Card Master Guide

From the windows, the fragrance of tulips in the courtyard, mixed with the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus trees, and the scent of lavender from pajama ribbons.

Lin Xiao's eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his eyes slightly, reflecting Qiao Linna's carefully observing face.

Jolena's smooth blond hair was spread out, her elbows rested on the head of the bed, her fingers rested on her temples, and her ruby ​​eyes were like a clear lake. With her back facing the soft light, Lin Xiao saw that the fine hairs on her snow-white skin were dyed with a beautiful golden light.

The two hearts were closely connected, and Lin Xiao felt that Qiao Linna kissed his lips. Her soft lips carried a green and fruity fragrance, and then became more enthusiastic, as sweet as apricots.

Jolena parted her lips when she was almost suffocated. She propped her hands on the bed and looked down at Lin Xiao, like a lioness, her eyes were full of stubbornness and perverseness, and the frost gradually melted into a thawed river.

"Don't leave me behind," Jolena said hoarsely.

"Not next time." Lin Xiao looked at her and said.

Qiao Linna hesitated a little, as if she had fallen in love, she had become another person, so she justified in a low voice.

"I... didn't ask you for it, I just got used to having you by my side..."

Qiao Linna rested on Lin Xiao's chest, closed her eyes and said, "But it feels... pretty good."

"So you can act like a baby?" Lin Xiao seemed to have discovered a new world.

"You are special." Jolena said calmly, "It is so important to me."

Time passed quietly.

This time it was different from Lin Xiao on the small island who was resting on Qiao Linna's lap. This time, Qiao Linna handed over her unguarded self to Lin Xiao's hands.

Lin Xiao put his hands on her snow-white shoulders, looked at the ceiling, murmured, and said to someone:

"I will not leave...I will end the doomsday and live a peaceful daily life with you."

*

The proposal went very well.

Since she had already met Qiao Linna's father, there was no need to worry about her father-in-law's objection.

When and where the wedding will take place is undecided, but it will certainly have to be after the dust settles.

For this reason, Lin Xiao still needs to work hard to investigate the trail of the creation dragon.

When meeting with the Dragon of Creation, I mainly want to find out the following things:

What is the body of Doomsday, how powerful it is, and whether the Dragon of Creation can help.

Even, Lin Xiao is still at a loss as to why he traveled to this game world.

Perhaps, the creation dragon, which symbolizes the supreme law, can give the answer.

The next destination of the investigation was the headquarters of the "Xinghuo Group" in Jincheng.

Lin Xiao and Qiao Linna returned to Central Continent in the vehicle "Zonda".

The first stop is the headquarters of the investigation team in Modu.

After Chu Yun and Sigrid saw that Lin Xiao was safe and sound, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

"Now you can find the satellite footage of your confrontation with the King of Titans on the Internet." Sigrid said, "The number of hits has exceeded one billion! It's really scary!"

"Slaying two evil gods, the title of the strongest on the surface is considered secure." Chu Yun said with a cigarette in his mouth.

"It's three evil gods." Lin Xiao corrected: "Satan has also fallen, but the satellite images haven't been released."

Chu Yun's eyelids twitched, and he almost lost the cigarette butt in his hand. He said in disbelief, "The big red dragon Satan?"

"Well, this time I also burned his wreckage, and there will be no accidents like Chi You's." Lin Xiao explained.

Chu Yun gave a thumbs up expressionlessly.

That means, it has to be you, kid!

Sigrid: "So, the last two evil gods are left?"

Jolena folded her arms with one hand, and said in a deep voice: "I have traveled to Shaluo...the status of the gods there is biased towards the 'guardian'. The jackal god Anubis, the cat god Bast, and many other gods of Shaluo have all died. Wake up. There is animosity between them and Seth, so I can ask for their assistance when I need to attack Seth.”

Qiao Linna once traveled in the kingdom of Sharo, and was protected by the gods of Sharo, so she has a unique advantage in the fight against Seth.

Lin Xiao looked at Qiao Linna and said:

"If... I mean, if I have no resources to investigate the creation dragon, can I temporarily entrust you with the task of subjugating Seth?"

Qiao Linna raised a sassy smile at the corner of her mouth, and punched Lin Xiao's chest with her fist: "What nonsense, this is what I should do."

Chu Yun nodded and said, "I agree to split up. Firstly, Qiao Linna has many successful experiences of acting alone. Secondly, you can't do everything yourself, Lin Xiao."

Lin Xiao nodded.

With Jolena sharing part of the evil god's pressure for him, he can focus on investigating the creation dragon.

And among the only two remaining evil gods, apart from the 'God of Storms' Seth, there is 'Mara' Bo Xun located in the Northland.

According to known information, the Central Continent Alliance has cooperated with the Northern Land Alliance in order to crusade against Bo Xun and find the last immortal bone for Lin Xiao.

For this, Lin Xiao was very grateful to Jiang Shang, and Jiang Shang just smiled, saying that this was for the benefit of all mankind.

With Jiang Shang and Augustus two sanctuaries, and the background of the two alliances, the success rate of the crusade against Moluo Boxun is extremely high.

After confirming the next course of action, Lin Xiao suddenly felt a little bit reluctant.

After all, once Qiao Linna carries out the entrustment, it means that she will temporarily leave the team and return to Shaluo to lead the gods against the "God of Storms" Seth.

This difficulty is even more difficult than her previous task of "collecting tarot cards".

Noticing Lin Xiao's eyes, Qiao Linna smiled softly.

Lin Xiao can distinguish her inner voice through the "power of Satan":

"Don't worry about me, take care of yourself first... I will be triumphant soon."

Lin Xiao was silent for a moment, looked at the three companions in the conference room, nodded and said:

"I understand, I will act according to brother Chu Yun's plan. I will go to Jincheng to investigate the 'Candle Dragon'."

Qiao Linna took over the conversation: "Bastet and I will return to Sharo together, and lead the god Sharo to fight Seth."

Qiao Linna is currently in the eighth-level sanctuary, and with the complete Tarot card system, she can hit a blow comparable to the ninth level, which is enough to threaten Seth.

In addition, Sharo's jackal god Anubis has recovered to the ninth level, which is where Qiaolinna's confidence lies.

After the combat meeting, under Sigrid's suggestion of "eat a good meal", everyone went to a private room of a high-end restaurant to have lunch.

The crust of the steak Wellington is crispy, the cut beef is tender and juicy, and the sauce made of mushroom puree, truffle and foie gras exudes a tempting fragrance.

"Ow." Dafu opened his mouth wide, swallowed the steak whole, and then slapped the seal's belly.

Hmm... I think fish is better!

At lunch, Lin Xiao and Qiao Linna announced the news of their engagement.

"Engaged?" Sigrid opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"You don't need to be so surprised." Lin Xiao said.

"It just feels so sudden." The little secretary said, "My colleague suddenly crossed a big step in life and reached the great harmony of life!"

Lin Xiao almost spit out his drink.

What kind of tiger-wolf word is this?

Jolena paused for a while as she cut the steak, as if thinking of something, her cheeks flushed slightly.

"I've noticed the signs a long time ago, but... happy engagement."

Like a brother who has gone through ups and downs, Chu Yun smiled slightly, raised his glass and said, "I invite you for today's meal."

"Okay, thank you, Brother Chu Yun~" Sigrid imitated Lin Xiao's name.

"I'll pay for theirs, and you'll pay for it yourself." Chu Yun said coldly.

"Why!" cried Sigrid.

On Chu Yun's forehead appeared the word 'well': "I don't know how big your appetite is!"

"Cut, what's the matter, I'll pay for it myself..." Sigrid picked up the drink and said with a smile, "Happy newlyweds, you two!"

"It's an engagement." Jolena corrected softly.

"It's the same, by the way, I can help you refer to it when buying a wedding dress!"

The noisy lunch break passed.

Lin Xiao received a call from Jiang Shang, who expressed concern about the 'Pacific Incident'.

After getting an accurate answer from Lin Xiao that he killed the two evil gods, Jiang Shang was slightly absent-minded.

"It feels like...you have already surpassed human beings."

Jiang Shang shook his head and reconfirmed: "Have you really broken through the ninth step?"

"Really." Lin Xiao said calmly, "Otherwise, I'm not qualified to investigate the Creation Dragon."

Jiang Shang let out a sigh: "I think my talent is considered good, and I can become a sanctuary even if I don't care about it, but compared to you...cough, forget it."

Dao Xin was shaken for a moment, but recovered quickly, Jiang Shangdao: "I came here to tell you that you don't need to worry about the matter of Moluo Boxun, and Zhongzhou and Beidi will work together to solve it."

"After all... you are not the only human being who has the determination to save the world." Jiang Shang smiled.

"I understand." Lin Xiao said with emotion: "Thank you."

"I think Sha Luo is there. Your little girlfriend will also start to act? I won't ask too much. I believe you can coordinate well."

Jiang Shangdao: "Over Jincheng, I have already communicated with the people of Xinghuo Group. You can go directly to their headquarters according to the address."

"What is the origin of Xinghuo Group?" Lin Xiao asked curiously.

It can operate a virtual world like "Source World" that is almost the same as reality, and can even bring props in the virtual world into reality.

It is a miracle that such a company has been extremely low-key for so many years and has never made any major news.

"The earliest founder came from an ancient nation that believed in the candle dragon. That nation believed that the candle dragon could create infinite worlds when its eyes were closed, and cause the destruction of infinite worlds when it opened its eyes. The source world, only It's just a spiritual world created by Zhulong."

Jiang Shangdao: "Xinghuo Group has very few employees and basically relies on AI to operate, so there is no big news."

"AI?" Lin Xiao was surprised.

"You will know when you go there." Jiang Shang pondered: "I also tried to find the trace of Zhulong, but I found nothing."

"However...you are the first human being who broke through the shackles of the world and became a god. I believe you will always be an exception." Jiang Shang said.

hang up the phone.

Lin Xiao is ready to leave.

The phone vibrated slightly, displaying a message from Jolena.

Jolina: "I'm leaving, I'm going back to Sharo."

Lin Xiao: "So fast?"

Qiao Linna: "I don't like the emotion of saying goodbye...and, go early and come back early! XD"

Lin Xiao entered a line of text, thought for a moment, deleted it, and re-entered: "I will miss you."

It shows 'the other party is inputting' over there, the prompt disappears, and then reappears, repeating this several times, and then a new message is displayed.

Jolena: "Me too."

...

Zhongzhou, Jincheng.

The headquarters building of Xinghuo Group is full of futuristic sense of technology. The silver-white building stands tall and tall, and the blue glass reflects the long white clouds.

Lin Xiao walked into the building wearing sunglasses, looked around, but did not see the so-called 'AI' in Jiang Shang's mouth, and the employees were all ordinary citizens.

"Hello, I have an appointment." Lin Xiao handed the business card to the pretty front desk lady.

"Okay, Mr. Lin, please wait a moment..."

The lady at the front desk entered information on the computer, her expression changed slightly, she quickly looked up at Lin Xiao, her good professionalism could no longer conceal the shock on her face.

"Excuse me, are you... the world champion?" The front desk asked cautiously.

"It's me." Lin Xiao admitted generously, "Is the information all right?"

"Yes, please keep this ID card and follow our service staff to the 42nd floor of the building." The front desk hurriedly said.

"Where is the service staff...?" Lin Xiao stretched out his finger and said, "You mean, this robot?"

The chubby robot stood in front of Lin Xiao, looking quite naive.

"Yes." The front desk smiled: "It will lead you to meet the person in charge."

"All right."

Led by the robot, Lin Xiao took the elevator to the 42nd floor of Xinghuo Building.

In the extremely spacious conference room, the well-dressed person in charge had a friendly smile on his face:

"Hello, Mr. Lin, I have heard of your name for a long time."

Lin Xiao nodded and said, "Is it the invitation letter you sent me?"

"To be precise, it is the world will of the source world, who wants to meet with you." The person in charge said with a smile: "I am just a messenger."

"The will of the world?" Lin Xiao was at a loss.

"You are the world champion, you must have heard the rumors in the card master world - the source world is alive, there is life and breathing."

The person in charge said solemnly: "I want to clarify here that this is not a rumor."

Lin Xiao said coldly: "You think you are very humorous?"

"To put it simply, there is no server in the source world. If there is one, it is the 'world will' of the source world."

The person in charge has a serious expression: "It's the will of the world, I want to meet you."

"Just say it, it's Zhulong who wants to meet me, isn't that enough?" Lin Xiao said.

The person in charge shook his head: "That's not Candle Dragon, but one of the offspring of Candle Dragon. Because Candle Dragon can create thousands of worlds when his eyes are closed, he can also create thousands of world wills. When he opens his eyes , these worlds will perish, and all the offspring will return to Zhulong—the so-called everything in a lifetime, and everything cannot be separated from one. Do you understand this?"

Lin Xiao frowned: "Candle Dragon...is the Tao?"

"It can be said that." The person in charge nodded, "Zhulong is the Tao, and it is also a thousand small worlds. Just like La is the sun, it is also the 'Atum' that symbolizes the underworld."

"Then who are you, human, or AI?"

Lin Xiao used the "power of Satan" to observe the person in charge, but he couldn't read any emotions related to human beings.

"It doesn't matter what I am, you can understand me as an AI, or a servant of Candle Dragon." The person in charge said: "You just need to know that the so-called Candle Dragon Network is just created when Candle Dragon closes his eyes. It’s just a dream.”

The corner of Lin Xiao's mouth twitched: "What Cyber ​​Candle Dragon?"

"Dao, it is also necessary to keep up with the progress of the times." The person in charge smiled, his eyes glowed with a blue light like information flow, and explained: "I have just been authorized, and the level of the candle dragon meeting you will be raised."

"Please come with me..." The person in charge stretched out his hand and said, "The main body of Zhulong wants to meet you."

"Wait a minute!" Lin Xiao raised his voice: "You said just now that when Zhulong wakes up, the small world he created will perish. Then when I meet Zhulong himself, the source world and other worlds will all collapse! "

"Unfortunately, there is nothing wrong with this in theory." The person in charge said: "The source world, which has been in operation for ten years, waited for you, the person Zhulong wanted to wait for, it can be said that he died of old age."

"In that case, will you die?" Lin Xiao stared at him intently.

"I will, because I am also a descendant of Candle Dragon, and I will also return to the Dao with thousands of roads." The person in charge said.

"It costs so much to meet me, is it worth it?" Lin Xiao asked.

The person in charge seemed unable to solve this question, and fell into silence like a shutdown. After a long time, a soft red light bloomed in his eyes, and he issued a neutral voice reverberating with male and female voices:

"Worth it, my boy."

"Because...you don't belong to this world. Therefore, I can't calculate your fate."

"Only in this way can you have a glimmer of hope beyond fate."

Lin Xiao's eyes kept flickering.

operation? destiny?

The sentence just now seems to be said by Zhulong himself, what does he mean by this sentence!

Lin Xiao's mind was running wildly, remembering that he had heard a joke.

It is said that the laws of the world are hidden in the "Book of Changes", and the Book of Changes can be calculated through exhaustive methods, so as to deduce all possibilities in the world.

If the "Candle Dragon" in the Dragon of Creation symbolizes the laws of this world, then it can also calculate all fates like a supercomputer!

Destiny is no longer unpredictable, but a conclusion, life or death, has long been doomed. As neat and accurate as a mathematical formula.

but……

As long as a variable appears in the formula.

All established conclusions will be overturned.

All doomed fates will be rewritten!

Lin Xiao calmed down, looked at the person in charge, and said, "Lead the way."

The groove was opened on the floor, and a silver-white virtual cabin was raised. The person in charge handed the virtual helmet to Lin Xiao, saying:

"Please enter the Candle Dragon Network..."The Lord of Spirit and Matter" will meet you there. "

Lin Xiao lay down in the virtual cabin, put on the virtual helmet, and a dazzling red flood of information appeared in front of his eyes, and whispered: "The connection is activated."

His spirit fell into the boundless darkness, and then fell into a long tunnel.

The torrent of information is intertwined in all directions, and when Zhulong is gradually waking up, countless small worlds are collapsing, becoming a string of garbled information.

At the same time, millions of players online at the same time in the source world received the announcement at the same time.

"An abnormality occurred on the source world server, and all players will go offline in one minute. Repeat..."

The players were amazed.

"What's the situation?" "The server crashed?" "Fuck, when will it be fixed!"

Lin Xiao knows that this tunnel composed of countless small worlds is the "Tao" leading to the original one.

At the end of the "Tao", Lin Xiao had a premonition that he would meet Zhulong and learn the truth about the world.

...

After thinking for a long time, I can't think of any swear words... so be it. _(:3」∠)_