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Watching the two figures chasing each other in the water, Su Enxi said, "They seem to be having a lot of fun. Ling, would you like to join them?"
"Never mind." Zero shook her head.
The girl's cheeks were slightly flushed from the heat of the hot spring water.
Mai Shude's head popped out of the water and she said, "Damn, Lu Mingfei is pretty easy to bully! Do you guys want to come over and bully him a bit?"
Su Enxi shook her head repeatedly: "Forget about me, I have no fighting ability at all."
If Lu Mingfei can't handle long legs, can't he handle himself?
Joining in would only create another person who's easier to bully.
"Stop playing."
Lu Mingfei's head popped out of the water.
Because he was hesitant to use force, he was afraid of accidentally tearing the clothes on Mai Shude's body, which would be embarrassing and he wouldn't know how to handle the situation...
But Mai Shude didn't have that kind of burden, and she unleashed a barrage of attacks on Lu Mingfei.
Upon seeing the truce, Su Enxi said, "It's still more comfortable to soak in the hot spring and eat in peace and quiet."
"It's not like you can't soak in a hot bath, and you've eaten all those things before. What's so fun about that? It's more fun to play with other people." Mai Shude swam over and said, "You guys might as well go home and soak in a bathtub instead of just lying here soaking in the hot spring."
“I enjoy the feeling of being out having fun, you know…” Su Enxi immediately refuted her point of view and launched into a long speech.
Lu Mingfei swam over, looked at Ling's face, and couldn't help but ask, "Ling, why is your face so red? Are you alright?"
Of the four people, his, Shude Mai, and Su Enxi's expressions remained completely unchanged; the temperature of the hot spring was not enough to affect their bodies...
This is strange. Su Enxi, who is the weakest among the four, didn't feel anything, so how come Ling's face turned red after being soaked?
"fine."
Zero shook her head slightly, remaining silent as always.
Su Enxi said from the side, "What could be wrong with her? I guess it might be because she used to live in the cold Siberian region, which caused her facial capillaries to be more abundant or some other change? I don't know much about this. I'm not a biological researcher; I've only heard a little bit about it secondhand."
Siberia?
Lu Mingfei paused for a moment when he heard the name of this place.
“Yes.” Zero nodded: “When I was very young, I lived in an orphanage over there, and later I mainly lived in Moscow.”
"Oh." Lu Mingfei nodded slightly, then said, "If I remember correctly, people living in the extremely cold regions of Siberia might have a shorter lifespan?"
“Hmm.” Zero nodded gently and explained in detail, “Living in such an extremely cold environment does indeed affect lifespan. Compared to people living in other climates, they might live a few years or even a decade or more shorter. This is why the Siberian region of Russia has always been sparsely populated; the climate there is simply too cold, to the point of affecting lifespan. Moreover, although Siberia is rich in minerals, the permafrost is difficult to mine, which makes resource development extremely difficult. With no work and the extreme environment having a significant impact, few people are willing to go there.”
“There are so many environmental factors…” Lu Mingfei said, “Your poor physical development isn’t just because of the bad environment in Siberia, is it?”
Zero looks small, even somewhat childlike, but she is actually quite old.
Although I didn't specifically ask the other person's age, this is a conclusion drawn from systematic observation.
The other party wasn't just a teenager, but a legally born loli... Lu Mingfei even wondered if the system had listed her as a target because it was afraid he would feel guilty about it, so the system gave him a white lie to cover it up.
“No,” Zero said. “I checked before, and that’s not the reason, but it doesn’t affect me much.”
"oh oh."
Lu Mingfei nodded.
“Lu Mingfei, your physique seems…” Jiu De Mai swam to his side and reached out to pinch his shoulder: “Is it just my imagination? Your muscles don’t seem that firm?”
The powerful strength of hybrids must be based on biology, and muscle density can affect human strength... Although Lu Mingfei was a little hesitant underwater, he did not actually hold back his strength.
He just has some inconvenience in moving around.
In terms of normal physical strength, it surpasses that of ordinary people.
Lu Mingfei said, "I've made some minor modifications to my body, so it's normal that I'm not quite the same as a typical mixed-race person."
Having experienced the benefits of the Alchemy Matrix's power, the system made a small modification to Lu Mingfei's body, allowing the Alchemy Matrix to operate slightly at all times... mainly to prevent Lu Mingfei from being ambushed when he was no longer in the controlled state.
Putting aside the possibility of being shot in the back, even a sudden backstab from a mixed-race individual is quite frightening.
Anyway, there's enough dragon blood, so this little bit of daily expense and loss is perfectly manageable.
“This kind of modification is great,” said Mai Shude. “I really envy people like you with skills. You can DIY whatever you want and modify it however you want.”
As she spoke, she pinched Lu Mingfei's body muscles again, and even casually touched Lu Mingfei's thin pectoral muscles...
She's a bit like those rich women in bars who grope male models.
Lu Mingfei: ...
He couldn't handle this kind of contact anymore, so he switched systems without hesitation.
The system logged in, and without the naivety of Lu Mingfei, it calmly said, "If you want to change it, I can change it for you. If you want to learn, I can teach you. However, I don't need to teach you these advanced techniques. You can ask Panpan first and let him teach you some more basic technical knowledge."
Then it reached out and pinched Mai Shude's arm, weighed it, and said, "Your body muscles are quite normal when relaxed; at least I can pinch them."
Human muscles are hard, even when not exerting force, they have a certain degree of rigidity.
Mai Shude's lineage did not transform her into Iron Man.
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I'm an honest person, so I need to figure out how to take advantage of others in a way that makes it seem natural...
Chapter 221 The Host Who Meets Setbacks Everywhere
On her way back, Xia Mi began frantically searching through her memories, trying to recall a moment in the past when she could move a smart, rational, and calm person.
Her persona is that of a smart, rational, and calm person. It wouldn't make sense for her to be in a normal relationship. She has to find an exceptionally brilliant moment or a long period of time as an excuse to start the next step of her plan.
Because Lu Mingfei is a rather complex person, she couldn't get any excuses from him, as it was full of uncertainty. The only thing she could be sure of was herself.
But I racked my brains for a long time, from noon to afternoon, and even after I went to school, I still couldn't figure it out.
After all, this kind of thing is inherently difficult to describe and cannot be fully expressed through words alone...
……
Mai Shude didn't feel shy at all about Lu Mingfei pinching her arm. After all, this kind of physical contact was too common. For an excellent ninja who had undergone ninja training, it was child's play. Unless she was playing a role-playing game, she wouldn't feel shy at all.
She said, "Please, I'm just an ordinary elite hybrid. Although my bloodline and basic physical attributes are extremely excellent, I'm not a dragon. I'm still a human after all. Normally speaking, dragons and humans are completely different creatures. By the way, are a dragon's muscles hard or soft?"
"It's probably hard," the system said. "Your bloodline is too poor; your body is much worse than Erii's."
"Huh? How dare you compare my bloodline to Erii's? Are we different species?" Mai asked. "But what about Erii's body?"
“When I performed the bloodline control alchemical matrix surgery on Erii before, I touched her body muscles, and her body muscles were in the same state as an ordinary person.”
Mai was somewhat surprised to hear this: "Huh? Her body and muscles are exactly the same as an ordinary person's? Isn't she a top-tier bloodline? Her bloodline should have already seeped into her bones, right?"
As a top-tier dragon, Erii's muscles and bones must be incredibly strong. How can she be almost as strong as an ordinary person under such conditions? Are you kidding me?
"I'm not quite sure about that." The system said, then pinched Mai Shude's arm again, feeling that it was indeed a bit hard.
With a thoughtful look in its eyes, it said, "I hadn't paid attention to this issue before. The Kassel College did do some research, but the answer was the same as I imagined. It's just that their research subjects did not include top-tier hybrids like Erii."
"Let me pinch your body muscles."
It swam towards Ling and Su Enxi, reaching out to pinch their arms.
Su Enxi's body is flexible, which is reasonable considering that she is not a combat-oriented person and her basic physical attributes are not very high.
Zero's arms are small, but they do have a certain firmness when you pinch them.
Su Enxi didn't mind when Lu Mingfei pinched her arm, but after thinking for a moment, she said, "Do you think it's possible that the power of hybrids is mainly in their blood? Humans don't actually have the physical genes of dragons, and the bloodline power of hybrids mainly exists in their blood genes."
This is the mainstream understanding, a speculation based on some human biology, but no one has thoroughly researched it.
"Including dragons?" the system asked. "Have you done research in this area before? Or do you have any relevant experimental data?"
Su Enxi shook her head: "It's just a guess based on what you said. But we're here on vacation, isn't it a bit inappropriate to discuss work-related matters?"
“That’s true.” The system released Zero’s arm, pushed off with its feet, and its body floated on the water.
It was somewhat disappointed because the three women showed no unusual expression or even the slightest ripple in their eyes when it came into physical contact with them, as if this physical contact was all too ordinary.
However, besides the three women in front of it, it began to coolly analyze another matter—the Dragon King's royal power.
Herzog had previously planned to seize the White King's power by replacing the White King's newborn blood.
So, does the Dragon King's authority truly reside within the dragon's blood? Keep in mind that Lu Mingfei currently possesses two Dragon Kings: Constantine's Dragon Bone Cross and Old Tang's.
If we could seize these two royal powers through trickery and force... well, the system is also hesitant about who to give them to.
The power of a Dragon King is simply outrageous. Handing it over to someone else so easily is tantamount to giving them an atomic bomb. I'm quite afraid that someone might have a brain fart and detonate it.
Even extracting the Dragon King's power and giving it to others is even more outrageous than giving an atomic bomb directly. Detonating an atomic bomb would benefit no one except for those who want to take revenge on society. Normal people would only use this thing with caution, because they might accidentally suffer the consequences themselves.
The Dragon King's power is far more expansive than that of an atomic bomb...
Lu Mingfei's body continued to sway slowly forward in the hot spring water after that casual kick.
Until Mai Shude reached out and grabbed him.
She reached out and used both hands to block Lu Mingfei's shoulders, which were about to bump into her chest, and said, "Don't try to take advantage of me."
If Lu Mingfei turned his head straight forward again, he would hit her chest.
It wouldn't matter if Lu Mingfei bumped into him a couple of times, but this isn't right now, because Lu Mingfei has something dirty inside him...
"Who wants to take advantage..." The system stood up in the water. "I was just thinking about the proportion of dragon blood in the power of bloodline creatures, and I got too engrossed in it for a moment."
"What's there to think about?" Mai asked.
"If the power of a dragon is basically derived from its blood, have you considered the issue of the dragon's continuation? The continuation of a dragon is very stable. True dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and a rat's son will dig a hole. The offspring of a second generation can never produce a first generation."
Mai, who was drinking, couldn't help but think about it: "Hmm? That's an interesting question."
According to some vague records, the society of the Dragon Dynasty had a clear hierarchy. Although there were instances of the lower class overthrowing the upper class, and even more than once, bloodline was the only thing that could truly distinguish between two beings.
Bloodline is talent, it is strength; a dragon's destiny is predetermined from birth.
This kind of class solidification is even more terrifying than the class solidification in human society, because the class solidification in humans is purely brought about by external factors, while the class solidification of dragons originates from the creature itself.
Humans can ascend to the throne by killing the previous emperor, but even if a dragon rebellion manages to kill the Black King, can the new dragon become the Black King? No, it can only inherit his position.
"I find this problem rather... strange." The system pondered for a moment and said, "The downfall of the Dragon Clan Dynasty may be related to this. Once it begins to rise to its peak and then decline, it will immediately turn into an avalanche."