Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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However, Chu Zihang was affected because of Chu Tianjiao, so... it's hard to say, because it's a miracle that Chu Zihang was able to get out of Odin Nibelungen.

With no resolution in sight, Xia Mi asked Lu Mingfei, "So, Boss Lu, what do we do now?"

"What should I do?"

Lu Mingfei looked at Xia Mi with some confusion.

"Dragon Pattern!"

"Oh, if you can't do it, then so be it. We really can't do anything about it. What can we do?" Lu Mingfei said.

Xia Mi didn't press him further about this, but instead brought up another matter: "Boss Lu, how's that Old Tang doing? He's so talented in alchemy, could we get him to work for me?"

Old Tang practices alchemy, but unlike Panpan and Lu Mingfei, he doesn't have the Samadhi Fire to use as a furnace. So, Old Tang was sent to another laboratory to practice alchemy.

"His learning progress is not bad." Lu Mingfei nodded, but regarding Xia Mi's desire to recruit Lao Tang as his subordinate, he asked with some doubt, "What do you plan to do with him?"

Given the talent that Lao Tang is showing now, he will probably become the future chief alchemy theory master, while Xia Mi's alchemy... seems to be just the beginning.

I won't even go into why she would want such subordinates, but Old Tang might become her equal in the future. Unless Xia Mi becomes the boss's wife, how can she manage such subordinates?

There's no logic in managing people at the same level; wouldn't that create chaos? Lowering Lao Tang's company status just because of Xia Mi's words? The system strongly discourages this approach. A system that knows how to use people wisely believes that people shouldn't be used this way; it could easily create hidden dangers for the company.

Now Lu Mingfei has over a thousand people under him; it's no longer the small company with just a few people.

"Mr. Lu, is it possible that it's because I, as the company's vice president, don't have enough people under me?"

Xia Mi shrugged and said, "I don't run around outside. I lent Chu Zihang two or three cats, big and small, that my subordinates had gathered to work outside."

"Without manpower, I can't really serve the company! Old Tang is currently idle, isn't he? I have some ideas, but my alchemy skills aren't very good, and I don't have any subordinates..."

With over a thousand people, Xia Mi was naturally assigned some as well. However, since she didn't want to be out and about, her workload was small, and the system simply assigned her a dozen or so people to command.

Then, since they seemed to have nothing to do, Chu Zihang, who was working outside, conveniently borrowed and transferred these people away.

In response to her request, Lu Mingfei gently shook his head and said, "Old Tang's main task now is to continue researching alchemy. If your matter is not too troublesome, you can have Panpan do it for you."

If we're talking about the most idle alchemist, it has to be Panpan. For metal alchemy, as long as the requirements aren't too high, it's definitely easier to find her than to find Lao Tang.

“Panpan is only good at metal-related projects,” Xia Mi said. “What if I wanted to work on a project with a wider scope?”

"Hmm... I'll take you to see Old Tang and see what he has to say."

If the project spans a wider range, then Lu Mingfei is not very good at it either. His analysis of alchemy is basically focused on living alchemy and alchemical matrices, and he is not very good at the remaining categories.

……

Old Tang would send Lu Mingfei reports on his daily learning and research progress, so Lu Mingfei was fairly familiar with the situation of this Chinese-American.

As for Lao Tang, he felt he could understand Lu Mingfei's strict demands and surveillance. Every day, once the report was submitted and approved, $1000 would be deposited into his account... What could Lao Tang say?

Having drifted through half a lifetime, I have yet to encounter a wise ruler?

But Old Tang in the huge laboratory was startled by Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi's sudden visit, and stammered, "Boss, what brings you here?"

When it came to disciplining his subordinates, Lu Mingfei logged off and logged back into the system. He said, "It's not like it's the first time we've met, why are you so nervous?"

"No, no, it's just quite sudden. After all, you guys have never been here before, boss. You just showed up without any warning..." Old Tang stammered as he replied.

How could he not be nervous... In order to earn more money, Lao Tang kept his study and research progress at a very tight pace. He could finish a thousand US dollars a day in half a day, and then he would either think about his own things or slack off.

Based on his understanding of capitalists' nature, he knew that if he could complete a day's work in half a day, the capitalists would definitely make him complete two days' work in one day.

Just like when computers were invented, the efficiency of spreadsheet and other office software was a revelation to countless workers. How convenient it was to work with these things! What used to be a day's work could now be done in an hour!

And what was the result? Those who couldn't use computers were eliminated, and the employees' daily working hours weren't reduced; only their workload increased.

Now is the time for him to ponder his own ideas.

The people who usually supervise him don't know much about alchemy, so he just fools them. But Panpan said that Lu Mingfei, the boss, is also an alchemy master.

I wonder if the other person will immediately recognize what I made myself?

Old Tang looked nervously at the metal plate on the laboratory table.

But when the system arrived, it saw him fiddling with this board. The system stepped forward, glanced at the alchemy matrix on the board, and asked, "What are you doing with this board?"

“The inter-positional docking of alchemical matrices.” Old Tang said nervously, “Operating a single alchemical matrix is ​​easy, and if multiple alchemical matrices are activated simultaneously in all directions with docking, it’s not too difficult either. But sometimes, the docking of alchemical matrices may be non-contact…”

"Then your method incurs considerable losses," the system said after examining the device.

"Yeah, so I was thinking about whether we could optimize it." Old Tang breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the boss hadn't discovered the trick he'd been hiding.

Wouldn't that mean I could just slack off at work whenever I wanted?

"There are optimization methods, too." The system looked at the alchemical matrices, analyzed them, and felt that it could apply the alchemical matrix of living alchemy.

The system had previously considered using an external energy source to help Lu Mingfei recover his physical strength, but unfortunately, it failed because the human body is not made of iron and would leave problems for Lu Mingfei's body.

To be considered a success, one would need a body in a keel-like state, like Angers or Erii. But if one's body can become keel-like, then one likely wouldn't lack this regenerative ability.

"Let me revise it for you and take a look."

The system brought over the items and, under Old Tang's tense gaze, continued Old Tang's research.

Xia Mi glanced at the board in Lu Mingfei's hand, then at Old Tang standing to the side with a bewildered expression, and couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly.

She sensed that Lu Mingfei had figured out the problem with the board and wanted to uncover what Lao Tang had hidden.

But this old Tang... he's got some skills. This isn't just about contactless transmission; it's like he's working on a "battery." Beneath the contactless transmission alchemy matrix lies a hidden energy source driving the alchemy matrix.

He hid it very carefully, and although Xia Mi noticed because of his rough technique, but... isn't this the same as the physical effects that Norton had on Lu Mingfei?

Xia Mi did not believe that Lu Mingfei could wield the power of words with a completely ordinary human body.

The alchemical matrix must have a driving source, but Xia Mi has yet to find that Norton hid that thing in Lu Mingfei's body. There is no trace of its driving force. It can only be said that he is worthy of being called the King of Bronze and Fire.

But this old Tang seems a bit off. Although his technique was crude and Norton and I could tell, he'd only been learning alchemy for half a month. Where did this genius come from? Something's not right... something's very wrong.

If Lu Mingfei hadn't been there, Xia Mi would have used her Bloodline Binding to confirm whether the other party was a dragon.

Once the dragon cocoon awakens in a creature, the dragon's bloodline will be activated, and the hidden effects of the dragon cocoon on the host during its dormancy will disappear.

Watching Lu Mingfei perfect his crude transmission alchemy matrix without destroying the energy source alchemy matrix, Old Tang's eyes widened, and he silently prayed in his heart, "Don't start it! Don't start it! Boss, please don't start it!"

Once activated, the alchemical matrix he had hidden would also be activated, and given the boss's expertise in alchemical matrix technology, he would be exposed immediately!

However, after making the modifications, the system still activated the alchemy matrix without hesitation.

The alchemy matrix immediately came to life. With the input of energy, the energy gathering alchemy matrix was also activated. As long as enough energy is accumulated in this alchemy matrix, this thing that looks like just an alchemy matrix board can run automatically indefinitely—it's like combining a motor and a battery. You might think it's a motor that isn't connected to a power source, but in reality, the motor has an independent battery inside and can start automatically without any external energy input.

"Huh? This driver source..." The system looked at the board with some surprise, and then looked at Old Tang's side.

I thought it was just a simple alchemical matrix for transmitting and transferring data, but after I made the modifications, I discovered that there was a hidden secret within it.

Is the driving energy accumulated by transmitting the alchemical matrix itself?

"Well... this is something I figured out after thinking about it for two and a half days." Old Tang chuckled awkwardly and said, "The alchemy matrix needs an external energy source to operate, but I found that troublesome, so I just put them together."

"Ok?"

The system looked at the board in its hand, then at Lao Tang, and the system log was being refreshed frantically.

Lu Mingfei, looking at the system log, was also somewhat surprised.

The system could create this effect, but it used a different approach to alchemical matrices. So, the system didn't initially realize that Old Tang had hidden the alchemical matrix inside. It just assumed that Old Tang was working on a new alchemical matrix and had added it himself as a new trick.

What surprised the system and Lu Mingfei the most was Lao Tang's learning speed.

He's deduced the alchemy matrix to this extent after only half a month of learning? If he were to learn the living alchemy matrix technique, wouldn't he be able to figure out the effects the system wants in just six months?

The desired effect of the system is to use Lu Mingfei's body as a copper wire, which can transmit electricity with the lowest resistance, and the copper wire itself is also charged, so that the resistance is the lowest and there is no need to connect to a power source.

The system will then be able to inscribe various alchemical matrices on the copper wire in Lu Mingfei's body, and then use the electricity in his body to drive the alchemical matrices to operate, achieving the desired effect.

According to the system's own analysis speed, it is estimated that it will take at least six months to achieve this goal.

And this Old Tang? He only works an 8-hour day! The system analyzes 24/7. What if Old Tang worked even harder, working 16 hours a day to research? Wouldn't he have finished this thing in three months?

What if we worked a little longer?

"...Old Tang, let me see your limits!..."

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but ask, "System, is this Old Tang a dragon???"

Chapter 171 Old Tang: Let me see where my limits are!

Lu Mingfei's words made sense; after all, who else has such a strong learning ability for alchemy?

Lu Mingfei, who had read "Alchemy: Origins", suspected that alchemy from the perspective of dragons and alchemy from the perspective of humans were not the same thing.

The system doesn't rule out this possibility, but after looking at this man with the bewildered expression...

"This is a very promising research direction," the system told Lao Tang. "But your report doesn't seem to cover this aspect?"

"It was just a little discovery I made by accident, nothing special..." Old Tang said hesitantly.

His original idea was that if he didn't get caught, he could figure this thing out and then slack off like crazy when he was researching it later... and he could even get research bonuses for slacking off, wouldn't that be awesome?

It was discovered immediately...

"All you need to do now is continue to delve into this area. I'll give you research questions, and the research progress bonus will be doubled—no, five times!" the system said without hesitation.

"Really?" Old Tang's eyes widened. Originally it was $1000 a day, if it were increased fivefold, wouldn't that be $5000 a day?

“That’s right.” The system reached out and patted Old Tang on the shoulder: “How much money do you think a person needs to live for 100 years?”

“Uh…” Old Tang hesitated for a moment, then said uncertainly, “Ten million US dollars?”

Even disregarding other factors, an annual net expenditure of $10 places one in the very middle class in the United States. The threshold for the middle class in the United States is an annual income of over $5—based on the family unit, not the individual.

Hearing his words, the system shook its head and said, "Ten million US dollars? That's certainly enough for an ordinary person's life, but how old are you? Ten million US dollars isn't enough. What can you do with 200 US dollars a day? A taxi ride will cost you ten US dollars. What's the use of not having to worry about food and drink?"

"Buying a house and a car, if you want something better, will cost two or three million US dollars. Then there are expenses for getting married and raising children."

"Thirty million, thirty million US dollars should be about right."

The system told him, "I'll give you three months to pave this road. Based on your daily progress of $5000 in research, I'll give you a $500 million bonus after you pave it. If you do it a day early, I'll give you an extra $1."

"This is just the first project I'm giving you. If you can successfully complete this project, there will be more projects for you to research. I can guarantee that you will receive a bonus of over a million US dollars for each project you complete."

"500 million US dollars?" Old Tang almost forgot to breathe, completely blinded by the pie in the sky painted by the system.

If he had ten million dollars, he would absolutely retire immediately without hesitation, buy a house and a car, and live his lazy life.

“Yes, this $500 million is just the beginning. If you work hard here, I can guarantee you $3000 million in 10 years at most. If that's not your limit, you can even earn hundreds of millions of dollars here! A billion dollars!”