Successive Surprises

The hellish experiences of the past few days had not left Zhang Zhi traumatized. Instead, they had only strengthened the conviction in his heart.

He firmly believed that only by becoming someone who wielded great power could he control his own fate and escape those nightmare-like experiences.

He took a deep breath, got out of bed, went downstairs, and ate.

After eating, Zhang Zhi returned to his room and began taking stock of what he had gained over the past few days.

Tomorrow was the final day of the assessment, so he still had time.

His consciousness sank into his Sea of Consciousness, activating the World Bead's "Control" function.

Everything that had occurred during the Small World's Deduction Phase appeared in his Sea of Consciousness one by one.

Yesterday, in order to heal the body that Lei Aigou had beaten black and blue, he had spent a point of World Power to activate Control. At the time, however, he had not had the energy to examine the Small World's experiences in detail.

Now, he finally had the time to carefully see exactly what had happened in the Small World during those seven days.

Everything that had happened during the Deduction Phase appeared in his mind.

As he watched scene after scene unfold within the Small World during the Deduction Phase, he became certain that he had struck gold. The Small World had reached its current scale entirely because of that Dao Boy.

Humans sealed within cards originally retained none of their previous memories.

Yet that Dao Boy was truly a genius. In merely half a month, he had mastered the "Blood Forging Technique" that the Small World had instilled in his mind.

He then spent another month integrating all the humans from the Human Cards Zhang Zhi had merged into the Small World.

Three months later, the first Human Gathering Place appeared in the Small World.

A year later, Zhang Zhi's Small World had gained a human town.

In the second month after the town appeared, a Private School was established within it.

The Private School taught not only knowledge, but also the "Blood Forging Technique."

That Dao Boy truly possessed Extraordinary Talent. He had actually begun modifying the "Blood Forging Technique," breaking the original cultivation method down into the "Eighteen Forms of Blood Forging" and drastically lowering the threshold for Blood Refining. That was why everyone in the Small World practiced Blood Refining.

That alone was nothing. What surprised Zhang Zhi even more was that, based on the White Rank "Blood Forging Technique," a cultivation method of the Elite Realm, the Dao Boy had deduced a Mortal Transformation Realm cultivation method: the "Blood Refinement Art."

At the same time, because the Small World possessed only cultivation methods and no combat techniques, the Dao Boy had gradually created eleven combat techniques. Among them were even two Mortal Transformation Rank techniques: "Blood Burning Palm" and "Dragon-Elephant Marvelous Technique."

"Blood Burning Palm" was the palm technique Zhang Zhi had witnessed before, the one that turned a person directly into a cloud of blood mist with a single palm strike.

Zhang Zhi was overjoyed when he saw this. If my Small World had any Transcendent Realm rules, this guy might even be able to deduce blue-rank Transcendent Realm cultivation methods.

Immediately afterward, he discovered a small "Scripture Depository" in the Small City.

The moment Zhang Zhi saw the Scripture Depository, his mind went blank.

After all, Scripture Depositories were known as "minor wonders." They started at blue rank, with no upper limit, and he had never heard of a green-rank Scripture Depository.

More importantly, only cultivation methods stored in a Scripture Depository could be made into cards.

Cultivation Technique Cards were the most sought-after cards.

The surprises the Dao Boy had given Zhang Zhi were far from over.

Blood Refining cultivation required enormous quantities of food. After discovering the food shortage, the Dao Boy actually led the people of the city in reclaiming vast tracts of wasteland. He also domesticated all four animals Zhang Zhi had merged into the world—pigs, cattle, sheep, and horses—into livestock.

At the same time, using only the Irrigation Ditch and Waterwheel Card Zhang Zhi had previously merged in as a foundation, he had forcibly tinkered together three waterworks facilities.

Fortunately, the Small World was not large enough, so all the waterworks facilities within it were gray rank.

Under the Dao Boy's leadership, in just nineteen years, the Small World's population had grown from 583 to 9,352. (It had been discovered that many people had major misconceptions about marriageable age in feudal times. In feudal eras, marrying at thirteen or fourteen was perfectly normal, and states even forcibly arranged marriages. Many Historical Records documented this, such as the "Biography of Zhou Lang" in the Book of Song: "If a girl remained unmarried at fifteen, her family would be held responsible.")

That was right. Less than seven days had passed in the real world, while nineteen years had already gone by in the Small World.

His Small World had now become one with complete human rules. As long as it could later merge with Transcendent Realm rules, a little guidance would be enough to turn it into a Transcendent Realm world.

After reviewing everything that had happened during the Small World's Deduction Phase, Zhang Zhi remained silent for a long time.

He now knew that the Dao Boy was named Fang Yun.

Based on the abilities Fang Yun had displayed over the years, he seemed more like a transmigrator than Zhang Zhi himself!

He had made an absolute killing!

With this Dao Boy, he believed that even at the Secondary Education School, he would be able to shine brilliantly!

After properly digesting the surprises brought by the Small World, Zhang Zhi turned and picked up a backpack from the bedside table.

Inside were the Spoils of War he had looted from the Night Shadow Gang's hideout after killing that Realm Lord yesterday.

Most of those Spoils of War had been found in a safe in the Realm Lord's room.

Since time had been tight and Fang Yun's summoning duration was about to end, he had not inspected them closely. He had stuffed everything into the bag, confirmed that nothing had been missed, and hurriedly left.

He poured out everything in the bag.

Three bundled stacks of Gold Yuan Vouchers, a pile of loose change, several scattered Gray Cards, and a Card Album.

A Card Album was a book used to store cards. Its only difference was that it had a shielding effect; no matter how strong one's Mental Power was, one could not discover what cards were inside it.

He opened the Card Album. The twenty card slots on the first page were all filled with White Cards.

After a quick glance, he found two Iron Mine Cards. The remaining eighteen were all miscellaneous cards useless to him, such as Lizardman Cards. He turned another page, and they were still miscellaneous cards—this time, Murloc Cards.

He continued flipping through it and found more cards that were not from the Human Path.

Looking at these cards, Zhang Zhi found it rather strange. What's going on? Why did he collect so many cards outside the Human Path? I remember that the ones he summoned were humans. He should have been following the Human Path.

Then it occurred to him that perhaps the Realm Lord had already merged most of the Human Path White Cards into his Small World. Since these cards were not from the Human Path, they had remained in this Card Album.

It was not until the ninth page that Zhang Zhi finally found some useful cards: five Human Crossbowman Cards.

Each card contained two squads, or twenty fully armed crossbowmen.

These cards would be an excellent choice for other Realm Lords who had just opened up a Small World, but to him, they were little more than tasteless scraps.

When he flipped to the final page, a flash of green entered Zhang Zhi's sight.

There was one green card on this page.

A Dragon Gate Card!

Zhang Zhi sucked in a sharp breath as he looked at the Dragon Gate Card!

He had originally wanted to mock the Realm Lord for being the leader of a gang yet so poor, but he had not expected him to possess a green Dragon Gate Card.

This was an enormous surprise!