“You have 30 days to obtain higher-level cards through various means. The Card Competition will begin on the 30th day. Your opponents are not just your classmates; there will only be one winner.”
“Every battle victory will provide you with additional rewards from the card god.”
“Of course, the cost of losing is also severe.”
“Every choice you make is crucial, and perhaps, you’ll need a little bit of luck?”
“In short, strive to cultivate yourself into the best Card Master within 30 days.”
“Player Wen Xiangjie’s talent has been detected as SSS-grade Record Change. Please select the talent you wish to copy and use.”
“1. God-like Tycoon System.”
“2. Scholar System.”
Wen Xiangjie’s Record Change talent activated again, but unlike last time, Wen Xiangjie’s only option was God-like Tycoon System, indicating that after consistent calculations by all systems, the God-like Tycoon System’s functions were the most suitable for the Magic Farm Game Copy.
This time, two options appeared for Wen Xiangjie to choose from: God-like Tycoon System and Scholar System.
Wen Xiangjie curiously touched the two systems to see what differences their functions offered.
“God-like Tycoon System: Sets the player’s luck value to the initial maximum of 10, with no further increases possible.”
“Scholar System: The more effort you put in, the luckier you get. The player’s initial luck value is 6. For every task completed that is issued by the Scholar System, you can gain +1 luck value.”
After looking at the functions of the two systems, Wen Xiangjie finally understood why the Scholar System could appear on the same track as the God-like Tycoon System. She hadn't expected the Scholar System, after integrating with the Card Master Cultivation Diary game copy background, to have such powerful functions, making its practicality in this copy surpass the rule-restricted God-like Tycoon System.
Wen Xiangjie naturally chose the Scholar System without hesitation.
“You have chosen the Scholar System as your talent for the Card Master Cultivation Diary game copy. Scholar System loading…”
After selecting the talent, the game copy officially began.
The phone on the table suddenly vibrated.
Wen Xiangjie picked up her phone and opened the message page. The latest unread message was from Card Academy.
“Card Academy: New student Wen Xiangjie, welcome to Card Academy. Please bring your textbooks and gather in Classroom 207 of the teaching building. Your counselor, Helena, is waiting for you here.”
It seemed this was the novice main quest. Wen Xiangjie put the books from the table into her backpack and left the dormitory with it on her back.
The Card Academy’s signposts were very thoughtful, with signs every few meters. Wen Xiangjie successfully followed the signs to find the teaching building and arrived at Classroom 207.
Walking into Classroom 207, many students were already seated. Besides the NPC students within the copy, Wang Zhizhen, Cheng Yushu, and Ji Chenyu had all arrived.
Seeing Wen Xiangjie enter the classroom, Wang Zhizhen’s big eyes immediately lit up. She excitedly waved enthusiastically at Wen Xiangjie, “Goddess, Goddess! Come here!”
Wen Xiangjie smiled slightly and, without refusing, sat down in the seat next to Wang Zhizhen.
“Goddess, Goddess, there were too many people just now, so I held back. Now, let me formally introduce myself again. My name is Wang Zhizhen. Wang is the ‘wang’ from a dog’s bark, Zhi is the ‘zhi’ from ‘stop’ with a grass radical added, and Zhen is the ‘zhen’ from ‘sincere’. Goddess, I truly, truly admire you!” Wang Zhizhen wagged her tail at Wen Xiangjie like an enthusiastic puppy.
“Wang Zhizhen, are these the three characters?” Wen Xiangjie took out paper and pen from her backpack and wrote down the elegant and flowing characters for Wang Zhizhen on the paper.
“Yes, yes, yes, Goddess is truly Goddess! So strong, so beautiful, and writes so well! I feel like my name has become beautiful too!” Wang Zhizhen excitedly looked at her name written by Wen Xiangjie several times, then pleaded eagerly, “Goddess, after we exit the game copy, could you write another copy of my name and give it to me?”
“Of course,” Wen Xiangjie readily agreed.
“Thank you, Goddess! Guarding my best Goddess Wen Jie in the whole world!” Wang Zhizhen’s tail seemed to wag even more joyfully, almost turning into a propeller and flying into the sky.
Cheng Yushu also turned his head and smiled as he said to Wen Xiangjie, “Then I’ll also borrow Wang Zhizhen’s words to introduce myself to Wen Xiangjie. Cheng is the ‘cheng’ from ‘success’, and Yushu is from ‘The noble family is honored by imperial decree, and a new name is bestowed by imperial writing,’ carrying the expectations of my elders.”
“A good name. Cheng Yushu has lived up to this name,” Wen Xiangjie praised with a light laugh.
“Compared to Wen Xiangjie, I am still far behind,” Cheng Yushu said with a serious expression.
It was precisely because Cheng Yushu ranked third in the national college entrance examination, achieving a high score of 59126, that he understood even more the value of Wen Xiangjie’s nine-digit score.
The only way he might surpass Wen Xiangjie was if Wen Xiangjie’s golden finger was only particularly suited for management-type copies, with limited enhancement for other types of copies.
Even if Wen Xiangjie’s golden finger was only miraculously effective in management-type copies, for someone with Wen Xiangjie’s heaven-defying talent, one could only befriend her, not offend her.
Cheng Yushu intended to befriend Wen Xiangjie, and Wang Zhizhen regarded Wen Xiangjie as a goddess, so the conversation among the three was very harmonious.
Ji Chenyu sat silently alone in the back corner of the classroom, with no intention of striking up a conversation.
Gradually, a few other new students arrived.
Their counselor, Helena, walked into the classroom and greeted everyone with a smile.
“Hello, everyone. I am your counselor, Helena, and I welcome you to Card Academy.”
At the same time, a mechanical voice sounded in Wen Xiangjie’s ear.
“Ding, Scholar task issued. As a scholar, you need to better understand the rules to control them. Listen carefully to Counselor Helena’s introduction. Upon completion of the task, you will be rewarded with +1 luck value.”
Wen Xiangjie: ?
Such a simple task counts as a Scholar task? And completing it gives +1 luck value?
This system wasn't even pretending anymore, it was just going easy on her, right?
OK, she wouldn’t pretend either.
Cheat, activate!
Wen Xiangjie outwardly remained calm, listening intently to Helena’s words like the other students, as if she hadn’t received any task at all.
Ji Chenyu’s eyes, hidden behind his glasses, stared fixedly at Wen Xiangjie’s back, observing her every move.
“Card Academy is the safest place; no battles are allowed here. Of course, I also understand that some students like adventure and don’t like staying in school every day. The teacher has prepared a map for each student. Students, please read the information on the map carefully before going out.” Helena handed a map to each student.
“You have obtained the map. From now on, you can choose to teleport to any location on the map.”