When Zhai Weiyuan and his companions arrived, they saw a girl sitting helplessly on the ground, about to be torn to pieces by the Illusion Spider.

Before he could think, his men had already blocked Lian Han's path.

This girl was probably implicated because of them. But—"Miss, have you seen a fox? A purple one?"

Lian Han lowered his head and said weakly, "No. I was just walking when this guy suddenly attacked me."

"How could this be? It should be..."

"careful!"

Reminded by his companion, Zhai Weiyuan quickly came to his senses, took out his energy gun, and confronted the Illusion Spider head-on, while trying to move the battlefield to avoid harming the innocent girl.

The girl, seemingly trembling and afraid to look up, caught a glimpse of them using energy weapons out of the corner of her eye. A resentful thought crossed her mind: "Look at them, I don't even have an energy weapon yet."

[You even have cards that others couldn't afford even if they sold their entire fortunes. If you're so capable, why don't you just not use cards? And have some common sense? Those are weapons the Federation has phased out.]

She genuinely didn't know. Lian Han: [Pretend I didn't say anything.]

Although she only had three Beast Cards, including the Purple Beauty Beast, she had a considerable stockpile of basic cards, each equivalent to an A-rank. Moreover, the Beast Cards she created using the system's methods released the Beast's true form each time they were used, preserving its original intelligence and growth potential—making them rare growth-type cards. They were also permanently usable unless the Beast died during use, destroying the card. This alone made them superior to others' Beast Cards. She certainly didn't need to envy others.

She simply remarked that the energy gun looked pretty cool.

However—the Purple Beast card isn't considered successfully created yet, because the beast within the card possesses intelligence. Only by truly taming it can it be used by her. Moreover, this taming must be completed within 72 hours of the card successfully capturing the beast; otherwise, the beast will escape again, and she will suffer a backlash.

In the blink of an eye, the battle was nearing its end, concluding with Zhai Weiyuan piercing the Illusion Spider's body with a single sword strike. The illusion that Old Man Xing mentioned never materialized, suggesting it had already been used up.

"Miss, let me help you untie this." Zhai Weiyuan stepped forward, took a dagger, and cut the spider silk on Lian Han's body.

"Thank you." The girl's voice was like a silver bell, yet it carried a hint of coolness, making one feel refreshed and relaxed upon hearing it.

"It's alright. If we hadn't tried to force the fox to reveal itself with the spider, it wouldn't have hurt you. Is there anything else injured, Miss?"

Lian Han shook his head.

At this moment, the group of people finally saw what the girl looked like. She was so beautiful!

Even though her face still showed signs of immaturity, and even though she wore the same combat uniform as them, it couldn't hide the girl's beauty.

Pei Xiujie, standing beside Zhai Weiyuan, felt the girl looked familiar, as if he'd seen her somewhere before. But with such outstanding looks, there was no way he wouldn't remember her!

The little beast Xingye, neglected by its owner, finally expressed its dissatisfaction, pawing at its owner's legs with its two front paws, trying to get attention. Lian Han had no choice but to bend down and pick up the little beast.

"You are Xiao Han!" Pei Xiujie suddenly shouted.

Does anyone know her? Lian Han looked over and recognized him as the eldest son of her neighbor, a few months older than her, a rather honest person.

"Brother Xiu Jie, what a coincidence!"

"You two know each other?"

Pei Xiujie scratched his head, "Lian Han is my neighbor. He always wears a mask, so I didn't recognize him at first."

"I didn't mean to hide it from you. This face always gets me into trouble, so I have no choice but to cover it up."

"I don't mean to blame you. You've had it tough too, so it's good to avoid trouble. But what are you doing here? Do you know how dangerous the forest is?" This was probably the longest thing Pei Xiujie had said all day.

"I came to find Xiao Ye; it always likes to run around." Lian Han stroked the little beast in his arms as he explained.

Knowing she was referring to the one in her arms, Pei Xiujie opened his mouth, but didn't know how to comfort her. Xiao Han had no parents, and only this little guy was always there for her.

Lian Han noticed his hesitation and assured him, "I will definitely keep a close eye on it from now on. Thank you so much this time."

The girl spoke sincerely, and Zhai Weiyuan smiled, "Since you know Xiao Jie, there's no need to be so polite. I've already said that we're the ones who dragged you into this. But didn't you really see a fox? That thing is very important to us."

The girl blinked, thought seriously for a moment, and said, "No. I was walking along when I was suddenly attacked by a spider web. Was the spider following the fox?"

Zhai Weiyuan explained, "Yes. The fox went to great lengths to get that purple one. But that guy is a master of hiding, which is why we thought of using other exotic beasts to force it to show itself. But they ran too fast before, and then..."

Some members of their team were too slow and were left behind.

"Why are you wasting your breath talking to her? Are we still going to chase the fox or not?" the only woman in the team said impatiently.

"Of course we should chase after them. Now that Xiaohan has found her pet, she should hurry back. It's too dangerous here. We have other things to do, so we'll be going now."

"I'll be right back."

"Xiao Han, be careful on the road," Pei Xiujie reminded him.

"Yes. You too."

Watching the group leave, Lian Han smiled and then looked at the fallen Illusion Spider.

They've already dug out the spider's core; it's the most valuable part of the alien beast, excellent for making original cards or anything else.

However, she had been in the Muluo Forest for several days and had collected quite a few beast cores, so losing one wouldn't matter much. What was more important was the Magic Spider's eye.

The dagger tucked at his waist suddenly unsheathed, controlled by his mental power, and deftly gouged out six eyeballs.

Lian Han took out the box and packed it away. [Hidden quest complete. Quest reward: "Illusionary Realm Card Crafting Manual".]

It's a card system.

The card system was formed when Lian Han encountered danger at the age of 8. It contains the most complete card-making inheritance, provided that she can consistently complete the system's tasks. Take the "Intermediate Card Making Atlas" as an example. She first thoroughly studied the "Elementary Card Making Atlas," and then captured three different exotic beasts to make cards before obtaining this incomplete version.

The task needs to be completed further before the catalog can be gradually filled in.

She remembered that the beginner level booklet had been divided into four parts, and she didn't know how many parts the intermediate level booklet had been divided into for her this time.

However, given the system's stinginess, why didn't they just throw her a broken copy of such a simple task?

Lian Han pondered, then summoned the "Illusionary Realm Card Making Atlas," before his lips twitched—no wonder it wasn't an incomplete copy; the entire book consisted of only three pages: one introducing the Illusionary Realm cards, one with precautions, and one with card mold illustrations. This is what they call an atlas?

Lian Han remained silent, thinking of the dozens of pages of illustrations in the "Intermediate Card Making Atlas (Fragment)" that he had just glanced at. One was the main storyline, and the other was a side storyline; they were indeed not on the same level.

Forget it, I'd better hurry back and tame the Purple Beauty Beast...