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Lu Mingfei slowly took out his passport, put a few US dollar bills in it in front of the soldier, and handed it over with a smile.

His thinking was still stuck in the literature of the 1980s and 1990s. Although he knew that the Russians were developing rapidly, their bad nature could not stand up to scrutiny. At that time, the domestic economy was developing rapidly, and the Russians thought that the Chinese were rich and could make money. In addition, the Chinese people at that time generally did not want to cause trouble, so they would just pay a little money to fool them.

But he didn't expect that as soon as he handed over the passport, the soldier saluted with a snap, took out the US dollars inside, folded them up and returned them to Lu Mingfei together with the passport, and his tone became a little respectful: "Excuse me, please keep your passport, I am willing to serve you."

Although Lu Mingfei was puzzled, he did not ask any more questions. He slowly started the car and drove far away until he could still see the two soldiers saluting in that direction.

"The red passport that Wazhu has issued you is a diplomatic passport. You have diplomatic immunity if you hold a red passport, which means you have great political power." Ling explained, "The economy is bad, and the soldiers on duty here are also there to make money and eat. They don't have the courage to provoke someone with a diplomatic passport."

Lu Mingfei nodded, indicating that he understood.

The trees along the way became increasingly dense, the car raced under the mottled sunlight in the woods, and large tracts of birch trees passed quickly on both sides of the road.

Her Royal Highness the Princess sat upright in the carriage, her navy blue coat making her skin look as white as snow.

The surroundings have been completely replaced by the tender green of the trees in early spring and the barren land still covered with snow. The white birch trees have turned dark yellow, and it looks rugged and desolate no matter from which direction you look.

Soon they arrived at a yard hidden among the hills. Chopped firewood was neatly stacked in the corner of the yard. A column of white smoke was slowly rising from the chimney of the wooden house. There was no wind at that time, and the column of smoke rose into the distant sky like a line.

This is indeed a very suitable place to live in seclusion, but it is also under surveillance.

It seems that the life of the once powerful army general is not so satisfactory now. Although he still has a say in the inner circles of the government, some people already hope that he will not appear outside again.

The car stopped at the gate of the courtyard, and Ling got out of the car holding Lu Mingfei's arm.

"General Vatutin has always hoped to find a new umbrella for me, but the Romanov family is too powerful in Russia, and ordinary senior officials can't help us at all. So after trying and failing, he hopes that I can protect myself through marriage." Ling glanced at Lu Mingfei, "I told him that I found a boyfriend when I was in school, and he was very happy, saying that at least he would always have a place to go... So don't let it slip."

Lu Mingfei could feel that the petite body of the girl pressed against him had actually developed quite perfectly. Her curvy figure made his arms feel like they were sinking into a warm cloud.

He nodded and said he understood.

Two people pushed the door open and walked in, and immediately a murderous intent was felt.

Lu Mingfei subconsciously touched his wrist, which contained lust, while the other wrist was tied with Ame Murakumo from the Yamata no Orochi.

Zero immediately noticed that the muscles of the man next to him were tense.

An old man wearing a camouflage fleece jacket stood on the steps at the door of the wooden house, staring coldly at Lu Mingfei, his eyes like needles.

He was an old fellow as burly as any member of the Kassel College janitor team. Although he was so old that even his eyebrows had turned gray, his shoulders were still as broad as a brown bear's. His marble-like solid muscles made his fleece jacket look extremely large.

Lu Mingfei almost immediately realized where the murderous intent came from.

In fact, this was not the first time he felt this kind of hostility from someone. When he was in Tokyo, Gen Chisei sometimes looked at him with even worse eyes than this.

Lu Mingfei's heart moved slightly, and he realized that General Vatutin might not be the protective umbrella and business partner that Her Royal Highness the Princess said was beneficial to both parties.

Perhaps rather than a business partner, Admiral Vatutin would rather regard Zero as his own family.

Lu Mingfei stopped, and Ling also stopped. They didn't say anything, but just looked at General Vatutin from a distance. After a moment, the murderous intent turned into hostility, which was then calmed down.

"My little Romanova, how long have you not come to see me!" The old man's face, as hard as a marble sculpture, finally showed a change of expression. He laughed heartily and walked towards Lu Mingfei and Ling with open arms, as if he wanted to hug Her Royal Highness the Princess.

Lu Mingfei took a step forward cautiously. Even without saying a word, he exuded a majesty that was no less than that of a veteran.

Those who have never heard of Lu Mingfei's deeds often look down on him because of his age and easy-going appearance, but people who have mastered absolute violence are naturally able to spread their majesty in all directions.

Perhaps in that era when the steel torrent shocked Europe, General Vatutin was a powerful man in a high position. He could decide the fate of hundreds of people with a wave of his hand, and turn the people of a town into nothingness with just a thought.

He relied on the powerful Iron Alliance as his spear, and was invincible wherever his sword pointed.

Lu Mingfei relied on himself. He completely released his bloodline and was able to recite the word of judgment. The moment the holy words came out, the god of death rose from below the skyline, and a town also died instantly.

The meeting between two people should be like that between an aging lion and a roaring tiger in the mountains.

Of course, Lu Mingfei was on guard not because he was looked down upon, but because he did not know General Vatutin at all. No one knew whether this man was still trustworthy. The academy had many tricks up its sleeve, and perhaps he had been turned against.

The old man seemed to be frightened by Lu Mingfei's pre-attack posture and stopped three meters away from Ling.

General Vatutin acted like a beast, but when he was calm, he was like a stone. His face, which was rough, weathered, and full of ravines, which was unique to old Slavs, slowly relaxed, and he stood quietly like a cast iron statue.

Then General Vatutin unbuttoned and unzipped his fleece jacket, threw the coat on a pile of firewood not far away, rolled up the sleeves of his tight shirt, and showed his wrists to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei nodded, slid the Lust and Ame Murasaki tied around his wrists into his palms, handed them to Ling, then took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves like General Vatutin.

Ever since he learned from Ling that this old man had been assassinated by the academy and survived, and even passed on false information to the board of directors that he was dead, it was difficult for Lu Mingfei to completely let down his guard when they first met, just like he trusted Jiang Wanzhi.

There is a special group of guys in the Executive Department called Beheaders. These people wander in the shadows and hunt those who may pose a threat to the academy on the edge of the battlefield. Their words are all specialized assassination abilities such as Dark Illumination, Yin Flow or Sword Control.

There has been no record of failure since the establishment of the Beheader Sequence, because even if the first assassination fails, the execution department will quickly organize a second assassination based on the capabilities demonstrated by the target, until the target is confirmed to be eliminated.

It is a miracle that General Vatutin is still alive today, but there may be a bigger conspiracy behind this miracle.

In just a short moment, General Vatutin had confirmed that the boy who came to visit him with Zero was no ordinary person. A hint of interest appeared on his face, and he was about to take the next step with Lu Mingfei when a cold snort came from the side.

"Aren't you cold? Put on your clothes." Ling glanced at them sideways, and walked into the wooden house in high-heeled boots as proudly as a princess. Lu Mingfei and General Vatutin looked at each other, and after putting on their coats, they shook hands with each other.

"Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin, little Romanova calls me General Vatutin, but I have actually been away from this country's military and political system for decades," said the old man.

Lu Mingfei nodded and tied up the two daggers again: "Please forgive my caution, our current situation is very dangerous. I am Lu Mingfei, Ling's classmate."

Lu Mingfei shook his shoulders so that the coat, which still had body temperature, could fit his body perfectly.

Before entering the cabin, he quietly glanced at the snow around the cabin and the piles of fallen leaves nearby.

Apparently, the assassination attempt that General Vatutin had suffered not long ago had frightened his former allies. There should be no less than ten snipers stationed around this yard.

These battle-hardened soldiers pointed their guns at the wooden house day and night. Any suspicious person who appeared here would be eliminated at the first opportunity. At the same time, their tasks might also include restricting Vatutin's travel, and if necessary, they would become the blade for executing the former army general.

Before I even entered the cabin, a warm breeze hit me in the face.

As expected, this place only looks simple and rustic from the outside, but it actually has a heating system and other modern home furnishings.

A large log was burning in the fireplace, and over the fire hung a solid porcelain jar, from which hot water gurgled.

"Could your Highness ask the honorable Princess to make a pot of hot tea for your friend on my behalf?" General Vatutin sat down on the huge sofa against the wall. On his head was a specimen of a moose's head, with sharp antlers sticking out like dry branches.

Zero took off his leather gloves and placed them on the table, looking coldly at Vatutin.

Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, squeezed the girl's soft palm and said softly, "Can we talk alone?"

Ling raised her little face to look at Lu Mingfei, her blonde hair, so light it looked almost white, tied into a bun.

After a second she nodded, picked up a teapot from the cupboard and walked towards the fireplace, squatting in front of the flames like a rabbit.

The gentle crackling of the wood ensured that she would not hear the conversation between Vatutin and Lu Mingfei.

"She listens to you very much." Vatutin nodded towards Zero's back.

Lu Mingfei smiled: "I will listen to her too."

Judging from his performance just now, General Vatutin regards himself as an elder. After experiencing the conflict between Yu Dongjing and Yuan Zhisheng, Lu Mingfei has already understood how to fool the girl's parents at this time.

It is best not to act too strong and make the other person feel that his girl will not be wronged in your hands.

"Lucky for you, I was just about to make lunch for today when Zero called me," Vatutin said. "She's told me about you, many times."

"I am very honored."

"You should feel honored indeed." The old man nodded. "I heard that you will go to Siberia next?"

"I won't take Ling with me on the escape. I hope you can take care of her." Lu Mingfei nodded.

"She told me about this matter, and also said that you hope to find a northern military port that may have been built as an orphanage." General Vatutin lit a cigarette and frowned. "Before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, there were many such military ports in Siberia. I can't tell you the coordinates of that military port before I get more accurate information."

"I understand." Lu Mingfei nodded. "Have you heard of Jung von Herzog?"

Chapter 558 Family Banquet

This name should not be unfamiliar to many old Soviet people, but Herzog's relevant information has never been entered into the online system. If Lu Mingfei has the opportunity to browse the archives, he will be able to see the footprints he left in this country.

General Vatutin fell into deep thought.

A moment later, a straight line of smoke rose from the end of the cigarette in his mouth, and the old man's brows were tightly furrowed, as if he was recalling something that should actually be forgotten.

"Jung von Herzog, who claimed to be the youngest doctor at the Third Reich's Biological Research Institute, also claimed that he was the chief scientist of a German genetic project. After being arrested, he secretly went to Siberia to conduct a mysterious research code-named 'δ'. My knowledge of it is limited to knowing the code name. Later, Herzog died on the Lenin icebreaker when it passed through the Sea of ​​Japan before the collapse of the alliance." Admiral Vatutin said slowly, his voice hoarse and low, "Later, when we looked through the materials from Berlin, we found that Herzog lied to us. He did work at the Imperial Research Institute, but was soon expelled. The file said that 'because he had the idea of ​​combining biology and black magic at an academic conference to create warriors from the Kingdom of God'. Later, he told others that he was a tenured professor at the Imperial Research Institute, but he just disdained to associate with those old professors with outdated ideas."

Apart from the discrepancy in the position he had held in Berlin, the other information was not much different from what Lu Mingfei knew.

Zero said that General Vatutin was not from this world. There was no fiery dragon blood flowing in his body, and even if he had dragon genes, they were only expressed in a recessive manner. Therefore, he had only a vague understanding of what was happening in the mixed-race society and the history that had happened. Most of them were based on his own conjectures and inferences. For example, General Vatutin believed that the Summer Mourning incident was a tragic revenge from the ancient Eastern empire against the emerging Western country.

Lu Mingfei had no way to tell the old man that Herzog did not actually die in the shipwreck. Instead, he had been a powerful figure in Tokyo for decades as the patriarch of the Japanese underworld. He even promoted the revival of God and attempted to usurp the throne, and almost set off a doomsday frenzy.

Herzog controls the clapper sound that can temporarily dissipate Lu Mingfei's power, and that sound will affect his spirit. When Lu Mingze descended into Lu Mingfei's body in another time and space, Herzog's performance clearly recognized their identities at that time. Regardless of whether he recognized Lu Mingze or Lu Mingfei, it proves that there is a very special relationship between this ambitious man and Lu Mingfei.

Perhaps the base for carrying out the Delta Plan was the ice-free port mentioned by Zero; it was also the Black Swan Port that appeared in the academy's investigation results after the Tokyo incident that Lu Mingfei saw in his memory of another time and space, but whose coordinates could no longer be found.

"What is Herzog's research project?" Lu Mingfei asked in a low voice. Ling was making tea not far away, but Lu Mingfei knew that their conversation could not be hidden at all. Who knows how high the bloodline of the princess is, and her hearing is probably at the level of Yuan Zhisheng.

General Vatutin smacked his lips. "Marx said that communism is a ghost floating over Europe. When my country was at its strongest, they thought we were the embodiment of that ghost. At that time, we were engaged in a space arms race with the Americans. When people were starving, we created the most advanced heavy bombers and submarines. Every base or city in Siberia was working on the research and development of a super weapon. Some of them had been completed when the Soviets died, but had to be temporarily sealed due to the high production costs. Some were forced to be closed because they were far from being effective."

He paused here.

"I was the Deputy Minister of Defense and the Army General, but the person in charge of each project was different. Some projects were so confidential that I didn't even know about them." General Vatutin said, "But I happened to know about the Delta Project. The difference between it and other projects is that the research object of this project is human beings themselves."

"Super Soldier Project?" Lu Mingfei raised his eyebrows.

Cassell College had seen similar research institutions when they broke into the Pentagon firewall. Every year, the United States spends a large amount of money on a research project called Super Soldier. I think Americans probably hope to create a serum that can turn ordinary soldiers into Captain America, just like in the movies.

"Almost, but it needs to be more in-depth." General Vatutin said, "This plan studies humans and develops their potential. I hope that one day our country can create a true god."

A person who has been fighting for the cause of communism with materialistic means all his life actually said something full of mysticism like "he wanted to create a God".

However, Lu Mingfei knew that Admiral Watu had not lied to him. When Herzog escaped from Black Swan Harbor on the Lenin, he took away not only the ancient dragon embryo, but also the two brothers Genchisei and Eri, who had grown into children at that time.

It is not difficult to imagine that although the Soviet rulers at the time might not have been aware of the dark society of hybrids and dragons, their efficient and violent rule was able to effectively monitor the entire country and select children from those republics who seemed to be far more talented than ordinary people.

Some of these children possess amazing explosive power, some can display miracles such as calling the wind and rain, and some are even close to Einstein in IQ.

These mixed-race children were collected by the Soviet government and sent secretly to Black Swan Port, where they were set up to look like an orphanage.

Herzog has been carrying out a human completion plan, but at the beginning he did not know that what he was studying was actually dragons. The so-called human completion, deification or super soldiers are just some kind of path to deification under some modern rhetoric.

But even in the most ancient times, there were only a few people who could walk the path to deification. Modern genetics also could not help Herzog solve the most direct problem he needed to face, which was the toughness of human genes and the violence of dragon genes. So until the disintegration of the Soviet Union, he was not able to successfully create the most perfect hybrid. Although Yuan Zhisheng and Yuan Zhinu had no defects in their bloodline, they were still far from being true gods.

Eri is close to the god of death but she is not perfect enough. Her unstable bloodline may turn her into an irrational Deadpool at any time.

Thinking of this, Lu Mingfei's heart moved slightly. Using Eri as the Holy Grail to wash the fetal blood from the holy remains, was this crazy plan formulated by Herzog from the very beginning, or did it come from the man who called himself Bondarev?

"I want to know more about the Delta Plan." Lu Mingfei said. He looked up at a corner of the room, staring at a trance-like observer who was staring at him like a tiger across a distant and empty distance. After a moment, Lu Mingfei lowered his head and looked into the old man's eyes. "This place is not as safe as you think. At the same time, there is no doubt that the greater crisis actually comes from your former allies... If you give me more information, I can help you leave here, to China or Italy. Anyway, this cage can't hold me."

"They told me that a young Chinese man with a red passport came. I didn't believe it at first. No diplomats have come to deal with me for many years... Since you stopped buying planes from my country, those guys who used to have a good drinking capacity have disappeared." General Vatutin casually pulled out a bottle of old Red Star Vodka from under the table and poured a glass for Lu Mingfei and himself in a dirty glass.

"My identity is even more shocking than you can imagine. It is almost impossible to get help from your country to help me out of this predicament."

Lu Mingfei did not want to get the old man out of Moscow through diplomatic channels. Even if Lord Wa had that much power, General Vatutin's enemies and his political allies would not allow him to escape to China with the secret.