Late at night, in the single-officer quarters assigned by the base.
Fresh from the shower, Kyle wore only a pair of loose shorts, his lean, muscular upper body bare as he reclined against the bed with his eyes closed.
Of course, he was not pondering the meaning of life or anything like that. His mind had entered Card Space.
Within the boundless white space, things had changed greatly compared to nearly two months ago.
Previously, all the cards had been mixed together, whirling endlessly in a hurricane-like mass.
After Kyle organized them, Ability Cards, Item Cards, and Creature Cards had each been assigned to separate storage areas.
Aside from the three main card categories, there were also an emergency card area and a material card area.
The emergency card area stored cards that needed to be used immediately in emergencies, such as [Vicious Dog], Energy Laser Gun, emergency kits, and Blue Eagle.
There was not a single Ability Card in the emergency card area, because Ability Cards could be used directly as long as they existed in Card Space. Unlike Item Cards and Creature Cards, they did not need to be materialized first.
The material card area stored useless Item Cards—the "materials" for Sacrifice Draw.
Kyle had entered Card Space specifically for the material card area.
After more than a month of fighting and plundering, most of the supply cards looted from several fallen German Factory Bases had been stored in the material card area.
At that moment, nearly a hundred blue Item Cards and over a thousand green Item Cards were densely piled up in the material card area, giving him quite a sense of accomplishment.
"I've saved material cards for so long. It's time to try my luck." Kyle took a deep breath and suppressed the unease he always felt when drawing cards.
Germany's many energy factories had already completely fallen, and the final battle to settle things with Red Skull was imminent. There was little point in continuing to save cards at a time like this.
Kyle began counting the Item Cards in the material card area and quickly arrived at an exact figure.
Green Item Cards: 1,020. Blue Item Cards: 86.
Converted into Sacrifice Draw attempts, that meant exactly 102 draws from green-quality cards and only eight draws from blue-quality cards.
"Then let's start with the green-quality ones." With a wave of his hand, Kyle directly selected the 1,020 green Item Cards floating in the material card area.
Selection successful. Sacrifice Draw—
102 consecutive draws!
'You sacrificed German Quality Helmet ×26, German combat suit ×11, Old-fashioned Sniper Rifle ×6... Reconnaissance Instrument ×3, Energy Magazine ×89... High-explosive grenade ×22, Anti-Infantry Mine ×9...'
'Draw successful. Congratulations, you have obtained Add Life ×11, True Dual-wielding Mastery, radio, rabbit, shark, Bronze Sword, Hindi Mastery...'
A uniform batch of new green cards appeared, and the blooming green light made Kyle sigh.
Damn it, this was a 102-draw streak! Couldn't it at least produce one blue-quality card from the low-probability pool?!
And most of those hundred new cards were random, useless junk. Aside from a few unusual technological Item Cards that he could toss to Howard for research, very few of them were actually useful.
"Eleven green-rare Add Life Cards. Is that good luck or bad luck?" Kyle tugged at the corner of his mouth.
Add Life: Increases the user's natural lifespan by three years. Green-rare Ability Card. Current status: Can be used on others.
The green Add Life Card was clearly far more effective than the white one, increasing the duration from three months to three years.
However, Kyle now possessed the physique of a Super Soldier. His resistance to aging and natural lifespan had long reached a certain level, so the Add Life Card had little effect on his body.
"Still, this Ability Card obtained through sacrifice can actually be used on others. That's interesting." Kyle considered it. The Add Life Card did not mean much to him, but its value to ordinary people was practically limitless.
"I'll keep it for now. It'll definitely come in handy someday." Kyle stopped dwelling on it and turned his gaze to the only other green-rare card besides Add Life.
True Dual-wielding Mastery: Mastery of nearly perfect dual-wielding blade techniques. Green-rare Ability Card.
"Barely passing." Kyle shrugged helplessly. After all, he had never placed much hope on green-quality draws.
Tonight's main event was the upcoming eight blue-quality draws.
"I'll do them one at a time. I can't take consecutive draws." Kyle took a deep breath, suppressing his anxiety as he slowly selected ten blue Item Cards.
Sacrifice, draw!
'You sacrificed Gem Energy ×10.'
'Draw successful. Congratulations, you have obtained Add Life.'
What the hell, Add Life again and again and again?
The instant he heard the draw notification, Kyle nearly cursed aloud. What was with tonight's draws? Was the Card Draw System afraid he would die too soon?
Add Life: Increases the user's natural lifespan by thirty years. Blue-rare Ability Card. Current status: Can be used on others.
A simple and brutal Ability Card with no side effects that directly increased natural lifespan by thirty years.
"Thirty years?" Even Kyle was somewhat surprised. He had thought blue-rare Add Life would only grant ten years at most. He had not expected it to add so much.
At this rate, as long as I don't die, I can live until Earth is destroyed.
Kyle smiled bitterly and continued with the Sacrifice Draw process.
Sure, having a long lifespan was practical, but give me something even more practical!
As Kyle silently cried out, another ten blue Item Cards vanished in sacrifice.
'Draw successful. Congratulations, you have obtained submarine.'
Was this useful or useless, exactly?
Kyle looked a little despondent, but he did not stop selecting cards and continued drawing.
'Draw successful. Congratulations, you have obtained Camouflage Voice Changer.'
God, what use did I have for a voice changer? Draw again!
'Draw successful. Congratulations, you have obtained Add Life.'
Great. Tonight was really spamming my lifespan. Keep drawing!
'Draw successful. Congratulations, you have obtained Conan's Glasses.'
Kyle was speechless. What kind of random nonsense had barged in here? Draw one more time!
'Draw successful. Congratulations, you have obtained Senzu Bean.'
Senzu Bean?
Kyle immediately perked up and quickly accepted the newly drawn blue card.
Senzu Bean: A bean grown by the Cat Hermit. Once consumed, no matter how severe the injuries, even on the verge of death, the user can recover to their body's absolute peak condition. Blue Item Card.
"Not bad. Something that can save my life." Kyle revealed a faint smile and placed the Senzu Bean in the emergency card area.
Tonight's draws had not been completely wasted after all.
Seeing that he had two blue-quality draw attempts left, Kyle waved his hand and simply selected all twenty remaining blue Item Cards.
'You sacrificed Gem Energy ×20.'
At the very least, give me another blue skill-type card, okay?
The instant that thought arose, two newly drawn cards gradually emerged within Card Space.
One was a deep, translucent blue, while the other was an unprecedented purple! The dazzling radiance emitted by the two cards instantly became the focus of Card Space.
'Draw successful. Congratulations, you have obtained Initial Venom Symbiote, Giant Ancient Dragon Turtle.'
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