Dragon Tribe: Still Thinking Until Now

Su Xiaoqiang pursed her thin lips tightly, her little face was pale and her long eyebrows were slightly raised. Her peach-like eyes, which occasionally met Lu Mingfei's gaze, were dotted with a little uneasiness and helplessness.

No matter how strong she had appeared, she was just a girl in her early twenties after all.

"Will Kassel Academy take action against my family?" Su Xiaoqiang was only worried about her father and mother. She hesitated for a moment and grabbed Lu Mingfei's fingers with her two slightly trembling cold hands. "I have always hoped to stand by your side. Now I finally have this opportunity...but I am still worried about them."

"After the First World War, the academy completely abolished the system of collective responsibility for crimes. It is not the style of the official organization to persecute wanted persons by any means." Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment. "After the principal's accident, the power of the academy was transferred back to the board of directors. Now more than half of the seats on the board of directors are occupied by elders. They may influence the decision-making of the academy's top management... I don't want to deceive you. The academy in my memory will not attack innocent people, but until today, Kassel Academy has been transformed into a military fortress of centralized rule."

Lu Mingfei looked at the Lord Wa next to him, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"According to intelligence, after Pompey Gattuso came to power, he did not change the practices of the Angers period in terms of system or rules." The little girl looked a little sleepy and her face was a little pale. It was obvious that pulling out the Dragon-Severing Platform and using the Word Spirit. Nine Infants was also a big burden for her, but she still cheered up and talked to Lu Mingfei.

"But you don't have to worry. I've seen the situation of your father and mother, Su Xiaoqiang. To be honest, the dragon blood in their bodies is so thin that it can be ignored. Under normal circumstances, your family will not be able to produce a B-level hybrid even in another 100 years... Even if the academy is really secretly monitoring your parents, this monitoring will not last for a long time. After all, for hybrids, there is no need to invest too much energy to pay attention to the world of ordinary people."

The shrill sound of sirens was roaring in the streets of the whole city. The Public Security Bureau and the Fire Brigade received orders from their superiors to go out on an emergency basis. They were doing their utmost to maintain public order in the city and to investigate power failures. Cars were parked like fireflies and spread out on the branches of several main roads. Most of them were heading towards the Regent Hotel.

They had to put the surrounding area on full alert within two hours to avoid panic on a wider scale.

"Besides, the country is Xirang's sphere of influence after all. Whether it is from the economic, political or military perspective, the secret party has no way to compete with the orthodoxy... We can allow the Kassel Academy to monitor ordinary people, but we will never allow them to harm the citizens of this country." A trace of seriousness and earnestness appeared on the chubby face of the Wa Lord. "We will protect your parents."

Su Xiaoqiang has learned that in the world of mixed-bloods, the Western secret parties have long occupied a dominant position, but in the East, both the orthodox Chinese and the Eight Snake Families of Japan are behemoths that are not inferior to the Kassel Academy in size.

As long as we can get the promise from Lord Wa, the safety of our parents can be guaranteed.

At this time, the sound of howling wind came closer and closer, and a black helicopter descended from the sky.

Lord Wa narrowed her eyes and confirmed that the guy waving at her in the helicopter cockpit was an acquaintance who walked out of Xirang. She breathed a sigh of relief and called Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang to board the helicopter.

"Aren't we going to take that thing with us?" Su Xiaoqiang tightly grasped Lu Mingfei's wrist. She turned her head to look at Kungunir who had just been caught and kicked into two pieces.

"It's no use taking it away. It's already been reincarnated." Lord Wa spat, "This thing is just like a monster. It's completely evolving in the direction of dragons. The Dragon King can transfer his own dragon bone cross and revive through other embryos. It can do something similar."

When Lu Mingfei heard this, his heart seemed to skip a beat.

“What does evolution mean?”

"Literally, I used to think Kungunir was a dead thing, just the culmination of the seven kingdoms of alchemy. Now that I see its true form, I know it's actually a dragon." Wazhu said solemnly, "You killed the Yamata no Orochi in Tokyo and crushed the Holy Remains of the White King. You should know that the so-called Yamata no Orochi is just a puppet of the Holy Remains. The real dragon is not that snake, but that bone-like parasite."

Lu Mingfei put his arm around Su Xiaoqiang's waist and carried her to the helicopter cabin, then picked up Wazhu and handed her up.

In comparison, our ancestors were as light as a fallen leaf.

“But the original purpose of the Holy Relics’ existence was to pass on the White King’s genes. Its hosts became the Yamata-no-Orochi because they did not get the recognition of the Holy Relics,” said Lu Mingfei.

Lord Wa found a thick woolen coat in the cabin and put it on Su Xiaoqiang's shoulders.

"So what? Inheriting genes is the instinct of all living things, and even dragons are no exception." She said, "Since a parasite can be a dragon, why can't a weapon be a dragon?"

"What about the seven deadly sins? Where's your Dragon Severing Platform?"

"They are missing something crucial, and I can't tell you what it is," said Lord Wa.

After the three people were seated in the cabin, the helicopter roared and took off. The city, which was plunged into darkness due to the collapse of the power system, appeared before them like a dead wasteland.

At this moment, the city that seemed so big to Lu Mingfei that he could never leave it suddenly became small. Under the dim morning star, the high-rise buildings that were brightly lit in the past looked like the skeletons of giants who were still standing after death. The glass curtain walls that reflected the faint light looked like a pair of empty eyes looking up at the sky.

In this situation, the only places with lights still on were hospitals. The backup power system was urgently activated and the first batch of recipients were those short buildings that bore most of the world's joys and sorrows.

Cars with flashing police lights were running on the elevated road, forming a lonely line.

Su Xiaoqiang suddenly realized that this might be the last time in a long time that he would look back at this city that seemed to have always lived in his memory.

The joy of saving Lu Mingfei from the so-called fatal spear of destiny and the hesitation that led to the simultaneous existence of three world lines faded at this moment. She just suddenly felt scared, so she wrapped her coat tightly, and her slender body trembled slightly under the coat.

Lu Mingfei naturally put his arm around Su Xiaoqiang's shoulders. After going through so many things, how could he not know what the little goddess was thinking?

Besides, they had already talked it out, but Lu Mingfei was just unwilling to break the last layer of window paper.

In this cold early spring, Su Xiaoqiang stepped onto the stage of mixed-races without any preparation. The whole world bowed to her because of the gift from the generous king, but she only felt embraced by the people around her... This feeling was good.

"Where are we going?" The pilot poked his head out of the front door.

Wazhu glanced at Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang and hesitated for a moment: "Leave the city and head towards Kunshan."

It is not realistic to take a helicopter to cover a distance of hundreds of kilometers. The best option is to leave Hefei first and then change to other means of transportation outside the city.

They flew along the highway out of the city. A winding river ran parallel to the highway. There were farmlands on both sides of the road. It was a very cold season and no one was working during the day. The farmlands were bare, with only the willow branches rustling in the cold wind.

"What classes did you take when you were studying at Kassel College? Were they the same as ours?" Su Xiaoqiang suddenly looked up and asked Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment: "We don't have political courses, and the requirements for mathematics are not high. The minor language exams also include Latin and runes. There are more practical courses, alchemy theory foundations, and magic gear drawing."

"The physical fitness of mixed-race people is far superior to that of ordinary people, so you will no longer participate in ordinary people's sports, such as basketball, football or badminton, right?" Su Xiaoqiang asked.

Lu Mingfei thought about it and nodded: "I only saw a basketball court in the academy. People prefer unprotected snorkeling and sailing. Rock climbing is also very popular."

In fact, even though there was only one basketball court, Lu Mingfei seldom saw anyone playing basketball there. Most of the time, it was only Chu Zihang practicing slam dunks.

"So this is why we're drifting apart?" Su Xiaoqiang murmured in a low voice, "We no longer have any common topics to talk about. We're even divided into two species."

Chapter 549: The Little Goddess Who Warms the Bed

Kunshan is just a small place, but it has a corner of Yangcheng Lake and has been vigorously developing finance and industry in recent years. So although it is only a county-level city, its livability is rated by the United Nations as the same level as Singapore.

When driving into the city along the ring highway, Su Xiaoqiang smacked his lips and said, "It's just so-so, it looks even worse than Hefei."

This girl is now trying her best to cut off all her escape routes and is determined to be with Lu Mingfei. If there is an abyss in front of her, she will jump into it; if there is a big river in front of her, she will jump into the river.

Lu Mingfei felt somewhat uneasy. He really didn't know how to explain the current situation to Eiry and Zero.

Perhaps it was the increasingly fiery dragon bloodline at work, Lu Mingfei always felt that he seemed to have a big heart, as if he could accommodate anyone, and it was also as if there was always a flame of greed beating in him, tempting him to fall into some unknown abyss.

But he still feels guilty.

Eri had been waiting for him for so many years in the huge cage of Genji Heavy Industries, and Her Royal Highness the Princess never cared whether he was a loser or today's dragon-slaying hero, as if standing with him was a matter of course.

There are also Nuonuo and Xia Mi.

In fact, there are already a lot of people standing around him, and he should have been satisfied, but this fucked up world is like a eunuch helping the Emperor choose concubines, always sending people he can't refuse to his side.

"Kunshan is closer to Xiangyang City, which is the Zhou family's base camp. No one in this world dares to attack you here." Wazhu, who was sitting in the co-pilot seat, said. She looked into Su Xiaoqiang's eyes through the rearview mirror. "Although you have inherited some of the power left by Norton, that power is still too weak. After losing the power of the elements, even if you still master the mysteries of alchemy, your position as king will be in jeopardy. When you suppressed Kungunir, these secrets were completely exposed. The jackals hiding in the dark are grinding their teeth and sucking blood."

Su Xiaoqiang held his cheek with his phoenix eyes and looked around, his gaze moving back and forth between Lord Wa and Lu Mingfei.

"Will you come with us north?" she asked.

Wazhu shook her head. "I can't leave China. The Zhengtong organization looks strong and united, but it is actually much more fragile than the secret party. Those ancient families who have suppressed their ambitions for thousands of years are just waiting for an opportunity... If I leave, I will soon be expelled from the core of power. Even if I use bloody means to regain this power, it will take a long time."

It is not difficult to imagine that before the end of feudal society, the mixed-race world of this country should actually be a world where heroes and princes fought for hegemony. The reason why they seem to be twisted into a rope now is that they are actually succumbing to the powerful force of Lord Wa.

Even those families who obtained the fragments of Wade Fornil's Dragon Bone Cross could not compete with Lord Wa.

Su Xiaoqiang said "oh" and stopped talking.

The black BMW sedan carried them through the entire city toward the corner of Yangcheng Lake. Under the rain clouds blown in from the direction of Hefei, the high walls and deep alleys and the iron street lamps emitted a faint light.

They left Hefei at night and arrived in Kunshan in the early morning. In the long winter haze, their car was the only one moving forward on the road, crushing dry fallen leaves, and the air seemed to be filled with the smell of snow.

"Master Uesugi and Princess Romanov are now temporarily settled in the Jiang family's house. With Jiang Wanzhi and Bai Shanglu here, they can be considered to have someone to take care of them." Lord Wa looked at Lu Mingfei, "Tonight I will take you to the private house by the lake to stay and rest for a while. We will be able to meet up with Charlotte Cassel in three or two days at most."

Lu Mingfei had always thought that the fame of Jiang Wanzhi and Bai Shanglu was only spread within the orthodox circle, but when he talked with Zhao Menghua about his experience in Kunshan some time ago, he found out that even the boy had heard of the couple's name.

Nowadays, there are very few hairy crabs like those sold in the Yangcheng Lake area of ​​Kunshan ten years ago. It is said that after Bai Shanglu married into the Jiang family, old man Jiang handed over all their family businesses to this son-in-law. All the big and small bosses in Kunshan were waiting to see the Jiang family's son-in-law make a fool of himself, but they did not expect that Bai Shanglu was actually very capable. The first thing he did after taking over Jiang Wanzhi's business was to expand the business model of the crab restaurant.

In the past, diners from all over the country came from afar to Yangcheng Lake to eat crabs for the novelty, but now that cold chain transportation is becoming more and more convenient, it is obviously more reliable to sit at home and wait for hairy crabs to be delivered. In addition, there is no threshold to the crab restaurant business. In the past few years, crab restaurants were opened everywhere in Kunshan, and as a result of vicious competition, all of them were on the verge of bankruptcy.

Bai Shanglu used to run a clinic. Although he had not received much education, he had a good business sense. He thought that the key to breaking through was to engage in differentiated competition. A few years ago, after obtaining the management rights of the crab restaurant from Jiang Wanzhi, he bought several pleasure boats and converted them into mobile restaurants, taking customers to the lake to eat fresh fish.

The pleasure boat business was surprisingly good and the investment was quickly recovered.

Later, they entered the e-commerce industry and invested in wafer fabs, making a lot of money. Now, in just a few years, they have become well-known capital tycoons in Kunshan.

In the world of hybrids, they are even more famous. It is said that Bai Shanglu, who was an ordinary person at the time, showed amazing perseverance when facing the infiltration and invasion of Solomon's Temple. He even pulled out the Dragon-Severing Platform after that guy named Zhao Xuzhen summoned a real pure-blooded dragon and inadvertently recited the Word of Spirit. Jiuying killed the dragon.

"The Bai family is also on their way. If you are going to Siberia, it won't hurt to build good relations with them." Wazhu said with his eyes closed and dozing off, like an elder who is about to see off his juniors. "There is an arms dealer named Bunin in Moscow who controls one-third of the Soviet heritage in Siberia, but he can't develop it on his own, so he has a lot of dealings with the Bai family... Bunin's daughter is Christina Kabaeva, and she is now the fiancée of the dandy young master of the Gattuso family. I don't know much about the intelligence from Russia, but if his daughters are mixed-blood, then he himself should also be involved in the dark society."

Lu Mingfei remembered that Christina had mentioned her adoptive father Bunin, who used to work for the government for a period of time and later went into business on his own. He was quite rich and was considered a wealthy family in Moscow.

"I heard from Master Uesugi and Miss Romanova that you went to Siberia to find out the truth of something, and the final destination may be a port that has been abandoned for a long time. This kind of place sounds very much like the base center used by those fanatical political committees for secret experiments or weapons research and development before the collapse of the Soviet Union. After 1991, most of these places were closed, and even the coordinates were erased from the database to prevent the files from being leaked and obtained by the enemies of that country... After all, Siberia is too vast, and with Russia's current population, there is no way to control such a vast land. They have no way to supervise the Soviet legacy. In this case, it is better to let them be completely sealed in the dust of history." Lord Wa said softly,

"But Bunin is a powerful arms dealer in Moscow. Sometimes he sells Russian standard equipment to the warring small countries, but more often he is more like a grave robber. He has been digging the Soviet Union's graves, finding those closed cities or bases in Siberia and selling the hidden technology and semi-finished military equipment to other countries. Sometimes the Russian Ministry of Defense will use active tactical missiles to bomb abandoned cities. Before the bombing, the coordinates will be given to Bunin, who will then value the remaining military property rights in the city. After thoroughly excavating and cashing out the value, the bomb will fall in the ruins of the city... You can get in touch with Bunin through the Bai family. With his help, it may be much easier to find that nameless port."

Lu Mingfei looked through the rearview mirror at the small, pale face of Lord Wa sitting in the passenger seat and said, "Thank you."

Wazhu was stunned for a moment, then waved her hands: "Speaking of these, you call me sister, don't you? Since you are my brother, of course I have to take care of you."

"Actually, I'm still curious about your true identity, but since you don't want to tell me, I won't ask." Lu Mingfei smiled, "One day I'll know, right?"

This time it was Lord Wa's turn to be silent.

“That’s about right,” she said. “I hope you’ll still recognize me one day.”

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It was late at night and when the driver took Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang to where they were staying today, everything around them was completely silent.

The so-called private residence turned out to be a blue brick courtyard with a rather grand decoration. Pushing the door open, there was a garden. Wintersweets that bloom even in winter were transplanted in the flowerbed. The fragrance of the plum blossoms permeated the bitter cold air, and even the lungs were filled with a transparent and gloomy chill.

After passing the flower garden, there is a quaint small building with a patio. Southerners love patios when building their own houses. They pay attention to the four waters returning to the main hall, which means gathering wealth in feng shui. There are similar things in the field of alchemy, but it does not gather water but gathers elements, that is, gathers active elements and drives out inert elements. Using words in such a building will have the opposite effect of that in the field of precepts.

Su Xiaoqiang was still a little bit shaken from what she had just experienced. Lu Mingfei sat with her in her room for a while, and only returned to his own room after the girl fell asleep.

As the wind whistled back and forth on the lake outside, Lu Mingfei sat down at the table in front of the window, found a bottle of Taidiao wine from the ice chest in the corner, added plums to it, and then sipped the ice wine while looking at a large map that had been kept in his backpack.

He had to go to Siberia no matter what. Herzog, Bondarev, Black Swan Port, and those hallucinations that once appeared in his mind and the familiar feeling when he was called Zero in the hallucinations. Too much history has been played out on that frozen land, and too many truths have been buried under the ice for thousands of years in the cold wind.

It seems that all the ambitious people, including the Holy Palace Medical Society, Odin and Herzog, rose from Siberia. Even Li Wuyue, who caused the Summer Mourning, eventually died in Siberia. The embryo of the Dragon King, who was deprived of his authority and lost his crown, was buried in the Abyss for decades until not long ago when he was finally awakened by Lu Mingfei's words of not wanting to die.

The only way to find the truth is to set foot on that land.

But the more important thing at the moment is whether it is possible to obtain the Black King's blood through Charlotte Cassel to resurrect Xia Mi.

Lu Mingfei's gaze lingered at the border between northern China and Russia. After hesitating for a moment, he turned to Outer Mongolia.

It is not realistic to go directly across the border into Siberia. Both China and Russia are information superpowers. As soon as Lu Mingfei walks out of the port, he will be captured by Norma's Sky Eye. There is no doubt that his every move will be monitored by spy satellites in geosynchronous orbit. Even if he appears in the truly uninhabited wilderness of Siberia, Pompeii may not hesitate to release the Sword of Scourge, which was originally used to deal with the Dragon King.

With Lu Mingfei's current means, it is difficult for him to resist the Sword of Heaven's Punishment with the Rhine effect.

However, if they enter Siberia through Mongolia, the situation will be quite different. The Tatars have been almost isolated from the secret party's information circle, and Outer Mongolia's own information network is not well developed. It is difficult for Norma's Sky Eye to monitor Lu Mingfei almost all the time like in Russia or China.

After thinking for a while, he felt that he could not come up with any results, so he got up, went to the bathroom and soaked himself in the bathtub.

Water vapor rose up and filled the entire enclosed space, and dense droplets soon hung on the frosted glass.