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Chapter 1231: One Thousand Two Hundred and Twenty-Eight·"They became 'players'."

[Player (Su Mingan). The contract object you summoned is——]

[SR·Humble Mourner·Su Jingtang]

[Class: Knight (Front Row)]

[A night watchman born in Hongyun, he advocates hope and beauty in all things. After being enlightened by Oliver, he realized what his heart desired, gave up medicine and turned to martial arts, embarking on the path of a night watchman.]

[“——I sing eulogies for the dead and celebrate joy for the victories.”]

[Personality alignment: Orderly Good]

[Darkness value: 0 points]

[Level: lv.50]

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Although he failed to draw Si Que, Su Ming'an was lucky and the SR card was also very rare. Compared with Xiao Ming's 78 points of blackening value, Su Jingtang's 0 points of blackening value can be called a pure and kind little white flower.

"You come from the Eastern Kingdom?"

"Yes." Su Jingtang put on his hat and said slowly and carefully, "Master, as your first companion, I will help you win on the game day."

"Not the first one. I summoned an SSR named Su Qing before." Su Mingan said.

Su Jingtang was shocked for a moment: "Then why doesn't he follow you and protect your safety at all times?"

"He said he and I are equal. And his personality is a little...special." Su Mingan said.

"Equality?" Su Jingtang did not understand. "We are here in compliance with the call of the God of Contract. If we cannot help you win, our coming is meaningless and cannot benefit ourselves. Coming to such an unfamiliar era, we should be humble and respectful. You are my lord, and he actually has such a rebellious idea."

...Strange times?

Hearing this, Su Mingan suddenly understood that the timeline of these card characters might not be consistent with the present. The clues of the tenth world also said that players might draw their childhood selves, such as ten-year-old Su Mingan or ten-year-old Yueyue.

Then, the [SSR·Poseidon·Lu] in the limited-time card pool of "The Advent of the Sea Emperor" should not summon the current Lu, but summon a future Sea Emperor Lu.

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"Ding dong!"

[You have collected two cards, and the "Card Team Matching" function is now available! ]

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Su Mingan looked at his card interface. He clicked on it and saw the names [SSR Mirror Su Mingan] and [SR Humble Mourner Su Jingtang] at the bottom of the interface.

In the center of the interface is a four-square straight line, like a chessboard.

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[Please specify the first slot of the team. (Recommended front row classes: Knight, Warrior)]

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Su Jingtang happened to be a knight. Su Mingan dragged [SR·Humble Mourner·Su Jingtang] below and dragged this name to the front.

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[Please specify the second slot of the team. (Recommended mid-ranking positions: burst position, mobile position)]

Su Mingan doesn’t have any mid-level cards, so he can only skip it.

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[Please specify the third slot of the team. (Recommended back row positions: Archer, Chanter)]

Su Mingan designated Xiao Ming.

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[Please specify the fourth slot of the team. (Recommended back row positions: Mage, Priest, Prayer.)]

Su Mingan discovered that his name could also be dragged into this grid, so he placed himself on this grid and acted as a mage.

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After the team is matched, a buff bonus appears:

[Your card team is: Su Jingtang (0 star), Su Qing (0 star), Su Mingan (protagonist)]

[Get buff bonus: Su family works together]

[(Su Family works together): Combat power increases by 5%, and charm increases by half a level. ]

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"Ding dong!"

[The "Rovasha Store" of the God of Trade is now open. You can perform operations such as "buy skins" and "buy favor gifts". 】

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【Rovasha Store】

[1. Su Jingtang·Interstellar Mecha (Quality: Epic) (Price: 500 words)]

[2. Su Jingtang·Garden Tour Gown (Quality: Excellent) (Price: 300 words)]

[3. Su Qing·Magic Boy (Quality: Legend) (Price: 1000 words)]

[4. Su Qing: Want to buy osmanthus flowers and wine (Quality: Epic) (Price: 500 words)]

【…】

[13. Favorable Gift: Lighthouse Sculpture (Price: 500 words)]

[14. Favorable impression gift: Call (price: 500 words)]

[15. Favorable Gift: Oscar Trophy (Price: 1000 words)]

【…】

[25. A Glimpse of God (Price: 3000 words)]

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【Note: Words can be gained by defeating others. 】

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Su Mingan was petrified for three seconds.

...World Tree is such a genius. How many games has he taken into this?

Skins and favor gifts can be used to improve the favorability of cards, but Su Mingan doesn't need them. He is not afraid of low favorability, but only of too high favorability. This store is not used for the time being.

He closed the interface.

At the end of the road, Hui Bi rushed over and saw that Su Mingan had no injuries. Hui Bi showed a relieved expression: "Fortunately, you are okay."

Su Mingan nodded at him and looked at Pudding: "Pudding, how can I get more card draw tickets?"

"[Game Day]." Pudding replied: "When you clear a level on [Game Day], you are defending against the invasion of outside civilizations. The draw tickets are issued by the World Tree. Every time you pass a level, you will get some draw tickets as rewards."

"That's how it is." Su Mingan understood - even a seemingly ridiculous card drawing game has a strict principle behind it.

In order to motivate people, the World Tree has built a summoning mechanism that can project people from other timelines to Rovatha and give them to people as cards. Whenever people achieve certain achievements on [Game Day], they can get a card draw ticket issued by the World Tree and use the card to further work hard on [Game Day].

For people, this card drawing mechanism is addictive, and the tangible increase in combat power also motivates their initiative.

For World Tree, it is a zero-cost business. He only needs to pay the cost of the summoning ceremony. He is a card drawing ticket printing machine. Whether he sends out ten or a hundred consecutive card drawing tickets, it is of no concern to him. But people can fight for the card drawing tickets he prints casually.

Even if someone called for killing Him, He only needed to give everyone a few card drawing tickets, which would be enough to appease most people and nothing would happen.

"A very thoughtful ruler..." Su Ming'an commented. This method is much gentler than that of a certain god, and it can mobilize people's initiative and enthusiasm, rather than being constrained by the oracle.

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"Ding dong!"

【Game Day is about to start. 】

【Countdown three minutes.】

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this moment,
Su Mingan heard exclamations from the surrounding teaching buildings, and it seemed that all the participants had heard the sound.

He saw an uncle standing under the shade of a tree in the distance. The uncle was fully armed, wearing a gas mask and carrying compressed cans, purified water, a Swiss Army knife and other items. Even his neck and hands were protected tightly.

Further away, under the shade of a tree, there was a white-haired old man with a hunched back, holding a bag filled with food and water.

...Would an old lady like this be willing to enter [Game Day]? She would probably have trouble even running.

Su Mingan looked at these figures who were on high alert, and a sense of disappointment spread in his heart.

The moonlight is setting, and the azure blue light covers the campus with a soft veil. The branches and leaves are hovering with bright blue light, quiet and peaceful.

"You may not know that some people have been waiting for the arrival of [Game Day]." Hui Bi said gently: "They were born with a limit locked by their race, and can only hope for a miracle. [Game Day] is this miracle."

"To extend their parents' lives, to bring back their children who died young, to pay off a lifetime of debts... they would do anything to achieve these wishes. This is their only chance to change their fate."

"People knew long ago that [Game Day] would come this year, so many people were told by their parents to exercise well and practice various escape room, lock picking, and puzzle solving skills when they were young."

"A lot of schools have started to emerge around [Game Day], hiring teachers who are good at playing games and teaching children the skills of playing games every day. Many after-school tutoring classes have sprung up to help people better understand the flexible and varied game puzzles."

"In Luowasha, you will only be praised if you are good at playing games. This is because the world has set the standard for excellence and the measure of being an excellent student. If you only know how to bury your head in books, you will be criticized for reading books every day. The kid next door is so good at playing games. You should learn from him!"

"Various textbooks, such as "Must-do Questions on Game Day", "A Guide to Escape Rooms", and "How to Deal with Doomsday and Sci-Fi Levels", are spreading across the land of Luowasha and are very popular. People are desperately doing these questions, hoping to win on [Game Day]."

“Even though they know they might die on [Game Day], some people think…”

"[A long life of poverty and hopelessness is far more terrifying than a glorious death.]"

After Huibi finished speaking, Su Mingan lowered his eyes.

He seemed to understand the reason why so much pain existed. It was hidden behind the absurdity and laughter, rooted in the mud of the world. No matter how loud the laughter was, one could hear the same sound behind it.

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【Countdown.】

【ten. 】

【Nine. 】

【eight. 】

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Su Mingan took a step forward.

The moment he walked out of the cafe, he heard the countdown ending -

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【Game day begins. 】

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【We sit in hell holding up the Bible, hoping to change our fate by killing. 】

[The game of disciples begins now. ]

[Human nature can never withstand any test, please always stay alert and calm. ]

[On this stage of decay, blood, and screaming, betrayal, entrapment, and despair will become your tests.]

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it has started.

What will the Disciple game be about? A Danganronpa-style puzzle game? A battle royale? Or...

White light enveloped them.

"Shh!"

When he opened his eyes again, Su Mingan saw a yellow bar floating in the upper right corner of his vision - this seemed to be the [Health Value] in the Disciple Game.

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[Participant No. 0000003030, welcome to the Disciple Game! 】

【In the Disciple Game, everyone needs to pay attention to three points. 】

[1. The yellow bar in the upper right corner is your health. Hunger, cold, injury, and poisoning will all reduce your health. When your health is exhausted, you will die.]

【2. Each person will receive a random item, a random ability, and a random survival resource. It all depends on your luck.】

[3. The racial food chain still exists, but the racial strength will be balanced to reduce the situation of absolute suppression. ]

[Subsequent game rules will be gradually revealed during development, so stay tuned. 】

[Please follow the instructions and receive your tasks in the first level. 】

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Before Su Mingan checked the items, superpowers and survival resources randomly assigned to him, he heard an impatient male voice coming from the side.

"Is this a squad system? You were all dragged in by that damn [Game Day]?" The speaker was a burly man in a white T-shirt with furrowed black eyebrows and a thick beard.

Su Mingan looked around, surrounded by mottled iron railings, and a rusty smell. This seemed to be a prison cell... Could it be an escape room?

When the big man saw the iron bars, his face was twisted into a ball. He ran to the bars and banged on them angrily: "Damn it! Why were we locked up in the first place?"

At this time, a boy wearing glasses suggested: "It's really not a good idea to be locked up here. We need to leave as soon as possible... Do you have a powerful race? We can try to break open the iron bars."

There were six people in total locked up in this cell. In addition to the big man and the boy with glasses, there was a female student in school uniform, a middle-aged man in a suit, and a white-collar woman.

"...!"

Looking at this scene, Su Mingan stood up as if he had been electrocuted.

Something suddenly flashed through his mind, as if the hippocampus effect had occurred.

The hippocampal effect is a feeling in which humans suddenly feel that they have "experienced this scene somewhere before". From a medical perspective, it may be a precognitive dream caused by the brain's divergent imagination, or it may be an illusion of mistaking something seen a few milliseconds ago as something they have seen before. However, its cause has not yet been confirmed.

...Has he seen such a scene before? Probably not, but why...does he have a vague sense of déjà vu?
There were dense waves in his mind and goose bumps appeared on his back unconsciously, and he didn't even know where this emotion came from.

It was like a hand grasped his heart.

Slowly clench and release, clench and release.

"..."

Was it Su Liujin's residual emotions that were affecting him? Did Su Liujin participate in the first disciple game?
He looked outside the dark door and took a step forward.

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