Chapter 2: The Book of Cards
When the cold aura behind him disappeared, Xu Yao's footsteps staggered slightly, the feeling of being watched was too terrifying, fortunately, the other party did not make the next move, I don't know if it was because he didn't find anything abnormal, or for other reasons.
Trying to calm down the emotions in his heart, Xu Yao continued to walk for a few minutes, stopping in front of a somewhat dilapidated hut, which was his home, very small, but it was his home in this world.
However, Xu Yao did not enter his hut immediately, but went to the same old hut next door.
"Are you there?"
Xu Yao knocked on the door, but no one responded, and Xu Yao was not surprised by this, because the other party was most likely not at home at this time.
Thinking of this, Xu Yao came to a water tank outside the house, fished out a big fish from the bucket and put it in.
After that, Xu Yao returned to his hut, the house was very simple, and there was no one else, when Xu Yao crossed into this world, he was alone.
Alone in this strange world, at the beginning, Xu Yao's life was very difficult, and the discovery of the secret in the wooden house made Xu Yao's heart full of unease.
Fortunately, with the help of the little girl named Tao Tao next door, Xu Yao was able to get through the most difficult time, and Xu Yao has always remembered this kindness.
If it weren't for the fear of revealing the news and attracting the attention of the owner of the wooden house, Xu Yao would have wanted to tell Tao Tao about the danger here and leave with him at this moment.
But Xu Yao didn't dare, he hadn't seen the owner of the wooden house, but the feeling of being watched just now made Xu Yao deeply understand the strength of the other party. The owner of the wooden house must have been paying attention to the situation in the slum at all times, otherwise he would not have attracted the attention of the other party just because Xu Yao just glanced at it in a hurry.
Even a simple glance can attract attention, if Xu Yao exposes the identity of the other party, the result can be imagined.
"Whew~~"
With a long exhale, Xu Yao took off the torn wooden armor on his body, sat on the edge of the bed with his buttocks, his hands were open, and the next moment a heavy book appeared out of thin air.
The book is very thick, and the cover is even more metallic, and mysterious lines wander on the metallic book cover, but Xu Yao can't feel its weight, which is very magical and mysterious.
But there's more to the mystery of the book than that. Slowly turning the pages of the book, the first page of the book is some information about Xu Yao.
Name: Yao Xu.
Age: 16.
Occupation: None.
Health: 1.
Mana Crystal: 0.
Equipment: None.
The information is very simple and very poignant, because Xu Yao's combat power is actually at the same level as that fishman baby, which is why he wants to wear a piece of armor for himself, because he has this health value, and if he is hit by a monster of the level of the fishman baby, he will die.
This is not Xu Yao's weak chicken, an ordinary person who has not undergone any training, has a health value of 1 point, Xu Yao has a little health value when he is just 16 years old, which is actually very good.
But compared to those professionals who have dozens of health points, ordinary people with 1 health point belong to ants that can be pinched to death at will.
Thinking of the rumors he had heard about the profession, Xu Yao's heart was also filled with great pressure, there was a professional hidden in the wooden house in the slum, and it was an evil professional, recalling the missing people in the slum from time to time these days, Xu Yao felt a sense of urgency.
It is not uncommon for others to have missing people in the slums, after all, it is not a safe world, and it is normal for a few poor people to go missing, they die of illness, they die of fighting, they die of eating unclean food, and the casualty rate of the poor is very high.
Linjiang City also paid little attention to this, unless there were too many missing people, who would care about the lives of a few poor people.
But Xu Yao knew that the missing person was probably related to the evil professional in the wooden house.
In this regard, Xu Yao also has corresponding evidence to support it.
Thinking of this, Xu Yao opened the next page of the book in his hand, and suddenly the pages of the book showed illusory cards.
Cards, this is the core of the extraordinary power of this world, monsters, spells, and weapons can be turned into cards.
And the book in Xu Yao's hand, which he named the Book of Cards, can include all the cards that Xu Yao sees.
The blood-colored glimmer that Xu Yao saw in the wooden house just now was emitted when a card was crafted.
Name: Flame Imp.
Quality: Normal.
Rating: 1.
Race: Demon.
Attack: 3.
Health: 2.
Special Effect: Deal 3 damage to the summoner.
This is a demon card with strong attributes, but it also has huge side effects, and the production of demon cards basically has the meaning of sacrifice, for example, the person who has disappeared recently, there is a high probability that he was caught by the owner of the wooden house, and then sacrificed to make this card.
Making cards through sacrifice is an absolute taboo, and if discovered, you will definitely die.
But Xu Yao didn't dare to report it at all, because once the owner of the wooden house knew, Xu Yao didn't know if the other party would die, but he was definitely certain to die.
Even if Xu Yao has evidence, the Book of Cards is Xu Yao's secret, tell others his secret, and who can guarantee that there will be no such thing as just escaping from the tiger's den and falling into the wolf's den immediately.
The only way is to hide and slowly become stronger, and when he has enough strength, he will not have to be afraid.
That evil professional had just made a demon card through sacrifice, and it should be stopped for a while, so as not to increase the number of missing people and attract official awareness, and this time period is Xu Yao's chance.
Taking a deep breath to suppress the uneasiness in his heart, Xu Yao calmed down his emotions and took out the crystal nucleus of the 5 fish-man babies he had harvested today and put them on the card book.
"Bang bang!"
With a series of shattering sounds, the five crystal nuclei shattered into a handful of powder like stars.
This is Arcane Dust, the most magical substance in this world.
Monster crystal nuclei and underground magic crystal ore are the main sources of arcane dust, in addition to dismantling other cards can also obtain arcane dust, however, the arcane dust obtained by dismantling cards is far less than the cost of making cards, and ordinary people will not obtain arcane dust by dismantling cards.
Extracting Arcane Dust is also an ability that comes with the Book of Cards.
Taking out a clear glass vial that already contained Arcane Dust, Xu Yao filled the Arcane Dust on the page of the book and directly filled the vial.
"That's almost 20 grams." Xu Yao weighed it, without the arcane balance, he couldn't accurately calculate the weight of the bottle of arcane dust, but as long as the bottle was filled, there would be about 20 grams of arcane dust.
These 20 grams of Arcane Dust were all he had accumulated during that time.
Xu Yao's purpose of accumulating these 20 grams of arcane dust was naturally very clear, he wanted to make a new card.
Designation: Mobile Dummy.
Quality: Rare.
Rating: 0.
Race: Mechanical.
Attack: 0.
Health: 2.
Special Effect: Taunt.
Xu Yao looked at a card on the Book of Cards, this is the card he wants to make, compared to the Fishman Baby with 1 attack and 1 health, this activity dummy card has no attack power, but it has two health points.
This means that this activity dummy can withstand two attacks from Baby Fishman, and if it's just a 0-2 card, it's worthless, but it doesn't work with its taunt effect.
A taunt card that draws enemies to melee and minion attacks, thus protecting the summoner from attack.
With this card, Xu Yao can safely hide behind the movable dummy to deal with the baby fishman, without worrying about being attacked by the baby fishman.
In addition, this card is 0 stars, and it doesn't need a mana crystal to summon, as long as it is an ordinary person with a little cultivation and mana, it can also be summoned, which is exactly in line with Xu Yao's current situation.
The combination of 2 health, taunts, and the need for mana crystals makes this event dummy card a rarity. Crafting cards of rare quality requires an additional cost of Arcane Dust for an additional fee than a card of normal quality.
In addition to doubling the Arcane Dust, rare quality card crafting also requires a few other materials.
Luckily, the materials needed for this dummy were relatively ordinary, just a piece of wood and a piece of iron, unlike the flaming imp who needed to sacrifice his life.
Taking out the wooden and iron blocks that had been prepared from the tabletop at the head of the bed, Xu Yao stretched out his hand and pointed at the phantom of the movable dummy card on the page, and suddenly the phantom of the card appeared from the page.
Xu Yao put the wooden and iron blocks on the pages, then opened the bottle containing the arcane dust, and scattered the arcane dust inside to the card phantom, and in an instant, the scattered arcane dust turned into a galaxy to wrap the wooden and iron blocks, and began to fill the illusory card.
In a few breaths, the tiny galaxy of arcane dust vanished, and at the same time, the illusory moving dummy became a real materialized card, floating above the pages.
"It's done!"
Seeing this, Xu Yao happily reached out and took off the cards floating on the page, the sense of substance made Xu Yaoxi smile, he didn't know how others made cards, but he believed that others would not make cards as easily as him.