Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

Firstly, he didn't want to make things too sensational; this level of technology was already sufficient. Secondly... if the performance was made too high, the machine's battery life would also be a major problem.

This world doesn't have Tony's miniature reactor. If it were powered by fuel, and you added a flight function to this behemoth, it would probably only fly two circles in the sky before crashing down.

Walking to the experimental platform, Lu Mingfei did a little calculation with Norma's help, then frowned slightly: "Isn't the fuel tank too small? Even if all the fuel is aviation kerosene, it can only run for about thirty or forty minutes."

“Due to size considerations, the fuel tank can only be this big,” Deputy Director Karl said confidently. “But don’t worry, we’re not using ordinary fuel; it can run for at least half a day.”

Lu Mingfei looked at him with some surprise: "What kind of fuel burns so long?"

“Hehe…” Deputy Director Karl smiled mysteriously, “Come on, let me show you around.”

Fingel, Lu Mingfei, and Zero followed behind Deputy Director Karl. Fingel looked at Lu Mingfei with a fawning expression: "I didn't expect that you, junior brother, are not only good at games, but also a great inventor!"

"I wouldn't call myself a great inventor; I just have a slight understanding of machine construction," Lu Mingfei said modestly.

As they were talking, they walked to another door. This time, in addition to verifying their fingerprints and irises, Deputy Director Karl also swiped his card before the closed metal door slowly opened.

"Where is this place?" Lu Mingfei asked curiously as he followed Deputy Director Karl inside, looking around.

“This is one of my private laboratories, and also my warehouse,” said Deputy Director Carl.

"No wonder this place is covered with pictures of little girls." Lu Mingfei's lips twitched.

The walls of this laboratory were covered with or hung with pictures of famous loli-type anime girls. Deputy Director Karl calmly took out a small jar of transparent crystals with a metallic sheen from a small safe. The jar was about one or two sizes smaller than a Coca-Cola can and was made of transparent quartz. It was about half full of these crystals.

“This is our fuel,” said Deputy Director Carl.

"Solid fuel?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Deputy Director Carl nodded: "To be precise, it's gold refining fuel."

Lu Mingfei wasn't surprised; such strange-looking things are usually alchemical products.

"This is Star Antimony, an alchemical fuel produced by the Gottingen family. It has an energy density far exceeding that of any other fuel on the market and can be used as a driving energy source for many magical machines. Of course, its actual application range is not wide because the production is too low, so it is generally only used in situations where small but powerful equipment needs to be carried," Deputy Director Karl explained.

“The Gauttingen family?” Lu Mingfei was taken aback—wasn’t this the family the principal had mentioned that could teach him alchemy? The principal had already reached an agreement with that family for him, and once his freedom ended, he could go to that family to learn alchemy at any time.

Unexpectedly, Deputy Director Karl's star antimony came from this family.

“And I seem to have some recollection of the name Xingti…” Lu Mingfei pondered.

A few seconds later, he suddenly realized: "Isn't this the legendary invention that Newton invented while studying alchemy? How could it be made by the Gottingen family?"

“Because Newton was a mixed-race person, and he was one of the rare ones whose parents were ordinary people but who had extremely high bloodlines,” Deputy Director Karl explained. “He devoted his life to the study of alchemy and the history of dragons. Of course, from the perspective of ordinary people today, his study of the history of dragons was misunderstood as an obsession with theology.”

"From a certain perspective, all his scientific research achievements were byproducts of his research on alchemy, because alchemy is the science of dragons. In his research on dragon science, he opened up a rudimentary form for human science. I wonder if he ever thought that the byproducts of his research on dragon science would gradually develop into human science that is capable of fighting against dragons."

“While Sir Isaac Newton’s greatness is undeniable, hybrids are not dragons. We don’t have knowledge imprinted in our genes. Every great scholar learns step by step; they just learn faster than others,” Deputy Director Carl explained. “And when Sir Isaac Newton was young, the Gottingen family was his earliest supporter. The old patriarch of the Gottingen family was his mentor in alchemy, and legend has it that he was also close to the eldest daughter of the Gottingen family at the time.”

“Isn’t he unmarried?” Lu Mingfei asked.

“No, I don’t know why, and there’s no record of it in historical documents,” Deputy Director Karl shrugged. “Maybe their relationship broke down. After all, people in the real world have flaws, and it’s normal for them to break up.”

Lu Mingfei: ...

Hey, you anime/loli fanatic, don't put on that cynical, world-weary face!

"In short, because of this relationship, after Sir Isaac Newton's death, the Gottingen family became the only alchemical family to master the method of refining 'star antimony,' and their original status as an alchemical noble family became even more secure. Even though their numbers have dwindled, they still hold their positions on the board of directors," said Deputy Director Karl.

Lu Mingfei suddenly realized, but then he was somewhat surprised: "I thought the Equipment Department didn't care about anything outside of research. I didn't expect that you, Deputy Director, would know about the Board of Directors."

“We are indeed not interested in the affairs of the Board of Trustees. As long as they provide sufficient funding, even if the entire Board of Trustees is replaced, it will not affect us,” said Deputy Director Karl. “But the Gottingen family is, after all, an alchemical family, and our Equipment Department is still paying attention to them. If they ever die out, we will ask them if they will sell their alchemical collection. The Gottingen family has many parchment scrolls that record alchemy and dark magic, enough to build a small library, no less than the alchemy archives in the school.”

"I heard that the vice principal is the strongest alchemist in the Secret Society. Why is the school's library almost the same as that of the Gauteen family?" Lu Mingfei asked, puzzled.

“The vice principal is a single lineage, and no books have been left behind. All the knowledge in his lineage is stored in his head, and he only teaches it to his own students,” Deputy Director Karl explained. “I even tried to become the vice principal’s student, but he refused.”

Lu Mingfei nodded, seemingly lost in thought.

Originally, after the director and deputy director promised to let him enter the alchemy archives, he was a little reluctant to go to the Gottingen family's archives, thinking that he could learn enough from the materials there on his own. But now it seems that he still has to go to the Gottingen family's archives, even if not for professional instruction, just for the Gottingen family's collection of parchment scrolls.

After I'm free for a day, I'll go visit the Göttingen family first.

Then... first find an opportunity to go to Tony's world and have the Ancient One or the King help check the mark Samson gave him, and then go find Old Tang—so that there won't be any strange things hidden in the mark, such as activating Norton's memories as soon as you get close to Old Tang.

Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

……

Meanwhile, in the library of the Kotingen family estate.

The room wasn't large, but several bookshelves were neatly arranged. The parchment scrolls were arranged in a walnut wood style, not piled up like on ordinary bookshelves. Each parchment scroll had its own individual square. Each shelf panel had been treated with alchemy, emitting a faint fragrance that prevented insects from surviving nearby, thus protecting these precious parchment scrolls from insect damage.

In the corner of the largest bookshelf sat a small square table, and sitting at the table was a girl who looked only sixteen or seventeen years old. Her long, light golden hair fell down and almost dragged on the ground when she was sitting.

She was reading a book, and to avoid her loose hair distracting her, she used hairpins to hold back the hair on her forehead and sideburns. Her slightly chubby face looked exquisitely like a doll made by a master craftsman under the fluorescent light.

This is where the Gottingen family stores their parchment scrolls. Powerful alchemical matrices are carved everywhere. Although flames should not burn here, family rules still prohibit bringing any potentially flammable items inside. Therefore, she has to wear an alchemical fluorite lamp every time she comes in to read. The cold alchemical stone constantly emits a bright silvery-white light, replacing ancient oil lamps and modern electric lights.

The girl reading suddenly wrinkled her nose. She quickly turned her head and pulled up the hem of her expensive silk dress to cover her face: "Ah... Achoo!"

The dress is a masterpiece by a master craftsman, priceless, but compared to the surrounding parchment scrolls, it is merely a slightly more exquisite piece of cloth.

In the Middle Ages, each of these books could be exchanged for the territory of at least one town in a mixed-race society.

"Miss!" The maid behind the girl quickly draped a coat over her shoulders.

"No need!" The girl gently brushed her coat aside. "I'm not cold, my nose was just a little itchy."

The maid stood behind the girl, holding a coat, while the girl immersed herself once again in the parchment scroll in front of her.

For some reason, when she looked at her bookshelves just now, she suddenly had a vague sense of foreboding.

Oh right, Kassel College has already started classes, and that S-class freshman will probably be here soon. I need to have the servants at home prepare tomorrow, and I'll also have a stylist design a dignified outfit for me. I can't tarnish the reputation of the Göttingen family in front of an S-class student! The girl thought to herself.

……

Kassel Academy.

In the early morning, the clear and melodious sound of the bell echoed throughout the campus.

Today is the school's free day activity. The students who are participating are already fully armed and heading to the battlefield, while the students who are not participating wisely stay in their dormitories. Although the free day means that students can not abide by school rules, there are still safe zones on campus for students who do not want to participate in the activities. These are usually the dormitories and the cafeteria.

Especially with the Equipment Department sponsoring this year's Freedom Day, students need the safe zone even more.

This year's Freedom Day is more intense than ever before, with only one condition for victory—to completely eliminate the other side.

The mature women faction and the loli faction each chose a building as their base.

The "Mature Women's Faction" chose Valhalla, an ancient Byzantine-style building, as their base. It was a church-like place used to award degrees and was usually locked, only opening once a year for the graduation ceremony. Caesar believed this was the building where a leader should be, but Chu Zihang said it didn't matter where he was. So Caesar used Dictator to break the lock and barged in.

Outside the Hall of Heroes, ten fully armed guards patrolled along a tight route. They were all elites from the student council and the Lionheart Society. In previous years, they would fight to the death for Freedom Day, but now they were cooperating sincerely.

Inside Valhalla, a large table was placed in the center of the spacious hall, on which was a simple sand table depicting the academy.

"Chu Zihang, let's discuss the tactics!" Caesar and several student council members stood by the table.

"No need." Chu Zihang stood in the corner, holding the knife.

He doesn't understand tactics; all he knows is how to chop people up.

But for some reason, he had a bad feeling about today.

Chapter 190, My Lord, Times Have Changed!

Kassel College, church.

Although hybrids are the most aware that almost all myths in human history originated from dragons and powerful hybrids, it is amazing that there are still many Catholics in Kassel College, including the student council president, Caesar—to be precise, the entire Gattuso family believes in God.

Besides the Gattuso family, there are many other families in the Secret Society with their own beliefs. Because it is a mixed-race organization that originated in Europe, most of these families believe in God, but a few are Buddhists.

Of course, Lu Mingfei was not surprised by this. When it comes to beliefs, the Equipment Department is a mixed bag. In addition to the three major world religions, there are many niche sects, such as Zoroastrianism, Levi Satanism, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Lu Mingfei sometimes wondered if he should find a religion as a hobby in order to fit in with that group of lunatics. It just so happened that there was no Chinese Taoism in the Equipment Department at the moment, so he could enrich the diversity of religions in the Equipment Department.

Lu Mingfei does not believe in God. Based on existing historical data, even if God really exists in this world, the prototype can only be the Black King. How different is it from a mouse believing in a cat?

Therefore, Lu Mingfei occupied the church without any psychological burden, using it as a stronghold for the Lolita faction.

Thankfully, we're the loli faction, not the shota faction, otherwise choosing a church as our base would be a complete joke.

In the confessional of the church, Lu Mingfei made the final adjustments to the Iron Monger while mentally complaining about it.

According to the rules, the Equipment Department is only responsible for providing equipment and weapons before the war. Once Freedom Day officially begins, no one is allowed to interfere. Therefore, the final debugging work can only be completed by Lu Mingfei himself—there is no one among the students who can be his assistant.

While Freedom Day allows students to damage ordinary facilities such as lawns or fountains (provided that a student is responsible for compensation), it does not allow the destruction of important buildings such as Valhalla, libraries, teaching buildings, and churches in any form. Therefore, Lu Mingfei had to reluctantly abandon the plan to install a few Sidewinder micro-missiles on the Iron Monger and instead added a heavy machine gun and a large chainsaw.

In addition...

Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, then silently added a few sets of dark green bullets to the Iron Monger's ammunition box, which stood out conspicuously among a pile of deep red bullets.

It wasn't that he had a dark side; he was just being prepared.

After debugging the Iron Monger, Lu Mingfei walked out of the confessional, where Zero and Susie stood in front of a large map.

To distinguish themselves, all members of the Lolita faction wore white combat uniforms, while the opposing Mature Woman faction wore all black.

Su Xiaoqiang did not participate in this Freedom Day. Without revealing her Phoenix Force, she was just an ordinary hybrid with relatively weak physical abilities. Moreover, she had not yet received firearms training. If she were sent to the battlefield, she would probably be taken down by Frigga's bullets from who-knows-where in seconds.

Moreover, she genuinely didn't want to participate in this "battle of the loli," feeling that participating in such a strange activity would cause irreversible damage to her morals.

Therefore, Lu Mingfei, who is an S-rank, and Susie, who is the vice president of the Lionheart Society, became the leaders of the Lolita faction, while Zero served as Lu Mingfei's deputy to assist him.

"Zero, Senior Sister Su, how is it? Have you decided where to attack from?" Lu Mingfei walked over and asked.

He knew nothing about military strategy and command, and had never thought of learning it before. If it were Steve, he probably would have already come up with several plans.

Zero doesn't seem like someone who plays tactics.

Fortunately, Susie had considerable experience in commanding, and she reorganized the Lolita faction, forming elite squads from the student council and Lionheart Society, and organizing the others into ten different action teams.

“We are clearly outnumbered, so it’s best to hold the line. I’ve already sent other action teams to set up positions with the equipment provided by Deputy Director Carl,” Susie said. “If we use crossfire to blockade, I estimate that only Caesar and the Chairman will be able to break in.”

“We can’t be careless,” Lu Mingfei warned. “I’ve heard that Director Akadula and his team use pretty dirty weapons and tactics.”

"You're piloting a mecha, how dare you call it dirty?" Susie thought to herself, while silently praying for her guild leader.

In any other place, for a ruthless person like Chu Zihang who could blow up a stadium in a fight, let alone a mecha, he could destroy even a tank. But in the school, the Night Watchers' "commandments" suppress him, preventing Jun Yan from being released. No matter how strong Chu Zihang is, it's still a bit difficult to ask him to cut down a mecha with a knife.

……

Kassel Academy, Valhalla.

"Is the tactic to take the initiative?" Chu Zihang asked.