Xie Mingzhe stared blankly at the scrolling numbers on the screen, and deeply felt his poverty and insignificance.
When he was worried about the rent of 800 yuan and was happy to find a job with a monthly salary of 1,500 yuan, in the game world, these local tyrants would throw tens of thousands of money into it for a small card.
I remember when he was playing online games back then, there was a local tyrant in his area who smashed hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a weapon. It is said that in many games with random equipment, the local tyrants recharged millions of dollars in order to make a good equipment.
Sure enough, there is no shortage of local tyrants in any era. Of course, there is no shortage of poor people in any era. It's a pity that Xie Mingzhe is a poor man both on earth and in this time and space.
He doesn't understand the world of local tyrants, he can only follow and watch the excitement.
The card price on the screen had soared to 150,000, and then it stopped.
The host said: "150,000 once, 150,000 twice, is there anyone else..."
The word "price increase" has not been uttered, and suddenly, the number jumped again.
— 200,000.
— 220,000.
-250000.
-300000!
Xie Mingzhe stared at the screen with wide eyes. It was a few thousand plus just now. Why did the painting style suddenly change at this time? One plus is tens of thousands!
Senior Brother Qi next to him explained in a low voice, "Just now it was just a small fight, and the real local tyrants are only now taking action. The attributes of this seven-star card are very good, with 100 agility, extreme double group control, plus Tang Muzhou's halo bonus, the price Certainly more than that."
Xie Mingzhe: "..."
Sure enough, the world of local tyrants is terrible.
The precious cards in this game should be the same as the top equipment in other games, especially this card is a card with perfect attributes. It seems reasonable to shoot at this price
Xie Mingzhe sighed and continued to watch the excitement.
***
At the same time, in the office of the Imperial Capital Club.
Xue Linxiang glanced at the young man who was lying on the sofa and kept yawning, and said warmly, "Xiao Tang, this Yelaixiang card is also your hard work. The data is really good. If you don't need it yourself, you can use it for others. It's sold." Xue Linxiang looked reluctant.
Tang Muzhou was so sleepy that he was about to fall asleep, and his double eyelids kept fighting. Hearing Sister Xue's voice, he braced himself a little, narrowed his eyes and said, "Changfeng, Manman, and Xiaoan are not good at plant cards, and they won't be able to exert the greatest effect, so it's better to find someone for this card. A more suitable host."
When he was sleepy, his voice was low, with a hint of lazy hoarseness, which was particularly nice.
Xue Linxiang was afraid that he would fall asleep again due to his strange routine, so she hurriedly spoke to attract his attention: "That's right, since you don't need it anymore, rather than keep it in the card showcase, you might as well find a new one for it. Can love its new owner... However, you sold Ye Laixiang as a support card, have you selected the replacement card in your deck?"
"Of course." Tang Muzhou turned on the tablet light brain, called up a card information, and introduced, "This card was also made just a few days ago. I used a different idea. Sister Xue, look at its data. "
"..." Xue Linxiang suddenly widened her eyes.
Qixing Yelaixiang was sold by Tang Muzhou to use up the residual heat. However, replacing the card of Ye Lai Xiang, the data is even more terrible. She believed that when this card appeared on the field, it would definitely give Tang Muzhou's opponents a splitting headache.
"How did you make this card?" Xue Linxiang looked back and saw that Tang Muzhou had already fallen asleep with his light brain in his arms.
He has to take an "afternoon sleep" every afternoon, just like a plant that has been scorched by the scorching sun. Seeing that he was sleeping so deeply, Xue Linxiang had no choice but to put away her brain, instead of waking him up, she turned around and went back to the office to check the schedule of the tournament that the league just sent her.
***
Auction site.
The Yelaixiang card was finally sold for 660,000 yuan, which was almost 66,000 yuan in real currency, which was 666.
After watching the lively Xie Mingzhe walked out of the auction house with his two friends.
The summer sun was shining on him, and the realistic effect made him feel the warmth in the game - the surrounding temperature was just right and the weather was good, but his mood was particularly bad.
A rich man can spend tens of thousands on a card, but he is worried about living expenses.
The gap between the rich and the poor is a problem that exists in any world. Xie Mingzhe is not against the rich, and it is also their ability to have money. He was an orphan from birth and could only rely on himself, starting from a much lower level than others.
But he was not reconciled.
After being unwilling to live again, he is still a poor boy.
In his previous life on earth, he finished university on a scholarship, and planned to find a good job after graduation and live a stable life. At that time, he was also very satisfied with that stable life.
But it's different now.
The world's technology is highly developed, but people's mental appetite is extremely vacant, so holographic games like "Star Card Storm" have become popular all over the world. Many players regard this game as a spiritual sustenance, and naturally there are countless people who are willing to play the game throw money in.
From the auction just now, it can be seen that a pet card "Nine-Tailed Fox" with no attack power was sold for 8,000 gold coins just because of its cute appearance, and a powerful battle card "Ye Lai Xiang", actually The sky-high price of 660,000 in-game gold coins and 66,000 real currency was captured! !
If this card is given to him, his living expenses and tuition fees for four years of college are more than enough!
Xie Mingzhe was extremely shocked.
He had never played card games before, and there were so many cards in the game "Star Card Storm" that he thought the price of the cards would be very cheap, so he bought one for a few dollars and collected it slowly. Now that those original cards are sold for thousands or tens of thousands, Xie Mingzhe has completely refreshed his world view.
Maybe he can make a few original cards and sell them? It doesn't matter if you fail, but what if you succeed? I don’t want to sell tens of thousands, even if one can sell for a few hundred yuan, it’s enough for him to live a comfortable life for a few days!
Thinking of this, Xie Mingzhe immediately grabbed Senior Brother Qi and asked humbly for advice: "I heard you say 'original cards' just now. If players want original cards, do you have any special requirements?"
Senior player Qi Qi patiently acted as a lecturer: "The original cards in the game depend on the player's mental strength and talent."
Xie Mingzhe nodded as if pounding garlic: "Oh, tell me in detail?"
Brother Qi simply took Xie Mingzhe to a quiet pavilion nearby and sat down, and Sisi was also curious to come over and listen to the "old player's lecture".
"Mental power, in layman's terms, is your brain's ability to withstand external stimuli. It can be measured in the hospital. The average person is around 200, and those who can exceed 260 can take on the most brain-consuming and difficult jobs in various industries, or go to fight. The professional league of holographic games.”
"..." Xie Mingzhe was stunned, how much is his mental power? When he first woke up in the hospital, Dr. Qin asked the robot to measure him, and it seemed to be 300—yes, the robot pressed the electrode on his temple, and the number reported after the measurement was 300!
That said, his mental strength is still relatively high, at least a lot higher than the average line of 200. Xie Mingzhe was a little happy, and continued to ask humbly: "Do you also need mental power to create original cards in the game?"
"Yes." Senior Brother Qi said in detail, "What content and skills the card does, it all depends on you to create it with your mental power. For example, if you want to make a plant card, the card you create must be refined. Specific to what the flowers of the plant look like, how the rhizomes grow, the shape of the leaves, how the skills are described, and how the data is distributed - the more specific and detailed the creation, the better the quality of the cards produced."
Xie Mingzhe was stunned - isn't this just like painting
There are two ways to draw. One is to draw on the paper what the eyes see against the real scene. The second is imaginary.
For example, if you want to draw a plant, of course, you must first outline the appearance of the plant in your mind. After the imagination is formed, you can draw a brush and draw the plant in your mind. A good painter can draw things that are very realistic, and can even be fake.
This is not difficult for Xie Mingzhe. He was a science student in his last life, but Xie Mingzhe of this world was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts of Imperial College.
Can draw, can imagine, mental power is 300, all hardware is up to standard, only software is missing.
Xie Mingzhe rubbed his hands excitedly, and then asked: "That is, after imagining the specific card content, use mental power to draw them on special cardboard in the game to make cards. already?"
Brother Qi shook his head: "This is just the first step, the more critical step is the review of cards. There is a very strict copyright protection system in the game. Your cards must be reviewed by the official card database before they can be used in the game world. use."
"Copyright protection? What do you mean?" Xie Mingzhe scratched his head in confusion.
"For example, the nine-tailed fox card in today's auction has passed the review of the database, so the copyright of this card belongs to the original author, and others cannot copy it. You can't imitate it and make another eight-tailed fox Card, seven-tailed fox card, and you can't change its head to make a nine-tailed cat card."
Sisi nodded with understanding: "In other words, you can't transform cards from the deck, you can only make new cards that haven't appeared in the deck, right?"
Brother Qi nodded: "Yes. Cards that already exist in the database cannot be regarded as original cards after simple modification, and the skills of existing cards cannot be directly copied. You must create new cards and set new skills to pass the system. Review. If it is a character card, the official also has a special requirement, you cannot directly import the facial features of the characters in the real world, you must create your own characters.”
Xie Mingzhe suddenly realized.
This official regulation is really powerful, preventing a bunch of people from copying cards. Doing so can protect the creativity of players to the greatest extent, so as not to come up with a new idea and be plagiarized tomorrow. And character cards cannot be imported from the real world, which also prevents players from maliciously smearing real people in the game world and giving them strange skills. For example, making classmates into cards and installing a "stinky fart" skill would be bad.
Senior Brother Qi added: "More importantly, your card skills need to match the image of the card. For example, [Ye Lai Xiang]'s skills Blurred Fragrance and Dark Night are all related to the name of the card. Tang Muzhou's strongest The group attack card [Millennium Sacred Tree], the skill is called [Death Stranding], and the large-scale wood-based vine strangling star card phantom. The reason why his card is so strong is that the three items of cards, data, and skills can be perfectly matched. "
Xie Mingzhe nodded in admiration, it seems that this Tang Muzhou has a big brain hole! All kinds of plants have been endowed with powerful skills by him.
The official card original rules are indeed very difficult. Players can't just be blind. In order to make the game as fair as possible, the official definitely has a large professional database and calculation formula to control the value of the card. For example, putting a group within 100 meters of the skill range for instant kill, this kind of strange setting will definitely not be approved.
The earlier you play the game, the easier it will be to create original cards because there are fewer duplicate cards. But now, Star Card Storm has been operating for a whole ten years, so many players, all kinds of cards have already been finished by the seniors? Who knows if the system card library includes all kinds of plants, animals, and characters. If you want to make a brand new card, this "creative" problem can get a group of people stuck.
Need to make new cards that aren't in your deck? What to do? Xie Mingzhe touched his chin thoughtfully.
Brother Qi said: "If you are really interested in original cards, you can go to the black market to buy some Nebula Paper and try to make it."
Sisi persuaded: "Uncle fat, original cards are very expensive, I have a girlfriend who wanted to create a pet card last month, and I invested thousands of dollars in materials alone, but the last one didn't work. , don't jump into this pit easily!"
Xie Mingzhe nodded: "Well, I'm just interested and want to try it. If it doesn't work, I won't invest a lot of money." He didn't have that much money to waste, but he was really unwilling if he didn't try.
At least he has high mental strength, can draw, and his hardware is all up to standard. Maybe he can really make cards and sell them, which is also an income.
After making up his mind, Xie Mingzhe followed Brother Qi to the black market, the largest underground trading market in Commercial Star.
The author has something to say: The original rules have been explained clearly, you can't directly copy other people's cards, you must use your own "brain holes" to make new cards.