The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

"What is now before you is the contract card of the 'Card System'."

By signing this contract, you can obtain basic survival supplies and magical inheritance from it.

Remember, you must not use the abilities granted by the system to actively, maliciously, or on a large scale harm other contractors or innocent survivors.

For serious violations, the card system will issue warnings or even permanently ban the user, depending on the circumstances.

The {Card System Contract Card} floating in front of each survivor glowed faintly, quietly awaiting their selection.

Some people looked terrified and took a few steps back, regarding the cards as a new Pandora's box.

"They just destroyed everything, and now they're sending this? It must be a trap! It's another trick by that so-called 'Returner' to control us!"

They screamed, refusing to be touched, huddled in what they thought were safe corners, relying on the few remaining supplies they found in the ruins, their eyes warily scanning anyone who accepted the cards.

But many more people, beside the cold bodies of their loved ones, amidst the excruciating pain of their own bleeding wounds, and driven by the burning thirst in their throats and the gnawing hunger in their stomachs, turned to the card system as their last hope.

"Does magical inheritance... really exist?"

"At least... there are basic survival supplies..."

"Let's see, can it get any worse than it is now?"

Hesitant, struggling, and ultimately overwhelmed by the instinct for survival, they stretched out their trembling, mud-stained or blood-stained hands, grasped the {Card System Contract Card}, smeared the blood from their fingertips or wounds on the surface of the card, and signed the contract.

The card transformed into a warm stream of light, spreading along the arm and finally solidifying into a complex yet simple card emblem on the back of the hand.

At the same time, the instructions and usage of the card system came to mind.

"It really happened!"

The survivors who had signed the contract carefully touched the burning marks on the back of their hands, and sure enough, a simple light screen appeared before their eyes.

It displays personal information, personal card album, and card shop.

They began to try to follow the card system's instructions, checking their mental strength values ​​and exchanging them for gem coins.

The level 0 card shop displays three cards that can be purchased with borrowing.

{Food Card - Dry Bread}: Conjures a piece of dry bread sufficient for an adult's minimum daily calorie requirement. It tastes terrible, but it's filling. Price: 1 Gem Coin. Remaining quantity: 10. (Originally a Tier 1 Shop Card, available for a limited time with one year of interest-free lending.)
{Food Card - Clean Water}: Conjures a sac containing approximately 500 ml of purified fresh water. Price: 1 Gem Coin. Remaining quantity: 10. (Originally a Tier 1 Shop Card, available for a limited time with one year of interest-free lending.)
{Potion Card - Healing Potion}: For external use, it accelerates wound healing; for internal use, it treats internal injuries and inflammation. Price: 100 Gem Coins. Quantity Remaining: 1. (Originally a Level 3 Shop Card, available for a limited time with one year of interest-free lending.)
Borrow money! Interest-free for one year!
This clause instantly brought tears to the eyes of countless survivors who had low mental strength and were severely injured.

Without any hesitation, they immediately chose to exchange their loans.

A pale green liquid rippled in a simple glass bottle. A soldier, whose abdomen had been ripped open by shrapnel and was still bleeding despite simple bandages, trembled as he poured half of the medicine onto his gruesome wound and drank the other half.

The wound felt cool and tingly, and it healed at a speed visible to the naked eye. The intense pain disappeared, and the body, which had started to have a low-grade fever, returned to normal.

The immediate effect was nothing short of a miracle!

"It works! It really works!" Similar exclamations echoed sporadically across the ruins, like sparks igniting hope in many more people.

Those who were not affected by the war mostly chose to spend 1 gem coin to upgrade the card shop to level 1.

Even if your mental strength is low, it won't be zero. Once your mental strength is restored, you can "recharge" with gem coins. The cost of 1 gem coin is something everyone can afford.

The Level 1 Card Shop features basic survival resource cards such as {Food Card - Dry Bread}, {Food Card - Clean Water}, {Tool Card - Simple Stone Axe}, {Tool Card - Crude Torch}, {Building Card - Simple Shelter}, and {Medical Card - Hemostatic Medicine}, priced between 1 and 10 Gem Coins, providing survivors with more possibilities to sustain themselves and improve their situation.

Some players with high mental strength, who were also interested in the magical inheritance highlighted in the card system description, spent another 10 gem coins to upgrade the card shop to level 2, unlocking the {Meditation Experience Card - Level 0} and a series of {Level 0 Magic Cards}.

Using the {Meditation Experience Card - Level 0} allows you to enter a meditative state, which can accelerate the recovery of your mental energy. After learning to meditate independently, you can also train and improve your mental energy level, and master true magic.

Those who have experienced disasters have an exceptionally strong desire for power.

In an instant, countless survivors with high mental strength disregarded the safety of their surroundings and, leaning against the broken walls and ruins, used the {Meditation Experience Card} to attempt their first meditation ever.

Moran finally breathed a sigh of relief as he sensed more and more survivors signing contracts and becoming contractors of card magic.

Although many people on Earth in this timeline have lost their lives in the war and the subsequent decay of technology, the strength that the survivors unleash in times of crisis should not be underestimated.

The Blue Star people escaped the crisis of destruction and were reborn on the ruins. The Blue Star's boundary membrane also stabilized and gradually regained its power.

"Phew! I feel much better!"

The consciousness of the Blue Star world was filled with relief at surviving a catastrophe.

"My child, it's all thanks to you."

"The technological specter has vanished. With your card system, I will gradually embark on a safer path of magic!"

"The most dangerous time has passed for me. You can go to other timelines with peace of mind!"

Although it is currently the most critically endangered of the blue planets on the verge of destruction, as time goes by, other blue planets on other timelines will also become increasingly dangerous.

“I understand,” Moran replied softly.

She understood that only by bringing most of the Earth's planets on the timeline to safety could these planets, which had already turned the tide, continue to develop in a positive direction.

She restarted the beacon and headed towards the next dimly lit blue star.

The condition of this blue-green ray is slightly better than that of the previous blue star, but not by much.

When Moran arrived, the Tech Ghosts had already started the war, but the scope of the conflict was not yet that large, and the damage was not yet that great.

But once it starts, there's only one way to stop the fighting quickly.

She followed the same method, first using the decay of civilization to eliminate the threat of the technological specter, then using a card system to help the survivors save themselves. (End of Chapter)