National destiny: Global tower climbing skills have decreased by 10,000 times.

The receptionist led Ye Fei and the chef out of the tea room and down the corridor.

"Boss Li won't be back until this afternoon. If you two don't mind, how about I show you around the school first?"

She kept turning back as she walked, her tone polite and warm.

The cook glanced at Ye Fei, and seeing that he didn't object, nodded.

"Sure, I'm just sitting here anyway. I haven't been here in a long time, so I'll see what changes have been made."

The receptionist smiled but didn't reply, walking straight to the first glass door on the left.

Through the glass, you could see more than twenty computers neatly arranged inside. The screens were all lit up with the interface of "Slay the Spire," mostly showing matches between malfunctioning bots.

"This is the training room," the receptionist explained.

The students sat in front of the computers, their ages ranging from twelve or thirteen to seventeen or eighteen. Some were wearing headphones and concentrating intently, while others frowned and pondered over the screen.

Behind each trainee was a small whiteboard with the day's training tasks written on it. Ye Fei glanced at it; the nearest whiteboard read:

"Faulty Robot - Ball System Operation, Objective: Clear A3 with a win rate of over 70%"

At the far end of the training room, a young coach sat by the podium, occasionally getting up to walk behind a student and offer a few pointers.

"What level are the students you're currently accepting at?" the chef asked.

"Most beginner classes are between A2 and A4, while advanced classes can reach A4 and above," the receptionist said.

"Last year, we had twelve trainees selected for the youth training camp, and this year the goal is fifteen."

The cook seemed somewhat surprised: "Twelve? That's quite a lot."

Ye Fei remained silent, his gaze sweeping across the whiteboards. The training tasks on each whiteboard revolved around a single core concept—the faulty robot.

Next to it were some corresponding terms or operating techniques, such as "ball movement" and "timing of ability cards", which looked like the training content they had recently learned.

"This way, this is the lounge."

The receptionist led the two of them forward to a small room that resembled a tea room.

The lounge was smaller than the training room, with several rows of sofas and coffee tables. Several trainees were lounging on the sofas, drinking water and chatting. When they saw the receptionist leading the strangers by, they looked over curiously.

"When you're tired from training, you can come here to relax," the receptionist explained. "Our organization encourages a balance between work and rest."

The chef nodded: "Not bad, your facilities here are quite complete."

The receptionist continued walking forward, and the two followed. "This is the debriefing room."

The room was small, with a rectangular conference table in the middle and a large screen on the table.

The walls were covered with various tactical boards, which were filled with card connections and lineup diagrams drawn with markers, or some analysis about the cards.

Ye Fei noticed that the contents of the tactical board were almost entirely about malfunctioning robots, seemingly traces left from a class they had just finished not long ago.

There was also a bookshelf next to him, filled with what looked like textbooks for studying. Ye Fei casually picked one up:

The cover features a giant malfunctioning robot holding lightning balls in its hands, seemingly wielding some kind of power. The book is titled "Malfunctioning Robots from A0 to A5: A Comprehensive Explanation of the Charging Ball Mechanism."

He flipped through a few more books, all with titles like "The Quick Guide to Gadget Mastery," "The Complete Guide to Building High-Win-Rate Deck," and "Take You to Play as a Crown Prince from Scratch." He glanced at them briefly, smacked his lips, and put the books back.

"The review room is mainly used for team training and post-match analysis," the receptionist said.

"The advanced students conduct a group review here every day."

Finally, the receptionist stopped in front of a door at the end of the corridor.

"This is the instruction room. We happen to have a public lecture today; you two are welcome to go in and listen."

She opened the door.

The room was larger than the previous ones, with a tiered layout, like a small lecture hall. At the front was a huge projection screen, and below it was a podium.

A male coach in his twenties stood next to the podium, wearing a uniform with the "Neo Academy" logo printed on it, and holding a laser pointer in his hand.

A match video is playing on the screen.

There were more than twenty students sitting in the audience, some taking notes, and some looking up at the screen.

Ye Fei and the chef quietly entered through the back door and found a seat in the last row.

The screen displays the game's match interface, with the ID in the upper right corner showing as "Goryeo-Wen".

Ye Fei squinted and looked at it—although he didn't recognize Gao Liwen, he could tell that it was a video of a professional player from Korea.

The character in the video is a malfunctioning robot.

The coach on stage played a video and explained it while drawing circles on the screen with a laser pointer, speaking faster and faster.

The students below the stage were engrossed in taking notes, and occasionally someone would look up at the screen with a look of confusion in their eyes, or a look of sudden realization.

The coach pressed pause, and the red dot of the laser pointer landed on the screen.

"Everyone, look here. This player's choice in the second-floor shop—he didn't take the rare card 'Spin Craft,' but instead chose a common card, 'Cool Mind.' Does anyone know why?"

One student stood up and said, "Because rare cards are too expensive, he wants to save his money for the next level."

The coach shook his head.

Another student raised their hand: "Because he already has Lightning Ball and Shadow Ball to deal damage, but he still needs an Ice Ball to defend?"

"That's right, but it's not enough." The coach nodded. "This is what we often emphasize as 'balanced ball construction'."

"We need to catch Shadow Ball, Lightning Ball, and Glass Ball to ensure our output, and we also need enough Ice Ball to ensure our defense. Only in this way can we achieve a comprehensive balance."

The laser pointer moves to the center of the screen.

"Look, he's already halfway through the second level, and there's still one elite enemy blocking his way. If he doesn't grab the hockey card to ensure his defense, how will he get through the rest of the way safely?"

Upon hearing this, some of the students in the audience were still trying to understand, some had already shown signs of sudden realization, and others had already taken out their notebooks and started taking notes.

Ye Fei stood to one side, his gaze fixed on the screen, his mind beginning to work:

He glanced at it just now, and this player's deck didn't seem to be leaning towards the so-called "balanced ball build".

On the contrary, the proportion of different balls he generates is quite distorted, with an excessive number of electric balls and a negligible number of shadow balls and ice balls.

This doesn't seem like an intentional attempt to move towards multiple ball types, but rather a bias towards one. The previously drawn Shadow Ball and the current Hockey Ball seem more like a "last resort" as a compromise.

"Calm Mind" - 1 Mana, Generate 1 Frost Charge, Draw 1 Card

He reviewed the deck again. If it wasn't for the "balance" of "1 hockey", then what was it for?

That's right, it's "drawing cards"!

He recalled that player's deck, which, from a global perspective, was quite comprehensive: it had mana generation, blocking, finishing moves, and a ceiling...

But there was no "pass" card, and without passing the card, all of this could not be sustained.

Choosing "Calm Mind," a 1-cost, 1-draw card that is considered "inefficient," indicates...

— He hadn't drawn any efficient card draws like "Quick Search" or "Overclock" before.

If we follow this line of thinking, he guessed that if he didn't draw "Quick Search" or "Overclock" again, he would definitely draw "Calm Mind" again!

The coach continued explaining the key points of "balanced ball construction," and the students listened attentively, nodding and taking notes from time to time.

"That concludes my explanation of the line of thought. Did you all understand? Do you have any further questions?"

"If there are no further questions, I'll move on to the next point."

Just then, the young man who had been watching from the corner all along raised his hand:

"Wait a minute, I think there's something wrong here."