Card Kingdom: This kid's codex is full of gold

"Students, the dungeon race is about to begin!"

"Can our Jiangcheng No. 1 Middle School Summoner Team defeat Jiangcheng No. 2 Middle School and end our nine-game losing streak? Let's wait and see!"

Jiangcheng No.1 High School.

On the stands of the playground, the principal held a microphone and spoke with great enthusiasm.

The audience seats were packed.

Students from all grades held their summoning codes in their arms, gazing at the holographic projection in the center of the playground, eagerly anticipating the start of the competition.

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In the viewing area of ​​Class 3, Grade 12.

Zhang Ya looked around, searching for her best friend.

"Where did Xiaolan run off to?"

"She was the one who called me to come see the show, but she herself has disappeared..."

Just as Zhang Ya was about to take out her phone to make a call, she saw a figure rushing over – it was her best friend, Xu Xiaolan.

"Xiao Lan, where have you been? The three giants have already started their challenge!"

"Hehe, I'm going to see a great traitor."

Xu Xiaolan walked quickly to Zhang Ya's side and proudly showed her the payment notification on her phone.

Zhang Ya glanced at the amount—over 30,000—and exclaimed in surprise, "You sold that Black Iron Level 2 Saber-toothed Tiger card?"

"No, no, no!"

Xu Xiaolan wagged her index finger and said proudly, "I sold all three hundred-plus slime cards I'd been saving for ages! One hundred yuan each!"

"People actually buy slime cards?"

Zhang Ya was stunned: "Any kid can find that thing by just grabbing a stick and going to the riverbank. Most people would just buy a few to scout ahead."

"Who on earth bought over 300 tickets at once? Aren't they afraid of being stuck with them?"

"Hehe, he's a freshman in high school. He's quite handsome, but he's not very bright."

Xu Xiaolan covered her mouth and chuckled: "He said the price of slime cards is about to skyrocket, and he's planning to hoard them in large quantities to resell them at a high price."

Zhang Ya's lips twitched as she said, "Hoarding this kind of junk card at a high price is even more outrageous than hoarding memory sticks at a high price."

"By the way... does he also accept slime cards?"

"Over the years, I've been practicing my main card skills and have collected quite a few, around 500, by the wild river. If he wants them, I can give them all to him."

"Wow! Ya Ya, you're going to be rich!"

Xu Xiaolan said enviously, "That guy said he'd take as many as he could get, and he wouldn't haggle!"

Zhang Yaxiu's eyes lit up: "Really? Then I'll sell him all my slime cards!"

"That way, I'll be able to raise enough money to buy my cousin a starter kit."

Upon hearing Zhang Ya mention her younger cousin, Xu Xiaolan teased, "Ya Ya, why are you so concerned about your cousin?"

"You said your cousin is super handsome, the school heartthrob at Junior High No. 1 Middle School. You wouldn't happen to have a crush on him, would you?"

"Get lost."

Zhang Ya pressed her head down and said irritably, "My cousin is an orphan. He's been all alone since he was little. Now that he's finally awakened his summoner talent, how can I, as his older cousin, not support him?"

"By the way, give me that traitor's contact information. After I finish watching the three giants storm the underground palace, I'll go find him to deliver the goods."

"I don't have that guy's phone number either."

Mentioning the handsome first-year high school boy, Xu Xiaolan said with annoyance, "His sister is probably a brother-obsessed person. She doesn't let him add girls on WeChat, otherwise he would have fallen into my clutches long ago."

"After we finish watching the game, we can go find him in Class 10 of the first year of high school."

"Alright, you little fangirl."

Zhang Ya smiled and nodded, but a question arose in her mind.

Class 10, Grade 1...

Isn't this the class my cousin Zhang Yun is in...?

It really is the worst class in the whole grade; it has all sorts of weirdos...

I need to tell my cousin later not to hang out with those kinds of people, lest they go astray...

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At this moment, the teaching building for the first year of high school was completely empty.

Almost all the teachers and students went to the playground to watch the racing competition, but Zhang Yun stayed alone in the classroom.

He was on the phone, his brows furrowed deeply.

"Hey, Zhang, this is Brother Long."

"Your loan to our company is due soon. We hope you can repay it on time, otherwise... your house will be taken away by our company."

"By the way, you don't want your beloved aunt to find out about your loan sharking, do you?"

"Getting in touch with her isn't difficult, hehe..."

"Understood, Brother Long. I'll be hunting monsters in the wild these next couple of days to collect cards and raise money."

"I'll pay the debt on time. Don't try anything funny, or I'll burn the house down rather than give it to you."

Zhang Yun hung up the phone and pulled a black iron card from the backpack on the table.

He then opened the cast iron codex floating beside him and asked, "Niriko, as you instructed, I've bought 10000 slime cards. Now, shouldn't you give me the cheat codes?"

A notification sound from the Codex Spirit echoed in my ears:

【OK!】

[Ding! Xiao Zhang has obtained 10,000 cards of the same type, activating the hidden talent of the Codex. Fusion!]

[Contract any Slime Card as your main card to begin your path to godhood!]

In the world of card games, every summoner who successfully awakens will receive a Heavenly Codex.

All codes are initially made of cast iron and can be contracted with two main cards and two auxiliary cards. They also come with a passive talent – ​​[Codex Favor].

[Crypt of the Law]: Grants 10% of the main card's power to the summoner.

The higher the quality of the main card contracted, the stronger the boost to combat power the summoner receives.

Once the main card is contracted, it cannot be changed.

The Black Iron Slime is the weakest card in the world. Contracting it does nothing to help the summoner. Unless you're out of your mind, no one would use it as a main card.

But Zhang Yun is different.

Zhang Yun is not only handsome, but his code also possesses an SR-level talent—fusion.

Fusion: Allows for the infinite fusion and evolution of cards in the main card slot.

In other words, as long as Zhang Yun has enough of the same type of card, he can theoretically synthesize a super card of infinitely high grade.

For example, there are five-colored epic cards, seven-colored legendary cards, dazzling divine cards, and so on!

To this end, Zhang Yun mortgaged the property left by his parents and borrowed 20 Dragon Coins from the young rich woman, going all in to buy the unpopular Slime Cards!

"No one will help me achieve my lofty ambitions; I will take out a loan to ascend to the Western Paradise."

"Whether we can defy fate or not depends entirely on this one move!"

"All in, guys!"

Zhang Yun gritted his teeth and pressed the card into the codex:

"Contract Slime Cards!"

[Ding, congratulations Xiao Zhang, the main card contract is successful, starting to read data...]

The card trembled slightly, and a soft, blue, watery creature appeared on its surface, slowly attaching itself to the page.

Immediately following, data related to the card beast appeared on one side of the card:

[Slime: Water-based]

[Card Quality: Black Iron]

[Card Beast Level: Tier 1, Stage 1 (Experience: 0)]

[Potential: ☆☆]

[Talent: None]

[Skills: None]

Overall combat strength: 0.5

[Review: The lowest-level creature in Kappa's world, a childhood toy for children]

[Hint: You can use a card of the same type to enhance: 0/10.]

Looking at this card with its extremely low power rating, Zhang Yun's lips twitched: "0.5 combat power, roughly equivalent to the combat power of a 5-year-old child wielding a stick."

"As expected of someone from the bottom of the card game world, their combat power is truly abstract!"

[Hehe, little bro, don't panic. First, take 10 cards and fuse them to strengthen them.]

Even a slime, if fused with enough cards, can make a god tremble!

"Make God tremble? Sounds wonderful!"

Zhang Yun's eyes were burning, like a gambler's. He took out 10 cards from the backpack next to him and stuck them onto the main card.

"Fusion Talent, activate!"

【start up!】

Om-!

With a soft sound, the 10 black iron cards turned into a white light and merged into the slime card on the page.

In the next instant, the images and data on the card changed rapidly...