11 time zones away, at the Cassel College headquarters in the United States, late at night.

In the faculty dormitory building, in the quiet corridor, through the solid wooden door panels, you can hear the vague dialogue of cartoon characters coming from dormitory No. 201. The blue light emitted by the TV is looming in the crack of the door below, and the subtle changes continue to change as the scene changes.

The color. Let us slowly jump across the crack in the door and we can see that a huge figure is projected on the ceiling. That is Manstein lying on the decorated sofa, watching his favorite "The Simpsons" on the TV screen.

Family》.

The animation quality is very blurry and the production is rough. It is not difficult to tell that this is the first season launched by Fox in 1989. This is the season that Manstein never tires of watching. He likes nostalgia as well as classics, especially old movies.

A black humorous satire that is cliche but never out of date, especially when the object of satire is culture, society and the world as a whole. He will always be in awe of those little yellow-skinned people who are joking but expressing their true feelings.

But Manstein's viewing condition seemed not to be good tonight, because half of the time his eyes were not on the TV, but on the coffee table in the dark.

The phone rang. Manstein quickly looked away from the TV, put down the coffee in his hand, and touched the microphone on the coffee table. The whole process was as fast as lightning, as if he had been waiting all night.

This phone call is the same.

"Something happened." Professor Schneider's first sentence on the other end of the phone was concise and straight to the point.

On the other end of the phone, Manstein had an expressionless face and took a deep breath. His eyes reflected the pornographic cartoon character who was still saying his lines, but the comedy inside could no longer interfere with his emotions. He remained silent.

Yes, he has been so silent since he picked up the phone. He had known that such a call would come, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

As far as he knew, when Schneider was dealing with the bloody conflict between the commissioners in the Middle East and the Palestinian armed conflicts, the above reports were all understated: "We have encountered trouble, but it is far from worth the fuss." He could say "

Something happened. These three words must mean that something extremely serious has happened.

Manstein spent the whole night imagining how bad the situation would be. From the moment Schneider dragged him into the water, he knew that the current scene would happen, but when the situation actually happened, the blood pressure rushing to his forehead was still there.

Let his emotions explode.

Even with the door blocking the way, the corridor still echoed with the old man's violent curses. The neighbors who were awakened from their dream thought they were still in a dream when they opened their eyes. Otherwise, why would they hear the director of the Discipline Committee who lives next door?

Will he affectionately call the executive director a 'son of a bitch' late at night?

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Manstein in a suit and tie pushed open the door of the central control room, but every overtime worker who turned around and saluted him with respect in their eyes. They couldn't help but respect. Just five minutes ago, this huge control room

It was filled with the old man's scolding words about the director of the executive department. He had done something that everyone in the entire Kassel College had thought about but would never dare to do...

At the end of the control room, Schneider and Guderian were already waiting there. The former's usual sullenness made people want to frown and avoid him, while the latter was still so cheerful. It seemed that Manstein was seeing his old man.

For the second time, my friend appeared in a serious place like the central control room wearing pajamas and that bright red hat. (The last time was during the defense of Kassel)

Manstein walked quickly through the aisle with a sullen face, and glanced at the central control room that was filled with people. The further he walked in, the heavier his heart sank, because he knew that this matter should have been hidden in the darkness under the stage.

He dealt with it secretly, but the situation here now clearly shows that the matter is several times bigger than he thought. It is so big that Schneider can't hold it back at all, so he can only put it out in the open and gather the strength of the entire Kassel College to solve it.

.

"What's the situation over there now?" He spoke concisely and concisely, without mentioning any emotional issues. This battle can only be caused by a big problem with Lin Nian's 'SS'-level mission. In this matter

Although he was bewitched and coerced by Schneider, he knew very well that since he had stepped in, he should never think about cleaning himself up when something happened. Dealing with the root of the problem first was what he should do.

"The file is lost." Schneider's voice was hoarse as usual, but today it was more sinister and gloomy than before.

"What accident happened? Can we recover it?" Manstein stood in front of Schneider and looked up at the huge blue projection of the earth, but he did not see the frighteningly red pulsating dots he imagined.

"Documents are now a trivial matter," Schneider added.

"Little things?" Manstein was stunned, with a huge foreboding feeling in his heart, "Where are Lin Nian, Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang?"

"Survived."

"Survived?" Manstein suddenly turned his head and looked at Schneider.

Schneider nodded, "Meeting the Dragon King head-on without any preparation can indeed be called surviving."

Dragon King.

The air pressure in the entire central control room seemed to have dropped. Manstein took two breaths, and the skin on his forehead turned red visibly. Guderian, who had not yet woken up, became energetic and looked at his old friend's tumbling emotions.

Chang Chang said quickly, "They are all fine. Lin Nian withstood the first wave of attacks launched by the Dragon King. It's just that the train station is gone."

Well, it's just that the train station is gone. Schneider on the side is also nodding along, as if this is a small thing to be thankful for.

Manstein glared at his old friend. He had done enough homework to know what a huge behemoth the South Railway Station was. It was basically the same size as Chicago's Union Station, although its artistry was not as good as Buza's.

The main waiting room "Grand Hall" is so gorgeous, but it is an absolute giant in terms of scale and area. How could it be gone without saying anything?

Suddenly, Manstein, who realized something, shivered and stared at Schneider and asked quickly, "How did China react? Did Lin Nian go to war with the enemy suspected of being the 'Dragon King'? Are there any surviving witnesses?"

?What about surveillance footage from the streets? What about photos from orbiting satellites?”

Even at this time, he used the word "suspicious" in front of the Dragon King. The craziness of the battle between the Bronze King and the Fire King seemed like yesterday. Just after a summer vacation, a new Dragon King suddenly emerged again. No one would be able to

accept.

"There are no witnesses, or even if there are witnesses, they have all died in the disaster." The big screen behind Schneider lit up appropriately, and a shocking and devastated photo of the real scene appeared. Manstein

He froze just after taking one look at it, because he was completely unable to connect the terrifying scene in the photo, which looked like CG from a doomsday movie, to the South Railway Station.

"You must have mistaken the photo of the canyon somewhere with the South Railway Station?" Manstein whispered. It was so difficult to say.

How to describe it? It can only be said that this is the most ferocious and wanton wound on the earth that Manstein has ever seen. It is like "Disaster" took up the paintbrush and made a satisfactory self-portrait on the ground, full of satisfaction.

The whole place smells of desolation and doomsday. Not an inch of intact land can be seen. The so-called South Railway Station has completely disappeared. Every huge chasm has been occupied. Looking inside is like looking into an abyss. The most important thing is that

The ravine gives people the impression that it is not the miraculous work of nature, but the terrible consequences of strong man-made tearing that has torn the entire earth apart by itself!

"This is indeed the trace of 'S'-level student Lin Nian's battle with an enemy suspected of being the Dragon King. This was also the original handover location for the mission, the South Railway Station. Until the enemy appeared, in order to escape from the battlefield after the battle with Lin Nian

Using power that is completely beyond our comprehension and not excluding the possibility of 'Word Spirit', everything on site was destroyed and a huge earthquake radiated throughout the city." Schneider also imitated Manstein and refined his words.

His gray eyes reflected the dark crack in the photo.

Manstein raised his head and looked a little scary, "How is Lin Nian now?"

"There is no problem. It's just that the physical strength is too high and I may not be able to engage in high-intensity combat for the time being. These are his exact words. Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang are also fine. It's just that the B007 specialist in charge of the handover suffered a gunshot wound and lost too much blood.

He is undergoing blood transfusion treatment, but he is generally fine. Believe your students, after all, he is the first 'destined dragon slayer' in history to truly kill the Dragon King." Schneider's fast and steady words made Manstein's head about to collapse.

A few of the burst blood vessels went down a little.

"He was the one who reported to us the suspected head-on conflict with the 'Dragon King'. His reaction was very dull. Even after going through a real war, he was very calm and could even be called 'cold'. He is much calmer than your mentor.

So I think there shouldn’t be too many mistakes in his judgment, so I made a preliminary and bold conclusion that what we encountered during this mission was an attack from Dragon King-level enemies.”

"He has long been accustomed to these bad things happening under your command!" Manstein said coldly.

"Or maybe I have long been used to these bad things happening under the command of the secret party." What Manstein didn't expect was that Schneider actually repeated his words in a rather plain tone with a different subject, but this was

This sentence inexplicably shocked Manstein, and a strange look flashed in his eyes when he looked at Schneider.

[To be honest, I have been reading books recently to catch up on updates, switch sources, read aloud with many sounds, and it is available on both Android and Apple.]

"Forget it, let's not talk about this for now. Lin Nian has his own plans. I have always been reassured by him. Are you sure that the secrets of the Dragon Clan have not been leaked? That is a train station, a crowded place! As long as a photo is needed,

If a photo is circulated, the secrets about the dragons in the newspapers tomorrow morning will spread wildly throughout the giant country with a population of 1.4 billion!" Manstein changed the subject, raised his hand and pressed his temples, he really

I never dreamed that things would deteriorate to this point, but now even if it collapses again, I can only sort out the situation first and then deal with it.

"That train station is still in the trial operation stage. There was only one dedicated train line to pick up Raymond that day. There were not a lot of passengers or passers-by except for the staff. Besides, if photos of secrets about hybrids and dragons were accidentally circulated or

Video, the secrets of the Dragon Clan will not be leaked out so quickly. You forgot to consider the influence of 'Orthodoxy' in the local area." Schneider shook his head, his eyes flickering, "And fortunately, after this accident, Orthodoxy immediately

Finally, we exercised public opinion control, actively dealt with the satellite observation situation and all possible leakage channels, and classified the incident as a sudden natural disaster, a local small-magnitude and high-intensity earthquake that swept through the coastal city."

"Small-magnitude high-intensity earthquake?" Manstein frowned. His major was 'Reptile Zoology.' If the 'Introduction to Dragon Genealogy' taught by Guderian was to understand the dragon clan from a sociological perspective, then he

His major is to analyze the origin and lineage of this race from the perspective of biology. Geographic knowledge related to seismology is not his advantage.

"For earthquakes of the same magnitude, the shallower the source, the greater the damage and the smaller the scope of the spread, and vice versa. Therefore, highly destructive earthquakes are generally shallow earthquakes. The explanation given by the China Earthquake Administration is that a rare earthquake occurred in coastal cities

"Ultra-shallow earthquakes with devastating intensity lasted only a few seconds, but the source intensity reached an unprecedented 12 degrees (the intensity is not on the Richter scale), which caused this phenomenon," Schneider explained.

"" Manstein breathed again. He didn't know much about geography, but he breathed a sigh of relief because of this, because he was really convinced by Schneider's explanation. It seemed that the general public in China would also believe it.

It makes a lot of sense.

After all, it is easier to accept a superficial earthquake that is rare in thousands of years than a monster that looks like a dragon king that changed the terrain with a punch at the train station. After all, nature is full of wonders. Yellowstone Park and the Grand Canyon of Colorado can all exist.

A rare earthquake is not hard to accept

Hope so.

But soon, Manstein's thoughts turned to the other side, focusing on some weird points in the large amount of information Schneider revealed in a short period of time, "You mean orthodoxy? Why did orthodoxy react so quickly? Those guys

Aren't you indifferent to everything except being interested in the "Ice Sea Fragments" in our library? How could you be so kind to deal with our mess, instead of taking action from the moral high ground and putting pressure on us to get benefits?

"

"You seem to have misunderstood something. Normally, the method you mentioned has been used by us all the time." Schneider said lightly, "You don't know enough about orthodoxy. According to orthodox behavior, they will indeed solve the problem that happened at home first.

In the face of real disasters, saving people from fire and water and helping people in danger are engraved in their genes. It has always been the secret party's patent to first think of interest disputes in the face of disasters."

"" Guderian, who had been silent and listened, reached out and grabbed the little red riding hood on his head and held it in front of him. He was probably a little numb from what he said. These words can really be said in the central control room monitored 24 hours a day by Norma.

Did he say it out loud? Or did he start his treachery as the head of the execution department?

"What I mean is why did the Orthodox learn about it so quickly? This operation should be extremely secretive. Don't tell me it was leaked again!" Manstein immediately pointed out that Schneider had misinterpreted his meaning, "Don't treat me as a fool.

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"You are right, the operation was indeed leaked." Under Manstein's somewhat desperate gaze, Schneider nodded, "According to Raymond's mission report before he was sent to the ambulance and passed out, his train was 10 minutes ahead of schedule.
To be continued...