Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

Upon hearing his aunt's voice, Lu Gucheng placed the money on Lu Mingfei's mat and replied to his aunt, "I'm here."

Lu Mingfei still felt somewhat conflicted, but the system saw this as indecisiveness, nothing more than a little trick.

I don't know how my uncle explained it to my aunt. At noon, my uncle said to Lu Mingfei, "We're going on a trip. There's still a lot of food in the refrigerator. You can cook for yourself. We're going on a trip for about five days."

"Your aunt's temper is just like that, it hasn't changed over the years, and it can't be changed now, so don't argue with her in the future." After saying that, he secretly slipped some money under Lu Mingfei's mat.

After the family of three left, the house returned to silence, leaving only Lu Mingfei alone.

Outside the door, Auntie grabbed Lu Gucheng's ear and asked, "Did you give him money again? Why did you give him money? You want him to cook for himself, but he doesn't know how hard it is! You've really been giving him too much face these past few days!"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.

Lu Gucheng silently endured it, while Lu Mingze didn't dare to breathe. His mother used to have a relatively good temper, only giving his cousin the cold shoulder, but recently, as his cousin changed, his mother's temper became increasingly volatile, like a powder keg ready to explode at any moment.

Inside the room, Lu Mingfei could still faintly hear his aunt's words, but he had already switched out of the automated mode and was looking at the objective analysis listed by the system: [...What if his aunt was meeting a high-ranking official or superior who could decide Lu Gucheng's future? What if she was meeting the in-laws of Lu Mingze's girlfriend? Her bad temper is directed at people and things; it's not an innate flaw. She doesn't treat everyone equally...]

The system is almost ready to directly produce analysis results such as bullying the weak and fearing the strong, opportunistic behavior, and ruthless collaborators.

"Sigh~" Lu Mingfei sighed and got up, but in the end he still didn't lift the mat to see how much money was underneath.

He hadn't eaten lunch yet, so he opened the refrigerator to see what food was inside.

There were some vegetables, meat, and eggs, but not many, and they weren't freshly bought; they were all leftovers. It's likely that Uncle Lu Gucheng didn't expect someone who had never cooked before to be able to cook for himself; he was more likely to let him go out and buy food himself.

Unfortunately, Lu Mingfei really needs to practice his cooking skills, and he also has the money to buy groceries himself.

The system looked up some simple beginner dishes to make, like scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

Chop vegetables, crack eggs, plate them, wash the pan, turn on the stove, heat the oil, and the kitchen exhaust fan whirred.

A dozen minutes later, the dish was ready.

To Lu Mingfei's surprise, under the system's analysis and guidance, he actually succeeded in cooking for the first time.

Although the taste wasn't particularly fragrant or tempting, it wasn't bad to eat and had a decent flavor.

"Cooking isn't that difficult."

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt as if he had taken off his umbrella only to find that it wasn't raining at all.

Exercising, writing, grocery shopping and cooking—without the disturbances from his uncle's family, and no need to go to school, the after-school care system has even started giving Lu Mingfei a holiday. It is suggested that Lu Mingfei cancel the after-school care and go play by himself.

This was the first time Lu Mingfei had seen such a suggestion, and he was somewhat surprised.

The system only explained: "[...managed services are not a complete replacement...]"

The system knows that it's important to balance work and rest.

However, Lu Mingfei found it difficult to adjust to having free time. He was not only physically uncomfortable, but also psychologically uncomfortable, as he had been used to a busy life every day.

"Why does my face look a little stiff?" Lu Mingfei smiled, but found that his smile seemed a bit unnatural. He communicated with the system, "System, if you can, please smile, otherwise I'm really going to become expressionless."

[...It is recommended to adopt the...Optimization patch has been added...It is recommended that the host skip task 5.() and add it as task 6.()...]

"Huh?" The system updated, and Lu Mingfei regained control of the body. When he saw this analysis, he realized that this managed system had other tricks up its sleeve.

It even patches itself and adds features.

[Managed System (Version 1.0.2)]

Chapter 10 Taking off

This discovery seemed to show Lu Mingfei a completely new path, but after studying it for a long time, he still couldn't get the system to add any new and powerful patches, so he had to give up the idea of ​​exploiting the loophole.

On the fourth day of the National Day holiday, the system, having finished its morning tasks, gave Lu Mingfei another day off.

After much deliberation, Lu Mingfei finally decided to lie down on the bed and go to sleep.

He used to love playing games, not entirely out of passion for them, but largely because he had nothing else but games, and he was forced to love them.

The National Day holiday passed uneventfully.

When my uncle's family returned from their trip to Mount Tai, it was evening. Lu Mingfei was out exercising and not at home. My aunt, who was starving, was making dinner when she opened the refrigerator and found that none of the vegetables she had stored inside had been touched.

She immediately snorted, "Hmph, I knew he couldn't even cook."

However, she had some doubts while cooking. There was obviously much less oil, and there were some bags and leftover vegetable roots in the kitchen trash can. They looked very fresh, as if they had just been bought today.

After dinner, watching Lu Mingfei, who was covered in sweat and expressionless after exercising, go to take a shower, his aunt frowned. Was Lu Mingfei really going to become independent?

The most basic requirement for a person to be independent is the ability to take care of themselves. It seems that Lu Mingfei has achieved this, except for financial independence.

The aunt sensed something was wrong. The Lu Mingfei who could live independently from their family and the Lu Mingfei who could not live independently from their family were two different things.

During the first week of classes in October, the teachers finished grading the monthly exam papers from the end of September. Then, when the exam papers were handed out in class, the teacher looked at Lu Mingfei with some surprise.

"Lu Mingfei's grades have improved a lot this time. His previous efforts have been seen by the teachers. Everyone should learn from him."

In fact, Lu Mingfei's results this time were just average, not outstanding at all. But the fact that he climbed up from the bottom of the class is remarkable. Out of more than 40 students, his ranking improved by 20 places in one go. It's not exactly a comeback, but it's still quite impressive.

The students all turned around in surprise to look at Lu Mingfei in the corner.

Lu Mingfei stared blankly at the wrong questions on the test paper. The system silently entered those wrong questions into the wrong question database. Then he looked at the teacher on the podium and waited for the teacher to answer the questions on the test paper.

"Holy crap? Lu Mingfei's still putting on an act?"

"No, buddy, are you serious?"

"Copied, right?"

"..."

Some were surprised, some were doubtful, and some were puzzled; their expressions varied. But the teacher was right; not only the teacher had seen Lu Mingfei's previous efforts, but everyone else had too.

Previously, the Lu Mingfei they knew was either daydreaming or sleeping in class, which is why the homeroom teacher arranged a deluxe single room for him to sit alone at the back, so as not to affect the other students' concentration in class.

Last month, Lu Mingfei was indeed not seen sleeping or daydreaming in class.

The way the students looked at Lu Mingfei changed, and their attitudes also changed.

Su Xiaoqiang raised an eyebrow, feeling that things were getting interesting.

Liu Miaomiao was somewhat surprised. As classmates in junior high and high school, she knew Lu Mingfei best.

Chen Wenwen looked at Lu Mingfei and fell into deep thought.

……

In the middle of the month, "My Struggle in the Immortal Cultivation World" was released. The system sent out 50,000 of the 70,000 words of the previous saved manuscript in one go, while ensuring three updates a day. Then came the request for subscriptions, recommendations, and monthly tickets.

The app has 23,000 favorites and 8,000 initial subscriptions. Because too many were released at once, the average daily subscriptions were lowered. The system asked the editor how much they would earn each month if they maintained this performance.

This achievement is a starting point that 99% of online novel authors cannot reach, making him a true god-like figure.

Good Luck was also extremely excited. As a newcomer who had been working at Qidian.com for less than half a year, he had already produced a very stable Platinum-level character, and the update volume was also large!

Regarding the system's doubts, he confidently boasted, "Big boss, as long as the book's content doesn't fall apart and this trend is maintained, if my monthly income is less than 5 yuan, you can ask me to make up the difference!"

"Understood." Both the system and Lu Mingfei were relieved. Fifty thousand a month was more than they could ever spend!

Over the weekend, Lu Mingfei got a half-day off from the system. This time, Lu Mingfei didn't go straight to sleep. Instead, he took a leisurely stroll around and then plunged into an internet cafe.

It wasn't about playing games, but rather chatting in a group chat. The writers' group I joined before was also discussing this phenomenal book that's taking off.

The number one loser: "Which group does Dongying Potato belong to? I haven't seen him in our group. I bet his book has already jumped straight into the premium category by first-day subscription, right?"

Meow King: "Estimating premium quality? That's too low. You need to estimate whether the first-day subscription exceeded 10,000."

Lu: "I'm so envious. One book and you're a legend."

The Thirty-Six Stratagems of War: "What's the use of you being envious, you two-timer? They're already writing six chapters a day during the free period, and then they'll release 50,000 words a day after that, and they'll keep writing 10,000 words a day. You should write four chapters a day first before you're envious."

Law: "You have the nerve to say that to me? You're such a liar, you're always skipping work."

The Thirty-Six Stratagems of War: "That's not right. I'm not a chef, so can't I comment on whether the food is cooked well?"

Longing turns to sorrow: "My Struggle in the Immortal Cultivation World" did not break 10,000 subscriptions in the first 24 hours, with 8326.

Meow King: "How do you know their data? Did you ask the editor?"

The system often asks questions in the group, humbly seeking advice, so the authors who are active in the group all know him and have shared their insights with him, but they don't know what books he has written.

Lu Mingfei simply sent a screenshot to these group members who had helped him in the past.

The data backend of the writing software is only visible to the author. This screenshot of the data confirmed Lu Mingfei's identity, and the group immediately erupted in excitement.

Meow King: "Holy crap, it's you, Dongying Potato? What? The big boss is right next to me!"

Top flop: "Does the big boss need an accessory for his leg hair?"

The Thirty-Six Stratagems of War: "Hey boss, look at me, look at me! How do you manage to update so many every day?"

"..."

Lu Mingfei spent a smug half-noon chatting with this bunch of idiots, and finally went to the city library.

With a monthly income of 5 yuan from his writings, he is now considered a cultured person.

To Lu Mingfei's surprise, he actually saw a familiar figure in the city library.

The short, tiny Xia Mi stood under the tall bookshelf, struggling to stand on tiptoe, her long, thin arms reaching for a book on the top shelf.

But she failed; her fingertips could barely touch the spine of the book, and she could hardly muster the strength to take it out.

So she lifted the bookshelf shelf with her hand and pressed down on it, as if testing the weight and quality of the bookshelf, and estimating whether she would damage the city library's bookshelf if she stepped on it.

"Do you want this book?"

A figure appeared behind Xia Mi, a head taller than her, who easily reached out and took the book that was out of her reach.

Xia Mi took the book, hugged it to her arms, and turned around to thank her, saying, "Thank you."

Then she looked closer and saw that it was Lu Mingfei, who had no expression on his face.

"You're welcome, you should thank me."

As Lu Mingfei spoke, he didn't look at her face, but instead glanced at the books on the top shelf.

The Origin of Characters, A Dictionary of Oracle Bone Script, A Comprehensive Collection of Interpretations of Oracle Bone Inscriptions from Yin Ruins...

It seemed to be a book about ancient scripts. Lu Mingfei never expected that their city library had such a rich collection of books, including types he had never even thought of.

"Take over." After withdrawing his gaze, Lu Mingfei immediately switched to the take over mode so as not to interfere with the system's grand plan to pick up girls for him.