"Tell me, what's going on with this mission?"
Lu Chen was sitting on the helicopter at this time, wearing headphones and talking to the commissioner opposite.
He was informed in the evening and took the college's special plane for a fifteen-hour flight (note: there is a six-hour time difference between the two places), all the way to Africa, and now he was on a helicopter.
But the mission arrangement explanation sent by Norma was very simple. It only said that a special survey was being conducted in Namaqualand, South Africa, and that he was dragged there just in case.
He was not feeling well at the time. He thought he was being asked to cut down the dragon, but who knew he was being asked to supervise the work
It seems completely uncertain whether there is anything to cut.
For specific matters, he could only ask Commissioner Meili who came to pick him up from the opposite side first.
"The cause of the matter is this. Recently, satellites detected abnormal climate phenomena in part of the Namaqualand Desert, and the sea of flowers continues to flourish..."
Lu Chen raised his hand, "Sorry to interrupt, did you just say it was a desert? There is also a sea of flowers in the desert?"
"Namaqualand is the only biologically diverse dry region on earth, and it becomes spring-like in August and September every year, with a sea of flowers blooming everywhere."
Commissioner Meili realized that their ace commissioner seemed not to be very good at geography.
"But it's almost January now."
Lu Chen looked out the window. This is the season when everything dies.
"That's the problem. This is an abnormal climate phenomenon. If it is only delayed for one month, it may still be an accidental anomaly caused by a series of changes such as the global greenhouse effect in recent years. But the sea of flowers has continued to this day. There must be some kind of abnormality. Abnormal forces are affecting it."
"Dragon?"
Lu Chen became interested.
"It's still too early to tell, but it's very possible. After all, only they have such supernatural power to affect such a large area. The sea of flowers is as long as 20 kilometers."
"How many generations will it be?"
"Based on the secret party's historical experience and the scope of this abnormal phenomenon, we speculate that there is probably a noble third-generation species sleeping under that land."
Mei Li is not exaggerating. Through research on the history of dragons, it has been found that dragons of the third generation belong to the upper class even among the dragons. In ancient China, they were mostly feudal nobles. They were noble beings who held power and power, not four or five. It is comparable to the kind of "miscellaneous soldiers".
"interesting."
Lu Chen pushed Hong Feng's knife handle with his thumb.
"There is something more interesting. This matter also involves a previous task. Counting the days, it seems that it is just a few days before you enter school."
Seeing Lu Chen's questioning look, Mei Li continued: "Previously, a bronze coffin was unearthed not far from this area. It was considered a high-risk dragon relic by the academy. The secret party ordered the destruction of this relic, but the executive department I had some trouble while performing my mission.”
"The bronze coffin was bought by a local warlord. Negotiations with the executive department collapsed and they were expelled by force. The executive department commissioners naturally won the battle after receiving supplies from the college."
Lu Chen nodded. This seemed to be the style of the execution department. They would attack at the slightest disagreement. The enemy usually couldn't defeat this group of hybrid embryo killers.
"It is said that the commissioners broke into the warlord's home and used aqua regia to destroy the bronze coffin. The commissioners reported unanimously in the mission report, and the photos after the destruction were also archived and sealed."
Lu Chen raised his hand at this time and asked: "I have a question. Doesn't the Academy of Dragon Clan cultural relics usually recycle and study them? Why should they be destroyed this time?"
"Because the bronze coffins of dragons often have special significance, they are probably the preparation place for them to form cocoons, with... The easy-to-understand explanation is that there are spiritual imprints left on them, and they can use preset methods to form cocoons after death. , so pure-blooded dragons of three generations or above are difficult to kill, unless special alchemical weapons can be used to kill not only their bodies but also their spirits, such as the Philosopher's Stone."
Meili continued: "The academy has already recovered a few of these bronze coffins for research. There is little point in collecting more. In addition, the objects are huge, and transportation and customs clearance are also troublesome, so we usually destroy them. , not giving dragons a chance to resurrect and form cocoons..."
As she said that, she smiled and said, "At least let them have one less spare place."
"But I heard that some coffins contain various instruments of torture to seal the death of dragons in them."
Lu Chen didn't skip classes at all. He remembered some of the things he needed to know very clearly.
"That situation also happens, but what we found this time was not an empty coffin. It was clean inside and even designed to be comfortable, so we destroyed it as usual."
Mei Li spread her hands.
"Well, I understand, please continue. Since it has been destroyed, are there any questions?"
Lu Chen cleared up his doubts, but he knew that since he was asked to come here again, as well as the anomalies in the Namaqualand area, it meant that there was still something to come about that mission.
"The problem occurred a few days ago. When we noticed the anomaly in Namaqualand, we immediately thought of that mission, so the commissioner who participated in that mission was called back to the academy for reconfirmation. In the process, we issued problem."
"What?"
"Those commissioners were hypnotized."
"Yan Ling?"
"You should know that Professor Masashi Toyama of the college uses hypnosis as his spiritual voice. It is usually used to brainwash ordinary people who are involved in dragon incidents, and it also provides psychological counseling for people in our college."
"That kind of psychological counseling sounds like something I really don't want to go to."
Lu Chen complained with a smile.
"It's not as scary as you think. Most of them have mental problems due to long-term missions. Even the depressed commissioners feel very good after receiving psychological counseling from Professor Toyama Masashi. They say that life has become more enjoyable."
Mellie waved her hand and explained.
"It sounds scarier."
Lu Chen, however, retained his opinion.
"Then continue, the commissioners later restored the truth of the mission under the guidance of Professor Masashi Toyama. They did win the encounter, entered the warlord's home, and destroyed the bronze coffin, but the problem was the bronze coffin The coffin is an imitation, or a substitute, not a relic of the Dragon Clan. If they were all awake, they would definitely be able to tell the difference. But they were not awake at the time. After entering the warlord's home, they were affected by a strange force and hypnotized. ”
"Why does that warlord keep so many coffins in his house? Are you waiting for him to use them?"
Lu Chen was puzzled, thinking that rich people have really unique interests.
"The warlord was originally a collector of antiquities, and especially loved all kinds of coffins. He believed that by observing the coffins of ancient countries, we could further understand the ancient cultures of various civilizations, because many civilizations attach great importance to burial, especially It’s you China.”
"That was in the past. I heard that people in China now joke that they can't afford to die, and most of them are cremated."
Lu Chen and Fingel had been hanging out together for a long time, and they felt like they would say bad things from time to time.
“Cremation is also environmentally friendly and can solve the problem of occupying farmland.”
Meili took the bait, but continued to the topic: "This is the negligence of our execution department. We knew clearly that the warlord was... a 'coffin lover', but we didn't realize that such a thing might happen. Now think about it, then The mission report only had pictures after the destruction, but no photos before the destruction. It’s because we trusted the commissioner’s written report too much.”
Lu Chen shook his head, "I can't blame those commissioners, no one expected to be collectively hypnotized."
He was just a little strange. With his mentor's meticulous and strict character, he should have found something fishy when reviewing the mission report, and at least he would have questioned the commissioners about why they lacked photos of the physical objects before destruction.
Could it be that the instructor was drunk that day? With his physical condition, can he still drink