Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Liu Miaomiao turned her head and found the surrounding streets deserted. She wondered where she and Lu Mingfei had wandered off to.

Just then, I saw a subway station entrance coming from the opposite direction, so I pointed to it lightly and said, "We've arrived at the subway station. Let's take the subway back."

Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, then said, "Okay."

The escalator slowly descended, the fluorescent lights overhead flickering on and off. Surely the municipal engineering in the capital city isn't this bad; I wonder if they just didn't have time to report the problem.

Perhaps because the area around this subway station is also relatively quiet, the subway station in Beijing was unusually deserted at this time of day.

Looking at the completely covered advertising space on the wall, Liu Miaomiao felt a little eerie and unconsciously moved a little closer to Lu Mingfei.

As Lu Mingfei looked around, an ominous premonition gradually welled up in his heart.

"Lu Mingfei, this subway station feels weird..." Liu Miaomiao shrank back, a little scared. "How about we go up and hail a taxi back to the hotel?"

Lu Mingfei also felt that there was something strange about this subway station, and nodded: "Okay, let's go back."

With that, the two turned around, preparing to return the way they came. However, the moment they turned back, they were stunned.

The subway entrance they came from is gone.

What used to be a subway entrance is now just a bare wall.

The flickering fluorescent lights shone on the marble walls, casting an eerie, diffused light.

Lu Mingfei just stood there dumbfounded, while Liu Miaomiao simply screamed, closed her eyes, and hid behind Lu Mingfei, grabbing his clothes and trembling slightly.

If I hadn't been supporting myself on Lu Mingfei's back, I might have collapsed to the ground by now and wouldn't be able to stand up.

"Am I...am we seeing a ghost?" Liu Miaomiao recalled the scenes from Japanese horror movies she had seen.

“No, it’s not a ghost,” Lu Mingfei murmured.

It's definitely not a ghost.

This place... Lu Mingfei has been here before.

This is Nibelungen, the king of the earth and mountains.

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Chapter 40 Subway

Broken lights, old newspapers scattered on the ground, rusty turnstiles—the entrance to the underground passage was dark and deep, like the gaping maw of a devil, both terrifying and alluring.

"Give me your hand," Lu Mingfei suddenly said in a deep voice.

Liu Miaomiao was stunned for a moment, not expecting Lu Mingfei to suddenly make such a request.

The girl's reserve made her subconsciously hesitate and want to refuse, but the moment her gaze fell on Lu Mingfei's profile, Liu Miaomiao realized that what Lu Mingfei had just said was serious.

In Liu Miaomiao's memory, Lu Mingfei was always a hapless and silly boy.

She had never seen Lu Mingfei with such a serious expression before, like a lion that had been sleeping for a long time and had finally opened its eyes, leaving no room for argument.

Liu Miaomiao quietly took Lu Mingfei's hand from behind.

This was the first time Liu Miaomiao had ever held the hand of a stranger of the opposite sex. The seemingly unlucky Lu Mingfei's hand was larger and warmer than Liu Miaomiao had imagined. The instant their fingers touched, Liu Miaomiao immediately felt an unprecedented sense of peace.

Liu Miaomiao felt that Lu Mingfei was like a steadfast mountain, tall and majestic, blocking her way. The fear she had felt earlier vanished in an instant.

"Remember, hold my hand tightly the whole time in this subway station, don't let go," Lu Mingfei instructed sternly.

Like a shy young wife, Liu Miaomiao pursed her lips and nodded gently behind Lu Mingfei: "Mm."

My heart was pounding, just like I had just run 800 meters.

In Lu Mingfei's memory, he had entered Nibelungen twice.

One time was half a month ago, when he entered Odin's Nibelungen with Chu Zihang and his father.

One time was in my past life, when I entered the Nibelungen subway station in the capital city with Chu Zihang.

In Odin's Nibelungen, many Dead Servants will be waiting ahead to ambush and kill them.

In the Nibelungen of the Beijing subway, there seemed to be no danger along the way, except for a complex maze. Deep inside the maze, a dealer had set up a gambling game.

However, the fact that we haven't encountered danger before doesn't mean we won't be in danger this time.

Deadpool... This isn't the first time Lu Mingfei has dealt with something like that. Of course, people will instinctively feel fear when facing something like that, but Lu Mingfei is now able to face it calmly.

But Liu Miaomiao was just an ordinary girl, and she was almost powerless against that kind of creature.

Liu Miaomiao probably doesn't have dragon blood and can't enter Nibelungen alone... So Nibelungen is most likely targeting him, and he must protect her, Lu Mingfei thought.

Feeling the sweat on each other's palms, and to prevent Liu Miaomiao from letting go in a panic, Lu Mingfei simply changed the handshake from a normal grasp to an interlocking grip with all ten fingers.

Liu Miaomiao, feeling Lu Mingfei's domineering change in handshake posture, only blushed and struggled symbolically for a moment before obediently letting Lu Mingfei hold her.

"This place is complicated, so stick close to me," Lu Mingfei instructed.

"Ah."

If the path we came from has disappeared, then we can only follow the path we came from.

Lu Mingfei had only been to Nibelungen once before, so he wasn't very familiar with its layout. However, based on his limited experience of escaping from Nibelungen, he knew there must be an exit ahead.

If all else fails... he still has Lu Mingze.

The two held hands tightly, with Lu Mingfei walking in front and Liu Miaomiao following closely behind. If it weren't for the strange atmosphere, they would definitely look like a couple.

Lu Mingfei led Liu Miaomiao by the hand to the turnstile, squatted down, and Liu Miaomiao cooperated by squatting down as well.

"Let's all crawl in together."

"it is good."

The two of them crawled under the turnstile together. There was no one else in the subway, and no staff members would come to check on them.

The obedient girl Liu Miaomiao, who was trying to sneak into the ticket for the first time, nervously bit her lip, but actually felt a little excited and thrilled.

"Let's go find some handy equipment first."

"A handy tool?"

Before Liu Miaomiao could realize what Lu Mingfei meant by "a handy tool," Lu Mingfei had led her to a fence near the turnstile.

Lu Mingfei stared at the steel fence, which was at least two fingers wide, lost in thought.

"This should be barely acceptable," Lu Mingfei pondered.

"What do you want to do?" Liu Miaomiao asked timidly.

"We don't know what's waiting for us ahead, so we need to find some weapons to defend ourselves."

As soon as Lu Mingfei finished speaking, Liu Miaomiao saw Lu Mingfei place his free right hand on the fence and feel around for something.

Just as Liu Miaomiao was thinking, "Is Lu Mingfei planning to take down the fence?", she saw Lu Mingfei's two fingers hover over a spot on the fence. His muscles tensed up suddenly, and with two loud "clangs," a section of the fence's iron bar was snapped off.

"Your strength..."

Liu Miaomiao was dumbfounded. That was a solid iron fence, only four or five centimeters thick, which Lu Mingfei had broken with his bare hands.

"It wasn't broken by force; it's a bit complicated to explain."

Lu Mingfei held the iron rod in his hand and weighed it a couple of times.

"Do you know about 'Rupert's Tears'? Its head is incredibly hard, but its tail crumbles at the slightest touch. Everything in the world has its weak points, and by striking these points with precise force, you can easily destroy them. In martial arts novels, these weak points are called 'Achilles' heel' or 'pressure points'."

“You…you…” Liu Miaomiao murmured. After spending the last few days with him, she realized that Lu Mingfei seemed to have many secrets. She never said the words, “You also know martial arts.”

However, for some reason, the more Liu Miaomiao discovered Lu Mingfei's mystery, the more at ease she felt.

"Let's go take the subway."

"it is good."

The two, holding hands like a couple, descended the platform along the stairwell. The lower they went, the dimmer the overhead fluorescent lights became.

It lacks the glass doors that are typical of subways, resembling an old subway built in the last century in Tokyo, with peeling and mottled paint on the street signs.

Standing on the platform, one can see the unfathomable depths of the tunnels on both sides, their origins and destinations unknown. The wind howls through the tunnels, sounding like a mournful cry.

The platform was littered with scattered newspaper scraps, the paper yellowed and aged, from who-knows-when. Liu Miaomiao glanced at one of the scraps and spotted a fake entertainment news article on the corner of it that read, "Andy Lau is dead again."

"Pfft..."

Liu Miaomiao gently covered her mouth with the back of her other hand. The moment she saw the fake news, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This girl has a really big heart, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but marvel.

She herself was somewhat surprised that she could still laugh in such a strange setting.

However, when she turned her head and saw her and Lu Mingfei's hands clasped tightly, she immediately understood where her sense of security came from.

"Are we going to wait for the subway here?" Liu Miaomiao turned her head to look at Lu Mingfei beside her. Unconsciously, she had developed the good habit of asking Lu Mingfei about everything first. In this gloomy subway station, only this boy could give her this sense of security.

“Yes, the subway should be coming soon,” Lu Mingfei said.

As soon as Lu Mingfei finished speaking, the platform suddenly trembled slightly, as if the subway was about to arrive at the station.

The sound of metal rollers rubbing together rapidly approached from the depths of the tunnel, and the compressed air rushed past. With a clashing sound like knives and axes clashing, the subway came to a stop in front of Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao, and the doors opened with a creak.

The train was dark, and nothing could be seen inside.

The fear in Liu Miaomiao's heart rose again, and her body subconsciously pressed tightly against Lu Mingfei's arm, which was youthful, shapely, and soft as jade.

"Should we go in?" Liu Miaomiao asked in a panic.

"Don't be afraid," Lu Mingfei said. "I will protect you."

Chapter 41 Sword Dance

"I will protect you."

For some reason, upon hearing these words, Liu Miaomiao's heart skipped a beat, as if something had finally calmed down.

Under the flickering fluorescent lights, Liu Miaomiao saw that the train's exterior was dilapidated, as if it had been rusted by many years of wind and rain.

However, the words "Beijing Metro Line 1" were painted in large, brand-new red paint on the train body.

Seeing Lu Mingfei take a step forward, Liu Miaomiao did not hesitate and followed him onto the train.

As they stepped onto the train, the rusty doors behind them seemed to sense their presence and snapped shut, and the train sped away from the platform.