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

Chapter 293 Eradicate dissidents
Firstly, since the Dragon King possesses the ability to 'rewind time,' apart from the Black King and the White King, only the Sky King and the Wind King remain.

Therefore, the direct perpetrator of the crime was Odin.

Odin comes from the cyberpunk era decades in the future and returns to the present—referring to the early 20th century.

Why did he choose this era? Logically speaking, wouldn't the earlier the point in time he went back be, the more thoroughly he would have prepared?
Therefore, based on this premise, there are two possible branches.

1. Returning to this point is sufficient; there is no need to go back further.

2. We can only go back to this point.

Realistically speaking, I'd lean towards number 2.

Because the 19th century was the period of the rise of hybrid races, if the Dragon King had been resurrected at that time, then there would have been no way to play the game later on.

Moreover, from a purely historical perspective, there is indeed no indication that the 19th century was 'artificially altered'.

However, in the early 20th century, the incident that caused Angers to lose all his companions dealt a severe blow to the mixed race.

So, let's assume that Odin returned to a point in time close to the beginning of the 20th century.

So the first thing he did was naturally [caused the Summer Mourning event]. Conversely, without Odin's time travel, the Summer Mourning event would not have occurred.

That's right.

That is the world we were supposed to be heading towards.

The world will undergo tremendous changes.

First, humanity will have completed the dissection of the Dragon King by the beginning of the 20th century and will have begun to study the body of the King of Sky and Wind.

The Summer Mourning incident was entirely handled by the European Secret Party. At that time, Han Gao, who was as famous as Angers, was still a young man. How could North America, a continent with a relatively short history, be compared with the European Secret Party?

The Secret Party directly possessed all information related to the dragon race, and the idealist leader Menek would subsequently establish the Kassel College, a school that was essentially given to the nobles to cultivate closer relationships among themselves.

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This undoubtedly worsens the situation and leads to the centralization of power. While the overall technological level of hybrids may advance rapidly, corruption will also become more severe.

In this history, humans absolutely dominated the fight against dragons. After all, even in Lu Mingfei's time, humans had never dissected a dragon king. But if this great feat had been accomplished in the early 20th century, and then assisted by a century of development...
It's laughable and ridiculous that humans have spent a century studying a creature that can be experimented on at any time, and still haven't found a way to kill or ravage it.

In short, in the 'original timeline', because Odin was unable to intervene, there were no traitors during the Summer Mourning, humanity would have achieved an unprecedented level of development and centralized power, while all the Dragon Kings would have died.

After all, it hasn't been long since the Dragon Kings were resurrected, and humans, who have already done enough research on the dragon race, could easily capture the immature humanoid Dragon Kings and carry out a decapitation operation.

Ultimately, before the arrival of the 21st century, the dragon race was almost completely wiped out, and it caused no ripples in the world.

Then began a period of highly uneven development, which lasted until 2077.

This seems very similar to the canon of cyberpunk, and can explain factors such as 'why the cyberpunk world line exists,' 'why Sinwidman was able to create it,' 'the foundation of highly advanced technology,' 'the point of economic imbalance,' and 'the fact that dragons have never appeared on the historical stage.'

Clearly, this does not conform to the structure Odin expected.

Therefore, rewinding to the end point is the logical approach.

That is, the current timeline.

Odin directly intervened in the Summer Mourning incident, planting a mole and instigating a riot, which directly led to the deaths of all the upper echelons of the Secret Party. His most desired outcome was that the Dragon King would kill all humans and then devour his own brothers. However, unfortunately, due to the temporary counterattack of the hybrid Menek, the most outstanding hybrid in the world, Li Wuyue, one of the Kings of the Sky and Wind, still died and entered the cocoon and reincarnation.

The placement of the traitor is simple: since Odin has returned from the future, he can use 'relic'.

Simply overwrite one of the opponent's characters. After that, time will be slowed down.

Humanity's power waned rapidly, and its leader, Angers, needed time to mature. Odin seized the opportunity to support many families as they rose to prominence.

This includes the Gattuso family.

Because he knew that with his power as a humanoid dragon king at the time, if he really took the lead, he might be overwhelmed by the elite hybrids from all over the world.

Humans are terrifying creatures.

They are extremely harsh on their own people, but they can become more united and dangerous when faced with external threats.

At the very least, we have to keep surviving.
Then, having learned from humans how to exploit them in the previous timeline, Odin established the behemoth that is the Board of Trustees.

Since humans are so terrifying, then let's control and oppress them.

The combined power of the Board of Trustees is enough to exert a huge impact on the world economy behind the scenes, and even to a certain extent, control it. But Odin's minions are far more numerous than these. He has placed his own pawns in various countries, resurrecting the second and third generations of the species, covering human consciousness with Relic, and letting dragons lurk in human society to become "dark monarchs" and control the key points of various countries.

Odin, having the ready-made answer of '2077', naturally intended to copy it, only changing the final result from 'dragons are merely experimental subjects for humans' to 'he himself is the oppressor of 2077'.

The goal, which should have been achieved quickly, was delayed due to Angers' rapid rise.

But that's all. For those who have the intelligence, the longer it drags on, the more advantageous it is.

After all, the humans had already checked the locations where the Dragon Kings slept.

By devouring one of the kings of the ocean and water, Odin's power reached the peak of his adult form.

If you eat another one, then you win.

Of course, not everything went smoothly for Odin.

The cooperation with the Board of Trustees is literal 'cooperation', not 'control'.

Initially, Odin did cooperate with the other families as a 'human,' but later, through his cooperation with the Board of Governors, Odin realized that he was indeed not as adept at manipulating the market as humans.

If Odin wants to support a family, he has to provide something substantial, namely 'research data on the dragon race'. But if he wants to cooperate with other families, he has to hand over a portion of this data.

It seemed like Odin had the upper hand, but somehow the other side managed to level the score.

Of the five board of directors, only the Gattuso family is a newly established family; the others are families that have inherited their lineage since ancient times. Going back in time, the original Odin was just a humanoid dragon king—with combat abilities on par with Constantine.

Before the Dragon Kings returned to their full adult form, they were so powerless against modern human weapons. Once they were perceived as a threat, it was Odin who would have a headache.

In conclusion, Odin's cooperation with the other school board members continued until Odin reached adulthood, which finally broke the balance and allowed the Gattuso family to rise above the other four major families.

Of course, this is all kept secret from Angers.

Angers would never accept cooperation with the dragons, at least not openly.

therefore--

"He must die."

Pompeii said with a smile.

"And I killed him, even though we had been friends for decades. Honestly, there was probably no human being in the world who had a better relationship with me than him."

(End of this chapter)