Chapter 262 Old Man Ren, I Want to Play Big
The World Shadow Resident slowly landed on the ground with Yu Cang and Qi'er.
After Qi'er landed on the ground, he covered his red little face with his hands, as if he was still feeling the "speeding" feeling just now.
On the ground, Lin Yunqing said, "Is this Jieying's ability?"
"Yes." Yu Cang nodded.
Just now, Jieying basically took him on a tour around the laboratory, which made him more aware of the limitations of Jieying's abilities.
First of all, wandering is not immune. When Yu Cang wanders in the land, his body will inevitably become damp, and if he can't control it well, he will even get some dirt stains on him.
This probably means that when [Travel] is in effect, it will still be affected by the environment... This means that media like magma are likely to be unable to swim.
This is normal. Otherwise, when fighting, if you directly use the opponent's attack as a medium, wouldn't you become immortal?
However, this shortcoming seems to be able to be compensated by [Resident Authority] - as long as Jieying opens the anchor ring, then "environmental influences" such as temperature, humidity, etc. will be directly invalidated - to be precise, it is not invalid, but it will not cause harm to Cang.
Unfortunately, this ability has a limit. While it can be negated, the Anchor Ring itself isn't indestructible. Remember, the Ring currently only consists of three rare Soul Cards. While the dampness of the earth can be ignored, the magma... well, that's a bit of a stretch.
"A very practical ability." Lin Yunqing glanced at the data on the computer next to him. "This ability's form of expression is also very novel...conferring properties through anchor connection? Is this the characteristic of linking summoned beasts to activate their abilities?"
"That's right." Yu Cang explained, "When the summoned beasts are not summoned, they all follow the rhythm of the Starry Sky Vision. As you know, in the Starry Sky Vision, no matter how loud the commotion is, it won't affect the real world. So, under normal circumstances, the abilities of the summoned beasts are transmitted through the anchor point.
"As long as you connect it to a target with an anchor point, you can naturally apply your abilities to it."
Lin Yunqing thought for a moment and said, "This sounds like a restriction."
"It's certainly a limitation—but you have to understand that capturing rhythms in the Starry Sky Vision to create Soul Cards is much more flexible than creating Soul Cards in a conventional way. This can give rise to many incredible abilities, like the Resident's [Wandering], which is still very powerful even though its target is restricted by the anchor point."
"Indeed." Lin Yunqing nodded in agreement.
Being able to travel through all media... might not be very useful in combat, but in outdoor adventures, this ability is simply cheating.
"So..." Lin Yunqing suddenly thought of something, and his eyes lit up. "Speaking of which, Senior, you were able to use legendary rhythms to fight the enemy in the Starry Sky Vision. Now with the Link Summoning, the entire anchor ring is equivalent to possessing the properties of the Starry Sky Vision. Doesn't this mean that you can do the same in this world?"
"No." Yu Cang shook his head. "I've thought of this possibility a long time ago and have tried it. The reason why the World Shadow·Resident was able to travel to the present world, in addition to the Link Summoning, is because I made this part of the rhythm into a Link Soul Card in advance."
Yu Cang raised his hand and shook the blue Soul Card. "Link Summoning is essentially a way to use Soul Cards. If I want to create an ice city like I did in the Starry Sky Vision, I still have to go back to card making. There's no way around this step."
"Okay." Lin Yunqing was a little disappointed.
If this is possible, then the senior's ability to rub the passed-down items by hand would be invincible... It's a pity that there is no shortcut after all.
Lin Yunqing quickly put aside his disappointment and asked, "Senior, you said that after a linked summoned beast appears, it must remain linked... Does that mean these summoned beasts must be very close to each other?"
"That's not necessary," Yu Cang explained. "The Starry Sky Vision doesn't have a conventional concept of distance, and the same is true in the real world. When you first summon it, you may need to be near the anchor point, but once it's summoned, you can move freely.
"This free movement distance can be considered slightly smaller than the distance the Soul Card Master controls the summoned beast. However, no matter how far the summoned beast is from the anchor point, the anchor point is already occupied and cannot be connected to other targets."
"Huh, doesn't that mean," Lin Yunqing's eyes lit up, "that theoretically, connecting summoned beasts can break through the distance limit of the Soul Card Master's control over the summoned beasts?"
The control of a single summoned beast has its limits... but connecting summoned beasts through anchor points can extend this limit. In this way, by forming a "chain" composed of anchor points, wouldn't it be easy to put the summoned beast out of the control range of the soul card master?
"It's possible, but once it exceeds the control range, it won't be able to move." Yu Cang spread his hands.
Not all soul cards have the ability to move freely. For those ordinary soul cards, even if they are sent to a far place in this way, they can't do anything.
"Then..." Lin Yunqing had another question, "What if there are many summoned beasts connected to the anchor point, but one of them is suddenly defeated? How should this be calculated?"
"Those summoned beasts will still exist, but they can't be summoned through their anchor points. After all, it's the anchor ring that holds the space in place. As long as the anchor ring isn't damaged, the summoned beasts will be fine."
"I see." Lin Yunqing suddenly realized, "There is still one most important thing - how do you determine the strength of the connected summoned beast?"
Before, the strength of a soul card could be judged by its quality, and now it can also be judged by its star rank...but this Link Summoned Beast doesn't have such a thing as a star rank, right?
Yu Cang obviously already had an answer to this question:
"The strength of a Link Soul Card is actually very variable and influenced by many factors, but ultimately, it all comes down to the quality of the anchor point."
"Anchor point?" Lin Yunqing seemed to be thinking about something.
"That's right." Yu Cang nodded. "Like I said before, Link Summoned Beasts activate their abilities through anchor points, so the quality of the anchor points is crucial. Take this Resident for example—I used a rare card as its anchor point, so its power is probably somewhere between rare and epic.
"When the anchor points have the same quality, the higher the number of anchor points, the stronger the connected summoned beast will be."
That makes sense.
A link5 summoned with a rare card will definitely not be able to defeat the same card summoned with an epic card.
Lin Yunqing nodded in understanding, then wrote down all the rules in the notebook.
She raised her head, as if she wanted to ask something, when the door of the laboratory was suddenly pushed open.
"Xiao Cang!"
Before anyone could be seen, Ren Zheng's voice had already come over.
"The summoned beast that just took you flying into the air is the 'new thing' you mentioned to me yesterday, right?" Ren Zheng's eyes were full of excitement.
Even though the appearance was different, how could he not recognize Jieying's aura?
Obviously, Yu Cang has found a way to summon the existence in the Starry Sky Vision into the real world!
Ren Zheng is also an old card maker. With his vision set, he asked himself, if he wanted to summon Jieying to the real world, at least he had no idea.
The gap between the two places is so huge that there is basically no possibility of communication between them.
He had already guessed it when Yu Cang said there was a "new thing" yesterday, but he was still very surprised to see Yu Cang actually take it out so quickly.
This efficiency is so high!
"Old Ren, you're here." Yu Cang smiled. "You came at the right time. I've discovered a new way of summoning. I call it connection."
Ren Zheng: “…”
Good man, you can't do anything to him with just your first sentence.
What does it mean to "discover" a "new" summoning method... There were only two summoning methods before you, and now it's like wholesale in your hands, right?
The number of summoning methods you have discovered now exceeds the total number in history!
After trying to calm his thoughts, Ren Zheng said, "Tell me quickly, how does this connection work..."
"Let me explain." Lin Yunqing stepped forward. "Yu Canggang has just finished explaining this to me, and I think I understand... Principal Ren, here are the relevant data."
Lin Yunqing handed the record she had just made to Ren Zheng.
As she introduced, Yu Cang supplemented her knowledge, and soon, Ren Zheng understood the basic characteristics of the link summoning.
But he frowned slightly and said hesitantly:
"Why does it feel like... this summoning method isn't much better than Fusion and Synchro... Moreover, this summoning method seems to have certain talent requirements."
When Ren Zheng said this, he felt it was not true.
It turned out that his psychological threshold had been raised to this level without him realizing it.
Whenever he encountered a summoning method in the past, he wanted to tear it apart and crush it for research, but now... could he truly say "I feel inferior"?
After all, it is only when you have choices that you become picky.
But Ren Zheng's consideration is indeed correct.
Although it is undeniable that Link Summoning has extraordinary potential and opens up a whole new way to use Soul Cards, at the same time, this summoning method also has many limitations.
It even seems that this summoning method requires the use of Starry Sky Vision... This is a bit exaggerated.
Since you can enter the Starry Sky Vision, I still recommend that you become a scholar and stop thinking about fighting and killing.
From this point of view, this summoning method seems to have no possibility of being promoted.
From this point of view, it seems that there is no way to impress those old stubborn people.
"Of course." Yu Cang nodded, "But this is only temporary."
Gu Jieshuang was able to enter the Starry Sky Vision by sensing the star level, and he believed that there must be a way to promote the connection summoning.
"But, before the Link Summoning promotion," Yu Cang revealed a mysterious smile. "The reason I brought this out was to prepare for the summit... The most intuitive way to let people understand the benefits of Starry Sky Vision is to let them experience it firsthand, don't you agree?"
Hearing this, Ren Zheng's eyes narrowed suddenly.
"You mean... can you do that kind of thing?"
"Of course, and far more than that - Old Man Ren, I need your help. After all, I am still too weak now. There are some soul cards that I cannot make by myself." Yu Cang said.
"You kid..." Ren Zheng's expression relaxed, "Okay... Haha, it's really rare to see you asking me for help..."
"There's nothing I can do." Yu Cang shrugged.
"Tell me, what kind of soul card do you want me to make?"
"I'll teach you how to make a Link Soul Card later, and you need to make one for me—Link8!" A smile appeared on Yu Cang's face. "On the day of the summit, I want to go big... You don't object, do you?"
Looking at Yu Cang who looked like he was going to do something crazy, Ren Zheng was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled.
"It's rare for you to ask, how could I refuse?" Ren Zheng shook his head. "Tell me your idea, and then you don't have to worry about it."
"Of course—to be honest, only you are qualified to create this soul card, Old Man Ren."
link8.
According to Yu Cang's calculations... this is probably the maximum number of anchor points connecting soul cards.
Um, the maximum number of anchors under the myth.
…
As a national guardian, Ren Zheng thinks very quickly.
It didn't take long before I figured out the principle of the connection.
After knowing Yu Cang's thoughts, Ren Zheng thought silently for a long time before slowly nodding.
No wonder Yu Cang wanted to find him. It would not be easy for even Ren Zheng to make this soul card - not to mention, there was not much time left before the summit.
After accepting the task, Ren Zheng hurried back. He would probably stay in the Starry Sky Vision Area and work hard for a long time.
Then, Lin Yunqing was in trouble.
She hadn't finished making the new stuff from the Creation Clan yet when a connection summon came.
"You should learn how to connect first." Yu Cang said, "There's no need to rush the Creation Clan. I have some new ideas. Oh, and tell Jiang Lou to come to the lab whenever he's free after tomorrow."
Yingcao deck.
This is the first deck he created after getting the Item Recorder, and it seems to be quite suitable for Link Summoning.
Moreover...even the new characteristics of the Creation Clan can be integrated into it.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but smile.
Ever since Wang Changzhi was captured by Guan Qingrui and used as a guinea pig, Jiang Lou and Qiu Ding have become increasingly unable to defeat him... Because of this, I heard that Wang Changzhi has been very arrogant recently.
It's time to upgrade Jiang Lou's deck... It's also a good time to research ways to allow ordinary people to use link summons.
Logically speaking, link summoning does not require connecting to the Starry Sky Vision.
"I understand." Lin Yunqing nodded.
…
After Lin Yunqing left, Yu Cang sat alone on a chair, closed his eyes, and entered the starry sky vision.
After waiting for a while, a blazing red lightning came rushing from a distance and stopped beside him.
"Yu Cang." The Star God's will nodded slightly.
"Thank you for your hard work, Star God." Yu Cang nodded, and then his eyes fell on the two insects next to him.
Emptiness and order.
These two special insects automatically prostrated themselves on the ground with a very respectful attitude as soon as they saw him.
"That's not necessary." Yu Cang said, "Since I acknowledge you, you are my comrades. There's no need to be so polite. It makes me uncomfortable."
"Really?" Xu's eyes lit up, and he was about to get up and get closer to Yu Cang, but Kong next to him quickly pulled him back.
"We understand, respected scholar." Kong raised his body, but only raised his body, with his head slightly lowered, and his tone was very respectful.
And after being pulled by Kong, Xu immediately became obedient.
Kong was very cautious towards the terrifyingly powerful scholar before him. After all, Yu Cang could wipe them out with a flip of his hand, and they had almost no means of resistance. At the moment, they didn't seem to have any special value to Yu Cang.
Yu Cang didn't say anything about this.
Anyway, as they get along for a long time, they will naturally get more relaxed about this kind of thing.
So, he said, "Sora, you seem different from other insect-savvy ones... Could you please tell me what caused you to become like this?"
"Of course it's convenient." Sora said, "Before we met you, we once met a scholar named 'La'. At that time, we were both just ordinary insects..."
"La is a good man!" Xu said quickly, his eyes wide open.
"Xu, don't be rude." Kong La gave Xu a pat, and then continued, "At that time, we didn't know how to control the desire to eat. At that time, La's world was on the brink of destruction, and he was the only scholar left in the world, so we quickly found him when we passed by.
"La has a treasure that exudes an extremely high-level rhythm. Most importantly, that rhythm is not hard. It is a rare rhythm that can be eaten directly by insects! So, Xu and I took advantage of La's sleep and secretly ate the rhythm."
Yu Cang frowned slightly, but then relaxed.
This seems like a normal insect identifier.
After Rhythm was eaten, this treasure was destroyed.
Sora continued, "A miraculous thing happened. After eating the treasure, Cadence and I were able to break free from our urge to eat and even gained the empathy of normal creatures... The first thing we saw was La, who was awakened and heartbroken.
"Looking at La's tears, I forgot to run away because I had empathy for the first time. I just stood there blankly, wanting to cry along with him... For me at that time, this was an experience I had never tried before, but I didn't resist.
"At that moment, we felt a strong sense of guilt. By then, Ra had already discovered us. He was truly a formidable scholar, and he easily captured us... but he didn't kill us. He seemed to finally accept something, sighed deeply, and waved us off.
"But we were already feeling guilty and refused to leave. At that time, La's world was being eroded by Huang. Xu and I used our insect-sighting abilities to observe Huang's movements in advance and passed the information to La, helping him avoid many fatal crises. As time went by, we became close friends."
At this point, Sora's tone darkened.
"If we could, we'd be willing to work for La for the rest of our lives. That wouldn't even make up for our mistakes... But Huang's spread was too rapid. During one intelligence gathering, we discovered that Huang had the ability to affect the Starry Sky Vision! We were besieged by Huang and on the verge of death. At the critical moment, La rushed in and used his body to cover our retreat..."
Sora's body slumped. "After that, I never sensed Ra's presence again. He... must have fallen. It's for this reason that we swore to consume only the ownerless Cadence from now on."
Hearing this, Yu Cang frowned tightly.
Huang...can it affect the starry sky vision?
The princess once said that the Starry Sky Vision Area is a pure land and the tentacles of the wilderness cannot reach here.
Now... even this last piece of pure land is about to disappear...
"It's not bad." Kong continued, "Huang also seemed unable to enter the Starry Sky Vision at will, so after we couldn't find La, we easily escaped from that world... After that, we wandered through countless worlds, and most of those worlds were eroded by Huang, but we never saw any existence that could affect the Starry Sky Vision again.
"Until now, we have met you, respected scholar."
Sora lowered his head.
(End of this chapter)
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