In the vast forest, two foxes, one large and one small, walked together, occasionally exchanging words and interactions. Their affection seemed exceptionally strong.
Suddenly, the big fox's ears twitched. It turned its head and nudged the little fox, telling it to stay where it was, before running off ahead. The little fox, used to this, leaned against the tree trunk and disappeared in an instant.
The little fox was very good at disguising itself; even when groups of strange beasts walked past the tree, they couldn't detect its presence.
It waited from day to night, and then back to day again, but it never saw the big fox.
It hadn't eaten for two days and was starving, but it stubbornly waited, firmly believing that the big fox would return.
There was a sudden commotion in the woods. The girl walked out and offered the bird its favorite green fruit to its mouth.
The little fox, however, bristled and suddenly grew much larger, staring intently at the approaching humans with extreme vigilance.
Lian Han smiled and said, "Little guy, I'll help you find the big fox. You can come with me from now on, okay?"
As she spoke, the jungle suddenly transformed into a living room, where two small animals, one green and one blue, were eating happily on the soft sofa.
"Is it okay? They're still missing a playmate!"
The little fox hesitated, and a mental fluctuation entered Lian Han's mind, "Can you really find my brother?"
"I swear, I will find it for you, no matter what."
She said she could find her brother. The little fox nodded quickly, "Okay."
Lian Han's eyes curved into a smile. "Then—the contract is established."
What contract? The little fox asked in confusion, then looked at Lian Hanshi and froze.
Lian Han has a pair of clear, pure black eyes, icy and cold. But when she smiles, that coldness blends with her outstanding appearance, creating a captivating beauty, like right now.
How beautiful! The little fox was so surprised that it overlooked the golden moon disc resting between its brows. But even if it had noticed, it wouldn't have mattered. The human and the beast had reached an agreement, and the contract was already formed.
The scene changed again, back to the living room they had seen before, except the two small animals had become one.
"This is my home. From now on, I'll call you Xingyan, okay?"
The little fox nodded, "It doesn't matter what you call me." Then he felt a wave of dizziness; he hadn't recovered from being chased so exhausted by that stinky spider.
Lian Han reached out and caught it. "I'll take you somewhere to recover first, and you can come out after you've rested."
After Lian Han finished speaking, the little fox Xing Yan disappeared, replaced by a card. However, this time, the edges of the card had some gold patterns, representing their contract.
Lian Han carefully put away the cards, leaned back on the sofa, and let himself sink in, gently rubbing his temples with his fingertips. After all, the Purple Beauty Beast possessed a bewitching mental attribute, and projecting its inner world consumed quite a bit of mental energy.
[Your mental energy's depleted again! One after another, they're like this. Do you have to recreate exactly what the beasts crave every time before signing the contract? No wonder you have a headache!]
[Or what else? Forceful coercion? Recruiting them into cards already goes against their will.]
[You know perfectly well that monster cards created from original cards captured by the system are essentially immortal. They're the ones getting the better deal, aren't they?]
[But what if you die unexpectedly while using a card...]
[You're willing to part with it? I treasured those beast cards like they were the most precious things, afraid something might happen to them. I was pathetic enough back then, but I never imagined the next host of this system would be even more pathetic. How do you plan to find its family?]
Lian Han covered his eyes with his hand, "[This contract has no time limit. I'll help it find another one when I'm able to.]"
Old Xing: ...Okay, he admitted that finding a fox whose fate was unknown in the Muluo Forest was extremely difficult for others, but Lian Han did have a way. This girl was indeed exceptionally gifted in some aspects.
Suddenly, she felt a weight on her stomach. When Lian Han looked up, she saw Xing Ye standing on her stomach, looking very unhappy.
Don't ask her how she can tell a beast is unhappy; once a beast becomes a card, its feelings can communicate with its master.
Xingye, this is her second beast card. It has ice-blue fur, a pair of big golden eyes, and looks like a dog, but its breed is unknown.
However, since the system specifically requested it, Lian Han felt that this little guy's origins must be extraordinary.
Lian Han straightened up, placed a beast core near Xing Ye's mouth, and comforted him, "Okay, okay, I'm just tired. I definitely didn't mean to ignore you. Our little Ye is the cutest."
Xingye turned her head away, looking like she was angry and didn't want to eat, but the way she secretly glanced at Lian Han's hand holding the beast core showed that she wasn't as greedy as she seemed.
Lian Han smiled and took out another beast core. Xing Ye hesitated, but when Lian Han handed it the beast core again, it snatched the diamond-shaped beast core from Lian Han's hand and jumped upstairs.
Lian Han continued to smile; she had long since figured out the little guy's gluttonous nature—although she really couldn't appreciate food like the alien beast core.
Old Xing: [...Who exactly is in charge here?]
"Does this matter?" Lian Han asked lazily.
[Tsk tsk! It's a good thing you're not from a noble family, otherwise you'd never pass your etiquette test.]
[What's the use of that stuff? You can't eat it.]
Old Xing's lips twitched. He knew that in this girl's eyes, food, Federal Currency, and cards were the most important things; everything else was meaningless. [You showed your face in front of those people before, will there be any downsides? For example, when you use Xingyan later.] Although he really wanted to say something about this girl's devastatingly beautiful appearance, if he said it out loud, he would definitely get a beating.
[Who would have thought my cards were real alien beasts? And we won't be staying here long anyway. More than that, I'm concerned about how much money the cards I listed on the Skynet made, and whether I can get into that university through the national college entrance examination.]
[Now you're worried?] Xing expressed surprise. This girl can get nervous? [Who was so certain of passing the exam when they left the exam hall?]
[It's not like the results are due anytime soon—well, I've rested enough, I'll go practice with the Intermediate Card Making Manual I just got.]
As Lian Han spoke, he turned and went to his bedroom.
Old Xing: ...He's shy, isn't he? He's still just a child.
However, given her grades, even if her age is a bit of a problem, he is not worried that she will not be able to get into Dilu Academy. Unless Dilu and his gang are blind, they would never miss such a gem.
But—we're almost going to the capital planet. I wonder how those people are doing now.
As the first host of the card system, Old Man Xing was a bit of a rascal and a chatterbox, but his origins were so mysterious that even Han didn't know his full name, only that his surname was Xing.
In addition, it is known that Old Man Xing failed three times when completing a card-making task issued by the card system, and then became a wisp of incomplete spiritual power, that is, a remnant soul. It was not until the system re-bound the host and he resided in Lian Han's spiritual sea that he was spared the crisis of turning into nothingness.
Therefore, Lian Han would never allow herself to follow in his footsteps, which is why she always held herself to high standards when making cards...
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