Lu Mingfei Development Program

Chapter 542 The Truth of the World Behind the Door

The largest relic of the former civilization showed its true appearance to Lu Mingfei. Although he had seen all kinds of bizarre worlds in various Nibelungs, he still marveled at the world before him.

This is the Kingdom of Heaven, a city that is literally in the sky.

This is what heaven is like in human imagination. The architecture here exudes the ultimate beauty and holiness. If no one has seen it with their own eyes, no artist can describe this beauty, because this is the realm of God.

A tower that towers above the sky stands in the center of the holy city. It is very similar to the Tower of Babel described in the Messianic scriptures as connecting heaven and earth. But this cannot be the Tower of Babel, because the Tower of Babel was used by people on earth to climb up to the sky, and this place is already in heaven.

"She" is on top of the tower, with her eyes closed, as if she is sleeping forever, or just taking a nap. She is holy and beautiful, just like this city, extremely beautiful and extremely peaceful.

Her beauty is beyond description. If this heaven is a product that only exists in imagination, then her beauty also exists only in imagination. It is the most beautiful thing that humans can imagine.

And "she" is also the only life in this entire kingdom of heaven... It seems a bit inappropriate to describe "her" as life. Because in Lu Mingfei's view, "she" cannot be regarded as a living life, but can only be regarded as a living thing.

This unexpected scene in Nibelungen made Lu Mingfei a little confused. There was no doubt that this Nibelungen was the tomb prepared by the King of Ocean and Water for himself, but there was nothing related to dragons.

She seemed to assimilate that fragment of heaven with her own Nibelung, evolving into such a holy and beautiful city.

So the question is, is the "she" still alive on the tower? Is she the king of the ocean and water? Or is she a god?

Lu Mingfei had no information about "her". After arriving at the world behind the door, his ability to break plans seemed to be completely useless. And the little witch had no interest in anything other than retrieving the dragon's heart.

Lu Mingfei couldn't even determine her gender, because such extreme beauty was not something that could be possessed by just women or men.

With his wings spread out, Lu Mingfei flew into the air and arrived in front of the towering tower that seemed to break through the sky. He had no way of judging the height of the tower, because it was really infinitely high.

"She" is naturally not at the top of the tower, but in the middle of the tower, looking up at the city.

As he got closer, Lu Mingfei could see "her" more clearly. Peaceful, peaceful, and holy, just by being by "her"'s side, he could be infected by the gentle breath and completely forget all his troubles.

...and then praise with "her" the beauty of life and all things!
Lu Mingfei was shocked. It was not easy for him to give her a psychological hint. But he was almost infected by the aura she gave off unconsciously just by looking at her face.

This is definitely not the corpse of the King of Ocean and Water!

Lu Mingfei regained his consciousness and left the tower. All the sickle-weasels hidden in his mind emerged.

Unlike Lucrecia's sickle-weasel that could not be released after it reacted to a powerful element, these wind spirits that inhabited his spirit would lie beside the other party, even if the other party was a dragon king, and bring back what they overheard.

But this time, these sickle-tailed beasts, who were not afraid of even the Dragon King, returned in disappointment. In this city where the Nibelungen and the fragments of the Kingdom of God were fused together, there seemed to be no other living creatures except him.

Naturally, the other body was not found, nor was Constance, who had entered here before him.

There is nothing here except "she" who looks like the corpse of God.

Although Odin had taken away her power and authority, the Queen of the Ocean and Water did leave behind her body, which was buried in the underwater Nibelungen. However, how did she, whose power and authority had been taken away, rebuild the Nibelungen and give the witches power...

These may require asking God.

Back in front of the tower, Lu Mingfei stared at the body that looked like a god. If he wanted to figure out what happened here, he couldn't avoid "her"... or, "Him".

But "He" is already a dead thing, so conventional means of communication may be useless. However, Lu Mingfei does have some unconventional means of communication.

Although the god is dead, leaving behind only a strange corpse, his spirit still exists and has influenced the Nibelungen created by the King of Ocean and Water, turning it into its current appearance.

As long as you can enter the other person's spirit, even if it is a dead person, you can communicate with the spirit left behind by the other person.

Lu Mingfei stretched out his hand, intending to put his finger on the forehead of the corpse to build a bridge for his spirit to penetrate in. However, just as he was about to penetrate his spirit out, someone suddenly spoke.

"I don't recommend you do that."

A voice as calm and cold as water sounded, and Lu Mingfei turned his head to look at the girl who had appeared beside him at some point.

"...Is it Constance? Or Ruoton?" He looked at the familiar white face. It was Constance who had entered here before him. She had somehow managed to escape his search.

But her current cold and aloof look was different from her usual Constance, and also different from Ruoton...

Lu Mingfei suddenly became alert: "No, none of them, who are you?"

Constance said softly, "According to your world's understanding, I should be called the Water Angel."

"...So, what is the situation now?" Lu Mingfei's eyes flashed with a faint golden light, "Have you occupied their bodies?"

The water angel shook his head and said softly, "No, I just felt the breath of the Lord, and with His help, I woke up briefly."

“You said He is still alive?” Lu Mingfei frowned and looked around. God was still the same as when he came, sleeping holy but quietly, and it seemed that he would continue to sleep.

"Not really." The water angel shook her head again and said calmly, "The Lord is dead. No matter how great the miracle is, He cannot be awakened again. This is really a sad thing." Her eyes were too dull and her expression was extremely calm, even a little cold. It didn't look like she was mourning her Lord.

Lu Mingfei retracted his gaze: "But you don't look very sad."

"Sad? Doesn't that count?" The Water Angel was stunned for a moment and said calmly, "Sorry, this is the first time I have such a thing as 'emotion' and I can't express it completely."

“How surprising.” Lu Mingfei said, “I originally thought that you were just like machines, and that you didn’t have any sensibility.”

The water angel looked at him and said calmly, "We do have life, but it is different from the form you know. But this does not mean that we will not be sad because of the death of our Lord or companions."

"...Since there is sadness, there must be hatred." Lu Mingfei's eyes once again glowed with golden light, "Do you want to avenge your companions?"

Apart from the countless Omegas he destroyed, the core of the Fire Angel, one of the archangels, is still in his hands.

There was no immediate answer. The water angel was silent for a long time before he said faintly, "No, I am indeed sad for the death of my companions, but I don't want revenge. Or rather, when we were created, similar emotions did not exist. We should not avenge death, and we should not start wars for desire..."

"But you all started that war together." Lu Mingfei interrupted her.

The Water Angel was stunned again. Lu Mingfei saw more emotions on her face this time: regret, confusion, surprise... Then, she said weakly: "Yes, we started a war together and almost destroyed two civilizations. But that war should not have happened..."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?"

Constance had told him that the war was caused by desire. Every king would not mind having his territory become larger, and an unknown but brand new world meant new territory.

Each king was eager to conquer that new world, and the other side wanted the same thing. No matter behind the gate or inside the gate, all the extraordinary beings seemed to have made an agreement and wanted to conquer the other side's world like crazy.

"The exchange between two civilizations should never start with war." The Water Angel said softly.

Lu Mingfei shook his head: "I think you should take a look at human history."

"But we are not human beings," said the Water Angel. "We don't need to plunder to obtain resources and land like them. We are born to stand at the top of all creatures. Plunder is unnecessary for us."

Lu Mingfei was suddenly stunned. In their world, dragons were described as a dangerous and violent race. They would start wars for no reason and attack their own kind just for their own evolution.

But judging from the examples around him, this description doesn't seem to be accurate. Putting aside Xia Mi and Fenrir, they are in special situations. One has lost most of his memories, and the other has a brain but doesn't like to use it.

They may be unique among the kings, but the eldest sister of the kings, Ruoton, who is most similar to the violent Dragon King in the descriptions of later generations, is actually gentle, which makes Constance never forget her.

Ruo Dun is undoubtedly rational, and her power that is unrivaled among all the kings also allows her to talk to her rationally when her other brothers and sisters become irrational.

However, even she felt powerless in that war.

"I still remember that feeling, but I can't describe it." The water angel pondered and said in confusion, "It was a very subtle feeling, a feeling of wanting to destroy all civilizations except my own. Dragons are just one of them."

She looked at the body of the god who seemed to be sleeping peacefully, and whispered, "We do not agree with destruction. That is something the Lord has engraved in our core... But when the riot came, we even wanted to destroy ourselves."

The Water Angel fell silent, as if trying to figure out why things had turned out this way. Lu Mingfei frowned slightly, as if things were beginning to develop in an unexpected direction.

After a long silence, the water angels once again looked at the Lord they once revered, and sighed helplessly: "This is just like the price the Lord needs to pay after saving the world, but He has already paid with His own life..."

Lu Mingfei was stunned again: "Save the world, what does that mean?"

"You may not know that this world was destroyed once." The water angel said softly, looking up at the sky, as if looking at the world outside the Nibelung.

She added, "In the classics circulating among humans today, the Lord can destroy the world at will and reshape it. But in fact, the destruction of the world has never been decided by the Lord. Although He has such power, He believes that destruction should not happen, so He will not do so."

"But, just because He will not destroy the world does not mean that the world will not destroy itself." The water angel's eyes were extremely dim. "'Destruction' came so silently, descending when no creatures noticed it, and then quietly left without the Lord's prevention."

"When we discovered that the world had been destroyed once, the Lord was no longer there. He did not leave any words behind, as if he wanted us to maintain everything in this world as before." This time, the water angel had the right expression on his face, "But we all know that He is dead."

If she didn't yet understand what crying meant, she would have probably burst into tears.

Lu Mingfei silently turned his head and looked at the God who quietly dedicated himself to the world: "...So you think that He paid the price of His life to continue the world. But you don't know that the real price is the rampage of the angel civilization He created after His death."

"Yes..." the water angel replied, "That riot was like the 'destruction' was not over yet."

Lu Mingfei fell completely silent. The truth behind the door turned out to be like this. This world had already been destroyed, and it was God who sacrificed himself to allow the world to continue.

But the price, in addition to his life, was the rampage of the angelic civilization he created. They became warlike, defying the law that was engraved at the beginning of their creation, which was that they could not be destroyed, and went to invade and destroy...

So, what about the dragon kings? What made them so extreme?

...Just like the death of a creator will affect the species He created, is it possible that the Dragon King Nidhogg, who created the dragon kings, is also dead?
Lu Mingfei suddenly felt a chill in his heart. If such an omnipotent and omniscient being could die, then what would be the scale of the threat they were facing?
(End of this chapter)