Lu Mingfei Development Program

Chapter 523 Loulan Night

The red flames circled the Mediterranean coast for a long time, and the flames around the Great Xia Dragon Bird dimmed. Chu Yuyi opened the hatch and jumped down, looking calmly at the white figure disappearing in the flames, and the two-person-high golden door behind him.

Odin, who had been severely injured, no longer had the power he had before. Facing Chu Yuli, who held the seven deadly sins, he was no match at all. However, before he was buried by the flames, he opened the door again.

He did not escape from the door, but smiled at Lucrecia and disappeared in the fire. Odin did not speak, but that smile seemed to confirm that the latter would definitely step into it.

After dealing with the enemy, Chu Yuwei looked around. Although she had eliminated one fish that had escaped the net, it was obvious that she was too late and the battle here was over.

"…Behind that?" After listening to Lucrecia's story, Chu Yuwei returned to the knight's cabin of the Great Xia Dragon Bird.

Lucrecia was surprised to find that Chu Yuwei was actually walking towards the door: "Where are you going?"

"Of course it's where he is." Chu Yuwei answered without turning her head.

She had already recovered the other two of the Seven Deadly Sins from Patsy and Lucrecia. Although the most important and powerful Pride was still in Figel's possession, the six swords plus the Great Summer Dragon Bird and the bloodline stabilized and strengthened by Lu Mingfei were enough for her to go head-to-head with the severely injured Dragon King.

"I am different from you." Chu Yuwei continued, "I am not suppressed by Odin's bloodline. He can make you powerless when facing him, but that is useless to me."

Lucrecia was about to repeat what Lu Mingfei said before he left, but she was suddenly stunned. Although she also knew that what Chu Yuwei said was true, why did she feel so unhappy when she heard it in such a calm tone?

"Listen." Lucrecia took a deep breath as her chest rose and fell again. "You should know that with our current abilities, the help we can provide him is extremely limited."

It's not so much about being a drag on the other party, but it's more like helping. Lucrecia remembered what her mother had said to her before, that her fiancé would become the emperor.

Such a person, no matter how much he is loved, will inevitably go on alone in the end.

"But I won't just stand behind him and watch him fight without doing anything." Chu Yuwei said softly, and the Great Xia Dragon Bird entered the door that was two people tall and disappeared into it.

Lucrecia, who was left outside the door, was stunned. Patsy, who was brought by Chu Yuwei, stood beside her, quietly waiting for her action.

"...Patsy, what would you do if it were you?" Lucrecia suddenly asked.

"Hasn't Miss already come to a conclusion?" Patsy said with a smile, "I don't think anyone would think that it's wrong to let a girl go to her future husband."

Lucrecia was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "It seems that I have to do something irrational today."

She had always thought that she and Chu Yuyi were completely opposite. The latter lived a life like an ascetic nun, and the word "rational" was almost written on her face. But unexpectedly, she advocated enjoying the present and always remained rational, while the latter was used to thinking emotionally at critical moments.

This made Lucrecia feel incredible, and at the same time, she believed even more that Chu Yuwei was definitely her lifelong enemy. Therefore, she didn't want to lose to her, no matter in what aspect.

Patsy's choice was the same as Lucrecia's. She would go wherever the two masters she wanted to serve were. However, to Lucrecia's surprise, the world behind the door was so barren...

……

"...Later I realized that it wasn't the world behind the door that was barren, but the place where Patsy and I settled was barren." Lucrecia told Lu Mingfei about her and Patsy's experiences.

She turned her head to look at the black sand dunes that rose and fell like solidified waves in the night, and her fair face was inevitably stained with some sand. Her long hair, which was always golden, also dimmed a lot in this extreme desert.

The two of them were riding on their own horses, on their way back to Lucrecia's base. She had known that the enemy would come, so she set up the battlefield far away from the base.

Patsy was at the end of the team, controlling the Immortal Blade, retrieving the Seraphs, and leaving them some space to be alone.

"We entered the gate from the Mediterranean, but fell into the desert of Central Asia." Lucrecia continued, "I couldn't find you for a long time, so I thought we might have been teleported to different places. So I collected information about this world while trying to let you know about the existence of Patsy and me."

She deliberately leaked her existence, otherwise how could those businessmen have taken photos of the Immortal Blade and brought them to the West.

"...This is my mistake." After listening to her story in silence, Lu Mingfei said softly, "I overlooked the possibility that Odin might have a backup plan."

"It's not your fault. I was the one who made the mistake by staying there foolishly waiting for him to find me." Lucrecia smiled at him, and her bright smile made her dull blonde hair glow again.

But Lu Mingfei still had a headache. According to Lucrecia, the girls who came to the world behind the gate together included her and Patsy, and Chu Yuyi. As for the latter, no one knew where she was now.

Lu Mingfei turned his head to look and saw that the bandits riding on horses and camels behind them were tying up the knights of the Seraphim and Seraphim Cavalry and driving them forward.

These are the members of Lucrecia’s gang, but calling them “gangsters” is a bit inappropriate because they are still a group of half-grown children no matter how you look at them.

They didn't look very old, there were both boys and girls, the oldest was probably sixteen or seventeen years old, the youngest was probably only ten years old. They looked so funny riding on the stolen camels and horses.

In addition to their young age, Lu Mingfei was also a little surprised by their thin bodies. At the same time, when he looked at the tied knights, there was hatred in his eyes that made him want to tear them apart.

"Who are they?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"They..." Lucrecia also looked at her subordinates and sighed softly, "They are from Ceylon. They are the survivors who wandered all the way here after the fall of Ceylon."

When she first encountered the Ceylon survivors, these children carrying stones and rushing towards the Immortal Blade recklessly gave Lucrecia a headache. Later, she learned from these survivors that they mistook the Immortal Blade for the Papal State's Seraphic Cavalry.

The latter participated in the war to destroy Ceylon and even captured the royal city of Ceylon.

This was the first time Lucrecia knew that there was a knight group armed with seraphs in the world behind the door, belonging to the Papal States. The countries and history of this world were similar to what she knew, but completely different. She naturally couldn't tell anyone that she was from another world, and only explained that she was from Rome. Then she spent a lot of effort to explain to these Ceylon survivors the difference between Rome and the Eastern and Western Roman Empires, as well as the Papal States.

In her description, she and Patsy were both Roman survivors. When the Papal States conquered Rome a hundred years ago, their ancestors escaped from the West. The armor she used was also developed based on the broken armor obtained by their ancestors in the war a hundred years ago.

As for New Rome, Lucrecia felt that a country that had surrendered to the Papal States could not even be named Rome.

As they were all remnants of a nation destroyed by the Papal States, these Ceylonese remnants had let down their old guard against them.

Lucrecia also learned about the situation of this world through them, and quickly concluded that Luoyi and Florence are both the centers of the Eastern and Western worlds, and Lu Mingfei would probably be in one of them.

The former is very likely, because in their world, there is a Nibelung that was transformed into the style of Florence.

So, she had the idea of ​​letting merchants traveling between the East and the West tell them about her presence here. She had also thought about going to Florence with Patsy herself, but she remembered what Odin said, that the Gattuso family might not be welcome in the world behind this door.

More importantly, she had to cross half of the East to get to Florence. The countries along the way did not believe in the Roman remnants and would undoubtedly regard her as an enemy...

Lucrecia didn't want to be in chaos along the way.

"It's amazing that you can come up with such an idea." Lu Mingfei said with a sigh.

Lucrecia winked at him. "But it also succeeded in letting you know we're here, didn't it?"

Her news attracted the attention of the Papal States, and the armored team sent out attracted the attention of the Zhongshan Kingdom, so he went here when he was about to leave Zhongshan Kingdom... Although the process was a bit tortuous, he successfully achieved his goal.

"I thought it would take a long time to find you." Lucrecia smiled at Lu Mingfei, "But I didn't expect that I would find you in a month."

"One month?" Lu Mingfei was stunned. "But I've only been here for three days?"

……

The Tulunchuan Desert is not entirely desert. The few oases are the few gathering places for people who still live in this desert. However, as refugees from a fallen country and horse bandits on the ancient trade route, Lucrecia's base would naturally not be in those places.

From a distance, Lu Mingfei could sense a dampness. The front was undoubtedly Lucrecia's base, but this was not only an oasis, but also a lake of considerable size.

On the way to Tulunchuan, Yuan Cheng explained to Lu Mingfei that on the east side of the Tulunchuan desert, there was a huge lake a thousand years ago, which was called Mie Ze in the ancient books of the Xia Dynasty.

There is a country beside the Mieze, called Loulan. Of course, both the Mieze and Loulan have disappeared for thousands of years. During these thousands of years, the wind and sand in the sky have always been the unchanging scenery here.

But the facts are somewhat unexpected. The Mi Lake, which was thought to have been dry for thousands of years, has accumulated fresh water again. The ancient city of Loulan, which has been abandoned for thousands of years, is now half covered in yellow sand and half in green plants.

The dilapidated stone wall was repaired. Although it was still dilapidated, it was enough to serve as a stronghold.

It was already late at night, but we could hear the noise outside the ancient city. Old or tired faces poked their heads out, and seeing the blonde girl in the front, they shouted in surprise: "It's the leader! The leader and the others are back!"

These Ceylonese survivors could not only have children, but also their mothers and grandparents. As for why there were no fathers, it was because all the young men in Ceylonese died on the battlefield in Ceylonese.

"Surprised, right? I was also surprised when I found this place." Lucrecia proudly showed Lu Mingfei the stronghold she had built in this month.

Lu Mingfei nodded. He was indeed surprised that there was such a misty lake in the desolate desert. Even if the Xia Kingdom, which had abandoned this place, knew about it, it would probably be surprised.

Lucrecia smiled and greeted the residents of the ancient city, and announced the harvest of this operation. An armored team that crossed from the west to the east on foot naturally brought a lot of supplies, not to mention that their biggest harvest this time was not just supplies.

Lucrecia pushed Lu Mingfei out and proudly introduced him, her husband, to the residents of the ancient city.

Then, both the residents of the ancient city and the men who returned with Lucrecia looked at him in surprise. Although they knew who the leader was looking for, they never said that it was her husband.

“Isn’t it too early to call him husband now?” Lu Mingfei said helplessly. He couldn’t stand the way everyone looked at him as if he was some rare animal.

Lucrecia smiled at him with a wink: "But one day you will be called that, right?"

It was already late, and everyone returned to the house after being surprised for a while. Patsy did not follow, and when Lu Mingfei asked about it, Lucrecia said in confusion that Patsy took the initiative to take on the task of guarding and interrogating the knights of the Papal States, and she wanted to know about Florence.

However, now that Lu Mingfei has met up with them, this information is no longer important.

Walking up the ancient stairs, Lucrecia brought Lu Mingfei to her residence, the royal city of ancient Loulan. Although it was called a royal city, there was nothing much except a few taller stone walls.

But it is the chief's residence after all, so the residents of the ancient city still renovated it, so there is no problem with living here and protecting against wind and sand.

Let Lu Mingfei wait in the room while Lucrecia went to the bathroom next door to take a bath. As a real Roman, she couldn't be careless about bathing. In the ancient Roman ruins in her world, public baths accounted for the majority.

While waiting, Lu Mingfei looked around his fiancée's temporary bedroom. Although it was a little embarrassing, it was well-furnished. The bed was made of velvet from Florence, and there was a complete animal skin blanket on the floor...

Not surprisingly, these should be the supplies of the caravan. Although they are all valuable items, they are actually the most useless things for the ancient city that needs food and daily necessities more.

But Lucrezia is like this. Although she is down and out in this world, she is still the eldest daughter of the Gattuso family.

(End of this chapter)