My Card Beast Taming Game

The miasma demon also disappeared without a trace.

"It's best not to fight monsters when it's dark, as it will attract more monsters."

Hua Ning's voice came from behind.

Zhou Chen dared not hesitate and continued forward after identifying the direction.

The terrain of the giant forest is complex and varied, with mud pits that can cause vehicles to get stuck or tree roots that can tilt the wheels, which greatly tests his observation skills.

To be honest, he had never been so nervous. The surroundings were getting darker and darker, and the visibility was decreasing significantly. A thin, gray mist swirled in the forest, and even with the headlights on, it was difficult to see the road ahead.

Monster roars echoed from time to time, along with muffled sounds resembling acid bomb attacks from unknown directions, causing his heart to race, his scalp to tingle, and his breathing to quicken.

Thanks to Hua Ning's support attacks, he hardly needed to stop and could focus on driving forward.

Even so, Zhou Chen remained extremely nervous, fearing that he might accidentally drive into the swamp and prevent everyone from successfully returning to the outpost.

hiss……

call……

hiss……

"Zhou Chen, calm down and take a deep breath."

Lu Qingning's gentle voice lingered in his ears, and a soft touch came from behind him. One hand held his shoulder, and the other held his arm.

"I, Hanbao, and Sister Hua are all here. Don't worry, everything will be fine. It's just dark now, nothing else will change."

"..."

Zhou Chen, whose breathing was unsteady, took a deep breath, and his restless heart gradually calmed down.

Only then did he belatedly realize that he had probably been influenced by his meditation from several hours earlier.

Repeated stimulation of his mental energy caused him to become abnormally sensitive and to react to changes in external insecurity. Coupled with a prolonged lack of rest, this affected all aspects of his physical health.

As a novice card master, Lu Qingning noticed his unusual change and, unusually, treated him with gentleness, guiding and comforting him in a soft voice.

Unlike before, there were no more casual expressions of disdain.

This was the first time the two had been so close.

Ten minutes later.

They broke away from the dense, towering forest and came to an open area outside the outpost, where the gate remained open to welcome the team back.

"You've worked hard! Welcome back to the outpost! You're safe now!"

The gatekeeper said in a friendly manner.

Zhou Chen breathed a heavy sigh of relief. When he returned the car to the parking lot, he turned around to look at Lu Qingning, but she had already gotten out of the car and left.

For some reason, a feeling of disappointment welled up in his heart, but it quickly dissipated.

What followed was a feeling of exhilaration, as if one had survived a catastrophe.

My mind was completely clear, as if my mental strength had been upgraded.

He opened the panel and took a look.

Huh?

He really leveled up? He's currently at Lv.9 + 75% experience, and leveling up to the next level is just around the corner.

You should know that the higher your level, the longer your experience bar!

Is it really that easy to improve mental strength?

Zhou Chen was slightly skeptical. He had meditated quite a few times before meeting Lu Qingning, but his mental strength had taken two major leaps in just one week after meeting her!

That's awesome!

He couldn't help but sigh.

Both Hua Ning and Han Baobao noticed his change. Han Baobao was initially unsure until Hua Ning asked him.

"Your mental strength has increased?"

"Yes." Zhou Chen nodded. "It's all thanks to Sister Hua's suggestion."

Han Baobao said enviously, "It's so great to be a trainee card master; your mental strength increases so easily."

None of the three seemed to notice Lu Qingning's reddened ears and neck in the distance, or her seemingly casual gesture of fanning herself to cool down quickly.

Chapter 41: The Golden Crown of Martial Virtue (Please continue reading!!!)

Zhou Chen slept for three hours.

While Lu Qingning and the others went out to eat, he slept soundly in his room.

The moment I awoke, the fatigue gradually subsided like a receding tide.

"Level 9 Apprentice Grand Master!"

Zhou Chen clenched his fist excitedly. He had only reached level six a week ago, and now he was about to reach level ten. How could he not be happy?

However, what's more noteworthy is the sign-in reward on the game panel—

The Spiritual Object: The Five Virtues Crown!

Since he wasn't sure if spirits would appear in reality, and he had never drawn a spirit from the gacha pool before, he went to the bathroom just to be on the safe side.

Sign in to receive your reward!

The exquisite antique headdress appeared before him as a phantom image.

Fortunately, there was no physical object, so he didn't have to look for a place to hide it.

However, this means that to use spirit items, one must rely on the team formation function to summon spirit cards.

Otherwise, the spirit cards summoned by the summoning device will only be blank, and the grouping function cannot summon spirits individually.

—No problem.

Since the spirit cards in the real world will disappear anyway when the formation function is used, I might as well just pretend to be one.

Switching to the formation interface, Zhou Chen placed the Changming Captain and selected the Five Virtues Crown in the empty slot below it.

The moment it loaded, flames appeared out of thin air and burned the entire frame, while the Long Ming Captain inside emitted a silent cry.

Now my brother Chicken has everything he needs!

Zhou Chen happily canceled the team formation, even though he wanted to go straight to the dungeon to see how good it was, but there were other things to do before that.

Selling materials!

Unlike yesterday, when they escorted the sorghum team back to the outpost halfway through the battle, today they fought the monsters all day long.

They even spent most of the day fighting against silver-tier monsters, so their gains today are probably extraordinary!

He sent a text message to Lu Qingning, who quickly called him back.

Why do you always like sending text messages?

"I was just afraid of bothering you."

Zhou Chen has never been comfortable making phone calls, or perhaps there's no one to call, and even if she did, no one would answer.

The two met up in front of the hotel and ran to a recycling point to sell materials.

There were far fewer people now, and most of the queues had already sold out, so it wouldn't be long before it was our turn.

Unlike the temporary camp, they could use the space packs with confidence at the outpost, since they weren't the only ones using them.

Piles of monster materials were taken out.

As a novice in dissection, Zhou Chen's skills were naturally not very good, but the people at the recycling station didn't nitpick. Most people knew that a young but powerful low-level card master was like a firecracker.

The final figure was 881,200 yuan, which was rounded up to 882,000.

That's a full 500,000 more than yesterday!

Keep in mind that the sorghum team's entire day's worth of material earnings were included in that amount.

So far, the income from materials alone has reached 1.2 million, not to mention the income from selling spirit cards and the 300,000 reward given by Gao Liang after leaving.

Zhou Chen did a quick calculation and realized that even if he went out now, he could still get more than 700,000 yuan.

More than 700,000!

This is even better than the last windfall!

Of course, he put in a lot of hard work this time. The monster's corpse was filthy and smelly, and its blood was not only poisonous but also contained a large number of parasites. After it died, it would attract a lot of small insects.

People of the same age might not be willing to do this job.

Anyone who becomes a card master at his age is arrogant and conceited.

Only Zhou Chen possessed the foresight to understand the hardship of earning money and the difficulty of making a living, so he never dared to complain about the hardship or fatigue, and firmly grasped every opportunity before him.

"happy?"

Seeing his beaming smile, Lu Qingning asked a question she already knew the answer to.

Zhou Chen nodded repeatedly, "I'm so happy! I sincerely thank Sister Lu for guiding me. I'll definitely treat you to a big meal after we get out!"

"..."

For some reason, Lu Qingning didn't say anything.

When he turned around, he found that his respected Sister Lu had already walked away without looking back.

Zhou Chen followed along eagerly.

Since his grandparents and father passed away, Lu Qingning has been the kindest person to him. She not only took him to the secret realm for training, but also helped him earn money, introduced him to connections, and helped him build relationships. She also taught him a great deal.

Such kindness would have been repaid with one's life in ancient times; even most monarchs wouldn't have treated their loyal followers this well.

Zhou Chen couldn't understand why Lu Qingning would go to such lengths for him just because of his grandparents' instructions.

He had some unrealistic fantasies, but he gradually realized that they were just fantasies.

In short, Zhou Chen will repay Lu Qingning.

Although it's difficult to do now, sooner or later, everything she does will pay off.

……

Monkey instance.

Zhou Chen sat on a rock and waited.

In the distance, the Long-Horned Captain looked like a living little sun, using his fierce "sunlight" to kill all darkness.

He had experienced nighttime in the dungeon before, but perhaps because the Changming Captain was too bright, it didn't give him any sense of crisis.

No matter where the monsters came from, they were basically all killed in one encounter.

Zhou Chen didn't even have a chance to be nervous; he had to get to the monster's side quickly to settle the score, otherwise he would waste time.

After wearing the spirit item, Captain Changming didn't feel much change, except that there were several floating crowns on his head, which were golden and exceptionally magnificent.

The passive skills provided don't really have much use in the ape dungeon.

"Sigh, it feels a bit bland."

He couldn't help but look at the advanced dungeon. The monsters in the advanced dungeon were probably mostly three-star silver tier. With the two-star Changming Captain and the spirit item, was there any chance of killing it instantly?

It would be great if the intermediate dungeons had two-star silver-tier monsters, like in the Watery Secret Realm.

Perhaps he could proactively move closer to the higher-level maps?

Now that he has explored the secret realms, Zhou Chen increasingly feels that most dungeons are essentially secret realms, with beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels all connected, only the environments differ.

Thinking back on it now, I was really daring; running around everywhere and yet I never made it into the middle management...

Although you can't run very far on your own two legs.

He climbed to a high place and looked around. After thinking it over carefully, he gave up on finding the boundary between intermediate and advanced levels.

Without a detailed map of the ape dungeon, he had no way of determining his location, as the division of the secret realm was not based on a central circle.

Some secret realms have their core area right in the center, while others have it in a corner.

Let's take it one step at a time.