Their commission was suspicious.

On a memorable day, opening a special random reward might just yield some amazing items.

Last time, I opened an umbrella in the assassin's scene that could destroy evidence. The time before that, when I gave someone an Elf Bow, I immediately received an Elf Bow whose power increased with distance.

This time, with the starburst event triggering random rewards, I wonder if I'll be able to get a random reward related to supernovae.

Anyway, Chen Luo has already closed the bar door, so people outside can't get in and people inside can't get out, which is perfect for getting bored.

"Huh?" Chen Luo was stunned for a moment when he saw the random item he had drawn.

Seriously? What does this have to do with a supernova explosion?

......

The bar has reopened as always.

Perhaps because the Herrscher of Knowledge had pulled both herself and Chen Luo into a simulated black hole in the world of Akame ga Kill!, the bar's opening time today seemed unexpectedly fast for Chen Luo's perception of time.

One minute inside the simulated black hole could mean an eternity outside.

"Hey, Chen Luo, what's this?" As a regular at the bar, Yakumo Yukari saw Wendy standing in front of a large signboard, deep in thought, as soon as she entered the bar. When Yakumo Yukari went over, she also fell into thought.

There's a large sign outside Chen Luo's bar, usually used for special announcements, such as offering a wish in exchange for using the bar's only computer to complete the Touhou Danmaku game, or announcing that the bar is closed today.

But today it seems there's something else on it.

"Look for yourself, isn't it written on there?" Chen Luo said with a furrowed brow.

"Seven Sages Summoning? A popular card game in Teyvat? But if I remember correctly, isn't Venti the Anemo Archon among the Seven Sages? So wouldn't he be able to win directly by playing Seven Sages Summoning? Just like summoning the Dark Archmage?" Yukari Yakumo asked curiously.

"Of course not. Even if justice comes, I'll still have to play my cards properly," Chen Luo said.

"Furthermore, it's not certain whether the 'Seven Saints' in the Seven Saints Summoning refers to the seven gods. It could also refer to the seven elements. You can ask Wendy, who is standing next to you."

"So Wendy, what do you think?" Yukari Yakumo asked, turning her head.

“My lord, I feel there’s something fishy about this,” Wendy replied seriously.

"..."

"Okay, the main problem is I've never actually played this game. Even though Seven Sages is a Teyvat game, how could I, an old relic who's been asleep for who knows how many years, possibly know about it?" Venti shrugged helplessly.

Even if Cat Tail Tavern becomes a gathering place for card players, it will be a long time before that happens.

"Alright, let's put aside the origin of this Seven Sages Summoning for now. Chen Luo, what are you planning to do with this thing in the bar?" Yukari Yakumo asked.

"Of course, it's because I'm afraid you guys will get bored. You guys sit in the bar for such a long time every day, and you only chat at most. Although you're not tired of it yet, it's hard to say whether you won't get tired of it in a few months, so I've put together a bar event for you guys."

It's not unreasonable to place the Seven Sages' Summoning at the Cat's Tail Tavern as their base, because the tavern is indeed full of idle people, and idle people occasionally need to find something to do to pass the time.

The bar is a great place to play Seven Sages Summoning.

"That sounds interesting, but not entirely. I can give it a try. So, where do I get the cards?" Yukari Yakumo asked.

"Yukari Yakumo, you should read this notice carefully. Doesn't it say that the bar doesn't provide any cards, but it can provide the deck boxes?" Wendy spoke up before Chen Luo could reply, pointing to the neatly arranged deck boxes on the table next to the notice.

"What's the point of just providing the deck? Let me see." Yukari Yakumo picked up an empty deck and started reading the rules.

"Hmm, is this deck box a special item? Can I use this deck box to customize my own cards according to my own situation? Wouldn't I be invincible if I created a Dark Archmage? Or a Pot of Greed?" Yukari Yakumo suddenly became interested.

"If you can do it, go ahead and try," Chen Luo said nonchalantly from the side.

"Let me see... Hmm, let's make a character card first. Let's call it 'The Eternally 17-Year-Old Beautiful Girl'! Come forth, the eternally 17-year-old beautiful girl!" Yukari Yakumo began to make her own character card according to the instructions written on the notice.

"Cough cough cough." But the next moment, Yukari Yakumo, who had been in high spirits, began to cough frequently.

The cards in Yukari Yakumo's hand suddenly lit up, then quickly went out again. A card had appeared in the card box.

"Cough cough cough, why is this talisman box draining so much of my demonic power?" Yukari Yakumo said somewhat awkwardly, caught off guard.

"I already told you to read the rules," Chen Luo continued, his brow furrowed.

"Didn't I already finish reading it?" Yukari Yakumo glanced at the notice.

"The problem is that this special version of the Seven Saints Summoning has too many rules, so the front is only part of it, and there's another part on the back of the notice," Chen Luo explained.

"...Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Hmm? All cards need to be made using special power, stamina, or even life force based on the card owner's own characteristics? Character cards require the most power, but are also the most precious. Besides being used in the game, they can also be used in real battles to summon a phantom of a character to fight, but their combat power is extremely low, and in most cases they can only be used to handle miscellaneous tasks?" Yukari Yakumo paused for a moment when she saw this.

Yukari Yakumo tossed the card in her hand, and the lifelike image of Yukari Yakumo that was originally printed on the card flew out of the card and stood in front of her.

The phantom image of Yakumo Yukari that appeared in the card was very pale in color. Although it looked exactly like Yakumo Yukari, it was obvious at a glance that it was a fake.

"This clone... it seems like even serving tea would be a hassle for it, right?" Yukari Yakumo said uncertainly.

"Of course, your character card has just been created, so it's naturally weak. But your unique character card will gradually grow stronger after constantly engaging in card battles with others. Winning will result in greater growth, but losing will still provide a slight, albeit negligible, boost," Chen Luo explained.

"By the way, you can only summon characters from your own cards. If you get other character cards, you can't summon the characters from those cards. At most, you can borrow a little bit of the character's ability from the card. For example, if you have a Venti character card, you can't summon Venti. At most, you can create a gust of wind, and the wind force is probably about the same as an electric fan."

"Of course, you can also use the points you gain from winning a card battle to upgrade other people's cards. However, the boost won't be as high as with your own unique character card. It's more of a waste of effort," Chen Luo explained.

"Unfortunately, even if you fully develop this card, its combat power won't be very high. After all, the card boxes you have are mass-produced."

"I thought it was a card game, but it turns out it's a game. That's something... But what you just said means you have other card boxes?" Yukari Yakumo astutely grasped the key point.

"Yes, once the cards in your hand and the character cards produced are in your hands, your own character cards can only reach a maximum of 1/10 of your strength. But for others, it's a maximum of 1/20," Chen Luo said, pointing to the card box in Yakumo Yukari's hand.

"And this card box in my hand can increase the strength of my own character to 80% of the original's strength, and the strength of others to 50%," Chen Luo said, holding up his card box again.

The best part is that this character card can also be linked with the Summoning Bell.

If you have a character card, you can summon that character to fight directly using the Summoning Bell, instead of drawing cards randomly.

The difference between the two is that the Seven Saints Summoning character card can only summon itself.

If you use a character card on the Summoning Bell, then anyone can be summoned, but you cannot summon yourself.

At the same time, the Soul Summoning Bell can also provide a power boost based on the level of favorability. If it weren't for the uncertainty of the Soul Summoning Bell, these character cards would be completely unnecessary.

However, there's no need to tell Yukari Yakumo and the others about this, since they're unlikely to have a summoning bell anyway.

This is the random item that Chen Luo drew when the supernova exploded—a... special group-type random item.

Moreover, the function of this random item is not limited to this.

While others are playing with regular cards, they at most gain some card upgrade points. But Chen Luo is different; he has a small chance of winning special cards from his opponents.

For example... [Quick Sewing Technique]

Chen Luo even suspected that if he used the Seven Sages Summoning to play cards with the people of the Moon World and triggered this special probability, he might be able to directly obtain a Concept Essence.

It's a concept-based costume similar to the one for the old bug, like "500 years of dedication".

In short, Yukari Yakumo made a very good point: Do you think this is a card game?

No, this is a simulation game.

Who could resist having a cool, powerful clone summoned with cards?

While one-tenth is indeed somewhat useless, it's better than nothing, right?

Furthermore, if there are other characters' cards available, you can experience a power that doesn't belong to you.

Chapter 903 Chen Luo: Who is this person below, and why are you accusing me?

"Besides character cards, event cards, weapon cards, resource cards, etc., will be made according to your own characteristics, and we will try our best to ensure fairness. So forget about your original idea of ​​creating a Dark Mage or Pot of Greed on your own, Yukari Yakumo. You've never been a Dark Mage."

"Besides, these are two different card games. You're using a sword from the previous dynasty to kill an official of this dynasty. You're really acting like a big shot," Chen Luo said irritably.

"Uh, okay, I'll make some cards first." After listening to Chen Luo's basic introduction, Yukari Yakumo began to use her demonic power to create her own cards.

Yukari Yakumo had just read the rules on the notice board and understood how to play. To play Seven Sages Summoning, you first need to have at least thirty cards of various types and three character cards, and you must have yourself among the three character cards.

Each character card has ten health points; all are equal.

Of course, you can also choose to only play your own character card, which will give your own character card 30 health points.

However, this isn't necessarily a good thing. Unless you're extremely confident in the strength of your cards, it's not recommended to choose this option.

Otherwise, why do you think anyone would play the quick-switch strategy?

Especially when someone is playing a nuclear explosion, if a card dies, it's just that. Losing a few hundred health points is at most the death of a character card. But if you only have one character card, then you lose immediately.

Of course, it's not without its advantages. The advantage is that if the opponent hasn't nuked you yet, you're at least guaranteed a very high probability of being able to unleash your ultimate move, so you won't be killed before you can even use it.

In short, it has both advantages and disadvantages.

Therefore, Yukari Yakumo now needs to create 30 cards for herself from the deck.

Fortunately, while Yakumo Yukari may not be particularly skilled in other areas, she has lived a long time.

The longer you live, the more events you experience, and the more varied your abilities become, so assembling 30 cards shouldn't be a problem.

As long as you hold your hand over the card box, you can intuitively know what cards you can create. As long as you are not afraid of expending your magical energy, you can create dozens or hundreds of the same cards at once, or even your entire deck can consist of only one type of card.

However, after Yakumo Yukari made all the cards she could, she found that although she had made 30 cards, there were some cards that looked rather ridiculous and whose effects were not very good.

Of course, there are also truly powerful cards, such as [War of the Moon].

【War of the Moon】: Deduct two points of your own health, gain four universal action points, or gain two energy bars.

In a sense, the more legendary a person's experiences are, the more likely that the event cards they possess are ridiculously strong.

It's a pity Otto isn't here right now, otherwise... [Thus said Apocalypse]

The effect might be to deal massive damage to the opponent, force your own health to zero, and revive another character card.

While Yukari Yakumo's deck does contain some exceptionally powerful cards, and some even have synergy effects, the number of truly useful cards is relatively small. Forcing yourself to build a 30-card deck from these cards would be quite challenging. Therefore, the best approach in this situation is to trade cards with other players.

Furthermore, if possible, collecting powerful character cards is also an urgent matter.

Don't panic if your experiences aren't legendary enough, and don't worry about not being able to get a character card. After all, even ordinary people have their own outstanding qualities.

It's not impossible for an ordinary person to produce a god-tier card.

Furthermore, ordinary players may also be able to generate zero-cost cards, which can be quite effective.

For example, Megumi Kaname could at least have a special card related to her presence.

Using this card to make trades to complete three character cards and a deck is perfectly feasible.

Moreover, people in bars generally have good relationships. Although creating character cards and action cards does take a lot of effort, if you have a good relationship with someone, getting one or two is not a problem.

"Wendy, how about we swap our character cards and action cards?" Yukari Yakumo spotted Wendy, who was also starting to build his deck, at a glance.

“Sure,” Wendy nodded.

"How many regular cards do you want? Or which one?" Wendy asked.

"I want them all!" Yukari Yakumo said, clenching her fist.

"Huh? What do you need so many for? Shouldn't you generally focus on cards that might create special synergy effects, and use other people's cards that have good effects as secondary considerations?" the questioner asked.

“No, truly excellent card players need to be well-prepared. Having only one deck is absolutely not enough. After all, if you only have one deck, it's easy for opponents to target you and devise countermeasures. So you need to have several decks before starting the game and deciding which deck to use, so that they're unsure which one you'll use.” Yukari Yakumo shook her head.

As an extremely skilled mastermind, Yukari Yakumo is naturally well aware of this basic common sense.

"That makes sense."

"Alright, you keep making them. I'll see if I can get my hands on Chen Luo's character card, and then I'll get a few action cards that look really strong." Yukari Yakumo nodded and ran towards Chen Luo.

The bar has only been open for a short time, so there aren't many people there yet.

Of all the characters, Chen Luo's character card may not be the strongest, but it is definitely the most attractive.

"Chen Luo, shall we exchange cards?" Yukari Yakumo ran over and asked.

"No." Chen Luo shook his head.

"Don't refuse so quickly. You must have just gotten this special item too, right? Let me tell you, for games like this, you need to prepare several decks. No matter how many cards you have, how many can you possibly have? Can you build several decks with just one person's cards? Obviously not. That's when you need friends..."

"Splash!" Before Yakumo Yukari could finish speaking, a splashing sound was heard.

When Yukari Yakumo looked down, she saw that Chen Luo had completely filled the table with cards.

The card closest to Chen Luo is undoubtedly his character card, and apart from Chen Luo's own character card, the rest are all ordinary cards (action cards).

There are at least... over 100.

"...Even if you have more cards, you have just as many elite cards as useless cards; not all of them are usable." Yukari Yakumo still wanted to struggle a bit.

Yukari Yakumo really wants Chen Luo's character card.

"Emmm... To be precise, these 123 cards are all elite cards. I also have nearly a thousand useless cards. Do you want to see them?" Chen Luo asked, resting his chin on his hand.

"...You win." Yukari Yakumo had been holding back for a long time, and was completely speechless.