Chapter 178 Lipprint
"I think your father would know more about this question than I do," Manstein said, tapping a key. "Here are the photos of the two relics when they were unearthed. You'll know what I mean after you see them."
The picture on the screen changed. The giant sword and armor were still in tatters, but their appearance when they were unearthed was a little different from what the students had imagined.
The giant sword numbered I12 pierced into I13's chest, nailing the huge and ridiculous armor to the charred ground. And I13 was not like the bulky decoration they had guessed, unable to move. It held the pitch-black sword in both hands, trying to pull it out.
At this time, it no longer had a helmet, as if it had been lost, or perhaps it didn't exist at all.
But obviously, it did not succeed, I13... or rather the being wearing the armor died. Its blood stained the broken edge of the armor, forming an inexplicable crystal stain, and also scorched the land.
Since this is a photo of the excavation, there are naturally excavators. There are two excavators in the photo, one of whom looks Asian, with a bookish look on his face, looking at the huge monster lying on the ground with an incredible look.
Lu Mingfei immediately gnashed his teeth. He knew Lu Lincheng, who sold his son for fame and dug two traps for him!
As for the other handsome blond man, the first impression he gave people was that of a cynical playboy. If you look closely, you can find that his facial features look familiar, especially his golden blond hair.
Lu Mingfei looked back and saw some disdain in Lucrecia's eyes as she stared at the screen. Well, it seems that he is his biological father.
Lu Mingfei had never expected to meet Pompey Gattuso in this way. The man in the photo, who theoretically would become his father-in-law, had a different expression from Lu Lincheng's incredible expression. He was serious and a little scary, as if he was looking at something particularly troublesome.
Lu Mingfei suddenly noticed one thing, that is, the two men's bridal suits were open, with only a thin vest inside. There was even sweat on their faces, as if they were on the crater of a volcano.
But in the distance of the photo background, the other researchers were still wearing thick clothes, and some snow could be seen on the trees in the distance. He re-examined the black soil where I13 was, and suddenly felt that it might not be stained black by blood, but might simply be burnt...
"This is one of the reasons why we feel that these two holy relics will not be connected to the legend of King Arthur. In the legend, King Arthur was sent to Avalon and his holy sword was returned to the Fairy of the Lake instead of being stuck in his own body." Manstein appreciated the surprised looks of the students below him, because he was also like this when he saw these for the first time.
"Well, it can't be called a body," Manstein added. "It was empty when we found it."
To be honest, when the college headquarters sent him this new teaching material and asked him to teach it, he strongly refused, because the students in the preparatory class were not qualified to be exposed to events of this level.
He did not fully explain the definition of holy relics. In fact, holy relics refer to those creations that are obviously different from human civilization, but cannot be classified as creations of dragon civilization.
Humans cannot wear such a large armor. Humans can use the giant sword, but the huge size also means that ordinary people cannot use it. The people in the academy also found that the internal space of the armor is not large, and it is filled with some unknown and equally corrupted structures.
Although the inside of the armor seemed to have a space for the wearer, it did not conform to the structure of the human body, which further confirmed the speculation that it was not for human use. Not to mention, when it was excavated, it emitted a strange and uncomfortable high temperature.
Manstein's father, who was a great authority in the field of alchemy, took a look at I13 and said with a confused look on his face that he couldn't understand what it was.
As for the giant sword, it seemed easier to understand. After all, how complicated could a sword be? Its blade was extremely sharp, so sharp that it could easily cut through most alloys, which was why the equipment department named it Excalibur.
This alone is enough to make a bunch of material science professors want to explode, not to mention that it has been buried underground for who knows how many years. All existing detection methods cannot determine the age of these two strange objects. Such things whose makers are unknown, how they are used, and when they exist are unknown, and they are completely mysterious, will be classified as holy relics. It is irresponsible to use something like this that they themselves cannot figure out to teach students!
But the higher-ups still asked him to teach, saying that it was necessary to let the students see this thing, like a dragon, to prevent something. As for what to prevent, it was not mentioned, and Manstein thought that they themselves might not have figured it out yet.
Manstein then introduced to his students the anomalies that occurred during the excavation, such as the burnt black soil, the armor that emitted heat when unearthed, and the indestructible rotten giant sword... These were all the things he could say, and as for the rest, the people above couldn't understand it.
Lu Mingfei listened carefully throughout the whole process and raised his hand to ask two questions. Sister Chu told him that most courses in the preparatory class were no different from those in ordinary high schools. After all, even Superman was still a high school student. The only way for them to learn about matters related to dragons was through the professors' classes, which were held twice a week.
Lucrecia also raised her hand and asked a few questions, and Manstein answered them one by one. Putting aside the factional struggles within the school, he was first and foremost a teacher, and how much grudge could there be between a teacher and a student?
When the bell rang, Manstein did not immediately announce the end of get out of class. Instead, he said with a serious face that since there were new students taking this course for the first time, he would repeat again that the content of this class must not be leaked to outsiders!
Lu Mingfei realized belatedly that even taking notes was not allowed in this class, and everyone's cell phones were placed obediently on the corner of the table, without being moved during the entire class.
Come to think of it, Lu Mingfei had lived a peaceful life for the past 17 years, and had heard of the existence of the dark world. When he was in his second year of middle school, he frantically searched for evidence of the existence of the dark world, but naturally found nothing.
The people at Kassel College controlled the news in this way, not allowing even a single bit of it to leak out.
And now the dark side society has appeared, right above his school. His busy parents are high-ranking officials there, doing important work like archaeology and textbook editing, and he himself is now a member of it, which is quite tricky to think about.
Manstein announced the end of get out of class, and the students of the preparatory class left in an orderly manner. Lu Mingfei, wearing a Shilan school uniform, stood out among them. Except for Sister Chu and the others, he didn't know anyone here.
Lu Mingfei glanced at Chu Yuwei's position and found that she was being pestered by Xia Mi, and there were a few students beside her, who seemed to be her little followers.
Lu Mingfei, who was about to go up and talk to her, stopped because Lucrecia was walking towards him with Patsy: "How strange, my idiot father participated in the excavation, but I only found out about it now."
"...I just found out about this now too." Lu Mingfei replied. Once Lu Lincheng and Qiao Weini got busy, it was as if they had drunk forget-me-not milk and they totally forgot that they had a son like him.
"That's not what I meant." Lucrecia closed her eyes and pinched her brows, revealing a tired look. "I meant that this involves the internal struggle of the Gattuso family."
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. The school board and the college's top management were fighting fiercely. It turned out that the Gattuso family was also fighting fiercely. That's right, the daughter of a prominent head of the family didn't even know what her father had done. In addition to hiding it from his daughter, he probably also hid it from his family.
Lucrecia sighed and silently looked at Lu Mingfei's profile. Lu Mingfei looked at her with some doubts, and she pointed to one of her ears and said, "There's chalk stuck here."
Lu Mingfei touched both ears and put them in front of him. Sure enough, one of them was stained with something red. But it didn't look like chalk, but more like Jiude Mai's lipstick.
The next chapter will be later
(End of this chapter)