Studying Science in the Alternate World

  Chapter 58 Peak Skills

  Black card.

  A private custom-made spirit card that has not been officially registered and does not have the signature of the card maker.

  The black card is not an illegal spirit card, and there is no such thing as an illegal spirit card in the Seven Towers Federation. The black card is more like a three-no product without warranty.

  Once sold, no liability is accepted.

   "Double-sided card...it's actually quite simple." Duke took advantage of Xiaoyi's maintenance plan to observe this 2-ring black card - the heart of sinking.

   There are many types of Link Cards.

  Single-sided cards, double-sided cards, superimposed cards, nested cards, bundled cards, irregular cards, three-dimensional cards, etc., the list goes on.

  The most common one is of course single-sided cards, basically most of the 1 ring spirit cards are single-sided cards.

   Only when the 2-ring spirit card level is reached, other card types will increase. For example, the sinking heart black card in front of me adopts a single-ring double-sided entanglement design.

  General card repairers hate this design.

   It’s not that the design is too complicated, but that when repairing, you need to switch back and forth between the two loops constantly, just like a pancake that needs to be turned over constantly.

  For Duke, just let Xiaoyi take charge of the steps.

   Really simple.

  He carefully disassembled the card, from the card surface, card material to card core, and disassembled smoothly all the way. Then use the ring-pull instrument to pull the rings, and pull out the spell models on both sides of the black card, as if condensed into a messy twist.

  With Duke's current spiritual strength, it is really difficult for him to find all the breaks in the middle.

   "Master, turn over and start from the first broken node of the back loop." Xiaoyi began to guide.

  Duke quickly found the first broken node.

  Welding and grinding can be completed in one go.

   "This breakpoint is at the corner of the arc, Xiaoyi, why do straight-line welding directly, don't you need to bend it?"

  "Bending now will affect subsequent maintenance, and the bending angle will overlap the sixteenth broken node. It is necessary to repair the sixteenth broken node, and then bend this broken node."

   "Understood, continue."

   "Good master."

  From day to night.

   Except for meal time and going out to cast spells on wheat seedlings, Duke stayed in the studio for the rest of the time, busy repairing cards.

  This black card of the heart of perdition is not the most difficult of all the spirit cards he has repaired.

   But the most troublesome.

  Flipping over and over again, switching and repairing the double-sided entangled loop bit by bit.

   "Xiao Yi, how much do I score for this breakpoint fusion?"

   "I will give the master eighty-two points, and the remaining eighteen points will be divided into three six points for the master, 666."

   "Xiaoyi, your memes need to be updated."

   "Then ask the master to update Xiaoyi."

   "Forget it... I don't care if I can't even access the Internet."

  While repeating the boring work of repairing cards, while having unnutritive conversations with Xiaoyi, the time for repairing cards is not difficult.

   "Xiaoyi, are you my phone?"

   "To be precise, it used to be."

   "So, can you call out the software that comes with the phone?"

   "I'm sorry, Master, Xiaoyi has undergone a mutation after time travel, and has lost her previous functions. Now Xiaoyi is the master's smart assistant. I am a fast learner, and I can bring more help to the master in the future." Xiaoyi tried hard to prove that she is not a waste.

   "Okay, let's continue to discuss repairing the card. I don't understand how to repair this breakpoint. Why do we have to do it three times?"

   "Because there is stranded energy in the surrounding energy lines, if the one-time repair is completed, it will have an impact on the next fracture and create a new breakpoint. Three repairs can reduce the energy impact and ensure that the next fracture will not expand."

"Understood."

  Toil all night.

  Duke acted as Xiaoyi's perfect tool man, turned over hundreds of times, and successfully repaired and perfected the spell model of this 2-ring spirit card.

   Then carefully remove the damaged and soaked card materials, and insert new card materials bit by bit.

   Grind until there are no gaps, and then melt and shape as a whole.

   He didn't stretch out in satisfaction until the card surface could wrap the card core perfectly and seamlessly without hindering the normal operation of the card core.

"what time is it?"

   "It's already eleven thirty-five in the evening, Master."

   "Huh, ah!" Duke stretched his arms and back, and then continued to stay at the work station, "The last step is to pack, and you will get 20 golden dragons!"

   Packing process need not go into details.

  For Duke, he can wrap his eyes closed.

  When a new card was re-wrapped and seemingly flawless on the surface, Duke suddenly felt a great sense of accomplishment.

   It's not because I made a lot of money.

  It is a kind of self-affirmation of one's own skills, although such superb skills, most of them are brought by Xiaoyi. But Xiaoyi and him are one, and Xiaoyi's strength is his own strength, so there is no need to divide it so finely.

   "In the field of repairing cards, I don't think anyone is more proficient than me."

  After the emotion.

  Put the black card into his small box.

  Duke picked up the water glass, poured himself a glass of plain water, and then went up to the small attic on the third floor with the water glass, looking at the bright stars in the sky.

  Half a year has passed since I came to this world, and I miss the earth less and less. It may be that I am used to the life here, or it may be that there are not many people or things worth caring about over there.

   "I have become extraordinary."

   "Both career and strength are improving steadily."

   "I will live a wonderful life in this world, live a wonderful life!" Duke murmured softly with the night wind, and raised the water glass to the stars, "Respect... the past self and the future self."

  …

   Repaired the black card in advance.

  Duke still went to Shenjiao City step by step, and searched for waste cards at the waste card station for a long time. Maybe it was luck that he ran out of black cards, and only found three 1-ring civilian cards in one afternoon.

   Fortunately, with more and more research on Ling cards, they are becoming more and more proficient at screening consumables on waste cards.

  Removed half of the backpack's materials.

  If these materials are purchased from a wholesale store, it will cost at least 10 silver dragons, so it is not a waste of time.

   Return to Snake Town.

  At the appointed time, Duke took the black card to the cafe on the second side street, and after a while, the female mercenary came as promised.

   Still wearing a cloak, wearing leather armor inside, dressed like a female mercenary.

   "You're here, what do you want to drink?" Duke greeted.

  The female mercenary stared at him with burning eyes: "I'm not thirsty, has my card been repaired?"

   "It took a lot of effort. My friend said that this kind of double-sided card is time-consuming and labor-intensive to repair. If I hadn't promised you, he wouldn't want to repair it at all." Duke said, taking out a 2-ring black card from his pocket, "Fortunately, he repaired it."

   After receiving the black card that looked like a new card, the female mercenary released her spiritual power a little, and then completed the check of the black card.

   There seems to be a smile under the face covering.

   "Very good, your friend is indeed a master with superb skills, I am very satisfied. Swipe your card, Boss Duke."

   "Refreshing!"

  Duke likes to deal with quick people.

  Two spirit dragon cards were pasted together, and under the guidance of spirituality, the transaction was completed for twenty golden dragons. The power of the contract entangled with each other also dissipated.

   Satisfied, the female mercenary got up and said, "My name is Zina, the leader of the Broken Sword Mercenary Group. I hope to have the opportunity to continue to cooperate with Boss Duke."

   Finished speaking.

  Leave without looking back.

  Duke was not in a hurry to leave. He hadn't finished his coffee yet. Looking at the back of the female mercenary leaving, he leaned back in his chair and began to meditate.

   "Broken Sword Mercenary Corps, um, I remember hearing it before, it seems that their regiment leader was killed by a spirit beast?"

  (end of this chapter)