Chapter 160: Mirage on the Arctic Ocean

Kassel College acted quickly. Foreign workers even worked overtime and filled the large holes that had spread from the cracks in the ground during a short vacation, restoring the surface of Kassel College to its original appearance.

Lu Mingfei spent most of the day looking around but found no signs of the explosion anywhere.

"Where was it blown up? Why didn't I notice anything?"

Lu Mingfei and Zhang Baiqing were walking around the school. He wanted to see where the explosion had happened and how serious it was.
"Yes, this is it."

Zhang Baiqing stopped and pointed ahead and said, "I heard that this is where the explosion created a sinkhole with a diameter of several dozen meters."

"A big pit with a diameter of dozens of meters?" Lu Mingfei's eyes almost popped out. This garden didn't look like the one with a big pit of dozens of meters half a month ago.

Don't foreign workers often go on strike to demand a pay raise, and never work overtime?
"Yes, I heard that there was a pillar of fire rising from the ground, and two little dragons similar to Constantine were flapping their big wings and flying in the sky..."

Zhang Baiqing’s description is very vivid, as if you were there.

"Does Finkel know so much?" Lu Mingfei smacked his lips and said, "If he knew, wouldn't the whole academy be blown up?"

Based on Fen Gou's personality, the news he writes might really be about this content.

"Don't talk nonsense, junior! The entire Kassel Academy was blown up, so what will happen to the dragon slaying major that I have studied for so many years?"

Finger ran over, howling, "I won't have a job when I graduate. Although Kassel College is gone, the bank is still there. What will I do with the loan I owe?"

He just returned to school today, and immediately rushed to the scene of the accident to get first-hand photos.

But unfortunately, the big pit has been filled up. Apart from a slight change in the appearance of the garden, it is impossible to tell that there was originally a big pit here.

"Liu Beer, the academy is really quick. It looks like they added a lot of money."

Finkel stomped on the compacted ground.

"How did you know this news? I don't know anything about this." Lu Mingfei asked Finkel curiously.

It would be fine if Zhang Baiqing knew about it, but he is a big shot who can be responsible for a separate action. The Norma system will probably inform him of any major events that happen in Kassel College.

But how did Finkel know?

"A friend of mine told me that she is well-informed about Kassel College." Finkel said mysteriously, "Although I wrote a lot of false news, there is also a lot of true news. Otherwise, how could the Kassel news industry tolerate such a famous person like me?"

He stood there proudly, with a feeling that if heaven had not created a fertile dog, the news would be as dark as eternity.

"Why are you rushing here?" Zhang Baiqing asked Finkel.

It would be fine if Lu Mingfei wanted to see the school being bombed. After all, as a Chinese, this was his first time seeing this happening, so it was normal for him to be curious and want to see it for himself.

"Of course I got the first-hand information, but those guys on the board of directors were really quick." Finkel said sadly, "In fact, my attainments in journalism have already begun to show the style of a master, but the small Kassel Academy has confined me and limited my opportunities to display my talents. And there are only so many news in the academy. How can I not seize every opportunity to deepen my attainments?"

"You mean fabricating fake news?" Lu Mingfei said, "Hasn't the European and American news media already mastered the essence of this? The British BBC is even more amazing, and its skills in the underworld filter are even deeper than your attainments in news."

After reading the BBC report, Lu Mingfei finally understood what smearing meant. A hell filter could turn a well-developed international metropolis into a small, dilapidated city after the end of the world.

Moreover, he often saw European and American television broadcasting videos shot during the Qing Dynasty...

No wonder foreigners think that China is backward. Staying in such an information cocoon, they see those crappy images from time to time. After seeing them so many times, they think they are real. How can they not be impressed?
"The BBC is a gossip channel, and they can only use montage to mix the truth with the false." Finkel said firmly: "But I am different. What I want is to make the false become true. What I need is that even if I publish a fabricated news, everyone will believe it."

Zhang Baiqing said: "Well... Actually, if you publish fake news, some people will believe it. After all, there are too many fools nowadays, and it's hard for scammers to fool them all."

The three of them returned to the dormitory together. After closing the door, Finkel said mysteriously, "Actually, I have found a shocking piece of news, but I don't think anyone will believe it."

"What shocking news?" Lu Mingfei and Zhang Baiqing listened attentively to what Finkel had to say first.

Even if it is fake news fabricated by Finkel, it can be used for fun and as a topic of conversation.

"Doesn't our winter vacation include Christmas vacation?" said Finkel.

"Ah."

The two nodded. The winter vacation at Kassel College is based on New Year's Day and does include the Christmas holiday at the end of the year.

"Then came the shocking news!" Finkel said excitedly, "I saw a piece of news online that on Christmas Day, tourists on a luxury casino ship sailing in the Greenland Sea and the Arctic Ocean saw a mirage."

"Isn't it normal for mirages to appear on the sea? The refraction of light works better on the sea. If the sea wasn't too big, mirages would appear very frequently."

Lu Mingfei said: "You have to believe in science and don't think everything is mysterious."

“No, no, no.” Finkel shook his head frantically. “I agree with you, but this mirage is extremely special. The passengers on the ship only saw the mirage for a very short time. Because there was an aurora in the sky at the time, not many people noticed the situation on the sea. But after all, someone noticed it and took a picture of it with their mobile phone.”

Having said that, he paused and looked at the expressions of the two men.

Both of them had the same look on their faces, saying, "You continue talking, and I'm listening."

"Then the most outrageous part came." Finkel danced with joy and exaggerated expression, as if he had discovered a rare treasure. He said, "This mirage cannot be recorded with a mobile phone. People can only take pictures of the empty sea surface. The mirage that can be seen with the naked eye cannot be displayed on the mobile phone screen."

"It's like some mysterious legend, and there's no evidence for it, it can only be passed down by word of mouth." Lu Mingfei whispered to Zhang Baiqing, "It reminds me of the book 'Ten Unsolved Mysteries of the World'. After reading it, I felt like I was fooled."

"Ten Unsolved Mysteries of the World" is indeed a very good children's book, but its authenticity... is hard to describe in a few words.

This world is not short of mysteries, because it is possible that dragons caused it, but Kassel College specializes in studying these mysterious events all over the world. So after reading this book, Lu Mingfei searched Norma again, and most of the results he got were: the editor and author behind this book may have been personally guided by Finger!

Well, even Norma, an artificial intelligence, knows about Fingel’s fame, and can even use the name Fingel to express it, so that those who understand it can understand it...

If the Norma system can be enlightened and become an intelligent system with independent thinking consciousness, Finkel will definitely have a share of the credit for this!
"I'm not making this up. My neighbor in Germany was an eyewitness! He was on that ship for Christmas and then encountered this bizarre thing. He told us about it. He was not the only one. Afterwards, he asked some people on the ship, and some of them also discovered the mirage."

Finkel curled his lips, seeming to be saddened by the two people's narrow-mindedness.

Zhang Baiqing whispered in Lu Mingfei's ear: "The stories made up in China are all like this: my brothers, my friends, my neighbors, my relatives, but not me."

Finkel almost vomited blood when he heard this. He felt that these two guys were just nitpicking today. He slapped the table angrily, covered his chest and said sadly: "I sincerely told you the precious information I collected, but you acted like you don't trust me at all. This hurts me a lot."

"Okay, okay, we believe it, we believe it." Lu Mingfei said perfunctorily: "Then what are you going to do? Report to the academy and conduct a thorough search in the Greenland Sea? Will the academy accept your information?"

"There's no need for the academy to take action. Although there are many specialists in the academy, they are all running around the world. How can they have so much energy to send a large team to verify this matter?"

Finkel said in high spirits, "If we miss the end of this year, we will have to wait until the end of next year. We have hands and feet. Among the dragon-slaying team I envision, three people have experience in looking directly at dragons. We can definitely take that ship during the next winter vacation."

"I have checked all the information about that gambling ship. Its travel range is very fixed. It runs this route at this time every year. If nothing unexpected happens during Christmas this year, we can still encounter this mysterious thing."

Just as Finkel was about to talk about the ship, Lu Mingfei interrupted him and said, "Ah? We have to wait until the end of the year. Why don't we wait until the end of the year? It's still a long way to the end of the year."

"We can prepare in advance!" Finkel seemed particularly stubborn about this matter. "You have slayed dragons before, but there are few elites who have successfully slayed dragons. You have practical experience and know what it takes to slay a dragon. We can prepare in advance in this year!"

"One year...isn't it too early?" Zhang Baiqing noticed that something was wrong with Finkel and took up his topic.

Although Finkel is usually a little silly and crazy, that's all when he's writing fake news.

And now this matter doesn’t seem like they are trying to write fake news, but it seems like they really want to do something big!
"It's not early at all! That involves dragons! It's not as convenient on the vast ocean as on land, so we need more time to make full preparations!" Finkel said excitedly, "You are better at this, you can also tell me what preparations need to be made, and I will see what I can do."

"Okay okay."

Zhang Baiqing agreed, "Let's go talk to Chu Zihang first."

"Go quickly!" Finkel waved his hand casually.

After leaving the dormitory, Lu Mingfei asked Zhang Baiqing with a strange look on his face: "No, you really believed Finger's lies. I live in the same dormitory with him, so I can be said to be the person who knows him best, right? Although this kid has thick eyebrows and big eyes, what he said is half true and half false, and half of it is nonsense."

Zhang Baiqing replied: "Finger's state just now was very strange, didn't you notice it? Even so, you still have the nerve to say that you are the one who knows him best."

"Is he wrong?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, thinking back to the lazy and unruly Finkel in the past, and then thinking back to the stubborn Finkel just now.

The carefree Finkel might really become stubborn, but it doesn't seem to do him any good, right?

When Lu Mingfei thought about it carefully, he really found something wrong. It seemed that Finkel was serious just now.

But it was just that this bastard Finkel was too fickle, and Lu Mingfei was unsure precisely because he was familiar with him.

"Greenland Sea..."

Zhang Baiqing thought of the red line model on the workbench left by Chu Tianjiao. Kassel Academy had fought a battle in the Greenland Sea, which was suspected to be the revival of the Dragon King. Although the final result was a mission failure, only one and a half people survived.

However! The Greenland Sea will definitely be included in the key monitoring area of ​​the Kassel Academy.

So the Greenland Sea itself is a sensitive area. Is Finger's news true or false? But looking at his stubborn attitude, it doesn't seem to be false.

Did this kid really dig up some shocking news?

Zhang Baiqing muttered to himself, and went to find Chu Zihang with Lu Mingfei to tell him the news about Finkel.

Chu Zihang frowned on his cold face. His thoughts were the same as Zhang Baiqing's, especially the Greenland Waters and the Arctic Circle, which were sensitive areas to him.

He had drawn a circle before, and this area was the focus of guarding against Odin.

Looking at the two people lost in thought, Lu Mingfei felt that he would seem a bit out of place if he didn't join them in thinking, so he lowered his head and pretended to be deep, as if he was thinking seriously.

"Da da da!"

There was a knock on the door of the room, and the three men who were lost in thought interrupted their thoughts at the same time.

Xia Mi held Eri's hand, pushed open the door, and saw the three people inside. She exclaimed, "Huh? Lu Mingfei, you're here too!"

"Why can't I be here?" Lu Mingfei asked directly.

"That's right." Xia Mi smiled and said, "I heard from Zihang that your Boss Lu is very rich. He spent 2 yuan at a class reunion without blinking an eye. Boss Lu is so generous, how could he forget to treat us to a meal?"

When Lu Mingfei heard her talk about this topic, his face didn't look constipated, but surprised.

No, Senior Chu Zihang, how did you tell this to others? Aren't you usually very frugal with words and unwilling to say a word?

Xia Mi didn't know her own situation, and she guessed that she wouldn't specifically ask about herself in front of Chu Zihang.

Then there is only one truth, and it might be that Chu Zihang and Xia Mi took the initiative to tell it!
(End of this chapter)