Lu Mingfei Development Program

Chapter 584 Nono
"Nibelungen and the fragments of the old world are completely different." The little witch explained to Lu Mingfei, "The former is a sub-space constructed based on the things and scenes that exist in reality, but it is also a part of the real world."

She sat on the armrest of the pitch-black throne, her white legs swaying under her skirt. "The latter are different. They are treated as harmful and excluded from the real world."

"Harmful substances..." Lu Mingfei chewed on these words softly.

In the description of the little witch, these fragments of the old world are like cancer cells, excluded from the real world. The world itself is like a huge life, which will actively exclude these elements that will cause the death of the life called "world".

"If we fail again this time, what will the real world become? Will it also become one of the fragments of the old world?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously.

The little witch looked at him, shook her head and said, "There won't be a next time, brother. The world right now is like a patient with advanced cancer. No matter how many cancer cells its immune system kills, it can't change the fact that its entire body is about to be taken over by these cancer cells."

The end of the world is those cancer cells. No one can stop their generation and spread, not even Nidhogg.

“In that case, the world is hopeless?” Lu Mingfei stood in the dark hall, looking up.

There was another thing appearing in the sky above the Dark Palace. It was fixed on the iron cross. It was gray and white and pierced by a red spear. The "real body" of the little witch floated between the archangel core and the dragon bone cross. Even though her clothes were tattered and she looked a little embarrassed, she was still as noble as a queen.

In a sense, the little witch, like Jörmungandr, became a "prisoner" in his spiritual world. Of course, she is much freer than the former.

"Don't we still have you, brother?" The little witch jumped off the armrest of the throne, ran to his side affectionately, looked up and said, "Brother, you are destined to save the world. What Nidhogg can't do is not a difficult task for you."

Lu Mingfei lowered his head and looked at her silently: "... Nidhogg, is He really dead?"

Xia Mi still couldn't believe that the Dragon King Nidhogg, who was born to spread despair and destroy the world, would die while saving the world. When she mentioned this to Ruo Dun, she remained silent, as if she had known about it a long time ago.

"If He were still alive, the world wouldn't be what it is now." The little witch said dimly, "Everyone wanted Him to die, but when He really died, they started to get scared again."

Lu Mingfei was silent for a long time before he spoke again: "Let's change the question to the disappearance of Chen Motong. The original Lionheart Society seemed to have encountered a similar, but completely different, situation."

In Ange's description, his companions who died in the fragments of the old world were not forgotten, but they were subconsciously ignored and regarded as some unknown minor characters by others. Their experiences were also grafted onto him.

And by completing the experiences of his companions, Angers has allowed their names and stories to be passed down to the present day.

However, due to his fear of "forgetting" the experience, he did not disclose all of his experiences in the cave. It seemed that the "forgetting" was caused by the death of his companions in the world inside the cave.

"I know, you want to know whether the red-haired girl is dead or not, right?" the little witch asked with her head raised.

Lu Mingfei nodded: "If I find her as a corpse when I find her, I will probably be very disappointed."

"Don't worry, she's still alive and kicking... although her condition isn't very good." The little witch explained to him carefully, "The occurrence of 'forgetfulness' has no direct relationship with whether they die here or not."

She continued, "The longer they stay in the fragments of the old world, the more they are considered a type of 'cancer cell' by the real world. As the real world rejects the old world, their names and existence will also be eliminated in the real world."

"I don't know whether I should say that Ange and his friends are quite lucky. The fragment of the old world they mistakenly entered is not too deep, so even if 'forgetting' occurs, it only reduces their sense of existence. When Ange fills in their detailed experiences, someone will still remember them." The little witch paused when she said this.

“As for Chen Motong…” She held her forehead and said with a headache, “The fragment of the old world where she is is too deep. It’s so deep that even if she just steps in there, everything she has will be erased from the real world.”

Lu Mingfei frowned. "Didn't you say that the only place where the fragments of the old world meet the real world is that cave? How did she get to such a deep place?"

That cave in northern Siberia is the only passage from the real world to the fragments of the old world.

However, this passage is closed most of the time. Unless you are extremely lucky like Rasputin and the original Lionheart Society, or extremely unlucky, it is basically impossible to enter. The exploration after more than a hundred years of Angers has proved this point.

As for Lu's father and mother, they were exceptions. They themselves had some kind of mysterious connection with the underground shelter of the fragments of the old world, so it was almost inevitable for them to set foot there.

"There is only one physical passage, but there is more than one entrance in the non-physical sense." The little witch said, looking up at Lu Mingfei, "That mountain that only you can see is also a non-physical passage. Of course, that road is not easy to walk on."

Lu Mingfei was silent for a moment, then asked: "How did Chen Motong find such a passage?"

"Because she was born as the emperor's bride, she was naturally sent to the emperor's palace." The little witch said, "Her people wanted to offer her to the emperor in order to obtain a place to continue to survive in the new world."

Then, she sneered: "But where does the new world come from? So when they entered the fragment of the old world, they were rejected. At the same time, the real world didn't want them either. So, since neither side wanted them, they died."

"Chen Motong saved her life because of the emperor's mark. Now she is probably secretly celebrating that all her people have gone to heaven." The little witch said sarcastically.

Lu Mingfei really wanted to observe a moment of silence for those members of the Chen family whose names were not revealed, but when he thought that Chen Motong, the only survivor among them, was opening a bottle of champagne, he thought it would be better not to spoil her fun.

Suddenly, he paused, and a feeling that was inexplicable but very unpleasant came over him.

His spirit immediately returned to his body. Lu Mingfei opened his eyes and saw the Dragon King sisters whose bodies were fading.

Ruo Dun looked at Lu Mingfei who had regained consciousness and smiled bitterly: "It seems that we can only accompany you here."

Unlike humans who would be forgotten if they were away from the real world for too long, dragons would disappear if they delved too deeply into the fragments of the old world. Because in the real world, not many people remembered the names of these ancient dragon kings.

The people who dominate the real world today are humans, and the world that dragons once ruled has turned into fragments of the old world, rejected by the real world.

"Is there no way to continue?" Xia Mi was a little unwilling. She was one of the kings who once ruled the world and controlled the great power of the land, but she was so powerless here. She couldn't even stay with Lu Mingfei. She was too proud to accept such a thing.

"You have been with me for a long time." Lu Mingfei stepped forward and hugged the young dragon king who was almost crying. "Speaking of which, the first mission you were given was to protect me until I found this place. You have done a great job."

"But..." Xia Mi wanted to say something, but Lu Mingfei blocked her words with his mouth.

After a long while, she rested her forehead on Lu Mingfei's chest and whispered, "You have to come back soon, or I'll let Fenrir tear down your room. I'll drag out those shameful things under your bed and make you anxious to death!"

"I don't have anything to hide..." Lu Mingfei said helplessly, but the Dragon King girl in his arms had disappeared. He sent her away.

He turned his head and looked at Ruo Dun who was staring at him silently. The sadness in the latter's eyes was the same as what he saw when he returned from the world behind the door.

Lu Mingfei walked forward and wiped away the tears of the eldest sister among the kings: "Why are you crying?"

"…Because I feel sorry." Ruo Dun said softly, "What you did should have been done by me."

As the eldest sister of the kings and the eldest daughter of the Dragon King, Ruoton was endowed with great power that other dragon kings did not have. She had extremely high attainments in alchemy, which made it easier for her to see the truth of the world and discover the fact that the world had been destroyed.

She is the king who is most likely to become the successor of the Dragon Emperor, and is also the one who is most likely to save the world after the Dragon Emperor's death...

However, she did not do any of these. She was the strongest dragon king among all the kings, but she was not the dragon king that Nidhogg expected.

"There's nothing to apologize for. You've done a good job." Lu Mingfei said, "It's just that a crisis like the end of the world is not suitable for you to handle."

Although Ruoton is powerful, and as both an archangel and a dragon king, he has embarked on a new path of evolution. However, such a powerful person is still too insignificant before a crisis like the end of the world.

"...Whether as a sister or as a lover, I don't want you to go there." Ruoton hugged Lu Mingfei and rested her head on his shoulder.

Lu Mingfei suddenly smiled: "This is not something Rona would say."

Ruo was stunned for a moment, and the shame that she had suppressed with great difficulty immediately came out. Lu Mingfei took the opportunity to kiss her on the lips: "I haven't seen enough of you being embarrassed in front of me."

He once said that Rona would regret her actions that day, which was indeed true. Ruo Dun had to have great courage just to have a normal conversation with him. Now that he had exposed her, she was about to say something to refute him, but her blushing face made him want to look at her a few more times.

Ruo Dun was also sent back by Lu Mingfei. Before leaving, she glared at him fiercely, but she couldn't hide her blushing face. This was one of the few evidences that proved that she was still a human girl named Rona.

"...We are the only ones left." Someone in the spiritual world said softly. Izanami smiled and said, "To some extent, can this be considered a victory over Jörmungandr?"

"Not really." Lu Mingfei replied, "Because you still keep it, because you are my property."

Izanami sighed and continued, "You are truly heartless. Then keep going. Let's see what this world that I just wanted to escape from has become."

……

The dark palace was in ruins, with huge stone pillars collapsed to the ground, like the skeletons of giants, scattered among the ruins.

The girl with red hair and red skirt leaned quietly against one of the broken pillars. Her figure looked particularly lonely in the dim light. Her red hair was like a burning flame, particularly eye-catching in the darkness, as if she had been abandoned by the world.

The wedding dress was bright red, without a speck of dust, as if it were stained with blood. This description was not wrong, because this wedding dress, and even this wedding without a groom, was made possible by the lives of her "family".

...It seems inappropriate to say this, because they did not give their lives voluntarily, and their wailing before death was extremely hideous, but it still made her happy for a long time.

Chen Motong laughed for a long time at first. After all, she had been waiting for a long time for her "family" to all die suddenly. But she stopped laughing because it was too dark here and there was no living creature except her.

If things like this cannot be shared with others, the happiness will be greatly reduced.

Silently hugging his knees, Chen Motong looked through the ruined palace dome and looked at the dark sky outside. There were no stars, no moonlight, only endless darkness. The only thing humans fear is the unknown, and this place is at a depth that is difficult for humans and even dragons to observe.

At first, she thought that there was nothing to be afraid of here except for the dead silence. But after the occasional flash of lightning in the darkness illuminated the huge existence in the distance that towered into the clouds and looked neither alive nor dead, she had a new understanding of this place.

The huge existence did not react to Chen Motong's arrival. It seemed that it had always been like this, waiting for someone to come. It had been waiting from the past to the present, and would continue to wait from now to the future.

Chen Motong was actually also waiting for someone, someone he didn't know whether he would come or not.

She did not tell the other party about the difficulties she encountered. After all, it was better for her to solve the problems of her family by herself. Now the problem has been successfully solved. The process was beyond her expectations, but the result made her happy.

Chen Motong really wanted to share this with someone, even if the other person's response was just a bland one. But even if she could only see a bland response from the other person, she would be satisfied.

Unfortunately, I rejected this opportunity.

This is probably the best outcome. She seems out of place in this new world, and no one needs her. Even the wedding that her "family" had been preparing for a long time had such an unexpected but happy ending.

...Although this happy ending only applies to her.

(End of this chapter)