It's a hell game, who can still be a human being?

Chapter 689 A Perfect Item Comparable to a Legend

Anger, meditation, throwing punches, venting anger, duality, deep thought, relentless fighting, endless fighting, erudition, seeking help from the future.

These 10 cards can already form a perpetual motion machine mode. With so many cards to draw, the chance of drawing a random card is practically zero.

The only downside is that the damage output is not very strong. Although "Random Punches" is cost-effective, it can only deal 18 damage when enraged.

Moreover, this card cannot be used to change status, and the damage of "venting anger" which can be used to change status is only 8 points.

If you encounter a monster with high HP, you'll be clicking until your mouse smokes.

Fortunately, Liu Zheng didn't need to click the mouse; he controlled it with his mind.

Although he had already decided on his deck, since he was already there, he still looked at the last card.

The thirtieth card features a short-robed figure relentlessly beating a bronze statue, which is marked with numerous red dots.

"Penetration Strike: Inflicts 8 stacks of internal injury on the enemy, and at the end of the turn, the enemy takes damage equal to the number of internal injury stacks."

"What an unexpected card."

It has no combo with the other 29 cards, and it's unclear whether Liu Zheng didn't draw it or if it was originally a separate system.

Of course, he certainly wouldn't include this lone card in his deck.

As Liu Zheng carefully selected all 10 cards, all the card phantoms disappeared, leaving only darkness before him once more.

"The ancient chaos has awakened once more, and countless worlds—heaven, hell, the human realm, and the spirit world—face the threat of destruction."

"Countless races have placed their hopes on you and built you a train that can take you straight to the depths of heaven, which is now the nest of chaos."

"But before you challenge Chaos on behalf of the beings of Order, you must first purge your trains and defeat the vanguard sent by Chaos."

As the girl explained, light gradually appeared before his eyes.

At this moment, Liu Zhengzheng is inside a spacious and bright train carriage.

However, the walls around the carriage were not made of steel, but of gray rock with gold veins mixed in.

Ahead in sight was a locked iron gate, clearly leading to the next carriage.

Next to the iron gate were two staircases, one short and one long, which should lead to different levels of the train carriages.

"Please select the route forward."

As the girl's voice rang out, halos of light appeared on both staircases and the iron gate.

"Two short and one long, choose the longest one."

Liu Zheng silently recited the formula for guessing multiple-choice questions and mentally selected the longest staircase.

"Boom!"

With the sound of footsteps, the scene before him changed once again.

A stone archway appeared before him, with a blue energy flow spiraling slowly in the center of the archway.

"Triggering the hidden portal event allows you to teleport directly to the boiler room and challenge the final boss."

"Do you want to enter?"

The girl's voice rang out again.

"Of course, yes."

Liu Zheng was about to choose no on his first instinct, but he immediately overturned his decision.

Normally, using the initial deck to fight the final boss is definitely suicidal, and the enjoyment of playing this kind of card game is the process of climbing the tower.

But now his initial deck has formed a perpetual motion machine loop, and he doesn't want to enjoy the process of climbing the tower.

If the delivery ends quickly enough, Liu Zheng can even use the remaining delivery time to do something for himself.

With that in mind, he checked his deck one last time.

After confirming that his deck could form a perpetual motion machine and that the chance of losing was almost zero, he made his decision.

"I choose to enter the portal."

Liu Zheng said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the portal burst into a blinding light.

When his vision returned, he found himself in a huge room.

In front of Liu Zheng was a bird-man whose height almost reached the ceiling, and next to the giant bird-man were two smaller bird-men who reached its waist.

Behind the three birdmen was something that looked like a furnace or a cage, with a golden fireball burning inside.

"Defeat the formidable enemy and reclaim your train!"

As the girl's voice faded, a new interface appeared before Liu Zheng's eyes.

In the very center of your field of vision are five cards, and to the left of the cards are two circles.

The circle above has a yellow number "5" written inside, which should represent the number of cards remaining.

The circle below contains the purple number "3", the same color as the number in the upper left corner of the card, which should represent the remaining energy value.

There are also two circles on the right side of the card, and the number 0 is currently displayed in both circles. It is not yet clear what each circle represents.

"What about health points?"

Liu Zheng did not find what he was most concerned about.

Because one of his current operating modes, "Rage," requires him to lose health, and if he doesn't have enough health points to lose, the operation won't be as smooth.

As if sensing his thoughts, a line of red numbers slowly appeared above the card.

70/70.

A line of red numbers appeared above the heads of the three birdmen.

50/50、300/300、50/50。

"As expected of a half-finished product, it's really rudimentary. They even had to build the UI from scratch, right?"

Liu Zheng's lips twitched slightly as he began to calculate the damage.

"Rage" consumes 2 health points each time. He has 70 health points, so he can use it 34 times.

Based on the highest output of "Random Punches and Flying Away", 34 multiplied by 18 can deal 612 points of damage, which is more than enough to take down the giant birdman.

What? You're asking what to do about the remaining two monsters?
They died long ago from unknown AOE (area of effect) skills.

“Poor monsters, you have no idea what you are about to face.”

Liu Zheng glanced at the three birdmen with pity, then looked at his hand.

Meditation, venting anger, relentless fighting, extensive learning, seeking help for the future.

"Good grief, it started off with a crazy gamble."

Without a single "anger" card, it would have been very difficult to win if it weren't for the "learned" talent.

Unfortunately, he preferred to forgo other output options to get this card, precisely to prevent this situation from occurring.

Without hesitation, Liu Zheng used up his "Learned Knowledge" card and took the remaining five cards.

He hesitated for a moment, then instead of using the "Seek Help for the Future" method, he used "Meditation" to enter a "calm" state.

This time, he only had a little energy left.

But Liu Zheng didn't panic. Instead, he used "anger to the heart" again.

Leaving the "calm" state increases energy by 2 points, while "rage" also increases energy by 1 point, so his energy level returned to 3 points.

After two consecutive cycles of "meditation" and "rage", he used up the extra energy to use up two "relentless fury" cards.

"My turn begins!"

Liu Zheng revealed a wicked smile and was the first to throw out a "Random Fists" card.

When the golden fist struck the three birdmen, he knew the game was over.

"Bang Bang Bang!!!"

After countless dubbing tracks with extremely poor sound quality and accompanied by noise, the giant birdman screamed and fell to the ground.

However, just as Liu was about to watch the settlement screen, black light emanated from the giant birdman's body.

The black light quickly solidified, turning into black, glass-like feathers that were inserted into the giant bird-man's body.

"what!"

The giant bird-man let out a painful howl and struggled to his feet.

"Holy crap, there's a second phase."

Liu Zheng's eyes widened.

Fortunately, he didn't take advantage of "ultimate sublimation" to have a good time, or he would have ruined himself with the pleasure.

"Round Two begins."

Accompanied by the girl's emotionless voice, all his cards were thrown into the discard pile on the right, and then shuffled from the discard pile into the draw pile.

"It's the same no matter how many rounds."

Liu Zheng looked at the boss, whose health and damage had doubled, and sneered.

He has now mastered his divine skills, and no matter how many times the giant birdman is resurrected, the result will always be the same.

dead!
“Wood big wood big wood big!!!”

Because he disliked the game's sound effects, Liu Zheng decided to dub them himself. As time went on, the game's sound effects became his voice.

"This is allowed? You're not going to pay me for the voice acting, or I'll sue you for copyright infringement."

Liu Zheng said, half-jokingly.

"In recognition of your contributions, you will receive additional rewards upon winning the game."

The girl responded to him.

"Great job, no wonder he's a great designer who can create such a fun game."

Liu Zheng raised his large tentacle and said.

"Hee hee~"

A girl's soft laughter echoed from the void.

Under the relentless barrage of golden fists, the giant birdman collapsed helplessly once more, and this time it never rose again.

Congratulations on your victory.

Liu Zheng's vision went black, and he found himself in the void once again.

"Complete the achievement, Bird Catcher (obtained by defeating the boss Giant Crowman for the first time)."

The girl's voice rang out again.

"Complete the achievement, Perpetual Motion Machine (play 25 or more cards in one turn)."

"Complete the achievement, practice more if you're bad (defeat a boss in the first round)."

"Complete achievement, The Flash (complete the game in under 20 minutes)."

"Complete the achievement, external items (complete the game without any treasures)."

"Complete the achievement and strike at the heart of the enemy (the first enemy defeated is the final boss)."

The girl read for several minutes before she finished reciting his achievements.

"In recognition of your outstanding performance, you will receive the following three rewards."

"A: Gain an additional random advantage at the start of the next game."

"B: You can choose one of the three treasures."

"C: You can choose one card from three cards."

Immediately, three treasures appeared in front of Liu Zheng.

They are a fossilized conch, a dried-up twig, and a piece of pen nib.

Unsurprisingly, there were no item descriptions.

"Could you give me a hint, esteemed designer?"

He rolled his eyes and asked in a low voice.

"No, they are all useful."

The girl whispered in his ear.

"Ok."

After thinking for a moment, Liu Zheng still chose the dry branch.

This reminded him of the plane tree.

As he reached out, the dry branch fell into his hand.

Name: Endless Branches

Type: Equipment

Quality: Perfect

"Effect: When using a one-time use item, there is a 25% chance to obtain a copy of that item (limited to quality below Fine)."

"Note: If half of a one-foot stick is taken away each day, it will never be exhausted."

"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"

"Fuck!"

Liu Zheng's eyes bulged out of their sockets.

"This is fucking awesome."

Although the legendary delivery box can replicate 100% of the food, it can only replicate restaurant takeout, making its application scope much narrower than that of the "Endless Branches".

Once you reach the high-quality level, those one-time attack items can be used to deliver the final blow, and the auxiliary items are just as effective.

Take "random dice" for example; he can't even imagine how awesome it would be if he could duplicate a few more of them.

Liu Zheng made up his mind that he absolutely could not give up the "Endless Branches" to the Red Witch. He would use all his trump cards to protect it today.

He composed himself and looked at the three newly appeared cards in front of him.

These are "blinding", "ritual dagger", and "deification".

Similarly, there were no hints or clues for these three cards.

After thinking about it, Liu Zheng decided to "deify" him.

Since they're all related to God, they can't be all that trash.

Name: Card: Divine Ascension (One-Time Use)

Type: Equipment

Quality: Perfect

"Effect: All of the player's skills advance by one level (except for those that cannot be advanced or exceed the item's ability), lasting for ten minutes."

Note: With dedication, everyone can be a master in their own field.

"Can it be taken out of the instance: Yes"

"Awesome!"

His eyes widened again.

I thought "dried branches" were already heavyweight, but I didn't expect there were even experts.

Although Liu Zheng has not yet witnessed advanced skills, he can tell from the difficulty of acquiring them that their strength will definitely satisfy him.

Which one should I keep?
Liu Zheng didn't even have time to think before he was pulled out of the void in the next second.

After a dizzying spin, he found himself outside the board game arcade, where the Red Witch was staring intently at him.

"Well, Lady Scarlet Witch, the game is finished. If it's convenient for you, could you please sign for the takeout?"

Liu Zheng tried to get away with it.

"Snapped!"

A bolt of lightning struck at his feet.

Although he wasn't struck, the dissipated electricity still made his seaweed-like head stand up.

"Ugh!"

Liu Zheng sighed and took out the card: "Godhood".

He already has quite a few trump cards up his sleeve, but in terms of long-term benefits, "Endless Branches" are far greater.

The Scarlet Witch beckoned, and the cards flew into her hand automatically.

"what?"

Liu Zheng was somewhat surprised.

He thought he would have to engage in a war of words with the Red Witch, and maybe even have a physical fight, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.

The Scarlet Witch smiled mockingly, closed her eyes, and stopped looking at him.

At that moment, the vampire girl came out of the board game arcade.

"The owner said, 'Leave the takeout here, you can leave now. She'll sign for it when it's time.'"

She flew to Liu Zheng's shoulder and whispered in his ear.

"so good?"

Liu Zheng could hardly believe it.

"The owner is actually a very nice person. It's just that she wasn't feeling well the last few times you came."

"The vampire girl said quietly."

"Snapped!"

A bolt of lightning struck her, turning her into a roasted bat.

"Pah! I'm going to work now, Liu Zheng, you have to come visit me more often!"

The vampire girl exhaled a puff of black smoke, flapped her wings, and flew into the board game arcade.