My anime-style card deck is fine!

—He was three years behind them!

"I see!"

"An individual's spirit cannot withstand the spirit of the collective."

"When everyone thinks that the Blazing Roaring Tiger is capable of high-fives, even if it doesn't have that skill, my Blazing Roaring Tiger will naturally acquire it."

"Because everyone thinks—that's how it should be!"

This is what the card is trying to tell Amon!

I really learned a lot.

In fact, in this world, students only begin to learn about card making in their first year of high school. At this stage, students primarily use their own individual consciousness to create the cards.

Those cards filled with personal insights, education, and fantasies are ridiculously weak.

By the time students reach their second year of high school, they will be able to access concepts that utilize collective consciousness as an anchor, such as the fog of Wushan Yu, the domain of Wang Quan's royal power, Huang Jie's bronze archaeology, and Jun's fungal cultivation...

Use various realistic, authentic, and unwavering 'facts' as anchor points, and then create cards around these anchor points.

This is the proper card-making process for card makers.

Card-making styles like Amon's, where he creates whatever comes to mind and it's entirely based on his personal, stream-of-consciousness approach, are extremely rare...

And because Amon was on this road, he unintentionally went too far and for too long.

So much so that they completely ignored the main road, which was clearly more crowded, and instinctively assumed that everyone was walking on the same road as them.

It wasn't until today that Amon realized the truth.

From the very beginning, how much expectation and worry was contained in Amon's homeroom teacher's words, "It's too early"? The school in this world, although the teaching environment is free, is definitely not the kind of happy education that existed in America in his previous life!

"You can borrow my book."

Wu Shanyu smiled and sat back down in her seat, speaking casually.

After seeing the reward card Amon received, her curiosity was satisfied. Moreover, she gave Amon, the genius who had always given her a hard time, some pointers as a 'senior'.

His vanity was also satisfied!

"I am very grateful." Amon nodded. In order to prevent students from being exposed to advanced knowledge too early, knowledge about card masters in this world is not shared and open like other knowledge.

Even textbooks for the first year of high school were unavailable for purchase; they had to be distributed by the school.

Although he could wait until he goes to university and have the school provide him with relevant textbooks, since there are already some available now, it would be best to find some opportunities to learn from them!

Wu Shanyu and Amon didn't speak, but focused on watching the duel performance on the stage.

Meanwhile, the duel between the two elementary school students on the stage was nearing its end.

The reason I say this is because the little boy's Gargantuar, just now, under the bombardment of kernels of corn, finally couldn't hold out for long and collapsed.

The little boy gritted his teeth, looking at the gray zombie giant lying on the ground, unable to accept it.

"hateful!"

"It's no use. When your Gargantuar fails to break through my plant in the first instance, you are destined to fail!" the little girl said mercilessly.

Compared to the Hungry Zombie deck that even grandma could use.

The Crazy Plants deck is clearly a level above in terms of operation and skill. With such higher operation, you only need to avoid the strength of zombies, extend the time of each turn, and eliminate as many zombie tokens as possible each turn to prevent the number of zombies from growing.

As for Garganthal?

This thing is indeed troublesome, but the little girl's strategy is to ignore it!

Let Gargantuar attack as he pleases; after all, the little girl isn't Crazy Dave, who stays cooped up in the house and never goes out—she can run away!

Keep kiting Gargantuar while constantly clearing out the zombies summoned each turn.

Then gradually develop your own economy.

The little boy on the other side noticed the problem, but the hungry zombie, lacking agility and maneuverability, was helpless and could only hop around in place.

As a result, they could only watch helplessly as the corn cannon took shape.

Although the first corn cannon was taken away by the little boy using a bungee zombie, and the second and third were taken away as well, the little boy had no way to deal with the creation of the fourth corn cannon.

Finally, a corn cob exploded on his body, taking away his last bit of life.

The little girl who used Crazy Plants won!

Chapter 193: Huaying University

"Pity."

Amon looked somewhat dejected, but still forced himself to bow to the audience before noisily following the little girl off the stage.

"What's a pity?" Wu Shanyu didn't seem to care.

The duel between two elementary school students did not interest her, especially since she had just been beaten up by the founders of these two decks a few days ago.

Being killed by a hurricane is a pain she can never overcome!

"Actually, the summoning of zombies follows a random rule," Amon explained as he ate a piece of fruit.

Since Crazy Plants and Hungry Zombies have been brought to the stage of the ultimate college entrance exam, they are obviously not far from being sold. The information he mentioned will probably be found out soon.

“Although it’s said to be random, the chance of summoning high-quality zombies increases with the number of rounds.” Amon chewed on an apple, thought it tasted good, and picked up another piece: “Starting from the fifth round, the number of football zombies increases a lot. If that little girl can’t defeat the little boy in the eighth round, a new Gargantuar will appear in the tenth round.”

"In fact, the little boy was just unlucky. He sent [Gargantua] to the graveyard in the second round, but after six rounds, he still couldn't get one randomly."

"If he had two Gargantuars, he wouldn't have lost so quickly, and he might have been able to turn the tide."

That being said, Amon wasn't really that concerned about who would win.

However, the duel performance by the two elementary school students was indeed a good advertisement—although there was a brilliant performance by Amon in a war duel before them, it was actually unnecessary.

"..." There were clearly three seats available.

Wang Quan just looked at the two of them without saying a word, and silently picked up a piece of fruit for himself.

Hmm, this fruit isn't sweet.

……

After the duel performance, Amon and his friends can disband.

There were some performances at the closing ceremony, but Amon and his group were no longer involved.

Compared to the closing ceremony...

Wang Quan had an even more pressing question: "Among, which university are you planning to attend?"

Many people want to ask this question. Even when Amon was at the military base handling the Pokémon deck opening, some university teachers tried to pull strings and ask leaders there, eventually getting admission invitations to Amon.

That's just outrageous.

The middle-aged man in military uniform threw a tantrum.

However, in the end, Amon's own wishes were questioned.

"Of course, I'm going to [Cherry Blossom]." Amon had already decided on the university he wanted to attend, and he had even consulted his homeroom teacher about the relevant information.

I never even considered the possibility that I might fail.

In fact, Amon did indeed win the national college entrance examination with the title of a triple champion, and was the top scorer in the country. With Amon's current status, he doesn't even need those blank admission notices. He only needs to make a phone call, and a teacher from his desired university will personally come to his door to pick him up.

If Amon had chosen a university other than one of the top seven, it's even possible that the university president would have personally visited him.

However, Amon ultimately chose the university he had already decided on.

—Huaxia Comprehensive University is located at Sakura University!

"Cherry blossoms?!"

Not only Wang Quan, but even Wu Shan Yu, who was eavesdropping nearby, was somewhat surprised: "Why choose that place?"

Although this world also had a war of aggression against China, what changed the world was not gunpowder and firearms, but cards that used personal spirit and will as weapons!

The world has been changed by cards.

When it comes to spirit, will, and historical heritage, no nation or country in the world can compare with China.

Although Sakura occupied a large territory by taking advantage of its early mastery of card technology, it was quickly overtaken by the rising China, which swept through the land with unstoppable momentum!

Later on, it became a complete internal conflict, with Chiang Kai-shek leading his remaining troops to retreat to Sakura and then taking over Sakura!

However, Sakura later sought help from the United States.

Then, due to the entanglement of various forces such as politics, party and government, royalists, radicals and progressives, after a rather chaotic, turbulent and dirty struggle, Sakura finally became China's only tributary state. However, there are also American troops stationed on the island.

In short, it's a rather chaotic place.

However, because it is sandwiched between two major powers, a fragile balance has strangely formed on the surface, with turbulent currents surging beneath the calm.

And most importantly—

The Great Array Protecting the Nation of China failed to cover the cherry blossoms far from the Central Plains!

"It's a mess over there in Sakura, why do you want to go?" Wu Shanyu asked curiously.

"What about you?"

Instead of answering immediately, Amon asked a question that surprised them once again: "Why did you choose to go to the cherry blossoms instead of the seven universities?"

How did you know I was going to see the cherry blossoms too?

The rain in Wushan was a bit strange.

However, Wang Quan simply nodded and readily admitted, "The domestic situation is too comfortable. If we want to go international, Sakura will be a good stepping stone."

Yes, these two are also going to Huaying University!

Huaying University is naturally an abbreviation for Huaxia Comprehensive University in Sakura. It is an overseas university jointly funded by seven colleges in cooperation with the Sakura region in recent years due to the international situation and the rise of China.

Although it is a newly established college in recent years, its faculty and teaching funds are abundant—in fact, they are almost excessive!

However, not many people choose this college.

As mentioned before, the cherry blossoms are both too far and too close to China, and thus not covered by China's protective array. If China is the most peaceful place in the world, then the cherry blossoms are one of the most chaotic places in the world, comparable to the Middle East!

Not everyone has the confidence and courage to go to Sakura to study.

"Huang Jie has already told me."