Chapter 110 The discovery in the wild crystal!
Ancient Capital Military Region
A camp
"Second Company, assemble!"
As whistles sounded, countless tall figures ran down from the dormitory building in an orderly manner. After a brief assembly, they led the team to the training ground.
Seeing the company commander walk up to the crowd, every soldier in the second company probably knew what was going on.
Today's training should still be about adapting to the new Yingcao deck.
They all had some expectations for this.
Although they have only had this deck for a few days, they are very satisfied with it after actual experience.
It may not be strong when taken alone, but when they fight in a team, the suppression brought by the Yingcao set is very terrifying.
They can summon ten rare beasts first, and after the first round of battle, they can directly pull out twenty common Yingcao summoned beasts. At this time, the Yingcao effect on the field is already so strong that it is almost visible to the naked eye. As long as they don't encounter an attack that is strong enough to destroy the summoned beasts and seeds in an instant, they can keep fighting.
It is actually quite difficult to encounter this kind of attack. After all, the seeds of the Yingcao set are immune to elemental damage, and most large-scale attacks are related to elements.
With this deck of cards, it is conceivable that no matter what task they perform next, it will be much easier.
As for their original deck... although they have been using it since they joined the army until now, there is nothing to be reluctant about. Strength is paramount in the army, not to mention that this is an order from above, and obeying orders is a soldier's duty.
If they are asked to change, they will change.
Moreover, I heard from the company commander that this is in preparation for participating in the major armament reform!
A major overhaul of armaments, what does that mean?
All military regions of Yan Country will participate, and its nature is equivalent to a national military exercise. If you have significant performance in it, you will be rewarded with military merit!
Although their brilliance is definitely not as dazzling as the card maker who created this set of soul cards...but that is military merit, who wouldn't want it?
Therefore, they were all very active, training hard during the day and thinking about the tactics taught by the company commander at night.
By the way, I heard that the author of this Yingcao set is just a 19-year-old student... not even as old as many soldiers in their company, and he is so amazing.
That’s amazing.
…
The company commander stood in front of the square formation, scanning the crowd with his sharp eyes.
After a long pause, he said, "Everyone—a five-kilometer march. Afterwards, go to the armaments department to unload the Yingcao deck and replace it with a new one!"
ah?
Everyone was stunned.
Remove the deck?
What does this... mean...
The Yingcao deck is a participating deck in the Armament Revamp. Doesn’t removing the deck mean that they have lost the qualification to participate in the Armament Revamp?
Could it be that they weren't doing well in some way? But they were clearly very diligent in their training every day! The training was also very effective. It's impossible for anyone else to be better than them!
Soldiers are all very confident.
"Report!" An impatient soldier spoke.
"Speaking."
"I don't want to replace the Yingcao deck!"
"Oh?" The company commander seemed to smile. "Don't want to change? Aren't you going to participate in the armaments overhaul?"
"Report!"
"explain."
“We want to participate!”
"Then be obedient." The company commander put away his smile. "The competition decks have been changed. You can go and see the rest yourself. Okay, everyone, let's begin the training!"
Changed?
This is a major overhaul of the armaments, is it such a joke? The deck can be changed at will... The Yingcao deck is already so strong, could the new deck be even stronger than this one?
Everyone was confused, but the team had already started moving, so they could only suppress their doubts in their hearts and wait for the answer to be revealed later.
…
Yu Cang spent the entire morning learning how to draw the Electronic Energy Absorbing Tower.
For an ordinary card maker, even the most diligent, it would take at least a week to master an epic card. However, with Yu Cang equipped with both the [Electronic] and [Ordered] attributes, his learning ability was truly astonishing. Furthermore, this soul card was directly produced by the attribute recorder, without any encryption at all, and all the patterns were completely open for Yu Cang to study. Therefore, in just one morning, Yu Cang had already mastered most of it.
Soul Card encryption is a very sophisticated art. There are many different methods of encryption, the most common of which is the encryption process that Yu Cang used on Yingcao Jedi Knight. Even with the help of developing potions, it is impossible to see the Soul Card pattern clearly.
This kind of encryption is not very reliable. Jing Zhao could have cracked it by force at the beginning, but there would be a certain risk of damaging the soul card.
After encryption, some card makers will also add numerous disruptive patterns to the Soul Card. These patterns have no effect at all. Painted with special materials, they won't affect the Soul Card itself, but they will still react with the developer solution, causing it to appear. If you plug these patterns into a calculation, the result will definitely be very different.
To crack this method, you need some experience, and young card makers basically can't do it.
Beyond this, there's another method, almost impossible to crack: the Resonance Lock. A powerful card maker can condense their resonance into substance and embed it within a Soul Card. Anyone attempting to crack it must first confront the master of this resonance. Even if they win, it's not over yet. The Resonance Lock can explode at any moment, destroying the Soul Card without a fight. It's incredibly difficult to crack.
These are just three mainstream encryption methods. In addition, there are many other weird encryption methods that card makers have come up with on the spur of the moment and used in soul cards. If you want to learn them directly from the soul cards you bought from the market, it will take a lot of effort.
Even the materials provided by the laboratory contain more or less encryption. There is no way to eliminate this kind of thing. For some soul card masters, encryption has become a habit.
Yu Cang hadn't seen a card as pure as the Soul Card produced by the Item Recorder in a long time. This kind of Soul Card was also very pleasant to decipher.
After lunch, Yu Cang took Qi'er and Ye Lai back to the laboratory.
"Senior, you're here." Lin Yunqing came to Yu Cang with dark circles under his eyes.
Yu Cang's eyes dimmed: "...When did you go to bed last night?"
"Not asleep."
“…There’s no need to fight so hard.”
"The tasks assigned by Senior must be completed as quickly as possible." Lin Yunqing stroked his glasses. "If my guess is correct... Senior has invented a new Soul Card."
Yu Cang was silent for a moment, then nodded: "Yes... there is one, but it's not complete yet."
"Sure enough, staying up all night was the right choice." Lin Yunqing smiled as expected. "It's really not easy to catch up with my senior."
"Yunqing, there is no end to knowledge." Yu Cang sighed, "Don't exhaust yourself."
"Senior, you have no right to say that to me." Lin Yunqing signaled with her eyes the dark circles under Yu Cang's eyes that had not yet faded.
"...Forget it, just do whatever you want." Yu Cang was a little helpless. "By the way, Yunqing, pack up. We need to move to another place tomorrow."
"Okay." Lin Yunqing nodded in agreement, then asked with some anticipation: "So, what about the new card...?"
"It's not complete yet. Let me think about it." Yu Cang walked past Lin Yunqing.
Inside the room, Qiu Ding, who had heard the noise, rushed over and said expectantly, "Master! I've fixed the computer, that..."
Lin Yunqing nodded: "Indeed, Qiu Ding is quite efficient."
Yu Cang smiled and said, "Okay, in today's experiment, you will be the one operating the Soul Card."
"Nice!" Qiu Ding clenched his fist suddenly.
He never thought that being a test subject could make him so excited.
But he didn't stay happy for long, Yu Cang changed the subject: "But, only today."
"Today? What does that mean?" Qiu Ding was stunned.
"Tomorrow, Yun Qing and I will set off for the military district to complete the remaining experiments there." Yu Cang said with a smile, "There will be professional soldiers to assist us... and the military district generally doesn't allow outsiders in. The quota given to me this time is also very small, so... I won't take you with me."
"Huh?" Qiu Ding was stunned. "No! Master, tell me this isn't true!"
…
After some unsuccessful persuasion, Qiu Ding had no choice but to accept this fact.
So, he rushed into the testing site without hesitation and started today's test.
It’s only this afternoon, so cherish it!
After Yu Cang settled Qi'er, he returned to his room.
"Come on, continue."
Because he had almost mastered this card in the morning, after returning to the laboratory and getting the relevant materials, Yu Cang quickly copied an identical electronic energy-absorbing tower.
"Then... implant entry: [Normal]!"
Yu Cang took a look and found that the probability was a bit low, only 14%, but fortunately the cooldown of ordinary entries was very short, so he just had to try a few more times.
This time, Yu Cang was lucky and succeeded after four attempts.
He picked up the newly appeared soul card, and after seeing the name of the card clearly, his brows raised.
Hiss...that's not right.
The last time I implanted the Ice Heart Sword, it only gained an additional [Quenching] effect, and nothing else changed. But how come this time... the quality directly became rare?
And the entire soul card has changed!
Soul Card Name: Electronic Energy Drain Core
Category: Summon Card
Quality: Rare
Attributes: (omitted)
…
The card image of the Electronic Energy Draining Tower is a stone pillar bathed in electronic light, while the card surface of the Electronic Energy Draining Core is a stone gem-like object. At its core, there is a crack filled with blue electronic light, and energy bursts out from the inside out.
In terms of capabilities, there was no difference between the Electron Energy Draining Core and the Electron Energy Draining Tower. They still had three types: [Accumulation], [Energy Storage], and [Electron Pulse Explosion]. However, in [Accumulation], the original "ultra-large range" had now become "close contact."
From absorbing energy remotely, it has become possible only through contact...
Although only this ability was changed, the practicality of the entire soul card was greatly reduced.
Yu Cang is full of confidence in the Electronic Energy Draining Tower because it can provide energy to the battlefield from a long distance. Now that it has become a close distance... it can still be used.
After thinking for a moment, Yu Cang nodded.
Isn’t this card now the battery he envisioned at the beginning?
But the charging method is a bit weird...it requires absorbing energy from other soul card masters.
Thinking of the soldiers in the army energizing each other later, Yu Cang couldn't help but hold his forehead.
There's something wrong with this picture... Let's see if I can improve it later.
With this in mind, he took out the materials and redrawn a few electronic energy-absorbing towers, then tried to implant the [Normal] entries one by one.
There were successes and failures, but no matter how you tried, you would always get an electron energy-absorbing core.
Only once did he get the ability that Yu Cang wanted in the beginning:
[Boost]: When there are at least one Summon Card with [Accumulate] and [Charge], or a Creature Summon Card of another Race, they are placed on Death Cooldown. This card can be activated directly for a small cost. This cost can be covered by the Soul Energy stored in [Charge].
Yes, this is the taste.
but……
Looking at the introduction of this ability, Yu Cang touched his chin.
It's different now.
The Ice Heart Sword's [Quenching] directly ignores the consumption, while [Boost] has a "small consumption".
Well, there are more experiments to do later.
However, that is something that will be dealt with later. Now, with this ability, soul card masters of level four and five are fully capable of summoning electronic energy-absorbing towers. Even after special training, soul card masters of level three are not impossible to summon.
After all, after summoning this card, you don't have to do anything else but supply soul energy. It doesn't matter even if the huge mental pressure makes you unable to move. After all, people who provide ammunition should be protected on the battlefield.
After doing all this, Yu Cang breathed a sigh of relief.
Walking out the door, he found Lin Yunqing.
"Is this the new soul card?" Lin Yunqing quickly took it.
But after reading the introduction carefully, her brows furrowed.
The Electronic Energy Draining Tower is epic, which means that she can't see most of the soul card patterns on this card.
Fortunately, she can learn the Electronic Energy Drain Core, and the abilities of the two cards are similar. Perhaps if they complement each other, she may be able to learn this epic card without resonance!
"It's actually an epic... Senior, you even have thunder-attribute resonance?" Lin Yunqing suddenly realized something. "No, a normal person can't have so many resonance attributes... Senior, you haven't invented a new resonance method, have you?"
If having two or three kinds of resonance is still acceptable, then having so many kinds of resonance... is simply impossible!
The structure of the human body determines that this possibility is simply impossible!
"...Currently, this method is only available to me. I can't teach you, Yunqing."
"It's really true?" Lin Yunqing's eyes lit up.
"Okay... let's stop here for today. We can talk about the rest tomorrow." Yu Cang ended the conversation before Lin Yunqing started to express his curiosity.
…
the next day.
Yu Cang got up early, and shortly after he finished his meal and washed up, a military vehicle stopped at his door.
The military district is here to pick him up.
The windows of this car were all made of iron plates. Yu Cang and Qi'er, sitting in the back, could not see clearly where they were outside, nor could they tell how long they had been driving. When they got out of the car again, they had arrived at a military camp.
Another car stopped nearby and Lin Yunqing got out.
This time when he came to the military district, Lei Wanqing gave Yu Cang a very limited number of places. Ren Zheng had already discussed Qi'er's matter with Lei Wanqing, so Yu Cang could be brought along. As for the rest, Lin Yunqing had to go with him.
"Hello, Comrade Yu Cang, Comrade Lin Yunqing." A soldier stopped in front of Yu Cang and extended his hand. "I'm Wan Quan, the commander of the Second Company. I'll be assisting you from now on."
"Hello, Captain Wan... Has everyone started using the Mechanical Soul Cards?"
"Yes." Wan Quan smiled. "The soldiers all praised it highly. Some of them even wanted to sleep with their guns in their arms."
Firearm soul cards are so attractive.
It was just a simple drill yesterday, but it made all the soldiers fall in love with the feeling of inclined firepower!
However, after all, this was my first time coming into contact with firearm soul cards, and those magazines were not yet filled with ammunition, so I just briefly familiarized myself with them yesterday. It will take a long time to fully master these soul cards.
"Captain Wan, I need a few people to cooperate with me." Yu Cang said, "I have a few new soul cards that need to be tested."
"Of course, no problem." Captain Wan nodded, "I'll go call the first squad. They are all level 4 soul card masters, and they are stronger."
"That would be best."
"Come with me first."
Next, Wan Quan first took Yu Cang and Lin Yunqing to get acquainted with their accommodation for the next two days, and then went directly to the training ground.
A team of ten people was already standing here waiting.
"Comrade Yu Cang, this is Squad 1... If nothing unexpected happens, they will be responsible for the squad combat and individual cross-country events during the major armament overhaul, so you must teach them well."
"OK."
Wan Quan nodded, then turned around and said, "Fang Pei, step out!"
A man took a step forward and ran to the front.
"This is the squad leader. If you have anything to say, just talk to him."
"good."
"Okay, I'll be leaving first then."
…
Yu Cang's range of activities in the military camp is not large, but it is much wider than the laboratory.
Lei Wanqing knew his purpose, so he specially asked someone to send a batch of testing equipment over. Although it was not particularly good, it was enough for Yu Cang now.
After entering the military camp, Yu Cang immediately searched for entries about the military camp, and as a result, only a six-hour countdown appeared.
Is it because I didn’t enter the core area of the military camp?
In his opinion, a place like a military camp must have a legacy.
But fortunately, Yu Cang is very satisfied to have an epic.
After getting acquainted with the soldiers for a while, Yu Cang and Lin Yunqing immediately started working.
The first thing to do is to test the performance of the Electronic Energy Drain Tower and see if it can be successfully summoned using the Energy Drain Core.
Yu Cang was very satisfied with the result - the soldiers in the army had undergone continuous and hard training and had a higher tolerance to mental stress. Coupled with the superiority of synchronized summoning, all the soldiers in Class 1 successfully summoned the Electronic Energy Draining Tower after trying.
The [Accumulation] effect prevents the Soul Card Master from using other cards after activation, so the warriors must summon the Creation Clan summoned beasts to be used as sacrifices in advance, and then wait until the soul energy is sufficient before summoning the energy-absorbing core.
The Electronic Energy Draining Tower is a giant stone pillar that is three meters high. Countless electric lights overflow from the crack-like lines on it. As soon as it appeared, a ripple swept across everyone present. For a moment, they only felt as if something had touched their soul energy wells at this moment.
"The impact radius is about one thousand meters." Lin Yunqing said on the side.
"Yes, this distance is enough to affect a small battlefield." Yu Cang clenched his fist and looked at Fang Pei who summoned the electronic energy tower. "How do you feel now?"
"Report, no problem!" Fang Pei's face had turned red due to mental stress, but he still shouted this sentence with full energy.
Sure enough, soldiers are soldiers.
Before coming, Yu Cang had tried it himself. After summoning the Energy-Absorbing Tower, although the mental pressure was not as high as that of the black dragon, it still made him dizzy and speechless. Fang Pei and he were both level four, and their performance was much better than his.
Yu Cang picked up a magazine and emptied the soul energy from his soul energy well: "Now, try to send soul energy to me."
"receive!"
A blue ripple spread from the Energy Draining Tower. When it passed over Cang, his originally dry soul energy well was immediately filled and could be used at any time!
"Okay, then..."
Next, Yu Cang conducted many tests and checked all the properties of the Energy Absorbing Tower.
As evening approached, Wan Quan brought many wild beasts and wild animals to the vicinity of the venue in order to test whether the Energy-Absorbing Tower could absorb soul energy from these targets.
After all, they also have spirits. As long as they are stimulated enough, their mental stress can be made higher than that of the users of the Energy Tower.
The experimental results are naturally feasible.
"In that case..." Yu Cang's eyes flashed with thought.
At this moment, Fang Pei suddenly said: "Report!"
"Please go ahead."
"I discovered that I can transfer soul energy into the desolate crystal."
"Hmm?" Yu Cang was stunned. "What do you mean?"
On the side of the venue, a team of soldiers were passing by carrying a box of wild crystals.
There is a controlled dangerous area next to the military camp. The army often organizes soldiers to enter the dangerous area to clear out wild beasts and bring back wild crystals. Now they are on the way back to the company and happen to pass by the range of the electronic energy absorption tower.
"The wild crystals there can respond to my [Accumulation] effect!"
Yu Cang raised his brows and hurried to the side. After explaining his purpose to the team of soldiers, he took out a bag of wild crystals.
These wild crystals are taken from the bodies of wild beasts above level five.
"Try sending soul energy into it."
"receive!"
Fang Pei concentrated his mind, and a blue ripple spread out. When it passed over the wild crystal, a blue light lit up from it.
Soul energy was really transferred in!
But...that's not right.
The Electronic Energy Draining Tower absorbs and transmits soul energy through the difference in mental pressure. Including the wild beasts and desolate beasts in the previous test, in order to be responded to by the Electronic Energy Draining Tower, it must first be a living thing.
How could a dead object like the Desolate Crystal possibly generate mental stress?!
Looking at the vigilance in his hand filled with blue light, Yu Cang frowned.
what does that mean?
Yu Cang fell into deep thought.
At this time, Lin Yunqing on the side stroked his glasses and said, "Senior, this is actually a good thing."
"Um?"
"There's energy within the Desolate Crystal. It's the accumulated energy of a Desolate Beast before it died. This means that as long as the mental pressure within it is increased to a certain level, the Energy Draining Tower can be used to draw this energy out." Lin Yunqing smiled. "Isn't this the 'battery' you've been looking for?"
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My, my, I wanted to do it today, but I had some problems with the concept. I adjusted it a little bit and will definitely do it tomorrow!!
(End of this chapter)
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