Super Warriors: Battle with Cards

Lesson Seven Card Mutation

As card makers, they also serve as maintainers of cards. Ordinary cards are rarely taken for repairs because repairing a card can easily decrease its performance and the cost is also very high. However, if it's a rare card that is priceless and unavailable for purchase, then if it gets damaged, it can only be taken for repair.

Chen Mu's perception was very low. The card maker who taught him back then didn't teach him how to train perception. Although the professional textbooks described it, Chen Mu had already started training step by step, but so far, the results had been minimal. Thinking about it, Chen Mu felt resigned. What circulated in the market would of course only be mainstream methods. For a card maker, the exclusive method to enhance perception was the most core secret. In such a fiercely competitive society today, who would be so selfless as to publicly reveal it?

There are many methods to enhance perception, and quite a few are well-known. In the Tianyou Federation's five major districts, each district has renowned schools of card making.

In fact, in the five major districts, card makers and card practitioners are not separate. Often, within one school, there are both card makers and card practitioners. For example, the Suolitary Temple in the Fanaas District uses the heart as a medium and cultivates the heart through asceticism to achieve the goal of enhancing perception.

The Tianyou Federation has a total of five major districts and twenty-two ordinary districts. Chen Mu's residence, Dongshangweicheng, is a city in the Dongxing District, one of the ordinary districts. It is possible to move freely between the twenty-two ordinary districts. However, settling in one of the five major districts is not so easy. One needs to have a certain skill level and title above to do so. The conditions in the five major districts are much better than those in the ordinary districts, and for many people, the lifelong dream is to settle in one of the five major districts.

Short-term stays for tourism and sightseeing are not included in this.

In terms of national rankings of schools, Dongwei University's ranking is unknown, but it is quite well-known locally. Unfortunately, even with this school, Chen Mu didn't have the opportunity to study there. He practiced the shallowest method, and his talent in this area was indeed limited, so despite practicing for two years, the progress was still minimal.

Chen Mu wasn't discouraged, he just persisted in his practice every day. The method he practiced had very ordinary requirements for a medium, and anything from daily life could suffice. Chen Mu used what he was most familiar with, a one-star energy card he had made himself. This energy card he used to practice perception had undergone significant changes, becoming finer and more translucent. There seemed to be a very mysterious connection between the card and him, but he couldn't explain what it was.

Thanks to his long-term and unremitting efforts, although his perception was still very low, it was barely enough to make one-star and two-star phantom cards.

He had memorized the structure of a one-star phantom card countless times and was already familiar with it. So he began to try making his first one-star phantom card.

Oops! This stroke went wrong! The first card was scrapped.

The second card also failed.

The third one failed too!

...

Sweat began to trickle down Chen Mu's forehead, and he finally realized how different it was to make phantom cards compared to one-star energy cards.

In terms of materials, a card mainly consists of two parts: the card material and the card ink. The card material is the carrier of the card ink, and the card ink is used to delineate the pattern. The composition of the card ink is very complex, and how to mix the card ink is basic knowledge that every card maker must learn.

Making phantom cards was no longer as simple as drawing with a pen; it required the use of perception to control the ink and blend it with the card material. This greatly increased the difficulty of production.

Chen Mu was already feeling overwhelmed. His perception was already low, barely enough to make one-star and two-star phantom cards. This continuous production had left him mentally exhausted.

This feeling was even more exhausting than making twenty one-star energy cards!

Unconsciously, Chen Mu fell asleep on the table. This time, he slept deeply, as he was extremely tired.

Outside the window, the stars filled the sky. The weather was getting cooler, and these countless stars in the sky added a touch of coldness. The stars emitted a cold light, shining in from the open window and casting onto the surface of the table where Chen Mu was sleeping.

The room was extremely quiet, with only the faint sound of Chen Mu's breathing.

Suddenly, the delicate silver threads on the surface of the card began to brighten gradually, while the black card body became even deeper and purer.

Gradually, some of the silver threads dimmed, almost imperceptible, and the spider-like silver thread structure on the card began to undergo new changes.

However, the intersection points where multiple silver threads met remained unaffected and continued to brighten.

These changes continued for ten minutes.

The surface of the card had undergone earth-shaking changes. All the complex silver threads on the black card surface disappeared, leaving behind countless silver dots of various sizes, resembling the countless stars hanging in the night sky.

When Chen Mu woke up five hours later, he was startled awake by the cold rushing in from the window at night. Rubbing his sleepy eyes, he shook his head vigorously, trying to dispel the heavy sleepiness in his body.

Taking a deep breath, the air with a hint of chill quickly woke Chen Mu up. His peripheral vision swept across the tabletop, and suddenly, his body stiffened, as if he had suddenly turned into a clay sculpture, standing there motionless.

Five minutes passed before he snapped out of it. The first thing he did when he came to his senses was to pinch himself on the arm. Although he didn't often dream, this should be a dream, he thought. But the sharp pain from his arm told him that what was happening before his eyes was not a dream.

The mysterious card was now completely unrecognizable. All the countless silver threads on the black card surface were gone, leaving only numerous silver dots of different sizes. If he could still tell before that this was an advanced card, now this appearance made it impossible for him to judge.

The changes in this card completely exceeded Chen Mu's understanding. He stared blankly at the card in his hand.