Dragon Race: Lu Mingfei Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 359 The Holy Grail and the Holy Relics

Lu Mingfei spent nearly a day in Herzog's storage room studying his written materials.

In any field of research, researchers often discover new theories and achieve new breakthroughs based on the achievements of their predecessors; but Herzog seems to have unearthed the secrets of the dragon race with just his knowledge and strength as an ordinary person.

Even if he had a half-dead dragon to study in various aspects.

Herzog's understanding of the dragon race and his mastery of the genetic technology he has studied are so profound that the secret party that has controlled the dragon race's secrets for thousands of years turned into clowns overnight.

If Herzog was a normal person, with such knowledge and skills, Lu Mingfei would definitely welcome him to join the battle group; but he is a complete heretic who regards human life as a plaything.

The army of deadpools he cultivated and controlled was the most deadly biological weapon. Without heavy firepower, anyone facing this group of bloodthirsty demons would inevitably be slaughtered one-sidedly.

Moreover, Herzog has ambitions that are unimaginable to ordinary people——

Ascend the throne and become the new god.

The so-called new god is the new Dragon King.

In the research logs, diaries, and record archives he wrote, all the knowledge and research were the foundation and preparation for his ascension to the throne as the "new god."

Ordinary humans and hybrids, hybrids and pure-blooded dragons, pure-blooded dragons and dragon kings... In alchemy theory, the gaps between these three boundaries are more fantastic and insurmountable than the last, just like there are countless human worlds between heaven and earth;
It is hard to imagine that an ordinary human being wants to use science to overcome this impossible chasm and become a new Dragon King.

Although this sounds quite inspiring, no one can afford the consequences of Herzog really evolving into a dragon king.

Especially since his target was the White King, the Ultimate Dragon King who was second only to the Black King, and whose situation was also the most special; the Chief Alchemist Sergeant dug out the historical data of the dragon clan about the fate of the White King from the "Great Library":
After the White King's rebellion came to an end, the furious Black King nailed it to a copper pillar that reached the sky and threw it into the deep sea. He used the elemental power of the entire planet to command the ocean currents from the two poles to change direction and converge into that sea area, turning that sea into an extremely cold prison of ice, setting up a 'place of execution' for the White King.

The Black King showed everyone the fate of traitors. When the royal families occupying the Eurasian continent looked to the north, they would see the towering copper pillar rising from the ice sea. Ink-black clouds always shrouded the place, and the roaring blizzards continued to reinforce the ice cage.

After six epochs of freezing, the White King's power was exhausted, so the Black King sank the White King and the copper pillar into the volcano and turned them into ashes. He then devoured the ashes and took back the great power he had once bestowed on the White King. After thinking that he had completely wiped out the White King and its bloodline, the Black King began to go crazy because of the strange emotions of dragons. He rushed up to the sky in pain and then crashed into the seabed to vent his sorrow...

When the story got to this point, Old Tang couldn't hold it in anymore, and he commented with a smile, "This Black King is just ignorant. Fortunately, Captain Lu is not like that, otherwise I would be in trouble." He showed no respect for the Bloodline Ancestor at all...

But what is certain is that during the six frozen epochs, some humans sneaked into the place of execution, reached a contract with the frozen White King, and took the opportunity of its revival away from there.

But now the White King is dead, and his dragon bone cross is kept in the City of Miracles where the Emperor's will comes. No villain dares to steal it... What else can the heretic Herzog do?
"Ascend to the Devil"? Impossible, the Lord of Change has not noticed this world at all, and the remaining remnant soul of the Lord of Change cannot support it to complete such a ritual.

As more information was sent to him, Lu Mingfei continued to spend time reading it, digging out the secrets behind the heretics, speculating on the heretics' current plans... and preparing a plan to wipe out the heretics and alien demons at once.

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"The Tokyo Meteorological Agency has issued a heavy rain warning. The rainfall in the Tokyo area will intensify tonight. The rainfall in some areas is expected to reach 100 mm per hour. The rainfall may continue to intensify in the next few days. Please reduce going out. At the same time, the Tokyo heavy rain and tidal disaster prevention plan has been launched..."

On the 14-inch color TV in the ramen shop cart, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government's spokesperson had a serious expression on his face.

The heavy rain hit the shed with crackling sounds. In this kind of weather, hardly anyone would come out to eat a bowl of ramen, so the old man behind the stall had nothing better to do and was busy wiping the tables and chairs that were wet by the wind and rain.

Suddenly, two sword-like lights pierced through the darkness of the street. A black Maybach appeared at the end of the long street, cutting through the accumulated water and driving slowly, and finally quietly stopped by the roadside.

The car door opened, and a pair of high-end custom-made leather shoes stepped in the rain without any concern. An old man got out of the car, wearing a custom-made black suit and a rose-red bow tie. He didn't look like someone who would go to a ramen truck to eat ramen late at night.

"We're closed today." The ramen chef turned off the colorful lights surrounding the sign and said without looking up.

"I'm not going to pay, so you're not open for business." Ange smiled happily and sat down on the chair.

"Ange, you are always such a bastard!" The ramen chef stamped his feet in anger, "And didn't you come here the night before last? Before you left, didn't you say 'goodbye' to each other solemnly like in an art film? Don't tell me that you came here just because my ramen is delicious!"

"Bingo!" Ange snapped his fingers. "The ramen is cooked by the Emperor himself. Eat one less bowl. A bowl of bone broth ramen with a boiled egg, thank you."

"I'm not your personal cook!"

Although Uesugi Yue cursed, he had no choice but to throw himself into the soup pot.

No one could have imagined that this old man with his white hair combed into a part and a black towel tied on his forehead, who looked like he had been dealing with ramen all his life, would be the supreme being who once controlled the Eight Snake Clans, the only and most powerful "Emperor".

"I can't help it. The heads of the eight Sheqi families are all very busy right now. If it weren't for this, I would be in the most luxurious club in Ahe now, with all kinds of idol-like beauties lighting cigarettes and pouring wine for me... So an old man like me can only drink cheap wine with you, the outdated supreme being."

Ange shrugged his shoulders, filled the small cup with sake and drank it cup by cup.

"It's none of my business. I told you very clearly the day before yesterday that I have nothing to do with the Sheqi Eight Clan now."

"Then the White King... must be related to you." Angé said dimly.

Uesugi Yue raised his head, and the white smoke from the soup pot could not cover his sharp eyes: "I have already said... the 'Emperor' was completely extinct in 1945."

"Don't be so angry. I just came to ask you to help answer some questions," Ange said. "I have known for a long time that you are descendants of the White King, but I have never asked you for the secrets of the White King's bloodline. First of all, it is useless to ask you. On the surface, you have surrendered to the secret party, but in your heart you don't really regard us as fellow travelers. Secondly, the secrets of the White King's bloodline are in your hands, and you will not abuse them. Although you are engaged in underworld business, you are still the guardians of order, not destroyers..."

"In the end, you can slowly find out the secrets of the White King's descendants. You have allowed the Japanese branch to be autonomous over the years, in fact, to let them relax their vigilance." Uesugi Yue snorted coldly, "You are a staff officer in the US Navy, and intelligence is your forte!"

"But now the White King is dead."

"He's locking me up...wait, what did you say?" Uesugi Yue suddenly didn't react and was stunned.

"The White King is dead. I have personally seen the dragon bone cross he left behind after his death. It is the most beautiful and greatest work of art in the world ever." Angé said lightly.

"He's dead? How is that possible! Such a great being..." Uesugi Echi realized belatedly, "The elemental turbulence half a year ago, and the collapse of the Night Food Field... were you responsible?"

"What is the Night Food? I don't know." Angers calmly drank a sip of sake. "I have visited the dragon bones, but I did not participate in killing the White King. The one who killed Him was my student... Well, he is indeed my student. I am semi-retired now."

"Wait wait... You said your student killed the White King..." Uesugi Yue looked doubtful, "That was the fucking White King! The strongest Dragon King second only to the Black King! To be able to kill that kind of guy, which Ultraman from the Heisei Generation did you take in as your student!?"

"Great. But I don't know the details. If you want to ask, you can ask him in person. The noodles are cooked, scoop them up quickly." Angé urged.

Uesugi Yue silently scooped out the ramen and put it in a bowl. Then he poured the steaming hot bone broth on it, put two thick slices of barbecued pork on it, added two cut marinated eggs and seaweed, and then held it in front of Ange with both hands:
"To celebrate the death of the White King, I'll give you double the barbecued pork and braised eggs."

"Are you so sure it's dead? Isn't there a possibility of resurrection?" Ange took a bite of barbecued pork, "The current head of the Sheqi Eight Clan is an imposter, but he is also a crazy and ambitious man. The day I came to eat noodles, he was caught by my students and beaten into a pulp."

"Tsk. These juniors are talking nonsense." Uesugi Yue sneered disdainfully, "And what's the meaning of your first question?"

"It means exactly what it says. My Ultraman student thinks that thanks to that fake master, things here are not over yet," Ange said. "The students are busy, and I, as a teacher, can't just sit around and do nothing, so I came out to help collect some information."

“I retired over sixty years ago!”

"But before you retired, you burned down the precious historical collection of the Sheqi Eight Clan. I had no choice but to come to you. You should answer my question first."

Uesugi Yue was silent for a long time, and finally walked around the car and sat down next to Angers, and poured himself a small glass of sake: "To be honest, I don't know either."

"What kind of answer is that?"

"I really don't know. Since you claim to have seen his dragon bones, then theoretically he is indeed dead."

"In theory? What if it's not theoretically speaking?"

"Then maybe he is not dead yet. After all, his elemental authority is a unique 'spirit'. The death of the body does not mean the destruction of the spirit." Uesugi Yue drank two glasses of sake, sighed, and recounted the origin of the Snake Eight Clan:
"In the Imperial Chronicles passed down in the family, when the White Emperor was imprisoned by the Black Emperor in the place of execution, a human sneaked in, made a contract with the White Emperor, and obtained the Holy Child. This is a code word, referring to the 'bones and blood' of the White Emperor. That human thus became the father of the Snake Eight Clan, and the White King is like the mother of the Snake Eight Clan, so we call the White King 'she', but she may not really be female, she contaminated humans with dragon blood."

"The Holy Child is divided into two parts: the Holy Grail and the Holy Remains. The Holy Grail refers to the blood of the White King, and the Holy Remains refer to her bones bestowed by the White King on mankind. The Holy Grail spread with the reproduction of the bloodline of the Eight Snake Clan, while the Holy Remains, which needed blood and flesh to nourish the White King in order to be revived, were sealed in the 'Well of Remains'. Later, the Eight Snake Clan used this well as a foundation to build a shadow kingdom called 'Night Food Field' - they were equivalent to betraying the White King."

"Then how did a piece of his bone turn into 'Eight-Headed Ghidorah' when you didn't feed him? I watched the precious video of the resurrection of that thing in Snake Eight Family. To be honest, if that thing really gets out, you'd better pray that there are really giant leather-suited men and robots running out of Japan to save you."

"Then we have to talk about the first catastrophe of the Snake Eight Clan," Uesugi Yue sighed, "I think you should have heard of the Japanese myth. The father of the gods is named Izanagi, and the mother of the gods is named Izanami. Izanami is the name of the Holy Remains. In the myth passed down by the family, Izanami is a god who hates humans. She is imprisoned on the other side of Yomi Hirasaka. If she returns to the world, she will transform into the Eight-Headed Snake and devour the entire world; and the three high priests are responsible for suppressing her. Their titles are Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo. This title is passed down from generation to generation. In short, only these three people in each generation can touch the Holy Remains."

"But Susanoo, one of the three great priests, was bewitched by the power of the Holy Corpse, and released it from the 'Well of Corpse Storage' and merged with it. Fortunately, Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi failed to complete the ritual and interrupted it in time. The Holy Corpse and part of Susanoo's flesh and blood were re-sealed. But even so, Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi could not kill Susanoo, who had obtained part of the power of the White King. In the end, they could only sink him and the ancient city called 'Takamagahara' into the Pacific Ocean. Although Japan greatly delayed its fate of sinking, only a few of the strongest bloodlines survived. Their bloodlines gradually degenerated and eventually became the current White King bloodlines."

"I feel it would be safer to sink the Sacred Remains into the Pacific Ocean together with the Susanoo," commented Angé.

"But once these two things are integrated, it will be Japan that sinks into the Pacific Ocean! Don't talk without any hesitation!" Uesugi Yue cursed.

"Okay, I'm sorry. Please continue."

"Because of the degeneration of their bloodline, the hybrids that lost their 'spiritual' stability and whose bloodline exceeded the critical blood limit had a tendency to degenerate. These people were called 'ghosts'. Later, they escaped and formed an organization called 'Fierce Ghosts', which aimed to fight against the Eight Snake Families and find a way to evolve into pure-blooded dragons. Along with the degeneration of their bloodline, there was also the loss of history. The 'ghosts' who did not escape and were firmly controlled, or who were caught, were all exiled to the Night Food Plain, which they considered to be a 'place of exile'... However, the Eight Snake Families rediscovered this part of history hundreds of years ago and stopped this behavior."

"Oh, so it was you who fed the White King."

"...But didn't your students kill Him? Even Night Food Hara was blown up." Uesugi Yue said, "But as I said, the elemental authority of the White Emperor is a unique 'spirit'. The death of the body does not mean the destruction of the spirit."

"So... the 'Holy Grail' that has merged with a part of the Holy Relics, namely Susanoo, is a dangerous factor that may cause the White King to be resurrected again?"

"In theory, that's true. But now the Holy Grail has sunk to the deepest part of the Japan Trench along with Takamagahara."

"...Then I have some very bad news to tell you." Angers scowled and took out a photo from his chest pocket and placed it in front of Uesugi Yue. It was a nuclear-powered icebreaker, the Lenin. "Almost twenty years ago, someone deliberately rammed an icebreaker carrying an ancient dragon embryo, probably hoping to awaken your Susanoo through a blood sacrifice."

Uesugi Yue's face turned pale as he looked at the photo.

"But don't worry, my extremely strong student will help us handle everything." Angé laughed, patting Uesugi Yue's shoulder. "Eva, please compile a record of what Uesugi's parents said just now and send it to Captain Mingfei."

"Okay, Principal."

Uesugi Yue looked around blankly, but couldn't find the person who made the clear female voice.

"Stop looking around, and bring me three more bowls of bone broth ramen, double the barbecued pork, and the marinated egg."

"Ange, are you a pig? And our relationship is not so good that I can treat you to four bowls of ramen for free!" Uesugi Yue broke away from the solemnity of recounting the ancient history of his family and turned back into the ramen chef.

"You're not treating me to a meal, you're treating the other guests who came here with me," Ange said with a smile, "I hope you can control your emotions in a while."

Uesugi Yue's life experience can be found in "The Tide of the Three Black Moons of the Dragon Clan (Part 2) Chapter 11: The Last Emperor & The Last KGB". (Writing it all out would be suspicious of watering down the word count and there may be risks)

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