Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Doesn’t Want to Become a Night City Legend

Chapter 189 Moss and Spiders

Huff, huff.

The view kept swaying, like a handheld camera running down a corridor, swaying up and down while occasionally glancing at the blurred edges, which were a patch of black after being processed with color blocks.

I am Lu Mingfei, and I am eighteen years old.

He is currently on the run.

"Stop chasing!!!!!"

Location, Shilan Middle School.

The escapee: Lu Mingfei.

Those arrested: all teachers and students of the school.

“AAAaaaaa”

As Lu Mingfei roared, he suddenly looked back, and what he saw was a bloated crowd.

Boys and girls, all wearing the uniforms of Shilan Middle School, marched forward in an incredibly crowded manner. They had lost their usual student spirit, replaced by a doll-like quality, ruthless and cold, like humanoid figures replaced by data.

It looked like a group of 'zombies' were chasing Lu Mingfei.

Ever since the outsider was triggered in the computer room, things have turned out like this—Lu Mingfei, seeing that things were not going well, immediately ran away. He jumped onto the computer desk and ran towards the door, and his classmates followed him out almost without hesitation.

He slammed the door shut, but the school door quickly bulged up like a bloated belly, and then the zombies, as if they had been stuffed with shrimp paste and had a small hole poked in it, were squeezed out and began to follow him as he ran wildly down the corridor, violating school rules!
That scene was anything but terrifying.

"Grass!"

Lu Mingfei didn't dare look at his classmates, but instead looked ahead again. He was moving very fast, putting at least seven or eight body lengths ahead of his classmates.

He didn't know where he was going, but if he had to say, he felt he needed to try to reunite with his companions first.

(Although it's uncertain whether my senior brother is still 'alive' in this situation, he is the only one in this world who knows that 'Lu Mingfei is not Lu Mingfei,' so there might still be a chance!)

In this apocalyptic zombie apocalypse scenario, Lu Mingfei felt it would be better to have a companion.

Lu Mingfei accelerated his run, the taut muscles of his calves clearly showing the trembling of his calf muscles poised to burst forth. The wind whipped up by his arm swing lifted the hem of his shirt, revealing the muscle grooves on his waist that flickered with his breath.

Then, the instant you turn the corner—

"My grass!"

What Lu Mingfei saw were people.

In large groups.

They put their arms around each other's shoulders.

So many people it's terrifying!

"——!——!————————"

Countless heads, piled up like a stack, rushed towards Lu Mingfei the moment he turned the corner. Outstretched arms stretched out from the wall of people, almost touching Lu Mingfei's face like mold growing on a moldy wall.

He suddenly pressed down with his thigh and leaned to one side, dodging the grabbing arm with lightning speed!

In that brief moment, Lu Mingfei could even see the 'zombie' female classmate's manicure rubbing against his eyelashes.

But even a simple dodging motion meant losing balance and almost crashing into the corridor wall.

In that case, the zombies behind will catch up with us.

【——】

In that instant, without thinking, the brain's instincts drove the action.

Lu Mingfei gritted his teeth and put his foot down as well!

boom!
His body slammed into the wall on one side, his deltoid muscles bearing the impact first. After a half-second buffer, Lu Mingfei quickly sprang away, his palm pressing against the wall, propelling him forward!

"sorry!"

With a loud shout, Lu Mingfei kicked the female classmate in the face, leaving a size 43 shoe print on her features. Using the recoil, Lu Mingfei flew towards the wall again, leaving a dark mark with his foot before regaining his balance. His left and right legs coordinated, and he hurdled through several zombies like a hurdler, landing successfully.

Ignoring the pain, he suddenly accelerated.

The zombies seemed stunned by the sudden 'parkour' move, paused for a moment, but then resumed their relentless pursuit.

He ran, and they chased.

Next comes a series of action scenes.

Lu Mingfei almost slipped and fell as he arrived at the stairwell. Sensing the approaching crowd, he didn't have time to think and jumped directly to the next floor!
With feet forward and limbs stretched out as far as possible, the hem of her clothes was also pulled backward by the wind.

At a height of several meters, the sharp angles of the space constantly expanded and contracted before Lu Mingfei's eyes.

Just as they were about to land, fear and indifference surged in almost simultaneously.

'Lu Mingfei now' is saying that his legs must hurt, but a voice inside him is telling him it's okay.

Give it to him.

Snapped! ! !
The moment I landed, my whole body trembled, and my thoughts stretched out infinitely—

【Tick-tock】

Sweat rolled down the grooves of the erector spinae muscles, and the arms, shoulder-width apart, braced themselves on the ground with a loud thud.

The muscles surged, dissipating all the kinetic energy from the landing.

It didn't hurt much.
Rather, it's child's play.

"call------"

Lu Mingfei didn't have time to think. He exhaled a long breath, twisted his feet sharply, swung his arms, and continued running down to the next floor!

Lu Mingfei wasn't confident about going up, but if they were to descend rapidly, the reaction speed of these puppets was clearly not as fast as his!
It can be even faster.

The real me is much stronger than the Lu Mingfei I remember!
boom!
He suddenly leaped downwards again, but his body floated in mid-air, his short hair was lifted by the rising air current, his arms were raised and circled on both sides of his head, his muscles showed blue veins due to continuous exertion, and his knees suddenly rose up and pulled together to his abdomen.

Then, he suddenly stretched out his arm!
*Smack!* ——————

The hollow iron stair railing hummed upon impact. Mid-air, Lu Mingfei placed his right hand on the railing, palm pressed together, then twisted his wrist, the lines of his palm rotating half a circle along the metal surface. His entire body, propelled by the momentum of his ascent, began to spin.

Gravitational potential energy was quickly converted into kinetic energy, and the boy rappelled down a height of one floor, leaving a large group of zombies behind.

The moment he landed, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but smile.

The thrill of moving his body, the way he moved as if he were flying across rooftops, Lu Mingfei enjoyed this extraordinary action—it was so cool!

pat pat pat.

Running quickly, Lu Mingfei hid himself while no one was watching.

"Huhu."

Inside a classroom.

Lu Mingfei leaned against his desk, using his schoolbag to conceal his figure, panting heavily, and pressing his hand against his heart.

Joy, secret pleasure, nervousness.

A mix of emotions washed over his heart. These were the feelings of the 'past Lu Mingfei,' the ordinary boy who fantasized about forming good relationships with countless beautiful girls. He was moved by his own bold and handsome actions, but in his mind, the real Lu Mingfei calmly watched everything, thinking clearly, like a third party.

'Just now, although my actions triggered the world's defense mechanism, it wasn't without its gains.'

I told you before, he knew the risks but still decided to do it anyway.

The moment the user on the other end said they would help Lu Mingfei, Lu Mingfei did see his own figure flashing like an electronic signal.

That is--

This is the electronic world.

ai.

future.

Cyberpunk.

The electronic world.

Lu Mingfei's brain, which had been used to watching too many anime, had completely understood everything.

He is L, a mercenary in a future cyberpunk world, who, for some reason, chose to hack into cyberspace, but lost his memory in the process.

As he came to terms with this reality, more memories began to resurface.

[Ottkening] His goal this time.

Yes, if everything I'm seeing now is an illusion created by electronic signals, then touching the computer within that illusion is actually a form of 'contacting the essence of the outside world.' Therefore, those 'users' I saw outside Shilan Middle School in the computer lab earlier—

It's very likely that they are all AIs right next to you.

And those three special beings might be special AIs.

【special】

Then this might be what I'm looking for—

Ottkenen.

I contacted one of them, and judging from their reaction, I wasn't sure if they were my target.

However, since they are all 'special', they may also have some connection.

We need to find a way to get in touch with that guy again.

Lu Mingfei thought this way, but how should he do it?
Should we go to the computer lab again?

That's really too difficult.

But Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered that Shilan Middle School was a private elite school. Although the time was 2009, every classroom here was already equipped with a whiteboard and a public computer.

All you need to do is sneak into one classroom.

(Those 'zombies' have a very rigid pattern of movement, but if this is the electronic world, those guys will find me sooner or later—I have no choice but to fight them.)

Without hesitation, Lu Mingfei slowly stood up and then reached for the podium in his classroom.

Turn on the computer—

【win~win~】

Lu Mingfei connected to the computer, and as expected, the communication began the moment his eyes touched the screen.

Everything turned black again, and in front of me, not only the computer, but also the desk, the ceiling, the chandelier, and everything around me turned into dark green signal strings.

And he seemed to be able to see the user's existence more clearly.

Then--

[Lu Mingfei: Speak!]

[B.MOSS: You're still alive?]

This time, Lu Mingfei even saw the other party's ID clearly.

[Lu Mingfei: Nonsense! I'm being hunted! Tell me what's going on! What did you do?!]

[MOSS: I'm sorry, to be honest, I've lived for over a hundred years and have never made a mistake in cyberspace. This is the first time. Well, to explain what happened, I was trying to help you extract you from a data area, but I found I couldn't.]

[Lu Mingfei: Why!]

[MOSS: Because for you, the concept of 'extracting' doesn't exist.]

Okay, so you're saying you're being hunted? I can help you disable most of the tracking on you.

Finally, there was good news, and Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief.

[Then I also know how to escape this data region, um, but I biuadaohado——ashiudbasuibuan——maybeoasauboasda——]

You will see a bunch of gibberish.

[Lu Mingfei: I definitely saw it!]

[As expected. No wonder it's called 'Heaven's Kingdom'. It seems that even after I helped you shut down the tracking system, 'that person' has already taken notice. You might need more than just me. I regret to announce that the greatest hacker needs help.]

【I'll find someone else to be my guide, you aoidsihdoaishduahanoa——】

Then the text became garbled again, and soon, that user disappeared completely.

Lu Mingfei wanted to ask more questions but couldn't, and just when he was at his wit's end—

Murphy has joined the channel~~

Hello little white rabbit! Um, you can call me Spider Sister! Spider Lady! Let me see what kind of help you need! ~

[Lu Mingfei: I need to escape, to get out of here!]

[Murphy: Hah~ Escape from 'heaven'? You're quite the oddball, the first one to go in and come out. Okay, let me see. In short, it's about helping you avoid those people and then taking you to the final destination?]

It paused for quite a while.

Okay, all done. The route is ready for you.

This person seems more reliable than Moss.

Lu Mingfei was overjoyed.

[So, first of all, look up and turn off hacker mode. I've made you a little spider program, so now you can talk to me without a computer.]

"it is good."

Lu Mingfei responded subconsciously, pulling himself out of that mysterious state.

"and then?"

Then look up.

Lu Mingfei looked up as she instructed.

"My grass!"

Then I got a fright.

What appeared before him was a human face.

They were so close that Lu Mingfei even suspected he might kiss her if he made a slightly larger movement.

And that face was someone he was 'familiar' with, a school toilet worker named Herzog.

At this moment, his pupils widened, and his mantis-like face stared straight at him. And it wasn't just him; dozens of people had gathered around Lu Mingfei at some point.

And they were all Herzog's faces, as if they had been split off from filaments.

They were all staring at him silently with pale faces, as if they had lost all their senses.

Lu Mingfei vaguely understood that it was because he had activated the 'electronic hacker perspective', but he was not very familiar with it. In his eyes, the classroom itself was just a series of green strings, and even if the classroom was filled with other strings, he could not distinguish between people and buildings.

Therefore, he did not notice the other person's presence.

An immense panic consumed his spirit.

However, he could still see the text message sent to him by the user named Murphy within his field of vision.

[MoSS should have already told you, right? It can only shut down 'most' units; it seems to be similar to a professional antivirus program.]

"What should we do?!"

【Then? 】

He could even sense the other person's playful mood, like a rather pretty hacker girl covering her mouth and giggling.

"Of course!"

Run away, you silly little bunny~

This guy!!!
Lu Mingfei moved suddenly, and at that very moment, Herzog in front of him also moved.

As if receiving some kind of signal, all the other Herzogs moved.

Countless hands reached out towards Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei almost instinctively threw a punch.

Bang!--!------------

The punch was more powerful than he had imagined, denting Herzog's face as he reached out. Herzog then crashed through the podium, flew to the back of the classroom, and slammed into the blackboard drawing, where he lay motionless.

All the students looked at Lu Mingfei.

Just like when I first saw Lu Mingfei use parkour moves, I was stunned for a moment.

Then, Lu Mingfei was absolutely certain that the group's movements were just like his own, and they had improved to a whole new level! And the Herzog toilet attendant even pulled out a white noble mask from somewhere and put it on his face!
The next moment, countless Herzogs rushed towards Lu Mingfei! The boy was swallowed up by the dark crowd—

(End of this chapter)