Card Making: My Card Game Starts with the White Dragon

Zhou Hao didn't expect it to be his turn so soon, and there was also the rather mysterious Ma Ling'er.

Zhao Lei looked at the blonde girl who stood out from the crowd in the girls' line and lowered his voice to say to Zhou Hao:

"Brother Hao, is this girl really from our neighborhood?"

Aside from the night the sea monster attacked the entrance to our neighborhood, I've never seen this person before.

"I've never seen it before either, don't worry about it, let's move on."

Let's talk about it after the entrance exam.

After saying that, Zhou Hao followed the staff and walked straight into the venue.

The venue has a large interior space, with a row of modular cabins of varying sizes placed in the center.

The interior of the mobile cabin looks very sophisticated, with a screen extending from the ceiling supported by a robotic arm.

In front of the makeshift hospital, staff members in uniforms sat at long tables, holding pens and paper.

Following the instructions, Zhou Hao walked up to one of the young women in a staff uniform and began the procedure:

"Card Name"

"【Ao Lie, the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea】, 【Diamond Gourd】"

Luwa

She seemed a little surprised and looked up to confirm:

"Two?"

Two.

The young lady raised an eyebrow: "Okay, student, please select a [Card Testing Pod] of the appropriate size according to your card's shape."

Looking around, Zhou Hao noticed that the longest queue was in front of the cabin that was about three meters square.

Of course, there were also quite a few people queuing up in front of both the larger and smaller cabins.

The only two-meter-long cabin that resembles a human form

There was only Ma Ling'er in line.

"No wonder the card makers in Shanhai City are jokingly called 'zoo card makers' by outsiders—they make so many non-human cards!"

But upon reflection, Zhou Hao realized it wasn't surprising; he had only managed to buy the humanoid material cards twice by sheer luck.

This thing is so rare in Shanhai City that it's become scarce in the days leading up to the start of the school term.

Zhou Hao would spend some time each day monitoring the online resource library, hoping to collect some usable humanoid materials for future use.

Zhou Hao walked to the two-meter-long cabin and lined up behind Ma Ling'er.

Ma Ling'er's look today leans towards a sporty style, wearing a loose white T-shirt and hot pants, with her blonde hair tied in a ponytail, making her look more capable and refreshing.

She held a large, ancient-looking black iron sword in her hand, which didn't seem out of place at all; instead, she looked like a female warrior who had just returned from an adventure in another world.

This mixed-and-matched outfit, combined with her already beautiful figure, certainly attracted a lot of attention.

Her card has already been entered; it appears to be a warrior dressed in ancient armor.

However, this military general had a face as white as jade, lips as red as cinnabar, and a gentle air between his brows and eyes that did not belong to men.

"Female military commanders are quite rare."

Zhou Hao learned from the snippets of conversation he overheard outside the principal's office that day that...

This Ma Ling'er is not from this province and seems to have a powerful background, so it's not surprising that she would pull out any cards.

Ma Ling'er turned her head, her eyes crinkling, and looked at Zhou Hao with a bright smile:

"Her name is Mulan. You might not have heard of her, but she's a formidable fighter. How about it? Want to have a match with me after the test?"

Mulan? Never heard of her?! If you haven't, I'm doing a disservice to the poem about Mulan that I spent three days memorizing in junior high!!

"Is this girl also a time traveler?"

Zhou Hao couldn't help but mutter to himself, but upon closer reflection, he realized that wasn't entirely true.

This world is merely a historical break and a dissipation of myths, but it has not completely disappeared.

Many card makers can still find remnants of history or mythology deep within the ancient lands, thereby gaining some knowledge.

Moreover, the Old Land itself has its own history, which is also a source of knowledge for card makers to create card stories.

However, the fact that one can find the historical story of Hua Mulan is enough to demonstrate the profound heritage of Ma Ling'er's family.

After all, in Zhou Hao's memory, Mulan had only appeared in a few ancient poems.

To piece together its historical context by examining the remaining traces in the secret realm will undoubtedly be a long and arduous process.

However, Zhou Hao did not reveal that his identity was merely that of a martyr's orphan with no background.

Logically, it would be impossible to receive such secret knowledge.

Perhaps in Ma Ling'er's eyes, Zhou Hao was just a lucky guy who gambled on a powerful card, and he was still clueless about the card's subsequent advancement path and development.

"Before that, could you tell me how you found out my QQ number? I don't remember telling you."

Ma Ling'er's smile widened, and she suddenly leaned closer, speaking gently yet alluringly:

"Beat me, and I'll tell you..."

What are you doing? What do you take me for?! Am I acting out some cheesy, melodramatic campus romance drama with you?

Zhou Hao took two steps back: "I won't fight, talk or don't..."

Ma Ling'er's smile froze. After a moment's thought, she held up five fingers:

"Five hundred! Five hundred bucks for a fight with me!!"

Zhou Hao's lips curled into a slight smile: "Five thousand!!"

"Three thousand!! My money doesn't grow on trees!!"

Zhou Hao was overjoyed, having earned a month's worth of food expenses for free.

"make a deal!!"

……

Just as Ma Ling'er was regretting quoting too high a price, the hatch suddenly opened, and the screen on the robotic arm on the top of the hatch lit up.

The five-dimensional diagram of Mulan was freshly released, immediately attracting the attention of the students nearby.

"Holy crap, all five stats—Strength, Vitality, Agility, Spirit, and Defense—are A's?! Who is this pro?!"

"It's clearly a humanoid card, yet its [Power] growth rate is higher than my [Yellow Ox Monster]? Is this what blue card stats are like?"

At this moment, voices immediately refuted him:

"It has nothing to do with card quality; this is a [card potential testing chamber]. The cards here simply have strong potential."

The blue card with the strongest potential in the last round only got a B+ in Strength, and the lowest of the other attributes was even a D.

"Are human cards really that powerful? Is our Zoo deck-building strategy really going to decline?"

"Don't drag me into this. I have my own style; how can I be defined by worldly conventions?"

"The card is strong, fine, but the card owner is so beautiful too? No way, I'm going to vote for her on the official website!!"

……

Zhou Hao was not surprised by this result. As a female general with a wide reputation in Chinese history, it would be strange if she didn't have such a low score.

Ma Ling'er put away the [Mulan] item with satisfaction, stepped back, and tilted her head to signal Zhou Hao to go test it.

Ever since she was defeated by that aloof and handsome humanoid card, she has been holding a grudge.

"My brand-new [Crimson Flame-21] can be easily broken through with a single full-power attack? I'd like to see what kind of monster this is."

Ma Ling'er stood to the side, staring intently at Zhou Hao, but the familiar sword-wielding boy from her memory did not appear.

A flash of blue light appeared, and a simple-minded child with a small yellow gourd on his head, wearing a yellow short jacket and a leaf skirt tied around his waist emerged from the card and leaped down.

It's none other than the [Calabash Brothers], making their dazzling debut!!

"Bang!!"

With a loud bang, the feet of "Gourd Boy" sank directly into the stadium.

The wooden floorboards were smashed into two deep dents, as if they had been pierced by some heavy object.

The venue, which had just been buzzing with discussion, suddenly fell silent.

Ma Ling'er stared blankly at the Calabash Brothers, a wave of shock washing over her:

"He can even smash through the ironwood floor of the old earth? Are all of Zhou Hao's cards this monstrous?"

……