My cards can be infinitely combined.

Chapter 523 Daydreaming Becomes a Card

Zhou Nan continued to study the ability of "daydreaming".

The system didn't provide any further guidance; he tried to imagine a card on his own, just like writing his own character design.

In his mind, it wasn't difficult to conjure up a sky full of gods, Buddhas, divine weapons, demons, and monsters. He would first give them a prefix name, a suffix name, a card color, and a number of stars, and then add attribute data, skills, appearance, etc. Making a card by hand was not difficult.

Besides, he's seen too many cards. If all else fails, he can just copy them and make something like "Super Demon King Batian". That should do, right?

But after trying for a long time, Zhou Nan found that the cards he imagined could not actually manifest. He felt like he was just one thin layer of paper missing, about to succeed but just not succeeding, which made him feel frustrated.

"I'm not getting it..."

That cosmic being once said that to conjure a card through imagination, one needs to sense the laws of the void and the workings of the Heavenly Dao. To be more specific, one needs to sense the laws of the imaginary world and the power of the core. Then, one can conjure a card through imagination. He can see the laws of the imaginary world and sense the workings of the core, so he can conjure a card through imagination with ease.

He also bluntly stated that Zhou Nan's dimensions were insufficient, his three souls were incomplete, he could not see the laws of the void, and it was difficult for him to conjure up a card from nothing.

"Perhaps, in the eyes of the cosmic powerhouse Zhen Dejun or the cosmic emperor, the core is merely a tool with specific methods of use. They can easily utilize it to create cards. However, the Deep Sea Demon God, Emperor Pig, and Master Wu Tian can also conjure cards from imagination, but their methods of creating cards are completely different from those of the cosmic powerhouse Zhen Dejun... The cards they conjure are clearly based on their own knowledge and experience, essentially materializing certain abilities of theirs and presenting them in the form of cards..."

Zhou Nan gradually began to understand.

"If we compare the core to a card-making machine, then beings like the Dragon Slayer Emperor Li Hanqiang and the cosmic powerhouse Zhen Dejun should be able to operate this machine. They can create any kind of card they want with just a thought. As for the Deep Sea Demon God and others, they are probably passive. They can only provide raw materials to the running machine, and what kind of card is ultimately produced is determined by the core..."

Zhou Nan recalled the four-dimensional void theory mentioned by the NPC in the loop game, the Dragon Slayer Emperor Li Hanqiang, as well as the information mentioned in many time and space clue cards, and gradually his mind began to understand.

"Clearly, I can only follow the example of the Deep Sea Demons and the others by providing raw materials to the core to create cards through imagination. The [Imagination] ability is probably just an entry point for delivering these raw materials..."

He calmed his mind, tried to clear his mind of distractions, and then carefully sorted out the cultivation method of Haoyang Gong in his mind, imagining making it into a manual and a card.

Time flew by, and Zhou Nan suddenly received a system update: "Ding, Fantasy activated successfully. You can now create an exclusive material card. Do you wish to create it?"

"Did it work?"

Zhou Nan frowned, both surprised and puzzled, but silently responded to the system: "Create!"

"Ding, your card is being created, calculating..."

In less than five seconds, Zhou Nan sensed something, reached out and grabbed a one-star white card. At a glance, it was the [Cultivation Technique - Haoyang Skill]!

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Card Name: Secret Manual - Haoyang Skill (Bound)

Card color: white

Card Star Rating: One Star

Usage Level: None

Mana cost: 100

Note 1: This is a consumable card. Using it grants the basic cultivation method for Haoyang Gong. Haoyang Gong is a qigong technique created by Wu Tian in the Ape Martial World, suitable for human males. After cultivation, it allows one to draw in the primordial energy of heaven and earth, refine qi into spirit, refine spirit to return to emptiness, and refine emptiness to unite with the Dao.

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The card's attribute information is very brief and completely consistent with the Zhou Nan phenomenon.

"It seems the core is indeed constantly reading the player's imagination. This card's attribute information is exactly as I imagined, even the punctuation is correct!"

Zhou Nan crossed his arms, faced the cards in front of him, and pondered for a long time.

A moment later, he stretched out his hands and rubbed them together in front of him. As he rubbed, as if by magic, a card appeared out of his hands.

This card is also a one-star white card, and its name is: [Kung Fu Technique: Qi Gong Wave]!

Looking at the card's attribute information, this card can grant the user the method to release the [Ki Gong Wave] after use, but there are prerequisites: the user must have cultivated the Hao Yang Gong and have a combat power exceeding one hundred.

The phrase "combat power exceeding one hundred" is not a setting provided by Zhou Nan, but seems to be derived from the core calculation.

"Does this count as borrowing the core's computing power?"

Zhou Nan continued creating cards, and then he drew another one-star white card, [Technique: Somersault Cloud]!

The core once again demonstrated computing power; the card attributes mentioned that to condense the Somersault Cloud, a combat power of 10,000 is required!

"So that's how it is. These are the Imaginary Cards? But what's the use of creating these cards? They're bound to something, so I can't even give them away... The cards that the Deep Sea Demon God and his ilk created weren't like this; they all had practical uses!"

Zhou Nan remembered that the Deep Sea Demon God's cards could transform into combat mechs, the Pig Emperor's cards could transform into rake weapons, and Xuan Jian Kong's cards could transform into the Four Swords of Zhuxian, and so on. Their cards could all be used in battle to enhance their strength, which was obviously more advanced than the white cultivation technique cards he had created.

However, Zhou Nan was quite happy to have finally figured out how to conjure up cards through imagination. He quickly continued rubbing his palms together and successively produced [Cultivation Technique: Subduing Heaven and Profound Yellow], [Palm Technique: Nine Scales Creation], and [Cultivation Technique: Supreme Emperor Technique].

In short, the cards he creates are closely related to his own situation; his skill level determines the quality of the cards he can create.

He can only create cards like this; he can't create anything else.

However, Zhou Nan did not know how to infinitely strengthen and make these cards stronger.

A day later, Zhou Nan's enthusiasm for the fantasy card waned, and he began to seriously cultivate the Haoyang Skill, using up the single Yuan Qi bead in his hand.

Zhou Nan got up again and silently practiced his palm techniques.

After finishing practicing the palm technique, he sat cross-legged on the ground and silently recited the "True Scripture of Kings and Overlords" three times. Then he devoted himself to studying the "Supreme Emperor's Skill".

Time flows at the same rate as outside in the God and Demon Council's training room. A full day passes inside Zhou Nan's room, while only an hour passes outside.

He was able to endure the loneliness, staying in his private room, where he did nothing but tinker with martial arts cards and practice his skills.

Day after day, it was the same every single day.

Time passed...

On this day, Zhou Nan checked the time. He had been in his room for a whole month, and he had already made more than two hundred cultivation technique cards.

"It will take me 22 years and 11 months to achieve complete silent meditation... If this continues, I'm afraid I'll break down. I need to take a day off and get some fresh air!"

After leaving his cultivation room, Zhou Nan arrived at the Civilization District a short while later, where he encountered an acquaintance, Lan Cuihua.

Lan Cuihua was carrying a small basket; this time, she wasn't the little girl selling trading cards, but the little girl selling comics.

(End of this chapter)