The Calamity Was Actually Me?!

"Ah, forget it. No point overthinking it. I'm about to starve to death anyway. I should figure out how to get out of this hellhole first."

A rumbling growl from his stomach interrupted Zuo Si's thoughts.

He hadn't had a proper meal in several days.

The food stored in the warehouse had rotted and spoiled under the combined effects of corpses and the plague, giving off a pungent stench.

Forget eating it—even getting close enough to smell it would make him vomit.

Still, to ease his hunger, Zuo Si carefully took out a small paper packet from his shoulder bag. He opened it, placed a crystal-clear piece of candy into his mouth, then closed his eyes and savored the sweetness on his tongue.

This packet of candy had originally been a small gift from a young, beautiful sixteen-year-old female apprentice more than two months ago, meant to curry favor with him, the Tower Master's most favored disciple.

Since he happened to be losing his baby teeth at the time and didn't particularly like sweets, it had fortunately lasted until now, becoming the only thing he could use to stave off hunger and replenish his energy.

After all, aside from Astar, no third person knew Zuo Si's true age. Everyone thought he was a child under ten.

Since this misunderstanding brought him plenty of additional benefits and conveniences, he had no intention of correcting it.

Unfortunately, when the plague broke out, that pleasant female apprentice soon became one of the first to die.

Zuo Si had mourned her for quite some time because of that.

Until he accidentally discovered that he was actually the source of this plague...

The calamity was actually me?

Zuo Si wouldn't have believed even in his dreams that a single sneeze from him could cause the deaths of tens of thousands and bring such a thriving magical civilization to ruin.

Fortunately, after some research, he discovered that he didn't constantly release enormous amounts of mutated bacteria and viruses into his surroundings.

As long as his body remained healthy, his immune system maintained an incredibly delicate and complex symbiotic relationship with them, as though they were playing a game of cat and mouse.

Neither his saliva, blood, nor excrement was contagious.

But once he fell ill, the viruses and bacteria suppressed by his immune system would immediately become active, multiplying and growing at terrifying speeds until they eventually became a dreadful plague that swept through every living thing nearby.

As the candy gradually melted in his mouth, passed down his esophagus, and entered his digestive system to be converted into energy his body needed, the intense hunger didn't lessen at all. Instead, it became even stronger.

Left with no choice, Zuo Si gulped down half a cup of water to trick his digestive system. Then he quickly left the gloomy, terrifying basement and arrived at the windowsill of a public lounge in the middle levels of the tower.

After briefly sensing the proportions of the various energies in the surrounding environment, he immediately pulled out a blank card covered in mysterious symbols and used the power of his Spark to draw every last bit of Mana from his Mana Pool.

In an instant!

The dim sky above the Floating City, originally shrouded in negative energy, seemed to be torn open by an invisible hand.

A blinding pillar of light descended from the sky and struck above the tower!

BOOM!!!!!!!

Under such an intense infusion of energy, images and text gradually appeared on the blank card.

Land Card: Floating City Tower

LV2 Colorless Card (Upgradeable)

Card Quality: Common

Effect: When this card takes effect, it can directly provide three points of Universal Mana and one point of black Mana per day. It can also bind with the Creator class.

In any other Magical world, this class can recover Mana normally and fully utilize all of its abilities.

Using this card does not consume Mana.

If this card's effect is damaged or destroyed by other magical forces, it will automatically enter the Graveyard to await rebirth. The time required is ten days.

Note: The Universal Mana in a Land Card can replace any other type of Mana for use. black Mana represents swamps, decay, rot, and death. It is mainly used to create and use black cards.

"Use the Land Card! Permanently bind it with the Creator class!"

After confirming the card's effects, Zuo Si activated it without hesitation.

The next second...

The card emitting a faint glow vanished without a trace.

At the same time, he immediately sensed an energy channel tightly connected to his Spark.

Through that energy channel, he could continuously obtain energy from the Floating City Tower beneath his feet.

Of course, the price was that his Mana Pool, which had just been filled, became 0/100.

There wasn't even a single drop left.

"Not easy! With this Land Card, I can finally run away without worry."

Seeing that the Land Card had taken effect, Zuo Si let out a long breath.

He had been deeply worried that the Creator class he had worked so hard to raise to LV5 in this world would become completely useless once he fled to another Magical world because it wasn't bound to a Land Card.

After all, some of the Magic Items and Wondrous Items he created would immediately become unusable—or extremely dangerous—once he lost the Creator class.

At the same time, the floating page before him underwent a slight change.

Current Task One: Create a Land Card (Completed)

Planeswalker class upgrade unlocked

New Task: Escape Desperation (Reward: Three Card Draw opportunities)

"Escape Desperation? And it even rewards three Card Draw opportunities? It looks like the path to the upper levels and the Space-Time Gate is filled with dangers capable of threatening my life." Zuo Si frowned as he stared at the changes in the task section of the page.

The number of Card Draw opportunities awarded was usually directly linked to the danger of the task.

Generally speaking, tasks that weren't particularly dangerous would only grant one Card Draw opportunity.

Even a task like creating a Land Card, which might expose him and lead to serious consequences, had only given him two Card Draw opportunities at most.

So, for a task that gave three Card Draw opportunities at once, he absolutely had to make thorough preparations.

With that in mind, Zuo Si immediately used two of the Card Draw opportunities he had just obtained.

A massive roulette wheel appeared out of thin air on the page, and countless cards began spinning rapidly around it.

Since only their backs were displayed, he had no idea what the cards actually were.

When the speed gradually slowed and finally stopped, the two cards closest to the roulette's pointer suddenly flipped over. One emitted a white glow, while the other gave off black mist.

Creature Card: Human—Light Armored Soldier

LV1 White Card (Upgradeable)

Card Quality: Common

Effect: Summons a soldier with an LV5 warrior level.

This soldier may be a melee unit clad in Chainmail, wearing a metal helmet, and wielding a short sword and leather-covered shield. Or it may be an archer armed with a bow and dressed in leather armor.

Whether melee or ranged, they can understand any language you speak and will completely obey every command given until they are killed or their summon is voluntarily canceled.

Using this card requires payment of two points of white Mana, representing plains and positive energy, or two points of Universal Mana.

When the summoned soldier is killed, this card automatically enters the Graveyard to await rebirth. The time required is one day.

Magic Card: Wither

LV2 black Card (Not Upgradeable)

Card Quality: Rare

Effect: When this card is activated, it can release a large cloud of deathly poison filled with negative energy at any designated location within thirty meters. It lasts for thirty seconds.

All creatures that inhale the poison cloud, friend or foe alike, will have their bodies and internal organs rapidly wither, decay, and die.

As for the speed of death, it depends on the creature's size, magical resistance, and vitality.

However, Undead Creatures are not only completely immune to this spell, but will also slowly recover Hit Points within the range of Wither magic.

Using this card requires payment of three points of Universal Mana or three points of black Mana.

When the Wither magic ends, this card automatically enters the Graveyard to await rebirth. The time required is two days.

"A Common Creature Card and a Rare Magic Card? The results of this Card Draw were pretty good. At least they're much better than the previous few times."

A pleased smile appeared on Zuo Si's face as he looked at the two newly acquired cards in his hand.

It's obvious that when it came to Card Draw, his luck definitely didn't fall into the category of absurdly lucky people, but it had nothing to do with being terribly unlucky either.

He belonged to the kind of person whose luck was sometimes good and sometimes bad.

Besides, Zuo Si had already inherited this "legacy."

There was only a limited number of cards inside. Even if he couldn't draw powerful cards now, he would be able to draw them someday.