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It is said that Saint Seiya cannot be defeated by the same move, but the premise is that you have to see the Saint Seiya's move. If you can't see it, then there is no way to talk about it.
None of the four of them knew how Gu Ran had just vanished into thin air.
The unknown is the most frightening thing.
Genjiro took a deep breath, glanced at Gu Ran with a complicated expression, and then ordered the members of the Snake Clan to prepare to snipe the Corpse Guardian horde underground.
"Gentlemen, I'm begging you!"
"Hai!" Thousands answered in unison, their powerful voices echoing across the sea.
The Sheqi Eight Families have many military industrial enterprises that serve as weapons suppliers for the Self-Defense Forces, so they can manufacture weapons and build an army at any time.
The triple-barreled rapid-fire guns, large-caliber anti-ship machine guns, and torpedo tubes were all exposed. The fishing boats laid depth charges in a spiral pattern. These bombs would automatically float in the water at a depth of 100 meters, forming a complete defensive network.
However, how effective these items are against corpse guards remains to be seen.
Dragon corpses do not decompose for many years after death. The dragon race uses alchemy to preserve the remains of their own kind and uses them as guardians of the city—a forbidden technology.
The Corpse Guardian's brain is dead, but its nervous system, heart, and muscles are intact. Its bloodlust and aggression are even stronger than when it was alive. Its alchemically treated torso and bones are even tougher than when it was alive. Apart from being a bit clumsy, it is a flawless killing machine.
At this moment, Genji communicated with the Trieste in the ocean and told them that if there were corpse guardians, ordinary sulfur bombs would be useless.
Chapter 388 The Last Trust
Genjiro said that a nuclear bomb must be used now, and the nuclear power plant in the Trieste is the nuclear bomb. He told Caesar and his men to launch the nuclear bomb.
He said the nuclear bomb was safe.
Genjiro lied and said that this was the result of discussions with Professor Schneider.
At the same time, Genji also lied to them, saying that he would pull them up within half an hour.
When he was lying, Gu Ran's voice kept echoing in Yuan Zhisheng's mind.
You're all so hypocritical!
Yes, how hypocritical.
Yuan Zhisheng felt so tired, so very tired.
His biggest wish was simply to sell sunscreen on nudist beaches in France.
I don't know when or when this wish will come true.
But for the sake of justice in his heart, he had no choice but to continue his hypocrisy.
Beneath the seabed, Caesar agreed to the plan, and Chu Zihang began to violently crack the nuclear power module, preparing to deploy it.
While Caesar was working, he left a will, the gist of which was that he liked Nono because Nono was an unreadable book, and he was afraid that one day when he understood Nono, he would no longer like her.
Caesar continued, saying that if he died, he hoped Nono could take his suit with him and enjoy the world-traveling wedding together.
Chu Zihang's suicide note was left for his stepfather, asking him to take good care of his mother and to break the agreement to have another child.
Since Lu Mingfei didn't have anyone to leave a suicide note, he thought for a moment and then passed on a message to Gu Ran: "Gu Ran, I'm entrusting my computer and hard drive to you. You should understand what I mean. You should leave behind a clean reputation!"
Gu Ran laughed out loud in the command room, knowing that Lu Mingfei wanted him to help deal with the movies on the hard drive so that no one else would find out.
He shouted, "Don't worry, you won't die!"
None of the three people underwater heard it, because Genji had cut off Gu Ran's communication.
Genji listened silently to the suicide notes left by these people, and finally gave the order: "I agree to the Trieste dropping the nuclear power module. Sumeru is ready to recover you."
In reality, Sumeru had no time to retrieve the three people from the seabed because the nuclear power plant had been modified by the Japanese branch, and the explosive force could have triggered a tsunami!
Therefore, the three people underwater are very likely to be blown away by the shockwave of the nuclear explosion. Even if they manage to escape the shockwave, they will still be attacked by the horde of corpses.
Therefore, their chances of survival are less than 1%.
But Gu Ran knew they would be safe and sound, because there was still Jiu De Mai below as a nurse to protect them. At this moment, she was injected with the Ancient Dragon Serum and was in a state of near-invincibility as a little dragon, so the small group of corpse guards posed no threat to her.
"Liberate the nuclear power module and return to base immediately!" Caesar, as the team leader, opened the hook that was suspending the nuclear power module.
Chu Zihang realized something was wrong and tried to stop it, but the nuclear power module had already been thrown out and was drifting in the deep sea.
It turns out that Mai Shude had cut the detonation device earlier, so the nuclear power cabin can't be blown up now, and the only option is to dive down and enter the code to detonate it.
Another problem is that Caesar forgot the password he set. He clearly used Nono's birthday, but he couldn't enter it correctly no matter how many times he tried.
Upon hearing this news, Yuan Zhisheng's face turned ashen. They had prepared for so long, but at the most crucial moment, things had gone wrong.
It's like when you're playing Left 4 Dead, you disturb the Witch, but you're unarmed and have no weapons, so you're doomed!
Genjiro didn't know how to continue deceiving the three people on the Trieste. After they finished dropping everything, they waited for Sumeru to pull them up, even though Sumeru might not be able to pull them up.
The people below were on edge, and Genjiro was exhausted after telling so many lies today.
He turned to look at Gu Ran: "Could you communicate with them and ask them to do a deep-sea walk and manually enter the password to detonate it?"
"No." Gu Ran refused decisively. "You've done your own thing, so you'll have to finish what you've done. Don't expect me to do anything about it."
Yuan Zhisheng turned around and stopped asking him for help. He was never good at asking for help and always stubbornly went his own way.
"Guys, bad news. The nuclear power module has malfunctioned. You will have to conduct a deep-sea walk and manually enter the password," Yuan Zhisheng said to the Trieste.
Caesar asked if the throne wouldn't pull them up if they refused.
Yuan Zhisheng said that if they refused, everyone would die, so it didn't matter whether they came up or not.
He was urging Caesar that he should try it in order to save more people.
"Gu Ran was right, you little devils are all unreliable." Caesar growled. "Where is Gu Ran? Let me say a word to him. I know he's definitely here in this situation. I've fought with him before, and I know that although he likes to roam freely outside of the battle plan, he also likes to control the situation. He's not the kind of person who would just run around aimlessly."
Yuan Zhisheng tossed the communication headset to Gu Ran, letting him decide for himself.
Yes, in this situation, saying more is useless.
“It’s me,” Gu Ran said. “What the giant tortoise said is true. The nuclear bomb can’t be detonated right now. Even if it were, you might not be able to return safely because the yield of that nuclear bomb was adjusted by the Japanese branch. The shock wave would cause a tsunami, and Sumeru wouldn’t have time to hoist you up. Even if it did, I guess the giant tortoise would give up. The noble head of the Yuan family wouldn’t risk his life to bring you up.”
Gu Ran stated the truth in a very calm manner, and everyone present stared intently at him.
This shows they're determined not to let Caesar and his men venture into the deep sea.
Everyone knows they're going to die, so who would be willing to sacrifice themselves?
Caesar asked, "So, does that mean we people at the bottom of the sea are doomed to die?"
“There is still a slight chance of survival,” Gu Ran said. “As long as the Trieste is not damaged and the walking suit is not damaged, you have a chance to surface alive. This chance… Princess Kaguya from the Japanese branch should have calculated it, and I guess it is less than 1%.”
The people in the command center were surprised again; Gu Ran even knew this much.
“Very good, only you could speak so truthfully.” Caesar paused. “Escape. Those people up there shouldn’t be able to hold you. Escape and avenge us.”
Everyone in the command room was watching Gu Ran, knowing that if he wanted to escape, perhaps no one could stop him.
Even Yuan Zhisheng wasn't confident he could stop someone who could disappear into thin air.
“No,” Gu Ran said, “I’ll wait for the three of you to come back.”
“That’s true. I still have the wedding aura to protect me, so I won’t die so easily.” Caesar smiled. “Alright, I’m going to go out for a deep-sea voyage. I’ll temporarily hand over the leadership of the group to Chu Zihang.”
After saying that, Caesar tossed the communication headset to Chu Zihang and said, "The oxygen will only last for eight minutes. I set the password, and only I know it. If I don't come back in eight minutes, have Sumeru pull you up. Gu Ran is up there, so even if it doesn't explode, Sumeru shouldn't just stand by and watch him die."
Those on the Sumeru pedestal were stunned. They never expected that Caesar would insist on walking into the deep sea even though he knew he was going to die.
Genjiro understood that Caesar was a proud man who was willing to sacrifice himself to save the majority. If he ran away this time, he would never be able to forgive himself for the rest of his life.
Genjiro made a mistake, which resulted in the friendship he had just gained from Caesar being abandoned in less than a day.
Trust is such a fragile thing.
At this moment, the surveillance footage showed that the snake-tailed, human-bodied corpses had begun to ascend. These were not pure-blooded dragons; they were hybrids in life, which meant that this was not a city of dragons, but one built by the ancestors of hybrids.
Caesar donned a Zeppelin suit for a deep-sea walk, but the closer he got to the Lenin, the more out of control he became, and he lost consciousness before reaching the nuclear power compartment.
It seems he was hallucinating, just like Professor Schneider encountered in the Greenland waters; the closer one gets to the embryo, the more susceptible one is to mental attacks.
Chu Zihang noticed the anomaly and decided to go out as well. He told Lu Mingfei to go back on his own and not to live with guilt, as they had gone out voluntarily.
Like Caesar, Chu Zihang was a proud man, so he refused to die such a pathetic death.
On the sea, the Corpse Guardian was about to reach the surface. Seeing that it hadn't detonated yet, Genjiro could only rely on the Snake Clan to intercept it.
Gu Ran looked out the window and saw that everyone was already armed and ready.
Crow and Yaksha also picked up shotguns and pistols, because their gang wasn't good at using military weapons, and Sakura was ready to fight, for they themselves were weapons.
But since nuclear bombs cannot be detonated underwater, the number of zombies will be countless!
Furthermore, there is a pure-blooded dragon with a title below, whose remains have been made into a guardian spirit. If it is awakened, none of them will survive. Even the Japanese branch is unaware of this.
Genjiro was also preparing to fight, but he believed that they would successfully detonate the nuclear bomb underwater.
Because Gu Ran trusted them, and he now trusts Gu Ran.
Gu Ran didn't pick up any weapons, just held the Dragon Slayer Sword, showing no intention of drawing it, as if he were just there for sightseeing.
Although Gu Ran could disappear into thin air, Yuan Zhisheng didn't understand the principle behind it. But in the vast sea of people, he still needed a boat to get back to shore, so he didn't care about Gu Ran's whereabouts.
At this moment, bursts of artillery fire came from outside. The Snake Clan had dropped depth charges and officially started fighting the Corpse Guardian Group!
Gatling guns and various heavy weapons formed a barrage on the sea, blocking and attacking the zombie guards below, preventing even one from reaching the shore.
But below, there are thousands of corpses guarding the area, and some will always slip through and escape to other places!
Those members of the Snake Clan who knew the inside story were all hoping that the Trieste in the sea would detonate a nuclear bomb, which would lighten their burden.
At the bottom of the sea, Lu Mingfei was trapped in the illusion of his boss, Lu Mingze. The little devil boss kept tempting Lu Mingfei to trade 1/4 of his life, but Lu Mingfei refused.
Fortunately, the young boss eventually helped Lu Mingfei by giving him the correct nuclear bomb code.
Chapter 389 Word Power: Judgment
The password Caesar set was for the date of Nono's birthday party, not her actual birthday.
Because Nono dislikes celebrating her birthday, she avoids that day. The password given by the little devil is a power of words; Lu Mingfei can make it work whenever he wants.
Therefore, Caesar, who was closest to the nuclear power module, suddenly started moving again at this moment, not out of his own will, but because of Lu Mingfei's wish.
After a while, Chu Zihang brought Caesar back to the Trieste and then notified Sumeru to begin the recovery process.
On the Trieste, Mai Shude, in her dragon form, wields the two divine weapons, Ame no Habakiri and Futsu no Mitama, guarding the submersible.