Volume 2 Hello, Xia Mi Chapter 173: Embracing the World with Warmth (V)
Xia Mi woke up. When she woke up, she was no different from most ordinary girls. She was sleepy, rubbed her eyes, turned over reluctantly, got up, combed her hair, and tied it up by biting the hairband.
There is only one bed in this place. The creations created by Fenrir do not need to sleep. Fenrir himself only needs to find a place to lie down. That bed is the exclusive place prepared for Xia Mi. She still seems unable to give birth to a huge dragon body. The human body will feel sleepy and tired.
"Didn't I tell you to eat her?" Xia Mi frowned slightly when she saw Esther sitting next to the TV. If she had just brought Esther here, Fenrir would probably treat Esther as a playmate, so Xia Mi gave him a clear order to eat her. Usually Fenrir would not go against his sister's request, but Esther was still alive and kicking, like a member of Fenrir's monster group.
"I... I don't want to..." Fenrir lowered his head, almost close to the ground, and looked at Xia Mi quietly, like a child who knew he had done something wrong. The monsters were the same as him. In this Nibelungen, Xia Mi was the king of the mountain, and Fenrir was only the second king. The second king did not do what the king had asked him to do, and according to the rules in Journey to the West, he would most likely be punished.
But Xia Mi just walked to Fenrir and gently stroked the drooping big head. There was so much tenderness in her eyes, like graceful water and hazy fog. Even Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang had never seen her like this. Like a girl caressing her most intimate kitten, she pressed her face close to Fenrir.
"Some things are not about whether you want to do them or not, but you have to do them." Xia Mi said softly, "This is about your future, or our future. Didn't I say it? The Black Emperor will return eventually. He regards us as his enemies. To fight him, we need more power, which is far from enough now. The word spirit of this girl is of rare order. With this power, you don't have to be afraid of many word spirits. If there are guys like today who come into Nibelungen again, just one creation will be enough."
Esther quietly looked at the loving brother and sister. She was extremely calm at this point, and could handle everything calmly. Xia Mi's words seemed to imply that the dragons could devour the hybrids to gain their power, which sounded a bit unbelievable, because humans were not the same as dragons. Once they died, they were dead. Unlike the Dragon King, even if he died, his power would be stored in the dragon bone cross. Getting the dragon bone was equivalent to stealing the Dragon King's treasure.
Fenrir didn't remember much about Nidhogg. He just had a vague impression that he was not the ruthless and violent monarch that Xia Mi had always described to him. On the contrary, he was a person very similar to Xia Mi. He would stroke Fenrir's head without saying a word and look into the distant sea and sky, making people wonder what Nidhogg was thinking.
Fenrir didn't really want to be an enemy of the Nidhogg in his memory, but he also didn't want to disappoint his sister. He was in a dilemma. He dug the ground with his claws and curled up carefully. He turned from a child who had made a mistake into a wronged puppy. A creature that big would make people who saw him feel pitiful, as if he would wag his tail and follow you begging for mercy if you gave him something delicious.
"If he's so disgusted, don't force him." Esther couldn't help it and stood up to speak for Fenrir. As a lamb to be slaughtered, this move was tantamount to jumping into the pot, cleaning it clean and waiting for others to eat it. But she no longer cared about life or death. After eating other people's potato chips and drinking other people's soda, she felt that she could barely be considered Fenrir's friend, even though this friend might eat her in a while.
"Shut up, you have nothing to do here." Xia Mi didn't even look at Esther. She waved her hand, and the monsters who were watching TV together just now gathered around, covered Esther's mouth, tied her hands and lifted her into the air. This scene would be complete if there were a few monsters licking their tongues. But for these creatures born from the soil, they have no will and seven emotions and six desires of their own. All their behaviors are just imitation personalities given by Fenrir based on TV.
Food should be treated with food awareness. Don't think that just because someone treats you well, you are on the same path as them. Would a roast turkey be allowed to jump up, wave its knife and fork, and point fingers at people, saying that they should eat vegetarian food? Xia Mi doesn't like people who don't know their own position, just like she can clearly distinguish the relationship between Jörmungandr and Xia Mi. The latter's existence is only for the benefit of the former.
"Eat her. If you don't like the taste of her raw, we can add some seasoning, just like the monsters used to cook Tang Monk in a big pot to make broth." Xia Mi gave the order again. She even started to seriously discuss how to eat Esther, such as steaming or grilling.
Fenrir didn't say anything, but just turned around silently, leaving only his back and tail to Xia Mi.
"Fenrir!" Xia Mi was angry. She stepped on Fenrir's tail and almost shouted at him. Her posture was quite like a mother trying to force food on a baby who didn't like to eat.
Fenrir visibly shuddered and turned to look at Xia Mi. Subconsciously, he still respected his sister, but what Xia Mi asked him to do violated something deep in his heart. He had an instinctive resistance to violence that destroyed life, even though his name was a word that symbolized power, like Earth and Mountain.
If there were Nobel Prizes among dragons, Fenrir would probably get the shoulder straps of a peace ambassador. He really didn't want to eat Esther or other humans, and it had nothing to do with taste. For example, when he went to the city to steal potato chips and Coke, he never hurt anyone. If those people today hadn't actively invaded Nibelung to kill him, after playing cards with the sickle weasel, Fenrir would even have let the train send them out with courtesy.
Xia Mi sighed helplessly. Fenrir was not like this before. Although his IQ was low at that time, he controlled his innate divine power very well. His amazing destructive power earned them the names of the earth and the mountains. But after the civil war after the fall of the Black King, Fenrir became a complete pacifist. That era was too miserable. He lost all his relatives. Fenrir began to be particularly tired of the disappearance of life and liked things that could move. That's why he created so many creations in such places to entertain his loneliness, just like a child who can use candy blocks as building blocks to build his own world.
Fenrir was an outlier among dragons. He was ostracized by all dragons and became more and more autistic and introverted. Even after waking up, he curled up in a dark place for hundreds of years.
It is absolutely impossible to continue like this. The dragon race is a race that advocates violence and desires war and conquest, especially the Black Emperor. If Fenrir is still in this state when Nidhogg wakes up, the brothers and sisters will inevitably become food for their father.
Xia Mi repeatedly explained to Fenrir that between her and Fenrir, Fenrir was the more powerful one with a brighter future, but Fenrir always found it difficult to understand, or he understood but chose to refuse, and became a turtle dragon living in his own world.
Suddenly, a rustling sound was heard, getting closer and closer. Someone had broken into the deepest part of the Nibelungen. It was some kind of murder weapon. There were many roads leading here, each of which was guarded by several monsters, and even big guys like mud puppets that couldn't speak at all but could easily crush ordinary people.
The monsters rushed forward, but soon their limbs were cut off and they turned into lumps of earth that could not even move. They shouted, "My king, run! My king, run!" The invaders obviously knew their weaknesses. Without anyone controlling them, they just charged, hit and crushed based on their instincts, without any fighting techniques at all.
"You guys make me feel like I'm the bad guy... I'll have a psychological burden when I sleep at night!" Lu Mingfei dragged Taotie and emerged from the smoke and dust, mumbling. She encountered many of these clay creatures along the way. Although they were not very aggressive, it would be tiring to beat them endlessly. In the end, she simply switched to smashing them. When she got tired, she scraped the knife on the ground and dragged it along, so there were clacking and swiping sounds all the way, just like Pyramid Head in Silent Hill.
She was stunned when she looked up. A huge black dragon was entrenched in the deepest part of the cave, turning its head to look at her. The dragon was surrounded by monsters and demons. There were scattered snack packaging bags, televisions, wine bottles, old stools, wooden boxes, and all kinds of sundries everywhere, which could even form a grocery store. When it saw Lu Mingfei appear, the dragon turned around and swept all these things behind it with its tail and membrane wings, casting a very cautious look.
This scene is not what I imagined. Shouldn't the senior brother be fighting the dragon? She, Lu Mingfei, is even ready to collect the body of the senior brother! Why does it feel like I have traveled to the set of the filming of The Hobbit and Smaug? By the way, why is Xia Mi here? Wow, Esther was picked up by a group of monsters over there! Is it a scene where the dragon robs the princess? The old black dragon starts to think about sex after being well fed and warm! Wait for the senior sister to come and save you! It only took Lu Mingfei to have a perfect imagination of the crime scene.
"Run, Lu Mingfei!" Esther recognized the girl at a glance. She looked stupid and didn't understand the situation. She tried hard to swing and kicked the monster who was covering her mouth, and shouted a warning with all her strength.
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. In just a split second, a series of phantoms came straight towards her. She couldn't see clearly what they were, but the malice was self-evident. The Taotie drew a perfect arc from bottom to top.
Fire splashed everywhere, and Taotie slashed at some kind of steel-like metal, with a cold breath almost facing her face. Lu Mingfei was stunned. The clothes of Xia Mi in front of her were torn by scales and bone spurs, naked, and her skin was glowing with a gloomy luster like metal. Jagged follicles appeared on her forehead and chin, her fingers had become sharp claws , and there was a slender pointed tail behind her. If it weren't for the face not being covered by scales, Lu Mingfei would not have recognized that this was Xia Mi.
"Hello, Senior Sister Lu!" Xia Mi greeted in her usual tone, not as bright and cheerful as usual. The dragon transformation had changed a lot of bones and structures in her body, causing her smile to become distorted, a bit like some kind of reptile. It was more like the movement of opening the mouth wide to swallow than a smile.
"You...you..." Lu Mingfei was so shocked that she couldn't speak. It was more than a surprise. This scene was so familiar. The guy named Lao Tang also opened his cold golden pupils and looked at her at such a close distance.
"I know what you want to ask. For the sake of our past as comrades, I am willing to answer all your questions." Xia Mi stepped back a few steps, leaving a relatively safe space for both parties. "I am Jörmungandr, the King of Earth and Mountains. The black dragon is my younger brother. The target you originally planned to slaughter was Fenrir, the twin king of Earth and Mountains. The half-bloods that invaded the Nibelungen have been wiped out by us. That girl is the last one."
"You are the Dragon King..." Lu Mingfei's voice was hoarse.
"That's me, Xia Mi." Xia Mi tilted her head. "Both of them are me, just with different identities at different times. I don't know why you came here. It might be better for you not to know the truth. I'm still a pretty good best friend and wingman, right? I didn't do anything bad to you. Instead, I always cheered you on. To be honest, I really want to see you and Chu Zihang together!"
"Did you kill my brother too?"
"No, Chu Zihang is sleeping soundly in my house. He and you are both very important people to me, and I don't want to give up on either of you. So after this talk, we will still break up. I will beat you until you lose your memory, just like in the movies. But for me, I will use my power to impact the part of your hippocampus that you use for memory, and you will lose a lot of recent memories. Don't worry, I'm good at this. I can hit you wherever I specify, and it won't cause any problems ." Xia Mi said with a smile.
"Why did you deliberately get close to me and my senior brother?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"You have seen Odin and been to his Nibelungen, just like here under your feet." Xia Mi stepped on the floor, "People who have been to Nibelungen will leave a mark. I need your help to go to Nibelungen again to find Odin. He has the most powerful bloodline evolution method so far, which is comparable to that of gods."
"You are already the Dragon King, do you still need to find a way to evolve your bloodline? Do you want to become the Black King?" Lu Mingfei's mood gradually calmed down, and she began to look for the information she wanted.
"It's impossible to evolve to that level. I just need strength to fight against the Black King's power." Xia Mi raised her head and clenched her sharp claws one by one. "Kassel firmly believes that Ragnarok will become a reality. I don't know how they think this prophecy will come true, but their guess is right. The Black King will return, and he regards humans and all dragons as enemies, even his own children. If I want to survive, I must have strength to match him."
