My Card Beast Taming Game

Little did they know that Zhou Chen was speaking from the heart; he couldn't put pressure on his teammates, so he could only praise those who did well.

Chapter 140: A Miraculous Manifestation Before the Public

After several more fierce battles.

When Zhou Chen and his group retrieved the spirit cards and moved the battlefield, they heard an explosion in the distance.

"Other teams?"

Gu Xiaobo opened his eyes from his meditation, eager to try it out, and said, "Why don't we go and join in the fun?"

join in the fun?

Zhou Chen instinctively wanted to refuse. When adventuring in the secret realm, everyone tries to stay as far away from other teams as possible to avoid trouble.

Unexpectedly, Xing Keji also said, "Old Zhou! Let's go over and see how others fight! Let's learn from their experience!"

Qin Yulan said, "Commander, the team that can come here to kill monsters must be very strong. Why don't we go and find out their scores?"

Of the four, only Utsunomiya remained silent, but her bright, sparkling eyes betrayed her meaning.

Zhou Chen: "...Okay."

These people each have their own reasons, but ultimately it all boils down to one thing—

Tired, want to rest, want to show off.

The saying goes, "Wealth and honor not returned home are like wearing brocade at night." If they earned so much, wouldn't it be a waste if they couldn't show it off to others?

This contradicts Zhou Chen's philosophy of making a fortune quietly, yet he can understand the thoughts of Xing Keji and others.

After all, everyone's upbringing is different. Xing Keji and the others clearly lack experience in the secret realm, and their inexperience leads to a slow adjustment period.

For them, the secret realm wasn't that dangerous, and the exam was just an exam.

Zhou Chen silently drove toward the direction from which the explosion had come.

A short while later.

Everyone could already see the battle through the binoculars.

Wow! These people are so skilled!

Gu Xiaobo gave a strange evaluation.

As he said, the team of five male card players in the distance were cooperating quite well.

Mingming's team's Lingka configuration looks similar to theirs, with two tanks, two damage dealers, and one support.

But it's better than their cycle rhythm.

Zhou Chen took in the situation: "Mobile tanking, fixed damage output, and flexible support..."

Unlike Gu Xiaobo's Lava Giant, the two tanks in this card master team are more like Xing Keji's Heroic Armor, who are both durable and have decent mobility.

Therefore, they are able to hold onto most monsters and attract their attention.

One of the two damage dealers is a turret type, with slightly lower mobility but extremely high destructive power, and it is also the main damage dealer; the other damage dealer is more flexible and is responsible for blocking monsters that the tanking position cannot stop, preventing them from harassing the turret.

Finally, there's the support role.

The player who plays support cards is quite professional. He doesn't stick to one card, but switches back and forth between healing cards and buff cards.

Apply buffs first, then switch to healing; once the health is boosted, switch back to buffs.

—The rules do not allow candidates to summon two cards at the same time, so this is the only way he can play.

After careful observation, Zhou Chen discovered that the team's commander seemed to be the support card master. Their card masters' positioning was also quite interesting, circling around the support card master, while the off-road vehicle was completely abandoned to the side.

They can kill monsters very quickly; the five of them working together can take down a silver-tier monster in almost a minute.

A battle can usually be resolved in less than ten minutes.

Zhou Chen was filled with envy. If his teammates could coordinate this well, they could kill at least ten waves of monsters in an hour...

That doesn't seem very realistic either?

In short, Zhou Chen waited until the battle over there ended and they started cleaning up the monster corpses before slowly driving closer. Upon discovering them, the other side immediately showed a wary expression.

The person in the support role, presumably in command, spoke first: "Friends, is there anything I can do to help you?"

Xing Keji and the others all looked at Zhou Chen.

Although it was their own choice to come, their subconscious still gave him, the one in charge, the opportunity to speak.

After getting out of the car, Zhou Chen said, "Nothing else, friend. I just wanted to exchange some experiences. I saw that you guys worked together very well, so I wanted to learn from you."

You can't hit someone who's smiling; it's always good to be polite.

Sure enough, after he said those words, the expression on the other end of the line softened considerably.

Regardless of whether it's true or false, at least we can confirm that they don't have much malicious intent.

Zhou Chen introduced himself: "My name is Zhou Chen, and I'm from Yuzhou."

"Su Xuanzhen, a native of the capital."

The support commander responded with a smile.

Then the remaining people on both sides began to introduce themselves. They were all elites from all over the country, but all from the Eastern Continent.

Qin Yulan and Kaori Utsunomiya, both from Toshima Island and girls, naturally attracted the other party's attention.

Su Xuanzhen did not participate in the discussion, but instead talked with Zhou Chen, who was also a commander.

After exchanging a few tentative words, the two discovered that they shared the same goal.

"In that case, Zhou Chen, I won't hide it from you anymore."

He glanced at the recording bird beside him. The monster's corpse hadn't been dealt with yet. Even if he didn't say anything, Zhou Chen would find out sooner or later. "Not counting this pile of corpses, our current total score is 587. There are less than four hours left in the exam."

"A perfect score of 600!"

Gu Xiaobo turned around and asked in surprise, "You guys got such high scores?"

So, on average, you get close to 150 points per hour. Assuming a wave of monsters comes every 10 to 15 minutes, you can get at least 35 points per wave.

"We weren't very lucky with the card production, otherwise the scores could have been higher," Su Xuanzhen said modestly.

He then countered with, "And you?"

Gu Xiaobo chuckled but remained silent.

One of the boys, trying to strike up a conversation with the two girls, offered a seemingly comforting remark: "It's okay if you're a little lower than us! We should have the highest scores, we're definitely the most efficient!"

Qin Yulan remained expressionless, while Utsunomiya Kaori smiled politely.

Zhou Chen looked at Xing Keji beside him, who immediately realized that Old Zhou had given him the opportunity to show off in front of others.

He casually waved his hand, "Hey, we're just average. What was the score again? 1056?"

Just like he was unsure of the total score, Xing Keji confirmed it with Gu Xiaobo and the others.

Gu Xiaobo smiled and said, "It should be."

"Take the young master?"

The boy who spoke earlier distorted his voice, "Are you kidding me, buddy?! Over a thousand points! Monsters are lining up for you to kill!"

His companions laughed along, clearly not believing him.

Su Xuanzhen didn't laugh; his gaze remained fixed on Zhou Chen as he repeated, "1056 points?"

"Ah."

Zhou Chen nodded.

Su Xuanzhen exhaled a breath of stale air. "Impressive. Could you reveal your secrets to hunting monsters?"

Zhou Chen shook his head, "There's no secret. Our efficiency isn't even as high as yours. We just had better luck and made a few more cards."

“A score of over a thousand points isn’t as simple as just a few cards. You have a lucky star in your team.” Su Xuanzhen seemed to believe it, his expression slightly helpless.

He thought he had secured first place, but he never expected that the world is full of wonders.

There are still experts!

"I won't bother you any longer. See you again someday."

Zhou Chen told Xing Keji and the others to leave.

The show's over, the show's over, time to go hunt monsters.

With more than four hours left in the exam, he wanted to try his best to get a high score.

Seeing the group of people staring in disbelief and dumbfounded, Xing Keji and the others, feeling extremely satisfied, obediently got into the car.

"Let's go! Heading towards 2000 points!"

Chapter 141: Severely Injured Gold

It all started with their encounter with Su Xuanzhen's group.

Zhou Chen and his group seemed to have finally connected with the outside world, and began to frequently encounter other groups of test takers.

The two sides either looked at each other from a distance or got closer to exchange ideas.

After Xing Keji had shown off his score and felt satisfied, he stopped trying to impress others.

I feel it's a bit beneath me to verbally reveal my scores. Wouldn't it be great if each team could know each other's real-time rankings and scores?

Gu Xiaobo strongly agreed with this.

Zhou Chen had encountered so many teams, but had never met Mei Xian's team, so he was very curious about where they made a living.

Buffer?

It could happen anywhere.

"I'm afraid everyone has moved to the middle management."

Xing Keji guessed, "Although the kill points and material points for bronze-tier monsters are only two points lower than those for silver-tier monsters, I think the kill frequency per hour should be about the same."

He did the math.

Assuming it takes ten minutes to hunt a Silver monster and three minutes to hunt a Bronze monster, how long does it take to dispose of their corpses? And how long does it take to make the cards?

Can the next wave of monsters follow immediately?

Even hunting bronze-level monsters is tiring, and the overall cost-effectiveness is definitely not as good as hunting silver-level monsters.

Gu Xiaobo laughed and said, "You can't calculate it like that. Just because we can kill a silver monster in ten minutes doesn't mean others are as efficient. How can they kill monsters as fast as we are?"

“Aren’t Su Xuanzhen and the others quite fast?” Xing Keji retorted.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Zhou Chen said, "Alright, we're about to face the monster, so be serious."

Once the commander spoke, Xing Keji and Gu Xiaobo finally stopped.

More than half an hour later.

After hastily finishing off the third wave of monsters, everyone was exhausted. Xing Keji said, "Old Zhou, let's take a break. We're a bit too tired."

"Row."

Zhou Chen was used to their routine of getting tired after three or four rounds of fighting. He dismantled the monster corpse on his own and, with Qin Yulan's help, cleaned and completed the card making.

At first, Zhou Chen thought that this person was helping out of gratitude.

After all, she was the worst performer among the five.

But Zhou Chen later discovered that it wasn't quite like that. She would deliberately start conversations and act very enthusiastic when she was dismantling the monster, but she didn't participate much when everyone was chatting together on the road.

Worried that you'll get too bored while dismantling monsters?

Hopefully so.

Zhou Chen's attitude towards Qin Yulan was merely polite; he didn't seem to be trying to get to know her better.

To some extent, he's quite realistic; he doesn't have much affection for people who are too incompetent.

"Take this time to meditate."

He returned to the car, took off his gloves and dissecting gown, and opened the map to check his approximate location. To be honest, the location of the Azure Wind Secret Realm was quite difficult to pinpoint; there were no mountains here, only vast plains.