Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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After working so hard for so long, can't you enjoy yourself a little?

What are his hobbies...? Lu Mingfei suddenly really missed the days when he didn't have much money and could be happy just by getting a drink or instant noodle machine at an internet cafe.

Now that we lack nothing, happiness seems harder to find. Of course, going back to when we were penniless is out of the question.

……

Xia Mi took Panpan and Erii to the zoo and aquarium, which were located in a business-oriented area, to buy groceries. On their way back, they saw Lu Mingfei still diligently typing away.

She walked over and said, "Mr. Lu, you're still writing a book? I thought you'd forgotten about it and were focusing on your great career."

"One must not forget one's roots. It was all thanks to the support of the readers that I earned my first pot of gold. I have to give them a complete story." The system said without turning its head.

"Then I'll go cook."

Xia Mi turned and went back to the kitchen, also explaining to Erii what Lu Mingfei was doing.

After finishing writing 20,000 words and ending the system's hosting, Lu Mingfei stretched his fingers and prepared to enter the kitchen, only to find that the three girls had already crowded the kitchen, so he could only stand outside and chat with them.

He said, "Eri, I thought you would study in Japan for two years first."

“My dad and brother said it’s not necessary, because I might not fit in at school at my age.”

“We don’t necessarily have to go to school; we can ask a teacher,” Xia Mi said.

"They said it's better to have more contact with the outside world."

"There doesn't seem to be a conflict between asking a teacher for help and having contact with the outside world, right?"

"They thought I might not like interacting with the outside world..."

"..."

Lu Mingfei and Erii were chatting, while Xia Mi chimed in from the side, leaving Panpan, who couldn't understand Japanese, standing helplessly between the three of them.

"Brother, what are you talking about?"

"Let's talk about Erii, hmm..."

Lu Mingfei seemed to remember something. Actually, the one who could get along better with Erii was Panpan, that precocious little girl.

It's a pity that Erii doesn't understand Chinese very well, and Panpan doesn't understand Japanese very well either. Erii isn't a classmate who lives and goes to and from school with Panpan.

Xia Mi was telling Panpan about Erii. Panpan felt sorry for Erii, who was raised as a weapon.

But Sister Xia Mi, you and Brother Lu Mingfei have such a good relationship with her, aren't you afraid of causing other problems?

No… Panpan glanced at Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi, feeling a little guilty. She felt she had been too selfish, always thinking about her own wishful thinking without considering other people’s feelings.

The food was almost ready, so Xia Mi casually made a phone call to Uesugi Kotsushi and asked him to come over for dinner.

Uesugi Yue was somewhat surprised to find that Lu Mingfei lived in such an ordinary neighborhood. He was surprised that Lu Mingfei was so low-key.

In response to his surprise, Xia Mi smiled and said, "Our high school and company are both nearby, so it's convenient to live here."

"Oh, you guys are still in school..." For some reason, Uesugi Yue found it a little funny to think of Lu Mingfei, the little monster who had just saved the world, disguised as an ordinary high school student.

This guy is such a show-off! With his current status, why is he even going to school? It's like something out of a Japanese light novel or anime.

“There’s nothing wrong with going to school,” Lu Mingfei said. “Once time is gone, it can’t be turned back, and it doesn’t really affect anything anyway…”

It seems to have quite an impact. It's foreseeable that once the company is established, no matter how much Lu Mingfei, the boss, works behind the scenes, not going to the front desk doesn't mean he has no work to do.

If I take too many days off, my classmates will definitely find it strange.

Speaking of his classmates, he had been busy in Japan for more than half a month, working tirelessly to save the world. He had almost forgotten that he was still a second-year high school student at Shilan Middle School.

"It seems so."

Uesugi Yue thought about it and couldn't seem to find anything wrong with it. Lu Mingfei was doing what he wanted, and now Lu Mingfei wasn't alone. The dragon resurgence didn't happen every day, so he didn't need to personally go out to gather intelligence. He had plenty of time and could do whatever he wanted.

"How's the house search going? You guys probably won't be staying here permanently, right? Just find a hotel for now." Lu Mingfei brought up the matter of Uesugi Yue's house search.

Uesugi looked at his daughter and said, "We still need to find a place to live. Is staying in a hotel the same as going home? I'll take Erii to travel all over the world, but we won't be wandering around aimlessly. We need to find a place to stay somewhere."

He is still wealthy. The land behind the University of Tokyo is his property, and at its peak, it was worth a billion US dollars. Even though the Japanese real estate bubble burst in the 90s and Tokyo land prices plummeted after the recent White House recovery, it doesn't affect his status as a "rich man".

Even at a 10% discount, a billion dollars is still a billion dollars.

After eating and drinking her fill, Xia Mi sat on the sofa, gulped down a glass of iced cola, and sighed to Lu Mingfei, "It feels like a lifetime ago... Just thinking about how we just went to save the world, and now that we're back, school starts in a little over a week, I feel a bit out of sorts."

It's probably normal to feel uncomfortable, but Uesugi Koshi sat to the side without saying a word or disturbing him.

After finishing his iced cola, Lu Mingfei said, "If you don't want to go to school, I happen to have a project prototype that's suitable for you to work on."

"Business projects? Boss, aren't you going to focus on those two first?" Xia Mi asked in confusion, then shook her head: "Forget it, I'd better just go back to school. Going to school is much better than being exploited by capitalists like you. If I don't study, I'll only be exploited by capitalists. I have to study hard."

After finishing a glass of iced cola, Panpan lay comfortably on the sofa and asked, "Sister Xia Mi, are you running a company and making money?"

“Yes,” Xia Mi replied, “Your brother Lu Mingfei is going to be a big boss. Even if he does nothing every day, we employees will still work hard to make money for him, to buy him a new house, a new car, and a new airplane.”

"What do you do?" Panpan pressed.

“Well, it’s roughly like this…” Xia Mi explained the initial outline of Lu Mingfei’s business plan to her.

Uesugi Yue didn't care about business plans or anything like that; he was just wondering why Lu Mingfei, who clearly had many more ways to make big money immediately, would start a business from scratch.

He asked, "Starting a business from scratch would take a long time, right? The business model seems fine, but it might take several years to make money."

"Mainly, I want to experience what it's like to start a business," Lu Mingfei said casually.

"So, Mr. Lu, you'll be a promising young entrepreneur on the surface, but secretly a dragon-slaying hero saving the world?" Xia Mi smiled and said, "Then the students at school will suddenly realize that writer Lu Mingfei has transformed into someone they can't understand..."

Hmm... Lu Mingfei could only say that Xia Mi guessed right; the system wanted the legendary color.

The system's approach is to go to the school, otherwise the targets there will be difficult to reach. They don't want to go out and make a fortune with Su Enxi for a few years, only to find that the target has already started a family.

After the company was established, Lu Mingfei became so busy that his classmates became curious. Upon closer inspection, they discovered that this suddenly rising Lu Mingfei was about to become someone they could only look up to.

The story of slaying the dragon is not something to be told, but even though Lu Mingfei, who has succeeded in starting a business, has not yet fully expanded his business empire, he is already sitting at the same table with the fathers of his high school classmates.

But it's not fast enough. Whether it's food delivery or ride-hailing in the US, they are betting on the future development of internet technology, from fixed PCs to mobile devices that can be easily carried around.

That was the point at which the system's two business plans would truly take off.

According to Su Enxi, Apple is making a big move, and companies like Google are also betting on this trend.

Technology takes time to advance. The system is working on a way to quickly get students to the same level as their parents, but it can't rely solely on capital to push things forward, otherwise it will lack a legendary quality.

It was getting late, and although there were rooms available for Uesugi Koshi and Erii, Uesugi Koshi still took Erii to the hotel.

It's almost bedtime. In the room, the system is typing away, trying its best to finish that annoying novel as quickly as possible.

While reading the novel, Lu Mingfei bothered the system: "System, when do you think we'll be able to use that Dragon King experience card? After the complete human-dragon alchemy matrix is ​​developed, we should be able to solo ordinary dragons. We won't need this thing very often."

The Dragon King Experience Card arrived in his account after Herzog's death and can be activated at any time. In other words, Lu Mingfei can activate it whenever he has free time to experience what the power of a Dragon King is like.

Perhaps through this Dragon King Experience Card, one can obtain the authority of the Dragon King and master Dragon King-level incantations?

However, neither the system nor Lu Mingfei wanted to gamble. If they couldn't crack the Dragon King-level power, they would be at a huge loss if they couldn't use it when they really needed it.

Given the little devil's mischievous nature, this Dragon King trial card is clearly intended for Lu Mingfei to fight against the Dragon King; it's just unknown when he will actually face off against the Dragon King.

[...In extreme cases, we might need to use it tonight; in ideal circumstances, it might not be needed for another 5 to 10 years...]

In extreme cases, it's an accident that's unpredictable and uncontrollable. In ideal cases, it means that the system and Lu Mingfei actively seek out the Dragon King to slay the dragon, rather than passively accepting information about the Dragon King's appearance.

In 5 to 10 years, according to the system's development plan, Lu Mingfei will probably be armed to the teeth, and he will also have a powerful dragon-slaying army under his command.

Then you can start trying to defeat the Dragon King.

"The little devil gave the Dragon King trial card so readily, I suspect he'll push us to actively search for the Dragon King?"

Lu Mingfei pondered: "As long as the adult Dragon King doesn't openly destroy the world, we most likely won't go looking for it before it has grown up."

"It's highly likely that the little devil released a message about a weakened dragon king to us, giving us a chance to successfully slay the dragon, just like the White King's remains."

"We need to use the Dragon King's power from the Dragon King's trial card. This dragon should still be in good condition, perhaps just a bit rushed, but it will still take some time before it reaches its full potential..."

Lu Mingfei roughly guessed and speculated, looked at his novel, and suddenly thought: How come I am just like the protagonist in the novel? Things that were quite rare before the protagonist arrived started to happen one after another after the protagonist arrived?

Previously, information about the Dragon King was calculated on a timeline of a hundred years, but recently there seem to be too many Dragon Kings resurrecting.

Is something about to happen?

Chapter 169 Ancient City of Dragon Clan Civilization

Lu Mingfei didn't think too much about it; novels are never as absurd as reality.

System-coded novels must be logical and well-founded; even the slightest inconsistency will draw criticism from readers. However, in reality, many seemingly healthy people suddenly die from illness.

After a good night's sleep, the system sent people to collect the goods the next day.

The Longwen materials promised by Principal Angers have arrived.

The secret society and Kassel College have accumulated so many years of dragon-related information, as well as some original dragon items. Two large containers were transported from the port, brought to the company building, and then moved upstairs.

"Dragon Clan Chronicles, Dragon Calendar..."

"Fragments of the Ice Sea Scroll..."

There are original Dragon Script texts, as well as translations developed by the Secret Service and the Kassel College, but most of them are still undecipherable original Dragon Script texts.

The system ignored the translation and went straight to the original Dragon Script text. Xia Mi, watching her boss's actions and glancing at the people moving things around her, was somewhat speechless.

Because text translation is a very troublesome task, especially when there is little information available about the Dragon script, which is a rather unique script.

Generally speaking, given enough samples, the extent of text translation can be inferred logically.

The reason why nearly two-thirds of the oracle bone inscriptions have not been deciphered is that the vast majority of these characters are proper nouns, which can be simply compared to personal names and have no logical connection with other words in the text.

Especially the clan emblems, most of which are self-created characters with no meaning whatsoever.

At the other extreme is ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. While Egyptian hieroglyphs are hieroglyphic, no one suspected they were phonetic rather than ideographic, leaving them completely clueless for three or four centuries before the Rosetta Stone was discovered. However, after the Rosetta Stone confirmed that Egyptian hieroglyphs were phonetic, a large portion of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs were deciphered.

As for her boss's performance... Xia Mi could only say she was speechless. Why not just leave it in the warehouse to gather dust and then just announce to the public that you've deciphered the dragon script?

The Dragon Script materials actually consisted of only one and a half boxes; the remaining half box contained two enormous items, which were wrapped up tightly.

Xia Mi led her people up to the third floor, and after they went down, she unwrapped the package.

The ferocious dragon head and dark gold skeleton are not actually that large, but they are extremely majestic and even awe-inspiring.

If any thief dares to sneak in and steal something, he will definitely be terrified by this thing. People with heart conditions might even have a heart attack if they see it.

"The White King..."