Chapter 195 Substitute Card

[Announcement: The next phase begins tomorrow. Players are advised to prepare in advance. This is a server-wide operation, and all regions will face unprecedented challenges and opportunities.]

This sudden announcement completely extinguished the cheerful atmosphere in the chat area.

The chat area was silent for a few seconds before players started speaking up.

dZoeyo: "The Tentacle Competition just ended, and we're already moving on to the next stage? Is it really that seamless?"

Greenson: "Does moving to the next stage mean we have to leave this map? But I haven't had enough of this map yet, I don't want to leave!"

Yu Zhouzhou: "No! I don't want to leave this map! 007, don't be so cruel!"

YQ: "Upstairs, please read the announcement carefully. This is a server-wide operation, which means that all servers will enter the next phase simultaneously. What we experienced before was only the treatment we received in server 30."

Bigum: "The new phase will bring unprecedented opportunities and challenges, which means it will be more dangerous! Suddenly I thought of the 996 work schedule. Will we start seeing a large number of deaths again?"

Ling Xue Fei Meng: "Don't scare yourself upstairs. It's just a new phase, not a change of district! Our district's management system is still 007! Besides, everyone gained a lot from this Tentacle Competition, so what's there to be afraid of!"

Wo Si Qing Mo^: "Yes, we must believe in 007, and believe in ourselves! We are stronger than before!"

Hua Minghua An: "I suddenly feel that 007 holding a tentacle competition might be preparation for a new phase, right?"

Mo Ran zm: "That's possible. Even 007 is helping us grow stronger, so there's even less reason to worry!"

"..."

After a brief moment of panic, everyone quickly regained their composure.

The real challenge will come tomorrow; being anxious in advance will only worsen your condition and will not do you any good.

Moreover, we gained a lot from the early tentacles competition, so we don't need to worry too much about food or useful items.

Therefore, players should rest early and recharge their energy.

Meng Qingyin tallied up her gains from the Touchscreen Competition.

In addition to a large food reserve and attribute boosts, she also obtained many card items.

These all drop from killing the black tentacle monster.

Among them, there are 20 [Teleport Cards], which is the most.

In addition, there are 6 [Suction Box Cards], 4 [Summoning Cards], and 2 [Substitute Cards].

Meng Qingyin knew the function of the first three types of cards.

The only one she encountered was the [Substitute Card].

[Substitute Card: When used, it creates an invisible substitute that can save your life in a critical moment!]

It's actually a card that can save your life?

Meng Qingyin immediately used one for herself, but nothing changed.

That makes sense. This stand-in is invisible. If you could see it, how could you save your life in a critical moment?

After thinking for a moment, Meng Qingyin went to Daxue's practice room.

The practice with the heavy snow has begun to show results; it can control the shape and form of small amounts of water.

For example, a drop of water can be instantly frozen into ice crystals by a heavy snowfall and ejected.

It can even instantly turn crystal-clear snowflakes into solidified snow particles.

If used in combat, this tactic could catch the enemy off guard.

As for Erxue...

This guy is quick-witted; it doesn't matter if he's a little clumsy.

Anyway, its enforcement will be protected by the system, so even if it encounters a player with malicious intent, nothing will happen.

Each Snow Child has a different personality and abilities, so we should respect their natural development and not force them.

Meng Qingyin first praised Da Xue's hard work over the past period of time, and of course, she also highly affirmed Er Xue's "day and night companionship".

These sincere compliments made Da Xue smile broadly, almost like a three-year-old child.

As for the clever Erxue, it was not blinded by Meng Qingyin's praise. Instead, it looked at Daxue with a helpless expression, not understanding why it liked its master's praise so much.

Erxue began to reflect that perhaps she always followed Daxue around and couldn't provide it with emotional value—a term she learned from Xiao Ai Jingling—which was why Daxue would get so happy and lose its bearings whenever it was praised.

Erxue decided that it would praise Daxue more often from now on.

No, don't wait until later, start praising now.

Erxue has a strong learning ability and often learns new knowledge from Xiao Ai Elf. When it praises, it blurts out: "I was wondering why the periodic table was incomplete. So magnesium and aluminum are here."

Da Xue's smile faded, looking puzzled: "What periodic table?"

Erxue effortlessly utters corny compliments: "Hello fairy, please show me your certificate of descent to earth."

Da Xue scratched his head, puzzled, "A fairy?"

Da Xue suddenly realized something and pointed at Meng Qingyin with her chubby hand: "Master, you are a fairy!"

Meng Qingyin looked at the two clowns with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. For a moment, she didn't know whether to press Erxue about where she had learned those cheesy pickup lines, or to first worry about Daxue's naive and innocent nature.

Then, Meng Qingyin and Erxue both fell silent.

Erxue was somewhat frustrated. Why did Daxue only have eyes for its master?

It's clearly exaggerating the snowfall.

Meng Qingyin coughed twice and explained her purpose: "Da Xue, Er Xue, I wanted to ask you two... will you die?"

She created Daxue and Erxue, but they have their own thoughts and their own things they like and are good at.

They must be alive, right?

Da Xue shook her head. "We won't die, Master. Even if our bodies are smashed, we won't die. Master can help us rebuild our bodies. But if Master dies, we will die too. So Master, you must always protect yourself."

Meng Qingyin was relieved.

She patted Daxue's head: "Okay, I understand. I will try my best to protect myself from now on and not let anything happen to me. I have a life-saving item here. You and Erxue don't need it. I'll give it to Zaizai. Zaizai will die if it gets injured, just like me. With this, it will have an extra layer of protection."

Da Xue nodded: "Yes, yes, give it to the little one. The little one will protect the master with us."

Meng Qingyin used the other [Substitute Card] on Zai Zai.

Actually, I did consider buying a few more, but the [Substitute Card] is different from other cards; it can save your life in critical moments.

No matter how many there are, it's never enough; no one is willing to put such a precious [Substitute Card] out for sale.

Moreover, the [Substitute Card] is very difficult to obtain; it only dropped after she killed dozens of black tentacle monsters.

Such a rare and precious card is probably not something anyone would be willing to trade.

Meng Qingyin never expected that there would actually be such a "fool".