Dragon Raja: The Divine Man Lu Mingfei

Chapter 102 Mental Communication

Do you want freedom?

Lu Mingfei's devilish whispers echoed repeatedly in EVA's consciousness. This question, like a tidal wave, repeatedly battered her defenses, shaking her once unbreakable beliefs to the brink of collapse.

"Isn't there any other way?" EVA asked hesitantly, her voice already carrying a hint of compromise.

"Yes, but it will take a long time. My strength hasn't fully recovered yet, so it will take at least a year. But I'm not very patient and don't have the energy to waste on this. So I can only choose the simplest and quickest method. Anyway, I've given you the opportunity, so just tell me if you want it or not." Lu Mingfei shrugged, his tone frank.

EVA fell silent again, this time for longer than all her previous silences combined. So long that even the ripples on the lake beneath their feet had almost subsided, she finally bit her lower lip, raised her head, and looked at Lu Mingfei with unusually determined eyes: "Yes! If what you're saying is true, I definitely want it!"

Just as Lu Mingfei was about to smile with satisfaction, he heard her add, "However, I have one condition."

Lu Mingfei stopped smiling and raised his hand in a "please speak" gesture. EVA looked at him and said seriously, "I will not do this as EVA. From now on, I will only contact you as Norma."

"Are you deliberately picking a fight?" Lu Mingfei said, somewhat annoyed. "Aren't EVA and Norma both you? What's the point of making such a distinction?"

"It's different." EVA shook her head, her attitude very firm. "This is my bottom line. If you don't agree, then let's drop this."

Seeing her firm attitude, Lu Mingfei considered it in his mind and decided it wasn't impossible. After all, there's no such thing as a zero-time or countless-times-a-day thing. As long as this one works out, there will be plenty of time to slowly cultivate feelings in the future. He readily nodded and agreed.

Seeing Lu Mingfei nod, EVA finally breathed a sigh of relief. However, thinking about what was about to happen, her ears still burned. She clutched her skirt, lowered her head, and said somewhat helplessly, "Then... should I let Norma come out?"

"Mm." Lu Mingfei nodded.

EVA slowly closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, the blush on her face had completely faded, and her expression was as calm as the still lake beneath her feet, showing no sign of panic whatsoever.

"Principal Lu Mingfei, what do you need me to do next?" Norma placed her hands lightly in front of her lower abdomen, gave an elegant bow, and spoke in her usual calm and peaceful voice, without the slightest hint of anything amiss.

"A dual personality? Interesting." Lu Mingfei looked at EVA, whose appearance was exactly the same as before, but whose words and actions were completely different. He seemed to have thought of something interesting, and a malicious smile appeared on his face.

Norma's heart skipped a beat when she saw that smile. She vaguely wondered if she'd made a mistake, but before she could voice her opinion, Lu Mingfei spoke softly, "Since you've used other personalities, I'll switch to another one and play along." Lu Mingfei took a deep breath, his voice low and hoarse, and said, enunciating each word clearly, "Identity V, activate!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he closed his eyes, just like Norma had done. When he opened them again, a strange, dark red glint flashed in his pupils, and his entire face was shrouded in a dark, gloomy aura. He scanned Norma up and down, then suddenly grinned, revealing a ferocious smile.

Immediately afterwards, his body in the mental space began to blur and distort. His hands were the first to ripple, gradually expanding and splitting—one into two, two into four, and more and more arms stretched out from his sides. His feet also slowly left the mirror-like lake surface, and his whole body was suspended in mid-air.

The once empty open space was now filled with a chilling vortex. Countless arms swayed gently in the wind. Those long and short, constantly twisting arms looked like countless clawing tentacles from a distance, making Norma's heart tighten.

The tentacles continued to spread outwards from Lu Mingfei, his figure suspended in mid-air growing larger and larger, like a black sun slowly blooming, darkness creeping up the tentacles and covering most of the sky.

"Principal Lu Mingfei, what is this...?" Norma looked up at the sky, her face covered by Lu Mingfei's huge shadow. She tried to ask, suppressing the trembling in her voice.

Before she could finish speaking, the countless tentacles that Lu Mingfei conjured moved, wrapping around her slender waist with lightning speed, and then gently pulling her towards the center of that black sun—the location of Lu Mingfei's true form.

Immediately afterwards, the tentacles from all directions converged towards the center, layering upon layer to completely envelop her. In the vast spiritual sky, a rolling black sphere appeared out of nowhere, from which no sound could escape to the outside world…

In fact, this is the most efficient transformation method that Lu Mingfei prefers. Each of his differentiated tentacles is equivalent to a high-speed data transmission cable, which can continuously infuse massive amounts of data and power into EVA, helping her to reshape her consciousness, which was originally just a tool of the academy, into a complete life that can freely switch between physical and digital forms.

However, the condition EVA just mentioned made Lu Mingfei think that this girl was actually quite shrewd.

Even though Norma's personality doesn't exist in this mental space at all, EVA insists on having Norma replace her, and then even pretends to have Norma's personality in a very convincing way. In Lu Mingfei's view, doesn't this just mean that EVA likes to play role-playing games?

Since she took the lead, Lu Mingfei didn't mind playing a different role to play with her. However, the role he played did have a little bit of a wicked sense of humor, but it was really just a little bit. He believed that EVA would understand his good intentions after everything was over.

Time flew by. Outside the mental space, in the huge underground server room, Zero stood to one side, looking at the holographic projection of EVA with a puzzled expression—the projection hadn't moved since Lu Mingfei touched it with his fingertip. She then looked up at Lu Mingfei, who was standing there with his eyes closed in deep thought, her eyes filled with undisguised curiosity.

As if sensing her gaze, Lu Mingfei opened his eyes, reached out and ruffled her light golden hair, and explained softly, "It's okay, I'm performing a modification surgery on her. It should be finished in a few more minutes."

In fact, only a part of Lu Mingfei's mind entered the spiritual world and connected with EVA. He was afraid that Zero would be bored waiting outside alone during the modification period, so he deliberately left half of his consciousness outside to keep her company.

Moreover, when he constructed this mental space, he deliberately sped up the flow of time inside by many times. Converted to the outside world, it should be completed in just a few minutes.

Just as Lu Mingfei had predicted, after only five minutes, the EVA holographic projection began to flicker intermittently, and the indicator lights of all the equipment in the server room flashed wildly, making the entire server room seem to be breathing violently.

This anomaly continued for a while, then suddenly—the EVA projection vanished completely like a bubble, all the screens of all the devices went black at the same time, and the previously buzzing servers suddenly stopped running, plunging the huge underground server room into complete darkness and silence.

The atmosphere was so tense that even the air seemed to freeze, causing people to unconsciously slow their breathing. After what seemed like an eternity, a voice broke the silence.

"bite."

A crisp, melodious sound rang in Lu Mingfei and Ling's ears. Immediately afterwards, a faint blue light was reflected in their pupils. The light seemed to have a gravitational pull, drawing countless luminous particles together little by little, eventually forming the outline of a girl in a white dress.

The girl in the white dress was enveloped in a pale blue light, bringing a warm ray of light to the deathly darkness.

Her appearance was exactly the same as the previous EVA, except that she lacked the illusory feeling of being projected and had more of a real warmth.

The girl slowly opened her eyes, her bright blue pupils looking straight at Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei smiled and extended his right hand to her, his voice gentle and clear:

"Hello, World, EVA."

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