Lu Mingfei is transforming into the final boss.

Chapter 120 Not Playing with Old Women

Although Xia Mi seemed eager to learn, these things can't be rushed.

Even though she can't die right now, Lu Mingfei doesn't want to see her two observation samples suddenly merge and evolve; that would be a real headache. The current situation is just fine.

"I see. It's similar to Word Magic. Word Magic manipulates phenomena through Dragon Runes, while Magic is a technique that manipulates the world itself through information and the world itself as a medium." Xia Mi took a big gulp of milk tea and looked at Lu Mingfei's notes.

"Information" was a word she randomly picked on the spot; it didn't have any special meaning or refer to anything.

However, at least in this dialogue, it means human civilization and all the cultural products it has produced, including myths, legends, folklore, mystery, and religion.

Although she was the weakest of the eight monarchs, she also possessed the highest wisdom and comprehension among them. The price was that she took away almost all of her brother's wisdom, turning him into a mentally challenged dragon.

These were things that Lu Mingfei had compiled. Xia Mi could understand them in a little time. After all, she was different from humans and hybrids. As one of the monarchs, Xia Mi was very sensitive to things like elements and writing. With Lu Mingfei's deliberate guidance, she understood them almost immediately.

"Absolutely a masterpiece! Oh, sorry, I almost forgot you were one."

Just as the dragon race still doesn't understand why their writing possesses the power to manipulate phenomena, some say it's authority, the inherent law governing the world, but this can't be proven at all.

It can only be simply listed as a creation of the gods, an incomprehensible black box containing great wisdom.

The distinction between creator and created is drawn so simply that it exceeds the comprehension of the created.

Xia Mi took a bite of the straw; the cup contained an extra-sweet, handmade milk tea delivered by a food delivery service.

"Looks like the lazy genius type." Mai Shutoku whispered to Zero, though they were allowed to listen in, they couldn't understand what she was saying.

"What do you mean?" Ling asked without turning his head.

"Extremely intelligent people, yet so lazy they don't want to do anything, will try their best to do certain things just to avoid being lazy," Mai Shutoku said calmly. "They're the same kind of people as the Queen."

"Yes, I also think that the principles of magic are too easy for Lord to understand." Lu Mingfei twirled a mechanical pencil in her hand.

"Understanding and being able to apply are two different things!" Xia Mi retorted immediately. "That's the downside of genius thinking—believing that others can do the same things as you, but that's impossible."

Even she only grasped the basic principles of this new technology under Lu Mingfei's hands-on instruction. If we were to find an analogy, it would probably be like having just learned the multiplication table in mathematics.

Unlike mathematics, which can be simply calculated and reasoned out—where a mistake in calculation is a mistake in calculation—magic can truly backfire if the variables are wrong or the input method is incorrect. Just like chemistry, if you don't respect it, it won't work either.

I respect you, but I'm ruthless and decisive; when the time comes, I'll kill you without hesitation.

For example, Xia Mi is very concerned that the operation of magic at this stage relies on the magic power extracted from the user's life force. If a threshold is not added, it is also a problem whether all the life force will be drained into magic power.

This is very important because the concept of magic is both old and new, both familiar and unfamiliar. The indefinable boundaries can become a cause of death. Because it is familiar, you will subconsciously use familiar thinking to understand and use it, but it is also unfamiliar. Using old thinking to touch it is obviously suicidal.

"—Genius thinking, but I don't think I'm a genius," Lu Mingfei said calmly. This thing wasn't something she created out of thin air; she simply used her power and influence to localize it, making it more in line with the operating logic of this world.

"Okay, okay, no, no." Xia Mi, holding her milk tea, flopped down on the sofa. "Whatever you say. So, you're planning to promote this to the whole world."

"That's my current thought." Lu Mingfei nodded calmly.

She is never ashamed to share her thoughts. There is no one in this world who can stop her. She holds the entire universe in her hands. Even if someone knows what she wants to do, what can they do?

She'll answer any question you ask; that's just the kind of woman she is.

"Then you must be a very kind and benevolent mother." Xia Mi shrugged. "Anyway, it's no use what I say, so I'm more curious why you consider dragons to be a usable race."

In this era, pure-blooded dragons are few and far between. Dragons and humans are similar; strong and weak individuals are not like a species at all. Take the four monarchs as an example; they can even reincarnate through cocoons, and the Black Emperor is an immortal god.

"There's no complicated reason, Xia Mi, I just wanted to do it," Lu Mingfei said with a smile. "If they can learn it on their own, it proves they have the perseverance to keep striving for survival, and that's commendable."

Xia Mi — Jormungandr knew very well that the dragon race was an outcast race, a race that had sent itself to the outcast realm by killing the god who created them, allowing the surface of this planet to be occupied by humans, the later arrivals, and even their god had become one of the humans.

No—we can't think of it that way. In the end, too many humans have come and gone on the surface of this planet. One after another, ancient creatures have come and gone in countless cycles: Anomalocaris, Dunkleosteus, Allosaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Megalodon, and Paleoanthropus.

Ultimately, as times change, so do species.

But unlike other prehistoric creatures, the bond between dragons and humans was unprecedentedly deep, to the point that they were intertwined with each other.

"I understand. Anyway, I'll cooperate with you on this research."

"Um."

Lu Mingfei nodded slightly. "However, I'm going to Chicago in a couple of days."

"Oh—Chicago, isn't that where the Secret Party's Kassel College is located?" Xia Mi certainly knew these things. Her information was quite outdated, even a bit behind the times, but the Secret Party was still very well-known as the openly dominant mixed-race world power.

"Yes. By the way, would you like to come with me?"

"don't want."

Xia Mi refused outright.

She had already made plans for this summer vacation. Spending the summer vacation happily with her senior brother at the Children's Palace was much more interesting than running around with this old woman.

"it is good."

Lu Mingfei didn't seem to care and simply nodded.

"Have fun! The milk tea was delicious, which shop was it from?"

"I'll have Zero write down the address for you."