Destiny Cards

Under everyone's watchful eyes, a new blank page slowly turned on the book.

Then, immediately afterward, lines of text began to appear on the newly opened blank page.

[Story One ▪ Monster]

[Overall score: 7.3]

[If the story score Pass, all surviving participants will receive seven Story Point can be used to purchase Item in the Story Shop.]

[The second story will begin in twenty minutes. Please be prepared.]

"Story Point and Story Shop... shouldn't that be considered copyright infringement?"

After the words in the book disappeared, Bai Zhi thoughtfully touched his chin before looking up at the crowd in front of him.

"The system first introduced points and a points shop, and now it's Story Point and a Story Shop. Is the system really going to tolerate this?"

"... Has your focus always been this strange?"

The Chronicler gave Bai Zhi a slightly strange look and pointed to the Red Card in front of him.

"Compared to those things, these cards that appeared out of nowhere are more important right now, aren't they?"

As the lines of text from the book appeared, a face-down card automatically appeared in front of each of the six Player on the table in front of them.

Each person has a different colored card in front of them. For example, Bai Zhi and Xia Wen have white cards, Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part has yellow cards, Instant has black cards, and the Chronicler and A Pure Smile, Shy Blushing Cheeks have red cards.

"Do not touch it until the danger is certain."

The Chronicler had barely finished speaking when he Instant looked up at her and spoke in a cold voice.

"Okay, okay, I'm not a child anymore. Only a fool would touch these things of dubious origin..."

Seemingly slightly dissatisfied, the Chronicler retorted and withdrew their hand.

Xia Wen, who had been curiously about picking up the card to take a look, silently withdrew his hand.

"Shouldn't we be focusing on the Story Shop now?"

Seeing that the others hadn't gotten to the point for a while, Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part had no choice but to speak up.

"Aren't you curious about what kind of things are inside a shop run by Anomaly? Well..."

Before she could finish speaking, a system notification appeared in front of all the Player.

[The story "Monster" has ended; all Player will receive rewards based on their performance.]

[Note ①: Rewards earned by Player will be calculated and settled after the Dungeon ends.]

[Note ②: Player are encouraged to explore the Library for as many hidden rules as possible. For each undiscovered hidden rule found, Player will receive an additional bonus to their final reward at the end of the Dungeon.]

[Note ③: The Second Story will begin in nineteen minutes. Player are advised to discuss and prepare accordingly.]

[Remark ④: Destiny Card have appeared. Player should choose carefully. Each color of card represents a different Type of destiny. The card takes effect immediately after being revealed.]

"Destiny Card?"

After reading through all the information displayed by the system, Bai Zhi turned his gaze to the White Card placed in front of him.

Among the six people, there are four different card colors: white in front of themselves and Xia Wen, yellow in front of Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part, black in front of Instant, and red in front of A Pure Smile, Shy Blushing Cheeks and the Chronicler.

In terms of color distribution, there is no particular pattern, and there is nothing unusual to be seen from the outside.

"Would you like to open it?"

Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part raised his head and looked towards Bai Zhi, handing over the decision-making power to him.

In the previous story, the other party could be said to have almost single-handedly controlled the entire story's direction, and she somehow managed to get to the end without even realizing it.

According to the original storyline, they had to carefully restrain their Strength, face attacks from Monster whose true nature was unknown, and simultaneously ensure the story could continue while uncovering the truth... Given all these factors, it should have been a perilous journey.

However, with the addition of a certain person, they were all completely arranged, with everything handled by the Big Shot. They didn't even get hurt in the story; in fact, they were clearly eating and drinking their fill... It's really satisfying to ride on someone's coattails and win without lifting a finger.

Therefore, Bai Zhi has implicitly and in fact already held a dominant position among the six Player.

"Why are you asking me? You can flip through it if you want, what's it to me?"

Bai Zhi looked up at the other person, completely bewildered.

"... Just asking for your opinion."

Seeing the reaction of the guy in front of him, Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part eyes twitched slightly.

"We need to explore the hidden rules within this Grand Library as much as possible. The Destiny Card are part of those hidden rules, right? So I think we should..."

"You want to turn it over?"

Bai Zhi interrupted her.

"... That's right."

After a moment's hesitation, Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part. But before she could finish her sentence, she caught a twitch in the corner of her eye as she saw someone hurriedly dragging a chair away from the table.

"Perfect, you can be our guinea pig... Everyone else, remember to sit far away, lest you get caught in the crossfire. Anything can happen with this thing, don't blame me for not warning you."

Bai Zhi dragged the chair to a spot about a meter away from the table, held up a finger, and spoke seriously to the others who were all silently watching his actions.

"The Yellow Destiny Card, I guess it corresponds to the color yellow. Maybe after she flips over that card, a dozen tentacles will emerge from it and bind her or something, and then the tentacle play that we all love to see will begin... Are you all staying away from the table because you want to join in?"

As soon as Bai Zhi finished speaking, the others dragged their chairs away from the table, including Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part A Pure Smile, Shy Blushing Cheeks.

In the blink of an eye, the area around the table was cleared out.

The Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part: "..."

Sure enough, this guy in front of me is incredibly vengeful... But seriously, have I really offended him?

After a moment of silence, Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part around, wanting to get some comfort from her younger sister.

... Then she saw that the other person had somehow pulled a camera out of their pocket, raised it, and pointed it at her, their eyes fixed on her.

When she noticed her gaze directed at her, the other person tilted their head slightly, as if wondering why she hadn't started yet.

"..."

... Indeed, a sister like this is better off sacrificed to the heavens...?

He let out a soft sigh, stood up from his chair, Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part reached out to open the Yellow Destiny Card in front of him.

After the card was opened, three large characters were written on the other side.

Picking up the card, Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part, slightly puzzled, read aloud the three words printed on the front of the card.

"A treasure... box?"