054: Green Fox Exchange

The Demi-human Beauty Card is a growth-type pet card.

A growth-type card doesn't mean that once it's created, it can organically grow and become stronger or more perfect, like a living being. It still requires human intervention to improve and enhance it.

Generally, ordinary non-growth-type cards, once successfully created, cannot be re-created a second time.

However, a growth-type card, after successful creation, only needs suitable advanced materials to be re-created on its existing basis, allowing the card to "evolve and strengthen," increasing its star rating.

These types of cards are rare and more powerful than cards of the same tier. They are considered precious card technology, and very few circulate on the market.

Furthermore, re-creation isn't a simple or easy task. It requires a certain level of card-making ability from the card creator, and if the re-creation fails, the card is completely destroyed.

So, while growth-type cards are valuable, the further along you go, the harder it becomes to re-create and improve them, with failure being a real possibility if you're not careful.

Of course, there are also some extremely valuable materials that can increase the success rate of re-creation, prevent failure, or even preserve the original card if a re-creation fails.

It's similar to enhancing equipment in some games; re-creating these growth-type cards has high financial requirements. You need to spend money to get stronger.

After Tang Jian confirmed the existence of the Green Fox Exchange with He Xun, he felt a slight sense of relief.

Regardless of whether what the other party said in his previous life was true or false, he had to visit the Green Fox Exchange.

By this time, Tang Jian had been assigned to a dormitory with Yang Mao.

He Xun and the other student council members left after arranging their accommodation, telling them they could explore the school in the afternoon to get familiar with the environment, but it was best not to leave the campus arbitrarily.

Soon, school teachers and leaders came together and distributed a Campus Pass Card to Tang Jian and the other students. With this card, they could use various facilities in the school, eat, and so on.

The school directly covered the costs for accommodation and food, considering it a benefit provided to the students in the Rocket Training Class.

After notifying them about the evening gathering to listen to He Xun's lecture, the school teachers temporarily left to rest.

"Yang Mao, I'm going out for a bit. If there's any notice this afternoon, remember to contact me on my Communication Card."

Tang Jian put away his luggage in the dorm and held up his Communication Card, saying to Yang Mao.

The lowest grade of Communication Card was white quality one-star, and the highest was blue five-star.

These cards weren't expensive to make, nor were they difficult to produce. Their value was generally lower than ordinary cards.

Tang Jian's own card was a white quality one-star Communication Card. He had made it himself, and it could record a hundred contacts and communicate within a fifty-mile radius.

"Are you really going to that Green Fox Exchange?" Yang Mao was tidying up and looked at Tang Jian with some surprise when he heard this.

"Yeah. Oh, right, I have a bottle of Solar Energy Potion here. I've been drinking too much lately and don't really feel like having it. Do you want it? If you do, I'll sell it to you at a friendly price."

Tang Jian said, pulling out the bottle of Solar Energy Potion he hadn't drunk from his luggage.

"What the hell, you've drunk too much and don't want it?" Yang Mao bristled at that, then turned to see the Solar Energy Potion in Tang Jian's hand and asked suspiciously, "Are you really selling it to me?"

"Yeah, I feel like I've developed a resistance to it lately. If you don't buy it, I'll just have to drink it. I can't sell it outside, it'd be trouble if someone reported me to the police," Tang Jian spread his hands.

"You'll sell it to me for 30,000?" Yang Mao asked tentatively.

The market price for Solar Energy Potion was 32,000. In his opinion, if Tang Jian sold it to him cheaper, 31,000 should be acceptable. That would save him a thousand.

"You really are rich," Tang Jian was speechless.

This reminded him of an old joke.

A rich second-generation heir had just started dating a beautiful girlfriend, but he was afraid she was with him for his money. So he lied to her, saying he only had an ordinary sports car, a house just over a hundred square meters, and a few hundred thousand in savings.

Hmm!

He thought, no matter how poor someone was, they should only be that poor.

Tang Jian felt annoyed and said in a muffled voice, "Forget it, just take it for 20,000. You've been pretty good to me before."

While he wasn't averse to more money, Tang Jian really didn't want to make money off Yang Mao.

Even selling it for 30,000 wouldn't be considered a profit, but if he sold it outside, he definitely wouldn't get 30,000—at most 25,000—and it would carry risks.

Besides, he had already planned to sell it for 20,000, and he didn't intend to change his mind now.

If it were Liu Kun selling it for 30,000, Tang Jian wouldn't have mentioned their friendship.

"No way, are you kidding? If you sell it to me for 20,000, you'd be losing a ton. You might as well keep it and drink it yourself." Yang Mao shook his head directly, looking displeased.

"Are you that cheap? You insist on paying more?"

"You're the cheap one! I want to give you more money, and you're unhappy about it. Don't you think you're cheap? Are you perhaps interested in my good looks?" Yang Mao puffed out his chest and glared.

Tang Jian was exasperated, "Are you buying or not? If not, then forget it."

"I'll buy it. For 31,000. Brother, I'm not short on cash, don't you dare try to trick me," Yang Mao hummed in a nonchalant manner.

"Here, just transfer the money to this card," Tang Jian gave Yang Mao his Bank Card number.

"I'll transfer the money to you tomorrow."

"Aren't you not short on cash? Can't you do it today?"

"Get lost! Even miners need to mine before they get money!"

Taking the subway, Tang Jian quickly arrived at Miudong A District in the southern part of Jiangbei City.

He had never been here in his previous life, only heard its name.

In the Federation's year 205, Jiangbei City had not yet developed into a base city, and its conditions in all aspects were slightly backward.

There were no maglev trains here, and anti-gravity shuttles, so common in his previous life's metropolises, were almost nowhere to be seen. Even mechs were a rare sight.

More typically, one would find ordinary sports cars powered by Energy Cards, reflecting the comparatively backward technological conditions.

As Tang Jian exited the subway station, he noticed many areas were under construction.

In some unfinished zones, workers were welding rebar on scaffolding. One could see that the concrete was mixed with other materials, giving it a metallic sheen, ensuring absolute structural integrity.

This was a new urban district under construction. The building materials themselves indicated that Jiangbei City was gradually evolving into a base city. These robust structures would provide safer shelter during the chaotic times after the Celestial Pit appeared.

After asking for directions a few times, Tang Jian successfully located the large exchange in Miudong A District.

This exchange resembled a commercial street, but Card Police were visibly stationed at both ends, and iron gates sealed off the entrances and exits, requiring inspection for anyone wishing to pass through.

The goods sold within the exchange were not ordinary items. Many shops even sold contraband that only Card Masters were permitted to use, making them inaccessible to non-Card Masters.

A wide variety of supplies could be purchased here.

To prevent members of the Old Kingdom Organization or individuals wanted by the Federation from entering to acquire necessary supplies or cause disruption, and to prevent ordinary people from purchasing highly dangerous items that could lead to social unrest, the exchange implemented round-theclock lockdown inspections. Entry was only granted after passing inspection.

After presenting his Jiangbei City University Campus Pass and student ID, Tang Jian passed the inspection and entered the exchange beyond the iron gates.

His eyes immediately landed on the "Green Fox Card Exchange," quite conspicuous at the street corner ahead.

The exchange's signboard was an illusory scene created from an exquisitely crafted Illusion Card.

In the scene, a charming fox demoness battled a bald, burly man, holding a Gauge and cards. Sweat and blood splattered as they exchanged blows, creating an intense and captivating scene. The characters were remarkably lifelike and vivid, drawing the eye.

"Smells so good..."

Tang Jian watched for a moment, then caught a whiff of fragrance wafting from a nearby shop selling nutrient solutions. He couldn't help but swallow.

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