Chapter 121 Yan Country Border

"That old fellow, Ren Zheng, has already told me your guess." Lei Wanqing rubbed his brows. "Your guess makes sense. We have indeed neglected the exploration of deep space debris over the years."

"I heard from Captain Wan that it's because the space channel is very unstable?"

"Well, that's the main reason..." Lei Wanqing seemed to have a headache. "Even now, although we are aware of the danger, it is still unrealistic to explore the space debris on a large scale. Moreover, it seems that the Desolate Sect has been developing in it for quite some time. If we rashly go deep into it, with the enemy hidden and us in the open, we will most likely be trapped deep in the space debris. At that time, it will be difficult to return."

Yu Cang was silent.

This is indeed a problem.

Those space channels were difficult to maintain but very easy to destroy. A simple energy fluctuation was enough to easily block the retreat route. However, the deep space debris was complex and changeable. Even if there was the technology to reopen the channel, it would be difficult to find the way back.

"But, you don't have to worry about that, kid." Lei Wanqing said, "Even if it's difficult, they can't escape! There are plenty of ways to catch them, but they may be a little more troublesome."

"Yeah." Yu Cang nodded.

With the support of the country, you can speak with confidence.

"Speaking of this." Lei Wanqing looked at Yu Cang and gritted his teeth. "You are really good at causing trouble... Do you know that all the documents placed on my desk these two days are related to you!"

Needless to say, he followed the snow mountain incident from beginning to end, and there are still some follow-up matters that have not been dealt with. Moreover, two soul energy pointers that are difficult to distinguish between real and fake were handed to him, leaving him no chance to idle at all.

The affairs of the Fire Star Club were not their responsibility, but as more and more of the Desolate Sect's secrets were exposed and more and more people were implicated, he certainly could not escape.

Let alone this time, it happened right on their own territory!

"Uh..." Yu Cang was stunned, then a little embarrassed, "Well... I don't want to do that either."

Who knew that wherever he went, something unexpected would happen.

"Hmph... But it's all thanks to you," Lei Wanqing said. "The intelligence we've gathered these times is very important. Being able to catch the tail of this vicious wolf of the Desolate Sect means my hair hasn't turned gray."

Having said this, Lei Wanqing turned his gaze towards the girl in Yu Cang's arms: "Is she Qi'er?"

In his arms, Qi'er tightened her grip on Yu Cang's clothes on his chest.

She was already awake when she entered the room. However, Lei Wanqing's aura was quite strong. In the girl's perception, the way he looked at her was mostly scrutiny, and the occasional emotions he revealed were very serious. He did not have the affinity of Grandpa Ren Zheng at all.

So she simply pretended that she was not awake, buried her head in Yu Cang's arms, and acted like a little ostrich.

As soon as he heard Lei Wanqing mention him, his true colors were revealed.

Yu Cang pretended not to see it and nodded: "Yeah."

Lei Wanqing didn't point out Qi'er's problem. "I know about her situation. I've already informed the Reception Bureau. Coincidentally, the location of this major military overhaul is in Yujiang, and the Reception Bureau has a base there. After the competition, you can take Qi'er there to take a look... This time, the Reception Bureau will be directly responsible for the risk assessment of Qi'er. If there's nothing serious, they will try their best to provide a report that won't affect your normal life, but..."

Lei Wanqing's expression grew slightly more serious. "Once we discover uncontrollable factors, the Reception Bureau will immediately take action to take the person in. Even if Ren Zheng and I speak together, it won't help. You have to be prepared."

Qi'er became even more nervous, and even his body was shaking a little.

Yu Cang said nothing, gently stroked Qi'er's back, and said, "I understand."

"Take this." Lei Wanqing took out a soul card from the drawer and threw it across the table.

Yu Cang took it and looked at it, but was a little confused.

There is nothing on this soul card, from the card name to the ability, everything is blank, and the pattern on the card is an empty black.

"This is……?"

"A special token for entering the Intake Bureau," Lei Wanqing explained. "From now until you leave, this card must remain in your deck at all times to maintain its connection to the Soul Energy Well. The Intake Bureau only recognizes tokens, not people. Without this card, you won't even be able to see the gate to their base, let alone enter."

"Okay, I understand." Yu Cang nodded.

"That's fine, you can go back first... If you encounter any inconvenience in the barracks, you can tell Wanquan and he will try his best to help you solve it."

…

As soon as he walked out of Lei Wanqing's office, Qi'er rubbed his eyes and stood up from Yu Cang's arms, his face full of confusion, "Ah, I just woke up" and "Where is this?"

Yu Cang smiled but didn't expose her: "Ah, Qi'er is awake."

"Um……"

"You must be exhausted yesterday. Come on, you can have a good rest today."

"Okay~"

After returning to the dormitory, Yu Cang settled Qi'er and took out some blank soul cards from the side, intending to try to combine some entries first.

"Hmm... what should I try first..." Yu Cang scrolled through the entry library, "You."

[Residual Pulse] + [Adaptation] + [Orderly]!

Yu Cang took a look and found that the success rate was not high, only 5%.

I tried adding [Endless], but the success rate didn't improve much, instead it dropped a lot.

Tried to implant it, but as expected, it failed.

Yu Cang was not surprised. Taking advantage of the cooling-off period of these entries, he found another group of entries to try to implant.

This time it's [Space Debris] + [Channel].

The success rate of these two entries is not high either. After all, there is an epic entry, so it is only in the single digits.

After failing, Yu Cang sighed.

It seems that I am not very lucky.

Then try something else.

After these two combinations failed, Yu Cang no longer had any deliberate formula for success, so he just tried them randomly, taking each one as a success.

But for some reason, his luck today seemed to be quite bad. He tried all these entries, but none of them came out.

Even a formula with a 64% success rate failed!

"This..." Yu Cang scratched his head.

What's going on...

Yu Cang quickly withdrew his hand.

Something is wrong.

I must have come at the wrong time! I'll try again in the evening.

Yu Cang put away the entry recorder and was about to get up and stretch when there was a knock on the door.

He opened the door and it was Lin Yunqing.

"Boss, I've sorted out all the data this time." Lin Yunqing stroked his glasses. "I have a few ideas about this..."

Yu Cang smiled helplessly.

Well, I was thinking of taking a break, but it seems that’s not possible.

Yesterday, the soldiers of the second company worked all night, so there was no high-intensity training and testing scheduled for today. He thought he could catch some fish for a while.

However, there are indeed many problems waiting for him to solve.

For example, the Electronic Energy Draining Core restricts the use of other soul cards. This restriction is difficult to remove on the Electronic Energy Draining Tower, but the rare Energy Draining Core can completely remove this restriction through precise calculations.

Also, individual reactive armor does not have the ability to assemble a [mechanical structure], resulting in a high damage rate on the battlefield... and so on.

"Come in." Yu Cang took the report from Lin Yunqing's hand and immediately entered work mode.

…

While Yu Cang and Lin Yunqing were discussing, Qi'er went to find Ye Lai and asked him to play with her.

In response to the repeated calls of "Brother Ye", Ye Lai did not refuse.

Qi'er took out the toy models she brought from the laboratory, manipulated them with her hands, pretending to be heroes, while Ye Lai played himself, pretending to be an evil dragon, standing on the folded bedding, glaring viciously at the heroes who came to conquer him.

"Foolish mortals, do you think you can stop me?" Ye Lai frowned, his tone full of righteousness, he really didn't sound like a villain.

But Qi'er didn't care. She held up a hero model and shouted, "Evil Dragon! Your days of tyranny are over! Take this! Super-power restrictions lifted—three-in-one energy cannon!"

He was learning chess on the spot, but Ye Lai was very cooperative.

"What? It's this move!" Ye Lai pretended to avoid the air, then turned around and said in surprise, "Could this be the reactive armor made by the ancient great soul card master Yu Cang?"

"That's right! Are you scared~" Qi'er put his hands on his hips with a proud expression.

Ye Lai immediately seized the opportunity and when the girl put her hands on her hips, he swept all the models on the bed down with one sweep.

"Ah! Your sneak attack! Doesn't count!"

"I'm a dragon now, so it's reasonable for me to attack by surprise, right?"

…

Yu Cang, who was discussing with Lin Yunqing, was so embarrassed that he tapped his toes on the ground.

Just have fun, don’t drag me into this, okay?

What the hell is the Ancient Soul Card Master?

…

In the evening, after seeing Lin Yunqing off, Yu Cang rubbed his neck.

"The problem is almost solved." After yawning, Yu Cang saw that the entry had cooled down, so he implanted it casually.

This time, it was successful.

Yu Cang was stunned and quickly looked at his hand.

Soul Card Name: Portable Fragment

Category: Spell Card

Quality: Epic

Attributes: Empty

ability:

[Space Fragment]: This Soul Card contains a space fragment, the size of which is determined by the capacity of the user's Soul Energy Well.

[Portable]: When the soul card is not activated, the space fragment can still be used, and the user can put items into it or take items out.

[Path Cutoff]: When this Soul Card is used, it instantly locks onto several targets, causing them to enter a death cooldown and then disconnect from the original operator's Soul Energy Well. The number of targets this ability locks onto is determined by the available space debris and the size of the targets.

Yu Cang was stunned.

[Space Fragment] + [Channel], how come this came out...

He originally wanted to see if he could come up with a soul card that could stably transmit between space fragments.

However... this new soul card is indeed quite practical.

Isn’t this the storage space that time travelers need?

Although it is an epic card, Yu Cang cannot use it normally, but judging from the [Portable] effect, the storage function of this soul card has no level requirements!

Yu Cang tried it and found that it was true.

However, considering the soul energy well capacity of him as a fourth-level soul card master, the space fragments in this soul card are indeed a bit small.

It’s only about one cubic meter...but it can hold a lot of things.

As for the third effect of this card...

Yu Cang touched his chin.

Is it similar to the effect of being excluded from the game?

It can indeed restrain some summoned beasts with post-death effects... However, it is an epic spell card, and Yu Cang can't use it now no matter what.

Yu Cang tried another formula several times, and this time he was lucky enough to get the finished product before going to bed:

Soul Card Name: Different Vein Fusion

Category: Spell Card

Quality: Rare

Attributes: None

ability:

[Different Bloodline]: This can be activated when the user has two or more bloodlines. The user selects a summoned beast with appropriate race and attributes and fuses it with the user.

Yu Cang: ...?

What the hell is this!

He wants to get a soul card that can regulate bloodline conflicts!

How did I get this card...

Yu Cang was silent for a while.

But... it seems quite reasonable, after all, I am using the [Ordered] entry.

But this effect... could it be a transformation card?

Hiss, that's pretty handsome.

Yu Cang thought for a moment, took out a gray-white dragon from the deck, then stood up and took a deep breath.

"Activate: Different Vein Fusion!"

...Nothing happened.

Is it a racial issue?

But the grey dragonborn are humanoid, so it should be a good fit.

Yu Cang didn't believe it, so he took out another blank soul card. After a moment, he drew a Yingcao Jedi Knight.

"This one will do, right?"

Yu Cang attacked again, but just like last time, nothing happened.

"...It seems that this doesn't meet the requirement of having two bloodlines."

Yu Cang was a little indignant.

Why!

I also have the blood of both my father and mother!

Why not?

Does it have to be interracial?

Yu Cang's dream of transformation suddenly fell through.

However, since there is the fusion of different bloodlines, there must be fusion transformations that do not require bloodline requirements. As long as you try more, you will definitely find the formula!

Yu Cang's eyes became a little firmer.

Don't rush, take your time.

As for this fusion of different bloodlines... let Jie Shuang try it when she has time. I just don't know if this will aggravate her blood conflict.

It is better to be careful in this regard.

Looking at the two brand new soul cards in his hand, Yu Cang sighed.

My luck was much better this evening, and the entries were successfully implanted, but they all went wrong.

No soul card can solve the problem at hand.

However, getting two soul cards with great potential was a good thing after all, and Yu Cang went to bed contentedly.

Over the next few days, Yu Cang stayed with Erlian as normal, collecting data while also guiding them on how to better use the Mechanical Soul Cards. After all, he was a Level 4 Soul Card Master and the creator of these Soul Cards, so he had some influence.

On this day, he stood at the edge of the training ground, looked at the soldiers who had become very skilled, and nodded with great satisfaction.

At this time, Wanquan came over, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Captain Wan?" Yu Cang turned his head. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"Well, it's just..." Wanquan said carefully, "Mechanical Department, is there any card that can... fight against legendary beings?"

Yu Cang was stunned: "Legendary level...?"

"Well, although the mechanical department is very powerful now, I still felt a little powerless when facing the wild beast in the wild crystal that day." Wan Quan said, "I know this may be a bit difficult, but... I just want to ask. If you can find it, that would be great, but if not, it doesn't matter. After all, the armament overhaul is originally aimed at soul card masters below level four..."

After experiencing it for the past few days, he can't put this set of soul cards down.

But it's very helpless. Although this set of soul cards can give him a powerful first-hand burst ability, when facing high-risk targets, as long as the first few waves of attacks fail to deal with it, the subsequent attacks will be very weak.

For Fang Pei and others, this level is definitely enough, but it is not suitable for Wan Quan to use.

If no legendary mechanical soul card appeared, he would definitely have to change back to his original deck...but he was reluctant to give up the feel of the mechanical soul card.

However, Yu Cang is only a fourth-level soul card master. I heard that he hasn't even passed the card making master certificate exam yet... When I mentioned this to him, I always felt that I was making things difficult for him, so he was so hesitant.

"Is that so?" Yu Cang fell into thought.

"It doesn't matter, actually." Wan Quan said, "You don't need to feel too much pressure. Just develop slowly. There's no need to rush..."

"It's okay, Captain Wan, your suggestion is very necessary." Yu Cang nodded seriously, "The legendary mechanical soul card... Give me a few days, and I will give you an answer."

"Okay, okay, thank you for troubling Master Yu Cang."

After Yu Cang returned, he began to try to implant legendary entries, but without exception, all of them failed.

After all, the success rate of legendary entries is still too low.

…

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed, and there was only a week left before the major armament reform officially began.

Yu Cang then followed the second company on the road, boarding a special military plane and arriving at the border of Yan State. They will conduct training here for the next seven days.

As soon as we landed, the dim sky pressed down on our heads, and the thick clouds stretched out endlessly into the distance.

This is Yujiang, one of the twelve cities in the hundred territories of Yan State!

I'm a bit stuck today, so let me just relax for a bit... I'll straighten out the plot tonight and update more tomorrow to make it up to you all.

(End of this chapter)