Lu Mingfei is transforming into the final boss.

Chapter 88 Phenomenon Manipulation Techniques

"This place is like a haunted house. There aren't even any buses running here."

Su Xiaoqiang looked at the detached villa standing in the mountains; this was the address she had found using the address Lu Mingfei had given her.

But actually, even if she was given the house number, she couldn't find the place at all. She had to ask her family's driver to find out how to get there. It was nearly ten kilometers away from Shilan, and there were no supermarkets or markets in sight. Was this really a place for people to live?

It's a little past 10 a.m. on Saturday.

Despite her strong skepticism, she still rang the doorbell.

After waiting for a full minute, there was still no response.

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She pressed it again.

"I hope this thing isn't broken."

After all, it's not unusual for the electrical systems of old houses to be damaged due to short circuits or aging.

Not to mention this one, which looks like a haunted house.

She gently pushed the iron gate.

Good grief, there was no lock at all.

"They didn't even lock the door? Aren't they afraid of thieves breaking in? This is the middle of nowhere."

For Su Xiaoqiang, places outside the city were just desolate wilderness, and it wasn't that she looked down on people, but the place was indeed a bit eerie.

If the driver hadn't been standing dozens of meters away, she might have actually been scared.

She stepped into the courtyard.

Her first impression was that it was desolate. Compared to her family's garden, this place looked more like a flattened, undeveloped area, with only a few scattered weeds sprouting from the soil. In the middle of the garden, there was a brick path leading from the iron gate to the entrance of the mansion.

It was so old that Su Xiaoqiang suspected that in the face of several days of continuous rain, this path would be covered with moss, and stepping on it would make someone fall half to their death.

A classic Audi, its model quite new, was parked on the grass; its black paint gleamed.

Su Xiaoqiang recognized the model; it was the new A8, a bit old-fashioned, but it matched the overall style of the courtyard.

Zero originally intended to drive Mai Sake's Lamborghini, but the chassis was too low and the road from the city was too bad, so he couldn't drive it at all.

The main entrance is in a very prominent location; you can see it at a glance.

Out of politeness, she knocked lightly twice on the door and waited for the host to open it.

This time was different; she waited for less than ten seconds before the door opened.

The person who opened the door was an extremely beautiful girl with platinum blonde hair; her face was definitely not Asian.

She has the face of a princess, but she wears casual home clothes and an apron like a housewife.

"You're a bit early. Come in."

Good morning? Is it good morning? It'll be lunchtime if we wait any longer.

Unlike the desolation outside, the furnishings on the first floor were cozy, with several long sofas crammed together side by side, showing that Lu Mingfei really loved sofas. There were none of the chairs and stools commonly found in the city, and even the old-fashioned mahogany sofas that were hard and uncomfortable to lie on.

"Is she still not awake?"

Su Xiaoqiang had thought Lu Mingfei was the kind of person with a very healthy lifestyle, going to bed early and getting up early, like a hermit priest. It was quite surprising that she hadn't gotten up yet at this hour. She sat on the sofa a little awkwardly, looked at Ling, and then asked.

"Are you two living together?"

"right."

Zero answered without hesitation.

"So you know that magic trick too!"

She had no interest in whether Lu Mingfei was rich or not. Whether it was cars, antiques or mansions, her family had them all, so what was so surprising about it?

The key is that mysterious power; that's what she cares about most.

"I won't."

Ling stood in front of the sink wiping down an exquisite tea set. Although she was washing dishes, she gave Su Xiaoqiang the feeling of a princess in a palace.

As for why Zero is washing the teacup.

Because Lu Mingfei couldn't find a disposable cup last night, she took this fancy tea set to drink cola. After drinking it, she didn't clean up or wash it, leaving a bit of cola stuck to the bottom of the cup. Ling didn't discover it until she got up and went into her room this morning, and by then it was a terrible mess.

"what?"

Ling wasn't teasing Su Xiaoqiang; she genuinely didn't know how, based on what Lu Mingfei said last night.

The use of magic requires a base, just as the use of incantations requires the combination of dragon runes and elements; it is a similar principle.

The threshold for using magic is not high. It is similar to the power of words and can do roughly the same things.

However, this world does not have a foundation, and people do not have magic circuits or magic marks, so the magic system that Lu Mingfei knows cannot be completely copied over. It is not suitable for the environment; in other words, it is a bit out of place.

For her, embedding the world into a foundation was not a difficult task; it was merely a matter of scholarship. A self-consistent theoretical system was all she needed to develop. She didn't even need to write one from scratch; she could simply modify existing modern mysticism to create a magical foundation that was also easier to use.

The problem is with magic circuits; it's unrealistic to expect all of humanity to possess magic circuits simultaneously.

"She'll probably tell you when she wakes up."

"Why 'approximately'?"

"Because I can't say for sure that she will tell you."

Zero said calmly.

"Such precise terminology."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Su Xiaoqiang left out the second half of his sentence, sounding as rigid as an old man in a TV drama.

Why from a TV series? Because she's never met someone like that in real life. It's true that weirdos attract each other.

After the conversation, a quiet atmosphere lasted for a while, making Su Xiaoqiang so bored that she wanted to take out her phone to play, but she was afraid of appearing impolite, because the platinum blonde girl had been sitting upright on the sofa like a Buddha statue for quite some time.

Ling slowly got up and went upstairs when the antique clock on the wall struck 11:30.

The slippers made a crisp sound as they stepped on the stairs, and Ling pushed open Lu Mingfei's door.

At this moment, she clung tightly to the thick quilt that she only used in the dead of winter, like a sloth, and the air conditioner was set to the lowest temperature, making the room feel like an icebox.

"So cute"

This was Ling's first thought. It is said that people are most unguarded when they are asleep. Compared to the dignified and somewhat arrogant Lu Mingfei, this cute appearance is more like a girl her age.

However, her long hair, which wasn't styled in a bun, was tangled messily on the white pillow, giving Zero a headache just looking at it.

This has been going on for two days in a row, and Lu Mingfei seems to have no concept of this kind of thing.

Although she didn't mind styling Lu Mingfei's hair, combing her silky black hair bit by bit and braiding it into various styles, it was a pleasure.

Lu Mingfei wasn't a sloppy person; it was just that such things didn't matter to her, and she was too lazy to do them. She preferred to play and then sleep comfortably, and putting her hair up wasn't a high priority for her.

"Wake up."

Ling gently pushed Lu Mingfei's shoulder.

"Ugh—hmm? I'll sleep a little longer, I'm so sleepy."

"Didn't you make an appointment? She's been waiting downstairs for an hour."

"Huh? Oh—okay, five more minutes of sleep."

Zero helplessly rubbed his forehead, unable to resist the cute and willful girl.

It's more accurate to say that she has no resistance to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei's five minutes never actually lasted five minutes; they would extend to an hour or two, and her tendency to stay in bed was far greater than she had imagined. Moreover, she was very good at procrastinating unless absolutely necessary, but what exactly constituted "necessary" for her was another question.

Fortunately, Lu Mingfei wasn't grumpy when she woke up, at least not towards her.

"You'll sleep until one o'clock in the afternoon in five minutes."

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Lu Mingfei seems to have fallen asleep again.

Zero could only lift Lu Mingfei out of the blanket with one hand and keep her in a sitting position against the pillow.

This is something Lu Mingfei allows her to do, to force her to turn on the machine when necessary.

"So sleepy————"

What time did you go to sleep last night?

"Six o'clock."

"Isn't that in the morning?"

When Zero saw the handheld game console fall out of the blanket, she understood everything: Lu Mingfei had been staying up all night playing games again.

She hasn't stayed up all night these past two days. She starts playing games as soon as she gets up in the afternoon, plays until dinner, and then continues playing after dinner.

Zero isn't particularly interested in games; she's never been one for games. Shopping and traveling are much more to her liking than games.

She learned her limited knowledge of games on the spot, just so she could have something in common with Lu Mingfei.

After all, Lu Mingfei is like an encyclopedia, so familiar with existing theoretical knowledge that she can recite it backwards. On the contrary, she seems to know little about topics like fashion.

Of course, Lu Mingfei doesn't actually need to understand. With her face, she could be a leading figure in the fashion world even if she wore a burlap sack. Without that slouchy vibe, she's a standard beauty.

Her smile is like that of a fairy from legends, capable of bewitching all beings.

After a five-minute boot-up time, Lu Mingfei finally stopped looking like she was still half asleep.

She snapped her fingers lightly, and her messy, bird's nest-like hair instantly became neatly styled, as if it had been styled by a professional stylist.

"Is this also magic?"

Zero questions.

"Yes, magic is a very broad concept. Anything that humans can accomplish by accumulating time can be called magic, like a skip button."

For example, I need to light a fire.

The conventional approach would be to use a lighter or a gas stove to ignite the flame; these all fall under the category of ignition. Magic, however, can skip this tool-using process and directly achieve the act of ignition.

"Is the same principle true for nuclear weapons?"

Zero asked a very destructive question.

"That's just a difference in the phenomena they create; the underlying logic is the same. What humans can achieve is magic, and what they can't achieve is sorcery."

For example, time travel, perpetual motion machines, and observing parallel worlds all fall under the category of magic.

Lu Mingfei said calmly.