Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei's War Journey

Chapter 116 The World That Suddenly Changed

"So where are we going now?" Lu Mingfei asked Caesar beside him from his Maybach.

"I have another gift for you," Caesar said with a mysterious smile.

The Maybach continued driving forward and soon entered an upscale residential area. Lu Mingfei recognized it as Yunding Qiyuan, the most luxurious residential area in Binhai City, where it was said that only the rich and powerful lived.

The Maybach stopped in front of a villa, and Passy, ​​who was driving in front, got out to open the car door for the two of them.

"What do you think of this villa?" Caesar said to Lu Mingfei as he got out of the car.

Lu Mingfei followed Caesar out of the car and looked around at the three-story modern villa in front of him. The design was simple and elegant, with a separate courtyard and garage. In this prime location, the villa was quite valuable.

"What is this?!" Lu Mingfei looked at Caesar in confusion.

"Your new home." Caesar stepped forward, pushed open the villa's ornate iron gate, and gestured for Lu Mingfei to follow.

"Didn't you say before that you lived a life of dependence at your uncle and aunt's house for many years? You didn't even have your own room, you were like an unwanted piece of luggage, so I specially prepared this gift for you. What do you think? Do you like it?"

Caesar turned to face the villa, arms outstretched, in the posture of a young king showing off his most prized territory to a close friend, proud yet sincere.

Sunlight filters through the camphor trees in the courtyard, casting dappled shadows on the polished marble floor. The villa's floor-to-ceiling windows reflect the blue sky and white clouds, as well as the silhouettes of two young people.

One had dazzling blond hair and a straight posture like a drawn sword, radiating the brilliance of the sun; the other had slightly disheveled black hair and a somewhat slender figure, yet stood ramrod straight, like a military knife sheathed but whose sharpness could still be felt.

Lu Mingfei stood still, not going in immediately.

He certainly knew the value of the house. In Binhai City, a detached villa like this, located in a top-tier community and covering more than 500 square meters, would cost an amount that an ordinary person could not earn in several lifetimes. Yet Caesar spoke of it casually, as if he were handing over a box of chocolates.

"Caesar—" Lu Mingfei began, his voice somewhat hoarse.

"Don't give me that nonsense about how valuable it is." Caesar seemed to have anticipated his reaction, waving his hand to interrupt him. He reached into his shirt collar and pulled out the Blue Max Medal that he always wore close to his body.

"This thing is worth far more than a villa. Besides, we survived Verdun and the Somme together. You saved my life, more than once. On the battlefield, you were the only person I dared to completely entrust my back to. Now that the war is over, what's wrong with me giving you a house?"

Lu Mingfei was surprised that Caesar had brought back the Blue Max. Before he could say anything more, Caesar put his arm around his shoulder and pushed him toward the main entrance of the villa.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Just then, a figure stood on the second floor of a villa across the street, staring at Lu Mingfei in disbelief.

"Lu Mingfei, what are you doing here?" Su Xiaoqiang asked incredulously.

After her shoulder was broken by Lu Mingfei after school yesterday, she stayed at home to recover. At this moment, she was idly sunbathing on her second-floor terrace when she saw this unbelievable scene.

Lu Mingfei not only came to this villa area, but also put his arm around a blond handsome guy. From what they were saying, it seemed that the blond senior brother wanted to give the villa to Lu Mingfei.

Su Xiaoqiang even forgot the pain in her shoulder and subconsciously leaned forward to get a better look.

Lu Mingfei and Caesar both turned to look at the source of the sound.

Su Xiaoqiang was wearing loose loungewear, her left arm was in a sling, her long hair was disheveled and draped over her shoulders, and her face was full of shock and confusion.

Lu Mingfei was also stunned. He didn't expect to meet Su Xiaoqiang here, let alone that she lived right across the street.

Caesar raised an eyebrow, his gaze lingering for a moment on Su Xiaoqiang's sling before glancing at Lu Mingfei and saying with a smile, "An acquaintance?"

"My classmate is Su Xiaoqiang, the one who was accidentally injured yesterday," Lu Mingfei said in a low voice.

"Oh! What a coincidence, you'll be neighbors from now on." Caesar drawled, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

He gestured with his chin toward Su Xiaoqiang and said in a voice that was just loud enough for her to hear, "This will save you the trouble of making another trip to the hospital to apologize."

Lu Mingfei: "————"

He felt a dark line slide down his forehead; Caesar was definitely doing it on purpose.

Su Xiaoqiang heard everything clearly from across the street, and her expression became even more confused. Was Lu Mingfei really going to become her neighbor?

"Percy, go and prepare some gifts for me. We'll be visiting Miss Su Xiaoqiang later to apologize," Caesar said to Percy beside him.

Percy bowed slightly: "Yes, young master. What kind of gift should we prepare?"

Caesar pondered for a moment: "Prepare according to the protocol of a formal social visit; the key is to be sincere."

He glanced at Lu Mingfei and added, "After all, we were in the wrong first."

"Understood." Percy turned and walked to another Mercedes in the convoy, beginning to make arrangements via communication devices.

Su Xiaoqiang, listening from the other side, was even more confused. A formal social visit? The manner of the visit? These words, spoken by the blond young man, carried an tone she had only ever heard in TV dramas.

"Alright, let's take a look at your new home first. Leave the apology to Percy; he's a professional." Caesar put his arm around Lu Mingfei's shoulder again and walked towards the villa.

"The first floor is a common area, the second floor has three suites, the master bedroom has an ensuite bathroom and a walk-in closet, the third floor has a study and a gym, and the top floor has a glass sunroom," Caesar introduced as if reciting a familiar story.

After landing, he didn't immediately come to find Lu Mingfei, but he didn't do nothing either.

"That's really good. By the way, I asked you to help me find Nono's whereabouts before, did you find her?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Caesar's smile froze. He had really forgotten about it. He was only focused on finding his brother and had forgotten about his brother's woman.

A rare hint of embarrassment flashed across his face, and he almost immediately turned to call out towards the door, trying to make amends: "Percy! Percy!"

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Percy responded and quickly returned: "Young Master?"

"Does Kassel College have a student named Nono?" Caesar asked.

"His full name is Chen Motong," Lu Mingfei quickly added from the side.

"Miss Chen Motong is a freshman at Kassel College this year, with a bloodline rating of A." Percy answered almost without hesitation, smoothly and respectfully, showing his familiarity with the college's information.

Hearing Percy's reply, Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief. Great, Nono is back too.

"Is she at the academy now?" Lu Mingfei asked immediately, his tone filled with urgency.

Pasi paused for a moment, then took out his phone and started sending messages. About five minutes later, he continued, "According to the registration information in the academy system, Miss Chen Motong and another A-level freshman, Su Qian, applied for emergency leave permission yesterday, citing family matters as the reason. Their flight destination is Binhai City, and they landed an hour ago."

Lu Mingfei and Caesar exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

Has Nono arrived in Binhai City?

"Looks like your girl has come looking for you too," Caesar said, raising an eyebrow.

Upon hearing this, Percy, who had been very respectful to the person beside him, suddenly changed his expression.

However, neither Lu Mingfei nor Caesar, whose attention was completely drawn to Nono's message, noticed Percy's fleeting unusual behavior.

Lu Mingfei felt his heart skip a beat. Nuonuo had actually come to find him. A strong sense of anticipation welled up in his heart. He longed for the girl who had been with him through thick and thin in the snow-capped mountains.

"Where is she now?" Lu Mingfei's tone grew increasingly urgent.

"We haven't pinpointed Miss Chen Motong's exact location yet. Binhai City is quite large, but please rest assured, young master. Mr. Lu, I've already sent out the query command. Our people will mobilize local resources to conduct cross-checking from airport surveillance, transportation networks, accommodation registrations, and other aspects. With our efficiency, we'll be able to pinpoint the approximate area soon," Percy continued respectfully.

"Don't worry, my men will find Nono's trail soon, and you'll see her soon too. But are you sure you want to go see her dressed like this?" Caesar looked Lu Mingfei up and down.

Although Lu Mingfei's clothes were still relatively clean and tidy at this time, they were definitely not presentable in Caesar's eyes.

Of course, after crawling and rolling in the muddy trenches of World War I, eating and living together, Caesar no longer cared what his comrades wore. He even felt that the smell of dust and gunpowder mixed together was the smell that men should have. But now it was different. After all, it was his brother's woman coming. It would be a bit unreasonable not to tidy her up properly.

"Here are some clean clothes, all in your size. Go take a shower, change, and relax. Leave the job of finding people to Percy. Once you've taken your pick, your little girlfriend should be arriving soon." Caesar pointed to the second floor of the villa.

Lu Mingfei looked down at the clothes he was wearing, which cost over two hundred yuan, nodded, and accepted Caesar's arrangement.

"Then I'll go up first," he said, walking towards the stairs.

Second floor, in the master bedroom bathroom.

Warm water washed over his body. Lu Mingfei closed his eyes and let the steam rise. He tried to clear his mind, but the images still surfaced uncontrollably: the endless snowfields of the Andes Mountains and Nono's red hair.

His motivation for surviving the hell of World War I was to see Nono again, and now that wish was finally about to come true.

He suddenly opened his eyes, turned off the tap, dried himself off, and changed into the clothes Caesar had prepared: a soft, dark gray cashmere sweater, well-tailored black trousers, and a pair of high-quality ankle boots.

The clothes fit him perfectly, as if they were tailor-made. Looking at himself in the mirror, he felt somewhat unfamiliar. His reflection in the mirror showed a calm and sharp gaze, carrying the unique aura of someone who had been tempered by life and death. This outfit perfectly accentuated that aura.

However, this outfit is probably more expensive than all the clothes he has worn in the past eighteen years combined.

He raised his hand and casually brushed his still slightly damp black hair back, revealing a smooth forehead and clear eyebrows and eyes, making him look more energetic.

He took a deep breath, pushed open the heavy solid wood door of the master bedroom, and prepared to go downstairs.

But after pushing open the door, he felt as if the world had changed.

The once luxurious and bright villa suddenly became dark and dilapidated, and the surroundings fell silent in an instant.

Lu Mingfei immediately sensed something was wrong. He slowly walked downstairs and saw that Caesar, who had been standing in the hall, had disappeared. Not only that, but Caesar's entourage, the Maybach parked outside, and a row of Mercedes-Benz cars had also all vanished.

He knew Caesar; Caesar would never leave alone without informing him. He even thought he had traveled through time again, but no mission information appeared in his mind or on his retina.

Lu Mingfei didn't understand what was going on, but being careful was never a bad thing. With a thought, the Spear of Vengeance instantly appeared in his hand.

This gun is completely bound to him; only he can use it, and it can instantly appear beside him whenever he needs it.

And so, Lu Mingfei carefully walked out of the villa with his revolver. The once sunny sky outside had now become dark.

Just then, Lu Mingfei heard a woman scream from the villa across the street. It was Su Xiaoqiang's voice. Lu Mingfei immediately rushed towards that villa.

After seeing Lu Mingfei and the blond foreigner enter the villa across the street, Su Xiaoqiang returned to her room.

Her mind was a complete mess; she couldn't understand how Lu Mingfei had gotten involved with a tall, handsome, and rich blond foreigner, and how he could just casually give away a villa.

A distant relative? Impossible. If the Lu family had such a relative, Lu Mingfei wouldn't have acted that way before. A savior? That's even more far-fetched—could it be—

An outrageous thought popped into her head that sent chills down her spine. She quickly shook her head and shook the absurd idea out of her mind.

"Impossible, impossible—it absolutely can't be that kind of relationship! Even if—even if foreigners have unique tastes, it shouldn't be—" she muttered to herself, denying it, but the strange feeling and curiosity in her heart grew stronger and stronger.

So what exactly happened?

While Su Xiaoqiang's mind was still in turmoil, there was a knock on her door.

"Aunt Liu, I told you I'm not hungry right now, please don't bother me." Su Xiaoqiang called out towards the door, somewhat annoyed, thinking it was the housekeeper coming to ask about lunch, but the knocking didn't stop.

Su Xiaoqiang's nerves suddenly tightened. Something was wrong. Aunt Liu never knocked on the door like this. Moreover, she remembered very clearly that Aunt Liu had said she was going to the supermarket to buy groceries half an hour ago, so she shouldn't be home at this time.

A strange chill suddenly crept up my spine.

She picked up her phone from the bedside table to check the time or call her parents, but found the screen was completely black and no matter how she pressed the buttons, nothing happened.

Even more strangely, the bright sunlight outside the window had somehow turned as dim as dusk.

The knocking continued, one after another—

"Who—who's outside?" Su Xiaoqiang's voice trembled slightly. She slowly got off the bed, enduring the pain in her left arm, and picked up a heavy glass vase from the bedside table.

There was no answer from outside the door, only the continuous knocking.

Su Xiaoqiang's heart pounded wildly, and fear began to spread in her heart. Her home was in a high-end villa area with excellent security, so how could this be— She slowly moved to the door, trying to see if she could see what was happening outside through the crack in the door.

Suddenly, a strange hand covered in fine, black scales, with pale, sharp bone claws extending from its fingertips, pierced through the thick solid wood door without warning. "Ah!" Su Xiaoqiang cried out in alarm and staggered backward.

The claw snapped back, leaving a hole. Then, a pale face covered in scales and with golden vertical pupils, filled with naked hunger and madness, appeared before Su Xiaoqiang.

"Meat—it's been so long—I haven't eaten meat—" the strange guy muttered to himself as he looked at Su Xiaoqiang.

Not human! Definitely not human!

The thought instantly filled Su Xiaoqiang's mind. She was so frightened that she sat down on the ground, the vase in her hand fell to the ground and shattered, and she let out a terrified scream.

"ah!!!"

The monster seemed to be stimulated by the sound, letting out an excited roar. Its scaly face was pressed against the broken doorway, its golden vertical pupils fixed on Su Xiaoqiang, who was slumped on the ground, and saliva dripped from its fangs.

"Meat—fresh meat—"

It began ramming its body against the door, and the wooden door, already fragile due to the holes in its claws, began to shatter completely.

Su Xiaoqiang's face turned deathly pale. The immense fear made her almost unable to move. She began to back away with difficulty, but soon crashed into the wall.

Just as the monster was about to charge, a loud gunshot rang out.

A bloody hole burst open between the monster's eyebrows, and thick, dark red blood mixed with some tissue splattered out. Its movements froze, and the madness in its golden vertical pupils quickly dimmed.

Immediately afterwards, the second and third shots rang out in succession, and the monster's head was completely blown off, its mangled body crashing to the ground.

Su Xiaoqiang stared blankly out the door, the smell of gunpowder filling the air, mixed with the stench of monster blood.

A figure appeared at the doorway.

It is Lu Mingfei.

He held a strangely shaped silver revolver, with wisps of smoke rising from its muzzle. He wore a brand-new dark gray cashmere sweater and black trousers, but his clothes were now inevitably splattered with a few drops of black blood.

His expression was calm, even somewhat cold. His sharp eyes scanned the fallen monster's corpse, and only after confirming that it was completely dead did he turn his gaze to Su Xiaoqiang, who was slumped on the ground, and ask a question.

"Are you alright?"

Su Xiaoqiang opened her mouth, but no sound came out. She looked at Lu Mingfei, then at the inhuman corpse on the ground, her mind blank.

What are all these?

Why is Lu Mingfei here? Why does he have a gun? How could he kill that monster so calmly?

Countless questions exploded in her mind, but in the end, only tears flowed uncontrollably.

Fear, lingering fear, shock—all these emotions mingled together, causing her to tremble all over.

Lu Mingfei frowned, stepped forward, squatted down to check Su Xiaoqiang's left arm, which was in a sling. After confirming that she had not been injured again from the fall, he reached out and helped her up.

"Can we walk?" Lu Mingfei asked again.

Su Xiaoqiang nodded reluctantly, but her legs were still weak. Lu Mingfei didn't say anything, but simply put one of her arms on his shoulder and half-carried her out of the room.

The interior of the villa has been completely changed.

The once luxurious and bright decor was now covered with a layer of gray and decay, as if no one had lived there for years. The lighting was dim and unstable, and strange stains and cracks had appeared on the walls. The air was filled with dust and the smell of decay.

"How did my house become like this?" Su Xiaoqiang asked, trembling.

"I don't know," Lu Mingfei replied. He truly didn't know what had happened, or why Deadpool was here.

Nuonuo's red Ferrari was stuck in the middle of the road in downtown Binhai. She honked the horn frantically, trying to get the cars in front of her to move faster.

"Damn it! We've reached the final step! Why are there still so many obstacles blocking our way!" Nono said through gritted teeth while honking the horn. She wished she could just smash all the cars in front of her.

But it was the midday rush hour, and the wide eight-lane road had turned into a huge parking lot.

The traffic was so dense that it was impossible to move an inch. Nono honked the horn more than a dozen times, but the traffic in front of her remained completely still.

"Susie, is there another way?" Nono tapped the steering wheel anxiously.

Susie checked the car's navigation system and said, "All the main roads are showing severe congestion; it will take at least ten minutes to clear them."

Nono's heart sank lower and lower. Ten minutes, just ten more minutes and Lu Mingfei would be nowhere to be seen. "I can't wait any longer." Nono slammed the steering wheel, and the red Ferrari screeched as it squeezed through the gap between the two cars and onto the adjacent non-motorized vehicle lane.

"Nono!" Susie exclaimed.

"Hurry up!" Nuonuo floored the accelerator, and the Ferrari sped like a red cheetah on the non-motorized vehicle lane, drawing gasps and curses. She completely ignored traffic rules, with only one goal in mind: to get to Lu Mingfei's side as quickly as possible.

But the world began to change in the next second. The traffic jam ahead disappeared, and the loud and jarring sounds of horns, engines, and shouts were wiped away as if by an invisible hand.

The wide eight-lane asphalt road was deserted, with only their red Ferrari parked alone in the middle of the road.

The skyscrapers on both sides, which were bright and shiny just minutes before, with their glass curtain walls reflecting the sunlight, are now covered with dark green vine-like stains, with shattered glass and rusted window frames, as if they had been abandoned for decades.

The sky was no longer azure, but a leaden gray close to dusk.

Nono slammed on the brakes, and the Ferrari slid a short distance on the empty road before coming to a stop. She and Susie stared in astonishment at the unbelievable sight outside the window.

"What on earth is going on?" Susie asked in disbelief.

Nuonuo pushed open the car door and got out. Her high heels made a slight crunching sound on the dusty and debris-covered road. She looked around and saw that the once bustling city center of the coastal city had now become a huge and dilapidated ruin with no one around.

"It's not an illusion." Nono squatted down and picked up a bit of dust from the road with her fingers; the texture felt real.

Soon, several unsteady figures emerged from the shadows. When they saw them, Nono and Susie shouted in unison.

Deadpool!!!

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