The Card Apprentice
Chapter 83

A way to make money

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Over the weekend, Chen Mu planned to visit Amey City, the city closest to Dongshang Guard City.

The Long Shuttle Train station was packed with people. Bored, Chen Mu watched the illusion card advertisements playing in the hall. The Long Shuttle Train was a convenient way to reach Amey City, taking only about six hours. Unfortunately, he was too weak. Otherwise, how pleasant it would have been to fly straight through the wilderness using an airflow card.

At last, it was Chen Mu's turn to board. This was his first time riding a Long Shuttle Train, and he found it quite novel.

But the novelty soon wore off. The entire journey on the Long Shuttle Train took place underground, which meant they would spend six hours traveling beneath the earth. Danger lurked on every side in the wilderness, so people had turned their attention underground. In the Tianyou Federation, underground travel was now a thoroughly mature technology. A subterranean transportation network spread like a spiderweb beneath the entire federation.

Long-distance travel was terribly dull, but to accommodate the passengers, a player had been installed every five rows of seats, showing entertainment programs to help everyone pass the time. Card films, a new product, were unanimously welcomed at times like these.

The player before him was showing prerecorded content. The Long Shuttle Train used highly advanced technology: with just one main player, images could be projected onto every other player simultaneously. This technology had been invented by the Low-Level Illusion Card Club in Dongshang Guard City.

"Next, we'll introduce a card film that hasn't circulated widely. So far, we haven't found any information about its creator. Reportedly, this card film has only circulated within a small area around East Guard Academy. What amazed us, however, was that its production quality and

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