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

Chapter 87 Bronze City Operation (Four in One)

In the Kassel student dormitory building, many dormitories have become quiet. In Lu Mingfei's room, the window is open and the boy is sitting on an e-sports chair with his legs tucked up on his buttocks.

He tilted his head to look at the beautiful full moon outside the window. The moonlight was projected on the red tiles of the church spire, and the refreshing night breeze blew softly on his body.

The talk with the principal was over. When Lu Mingfei walked out of the bath, Caesar and Chu Zihang were unexpectedly waiting for him outside.

After the three of them said goodbye to each other, Lu Mingfei did not take a detour and went straight back to the dormitory.

He didn't know whether the principal and Chu Zihang had noticed anything unusual, but Lu Mingfei thought that his expression was definitely not good.

Because of the news he received from the principal, the shock remained in the boy's mind for a long time.

【Arasaka Group】

[This is the survival circle of the Arasaka Group who applied to join the secret party]

Yes
In this world, the Arasaka Group exists!

Is it confirmed that cyberpunk is the future of this world?
No, that's not right, don't jump to conclusions.

Even if Arasaka existed, the timing wouldn't match at all.

Lu Mingfei vaguely remembered that when he was looking up history, Arasaka's rise was earlier than the present time. It would be better to say that at this time, each company had already formed the embryonic form of its power.

Even if there is a butterfly effect, it doesn't work like this.

But even if it wasn’t the name Future Arasaka, Lu Mingfei would never have heard of it.

While Fingle was fast asleep, the young man fixed his slightly fluorescent golden eyes on the laptop in front of him.

call--------

The laptop immediately made an overloaded roar, and the fan suddenly started to blow out the dust to complete the heat dissipation task as much as possible. The page on the screen was also closed instantly, and replaced by a pop-up window that kept jumping.

"Norma, do me a favor."

[Dear Lu Mingfei, it's already 11pm. Staying up later than this will be considered staying up late. Do you want to go to bed?]

"Give me more."

【receive. 】

The gentle electronic female voice turned emotionally decisive.

Lu Mingfei's eyes flashed, and he suddenly entered Norma in an instant!

Intelligence database!

His thoughts raced at nearly the speed of light amidst the ocean of electrons, constantly retrieving key information and vocabulary, arranging them, and forming the intelligence related to Arasaka that he had investigated.

Emerging Companies

【The actual leader. Saburo Arasaka. 】

【But the difference is that the Arasaka Corporation here seems to have no descendants. 】

[It rose to prominence in the early 21st century, but its current scale is far smaller than that of later generations. It is considered a second-tier hybrid enterprise in Japan.]

Lu Mingfei glanced again at the hybrid organization, which was actually number one.

【Snake Qi Eight Families】

[An organization inextricably linked to Principal Ange has deep roots in all walks of life throughout Japan, practically ruling the country completely. If necessary, it can even mobilize a certain level of military force.]

[Although they believe they haven't discovered anything, and the regular Norma database won't show any relevant information, but considering that you, Lu Mingfei, are the principal's most beloved student, I am hereby unblocking your permissions.]

Although there's no concrete data to support this, the principal, through his research into dragon history, believes that over 90% of the mixed-bloods on the Japanese islands are of White King descent, and therefore, Japanese mixed-bloods generally possess superior potential.

Their inherent inferiority complex and madness allowed them to continuously expand their power. The principal believed they already had a considerable number of mixed-blood private soldiers.

The White King was a dragon king in the ancient times of the dragon clan. It is said that he was comparable to the original Black King Nidhoggr. He was also the first rebel in the history of the dragon clan.

The Black King and the White King are in opposition, and the Secret Party is the Black King's bloodline faction. Among the Black King's "descendants", there is an unwritten rule - any half-blood of the Black King's bloodline, even an S-level like Lu Mingfei, will not have more than 50% dragon blood.

After all, the S-level comparison is not based on the proportion of dragon blood, but other factors.

But in short, it is said that because the White King has mastered the spiritual element, her blood can help stabilize the dragon blood riots in the mixed-bloods, and can even help people break through the 50% dragon blood limit.

In short, hanging.

But without giving any extra introduction to this original Dragon King, Lu Mingfei was more concerned about the special word "Japanese hybrid".

If we say that Japanese mixed-race people are "special" compared to other mixed-race people,
This can indeed reasonably explain why in the cyberpunk world, the little Li Ben from that tiny country was able to create the world-class Arasaka Corporation and even compete for the top position.

Because they are special little dragons!
"Damn it, I'm completely confused!"

After a moment of silence, Lu Mingfei couldn't help scratching his ears and cheeks.

Why is it that Saburo Arasaka actually existed and was a hybrid – but he didn't rise to prominence as early as 'history'?
Is the cyberpunk world a different world or the future?
Are the ones who rule that world the dragons who defeated the hybrids and disguised themselves as dragons, or the hybrids who defeated the dragons and transformed themselves into dragons—or are they the pure humans who completely control even those hybrids?!

I don’t understand, I don’t understand, I don’t understand!!!
Once again emphasized.

Lu Mingfei is not a think tank.

His cleverness can't help him get to the truth of the problem.

At this point, there was only one thing he could do, and that was -

"Now that things have come to this, let's go to the number first."

He calmly opened StarCraft
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Is this the reason why you will spend less time online in the future?

"Ah."

[Do you still have me in your heart? Do you still have this family? ]

Talking to his e-sports friend through the headset, Lu Mingfei adjusted the sensitivity of his mouse.

"I'm sorry, but it's not my fault that I had a strict mentor."

You're right, but StarCraft is a... Ugh, I feel really bad for you, man.

The person opposite was Lao Tang, Lu Mingfei's best friend before he went to Night City - of course, because of this, they had been in touch since Lu Mingfei came to the United States.

Originally, Old Tang wanted to come to Chicago to play with him, but Lu Mingfei had to decline because of Angers' extra training. The two of them often played StarCraft at night, but most of the time Lu Mingfei would impose some restrictions on himself, such as tying a 25kg dumbbell on his arm, otherwise the game would not be "fair".

Although Lu Mingfei's gaming time has been reduced since the training program began, he still wants to squeeze out time to play.
Because Old Tang is very important to him.

Hey, not gay!

What he meant was that Old Tang was the only person who had shown undisguised kindness to him before he 'traveled'.

Of course Lu Mingfei remembered this incident, so apart from wanting to play games, he also wanted to warn Old Tang because he had recently come into contact with the mysterious side of hybrids.

For example, don’t travel to the Three Gorges.

【But it’s just right.】

Just at this moment, there came the sound of Old Tang rummaging through a bag of snacks, and the bearded uncle grunting like a pig.

[Brother, I recently took on a job, so I might not have time to play games these days. I'm letting you know.]

Huh? (alert)
"Old Tang, are you going on another mission?"

Entering the game's loading interface, Lu Mingfei asked questions tentatively.

In the boy's mind, information about his friend Lao Tang gradually emerged.

Ronald Tang, a cool name, feels like he borrowed the name from a character in an American sitcom he watched on TV when he was a child.

In fact it is.

In Old Tang's words, he is an orphan who doesn't know where his hometown is.

I have been alone since I can remember, living my life in a daze, and before I knew it, I found a job.

The specific content of the job is unknown. Old Tang always brags that it is dangerous and mysterious, but when Lu Mingfei becomes worried about him and starts to show concern and ask about him, he starts to hesitate and say that it is actually very safe.

Although it sounds mysterious, for network hackers, this kind of riddle-making behavior needs to be punished by crackdown.

Between the two options of 'don't reveal your friend's privacy' and 'ensure Lao Tang's safety', Lu Mingfei chose the latter.

Hey! I didn't check the chat history or search history! This is the bottom line as a brother!

In short, Lu Mingfei followed the clues and found a place called [Hunter Website].

Although he thought it was most likely a copy of an anime, Lu Mingfei turned a blind eye to it. After browsing around a few more times, he found that it was just one of those so-called dark web mercenary websites.

I'm familiar with this!
Lu Mingfei casually registered an account with the number [L] for himself and began to browse Lao Tang's mercenary missions. He found that they were all places in the Kassel Executive Bureau that were rated as "suspected of having dragon historical relics."

Such places are almost harmless, but people without dragon blood will feel creepy if they go there, and sometimes they will even anger the living spirits inside.

Old Tang said that he was righteous and not afraid of ghosts, but Lu Mingfei thought that he might have a high proportion of dragon blood.

——You’ll know when we meet someday.

A drop of water is repaid with a spring. Lu Mingfei even started to think of using his S-level authority to get a non-staff position in Cassel for Old Tang, a wild hybrid. He could just be a civil servant and do nothing every day, then settle down to make money and get married.

And this time the mission is good, and it has nothing to do with the Three Gorges.

Lu Mingfei felt relieved.
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Time accelerates again

Lu Mingfei only had three months to stay in this world, and the adjustment period with Chu Zihang and Caesar alone took two months.

During this period, although Lu Mingfei received a lot of information, nothing could directly help "him the cyberpunk".

But the harvest is definitely rich.

Facing a monster like Ange and undergoing intensive training under his guidance for two months, not to mention Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang and Caesar have all undergone tremendous changes.

And two months later——

Late at night, upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

The tugboat "Moniah" trembled in the storm.

This was a rare rainstorm in autumn. The rain was pouring down and the wind speed reached level five. Other ships had to dock to avoid the wind. On the restless water, only the xenon lights of the Moniach were flashing in the rain.

Professor Mans Rundstedt, Nono's mentor and the captain of the ship.

The man stood at the window of the cab. Drops of rain slammed against the front window, then exploded. The wind howled, the boat rocked. Mans stood steadily, smoking a cigar, just like Lu Mingfei's stereotype of Cassel: the worse the environment, the more pretentious he had to be.

The front cabin of the cockpit was very quiet. The well-trained executors looked at the data on the panel and reported the situation.

"Final confirmation of Commissioner Caesar completed."

"Commissioner Chu Zihang's is also complete."

"Our S-rank, I mean, Specialist Lu Mingfei, is done!"

In front of the cockpit, a huge electronic screen displays dense data, but the overlapping windows are actually monitored by different specialists. Only Professor Mans, the captain, needs to take charge of the overall situation and plan everything. Although this is a feat that is difficult to achieve with human power, Norma will find a way to assist him.

At this moment, Mans looked down at the lower right corner of the screen. In the heart rate monitoring window, three green dots of light indicated that the three young and strong hearts were still beating normally.

The three green spots of light will then dive into deep water.

They must be more nervous than any of us.

Deck

"Did anyone say our operation would be carried out in a rainstorm?!"

Caesar complained loudly about the weather on the shaking plywood, and then lifted his golden hair up with one hand. Because the hair was long and thin, it was combed back close to his scalp, revealing his smooth face. This made Caesar, who was already full of imperial spirit, look more unrestrained like a wandering artist.

"This is a sudden downpour that Norma's weather model didn't predict!"

In this kind of weather, even the deadpan comedian Chu Zihang had to shout at the top of his lungs, "It could also be because there are too many hybrids gathered here. The Dragon King can sense their bloodline, so he'll naturally react."

"Fuck (Italian swear word)!" Caesar cursed, "Chu Zihang! Who told you to say such unlucky words at a time like this!"

Caesar quickly turned to his more 'reliable' teammate for this operation.

"Lu Mingfei, what are you doing again!"

“Thump, thump, thump!~~~”

Dark clouds obscured the moonlight, but the cold white light cast by the behemoth Moniah was still dazzling. It outlined the boy's unexpectedly strong body, and the composite light became hazy and distorted among the chaotic water droplets.

Lu Mingfei seemed to be holding something, with his legs apart, doing a "lung stance", holding his head high and chest out, looking extremely excited, cheering in the storm.

In fact, he didn't do anything, he was just imitating a rock star playing guitar in a rainstorm.

He was not nervous, but mercenary L always had the habit of listening to some rock music before starting a mission. In Night City, he usually listened to Johnny Silverhand's "Intubation", but unfortunately there was no such music in this world, so Lu Mingfei tried to play it himself.

“Thump~thump~thump!!”

"Stop singing!"

"Eeeeeeeeeee!!!"

Lu Mingfei was startled by Caesar's roar behind him and almost released his ninjutsu.

"What are you doing, Boss?! This is such an important moment, and it involves the Dragon King's big plan. Can you calm down a little?"

"You're the one who needs to calm down! Why am I being criticized for trying to dissuade you? Did I travel to another world? Am I the one showing off here?" Caesar, who had been cramming otaku knowledge for the past two months, covered his head with his hands, his face pale. "I really regret being your team leader."

Yes, team leader.

Although Lu Mingfei is only S-level and has obtained high scores in various test items, Caesar is obviously superior in terms of qualifications and leadership.

Lu Mingfei didn't care, he had no objection.

"Don't say that, Caesar. A big heart is also a gift."

Just at this moment, behind the three of them, Ange walked out from the side door of the front cabin.

The old man was still elegant in the storm, with his hands behind his back. His black suit was wet by the rain and fit his body better. The slightly wrinkled white cuffs added a bit of charm that only belongs to a warrior.

During these two months, Lu Mingfei often went to Ange's office to stake out. As a mercenary, L had a very bad personality and did not recommend using tricks to complete the mission. Therefore, he believed that the place where Ange was most familiar and relaxed was the perfect place for his assassination.

But he was wrong. The old man never let down his guard anywhere. Even though this was Kassel Academy, the pure land of half-bloods that he founded, he always maintained the gaze of a warrior.

It took Lu Mingfei a long time to be sure of this. Before that, he happened to see the photo of Ange on the desk in the office.

The principal graduated from Cambridge. He looked like a completely different person in the photos from that period. He was wearing an elegant bachelor's gown, and the shiny black leather shoes and snow-white sock edges formed a huge contrast. He took a photo with female students wearing sun hats in front of the Bridge of Sighs, wearing a top hat.

But immediately, in the second photo, the man's temperament completely changed.

The principal had served in the navy. At that time, he was wearing a white naval officer's uniform, looking handsome and tall, with a white military cap and a whip symbolizing command tucked under his armpits.

Even in the face of a raging storm, his heart would not waver in the slightest, and his words would always inspire his soldiers—

"This storm reminds me of the tragedy in Greenland ten years ago."

"That's not encouraging at all! It's just throwing cold water on me!! Principal, why on earth are you saying that before the operation begins?"

Lu Mingfei took over the responsibility of complaining about Caesar.

"You should say something encouraging at a time like this, right?"

"I understand." Angre nodded in understanding, then closed his eyes. After a moment, he spoke in a deep voice, "You all know the saying, 'There's strength in numbers, right?'"

Oh, do you mean that this place gathers the elites from all departments of the Executive Bureau, so there will definitely be no failure?

Caesar guessed in his mind.

"Actually, the same goes for sardines, as per the proverb."

Ange pointed to the turbulent sea where he couldn't tell if there were any sardines. "One fish will be eaten, but if they're all together, it will become a buffet."

"That's not right! This is the time to express the strength of unity! Why does it have to become a buffet? That would be the end! Why give me a story about how a single branch will break but three branches tied together can't break?" Caesar no longer had any extra facial expressions, he just spoke quickly with his lips opening and closing.

Ange turned his head.

"I can break three of them."

"Who cares about that? It's completely unimportant information!"

"Haha, that's right. I won't say such unromantic words at a time like this."

Ange burst into laughter, then put his hands behind his back and began to give a speech to his most favorite student and his two most favorite students.

"Well, before the operation officially begins, I want to say one last thing to you - you are the best children I have ever taught, and I have unconditional trust in your victory."

Finally, action—

2009 12 Month 7 Day.

carried out.
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Fifty meters below the surface of the water.

50 meters below the water surface.

The violent storm blocked the propagation of light. Even without the sudden rainstorm, the tugboat's spotlight could not penetrate far in the deep water, leaving only a blue-gray band of light.

Lu Mingfei, Chu Zihang, and Caesar officially started their first underwater collaborative operation.

Before this, they had conducted hundreds of exercises at Kassel Academy, and even exchanged experiences with each other while taking a hot spring bath.

They have a separate signal line between them, tightly connected to each other.

The three grown men were now wrapped in black diving suits, and their identities could only be identified by the color of their flying hair.

Caesar distributed the checked weapons to Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei. The former nodded, while the latter had an idea and suddenly started doing frog jumping jacks underwater, which attracted the attention of both Chu Zihang and Caesar.

Both of them had miniature cameras on their heads, which naturally meant that the entire executive bureau, including the elites in the central management office far away in the United States, saw the ridiculous appearance of S-level, but no one dared to underestimate him, and only thought it was the margin of a master.

Lu Mingfei first made a gesture of pushing his hands outwards.

【Stop.】

Then he waved his right hand back and forth and pointed at himself.

Look at me.

Then he suddenly raised his middle finger.

"Why!"

In the central control room, Schneider roared at the top of his lungs. Please don't get me wrong, he didn't mean to complain so seriously. It was just that his vocal cords were damaged, so he always spoke in this voice.

On the big screen in the control room, Norma's gear logo rotated slightly, and then a steady sound came out.

[Chu Zihang: Please don't misunderstand. This isn't a provocative gesture of international significance. It's a "thank you" gesture that we three agreed upon.]

Even in deep diving, Cassell's skills ensured that they could communicate at any time, so they listened to the expressionless handsome guy in the psycho trio explain the gestures.

"Then what's going to replace the original meaning of the middle finger?!" Schneider immediately covered his face with his hands. "Forget it. After all, diving doesn't require the original meaning of the middle finger. It's up to you guys."

【Chu Zihang: It’s the little finger.】

There really are alternative gestures! Why use such a confusing method to confuse the normal information? It's simply causing trouble for the Executive Bureau for no reason!

Faced with the answer from his direct student, Schneider frowned. He felt sorry for his murdered child who had become a psychopath. Or maybe he was a psychopath from the beginning, but was so reserved that no one noticed until Lu Mingfei developed it.

Then you are unqualified as a minister mentor!

Having said that, after Lu Mingfei and the other two's nonsense, the originally tense people in the Executive Bureau couldn't help but smile helplessly.

In fact, during this mission, the most nervous people were not the three people who participated in the mission, but all the other logistics personnel.

It wasn't because of something like 'frontline personnel only need to fight.jpg', but because they were witnessing the first Dragon King-level subjugation mission in their lives, and because their executors were the best trio in Kassel Academy today.

It is hard to imagine the consequences of losing these three people.

I can’t imagine how terrifying the existence called Dragon King is.

But at this moment, the tense atmosphere disappeared, and the pale face finally showed some color.

Schneider sighed deeply. He didn't know if Lu Mingfei was deliberately using his own way to help the logistics staff relax, but his cheerful personality in the face of a powerful enemy didn't necessarily indicate a heart of gold.
That's pure insanity.

【Didi Didi】

Deep diving is quite dangerous. Relying on oxygen tanks and a diving suit made of nanomaterials to withstand water pressure equivalent to more than ten atmospheres, and relying only on a signal line to maintain contact with the human world, people can easily become overly nervous.

Lu Mingfei and the others reached the bottom of the water. The violent storm had been filtered through the fifty-meter layer of water, leaving only gentle ripples. This area was flooded by the Three Gorges Reservoir. It was once a mountainous area, and the rocks had been smoothed by the water, making it difficult to walk on.

However, the three of them did not intend to use friction, but instead bounced in the gap.

Such behavior in the dark is very dangerous, unless they have a natural map like Lu Mingfei.

【Black sheep wall】

The name Lu Mingfei gave to his [Electric Current Drive]'s [Environmental Imaging] ability has the implicit meaning of a black sheep, but Blizzard's StarCraft 1 uses it as a cheat code to unlock the entire map. For Lu Mingfei, who has a strong gaming plot, it is a very childish and cool name.

A three-dimensional environmental map outlined by dark green contour lines was displayed on Lu Mingfei's observation screen. There were mountains in the northeast and southeast. The one above the water was Baidi Mountain, and the one underwater was Chijia Mountain, forming a "gate" structure. Opposite was the original Caotang River, passing through a valley.

Lu Mingfei had heard that the senior who was in charge of this project before him was called Ye Sheng. His Word Spirit Snake also had a similar function. The moment the Word Spirit was activated, the restless snake entangled in his mind, and its scales glowed with a cold and hard green light. It flowed along Ye Sheng's limbs and bones, and finally surged out. The powerful bioelectric current was like thousands of scouts, exploring the surrounding situation for its master.

But Lu Mingfei's is obviously better.

[Electric Current Drive] can instantly enter every crevice under the water and observe the world from an "omniscient" perspective. In his eyes, the world is made up of countless tiny pipes, which intersect and separate, extending infinitely. His vision travels through the pipes, and wherever he goes, there is a gray fog. No matter how thick the material is, he can still spy on the information inside.

But suddenly, Lu Mingfei felt the pain of being hit on the head.

He frowned, stopped exploring, and looked down at his feet.

"found it."

Lu Mingfei called on Caesar and Chu Zihang to follow, and the three small figures naturally moved deeper into the cave.

The three of them were several meters apart from each other, ensuring that they were within a safe distance for emergency rescue.

But for a moment, even these three crazy people were stunned and forgot everything they had trained for.

Because of that scene.

Suspended in the emerald green water, I looked up, the spotlights lost in the emerald green. Everything looked the same in all directions, with no end in sight. Except for directly ahead, where a massive bronze wall stretched upward, downward, left, and right, seemingly without boundaries, infinite.

Lu Mingfei wanted to whistle, but the mask made his action look a little funny.

"This is... the Bronze City?"

Caesar frowned and confirmed the information.

"Casting an entire city out of bronze is quite ostentatious."

"Yeah, this dragon must like cards more than you, boss. Who knows, he might have the same personality as Magneto." Lu Mingfei snapped his fingers - or tried to snap his fingers.

"He is even more flamboyant than Caesar. He is also a god, oh, a dragon." Chu Zihang also complained softly.

"You're such a jerk! You're such a slut! You two, shut up!"

Caesar gave each of them a thumbs-up in dissatisfaction.

It really came in handy.
Schneider in the central control room and Professor Mans on the ship covered their faces at the same time.

Lu Mingfei: "What should we do next, the next level?"

Caesar: "We have to find a way to open the door first."

Lu Mingfei: "Is it alive? Doraemon, start!"

Chu Zihang: "Living Spirits, officially designated and numbered by hybrids starting in the 17th century, are a great achievement of alchemy, containing spirits with the purest substances. Later, they served as guardians of many ancient dragon tombs, and only high-purity dragon blood could temporarily satisfy them."

Caesar: "Blood? - Lu Mingfei, start!"

Lu Mingfei: “Start!!!”

After the three of them continued their insane speeches, Lu Mingfei threw a straight punch towards the door, but in fact he just threw out the blood bottle hidden inside his diving suit.

Since they were frequent visitors to the ancient tomb, they had made preparations long before embarking on the diving mission.

Then the door opened.

There was no earth-shaking sound as in the legend. There was only a small opening that could accommodate one person. It was so dark that one could not see one's hand in front of one's face.

The three of them entered one after another. After the last Caesar entered the ancient bronze city, the mission officially entered the next stage.

"They don't have any such thing as confusion, do they?"

"Good heavens, exploring an ancient bronze city built by the Dragon King—can't they be more nervous?"

Mans looked at the three people's signals with a bitter face as they kept returning information to the ground.

The three people's heartbeats remained stable, as if they were not going to meet the emperor, but to visit relatives during the Spring Festival.

【Buzz】

However, perhaps even the Dragon King was not satisfied with the performance of these three people.

The next moment, in the control room, Lu Mingfei's heartbeat suddenly trembled, with an obvious frequency peak.

"what happens!"

Mance asked quickly.

Lu Mingfei was the one responsible for exploring the way among the three, so no matter what happened, he was the one who reacted the fastest. If he was surprised, it meant that he had discovered something strange.

such as
The Dragon King's Tomb.

【One bad news, one good news. 】

Lu Mingfei's voice reached the surface, but still no extra emotions could be heard.

The good news is that no bronze guards are coming to attack us. The entire ancient city is silent. I suspect there are only bosses at the end of the city and no other soldiers.

The bad news is——

The gurgling sound of the water mixed with the voices, making Lu Mingfei's words a little more vague.

But at that moment, Mance heard it accurately.

Hearing the news that made my heart stop.

[The bad news is that my Word Spirit has been disabled—it seems that the use of all Word Spirits is prohibited within this ancient bronze city.]

(End of this chapter)