Dragon Clan: I am Lu Mingfei, the Intelligence Strategist, the God of Concepts!

Chapter 227 Orochi
Early morning, Peacock Residence, Villa No. 18.

Since its completion, this largest seaside residential community has been sought after by many business owners in the city. All types of apartments sold out quickly in a short period of time, some as investments and others to improve their living conditions.

Villa No. 18, located deep within the villa area, was decorated in a unique style from the very beginning, featuring anime, games, fitness, baking... It was clearly designed for people to live in, and the owner was unlikely to be too old.

But for the past few years, it has remained empty.
Until the middle of this year, the long-sealed door was finally opened with a key.

Do you think... Xiaoqiang can succeed?

The three floors of the villa have been transformed into a spacious e-sports room, complete with PCs, consoles, and even board games.

Nuwa gripped the controller, her mind elsewhere as she stared at the horizontal character on the screen, her snake tail swaying idly beneath her.

In The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match, Kyo Kusanagi faces off against Chizuru Kagura.

Nuwa is more accustomed to keyboard and mouse operation and plays fewer console games, so she has almost no chance against a professional like Erii, not to mention that Erii is not focused.

"It will win."

A girl's clear, indifferent voice came from beside him.

Erii has been getting used to speaking lately, but the script's adaptation into anime seems to be intensifying. She has a special section in her notebook dedicated to recording lines.

For example, 'Do you know why snow is white? Because it has long forgotten what color it is.'

'It is because of death that people become aware of life.'

"The happiness that ordinary people have, you should give up and give to the world forever."

'I've always been frank and outspoken; that's my way of the ninja.'

Wake up!

……

"We will win!" Erii repeated forcefully.

Nuwa stared blankly at the large 'K'O' on the screen, somewhat unsure what the girl meant.

Logically speaking, they should have won. They arrived in Binhai the day before yesterday afternoon, and now it's the morning of the third day, nearly fifty long hours have passed. The gossip groups and smaller groups are all tacitly silent, and everyone is waiting for the gossip master to send a message.

From a technical standpoint, Su Xiaoqiang's 'condition' is no more serious than Erii's.

To be on the safe side, the latter spent a full month extracting the mixed dragon blood from her body.
But the actual time left for Lu Mingfei to operate was only about 12 hours.

Su Xiaoqiang had already spent four times as much time, and no news came during that time.

I have absolutely no idea what the situation is between the two of them right now...

Nuwa lay on the cushion, then suddenly raised her head and looked towards the corner of the room.

"By the way, Ice Queen, you didn't prepare chewing gum for them again, did you?"

"Yes," Zero said bluntly.

"Why!" Nuwa exclaimed in shock, "Aren't you harming them again!"

"Theoretically speaking... Lu Mingfei's bloodline is a bit exaggerated."

After a moment's hesitation, Ling explained, "According to the Secret Party's theory, anyone who wants to get married must register and undergo a bloodline analysis to avoid having offspring with unstable bloodlines."

"This standard has been used since ancient times and has been widely verified in the Japanese region, so strictly speaking, neither you nor I... In short, the combination between high-level hybrids needs to be strictly observed, otherwise it is easy to have phenomena such as the birth of a dead servant with uncontrolled bloodline in the mother's body. This is also for their safety."

"..." Nuwa stared at Zero as if he were an idiot.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Zero asked, puzzled.

"The idea that people of high bloodlines cannot interbreed is utter nonsense! Our orthodox tradition has never held such a view!"

"Huh?" Zero was clearly surprised.

"Of course, otherwise, according to this theory, A-grade bloodlines cannot combine and can only be downgraded, so the bloodline will be diluted generation after generation... But how do you think those great families that have been passed down for thousands of years can maintain their status? What is the reason that they have always been able to produce high-level hybrids?"

"Is it really all due to mutation?"

Nuwa waved her hand: "The White King's bloodline in Japan probably has its own special factors. While both are dragon-slaying families, the Snake Clan and the European families are very different. Historically, most dragon slayers in European families have appeared as saints and heroes; seven have even been canonized in the Vatican. European families see themselves as fighters hidden in the shadows. In a sense, the less they value fame and fortune, the more they value them. They are confident in their lofty goals, fighting for all humanity, but only they themselves can achieve those goals..."

"I don't know if you can understand what I'm saying."

Zero sat by the window, silent, while Erii beside him also stared blankly.

Compared to Nuwa, who comes from a powerful family, neither the princess nor the imperial princess has a political sense. They are only good at pretending and fighting.

After all, in the past, Su Enxi and Yuan Zhisheng had always been there to take care of things for them.

"So there's really no need to worry..."

Nuwa was about to say something more.

Suddenly, my phone emitted a crisp "ding-dong" sound, a special reminder.

The conversation was interrupted, and there was a moment of silence in the room.
Without prior arrangement, the three girls simultaneously reached for their phones and opened the same chat group.

There was only one short message inside.

Or, to put it another way, a punctuation mark.

Su Xiaoqiang: "".

……

From sunset to sunrise, from sunrise to sunset, from sunset to sunrise again.

In just two days and two nights, Su Xiaoqiang experienced many personal changes.

In the past forty hours,
She kept thinking, why do people have to be stubborn? If you don't have the strength to back down, what will you ultimately gain by being stubborn for no reason? In relationships, should you always have to back down when you should?

These questions, which have puzzled many relationship bloggers for years, have lingered in her mind.

In reality, I didn't think for forty hours, not even fourteen hours.

Before the first sunrise, she no longer wanted to think, nor was she capable of thinking anymore.

All I know is that sometimes it's not necessarily a good thing for a man to keep his word.

'Click—'

The sound of the front door closing came from the direction of the living room.

Su Xiaoqiang opened her eyes groggily, then looked around in alarm, only to find that the person next to her was gone, and there was a small note on the bedside table.

"It's all done. I'm going downstairs to buy some breakfast. I'll be back before eight o'clock—Lu Mingfei."

After rummaging around, I finally found my phone in the cabinet. I put it on silent and put it to sleep mode. The time was 7:29.

There is an unread message, with the same content as the note.

Su Xiaoqiang felt a little relieved, but her chaotic mind inexplicably flashed through a series of images...

"That despicable Lu Mingfei!!"

hiss--

She twitched reflexively, and was suddenly surprised to find that her body didn't seem to hurt as much as she remembered... no, it even felt full of coordination and strength.

Su Xiaoqiang slowly sat up and turned on the room light.

Suddenly, I froze.

The world seemed to become clearer in her eyes, like someone who had been nearsighted for a long time suddenly putting on glasses.

Is this how a hybrid sees the world?

My vision seems to have improved like never before, even better than the effect of laser surgery.

The texture on the ceiling, the fine details on the floor, the pixelated stickers on the walls.

This is just the visual aspect; there's also hearing—the birdsong outside the window, the car horns in the distance—all flooding into her ears as she calmed down, and even her sense of smell…

"..."

"Ptooey! It stinks!"

How can I possibly sleep!
Su Xiaoqiang was instantly wide awake. She got up, somewhat annoyed, pulled up the sheet beneath her, drew back the curtains, opened the window, and let in the sunlight. With the ventilation turned up to the maximum, the rich floral fragrance in the room finally faded a bit.

As a result, he had barely taken two steps after getting off the ground when he accidentally kicked an empty mineral water bottle.

Not just one or two, but a whole bunch, enough to satisfy the daily drinking water needs of three adults.

The room was a complete mess, with almost no room to step.

It’s messy, it’s too messy.

"That scoundrel didn't even bother to change my room!"

Su Xiaoqiang's face flushed slightly. She hugged the dirty sheets and blankets to cover her body and ran towards the bathroom in an awkward posture.

He also grabbed his own phone.

……

At the entrance of the Peacock Residence, Lu Mingfei had bought breakfast and was walking back.

"Hey, Xiaoyuan, this is Lu..."

"&￥@%"

The receiver was instantly filled with birdsong and the fragrance of flowers; the tune was clearly the same as the last time.

Lu Mingfei quickly moved his phone a little further away and shouted loudly into the distance:

"I want you to help me investigate something, or more precisely, I want your own father to help me investigate something."

"Uesugi Koshi?"

On the other end of the phone, a man in a suit and tie sat in the office of the patriarch of Genji Heavy Industries, behind an antique wooden table, with a soft Seven Star cigarette dangling from his lips.

The patriarch, Genjiro, frowned, gazing at Shibuya under the rising sun, and slowly exhaled a smoke ring.

After many years, he finally took the initiative to sit in this position, looking down at the city from above.

After a long while, Yuan Zhisheng calmed down.

"What are you looking for him for?"

"Of course, it's something important."

Hearing Lu Mingfei's cheerful voice on the phone, Genji's mind inexplicably drifted to the phone call he had with Erii a few days ago, and his mood instantly soured again; he almost started cursing once more.
But I held back. I couldn't win a fight anyway, and my sister was still in his hands…

"What exactly happened?" Yuan Zhisheng's voice was cold and stiff.

"I need all the relevant information about Susanoo-no-Mikoto."

“Susanoo-no-Mikoto?” Genjiro frowned. “What have you discovered recently?”

"We've discovered... a tiny bit, but we need more information," Lu Mingfei said.

Yuan Zhisheng fell silent.

Herzog is dead, and the question of 'God' has not been truly resolved. Eight thousand meters underwater is a forbidden zone for humans. Not to mention that the Ganryu Research Institute has not yet been able to design a submersible capable of reaching that depth, even if they did, sending a hybrid into the deep sea would be a suicidal act.

But the question of 'God' will have to be resolved sooner or later.
There is currently a speculation that it might be possible to directly enter the Divine Burial Site through the 'Night Eater Plain'.

He is currently arranging for members of the Snake Clan to search for the true entrance to this place.

“No need to look for Uesugi Kotsugu, that guy is elusive. I had him make a copy of the family’s lost documents recently, and I’ll send it to you in a bit,” Genji said, taking a deep breath.

"oh oh."

Lu Mingfei was somewhat surprised by the emperor's initiative.

But she quickly understood, after all, Genji had also changed. "Haha, then thank you for your help."

Just as I was about to hang up the phone.

But then he heard Yuan Zhisheng suddenly raise his voice and call out to him again, "Lu Mingfei."

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, then said, "Yes, go ahead."

After holding it in for a long time, a voice finally came through the phone, filled with gritted teeth.

"...Be nice to my sister, don't bully her all the time."

……

Since the comments say she's already better.

Su Xiaoqiang was no longer worried about getting wet, so she quickly took a shower and changed into a clean and refreshing loose-fitting long dress.

It's foreseeable that she won't be able to wear any tight clothes for the next few days.

7: 47.

Su Xiaoqiang looked up and glanced at the time in the living room.

Lu Mingfei hasn't returned from buying breakfast yet.

She wasn't hungry at all. Perhaps it was because she had just become a mixed-race person, or perhaps it was because she had just taken a shower. It felt like there was a fire burning in her lower abdomen, warm and even a little hot.
However, she wouldn't rashly take a drink from the refrigerator.

Since I couldn't sleep anyway, I decided to clean the room. In addition to the sense of smell, the visual aspect also needed cleaning.

'Click—'

Just then, the sound of the elevator came from the doorway, followed by the sound of keys being taken out and the door being unlocked.

"You're up? And you even took a shower?"

Lu Mingfei stood at the door with bags of food in his hands, looking surprised, and smelled the expensive perfumes that filled the room.

Seeing Su Xiaoqiang bending over to pick up empty bottles and various tissues, he quickly put down his things, gently supported her from behind, and put the empty bottles into the trash can.

"What are you doing? Cleaning the room? Can't you just ask Aunt Chen to come and help later?"

The boy's voice was gentle, and the girl seemed a little embarrassed and shy. It was fine when she was not in her right mind, but now that it was broad daylight, she clearly hadn't adapted to this relationship yet.

"...Let Aunt Chen clean it up?"

After a moment, she finally sniffed her delicate nose and stared at Lu Mingfei with a resentful look. "Are you crazy? I still want to live in this world."

"Uh."

Lu Mingfei realized what was happening and gave an awkward smile.

Aunt Chen isn't a hotel nanny; she watched Su Xiaoqiang grow up and is more like a member of the little fairy's family... It's not appropriate for Aunt Chen to see this scene.

Even if the other party was already mentally prepared when they helped clean the house a few days ago.

"I……"

Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang stood embracing, each forgetting what they were supposed to say.

They fell silent together.
A moment later, seemingly sensing the movement and change behind her, Su Xiaoqiang shifted uncomfortably, turned her head, and murmured as if pleading:

"Mingfei, I... want to rest for a while first."

Looking into those soft, moist eyes, Lu Mingfei swallowed.

"it is good."

As a boy in his prime, having suddenly realized the true nature of love, it's hard for him to clear his head. He originally planned to sort things out together.

However, exhausting one's mental energy is a double drain on both the body and mind, causing harm to both spirit and body.

Moreover, Su Xiaoqiang is a girl, unlike him, who possesses the quality of being able to become even more assertive once he is assertive.

...The little devil's words ultimately came true. Lu Mingfei leaned down and gently kissed her forehead: "You should eat something first, I'll take care of the cleanup."

"it is good."

Su Xiaoqiang bit her lip, stopped being stubborn and pretending to be strong, and was slowly helped to sit down on the sofa.

Lu Mingfei opened each breakfast bag, and the coastal delicacies were neatly arranged in front of her.

"Why did you buy so much? Do you think I'm a pig?" Su Xiaoqiang complained in a low voice.

"You eat first, and give me what you can't finish."

Lu Mingfei chuckled.

Not knowing what Su Xiaoqiang's situation would be like after acquiring the bloodline, he could only compare it to his own and Lao Tang's situation back then; he couldn't let them go hungry.

Make sure she is settled.

Lu Ming pushed open the bedroom door, and a stronger perfume scent than in the living room wafted out.

Looking at the large bed that had been sitting for two days, all that was left was the bare latex mattress; the sheets and duvet cover had been thrown into the washing machine, and new ones hadn't been changed yet.

There was a pair of scissors on the table, with bits of cloth still stuck to the slits. All the windows and curtains were open, and the summer breeze blew through the living room and through the girl's long hair.

She was the first girl in his life, and the first woman in his life.

He glanced back and saw Su Xiaoqiang looking at him too. The sunlight was diluted into shadows under her eyebrows. She was gently biting into food, and her cheeks were flushed. The two looked at each other.

Name: Su Xiaoqiang

【Age: 18/103】

【Combat strength: 731】

[Original Spiritual Power: 880]

【Favourability: 9】

Wealth Index: 9.2

[Bloodline: S]

[Word of Power: Orochi]

[Tags: Little Fairy, Lu Mingfei's Girlfriend, Orthodox, Oliveira Family, Su Family's Only Daughter...]

[Comment: Does building tank items mean you're destined to be at the forefront?]

"Word of power... Orochi..."

Lu Mingfei murmured silently.

Su Xiaoqiang noticed a fleeting golden glint in the boy's eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, you eat first."

……

An hour later, the room had already been cleaned up.

The floor was swept and mopped carefully, and the mattress was wiped thoroughly with a towel.

Su Xiaoqiang had eaten and drunk her fill and wanted to come over to help, but Lu Mingfei stopped her with a mischievous grin, telling her that her health was important and she should rest well. In the end, she could only lie on the sofa and doze off for a while. Now she was awake and didn't pay much attention to the group chat that had caused a huge stir with her 'period'. Her eyes were full of her own boy.

This was also the first boy and the first man in her life.

Lu Mingfei was wearing a white T-shirt and black sweatpants, holding an iPad and reading.

"Are you awake? Do you want to go to bed?" Lu Mingfei noticed her movements.

"I'm not very sleepy."

Su Xiaoqiang shook her head, remaining lying still, and gently asked, "Mingfei, am I really a half-blood?"

"Yes, and you've 'awakened,' you should be able to feel it yourself now."

"I've heard that hybrids are also ranked. So what rank am I at now?"

"S-level."

Lu Mingfei answered without hesitation.

“S?” Su Xiaoqiang immediately raised her head slightly, her eyes flashing with surprise.

The orthodox academy also uses the evaluation criteria of the "Abraham Bloodline Contract". She is well aware of the value of this letter. Throughout the entire history of the Oliveira family, there has only been one S-level hybrid.

"Too low?" Lu Mingfei raised an eyebrow and put down his iPad.

"It is too high. S is already the highest, but mainly... I didn't expect it." Su Xiaoqiang's voice stammered, and her eyes were a little dizzy.

The list published by the orthodox academy at the time showed that Lu Mingfei was the only S-rank student in the first class, while Zero and Erii were both A-rank. She didn't know much about this before, only that A-rank hybrids were already very strong.

But according to Lu Mingfei, he actually... surpassed them after just one nap?
After a moment, having listened to Su Xiaoqiang's quiet rambling,

"You've misunderstood. They're also S-class, just recorded as A."

Lu Mingfei explained, "Bloodline rank is a secondary factor for hybrids. It only means that they meet the standards, but it doesn't mean everything. Moreover, generally speaking, the higher the bloodline rank in the hybrid world, the more responsibility it often represents. Although you have become a hybrid, you do not have the ability to bear this responsibility."

"You are too, and Erii is too. Strictly speaking, only Zero and Nuwa can truly fulfill the duties of an S-rank. So when you return to the academy, your registration will also be A-rank."

This is common knowledge in the world of hybrids, but not every hybrid can clearly understand it.

Su Xiaoqiang nodded after listening, indicating that she understood: "Oh... I will try my best to become a qualified S-class."

"But I'm so far behind them. I listened carefully to those courses during the short semester, but they were hard to understand, so I stopped going. And then there's physical fitness and combat..."

Su Xiaoqiang's voice grew softer and softer, as if the joy of finally becoming a mixed-race person was instantly crushed by the overwhelming amount of schoolwork. She used to have the excuse that she wasn't mixed-race, so her efforts were useless, but now it seemed that the coffee shop would probably have to close down.

Listening to her soft, almost coquettish words,

Lu Mingfei instinctively understood the meaning behind that tone, walked to the sofa, gently embraced Su Xiaoqiang, and stroked her back:
"It's okay, the short semester is just a preview. S-rank also represents talent. Your bloodline and mental strength are stronger than those of ordinary students... and I can secretly give you extra tutoring!"

Su Xiaoqiang noticed the restless large hand, slightly twisted her body in a symbolic struggle, buried her head in Lu Mingfei's chest, and remained quiet for a while. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she looked up and asked:

"By the way, all hybrids have the power of words, right? What is my power of words?"

Theoretically speaking, Su Xiaoqiang's question is extremely absurd. Normal hybrids are even taboo to ask others about their own words of power, let alone ask others about their own words of power.

“Orochi.” Lu Mingfei sighed and said softly.

Su Xiaoqiang's delicate eyebrows immediately furrowed as she carefully recalled the Word Power Periodic Table... but couldn't find it.

It shouldn’t be!

She dreamed of becoming a hybrid and had fantasized more than once about what she could do if she possessed a certain Word of Power. The only course she attended perfectly during the short semester was 'Word of Power Studies', and she could recite the contents and details of the periodic table by heart... but there was definitely no Word of Power called 'Orochi' on the table.

"What kind of incantation is this?"

“A power of words that, in principle, will not appear in humans,” Lu Mingfei said truthfully.

"?" Su Xiaoqiang looked at Lu Mingfei suspiciously, narrowing her eyes slightly.

"I'm not lying to you, remember when I went to Japan before?"

Lu Mingfei helped her sit up and placed the iPad screen in front of Su Xiaoqiang. It was the original data of the Snake-Headed Eight Shrines transmitted by Genji through encrypted channels, which was replicated one-to-one by the arson master Uesugi Kotsugi.

"In history, only two people have mastered this special Word of Power: one is Izanagi, who received the blood and bones bestowed by the White King, and the other is Izanagi's child, the first Susanoo-no-Mikoto. He was a super hybrid who inherited this unique Word of Power from his father."

Lu Mingfei pointed to the information on the screen and explained it to Su Xiaoqiang.

“These… are characters from Japanese mythology,” Su Xiaoqiang murmured.

“That’s right, they were also real mixed-race individuals.” Lu Mingfei nodded.

"A super hybrid is the best of the S-class hybrids; you can think of it simply as... me."

"S-class hybrid is a general term. Anyone above a certain range can be called an S-class hybrid. If you have attended the academy's classes, you should be able to understand that the bloodline rating standard for hybrids is related to the proportion of dragon genes. However, the real factors that determine strength, in addition to the proportion of dragon genes, are the proportion of superior dragon genes. This is also the reason why some humans can be stronger than pure-blooded dragons."

“Wa Zhu, Ling, and Erii, in terms of bloodline alone, are slightly weaker than super hybrids... You are slightly weaker than them.”

Lu Mingfei openly explained to Su Xiaoqiang these kinds of 'knowledge' that wouldn't be written in textbooks.

Yesterday's ceremony did not produce a 'critical hit'. Due to adaptation-related reasons, the Little Celestial Maiden's bloodline was ultimately fixed at the ordinary S-level standard, failing to reach the 'Emperor' level, and still quite a distance from her three sisters.

But Su Xiaoqiang was not discouraged by this.

In her opinion, it was already a great privilege to be able to step into this world and see the same scenery as Lu Mingfei.

I never really thought about winning or beating anyone.

“However, your Word of Power is very special.” Lu Mingfei’s face showed a solemn expression. “According to the mythological records of the Snake Clan, Orochi is a Word of Power that symbolizes absolute violence. However, ‘absolute violence’ does not necessarily represent the Word of Power itself. Rather, after releasing Orochi, one will be in a state of near ‘immortality’. Any injury can be healed instantly, and even a broken heart can regenerate in an instant. Therefore, there is no need for any defense in battle; one only needs to unleash one’s power.”

"My Word of Power... is Orochi? Does that mean that as long as I release this Word of Power, I won't die?"

Su Xiaoqiang's beautiful eyes flickered, and it was easy for her to think of a question.

Only two people in history have ever obtained this Word of Power... How did Lu Mingfei know that she possessed this Word of Power? However, being even more intelligent, she could only connect it to alchemy again. Her bloodline was bestowed upon her by Lu Mingfei through alchemy, and he could most likely have seen the subtle changes in it.

Su Xiaoqiang put that question aside and then asked, "It sounds a lot like the Word of Power of Sister Nuwa. How do I release 'Orochi'?"

Lu Mingfei scratched his head, his expression turning serious: "It's best not to release this word of power."

"Why?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, puzzled.

"Any Word of Power... has a backlash. If Orochi appears on the Word of Power periodic table, its position would be at least 100th, or even 110th. You should know that the higher the sequence, the greater the damage to the human body, right? Currently, the most dangerous Word of Power publicly known in the hybrid world is 'Rhine' at position 112. It was used in Tunguska in the 19th century. A team of dragon slayers entered Tunguska, and later someone observed a shockwave similar to a nuclear explosion there. Hundreds of hectares of forest collapsed. According to the data given by the Secret Party, the person who released Rhine only lasted for 0.003 seconds before being completely exhausted."

"Secondly, there is Erii's 'Judgment,' serial number 111. Her Judgment is an incomplete Judgment, but even so, with her powerful bloodline, she can easily cause indiscriminate attacks on the surroundings without fully mastering 'Judgment,' similar to stirring up a mental storm carrying the law of 'death.' Therefore, she has rarely spoken in the past eighteen years. Strictly speaking, her ability to obtain this power is related to the dragon blood pollution in her body."

Lu Mingfei explained seriously, "But you... I don't understand why you were able to obtain 'Yamata'."

As he spoke, Lu Mingfei's expression grew increasingly serious.

Both historical instances of "Yamata" are closely related to the White King. The first time, the White King bestowed his bones and blood upon Izanagi, giving birth to the first generation of "Yamata". The second time, Izanagi granted his bloodline to Susanoo, giving birth to the second generation of "Yamata". Susanoo is essentially the White King's "grandson".

Both generations of 'Yagi' are inextricably linked to the 'bestowal' of the White King.

Prior to this, the three first-generation Dragon Kings—the King of Bronze and Fire, the King of Earth and Mountains, and the King of Ocean and Water—unanimously recognized Lu Mingfei as the White King…

Damn it, this has made Lu Mingfei a little unsure whether he is the White King or not.

After all, strictly speaking...

Su Xiaoqiang did indeed accept Lu Mingfei's 'gift'.

"Yes, but."

"Aren't Rhine and Judgment both offensive words of power?"

Su Xiaoqiang stammered, realizing the seriousness of the situation.
"If we use game terminology, 'Yagi' is at best a tank? What harm does a tank do?"

Lu Ming shook his head: "That's not how it is."

Have you heard of the concept of the Ship of Theseus?

The Ship of Theseus?

Su Xiaoqiang was stunned. She used to read foreign philosophy books and had seen this term before, but she couldn't quite remember it.

Lu Mingfei explained: "The Ship of Theseus, also known as the Paradox of Theseus, tells the story of Theseus, the King of Athens, who, before becoming king, led his warriors to Crete to slay the Minotaur and rescue the boys and girls who were offered as tribute. To commemorate his achievement, the Athenians preserved and continuously maintained the ship. Every time a part was damaged, it was repaired with new materials, and eventually all the parts were replaced."

"The core controversy lies in whether a ship is still the same ship if all its parts are gradually replaced until no original materials remain?"

"Uh, so is it, or isn't it?"

Su Xiaoqiang was stunned once again.

But Lu Mingfei didn't insist that she give an answer, after all, it was a paradox.

"Yamata is a Word of Power, but it is also a seed, equivalent to a universal cell constructed by the power of Word of Power. It is the most perfect stem cell. It has no limit on the number of divisions or the interval between divisions. It can automatically replicate and regenerate according to the 'initial result' when its own cells do not have time to regenerate. It can also differentiate into tissues such as flesh, blood, and bone under mental control. This is the core reason why 'Yamata is immortal'."

Lu Mingfei slowly said, "But once this seed sprouts, it can no longer be buried back in the soil. Yagi doesn't fundamentally change your genes, but rather introduces 'Yamagi cells' into your body."

"The octopus cells and the tissues and organs they differentiate will not cause any rejection reaction with the user. Once the user is injured and there is no time to regenerate, the octopus cells will automatically replicate and differentiate to quickly fill and replace the body."

"This is the concept of the Ship of Theseus that I mentioned earlier. If every part of a person's body is replaced in a cycle, is it still the same person from the beginning?"

Su Xiaoqiang fell silent once again.

If it were a ship that needed repairing or replacing, she could laugh it off without a care in the world, but if it were herself... whether it was or not, the answer sent chills down her spine.

Lu Mingfei gently stroked Su Xiaoqiang's hair and rested her head against his chest.

After completing the entire bloodline enhancement ritual for Su Xiaoqiang, Lu Mingfei saw the bloody words 'Orochi' in the [Word of Power] section of the panel and immediately activated [Deep Intelligence Extraction Permission].

Orochi is indeed a composite spirit word, a composite spirit word encompassing both the spiritual and water realms.

The branch of 'water' is similar to the 'growth rules' of the ocean and the king of water. Its core area includes two regions: non-autonomous control and autonomous control, which act on passive regeneration and autonomous proliferation.

But the branch of 'spirit' contains a kind of 'command', or rather, 'bait'.

In other words, this is a 'custom-made' Word of Power.

The holder of the Word of Power "Orochi" will undergo permanent changes to all the cells and tissues in their body after using it for the first time. After that, this cursed Word of Power can no longer be turned off on its own, and it will continue to modify the physical body until the spirit and soul are exhausted. At that time, what will become is self-evident.

Izanagi and the first Susanoo had already proven the end of this path.

"So... your world is this dangerous."

At that moment, a pair of arms quietly wrapped around Lu Mingfei's neck from behind. Lu Mingfei looked up in a daze.
But what I saw was Su Xiaoqiang's radiant smile.

"What does it matter? I'll just not use this word of power!"

“But…” Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment.

"Nothing to worry about."

Su Xiaoqiang gently pressed her forehead against Lu Mingfei's and said softly, "I'll just pretend I don't have the power of words. Does that mean you won't protect me if I don't have the power of words? Or does it mean you don't like me anymore?"

The girl's soft breath brushed against Lu Mingfei's face, warm and ticklish.

These two questions, of course, do not need to be answered at all.

Looking at the pretty face so close to his face, Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that he was the one who should be comforting Su Xiaoqiang, but instead, Su Xiaoqiang was the one comforting him.

Looking at that flawless, angelic face, Lu Mingfei gently licked the tip of the girl's nose, as if savoring the most delicate ice cream in the world.

"What are you doing!" Su Xiaoqiang said coquettishly, her face full of disgust as she tried to shrink back.

But Lu Mingfei grabbed her soft waist.

The two drew close once more, their breaths mingling.

The boy's scent filled her nostrils, as if possessing a magical power that instantly drained Su Xiaoqiang of her strength, causing her cheeks to flush red.

Lu Mingfei gazed into those clear, bright eyes and assured them, "I will handle the 'Orochi' matter well. It won't be long, just like when I helped Erii with her trial."

"Hmph..." Su Xiaoqiang stopped struggling and suddenly said with a flicker in her eyes, "By the way, since Erii's Judgment takes effect even if you don't use it actively, does my 'Orochi' have any passive effects?"

"I think it probably exists, but we need to verify it," Lu Mingfei said seriously.

"What effect?"

"It can speed up stamina recovery. How about giving it a try now?"

"Wait a minute..." Su Xiaoqiang exclaimed.

"Hmm?" Lu Mingfei stopped what he was doing, looked up and asked.

Su Xiaoqiang bit her lip and raised her chin toward the window.

"...Go to the room."

(End of this chapter)