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nChapter 65 – Drawing Cards

nDuring the previous 2 of Spades, Zombie Town, the keeper piloted a helicopter to the rooftop to pick up people. Unexpected, they cleared 3of Spades and the keeper once again used a helicopter to pick up people. Spades had almost changed into a helicopter mount.

nMaybe this was A of Spade’s unique hobby?

nXiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang sat in the back row, glancing at each other and not speaking.

nInstead, A of Spades sitting in the front row took the initiative to open his mouth. “This time, the 3 of Spades’ challenger survival rate is more than 85% thanks to your help. However, you helping them clear the instance isn’t necessarily a good thing.”

nIt was dark outside the window and the city below them had completely disappeared from view. Xiao Lou smiled and replied, “I understand what you mean. In the Card World, challengers must learn to be strong and not always rely on the help of others to clear the instance. Even so, I don’t think it is a bad thing to help them survive for a few days. They might draw good cards and go even further.”

nXiao Lou didn’t want to interfere but he couldn’t let them die if he could save them.

nYu Hanjiang firmly agreed with Xiao Lou’s opinion and said, “Professor Xiao’s words are correct, we should do what we are capable of. As for what they will encounter in the future and how long they can live, it all depends on them.”

nA of Spades’ mouth gently curved. “There aren’t many challengers like you.”

nYu Hanjiang changed the topic. “Why isn’t there a perfect clearance in 3 of Spades? The final prompt only said that it was a smooth clearance. Is a challengers survival rate of 100% considered a perfect clearance?”

nA of Spades said, “I’ll explain it to you.”

nJust then, the helicopter suddenly landed on an empty tarmac and the two people returned to their personal space surrounded by white fog. A of Spades gently flicked his fingers and a large screen appeared in front of them, playing some bits and pieces.

nOn the first screen, a man gathered a large number of people in the central square. Then he suddenly rushed into the crowd, opened a familiar green bottle and the zombie virus started to spread rapidly, infecting many people. The financial crisis world turned into a larger version of Zombie Town!

nThe challenger stood among the infected corpses and he was laughing. “How simple is this secret. By turning these people into zombies and using the vaccine, won’t I easily clear it?”

nOn the second screen, several challengers formed a bandit group, relying on the invisibility cloak and universal key from 3 of Hearts to go and rob the bank at night when no one was around. The woman in the lead spoke precisely, “No matter how the prices rise in the financial crisis, we have millions of gold coins in our hand and can lie down to clear the instance. Sure enough, a C-grade secret room is too easy…”

nThe third screen showed two challengers holding heavy weapons breaking into a hotel, killing the employee at the front desk and occupying the hotel. They smiled and said, “In the future, this is our territory. We have enough food for seven days and isn’t it easy to clear the instance?” “Big Brother is right. We have guns and no one would dare come close, hahaha.”

nXiao Lou’s hair rose when he saw this while Yu Hanjiang’s fists were tightly clenched.

n—It was like this.

nNo wonder why the world would specifically organize a challengers organization. It was because there were some evil people among the challengers, relying on cards drawn from the secret rooms to burn, loot and kill…

nIn order to clear the instance, one person actually directly released the zombie virus in the central square, infecting the original residents of the city!

nIn order to clear the instance, people wore invisibility cloaks and robbed the bank.

nWere they still human?

nXiao Lou’s heart was cold. The people who did this could naturally clear the instance. It was just that their means of clearance were to cruel. They treated the world’s free people as ants to be slaughtered…

nThis was why the 3 of Spades secret room didn’t have a ‘perfect clearance.’

nWhat was perfect?

nEveryone had different measures in his or her heart.

nPerhaps in the eyes of these people, robbing the bank, releasing the virus or occupying the hotel was a perfect method of clearance. They might feel they were very witty, using the cards obtained in previous secret rooms to easily clear 3 of Spades.

nIn fact, if Xiao Lou was a hard-hearted person, he could release Liu Xiaoyuan and have the zombie leader bite everyone, creating a large number of zombie puppets. Then clearing the instance would be extremely easy.

nHowever, he didn’t do this.

nAfter all, he was faced with living people. They might come from different worlds but these people also had feelings, a consciousness, relatives and friends.

nTrampling on the lives of humans in a different world in order to live… these challengers were crazy.

nThe ruthless, cold-blooded and unprincipled challengers were also a huge threat to other challengers.

nThey would do whatever it took to clear the instance.

nThere was no hesitation in clearing the natives of this world so they wouldn’t show any hesitation killing the same type of people…

nThis world of secret rooms distorted the human mind.

nFortunately, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang still maintained their rationality, Shao Qingge had no interest in killing and Xie Qi could still maintain his heart after experiencing the Nightmare Room. Their three views were in the same general direction and were the most solid cornerstone for the four people who came together.

nA of Spades spoke lightly, “The financial crisis secret room has many methods to clear it. You chose the most laborious one but your group of challengers has the highest survival rate.”

nOn the screen, the pervert who released the zombie virus for his own interests infected a large number of citizens as well as challengers who were caught off guard. Finally, he walked out of the secret room while everyone else died. The entire city had been turned into a hell.

nThe group that robbed the bank had infighting due to the money distribution. One of them secretly took away a large number of gold coins. For the next few days, they were busy looking for the person who took the money and were suspicious of each other. Finally, only three people cleared the instance.

nThe men who occupied the hotel had piece of mind because of the guns in their heads. Then on the fifth day, they were shot to death by prisoners with guns.

nFor other challengers, some of them formed a temporary organization but not many people had the courage to take the lead and it was difficult to convince others. Most temporary organizations disbanded halfway. Others encountered a traitor like Xie Qi and were wiped out…

nXiao Lou didn’t know how to evaluate it.

nThere were all types of people among the challengers.

nAt first, he felt that a mysterious organization targeting challengers was too much… now it seemed that some challengers relied on their cards to behave even more brutally!

nA of Spades played some videos for the two of them before going on to say, “3 of Spades doesn’t have a perfect clearance but challengers who perform well can still get a chance to draw a card as long as the score is S.”

nHe waved. “Look at your fixed rewards first.”

nThe two people opened the card pack at the same time and saw that a new card had indeed appeared in the card bag.

nTool Card: Materials Supply Package

nRarity: A

nDescription: A fixed reward for clearing the 3 of Spades secret room.

nEffect: Open the materials supply package and you can immediately get mineral water x1, compressed biscuits x1, instant noodles x1, milk x1.

nLimit: Can only be used once in each secret room.

nXiao Lou couldn’t help thinking, ‘It can only be used once in every room. Isn’t A of Spades too stingy?’

nA of Spades seemed to sense his mind and spoke lightly, “Don’t think it is too little. In some extreme secret rooms, eating these might save your life.”

nXiao Lou smiled. “Yes, thank you for the reward.”

nYu Hanjiang coolly put away the card and asked, “Gold coins? Wasn’t it mentioned we could bring them out of the secret room?”

nA of Spades told him, “For the 3 of Spades secret room, the two of you left with a total of 356,800 gold coins. It has been deposited into Xiao Lou’s account and can be used in the Card World with any ATM machine or bank counter. Mr Yu, do you agree?”

nHe knew Xiao Lou was in charge of the accounts so the money went directly into Xiao Lou’s account.

nYu Hanjiang nodded to show he had no opinion.

nA of Spades stated, “Please draw a card.”

nHis index finger raised gently and a glittering chest appeared on the table in front of the two men.

nXiao Lou didn’t have time to speak when Yu Hanjiang took the initiative to suggest, “You draw it. Perhaps you can draw a summoning card.”

nIn reality, Xiao Lou received 10 yuan maximum when drawing the lottery but in the Card World, the cards he drew were really strange. Since Group Leader Yu said so, Xiao Lou didn’t refuse. He gently drew a card from the treasure chest.

nCongratulations on drawing the S-grade summoning card, Bai Juyi!

nXiao Lou, “……”

nHe really thanked Group Leader Yu’s prophecy.

nIt was another summoning card. Since the two people’s clearance score was S, this time they also drew a very powerful S-grade summoning card.

nYu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou immediately held the card and observed it carefully.

nThe back was the inherent style of the Card World. It had the patterns of hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs painted on it. The front contained an old-fashioned poet in a hat.

nSummoning Card: Bai Juyi

nRarity: S

nDescription: After a clearance score of S, there is a very low probability of obtaining it from the limited card pool.

nAdditional Skill 1: Old Charcoal Seller

nBai Juyi once used poetry to describe the miserable life of an old charcoal man. His clothes were poor and he was worried about the charcoal being too cheap!

nIf the weather is cold, how good would it be to have a warm charcoal fire?

nUse Bai Juyi’s ‘Old Charcoal Seller’ skill to produce a charcoal fire in a designated location. The charcoal fire can be ignited in any harsh environment and the duration is 30 minutes. For every increase in level, the charcoal fire is extended by 6 minutes and this can go up to 60 minutes.

nAdditional Skill 2: Unlocked when the card grows to level 10.

nYu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou with a complicated expression, seemingly saying, ‘The cards you draw are really strange.’

nXiao Lou helplessly pinched his brow. He felt that something wasn’t right when he first drew Tao Yuanming. Then he drew Di Renjie after 3 of Hearts and now it was Bai Juyi… did he accidentally put his hand into the pool of historic celebrities?

nThe two people looked at the skill description again.

nThanks to the Bai Juyi card, they would no longer have to buy candles, lighters and other things to set a fire in future secret rooms.

nThe Old Charcoal Seller skill could directly make a charcoal fire, ignoring any humid or cold environment.

nBai Juyi’s first skill was actually quite practical. If they were thrown into the wilderness, they could light the charcoal fire to roast some game to eat or heat themselves up in the cold environment. It was a good choice.

nIn addition, the second skill wasn’t unlocked. The S-grade card’s growth was higher than the A-grade cards. Perhaps the second skill was even more powerful?

nXiao Lou was pleased and placed the Bai Juyi card into his card pack.

nYu Hanjiang turned to A of Spades. “You threw us into the financial crisis for seven days and we didn’t sleep well. You should give us time to rest?”

nA of Spades replied coldly, “Half an hour.”

nXiao Lou was depressed. “Isn’t that too little?”

nA of Spades coldly raised his eyebrows, “I don’t like bargaining. If you aren’t satisfied, how about I change it to 10 minutes?”

nXiao Lou immediately smiled. “I’m very satisfied. Thank you.”

nFacing this iceberg face, Xiao Lou really didn’t want to talk. The Hearts sister was the friendliest and kindest.

nXiao Lou sighed and glanced at Yu Hanjiang. “It is 30 minutes, let’s take a break.”

nYu Hanjiang nodded, sat down on the sofa and took time to rest.

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nIn their personal spaces, Xie Qi and Shao Qingge were affected by Shao Qingge and also received an S-grade clearance score.

nThe two of them each drew a card.

nXie Qi received the instrument card ‘Flute’. He happened to play a flute and this S-grade instrument was much stronger than his previous Guitar. The first skill ‘Melodious Flute’ played music and could let people in a 50 metres radius fall into a forced sleep state that lasted 30 seconds.

nIt was a very amazing group control skill but the cooldown time was relatively long. It could be used once every eight hours.

nThe second skill wasn‘t unlocked and should also be very strong.

nXie Qi excitedly held the new card and sat on the sofa. A moment later, A of Spades said, “Someone sent you a contract invitation. The other person is called Shao Qingge. Do you want to accept?”

nThe contract that Xie Qi had been waiting for finally arrived and he immediately nodded. “I accept!”

nA of Spades took out the signed contract book and handed it to him. Xie Qi didn’t even look as he signed his name in it.

nThe moment he signed his name, it became dark in front of him…

nShao Qingge actually pulled him directly into 3 of Hearts!

nXie Qi couldn’t help inwardly scolding, ‘Can’t you slow down? Don’t you need to rest?’

n***

nXiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang rested and once the time came, the two people moved to the card wall.

nThey passed three and there was only 3 of Clubs left.

nXiao Lou directly reached out for a card.

nMoments later, the space shifted and they saw the familiar A of Clubs.

nThe teenager sat on a luxurious sofa and spoke lightly, “Welcome to 3 of Clubs.”

nXiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang turned their heads. They were both wearing black suits and silver masks. This was Clubs’ favourite outfit and they automatically changed into it once entering Clubs. All challengers were collectively dressed in black like they were going to a funeral.

nA of Spades liked flying helicopters while Clubs liked everyone in black. Xiao Lou was too lazy to care about the unique hobbies of the keepers.

nThey had received some information from Shao Qingge about the 3 of Clubs secret room so Xiao Lou was very confident that he could make another big profit here!

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