Who said this card is outrageous?

As for Song Ruolan's situation, it was probably both unexpected and reasonable.

Both being fourth-order extraordinary beings, Song Ruolan was only six years older than Zhang Che, while Xu Jing, who was even older than her, was not only the dean of the Card Master Academy at Binhai University, but also had a formidable teacher.

Logically speaking, she shouldn't be too bad.

Moreover, even if we take a step back and assume that Zhang Che stays obediently in Lin Jiming's villa, the other party shouldn't dare to risk offending the Frost Domain Sword Saint to attack him for a fourth-tier purple card.

Of course, all this talk is just speculation. With his high position and extraordinary abilities, it's hard to say whether he has time to deal with such "childish" conflicts.

Leaving that topic aside, what everyone was more interested in was that Zhang Che was able to directly seal a fourth-tier purple card.

The fundamental difference between blue and purple cards means that there is virtually no possibility of a lower-ranked card defeating a higher-ranked one.

The only way to defeat a purple card is another purple card of the same tier, or a stronger orange card.

The latter is definitely out of the question, so there's only one answer—the [Flame Dragon Armor] made by Zhang Che is also a Tier 4 purple card!

"Big brother, you can already make fourth-tier purple cards?!"

Fu Xing was overjoyed, but Zhang Che quickly denied it, saying, "I'm not that powerful. Have you forgotten that my awakened trait is 'evolution'? The Flame Dragon Armor was originally just a fourth-tier purple card. It was only later that it was upgraded thanks to the special environment of this space."

Upon hearing this, everyone showed expressions of understanding.

Given that several members of the team were not in good condition, and that it was almost half a month since the mission ended, Zhang Che decided to suspend the exploration mission for the next two days and instead go out hunting every day to see if he could bring back more good items.

Time passed slowly, and as the exploration mission came to an end, each team returned to the safe house they had been assigned when they entered.

Zhang Che and his team deliberately delayed for a while, so when they returned, their small squad was the only one in the safe house.

They were greeted by the same young staff member, who didn't say much, but after welcoming them, he followed the procedure and escorted Zhang Che and his group of six out of this subspace.

……

It is still the same valley as before we set off. After half a month of follow-up renovations, the remaining traces of non-human intervention have completely disappeared. Anyone who comes here can only marvel at the power of human industry.

Those who know their own situation know that this seemingly impressive fortress has already squeezed the industrial capacity of Qi'an City to its limit, consuming a huge amount of various materials. At least for the next few years, it will be very difficult to start such a large-scale project again.

However, considering the level of the rift and the abundant resources it contains, spending such a high price is not impossible.

At this moment, in the square in the valley, another team completed the score calculation.

"The joint team from Yuanchang City and Hening City has collected seven Tier 4 extraordinary resources and fifty-eight Tier 3 extraordinary resources, for a total score of 407, currently ranking eighth overall!"

As the mechanical announcer's voice rang out, the other teams present began to show different emotions: some were disdainful, some were appreciative, and some breathed a sigh of relief.

"Eleven teams ranked eighth, and they barely exceeded the minimum score of 380 points. These guys are really lucky." The captain of one of the teams said with a hint of sarcasm.

Then two more teams rushed over, and their final scores were all higher than the previous team, pushing them down to tenth place.

With only two squads remaining, the captain of the combined squad could only silently pray that their strength wouldn't be too overwhelming.

While they were pondering, another team entered the field; it was Zhang Che and his group.

As a rare fourth-tier card maker, Zhang Che's information was known to many people. Therefore, after recognizing that the leader was Zhang Che, he immediately attracted a lot of people to come and watch.

Su Muxue was one of them, but unlike those who were just watching the show, what she was most looking forward to now was whether Zhang Che would eventually exchange those two fifth-tier spiritual plants for points to improve the team's ranking.

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"Zhang Che, captain of the joint team from Binhai City and Hezhou City, come forward to settle the points." Zhang Che took the initiative to step forward, and the two staff members in charge of this matter stood straight there, indicating that Zhang Che could start at any time.

With a casual glance, Zhang Che saw several staff members not far away organizing some extraordinary materials that had been submitted earlier.

Most of them are non-biological, so it seems that not everyone is willing to set their sights on the extraordinary creatures in the rift.

After all, you're on someone else's turf. Even if you win in the end, it's still not a good thing if you get seriously injured by accident.

The thought flashed through Zhang Che's mind, but he didn't slow down. One by one, the spoils of war appeared on the appraisal table.

To be honest, there weren't many items; the table, which was less than five square meters, wasn't even fully stocked. But both the two staff members and the onlookers from other teams nearby all widened their eyes in surprise.

"Wow, that's amazing! They're all fourth-tier extraordinary materials!" A voice first came from somewhere, and everyone started discussing it.

There is a major difference between the fourth and third tiers, and since the items are all "freshly made," the extraordinary energy they contain has not yet been completely solidified. Basically, any extraordinary person can distinguish them.

They also discovered that many of the spoils Zhang Che brought out were clearly collected from some extraordinary creatures, indicating that the team had experienced many battles in the rift.

Moreover, judging from the condition of the group just now, apart from a third-tier girl who looked a bit listless, the others were in good condition, indicating that they had won with a significant advantage in most of their battles.

Everyone present had been inside the rift and knew what it was like inside, which is why they were shocked.

"It's really convenient; summoned cards are the least afraid of dying." Someone quickly guessed the reason and couldn't help but sigh.

Aside from being relatively weak in combat and requiring a lot of resources, the Card Maker profession is among the best in terms of overall ability among the seven professions.

Then someone else thought of another key point: "There must be at least twenty items on that table, right? How many places did they go to?"

Don't forget that in this rule, the environmental and topographical data inside the fissure can also be included in the integral.

Sure enough, as soon as the man finished speaking, Zhang Che took out another thick notebook and handed it over, saying that it was the information they had recorded.

However, the staff did not take the documents immediately. Instead, they formally told Zhang Che that because they had previously discovered that some teams had submitted documents with many duplicate parts, in order to prevent people from taking the opportunity to inflate their points, they would only calculate the first part submitted and not the subsequent parts.

Moreover, it is clear that the authorities do not want to dwell on who was the first, but only calculate according to the order in which they were submitted.

If you come back late, then you're just unlucky.

Fortunately, the majority of the points calculation this time is based on the submitted extraordinary resources, so it doesn't have a significant impact on the final score.

"Lord Zhang Che, if you are worried about this issue, you can choose not to submit it," a staff member cautiously reminded him.

"It's alright, repeating is fine, it won't affect anything." Zhang Che glanced at another staff member who was calculating the value of the items on the table, thought for a moment, and decided to be on the safe side.

"Oh, right, let's add this too."

As he spoke, Zhang Che pulled out the entire corpse of a fourth-tier lizardman from his [Magic Pocket]. The nearly three-meter-tall creature immediately attracted the attention of many people.

"And what is that thing?"

"It looks like a large lizard."

"No, look at that thing's limbs, it has hands!"

"What? A hand!"

Upon hearing the words "has hands," some people who regularly venture into various rifts instantly lost their composure.

Others who were confused quickly asked out of curiosity, only to find out that according to the classification standards for otherworldly creatures established by the Federation and the Adventurers' Guild, if the limbs showed differentiation similar to human hands and feet, they could be preliminarily identified as intelligent beings.

Although many other indicators are still needed for actual confirmation, many people think that the probability of the lizardman being an intelligent being is not low, based on a close look at its appearance.

Given the hostile relationship between Earth and otherworldly beings in this era, the discovery of traces of intelligent life would likely alert the Federation!

The onlookers were buzzing with discussion, while the two staff members responsible for the identification had already approached the lizardman's corpse, all the while making phone calls for backup.

This immediately brought the already nearing completion of the points calculation phase back into activity, and Zhang Che naturally gained even more attention.

If people previously perceived him simply as a card maker, now he is also known as someone who is "lucky" and "powerful".

There were a total of fifteen teams entering the rift this time, but only Zhang Che's team encountered the lizardmen. It would be no exaggeration to say that they were lucky.

Regardless of whether the lizardman was intelligent or not, its size and the extraordinary energy fluctuations that were still faintly emanating from it after death proved that it was definitely not an easy creature to deal with. If one was not strong enough, one would not have been able to bring back such a complete corpse.

Zhang Che had no time to care about other people's shock; he was simply carrying out his task of attracting attention according to plan.

"By now, Sister Ruolan and the others should have already handed the person over to the city hall," Zhang Che silently calculated the time in his mind.

Soon another group of people arrived at the scene, and they were clearly much more professional than the two staff members from before.

Without further ado, after confirming the basic information about the lizardmen with Zhang Che, they carried the corpse away, leaving only the words, "We'll contact you as soon as we have any results."

"They're quite efficient," Zhang Che remarked briefly, then remained where he was, waiting for the calculation results to be released.

"The joint team from Binhai City and Hezhou City has collected a total of 29 Tier 4 extraordinary resources and 1 special objective, with a total score of 1,366 points, currently ranking third in the overall rankings!"

Although it's only a temporary ranking, it's practically certain that Zhang Che and his team will be third, unless the last team that hasn't arrived yet brings an even bigger surprise.

After hearing his team's total score and ranking, Zhang Che was thinking to himself, "How can such a high score only rank third?"

Just how powerful must the first two teams be?

Out of curiosity, he inquired about the scores of the top two: the second place was actually not bad, only less than a hundred points higher than them, and Zhang Che could easily surpass them if he wanted to.

As for the first place...

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With 1,854 points, they surpassed Zhang Che's team by nearly 500 points.

It can be said that unless he takes out three items from the two fifth-tier lizardmen corpses and two extraordinary spiritual plants to calculate the score, he might not be able to surpass his opponent.

Is this what they mean by "there are always people better than you"?

Although Zhang Che didn't have much of a competitive spirit, he still couldn't help but want to see what kind of people were in the number one ranked team.

"Qian City City Guard Team Three? Why is it the City Guard again?" Zhang Che had recently been driven to the brink of PTSD by those people from the Eye of Truth, and the sight of the words "City Guard" triggered his anxiety.

As an aside, Zhou Jingyao and Lin Lei, who ambushed Zhang Che and his group in the rift, were both members of the local city guard.

This was something Zhou Jingyao said voluntarily to gain trust, so it can't be faked.

But then I thought, after all, they are the city guards of the provincial capital, so they shouldn't be infiltrated by the people of the Eye of Truth, right?

Moreover, given all the things that happened before, it's impossible that the city guards of Qi'an City didn't conduct their own investigation. Even if there really was a problem, it should have been ruled out by now... right?

……

The appearance of the lizardman's corpse made Zhang Che realize that if he didn't leave quickly, he would have a hard time getting out. So, without thinking twice, he got the points settlement certificate from the staff and hurriedly left.

A third-place overall ranking is enough to allow Binhai City and Hezhou City to each form a small team to explore the Rift next year.

Furthermore, with the environmental data submitted by each team this year, the exploration process next year should be much safer.

Before leaving, the two staff members also told Zhang Che that the city hall would issue rewards to each team based on their ranking points, and that he should go to the city hall to collect them after receiving notification.

Zhang Che nodded in agreement.

At the same time, several men lurking in the crowd exchanged glances:

"Hey, do you think that guy named Zhang Che might be the one who stole the young master's cards?"

However, as soon as he said this, he was met with disdain from his companions: "Are you stupid? A card maker can become that powerful just by putting on a suit of armor? Do you really believe that?"

"No matter how powerful an equipment card is, the user must be strong enough to unleash its power; otherwise, it's just a piece of scrap metal."