Chapter 4 My roommate is not a human
After thanking the boss, Shi Li left the association with 100 cubic coins.
Walking quickly on the street, it was almost dusk.
After passing two intersections, we arrived at the bus stop.
In the small pavilion next to the bus stop, two old men were playing cards.
He watched the battle for 5 minutes, and then a hover bus came from afar.
Get on the bus and take out the player ID card and swipe it.
[Dear players, welcome to take bus No. 168]
“Gone are the days of paying for bus rides.”
Listening to the electronic broadcast, he smiled.
There is no driver on this driverless automatic bus, but there are quite a few passengers.
A cat-headed man with a human body and an animal head sat licking the back of his hand.
The mechanical life made up of metal components kept emitting beeping electronic sounds.
The Youyou clan, whose lower bodies are floating, don’t even need seats.
There is even a little skeleton and a mourning beast cuddling each other, looking like a true interracial couple in love.
In short, there are all kinds of strange aliens on this car, and Shi Li himself is the only human.
In this world, humans are not the mainstream, and pure humans account for less than 1/10.
After three months, he was no longer surprised .
The hovercraft was very fast and it took him to the gate of the community in 30 minutes.
This is a large residential area with rows of three-story villas neatly arranged in the community.
One of the advantages of this new world for Shi Li is that the cost of living is quite low.
If he had been back to the Blue Star before the time travel, he wouldn't have been able to afford to rent a community of this level.
"Hello, Coach Xiao."
When I was almost at the door of my house, I happened to meet the property manager who was watering the flowers and the lawn.
"Hello, Uncle He."
Shi Li smiled and nodded.
Because the other person is also a pure human, so it feels a bit familiar.
"Can you give my son a lesson some other day? He's almost old enough to play cards."
"No problem, just come find me at the card room."
Shi Li's job is to be a sparring partner in a card gym.
It's the kind of job where you play cards with members at the virtual card table in the card hall. It's a technical job.
He shared the villa with two other colleagues from the card room.
"This guy is basking in the sun again."
Through the fence of the yard, Shi Li saw one of his roommates.
There was a green figure on a hammock tied between two trees.
It is a human-shaped thing made entirely of green grass.
There was a small stool next to the hammock with a cup of milk tea on it.
Under the sunlight, the milk tea formed cute little crystal clear water droplets, which slid down the wall of the cup, leaving traces.
Its name is Straw Man.
My hobby is drinking milk tea.
Hearing the voices, the straw man turned his head.
There is no nose or ears on its head, only three sunken black holes, which are eyes and mouth.
"I'm back, grass."
Seeing Shi Li appear in the yard, it waved.
Then he picked up the milk tea and took a sip.
"Well, I'm back."
Shi Li didn't chat with it, but opened the door and walked into the house.
"This damn straw man really pissed me off!"
"It's like this every day! The toilet is clogged again!"
"Mushroom!"
As soon as I walked into the house, I heard an excited voice.
After a while, a mushroom man covered in water came out of the bathroom angrily.
It has short arms and legs and a stocky body, only slightly taller than Shi Li's waist.
This guy's name is Mushroom, and he is his other roommate.
"Huh? Why are you back?"
"Didn't enter the dungeon? Or did the mission fail?"
Seeing Shi Li, Mosaichu was surprised.
You should know that the tasks in the novice copy are extremely simple, and basically all you need are hands.
Unless you commit suicide, it is difficult to fail the mission.
"What are you talking about?"
Shi Li smiled and waved the player's ID card.
"Huh? So fast?!"
"This is a happy event, I'm going to cook tonight to celebrate!"
Mushroom looked happy.
"Uh... that's not necessary."
Shi Li retreated tactically, looking embarrassed.
This guy’s cooking skills can’t be said to be bad, but…
"No big deal! No problem! Just a few dishes! Mushroom!"
Mosaichu turned around and went into the kitchen.
Finally, with its help, everyone, one grass and one mushroom were sitting around the dining table soon.
"Sorry for the long wait. Three dishes and one soup."
"Come on, try my mushroom soup, pan-fried mushrooms, braised mushrooms and stewed mushrooms."
Mosaichou handed over the bowl and chopsticks.
"well."
Shi Li sighed.
It turned out that the Mushroom Man’s favorite food was mushrooms, which shocked him at first.
But according to Mushroom Mushroom, it is a human being, not a mushroom, so why can't it eat mushrooms.
What's more, mushrooms are the best flavor for it.
"Eat now, damn!"
Cao Ren’s dinner was a large bowl of special mushroom bubble milk tea.
As a grass, it only needs to drink liquids to survive.
What you drink is milk, what you squeeze out is grass.
I'm talking about this guy, otherwise the toilet wouldn't be clogged every day.
I saw it pick up the bowl and take a big gulp, seeming to be enjoying it very much.
"Bah, bah, bah, grass!"
Finally, he spat out all the pearl mushrooms .
“Don’t waste mushrooms!”
Seeing this, Mushroom suddenly jumped up.
"What do you care, damn!"
The straw man made a face at it.
"The fourth tone! Did you just say the fourth tone?!"
"I'm so pissed off! Mushroom!"
When Mushroom Mushroom gets excited, he likes to say "Mushroom Da".
“…”
Shi Li stood aside, eating his meal by himself.
He was no longer surprised by this kind of daily routine.
"Speaking of which, can we start preparing to set off?"
After strongly condemning the straw man, Mushroom finally calmed down and turned to him.
In fact, it only traveled through time and space ten days earlier than Shi Li, and had just become a card player not long ago.
As for the straw man, he had awakened a long time ago, but he had never been interested in playing cards or doing dungeons.
Its ambition is to marry a wife and give birth to many, many straw men.
Therefore, both Mushroom and Grass are LV1 players and have only participated in rookie dungeons.
The three of them had already agreed that once they all became card players, they would go on the next dungeon together.
"I think it's okay. We can rest tonight and leave tomorrow morning."
Shi Li actually had this in mind.
"Then ask for leave from the card room first."
Mosaichou picked up the mobile phone on the table.
Each person, grass, and mushroom has a different position in the card hall, and the supervisor who needs to ask for leave is also different.
The straw man is a handyman, responsible for various odd jobs.
The mushroom relies on its harmless appearance to serve as the front desk.
So the three of them each called their respective supervisors.
After Mosaichou explained everything to his supervisor, he was approved for leave.
However, Shi Li encountered some obstacles when requesting leave.
Because he not only has good skills but is also handsome, he is one of the most popular players in the card hall.
But after much persuasion, his supervisor approved the leave.
The most amazing one was Cao Ren, who just said “I’m on leave, damn.” and hung up the phone.
I guess its supervisor on the other end of the phone was wondering if he was scolded.
After finishing his meal and cleaning up, Shi Li returned to his room.
"Next, it's time to try shuffling the cards."
He rubbed his hands excitedly, but in fact he couldn't wait any longer.
The process of fusing cards is commonly known as shuffling cards.
It is the most common and direct way to make cards stronger.
He called up the card-making panel and made it float in front of him, then looked at it carefully.
What is presented in front of you is a board that looks like a circuit diagram, with a groove at the top of the board for placing the main cards.
Below the main groove, there are two trapezoidal connecting lines.
Connected by a line is another similar card-shaped groove with the words: [Card] written on it.
The other line is also connected to a groove, but it says: [Material].
The function of the card making panel is to merge other cards or rare material cards with the original main cards.
There is no randomness in the success rate; there are only two possibilities: 0% or 100%.
In other words, if the formula is right, the fusion can be completed.
This sounds simple, but it is actually the real difficulty of making cards.
Because not everyone is willing to bear the consequences of failing to make cards.
At best, everything will be fine, and at most you will just lose the integration fee.
In serious cases, the source cards or materials may be lost, and even the main card may be scrapped.
But this is not a problem for Shi Li because he has [absolute card sense].
Another function of [Absolute Card Sense] is to be able to preview the results of shuffling the cards.
Whether the integration will be successful can be determined at a glance.
He obtained a total of 5 cards in this rookie dungeon, which are:
[Kung Fu Tailor] [Big Sheep] [Iron Stick] x2 [Wild Fat Cat]
"Let me see if there is any chance."
He first selected the main card for this fusion.
That was the C-level card, [Kung Fu Tailor], which had helped him win 100 cubic coins in the afternoon.
【Ahhhh! 】
As soon as I put it into the groove, the projection of the woman with the rhythm of Kung Fu body jumped out.
【Kung Fu Tailor】
Break, 35 points, C
Attack 35, 100/100, 0/3
[Agility - Passive]: When Kung Fu Tailor is directly attacked, damage -5
[Double Hit - 3 Energy]: Kung Fu Tailor attacks a target twice with a damage of 20.
This is the strongest card he currently has, with both survival and output capabilities.
The disadvantage is that the skill requires too much energy, and after the card is unveiled, you have to warm up with three normal attacks before you can release it.
However, once the skill is released, the endurance will be stronger.
Two points of energy can be accumulated in the round when [Double Hit] is released, which means that after every round after releasing the skill, she can release [Double Hit] again.
"I don't know if the energy recovery of the Wind Listening System can be used together with the Breaking Power System."
The first material card that Shi Li thought of was naturally the [Wild Fat Cat] that could speed up energy recovery.
This card has no practical value, it is just chosen as material.
【Chatter! 】
But the preview results were disappointing, with a ban sounded by the panel.
This means that these two cards cannot be fused.
If you force the fusion, it will fail directly.
"Try another one."
So he took down the [Wild Fat Cat] and put the [Iron Rod] back.
This time, it seemed that it could be successful.
The preview projection of the fusion of the two cards turned the Kung Fu Tailor into a woman holding a toothpick and an iron rod.
[Protection fee, have you paid?]
The original upright Kung Fu posture was gone, and he became .
【Kung Fu Villain】
Break, 35 points, C
Attack 40, 100/100, 0/3
[Weapon - Passive]: Kung Fu villain's attack power +5
[Double Hit - 3 Energy]: Kung Fu Villain launches two attacks with a damage of 20 on a target.
"Well, this change is too big."
Shi Li was a little slow to react.
However, if you compare it carefully, you will find that this card has not actually been enhanced.
First of all, the [Agility] that improves survivability is gone, and the survivability is sacrificed in exchange for an increase of 5 points of attack power.
"It has its pros and cons, but this is the only one that I can use as my trump card right now."
"We still have to maintain our ability to survive, so I don't think the [iron rod] is very suitable."
After thinking about it, Shi Li gave up.
"If this one doesn't work, then there's nothing we can do."
He took off the [iron rod] and replaced it with the [big sheep].
【Mee-zha~! 】
I didn’t expect that these two cards would have such good compatibility and could be successfully fused.
The projection of the woman on the main card was seen wearing a white Kung Fu cheongsam, which outlined her figure more beautifully.
The determined gaze of the martial artist, set off by his beautiful face and two snail-shaped sheep horns, makes him even more adorable.
"Good cards."
Shi Li's eyes suddenly lit up.
Of course, it’s not because of the change in the projection’s appearance.
Well, not entirely.
The main thing is that the card panel has been practically enhanced.
【Kung Fu Sheep Girl】
Break, 35 points, C
Attack 35, 100/100, 0/3
[Agility - Passive]: When Kung Fu Sheep is directly attacked, damage -5
[Er Lian Jue - 3 Energy]: Kung Fu Sheep Lady attacks a target twice with a damage of 20, and makes it [Stun]
Based on the original skills, a hard control effect is added.
"It has become a top-quality card."
Based on his understanding of the Cube Cards, this [Kung Fu Sheep Girl] can be said to be the best among the C-grade cards.
So I put in the cubic coin without hesitation and clicked the fusion confirmation button.
Buzz!
A flash of light announced that the shuffle was successful.
“This wave of huge profits.”
Shi Li immediately felt happy.
Next, he tried to fuse [Kung Fu Sheep Girl] and [Iron Stick] again, but unfortunately the effect was the same as before.
Moreover, because [Kung Fu Sheep Girl] is already the product of secondary fusion, if it is used as the main body to rub it again, the cost will be as high as hundreds of cubic coins, which is quite not worth it.
After thinking about it, he put the card down and continued to preview the fusion of other cards.
On the contrary, the two [Iron Sticks] have good compatibility and can be fused together.
But Shi Li did not merge them immediately, because he felt it necessary to ensure that the number of cards he held was no less than 4.
Being able to produce a [Kung Fu Sheep Girl] today is already a great achievement.
So after washing up, he went to bed early and waited for tomorrow to come.
