Card maker? No, I'm a mechanic!

Chapter 148 My Turn, Draw Cards!

"Wow, this thing is way more high-end."

Jiang Zhe was secretly alarmed.

You should know that Tianlan City is basically just about controlling little people.

But the one in the capital city actually allows players to experience some of the same feelings simultaneously.

"No wonder it's so popular; it gives people who can't leave behind a legacy a more direct fantasy—"

However, despite his admiration, in order not to directly arouse the suspicion of those in the shadows, he decided to perform for a while first.

At the very beginning of the game, the other players...

Especially those few well-coordinated dark lamps, who skillfully controlled the little figures to scatter in all directions.

Avoiding dangerous lava eruptions, they headed straight for corners where resources might be hidden.

Jiang Zhe's dummy, however, spun around twice in place, like a robot.

They even seemingly unintentionally stepped into a small trap that was spewing flames.

"hiss----"

In reality, Jiang Zhe also gasped, his brows furrowed as if he were enduring immense pain.

The little figure's health bar below also dropped a bit.

"No, you can't even handle this little bit of pain?"

Upon seeing this, a bald guy at the same table couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Don't get so scared when you encounter a monster that you wet your pants or have a complete mental breakdown."

Meanwhile, on the outside, the henchman in charge of the opening ceremony saw the commotion and started shouting loudly as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

"Come on, place your bets! Bet on that newbie to be out within five minutes! It's a sure thing, no risk, no risk!"

Despite the mockery around him, Jiang Zhe appeared timid on the surface, but was secretly overjoyed.

After all, there were quite a few good things on the table, and he had just caught a glimpse of a piece of metal that looked anything but ordinary.

"Maybe it can also be used to make armor puzzle pieces—"

"But if we can achieve such great success every time like last time, that would be too much of a disaster."

"I have to win, and I have to do it like a super lucky rookie."

Soon, Jiang Zhe's little figure encountered its first monster, a chili pepper lizard with flames all over its body.

If other players encountered such elite mini-players, they would usually either take a detour or team up to gang up on them.

But at this moment, Jiang Zhe was controlling the little man, and like a reckless man in a panic, he directly attacked.

"You're asking for it—" The young master opposite shook his head, already mentally condemning this newbie to death.

The battle erupted instantly.

However, what happened next made everyone's eyes widen in astonishment.

Jiang Zhe's miniature figure did not display any amazing fighting ability.

Instead, it was like dancing on a knife's edge, fraught with danger.

Several times, the lizard's sharp claws almost tore the little man's body apart, but each time, at the last second, the little man twisted it in an extremely strange way.

"Draw a card!"

Jiang Zhe silently recited in his heart.

The next moment, the invisible floating cannons also immediately released a weak interference frequency.

This time, however, he didn't aim for a major success, but rather a less successful one.

"Ding!"

The Fate Card flips over, and a card with a flaw drawn on it lights up.

Immediately after the lizard pounced again, it revealed a soft patch of flesh on its belly.

Jiang Zhe's miniature figure happened to slide down in that spot, and his iron sword swung down in the same direction.

"Pfft!"

Crit!

After a scream, the chili lizard collapsed to the ground, dropping a card that emitted a blue light.

"Holy crap? This actually works?"

The onlookers were stunned by what they saw.

The henchman who had been shouting that he was guaranteed to make money suddenly fell silent, like a duck being choked.

"This kid's luck is incredible! How could he manage to pull off such a difficult fall and succeed?"

"Damn it, I pressed the wrong way again—"

"Just lucky," one of the dimly lit figures scoffed, but a hint of wariness crept into his eyes.

In the time that followed, Jiang Zhe perfectly implemented the miracle strategy.

He deliberately lost some insignificant judgments, causing the villain to be in a state of burns and poisoning.

The health bar fluctuates wildly, like a rollercoaster.

In reality, Jiang Zhe was also covered in sweat and pale, as if he might faint at any moment.

But strangely—whenever he actually faced a life-or-death crisis.

He always managed to escape danger by drawing the right cards and taking the opportunity to steal something.

By this point, the betting odds on the outside had completely fallen into chaos.

"Just who is this kid? Why isn't he dead yet?"

"I refuse to believe in this nonsense! I'll run him over at the next intersection, and he'll be dead!"

As time went on, the game gradually entered its later stages.

The game, which originally had twenty players, now has only five or six left.

However, apart from Jiang Zhe and that bald giant, the rest were all dealers in secret.

"Clear the area!"

The Dark Lanterns, without tacit agreement, simultaneously turned their weapons on the burly man the moment they entered the BOSS battle.

"What are you doing? Playing dirty tricks?"

The burly man was furious, but he was caught in the crossfire.

His character was quickly eliminated and kicked out of the game.

"Damn it, you guys teamed up to scam me!"

In reality, the bald, burly man was about to slam his fist on the table in anger, but when he saw several security guards gathering around him, he managed to hold back.

This is the dealer's territory; it's easy to suffer losses if you act directly.

He clearly saw this, and had no choice but to remain patient for the time being.

After eliminating the biggest threat in the open, the Dark Lanterns turned their attention to Jiang Zhe, who had been hiding in a corner, trembling with fear.

"This kid has some good stuff on him, let's take him out!"

Controlling the little figures, several dim lights, taking advantage of the boss's oppressive aura, gradually forced him into a corner.

At this moment, Jiang Zhe was leaning against the wall, with a mountain of lava trolls in front of him and players eyeing him menacingly on both sides.

His health bar was a pitiful 10%, practically a deep, purplish red.

"That kid is definitely dead."

"He's lucky to have survived this long; in the end, he couldn't escape being cleared out."

The onlookers shook their heads, clearly already seeing how the game would end.

But even in the face of this desperate situation, Jiang Zhe's lips curled into a slight smile.

"It's time to close the net."

The next moment, he suddenly raised his head, his eyes becoming incredibly sharp.

"My turn, draw a card!"

Upon receiving the command, the floating cannons also activated simultaneously, forcibly locking onto their targets!

"Ding!"

The cards of fate flip, gleaming with golden light.

"A resounding success!"

The next moment, the little man in the picture throws the bomb in his hand with all his might, but the target is not the troll, but a protruding rock under its feet.

The bomb ricocheted off the rocks, but landed right in the troll's gaping, roaring maw!

"Bang!"

A chain reaction occurred instantly.

The explosion not only interrupted the troll's area-of-effect abilities, but also triggered violent agitation in its unstable core.

The violent energy tore the troll's body apart, and countless burning fragments began to indiscriminately sweep in all directions.

Meanwhile, the few little men who were about to go forward to reap the rewards were now at the center of the explosion.

"Hiss hiss hiss!"

Before they could even activate their defense cards, the little figures were pierced through by the rubble and riddled with holes, turning into white light and disappearing.

But what about Jiang Zhe?

Just as the bomb was thrown, his little figure slipped and fell into a very shallow crater.

And those deadly pebbles almost all grazed his head.

A comeback victory with a sliver of health!

【game over----】

Huge golden characters appeared out of thin air above the sand table.

For a moment, everyone stared wide-eyed at the scene before them.

What's going on?

How did he win?