Xue Linxiang ran all the way to the players' apartment in high heels and knocked on Tang Muzhou's dormitory door.

Tang Muzhou took a long time to open the door. He squinted his eyes, leaned against the door and yawned.

This man's sleep schedule is very strange. While others take a "nap", he has to take an one-hour "afternoon nap" from four to five in the afternoon every day, otherwise he will be so sleepy that he will yawn constantly.

When he saw Xue Linxiang, he still looked sleepy, with empty eyes and unfocused gaze.

Xue Linxiang said solemnly: "Xiao Tang, go wash your face and wake up. I have something important to tell you!"

Tang Muzhou closed his eyes and did not react—he turned into a sleepyhead while standing.

Xue Linxiang shouted loudly: "Tang Muzhou!"

"Oh." Tang Muzhou finally came back to his senses. He turned around and went to wash his face while yawning. His feet were light as he walked, as if he was sleepwalking.

At this moment, the door next door suddenly opened from the inside, and a young boy stuck his head out.

He had a round baby face, big, bright blue eyes, long, thick eyelashes, and hair that shone with a soft golden luster under the sunlight, just like a cute doll. The boy's voice was still clear and crisp even though he hadn't passed the puberty period: "Sister Xue, your yelling scared me so much that my brain almost crashed...Did my master offend you? How are you going to deal with him?"

Xue Linxiang rolled her eyes at the young man and said, "Shen An, come here too! I have something serious to tell you."

Shen An, who had originally stuck his head out to watch the show, saw Sister Xue's unhappy expression, so he immediately stopped joking, went out and followed her obediently.

When the two walked into the next room, Tang Muzhou had already washed his face.

The man sat on the sofa with a leisurely look, his deep eyes had regained their wisdom and clarity.

Tang Muzhou before washing his face and Tang Muzhou after washing his face are like two different people.

In the past few years since his debut, Tang Muzhou has won individual championships and has performed steadily in team competitions. However, whenever the competition is scheduled between 4 and 5 pm, his winning rate is terrible. Gradually, everyone knows about his strange schedule, and fans even joked that Tang Shen has made too many plant cards and has become like a plant - the sun is too strong in the afternoon, Tang Shen is sunburned and needs to sleep.

Fortunately, in order to increase ratings, most professional league games are scheduled during the prime time period of 19:00-22:00, so the impact is not that big.

It was nearly 5pm and Tang Muzhou had already woken up.

Seeing Sister Xue and her apprentice walking in one after another, Tang Muzhou asked with concern: "Sister Xue, you look so bad, what happened?" He glanced at the apprentice standing next to Sister Xue, and the young boy shook his head to indicate that he knew nothing.

Xue Linxiang said nothing, but deftly turned on the tablet computer she brought with her.

A virtual projection screen more than two meters wide immediately appeared in the air in front of the two of them. On the screen, nine identical one-star cards were displayed, neatly lined up in a row. It was quite a spectacular sight.

The card is a character card. A beautiful woman has tears all over her face, and she throws petals into the river with her delicate hands. The picture is very delicate.

Tang Muzhou stood up and walked to the card and examined it carefully: "What card is this?"

"Hongzhu bought this card from the black market," Xue Linxiang said solemnly, "Take a close look at the data and skills of this card."

HP 100, Attack 0, Defense 15, basic data is ridiculous. Skill is "Daiyu Buries Flowers": Causes severe damage to flower cards, 10% chance to trigger instant death effect.

Instant death? Specifically for flowers?

Tang Muzhou raised his eyebrows, remained silent for two seconds, then turned to look at his apprentice: "Xiao An, what do you think?"

Shen An looked up at the cards and calculated carefully: "The primary card has a 10% probability, and when it is upgraded to level 70, it has an 80% probability. If you use materials that increase the probability to strengthen it, you can increase the probability to 100%. This kind of functional card is useless against other players, but against Master, it can directly destroy Master's trump card flower - is someone making this specifically for Master?"

Xue Linxiang was very pleased. Shen An was only fifteen years old and very naughty. He followed everyone around all day like a child who had never grown up. But this child was smart and had a high level of comprehension. He discovered the problem with the cards at a glance and was worthy of being Tang Muzhou's apprentice.

She was about to agree, but she heard Tang Muzhou say calmly: "Against me? That's not necessarily true."

Shen An was stunned: "What do you mean?"

"Look carefully at the picture on this card." Tang Muzhou pointed to the pattern on the front of the card. "Isn't it too decorated?"

Shen An suddenly came to his senses: "Yes! These flowers, plants, river water, and green trees are like a painting!"

Xue Linxiang also felt something was wrong when she heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Xiao Tang, do you mean that this card is not specifically for you?"

"Yeah." Tang Muzhou turned around and looked at the tear-stained woman on the card, and said calmly: "Real card-making masters know that the purer the card surface, the purer the summoned star card illusion will be, and the stronger the card will be. His card contains too many messy decorations. In addition to the protagonist, there are trees, flowers, and rivers around it... Although these elements make the card look full, in fact, they greatly reduce the combat power of the central character."

Seeing that the two were listening attentively, Tang Muzhou patiently analyzed: "If he was a card-making expert, this card would only need to draw the two key elements of 'character' and 'flower'. The initial card probability should be 30%, and the 70-level full-level card should be 100%, without the need to use materials to strengthen it. But this person doesn't know how to make cards at all, so the initial probability of his card is only 10%, and the data is disordered. It will cost a lot to strengthen it to the full probability in the later stage."

Shen An nodded his head: "Master is right! This card is so detailed, just like a student from an art school. Card-making masters know that drawing a bunch of decorations is a taboo in making battle cards!"

Xue Linxiang frowned, and after a moment, she said, "Is this just a coincidence?"

Tang Muzhou nodded.

Xue Linxiang was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when she heard Tang Muzhou say, "If someone is deliberately targeting me, I'm not afraid - coincidence is more terrifying."

Xue Linxiang was stunned for a moment, but soon understood what Tang Shen meant.

When Hong Candle gave her the card just now, she was frightened by the highly targeted card skills and her mind was not clear enough.

But Tang Muzhou was more sober than her.

Especially Tang Muzhou, who woke up at five in the afternoon, would think more calmly and sharply than her.

If someone really deliberately provokes and makes a targeted card, Tang Muzhou is not afraid at all - in recent years, his deck has been studied by major clubs. Aren't there enough targeted cards made to restrain him?

He can stand at the height of today not only by relying on cards, but also by extremely fast on-the-spot response ability and extremely precise card control ability. Even if this "Daiyu Burying Flowers" can destroy one of his flower trump cards, he still has the next stronger trump card. In each competition, the player will enrich his card pool and bring a few alternative cards into the game. It is impossible for the opponent to target him with every card.

But it's precisely because this is a coincidence that it's scary!

No one knows who created this card, or how talented he is. This guy accidentally created a card that restrains Tang Muzhou. Today it's just a "Daiyu Burying Flowers" card, but who knows if he will create another weird card tomorrow? What if he creates a lot of cards that restrain flower decks and sells these cards to major clubs? Then Tang Muzhou will have a very hard time competing in the next season.

If all professional players each took a Lin Daiyu card, then many of Tang Muzhou's flower cards would be completely useless!

Xue Linxiang was feeling depressed when she heard Tang Muzhou ask, "Who is the author of this card? Did you find out, Sister Xue?"

Xue Linxiang came to her senses and immediately replied, "This is a card that Hong Can received from the black market. I forgot the seller's name. The only clue about this card is the logo on the back of the card. Take a look for yourself."

Tang Muzhou turned the card over. There was no pattern on the back. There were two words written in the lower right corner of the green card back - Moon and Half.

Shen An was confused and tried to guess: "What does yueban mean? Half a month?"

Tang Muzhou raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Yueban, put together, means 'fat'. Could this author be a fat man?"

“…………” Shen An and Xue Linxiang looked at each other.

What the hell! Fatty!

Who would put such an ugly and ugly logo on the back of a card? Is he trying to be funny?

Tang Muzhou looked at the card with interest and said with a smile, "From the perspective of data, this person doesn't know how to make cards. But from the perspective of creativity, he is a rare genius. I guess this is a talented novice who has just started playing this game. This card may be his first work. He doesn't understand the numerical balance when making cards, so the skill design of the card is very unique, but the numerical values ​​are very chaotic."

As Tang Muzhou spoke, he turned on his optical computer and connected to the card database.

The game is copyrighted and the card author's LOGO must be unique. Therefore, in the official database, you can search for the number of cards created by the author based on the author's LOGO - you can only search for the number, and the specific cards will not be displayed to protect privacy.

Tang Muzhou entered the official database and searched for the number of cards of the author "Yueban".

19 pieces.

Xue Linxiang obviously noticed this, and her eyes widened: "Red Candle told me there were only 9! How did it become 19?"

Tang Muzhou said: "Perhaps only 9 red candles were purchased, and the other 10 have been scattered in the market."

Thinking of this possibility, Xue Linxiang felt a chill down her spine.

The situation she least wanted to see had occurred. It would be fine if this card was bought by a collector, but once it was obtained by major clubs that were proficient in card functions and data, upgraded to seven stars, and the probability was fully enhanced, it would be a magic card to deal with Tang Muzhou!

From now on, all opponents in the competition can use this card to destroy Tang Muzhou's trump card flower...

This fat guy is here specifically to defeat Tang Muzhou, right? !

Xue Linxiang took a deep breath and immediately sent a video message to Hongzhu: "Xiaozhu, there may be 10 Daiyu Flower Burial Cards floating around out there. Mobilize the guild members to search the black market and commercial streets and bring all the cards back to me as soon as possible! Also, once you find the maker of this card, use intimidation, bribery, whatever means you use, to bring him back to the club!"

Hong Can also knew the severity of the consequences and nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Sister Xue, I bought the card from Boss Zhang in the black market. I am squatting near Boss Zhang's stall. If he comes to sell cards again, I will definitely catch him!"

***

At the same time, the black market.

Xie Mingzhe did not go to Boss Zhang to sell the cards. After all, he had just sold 9 cards to the boss not long ago. If he didn't sell any of them and they became unsalable products, the boss would definitely not give him the purchase price of 30 gold coins.

So, the clever Xie Mingzhe found another stall.

The boss of this stall was a young girl. She liked the Daiyu card very much and said, "The data on your card is not good, but the picture is very beautiful. How about this? I only want two cards, and I will give you 30 gold coins each. I will not sell these two cards, and I will keep them for myself!"

Xie Mingzhe of course agreed. After all, he was the copyright owner and could make this card without restriction, and he could sell as many as he could.

After selling two tickets to the little girl, he walked up to a middle-aged man and used his eloquent speech to promote the product to him.

The boss said with a bitter face, "The collection value of character cards is not particularly high. This game has been in public beta for ten years, and the cards of various handsome men and beautiful women are almost everywhere. However... your style is quite special. Give me five cards, each for 25 gold coins."

The boss was right. Character cards were not easy to sell in the low-level card market. Xie Mingzhe, who knew when to stop, simply sold 5 cards to the boss, and sold the remaining 3 cards to another boss at a unit price of 25 each.

All ten Lin Daiyu cards were sold, but Xie Mingzhe knew that this was not a long-term solution. Character cards with bad attributes were not very popular in the game. He could only draw a few dozen more of this card at most, and no one would want it if he sold it on the black market.

Therefore, he had to think about what new cards to make and how to improve the attributes of the cards as soon as possible.

Xie Mingzhe returned to his personal space and was thinking about how to make new cards, but he had no idea that the black market in the game had been messed up!