"Saturn Rings" Rescue (Part 2)
Currently, even the lowest-ranked C-level cards have at least 30,000 points, which is incomparable to D-level cards.
Ning Xi was unaware of these things; she was simply improving the cards little by little based on the rules she had already discovered.
She continues to improve "Earth Elemental Guardian," and the card now has 2500 rating.
I told you she wasn't just memorizing the script.
It's hard to say. Even if it's just memorizing cards, their value could potentially increase as proficiency improves.
Besides Earth Elemental Guardian, she also created some new cards, such as Thorns Growth and Sandstorm. The former, like Mud Swamp, earned a high score of 1800 points, but the latter performed poorly, earning only 800 points.
As the card makers continued to feed cards into the delivery box, the progress of the "Saturn Ring Star" rescue was slowly increasing.
When the progress reached 20%, the progress bar hanging overhead flashed three times, startling some card makers who were not in a good mood to stop writing.
Ning Xi also noticed the abnormality of the progress bar, but she was not affected and continued to complete the creation of the [Earth Element Guardian].
After completing the crafting process, she immediately dropped the card into the teleportation box, but the subsequent notification of increased muscle mass surprised her.
Only a thousand points were gained?
What happened? Was there a defect in that card?
No. Although I don't have high hopes for Ning Xi, I have to admit her completion rate is too high; almost every card she plays is above average.
So what happened? Did the cards become less valuable?
[Please check the feedback!]
Ning Xi pondered for a moment, then opened the battle report for Saturn. Sure enough, as the progress bar advanced, the battle report changed.
"Thanks to the support of the card makers, Saturn has now entered a stable state. Residents in the Ethel, Tussex, and Anicun mining areas have been evacuated to satellite resettlement areas. However, the Roye mining area is covered by Class C territory, and hundreds of thousands of workers are still not rescued."
"The Card Masters are preparing for a rescue operation. The lead team has entered the C-rank area 'Bottomless Abyss,' and here is the information they have sent."
The Bottomless Abyss, true to its name, is a large, spiraling mine shaft leading downwards into the earth. Visibility decreases with altitude, becoming almost completely obscured at -100m. The creatures within mostly use hearing and smell to locate themselves, allowing them to ambush humans in the darkness.
Ning Xi suddenly realized why her card points had decreased.
The Earth Element Guardian is slow-moving but possesses strong defensive and endurance capabilities, making it more suitable for positional warfare. However, by this time, most of the civilians had already retreated, and there were no longer many positions on Earth Ring Star that needed to be defended.
The current goal of the Saturnian rescue is to "tackle the toughest challenge".
The "Bottomless Abyss" offers very little space to stand, and the earth elemental guardians are too large to be suitable for this scenario.
The viewers in the live chat understood what had happened and started discussing it.
[How pitiful! All that hard work researching the cards, and then the scene suddenly changes again.]
This is also for the sake of fairness, since some people are good at creating cards that are simply not suitable for the previous scenario, which puts them at a huge disadvantage.
[Why bother with all that fancy stuff? Just stick to making high-quality cards.]
[This is boring, I'm going to another live stream.]
After a moment's thought, Ning Xi decided to replicate [Eye of Reconnaissance] once.
The comments that were just supporting her immediately turned against her: [What is she doing? Wasn't this card already rejected?]
[So you've used up all the templates you memorized? You can only make two old cards to make do.]
No, look, she changed the card design on this card.
The first [Eye of Reconnaissance] was quickly drawn. On the surface, it was no different from the previous version, but there were actually some minor differences. Ning Xi put it into the teleportation box and quickly received the points reward: [Points +1800].
Wait, 1800? Am I seeing things?
Isn't this card useless?
Watch the live stream!
A team of card masters entered the "bottomless abyss".
Faced with the boundless darkness before them, they dared not use any illumination cards, fearing they might awaken the beasts lurking in the abyss. One of them carefully placed the [Eye of Reconnaissance] into the card reader and activated it with utmost care.
Suddenly, many silhouettes appeared in the darkness before them. Upon closer inspection, they seemed to be the shadows of a swarm of strange bats that inhabited the cave. The group carefully avoided the beasts and successfully entered the lower level.
The light on the lower level was even dimmer, and they could barely see each other's shadows, only able to identify each other through mental connection. One of the card masters heard a strange sound, was startled, and instinctively moved closer to his teammate.
【Ahhh, I can't watch!】
[Don't come near! Don't come near! That's not your teammate! That's a monster in disguise!]
The humanoid beast revealed a ferocious grin, its claws poised to strike. Suddenly, the team member snapped to attention and pierced the beast's heart with his sword.
[Thank goodness... Can someone tell me what happened?]
[It's the "Eye of Reconnaissance" that's working! This card has a danger warning function!]
[This is the work from livestream room 1089, everyone go check it out!]
As a result, Ningxi's live stream gained popularity and even made it onto the list of most-watched matches.
I'm not a professional, but her card-making technique is so beautiful!
[I'm a professional. 1089's card-making technique is indeed standard and pleasing to the eye. Unlike some card makers who seem to have a grudge against cards.]
Am I the only one who noticed her incredibly high completion rate and excellent credit rate? If I had that level of skill, I would have earned enough to buy a house long ago.
Luo Qing'an's friends and followers also took notice of this situation.
Why does Ning Xi have such high viewership? Our Luo Qing'an livestream is almost empty.
Because of her high card-making success rate, Luo Qing'an hasn't successfully made a single card since entering the competition.
【etc……】
[Card production successful!]
After several hours of hard work, Luo Qing'an finally raised his head.
He specifically prepared an offensive C-rank card for this competition. Although the card's effect is simple, it is powerful and can be used in various scenarios. Moreover, its crafting difficulty and time are lower compared to other C-rank cards.
He breathed quietly, waiting for his strength to return.
[50,000 points! This card has earned 50,000 points!]
Even if D-rank cards are made fancy, they're still no match for C-rank cards!
[I remember some people were worried that Luo Qing'an wasn't as good as Ning Xi, but they're not even in the same league.]
...
Ning Xi is still researching the new cards.
After crafting five [Eye of Reconnaissance] cards, the points gained begin to decrease, presumably because the teams entering [Bottomless Abyss] are equipped with enough reconnaissance cards.
She glanced at her total points, which were already close to 40,000. She could create four to six cards per hour, earning an average of 2,000 points per card, for a total of around 10,000 points per hour.
This score surpasses that of most participants who can only memorize the deck and cannot immediately produce high-scoring counter cards, and even surpasses that of some C-rank card participants with low card production rates.
Ning Xi didn't feel much. She spread out the draft paper and started thinking about the next card.
Is she researching new cards again?
I've watched other livestreams, and so far no one has been able to create a card with over 2000 points. It seems like it's better to just play defensively with "Eye of the Scout."
[Others are other people, but what if 1089 is the one who works?]
The design process for this card took a little longer than expected, but the final card art turned out to be surprisingly simple.
【Sound of Vibration】 is a simple card that disrupts sound waves and can affect the actions of creatures within range, causing them to become briefly stunned.
[This...this card isn't good, is it? I see other streamers making cards that can kill in one hit, and very few people are making cards with a wide area of effect.]
With such poor visibility within the area, even if the beasts are stunned, they're still difficult to kill. This card is somewhat ill-considered.
Ning Xi, of course, was unaware of the argument outside. She put the cards into the teleportation box.
Soon, a squad of card masters equipped themselves with this card.
Upon entering the area, they quickly activated their cards. Invisible sound waves surged forth, striking the monsters in the darkness.
The group wanted to press their advantage, but they couldn't figure out the specifics of the situation in the darkness. They could only prepare to meet the challenge from the strange beast.
Ten seconds passed.
Twenty seconds passed.
[Admin, is there a bug in the simulation here? Why aren't the monsters moving?]
[There wasn't a bug; all the bat-like creatures were killed! They were already sensitive to sound waves, and the added effect of being stunned caused them all to fall!]
[Who came up with this idea? It's absolutely ingenious!]
Ning Xi received the following points feedback: [Gained 3000 points].
Good heavens, three thousand!
The audience looked at Ning Xi, only to find that she remained calm and composed, seemingly unsurprised by what had happened.
Ning Xi looked at the card feedback for a while, then began to study another card.
[She's still researching? Is 3,000 points not enough for her?]
[If she keeps going like this, I'm starting to wonder if she's the competition organizers' favorite... She's definitely been given advance notice.]
Soon, a new card was also researched, and its effect was equally simple.
【Invisible Sound Screen】 can hide the location from which sound waves are emitted.
In this way, the Card Master team can attack the bat swarm with sound waves while concealing their position, thus maximizing their harvest of the alien beasts. With [Invisible Sound Curtain] as an auxiliary, the value of [Shockwave Song] rises to 4000 points, making it uniquely powerful among D-rank cards.
Ning Xi took a deep breath. After such a long period of intense mental work, she was somewhat tired. Fortunately, all she had to do next was mindlessly replicate these two cards until the battle report changed again.
She glanced at the progress bar and found it was only 34%, far from 40% or 50%, so there shouldn't be any new developments anytime soon.
Just then, the "Saturnian Battle Report" on the table flickered a few times, and Ning Xi's brows twitched along with it. She rubbed her temples and opened the report.
"Bad news: because the Card Masters slaughtered the Cave Bats, the Bat King appeared earlier than expected. As the vanguard, the Card Masters are now forced to face the onslaught of a C-rank monster."
Ning Xi: ……
What's going on?!
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