Card maker? No, I'm a mechanic!

After all, what could a guy who has never shown his face possibly produce?

At worst, it's just a minor improvement to the Earthquake Card; it can't compare to Raya.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone took their seats.

As the highlight of the three-city exchange meeting, the process naturally followed the usual format of first engaging in dialogue and then physical activities.

First, they'll showcase their technological achievements to flex their muscles, and then they'll have a real showdown.

Only by winning can one be considered highly skilled and exceptionally talented; if one loses... then one is naturally just a nobody who doesn't deserve respect.

"Since everyone is so interested, let's begin."

Seeing that the atmosphere had been set enough, the host announced the start of the technical demonstration segment.

The first few to appear were all geniuses from their respective cities, and their results were quite good.

However, it did not cause much of a stir.

After all, which of the professors present isn't a genius among geniuses?

If you're making a fuss over even these minor innovations based on existing knowledge, then you might as well go back and relearn everything.

Until the host read out the next sentence, "Next, please welcome the technical demonstration from Iron Castle."

Upon hearing this, the previously somewhat relaxed atmosphere among the audience instantly changed, and countless eyes turned to look in that direction.

"It's here! I've heard it's the technology that will make summoner builds rise to prominence."

Under the expectant and curious gazes of the crowd, a thin boy walked up somewhat reservedly.

He looked like a complete idiot, unlike the burly guys all at Ironforge Academy.

He took a deep breath, pushed up his glasses, and without saying a word, pulled out a card to activate it.

"roar!"

Accompanied by a foul gust of wind, a troll three meters tall roared and appeared in the arena.

But this is only the beginning.

Immediately afterwards, the guy pulled out a card that gleamed and was covered in green loops.

"That's it!" someone in the audience exclaimed.

"Buzz..."

The next moment, a strange scene unfolded as the card was activated.

The trolls originally needed that guy to constantly supply them with mental energy to keep them running.

His muscles instantly swelled, his eyes glowed red, and his aura surged.

Faced with this, the guy simply let go, actually severing the mental connection and only keeping the command channel open.

"Can it maintain its rampage even when the power supply is cut off?"

The group looked at each other, their faces full of confusion.

"This is our berserk core."

He explained, his tone tinged with arrogance.

"It allows summoned creatures to maintain their peak combat power for three minutes, or even more, even without the card master's power supply."

This!

"Doesn't this mean that as long as there are enough of these, one can control a large number of summoned beasts simultaneously?"

"Summoning builds are really on the rise. Why bother fighting anymore? Just hide and throw out your summons."

However, Jiang Zhe, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but narrow his eyes upon seeing this scene.

His pupils contracted slightly, and he saw right through the truth.

"External battery?"

He could see clearly that the card did not change the troll's nature.

That card simply has some specially compressed mental energy or some kind of energy pre-stored inside it.

"This does resemble my drones somewhat."

"It's the type of device that you can leave idle after charging or replacing the battery."

Jiang Zhe stroked his chin, a few thoughts stirring in his mind.

Although the floating cannons were perfectly fine during the brief battle.

However, if the battle drags on, he will have to recharge the drones during the fight.

After charging up like this once or twice, he would have little mental strength left for fighting.

"This is good stuff, I need to find a way to get a copy and study it..."

Jiang Zhe's eyes flickered, and he was already starting to plan how to have an "academic exchange".

The subsequent White Stone City exhibition was rather lackluster in comparison.

That so-called improved version of the earthquake was nothing more than changing the way the earth element was output.

Transform hard control into soft control plus terrain modification.

While practical, it's nothing new compared to a portable power bank.

"Next, please welcome the representative from Tianlan City."

As the host finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on Jiang Zhe, this newcomer.

Jiang Zhe walked calmly onto the stage.

Instead of pulling out cards or boasting, he slowly pulled out a... metal gauntlet.

"Um?"

"That's it? A boxing glove?"

A few disappointed whispers could be heard from the audience.

Professor Lin spent years bottling things up and then brought this out with his students?

While equipment is practical, it is often less direct than cards in demonstrating skills.

However, Jiang Zhe ignored the noise.

He simply put the boxing glove slowly on his left hand.

"Click..."

The latch locked, and mental energy was instantly injected into it.

"Buzz..."

A powerful, penetrating buzzing sound suddenly rang out.

Suddenly, a layer of intricate, dark blue patterns lit up the surface of the originally dull metal gauntlets.

The surrounding air seemed to have been forcibly drained of heat by some invisible force, and ice crystals that could be seen with the naked eye condensed!

The next moment, Jiang Zhe raised his left hand.

He then aimed at the alloy steel plate in front of him, which was used to test the strength, and pressed it down seemingly lightly.

"Sizzle..."

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a sickeningly cold, freezing sound.

The steel plate instantly turned white and became brittle.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Zhe flicked his finger.

"Ding!"

With a "whoosh".

The seemingly indestructible steel plate shattered and scattered like glass.

The somewhat noisy chatter from the audience instantly disappeared.

Several professors' eyes narrowed instantly, and they stood up in unison, staring intently at the boxing gloves on Jiang Zhe's hands.

While such powerful freezing is rare, it is not impossible.

What truly shocked them was the energy fluctuations that occurred when the gauntlet was in motion!

"This fluctuation frequency..."

A professor from Whitestone City adjusted his glasses, his voice trembling slightly.

"How...how could it be at its maximum value?"

"Full value? You mean..." Raymond next to him was also stunned for a moment, but then quickly realized what he meant.

As is well known, all modern technologies and equipment have circuit enchantments.

In essence, they are all imitations and reverse engineering of cultural relics.

But just like copying a famous painting, no matter how exquisite your brushwork is, you can never completely reproduce the spirit of the original.

Even if it's just 10% short in the end, it's still considered a masterpiece by a master.

That slight difference represents a lack of some underlying logic, a technological barrier that cannot be overcome no matter how much improvement is made.

but now……

The professor from Baishicheng pointed somewhat shakily at Jiang Zhe on the stage.

"I can see it very clearly; it's a perfect fluctuation that only genuine relics can produce."

"But how is that possible?"

Another knowledgeable professor pointed to the patterns on the boxing gloves and shouted:

"Look at the energy pathways above! It's clearly in a modern style!"

"So, he used modern technology and techniques to recreate the effect of the original artifact?!"