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

Chapter 279 Contract
Everything in the world needs to be 'traded'. The seemingly unequal exchange is actually priced in the unseen world.

This perfect city is no exception.

He is outwardly glamorous and looks exactly like someone from Night City, but at the same time, Night City's prosperity relies on class solidification, maintained by exploiting the labor and potential value of the lower classes.

Night City uses extreme differentiation to create a fleeting moment of brilliance.

In this perfect city, Lu Mingfei did not see such a scene.

He was like Night City stripped of its slums, with no displaced people, no arrogant rich people, and no chaotic and crazy poor people.

Lu Mingfei didn't think this was true perfection; the only answer was that the people they exploited weren't so superficial.

Upon learning that Lu Mingze had been captured by Lu Lincheng and his group, Lu Mingfei was certain of what the 'foundation' of this city truly was.

"The dragon symbolizes absolute harmony, while the Black King itself represents a planet. The essence of obtaining energy by exploiting Lu Mingze is no different from humans mining the natural environment."

Lu Lincheng looked at the tormented boy, his voice soft and slightly nasal, sounding leisurely and slow.

"Do humans feel guilty about exploiting environmental resources? No, but we will consider how to improve the environment for the sake of recycling and make human development sustainable—everything is for the sake of human evolution and development, and this is what we need to prioritize."

"Lu Mingze's body uses an alchemical matrix to seal the outflow of its elements. Through the alchemical matrices you see here and in Siberia, they expand outwards in sequence until they reach the entire planet, causing the elements squandered by the dragons to sink into the inner crust of the earth through ice pillars and then flow to the world."

"Purify pollution and provide energy."

"The energy contained within the Dragon King is not only enough for us to build the 'Perfect City,' but also enough for us to protect this planet."

Lu Mingfei looked at Lu Lincheng, but he did not make any statement.

They didn't even let Lu Lincheng release Lu Mingze.

—Because he can't do it.

Since this city was able to capture Lu Mingze, it can also capture Lu Mingfei; reckless fighting is pointless.

And
What reason would Lu Mingfei have to save Lu Mingze?
What exactly is this little devil who refuses to tell Lu Mingfei anything? Isn't it clear now?
He is not a demon, but the Black King, the biggest monster in the world, the ultimate being!

Even if he becomes a 'human,' he is just a monster that imitates human behavior. Unlike Old Tang, he still retains the power to change the world.

He did many things to Lu Mingfei, but what evidence is there to prove that Lu Mingze wasn't the one who threw Lu Mingfei into the fire?

But why am I thinking so much?
Lu Mingfei suddenly questioned himself.

"why"

His voice was somewhat dry, his glassy tone veiled by a thin layer of gauze, and his irregular breathing made him sound muffled, prompting Lu Mingfei to question himself.

if it is like this.
"What are you afraid of?"

Lu Lincheng was taken aback at first, then gave a wry smile.

“You’ve really grown up, Mingfei. I thought you wouldn’t be able to handle so much information.”

"Don't change the subject." Lu Mingfei shook his head.

Indeed, he learned far too much in one go.

However, these are just Lu Lincheng's side of the story, and he doesn't need to accept them all. The first thing he needs to do is to list out the points of contention.

The first and foremost issue is Lu Mingfei's problem.

What if Lu Mingze were the Black King?

[So Lu Mingze has already been arrested, so why do they still call themselves the Doomsday Faction and are building a perfect city?]

Even if a world war breaks out after the dragons die, shouldn't the Perfect City have the power to suppress it?

[And, since Lu Lincheng is a talent invested in by various school boards and is also the person in charge of Perfect City, does he know that X, the ghoul dragon king Odin, exists behind this city?]

Are they offering to serve a Dragon King in exchange for peace?

[Besides, isn't Odin the Dragon King after the communal feast? As the master of this city, what is he afraid of?] If Lu Mingfei were still that loser, perhaps his thoughts would have turned to youthful pain the moment he saw Lu Mingze, and he would have thought things like, 'This boy is so pitiful, like a deflated match.' But the current him—would never do that.

Seeing that Lu Mingfei was unwilling to give up, Lu Lincheng lowered his eyes and smiled, "We mentioned before that the Black King is the planet itself that cannot be defeated by humans, and Lu Mingze is the 'evolution' of this existence, right?"

"Ah."

"But this statement may cause misunderstanding. I need to emphasize that the essence of 'evolution' is a pursuit of an individual's life to a higher level—not the 'becoming stronger' that is easily misunderstood by the general public."

Evolution doesn't mean your attack or defense increases. Dragons' evolution is simply their subjective development into what they perceive as a better life form.

It is even natural that the process is weakened in this way.

That's why Norton evolved into a harmless being like Old Tang.

but.

but.

It's also worth noting here that if the four monarchs each require a thousand years, does the Black King have even more stringent conditions?

The answer is inevitable.

Black King, Lu Mingze, as an being who controls all elements, would need a much longer and more difficult evolutionary process to become a 'human,' and he might not even be able to completely relinquish his 'power.'

And 'molting', just as the literal meaning suggests, leaves behind a layer of skin.

When Norton evolved into Old Man Dom, he retained Norton's consciousness. Once Constantine died, he would give up molting and return to the Dragon King.

The same applies to Jormungandr; if she does not obtain a sense of security and what she expects, she will not hesitate to revert to the Jormungandr personality.

Where is the Black King's 'skin'?

“The Black King is even more special. His molting is extremely difficult, almost impossible. Therefore, he can only ‘replicate’ it according to the markings on the Qinghai Bronze Pillar.” Lu Lincheng gazed at Lu Mingze, who was chained up and resembled a suffering Jesus. “You remember, right? The essence of the Black King’s childbirth is—”

The Black King gave birth to a son? That is, one of the four monarchs?

The Four Monarchs Black King
“The power to divide.” Lu Mingfei suddenly realized.

"The Black King should have been in despair after the White King's rebellion, yet he gave birth to four monarchs. These two actions are contradictory—besides loneliness, a more reasonable explanation is that he had to give birth to four monarchs to fulfill some kind of 'wish'!"

“Yes,” Lu Lincheng said, “In a sense… the Four Monarchs are just the Black King’s skin.”

"The Black King's excessive power requires extremely complicated steps to evolve. The four monarchs are the bargaining chips in this process. But after the death of the four monarchs, Lu Mingfei, where do you think that power will return to?"

"Planet, or rather..."

Life forms equivalent to those on a planet —

"Black King".

"If the four monarchs die, just like the water cycle on Earth, resources will flow back, forcing the Black King to reclaim his power, and then he will be resurrected to destroy the world."

"But what if the four monarchs didn't die, but instead completed their 'molting'? That would mean that the four monarchs would enter human society as 'humans,' possessing absolutely overwhelming power and wisdom, and having had their mental weaknesses erased, and would then rule the world."

"So, what if the four monarchs neither die nor evolve, but are completely killed and cocooned without alchemical tools—that would be a cycle that has lasted for thousands of years."

"What if the four monarchs were neither killed, nor evolved, nor sealed away, but instead rendered unconscious? — That would mean humanity would obtain the dragons' resources, and human hybrids would become the gods of a new era."

"in conclusion."

Lu Lincheng's voice was clear and crisp.

"We doomsday proponents believe that humanity, no matter what, can only head towards its end."

"That's why we need to cooperate with the Dragon King in order to break free from this cycle of despair."

(End of this chapter)