"What should we do next, Madam?
We've already scouted it out, and the reinforcements from Moon Frost Island are still a day's journey away, "a card artisan asked respectfully.
"Oh, they've really come quickly.
Let's fight the reinforcements. We don't know who set up this trap, so we'll help them along the way. "The sweet and silky voice carried a trace of laziness.
Sitting in the seat of honor was shockingly the Madam from Faya, who had been in Pomelo. She was still wearing a mask, but no one dared to look directly into her soul-stirring eyes.
If Chen Mu saw her, he would certainly be surprised why Qiao Yuan hadn't killed her that time.
He would certainly wonder how she had escaped from that deathtrap in Pomelo.
"According to our intelligence, it was Constellation." The card artisan didn't dare to raise his head. Those eyes were really too seductive, and he was afraid to make a fool of himself in front of the Madam.
The Madam's status was so distinguished that he could imagine what would happen if he showed the slightest hint of profanity.
Not only him, but all of the card artisans kept their heads down, not daring to make eye contact with those eyes.
The madam chuckled. "If Constellation had such foresight, it wouldn't be in such a mediocre situation."
"How wise, Madam!"
"Heh heh, don't flatter me.
Oh, I remember. How's the investigation I had you look into last time? "The Madam was still smiling, but her soul-stirring eyes were suddenly overflowing with coldness.
"Madam, we've mobilized all of our power in the Heavenly Drum Village District, but we've gotten very little out of it."
The card artisan was trembling with fear as he answered cautiously, "The Cao Dong you spoke of has indeed entered the Heavenly Drum Village District. The last place they disappeared was the small town of Oak Tree.
We've also discovered that the Federation Comprehensive Academy seems to be looking for them. "
"The Federation Comprehensive Academy?"
The Madam's gaze suddenly sharpened as she murmured, "Could Tang Hanpei be interested in him, too?"
She suddenly thought of something and suddenly understood. She said to herself, "Not bad, not bad. Tang Hanpei bought the Starfish Fort from him.
Hmph, if it weren't for the Starfish Fort, how could he have killed Qiao Yuan?
No wonder, no wonder! "
Hearing the Madam talking to herself, no one dared to make a sound. Everyone lowered their heads, not even daring to breathe loudly.
The Madam muttered to herself for a moment before slowly saying, "Cao Dong's subordinates have two leaders. One is called Bogner, and the other is Xi Ping. If you can't find Cao Dong, see if you can find these two.
Remember, if there's any news, report to me immediately, no matter when. "
"Yes!" The card artisans under him accepted the order in unison.
The madam's thoughts were drifting. She would never forget that experience in Pomelo for the rest of her life.
She had always prided herself on her unparalleled wisdom, but it was also at that time that she suffered the heaviest blow.
It was only later that she found out that all of this had been done by Cao Dong in secret. The laughable thing was that she had actually been completely unaware of it.
She had almost become one of the countless dead souls in Pomelo. Just a little bit more.
No matter what, she could never forget this person!
Cao Dong, just you wait!
The Madam gritted her teeth and thought to herself.
Just then, one of her subordinates came forward and carefully asked, "Madam, what about Qiao Yuan?"
"Qiao Yuan?" She had seen Qiao Yuan's information, and that incredibly ugly face had left a deep impression on her.
As an ace newly advanced on the Black-Line Star Listing, he had defeated Dang Han not long ago and could be said to be in the limelight.
What she found most strange was that it was as though Qiao Yuan had suddenly popped out of the ground, and they couldn't find any information about him.
The Madam muttered to herself for a moment before saying, "Is there any chance we could recruit him?"
Several of the card artisans looked at one another, and then one of them said with some hesitation, "That's not a big possibility. Zeng Yushan had once revealed his intentions in that regard, but he was rejected."
"Oh, then we don't have to worry about him."
She stretched lazily, and a slight moan came from her fine nose, which made the blood pressure of the card artisans in the room soar.
Noticing the card artisans' awkwardness, the Madam giggled charmingly. "Let's leave the matter of Zargan to Constellation. We just have to watch the show."
"Yes, sir."
With all the materials in hand, Chen Mu got to work.
Although he hadn't made cards for a while, his movements weren't rusty at all.
In order to avoid interference, he had to find another room.
Although Token Theory was already a walk in the park for him, the number of times he had made specialized token cards was pitifully low.
His goal that time was very clear. He wanted to make a token card specifically used for calculation.
That token card had only one function, and that was to calculate!
The token card had always been used for calculation, but that level obviously couldn't satisfy Chen Mu. He decided to take the card's calculation function to the extreme.
After spending three days, he had finally made it.
It was a gray card with a coffee-colored composition. It was a little unremarkable, and there wasn't any star symbol to be found on it.
Such a card was the first time Chen Mu had dared to use Token Theory as an experimental product.
It was different from any card Chen Mu had made before. The composition on the card's surface was dense, and many of the lines were finer than hair. Both sides of the card were covered with such lines.
Those lines were so complicated that even Chen Mu felt his scalp tingle at first glance.
When the finished product was placed in front of him, he was a little surprised that he had actually completed such a complicated card!
The next second, a strong sense of pride filled his heart.
From only being able to make one-star power cards to now being able to make such a complicated card, he had unwittingly discovered that his progress had somewhat exceeded his expectations.
While he was proud, he couldn't help but feel emotional. Although there had been countless good fortune, how much hardship and sweat had he gone through to get to where he was?
He inserted the card into his apparatus, wanting to examine it.
Since it was an auxiliary card, he only needed a tiny wisp of perception to activate it.
For safety, Chen Mu added a composition with a secret function to the card. Only when the frequency of perception had reached a special value could the token card be activated.
The apparatus on Chen Mu's wrist lit up, and countless silver lights could be seen, as though a cluster of stars had suddenly exploded.
The silver lights dispersed, and a strange scene appeared in the room.
Chen Mu looked as though he were among the galaxies of the universe, with countless large and small silver lights distributed throughout every inch of space in the room.
Every speck of silver light was like a star, and they moved slowly.
Between those silver stars, there were silver lines of varying thickness wriggling about.
The most confusing were those transparent crystal-like surfaces, each of which was different in size and seemed to be distributed chaotically.
Points, lines, surfaces, as well as a few more complex three-dimensional structures and multidimensional structures..
Chen Mu was a little sluggish looking at the strange scene, and his brain nearly crashed.
Was he really the one who made such a wonderful and mysterious card?
He swallowed unconsciously, suddenly thinking of the Evolution of the Stars fantasy card he had seen at the low-grade fantasy card club in Eastern Shang-Wei City, which had come from the grandmaster Chemosich.
The card he had made was even more shocking and fascinating than that card!
Apart from his shock, Chen Mu's mood was a little strange.
To be able to make such a miraculous card, no matter who it was, it would be hard to avoid feeling pleased and proud.
But for a card master to be unable to predict the card he had made, that would only show that he wasn't skilled enough, which really wasn't something to be proud of.
It looked as though his mastery of token cards was still too shallow!
After a good self-reflection, Chen Mu raised his head and refocused his attention on those messy silver stars, lines, and surfaces.
Suddenly, Chen Mu discovered a thornier problem. Even he didn't know where to start with that card or how to use it.
Good lord!
Whatever pride and satisfaction he had just had vanished into thin air. If a card master didn't even know how to use the card he had made, that would be an absolute disgrace for a card master!
Those silver stars, silver coins, and surfaces were like a bunch of naughty children, ignoring Chen Mu and minding their own business, playing with their own things.
That made Chen Mu feel even more gloomy.
He had thought with great difficulty that he had made a new breakthrough in his card making skills, but he hadn't thought that blows would come one after the other.
Looking at that brilliant galaxy, sparkling, gorgeous, and mysterious scenery, Chen Mu felt as though he were laughing at his own incompetence.
He simply sat there in the galaxy, closing his eyes to ponder the rules.
Chen Mu, who had closed his eyes and was concentrating on his thoughts, didn't notice that the dots of silver stars, the silver threads scurrying everywhere, and the strange transparent surfaces were changing little by little.
The token card theory was extremely profound, and once Chen Mu sank his heart to ponder it, he felt a thousand strands of threads.
Even though he had always felt that his brain was quite bright, he was about to explode.
He had no choice but to stop thinking for a while, and he put the card away.
He had named the card the "child," referring to the fact that it was as disobedient as a child.
He had thought he could make an auxiliary calculation card that could calculate the rest of the words of the Golden Word Shackle. He hadn't thought he would come up with such a strange card.
He thought about how he had fought with Dang Han on the road for the materials, and how he had almost fallen into Sang Hanshui's hands. In the end, he had come up with such a card that had struck him hard.
Sang Hanshui saw Chen Mu's gloomy face and tactfully dodged to the side.
It could be said that he had been frightened out of his wits those last few days, watching the cardless sects' training every day, which had made his fragile nerves even more fragile.
He finally had a profound understanding of the cardless sects. As he saw it, the so-called cardless sects' true essence was to destroy themselves first, and then to destroy others.
Seeing the child's daily training, Sang Hanshui reckoned that if it were him, he would have died several times over.
The more he watched, the colder he felt. That little guy was so ruthlessly destroying himself. How ruthless would he be when he destroyed others in the future?
Since then, in Sang Hanshui's mind, the most dangerous profession was impressively the cardless sects.
Wei-ah suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky outside the training room.