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

Chapter 241 Divine Punishment Descends on the Day of Doom
The public reading area in front of the rare books section of the library at Kassel College.

Two sharply defined sculptures stand silently there, their combination of beauty and ruggedness like an artist's lyrical poem about ideal beauty.

In fact, different races have a high degree of consistency in their overall rating of 'good-looking'. Symmetry, health, personal characteristics... especially personal characteristics, recognizability is always greater than perfection. A 'face with a story' often gets a higher rating than a template-like exquisite face.

The two sculptures in front of the bench are already full of 'story'.

The school board member is a genius who rewards diligence.

This view has gained widespread acceptance.

Otherwise, you can't explain why he shows up at the library every morning... and with his personal secretary.

The appearance of School Director Lu has caused quite a stir.

If you ladies are going to list being a sweetheart as an advantage, then if you absolutely had to find a flaw in the college's heartthrob, Cesare Gattuso, it would only be that his GPA wasn't great.

Although the student council's average GPA is improving rapidly with the support of Caesar's 'club study grant', Caesar's own academic performance is only slightly above average, and he is even on the verge of failing several courses.

Being a little bad at studying isn't a big deal; people of mixed races don't really care about that.

A pentagonal warrior is good enough.

But as those hardworking girls discovered those two tall, focused figures in a corner of the library the day after their day of freedom ended... and the same thing happened on the third day... then it's only natural that today, the fourth day of school, the library is even more crowded than during the final exam sprint (life-saving) phase.

It turned out to be a wild hexagonal warrior.

Boys with full hexagonal features are like the shade under the largest coconut trees on Montalivi Beach—always a rare resource. If you go too early, it won't be open yet; if you go too late, someone else will have already taken it. 18 years old is just the right age.

At that moment, the boy lowered his head again.

The subtly restless crowd quieted down, and no one dared to make any rash moves for the time being.

The main problem was that his secretary was rather intimidating.

Moreover, they discovered that Susie, a second-year student who was supposed to be here to launch a fierce attack on the secretary, had not appeared in the past few days.

I don't know what the problem is.

The girls who had Susie's contact information planned to ask her about the situation.

On the Importance of Wingmen.

……

Dragon runes are a very strange thing. They are the native language of hybrids, and the most peculiar thing is that they can master them naturally without learning, thus understanding and using dragon runes.

What's even more peculiar is that mastery of dragon patterns is very difficult to improve through hard work.

You are born with only so many, and that's all you can have in a lifetime.

Lu Mingfei was wearing a plain-colored hemp T-shirt and brown jogger pants, sporting a sporty style. His experience visiting the ice cellar these past few days proved that the Kassel expedition was physically demanding.

He was currently studying the Dragon Script classics, with a laptop computer placed among the piles of books in front of him.

It contained a website, "ice-sea.remnant.org".

A secret website created to decipher the "Fragments of the Ice Sea Scroll," where institutions and individuals worldwide share and discuss their research findings... a paid research model.

"Senior brother, don't you have morning classes today?"

Lu Mingfei suddenly asked, putting down his pen and taking a sip of his iced Americano.

The scrap paper in front of me was covered with dense writing, as well as some patterns and designs, all of which were encrypted symbols. A discerning observer might notice that some of the symbols were identical in shape to the copper scroll inside the transparent sealed folder on the side of the table.

"It's been cancelled."

Chu Zihang looked up and adjusted a pair of new non-prescription glasses. Due to the uncontrollable problem with his Golden Eyes, he usually wore pure black colored contact lenses all the time, but his sharp temperament with 'dead fish eyes' was really not pleasing. So last month in Binhai, a certain scumbag dragon king forcibly dragged him to an optician's to get a pair of comical big black-rimmed glasses.

Lu Mingfei nodded, taking another look at his senior's appearance.

It's not that they don't match.

It adds a touch of 'weakness' to Chu Zihang's original murderous aura... which is quite good.

Now Lu Mingfei can understand why Chu Zihang's golden eyes cannot be extinguished.

This thing has nothing to do with bloodline, bloodlust, or Odin's gaze... It simply comes from an excessively strong 'primordial spiritual power,' comparable to the spiritual power level of a dragon king, which makes his golden dragon eyes involuntarily manifest and allows him to make 'active bloodlust' a basic skill he practices three times a day.

There are no tricks, only numbers.

If Chu Zihang wants to control the Golden Eyes, one way is to practice the 'Path of Fire Sword' to enhance his mental control skills. He doesn't need to reach the level of a Dragon King; as long as he enters the 'Creation Realm,' he should be able to completely solve the problem.

But it seems the Dragon King doesn't intend for her senior brother to practice this...

"Senior brother, you don't need to stay here with me. Just go and do your own thing."

Lu Mingfei said in a low voice, "I am familiar with the layout of the library area."

"No rush, I'll go over when they finish class at nine o'clock." Chu Zihang shook his head.

There was also a pile of books in front of him.

Chu Zihang's return to Kassel College was certainly not for classes, as Lu Mingfei already knew, just like the top-secret "Fragments of the Ice Sea" with the initials 'AD' wouldn't be uploaded to the website.

My senior is researching some other 'physical' materials that only exist offline at Kassel College.

Lu Mingfei asked if he needed help using his 'S' level privileges.

Chu Zihang refused.

It indicated that it was internal information from the Lionheart Society, and that it could be brought to Lu Mingfei if he was interested.

Lu Mingfei also refused.

Principal Angers had previously explained to Lu Mingfei the social class divisions within the academy.

'S' grade is indeed a rare thing. S grade authority is not uncommon, but S grade bloodline is the true elite among elites.

The public has always been curious about this field and often analyzes and discusses what 'S' stands for. There are usually three interpretations. The most widely accepted interpretation of 'S' is that it means 'Super', which can be directly translated as super hybrid.
Some interpret it as meaning 'Saint,' implying that each 'S' class person carries a mission.

The last explanation can be categorized as 'other'. Some say it's 'Slave', meaning the higher the bloodline, the closer one is to a pure-blooded dragon, and the easier it is to become a slave to that race. Others say the opposite, that S-rank should be 'Sanction', meaning S-rank bloodlines will bring punishment to the dragon race...

Angers' answer was 'Sacrifice'.

sacrifice.

In Angers' original vision, Lu Mingfei would become the new him, opening the door of the small building in the pine forest, climbing the steps, and sitting down under the skylight covered with fallen leaves. The wind rustled through the pines, the world was vast and distant, and together they ended an era and inherited all its secrets, holding power in solitude.

Looking towards the Hall of Heroes, the freshmen cheered on the lawn, fireworks bloomed in the sky, and they waited for the apocalyptic dragon to return in their lifetime to attend their funeral.

……

"Senior, do you know anything about philology?"

"I know a little bit about it."

Sitting opposite Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang nodded slightly. He was looking down at his phone, and the QQ interface could be vaguely seen through his flat-screen glasses.
What are your thoughts on "The Fragments of the Ice Sea"?

Chu Zihang's expression became slightly serious. "I previously consulted the academy's database and learned that the content currently being read by humans is related to the Dragon Clan civilization."

Lu Mingfei nodded, stroking the bronze watch beside him. The Fragments of the Ice Sea Scroll had appeared countless times in modern textbooks. Its discovery symbolized the beginning of a new chapter in human research on dragon civilization, its status being no less than that of the Dead Sea Scrolls in relation to the origins of religion.

However, the "Fragments of the Ice Sea" are actually divided into two batches.

In the last century, the Secret Service discovered a collection of ancient scrolls in a cave near a steep cliff on the southern west coast of Greenland. Approximately 40,000 fragments of pottery and parchment were found, containing information written in ancient Hebrew. These scrolls were stored in earthenware jars and are known as the first "Ice Sea Scrolls".

The ancient scrolls are rich in content and are also available for free on the 'ice-sea.remnant.org' website.

The interpretations so far can be divided into three main categories.

One-quarter of the fragments, or about ten thousand pieces, are from the Old Testament of the Bible. All existing biblical content can be found here. This part is the easiest to decipher because there are modern documents for reference.

The other 20,000-plus fragments are also scripture-related content, including commentaries, remarkations, exegetical texts, apocryphal texts, and pseudo-scriptures. They have a strong personal style and were probably added by the person who copied the documents.

The last few thousand fragments are the key pieces of the first batch of the Ice Sea Scrolls, and belong to non-biblical literature.

This part of the ancient Hebrew script contains some unknown 'changes', and linguists unanimously agree that these scripts are theoretically cognate with ancient Hebrew.

But they became 'unreadable,' which means they had a certain 'dragon culture' effect.

This part of the documents is also the focus of research and deciphering. Currently, a large part of the results of the deciphering are prophecies about the end of the world, as well as writings about God's destruction of evil forces and the righteous kingdom when the Messiah returns.

The word Messiah originates from Hebrew and originally meant 'the one who conceives'. The Greek word for it is christos, which leads to 'Christ'. Therefore, 'Messiah' is 'Christ'.

In the hybrid worldview, the black dragon Nidhogg is equivalent to the unique god who created the world.

Information about the four dragon monarchs is also recorded in it.

In addition, there is a second batch of "Fragments of the Ice Sea", which originated from the "Greenland Incident" at the beginning of this century. They appear in the form of bronze fragments and are suspected to be parts broken off from the original "Ice Sea Bronze Column Table".

The Bronze Pillar of the Ice Sea is considered a symbol of the Dragon Age. It once stood in the cities built by dragons, who customarily used pillars to record history; a colossal pillar reaching to the sky stood at the center of the city. Lu Mingfei had been spending the past few days touring the Ice Cellar while also focusing on reading these documents.

"Take a look at this document later."

He picked up several copper scrolls sealed in a cylindrical glass bottle and slid them down the desk to Chu Zihang.

"A fragment with the initials AD?" Chu Zihang was somewhat surprised. "This is a top-secret document."

Strictly speaking, given his status as the president of the Lionheart Society, he would need to submit a report and provide a sufficient reason to access documents of this level. Level A access would be the limit for skipping classes, and that was only because Chu Zihang was on the exchange student program.

"Okay, I'll just go back and take a look."

Lu Mingfei didn't say much, but instead turned his attention to another batch of tattered documents around the table.

"The King of Bronze and Fire resides in the bronze palace of Northern Europe. The towering bronze pillars are engraved with the magnificent picture of Norton casting the bronze palace. The dragon's body, connected to heaven and earth, lies prostrate on the mountain. Crimson lava flows from the earth's veins, flooding the land. The Dragon King swims in the red sea, spewing golden dragon breath to the sky."

"Everything was swallowed by magma, and the earth tremors caused deep ravines to split open. When the red light disappeared, a bronze palace stood atop the mountain, reaching straight into the sea of ​​clouds..."

Having gained access, Lu Mingfei naturally wanted to make use of it. He asked Norma to help him search for the sections on the Four Lords in the "Fragments of the Ice Sea Scroll," retrieved the physical scroll, and focused on the sections concerning the King of Sky and the King of Wind.

The answer received was not very optimistic.

Firstly, there are very few recorded deeds of this Dragon King. Secondly, they are mostly just slogans like "His body reached the rift in the clouds, and the shackles that forged thunder on the other side, and he brought down divine punishment on the day of the end."

The mythological narrative is so strong that it seems to rival the legends of Pangu creating the world and Nuwa creating clay figures, and the other dragon monarchs are not much different.

In the past, most researchers on the website 'ice-sea.remnant.org' believed that these documents contained exaggerations. After all, ancient people had limited knowledge and could only attribute everything they could not understand to ghosts and gods, so they would naturally exaggerate the status of the Dragon King in their minds.

Both batches of the "Fragments of the Ice Sea" depict the images of four kings, who seem to be the embodiment of nature.

But in reality, Lu Mingfei felt that these Dragon Kings had a stronger 'human' aura.

For example, ancient texts describe the King of Earth and Mountains as the ruler of the earth, whose elemental power is 'earth'.

"The waves of the rocks signify his stretching before his awakening; on the day he fully stretches out, the mountains will turn into abysses."

Lu Mingfei simply couldn't connect these descriptions with the Jormungandr he knew.

As for Fenrir, the twin son of the King of the Earth and the Mountains... Jormungandr mentioned that his brother was very cute.

In any case, the content that these texts can express is really limited. The words "for reference only" are almost printed on the title page. In particular, there are only a few sentences about Nidhogg, which is less than his role in Norse mythology. There is no mention of what powers the Black King possesses.

But one sentence in particular caught Lu Mingfei's attention.

The King of Bronze and Fire possesses absolute power over the flames and metals within his domain; no fire in the world can harm him.

"Does that mean that elemental authority can isolate damage of the same origin?"

Lu Mingfei seemed thoughtful. "Is all authority like this?"

……

Nine o'clock in the morning, the first class ended.

Chu Zihang left.

Lu Mingfei was also planning to pack his things and leave... He could leave the documents here for now.

But as soon as he stepped out of the semi-transparent private reading room, the Kassel girls, who had been waiting for their chance, immediately swarmed around him.

Although Kassel College offers Chinese-language education, it's essentially an American-style institution, and being near Chicago, its young women are known for their outgoing social lives, especially their irresistible charm towards attractive and accomplished men. Susie's chosen man is definitely not someone she can steal… and besides, she's already tried, but failed.

Even though Chu Zihang wore glasses that gave him an extra 50 points of approachability, there's a saying that his influence still lingers.

But Lu Mingfei is different.
Since it is a scenic view, it certainly cannot be a sculpture. No matter how beautiful a sculpture is, it is static and dead. The air around it seemed to be covered with a dizzying fragrance in an instant.

"Not all girls are made of candy, spice, and all that is beautiful. Some girls are born to be adventurous, wine, wisdom, and fearless. They embrace you with the breath of life, like birds, shooting stars, the perfect summer sun, and a gentle spring breeze."

Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered this sentence.

However, some breezes, sunsets, and heartbeats are irreplaceable.

He was surrounded by a dense crowd.

The Kassel Library has explicit rules prohibiting the wearing of perfume and the bringing of food or drinks with pungent odors.

But living people are a collection of microorganisms, and especially the hormones of youth, under the subjective influence of the brain, actively release electrical signals that produce a kind of intertwined pheromones.

From all directions, people were asking for Twitter or Facebook accounts. The clever ones had already registered for QQ. Countless slender hands waved their phones and swarmed over, some with fair skin, some with a healthy tan, and some with dark, pearly black skin...

That's really dangerous.

Lu Mingfei recently registered on the 'Night Watchers Forum' through back channels and learned that some terrible things were circulating there. For example, that damned, super popular fanfiction had already reached its 24th installment. The male protagonists were surviving in the wilderness, living in the same cabin, and, in the most classic and quintessential way, one of them was sick and needed care...

He didn't pay attention to it for the time being, deliberately ignoring it.

From a certain perspective, this seems like a good thing, as it avoids some unnecessary trouble, but as it turns out, he was wrong...

What happened to America's promise of freedom, openness, and maximum respect and tolerance?
Lu Mingfei felt as if he was being enveloped, literally enveloped.

It's a bit like shooting yourself in the foot; with the crowd constantly flowing, nobody believes him now that he has a girlfriend.

Or rather, they don't care.

To be honest, this is really wrong... no way!
Lu Mingfei suddenly remembered a story he had heard before. It seemed that some scumbags liked to pretend to be sexually abnormal, and then get along well with girls. They would even be actively flirted with. After a drinking party or a party, when the girls were off guard, they would make some requests that went beyond normal friendship. At that time, the girls, who were already drunk and excited, would be secretly pleased that their charm could change a person's sexual orientation and would agree half-heartedly.

That's ridiculous...

But can I force the mechanism to be triggered like this?
……

After much effort and hardship, I finally managed to squeeze it out.

Lu Mingfei had no choice but to leave his Night Watchers forum ID, 'Sakura Lu', which then triggered a series of screams as if he had bumped into his first love... not a first love who died in his memory, but a living, breathing one.

Sometimes it's really hard to understand women's thoughts, or is it that having more people gives them an aura of fighting spirit?
A black Maserati was parked on the tree-lined street outside the library.

The car with license plate number 'CAS001' belongs to Angers.

Old Deng also had an early morning class, "Dragon Family Genealogy," and he drove over after class.

A black bespoke suit, gleaming Italian leather shoes, hair so oiled it could be used as a mirror, and a vibrant red rose on his chest.

If it weren't for his silver hair, he'd look like a complete lecher! With the silver hair, he's... an old lecher!
"Hi Mingfei! How are the girls at the academy? Have you found anyone you like?"

Angers smiled, rolled down the car window, and raised his glass.

This old guy clearly knows how to enjoy life. Melodious arias are playing from the stereo, and instead of a Coke, there's a bottle of ice wine in the slot. The skylight above is open, and wisps of cigar smoke rise gently from it.

"You can say who you like. I heard you have a lot of girlfriends, so picking one or two more won't be a big deal, right? You still have the privilege of being the winner of the Freedom Day! A designated partner for three months!"

He really is... an old lecher. Lu Mingfei was speechless with frustration. Is it really appropriate to use the word "choose" to describe the female warriors he had lured from all over the world and painstakingly trained at great expense to prepare for the dragon-slaying mission?

"I am Pure Love, thank you."

Lu Mingfei subtly expressed his caution regarding relationships.

"Oh, it seems they didn't succeed? Uh, judging from your expression, I need to explain properly; this is how it is in schools around here."

"Pretty and attractive girls all dress like this. The prettier and better-figured a girl is, the lower her skirt will be, because it represents her confidence in her youth and beauty!"

Angers handed him a bottle of iced cola, looking smug.

"Similarly, the more confident a boy is, the bolder his gaze will be. Only cowards would choose to secretly peek at the youthful bodies that girls deliberately display, while confident boys will bravely look into the eyes of those beautiful and energetic girls and extend an invitation to them to set sail and cruise on Lake Michigan together!"

Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes. "However, once it comes to the marriage stage, you have to fill out an application form, go through bloodline analysis, get a report from the Department of Genetic Science, and undergo triple review by Norma, you, and your direct supervisor!"

"If any one of the five steps—three parties' opinions, two parties' reports, and a flaw in any link—this little boat of love will sink to the bottom of the cold lake. Your openness and rigidity seem to be a bit of a double standard."

He finally understood: all along, this old guy had been standing by and watching while he was being 'ganged up and beaten'!

"Hey, what does it matter?"

Angers, beaming with excitement, waved his cigar and exclaimed, "Boys, no matter their age, are in the prime of their youth, enjoying the company of beautiful women! Girls are the same; no matter their age, as long as they can wear miniskirts, they are beauties who have made the most of their youth!"

"Alright, alright, that's enough. Where are we going today?"

Lu Mingfei unscrewed the can of cola, took a sip, and gestured to skip the topic of miniskirts and sports vests. "Ice cellar? Or the back mountain? Tell me honestly, how many places in the ice cellar haven't we explored yet? We need to plan our time well; we should be setting off in a couple of days."

"Oh, we're not going to the ice cellar today. I told you before, it's our vice principal."

Lu Mingfei's heart stirred.
"The fourteenth generation Flamel mentor?"

"Uh...no matter which generation, it's him."

The car started, and the old man casually flicked his cigarette butt out of the sunroof, hitting the trash can next to the flower bed and lawn.

(End of this chapter)