Hearing Qi's dissuasion, Ke Jin fell silent, tapping the table lightly with one hand, and didn't speak for a long time.

The so-called card pool linkage is actually renting the other party's card drawing area, which generally takes two forms:

One is to share a card drawing area with the other party, but the probability of getting a card will be slightly lower than the probability of the original card pool;

The other method is to rent a complete card drawing area from the other party. The process of transferring cards is a bit like "pool transfer". The probability of card output will not be affected, and separate data statistics can be performed. This model is more suitable for foreign card pools that want to settle in the local area. They usually find some local card pools to "link" first, obtain business data through customers' card drawing situations, and then decide whether to spend more money to open a new pool and settle in.

But no matter which one it is, you need to pay a certain percentage of the crystal sand pool energy as "rent", and because the card users of the two linked card pools can automatically obtain the authority to enter the other party's card pool, for some people who pay more attention to the benefits of their own card pools, "card pool linkage" requires cooperation with card users who are very trustworthy.

Ke Jin was very confident in Su Yufeng, and also wanted to try the card pool linkage operation mode, as a preparation for opening sub-pools in other cities in the future. But Qi rarely advised him so seriously, so Ke Jin was also very hesitant.

"Do you really want to collaborate with that company?" Oloy suddenly asked.

Ke Jin hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly: "I want to try."

"Then let's give it a try." Oloy said. He was not too confident in Su Yufeng's card pool, but he was very confident in the card pool he first drew. "Isn't it that you can't draw an SSR? What is the reason? It's useless to listen to others. You have to see it yourself to know the answer, right?"

***

The next day was the weekend. After Ke Jin arranged the matters concerning the card pool, he set off to Su Yufeng's card pool again.

But what was different from last time was that this time he brought Ounuo with him.

***

There are many people traveling on weekends. When Ke Jin stepped into the courtyard of the "Guoyun" card pool, he saw that there were obviously many more customers inside than the last time he came.

But even so, there was no horribly long queue in front of the card drawing area like at Ke Jin's side. Only two of the three card drawing areas under the card pool pavilion were open at this time.

Ke Jin wore a hat when he went out today, and with the brim pulled down, few people could recognize him. He looked around the courtyard and didn't see Su Yufeng and Uncle Zhou, but he saw Su Xiaolan sitting alone on a small stone table in the distance doing homework.

Ke Jin was not in a hurry to say hello, but instead looked at Ouloi and stood in the card drawing team together tacitly.

After a few minutes, it was Ke Jin's turn. Ke Jin spent a handful of coins - ten draws, the highest one was SR, and the content was his least favorite durian, and the other nine were scattered among various levels; Oloy drew three cards at random, and they were all SSRs without any suspense.

Several people in the queue behind exclaimed in envy. Oloy nodded to Ke Jin with a blank expression.

"I really can't draw an SSR."

The two left the card drawing area, and Ke Jin walked directly to the stone table in the courtyard and patted the girl's head gently.

"Hi, Xiaolan."

Su Xiaolan was racking her brains to struggle with a math problem, and was interrupted unexpectedly. She was so scared that she almost screamed. When she saw the person in front of her clearly, her surprised expression quickly turned into surprise.

"Hey, Brother Ke Jin, why are you here!"

"Because of what you told me yesterday." Ke Jin smiled and sat down opposite him.

Su Xiaolan was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed: "Brother Ke Jin, do you agree?"

"I do have this intention, but I still need to discuss the specifics with your brother." Ke Jin evaded the point and said, "Is Yufeng not here today?"

"He and Uncle Zhou are in the card pool, but they should be out soon." Su Xiaolan said as she took out her communicator and started sending messages, "I'll urge them!"

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry. I'll just wait until they're done with their work and then come out." Ke Jin said.

Su Xiaolan was obviously very enthusiastic about the card pool linkage, and she quickly sent the message. When she looked up, she accidentally saw the card in Ounuo's hand, and her mouth opened wide.

"Eh? You guys went to draw cards? And you drew three SSR cards? That's amazing!"

"Ounuo's luck has always been good." Ke Jin smiled and said casually, "It's a pity that I didn't get the SSR."

Su Xiaolan sighed: "Alas, this is purely a card pool problem... We haven't had an SSR for a long time."

Seeing that the other party had no intention of hiding anything, Ke Jin immediately asked: "Why is this happening? Did something happen?"

"I don't know either." Su Xiaolan shook her head in distress, "It has been like this since six years ago."

Six years ago…

Ke Jin frowned slightly. He had heard this strange time point more than once - the decline of the card pool industry in Qixing City and even the accident of Bai Fan's sister Bai Youyou, didn't they all happen during that period?

Oloyi was playing with the cards in his hand while listening to Ke Jin's conversation. Suddenly, Ke Jin felt an itch on his arm, and Xiaochu poked his head out from his sleeve. His two round little eyes looked around and finally locked onto the SSR card in the boy's hand.

"Wow, so cute!" Su Xiaolan widened her eyes, "Brother Ke Jin, is this your Ka Ling?"

Ke Jin smiled and shook his head: "No, it's... uh, a friend's pet, temporarily fostered here with me."

Xiaochu let out a "woop" and rubbed Ke Jin's wrist hard, as if he was very dissatisfied with the word "pet" he said.

"Okay, okay, you are not a pet, you are our good friend, right?" Ke Jin smiled and pinched Xiaochu's soft body.

Xiaochu was finally satisfied. He arched his body and rolled out from Ke Jin's sleeve, crawling towards Ounuo with a grunt... uh, the card in Ounuo's hand - it was obvious that he was hungry and wanted to come out to find food.

"It's really so cute..." Su Xiaolan held her face in her hands, her eyes wide open, "Oh, if Guozi was still here, he could come out and play with it."

"Guo Zai is...?"

"He was a former card spirit in our card pool." Su Xiaolan was silent for a moment, "But he died later."

Ke Jin: “…”

Seeing Ke Jin's awkward expression, Su Xiaolan waved her hands and forced a smile, "It's okay. We were indeed very sad at first, but after so many years, everyone has let it go... Uncle Zhou said that people have reincarnation, and card spirits also have their soul destinations. Death is not something that is difficult to accept. Guozai must be living happily in another world now."

"How long have the cards in your card pool been flexible?" Oloy suddenly asked.

Su Xiaolan frowned, as if recalling: "Well...it has been at least twenty years. It was there when I was born."

"When did it die?" Orloy asked again.

"About five years ago." Su Xiaolan said sadly, "There was no sign at the time. Guozi suddenly became ill, and then... he had no breath."

Oloy frowned, but said nothing. The life span of a Kaling can be long or short, but sudden death is rare. Unfortunately, it is impossible to recreate the scene at that time, so it is difficult to know the real reason for the death of that Kaling.

However, judging from his intuition, Oloy always feels that this card pool cannot draw SSR+, which may have something to do with Ka Ling’s strange sudden death.

Ke Jin watched Xiao Jue approach Ounuo reluctantly, staring at the cards in his hand. The boy raised his eyebrows and held one of the cards in front of him. Xiao Jue seemed to swallow his saliva, turned his head and looked at Ke Jin pitifully.

"Eat, eat." Ke Jin was embarrassed - he had been feeding Xiaoqiu with SR cards these days, and it must have been starving.

"Awoo!" Xiaochu happily pounced on the card. The surface of the card glowed faintly and gradually transformed into an energy form that was convenient for Xiaochu to eat. But as soon as it took a bite, it trembled as if it was electrocuted, then "swished" away, and then crawled back into Ke Jin's arms, hiding in his clothes and shivering.

???

"What's wrong with it?" Su Xiaolan asked in surprise.

Ke Jin and Oloy looked at each other and saw the astonishment in each other's eyes - although Xiaoju is not a card spirit, in Qi's words, it is more sensitive to the energy of cards than high-level card spirits. Xiaoju reacted so strongly to the card that was just drawn. Is there really something wrong with Su Yufeng's card pool?

***

The three of them waited for a while, and soon, Su Yufeng and Uncle Zhou came over.

Uncle Zhou was very happy to see Ke Jin and his attitude was as enthusiastic as ever; although Su Yufeng couldn't speak, from the smile in his eyes that he couldn't hide, it showed that he was also very happy and welcoming of Ke Jin's visit for two consecutive days.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Ke Jin quickly got to the point and explained his purpose. Uncle Zhou and Su Yufeng were both stunned, and then they all looked at Su Xiaolan. Su Xiaolan stuck out her tongue and looked up at the sky as if nothing had happened.

"You kid." Uncle Zhou said helplessly, as if blaming you, "Why didn't you discuss this with us in advance? Many things are not as simple as you think. I told you not to worry about the recent things, so why did you still act on your own?"

Su Yufeng nodded and looked at Su Xiaolan with a slightly reproachful look.

"Why can't I just tell Brother Ke Jin?" Su Xiaolan had indeed looked for Ke Jin without telling her brother, but she had previously thought that they were too embarrassed to tell Ke Jin. She didn't expect that after she had acted as a bridge, these two people would actually blame her so much. She felt extremely aggrieved.

"Those people in Zhoufu keep making sarcastic remarks all day long. Don't they just think we are declining and easy to bully? The card pool linkage is a mutually beneficial thing. What's wrong with me looking for Brother Ke Jin? Besides, I didn't force him to agree. Brother Ke Jin himself also has the intention to cooperate! It's reasonable for everyone to help each other and develop together. Why do you have to shut out everyone who wants to cooperate?"

"Xiao Ke." Uncle Zhou turned to Ke Jin and said, "We appreciate your trust, but let's forget about the card pool linkage."

"Why?" Ke Jin was stunned.

"Because there is a problem with our card pool."

"Is it because I can't draw an SSR?" Ke Jin said, "I know that, and I can't draw an SSR in my card pool at the moment. The linkage will not be affected, so you don't have to worry."

Uncle Zhou was about to speak, but Su Yufeng gently tugged at his sleeve and nodded to him. Uncle Zhou seemed very surprised, and wanted to say something, but Su Yufeng tugged at his arm again and nodded firmly. The two confronted each other for a moment, and Uncle Zhou sighed, as if he had compromised.

"Some things can't be explained with words alone. Xiao Ke, do you want to go into the card pool with us?" Uncle Zhou said, "When you go and see... you will know what is going on."