My Card Beast Taming Game

"Click-clack!"

Several large feet crushed the dead branches, and a giant blue bird flew up to the branch and cawed loudly, eliciting roars from beasts of varying heights in response.

This is a five-person card master team.

The middle-aged man at the head of the group frowned and said, "Five more. They're completely neglecting the battlefield."

"There are still only a pair of shoe prints and a pair of handprints on the ground, and claw marks remain on the tree."

After a careful examination, the other person said, "Captain, it's most likely the same as what you said. It's a card master with a monster-type spirit card and a bird-type spirit card."

"What's this guy after? He killed the monster but didn't collect the loot. Isn't there enough time?"

The others were quite curious, "Then why did he single-handedly venture into a secret realm that he hadn't cleared yet?"

Although the association has investigated the Monkey Realm and confirmed that it is relatively low in danger, the number of monsters in the uncompleted realm is far greater than that in the completed realm.

The fact that someone dared to barge in alone suggests a kind of beauty untouched by a hail of stones.

The middle-aged man remained silent, wondering if the other man was looking for something. "Which direction did he leave in?"

"The connection ended here; they must have left using a bird spirit card," said the team member in charge of investigating the traces.

The middle-aged man was silent for a while, then said, "Let's take a detour. Their identity and purpose are unknown, and their strength is extraordinary. It's better to avoid trouble—don't move the corpse."

"it is good!"

The team members had no objections.

Although it would be a pity not to deal with the monkey carcasses scattered all over the ground, they did not want to cause any further trouble.

There is no order like in modern society in the secret realm. It is common for card masters to fight each other over minor conflicts, and even bloody incidents are common. The point of contention they revolve around is usually the spoils of war.

The team left quickly, not daring to linger.

Aside from the safe areas identified by the association, any prolonged stay in any other area will result in being attacked by swarms of monkeys throwing stones.

Many truck drivers with poor self-protection capabilities often perish as a result.

This secret realm only appeared recently, and the confirmed entrance is located in Dianzhou, one of the six provinces of Zhuxia, which is extremely far from Yuzhou, where Zhou Chen is located.

Chapter 6: The Card Association

Fengcheng, Yuzhou.

Zhou Chen, who was fast asleep until after nine o'clock, was startled awake by a phone call.

He answered the phone, confused, "Hello?"

"Zhou Chen? This is the Maple City Card Association. Your personal information has been verified. Please complete your registration before the end of this month."

A gentle voice came from the other side.

Zhou Chen casually replied, "Oh, okay."

Card associations are located across five continents of the Blue Star, among which the Zhuxia Card Association offers the best benefits and has the strictest management.

They require card players to report to the nearest card association every so often, firstly to ensure the safety of the card players, and secondly to ensure the safety of ordinary people.

If you miss a sign-in, there will be different penalties depending on the number of times you miss a sign-in.

Minimum fine, maximum imprisonment.

In special circumstances, reporting is required, or if an organization recognized by the association endorses the cardholder, reporting can be waived.

As a rogue cultivator who had only recently awakened his powers, Zhou Chen naturally had to report for duty once a month.

He wasn't resentful about it; reporting something doesn't take much time.

However, he was still not able to get the White Ape's exclusive weapon last night, which made him somewhat unhappy.

"I need to figure out a way to get to the intermediate level!"

Zhou Chen was filled with longing for the White Ape to possess the exclusive martial arts.

For the next two or three years, Commandant Changming will be unable to show his face in public, and Lord White Ape will become his important helper.

Especially the upcoming exams.

After taking a shower, Zhou Chen boarded an air-conditioned bus and listlessly scrolled through his phone.

During this time, I inevitably came across a forum called Yuzhou Academy.

The room is filled with posts from various card players, some sharing their experiences in cultivating spirit cards, others sharing combat techniques, and still others teaching how to stimulate the spirit with special techniques.

Yuzhou Academy, officially known as Yuzhou Card Master Academy.

The vocational school, designed for truck drivers under the age of 20, is a mecca for young truck drivers in Yuzhou.

Ever since realizing he possessed spirit cards but lacked a channel to sell them, Zhou Chen understood the importance of connections. In the society of Zhuxia, being a lone wolf makes one an easy target.

Zhou Chen is naturally not fond of communicating with people, but the environment does not allow him to do so.

Therefore, having become so powerful that he could say no to everything, he had no choice but to integrate.

Compared to joining some strange organizations, Yuzhou Academy is undoubtedly a relatively reliable choice.

However, the requirements of Yuzhou Academy are extremely high. Every year, Yuzhou produces about 40,000 trainee card masters, and only about 20,000 of them are young card masters under the age of 20, but they only recruit 800 people.

That's equivalent to a 4% probability!

Zhou Chen had a gold card but couldn't reveal it, so he could only pin his hopes on Bai Yuangong.

Or... grind more monsters and level up more.

Once you become a junior card master like Lu Qingning, your admission to Yuzhou Academy is practically guaranteed.

Slightly less demanding, being able to use multiple bronze cards is also acceptable.

Aside from the gold card given as a sign-in reward and the bronze cards he crafted himself, such as the Black Armed Ape, he has only drawn one silver card and five bronze cards so far, one of which is a bronze card that can provide some assistance.

Support is very important.

As we all know, there's a rule in mobile games: damage dealers come and go, but support characters remain constant.

A good support card can make even some less powerful cards deal extremely high damage.

These types of cards are often referred to as "human rights cards," and if you're going to draw one, choose that type.

While the support character Zhou Chen had wasn't that powerful, it could still provide some support in the early game, which was perfect for White Ape.

In fact, Changming Duwei was considered a semi-muscle card in the early stages of the game, as both his active and passive skills were very powerful, making him suitable for some special dungeons.

Later, as the numerical values ​​exploded and better solutions emerged, it was removed from the players' regular playlists.

Zhou Chen looked out the window, his attention gradually drawn to the strange and exotic animals around him.

A flock of crows, resembling a giant dark cloud, cackled in the sky; a white crane with three pairs of wings howled and flew away; a black-blue cheetah trod through the streets, its paws slithering through the air, while a giant golden rhinoceros beetle moved slowly along the way.

Most striking are the twisted, menacing ghosts lurking in the shadows.

And without exception, they all had people around them.

This world has over ten thousand types of spirit cards, and Zhou Chen only knows a small portion of them. For example, the Black-Armed Ape he created would never have been included in the card pool in his previous life, but here it has become a spirit card that can be sold.

ding dong~

The bus's loudspeaker emitted pleasant announcements.

Is the Card Masters Association coming soon?

Zhou Chen immediately looked at the windshield of the bus and was shocked to see a terrifyingly huge object coiled around a building in the far distance.

"That's really scary..."

He got off at the station and looked out at the card creatures that were right next to the facade of the association's main building.

It was a blue, one-horned dragon that was estimated to be a hundred meters long. Its gray-white whiskers and hair fluttered in the wind, and thin mist rolled from its mouth and nose, occasionally emitting muffled thunderous sounds. Its eyes were closed as if it were fast asleep.

Even though they were far apart, Zhou Chen still felt a tightness in his throat and a chill run down his spine when he looked at the terrifying creature.

Platinum rank, five-star level, the symbol of the Maple City Card Master Association—

【Qingjian Jiaowang】.

It is said that the core spirit card of the guild leader Zheng Shouzhou is only one step away from the Emerald rank. As long as he, as a high-level card master, can break through to the special rank in spiritual power, he can find a way to help the Azure Stream Flood Dragon King complete a further transformation.

But it's probably going to be difficult.

After all, the president is over 150 years old this year, and it is his strong mental strength that supports his aged body.

Logically speaking, a card master of such advanced age should have retired long ago. However, last year, a highly dangerous secret realm suddenly appeared near Maple City, which led to Zheng Shouzhou being rehired.

I've been in the position of president until today.

Zhou Chen's eyes were full of envy: "Platinum rank is so cool!"

Big is cool! Huge is beautiful!

No matter how cool the card illustrations are in the game, they're only as big as a thumb when placed on a mobile turn-based battle platform.

But the world is different now; all kinds of card creatures are growing wildly, each one bigger than the last.

While there is no necessary connection between strength and size, those that are ridiculously large are often not weak.

Take the Azure Stream Dragon King in front of us, for example. He doesn't even need to use any skills. A single sweep of his tail is enough to turn him into bloody pulp.

When will he get a platinum card?

smoke……

I should be able to pull it out.

Zhou Chen recalled that in the later stages of the game's operation, in order to make money, they directly launched the UR-level Platinum Basic Card on top of the rarest SSR Gold Basic Card.

This action immediately sparked dissatisfaction among players, who began to collectively give negative reviews and post various protests. Ultimately, the game shut down its servers less than two years later.

But at least it existed!

Zhou Chen believed that with his luck in being able to be reincarnated as a human, he would eventually draw a Platinum Card!

He encouraged himself while ignoring the flyers handed to him at the door and walked straight into the Card Masters Association.

Logically speaking, June, July, and August are months with a higher probability of trainee card masters appearing in large numbers. Various training institutions in Fengcheng run by card masters all want to make a profit from this, so they will go to the association's gate to find young card masters to distribute flyers.

Some people were dissatisfied with this and reported it to the higher-ups of the Maple City Association, but it was suppressed.

The reason is that there are many organizations within the association that recruit people everywhere.

Just like Zhou Chen, he met a pretty young woman in a red vest as soon as he entered. She introduced herself as a volunteer and took the initiative to ask him what kind of help he needed and what kind of business he needed to handle.

But if you accept her help, she will then try to trick you into joining her organization.

They promise you various benefits and ask you to sign something similar to an employee contract.

To be honest, they're not really scamming you; the organizations are legitimate. But to be honest, the benefits they offer aren't as good as they claim.

Young, naive card dealers are usually forced to become "black slaves" for a period of time after entering the workforce.

Those who reacted quickly paid the penalty and got away unscathed, while those who reacted slowly only realized what was happening after they became full-time employees.

Unfortunately, it was too late; the sunk costs were too high.

Not everyone understands the principle of not using sunk costs in major decisions.

As for why the association doesn't stop this common scam, it can only be said that some people tacitly approve of it.

The world dominated by the Card Master is never the same as the world of his previous life.

Chapter 7: The Secret Realm of Water

The check-in process is very short.

The association also provides inspection and repair services for spirit cards and call cards.

There's no doubt that these two things will break.

Spirit cards typically develop cracks when card creatures die, with more cracks appearing with each death. When a certain limit is reached, the spirit card will completely break down and become irreparable.

For spirit cards that are not completely damaged, card masters can nurture them with their spiritual power or repair them using special tools.

Repairs will undoubtedly cost money.

After Zhou Chen finished reporting in, he also thought of taking advantage of the association's services for free, but the person in charge of repairs was a fierce old man who glanced at the repairs and then casually tossed them back.