opened his eyes in shock, and his brother, with a calm expression, still did not move.

“I can’t bear to leave.”

Norton let out a long sigh. How could he bear to eat his brother? In the endless darkness, he was the only one to accompany him on the lonely throne. The two of them warmed each other with their body temperature.

Suddenly, time seemed to be dislocated, and he and his brother returned to their old home more than 2,000 years ago. They once again faced the blazing fire and were on the verge of death. However, this time there would be no "cocoon" to allow them to be reborn.

Norton hugged Constantine and had no intention of resisting anymore. Instead of eating his brother and fighting a life-and-death battle, it would be better to die here together.

Such behavior actually goes against the nature of dragons. Dragons are supposed to be violent, cruel, and egoistic.

It is possible that during the long period of time, during the repeated experiences of becoming a human being, and during the repeated separations, he also suffered some body malfunctions.

Norton thought silently.

"Your deep brotherly love makes me look like a villain. In nature, the strong prey on the weak. The big dragon eats the small dragon, and the one who eats all the way wins. Only the one who stands at the end can climb to the top of the food chain..."

Luke stopped talking with a frown, and when he realized that his thoughts were moving closer to a certain old pervert, he shook his head decisively.

His body quickly expanded and grew, revealing his true form.

The sacred golden horns and flowing feathers remained the same, but the adult body, which should have been less than 30 meters, had expanded to nearly 100 meters. The scales covering its entire body, the well-developed limbs, and the pair of wings that blocked out the sun all indicated that it was very different from the original Storm Dragon.

If the former Lanlong had a kind of divinity that was detached from the world, the current Lanlong is a divine punishment that is so majestic that it makes people tremble.

Norton stared at the huge dragon body he had never seen before, and a sense of absurdity surged in his heart.

"What on earth are you?"

Even the Dragon King has to abide by the basic laws. In order to hatch a huge dragon body, it needs enough energy and material accumulation to form a cocoon, and it also needs enough time to reshape the body. However, the dragon in front of him skipped this process in the blink of an eye.

Be it science, words or alchemy, nothing is normal in any aspect!

The unknown dragon did not answer Norton's question. He just thought that maybe he should give Lanlong a new name while kissing the dragon casually.

Gollum—

A swallowing sound was heard.

The two brothers hugged each other tightly and were covered with a layer of blue light. Then they disappeared without leaving a trace.

The dragon's amber eyes turned and glanced at the bronze city that was in ruins but still revealed a hint of beauty. He swam gently, and a green halo enveloped the entire city with His body as the center.

The broken pillars were erected again, the frost and flames slowly receded, the melted bronze returned to its original state, the ancient murals were pieced together bit by bit, and the time of the entire Bronze City began to go backwards.

In a moment, the majestic bronze city reappeared, but such a glorious city soon disappeared again.

With the huge dragon body as the center, an invisible black domain unfolded. The ownerless Nibelung had no resistance and was rapidly eroded and occupied. When the last trace of bronze light disappeared, only nothingness was left in the empty water.

……

The next day at noon, in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The "Moniah" chose a period of good weather to prepare for launching, and at the same time contacted the local meteorological bureau to provide the most accurate forecast.

Of course they knew that yesterday's vision was caused by unusual movements in the Bronze City, and the point was to seek spiritual comfort.

Luke and Caesar's second underwater mission began. The two figures jumped into the water again, but this time they returned to shore in just ten minutes.

After listening to Caesar's report, Professor Mans fell into deep thought, "Are you saying that the Bronze City has disappeared?"

Caesar carefully removed his wetsuit, not letting the cold water touch him, and nodded slowly.

"When we returned to the location we were at yesterday, the Bronze City had disappeared. A huge deep pit was left on the ground. It was obviously a trace left by the Bronze City when it was there."

"Even a small city is still a city. How can such a large bronze city be moved?"

Luke pulled a stool and sat down steadily, crossing his legs leisurely and talking nonsense.

"Who knows, maybe Norton sensed an invasion and installed a huge thruster on the bronze?"

"Let's not talk about whether Norton has the ability or not. Moving a city will definitely cause a lot of noise. The underwater environment will be impacted by the reaction force of the thrusters and will leave traces. This is not true."

Professor Mans frowned and shook his head, denying this hypothesis.

Lu Mingfei, who was listening in, also complained, "Besides, that level of thrusters only exist in science fiction novels. Boss, you might as well let Tiga transform and drag the Bronze City to fly into the starry sky."

"You are ignorant. When I return, I will invest in The Wandering Earth to open your eyes."

Lu Ke patted Lu Mingfei's head and raised his chin. "Moving a small city is nothing. Human imagination is endless. If you want to survive, even the earth can be moved for you to see."

Ling glanced at Luke intentionally or unintentionally and asked the key question.

"If the Bronze City disappears, will the Bronze and Fire Kings that may exist inside also disappear with it?"

The Bronze City is not important. What is important is the Dragon King that may exist inside.

“Perhaps no one knows the answer to this question.”

Lu Ke spread his hands as if it had nothing to do with him. He leaned sideways and looked out of the boat leisurely. The sunlight was scattered like gold fragments, and the breeze blew across the water, creating ripples. Everything looked so peaceful and beautiful.

"The dragons' revival takes hundreds of years. If you miss this opportunity, you may never get any news again in your lifetime."

Mance let out a sigh, "Another one of the countless dragon mysteries is about to be solved. Although there are already too many to begin with, it's a headache."

As the person in charge of this operation, the captain of the "Moniah", how should he write the file of this incident, "The Mystery of the Disappearance of the Bronze City"? I feel like it will be intertwined with "100,000 Whys".

The good news is that the dragon murals photographed by Caesar may have a lot of useful value. This may be the biggest gain of Kassel Academy in recent years. However, compared with finding the location of the Dragon King, this gain is a little small.

But in any case, the disappearance of the Bronze City means the end of this exploration.

Professor Mans, who was unwilling to give up, sent out several other teams including Lu Mingfei and Ling to explore. However, it was only to verify the authenticity. He had already believed it in his heart, and at most he still had a bit of luck and prepared more materials for writing the report in advance.

The exploration team followed the route given by Caesar and came to a huge pit. They saw traces of the Bronze City, but all that was left for them was a deep pit that stretched as far as the eye could see.

The sun rose in the east and set in the west. When night fell, Professor Mans had to accept the reality and announced that the mission was over and he would prepare to return tomorrow.

……

Late at night, Lu Mingfei hesitantly knocked on Lu Ke's door.

After the door opened, he spoke hesitantly, "Boss, I need your help with something."

Lu Ke half leaned against the door and said, "Tell me about it."

"I made an appointment with a friend to meet in person, but now I can't contact him, and he doesn't post in the game group we joined..."

"Friends? Have you ever met in real life?"

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and said, "No, but we chat often."

"Oh, he's just an online friend. Who can tell the difference between truth and falsehood in the online world? Maybe he just doesn't want to talk to you anymore. Just let it go."

Feeling that Lu Ke didn't take this matter very seriously, Lu Mingfei was silent for a moment, his tone extremely serious.

"Boss, he is my friend. He was my only friend before I met you and came to Cassel College. Can you...can you help me ask Professor Mance for two days off? I want to go look for him."

The last message Lao Tang sent said that he was near the Three Gorges Dam. There was also a selfie of him. Judging from the background, he was in a bus traveling in a forest. With clues, there is a good chance of finding him.

Lu Ke stared at him for a few seconds, took out a Cohiba from his pocket and lit it, then spoke softly in the smoke.

"Do you really want to find him so much?"

Lu Mingfei nodded vigorously, with pleading in his eyes, "Please, Boss, I'm willing to do anything."

Luke scratched his hair, took out his cell phone, and Norma's girl image appeared on the screen.

"Norma, send a leave request for Lu Mingfei to Professor Mans's email in my name. Fill in a one-week leave period. Pull up the photos in Lu Mingfei's phone, zoom in on the details, and compare them with satellite photos to search for navigation."

"Okay, it's been executed."

The unexpected support made Lu Mingfei look at Lu Ke with tears in his eyes.

"Thank you, Boss. I am so moved by you that I am willing to marry you."

Lu Ke waved his hands in disdain, "Don't look at me with such disgusting eyes. Giving yourself to me is a woman's choice. Men can only work like cows and horses to repay me."

He paused at this point and said, "Also, you'd better be prepared for the possibility of not finding it, so as not to return disappointed."

……

The setting sun slowly sank, dyeing the sky blood red. The dense forest seemed exceptionally quiet under the blood-red sunset. The sunlight filtered through the gaps in the leaves, casting mottled shadows.

"Go forward a hundred meters and turn right."

Lu Mingfei, carrying a backpack full of supplies, followed the instructions in Norma's sweet voice and walked step by step to a place in the forest. When he saw the scene in front of him, he stopped and his body trembled slightly.

"What on earth happened to cause this?"

The ground was charred black, and the body of the bus flowed all over the ground like melted chocolate, merging with the surface soil after cooling and solidifying.

Lu Mingfei gritted his teeth. His heart was in a mess and he didn’t want to think about those bad possibilities. He gently called out to his mysterious brother.

"Lu Mingze."

"I'm here, brother."

The smiling little devil had stood in front of him without him knowing. He was wearing a neat suit, with an expression that was hard to tell whether he was sad or happy. In his hand, he held a bouquet of white roses to commemorate his relatives and friends.

"Do you know what happened to this bus?"

"Who knows, maybe it was a gas explosion."

The little devil gently placed the white rose on the wreckage of the bus, as if offering a memorial at a grave, and then hugged Lu Mingfei's neck from behind, speaking with pity.

"Don't look for him, brother. The person you are looking for is already dead here. Even if he is not dead, he has already been buried in the belly of a beast."

He sang softly, "Perhaps because I don't know what dreams are, the displaced people are chasing after illusions."

Listening to such a eulogy, Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a little sad, and his tears fell and wet the ground.

He remembered the night before he confessed his love to Chen Wenwen, when he and Lao Tang were competing for the rankings together. He remembered him telling him that brothers are like limbs and women are like clothes. He remembered that he always called him "Mingming".

He also said that he would introduce the boss to Lao Tang. Lao Tang also said that he would wait for him.

Why is it so sudden...

A big warm hand was placed on Lu Mingfei's head and touched it. He looked up with red eyes and saw a dirty and disheveled savage.

"Is there anything to eat?"

The "savage"'s voice was weak.

Lu Mingfei fell to the ground in fear, trying to push back, his sadness all over Java, "What the hell are you doing! Finkel?"

"It's me, Mingming."

The "savage" lifted up his fluffy and dirty hair, and Old Tang's face appeared in front of him, but at this moment he looked extremely haggard and in very bad condition.

"Finally you're here. I almost died here..."

Lu Mingfei turned his head and looked at Lu Mingze hanging on his neck. The other party also had an expression as if he had seen a ghost, and his face turned visibly embarrassed.

It's like the embarrassment of proudly stating what you think is the correct answer in class, looking down on others and then finding out that you are wrong. Or it's like predicting that the A-share market will rise sharply and desperately encouraging people around you to buy it, but it plummets after the National Day and you can only hide at home and dare not see anyone.

Lu Mingze's face turned red and he disappeared on the spot, along with his white rose.

Lu Mingfei came to his senses and quickly helped the man up. He took out some food and water from his backpack and handed it to him. "What on earth happened to you?"

Old Tang took the food and gobbled it up, explaining incoherently, "I met a bitch on the bus. She did nothing but set fire to a leaking gas tank, and then it exploded..."

"I risked my life to get out. My luggage is gone, my clothes are tattered, I can't tell the way, and I've been hungry for three days."

It really was a gas explosion!

Lu Mingfei didn't know whether to laugh or cry, as a series of questions came to his mind. Why were there dangerous items like gas tanks on the bus? How could dangerous people suddenly appear in peacetime? Why didn't Old Tang try to get out of the forest? Why didn't the relevant departments receive a notification when the bus had an accident?

"Come alive."

A satisfied sigh interrupted Lu Mingfei's thoughts. Old Tang patted his stomach contentedly and said, "Let's go. We agreed that you would take me around."

Lu Mingfei was silent for a moment, smiled and nodded, choosing to put the question behind him.

Forget it, there are creatures like "dragons" in the world, so nothing is impossible.

In short, just be alive.

(End of this chapter)