Chapter 76: Ancient Land and Old City
"I just graduated, and my first task was to help them clean up their mess. They built an alchemical thermobaric bomb that they said was used to slay dragons. The temperature could reach tens of thousands of degrees, and it was also alchemically toxic and could kill the activity of dragon blood. I heard that they were afraid that the power was not enough, so they increased the dosage. The test explosion was photographed by a US spy satellite, and the country where the test was located was accused of developing large-yield nuclear weapons, which violated current international regulations."

"Can a thermobaric bomb be mistaken for a nuclear weapon?"

Xia Mi was full of doubts. She was not without military knowledge. Thermobaric bombs were called subnuclear weapons, second only to nuclear weapons in military weapons. The normal explosion range covered a thousand meters, while the explosion range of a nuclear bomb was several times this value.

It is equivalent to the difference between a glass marble and an egg, and the US still calls it a large equivalent. How big is it?
"Anyway, once you ask them, they'll just tell you whether it's powerful enough to slay a dragon or not."

Xia Mi was speechless.

Chu Zihang was also surprised when he heard this. It seemed that the people in the Equipment Department were even crazier than he knew. The coverage area was so large. If the White King was resurrected in Tokyo, wouldn't millions of Japanese be buried with him if this weapon was used?
"There are many more, but the concept is nothing more than: explosion is art." Moren talked about it: "One night when I was sleeping, the whole academy was shaken. I thought it was the Dragon King who had resurrected and came to challenge. I ran to the window and saw that the whole academy was illuminated by a beam of fire. The next day I heard that Kassel Academy almost became history."

"Although those guys in the Equipment Department are a bit crazy, their weapons are indeed powerful and are essential for slaying dragons. If an S-rank like you, Zhang Xuedi, came with the alchemical weapons specially made by the Equipment Department, I would probably be thinking about who to write the suicide note to."

"That's not the case. I'm only a freshman, what dangerous mission can I be on?"

"Speaking of missions, this one was also strange. It was a clear sky a few days ago, but suddenly it was covered with dark clouds. Although the sky was dark and the wind was howling, it didn't rain for a long time. My words are Yin flow, which is more sensitive to the flow of wind. I found that the wind didn't pass by and blew here, but was sucked to a certain place, so I reported it to the academy."

"The wind was sucked to a certain place?"

Xia Mi became interested in this description.

"Yes, at that time I was driving along the wind flow to a desert and found that the wind disappeared there. I couldn't tell why, but it was indeed weird, so I reported it to the academy. By the way, what is the mission description given to you by the academy?" Moen turned and asked Zhang Baiqing.

Zhang Baiqing said, "It seems that the dragon has revived. Let us come and deal with it."

Morn was silent for a moment, then asked, "So you sent the three of you to deal with the suspected dragon resurrection? I saw that you didn't bring anything, so I thought it was just an investigation."

"Ah."

After getting his answer, Morn thought: Dealing with the resurrection of dragons is not such a dangerous task? Has the education of Kassel College become so powerful? I have only graduated for a few years and I can't keep up with the times?
Moen first took them to a nearby city and placed them in a small and shabby inn, letting them rest before setting out to explore tomorrow.

The three of them did not go out for a walk. The small town was old and run-down. There was nothing much there except some ancient buildings. There were hardly any big ancient buildings in the small town, and there was nothing to see.

In Xia Mi's room.

"Xia Mi, what do you think?" Zhang Baiqing asked her.

"Use your eyes to see." Xia Mi said, "From the sound you described, it should not be the revival of dragons. The revival of dragons requires a lot of nutrients, and the Great Desert does not have what they need."

"What could that be? It can actually trigger elemental turbulence."

"I don't know either." Xia Mi lay down on the bed.

"Could there be something buried underground?" Chu Zihang asked thoughtfully.

"Could it be that Nibelungen has opened?" Zhang Baiqing asked, "So we need to fill it with air?"

"It's possible."

Seeing the two of them making blind guesses, Xia Mi was speechless, but she didn't say anything. She had to go and see it to know whether it was what she was thinking.

The two discussed for a long time but couldn't come to any conclusion. After all, they were still young and had little knowledge, and there were too many things they didn't know.

The next morning, Zhang Baiqing got up early and started exercising. He first practiced Xinghuo and Mingzhao in the room, and then went out for running, boxing and meditation.

After adding today's points, he felt relaxed all over, a little stronger, and a small step closer to the goal of having 20 years of skill in one punch.

Xia Mi looked at him strangely. Is this guy such a genius? He figured out how to use the Word Spirit so quickly?
She sensed the movement of elements in his body in an orderly manner. This was not just a stage of exploration, but he had already figured out the trick.

Although they are all relatively simple, such as grabbing the power of elements in the earth, attaching mental power to the wind, and concentrating mental power to form a mental attack at one point...

"Junior, do you exercise like this every day?" Moen was a little curious. Simple running, boxing, and meditation.

It seems that there is no such training method among mixed-bloods.

"It's body inertia. I'm used to it." Zhang Baiqing shrugged.

"Oh, I see."

Moen nodded. Just like people develop a biological clock through regular routines, people who are used to exercising will either feel great or uncomfortable if they suddenly stop exercising.

"If you are not used to the hot climate of the desert, you can wear a headscarf to protect yourself from the sun."

Moen took out three white towels and showed them how to wrap them.

The three of them could actually withstand this hot climate, but why would they feel uncomfortable when they could be more comfortable? They just followed his instructions.

Then Morn drove them to an empty desert, opened the door and got out of the car and said, "This is it. The wind will disappear within a few kilometers of here."

“It’s not a very large area.”

Zhang Baiqing jumped out of the car and looked around. It was a bare patch with only sparse trees, more rolling sand dunes and dust blown by the wind. Under the strong sunlight, large waves of heat could be seen rising.

Moen kicked the sand under his feet and said helplessly: "I contacted a drilling rig to dig down before. We dug in several places and drilled more than 100 meters, but found nothing. There is no hole or ancient city ruins. There is nothing underneath."

"Senior, how do we investigate?" Xia Mi asked blankly.

"I don't know." Moen said helplessly, "It's because I can't find anything that the academy sent you here. Maybe the academy should hire a professional archaeological team?"

Chu Zihang withdrew his gaze from the vast desert and asked him, "Why?"

"A few dozen kilometers further, you will find the ancient Syrian city of Tadmur, which is a 6-square-kilometer ancient city ruins discovered by oil pipeline workers more than 50 years ago."

Everything in the desert is in sight, and there is nothing underground, so it can't be in the sky, right?
Zhang Baiqing looked up at the sky and saw only the scorching sun.

"Senior, what time period was that?"

“It’s this time period.”

Morn spread his hands.

"Is it Nibelungen?" Zhang Baiqing asked Xia Mi in a low voice.

"It's not Nibelungen. Nibelungen has a strong elemental aura. It is a spatial world built up by elements." Xia Mi whispered, "It seems like there is really nothing there."

Actually, there was. She saw the "Eye" through the ancient authority.

There are indeed things here, but they are backward and have been replaced by the more powerful Nibelung Realm.

Just as mechanical power replaced biological power.

Zhang Baiqing picked up the sand on the ground, and as soon as he let go, the fine dust flew away with the wind and the particles fell to the ground.

He took a deep breath and used the epic of mountains and rivers.

All is well with the earth, to which he lends his power, and there is nothing impure to block or hinder him.

Morn said, "I think the people at the academy may have made a mistake. There is nothing here except sand and a few trees. How could there be a dragon?"

"Indeed, go ahead and look around. If you really can't find anything, I'll report to the principal that there's nothing unusual."

When Moen heard that he could report to the principal that there was nothing unusual and end the matter, he said cheerfully, "All up to you, junior."

He doesn't want to go out in the hot sun. Wouldn't it be more wonderful to go out with a pretty girl or to the beach to enjoy the sunshine and beach?
The car circled the field a few times, and as the temperature grew hotter, they went back.

Nothing was found.

"It seems like the mission ended before it even began?" Xia Mi was also very hot under the scorching sun, so she went straight to bed after returning to the hotel.

"I think so."

Chu Zihang nodded. Although he didn't understand why such an abnormality occurred, he couldn't find out what to do.

"Zhang Baiqing, what are you thinking about?" Xia Mi turned her head and asked Zhang Baiqing, who was sitting on the bed without saying a word.

"Nothing, I'm just thinking about something." Zhang Baiqing said, "If you don't find anything, I'll go back in two days."

"Have you seen Principal Ange take action during the time you have been enrolled?" Xia Mi asked as if she was bored. "I haven't seen this famous world's number one hybrid yet. I often heard his name before. His word spirit is time zero. Although this kind of word spirit is rather rogue, it shouldn't be so invincible."

"Never seen it." Chu Zihang and Zhang Baiqing shook their heads.

Xia Mi asked Zhang Baiqing: "Zhang Baiqing, who do you think is stronger, you or him?"

"I haven't done anything, so I don't know. You know more. What kind of strength do you think the world's number one hybrid should have?" Zhang Baiqing asked her back.

"I think there should be a second-generation combat power, right?" Xia Mi pondered for a moment and whispered, "Chu Zihang's blood-blasting secret technique can improve the purity and concentration of blood. If Angers is like the emperor in Japan, and his bloodline doesn't get out of control and degenerate into a deadpool, it can definitely be improved to this level. Eh? Zhang Baiqing, have you fought with those emperors? How strong are they?"

"Fighting and killing indiscriminately." Zhang Baiqing briefly described it in four words.

"How does it compare to Puppet Odin?" Xia Mi asked with interest.

"There is only one battle left."

I don’t know whether I will die after the battle.

When fighting Odin, Zhang Baiqing was not as strong as he is now, but when he fought Yuannv, he didn't even use many skills, and his clothes didn't even explode.

(End of this chapter)