Infernal Artist

Snowy mountains.

On the cliff, densely packed insects built a long bridge.

The emperor stepped forward and stepped on the insect's body.

It moved forward slowly but surely.

Norton and Libertas hid in the secret path and watched the situation outside.

"There seems to be no way to stop it," Norton said deflatedly.

"There are too many bugs... If anyone can lure those bugs away, I still have a few powerful bombs that can blow up the cliff." Libertas said.

Behind the two people, a voice suddenly came:

"it's useless."

Norton suddenly turned around and said with a change of expression: "Impossible. The secret path is my unique space. Who is it—"

Libertas drew out his dagger and shouted: "Who is it?"

I saw a ladder appearing in the center of the path.

A woman slowly climbed down from the void above the ladder.

"Hua Qingkong!"

Libertas lost his voice.

"How come you have a card from Mechanical City? And can you directly enter my path?" Norton asked.

"Let's not talk about this for now. Since you two are here, let's do one thing."

Hua Qingkong said calmly.

She pulled out a card and tossed it gently.

Norton took the card and looked at it, only to see a wildly rotating compass and a blank clock painted on the card.

"The forbidden day of time and space, it can turn a single individual's time and space into a state of complete chaos that lasts for a whole day."

Hua Qingkong said.

"This card is too powerful. Using this card will consume most of my strength." Norton said.

"Use it. This is the most powerful card in the entire Mechanical City. Only it can temporarily prevent the monster from returning to the place of exile." Hua Qingkong said calmly.

Norton looked at the card, gritted his teeth, and threw it towards the emperor outside the secret path.

Bang!

The card turned into an ever-changing stream of light, which penetrated the frost and hit the emperor.

The emperor stopped.

He looked around as if he couldn't see anything, with a look of confusion on his face.

Hua Qingkong had been watching intently, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"well done."

After saying that, she climbed up the ladder and was about to leave.

"Wait a minute, Hua Qingkong, where are you going?"

Libertas asked quickly.

Hua Qingkong said: "——The place of exile has been isolated. I have something to say to Liu Ping."

"What's wrong with Liu Ping?"

"He must run for his life immediately."

After Hua Qingkong finished speaking, she climbed up the ladder and disappeared.

the other side.

Remains of the Kingdom of Ceylon.

Above the frozen world, Hua Qingkong appeared again.

She knelt down on one knee, put one hand on the frost, and said:

"Liu Ping, the situation has changed."

"The world of 'The Fool' lacks too many core cards and is no longer able to stop it, and I can only stop it for one more day at most."

"You have to find a way to get all nine cards to have any hope."

"...There are too many uncertainties."

"I have been sealed for too long, and I don't know what kind of power is hidden behind the nine core cards of the 'Land of Exile'."

"After all, everyone lost back then."

"so--"

"Fight or flight, you have to decide now."

After Hua Qingkong finished speaking, she closed her mouth and waited quietly.

Her pupils kept changing, sometimes returning to the childish eyes of the girl before.

"Liu Ping..."

"If that doesn't work, come out quickly and run away with me."

A trace of anxiety flashed in her eyes.

…

“The three-point upgrade method has evolved.”

"You will still gain experience by exploring, fighting, and collecting cards, but the difference is that the exploration content has been expanded."

"From now on, any information you don't know, as long as you obtain it, it will increase your experience."

"also."

"You have obtained the right to operate the 'Land of Exile', the details are as follows:"

"First, it can determine the world's layout, climate, growth, and civilization trends to produce corresponding cards;"

"Secondly, the prison cell can be used or repaired;"

"Third, launch a card master war."

"Note: Card masters who own the sequence world can launch a card master war to seize the cards in the hands of other beings."

"Special note: Please do not challenge opponents who are much stronger than you, otherwise you will lose all the cards in your hand, or even lose yourself to the opponent, or even lose your life."

"The specific rules are as follows:"

"..."

Liu Ping looked at it quickly. When he read the specific rules, another line of small words jumped out:

"You already know the rules of the Card Master War."

"Your role has increased by 1 point."

"The current scene is 6/10."

It sounds slow, but in just a moment, all the information is displayed.

Between the lightning and flint——

Two other things are happening:

First, Hua Qingkong’s voice sounded from the card: Holy Church.

Second, the endless swarm of insects began to surround them.

The three-headed skull declared loudly: "Finally, today, the era of mixed souls is over, and I will dominate everything in the future!"

Its figure began to grow rapidly, gradually turning into a huge, snake-like and dragon-like monster.

Tick ​​tock.

Time advances one second.

Liu Ping said: "Launch the 'Card Master War'."

The world went silent.

The next moment.

The three-headed skeleton dragged its long body and roared loudly: "No, I don't agree to the Card Master War! I have already won!"

"Really? The other half of your body is sealed outside."

Liu Ping said, unfolding the sequence core cards in his hand one by one, and continued:

"And I have eight core cards in my hand. After using the authority once, I still have seven opportunities to seal the entire Land of Exile."

"If you don't fight me, I will keep sealing you."

"Or--"

"Are you scared?"

"By the way, don't you want to dominate everything in the future? Why are you so afraid of fighting a card master war with me?"

The three-headed skull suddenly lowered its head.

Liu Ping looked at it without hesitation and placed his hand on a card.

Layers of frost suddenly appeared on the card, and it seemed that it would spread to the surroundings at any time, sealing the entire world again.

The three-headed skeleton looked at him deeply and said: "Do you think I am afraid of you? No, I just have no interest in crushing a level 15 ant-"

"Mortal, fighting with you will only waste my precious time."

Liu Ping said: "Then, come and defeat me, so that you can take away the core card in my hand and no longer have to be sealed in the frost again and again."

He spread out the eight core cards and held them in his hands.

The three-headed skeleton took a breath.

"Well, as you wish, this is the card I'll bet on."

It places the "Holy Spirit" in mid-air.

Liu Ping let go.

The "Witch's Book" flew into the sky and floated opposite the "Holy Spirit".

Lines of burning small characters appeared quickly:

"The Card Master War is about to begin."

"The challenged will choose your fighting side."

The voice of the three-headed skull then sounded: "I only need to look at you to know that you are a card master from the practice side——"

"Magic, witchcraft, and Taoism all have something in common."

It said slowly in a cunning and vicious voice: "So the fighting side I choose is-"

"Technology side of the world."

In an instant, everything disappeared.

The entire world of the Exile Land sequence began to change rapidly.

All the power of magic disappeared completely, and there was no longer any magic in the world.

The earth began to feel heavy.

Steel cities are rising from the ground, and the people inside are driving various steel machines, speeding on the cement-poured ground.

Around Liu Ping and the three-headed skull, various features of the entire world, people's lifestyles, the direction of scientific and technological progress, and the brilliant achievements of various civilizations are constantly flashing.

——The nature of the world has changed to a world on the technological side.

Liu Ping laughed and said, "The humans you captured are all magic creatures, but you want to compete with me in the technological world. Do you want to re-explore the world with me?"

"Pathetic ant," the three-headed skeleton said scornfully: "Before the endless years that you are completely unaware of, I have conquered countless worlds, absorbed countless creatures, understood all your advanced knowledge, and mastered all your knowledge. The exquisite skills——"

"Your only fate is to die in despair."

After the words fell, two lines of burning small words appeared in front of Liu Ping's eyes again:

"The other party has chosen the world side."

"Now, please choose the method of war."

Liu Ping said: "I choose the task-based battle method. The person who completes the opponent's task first wins the opponent's card."

Another line of burning small characters appeared:

"The way of war is determined."

"The two sides will compete according to time-limited tasks."

"War abbreviated version ready."

"illustrate:"

"——This is the simplest and most convenient competition of skills and knowledge in the Card Master War."

"The content of the mission can only be related to the technological side of the world, and cannot significantly exceed the upper limit of the current world."

The three-headed skeleton noticed immediately.

It observed the ever-changing scenes of human civilization and society around it, and the three heads began to change continuously, turning into countless human faces.

After a while.

I saw a head on the left side of it transformed into the appearance of a human old man, and said:

"I have seen this era, and I have to say that you have to start learning everything about technology from scratch before you can complete my mission:"

The head in the middle turned into a middle-aged man and said:

"They have just begun to grasp the theoretical basis of space teleportation. It requires a lot of experiments and attempts to accumulate knowledge about space transitions and then complete it."

The head on the right said: "Conservatively, it will take fifty years."

Three faces disappeared.

The three-headed skeleton returned to its original appearance and laughed: "How? These are some technological anthropologists that I have assimilated in the past. They have arranged a time-limited task for you:"

"Complete the complete set of knowledge about space jumps!"

"Believe it or not, you should be able to do it in fifty years."

Along with its voice, a line of small burning words appeared, showing the content of the mission it said.

"Now, it's my turn to give you a mission." Liu Ping said.

"It's useless. All your human inventions, technical knowledge, and even literature and art, as long as they are useful essences, have been absorbed by me." The three-headed skull said.

"Then - this is my mission."

Liu Ping watched the various scenes flashing around him for a while, then suddenly reached out and grabbed a small rectangular metal box.

He skillfully played with the palm-sized box and threw it to the three-headed skull.

"The fourth row, the third icon, this is your task."

Liu Ping said.

"The third icon?" The three-headed skull asked in confusion.

"Yes, you need to break through it - this is my time-limited task." Liu Ping said.

The words fell.

In the void, lines of huge flame text appeared between him and the three-headed skull.

"The limited time mission begins!"

"Whoever completes the task set by the other party first will win this game!"

The three-headed skeleton immediately picked up the small box and started clicking quickly.

Its head keeps changing.

One after another, human elites appeared and stared at the picture on the small box.

The old man from before appeared first.

He glanced at the animation content on the small box and said with a complex expression: "No, to beat such a game, you must first recharge. It is impossible without recharging."

The face of a young man also appeared. He looked at the small box and said: "I can roughly judge which character is the most powerful, but this game is about to be updated. I'm afraid it will be weakened halfway through the game."

The third face appeared. He only glanced at the screen and immediately clicked on the small box. After a while, he said: "Don't think about it so much. All the money has been received, about 2 billion."

"2 billion?" The old man calculated quickly silently, nodded and said: "Used to upgrade weapons, mounts, fashions, magic weapons, privileges, internal strength, innate internal strength, acquired strength, wings, phantom weapons, phantom magic weapons, illusory gods Soldiers, official positions, immortal positions... are basically enough."

The young man said: "Then let's start!"

The three heads stared at the small box together and started operating it quickly.

the other side.

Liu Ping found a computer and quickly uploaded the technological knowledge about transitions to the Internet.

——Back in the "Temporary Prison for the Useless", when he was solving problems for the strong people on the technology side, he had already acquired all the knowledge on the technology side.

Yana looked at him typing quickly and worried: "Liu Ping, how is it? Can we win?"

"Of course." Liu Ping said without looking back.

"Are you so sure?" Zhao Chanyi also asked.

"That unspeakable monster collected the essence of human civilization - so what I gave him was the dregs of human civilization. The dregs are more stumbling blocks than the essence."

Liu Ping said, gently hitting the enter key.

All space transition data were uploaded successfully.

He looked across.

I saw three human heads of wise scientists holding small boxes and still operating them quickly.

But after just a few operations, the small box made a burst of music.

The three heads had to stop their hands, with helpless expressions on their faces.

"Why is it included in the advertisement? I remember I bought VIP!" the old man said in surprise.

"Old fool, VIP is not exempt from advertising. It needs VVVVVVIP. Let me do it." The young man shouted.

At this moment, several lines of burning characters appeared in the void:

"This limited time mission is over."

"Winner: Liu Ping."