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

Chapter 277 Black King
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Lu Mingfei entered the high-rise building where Lu Lincheng was from the front, took the elevator, and quickly arrived at the target floor.

Lu Mingfei could sense a kind of 'spying' from the naturally rotating monitoring device above the elevator, the changing images representing the floors on the electronic screen, and even the glass of unknown material around him.

He met those gazes without flinching and walked toward his destination.

Knock on the door, then open it—

Then, I saw that familiar yet unfamiliar face.

Qiao Weini and Lu Lincheng, one standing anxiously waiting, the other sitting in an office chair with an impassive expression, and what Lu Mingfei saw when he pushed open the door was the instantaneous change in their expressions.

"son!"

Undoubtedly, the most excited person was Jovini. Her concern seemed genuine, and she hugged Lu Mingfei the moment she saw him.

A soft body enveloped Lu Mingfei tightly, its warmth reaching his heart. Lu Mingfei leaned back slightly before stopping. He paused for a moment, then slowly raised his arms and hugged Qiao Weini in return.

"mom."

He said something simple, but his expression was inscrutable; it didn't convey emotion, nor did it seem indifferent.

As Lu Lincheng watched this scene, he also put on a gentle smile.

"You came."

"Ah."

"You heard what I just said, didn't you?"

"Ah."

"So, how about sharing your thoughts—although I think you'll be disappointed in us."

Lu Lincheng chuckled a few times.

"You've always enjoyed watching movies on TV channels. You must find it disgusting to be like us, those who serve the powerful and fawn over them, right?"

“We are not those noble people in Kassel who are dedicated to slaying dragons and protecting humanity, nor are we the protagonists of the Indiana Jones you imagined when you were a child. We are just ordinary researchers.”

"Yes, I know."

Lu Mingfei gently pushed Qiao Weini away and walked towards Lu Lincheng amidst her worried and surprised expression.

"Mingfei."

As Qiao Weini watched Lu Mingfei walk past her, she was stunned for a moment before quickly turning around, only to see Lu Mingfei's back. He didn't look at her much before slowly walking up to Lu Lincheng.

A father and son faced each other across a thick desk.

"I have a few more questions," Lu Mingfei said calmly.

"Hmm—" Lu Lincheng had an expression of expectation, and slightly raised his hand, palm up, to signal Lu Mingfei to continue asking.

"According to the information I have, I was supposed to be a stillborn baby, right?"

Inside the room, the woman's face changed, turning from a rosy and energetic look to deathly pale. Her hand, which was about to stop Lu Mingfei, suddenly froze.

Lu Lincheng, however, remained calm under pressure and confirmed, "Yes."

"So, you used Relic to bring back my physical body, forcibly keeping me alive, right?"

"Yes."

"Specifically, who is it?" Lu Mingfei said softly, "The only one who could allow a super hybrid exceeding the limit to survive after falling into the form of a Deadpool is someone whose bloodline is abnormal and who is indifferent to such things. In other words, it is a supreme being who can change bloodlines."

Lu Mingze.

"Who was the person who saved me?"

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The room fell silent.

Neither Lu Mingfei nor Lu Lincheng spoke, and as a woman, Qiao Weini naturally couldn't utter a word. At home, Lu Lincheng always gave in to Qiao Weini because this woman was more outstanding, more opinionated, and more capable. However, the current topic touched on a taboo that none of the three wanted to touch.

Can Lu Mingfei be considered their child?

Even—[Who exactly is Lu Mingfei?]

Does someone who can't even determine whether they are human have the right to discuss whether they are the child of two people?

Lu Mingfei pessimistically believes that there is no such thing.

But now, that doesn't matter anymore.

Once, Lu Mingfei longed for family affection because it was something everyone else had, but Lu Mingfei lacked. However, as he grew older, as he traveled to Night City, and as he experienced life and death, his views changed.

To put it bluntly, those things are nothing.

Compared to the fear of life and death, my own worries are nothing but whining.

Although the pain is incomparable, even in a life like David's, where he was born without a father, whose beloved mother was caught up in a gang war and died, and whose internal organs were emptied and sold by a heartless doctor, some people still choose to 'burn'.

What is the point of all this self-pity?

Lu Mingfei lacked the parental care of others, but he had David and Lucy, who were like parents to him; Dr. Victor, who was like a mother to him; kind neighbors; and comrades-in-arms.
The boy named Lu Mingfei was already happy enough, so happy that he dared not ask for more.

Therefore, he was unmoved by Jovini's silence behind the scenes, nor did he want to dwell on the philosophical question of whether they were biological children. What he wanted to know now was Lu Mingze's identity.

That closest and most important 'family member' to him, his younger brother—

Who is it?

“Mingfei, after experiencing so much, especially after your contact with the King of Earth and Mountains and the King of Bronze and Fire, you should understand now what kind of creature a dragon is.”

After a long silence, Lu Lincheng spoke.

"They are the 'natural victors' favored by Earth, standing at the top of the food chain from the moment they are born, possessing the highest [intelligence] and [strength]."

"However, precisely because of this, in order to prevent this race from being completely destroyed by internal strife, the planet also gave them a deficiency in their [spiritual] aspects. No, the deficiency needs to be compared to others—at least, before humans were born on Earth, the dragon race was the closest to being a 'sensory being'."

"It's actually humans, who evolved by a twist of fate, who have the problem."

As he spoke, Lu Lincheng's expression shifted from businesslike to that of a historian with a sense of reverence.

"You know that famous photo, right? — A photo of a human femur from 15000 years ago. There's a knot-like protrusion in the middle of the long bone, indicating that the bone was broken and healed before death. This means that, starting in ancient times, injured people who lost their mobility were taken in and sheltered by their companions for months until they recovered."

"Humans may be inherently base, but even in times when education and morality were not well-developed, humans already exhibited behaviors such as protecting their own kind and caring for others out of 'emotion'."

Of course, this is just a story.

As for its authenticity, it remains to be verified—even if there are traces of breakage and healing, it is completely insufficient to prove that this is a victory for 'altruism,' for example...
Was this bone itself broken due to internal violence among Homo sapiens?
This is also unfounded suspicion, but at least, it is clear that Lu Lincheng is inclined to tell stories of human altruism and the protection of the weak.

"In short, the dragons' evolutionary instincts led them to develop increasingly unnecessary feelings for their own kind, and eventually, they even began to evolve in the direction of humans—you seem to know this part of the truth, don't you?"

As Lu Lincheng spoke, he observed Lu Mingfei's expression, and finally gave a bitter smile.

"Then, as someone who has had contact with Chu Tianjiao should also know, we once had contact with the Black King's eggs."

"Then, with your talent, how could you not guess Lu Mingze's identity as the devil behind you?"

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Indeed, how could Lu Mingfei not understand?

All the clues and conditions have been given; all Lu Ming has to do is 'write down the answer'.

If every dragon will attempt to evolve, then the Black King is no exception.

To wield so much power and look down upon the Dragon Clan, Lu Mingze's true identity can only be related to the Black King.

Like Old Tang to Norton, and Xia Mi to Jormungandr, Lu Mingze
It is also called 'a dragon that is human'.

Is he the Black King?

(End of this chapter)