Lu Mingfei, why are you slaying dragons if you're not involved!

Chapter 219 Phenotypic Simulation! Incarnation of the First Generation
A few minutes ago—

"So close?"

Lu Mingfei looked up at the dark passage leading underground. The earth was still trembling, and the tremors were becoming more pronounced. There were noisy sounds coming from inside, and he wondered what kind of changes were taking place inside.

“Indeed, it is separated by only a wall. The twenty-eight riders and the place where their king rests are located there.”

Guan Ying nodded, "But we have no way to get through here. There is a door in this passage that cannot be opened no matter what methods we try. Only those who are recognized can pass through, and they cannot bring others with them."

"So... this is considered the main entrance that someone left for their own family?" Lu Mingfei said thoughtfully.

"You could say that, right?" Guan Ying thought for a moment and nodded.

Why don't you just block this door off?
The thought naturally surfaced in Lu Mingfei's mind, only to be quickly dismissed. He soon realized that such an action was pointless… buried beneath was the King of Earth and Mountains! Why not look at its title and name before considering what to do? What's the difference between this and using fire-breathing on a Charizard!
Now, a sudden and unexpected event has occurred, and Guan Ying has brought them here again... The meaning is quite clear.

Actually, he only wanted to bring Lu Mingfei, because he believed that Lu Mingfei could get there.

But why would he be so sure of that?
"Old Guan, tell me the truth."

A rather bold guess came to Lu Mingfei's mind.

"You don't know me, do you? Or, to put it another way, did we know each other a long time ago?"

Because Guan Ying's attitude towards him was so different from how he treated others... Although one reason was that only he could understand what Guan Ying was saying and communicate with him, it was still wrong.

It was a warm exchange, but also carried an attitude of vigilance and scrutiny.

However, if we put ourselves in their shoes, it's also possible that it's simply a lack of trust in outsiders? After all, so many years have passed; who knows what the outside world has become? If Lu Mingfei himself were in their shoes, he wouldn't be so easily convinced by one side's story.

But Lu Mingfei just felt something was off.

This question stemmed from a vague suspicion in his mind. After all, one or two things might be a coincidence, but when many things collide, calling it a coincidence seems a bit forced. Lu Mingfei wasn't stupid; he just didn't want to speculate in the negative directions…

His life, which had been filled with misery for over seventeen years, had finally turned from tragedy to a triumphant drama. Could it really end in tragedy again? That would be too much of a mess. What did God do to him to orchestrate this?
But Lu Mingfei couldn't help but ask in the end, waiting anxiously for Guan Ying's answer.

With the feedback of [emotion perception], regardless of whether Guan Ying's answer was a lie or not, he could get an accurate answer... at least he could judge whether it was correct or not.

“No, I have never seen you before, nor do I know you,” Guan Ying replied without even thinking or hesitating.

The truth!

Lu Mingfei breathed a huge sigh of relief. The doubt that had been hanging in his heart finally settled down.

"I really am 100% pure human! At most, I might have some mixed blood, which is normal, everyone is!"

He looked around, feeling a sense of relief that the husky had finally managed to blend into the wolf pack.

"Have you come up with a solution?" Ye Sheng noticed Lu Mingfei's gaze and quickly asked.

The group couldn't understand a word Lu Mingfei and Guan Ying were saying, and assumed they were discussing how to handle the sudden turn of events.

"..."

Lu Mingfei paused, falling into a brief moment of deep thought. Should he tell them the truth, that the discussion about "how to handle the immediate emergency" only occupied a tiny part of their conversation, and that the majority of it was about "whether I am even human?"

That is of course impossible!

"It's settled!"

Lu Mingfei made his choice without hesitation, but now it seems that this is the only option.

"Old Guan means there's a door here, like an access gate, that only qualified people can pass through. And according to him, I'm the only one qualified, so I'll go check it out first!"

After a brief silence, Ye Sheng urgently began to give instructions on precautions.

"You're the most qualified to go over here, no problem, after all, you're an S-rank. But the situation down there isn't clear yet, so remember not to be reckless. Observe the situation carefully and then leave. Don't linger in the fight."

Also, what's the deal with Lao Guan? Did he tell you his name?

"Uh-huh, didn't you guys hear me?"

"Of course I didn't hear it, you didn't translate it for us..." Ye Sheng sighed, rubbing his forehead.

Lu Mingfei slapped his forehead, only then remembering this matter.

[Language Analysis] The dialogue after loading was so smooth, it was not the old-fashioned form of "translating after the other person finishes speaking", but a complete simultaneous interpretation! So much so that Lu Mingfei himself heard Guan Ying speaking and himself speaking as naturally as in Mandarin, and he would not have noticed it at all if it hadn't been brought up now.

To ensure smooth communication, no one else participated in the conversation, and Ye Sheng handed over all communication authority to him... He and Guan Ying had only been chatting for a short time when this earth-shattering change suddenly occurred, so naturally they didn't have time to translate the key information.

"His name is Guan Ying, Guan as in irrigation, Ying as in infant..."

Before he could finish speaking, the Overlord Spear in Lu Mingfei's hand began to vibrate as if it had sensed something.

Lu Mingfei, who was in sync with the gun, felt the urging from the living being inside, which roughly meant, "Don't waste time here, Master, there's a big deal down there!"

Huo Ling couldn't say exactly what kind of large shipment it was, but the situation was definitely urgent, and there was no time to waste. Ye Sheng also noticed this and signaled Lu Mingfei to stop.

"Go back quickly."

Chu Zihang, who had been silent until now, finally spoke, his tone as calm as ever, but Lu Mingfei knew that this meant his senior brother was quite concerned.

“Brother Bao! I’ve been holding back a lot of amazing moves, and it’s not easy for me to use them with you guys here,” Lu Mingfei replied.

After he finished speaking, he turned and went down into the deep and spacious tunnel. Therefore, he did not notice the ripples that appeared in Chu Zihang's usually calm eyes after hearing his words.

That rainy night, the man said the same thing to Chu Zihang in his final moments, very similar to the one he said: "If you stay here, I still have some powerful moves I can't use."

Chu Zihang took a deep breath and shook off the distracting thoughts in his mind.

It's different, Lu Mingfei… He truly had the confidence to say that. Even Chu Zihang, who considered himself to have the most knowledge of Lu Mingfei's secrets, wouldn't dare say he fully understood all of Lu Mingfei's hidden cards. Some things, even just glimpsed, are like an iceberg floating before your eyes. But as everyone knows, the volume of an iceberg floating on the water's surface, compared to its complete size, is truly just "the tip of the iceberg."

"Guan Ying...that name sounds so familiar."

Ye Sheng murmured.

He was a founding hero of the Han Dynasty and rose to the positions of Grand Commandant and Chancellor.

Chu Zihang replied in a low voice, "According to historical records, Xiang Yu was defeated at Gaixia, then broke through the encirclement and fled. Guan Ying, as the Imperial Censor, was ordered by Liu Bang, the King of Han, to lead chariots and cavalry to pursue Xiang Yu and eventually kill him. This is the history recorded by ordinary people, but the mixed-race version..."

Chu Zihang didn't continue, but everyone knew what he meant—the biggest difference between the history familiar to ordinary people and the hybrid version lies in the presence or absence of the "dragon" element.

And once this is added, countless historical battles that were already far-reaching will appear even more... earth-shattering.

Therefore, the historical record that Guan Ying died of illness after becoming prime minister may not be true. It is possible that he came to Nibelungen to guard the city on the orders of the late emperor... or even that he came before that!
If this old man is indeed the one who slew the infant spirit back then, then his feat of personally slaying a dragon king... even disregarding his age, is enough to make him the leader of all hybrid races today.

The group simply stood there silently, offering no further comment. They couldn't yet confirm Guan Ying's identity; at least, they didn't have the means to do so at the moment. Therefore, maintaining a basic level of skepticism was necessary.

Moreover, even if it really was that infanticide... a person's change sometimes doesn't take too long, sometimes it only takes an instant, just because of one or two things, more than two thousand years? That time span is just too long, they can't afford to be careless.

As Lu Mingfei walked through the passage, feeling the increasingly powerful and turbulent sounds ahead, he pondered for a moment and held the tip of the Overlord Spear horizontally in front of him.

The blood on the tip of the gun had not yet faded.

He had always had a suspicion.

The effect of 【Phenotype Simulation】 is: Select a target organism and make contact with it, and you will be able to select one of its phenotypes and simulate it for a certain period of time.

Blood cannot be considered the blood of a single living organism, but dragons... seem to be quite illogical, and according to Yu Ji, the Overlord Spear simply stored the blood.

Perhaps it even has insurance benefits? Or maybe the dragon's blood is so potent that it's still "alive" even now?

If that's the case... will phenotypic simulation be successful?
Simulate... a dragon?

It seems to be the first generation!
Give it a try! How will you know if it will work if you don't try?
Once the idea came to him, he was eager to try it out. Lu Mingfei has always been quite curious, and it seemed that it was time to use such a powerful move.

So he gave it a try.

It also worked.

Everything happened naturally and effortlessly, as if it were always meant to be this way.

……

"It's so lively, why didn't you call me?"

Lu Mingfei looked around, his gaze sweeping over Mai Shude, Mr. KFC, and Percy, before finally settling on the familiar, tall and graceful figure of the girl.

"I love joining in the fun."

"boss?"

Mai Shude couldn't help but mutter to herself.

She wasn't unaware of Lu Mingfei's face, but in that instant, the authority that could disregard everything, the extreme violence coupled with the inherent elegance of a high-ranking person, left her with this lingering feeling.

She had never met her boss, and sometimes she thought it was absurd to work for someone she had never even met in person. But some men just have that kind of charm; even if you only contact them through various channels, you can't help but feel a sense of goodwill, even loyalty and fanaticism...

The boss is that kind of person. Most of the time, he seems to be a gamer, but whenever he gives orders, he becomes extremely powerful and ruthless.

Mai Shude has fantasized about her boss's face, but no matter which face she has seen, it always falls short. Sometimes when she is bored, she will boldly guess that her boss is not good-looking and therefore dares not show his face, but she is quickly rejected by the proven law that "the higher the bloodline, the higher the appearance".

Just now, she seemed to have finally found that face, a face so perfect that there was no flaw to be found. The word "divine favor" was not enough to describe it... It must be a face that God himself possessed, and it perfectly matched the image of the boss in her mind.

Once the idea took hold, it spread like wildfire, and various commonalities began to appear in my mind, such as "both are gamers," "both have extremely high bloodlines," and so on...

"Boss? Are you calling me?"

Lu Mingfei turned his head slightly to look at Jiu De Mai, his expression strange. "Is the employment situation really this severe now? To the point where they're forcing you into jobs? I don't have the money to pay you a salary!"

His reason for saving Mai Shude was certainly not out of pity or chivalry, but because before he came, Zero had mentioned Mai Shude to him, and the description of her characteristics was so accurate that Lu Mingfei recognized Mai Shude's identity at a glance.

It is indeed very difficult not to recognize it.

Since it's possible to save her, let's try to save her first. Although Zero's explanation was rather vague and she didn't elaborate on the reasons, Lu Mingfei trusted her completely. If she wasn't an enemy, she could be a friend. It was enough to keep a little wary of her.

"Can I work for free?" Mai Shude raised her hand with sparkling eyes, looking somewhat expectant and excited.

Reason told her that Lu Mingfei could never be the boss, and the boss could not possibly be Lu Mingfei, because based on what Lu Mingfei had experienced in the past... if he were really the boss, he would not tolerate it. He was a decisive and ruthless monarch who would never give up anything he wanted and would never suffer the slightest grievance.

But sometimes the brain just doesn't make sense.

Moreover, Lu Mingfei now really resembles the boss, emanating the same imposing aura—an indescribable pressure! This pressure is enough to rival that noble first-generation being… no, it might even surpass it!
"who are you?"

When the girl who wanted to be a "cat" spoke, her voice became somewhat hoarse in such a short time.

Ever since Lu Mingfei stepped out of the shadows, the girl had been staring at him without saying a word... not because she didn't want to, but because she simply couldn't bring herself to speak.

She didn't have this feeling when she met Lu Mingfei before, because Lu Mingfei was just an ordinary person... at most just a relatively outstanding mixed-race person!
But now, that oppressive aura brought a fear that seemed to come from the soul, and it also rekindled the conjecture in her heart that she had judged by "reason" to be absolutely impossible and then rejected.

"His surname is Lu, and his given name is Mingfei. He probably doesn't have a courtesy name, because I don't remember it, but it's hard to say."

Lu Mingfei scratched his head and uttered some nonsense.

He assessed his physical condition and was surprised to find that he did not feel any great strain.

Isn't phenotypic simulation extremely physically and mentally demanding?
This is a dragon at the level of the first generation of the species, how come I don't feel tired at all!
(End of this chapter)