Chapter 139 It makes sense that there are five of the four major families
"It's okay, don't worry." Hu Chen said, "After all, individual combat is not our strong point. When the team encounters the battle this afternoon, we will definitely be able to win the game."
Wen Yang was silent for a moment.
From now on, the Ancient Capital Mechanical Deck's capabilities can be described as both offensive and defensive, very comprehensive, and in a team battle... can it really win?
However, seeing Hu Chen's confident look, Wen Yang could only nod and temporarily boost his confidence.
…
In a room.
There were no lights on here, and the light and shadow from the broadcast soul card fell on the people present, making the atmosphere here even more silent.
In the silence, only the smile on Lei Wanqing's face could not be stopped.
"Alas, what a pity! Fang Pei should have been more cautious." Lei Wanqing slapped his thigh, his pretended regret unable to conceal the smile in his voice. "Otherwise, there would have been a chance to hold on a little longer... Alas, what a pity."
After his pretentious sigh, he looked around and asked curiously, "Hey, Lao Jiang, Lao Qiu, why are you guys quiet?"
"Don't give me that." Jiang Shan rolled his eyes. "How did you guys... the Mechanical Department, do that? That kind of power is definitely not a disposable soul card made by a master from your military region?"
The so-called one-time soul card, after the soul card master reaches the level of the seventh-level soul card master, he will automatically learn a certain ability.
The Soul Card Master can activate a Soul Card in advance, injecting enough soul energy into it to activate the effect, but not activate it, just keep it in a semi-activated state.
This type of soul card can ignore the level requirements and soul energy consumption and be directly handed over to low-level soul card masters for use. However, this will cause irreversible damage to the soul card itself, and it will be directly damaged after one use... A disposable soul card made by a soul card master with better skills may be able to be used twice more, but there is no difference.
"Which point?" Lei Wanqing blinked. "Sorry, our deck exceeds the standard in many areas. I don't know what you mean?"
Jiang Shan swallowed his words, not knowing whether he was angry or what, but he just laughed: "Fuck... Shaopi, stop teasing us and explain yourself quickly."
"Well, it's nothing." Lei Wanqing spread his hands. "Our comrade Yu Cang, while researching the Mechanical Department, discovered a way to extract energy from the Desolate Crystal and convert it into Soul Energy, as well as a way to store Soul Energy in advance. You should have guessed that these two methods perfectly address the shortcomings of the Mechanical Department. So, it's normal that our Mechanical Department is a bit stronger... right?"
"Extracting soul energy from desolate crystals?!" Qiu Zhong's eyes lit up. "Are there any limitations to this method?"
"I know what you're thinking," Lei Wanqing said. "That's impossible. Currently, the soul energy extracted using this method can only be used by mechanical soul cards. However, this set of soul cards has only been around for two weeks. Perhaps one day in the future, we'll be able to break through this limitation."
Qiu Zhong's eyes widened involuntarily: "Young Master Duo?"
"Yes, two weeks." Lei Wanqing nodded. "Alas, our comrade Yu Cang has been busy too. He's had a lot of things to do at school recently. When I went to find him to participate in the major armaments reform, there were only two weeks left. But fortunately, comrade Yu Cang has a lot of ideas, and he worked hard to finally finish this work... There are some rough spots, so please bear with me."
Lei Wanqing shook his head, looking very serious.
Understood, he understood completely now!
No wonder Yang Heli is always sarcastic when in front of him. With such a monster on his side, he has to be a little more artificial to feel comfortable!
Anyway, I'm already old, you can't hit me!
Jiang Shan's mouth twitched: "Lei Wanqing, how come you become so mean when you get old?"
Two weeks, that's just bragging.
Anyone who knows a little about card making knows that this is impossible to produce in two weeks!
Lei Wanqing spread his hands with an innocent look in his eyes.
This expression made Jiangshan very angry. He rolled up his sleeves, stood up and pretended to fight, but Qiu Chong next to him quickly held him back.
"Haha... that's enough." Qiu Zhong reached out and patted Jiang Shan's arm, saying with a smile, "It's a good thing that our Yan Country can produce such a deck. It's no big deal to make Lao Lei happy for a while."
"Hmph." Jiang Shan could only give up and sat back in his chair, taking a deep breath. "Ahem... By the way, the person in charge of this project is called Yu Cang? He's busy with school matters... Is he a professor? Why haven't I heard of this name before?"
"That's not the case." Lei Wanqing said with a smile, "Yu Cang is still a student. He just completed the enrollment and grade skipping procedures to the third year a few days ago."
"Student..." Jiang Shan choked on the breath he had finally managed to catch. "Student? Lao Lei, are you kidding?"
"Of course not. Why would I need to?" Lei Wanqing leaned back slightly. "What do you mean by a genius in the ancient capital?"
"I'm so tired." Jiang Shan blinked. "He's only in his third year... Looking at this situation, is Yan Country going to have another promising national guardian?"
On the side, Qiu Chong frowned.
"Wait." He frowned slightly. "Enrollment procedures...it's probably not enrollment season right now, so why do we need to go through the enrollment procedures? And skipping three grades straight away, isn't that a bit hasty?"
Upon hearing this, Lei Wanqing's lips curled up slightly, his eyes slanting towards a certain spot, and then he said casually, "Ah...you may not know. Yu Cang previously passed the exam to go to the imperial capital, but he suffered some inexplicable grievances there, was expelled and returned to the ancient capital...Hey, Wang Manxiao, you should know about this, right?"
Hearing Lei Wanqing's words, everyone present turned their heads and looked at a figure on the side of the long table.
Wang Manxiao frowned slightly. "Huh? Is there such a thing... Which lab is he from?"
Lei Wanqing leaned forward and said, "Wu Chutai... you should know him, right?"
"Excessive!" Wang Manxiao stood up and slammed the table. "Wu Chutai... As soon as I heard that name, I knew it was related to Duan Feng again! The Duan family has really gone too far in recent years, relying on Duan Feng's talent to do whatever they want... Commander Lei, don't worry, I was the only one who didn't know about this, but now that I know about it, I will definitely redress Comrade Yu Cang's grievances!"
Qiu Zhong's eyes narrowed slightly. He took a sip from the teacup in front of him and said casually, "From what I see from Old Lei's attitude, he must be very fond of this junior... Let's put it this way. Old Lei and I have been friends for many years, after all, I can't ignore his junior. Although I don't have the ability to meddle in the affairs of the imperial capital, if there is anything I can help with later, Wang Manxiao, you can come to me."
"No need." Wang Manxiao waved his hand. "As long as the Wang family is here, it's enough."
"Hmph, you dare to say that." Jiang Shan crossed his arms, looking somewhat disdainful. "If I hadn't seen you here today, I would have thought that Ling Luochou Duan was the only one left in the imperial capital."
Ling, Luo, Chou and Duan are the four major families in the imperial capital.
Of course, there are more than just these four families in the imperial capital, and their strength is not actually the strongest. However, because these four surnames are easy to pronounce together, some ordinary people with good intentions often praise them together. After all, for people who are not in this circle, they don’t know much about these families.
Over time, in the eyes of others, there were only these four big families left in the imperial capital.
Originally it was nothing, just a name, many families did not care, but the Duan family had a Duan Feng, with such a title of "future legend", coupled with the deliberate promotion of some people, Ling Luochou Duan has become closer and closer in recent years, and there is a vague intention of forming an alliance.
Even the Wang family, which was originally stronger than them, now has to avoid the limelight everywhere.
"Who are you looking down on?" Wang Manxiao glared. "Just wait... There won't be any other teams coming up next, right? I'm going to go out and make a phone call."
Jiang Shan seemed to curl his lips, but when he saw Wang Manxiao turning and heading towards the door, he still said, "If you need anything, you can come to me."
Bang.
Wang Manxiao closed the door, walked through the corridor, and came to a balcony at the top of the outpost.
He lit a cigarette and thought for a moment.
Yu Cang...that's...
After a moment of silence, he took out his personal terminal and dialed a number.
The call was connected quickly.
"Hey, what's up?"
"Hui'er." Wang Manxiao smiled. "How are you doing out there?"
"It's pretty good. Although there are a lot of dirty things happening here on Tiandao, at least I can do whatever I want. It's not like in Yan Country, where everything has to be controlled by someone."
Wang Manxiao paused, feeling somewhat helpless: "Hui'er, it wasn't me who was in charge of you back then, it was the Wang family that really didn't have the ability..."
"Oh?" Wang Hui seemed confused on the other end of the phone. "I don't understand. With your influence as the head of the Wang family, how could Yu Cang be expelled for just a random word?"
"Hui'er, you don't understand. The four families of Ling, Luo, Chou, and Duan put pressure on me together. Even if I spoke up at the time, it would have been useless..." Wang Manxiao paused, then continued, "I said at the time that this matter can only be dealt with slowly... Hui'er, now is the time. Come back. This time, we will stand with Yu Cang and compete with Ling, Luo, Chou, and Duan. How about it?"
"Tsk." Wang Hui curled his lips. "What's the use? Yu Cang has already been expelled. If he hadn't been delayed for a year, with Yu Cang's ability, he would have completed his project long ago!"
"...Yu Cang entered Ancient Capital University this year," Wang Manxiao said. "I've met Lei Wanqing from the Ancient Capital Military District. He likes Yu Cang very much. He will only develop faster in the Ancient Capital than in the Imperial Capital."
There was a pause on the other end of the phone: "...Really? Are you still willing to use your connections for Yu Cang?"
Wang Manxiao remained noncommittal: "Come back anyway, the New Year is almost here."
Although Wang Manxiao didn't do anything, he didn't lie either. He did meet Lei Wanqing, and he did like him. He was just telling the truth. It's none of his business if you misunderstood it!
He continued, "Also, Yu Cang's Mechanical deck is about to take first place in the Armament Overhaul. You and Yu Cang haven't seen each other for a long time, right? Why don't you come back and visit?"
"Oh, Armaments Major... Wait." The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly got louder. "Wait, isn't Yu Cang's research project the Dragon of Light and Shadow? What's the Mechanical Department... And how can he get first place in the Armaments Major?"
"Hmm?" Wang Manxiao raised his eyebrows.
What's the meaning.
...Isn't this mechanics what Yu Cang has been researching?
That's impossible... Could it be that Lei Wanqing wasn't bragging, and this was really a project that Yu Cang came up with in just two weeks?
How is that possible? This is a bit too exaggerated... He also knows something about card making. Isn't this kind of groundbreaking card deck the result of a long period of accumulation?
Wang Manxiao suddenly realized that... it seemed that this Yu Cang might be a genius of the same value as "Duan Feng".
How come I didn’t discover such a genius back then… If I had a treasure to rely on back then, would I have been forced to this point by Ling Luochouduan?
For a moment, he thought a lot in his mind, but he didn't show it. "Well... I heard that Yu Cang took two weeks to complete this. He has changed a lot now. Don't you want to see him again?"
"Fuck, two weeks?" Wang Hui blurted out a traditional Chinese saying, "My brother is so awesome now? No, I have to come back and take a look."
beep.
The personal terminal was directly hung up.
Wang Manxiao smiled and felt relieved.
Yu Cang can be said to be the only friend of his disappointing son in college.
When Wang Hui came to him for help, he was also struggling. He had only met Yu Cang a few times, but he had a good impression of Cang.
He was neither humble nor overbearing, had a clean background, had his own things to do, didn't seem to have any purpose, and was very talented. He was also Wang Hui's age, so he naturally knew how difficult it was for them to make such a friend.
But at that time, the layout of the four major families of Ling, Luo, Chou and Duan around Duan Feng had reached a critical moment. The situation was so complicated that he could not grasp it. But he knew one thing: as long as he stood against Duan Feng for Yu Cang, the Wang family would definitely become their target.
Therefore, he chose to avoid the limelight temporarily and only took action secretly to ensure Yu Cang's safety.
It was also because of this that Yu Cang returned to the ancient capital. Wang Hui felt guilty towards Cang and had never contacted him, and he even hated himself as a result.
——He directly submitted an application for withdrawal from school to the Imperial Capital, and then turned around and was admitted to the Saint Oss Combat Academy in Tiandao!
Wang Manxiao was naturally very proud of his son's excellence, but Tiandao was another country, half a blue planet away from Yan Country. Once Wang Hui left, he would become a lonely old man!
Now he is very happy to have this opportunity to let Wang Hui come back, even if it is just to meet him.
And... there seems to be an unexpected gain.
Those who were on the same jury as him were of high status, and it seemed that they were all willing to stand on Yu Cang's side.
By then, he might be able to follow the example of Ling Luochou Duan and take the opportunity to form an alliance... Even if that doesn't work, with their support, it will be enough for him to gain a firm foothold in front of the four major families.
Although it is not easy for outsiders to interfere in the affairs of the imperial capital, there is room for maneuver in some areas.
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Wang Manxiao's face. He lowered his head and glanced through the balcony towards the entrance of the exhibition hall and the space passage.
Then he put out the cigarette and went back into the house.
…
"Hmm? Have the requirements for this afternoon's project been sent out?" Yu Cang came to Wan Quan's side. "I remember it's called a team encounter, right? What are the requirements?"
"I've seen it, it's not difficult." Wan Quan said with a smile, "It's not difficult for us at all!"
Aside, Lin Yunqing unfolded the paper in his hand and read, "Well, it says... from now until the start of the event, all participating teams must ensure that their decks are inactive, so that they can fight random enemies in the competition venue within the Nightmare Boundary..."
Hearing this, Yu Cang touched his chin and said, "This rule doesn't seem to have much impact on us. Or rather, it doesn't have much impact on ordinary decks..."
After all, although the mechanical system needs to prepare ammunition in advance, it is not necessary to activate the soul card to refill the ammunition.
"There is still some." Lin Yunqing stroked his glasses, "Senior, have you forgotten the Dragon Galloping Sword of the Divine Capital?"
"...It seems so." Yu Cang smiled.
Dragon Sprint Sword requires the dragon summoned beasts in the deck to be put into death cooldown in advance, and judging from Zhong Lin’s performance that day, they probably don’t have the means to quickly put the cards into death cooldown.
In order to enter the death cooldown, you must summon them one by one and then cancel the summon.
What a pity, the Long Ben Xi Sword is quite powerful, but I didn’t expect it to be defeated by this rule.
Yu Cang's guess was indeed correct. After getting the project rules, everyone from the Divine Capital was dumbfounded on the spot, and Zhong Lin was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks.
In the first project, the reason why he was able to rush out and fight the giant wild beast in close combat was because he relied on the dragon soul that he had accumulated in advance!
It would be so troublesome if I had to summon them one by one!
Zhong Lin couldn't help but look at Yun Yan and said, "Grandmaster, please think of a solution. If we can't prepare in advance, the strength of our deck will be greatly reduced!"
Yun Yan just smiled bitterly and shook his head.
There is no trick left. I am being targeted and cannot have any fun.
Fortunately, I have already set my sights on the college league. As for this major overhaul of the military... I'll just give up.
There is no way to prepare in advance, which is probably the meaning of the "encounter" in the title.
After figuring this out, Yun Yan relaxed completely. He slumped down in his chair, "That's all. No need to look any further... Sigh, if I had known about this rule, I would have definitely made a few Soul Cards that could directly inflict Death Cooldowns. Now, it's too late."
"Is there no other solution?"
"We can only wait and see how the soldiers react at that time." Yun Yan shook his head. "However, we are the only ones who will be harmed by this rule."
Zhong Lin was stunned: "Ah... Is there anyone else who needs to prepare in advance before they can display their strength?"
"Ancient Capital," Yun Yan said with a smile. "Although that electronic energy-absorbing core can directly absorb the energy from the desolate crystal... from what I've observed, the magazines needed for those guns should be pre-loaded with soul energy, so they should also be affected."
"...But their reactive armor alone is already very strong!" Zhong Lin couldn't help but cover his forehead, "How could this be..."
…
And the corresponding side is in Shendu.
The direction of the imperial capital has now fallen into silence.
Wen Yang glanced at Hu Chen: "Is this rule...targeted at us?"
"...It shouldn't be like this." Hu Chen frowned.
Don’t think that in the last project, He Qi’s soul card caused an explosion of that magnitude, but that was all superficial.
A level 4 soul card master, no matter how suitable the environment is, cannot severely damage an epic with just one soul card.
The soul card He Qi used at the time was called "Light Detonation Barrier". The feature of this soul card is that after it is activated, it can reduce its defense and increase its instability and detonation power by continuously providing soul energy.
Furthermore, after activation, there is a chance to cancel the summon without entering the death cooldown, and retain the state of canceling the summon of the Temporal Detonation Ward. The next time it is summoned, it will appear in the same state as the last time it was continuously injected with soul energy.
But the disadvantage is that during this period of time, the user must always bear a lot of mental pressure, so this state cannot last very long - this is why Yu Cang felt that He Qi seemed to have internal injuries at that time.
Although it has this shortcoming, it is already very strong. With the help of the dark energy within the Nightmare boundary, He Qi was able to use two soul cards to psychologically traumatize a "high-level epic" and kill an epic-level old six. If there were no mechanical system, this result would definitely be the first.
But unfortunately, once the new rules came out, there was no fun anymore.
"Why is there such a rule?" Hu Chen frowned. "Why isn't this mentioned in our intelligence?"
They received the news of the question change in advance and naturally made preparations in advance.
This new rule was completely unplanned.
"However, it's not that we can't fight..." Wen Yang pondered, "After all, the environment is still favorable to us. Moreover, in small-group combat, the soldiers can cooperate with each other, which actually has little impact on our combat effectiveness."
Their deck is called "Light and Shadow Sacrifice", and spell cards account for the majority of it, and Light Sacrifice Barrier is just one of them.
In ordinary battles, they need to activate the light and dark attribute detonation cards at the same time to make them come into contact and explode, but now in the Nightmare border, they only need to activate the light attribute detonation card to create almost the same effect, which already gives them the advantage.
Wen Yang turned his head and looked at Hu Chen who was lost in thought. He couldn't help but ask, "Hu Chen, what are you thinking about?"
"I was thinking..." Hu Chen narrowed his eyes, "Can we let them prepare the soul cards before checking the decks, and then wait until the afternoon..."
Wen Yang's eyes widened. "Are you crazy? The competition is still four hours away. If we keep the mental pressure high during this period, someone could be killed!"
"But I think the score is more important." Hu Chen laughed and was about to say something else when he saw Wen Yang next to him suddenly stand up with an extremely serious expression.
He said coldly, "Hu Chen, the 'they' you're talking about aren't just contestants, but warriors from Yan Country. You'd better understand this!"
Hu Chen was stunned. He looked at Wen Yang, who was in front of him with a serious face, and looked away: "...I know, I just said it casually...I know my limits. Sit down."
Thanks to the leader of Wang__! I wish the boss good health!
Thanks to "I Don't Dare to Speak Until I've Read a Million Books", "Hungry Clown", and book friend 20220701210007899 for their rewards!
(End of this chapter)
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
