Dragon Clan: Force me to be reborn and slay dragons

Chapter 272: Words are too pale to describe my feelings for her.

"A magnitude 4 earthquake has occurred within the Abyss, and the Divine Treasury has fully awakened!"

"The hatching rate has exceeded 30000%, and the dragon subspecies has recovered and is rapidly rising to the surface!"

"All personnel, prepare for battle!"

Dark clouds loomed overhead, and alarms blared across the entire sea.

On the floating platform at sea, figures thronged. The ships guarding the Sumeru pedestal unveiled their camouflage, revealing a host of weapons of mass destruction, including triple-barreled rapid-fire cannons and large-caliber anti-ship machine guns.

All the underwater divers returned and boarded the fishing boats to begin a second deployment of depth charges, this time covering a larger area and going to greater depths.

On the floating platform at sea, thousands of elite members of the Snake Clan, dressed in black combat suits, sprang into action and rushed toward their respective posts.

Inside the central command center, Inuyama He asked, "How long until those zombie guards reach the depth charge group?!"

"They're very fast. The first wave of hatched Deadpools will all be on the surface in ten minutes at most." Miyamoto Shigeo looked at the data on the control panel, his expression somewhat grim.

"The incubation process within Takamagahara continues, and we have no idea how many more corpse guardians are hidden beneath the Abyss."

But at the current incubation rate, our small force might not be able to stop it, and we could even be completely wiped out.

"It will take twenty-five minutes for the Trieste to be fully recovered. Deploying a nuclear bomb now will inevitably endanger the safety of the principal and the others!"

Professor Schneider's booming voice came through the communication channel: the university headquarters could not stand by and watch the president be killed by a nuclear bomb.

In his previous deep-sea operation, he lost all his students. This time, is he going to lose his leader too?!
"There's no time to hesitate. Prepare the nuclear missiles first, and launch them as soon as we reach a certain altitude." Angers' voice rang out, carrying an undeniable resolve:
"The bomb-obsessed department has converted the Trieste's propulsion system to nuclear power, and I am currently trying to launch the nuclear-powered compartment."

Very good, the launch system has not malfunctioned, and the nuclear power module has detached from the Trieste.

Now, we're being pulled up using the recovery system; lithium batteries alone aren't enough to quickly get us out of the blast zone of the nuclear-powered module.

"Principal, we might be in trouble," Cheng Shuangfan suddenly spoke, pointing to the cracked and collapsing volcanic rocks around them.

"It's not just an earthquake; an underwater volcano is about to erupt."

"Also, those zombie guardians are closing in on us." Caesar's voice also changed slightly as he pointed to the bronze monsters attracted by the nuclear power plant's launch outside the window, indicating that misfortunes never come singly.

Undersea earthquake + volcanic eruption + volcanic rock collapse + zombie siege, could things get any worse?

Some brothers, yes.

Amidst the ruins, several enormous figures rose to their feet, shaking off the rubble and sand that covered them, revealing the forms of giant dragons.

It was a dragon-shaped corpse guard with shriveled flesh and almost nothing but bones.

Within their hollow chest cavities, countless silver-blue specks of light flickered—these were the Ghost-toothed Dragon Vipers, small monsters used in ancient times to execute dragons, which parasitized the bodies of the dragon-shaped corpse guardians.

Fortunately, Yuan Zhisheng had been staying by the recovery system. Upon receiving Angers' message, he immediately started the winch motor and deployed more than 8,000 meters of metal rope to begin rapid retrieval.

whoosh-

The taut recovery cable pulled the Trieste upwards at high speed, but it was, after all, a behemoth measured in tons, and its ascent speed was far slower than that of the Corpse Guardians that could speed through the water.

Moreover, with the surrounding volcanic rock breaking off, if it just rushes upwards recklessly, it is very likely to collide with the broken rocks and cause the machine to break apart, which would really be the end of it.

"Caesar, you keep an eye on the control panel." Seeing that the Trieste was about to be surrounded, Angers pulled Caesar in front of him and made him keep a close eye on the submersible's status.

Then his lion-like eyes lit up, and he looked intently at Cheng Shuangfan: "It's up to you now."

Cheng Shuangfan nodded vigorously and also activated her golden eyes.

Yesterday they had already discussed how to survive if something unexpected happened underwater. The solution was for the two of them to combine their spiritual powers and forcefully break through the encirclement.

As the invisible domain expanded, Caesar suddenly noticed that the corpses attacking from outside the submersible and the falling volcanic rocks were moving slower.

He blinked, trying to confirm if it was his imagination, but the time displayed on the console almost stopped ticking.

“This is…” He turned around and saw the principal sitting cross-legged on the ground, with Cheng Shuangfan kneeling on one knee opposite him, her eyes shining with golden light, her hand pressing on the bottom of the Trieste.

"boom--"

With a strange noise, the legendary equipment in the history of human deep-sea diving suddenly began to vibrate violently, and under Caesar's horrified gaze, it began to serpentine in the deep sea at a depth of eight thousand meters.

Whether it was falling volcanic rocks or zombies lunging at it with sharp teeth and claws, the Trieste successfully evaded them all under extremely dangerous circumstances, and it even felt that its upper body speed had increased.

what on earth is it?

Caesar didn't understand, but he was greatly shocked.

Angers' Word of Power is Time Zero, a fact that the Gattuso family had long known. Therefore, the one who could control the Trieste and display various micro-manipulation skills underwater could only be the unassuming Cheng Shuangfan.

Judging from his posture, his words of power are not about controlling the water flow, but more like controlling the Trieste to actively avoid danger.

So, this is a sword mastery that appears in history as rarely as Time Zero?!

The diving team, thanks to the cooperation of Time Zero and Sword Master, successfully avoided the crisis of annihilation, but the crisis is not yet over.

Through the observation port above, one could see a dense mass of dark bronze monsters, their corpses guarding Takamagahara and the White King seemingly endless.

Let alone whether the three of them can escape from the monsters' encirclement, even if they do surface, the battlefield they will face will inevitably be even more brutal!
"boom--!!!"

A deafening roar echoed within the abyss. The underwater volcano erupted, and the lava flow engulfed the ancient city of Takamagahara. At the same moment, the nuclear power plant, which had already been programmed, also exploded.

A terrifying shockwave erupted on the seabed, and intense light and heat directly illuminated the deep sea. The zombies that had not yet hatched or escaped were swallowed by the explosion and lava, unable to even utter a shrill scream.

The shockwave from the explosion raged across the seabed, causing the volcanic rock walls to collapse even faster. The corpses that were besieging the Trieste were blown away, while the legendary deep-sea submersible cleverly used the thrust of the explosion to propel itself upwards.

The storm gathers, lifting me to the clouds!
The submersible emitted a terrifying creaking sound as it surged upwards relentlessly from the seabed.

With the help of the nuclear shockwave, the pressure on Cheng Shuangfan and Angre was greatly reduced.

The former only needs to control the Trieste to avoid some insurmountable opponents, and ignores everything else.

After breaking out of the encirclement of the corpse guards, the latter had already shut down his Word of Power. Maintaining zero time was also a huge burden for him, and he could not afford to lose his ability to act at this critical moment.

But he couldn't let his guard down. The nuclear explosion had given the port of Trieste the opportunity to accelerate. The three thousand meters passed in the blink of an eye, and they had already reached a depth of about five thousand meters on the seabed.

At sea, the retrieval system atop the Sumeru pedestal was still operating, rapidly retracting the safety rope.

Genjiro looked at the helicopters circling in the sky and the ships constantly patrolling the sea, his face expressionless.

Although the gods are not in the burial place, the dangers they face are no less than those of the White King's resurrection. Tens of thousands of corpses are rapidly rising, while they only have a few thousand.

Even with a sufficient number of modern weapons, it is impossible to achieve absolute dominance against a massive number of enemies.

The piercing alarm echoed in his ears. He picked up a heavy sniper rifle and went to the side, quietly waiting for the zombie guards to surface.

Beside him, Crow and Yaksha, along with their roulette guards, also carried weapons, their faces showing little fear, only a heroic spirit to fight.

Sakura stood behind him as always, holding a gun, shielding him from any attacks from behind.

He looked around at everyone, without saying anything inspiring or making any promises, but simply bowed slightly, his voice sincere:

"I'm counting on you all."

The head/young master of the Yuan family bowed to himself, which was somewhat contrary to the Heavenly Gang. Crow, Yaksha, and the other big men felt a fire burning in their chests and vowed to defend their position to the death.

They all knew that once the Corpse Guardian rose to the surface, the area outside the Sumeru Throne would be the easiest place for those monsters to conquer, and they would be the first to be attacked.

But as long as Genjiro stands in front, they will not feel despair.

After all, this is Amaterasu no Mikoto of the Snake-Headed Eight Families, the man destined to lead the Snake-Headed Eight Families to glory.

Just by looking at his back, you can tell how incredibly strong this person is.

Over the communication channel, Miyamoto Shigeo reported that the first wave of corpse guards was approaching the depth charge net. Inuyama He looked at the Trieste, which was only half-recovered, feeling somewhat anxious, but he couldn't show it at this moment.

He turned to look for the expert Angers had brought; he knew who that person was and wanted to see how he would act in this situation.

But looking around, there was no sign of that person wearing sunglasses late at night.

The old suitcase that had been placed in the corner had also disappeared.

Outside the central command room, an elderly man in a black suit strolled in the wind and rain, carrying a heavy suitcase, his gaze fixed on a young man standing on the edge of the platform, sniping at the enemy.

That was his son, and the girl who might become his daughter-in-law; they were there guarding his old friend's only path to survival.

"Boom boom boom——!!!"

A violent explosion came from the seabed a hundred meters below. The first wave of zombies entered the depth charge. Having experienced the impact of volcanic eruptions and nuclear explosions, these monsters experienced the terror of modern military technology the moment they were about to surface.

A series of depth charges exploded, releasing dazzling flashes and tens of thousands of hard steel balls in the seawater at a depth of 100 meters, cutting and pulverizing all living things in its path.

Looking down from above, the dark sea suddenly seemed to radiate light.

Soon the shockwave from the depth charge reached the sea surface, sending huge white waves soaring into the sky, nearly overturning the patrol boats on the surface.

"40% of the corpse guards survived!"

With Miyamoto Shio's roar, before the towering waves had subsided, his burly, steel-blue body leaped out of the sea, soaring to a height of four or five meters like a flying fish.

"Fire! Fire!"

"Kill them!"

Seeing that the enemy had finally appeared, the eight families of the Snake Clan, who had been preparing for a long time, opened fire at once.

The helicopters hovered in the sky, their machine guns firing wildly, instantly pushing the corpse guards that had leaped out of the sea back into the water.

The naval police boats fired torpedoes at the horde of zombies, their triple-mounted guns roared into action, and the law enforcement officers on the patrol boats, armed with machine guns, slammed these monsters, who only knew how to kill, with mercury-explosive shells specially made by the Rock Flow Research Institute.

At the top of the Sumeru pedestal, Yuan Zhisheng set up a sniper rifle and shot the corpse guard in the head.

The first wave of corpse guards was small in number and was easily suppressed.

But before they could be completely eliminated, Miyamoto Shigeo's roar rang out again:
"The second wave of zombies has arrived!"

As they spoke, hundreds more monsters with human bodies and snake tails leaped out of the sea.

This time, without the use of depth charges to reduce their numbers, they did not panic and lose their formation. Instead, they located the police and patrol boats that were unleashing their firepower on the seabed and began to wreak havoc the moment they landed on the ships.

The hybrid faction has begun to suffer casualties, and with the emergence of the third and fourth waves of zombie guards, the casualties will only increase.

Yuan Zhisheng stood on top and kept firing, sniping a corpse that jumped onto the naval police boat and tried to cut off the gun barrel with its tail, successfully rescuing everyone on board.

But that was all he could do, and he had to aim his gun at the sea surface closer to the floating platform. At this moment, the third wave of zombies was about to surface, and this time their targets were no longer just the members of the Kanto branch on the naval police boats and patrol boats.

Even the immovable Sumeru pedestal will become a target for their attacks.

……

I am a hunter of love~
You are now on the hunting list~
Please don't resist, I'll make you happy~

It was very dark in Tokyo, and it was raining heavily.

The sky in Yokohama wasn't dark, and the atmosphere was very hot.

At Yokohama International Stadium, Chinatsu Aoki, having changed into a new performance outfit, sang her latest single, "Ai no Hunter," winning cheers and applause from tens of thousands of spectators for over a minute.

After the applause and cheers subsided, Chinatsu Aoki began to talk about the creative process behind her new song.

"It was a very serendipitous encounter; I went to an amusement park to look for inspiration..."

Her voice trailed off with a slight gasp, and in the close-up shot on the big screen, her eyes, adorned with glittery eye makeup, suddenly looked towards the VIP area:
"My two special guests who inspired me are here today!"

With her gesture, the camera suddenly turned to the audience, where two exceptionally good-looking young men and women appeared on the stage's large screen.

The boy was cheerful and handsome, and the girl was delicate and bright. They were wearing matching outfits and had lollipops in their mouths. The girl looked a little surprised, as if she didn't know why she was suddenly being called out.

"Eh?!"

Gasps of surprise erupted from the audience.

"Wow, this girl is so cute! She seems even cuter than Xiaxia!"

"You idiot, Xiaxia is the cutest, you fake fan!"

"Unbelievable! Such a cute girl already has a boyfriend."

"Wake up, even if she doesn't have a boyfriend, she wouldn't be interested in you."

"Hey, why does that girl look so familiar? I feel like I've seen her somewhere before."

"Hey, isn't that the KFC eating contest couple from before?! I even have a photo with them!"

Amidst a cacophony of discussion and Aoki Chinatsu's enthusiastic invitation, Lu Mingfei pulled Erii onto the stage.

The camera followed her the whole time, and it was clear that Erii was a little nervous. After all, being among 70,000 people and being watched by 70,000 people are two completely different things.

In the past, she might have been so nervous that she cried, and then Yuan Zhisheng would have taken her home with great anxiety, fearing that she might accidentally unleash a judgment and turn the more than 70,000 audience members into mud.

Chinatsu Aoki just sang several songs, and now she's taking a break during the interview with the two of them. Everyone is really interested in this good-looking young couple.

"Say hello to everyone," she said, taking on the role of a temporary host.

Lu Mingfei was a man of few words: "My name is Lu Mingfei."

Erii pulled his hand tightly, looked at the microphone handed to her, glanced at him, and then answered softly:

"My name is Erii."

Aoki Chinatsu, who was holding the microphone, probably never dreamed that if the higher-ups of the Snake Clan had seen what just happened, it would have caused such a stir—good heavens, the host and the group of people below were still alive?!

I must still be dreaming!
"Eri-chan is a little shy." Aoki Chinatsu smiled, not wanting to make things difficult for the shy Erii, and turned to look at Lu Mingfei:

"Could you tell us how you met?"

This question brought a playful smile to Lu Mingfei's face: "We met through video games. Erii is a shut-in who wanted to see the outside world, so I lured her out of her home."

"Elopement? How romantic! Did you get your parents' permission?" Chinatsu Aoki voiced the question on behalf of the audience.

"No, her family didn't agree, and they beat them up before she ran away."

The boy smiled innocently under the stage lights.

The audience erupted in good-natured laughter, clearly thinking it was a joke.

"Is there anything you want to say to Erii-chan?" Chinatsu Aoki completely embraced the role of the host. "Since you dared to elope with her, you must have made up your mind before doing it."

"Of course, if you're too shy to express your feelings directly to your crush, you can also call out to Erii-chan's family here and tell them that you're taking good care of her and that they shouldn't worry."

The big screen then cut to the two people's clasped hands, their fingers intertwined, which drew another round of good-natured laughter.

"The voice is too pale."

Lu Mingfei looked down at Aoki Chinatsu's uniquely shaped guitar, a slight smile playing on his lips:

"Since it's a concert, of course we should express ourselves through singing."

(End of this chapter)