Chapter 198 Rebirth and Death

The bright red flesh ate the ship, and even traces of blood vessels could be seen in the steel. The sunken ship gave birth to huge blood vessels that poured into the seabed, and the blood flowed to the entire city like a spring.

Su Beixun put his hand on the top of the meat mountain, "You are much bigger than I thought. Do you want to take the whole thing away?"

Before he finished his words, the surrounding sea water began to swirl and evaporate, turning into a force that lifted up the sunken ship and tried to pull it up completely.

The Philosopher's Stone blocked his communication with the elements, but in the ocean filled with water, he still possessed supreme authority.

"Don't bother." The child stopped him. "This cocoon is dead. I can't hatch from it again. Just take the core with you. All my genes are engraved in it."

Following his instructions, Su Beixun reached in through a suspended window, and the texture of the flesh felt like leather.

He cut off a piece of flesh and held it firmly in his hand.

"Where is the holy remains?" Su Beixun asked again.

"In the center of Takama-ga-hara, below the black tower." The child pointed.

The sea water rolled up into a violent wave and hit the tower.

The cold and hard iron is crumbling.

As if sensing the vibration, scarlet mist suddenly gushed out of the ruins, and slender creatures crawled out from the cracks. They tore off the afterbirth covering themselves, their bodies glowed with a metallic luster, and their pupils shone with golden light.

The monsters crawled uneasily on the seabed, twisting their slender lower bodies and looking up at Su Beixun, restless and fearful.

"They are all hybrids who died in the past. They used alchemical techniques similar to mummification to seal their vitality in immortal bodies." The child lowered his head in disgust, angry at these [Corpse Guardians] who desecrated his blood.

boom!
The sound of the collapse was loud enough even on the bottom of the sea.

The black tower overturned, and the sea water rolled something in front of Su Beixun.

——It was a piece of pale bone with tiny buds of flesh squirming on it. The red silk thread swayed in the sea water, slowly wrapped around Su Beixun's body, and was blocked from the flesh and blood by the black scales.

"Okay, we should go."

Su Beixun didn't look closely. He pulled the dead child's cocoon to his side with the water flow and turned to swim to another sea area.

"Aren't you going to take these things with you?" The child pointed at the Corpse Guards and asked, "Although they are disgusting, they will succumb to the King's bloodline and guard you until you break out of your cocoon."

"No need." Su Beixun shook his head. "The bigger the target, the higher the probability of being exposed. The capabilities of these things are not enough for me to take higher risks."

He sneered as he said this, "Besides, since the place where the holy remains are sleeping is called Takamagahara, there are many eyes on it in Japan, which is the closest place. Let these things test it... After all, suffering a loss once is enough."

Hundreds of corpse guards spit out their snake-like forked tongues, and after the figure disappeared, they finally jumped up from the ground, waving their long tails and floating upwards rapidly.

The slender shadows twisted violently, the lava illuminating their cold bodies, gathering together like a crazy whirlpool.

The waves are vast, like a trapped dragon ascending to heaven.

##
Its daybreak.

The night takes away the ethereal souls of the dead.

Pigeons flew down from the church-like roof like a cloud, filling the entire messy lawn.

Dozens of coffins were neatly placed in front of the library. Students wore black clothes, pinned white roses on their chests, and bowed their heads to pray.

Professor Guderian rarely changed out of his sloppy suit and combed his messy hair meticulously.

He stood at the front of the queue, his eyes red but no tears.

"Cry if you want to," Manstein said softly, "Or, let's go to the office for a drink together? As long as you don't secretly add coffee to it, I can listen to you cry all day long. It doesn't matter."

"No! I don't want to have afternoon tea with someone with bad taste!" Professor Guderian refused.

After a moment of silence, he said insincerely, "Besides, why should I cry about... dying on the battlefield with the Dragon King? I would only be proud of my student's bravery."

Manstein sighed. He said nothing more, but stood on tiptoe and patted his friend's shoulder, staying quietly beside him.

But suddenly, a cold and hard voice came from behind them.

"Death is never glorious!"

Schneider held the handle of the car, his damaged trachea making a hoarse and unpleasant sound, "Parting is the most painful thing in the world! No one wants to see death! Glory is just a rhetoric and excuse for us to numb ourselves. If you really believe this bullshit, it's ridiculous!"

Guderian lowered his head and did not refute.

Under the crystal coffin lid in front of him was a peaceful face. Finkel had a serious look on his face and wore tight clothes to cover the broken holes.

"Looks pretty good when asleep."

Guderian couldn't help laughing, but tears suddenly flowed out.

……

Lu Mingfei did not stand with the crowd; he leaned against the last tree trunk.

A pigeon tilted its head and rubbed his ankle.

Lu Mingfei reached out and dug into his pockets. “Sorry, Brother Pigeon, I don’t have anything here… How about you look in Brother Wasteful’s pockets? He has a lot of leftovers there, whether it’s biscuits or bread.”

Lu Mingfei paused, lowered his head, and said softly, "But he's dead."

In his sight, the leather shoes on his feet were polished with shiny black oil, so that he couldn't bear to step on his heels when he took them off. The clothes and pants were also exquisite and smooth, comparable to a girl's hair.

This was what he found on the chair after waking up naked in the dormitory this morning. It was completely different from the dress he rented for the party last night.

A white piece of paper was placed on the table, with it written in neat black font: After-sales compensation, welcome to visit next time!

"What a sly businessman! You didn't just let me have a dream, did you?" Lu Mingfei sighed in complaint.

He touched his neck, then slid down to his chest and pressed it.

Everything is perfect!

All the gaping wounds that had torn him apart disappeared without a trace, as if the bloody monster from last night was really just a hazy dream.

"I'm sorry, Brother, I couldn't avenge you." The boy whispered in his heart, "But you probably didn't have any hope in me, did you? So we're even, okay?"

sand~
The grass was flattened, and footsteps were suddenly heard behind me.

Lu Mingfei turned around and saw a head of golden hair shining in the sun.

He was stunned and subconsciously greeted: "Hello?"

Caesar, his arm wrapped in bandages, stopped and looked back at him.

“Ah, no, no, what I mean is…” Lu Mingfei panicked, secretly cursing himself for speaking without thinking, and stammered as he tried to explain.

But Caesar nodded to him and said in return: "Hello."

Then he didn't move on, but just stood there, staring at the other person with his sea-blue eyes.

"Uh... Boss?" Lu Mingfei hesitated for a long time before calling out this title, lowering his eyebrows and asking, "What can I do for you?"

"No, it's you who's got something wrong." Caesar put his right hand in his pocket and said calmly, "Your expression tells me that you have something to tell me."

“I…” Lu Mingfei was speechless.

He did have some things he wanted to tell the other party - the identity of the dragon, the cause of Nono's death... but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that none of them were that important.

Then he was stuck, like a scratched CD. The atmosphere froze for a moment.

The pigeons nearby couldn't stand this atmosphere and flew away flapping their wings.

"If you want to talk, you can come to me in two days." Caesar turned around and said, "I will go to China today and tomorrow, so I don't have time."

"...China?" Lu Mingfei finally came to his senses after hearing his own country and asked curiously, "Boss, why are you going to China?"

This name had already sounded familiar by the time it was called out the second time.

"Have you forgotten the agreement you signed before you enrolled? The bodies of the victims will be shipped to their respective countries tomorrow." Caesar explained, "But Nuonuo doesn't want to return to the Chen family, so I'm going to go with you and bring her back."

"This... should be difficult." Lu Mingfei said, "Returning to one's roots is ingrained in the Chinese people's DNA. Her family won't agree, right?"

"Then get her out!" Caesar was as determined as a lion defending his territory. He said without hesitation, "As Nono's boyfriend, I will never leave her in a place she hates."

"So... do you want to bury her in Gattuso's house?" Lu Mingfei pursed his lips, and after trying to hold back, he still followed behind and asked. His heart ached, and he felt that the word "bury" was too cold and without any warmth.

Caesar stopped again.

Facing the bright sun, he was stunned for a long time before he said softly, "No, she won't like that kind of atmosphere. Maybe... I will take her to the Maldives? Or the Seychelles?"

Caesar left with his back as straight as ever.

Lu Mingfei sighed and leaned against the tree trunk again, feeling empty inside.

##
The footsteps in the corridor were a bit noisy, the smell of disinfectant spread in the nose, and the indicator light on the operating room not far away was bright red.

——This is a hospital that cooperates with Kassel and specializes in serving mixed-race people. Many of the doctors there are also graduates from the academy.

Chu Zihang leaned against the wall opposite the ward, looking at the man with weak breathing on the bed through the transparent glass on the door.

The doubts churning in his heart forced him to stay here when the other classmates went back to attend the funeral.

There is one thing he must investigate clearly!

click!
The doctor in the ward fixed the equipment for monitoring heart rate and blood pressure, opened the door, and was stunned when he saw the person at the door.

"It's you, classmate. Aren't you going back with the others?" He waved and greeted her. After noticing her gaze, he consoled her, "Don't worry. The patient's condition has stabilized. He will recover as long as he rests for a while."

"Is there really no problem?" Chu Zihang asked calmly.

As if he was worried that the hospital's examination was not thorough enough, he reminded in a more serious tone, "The principal fought a dragon in close combat and fell directly from the air!"

"Oh, it's okay, don't worry."

The doctor looked very confident. "We use the most advanced instruments in the world here, and we have checked every part of Mr. Ange's body. There will be no hidden dangers left."

Chu Zihang frowned and asked tentatively, "Is the principal's injury serious?"

"Very serious!" The doctor nodded. "Severe blood loss, damaged internal organs, fractured limbs, broken ribs... To be honest, if it weren't for his strong will to survive, even the most powerful hybrid wouldn't have survived."

The doctor said with admiration, "Hilbert Jean Ange is truly a man worthy of everyone's respect!"

But Chu Zihang just remained silent.

The pupils under his black contact lenses contracted unnaturally quickly. He turned his head and looked at the principal, bypassing the doctor in front of him.

The old man lay on the bed with his eyes closed, his face pale, his chest wrapped in thick bandages, rising and falling very steadily.

But this...how is it possible? !

Chu Zihang couldn't believe it.

The plane he was flying was one of the last survivors of the aerial battle last night, and he had been flying beside the regiment, so he knew exactly how badly the principal was injured.

That injury couldn't even be described as broken internal organs!

Through the glass in front of the fighter plane, he could clearly see half of the principal's heart flying out of his body! And the huge crack that almost split him in two!

This is definitely not an injury that can be survived by the will to survive alone!

and……

Being thrown out and falling freely from a height of about a thousand meters, it would only be a broken bone... Even if there were tree branches as a buffer, this was an impossible zero-probability event!

He had made the painful decision not to let the principal sacrifice his life, but after the war, the people cleaning the battlefield said that they found Angers alive on the lawn!
After being sent to the hospital for a day of surgery, his scarred body was actually healed!
"What on earth is going on?" Chu Zihang murmured in a low voice.

Everything before my eyes was beyond the realm of miracles! It was no exaggeration to say that it was the arrival of God!
Chu Zihang looked at the face he had seen many times, and suddenly felt that everything was so strange.

##
Brixham.

This is a seaside town located in the southwest of England, overlooking the English Channel between the British mainland and the European continent, with fishing as its main business.

The setting sun melts gold.

The fiery red sunset shines on the stone statue of William on the pier, and several fishing boats drift in the afterglow.

"Hey! Ian! It's time for us to go home!" On the small fishing boat, the bearded man shouted to the boy lying on the railing holding a fishing net.

"Wait a moment! Uncle William." The boy didn't want to go back so soon. He looked down at the things in the net with great interest, trying to find some fish worth showing off to others.

But suddenly, he was stunned.

Just five or six meters away, a shadow emerged from the rippling sea and swam to the bottom of the boat.

"Uncle! There's a big fish nearby!" Ian shouted happily. He hurried to the other side of the boat, but the black shadow did not appear.

"Really? Why didn't I see it?" William teased him with a smile.

Can be sudden.

Click~

There was a faint tearing sound coming from under my feet.

Ian turned his head and saw a huge crack on the bottom of the boat. Seawater was seeping out of it and spreading upwards rapidly.

Feeling the wetness on his ankle, he was suddenly shocked and at a loss.

"Oh! Ian, come to me quickly!" William shouted, waving at him.

But the experienced uncle was not panicked. People who go to sea all year round are good at swimming. Besides, this place is not far from the port, and rescue will arrive soon.

He waded through the water to Ian's side, took out a life jacket from the corner, and was about to put them on both of them.

Available in the next second.

As if something was dragging from below, the speed at which the ship was sinking suddenly doubled.

"Oh! God!"

William screamed.

soon.

The salty sea water flooded the nostrils of both of them.

(End of this chapter)