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

Chapter 238 [Zero]

Where should the story begin?

Let's start from the very beginning, when the girl begins to have memories.

From birth, Zero was aware that she was in an orphanage surrounded by gifted children, all of whom were beautiful and intelligent. She, on the other hand, was like an ugly duckling, no better than her older brothers and sisters, and even had a habit of wetting the bed.

Her only friend was a teddy bear, who kept her company day and night.

Occasionally, the orphanage's "teachers" would come and ask them questions, perhaps about changes in their bodies, or whether they had heard any strange noises at the facility.

Zero has heard of it.

Walking out of their small room and down the corridor, the enormous shadow stretched like a long serpent over the orphanage.

Zero didn't tell her teachers or the nurses about her dream; she was used to lying.

Then, as time went by, she never found the black snake.

Until the black snake took the initiative to find her.

The snake came to Zero's room, unlocked the door for her, and guided her all the way to that 'forbidden place' she had never been before.

A corner marked with the words "Room Zero".

Zero still remembers what happened that day. The swaying gas lamp cut through the shadows on the ground, and the rusty iron gate in front of him gave off a sinister feeling.

She pushed open the door, and there was blood everywhere inside.

It's more like a meat and blood factory than an operating room.

Zero was terrified at first, until she saw the boy inside.

The boy who was born in Room Zero, without a name.

"The person you're talking about is Lu Mingze, your previous boss, right?"

The recollection was interrupted, or rather, the recollection had already reached the end of its prologue, so Lu Mingfei raised his hand and asked the question that had always been a source of curiosity for him.

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However, Zero remained silent for a long time without offering an answer.

Just as Lu Mingfei felt that Zero was unable to answer, just as Lu Mingze was unable to tell him the truth about the world, he was being 'constrained' in some way.

until--

"I do not know."

The girl gently shook her head, accepting Lu Mingfei's suspicious and surprised gaze.

"I don't know who this Lu Mingze you're talking about is."

Yes.

Lu Mingze was very certain of his name, but the boy he met with Zero had also given a clear answer—

[I don't have a name]

No, no.

More accurately, his answer was...

I don't have a name yet.

It was as if it knew it would have a name in the future.

"But I'm not Zero, right?"

Lu Mingfei asked again.

“You’ve seen him in the past; back then, his face was different from mine.”

Ling nodded, confirming Lu Mingfei's statement.

But this raises new questions.

because
"If that's the case, then why are you so good to me?"

Yes.

The one who saved Zero was Zero, who is 'suspected Lu Mingze'. No, it's almost certain that it was Lu Mingze, since Lu Mingfei was a 'junior' born decades after Zero's birth. He couldn't possibly have gone back in time to survive with someone else's face!
impossible.
Is it really impossible?

If the scientists at that time already had relic technology, it would mean that humans could live forever, and memories could even continue for decades.

Lu Mingfei was a "stillborn" born from Lu Lincheng and Qiao Weini, and the stillborn's body was "repaired" by Lu Mingze, a relic, allowing him to be born as an "outsider".

However, Lu Mingze also said that his body was created by continuously using Relic, from 'Lu Mingfei - Lu Mingze - Lu Mingfei'.

Hey. Wait a minute.

Snapped!
Lu Mingfei suddenly slapped his face hard.

Wait a minute.
Lu Mingfei, Lu Mingze, Lu Mingfei?
But if you want to cover up a personality, if you want to use relic, shouldn't you at least exist as a "person" first? That is to say, you should at least have a complete "soul" or "spirit".

Neither the stillborn infant nor the dead infant existed.

If Lu Mingfei's overriding of Lu Mingze's relic really was just a "stillborn child", then where did the "overriding" come from?
Lu Mingfei recalled Lu Mingze's subtle smile.

The answer has already been given.

Lu Mingze never lied; he simply couldn't come up with the correct answer because he lacked sufficient information.

The second use of Relic to overwrite Lu Mingze's 'that Lu Mingfei' must have a sufficient personality to exist, meaning that 'Lu Mingfei may have existed before Lu Mingfei was born'?

Even if their faces are different, their consciousness may be different.

Could Zero be Lu Mingfei?

In other words, there are currently two most likely guesses.

That is, during the period of zero childhood, no, even before that, 'Lu Mingfei' already existed. Not only that, 'Lu Mingze' may also have existed, and the two were aware of each other's existence.

However, after that, an event caused 'Lu Mingfei's' consciousness to disappear.

The only one who remembered everything was 'Lu Mingze'.

After that, 'Lu Mingze' was used as a repair tool to repair a stillborn baby born to Qiao Weini and Lu Lincheng, and 'Lu Mingfei's' consciousness was then placed on this new stillborn baby.

There is only one problem.

That is, if Lu Mingfei was alive before, then why don't I have this memory?
And what exactly happened?
The former cannot answer, but the latter, zero, can give its own answer.

It is a [punishment/extermination].

After Zero and Zero escaped the Black Swan Port, they traveled around the world for a while, but obviously, they were still being watched.

It wasn't any entity within Herzog's forces that targeted Zero. Ultimately, Zero was severely injured by the enemy's self-destructing incantation while protecting Zero, and his physical body was captured, making him a prisoner for the second time.

"So—where is that guy's Zero body now?"

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There was still no answer this time.

But that's tantamount to already giving an answer.

Lu Mingfei sighed.

Clearly, X exists.

According to Zero's recollections, Zero possesses at least Lu Mingfei's current level, no, even greater strength.

Only the guy who traveled back from the past could obtain the intelligence without Herzog knowing that Zero was still alive, and then use enough military force to capture Zero.

There are three useful pieces of information in Zero's memories.

[First, even if Lu Mingfei wasn't 'born in the past,' he might have somehow transferred his memories to the past and met Zero there, but he forgot about it.]

[Second, it is possible that X possesses a military force far exceeding what the hybrid Camarilla has demonstrated. Conservatively estimated, they may have close to a hundred S-class soldiers. And in a cyberpunk setting, decades from now, this force would only be stronger.]

[Third, Lu Mingze is most likely sealed inside Zero's body, but the exact location is unknown.]

In conclusion...

To break out of the current predicament.

The simplest solution—Lu Mingfei already has it.

That is.
"No matter how well X hides his identity, the fact that he was able to lead such a large military force to attack Zero proves that his power is too great to hide. So the hybrid families will naturally have clues about him."

Just like you need to defeat the Arasaka family before you can reach the Crystal Palace.

To reach the existence of X.

—Lu Mingfei is about to face the strongest force among the mixed-race people on the surface.

"Inform the principal that I need to return to school."

Lu Mingfei got up from the bench.

"They want to judge me? Then let them come, on the condition that—"

"All members of the Board of Trustees were present."

(End of this chapter)