My Card Beast Taming Game

Zhou Chen had no particular interest in buying anything, and he certainly didn't intend to sell any monster materials here.

25% off the market price!

Is this going to kill him?

Lu Qingning thought it was worthwhile to sell some of the items, especially those that weren't very valuable and took up a lot of space.

The space bag belongs to Han Baobao. Its size is about 27 cubic meters, which is neither small nor large.

After all, the insects and amphibian monsters in the Watery Secret Realm are quite large, not to mention there are many other miscellaneous items inside, and it would be inconvenient to access them if they were piled up too full.

After thinking it over, Zhou Chen realized that Lu Qingning was right. In the next six hours, even if they rested for three hours, they would still have to spend three hours traveling back and forth to the outpost, and they would inevitably encounter some monsters along the way.

"alright."

He walked out of the market, but was stopped by Lu Qingning after only a couple of steps. "Where are you going?"

"Go outside to get the materials. There are too many people and too many eyes here, so it's not good to just use your spatial bag. It's not that we're afraid of thieves stealing, it's that we're afraid of thieves eyeing us." Zhou Chen believed that Hua Ning's abilities could avoid a lot of trouble.

However, it is also very important to avoid problems in advance.

Hua Ning praised, "Zhou Chen's consideration is quite good. A temporary camp is not the same as an outpost. Ningning, you should learn from him in this regard."

Lu Qingning scoffed, "So what if you're a coward?"

Outside the market.

Zhou Chen found a secluded spot and asked Lu Qingning to help him get the materials, while Han Baobao and Hua Ning kept watch.

After picking and choosing, they had a huge pile of things that the two of them couldn't carry, so they had to summon the white ape to help carry the heavy load.

The poor old monkey carried two-thirds of the weight by himself, Zhou Chen shared the rest, and Lu Qingning carried the last small portion.

There's nothing we can do; he's in logistics.

When Hua Ning wasn't involved, he could help detoxify her, but once she was involved, his only function was to dispose of the monster's corpse afterward.

A bunch of relatively cheap and large pieces of monster materials eventually sold for nearly 50,000.

In fact, their value is far from low; it's just that Lu Qingning thinks it's low.

The materials were practically worthless, not even worthy of Zhou Chen's consideration in stripping them from the monster's corpse, as he found them too bulky.

The merchants at the market give cash, which is counted on the spot using a money counter. They are not responsible for any returns after you leave.

Zhou Chen felt reassured looking at the thick stack of bills.

Thinking of the pile of spirit cards he could sell in his pocket, he became even happier.

After getting the motorcycle back, the group rested in a spacious place with a fair number of people around. Lu Qingning and Han Baobao, the two combatants, fell asleep without saying a word. After ten hours of continuous fighting and running around, they were truly exhausted.

Zhou Chen was in a fairly good state and declined Hua Ning's suggestion that he also rest. Instead, he chatted with her intermittently to keep her from getting bored.

Lu Qingning was inevitably mentioned during this time.

Hua Ning said, "Ningning will probably go to Shanghai University. Her age and ability are suitable, and her father is there too."

The Magic Capital Academy, along with the Divine Capital Academy and the Heavenly Capital Academy, is known as one of the three major card master academies in China, equivalent to Tsinghua and Peking Universities in the previous life.

If passing the exam for junior card technician at Yuzhou Institute is a sure thing, then passing the exam for junior card technician at the three major institutes is even less likely to guarantee a job.

With a population of nearly four billion, even if only one in forty people becomes a card master, there would still be nearly one hundred million card masters.

The proportion of the population under the age of 20 is close to 15%, which is 15 million people.

If we consider that only one in a thousand geniuses can become a junior card master before the age of 20, then there are only about 15,000 people.

Of these 15,000 people, one-third of them have already enrolled, leaving nearly 10,000 genius-level junior card masters vying for the 600 spots available in each of the three academies!

Heroes from all over the world are as numerous as carp crossing a river!

Of course, the reality is more complicated and cannot be calculated in this way.

Hua Ning smiled and said, "If you want to stand on the same stage as her, you'd better become a junior card master within two years."

"Two years? Isn't the Card Master Academy a four-year program?" Zhou Chen was taken aback.

Hua Ning shook her head and said, "Ning Ning will definitely join the school team, but the school team usually doesn't recruit first-year students. Even in the best-case scenario, you'll have to wait until your second year, by which time Ning Ning will already be a fourth-year student."

Each card master academy has its own school team, which mainly participates in a global-level spiritual card competition for teenagers.

Its name is the Global Youth Lingka Competition Championship, also known as the Youth Championship or GYC.

It will select a certain number of teams from various countries to compete for the final championship.

It can be said to be one of the top tournaments in the Spirit Card Arena.

Those who stand out from the crowd will be regarded as leaders of the younger generation, and their names will be widely known.

Card dealers will pay attention, but ordinary people will pay even more attention!

Even someone as reclusive as Zhou Chen would watch related competitions and occasionally fantasize about being the one fighting in them.

But it remains just a fantasy.

"If you're planning to go that way, I'd recommend playing support."

Hua Ning smiled and said, "As long as you have trustworthy teammates, the support role can be extremely effective and can become the first choice for others."

Although support is crucial, in a world where individual power can bring everything, few people would consider becoming a full-time support player; most would choose to play support part-time.

Zhou Chen nodded silently.

How could he not understand the importance of support? In games, the damage dealers come and go, but the support remains constant.

In each generation of top-tier characters, support roles tend to remain constant, while damage dealers fluctuate due to version updates.

The problem is, I can't get it!

Forget about getting the Phantom God card, Zhou Chen doesn't even know when he'll be able to draw his first Gold card...

Or are you hoping to check in next month?

Although the Long Ming Captain title is like a newbie perk, who knows if they'll give out a Gold Card next month?

I can check in in just a few hours.

The daytime in the Water Marsh Secret Realm is different from the outside world. The game panel still calculates 24 hours a day, and he is about to usher in his thirtieth day.

【Five Virtues Crown】, Chicken Bro's exclusive weapon, hopefully it won't cause too much of a stir.

The two chatted for half an hour. During that time, many people came over to chat, but Hua Ning directly showed off her gold card and drove them away, saving them a lot of trouble.

Zhou Chen began to meditate.

Half an hour later, Lu Qingning woke up from her sleep and told him to go to sleep.

"You sleep a little longer. I'll sleep when we get back to the outpost. You're a combatant."

He refused.

If he doesn't run dungeons, enduring sixteen hours of gameplay is a piece of cake for him.

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingning did not insist, but instead silently meditated to recover her energy.

Novice card masters only need less than three hours of sleep a day. From this point on, meditation is no longer just a way to stimulate mental power, but also has a certain restorative effect on them.

Half an hour later, Han Baobao woke up and began meditating as well.

Zhou Chen then ended his meditation. The prolonged stimulation of his mental energy had made him somewhat agitated, making it difficult for him to maintain concentration.

Seeing this, Hua Ning said, "Since you're all awake, I'll take a nap for a bit."

"Please rest assured."

Zhou Chen quickly responded, then took out his phone to look at various spirit cards.

Meditation undoubtedly requires a high degree of concentration, which will reduce Lu Qingning and Han Baobao's perception of the outside world, so someone needs to keep watch.

Furthermore, if he continues meditating, it could easily lead to excessive fluctuations in his mental energy.

Chapter 40: Nighttime Training (Please continue reading!! 1)

There are four hours left until dark.

Zhou Chen and his companions continued to wander at the border between the giant forest and the swamp wetlands, searching for and hunting various monsters.

Compared to the diverse monster species in the Giant Forest, the monsters near the swamp wetlands are quite monotonous, consisting of only three types—

Silver-tier Swamp Frog Demon plus Mud Toad, Silver-tier Swamp Mud Devouring Worm plus Swamp Worm, Silver-tier Rotten Swamp Giant Eel plus Bronze-tier Mud Monster.

"A wider variety of monsters can only be encountered in the depths."

Hua Ning pointed deeper inside, "I remember there were dozens of large water striders, giant crocodiles that were over ten meters long, and so on."

Lu Qingning looked disgusted. "Forget it."

No matter how carefree she is, she is still a girl, and the Water Marsh Secret Realm is probably one of the most disgusting secret realms she has ever experienced.

The insects and amphibian monsters really disgusted her.

Another wave of monsters is coming.

Zhou Chen silently dealt with the rotting giant eels in the mud, various small insects crawling all over his trouser legs, trying to burrow in and suck his blood, but he was used to it.

Have you ever experienced the hidden wonders of the night?

Hua Ning asked Lu Qingning and Han Baobao, who were standing next to her.

The two nodded. "We experienced it before in the small secret realm. The monsters' attack frequency and the number of attack waves were more than twice as high."

The biggest problem at night in the secret realm is not only the drastically reduced visibility, but also the frequent attacks of ferocious monsters. Only by staying in a safe area can one avoid danger.

They were inexperienced and failed to reach the outpost before dark, forcing them to stage a desperate escape.

Fortunately, they were only five kilometers away from the outpost at the time, and they promptly sent a distress signal, which led to their rescue by the arriving truck crew.

Hua Ning smiled and asked Zhou Chen, who was finishing making cards and getting up to clean up the mess, "Want to try it out? The secret realm at night is quite interesting."

He subconsciously looked at Lu Qingning and Han Baobao.

Lu Qingning rolled her eyes: "Why are you looking at me? Someone's asking you a question!"

"I have no objection~" Han Baobao said with a smile.

Perhaps because there was a boy with us, this expedition into the secret realm was tiring, but it was also more interesting than expected, and we even had more topics to talk about while traveling.

Seeing that the two combatants agreed, Zhou Chen shamelessly agreed as well.

Although the original route was modified, the overall direction remained the same, and the team continued to slowly approach the outpost.

Time passed second by second, the sun overhead gradually dimmed, and mist began to spread through the giant forest, forcing Zhou Chen to turn on the headlights.

"Most importantly, keep your bearings in mind, as it's easy to get lost in the giant forest at night."

Hua Ning reminded them, "If you find yourselves in the secret realm one day and the locator in the beacon stops working, you can use a drone to fly to a high place to check the lighthouse beacon at the outpost. If that doesn't work, send a distress signal."

Just like the sorghum team they had previously rescued, those rescued must pay half of the supplies they currently receive to those who respond to the distress call.

If the harvest is too small or the items are lost during the escape, the price will be calculated per person, starting at 20,000 yuan per person.

This rule undoubtedly encourages card dealers to help each other and is supported by many people.

Who hasn't almost crashed or burned?

As dusk fell, Zhou Chen, driving through the giant forest, inexplicably felt a chill.

"The miasma demon is coming! Stop the car!"

Lu Qingning issued a warning, then pulled out a round object from her waist and threw it high into the air.

boom!

Amidst the crisp sound of an explosion, a bright light illuminated the dimly lit forest of giant trees.

What appears everywhere are the trashy miasma demons, which yield little loot and are prone to causing party wipes.

Nighttime became their best cover, allowing them to launch surprise attacks on passing truck drivers.

Before the Netherflame Lion and the Electromagnetic Cannon Scorpion could launch their attack, a series of bright purple petals shot towards the Miasma Demon like arrows, exploding into a brilliant flower of light the instant they touched it.

The second active skill of the Flower Fairy, "Dance of Flowers," is also its damage skill.

It looks cool and its power is also quite impressive.

Zhou Chen keenly observed that when one of the flowers of light bloomed, its petals touched the trunk of the giant tree next to it, directly annihilating the entire area.