Chapter 92: Armament Overhaul
On the floor of the hall with broken walls and ruins, a real dragon stood silently, with its head raised high. Behind it, its winding body protected Yu Cang, with extraordinary momentum.
This real dragon was completely black, without any other colors, except for a pair of dragon pupils that emitted a majestic amber glow. In this dim hall, people standing in front of it could only see part of the outline of this huge creature in the shadows, which made the black dragon seem even more oppressive.
The dragon breath just now was slightly off in direction and only killed the reclamation worker. The subsequent attacks just brushed past Nong Weiran. Otherwise, she might not even have the chance to admit defeat.
On the opposite side, Nong Weiran certainly knew what to do to admit defeat. She waved her hand, and the urban legend suddenly disappeared out of thin air. The red-clothed clothes and the ghost story puppet turned into soul card fragments and disappeared into the air.
The shaky horror house beside him finally stopped struggling to hold up. Fine cracks appeared in every corner, and then with a loud bang, the horror house collapsed and turned into a piece of light blue light, gradually disappearing in the venue.
This scene actually looks quite beautiful.
Seeing this, Yu Cang didn't say much. He waved his hand and canceled the summons of the black dragon.
The mental pressure brought by the black dragon is even more exaggerated than some epics. If you want to command the black dragon to fight freely, you have to wait until it reaches level five at least.
Even so, as long as the black dragon is summoned, even if it is just to spit out dragon breath on the spot, it is enough to end all competitions at this level.
What? You said you had four stacks of Fear, causing Black Dragon to have significant lag?
Sorry, my dragon breath can cover the entire street, so the entire map can't be empty.
The light dissipated, revealing the original appearance of the arena. Detecting that there were no soul cards left on the field, the duel shields on both of them shattered, and calm returned to the field.
"You win." Nong Weiran sat on the ground, pouting, looking very aggrieved, but trying hard not to show it.
The shadow left by the black dragon in her heart was too big. In the last college entrance examination in the ancient capital, Yu Cang used the black dragon to defeat it with ease, leaving her no chance to fight back. So when she saw it, Nong Weiran completely gave up the idea of resisting.
Of course, the fact is, she really has no means of resistance.
"...Don't act like I'm bullying you." Yu Cang sighed.
"No, you won fairly." Nong Weiran took a deep breath and calmed himself down. "Just wait, I'll definitely come back to challenge you before I reach level five!"
"...Then I advise you to challenge as soon as possible."
"Why?"
"Because I probably won't stay at Level 4 for too long, a few months at most."
"...Are you kidding me? Didn't you just reach level 4?" Nong Weiran stood up from the ground. "Even if you are very strong, you can't just raise your Soul Card Master level whenever you want."
"Well...it's up to you." Yu Cang smiled without further explanation.
"By the way." Nong Weiran hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Are you dating Gu Jieshuang?"
"Ah?" Yu Cang was stunned. He didn't understand why Nong Weiran suddenly mentioned Gu Jieshuang.
"Listen carefully... If you dare to bully Shuangshuang, I will not let you go!" Nong Weiran clenched his fists and said this viciously, but his expression immediately fell. "I was planning to say this after I beat you, but now it seems that there is no hope in the short term... Even if I can't beat you, you have to know that Shuangshuang has the entire 101 dormitory standing behind her! So, don't mess around!"
"You and Gu Jieshuang are roommates." Yu Cang was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"Of course!" Nong Weiran seemed to be inexplicably more confident.
"You may have misunderstood. Gu Jieshuang and I are just ordinary friends."
"Don't give me that!" Nong Weiran snorted. "These past few days, Shuangshuang has been so worried every time she returns to the dormitory. Sometimes she even seems to be anxious about what she's gained or lost. Humph, I know right away that there must be some wild man hanging around with Shuangshuang... Yu Cang, if you dare to cheat on Shuangshuang, I will never forgive you!"
Although she couldn't see this, it didn't mean that the female sea king Zhou Qingqing in the dormitory couldn't see it, nor did it prevent her from using this sentence directly.
"Oh?" Yu Cang raised his brows.
Nong Weiran had already waved his hand and turned away.
Yu Cang stood there, thinking about Nong Weiran's words, and fell into deep thought.
Could it be that...what I and Gu Jieshuang explained was not clear enough?
…
Lin Yunqing returned to the computer and began to let it process the pile of data it had just obtained.
I hope Wang Changzhi and Jiang Lou can rest quickly before I finish dealing with it.
Too short-lived.
Lin Yunqing looked at the computer in front of her calmly, and the reflection of lines of data passed through her glasses.
Suddenly, her eyes caught Ye Lai who was taking a nap at the table nearby.
Isn't this the senior's card pet? Why is it here?
Lin Yunqing suddenly felt something was wrong.
Hmm... the senior seemed to say that he was going to duel, so why would he maintain an unused card pet during the duel... and even put the card pet in the laboratory.
You know, the biggest drawback of card pets is that they cannot completely achieve zero consumption, and as the maintenance time gets longer and longer, the consumption will gradually increase.
The feeling of constantly eroding your soul energy and mental pressure will make the soul card master subconsciously think that he is in a combat state, and then feel uneasy, and have no time to appreciate the cuteness of the card pet.
Looking at Ye Lai who was sleeping soundly on the table, a guess suddenly flashed through Lin Yunqing's mind.
The boss's pet card...could it have already overcome this technical difficulty?
She subconsciously felt that it was impossible.
This problem has directly pointed to the core of the soul card summoning mechanism. As far as the current soul card summoning science is concerned, there is no possibility of overcoming it in a short period of time.
After all, no matter how weak a soul card is, it is still a soul card. You can directly cancel its soul energy consumption... In Lin Yunqing's eyes, this is only slightly more reliable than inventing a perpetual motion machine.
There is a slight chance of success, but not much.
But at this time, he thought of the fusion and synchronization that Yu Cang had already brought out.
These two achievements, no matter which one is released, are astonishing. It can be said that they are forcing the development of the times. Perhaps with the senior's brain... he can think of a way to deal with it, is it possible?
Thinking of this, a hint of curiosity flashed in her eyes.
Whether it is true or not, why not go and take a look while Yu Cang is not here?
Thinking of this, she put down the notebook and walked slowly behind Ye Lai. Just as she was about to touch his hand, something she didn't expect happened.
Ye Lai actually noticed her approaching, turned his head, and before Lin Yunqing's hand could reach him, he jumped up nimbly and flew away!
call……
Ye Lai glided in the air for a while and landed on the door frame. He looked at Lin Yunqing with a pair of big, childish eyes full of majesty, then turned and went to another room.
"Ah?" Lin Yunqing was stunned.
She quickly glanced around: "Senior, you're back?"
The air was quiet for a moment.
No one responded to her.
She didn't believe it, so she walked around and looked for every place in the laboratory where someone could hide. She pushed the door open and went out to look around outside.
It’s strange, the senior is not here.
So who is controlling this pet card?
Lin Yunqing quietly went to Ye Laifei's room, lay on the door frame, and secretly observed Ye Lai who had fallen into a nap again.
Although she looked expressionless, she was already brainstorming inside.
...Could it be that Ye Lai is moving on his own?
How is it possible... If you say that the senior can rely on his brain to solve the problem of soul energy consumption, it is possible and barely convincing, but it is almost impossible to make the card pet move by itself!
You know, Ye Lai had shown the ability to speak before, and it seemed that he didn't like his touch, which meant that he already had a personality!
This is different from the soul card of the Undead Warrior that can fight independently. No matter how flexible the Undead Warrior is, it is essentially a summoned beast. It cannot communicate with others and has no personality.
Unlike other areas, which can be solved by relying on creative ideas and inspiration, this personality problem... the only way I can think of now is to rely on large amounts of data to simulate.
In essence, it is similar to artificial intelligence.
In short, this is a job that takes a lot of time, and no matter how smart you are, you can't do it all at once.
but……
Looking at Ye Lai in front of him, Lin Yunqing's expression became a little more serious.
She wants to see what your card pet is made of!
This time, she had gained experience. She tiptoed into the house, walked lightly through the corridor, and approached silently...
Done!
Lin Yunqing's expression changed. Seeing that Ye Lai still had no reaction, he rushed out like a tiger pouncing on its prey without hesitation!
Bang!
There is no doubt that Lin Yunqing failed again.
Because she didn't hold on, Lin Yunqing's body lost balance and her head fell on the table without any preparation, making a dull sound.
"ah……"
This impact hurt Lin Yunqing directly. She slowly slid from the table to the ground, squatted in the corner, covered her forehead, and kept breathing in cold air.
Behind her, Ye Lai folded his wings and slowly landed on a table. Looking at Lin Yunqing who was curled up on the ground, he seemed to sigh softly.
"Human, I do not possess the knowledge you desire. Please return."
Hearing this, Lin Yunqing paused.
Then, not caring about the pain anymore, he quickly squatted down and turned around, looking up at Ye Lai, his eyes slightly widened, and he said in disbelief: "You...you are the senior?"
"My name is Ye Lai, but I am not the master of this body."
"You, you..." Lin Yunqing opened his mouth slightly, as if his worldview had been reshaped. "You... have a name? I mean, you, you..."
"I have a complete personality and memory. I respect you as a scholar, and I hope you can respect me as well."
Lin Yunqing took a lot of effort to calm down, but when she looked at Ye Lai again, there was a visible light in her eyes.
Who doesn’t like cute little lives!
Especially this kind of pet, which can talk and communicate with people, does not run around, does not make trouble, and seems to have a high IQ!
"Can I touch it?"
"Let me refuse."
"Ah, why..." Lin Yunqing stretched out his hand tentatively, but seeing Ye Lai also took a half step back, he could only withdraw his hand in disappointment, "Well... I'll go ask the senior. If he lets me touch him, you won't refuse, right?"
"If you can do that."
"Okay! You wait!" Lin Yunqing clenched his fists, turned and left.
Seeing this, Ye Lai's mouth seemed to curl up, but he quickly regained his composure, turned around, and found a comfortable place to lie down.
…
At this time, Yu Cang was riding his tricycle on the way back to school.
It was already noon when he came out of the arena. He happened to remember a small restaurant where he had eaten before, so he took a detour to satisfy his craving.
After bumping all the way back to school and parking the tricycle, Yu Cang didn't rush to get off. Instead, he sat on the tricycle for a while until he saw a line of words appear on the entry recorder:
The entry is extracted and the common entry is obtained: [Mechanical]
oh?
Yu Cang raised his brows.
How could I extract this entry from my little broken tricycle?
Yu Cang fell into deep thought.
In this world, technology wasn't particularly advanced. While there were electrical appliances, electricity primarily served to supplement soul energy when physical energy was insufficient. Essentially, all current devices were powered by soul energy.
The destruction that a top-level soul card master can cause is no less than the cutting-edge weapons of the previous life. A mythical soul card master can even move mountains and seas at will and can easily crush an entire era.
Maybe it is because of this reason that Yu Cang has never seen any card deck related to machinery.
"Let's try to see if we can find a similar one later." Yu Cang locked the tricycle and walked towards the laboratory.
At this moment, his personal terminal suddenly rang.
Yu Cang took it out and saw that it was from old man Yang Heli.
He was a little surprised, but he picked up the phone immediately.
"Hey, Professor Yang, is there something wrong with the Undead Warrior?"
"Haha, Xiao Cang...it's not true. Your Undead Warrior has been a great help to us. Currently, the military's card makers have trial-produced a batch of Soul Cards and put them into use. The effect is remarkable!"
Yu Cang smiled: "That's good."
"I came to you today because I have something good to tell you!"
"Oh? What's going on?"
"Xiao Cang, have you heard of the 'Armament Reform'?"
"...I heard about it." Yu Cang's expression changed slightly.
"A few days ago, I went to talk to our old squad leader about you. He thinks that if your Yingcao suit were submitted to the Armament Reform, it would definitely get a good ranking!" Yang Heli laughed. "So, are you interested in participating? If so, I'll sign you up right away."
Yu Cang narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and then said, "Okay, but I don't want to use the Yingcao suit to participate."
"Ah?" Yang Heli was stunned. "Do you have any soul cards suitable for military use?"
"Not yet, but give me time and I can make it."
"This..." Yang Heli hesitated a bit, "Xiao Cang, this major armament overhaul is no small matter, and there's not much time left to prepare. There are only two weeks left. Why don't you play it safe? The Yingcao set is enough for you to get a place."
"Don't worry." Yu Cang said confidently, "Two weeks is plenty of time for me."
The Yingcao set can certainly participate in the competition, but from Yu Cang's understanding, it is still not stable enough to compete for the first place in the armament overhaul.
He must secure first place!
As for why he was so obsessed with being number one... it was because when he was still in the imperial capital, he heard that his former mentor had a project that was preparing for a major military overhaul!
This project seemed to have been prepared for many years, with a huge investment, and it was aimed at the first place. When Yu Cang left the laboratory, the project had not been completed yet.
That is to say, during the Armament Reform, he might run into his former mentor!
I heard that they are very confident...but now that Yu Cang knows about this, the outcome will definitely be a little different.
Although he still didn't know which year's armament reform his former mentor would participate in, it didn't matter. Since he had the channel, he could just participate every year. There would always be a class he could snipe at.
Isn’t hanging used for this purpose?
"Well... since you're confident, it's okay to give it a try," Yang Heli said on the phone. "Give it a try first. You can always switch to the Yingcao set later... But I have to remind you that the registration period for the Armament Overhaul is only seven days. You can't change the item after that. You have to get it done before then."
"Okay, then wait for my news."
After hanging up the phone, Yang Heli touched his head.
Are all young people nowadays so confident?
A result in seven days? And you still have confidence that it's competition-level?
You are too confident!
But... it's normal. After all, he is a person who created a summoning method at such a young age, so it's reasonable for him to be a little arrogant.
Yang Heli shook his head.
He admitted that Yu Cang had the talent to support his arrogance, but the time was too short after all, and it would be difficult to produce a significant result.
After seven days, I guess I will have to take the Yingcao suit and participate in the competition.
…
On the other end of the phone, Yu Cang was very excited.
Not everyone can participate in the major armament reform. You must be recommended by someone, and there are very few people who can recommend you. Sometimes, it is not enough to just have a high influence.
Just like Ren Zheng, although he is a national guardian, he has no military connections and therefore has no recommendation quota.
Although Ren Zheng often mentioned Lei Wanqing to him, their relationship seemed to be very bad. Half of the time when he mentioned him, Ren Zheng cursed him. So the old man definitely wouldn't help him establish this relationship.
Unexpectedly, I could get this spot from Yang Heli.
"It just so happens that I just got the [Mechanical] entry... I'll do something with it." Yu Cang has a lot of things he can use to participate in the competition, but if he has to say which one is most suitable for the army... it must be Caliber and Truth.
Since there is nothing like it in this world, let him bring some changes in this era!
However, if he wants to realize his idea, just one [Mechanical] entry is definitely not enough. In the next few days, he has to think of a way to create a few more entries.
Thinking all the way, Yu Cang returned to the laboratory.
As soon as the door was opened, Lin Yunqing, who heard the noise, immediately came over.
"Senior." Lin Yunqing stood beside him, "Does your card pet... Ye Lai, have its own independent personality?"
"Hmm?" Yu Cangyi raised his eyebrows. "Ye Lai is not my card pet, he is my comrade-in-arms."
Ye Lai seemed to like the title of comrade-in-arms very much, so Yu Cang naturally used the term to describe their relationship.
Lin Yunqing was stunned for a moment, but thought it was just Yu Cang's little quirk: "What I mean is, Senior, have you broken through the technical difficulties of card pets, allowing card pets to exist for a long time without consumption and have personalities?"
Yu Cang sighed: "Lin Yunqing, Ye Lai was not created by me. You can understand that he is a soul from somewhere else and is just temporarily living in my soul card."
"Ah?" Lin Yunqing looked at the serious Yu Cang, his expression changing constantly, and finally settled on curiosity. "You mean, Ye Lai is a banned card?"
“…” Yu Cang was silent.
He then remembered that there seemed to be a kind of forbidden card, which was to sacrifice a living person to make the soul card have self-awareness... Now that he said that, it really seemed like Ye Lai was here!
It's broken, and it seems hard to explain.
He coughed lightly and quickly said, "Well, of course not. Making banned cards is illegal..."
But Lin Yunqing took a step forward, his eyes filled with even greater curiosity. "Senior, how do banned cards work? The information in the books about banned cards is too superficial. I haven't had the opportunity to study them systematically yet... Senior, please teach me!"
Yu Cang hissed and quickly retreated.
Classmate, your idea is very dangerous!
Shouldn't a normal person call the police immediately when seeing a banned card? Aren't you afraid I'll kill you alive?
No! I didn't use any banned cards!
"Stop, stop, stop, listen to me first..." Yu Cang hurriedly calmed down Lin Yunqing's excited emotions.
After explaining for a long time, Yu Cang finally explained what kind of existence Ye Lai was.
Lin Yunqing nodded, thoughtfully: "So that's how it is... Huang's ability is so special... I'll study it when I get a chance..."
Yu Cang: "...Forget it, let's not talk about this. Yun Qing, get ready. I need to participate in the military overhaul and come up with a new project."
"Okay." Lin Yunqing stroked his glasses and temporarily put aside his thoughts on Huang. "If I remember correctly, the major armament overhaul will be on November 4th. There's still a year left, which should be more than enough..."
"You misunderstood." Yu Cang shook his head, "I want to participate this year."
"...You want to participate using the Yingcao suit?"
"No, use a new one."
"Let me take a look at what the content is."
"I haven't decided yet."
"...What's the direction?"
"To be determined."
"I see. I understand." Lin Yunqing nodded, a light flashing across his glasses. "Senior, during this time, I will take Jiang Lou and Wang Changzhi to find a place outside to conduct experiments. I'll leave the laboratory for you..."
"What are you thinking?" Yu Cang said unhappily, "You are my assistant, so of course you have to help me."
"Excuse me for being blunt," Lin Yunqing said calmly. "In two weeks, even a senior wouldn't be able to produce a complete entry that meets the requirements for the Armament Overhaul. So, I think I should continue my synchronization experiments during this time to avoid wasting too much time."
"Okay." Yu Cang rolled his eyes. "You don't believe me either, do you? You stay in the lab first. I'll call you after I finalize the framework."
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