My Card Girl's Infinite Evolution

Pingcheng Experimental High School, Second Campus.

After greeting a few familiar faces, Luo Sheng went directly to the Card Master Building.

A young Card Master, a recent graduate who came to teach at Liangcheng Third High School, performed a test on Luo Sheng.

However, after Luo Sheng showed his Card Master credentials, the young Card Master paused for a moment, clearly caught off guard by the unexpected situation. However, it didn't matter—he was proficient in his craft.

"Follow me."

Luo Sheng followed him to a building resembling a spiritual shrine. The shrine's door was engraved with mysterious symbols, an ancient ritual of some sort. Outside, there was a thin layer of water membrane, and inside, there was emptiness.

It looked like something from alien technology.

In fact, while the dimensional civilization had invaded the Card Master world, the Card League had also been absorbing the advanced civilizations and technologies from other dimensions. Hence, strange buildings and tools were often seen.

Luo Sheng wasn't too interested in the card pool, but he was more focused on the cards inside.

Although he was a Card Master with a four-star bronze card, he was still a beginner.

A true Card Master would have a well-developed deck—defense, offense, summoning, domains, and so on, interwoven and combined to bring out the maximum potential of each card.

"There are 1,750 senior students in the school, and you are a newly advanced Card Master," the young Card Master said.

"That's so few?" Luo Sheng asked, surprised.

Less than a third of the school's Card Students had awakened. Had he not accidentally enhanced the "Matchstick Girl," he would still be one of the two-thirds.

The young Card Master replied, "Because of the large-scale dimensional invasion a few years ago, the school's 'Spiritual Energy Surge' was destroyed, so the quality of Card Students has declined in recent years."

The "Spiritual Energy Surge" was an auxiliary card.

It enhanced meditation effects by 30%, and the most effective way for a Card Student to condense their mental energy into a spirit crystal was through meditation. Therefore, it was usually a standard card in every academy.

Luo Sheng realized how harsh the world was.

During the dimensional invasion, the creatures inside attacked Card Masters indiscriminately and destroyed cards.

Perhaps it was the clash of rules between the Card Master world and the dimensional world.

Even though these dimensional creatures, once killed, automatically became cards as trophies for the Card Masters, many Card Masters were killed, and countless cards were destroyed. As a result, the number of cards on the market didn't increase but gradually decreased.

This was why card prices were so high.

A person walked out from the card pool, looking dejected, "How did I pull 'Close the Door'?"

Ugh… my lifelong enemy.

Luo Sheng took out his first adult ceremony card, "Open the Door."

Perfect for opening doors to check the water meter, but the "Close the Door" clearly countered him.

If he was using the restroom…

"The cards are randomly drawn. Inside, there are over a thousand cards available for these new Card Masters, of which only ten are silver cards. The rest are mostly bronze cards.

Of course, if you're unlucky, you might pull a white card, but there won't be a completely useless white card."

After saying this, the young Card Master took out Luo Sheng's Card Master certificate.

He inserted it into the card pool starter, and some information appeared.

"Huh? Why are there two chances to draw cards?"

The young Card Master was surprised for a moment.

Clearly, Luo Sheng's enhanced certification was only within the Card League and the academy system. Since Luo Sheng chose to hide it, the academy system didn't reveal it.

The young Card Master was surprised for a brief moment before returning to his usual demeanor and casually activated the system.

The large door opened automatically.

Luo Sheng mentally added a "lucky spray" to himself and silently prayed. To be luckier, he decided to use his left hand to draw the card, just like A-san does.

Following the young Card Master's gesture, Luo Sheng stepped into the empty shrine of the card pool, and the scene changed. Suddenly, he found himself in a brilliant starry sky, surrounded by cards streaking across like meteors.

"These cheap effects are awesome!"

Luo Sheng reached out and grabbed a card covered in white light, unable to see its pattern clearly.

He exited the card pool, and the white light on the card faded. It turned out to be a white card!

[ [Broken Mechanical Princess]

Grade: White Card

Type: Mechanical Character

Skills: None

Overview: A broken mechanical princess forgotten in a wasteland of garbage...]

"…"

Luo Sheng's mouth twitched. What a disappointment.

He looked at the young Card Master, "Teacher, you said there wouldn't be completely useless cards?"

This card was obviously more useless than "Open the Door" and "Close the Door."

At least those two cards could make others unable to take care of their daily lives.

But the "Broken Mechanical Princess" couldn't even do that.

The young Card Master awkwardly chuckled, "It's not completely useless. At least many rich people like to turn white cards into figurines. Your 'Mechanical Princess' should sell for a higher price."

"Teacher, do you want it?"

"No!" The young Card Master instinctively replied.

Luo Sheng narrowed his eyes, thinking, "Does your conscience not hurt?"

The atmosphere became even more awkward.

The young Card Master realized he had misspoken and quickly corrected, "I'm past that age, ahem… Young people should exercise moderation."

Did I just discover something extraordinary?

Seeing the young Card Master's guilty tone, Luo Sheng decided not to investigate further, as he could still intervene and enhance the cards in the Card Master world.

"You still have one more chance," the young Card Master reminded.

Luo Sheng nodded and switched hands.

The same special effect occurred again, and when he exited, he finally had a bronze card.

[ [Black Mist]

Level: Bronze Two-Star

Type: Domain

Effect:

The card continuously exhales black mist, forming a misty domain. Within the mist, all non-dark units experience a reduction in their senses, while friendly units gain "Night Vision."

Skills:

① Night Devour: The black mist slowly absorbs the life force of living beings within it.

② Bat Party: The black mist stirs and summons bats.

Overview: The black mist stirs, a party for the bats! ]

"This is a domain card..." a young female Card Master enviously said.

The boy who drew "Close the Door" was devastated, his fists clenched tightly as tears uncontrollably fell, "Why? Why did I draw 'Close the Door' and only me? Boo hoo…"

Luo Sheng's domain card attracted quite a bit of attention.

The young Card Master smiled and said, "Your luck is good. Out of all these cards, drawing a domain card is rare. Such cards are less than one in a thousand in the card pool."

He casually handed Luo Sheng's Card Master certificate back to him.

Although the card draw had a few twists and turns, drawing a domain card was an unexpected gain. Domain cards were extremely rare on the market.

Even though it was a two-star bronze card, its value exceeded that of a normal three-star bronze card. On the market, it could sell for twenty to thirty thousand, especially when combined with other cards for a combo, making it nearly unbeatable.

So, he was still satisfied.

Luo Sheng turned to leave, but after taking two steps, a figure suddenly blocked his path.

A harmless-looking classmate, with a polite expression, spoke to Luo Sheng:

"Hello, my name is Xia Xingri. The thing is, I've just become a new Card Master today, and I'm not sure about my abilities. I wanted to have a match with someone of similar level to get familiar with the feeling of battle.

If you win, you can receive this material card [Mechanical Soft Bone], which should serve as an enhancement material for your card.

This is a card duel, of course, I think your chances of winning are high, as you have a domain card, and I only have this [Basic Mecha], which is more of a support card. I hope you won't refuse."

Xia Xingri said sincerely.

Many spectators around began discussing, "Look, the 'Dark Lord' is here again."

The so-called "Dark Lord" was the recent term for scum Card Masters.

They liked to pretend to be harmless new Card Masters, loitering around card pools.

Whenever they encountered a newly awakened Card Master who pulled a good card, they would use deceit, manipulation, or even feigned weakness to trick the person into a card duel.

In the end, they'd play the "pig eats tiger" game, easily defeating the duped new Card Masters and taking the card they just drew, thus accumulating their own collection.

They were a disgusting group.

Therefore, they were called "Dark Lords."

"He'll probably refuse, after all, there's no such thing as a free lunch," the young Card Master who pulled "Close the Door" said warily.

If Luo Sheng were rational enough, he would refuse the sudden card duel, especially without knowing anything about the enemy.

But he didn't hesitate and directly agreed, "Sure!"

(End of Chapter)