Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Doesn’t Want to Become a Night City Legend

Chapter 326 Revealing the truth
Lu Mingfei knew that there was something fishy about his identity, or rather, that he was most likely not a normal person.

After all, Zero's true identity is still unknown.

Lu Mingfei's own death almost inevitably meant the rampage of that seemingly invincible little devil.

In this era, what triggered the 'massive chaos and rampage' was the unprecedented cyber war between Barthes and the company, which led to the birth of the 'Black Wall'.

Based on his previous investigation and reasoning, Lu Mingfei believes that it was the corporate alliance that pulled the trigger to 'destroy the network world,' while Bartmouth was merely acting as a resistance force attacking the company from outside the Black Wall.

However, this leads to a problem.

Rabies virus

That internet virus that claimed to destroy the world.

Its creator is undoubtedly Barthes, but just as a chef needs ingredients to make a dish, a virus that can directly destroy the world must also have its own "raw materials".

And yet it is already known.

So-called cyber hacking was already achievable in Lu Mingfei's era. In fact, the principles of hacking could be described using the concept of 'spiritual elements,' and perhaps even the very concept of the 'network' invented by humankind is related to the 'spiritual' power wielded by the White King—the fifth element of the world.
And Barthes exclaimed in surprise when Lu Mingfei entered the Black Wall world.

What are you doing there?!?!

After entering the Black Wall, Lu Mingfei entered a cyberspace containing his memories, and even lost some of them. He was able to escape with the help of Bartmouth and Chu Zihang.

But the question is, why is it my own memory?
Where is "there"?

Perhaps it wasn't an area that was easily set up like the secret realms in fantasy novels, where memories would be automatically triggered as soon as someone entered. After all, that world didn't seem to be something that had been created temporarily; it seemed to have always existed there.

Correct.

Perhaps "that place" isn't an illusion, but rather the literal meaning of "the area where Lu Mingfei's memories reside."

Since memory and mental elements are essentially similar, and the destroyed cyberspace is a collection of mental elements, it is not difficult to conclude that Lu Mingfei himself is outside the Black Wall.

And that place is most likely the place where 'Lu Mingfei' is sleeping.

Or
The entire area outside the Black Wall is filled with Lu Mingfei's spiritual elements; the rabies virus is a world-destroying weapon created based on his design.

Because it was influenced by Lu Mingfei himself, or rather Lu Mingze, and Zero's enormous spiritual element, it became a demonic realm that was absolutely forbidden to enter, a realm that even Bartholomew dared not act recklessly in.

Lu Mingfei, however, entered that demonic realm on his own, thus becoming the only person to venture deep into the world beyond the Black Wall and then return on his own.

So far, everything makes sense.

But it also makes one want to keep asking questions.

【so what】

This is an independent world where Lu Mingfei is either dead or in a deep sleep. His rampaging mental elements were used by Bartmouth to create "Outside the Black Wall".

Is Lu Mingfei now more like a "android" with his own consciousness?
But why does this happen?

Why did Caesar prepare a clone of Lu Mingfei? How did he summon Lu Mingfei's consciousness from the past to the present? And why did he do this?
"Don't rush. Didn't we already give you the answer?"

Caesar propped his chin on his hand, still maintaining his smile.

“Lu Mingfei—your life is like that of the protagonist in an adventure novel with a predetermined route. When you need to find a certain answer, the hints are often already prepared.”

For example--

"I think you've already been exposed to the [Doomsday Faction], right?"

Do you remember their background and their mission?

————【Doomsday Faction】

Lu Mingfei certainly remembered the organization his parents belonged to. Because they were certain that humanity could not defeat the dragons, they chose to cooperate with Odin, using Zero's body to create the Nibelungen to defend against the outside world.

At the time, Lu Mingfei thought that Nibelungen was their way of escaping the Dragon King, such as the resurrection of the Black King.

But looking back now—

Think about it carefully.

The Doomsday Faction was not afraid of the Dragon King. In fact, it could be said that the Divine Retribution was built with the help of these elite hybrids. They were even qualified to say that they could fight a direct war with Odin. They were undoubtedly the strongest fighting force in the world at that time. Lu Mingfei only 'escaped' the safe haven, rather than defeated him.

What these doomsday prophet groups fear is never Odin, but rather the Black King.

Although they didn't know the true nature of the Black King, that being seemed to surpass the imagination of the doomsday prophet class, so they chose to escape directly.

But—if they feared the Black King, why would they choose Nibelungen as a defensive structure?
With control over all elements, how could the Black King not capture these hybrids?

No.

wrong.

The name "safe haven" may not exist, but it misled Lu Mingfei, making him mistakenly believe that a safe haven was a permanent refuge.

But the truth is quite the opposite—the safe haven is just a temporary refuge!
Their real goal is [now].

The real refuge built by the school board, the investors behind the scenes, is the very building Lu Mingfei is standing on right now—the Crystal Palace!
The Dragon King is a creation of this planet, therefore he cannot break through the atmosphere to reach outer space, and even if he did, he would not be able to unleash his full power.

Lu Mingfei only realized this when he came up to the Crystal Palace.

Therefore, the "Shelter" is merely a temporary dwelling on this earth, a city that cannot be discovered by any other humans, and a place to use this time to frantically intensify technological competition and increase the level of monopoly.

Therefore, when Lu Mingze was taken away by Lu Mingfei, they did not mobilize all their forces—if Lu Mingze were the key to Nibelungen, they should have spared no expense, such as using [Divine Retribution] on a large scale to intercept Lu Mingfei.

It's not that I can't do it, it's that I don't intend to.

Because Lu Mingze is no longer relevant.

As long as Crystal Palace's technology is mature enough, they can escape to this absolutely safe building at any time.

The hidden doubts were resolved once again, but then Lu Mingfei realized that the previous questions had not been answered.

Why do so much work?

However, since the doomsday prophecy has been mentioned, the answer should be quite obvious.

"To stop the apocalypse?"

Lu Mingfei frowned.

But that's not right either. The entity that the doomsday faction fears is the 'Black King,' but in Cyberpunk 2077, this entity is not resurrected. Instead, the doomsday faction is ultimately corrupted by 'power' and completely becomes the 'Dragon' that enslaves humanity.

Could it be that Caesar transmitted Lu Mingfei's consciousness from the past to the present in order to overturn all of this?

That might make sense. But...
If that's the case, why hide it until now?
And most importantly—

"It's just that Caesar Gattuso wouldn't allow the world to become what it is now, given the grand theme of 'saving the world'."

"That guy is the type who can protect those around him while smiling and saving the world at the same time. Unfortunately, I've been influenced by him, so I'm pretty sure of that."

Lu Mingfei asked with a deep gaze.

"What are you thinking, Caesar?"

(End of this chapter)