Dragon Clan: Force me to be reborn and slay dragons

Chapter 293 It must be Odin who beat Lao Chu to his knees and made him go back to be his substitute!

Lu Mingfei looked at Chu Zihang, who was standing in front of the workbench, frantically blasting cold air, and couldn't help but grab Erii's small hand and squeeze it.

To be honest, the thought of Old Chu sitting alone by the pool developing photos, pinning them one by one to a wooden board with thumbtacks, then sitting at his workbench smoking a cigar, drinking whiskey, and playing some jazz music, waiting for the right atmosphere before leaving a message with a red pen, was like having a conversation with the woman in the photos across time and space.

This feeling is so damn abstract!

The thought of a man always hiding in the shadows and secretly taking pictures of Chu Zihang and Aunt Xiaoyan when they went out—behind pillars in the amusement park, behind shelves in the mall, behind bushes in the restaurant, behind reeds by the river…

Uncle, if you're so awesome, why don't you just learn from A-Du and lie under the car? Why bother with all that stalking?

Some people are writing melodramatic youth literature; is Comrade Chu experiencing persistent growing pains, or is it self-inflicted?

Looking at the perfect picture of the mother and son watching the sunset by the river, and the message left on the edge that read, "Just like that, don't cry, look into the distance," Lu Mingfei almost dug a large flat floor out of the floor with his toes.

He couldn't quite understand when a green-headed turtle had been added to the Chinese zodiac.

Does she really think she's a Casanova?!

He drove away a woman he deeply loved who had also loved him, watched her fall into the arms of another man, and then secretly followed and photographed her to watch over her. In a luxurious basement, he lamented that he had loved her without regrets, smoking a cigar and drinking wine, hoping that she would be better off than him.

Is this something humans do?
Lu Mingfei didn't understand, but he was greatly shocked, just like when he first saw NTR Kazuo's current adult film.

Oh shit, there’s something awesome!

"Dosidano (What's wrong)?" Erii asked, her hand being held by him. She could feel Lu Mingfei's emotional fluctuations; his breathing was heavy.

"No, I just remembered a song." Lu Mingfei calmly told himself with a smile not to be angry, it wasn't worth it.

"What song?" Erii asked curiously.

“Lift Your Skull.” Lu Mingfei said this in a very serious tone.

He really wanted to crack open Old Chu's skull to see what had gotten into him that caused him to lose his mind and turn what could have been a happy and fulfilling life into this mess.

In his past life, he always earnestly said that a true man is one who takes good care of his family and doesn't let them suffer any grievances, and he practiced this in his own way.

How come I became a negative example as soon as I arrived in this world?

“Sakura, up there.” Erii tugged at his sleeve and pointed to the top of the bed.

Lu Mingfei looked up and saw countless red lines stretching in the air. Some of the red lines were parallel to each other, while others were tangled and knotted. They seemed chaotic, but they gave people a strange sense of sequence.

The tactical flashlight beam shone directly in the center, and Chu Zihang stopped paying attention to the secretly taken photos, his gaze falling on the tangled red lines.

Handwritten slips of paper are strung along the red thread, each slip recording a momentous event, many of which are unheard of and terrifying to behold:

On June 30, 1908, the Tunguska event occurred...

On August 30, 1900, the Summer Mourning Incident occurred. A mysterious ancient corpse suddenly awoke, a Dragon King-level force invaded, the Kassel Manor was destroyed, and the first generation of the Lionheart Society was almost completely wiped out. The only survivor, Hilbert Jean Angers, fell into a coma that lasted for a year.

Lu Mingfei stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Chu Zihang.

"Are these all events related to the resurgence of the dragon race?"

"Yes, the Tunguska event is one of the three most mysterious explosions in history, the other two being the Wanggongchang explosion and the Mohengzhuo Darrow Death Mound incident." Chu Zihang's voice was calm, as if he had already detached himself from his previous emotions.

"The general consensus in the hybrid world regarding these three explosions is that they were caused by some kind of destructive, high-risk Word of Power. For example, the Tunguska explosion was speculated to have been caused by Word of Power 'Rhine' with serial number 113. The shockwave, comparable to a nuclear explosion, even shattered glass 650 kilometers away, and the mushroom cloud that rose from the scene was clearly visible on the banks of the Rhine River."

Lu Mingfei nodded and continued reading. One year in particular caught his attention—1991.

The year he was born.

On Christmas Eve that year, a violent explosion occurred at an ice-covered port north of Siberia, and a group of fighter jets sent to investigate were attacked by mysterious creatures and wiped out.

Lu Mingfei knew more precise information: the destroyed port was called Swan Harbor, a biological genetic research base. The head of the research center was Jung von Herzog, and the zero test subject being studied there was his younger brother.

The girl holding his hand also had her birthday on that day.

The last recorded incident occurred on November 7, 2001, when the executive department of Kassel College went to the Greenland Sea to investigate a mysterious heartbeat. As a result, they encountered an enemy suspected to be the Dragon King on the seabed, and only one and a half people survived.

Chu Zihang could add to the record that on July 4, 2004, the Nibelungen entrance was discovered on the elevated section of the coastal city of Fuzhou. Odin, the chief god of Norse mythology, intercepted and killed Chu Tianjiao, an S-level executive officer of Kassel College, and only Chu Zihang escaped.

Lu Mingfei frowned slightly as he looked at the last piece of paper. Judging from the timeline, Fingel should have just entered Kassel College at this point, right?
He recalled a fleeting hint of unease in Fingel's eyes when the deep-sea diving program was mentioned.

Yes, given Fingel's lineage, there's a very high probability he'll be drafted into the Executive Department.

So, it was because of Kassel College's terrible actions back then that Fingel, who should have become a silver wolf, turned into the husky he is now?
That damn Kassel College truly deserves to die!
Wait!

Lu Mingfei suddenly realized something was wrong, and he turned sharply to Chu Zihang: "Is there a girl named Eva at Kassel College?"

Chu Zihang pondered for a moment and shook his head: "There is no such person among the current students, but the college's AI secretary, Norma, will activate her war personality when carrying out important missions. The name of her war personality is EVA."

He was the only student of the Executive Director, and he had some knowledge of many things that were unknown to others.

"Do you know the origin of that Eva?" Lu Mingfei asked. He knew that the AI ​​Kaguya-hime of the Snake Clan was modeled after Norma, the secretary of the Academy in Kassel, in order to fight against the Academy Headquarters on the digital information level.

Chu Zihang shook his head: "You should ask Fingel about this; he's an expert in this field."

I'm afraid that if I ask this question, it will be like a knife stabbing into his heart.

Lu Mingfei shook his head silently, putting the matter aside for the time being, intending to ask about it when he got back.

Continuing to follow the red lines, all the major events related to the dragon race within the past two hundred years are recorded on these handwritten slips of paper. All the related events are connected by red lines. Occasionally, a few clues will intersect and create new events, while others are excluded in isolation.

These red threads wove into an intricate web above the bed, finally twisting into a thick rope near the concrete wall. On the wall, a name symbolizing "despair" was written in black ink—Nidhogg!
"So, did he come here to investigate Nidhogg's whereabouts, or to be wary of its awakening?"

Chu Zihang stared at the four large, flowing characters on the wall, his thoughts churning. He wasn't thinking about how the man with such beautiful handwriting would deliberately write ugly characters when signing his homework, but rather why the principal would assign him this task.

That man must have arrived in this city long ago, disguised as a driver who could roam freely and rush to the rescue in case of an accident, all for a specific purpose. However, he fell in love with the right person at the wrong time and in the wrong place, married her, had children, and spent a memorable period of happiness before separating, returning to the shadows and loneliness, continuing to watch over or pursue that supreme, virtuous, and powerful being.

Chu Zihang knew nothing about relationships between men and women, and it was hard to tell whether the person initially approached his mother because of liking her, loneliness, or simply wanting to continue his bloodline.

Perhaps he is like a tiger in the jungle, always wandering alone, staying briefly after meeting a female tiger he likes, and leaving once she successfully conceives his bloodline, continuing to roam the boundless steel jungle, using his claws and fangs to intimidate enemies lurking in the shadows.

But humans are ultimately social animals, and the allure of a gentle embrace is a graveyard for heroes. No man is a tiger; he can't let go of that foolish woman and their child.

Therefore, he went from being a fierce tiger that commanded respect in all directions to a lazy pig who loved to eat.

Then, he died.

If you pretend to be weak to fool others for too long, you'll really get stupid and lose the fighting instincts that make a tiger survive.

But hidden within the steel jungle are creatures even more powerful than him.

His name is Odin, he rides the eight-legged steed Pegasus and wields the eternal spear.

The man, who had transformed back into a tiger, bared his sharp teeth and challenged the gods with his mortal body, only to be easily slain by the deity and never escape that rainy night.

The young tiger, who escaped from the rainy night but is forever trapped in that night, is filled with rage day after day, resorting to any means to seek revenge.

"You mean the night you bumped into Odin, Uncle Chu threw a box at Odin?" Lu Mingfei asked. "For Odin to be so tempted to rob it, there must be something very important inside, probably related to the Black King."

He seemed a little unsure of himself when he said this, since, to be honest, he was probably the only one in the city with the strongest connection to the Black King.

Now that things have developed to this point, it's difficult for Lu Mingfei to confidently claim that he is a species of Homo sapiens belonging to the family Hominidae, order Primates, class Mammalia.

However, as long as he doesn't admit it, no one can disqualify him from being a human being.

Chu Zihang nodded, as if he could hear the man's whispered reminder in his ear again:
When I say "run," you must run towards the car, and whatever you do, don't look back, whatever you do, don't look back!

“Odin wanted more than just the box; he also wanted me and my dad,” he said. “My dad used himself and the box as bait to give me a chance to escape.”

That box was an old-fashioned weapons case from Kassel College, but it certainly contained more than just weapons.

But what exactly it is remains unknown.

At this point, Mingming's previously excited mood upon seeing the basement, which was different from what she had imagined, suddenly turned somber, as if she had fallen into an abyss.

The person is already gone, what's the use of anger?

"You mean Odin was wearing a bronze mask that night?" Lu Mingfei recalled his encounter in the desolate French town, where both scenes featured monsters in bronze masks and Deadpool in cloaks. The visual resemblance was so strong that it was hard not to make the connection.

Chu Zihang nodded and recounted how the bronze mask left behind after the blue-faced, fanged beast was shot in the head contained runes.

"It seems this is going to be a situation where both old and new grudges are settled." Lu Mingfei's mind began to race, letting his wild and unconventional thoughts run wild, and finally, the image in his mind settled on a famous scene from a work that netizens in later generations strongly demanded be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site:

"You said that Odin not only wants the box, but also the two of you, which means he values ​​your abilities."

Needless to say, everyone would be envious of Time Zero.

Chu Zihang also has amazing potential; his talent, willpower, and luck far surpass those of his peers.

Odin, upon seeing him, couldn't help but admire his talent, so he invited him to a banquet, beheaded him, and took him in as a dog.

He stroked his chin: "Judging from the conclusion of the famous Sea Tiger Telescope, it must be Odin. It beat Uncle Chu to his knees, probably to force Uncle Chu to go back with it and become its substitute."

Chu Zihang didn't understand the joke, but he understood the meaning: "You mean, my dad might also be wearing a bronze mask?"

“Yes, and based on my years of experience watching movies, once he puts on the mask, he is no longer an ordinary person. He is no longer tainted by worldly desires. If he sees his own son in front of him, he would probably be ruthless and start slashing at him.” Lu Mingfei analyzed, “But it’s not a big problem. Taking off the mask should restore him to normal.”

This is the best outcome. Chu Zihang also knows Lu Mingfei's fighting strength. With him in front to hold the line, the only concern is whether his father, who was forced to become Odin's puppet, can withstand the beating.

Putting his mind at ease for the moment, Lu Mingfei looked around and released the Word of Power: Serpent. The invisible bio-signals spread throughout the basement, transforming into unseen vacuum serpents that burrowed into every crevice of the room, trying to find more clues.

Unfortunately, there were no further gains.

However, we have already gained enough, learning a lot of previously unknown information.

"What do you mean by all this? Should we move it all?" Lu Mingfei looked around. There were quite a few valuable things, but really, they weren't that much. Neither of them smoked or drank.

Chu Zihang hesitated for a moment, then decided to take only the photos, the camera, and the pieces of paper strung on the red thread, leaving everything else as it was.

The house should remain as it is; he will pay for the Black Prince Group to keep the basement.

After all, this is proof that the man once existed. If we find him one day, we can let him explain himself clearly.

Five years have passed in the vast sea of ​​people, and we still don't know where that man was taken by Odin, or whether he was forced to commit a wrong.

Back on the second basement level, Lu Mingfei looked at the iron lock that had been melted down, grabbed it with both hands, reheated it, and forcibly reassembled it. He then put the bed back in its original position.

Everything returned to normal, and footsteps and the sound of a tow truck could be heard outside. The three of them walked out of the room.

The middle-aged man was curious when he saw that the three of them were only carrying a thin bag. But after Chu Zihang explained that he wanted to keep the room and was willing to pay the corresponding fees, he didn't say anything more. He just gave him a look that said, "Why didn't you do this earlier?" and agreed.

After leaving the Black Prince Group's factory and getting back into the car, Chu Zihang was about to start the engine when his left eyelid suddenly began to twitch.

Lu Mingfei, who was standing nearby, sensed something and looked up at the sky. He saw a passenger plane gradually descending below the clouds.

"Are they Cheng Shuangfan's hunting team members?"

"Probably." After Chu Zihang finished speaking, his usually calm right eyelid twitched slightly.

(End of this chapter)