LRAB Chapter 2 Lu Mingfei from a Parallel World
Chapter 2 Lu Mingfei from a Parallel World
"Where did this black mudfish come from? How dare you breathe on your father, Ming! You're courting death!! Kneel down right now!!!"
A god descended from heaven, raging and ferocious!
Upon regaining consciousness, Lu Mingfei merely glanced at the ancient roar, which instantly subsided like a kitten encountering its natural enemy. The roar only dared to let out a few soft "woof" sounds, full of grievance and resentment, but it dared not make the slightest move again.
"Brother... what's wrong with you...?"
The boy next to him was stunned and didn't come to his senses for a while.
Lu Mingfei looked in the direction of the sound, and the moment his gaze fell on the boy, the raging flames in his eyes seemed to be extinguished by a sudden downpour, instantly losing all their scorching heat, replaced by an undisguised, overwhelming joy of having something lost and found again.
"Hahaha, jailer, I'm back! Surprised? Unexpected?"
Lu Mingfei slipped his hands under the boy's armpits and gently lifted him up, like an ordinary person teasing a baby. He lifted him high and spun him around in place, his actions full of undisguised intimacy.
"Wait...brother, wait..."
The boy was clearly unhappy with Lu Mingfei's attitude of treating him like a child. He twisted and struggled desperately, trying to break free from Lu Mingfei's control. But Lu Mingfei's grip was stronger than he expected, and no matter how much he kicked and twisted, he couldn't budge an inch.
After struggling for a while, the boy, seeing no hope of resistance, could only hang his head and reluctantly let Lu Mingfei do as he pleased, playing this childish game that resembled playing house.
After circling around a few times, Lu Mingfei looked at the listless boy, stopped with a puzzled expression, and asked:
"Brother Lao, what's wrong? Didn't you used to like this the most? What's wrong? Something on your mind?"
Seeing that Lu Mingfei was finally willing to put him down, the boy first raised his hand and carefully straightened his rumpled collar until it was neat and the collar was straight, before he slowly spoke:
"Brother, do you remember me?"
"Nonsense, aren't you Lu Mingze? We're twin brothers, one body, I could never forget you!"
Lu Mingfei stared at Lu Mingze with an extremely strange expression on his face. His eyes seemed to be scrutinizing him, trying to confirm whether his younger brother had lost his mind—otherwise, why would he ask such an absurd question?
"...Alright, let's put that question aside for now. Brother, how did you acquire such immense power? You know, Nidhogg almost used your mental power to revive just now, but you managed to glare him back down..."
Lu Mingze felt uneasy under Lu Mingfei's gaze and couldn't take it anymore, so he skipped the previous question and went straight to the other one that he cared about most.
"Huh? You're telling me that mudfish was Nidhogg? It doesn't even deserve to be called that! Don't make your Master Lu laugh."
Lu Mingfei felt as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world; the laughter in his chest was almost bursting out, and his mouth was stretched to his ears. But when he glanced at Lu Mingze's tense face and saw the seriousness in his eyes that did not seem fake at all, he swallowed the laughter that was about to come out, and even his shoulders trembled slightly from holding back his laughter.
After a few seconds, he suddenly seemed to remember something important, raised his hand and slapped his forehead, then said—
"Oh, right, I forgot to give you permission to view my memories. Anyway, you'll understand everything once you look at my memories."
Lu Mingze was suddenly stunned—he had been secretly probing Lu Mingfei's memories, trying to figure out what kind of past this "newborn" brother had, and he didn't even put the Black King in his eyes.
No matter how he tried, those crucial memory fragments were blocked by an invisible barrier, and he couldn't access them at all.
It was only at this moment that he realized it wasn't that he lacked ability, but that Lu Mingfei hadn't given him the permission to view it from the beginning.
It should be noted that he and Lu Mingfei were originally twins, so he never needed any special privileges before. Lu Mingfei's memories were always within his reach.
But now this invisible barrier stands between the two of them, which precisely shows that Lu Mingfei's changes have long exceeded his understanding. Perhaps his existence is no longer something he can easily fathom.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and look." Lu Mingfei urged impatiently.
Lu Mingze didn't reply, but instead gave Lu Mingfei a complicated look before plunging into Lu Mingfei's memories...
Through fragments of Lu Mingfei's memories, Lu Mingze glimpsed a past so distant it was almost mythical:
In the primordial chaos of antiquity, the black emperor Nidhogg opened his gaping maw, attempting to devour him and Lu Mingfei. But the twin souls unleashed power beyond limits; the two brothers fought side-by-side, ultimately slaying the arrogant black king. They devoured Nidhogg's spirit and soul, absorbing the terrifying power originating from the abyss into their own.
Immediately afterwards, a rebellion by dragons and hybrids swept across the land. The two brothers suppressed all resistance with an iron fist, eventually crossing mountains of corpses and seas of blood to rule the world and bring the entire planet under their control.
To ensure the true prosperity of their race, Lu Mingfei extracted the planet's essence and bestowed this gift of life upon every living being. In an instant, the lifespan of all living things increased dramatically, their strength surged, and the world ushered in unprecedented prosperity.
But the planet's resources will eventually run out. For the continuation of civilization and to protect their home planet, Lu Mingfei used Nidhogg's bones as a foundation and the flesh of traitors as materials to build warships capable of traversing the stars, thus embarking on a journey to conquer the universe...
A thousand years passed in the blink of an eye, and every inch of the Dragon Clan universe bowed to the majesty of the two brothers. But Lu Mingfei's gaze did not linger; his sword pointed directly at other worlds beyond the universe, setting his expedition into a wider realm.
One after another, the great worlds were conquered, and countless small and medium worlds surrendered. Just as their hegemony was about to reach its peak, an unexpected event occurred—several conquered great worlds secretly formed an alliance and used all their strength to drive the two brothers into an abyss of no return.
In a life-or-death moment, Lu Mingze resolutely chose to sacrifice himself. Using his soul as a catalyst and his flesh as a sacrifice, he forcibly tore apart the shackles of fate, erasing all traces of Lu Mingfei's existence, allowing him to flawlessly rewind to the distant past within the blind spots of divination and prediction...
Time flowed slowly in the dead silence, each second stretching out endlessly.
After an unknown amount of time, the boy's figure reappeared before Lu Mingfei's eyes.
He stood a few steps away, his gaze fixed on Lu Mingfei, his expression extremely strange—a mixture of surprise, scrutiny, and an indescribable complexity, as if Lu Mingfei were an anomaly who had suddenly entered his consciousness. His lips moved several times, but no sound came out; his brows were slightly furrowed, clearly weighing his words carefully, afraid of saying the wrong thing.
After a long silence, as if he had finally made up his mind, he cleared his throat and slowly spoke in a strange, somewhat tentative tone:
"Brother, do you mean you're actually a reincarnated person...?"
"Of course, what's wrong? You sound surprised. Can't you easily do something as simple as restarting the world?"
Lu Mingze was taken aback by Lu Mingfei's matter-of-fact tone, then frowned and spoke with a tone of helplessness and resentment:
"It's different, brother. Perhaps you don't know, but the world I live in is very different from the world you were in before you were reborn..."
"Different? Now that you mention it, I do think something is a bit off. Logically speaking, at this point in time, that little mudskipper Nidhogg's spirit should have been completely refined by me, its body transformed into an interstellar warship, and it should have begun its expedition into outer space. But just now, it was still alive, and it even dared to come up to me and breathe on me. Something's not right, this is very strange..."
A look of confusion crossed Lu Mingfei's face, his brows furrowing slightly, clearly not understanding the situation. But the next second, as if suddenly grasping a fleeting thought, he abruptly raised a finger, his face displaying an exaggerated expression of sudden realization, and exclaimed in a sweet, sugary voice:
"Could it be... that I was reborn in the wrong world?!"