Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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Perhaps it was the thought of the high monthly salary, or perhaps it was the phone in his pocket, that made him feel a pang of guilt and he asked about work.

"Boss Lu, is my next task to read books and learn about the Dragon Clan?" Xia Mi made a gesture, indicating that there was nothing else to do.

"Weapons and combat training still need time to be arranged, and I will handle the establishment of the intelligence network myself..." The professional arrangements need to be explained in detail through the system.

Although everything costs money, time is not a problem. It's not like we have to slay a dragon right now or face the previous dragon king.

You can work on the Dragon Slayer Organization while simultaneously working on mission objectives.

If Xia Mi wants to speed things up and can't wait to slay the dragon, Su Enxi can make arrangements.

However, since they don't trust others, they mostly only trust their own system unless there are special circumstances. Otherwise, they feel more at ease building their own dragon-slaying organization step by step...

……

"Um……"

Hearing the descriptions from Su Enxi and the other two women, the handsome man breathed a sigh of relief, finally returning to a topic he was familiar with.

If you can't understand Lu Mingfei, do you also not understand this sudden verdict in the middle of the night?

In his view, this was a verdict against the dragon blood. If he could know the situation on Xia Mi's side, he would be 100% certain, but having 90% certainty would be enough.

He stroked his chin with his fingers and asked them, "Did you hear any pronouncements of judgment?"

As soon as he asked the question, he shook his head: "Forget it, your bloodline is far from enough for the monarch to personally pronounce judgment on you."

In this city, only Xia Mi, the dragon, can truly hear the pronouncement of judgment. As for where this judgment comes from, since Lu Mingfei can learn from the emperor, it's not impossible that he can complete the emperor's work.

It couldn't possibly be a judgment issued by Xia Mi or a puppet placed here by Odin, could it? What rank do they hold? They wouldn't dare! Xia Mi is impossible, and that puppet is even less likely. Although strength is mostly linked to bloodline, strength ≠ bloodline. You can see for yourself…

"The monarch?" The three women were startled.

"Hmm." The handsome man nodded slightly. "Our little white rabbit isn't a rabbit at all. He's not a wolf or a tiger in rabbit skin, but a dragon in rabbit skin."

But then I can rest assured.

The handsome man's fingers tapped rhythmically on the sofa armrest, making a crisp tapping sound.

Although the boss didn't explicitly say what they were relieved about, they could hear the satisfaction in his tone.

Has the boss had a change of heart these past couple of days?

Su Enxi looked at her pensive boss with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"What has Lu Mingfei been doing lately?" the handsome man asked the three women.

"The main thing was setting up a company, hiring Xia Mi and Chu Zihang, buying two houses, and getting some books about dragons. The rest were minor matters."

Hearing her say that, the handsome guy suddenly stopped, clenched his fist, stood up and said, "It's time to give our protagonist some strength. It won't work to just stay in the newbie village and collect the minimum experience points. He won't grow like that."

Seeing her boss standing up, ready to get down to business, Su Enxi suddenly stood up and called out to him, "Wait, wait, boss, I think we should be more careful about this."

"Oh? What did you discover about the potato chips?"

The handsome guy looked at her, knowing she wouldn't say that for no reason.

“I feel that Lu Mingfei’s current style of doing things is leaning towards a relatively stable approach. He doesn’t intend for me to interfere too much in his affairs. This attitude clearly indicates that he intends to take the lead and dominate…” Su Enxi hesitated for a moment, then said, “He always gives me the impression that he owes money and doesn’t intend to pay it back. He’s more inclined to eliminate his creditors, although he hasn’t shown it to us…”

She always felt that the feeling she got from Lu Mingfei was directed at their boss, not at them. It wasn't very obvious; it was more of a woman's intuition that told her.

But the conclusion she reached, which was born with the power of innate talent, did not appear out of nowhere.

Lu Mingfei's approach of hiring people for his company by requesting books about dragons is unclear, and she's worried that the boss might act recklessly. She fears that before Lu Mingfei even gets to fight the Dragon King, he might start a civil war with the boss to determine who is the king and who is the queen.

Seeing Su Enxi's hesitation, the handsome man suddenly smiled, as if he understood everything at once, and comforted her, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. Besides, it's not convenient to make too much noise here. I just wanted to make a slight move to test his limits."

"You'll know whether it's a mule or a horse once you take it out for a spin."

Even as the verdict was being announced, the young, handsome guy wanted to swear—"Where did this monster come from? Get off my brother!"

I've walked this path for so many years, feeling my way across the river, and now Nidhogg is trying to help me cross it too, and you're trying to help me cross it as well?

Are we acquainted?

Lu Mingfei's forced learning of Word Magic had already surprised him enough. He was still figuring out how to pave the way for his brother and see how things went when he turned around and saw that his brother's version had been updated again.

It not only enables learning, but also sparks creativity and other aspects.

I have to get involved now; strange things happen every year, but this year there seem to be more than usual. If I don't step in soon, my brother might just transform into a Super Saiyan and sweep through everything in his path.

I dare not open my eyes, for fear it is all a hallucination...

"Ah~"

The young man suddenly sighed, "I'm old, I'm no good anymore."

"..." The three women remained silent, watching their boss quietly.

"The Dragon King isn't here, and it's not good to make a direct move against Xia Mi with him around..." The young man muttered to himself, "The pronouncement of bloodline can make the dragon blood fear in the short term, but it's only a temporary solution. Instead, it will stir up the dormant dragon blood and cause it to riot. There may be some chaos in this city next."

So who will suffer first?

Chapter 51 This child has fallen.

Xia Mi wasn't in a hurry to stay here tonight. The move-in ready apartment was fine, but she still wanted to decorate her room a bit.

It's almost the weekend, so she can take the 2000 yuan that Lu Mingfei advanced her and go shopping.

Tomorrow... I need to talk to the homeroom teacher about her need to live off-campus. Usually, students who live off-campus apply at the beginning of the semester, but it's almost the end of December now, so it will definitely be difficult for regular students.

But she was no ordinary student; she was the apple of her teachers' and superiors' eye, a key student they were grooming to become the provincial champion in two and a half years.

Every year, various universities send students to Tsinghua and Peking Universities, but only two students are destined to be the top scorers each year. With the potential that Xia Mi has shown, as long as he doesn't fall into depravity, securing one of those spots shouldn't be a problem.

Who wouldn't want the kind of outstanding performance of Chengdu No. 7 High School in Sichuan, where seven out of ten students achieve top results, a feat unmatched in the entire province? But many universities in other provinces and cities don't have that kind of dominance. Especially here, in a coastal area with a developed economy and a high average level of education, everyone has some serious skills.

Don't even mention these schools vying for the title of top university; even the cities in the neighboring provinces are trying to steal the top city title...

The system returned to the hotel, where Su Enxi and the other two women had gathered together again today.

Normally, the three women rarely gather together unless they come back to sleep, due to their work and personalities, but today is a special case.

The system assumed they were still pondering what happened last night, so it asked, "Pondering what happened last night?"

The three women looked at Lu Mingfei with a strange expression for a moment, but only for a second. Su Enxi then said seriously, "The source of what happened last night is hard to say, but the chain reaction it caused will definitely affect the order of this city. If possible, you'd better be careful these days."

Lu Mingfei kept this from them at first, so they didn't feel guilty. Besides, the boss was back and keeping an eye on things, so nothing unexpected would happen.

"Hmm?" the system pressed, "What exactly would that be?"

"That kind of suppressive force targets the dragon bloodline. It can suppress the retreat of the natural bloodline in the short term, but then there may be a bloodline riot."

Su Enxi explained, "It's similar to a natural self-defense mechanism. Once the bloodline comes to its senses, it will feel that the surrounding environment is harsh and threatens itself. Subsequently, the dragon blood may backfire on the human body and take over the body's survival instincts."

In other words, he degenerated into a Deadpool.

Dragon blood possesses a highly self-regulating ability. Within a dragon, it acts like a five-axis machining lathe capable of processing multiple incantations. However, when dragon blood flows into a human, without the support of a massive dragon body and sufficient blood, the processing capacity won't be dispersed, resulting in flawed incantations. Instead, it self-compensates and self-regulates, focusing solely on processing one type of incantation…

Faced with this problem, hybrids who have awakened their bloodline can suppress their physical instincts to a certain extent, but hybrids who have not awakened and whose bloodline is still in the latent stage are in greater danger.

"How chaotic will it be? Will even the hidden hybrids with diluted bloodlines be affected?" The system also realized the seriousness of the problem. It was possible that the Dragon Slaying Company would really have to open ahead of schedule.

Compared to the total human population, the number of hybrids is less than one in ten thousand, and that's after accounting for the recessive low-bloodline and dominant high-bloodline distinctions. This percentage isn't high, but their city has millions of permanent residents! Even if the dominant hybrids are taken away to explore the world, the remaining recessive hybrids won't be few in number.

One Deadpool is troublesome enough, but suddenly there are hundreds of Deadpools...

Lu Mingfei was still in shock from the news, fearing that this disaster would spread and that he, as the instigator...

The system has no conscience; it's analyzing how to maximize its profits should a large-scale Deadpool uprising occur...

However, Su Enxi said, "It shouldn't be too big, maybe a few like that will happen. Unless it's a dangerous hybrid whose bloodline is inherently dangerous and on the verge of being out of control, awakened hybrids and low-bloodline latent hybrids will basically not be affected."

Ultimately, it's just dragon blood with some mechanisms, not something truly intelligent.

"A few...that's alright." The system nodded slightly. In that case, the possibility of Lu Mingfei being affected was very small, and China could handle it on its own.

For now, it doesn't need to get involved... Hmm... If those out-of-control hybrids went out of control because of the backlash from the dragon blood, does that mean they've become advanced hybrids?

The difference between Deadpool and a hybrid is whether or not they have a mind. Because they have too much dragon blood in their bodies, their dragon blood instincts take over their control of their bodies, which is why they fall into becoming Deadpool.

Deadpool possesses a powerful dragon bloodline, but lacks the sanity to unleash incantations or engage in advanced thought... If only humanity could be restored...

The system glanced at Su Enxi, but ultimately didn't ask the question.

The world of mixed-race people is quite complex. This problem may not be without a solution, but the mainstream view is that there is no solution because what it represents is too terrifying.

It's good to figure this out on your own; it's not good to let too many people know about it.

……

The next day, when the homeroom teacher heard Xia Mi's words, she choked on her water.

After regaining her senses, she immediately asked, "Are you staying out all night? Where will you stay?"

Xia Mi said, "I'm renting a place. It's more convenient to live outside..."

"No." The homeroom teacher shook his head without hesitation, feeling that this child was truly beyond saving.

I suspected she was dating someone yesterday, and today she's applying to stay out overnight. Is that man really that charming? Xia Mi, who's usually quite smart... how did she fall so low?

But the homeroom teacher hesitated for a moment and then asked, "Why do you want to live outside?"

She still intended to try and persuade the child, and ideally, find the boy...

So at noon, Xia Mi said to Lu Mingfei with some regret, "Applying for off-campus accommodation is a bit troublesome. The homeroom teacher doesn't trust me, so I'll have to wait a while before I can move to the staff dormitory."

The system had anticipated that Xia Mi's request to stay overnight away from home would be troublesome.

Being an orphan means being rootless and adrift, especially since she came all the way from the capital... Plus, with good grades, any homeroom teacher with a bit of responsibility wouldn't let her stay out overnight.

"correct."

The system remembered Su Enxi's words and felt it should tell her about this. If she were unlucky enough to be caught off guard and died unexpectedly, it would be too distressing for the system…

[...? ...]

...If the mission objective dies...

"?"

Both the system and Lu Mingfei displayed question marks.

The system's question mark indicates that it has seen another solution: if you can't reach the task objective, then destroy it; if there's no task objective, then the task is completed, right?

Lu Mingfei saw this analysis and was somewhat surprised by the system's ideas.