When Lu Mingfei woke up from his bed, Chu Zihang and Li Longyuan had already boarded the flight to Chicago International Airport with the team.
They didn't plan to explain anything to Lu Mingfei now. Anyway, the administrators of Cassel College had been paying attention to him.
Lu Mingfei will one day understand this world with dragons and step into the door of the world of dragon slaying.
But not now, the time has not yet come. On the Boeing 747 passenger plane, Li Yongyuan and others were sitting in the most comfortable first class cabin.
Ye Sheng and Shude Aki, who received the best treatment at a private hospital under the Shengtang Group, have also recovered.
As for Principal Angers’ aircraft named
"Sleipnir", a special aircraft converted from a Gulfstream G650 business jet, naturally cannot stay in China waiting for them, and has already returned early.
At this moment, they were leaning side by side on the aviation sofa, holding hands, with gentle and plain smiles always on their faces.
As for the other team members, they were also sitting scattered. The hybrids who had developed keen intuition noticed this detail almost immediately.
The middle-aged professor Mans Lundschneider was holding a bottle of slightly bubbling light yellow champagne and taking a sip from time to time, looking very leisurely.
After he was relieved of his duties as captain, the man's iron-blooded and serious side seemed to disappear, leaving only his decency and kindness as a professor of magic mechanics.
As the person in charge of this operation, he is certainly aware of the dangers of the Kuimen plan, and the man is ready to leave his life here.
But in fact, with the help of Li Yongyuan and other outstanding students, they not only successfully completed the mission, but all of them escaped from the threat of the next-generation Dragon Warrior and returned to the academy safely.
This is definitely a combination of luck and strength. All in all, they achieved the greatest results at the least cost.
Moreover, the results were so rich that they were the best in the college’s twenty years. Because this is the first time they have collected information about Dragon King Norton, and it is also the first time they have personally faced the pressure of the four monarchs.
The dragon literature materials they photographed will be deciphered by a team of professors and will yield very useful information, helping them gain a deeper understanding of the history of dragons.
It is no less a step than the Apollo landing on the moon.
"Senior Aki, when are you and Senior Ye Sheng going to have a wedding?" The girl with dark red hair hanging down her shoulders and wearing a black dress asked teasingly to the two people who were leaning closely together.
Last time on the plane, Nono asked the same question, but Ye Sheng and Shu De Aki both chose to escape tacitly, but now, they have obviously become a couple.
"I'll go back and do it during the Chinese New Year this year." Before the sweet-looking Aki covered her mouth shyly in response, the young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes had already taken over her words, and his happy smile infected everyone.
Aki rolled his eyes at him angrily and said nothing angrily.
"Why, we're holding hands, where can you run?" Ye Sheng raised the palm that was intertwined with Aji's, smiling proudly and jokingly, with a pair of thick black eyebrows raised, as if he had returned to the year when he first met Aji. summer.
Professor Mance looked at the pair of outstanding students with a smile, no longer as serious, gloomy and expressionless as he was when performing tasks.
No one is born as a military commander. They have just seen too much blood and fire, experienced too much artillery fire and gunpowder smoke, and then they gradually bury their fiery and rich hearts.
"Ye Sheng, if you and Yaji have children, let me be their godfather." The middle-aged and elderly professor said, and I have to say that Kassel College is indeed a magical place.
Not only can he have a child born with a Chinese father and a Japanese mother, but he can also have a German godfather.
Mance devoted his whole life to the cause of dragon slaying and had no children or daughters. Ye Sheng and Yaji, who had performed many missions with him, were like his biological children. He also wanted to have someone to rely on when he grew old.
At that time, it would be nice to hold the newborn baby and show it off in front of the old guy in Angers.
"Okay." Hearing Mance's rare request, Ye Sheng grinned, showing his white teeth, and regardless of Yaji who lowered his head shyly, he immediately agreed.
"Senior Ye Sheng and Senior Aki are going to Japan for a wedding, right?" Li Longyuan, who was sitting on his seat and stroking Tianquan's snow-white eagle feathers, suddenly spoke with a mostly teasing tone.
They owe me two meals.
"This can only be determined after meeting Yaji's parents and family, and choosing an auspicious day in the zodiac." Ye Sheng replied from the side. The Central Plains has been exporting many excellent traditional cultures to other countries since ancient times, and many small surrounding countries will retain them. Come down with some customs.
Li Longyuan didn't care. He was not in a hurry for these two meals anyway, he was just willing to join in the fun.
After all, Ye Shengyaji was a senior who treated him well and was a good person.
"Be sure to call us when the time comes." Even Caesar, who never attended weddings, also added. He always does things based on his heart and sincerity, just like Li Yongyuan, otherwise, he would be able to refuse even the wedding invitation from the Emperor of Japan.
Chu Zihang and Su Qian nodded silently. Ye Sheng and Yaji looked at so many young and beautiful young faces in the cabin, looked at each other again, and smiled unconsciously.
Just a few days ago, they were still at the cold and dark bottom of the Yangtze River, and the air in the oxygen bottles they carried with them was about to run out.
They were lonely and desperate. But now, they only feel that all the beautiful people and things in the world surround them. How great would it be if the world could continue to operate like this?
A small point of light in the distant sky gradually turned into a huge Boeing 747 passenger plane and landed smoothly. The group got off the plane with familiarity and weaved through the crowds to arrive at the Chicago train station.
At this time, the sky turned into the familiar evening color again. The Chicago night in late autumn was far colder than when Li Longyuan and the others went to school. The cool breeze blew the autumn maples on both sides of the street, and also blew it to everyone at the track entrance.
Li Yongyuan raised the wide wind-blocking collar of his khaki windbreaker, put his hands in his pockets, and his black forehead hair fluttered, occasionally revealing his deep and dark eyes.
While Caesar was waiting for the bus, he took out a Zippo windproof lighter. The small and exquisite silver-white metal lighter was engraved with retro patterns. When he rubbed it with his palm, a red flame flashed away.
The blond and handsome young man lit his favorite Cohiba cigar and puffed away in the strong wind.
In fact, Caesar is the only one on the team who smokes a little. If it weren't for maintaining his composure and maintaining an unhurried attitude in front of his subordinates, Manns Lundschnet would not smoke cigars much.
Of course, Caesar is not actually a big smoker. He is just willing to enjoy the best things. This hobby is exactly the same as that of his stallion father.
But before I finished my cigarette, the streamlined cc1000 train with a dark body covered with silver-white vine patterns had arrived and slowly stopped at the elegant and simple platform.
In such an environment where the moonlight is like water and the sky is extremely dark, the appearance of such a strange train will really shock ordinary people.
It is like the mysterious platform nine and three-quarters in "Harry Potter". It is a passage that is different from the Muggle and wizard worlds.
And this express train is the only ground transportation that ordinary people can enter Kassel College. A conductor wearing a dark green uniform from the last century in the United States walked out from behind the door, his whole body unreal as if he had no weight at all.
The cuffs and trousers are embroidered with gold thread, and a complicated and simple silver badge hangs on the chest. The pattern on it is a half-withered and half-prosperous tree.
The man's voice spirit is a rare voice spirit ghost ranked 37th in the periodic table. Even if he is in the center of the city, ordinary people will subconsciously ignore his existence.
The ticket inspector shouted in the silent station at night: "cc1000 express train. Passengers from Kassel College who need to get on the train are asked to get on the train as soon as possible. The train has limited time at the station."
"Ethan, long time no see!" Mance in the crowd raised his hand to greet the ticket inspector. It was obvious that they knew each other.
"It's Mance. It's been so long since we last seen each other." The ticket inspector, who was doing his usual routine, looked at the middle-aged professor in a black suit with a look of nostalgia.
"Yes, it must have been eighteen years. At that time, you had just taken office, and you were full of fighting spirit and told me that you would have an iron job." Mance's iron-gray eyes showed a teasing look, and he obviously still remembered what this kid said back then. If so.
"Don't mention it, don't mention it." The ticket inspector waved his hands with a wry smile, obviously not wanting to recall the past.
"I want to retire early and go back to the academy and replace my position with a stupid young guy. I think Fingel's useless dog is good, but it's a pity that his speech spirit is not a ghost that can hide in front of ordinary people. Na!" The ticket inspector, who had always been indifferent, rarely exchanged pleasantries with Mance. It seemed that when he was young, he was also a hot-tempered guy like Fingel, but he had smoothed his edges in the train work where no one talked to him for a long time.
Only after the guy had been talking for a while, Li Longyuan handed over his student magnetic card. The silver-white World Tree pattern shone on the dark face of the ticket. As soon as the ticket inspector swiped the ticket verification machine, sweet music sounded.
"I remember you, the newly promoted S-class this year, good, really good." The ticket inspector glanced at the tall and handsome young man in front of him, and a rare smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Obviously, he had heard about the completion of Mance's mission, and also knew who had the first credit in the Kuimen plan.
Chu Zihang and Caesar handed over their student magnetic card tickets one after another, and the ticket inspector also speeded up the process of scanning the tickets without saying anything.
Several people walked all the way back along the narrow passage covered with expensive carpets. The interior of the carriage still retained the unique culture of the United States in the last century, with Victorian pattern wallpaper, dark green leather sofas embroidered with gold thread, and dark brown solid wood square tables. .
Everything looks elegant and high-class, simple yet classic. This time, the cc1000 train arrived even faster than when Li Longyuan and Chu Zihang started school.
It is enough to see how seriously the college leaders attach importance to their mission. Even the VIP areas that had never been open before are now open to them.
Of course, the brass jar that was fished out from the bottom of the river and might contain the bones and blood of Dragon King Norton had already followed Sleipnir and brought it back to Kassel College.
It is impossible for Li Yongyuan and his entourage to fly across the market on a passenger plane with this brass can half as tall as a man. Li Longyuan stood up from the leather sofa and looked at the row of huanghuali wood wine cabinets like a wall at the end of the carriage, showing an interested expression.
There is a dazzling array of fine wines on it, whether it is the top-quality Romanée-Conti in wine or Moutai Wuliangye in liquor. They are arranged in areas according to type and grade, and are stored in different temperature and humidity settings.
No wonder when he first met Guderian, he was holding a glass of Merlot red wine from Chateau Latour, which turned out to be taken from the wine cabinet in the VIP area.
"Everyone can enjoy the wine collected here. I wish you a happy journey home!" After the ticket inspector brought everyone here, he walked straight to the wine table and poured himself a small bottle of champagne. After drinking it, he bent down. Farewell.
The purpose of establishing the VIP area is to reward those who have made outstanding contributions to the college. Mr. Li and Mr. Caesar were not polite immediately. They immediately opened the wine cabinet and searched for one or two bottles of their favorite wine.
It has to be said that Kassel Academy is indeed very wealthy. As long as it is a famous wine in the world, it has a collection here, and all of them are priceless treasures.
Soon, another waiter in white clothes from the train pushed a dining car and served the tables one by one with silver plates. They set up the white tablecloths, silver knives and forks, and folded cloth flowers.
The main dishes include roasted golden goose, classic Beef Wellington, creamy potato soup, bacon and asparagus rolls, etc.
After the waiter finished setting the table, he bowed and left pushing the empty dining cart. Li Longyuan and others looked at the dishes with their index fingers moving, and started eating while sitting on the leather sofa.
A huge red cloth was hung on the wall of the carriage behind them. Li Longyuan turned around and noticed this scene.
Driven by curiosity, Li Longyuan reached out and peeled off the red cloth, and a giant oil painting was displayed in front of the young man. In an instant, all the students stood up unconsciously.
The overall tone of this oil painting is a mixture of iron blue and flame colors, with a gray sky and a single giant tree standing in the endless wilderness, with withered and thin branches supporting the cracked sky.
The wilderness is full of fine, milky-white bones. A nameless and ferocious black beast rises from the depths of the pile of bones. It spreads its huge black wings, and its body is covered with the skeletons and heads of dead creatures. It is full of wronged souls and wailing, as if it wants to Roaring towards the sky and spitting out black flames.
Under the golden light, a ferocious pressure is revealed. This is the power of the Supreme. All the hybrids who looked directly at the oil painting unconsciously groaned and took a step back. They silently ignited their golden pupils to resist the power and turned their eyes away.
Only Li Longyuan still stood there, his pupils still as dark as ink. He seemed to have entered the world in the oil painting, standing in the wasteland where bones were piled up, watching the black giant beast with wings on its back.
The ferocious black beast slowly lowered its head, golden flames began to erupt from the huge eye sockets, and the originally empty eye sockets became majestic and mysterious.
