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Chapter 200 Seriously? You guys have never played in the NR Cup?
Li Guanqi raised his hand and scanned the slightly flashing QR code projection in mid-air with his smartphone. With a soft buzz, a link popped up. Clicking on it revealed a simple interface with only a card generator and a densely packed list of cards, labeled with the number 3816.

"Unexpectedly complete." Li Guanqi was slightly surprised.

The origin of cards in this world, "patterns," should theoretically become distorted and unusable if printed in excess, especially for cards of the extraordinary level and above. However, this does not mean that the total number of cards is limited; there is also a phenomenon called "reprinting."

Simply put, history is repeating itself.

For example, several hundred years ago, a dinosaur girl did many great things, and Yi Na recorded her story, forming the "Dinosaur Peptide" series of card patterns. After these patterns become distorted and obsolete, a hundred or two hundred years later, someone else does something similar, and new "Dinosaur Peptide" patterns will reappear.

[Reprint] The different locations, eras, finances and performances of the events lead to slight differences in the card pools controlled by each department of the Spirit Control Bureau. The card pool of the Fifth Department is considered to be above average, with approximately 5,000 types including rare and extraordinary cards.

Li Guanqi's finger swiped rapidly across the screen, searching for some fields he commonly used when boosting players in the NR Cup.

"【Flame King】...Yes."

"Alchemy...is also available."

"【The Vengeful Dead】, 【The Stone Relic】..."

Familiar icons lit up one by one, even the one for "Yu Beier," but with the words "test" and "risk" on them.

"The cards are quite comprehensive..." Li Guanqi stroked his chin, looking at the N and R cards. "This preliminary selection doesn't seem too difficult."

However, when he looked up, all he saw was a scene of wailing and lamentation. Most of the examinees were pale-faced, some scratching their heads and swiping on their smartphones, muttering to themselves, looking as if they were facing imminent disaster.

"No way... so panicked?" Li Guanqi asked, puzzled. He leaned over to a man next to him who also had a furrowed brow and asked, "Dude, is that Earthwalker AI really that strong?"

The guy sighed with a worried look: "Whether it's strong or not depends on the model. It's just the open qualifier, so I guess they won't be using the top-tier cards. But the problem is... how do I build this NR deck? Five minutes, and I have to play against AI, isn't this just a rip-off?"

"Huh?" Li Guanqi was taken aback for a moment, and asked subconsciously, "Excuse me, but the NR Cup...you guys haven't played in it before?"

In his mind, since the extraordinary cards in this world are so precious, ordinary people and low-level duelists must mainly use N and R cards. Therefore, the corresponding NR tournament system should be a popular event, if not ubiquitous.

Upon hearing this, the older brother turned his head blankly, looked Li Guanqi up and down with a strange expression, and asked, "What the hell? The NR Cup? Has the league ever held such a competition?"

"Uh...it's nothing." Li Guanqi smiled awkwardly, "I'll check it myself."

He quickly searched for relevant information on his smartphone. The results made his eye twitch slightly.

No.

Absolutely not.

Whether it's the official league of the alliance, the local events organized by each fortress, or even those small entertainment matches, the search records don't contain any "NR Cup" or similar rarity-restricted matches.

"What the hell..." Li Guanqi looked at the search results and was speechless for a moment.

Residents clearly use a large number of N and R cards, and discussions about NR deck building in forums and communities never stop, remaining highly popular. However, at the league level, there has never been a proper NR tournament to allow everyone to practice and test its strength.

This card seller's ugliness... is even worse than Konami's. They're afraid the public will know that NR decks are also strong and that there's no need to buy rare cards, right?

No wonder these candidates were all like they'd seen a ghost. No matter how much they talked about it on paper, without practical testing, they were completely clueless about the strength and understanding of the decks. Now, suddenly they had to use NR decks to fight against timed AI, no wonder they panicked. There's no room for error in the preliminary rounds; one loss means elimination.

As Li Guanqi watched the chaotic scene unfold among the surrounding examinees, his smartphone suddenly vibrated.

Looking down, I saw a message from Tang Xin: "Mynah, mynah! Where are you? There are so many people!"

Li Guanqi glanced at the corner where he was and casually sent his location back.

Less than two minutes later, a clear, slightly urgent female voice cut through the buzzing chatter of the crowd: "Myna bird—! Over here!"

Li Guanqi looked up and saw Tang Xin standing on tiptoe, waving her hand vigorously, as if afraid he wouldn't see her. She wasn't wearing her team uniform today, but a light pink hooded sweatshirt with a hand-drawn cat printed on the chest—it was none other than the Pure Love Fairy, Pierre.

Immy, standing beside her, appeared much quieter, her gaze calmly sweeping across her surroundings as if observing something.

Upon seeing Tang Xin's outfit, Li Guanqi couldn't help but linger for a moment longer. The pink and white hoodie, the dark cargo pants, and her energetic expression gave her a cute yet cool street style.

If this were his original world, a girl like this—clean and approachable—would probably be the most popular type. Unlike a goddess like Qi Mengsi, who was so beautiful and noble that people only dared to admire her from afar.

However, pursuing girls is not popular in this world, let alone marrying into a family. There is no marriage in the satellite area, and citizens can customize their wives with unique numbers.

"Myna, have you decided on a deck yet?" Tang Xin jogged over and asked eagerly as soon as she stopped, her eyes sparkling. "I want to use [Aroma]! It'll definitely be good at stalling for time. As long as my health is higher than the AI's after five minutes, it'll be fine!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guanqi gently shook his head: "[Fragrance] doesn't work very well in the NR environment. Without [Fragrance Horticulture] to survive, it might not be able to hold out."

"Oh? Is that so..." Tang Xin's excitement visibly faded. "Then... what should we use?"

Li Guanqi pondered for a moment and brought up the deck-building interface: "We can try [Giant Stone Relics], a ritual deck with area-of-effect bombs, which can clear out Earthwalker's traps in one go. Or, to make it simpler, we can use [Flame King]'s Isle Beat, rely on [Ganesh] to suppress monster effects, and [Hanuman] to suppress spell and trap effects, and quickly deal damage."

As he spoke, he quickly selected several core cards to show Tang Xin.

Standing to the side, looking at the series recommended by Li Guanqi, most of which had simple effects, she couldn't help but ask, "It seems... not very powerful."

She was used to seeing matches filled with rare and extraordinary cards, so these NR cards did seem rather inadequate.

“NR decks are naturally not as good as mainstream builds,” Li Guanqi explained. “But that’s how the qualifiers are, everyone starts on the same footing. These decks are already considered pretty strong in the NR environment. The key is how you play them, and also, pray that the AI ​​doesn’t get too lucky.”

His last sentence was somewhat joking; limiting the card pool, while ensuring fairness for ordinary people, could also cause wealthy players and experts to lose.

Luck is also a part of the assessment.

“The analysis is very good,” Immy said expressionlessly, “but it seems our client doesn’t know the [Metal Relic] or the [Flame King].

Tang Xin blushed and lowered her head. Why did Xiaomi have to speak such blunt truths!

The biggest characteristic of the Biantana people, which can also be said to be their strength and weakness, is that they have a very limited number of decks to play. Many times, it's not about 'what deck I want to play,' but rather 'what deck can I play.'

Although Li Guanqi also has a fondness for the Demon series, when participating in certain events, in order to better understand his opponents and know himself and his enemy, he will play the mainstream decks in the current environment, just to pass through the game without being too reckless.

For the people of Biantana, those decks active in the competition can only be admired from afar, or they can become "credit card slaves" by taking on "credit card debt" like saving money to buy a house on Earth, struggling their whole lives for a second-tier deck, only to find that low-spirit second-tier decks often lose to some high-spirit NR decks, causing them to have a mental breakdown on the spot and their sanity rate to drop by 20%.

"Is there anything simple yet powerful?" Tang Xin turned her head, her face flushed red.

It means to take care of babies who are not yet fully developed in their brains and are playing for the first time.

“【Hellfire Machine】.” Li Guanqi would blurt out the word “simple and powerful” every time he heard it. Then, remembering that it was referring to the NR Cup, he suddenly realized, “Oh, it seems like 【Hellfire Machine】 can’t be played.”

Upon hearing the words "Hellfire Machine," Immi's delicate body instinctively trembled.

He turned to look at Li Guanqi, his gaze probing, thinking to himself that the influence of this bastard 'Silver City Son-in-Law' on his live stream was truly profound; [Hellfire Machine] was now firmly labeled as 'simple and powerful'.

"Are there any more like the [Hellfire Machine]?" Tang Xin asked expectantly. "No need to memorize the expansion of Kangbo, time is running out."

"If all else fails, we'll have to use [Aroma] to fight it out."

“Yes, there are.” Li Guanqi said after searching a few words on the deck-building tool, “There really is a deck like this in the NR Cup.”

"The Great Sea War God - [Phantom Dragon]".

He pointed to the cards that had been found and continued, "Since you're afraid of forgetting to expand and not being able to break through, then give up on expanding and give up on breaking through."

"Set up your own formation and leave the problem of solving the game to the opponent."

"Leave the problem of clearing the board to the opponent." Immi frowned slightly. This was also something that 'Silver City Son-in-Law' had said during the live stream. [Hubel] was bombed and couldn't get past [Fear Peptide]'s board. So, drag it out. On the contrary, take advantage of the fact that [Hubel] cannot be destroyed by battle and leave the problem of clearing the board to the opponent. As long as you use traps to cut off the opponent's board clearing points, you can drag it out and win.

It's dishonorable, but it's a win, and victory is everything.

"If the scores are the same after five minutes, it's elimination," Immy said. "We can't drag this out."

"【Phantom Dragon】has anti-explosion cards and burn damage," Li Guanqi said softly. "It's not necessarily possible to kill it, but it's not difficult to steal some of its health."

"Really?!" Tang Xin exclaimed excitedly, but her face quickly fell. "Is it difficult?"

"The difficulty in understanding 【Phantom Dragon】 lies entirely in this card." Li Guanqi clicked the screen to unfold the card image, "【Phantom City Persephone】."

"If you have no tokens on your field and your opponent activates an effect, you can summon a token on your field, then trigger an effect to search for a [Phantom Dragon] card."

"Simply put, if you play this field spell, and the opponent activates the effect, you can gain a front field and a back field. You don't need to develop it; it all comes down to triggering, covering both the front and the back."

"The back row consists of equipment cards, which can penetrate defenses, burn damage, and reduce card effects. Trap cards are for destroying cards and negating monster effects. Just search for them based on the situation on the field."

"I'll take care of everything, front and back! I'll lie down!" Tang Xin, being a team member, quickly understood. "Then all we need are some more cards to search the field and cards to protect it?"

"Wow, that's a quick reaction." Li Guanqi nodded, with admiration. "Search cartridge [Planet Exploration Vehicle], and save cartridge [Undersea Raid]."

"Other general-purpose traps include the [Burgess Beast] series. These traps can transform into Water-type Normal Monsters that jump onto the graveyard, can be equipped with the [Phantom Dragon] spell, and can also be used as the banish cost for [Dive into the Sea].

"Finally, add some traps like Torrent Tribute and Forced Escape Device, as well as high-attack WATER Normal Monsters, and the deck will be pretty much complete. Or you can add some Fireball to prevent the life points from being equal."

"Really not going to expand on it? No need to bring anything extra?" Tang Xin took a deep breath, her worldview being reshaped.

Li Guanqi spread his hands, pursed his lips and smiled, "It's that simple, you can assemble a structure in just over ten minutes."

"Genius!" Tang Xin exclaimed.

Yimi watched Li Guanqi from the side and muttered to herself, "Just an ordinary person, huh?"

Tang Xin is a team member and has never studied NR decks before, so Yimi would never have thought of it.

For the next half hour, the two of them each built their own decks. Afterward, Li Guanqi would patiently explain the details of the decks to Tang Xin.

Immy stood to the side, watching silently.

Li Guanqi had a thorough understanding of both ordinary and rare cards. When explaining the [Phantom Dragon], he was clear and organized, even anticipating what Tang Xin might not understand and explaining it in a different way beforehand. His patience didn't seem feigned. Tang Xin listened intently, her cheeks still flushed, but her eyes were focused, nodding occasionally and asking a question or two, which Li Guanqi answered one by one.

"He seems like a nice person." Seeing this, Immy's initial wariness subsided somewhat.

This person... at least in teaching Tang Xin how to build cards, there was no ill intent in him. His gaze was open and honest, without the murky and scrutinizing look that is common in the eyes of men in the dungeon, let alone that kind of "lewdness". It was purely a friendly exchange.

As a puppeteer, Imi has always found human emotional logic confusing and troublesome.

Tang Xin found Li Guanqi's sudden attraction particularly perplexing. Was it simply because they had played in a league match together and coincidentally experienced that mess with the unlicensed taxi gang? Could two encounters really have left a girl so unguarded?

Surely you can't actually be attracted to his face, right? Honey, you're not that shallow, are you?

She usually doesn't get involved in matters of the heart, but Tang Xin is one of her few living friends, so she still wants to keep an eye on things.

Just as Immy's thoughts were racing, she suddenly felt a sense of being watched, which made her instinctively tense up.

She subtly shifted her gaze, looking in the direction from which the feeling originated.

On the other side of the square, at the edge of the crowd, stood a woman dressed in the uniform of the Spirit Control Division, Qi Mengsi, the proctor of the Fifth Department of Shen.

(End of this chapter)