Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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"I'm just guessing." Old Tang spread his hands innocently. "I just think that this rumor, if you think about it carefully, isn't entirely false. After all, the Dragon Dynasty society is clearly divided into classes, with dragons classified into 369 ranks according to bloodline. But in some of Norton's memories, the dragon's bloodline isn't completely fixed; there seems to be some kind of promotion channel."

"Oh? I've never heard you mention this before?"

Old Tang scratched his head and said, "You haven't asked about this either, and I haven't thought about it carefully before. I just thought of it myself."

"Hmm." The system nodded. "If you could possess the power to control a Dragon King, you might be able to get rid of your troubles. Even if you can't, at least when Norton revives, you can beat him up and make him spit you out, or make him pay with his life."

"Mmm." Old Tang nodded, carefully taking the drop of dragon blood and the small piece of withered bone from the system.

But looking at the dragon blood and withered bones in his hands, he fell into deep thought again, because he had no clue! He really had no idea how to plunder the power inside the Dragon Bone Cross.

"Perhaps you could do some research on Chu Tianjiao. Chu Tianjiao's bloodline has also undergone a leapfrog improvement. Odin may have used some methods. You might be able to find some traces of that bloodline on him?"

"Okay, I understand. I'll examine Chu Tianjiao's blood carefully when I get back, boss." Old Tang nodded, but then hesitated, as if he wanted to say something more.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Old Tang shook his head repeatedly, but ultimately didn't say anything.

……

"How do I even begin to work on this thing?"

Back in the lab, Old Tang stared blankly at Chu Tianjiao's files, blood, and dragon bones.

Since there was no strong connection between them, he examined them for a long time but still had no clue.

But this matter is very urgent and rushed.

……

When Xia Mi saw Lu Mingfei return, she immediately smiled and said, "Oh? Lu Mingfei, you're back? I thought you'd be back much later or tomorrow. How was it going to the hot springs with President Su and the others?"

"It was just a simple hot spring vacation. Something came up in the middle of the trip, so I rushed back."

Looking at Xia Mi's smile, Lu Mingfei felt something was off.

The system, however, seemed to detect something different in Xia Mi's words: "[...Xia Mi's words just now seemed somewhat targeted?...]"

I thought you'd be back late or not until tomorrow.

Why are you coming back so late or tomorrow? You're just going to a hot spring, why leave so early in the morning? Isn't it enough to just go there, soak, and have some fun?

They actually want me to stay overnight? There's probably something shady going on here, isn't there?

Upon seeing the system's analysis, Lu Mingfei glanced at Xia Mi's fading smile and felt something was off.

Xia Mi noticed that his gaze had glanced at her face twice, so she couldn't help but touch her face and ask, "What kind of look is that? Is there something on my face?"

"No." Lu Mingfei shook his head and said, "Going to the hot spring with President Su and the others is just a normal soak and a chat. There's no need to stay overnight outside. But Su Enxi is quite stingy. We're all acquaintances, and I'm a gentleman, yet she actually wore a swimsuit. It's one thing to be wary of backstabbers, but she even has to be wary of a gentleman like me."

Only Mai Shude wore a relatively revealing swimsuit; Su Enxi and Zero were dressed rather conservatively.

“Isn’t wearing a swimsuit perfectly normal?” Xia Mi immediately retorted upon hearing this, “If you’re truly a gentleman, why bother with such things?”

"Because I felt betrayed, our trust was broken," Lu Mingfei said painfully. "Her behavior disgusted me."

Xia Mi: "..."

Dude, what's with this attitude? Are humans really that complicated? She, experiencing life for the first time, didn't dare to jump to conclusions.

She patted her chest and said, "She's just a mere President Su. If she doesn't trust you, you still have me. You can absolutely trust me!"

"Are you as rich as her?" Lu Mingfei asked immediately.

"?" Xia Mi was stunned when she heard this.

Dude, I'm trying to comfort you, is it really okay for you to turn around and stab me in the back?

"Just kidding. No matter how rich Su Enxi is, she's still an outsider. My relationship with her is more like a business partnership, maybe even a dangerous one. Only you are the person I truly trust."

After saying this, Lu Mingfei carefully observed Xia Mi's expression.

Upon hearing this, Xia Mi immediately replied, "Then boss, why don't you give me a 2 million bonus first to test my trust?"

"Hey, Xia Mi, why do you value money so much? If you have too much money, you'll lose your motivation. If you lose your motivation, you won't want to work. If you don't want to work, you'll just lie around at home. And if you lie around at home, you'll lose an unhealthy lifestyle with healthy social interactions, activities, and thoughts."

Lu Mingfei's joking remark made Xia Mi roll her eyes. "Heartless boss, do you even listen to what you're saying? I feel like capitalists might not even be human anymore. Can I strip you bare and see if you're some kind of humanoid creature or alien?"

“No, given the trust between us, we shouldn’t do this.” Lu Mingfei immediately waved his hand in refusal.

"Tch." Xia Mi snorted dismissively.

After this lighthearted banter, Xia Mi returned to the serious topic and asked, "Boss, I've been thinking about a really chilling question today."

Lu Mingfei said, "Then just don't think about it."

"Boss, I'm talking about serious business, not joking with you."

"Oh, that's fine then, you can continue."

"Hmm... Boss, have you considered this? Dragons also possess intelligence, dragons can think, and dragons also have feelings. Do you think it's possible for us to first win over a portion of the dragons and then use that to deliver a heavy blow to the dragons on the other side?"

"Oh, someone's already handling this issue, constantly maneuvering between various factions. Hmm... but as for the dragon, I don't know any dragons. Could you introduce me to one? I'll go ask him what his attitude is?"

"How would I know anything about dragons... I'm so tiny, I wouldn't even be a piece of a dragon's teeth." Xia Mi rolled her eyes and said, "I just wanted to ask, when you had that big battle with the dragon in the Three Gorges, did you ask the dragon for any information?"

"No, in that situation, I wouldn't be in the mood to ask questions. Isn't my life my life too?"

Lu Mingfei shook his head honestly. At the time, he was only thinking about not wasting the power of the Dragon King's experience card, so he went straight for the punch and didn't think about talking so much.

"OK then."

Chapter 224 The True Dragon Transformation

Lu Mingfei asked Xia Mi, "Why are you suddenly asking this question? Have you come into contact with a good dragon? Is that dragon planning to join forces with humans to create a peaceful global village?"

"How could someone as small as me survive an encounter with a dragon?" Xia Mi asked earnestly again, then said, "I just think, if dragons and humans can talk, then can't humans and dragons also talk?"

"We can talk about it. Isn't the White King's Remains a case in point?"

Lu Mingfei said, "When the White King was nailed to the big bronze pillar, the Japanese went to contact the White King and obtained his bloodline. From then on, a super hybrid family appeared among humans. However, the ancestors of the Snake Clan did not keep their promise to help the White King revive."

"You said that humans and dragons can talk, and I reckon that such a situation does exist, but I don't know the specifics of what they would do. Serving as the emperor's lackey is nothing compared to being the emperor yourself. Although these new dragon species are also targets worth guarding against, we are not yet Pacific policemen who can manage such a wide range of matters."

“That’s true.” Xia Mi nodded, then sighed and said, “This world is really difficult. People fight each other, dragons fight each other, dragons fight each other…”

“That’s just how the world is.” Lu Mingfei nodded matter-of-factly. “Otherwise, what do you think the world should be like?”

"I don't know, I just want to live well, and for everyone to live well together."

"Perhaps your idea will come true when everyone can absorb sunlight to survive, and when sunlight is inexhaustible. Otherwise, even if all living things are herbivores, wouldn't the grass suffer?"

"According to you, boss, if everyone relies on absorbing sunlight to survive, then sunlight won't suffer?"

"So there's no solution to this problem at all." Lu Mingfei shrugged. "Since competition is unavoidable, all we can do is try our best to secure benefits for ourselves and for the things we want to help."

"Ah."

Xia Mi nodded, her expression not gloomy, clearly not dwelling on the topic.

Did Xia Mi see something, or think of something, that led her to ask that question?

While Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi were chatting, the system silently analyzed Xia Mi's situation, but couldn't come up with anything conclusive.

After all, Xia Mi's words weren't particularly targeted, and people are like that; in a single moment, a single thought can trigger a multitude of ideas and thoughts...

……

"Old Tang, how's the research going?"

The system came to the lab to visit Lao Tang, check on the research progress, and see if Lao Tang had any research directions.

Old Tang smiled wryly, "There's not much progress, boss. This research project of yours is really leaving me at a loss."

The study of how to transform a person into a dragon—isn't that the path to godhood described in the book? It's just that this path to godhood is a bit strange, and it's not certain that it can be successfully traversed.

Because this path to godhood doesn't actually exist, it's a bit of a dilemma. Things that can't be seen or touched can only be guessed at based on theory, but humans don't have any relevant theories... This is a real challenge for Old Tang, even though he has the Dragon King's blood and the Dragon King's dragon bone cross fragments.

Xia Mi, who had followed them, sensed something was amiss upon overhearing their conversation: "Hmm? Old Tang, weren't you doing quite well with your alchemy research? Are you doing some new research now?"

Old Tang glanced at Lu Mingfei's expression. The system remained unmoved, clearly not paying much attention to Xia Mi's question.

Seeing that the boss didn't seem to care, Old Tang said, "We're studying the dragon's blood and the fragments of the dragon's cross."

"What's so interesting about this? The Kassel College has already figured it out almost completely, hasn't they? What new direction are you working on?"

Faced with Xia Mi's question, Old Tang didn't say much, but simply took out the research materials.

Dragon blood from Constantine, and a small fragment of a dragon bone cross.

Xia Mi's gaze sharpened instantly. She had thought Old Tang was studying the dragon next to Constantine! Turns out he was studying Constantine?

"This is?"

"The boss said these are fragments of the dragon bone and blood of the Dragon King Constantine. Let's see if we can open up a new path to godhood."

Xia Mi immediately understood: the ordinary path to godhood is for humans to transform into dragons, so the new path to godhood is obviously for humans to transform into dragon kings.

Creating a Dragon King? No, it's just recreating a Dragon King, taking the power that the original Dragon King possessed, and wanting to transfer it to someone else?

Is there such a good thing?

Xia Mi's mind suddenly clicked; she seemed to have spotted an opportunity!

Xia Mi said she could understand the other party's ambition to recreate the Dragon King. It's not difficult for the Dragon King to create a dragon, but to create a Dragon King... Heh, do you think you're Nidhogg the Black King?

Transferring the Dragon King's power to someone else would be much easier.

Xia Mi also saw from this idea an opportunity to openly take Constantine's Dragon Bone Cross... but she didn't know how to explain that the power of the King of Bronze and Fire had become the power of the King of Earth and Mountains...

She wasn't sure if she could successfully take over the throne after absorbing the power of another dragon king, since there was no precedent for it...

How do you explain this? She can't just run away after getting the Dragonbone Cross, can she? But if she gets the Dragonbone Cross openly and honestly, she can still stay close to Lu Mingfei and find an opportunity to get another Dragonbone Cross for her brother.

Looking at Xia Mi, whose face showed sudden realization, Old Tang said with a troubled expression, "According to my research, the Dragon King's dragon bone cross is no different from an ordinary dragon bone cross. The blood extracted from the dragon bone cross is also the same. If we use this dragon blood to enhance a person's bloodline, it's very simple. I can do it now. With alchemy, I can perfectly control this power. But to achieve a leap in bloodline and fully control the power from the dragon blood... that's too difficult. It's like humans trying to invent a superconducting material that consumes zero energy during the transmission of electricity."

“This is indeed very difficult.” Xia Mi nodded. “This is probably beyond the limits of conventional alchemy. It’s not a method that can be easily researched through alchemy.”

"No, no, no." Old Tang shook his head. "This is still within the scope of alchemy. It's just that I'm too inexperienced to grasp the key points. Chu Tianjiao's bloodline almost experienced a leap in level. It's probably because Odin didn't grant him the royal power from the Dragon King that Chu Tianjiao's bloodline was stuck at its limit, just one step away from the royal power, but also impossible to get closer to."

Xia Mi knew, of course, that this was entirely possible, but it was a method belonging to dragons, something that humans probably couldn't even imagine.

She said, "So what are you going to do?"

"I don't know," Old Tang shook his head.