Yu-Gi-Oh!: This card wants to go to you.

"A super, super brave hero?!" Mizuki's eyes lit up, and a carefree, innocent smile spread across his face.

It didn't last three seconds.

Her smile suddenly froze: "What if God's hand isn't fixed?"

“Uh—” Arias was speechless for a moment, and guiltily turned his head away, “At worst, I’ll just die.”

"Biantana will remember your sacrifice!"

"Do you want a demon?!" Mizuki shouted. "Let me be the guinea pig."

Those in power know that at this stage, it's all about using human lives to gather intelligence.

Every time this happens...

It's their turn to take the stage.

Mizuki, glancing over the shoulder, noticed the new challengers stepping onto the stage and paused slightly, "They are..."

They were a group of people dressed in thin white clothes, emaciated, with vacant eyes.

They are easy to distinguish.

Of all humans, only they do not have a supercomputing ring; instead, they have a series of numbers branded on their wrists.

“Numbered civilians…” Luo Bai looked at the group of people, and for some reason, his heart suddenly clenched.

He looked down at his wrist, recalling how, when he first transmigrated, he was overworked to death as a numbered civilian.

I think it was called 0748?

Most women in Biantana can only become pregnant once in their lifetime, so in order to maintain the population, it is necessary to produce "chemical workers".

People without human rights, people without parents.

Those that pass the compatibility test are given a built-in memory chip and branded with the supercomputing ring to participate in reproduction as citizens. Those that fail are branded with a number, work day and night until they die, and are thrown into the trash heap.

"0426!" a man in a lab coat shouted.

A numbered person stepped out from the crowd, his eyes dull and lifeless, as if he wouldn't move without instructions.

"Get on stage!"

The man in the research suit then gave orders, and two robots came out and came to 0426's side, putting a duel disk on him and a deck consisting of forty N cards.

This duel was not about winning at all.

If only one person is needed to verify the pattern of attacking first and second, is the sudden change in the tenth game, where the blue side attacks first, a coincidence or an inevitability?

If it's inevitable, then humanity can give up.

“Ugh—” 0426 let out a hoarse groan and walked forward numbly.

Before being educated and having a built-in chip, the numbered people could not speak.

【Ding--】

When 0426 stepped into the dueling arena, the ruins' dueling system emitted a crisp sound.

[First strike]

[Red Team]

[Duel Begins]

"The first attack has turned back into the red side?" Luo Bai suppressed his pity, his brows easing slightly.

If the red side attacks first, they still have a chance to win.

"answer--"

Five cards popped from the top of both players' decks during the duel, but 0426 didn't know how to pick them up, couldn't even speak, let alone duel.

Please confirm your hand.

The intelligent referee issued a prompt.

0426 remained unmoved.

Please confirm your hand.

【8...】

【7...】

Eight seconds later, to ensure the duel could continue, the system directly flipped over 0426's initial hand, revealing five level 1 and 2 Normal Monsters.

If the conditions for victory are not met, the duel continues.

The game quickly moved into the main phase for the Red team.

To everyone's surprise, the Pharaoh did not set a card as his first move, but instead directly played a card: "Activate the Spell Card - Pot of Greed."

"Draw two cards."

"What I drew was—"

"【The Sealed Exodia】".

High in the sky, the enormous phantom of the demon unleashed a fire cannon, instantly burning 0426 to ashes. His dull pupils flickered with firelight, and he knew nothing of fear or instinctive survival response until his death.

The winner takes all.

[Red Team]

In the eleventh duel, the red side won in one move.

"I'm not going to swipe the card anymore..." Luo Bai's eyes widened slightly, and his breathing became rapid.

Arias frowned: "This is troublesome."

"It's a good thing you didn't play."

She originally intended to have Shui Qian use the [Deacon] effect to overwrite [Crimson Lotus Named One], but the first point in the main phase belongs to the turn-based player, and the challenger can only use the [Deacon] effect after the god has taken an action.

But God won with a single move, and the [Deacon] couldn't keep up.

For once, Shui Qian didn't argue with Arias or joke around; his gaze was fixed on the numbered civilians who were being sent to their deaths.

A strange emotion was pressing on my chest.

“Ha, so many years have passed.” Arias chuckled. “You humans are still the same, even more like demons than we are.”

The winner takes all.

[Red Team]

...

The winner takes all.

[Red Team]

...

The cold, mechanical sound echoed in the air, like a thorn piercing everyone's heart.

In just over ten minutes.

Including the time spent switching players, another ten died.

Just to obtain some intelligence.

[3. God will attack once every ten rounds, and will immediately assemble Exodia in his starting hand.]

Moreover, after the tenth time, the first piece of information needs to be updated, and the first player no longer sets cards at the start.

[1. If the first attack is undisturbed, the god will activate Pot of Greed once and then collect Exodia.]

As the number of challenges increases, more information about the gods is revealed, and the difficulty of the challenges also increases.

"This is difficult..." Luo Bai said with a worried expression.

Dozens of games have passed, and God has yet to use a third card.

“Miss Lan…” Zhuska leaned close to Ilan’s ear and whispered something, as if discussing something.

Upon hearing this, Yi Lan's expression became extremely complicated: "It's very dangerous."

The spiritual power of [Exodia] would be fatal to ordinary people, and it would at least leave her with serious injuries.

"We're the only ones who can do it," Juska said through gritted teeth, her expression resolute.

"Hmm—" Yi Lan responded in a deep voice, then turned to Luo Bai with a somewhat troubled expression, "Could I... lend Zhuska a [Grey Blossom]?"

Luo Bai was slightly taken aback, then chuckled and said, "Hehe, I thought it was something serious."

"of course can."

Without thinking much, he took out two [Grey Rivers & Jade] cards and handed them over, saying, "Bring one more to increase your chances of getting the hang of it."

"Th...thank you." Yi Lan took the card, somewhat stunned.

Chapter 457 Cut 2: Dragon Maid

"How are you planning to play?" Luo Bai asked. "One [Ash Blossom] isn't enough; God will activate a second [Pot of Greed]."

Both for his own sake and for his own personal reasons, he needed to confirm his friend's opinion.

Juska pursed her lips and revealed a card—[Half-Dragon Maid - Earthly Kind Dragon Girl]: "This card can Special Summon [Half-Dragon Maid] from your hand during your opponent's turn."

"Which one are you planning to specially summon?" Luo Bai still felt a little confused and frowned.

“Of course it is—” Juska flipped through her deck, revealing a very cute monster, “【Half-Dragon Maid - Laundry Dragon Girl】.”

"【Laundry Dragon Girl】can be used to build three graveyards, there's hope!"

She clenched her fists, staring straight at Luo Bai, her eyes filled with anticipation and excitement.

“Indeed…” Luo Bai pondered.

If the small blue stack can pass, the chances will be much greater, since the graveyard is the second hand area.

“We’re just missing one more…” Yi Lan frowned, “【Ice Barrier Dragon Trident Dragon】.”

"You're planning to go for T0 [Trident Dragon]?!" Luo Bai's eyes lit up with surprise. "With a [Gourd] discarded, [Trident Dragon] can reliably win regardless of whether it's an excluded component or a [Gourd].