TTW Chapter 194 (Patreon)

Lin Yi glanced around; besides himself and Lu Mingfei, there were thirteen people, all of them "A" grade or above. Those not affiliated with the two major societies, besides him and Lu Mingfei, included a petite girl who was as cold as an ice sculpture from the 3E exam. She sat in the front row, still only showing her back to everyone. The professor group occupied the remaining seats, with stern expressions on the faces of Professors Goodrian, Manstein, and the executive department's Professor von Schneider.

"There are 13 students, 12 'A' grade, and 2 'S' grade. 27 in the professor group. Everyone is here," Professor Manstein said to Professor von Schneider.

"Let's start immediately," Professor von Schneider said, pulling his oxygen tank trolley to the wall and scanning the audience. His fierce face, half-covered by a black mask, quickly silenced the room.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we need your help, right now. At this very moment, two members of the executive department are trapped in a dragon clan relic. We just obtained important information from there, but a mechanism has been triggered, blocking the exit. Their oxygen is decreasing every second, and we must find them a way out as soon as possible," Professor von Schneider said in a deep and rapid voice, seemingly in a hurry to save every second.

"We can use... Google Earth," Lu Mingfei raised his hand, "It's... very useful."

Realizing how silly his suggestion was after speaking, everyone turned their heads to look at him with an expression of seeing a ghost.

Lin Yi rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

He couldn't help but think, keeping such a subordinate might be too embarrassing.

"Google does not provide services for such locations," Professor von Schneider clapped, and the teak bookshelves on the high walls slid aside, revealing a huge screen of a hundred inches.

A gigantic three-dimensional image appeared on the screen, with scales on the corners. Everyone gasped in surprise at the sight of a small city made of bronze!

"The Bronze and Fire King Norton's palace, an ancient relic. Someone among you has bloodline ties to him. Here's a photo, dragon script material taken by a member of the executive department, Judea Ji. We speculate it's actually an inscription about the creation of this bronze city. I hope you all will concentrate and read it," Professor von Schneider said.

"Do you hope someone among us will resonate with it and produce 'spiritual vision'?" asked Caesar.

"Yes, we might have spent ten years deciphering it. But they have less than 20 minutes of oxygen left! Please hurry!"

Everyone took out notebooks from their bags, including Lu Mingfei and the girl, connected the data cables, and swiftly took out their student cards to swipe in the slots in front of them.

"Approval granted... Approval granted... Approval granted..."

Norma's voice echoed in the control room as students and professors entered their respective interfaces.

Simultaneously, a giant blue dome made up of pieced-together photos appeared on the big screen.

Lin Yi also took out his card and followed the instructions, but he was just going through the motions.

The desktop opens, revealing a tablet computer. The screen lights up, displaying a guide page. A 3D image of a young girl appears, dressed in a white chiffon gown resembling pajamas, with her long hair fluttering as she bows gracefully towards Lin Yi.

"This map was organized based on the route taken by Ye Sheng, a member of the execution department, when he entered," said Captain Mans, aboard a tugboat named 'Moniache' on the waters of the Three Gorges Dam in China. He spoke gravely to the monitor, his voice transmitting over the network to every student's ears. "But the map has changed; all the original passages are locked! Completely locked!"

"Ye Sheng's Word Spirit, Snake, can still barely hold on, but for how long, I don't know. The use of the Word Spirit consumes his physical strength, and time is running out," another crew member yelled, his face pale.

"Do you hear that? We really don't have much time, please!" Professor von Schneider spoke with unusual gravity.

In the next moment, everyone immersed themselves in the decryption work, staring intently at the map on the screen, or copying the obscure and difficult dragon scripts, hoping for some miracle to resonate. Everyone's faces were grim, even Lin Yi pretended to focus, though his attention never left Lu Mingfei.

As time ticked by, a bright light suddenly flashed in Lu Mingfei's eyes. He thought of the little boy who always appeared suddenly and the words he said about the cheat code to unlock the map.

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes, seeing clearly without any energy fluctuations around. Lu Mingfei typed "Blacksheepall" letter by letter into the input bar...

Blacksheepall, a cheat code from StarCraft, meant revealing the entire map!

Lu Mingfei gently hit the enter key, and miraculously, the map sections on the screen started moving rapidly. Old paths were blocked, new paths appeared, and within moments, a brand new map displayed on Lu Mingfei's monitor. He seemed to hear the boy's light laughter again.

"This is the map... the current map!" Lu Mingfei stood up and shouted. It was time to save people, and there was no time for anything else. "I've unlocked it!"

Lin Yi observed the entire process secretly, but honestly, he couldn't understand it at all. It was somewhat similar to the magical powers in the world of Dragon Nest.

Unfortunately, he was not skilled in magic.

Seconds later, everyone's screens changed, turning into black screens. From top to bottom, a massive 3D map refreshed, leaving everyone stunned, disbelieving their eyes. On this map, the huge Bronze City was deconstructed into various components, all moving. Old paths were sealed, and new paths formed.

Everyone suddenly turned their heads to look at Lu Mingfei, realizing that this was the correct result. In the corner of the map, it was clearly marked, "Lu Mingfei's Interpretation Result."

A massive amount of information surged into Ye Sheng's brain through "Snake," like the waters of the entire Pacific Ocean reversing into the Yangtze River.

Ye Sheng's brain was like an overclocked computer overheating, the immense pain felt like it was tearing him apart. The information contained a 3D map, the huge Bronze City, perhaps the real "White Emperor City" from history, now completely transparent in front of Ye Sheng.

Our protagonist, for the first time, began to show off.

Lin Yi continued to slack off, wishing to play games on the computer if it weren't for the watchful eyes, while showing great interest in the so-called Dragon King's authority.