He is currently in the Dragon Clan and has married Erii.

The three of them walked straight along the golden path without encountering any obstacles.

The road was eerily calm, as if the owner of this place had deliberately brought them here.

Faced with this abnormal situation, everyone in the team became extremely vigilant, preparing for any potential danger that might arise at any moment.

At the end of the golden passage is a gate made entirely of gold.

The moment Tang Yu saw that door, he swore he saw something strange gleaming in Aki's eyes.

Aki was stunned for a long time before she exclaimed in amazement, "What a huge piece of gold! If we could pry this out, we could definitely get a lot of money. Ye Sheng, let's get it out of here."

Ye Sheng: "..."

Tang Yu: "..."

Mans: "..."

All crew members aboard the Moniach: "..."

They must be desperate for money! They must be absolutely desperate for money!

Tang Yu had a sore throat, but he just couldn't get it out.

He really wanted to say to Aki: "Naive girl! Please stop your unrealistic fantasies!"

This is indeed a fantasy!

Such a large lump of gold, with current technology... transporting it out would be as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Tang Yu cautiously walked to the golden gate, pulled his sword from the slot in his diving suit, and slashed with all his might.

when……

This seemingly ordinary door, aside from its luxurious appearance, effortlessly blocked Tang Yu's attack without even leaving a white mark.

Logically speaking, a soft metal like gold should be unable to withstand a blade made of recycled metal.

But the truth is, not only did the door block him, but the force of the rebound also made Tang Yu's hand hurt.

"Don't use brute force. This door should be protected by a high-level alchemical array." Ye Sheng stopped Tang Yu from continuing his foolish behavior.

"Look over there!" Aki exclaimed, pointing in a certain direction.

Tang Yu swam over quickly and found that it was a face, a face also made of gold.

“Looks like another one! The Execution Department’s teams haven’t run into one in over a decade, and today we’ve found two! Should we buy a lottery ticket and see if we can become rich overnight?” Ye Sheng said to the other two with a smile.

"Stop wasting time, open the door now!" Mans couldn't help but remind him, glancing at his watch, his voice growing increasingly urgent.

"You have 46 minutes left, hurry! The weather on the river isn't good either, the Yangtze River Maritime Safety Administration staff will probably be coming to evacuate us soon!"

Upon hearing this, the three people in Bronze City immediately felt a sense of urgency.

Ye Sheng deftly pulled out the blood sample from the "key" and carefully smeared it on the gold-plated, lively teeth of the tycoon.

The Word of Power Key begins to work.

A moment later, the creature slowly opened its unusually ferocious mouth. Judging from its squinting expression, the pitiful soul sealed in the metal should be quite satisfied now.

Ye Sheng cautiously threw a flare into the entrance opened by the living spirit, and warily observed the movements inside.

"No problems found yet, be careful when you go in." Ye Sheng turned to the other two and said, then was the first to step into the unknown space.

"Be careful, I'll be waiting for you to come back! After this mission is over, I'll treat everyone to authentic German pork knuckle!" Mans on the Moniach made his presence known.

This statement touched a nerve with most of the dragon-slaying team members.

"Professor! We've been eating pork knuckle for three years now. We finally got transferred to the Executive Department and don't have to eat that stuff anymore. Are you going to drag us back into this nightmare?"

The noisy communication band added a touch of lightness to this serious mission.

Amidst the good-natured laughter of the crowd, the three people in Bronze City stepped into unknown territory.

This could be a trap set by a cunning dragon king, or it could be the greatest discovery of the last century.

I hope it's the latter!

After passing through a narrow corridor, the three of them officially entered the interior of the golden gate.

Based on the route they had taken, they should now be close to the core of Bronze City.

In other words, there must be something here!

It could be a valuable alchemical device, the tomb of the Dragon King himself, or, in a small chance, a ferocious dragon.

……

"This looks like an altar," Ye Sheng concluded after carefully examining the surrounding decorations and carvings.

"Whatever it is, I feel like I've seen something good!"

Tang Yu stared intently ahead, where there was a bronze altar. With the help of the fleeting light from the flare, they could vaguely see something placed on top of the altar.

"Let's check if there's any danger first. We can't be careless, especially at such a critical moment." Ye Sheng appeared very calm at this moment.

He calmly pulled a small pile of tiny parts from the pocket of his diving suit and quickly assembled them into a robot that looked rather dull.

That hand speed shows he did a lot of monotonous piston-like movements when he was young.

Ye Sheng patted the robot's thick metal head. "The Equipment Department's latest detection robot can help us scout ahead and at least prevent our people from falling into traps."

The probe robot started up, wobbling as it moved forward along the path, and finally slowly climbed to the top of the platform.

The journey was completely peaceful, and none of the traps or mechanisms the three had anticipated appeared; the tranquility was almost eerie.

"Why isn't there even a single anti-theft mechanism in this tomb? This is so unlike 'The Grave Robbers' Chronicles'," Tang Yu muttered under his breath, making a tired joke.

"This was going to be an unscientific adventure all along! Since there's no danger, let's hurry up and go up." Ye Sheng took the lead and walked in front, while Tang Yu and Ya Ji followed behind him cautiously, weapons in hand.

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35. The Bronze City that was launched

At the very top of the bronze altar stood a pillar cast in bronze.

The seemingly very sturdy pillar is carved with intricate patterns, which resemble ancient symbols more than decorations.

Countless intricate symbols surround an exquisite dark gold box, with a barely noticeable protrusion on the top of the box connecting to a sliding rail.

The box seemed to possess some kind of strange magic, attracting the attention of everyone present like a magnet.

Aki: "What...what is this thing?"

Ye Sheng: "I don't know, but it looks like it should be a good thing."

Ye Sheng quickly took two photos and transmitted them to the Moniach using a cable, then asked...

"Professor, what's your opinion?"

Mans on the Moniach looked at it from all angles and thought it was just an ordinary box, but now that he had seen it, why would he let it go?

"Take it whatever it is! Get out of here as soon as you have it, you're running out of oxygen. This mission ends here, the rest can be handed over to the next group."

"Well, that's all we can do." Ye Sheng sighed with some regret, then carefully reached out and gently picked up the box on the bronze pillar.

"Let's go..."

The next second, something unexpected happened.

A violent tremor choked Ye Sheng's words, and faintly, one could hear the sound of gears turning.

"This is bad!!!"

At this moment, these two words spontaneously came to everyone's mind.

"Get out of there right now!" Mans shouted anxiously into the communication channel, but all he got in return was a hissing static.

Inside the Bronze City.

The dark gold box seemed to be a key; when Ye Sheng touched it, the entire Bronze City was activated.

Countless gears meshed and rotated, and this greatest alchemical machine in history began to operate at full power.

After a thousand years of silence, it revealed its ferocious side to the world for the first time.

"What's going on down there? Hey! Ye Sheng, Tang Yu, Aki! Can you hear me?!" On the Moniahe, Mans, pale-faced, gripped the pager and asked anxiously.

Unfortunately, they have lost contact with the dragon-slaying team.

"Professor Mans, a high-energy reaction has occurred underwater! The estimated yield... is enough to send the entire dam flying into the air!"

The technician who had been staring at the computer suddenly exclaimed in surprise. On the ship's onboard detector, a huge red dot was flashing at an extremely fast frequency.

Each flash was like the final countdown of a time bomb, striking everyone's heart.

"How could there be such a strong high-energy reaction underwater? Could it be that Norton has awakened?" Mance's expression was rather grim.

"No, it doesn't seem like it! This energy reaction is more like the Bronze City's self-destruct system being activated."

"What self-destruct system?" Mans, like a crazed old lion, grabbed the technician by the collar and questioned him with bloodshot eyes.

"I just remembered that too," the technician said with a wry smile. "I read in an ancient book that it said, 'The King of Bronze and Fire forged a colossal bronze city atop a high mountain, pouring hot rock into it.'"

"This statement is too complicated to explain. In short, we just need to understand that Norton infused countless pure fire elements into the Bronze City when he forged it!"

"Under certain specific conditions, these fire elements will be released at an extremely fast speed, and the consequences are almost equivalent to the Word of Power: Candle Dragon."

"How could this happen?" Mans released the technician weakly, staggered back two steps, and looked as if he had aged more than ten years in an instant.

At the same time, below the water's surface, inside the Bronze City.

The dragon-slaying trio had just experienced a violent shock.

Because of the previous underwater earthquake warning, the group didn't take it too seriously, assuming it was just an aftershock of the previous earthquake.

However, as time went on, the tremors not only did not weaken at all, but instead seemed to intensify.

"What on earth is going on? Professor Mans, Professor Mans! Hello, damn it, where's the communication?" Tang Yu tapped his earpiece, his tone filled with indescribable anxiety.

He has a bad feeling right now, a very bad feeling!

Five minutes later, the communication channel remained silent; the only sound was heavy breathing.

Although they were reluctant to admit it, they had now completely lost communication with the Moniach.

This also means that the dragon-slaying squad from the Secret Party is completely trapped at the bottom of the silent, deep water.

The tremors lasted for more than ten minutes.