It was supposed to be a Mythic card set, but what the heck is this Warhammer 40k?

It was late at night, at 2 a.m.

A burly man, completely drunk, staggered out of the bar.

He walked along the street and soon came to the entrance of a dark alley.

Seeing that no one was around, just as the burly man was about to unbuckle his belt to relieve himself...

A rustling sound came from deep within the alley.

The burly man was startled. He quickly pulled up his belt, looked warily into the alley, and shouted, "Who's there!"

As the burly man finished speaking, a blurry figure slowly emerged from the dark alley, muttering repeatedly, "Hungry, so hungry!"

Upon hearing the other person's words, the burly man immediately started cursing: "Are you crazy? You scared me half to death hiding here. If you're hungry, go home and eat. Don't scare people out here..."

However, before he could finish his rant, the burly man felt as if a stone was stuck in his throat, and he couldn't utter a single word.

What emerged from the dark alley was not a person, but a emaciated, shriveled, and starving ghost.

Upon seeing the starving monster before him, the burly man shuddered, and all his drunkenness vanished instantly.

He instinctively turned to run, but stumbled and fell to the ground.

He looked back and found that his right leg had disappeared!

There was a ring of bite marks on the severed part of the right leg, as if it had been bitten off by some wild beast, and blood was gushing out from the cut.

At that moment, the sound of chewing came from the mouth of the starving monster, which kept muttering, "So hungry, so very hungry!"

The intense pain and the horrifying scene before him terrified the burly man. He was about to cry out in agony when the Starving Ghost opened its gaping maw once more.

The next second, the entire alley fell silent once again, with only faint chewing sounds coming from within.

A moment later, a gaunt man emerged alone from the alley, clutching a card in his hand.

Looking at the [Starving Ghost] in his hand, the man's face broke into an uncontrollable smile of excitement. His voice trembled as he murmured to himself.

"Very good, very good, just a little bit more, just a tiny bit more. With just a little more blood food, I can be promoted to silver card."

"At that point, even the Card Master Alliance won't be able to do anything to me!"

"Oh right, it's the Starry Sky Society again. Those bastards from the Starry Sky Society actually dared to say I have no talent. I'll make them realize just how wrong it was to abandon me!"

When the Starry Sky Society was mentioned, a strong sense of hatred flashed across the man's face.

He then took a deep breath, carefully put away the cards, and hurriedly left the scene.

........

The next morning.

Lu Ya was still asleep when he was woken up by a series of knocks on the door.

He rubbed his sleepy eyes and opened the door.

Aunt Wang, looking haggard, stood anxiously at the door.

This scene left Lu Ya somewhat bewildered. He asked in confusion, "Aunt Wang, what brings you here so early?"

Upon seeing Lu Ya, Aunt Wang's face immediately lit up with a smile. She quickly stepped forward and said, "Little Lu, we've come today to thank you."

"We've all heard about it. If it weren't for you, everyone in our neighborhood would probably have been killed here last night."

Following last night's "red dancing shoes" incident, hospital staff conducted thorough examinations of everyone in the community.

Apart from a small number of seriously injured people who were taken to the hospital, most of the others were only slightly affected mentally and just needed to rest for a few days.

All of this was mainly due to Lu Ya's timely intervention. If those "red dancing shoes" had been allowed to continue their mental pollution, the consequences would have been far more severe than just a minor mental impact.

However, what's most ironic is that Aunt Wang, who was the "culprit" behind all of this, was actually the one who suffered the least among these people.

Lu Ya coughed lightly and said, "It's nothing, Aunt Wang, it's what I should do."

"You helped me a lot when my parents passed away."

Aunt Wang shook her head and continued, "One thing at a time. This whole mess was caused by me. If I hadn't been greedy, this wouldn't have happened."

As she spoke, Aunt Wang picked up a fruit basket and a red envelope and handed them to Lu Ya: "This is Aunt Wang's way of thanking you, you must accept it."

Faced with Aunt Wang's gratitude, Lu Ya repeatedly declined, but in the end, he had no choice but to reluctantly accept it.

After seeing Lu Ya accept the fruit basket and red envelope, Aunt Wang finally smiled and said, "Little Lu, you go ahead with your work, Aunt Wang won't bother you any longer."

Watching Aunt Wang leave in a hurry, Lu Ya sighed.

Actually, Aunt Wang isn't a bad person; she just has a slight tendency to be greedy for cheap things. I guess after this incident, she'll completely get rid of that habit.

After putting away the fruit basket and red envelopes, Lu Ya was just about to go downstairs for breakfast.

However, at that moment, the phone beeped with a message notification again.

Lu Ya took out his phone and saw that it was a message sent by the class monitor in the class group.

"@Everyone, students, there is a lecture on 'Basic Theory of Card Making' this afternoon. Please remember to attend the lecture on time."

Immediately, the entire class group was filled with groans of despair; clearly, no one wanted to attend this "basic theory" lecture.

Someone asked, "I have an emergency, my dad is about to give birth, can I not come, class monitor?"

Soon, the cute bunny avatar representing the class monitor popped up again, and the reply was simple: "Sure."

"But remember to take a picture of your dad's pregnancy test report and leave slip and send it to me, otherwise it will be considered skipping class."

This one sentence immediately silenced those who were trying to use other matters as an excuse to skip the lecture.

After seeing the message in the group, Lu Ya couldn't help but sigh.

Sure enough, recruiting college students to fill quotas is an extremely common practice at any university.

Just as Lu Ya was pondering whether he could find a way to get a leave slip.

The cute rabbit sent Lu Ya a private message: "Lu Ya, you have to come to this lecture. Don't even think about asking me to help you get a leave of absence again."

Upon seeing this message, three big question marks involuntarily popped into Lu Ya's mind.

Dude, what exactly is my relationship with this class monitor?

Why did this class monitor personally send me a message?

Moreover, and most importantly, judging from the information revealed in this message, this impartial squad leader seems to have helped him get a lot of leave in the past.

The problem is, he has almost no recollection of these things.

Lu Ya hesitated for a moment, then tentatively sent a message asking, "What will happen if I don't come?"

The adorable bunny sent another message: "Hmph, if you don't come, don't even think about me asking you for leave again!"

Ouch! What a terrifying threat!

These threatening words made Lu Ya grin.

How could Lu Ya be the kind of person who would easily back down?

Lu Ya quickly replied, "Understood, I'm coming right now!"