All-out Tower Defense: My Card-Drawing Talent is a Bit Strange

This is why, perhaps out of a desire to show off to classmates and colleagues, or perhaps to meet up with relatives and friends from their hometown for drinks, they are the ones who accept the most immigrants. Relatives, friends, classmates, and colleagues—people who are more or less related to them—become the main recipients.

Therefore, these two types of people are evaluated very differently on Azure Star. The latter are basically partners of various governments and large conglomerates, and they naturally do not lack basic resources, but the former are more troublesome.

Some people will also provide financial assistance to such individuals, since humans are social animals and some principles are negotiable.

Major powers cannot openly associate with these people, since their reputation on Azure Star is not good. These lords, who are almost universally despised, may not be wrong, but if you have the ability to not help others, it is wrong in the eyes of those who are extremely eager to be saved.

However, the majority of people are extremely eager to be saved, so cooperation with some powerful forces is awkward. Cooperating with them can easily lead to criticism, while not cooperating means that more people cannot be saved.

In short, open cooperation between powerful factions and these kinds of people is definitely not feasible, and their existence is not meant to promote these individuals. If every lord acted this way, the beacon of salvation for the tower defense world would lose its meaning.

But this only applies to major powers. Some smaller powers don't have as many requirements. For example, some private companies or some hidden forces that don't easily appear in the public eye prefer to cooperate with these kinds of people. A simple exchange of benefits can be considered a guaranteed promise in front of these people.

Yang Fei first went to the nearby farmers' market as usual, bought some fresh vegetables, and prepared to cook dinner for his family. Then, taking advantage of the constantly flowing crowd around him, he pulled his clothes up to slightly cover his face, and slowly left the crowd, stepping deeper into the city.

After wandering around, I arrived at a café called "Xu Bai".

Although the sun had not yet set, the interior of this dense steel city was already brightly lit, and the shops were packed with people. However, this coffee shop, which was almost in the city center, had few people. Yang Fei ignored all of this and went straight to the second-floor stairwell.

Glancing at the security guard who was staring intently at him, Yang Fei remained calm. With a flick of his finger, a card was swiped out of his system inventory and into his hand. But in the blink of an eye, the gray card vanished into thin air, just as it had appeared out of nowhere, without leaving a trace.

Seeing this, the security guard nodded and revealed the staircase behind him. Yang Fei went upstairs and arrived at the quiet second floor, where a beautiful girl in a cheongsam was already waiting.

Yang Fei demonstrated the system space again to prove that he was a lord. The pretty girl lingered on Yang Fei's covered face for a few more seconds, as if weighing something, but then she thought of something, lowered her head, and led Yang Fei to a quiet room.

Yang Fei sat down on the comfortable sofa. Seeing that Yang Fei did not remove his face coverings and did not seem to be about to speak, the beautiful girl seemed a little anxious. She lifted her cheongsam to show Yang Fei her long legs and wanted to sit next to him.

Yang Fei was speechless. He pointed directly to the gate not far away, signaling her to go out. Although the girl was very pretty, the old Yang Fei might have been at a loss. But having seen more of the world, he wouldn't think about such things now.

Seeing that Yang Fei remained unmoved, the pretty girl had no choice but to stop her little antics and reluctantly left the private room. There was nothing she could do; the man before her was a lord, an honored guest wherever he went, and someone she simply couldn't afford to offend.

Soon, a stunningly beautiful woman wearing a standard black stockings office lady uniform and silver-rimmed glasses walked in. She didn't speak, but simply showed Yang Fei her ID, and then naturally sat down next to him.

Yang Fei was speechless again. Although the girl was wearing clothes, in Yang Fei's eyes she was from a "poor family". The fabric on her body seemed to be telling him that she couldn't afford to wear clothes.

The skirt was really tight and hugged her hips, creating an absolute territory when she sat down. The black stockings were shiny and had suspenders, making people unconsciously draw their attention to her slender and smooth legs.

"Sir, is this your first time here? Would you like me to explain our trading rules to you?" A pleasant voice rang out, carrying a special ethereal quality that made people unconsciously relax.

At the same time, whether intentionally or unintentionally, the girl stretched out her legs and lowered her body, causing her taut chest to swell again, inadvertently revealing a glimpse of snow-white skin in front of her.

Yang Fei was completely convinced. He had only come to exchange supplies, so why were they putting him through so many tricks? If he hadn't already been tempered by the succubus girl, he would have been easily fooled.

"I don't like unnecessary nonsense. The gray arrow tower card is worth 5 silver coins each, which is 500 copper coins. And the lowest price for 500 catties of white rice is also 500 copper coins. I want to sell two cards. What price can you give me?" Yang Fei didn't even look at the woman whose name he didn't even want to remember, and spoke directly.

In the tower defense world, a gray arrow tower card has a market price of 5 silver coins, costs 6 silver coins to buy from the Heavenly Path Shop, and sells for 4 silver coins. The prices for basic resources in the Heavenly Path Shop are the same.

For example, rice, ordinary stones, and ordinary wood are generally priced at one copper coin per unit on the market. However, purchasing them from the Heavenly Path Shop requires spending more, and because copper coins are the smallest form of currency, you cannot buy them directly for one unit; you must purchase at least 10 units.

For example, if you want to buy 10 units of stone, you need 11 copper coins. You can buy one unit, but you must ensure the Heavenly Dao Shop's profits. If the amount is less than 10 units, it will automatically be counted as one copper coin, which is not cost-effective.

That's why we'd take the risk of buying in the real world.

Let's do the math. You can only get 8 silver coins for selling two gray arrow tower cards to the Heavenly Path Shop. But if you use those 8 silver coins to buy 800 units of white rice, you'll have to spend another 80 copper coins. You could say you're losing money hand over fist.

On Azure Star, especially in the underground market, you're unlikely to suffer such a loss. This is because the backers of these people are likely individuals who are unable to enter that world but yearn for it, and they are happy to buy items from that world at high prices.

Among them, True Qi Rice is the most expensive, since it is directly related to one's own strength. Next are various defense tower cards, even if you don't need them yourself, it's good to leave them for your children.