Card Making: My Card Game Starts with the White Dragon

The next morning around 7 a.m., after Zhou Hao finished eating the breakfast delivered to his door and washing up, he went to the logistics department villa and found that a long queue had already formed.

"Brother Hao, please help me team up!!"

As soon as Zhou Hao arrived, he saw Zhao Lei dramatically clinging to Zhou Hao's arm and howling in agony.

"Are you sure you want to take your pangolin into the sea?"

"Brother Hao, your [Summoning Card] isn't a sea monster, so why are you going into the sea? Is it because you're good at water-based skills?"

"More or less."

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By this time, the seeded players in the villa area had already collected their equipment and supplies.

Without exception, they all headed up the mountain.

Zhou Hao didn't know why, but it seemed that many of the students in Class One came from the eastern region near the [Ailao Mountain] secret realm, so most of them were land combat type cards.

"Did they make a mistake when assigning me to classes?"

After thinking about it for a while, it was finally Zhou Hao's turn.

As luck would have it, the staff member in front of him wearing the Card Master Association uniform turned out to be the young lady Zhou Hao had saved.

The other person clearly recognized him too, but since it was during work hours, they could only give Zhou Hao a grateful look and then ask:

"Student, would you like to choose the marine clearing zone or the mountain clearing zone?"

Zhou Hao replied without hesitation: "The sea area."

"Okay, here is your [storage card] and the mobile phone for this military training."

This phone is completely waterproof and can maintain its network signal even in extreme environments.

It has the functions of sending and receiving messages, viewing academic credits, and quick location.

Please keep your materials safe when using the online resource library and other functions related to military training.

Zhou Hao nodded. This kind of thing seemed to be a new product combining technology and cards. It was not popular among the general public, and Zhou Hao had never seen it before.

He used his mental power to examine the contents of the storage card.

Compressed food, a large bottle of fresh water, spare batteries, a spare cell phone, oranges, and commonly used medications.

Rugged lighters, rugged flashlights, clothing, dryers, and hair dryers?

There were many other miscellaneous items, including a single-person life pod, a distress signal gun, and a small inflatable raft.

Zhou Hao was also stunned. Did it have to be this comprehensive?

However, he probably won't need these single-person life pods or anything like that.

After all, Zhou Hao has the skill [Hidden Dragon in the Abyss/Avoiding Water Technique], so water can be said to be his home turf.

Zhou Hao replaced the SIM card in the newly received phone with his own, and after turning it on, he found that it had even more apps than his own phone.

"A credit ranking? It's out already?"

Zhou Hao double-clicked to open an app called "Military Training Credits".

The app logs in automatically. Zhou Hao had just opened the credit ranking section when he found that he was already ranked third.

The top two are Xiao Huohuo and Liu Adou, both with 10 points, just like Zhou Hao.

"Never heard of it, looks like you're not in the same class."

As Zhou Hao walked, he familiarized himself with his new phone and soon arrived at a beach.

He had already decided that there were only seven days left to carry out the cleanup operation, and to achieve good results, he had to go to the red cleanup zone.

Moreover, with [Ao ​​Lie, the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea] in his possession, he is fully capable of venturing into the high-risk red zone.

Although it is recommended that students with blue [Summoning Cards] team up to go, there are only a handful of people in the entire school who have blue cards.

Each class is located on a different island, making it virtually impossible to form teams.

Zhou Hao never intended to form a team from the beginning. If anyone in Class One was qualified to team up with him, it would probably be Ma Ling'er.

However, [Mulan] is clearly not a [Summoning Card] for dealing with water battles, so Ma Ling'er chose the high mountain clearing area, and Zhou Hao had no one to team up with.

Of course, the most important thing is that Boss Zhou believes that his individual combat strength is sufficient and there is no need to form a team.

The beach in front of them was the closest to the red-level clearing zone. Other red-level clearing zones required passing through many blue-green areas, which Zhou Hao felt was a waste of time.

There aren't many [Summoning Cards] of the sea monster type to begin with, and even if there are, they are mostly gray or white. Therefore, Zhou Hao didn't encounter a single person traveling with him on his way here.

"I upgraded to the ocean version all by myself, right?"

He muttered a complaint, activated the [Hidden Dragon in the Abyss/Avoid Water Technique], and walked straight into the sea.

This was Zhou Hao's first time entering the sea since he came into this world. As he came into contact with the seawater, an invisible membrane enveloped his body.

Even his clothes and shoes were wrapped in this invisible film.

Zhou Hao guessed that this was due to the skill's characteristic of "not being affected by water flow when releasing skills in water".

After all, some of the external energy-based skills are also external objects related to Zhou Hao.

Clothing, shoes, and other equipment might also be considered in this category?

Zhou Hao didn't understand; he just kept heading towards the red clearing zone on the map.

He travels much faster in the water than on land.

Zhou Hao even unlocked a way of moving forward that was half walking and half swimming, giving off a feeling of a martial arts master traveling with light footwork.

Before long, Zhou Hao saw a series of huge stone pillars in front of him.

These stone pillars are haphazardly stuck into the seabed, their depth unknown.

Its surface is covered with seaweed and green algae, and countless snails are attached to it, making it look like it has completely blended into the seabed.

"Following the map, once you see these pillars, you've arrived at the red clearing zone—the Shrimp Monster Stone Forest."

Speaking of the sea monsters that inhabit the Shrimp Monster Stone Forest, Zhou Hao had even seen its material card before. It was a boss-level (blue) sea monster called the [Boxing Shrimp Monster].

This thing is about four or five meters long, and it looks like a large mantis shrimp that walks upright.

Compared to the colossal creatures in the ocean that can easily reach tens of meters in length, the "Boxing Shrimp Monster" is a rather petite sea monster.

Despite its small size, it is one of the most lethal sea monsters of its class.

The reason lies in its forelimbs, which have two shrimp-like fists with a diameter of over one meter.

His fists were as hard as diamond, and his punches were incredibly fast.

The card maker couldn't even catch the punch before it was smashed to pieces.

Every year when the sea monsters invade the secret realm of the West Sea, card makers who die under the fists of the Boxing Shrimp Monster often cannot even find their bodies.

"These are truly enormous peacock mantis shrimp!!"

As if on cue, Zhou Hao heard a terrifying "bang bang bang" sound echoing between the stone pillars in front of him.

Powerful shockwaves of water surged toward Zhou Hao.

As Zhou Hao got closer, he could see the situation in front of him clearly: a giant mantis shrimp stood upright in front of a stone pillar, frantically striking out waves of water.

Fish and low-level sea monsters passing by were merely grazed by these shockwaves and instantly exploded into puffs of blood mist.

In an instant, the seabed surged, and dark red blood bloomed around the giant mantis shrimp like flowers.

It was the [Boxing Shrimp Monster], and at that moment, it seemed to be practicing its punches on that stone pillar.

However, the punches were extremely fast, and Zhou Hao could only see the afterimage of the [Boxing Shrimp Monster]'s punches and the rings of underwater shockwaves.

Zhou Hao was also surprised; were all sea monsters this cunning?

"But this stone pillar looks unusual; it actually withstood the attack of the [Boxing Shrimp Monster]."

Zhou Hao touched the stone pillar next to him, but couldn't figure it out either.

"Alright, I'll make you my first prey."

A flash of blue light was followed by a high-pitched dragon roar.

[Ao Lie, the Third Prince of the Jade Dragon of the West Sea]! He has appeared!

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