Sorry, I don't play poker on luck

"Engine materials... at least have to be B-level materials."

"However, these materials may meet your requirements."

After a short period of confusion, the clerk took out another stack of cards.

"Yes, let's take a look first."

Shi Li could not afford grade B materials.

But as soon as he got the stack of cards, he frowned.

[Semi-new tires] [Bearing lubricant] [Broken car windows] Wait, whatever.

"Are you sure this will make the vehicle run faster?"

He picked up the [broken window glass].

"Well, if the wind passes through the glass, the air resistance it receives will be smaller."

"But the driver is going to be a little cold."

The clerk nodded.

"..., what about this one?"

Shi Li didn't refute, and picked up another one, 【Liuyun Sticker Sticker】.

"Visual effects, attached to the body, make your vehicle appear to go faster, look."

"Okay, I understand, you don't have to repeat it twice."

Flipping through these cards, he felt that he might as well just buy a few iron sheets.

Available materials, the preview result shows that they cannot be merged.

The materials that can be fused, at first glance, are not a serious speed-up thing, and maybe it will make your lovely car run slower.

"Huh?"

"Why is this kind of card mixed in?"

Until he found one of the special things.

[Simple Wave Energy Attachment System]: The weapon can cause slight damage to incorporeal evil objects

"Sorry, this is a material card for weapons, it may have been misplaced when sorting it out."

The clerk apologized.

"Wait, I want to see the material card for the weapon."

Shi Li's eyes lit up.

"But... the compatibility between the weapon material card and the vehicle seems to be very low."

"It's okay, I have weapons too."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

The clerk quickly took out a stack of cards again.

[Quick charge magazine] [Old mechanically assisted sword handle] [Glass sight] [Light flame spray device]...

I flipped through them one by one from time to time, and every time I encountered a suitable one, I would quietly preview the fusion result.

Maybe [Iron Rod] is too low-end, so none of the material cards used for these weapons can be integrated.

And those that seem to be compatible with the vehicle, such as the [Light Flame Throwing Device] card, are not compatible with the [Sprinkler].

"Um?"

Until he finally turned over a card.

[Wind Element Power Assist]: It can make the appliance enhance the affinity of the wind element

This card can be fused with [Sprinkler].

Although the fusion is still the E-class, but looking in my mind, judging by the projection, this car has indeed become lighter.

"Forehead……"

That's the price of this material card...it's really too expensive.

The average price of E-level materials is 600, and the price of the batch of vehicle materials just now is about 3-400.

But this one, [Wind Element Fragment] costs 800 cubic coins.

A bit reluctant.

"Well, can it be cheaper?"

"Excuse me sir, we have rules in our shop."

The clerk pointed to the "no counter-offer" sign at the door.

"Then... do you accept formula here?"

He immediately decided to change his mind.

"Of course, we will collect materials and formulas at any time."

The clerk nodded.

"How much is this recipe worth?"

Shi Li took out the [iron rod] and decided to try the water.

I can call up the fusion history through the system panel, so this kind of thing cannot be faked.

"Please wait."

The clerk took out an instrument and tapped it on the [iron rod].

All formulas will be identified on the spot with this instrument, and then the data will be sent back to the head office, where the technicians will give a quotation.

...

At this moment, in an office in another city.

A middle-aged man was sitting bored in front of the computer with his legs on the table.

The environment of the office is very good, the light and temperature are very suitable.

The carefully placed green plants grow lushly and decorate the entire room.

If you want to eat or drink here, you only need an intercom call and someone will deliver it.

Having such a comfortable office environment and being hired with a lot of money is all because of his status.

He is a formula appraiser officially certified by the association.

Although formula appraisers are not as noble as formula masters, they are also rare talents.

[Beep! 】

At this moment, the screen that was in the screen saver state in front of him suddenly lit up.

"Come to live."

The middle-aged man got up slowly and clicked the mouse.

"[Iron Rod]?"

"This kind of shit, who cares about its formula?"

He frowned and hit the negative button.

...

In the specialty store.

"Sorry, the head office doesn't accept this recipe."

The clerk showed Shi Li the results on the instrument.

"It's okay, then tick this one."

Shi Li was not surprised, and took out the [Giant Beast].

Even if you know the formula of this card, no one will be able to come up with it...

"Please wait."

[Di! 】

"congratulations."

"The formula of this card, the purchase price offered by the head office is 1000 cubic coins."

"Huh? So much?"

This took Shi Li by surprise.

"In order to prevent leaking the formula, I will use the instrument to connect with your panel, please operate it yourself."

The clerk's face was full of envy.

"no problem."

Shi Li took over the instrument sensor, opened his own panel, and sent the fusion history record of [Giant Beast].

【jingle! 】

After the transmission was completed, there was a clear sound of coins falling on his panel, and he really gained 1,000 cubic coins.

"Tick this one again."

Having tasted the sweetness, he took out [Kung Fu Sheep].

"OK, just a second."

[Di! 】

"Wow! The head office of this card offered a price of 3,000 cubic coins!"

"This is the top 10 C-grade formula that I have handled so many times!"

The clerk was taken aback.

"3000?"

Shi Li was also taken aback by this.

Strictly speaking, he also thinks [Kung Fu Sheep] is more valuable than [Giant Beast].

There is a gap, but not that big.

Besides, this is just a recipe for a C-rank card, wouldn't 3000 cubic coins be too much?

"wait."

Holding this card, Shili went to a few shops next door to shop around, and then came back soon.

The asking prices of other houses are all 2100~2500, and it is true that the asking price here is the highest.

Could it be that the technician from the head office is Fu Ruikong?

In a blink of an eye, 4,000 cubic coins were in hand.

As the saying goes, wine is a hero's wealth and courage, and Shi Li immediately gained confidence.

"Trouble, take out the most advanced materials in your store."

"Okay, but the most advanced materials in our store are B-grade materials, and the cheapest materials are above 1W."

"..., forget it, just show me the D-level material."

After some screening, Shi Li selected one of the D-level materials, and added that [Wind Element Power Assist].

Go to the specialty store next door and pick out a few more available fusion material cards.

All of them were merged into [Iron Rod] and [Sprinkler], but the card information of these two cards has not changed, it should just increase their effect as equipment cards in the copy.

This trip cost a total of 4,500+ cubic coins, which caused his total property to drop to a whopping 1,000 cubic coins.

It was still enough to buy [LV2 Cooling Potion], but he didn't buy it right away, but walked into the association.

Otherwise, if it is too late, the association may have to leave work.

...

On the other end, it was still in that office.

"Hey hey hey hey~"

The middle-aged man looked at the formula he had just used his authority to buy out of his own pocket, and let out a foolish laugh.

Fortunately, there is no one else in the office, otherwise, he would be surprised that this guy who usually looks cold has such a wretched side.

In fact, what most people in the company don't know is that he is not married and has no partner.

The biggest hobby is the wife of the paper man.

"I didn't expect to receive such a formula. It's really worth it."

"It turns out that Kung Fu women + sheep cards can get sheep mothers."

"Let me try it too!"

With that said, he took out two cards.

[Eat me! 】

On one of the cards, a projection of a beautiful woman in light armor and holding a long knife jumped out.

C-level card, [Big Sword Female Soldier].

【Baa~~~! 】

The projection of another card is a tall goatman holding a scythe.

C-level card, [Guardian of the Sheep Palace].

He drew the curtains and turned off the lights in the office, making the atmosphere more exciting.

"Come out, my lady sheep!"

With a clap of both hands, a golden light flickered in the office.

Sure enough, the recipe worked.

The two cards were smoothly fused together and turned into a brand new card.

However, it is for reference only, after all, it is for reference only.

The result of this fusion seems to be a bit unexpected.

【Baa~~~~~! 】

"No! Why is it not the sheep lady, but the sheep head girl?!"

The man exclaimed.

"But... it seems that it is not impossible, hehehehe..."

But he immediately laughed again.

...

Like last time, there are not many people in the association.

No need to go to the window this time, Shi Li walked to the self-service machine.

The first is to put the player card on the induction area.

Then he waited for the scanning probe on the self-service machine to scan him.

[Congratulations, you have become a LV2 player]

When I got the certificate again, the words on it had changed to LV2.

"Let me see if there are any suitable events recently."

He starts tapping the touchscreen.

Card games are very popular in this world. Like the third-tier city where he lives, there will be a large-scale event in a few months.

I remember the last time when I registered by myself, the lady at the front desk said that there happened to be ones suitable for LV1~LV10 recently.

"I found it, it should be this."

When I came to the homepage of my city, I found the notice in the most conspicuous place.

Then read it aloud.

"The name of the event is... [Rising Star Comprehensive Competition]."

"Comprehensive competition?"

"Each round may adopt different rules such as 2+1, 3+1, 4+1, etc., and also enter the dungeon competition collectively?"

"Participants need to have at least 7 cards, because the final is a 6+1 model."

"The player's level is subject to the registration time."

"LV1~LV5 players need to participate in the preliminaries."

"Before the dungeon match, one chance to enter the dungeon must be prepared?"

After reading this, he thought to himself that it was fortunate that he hadn't purchased [LV2 Cooling Potion], otherwise it might have been wasted.

"This event will issue corresponding rewards based on the ranking."

"There are a lot of prizes, there are generous cubic coins, massive material cards, high-quality dungeon keys, etc."

"Eligible junior poker players are invited to sign up to participate."

It must be admitted that this really moved him a little bit.

It is a little unexpected that LV2 needs to participate in the qualifiers, and later enter the dungeon.

After thinking about it, he took out his phone and called the straw man.

"Hey, are you awake?"

"It's almost dinner time, brother."

"Recently there is a junior player comprehensive competition. I plan to sign up. Will you participate?"

"All right, all right, don't participate if you don't participate, don't curse people."

After hanging up the call of the straw man, he called Mo Saigu again.

"Hey, are you off work?"

"What? Overtime?"

"Huh? How do you know that I asked you to sign up."

"There are other front desks who have also signed up, so the supervisor won't grant you leave?"

"What a crappy job, just quit it."

"Bah, of course I can't support you."

After hanging up Mushroom's phone, he shrugged helplessly.

"It says that you can sign up at the self-service machine, let me see."

It seems that this comprehensive competition can only be participated by oneself.

Pulling the scroll of the page, he quickly found the registration entry at the bottom.

Swipe the hand card, face verification to confirm the identity, and the registration is successful.

A few lines of new information popped up.

【Welcome your registration, contestant No. 3272】

"Are there so many people signing up?"

[Your first preliminaries will be arranged on x, x, 2 days later]

[Please arrive at the venue in advance to sign in at that time]

"2 days, this time is neither too much nor too little."

"It seems that I have to prepare well, although I have nothing to prepare."

[The preliminaries last for 5 days]

【If passed successfully, the main competition will be held on x month x day】

[The preliminaries and the main competition will be held in the association]

"If you pass the qualifiers, you can rest for another 2 days."

Just then, his cell phone rang.

He took it out and saw that it was his supervisor.

"Hello, Director."

"This trip to the dungeon went smoothly, thank you."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the supervisor on the other end of the phone went straight to the point.

It's very simple, just tell him to go to work.

However, the supervisor's tone was quite polite, because he just heard that the handyman supervisor next door called the straw man and was scolded.

Shi Li: "Okay, then I will go to work for two days tomorrow."

Supervisor: "???, just two days?"

Regardless of the supervisor's bewilderment, he hung up the phone: "This mushroom man actually betrayed us, it seems that the next time you miss work, you have to tie it up at home."

But let's go to work at work, his regular customers have made many missed calls in the past few days.

Those regular customers are almost all my friends now, so it's not good to not go to work after all.

Because he has to go to work tomorrow, Shi Li feels a little depressed.

He stuffed his phone into his pocket and was about to leave, but before he could turn around, a hand pressed down on his shoulder from behind.

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