Speedrunning the Three Gorges, Battle Record Verifiable

On the pitch-black water surface, a tugboat slowly moved forward, like a lizard crawling in the rainy night.

The wind and rain kept battering the hull, causing it to creak with a teeth-aching sound.

"Professor, heartbeats detected 300 meters directly below. Radar indicates a building obstructing the view," a girl in Kassel uniform reported, looking at the screen in front of her.

"Call me Captain. My identity now is the captain of the Moniyahe, not your substitute professor." Professor Mans exhaled a puff of cigar smoke. "Notify Ye Sheng Aji and the others to prepare for the dive, along with the two special commissioners on board."

Speaking of this, Mans frowned. These two special commissioners on board were personally assigned by the principal, and even he didn't know their identities. However, Mans chose to follow instructions: "I'll go check on the 'key' situation."

"Yes, Captain!" the Latin girl named Selma replied.

At the stern, two figures wearing masks received the message.

"I just signed the contract, how come I'm being sent to perform a mission?" One of them, wearing a Pigsy mask, made a weak sound. "Is there any compensation?"

This person was none other than Lu Mingfei, who had been dragged in to fill the ranks. Originally, his school teacher wouldn't agree to his request for a long leave, especially so close to the college entrance exam. But a phone call from Kassel University solved everything. Lu Mingfei was almost listed on Shilan High School's list of outstanding students, the speed of their change in attitude comparable to a Peking opera face change.

Caesar, next to him, adjusted the slightly askew SpongeBob mask on his face, deciding that he would never let Lu Mingfei buy things next time.

"It's not a big deal. We're mainly here to prevent accidents. According to the academy's calculations, the Dragon King should still be in a dormant state. We just need to go through the motions this time." Caesar modulated his voice, at least so that his true voice couldn't be heard: "If you want compensation, I can give it to you in my personal capacity."

Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched: "I know you're rich, but don't make such a flag. If nothing was going to happen, your saying that might cause something to happen."

After signing the Kassel agreement, Lu Mingfei also learned the truth of this world—at least a corner of the truth—there really were dragons in this world, and the flag he had set up before had come true.

And this time, they were here to search for one of the strongest existences among the Dragon Blood, the King of Bronze and Fire's Bone Bottle.

Equivalent to a resurrection coin, at least that's how Lu Mingfei understood it.

After being told off by Lu Mingfei, Caesar also shut up. According to his character, he would never participate in a mission masked, but when he thought about possibly transforming into a Magical Girl in public later, his shame briefly overcame his pride.

After a while, Caesar suddenly said, "Ye Sheng Aji is preparing to go into the water."

Lu Mingfei turned his head. The rear hatch had just been opened, and a pair of men and women in diving suits with huge oxygen tanks on their backs walked out one after the other, followed by a string of logistics personnel and an uncle holding a child? "Good ears," Lu Mingfei praised.

With a few splashes, all that was left was waiting.

About ten minutes later, good news came from the headset's public channel—the diving team had discovered a huge bronze city, which matched the description of the King of Bronze and Fire's palace in the records.

Lu Mingfei clicked his tongue slightly. His imagination was really limited, and he couldn't imagine such a giant city carved out of a mountain and then cast.

"Wouldn't you make a killing selling scrap metal?"

"The school's professors would come and kill you first." Caesar was a little speechless. It seemed that Nono's profile was correct. The legendary Rank S was really a pure loser: "It itself records extremely advanced alchemy and is priceless in the true sense of the word."

"Not good!" The voice in the headset suddenly became anxious: "Commissioner Jiu De Aji has fallen into spiritual vision loss. The bronze city... is alive? No, it's mechanical puppetry. The entire bronze city is changing, and the diving team commissioners have lost contact!"

"The two commissioners should move out and go into the water immediately." A dignified middle-aged man's voice sounded from the channel, Professor Mans.

"Roger." Caesar said in a muffled voice, turning to look at Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei looked at Caesar speechlessly, his eyes almost writing "I told you not to set up a flag" on his face.

The two took off their outer robes, revealing the diving suits and air tanks they were wearing underneath, and put on their masks.

"I've only been learning to dive for a week." Lu Mingfei casually said a piece of trash talk to vent his pressure, and without waiting for Caesar to answer, he plunged into the water.

Caesar nodded slightly. Lu Mingfei was a bit of a loser usually, but he was surprisingly courageous.

Perhaps even Lu Mingfei himself didn't know when he had made the change.

The two descended one after the other, following Ye Sheng's communication cable all the way to the front of the Bronze City. Professor Mans was already waiting there.

He uttered a few strange syllables, and a spherical space unfolded underwater, forcing out a large amount of water.

Then, Professor Mans opened the air cylinder, and air reappeared in this hundred-meter-deep underwater area.

"Woah!" Lu Mingfei was a little envious. This was the Magical Girl in his mind! At least this person knew how to use magic! A burst of static crackled in his headset: "This is Ye Sheng, connecting with you using Words of Power · Snake. Please respond if received."

Professor Mans was wearing a helmet, so his expression was unclear, but his surprise was evident from his body language: "Don't panic, stay where you are. We have dispatched specialists for rescue!"

With that, he opened a hatch from the bulging diving suit in front of him, took out a baby, squeezed a drop of blood from his finger, and dripped the blood into the mouth of the spirit on the bronze door. Immediately, an entrance appeared before everyone's eyes.

"I'm counting on you. Remember, don't casually look at the murals inside," Professor Mans said as a final instruction, canceling Words of Power Dust-Free Land and floating away, the river water refilling the space.

Lu Mingfei and Caesar slowly entered the door, exchanging a glance.

"Magical Girl Lumingfei, transform!"

"Magical Girl Caesar Gattuso, transform!" Caesar was still a little embarrassed.

Too humiliating, but saving people was the priority now.

After a burst of dazzling light, the diving suits on the two turned into pink and yellow dresses. Fortunately, the oxygen tanks were still there.

Lu Mingfei took the oxygen tank, took a top-quality, lung-filling breath, and punched the nearest wall.

"Bang!!!" The majestic force vented on the green, oxidized bronze wall, but only blasted out a gap, not completely breaking through.

Caesar also took a breath of oxygen and took over with a punch.

"Bang!!!" This time it really broke through. There seemed to be air inside that layer. The two passed through the gap one after the other and landed on the ground.

"Keep going!"

According to the school's detection and the information from Ye Sheng, the Bronze City was constantly changing like a Rubik's Cube.

Ye Sheng Aji's oxygen obviously couldn't support the academy's deduction of the perfect exit, so Lu Mingfei and Caesar chose the shortest distance between two points—smashing all the way through.

In this situation, there was no need to care about cultural value; saving people was the most important thing.

Speedrunning the Three Gorges, records verifiable!