novelraw #255 - Section 255
#255 - Section 255
Later, through practice, the Empire's mages discovered that as productivity increased, the cost of cultivation decreased significantly, and the number of professionals rapidly increased.
Magical talent isn't for everyone, but casually breaking through the physique to possess a battle occupation level of one or two, even if it doesn't prolong life, it can provide more energetic 996 work hours, making the grind even more intense, right...?
Therefore, Roger's initial idea was somewhat wasteful of resources, forcibly designing a set of skills that might not match the user's own abilities, or the two might not complement each other, in short, it wasn't flexible enough...
So the clever Imperial mages absorbed the various combat tactics from the Fearless Space and created a new system specifically for the virtual god of magic:
The Ability Card System.
Chapter 231: The Era of the Virtual Card God
Elven Empire border, a newly built fortress under secrecy.
Roger, the Eternal Night Empress, and Xia Na stood beneath a giant tree that was rapidly developing, watching the mages under Xia Ti as they curiously observed the construction of the "Mana Relay".
This is the core component that allows virtual god of magic technology to exert its power on the front lines, the energy core that supports the activation of all ability cards, a giant energy generator containing a god's avatar.
After breaking through the threshold of using divine power, Xia Na's team made rapid technological advancements.
Although only electrical energy is widely used in the construction of civil energy networks, in the military field, a more flexible divine power usage model that can achieve ultra-low loss remote wireless transmission has been developed.
The original prototype was the way gods bestow divine spells upon their priests, so after successful guidance, progress was very fast, and technological improvements were also very rapid.
This is fundamentally a six-winged angel's innate skill. Initially, she was a receiver, but later, as Nali Nair grew up, she herself became a transmitter, able to cultivate her own direct descendants and bestow upon them some powerful divine spells.
This early start provided Xia Na with a large amount of directly referable data for research, and after winning the Empress's Award, she received a large amount of material support from the Green Vine Empire.
Combining this with the already quite mature research of the virtual god of magic project, and with multi-departmental cooperation, the current version of the virtual god of magic technology was created.
"This is a priest system that doesn't require prayer, but the coverage of abilities is more extensive and quite flexible. Wherever the mana relay is erected, we can significantly close the gap with the Allied Forces of the Gods."
The Eternal Night Empress wore a Soul Mimicry Bracelet on her wrist, controlling her vast and boundless magic power, focusing solely on experiencing the skills brought by the virtual god of magic, playing with the few cards that appeared on the virtual screen, and was quite satisfied with the effects.
Backstab, Shadow Cloak, Hide Aura, Dagger Specialization... these ability cards have skills, specialties, and passives. With simple combinations, even a small child can become a thief with a professional level of 6 and Tier 2 combat power.
Of course, she is currently using a test account that has unlocked all basic cards. If ordinary users want to use it, they need to draw and exchange cards, and constantly explore usage methods to build their own card combat system.
"Now our problem is that the load capacity and coverage of the mana relay are limited. We need a sufficient number to ensure operation during combat. The divine avatar materials you have acquired over the years are about to be exhausted."
Xia Na complained in distress.
The Green Vine Empire is said to have unparalleled martial arts, but the number of gods they have slain is truly not many. Even with the god corpses dug up from the Astral Realm, the domestic energy network upgrades, coupled with the consumption of various research experiments, installing the mana relay for the Elven Empire this time has already exhausted the divine avatars.
If there is no stable source going forward, Xia Na is prepared to ask Afu to descend an avatar and then cut it off for her to experiment with.
The result frightened her cat, who disappeared on the spot, completely ignoring her.
The Eternal Night Empress thought of this matter, and then thought of the war they were about to fight, and couldn't help but smile:
"Don't worry, don't worry. As the Seven Gods spread the method of consecration, the number of gods standing against us will increase, and we won't lack materials in the future."
"A friendly reminder, the God of Vengeance you are about to face cannot be touched. That is an important target for continuously attracting Tiberia's attention."
Roger hurriedly spoke, fearing that a research fanatic paired with a war fanatic would, while chatting, prepare to wash the world in blood.
The Eternal Night Empress couldn't help but roll her eyes at him: "I know, I know, my Commander."
"Your Majesty is wise. Give me the account too, so I can experience how this ability card works?"
"Let Xia Na open a card for you, and then we'll play a game of cards?"
Watching the two of them chat as if no one else was around, having already developed to the point of deciding victory or defeat by playing cards, Xia Na didn't want to speak.
Although the content of the chat was quite normal, in her opinion, it felt like they were flirting, force-feeding her dog food without end...
She wanted to cover her ears so she wouldn't have to hear the sorrow, but soon the two of them came to her to open a test account, and there was nowhere to hide.
Alas, it's really depressing...
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Not only Roger and the Eternal Night Empress were experiencing the usefulness of the virtual god of magic under the guise of project acceptance.
The regular army of the Elven Empire was also seizing the time to familiarize themselves with this technology, said to be a secret technology of the Green Vine Empire, which has indeed only been equipped to their country so far, and will be their trump card in the upcoming battle against the dark elves.
There are similar games in the Fearless Space and the Elysian Realm. Whether it's turn-based card games or real-time card-drawing battles, everyone is quite familiar with them, so they are not unfamiliar with this method and quickly mastered it.
Through countless combinations and arrangements, even soldiers without professional levels can master spellcasting abilities and the spell-like abilities of various professions, which has an immediate effect on improving combat effectiveness.
However, truly using it skillfully, exploring a set or several sets of card decks that suit oneself, and flexibly responding to different battlefields and enemies, that is another level of things.
In short, the characteristic of the virtual god of magic now is that it is easy to learn but difficult to master. It belongs to the kind that is easy to get started with, but the operating ceiling and changes are infinitely high.
Through reasonable matching, coupled with the professional's own abilities, it is possible to unleash legendary-level combat power if matched well.
More importantly, compared to professional systems like skill modules, ability cards have considerable room for growth in addition to freedom.
In the professional system originally conceived by Roger, the skill strength and professional operability required developers to repeatedly adjust in order to find a strength that matched most people as much as possible.
This often leads to the mediocrity of skills, but if they are not mediocre, have too many perspective switches, and have high freedom, it will lead to a straight-line increase in the difficulty of operation, and there will be very few people who can master this profession, causing very troublesome problems.
Therefore, MOBA games are very popular in this world, and many people play them, but transplanting those skills to soldiers is a more problematic, quite complex, and contradictory plan.
Therefore, after this road became difficult, Xia Na intervened and redesigned it, and discussed with Roger to change it into a skill card system.
They greatly borrowed from and even copied the mature god-priest professional system, turning the virtual god of magic into a virtual card god, greatly reducing the difficulty of mastering it for users, making it more adaptable, and giving professionals even greater improvements.
The MOBA skill modules that were painstakingly constructed before were not wasted. These can all be combined through their basic cards and turned into officially announced "recommended card sets."
This is not only a way to make money, but also a strategy recommended to users to quickly master the ability card system, which can help users who cannot find a direction to get started as soon as possible, integrate the virtual god of magic into their own combat system, and even create more combat possibilities.
The virtual god of magic now open to the elves is a full-blooded, un-nerfed version, with a total of three hundred basic cards, involving skills, feats, talents, special buffs, and other options.
Through the combination of basic cards, the virtual god of magic can simulate most of the known basic professions and variations, and strengthen the user's abilities through additional hanging methods.
In fact, these cards are like the way mages used to meditate and priests used to pray to prepare skills, except that the time-consuming and laborious process has been turned into establishing their own card deck in the corresponding program of the Soul Mimicry Bracelet.
Ability cards have levels, which can be upgraded by accumulating proficiency through use. This process can be accelerated by paying additional Green Vine Coins.
Of course, ability cards are not necessarily better the higher the level. Each person has a limit on the total number of points for the ability cards they can simultaneously load during combat.
This limit is calculated based on mental power and magical talent, reflecting the affinity between a user and the mana relay.
Each ability that takes effect requires the consumption of mana converted from divine power. The point limit is the upper limit of mana input that a person's body can allow.
Input overload not only damages the body, but also reduces the level of control over the cards, so a skilled user must equip the card deck according to their own situation.
It is not that the more cards the better, nor that the higher the level of the cards the better, but to find a balance and a usage method that suits oneself.
These are basic cards, and there is another system, which is "exclusive cards."
Exclusive cards can be fused from ordinary cards, or a certain skill can have special usage methods and mutations, or accumulate blank proficiency and apply to the mana relay for creation.
Or even the simplest, trade with players who have already cultivated powerful exclusive cards.
The virtual god of magic is not a battle game. It does not need to consider balance, so it gives card players enough freedom. As long as you can control it, you can create powerful enough exclusive cards yourself.
The essence of exclusive cards is the same as basic cards, which are the methods of using mana, but this method of use is not developed by the virtual god of magic team, but by the user, but the operation method and ability transmission method are the same.
The virtual god of magic team is also constantly developing new basic cards. The creation of mages and the observation and collection on the alien battlefield are sources of inspiration.
But this is not as good as the creativity of the players.
After familiarizing themselves with the gameplay of the virtual god of magic, both professionals and the most ordinary soldiers have great enthusiasm to build their own card decks, or cultivate unique exclusive cards, and are also keen to share their gains.
This is something the development team encourages. They used reward methods to encourage players to share their experiences, trade cards with each other, and create more exclusive cards.
The rules for exclusive cards are original. After they are well cultivated, they can be traded, and even the creator can only re-cultivate them from scratch.
But if the effect is particularly good, the adaptability is wide, and there is a high demand from the majority of players, then the development team will provide a purchase option of "Divine Card Open Copyright".
That is, the owner of this card can turn their exclusive card into a "advanced card" that can be copied and distributed, and they can get a very high percentage of the revenue from users' purchases.
Logically speaking, the purchase share of advanced cards is much higher than the auction of exclusive cards. Every creator and cultivator of exclusive cards hopes that their exclusive card will become an advanced card.
But in reality, it is very difficult to become an advanced card. Not only is it a strong requirement, but it must also be widely adaptable and in high demand. Anyway, it is a very vague standard. It is difficult to rely on reaching this standard to make money...
Probably ordinary netizens are equivalent to posting a video online, and then the next day it has ten million clicks, one million likes, and everyone is asking for purchase links and so on.
Strong is only one aspect, you have to be handsome too!
Only a few people are researching ability card creation. Most users still enjoy the combat power increase brought by creating and combining cards.
After the dark elves rushed out of the ground, they found that their arrival did not make the surface compatriots of the Elven Empire feel scared. Instead, they all looked eager for battle...
Is this the legendary surface home that loves ease and enjoys life?
Why do they look so fierce and eager for war than themselves?
The method to answer the dark elves' doubts is very simple, that is, the first head-to-head battle.
Ya Wenshali was initially consecrated as a god, integrating the underground army. Her ambition was as high as the sky. She wanted to sweep the elves, invade the Green Vine, unify the surface in three months, and then go to the sea to communicate with another home, the Naga.
She completely disregarded the surface elves, whom she believed had long been corrupt, and the dark elves drove their own slave cannon fodder corps into battle.
With Tiberia's sponsorship, Ya Wenshali's cannon fodder corps has also undergone considerable ruthless transformation:
The bodies of the gray dwarves are directly embedded in heavy armor. They are veritable tin cans, and their strength and defense are like humanoid machines;
The wings of the harpies have been magically strengthened, greatly increasing their carrying capacity, and they carry magic crystal bombs to become bombers;
The giants of the underground are seven or eight meters tall, hammering their chests, revealing the eyes growing on their chests, and shooting out rays of light...
Demonized spiders, hell red dragons, eye demon dukes... terrifying beasts are also an important part of the underground coalition.
Many of them were enemies that even the dark elves had found extremely difficult to solve in the past. It was only after Ya Wenshali was consecrated as a god, carrying great power, coupled with the hope of counterattacking the ground, that they were incorporated into her command.
Coupled with the rich combat experience underground, they believed that they could break through the border of the surface elves in a few hours and see the Leaf of Yggdrasil a week later.
Then Ya Wenshali was dumbfounded.
The combat power of these elf compatriots... completely does not conform to the laws of ordinary professionals!
The tortoise-shell-like shield guards were actually brushing each other with healing spells, their health rising and falling but never bottoming out;
The thieves all have invisibility, and if a strike fails, they disappear. They even use "Blink" plus backstab, short-range teleporting to give you a hard time.
The archers all have enchanted mages, shooting magical arrows, and they seem to have terrifying strength buffs. The bows in their hands are three times thicker than before!
It's this kind of class mix-up that should have overwhelmed the scattered practitioners, but the surface elves are playing it so smoothly, with everyone's spellcasting ability maxed out...
After all, elves inherently have intelligence bonuses, and everyone has magical talent. Combined with the effect of the virtual god of magic, they are even better than the testers of the Azure Vine Empire.
"Thank you, Lord Luo. Can we permanently buy out this virtual card game god?" The Elf Queen was so excited that her eyes were filled with burning light.
She seemed to have returned to the most prosperous era of the elves. Who said they didn't like the stars and the sea?
"Don't worry, this technology will always be open for free. All allies will benefit from the card game technology you help explore," Roger said lightly. "I'm here to ask Your Majesty to help me get an independent combatant status."
Last night, he opened the Laying Flat Treasure Chest and unexpectedly opened a skill card...
Although it felt confusing, this card's cultivation value was still quite high, so he was going to try the feeling of personally participating in the battle.
ps. Cough cough, I looked at the title of the book, and I said it seemed like something was missing...
Chapter 232: Skill Card - Devour
To be honest, as Roger's personal strength increases, and the empire's national power and strength increase, the practical value of the rewards from the Laying Flat System is getting lower and lower.
Even the guaranteed rewards are full of randomness, not to mention that there are fewer and fewer occasions where Roger needs to fight personally.
What's more, most of the items opened by the system are a bit nonsensical and not as Roger ideally expected, such as mental power improvement as a basic reward...
In fact, that is likely a five-star reward of this system, with immeasurable practicality and benefits.
But opening treasure chests every day for self-cultivation is now more like a ritual, reminding him not to forget his identity as a transmigrator and not to really get lost in the identity of the empire's grand duke.
You still have a lot of work to do, you can't rest!
In Roger's view, the Laying Flat System is instead a warning device that he can't lay flat.
Of course, this system provided enormous help in his early stages, and it also opened up quite crucial props when exploring the Source Sea, but its value has decreased as he has grown to this level...
It's like a billionaire buying a lottery ticket, there is no reward that can compare to the improvement of his combat power by opening the Demon Emperor's Order.
But in niche areas, the Laying Flat System is still quite strategically valuable, such as helping Roger assemble a set of passive skills that make opponents want to vomit...
Combining the effects of various combinations, he suspects that even if a true god descends, it won't be so easy to kill him...
It's just that if he opens the active form of the Illusion Dream Shield, he might be directly placed back into the God's kingdom by some god as a potted plant, and then kept in captivity and not allowed to leave for humiliation.
Therefore, he is very clear that he is not invincible and is still actively looking for ways to make up for his shortcomings in the offensive end.