Xie Mingzhe first showed the cards of Gongsun Jiuniang, Qiao Sheng, Liancheng and Painted Skin Ghost to his master. After confirming that there were no problems, he connected the four cards to the database for review.

Since the skills of the four cards are quite special, such as Gongsun Jiuniang's range of darkness, Qiao Sheng and Liancheng's two states of human and ghost, and Painted Skin Ghost's disguise of human skin mask, these are all settings that have never appeared before. It is difficult for the database to determine whether these four cards can pass, so they have to be submitted to the manual review channel.

——There is a new card design that the database cannot determine. Please review it manually as soon as possible.

When the familiar prompt sounded, the official data analysts at the Star Card headquarters were startled - could it be that Xie Mingzhe was causing trouble again!

Data Director Zhou Jiayao clicked on the four cards submitted by the intelligent database: Gongsun Jiuniang, Qiao Sheng, Liancheng, Painted Skin Ghost... With the special names and familiar skill description styles, she could guess who created the cards without looking at the card maker's ID.

It’s Xie Mingzhe again!

Zou Xiaoning glanced at the "Half Moon" logo on the back of the card, twitched his lips, and said, "Xie Mingzhe hasn't made new cards for a long time. He submitted four cards at once. Is Nirvana preparing for the playoffs?"

The colleague next to him pressed his temples with a headache and said, "When will he change his habit of submitting for review so late at night?"

Director Zhou Jiayao frowned and said, "There's nothing we can do. Who told the authorities to stipulate that the cards submitted by players must be reviewed within 12 hours? He submitted four brand new joker cards this time. Let's take a look at the skills and data first to see if there are any problems."

Four cards designed by Xie Mingzhe were shown on the big screen.

The more people watched, the more shocked they became.

The cards that Xie Mingzhe made before had many annoying skills, such as "Zhu Bajie Carrying His Wife" and "Yue Lao Pulling the Red String", etc., but these skills are only annoying in description. In the final analysis, the mechanism of the skills is not complicated. Zhu Bajie Carrying His Wife is "forced displacement" and Yue Lao Pulling the Red String is "averaged damage and linked bloodsucking".

This time, the skill design of the joker card is much more complicated than before.

Gongsun Jiuniang's will-o'-the-wisp is flexible to operate; Qiao Sheng and Lian Cheng, the ghost couple, have two playing styles: human form and ghost form; Painted Skin is the scariest. From a statistical point of view, it does not violate the card-making rules, and the basic value is set very low. However, its special functions of "disguising cards" and "copying skills" will make it the most unstable factor on the field.

Zou Xiaoning thought for a moment and said, "Copying cards is somewhat similar to Sun Wukong's 72 transformations, but Sun Wukong only transforms to confuse the opponent, while Painted Skin can copy a skill... Isn't that a bug?"

The shirted man next to him said, "If you only copy one skill, it's about the same as giving birth to a baby, and it's not considered excessive. Moreover, Painted Skin's basic stats are set very low, with attack and defense both below 1,000, so copying attack skills won't be incredibly powerful."

Zhou Jiayao said calmly, "Have you forgotten about growth cards like the Ghoul and the Vampire Dagger?"

Everyone was stunned - if Painted Skin could directly copy the Ghoul and eat corpses to increase its attack; or copy Cao Pi and concentrate the attack power within the absorption range, then there would be no need to worry about how low her basic attack is. The attack of these cards can continue to grow. At the same time, she also has Peeling to cause group fear and Beauty Temptation to control a single target. These three skills are too strong.

Zhou Jiayao said: "So we still have to limit the skills that Painted Skin can copy, just like the data of the original Pokémon Card must be halved. Painted Skin already has two skills, and if it copies a late-stage ultimate skill, this card will be incredible."

Everyone agreed, and then analyzed and discussed the other three cards, and passed them unanimously.

Someone asked curiously, "Hsieh Ming-che must have a new idea for card making. If you look closely at the four cards he submitted this time, you can see that they are different from his previous styles - he puts more emphasis on the operability of the cards."

Zou Xiaoning's tone was filled with excitement: "I have a feeling that he might design a large number of cards next..."

The colleague next to her immediately interrupted her: "Don't be so stupid, I don't want to work overtime every day!"

Zou Xiaoning said with a bitter face: "Even if I'm not a crow, this is the truth. The endless mode of the playoffs requires a competition in the card pool. Nirvana's current card pool is still far behind that of the old clubs. Xie Mingzhe will definitely be crazy about making cards in the near future."

Everyone: “…”

The four words "crazy card work" sent chills down everyone's spine, and it seemed that they could foresee the daily overtime work that would follow.

The staff of the Cartography Department found out that the neighbors were working overtime and were very confused. They soon found out that it was the great devil Xie Mingzhe again!

Thinking of the dozens of GB of scene maps that Nirvana sent to them, the map department was really nervous. It was great that they didn't have to submit new maps for the playoffs. So, when they were leaving get off work, the map department employees would intentionally or unintentionally pass by the card data department and leave a few words pretending to be concerned: "Are you still working overtime?" "It seems that Nirvana has submitted new cards again, thank you for your hard work!" "I'm leaving get off work first, you guys keep working!"

Zhou Jiayao was so angry - is it possible to take pleasure in someone else's misfortune?

She really wanted Xie Mingzhe to change his schedule, so when she sent him a message the next morning, in addition to proposing some revision suggestions for Painted Skin, she also added a very serious reminder at the end: "Please try to submit the cards during working hours so that the data analysts can give the review results in a timely manner."

After receiving the letter, Xie Mingzhe replied with a smile: "Okay, I'll save more and submit it later."

Zhou Jiayao: “…”

How much do you want to save? Can you spare us?

Encountering this designer who doesn't play by the rules, the intelligent database simply can't understand his ideas, and the cards are always submitted to the manual review channel. The staff in the data department are collectively exhausted.

Xie Mingzhe did not feel the resentment of the official data analysts. He modified the card Painted Skin according to the opinions and added a rule: the card skills copied by the Human Skin Mask had all their effects halved.

For example, if it has the same attack power as the late-stage cards such as the Ghoul and Spider Queen, and can also peel the skin to control the field, it is indeed a bit too much. Cutting the data in half is a more reasonable change, and Xie Mingzhe readily accepted it. Even if it is cut in half, the card Painted Skin is still super strong and is definitely a weapon for turning the tables in team battles.

In the classic story of Liao Zhai, Xie Mingzhe designed five output-type ghost cards. Others like Hua Gu Zi and Xiao Cui were little demons, not female ghosts. Xie Mingzhe did not have any better ideas, so he temporarily put aside Liao Zhai and turned his attention to the civil servants of the underworld.

He had looked up a lot of information about the underworld at that time. According to the information, the King of Fengdu is the highest god in the ghost world, and the ghost city of Fengdu is the capital of the ghost world. The King of Fengdu has the highest authority in the ghost world and can govern all ghosts.

Under the Emperor of Fengdu, there are five ghost emperors, who guard the five mountain ranges of Taozhi Mountain in the east, Dangzhong Mountain in the west, Luofeng Mountain in the north, Luofu Mountain in the south, and Baoyi Mountain in the center. It is said that the entrance to the ghost world is under these five mountain ranges, and the five ghost emperors guard these five directions to prevent the evil ghosts from the ghost world from escaping from there.

Below the Five Ghost Emperors are the Ten Kings of Hell who are commonly seen in movies and TV dramas. For example, the "King Yanluo" who appears the most in Journey to the West is the fifth of the Ten Kings of Hell. In addition, there are King Qinguang, King Chujiang, King Biancheng, etc., who are in charge of different hells respectively.

The structure of the underworld is extremely complex, with countless senior leaders. It is too difficult to design unique skills for each card that are useful in the game, so Xie Mingzhe came up with a solution.

Combine the Five Ghost Emperors into one card.

There wasn't much information about the Five Ghost Emperors, and Xie Mingzhe didn't know much about them. If they were made into five ghost cards, the skill designs would easily be repeated, and they wouldn't pass the review. It would be better to make one card, so that when summoned, it would split into five ghost emperors, forming a large-scale control effect.

After careful consideration of the specific design, Xie Mingzhe decided to design it into a formation card.

Formation cards, that is, they change the scene effect after they are put on the field, forming a range formation that is beneficial to our side, which can just make up for the lack of new scenes in the playoffs. However, since the formation card is a card, once it is killed, the formation it generates will naturally disappear, and it will not seriously affect the balance of the game.

Xie Mingzhe told his master about his idea, and Chen Qianlin was very interested: "Formation card? When a card is summoned, it splits into five images to form a formation. This design is rare, but it does not violate the rules. It's just that the data needs to be strictly controlled, otherwise the official will definitely not let you pass the review."

"How about letting the five split characters each inherit 20% of the attributes? When combined, they will have the attributes of one card. Isn't that too much?" Xie Mingzhe suggested.

"Well, that makes sense." Chen Qianlin then asked, "What about skills?"

"I have an idea." Xie Mingzhe took out his computer and quickly drew a "cross" on it, marking the east, south, west, north and center. Then he connected the four vertices of the "cross" to form a diamond. He pointed at the shape and explained, "When the Five Directions Ghost Emperor appears, he will automatically split into five images, occupying the five directions of east, west, south, north and center, and open ghost gates in five places - a passage to the ghost world is formed between the five ghost gates. When the ghost cards move on the passage, they can get a lot of movement speed bonus."

Using cards to create scene effects is the inspiration Xie Mingzhe got from the design of Gongsun Jiuniang. The Gongsun Jiuniang he made yesterday can start ghost marriages, and a 30-square-meter dark cage isolates the battlefield. So, can he design a card to set up a large-scale formation?

The Five Ghost Emperors can just meet this condition.

According to Xie Mingzhe's idea, the Five Ghost Emperors were designed as a card, which would automatically split when summoned and scatter to the five locations of east, west, south, north, and center, opening the gates of hell in the places they guarded.

Ghost Gate cannot be teleported directly, otherwise it would clash with Bai Xu's "Cosmic Wormhole" design. Moreover, having five teleportation points on one card is too buggy and will definitely not pass the review.

However, the gates of hell can be accelerated, which is equivalent to a group acceleration buff auxiliary card, which is completely in line with the regulations!

When the ghost gates of the five places of east, west, south, north and center are opened at the same time and connected by ghost world passages, any ghost world passage can speed up the joker. What does this mean?

This means that Yu Ke can choose any path and reach the opponent he wants to kill as quickly as possible!

The formation of the Five Ghost Emperors allows the ghost card deck to truly carry out assassinations without a trace!

The more Xie Mingzhe thought about it, the more excited he became. From a data perspective, this formation card was not as good as the auxiliary card "Teammate Group Movement Speed ​​Bonus". But the key point is that the ghost world passage has existed for a very long time, and a large number of paths will make actual combat more flexible. The cross-shaped passage, plus the outer diamond-shaped surround, can find the best shortcut wherever you want to go, whether attacking or retreating, it can greatly shorten the time spent on the journey.

After seeing his apprentice's design, Chen Qianlin couldn't help but feel emotional.

Azhe has a big imagination. He uses cards to create formations, which is the first time in the league.

After finalizing the formation design with his master, Xie Mingzhe followed closely to design the images of the Five Ghost Emperors. He did not want to be too perfunctory and just casually draw five ghosts, after all, the Five Ghost Emperors were all high-level leaders in the ghost world.

But Xie Mingzhe had no idea what the Five Ghost Emperors looked like. He could only use his imagination to design several Ghost Emperors with different costumes and appearances, and then placed all the images in the order of east, south, west, north, and center on the same card.

Five Ghost Emperors (Earth)

Level: Level 1

Evolution Star Level:★

Use times: 1/1 time

Basic Attributes: HP 2000, Attack 0, Defense 2000, Agility 0, Crit 0%

Additional Skills: Guardian of the Ghost Realm (There are five guardians in the ghost world, guarding the five directions of the ghost world respectively. When the five ghost emperors are summoned, each ghost emperor automatically inherits 20% of the basic data of the main card. They will quickly disperse to the east, west, south, north, and center of the field, and open a ghost gate at that location. The five ghost gates are connected to each other, forming a 1-meter wide blue ghost world channel, which is convenient for ghost messengers and little ghosts to walk. Locking skill: The ghost card walking on the ghost world channel will increase its movement speed by 500%; the ghost world channel will always exist, with five ghost gates as connection points. When the health of the ghost emperor guarding a certain direction is emptied, the channel connected to the ghost gate will also disappear)

Formation skills are complex in nature, and this is the skill with the longest description among all the cards designed by Xie Mingzhe. He also thoughtfully drew a formation pattern on the card to facilitate data analysts to review and generate skill effects.

According to Xie Mingzhe's idea, the Five Ghost Emperors will generate a large number of dark blue ghost world passages on the scene. Once one of the five connection points is killed by the opponent, the passage connecting that point will disappear. In team battles, if the opponent is annoyed by the Five Ghost Emperors' passage acceleration, they can first focus on killing the connection point that poses the greatest threat.

Since the "Five-Direction Ghost Emperor" is split from a card, killing only one connection point will only reduce the card's health by 20%. In order to completely kill the Five-Direction Ghost Emperor card, you need to kill the Ghost Emperors in the five directions of east, west, south, north and center in succession.

20% of each Ghost Emperor's health may not seem like much, but the problem is - the distance is far!

To kill the Ghost Emperors in five directions continuously, you must disperse your firepower. In the process of dealing with the five Ghost Emperors separately, you may be surrounded and killed by the enemy.

The skill description of this card is not annoying, but the actual effect is really annoying to the extreme!