Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

Lu Mingfei exclaimed, "No wonder you're such a big shot, it's no wonder your grades are so good."

"A bad pen is worse than a good memory"—this is a saying that has been repeated countless times by teachers. However, most people only use this method when they are studying, and they don't pay much attention to it after they are free from the burden of studying.

Of course, Lu Mingfei doesn't need to carry a pen and paper with him like Xia Mi does; the system will automatically record it for him.

Hearing his words, Xia Mi, who was drawing the ghost talisman, looked up at him with some confusion.

The two looked at each other, and Lu Mingfei asked with some confusion, "What's wrong?"

Xia Mi lowered her head and continued drawing ghost talismans, saying, "You... are a little different from before, but I can't quite put my finger on it."

Lu Mingfei was somewhat shocked. "No, you can even see that?"

The system was also frantically analyzing the probabilities of Xia Mi distinguishing between Lu Mingfei in the non-managed state and Lu Mingfei in the managed state.

How were they distinguished? By tone of voice? Or by expression? It couldn't be that the person controlling the phone number switched accounts, could it?

The system immediately came up with a testing method: the system and Lu Mingfei would take turns controlling the accounts, and then, mimicking the other party, they would use a comparative quantitative method to test whether Xia Mi could truly see the difference between them.

The system immediately logged in, and the user asked in a calm and collected tone, "How could it be different?"

Xia Mi looked up at him strangely again, "Maybe it's just my imagination?"

No, no, no, it's not your imagination, Lu Mingfei was stunned.

The system immediately logged out, and Lu Mingfei logged back in, trying his best to imitate the system's expression and tone. He asked her, who had written two pictographs, in a slightly cold and distant tone, "What are you writing?"

“This should mean ‘emperor,’ that is, the supreme ruler and sole leader of a country. Although ‘emperor’ and ‘emperor’ in our current writing do not specifically refer to a person, but rather to a status, these two words are different. They describe both a status and a specific existence.” Xia Mi explained the information in the words she had written, while looking at Lu Mingfei with a slightly strange and puzzled look.

That slightly questioning gaze made Lu Mingfei a little scared, and his anus tightened. Clearly, no matter how hard Lu Mingfei tried to imitate the system, he couldn't hide it from her.

No, lady, are you Sun Wukong? You really have fiery eyes, huh?

Is there really anyone in this world who's that perceptive? Could she have figured out my secret?

When it was the system's turn to imitate Lu Mingfei, it reached out and took her notebook, saying, "Let me see."

"Hmm." Xia Mi handed him the notebook, but the look of doubt in her eyes deepened.

She had this feeling before; she had a similar illusion when Lu Mingfei helped her get her books, but it only lasted for a moment.

The system frowned as it looked at the two winding hieroglyphs on the notebook and asked, "How did you figure out that it means 'emperor'?"

The first character resembles the Roman numeral III, except the middle vertical stroke is higher than the two on either side, and there's a dot above it that's slightly longer than the dots below the two adjacent vertical strokes. It could be loosely interpreted as protruding or high, suggesting something that stands out from the bottom, a cut above it. But the following character looks like a coiled earthworm, abstract yet somehow familiar—perhaps like a jade dragon from the Han or Warring States periods?

The system couldn't analyze anything immediately.

However, Lu Mingfei's memory was correct. Xia Mi said, "The first character probably describes status, and the second character sounds somewhat like a Warring States period jade dragon. Dragons have a deep history in both the East and the West. However, they are different from the dragons in China today. In China, the dragon generally refers to a real dragon with deer antlers, a bull's head, a donkey's mouth, shrimp eyes, elephant ears, fish scales, a human beard, a snake's belly, and phoenix feet..."

Chapter 14 Dragon Script

“In the West, dragons are called terrifying lizard monsters…” Xia Mi slowly explained the distinction between Eastern and Western dragons, saying, “Western dragons have hardly changed in the evolution of thousands of years of civilization, while our dragons have undergone more significant changes in totem evolution. The style of jade dragons in the Han Dynasty was very uniform, but the jade dragons in the Warring States period were quite different, with various styles, some of which were winged dragons…”

After some speculation and interpretation, I believe that calling these two pictographs "emperor" only roughly fits the meaning. However, in my opinion, it might not entirely describe the supreme status. Do you know the meaning of the word "supreme"?

The system hesitated slightly. It didn't know the specific meaning of the word "supreme," but it knew that the word roughly represented: "the most noble, the most sublime, the most supreme."

“Yes, in ancient times it mostly referred to the emperor, but Xunzi’s ‘Zheng Lun’ says: ‘The Son of Heaven is the one with the most supreme position, invincible under heaven.’ After the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, ‘supreme’ became a respectful title specifically for the emperor, only describing his lofty status.” Xia Mi said, “In Xunzi’s time, was ‘supreme’ really an honor that could only be obtained by being invincible under heaven? Or did it generally refer to the king or leader of a country?”

The system remained silent, lost in thought.

Lu Mingfei watched the system's analysis frantically refresh and jump, and sensed something was amiss. The system wasn't analyzing Xia Mi's words, but rather frantically analyzing the information in the two hieroglyphs, seemingly trying to forcibly decipher them using Lu Mingfei's abilities.

[...The first character may indeed be a realistic hieroglyphic, with the vertical dot in the middle representing the only one standing on high, and the two dots below on either side representing the worshipping subjects. The only one is standing, so he is higher than the kneeling subjects...]

[...As a totem, the dragon's power is an inevitable first impression...]

Lu Mingfei lacked knowledge of ancient texts, but fortunately, these two characters were pictographs, which provided some insight into their meanings.

The system analyzed for quite a while. The milk tea shop girl brought out two cups of milk tea and placed them on their table. Xia Mi happily took a straw and slowly sipped the milk tea.

However, the system was analyzing for too long. Xia Mi's milk tea was almost finished, but the system was still staring at the two pictographs on the notebook.

Shaking the empty milk tea cup, Xia Mi turned her gaze to Lu Mingfei, who was still deep in thought, and asked, "Don't you drink milk tea?"

The system analysis was still refreshing rapidly, and garbled characters that Lu Mingfei couldn't understand had appeared, which made Lu Mingfei worried. In response to Xia Mi's question, he said, "System, should we stop analyzing for now?"

Then, without warning, Lu Mingfei was kicked out of the controlled state and regained control of his body.

"?" Lu Mingfei was even more confused. Was this... analyzing these two pictographs caused the system CPU to overheat? Or did it freeze?

Xia Mi casually tossed the empty cup into a trash can 3 meters away, glancing at Lu Mingfei, who was still staring down at the two hieroglyphs.

Actually, not much time had passed between those two moments; she only spent three or four minutes drinking her milk tea.

Time flies when people are engrossed in thinking. They may not even realize that ten minutes, half an hour, or even more have passed before they finish thinking.

Lu Mingfei glanced at Xia Mi's empty table, pushed his milk tea in front of her, stood up and said, "You drink this one, I'll go order another one."

Xia Mi looked at Lu Mingfei's back as he went to the milk tea shop counter to order milk tea with a strange expression, feeling puzzled for a moment, but still said, "Thank you, Lu Mingfei."

Lu Mingfei turned his back to hide his panic.

The system really ignored him and kept frantically analyzing the two hieroglyphs. He felt his head was throbbing, as if it was about to be filled with some kind of knowledge. Was it a problem with the system?

What's so captivating about those two hieroglyphs? Damn, they crashed my system!

However, Lu Mingfei, who was used to rationality and calmness, was not too flustered. After ordering the milk tea, he returned to the table and sat down expressionlessly. He glanced at the two words on the notebook and said to Xia Mi as if nothing was wrong: "Xunzi's 'Zheng Lun' says that the emperor's position is supreme and invincible in the world. Is there a sequence to this? Did the word 'supreme' come first, or did the word 'supreme' come after the emperor ascended to the throne? Just like when Qin Shi Huang ascended the throne, he felt that the word 'king' was not enough to describe his achievements, so he created the word 'emperor' to express his great achievements?"

What is Xunzi trying to say here? Who is the "Son of Heaven" he is referring to?

These two broken characters must be deciphered! Lu Mingfei felt heavy-hearted.

The system exists in his mind, not on a computer's Windows system. If a computer's Windows system has a problem, a professional can repair it, or at worst, reinstall the system. But where can he find a professional to repair the managed system in his mind? Where can he find a managed system to reinstall?

Xia Mi opened her mouth, released the straw she was holding, and said, "Hmm, that's possible, but the Son of Heaven should refer to the Zhou Emperor? Is this a response to the claim that 'Shang Tang and Zhou Wu usurped the throne from Jie and Zhou'? It points out that Shang Tang and Zhou Wu did not usurp the throne, but rather promoted the benefit of the world and eliminated its harms, so the world belonged to Shang Tang and Zhou Wu. Only sages can possess the world."

Are you referring to the incident where Zhou Wu helped Shang Tang? Lu Mingfei stroked his chin, his expression unconsciously indifferent.

Supreme probably also means limit...

The system's analysis logs suddenly stopped. The last few log entries were: [The Dragon Script "Emperor" has been successfully deciphered; "Dragon Script" has been added to the text library.]

[System version update in progress! ...]

“Dragon Script Emperor?” Lu Mingfei was stunned, looking at the latest log on the system panel with some disbelief.

Is this hieroglyphic script called dragon script? And do these two characters really refer to "Emperor"?

Since the system had successfully deciphered the message, Lu Mingfei also obtained the information from the two characters. He subconsciously muttered to himself in a strange tone, "Emperor?"

Xia Mi was taken aback, a flash of golden light passing through her eyes.

After Lu Mingfei finished speaking, he felt very strange, because the system had only deciphered the text information, so how did he know the pronunciation as well?

"What did you just say?" Xia Mi suddenly asked Lu Mingfei.

“It’s nothing.” Lu Mingfei looked up. “These two words probably mean ‘emperor,’ right? But it’s not a title of honor, it refers to…”

An image flashed through Lu Mingfei's mind: enormous black wings spread out, blotting out the sky and the setting sun on the horizon like blood. These black wings seemed to be bringing the end of the world to earth.

Chapter 15 Hosting System (Version 2.0.2)

The black dragon spread its wings and hovered in mid-air. Its hard scales looked very smooth, but they did not reflect even a little light, as if the sunlight had been absorbed by the black scales.

Lu Mingfei roughly understood the principle of black holes from the news. It's not what people think; a black hole is an unfathomable abyss leading to an unknown world. Black holes are black because their gravity is so strong that even passing light cannot escape, hence the darkness.

Calling this black dragon a black hole might be a stretch. Even the smallest black hole can tear the Earth apart, but Lu Mingfei was as powerless in front of this black dragon as the Earth is in front of a black hole.

Black Dragon lowered his eyelids slightly, looked down at the ground, and gazed at the location where Lu Mingfei was looking.

This black dragon, carrying the descent of the apocalypse, had no world-destroying madness in its eyes, only an extreme calm of "divinity"—a divinity that was "indifferent to heaven and earth, treating all things as straw dogs," its eyes filled with indifference to everything in the world!

This is the supreme "Emperor"! Xia Mi's dragon-script "Emperor" gave him a concrete image of it at this moment.

System upgrade complete!

[Managed System (Version 2.0.2)]

[Please select your desired daily life scenario: 1. (Win over the prettiest girl as your girlfriend), 2. (Become a strong person like Senior Chu Zihang), 3. (Become a very rich person), 4. (Become a hero who saves the world), 5. (), 6. (Smile more, be more expressive)...]

[(The "Dragon Script" font has been loaded, the Extraordinary System has intervened, and the "Dragon Clan" module has been added!)...]

[Note: 1. The managed tasks system will categorize daily managed tasks into primary, secondary, and lesser-negative based on your task priority. 2. Managed tasks can be modified at any time.]

The updated template appeared in Lu Mingfei's eyes. Compared with the previous system, it was just a major version update with the addition of a "Dragon Clan" module.

However… this extraordinary system intervened? Lu Mingfei was startled. He thought that the appearance of his system was magical enough, and there was no other case like it in the whole world.

Now the system is telling him that there are still supernatural powers in the world?!

Xia Mi's eyes showed obvious confusion. Lu Mingfei was clearly indifferent to dragon script, so why could he understand it? He clearly did not have any dragon blood in him.

Am I not understanding humans enough? Or is it that Dragon Script actually has no reading threshold at all?

Lu Mingfei seemed to pause and think for a while before continuing, "...referring to a specific person or thing, this 'emperor' is more like his name. Just like in Chinese, emperor is a noun or title, and whoever sits on it can be the emperor. But when we talk about the First Emperor, it only refers to Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng."

Then he looked into Xia Mi's eyes and asked, "Where did you see these two characters?"

“I don’t remember where I saw it before.” Xia Mi shook her head and said, “I just suddenly thought of those two words for no reason, and they’ve been swirling in my mind ever since. I can’t pronounce them, and I can’t remember where they came from, so I went to the library to look for the book.”

Her words made sense, and Lu Mingfei had no doubts about them.

However, the system is suspicious, not only of Xia Mi's intentions, but also of her physical condition.

[...The dragon script for "Emperor" encompasses the interpretation, imagery, and pronunciation of the term; Xia Mi can write it but still doesn't understand its specific meaning...]

Dragon script is a very strange script. It is written like normal human writing, and Xia Mi uses ordinary paper and pen; the characters are also physically existing. Yet, it has functions that human writing does not have: it can transmit sound and images.

Anyway, that's how it is in Lu Mingfei's and the system's view. Once you understand it, you immediately know the pronunciation and the meaning.

It's strange that Xia Mi, the one who wrote it, is still guessing what those two characters are.

Does this character also discriminate based on the person it represents? Or perhaps Xia Mi only knows the appearance of the character but hasn't been able to decipher it?

"You..." Xia Mi seemed hesitant, as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"What's wrong with me?" Lu Mingfei asked her calmly.

Xia Mi put her legs down, stood up, bent down and whispered in Lu Mingfei's ear, "After you said that strange sound just now, I had a strange feeling, a strange urge to kneel down and worship."

A beautiful young girl leaned down and whispered in his ear. Lu Mingfei wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he seemed to smell a faint, sweet fragrance emanating from the girl, which made his heart pound.

However, after hearing Xia Mi's words clearly, Lu Mingfei immediately repeated the two dragon characters: "Emperor?"