Chapter 1

On September 1, 2018, a terrifying giant beast appeared abruptly in the high sky over western Dixin Huaya, causing panic in multiple Huaya countries at the time. The ferocious beast quickly unleashed a massacre, causing severe disasters to many coastal countries.

On September 18, Huaxia used a highly destructive weapon to eliminate the giant beast that countless countries' firepower could not destroy, but it also flattened many surrounding islands of Huaxia. However, on this day, a golden card was found at the center of the place where the giant beast was destroyed.

On September 25, the first channel through which the giant beast originated was discovered—a 13,000-meter-high pit in the sky over western Huaya.

In the following years, almost every year, giant beasts would appear out of nowhere.

After these giant beasts were killed, new mysterious cards would also appear. But more often, sky pits began to appear in various regions of Dixin.

The locations of the sky pits had no pattern; some were in the air, some deep underground.

Panic spread across countries, and Dixin faced a crisis. This period was called the Catastrophe Era.

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In 2023, Dixin, in despair, welcomed a new dawn.

Huaxia discovered the function of the first golden card.

In the same year, Dixin countries received a letter of friendship from space humans, obtaining a large amount of new technological information about the card civilization.

In 2024, under the pressure of the sky pits, countries banded together, abolished the old national systems, and established the Human Federation. The Federation Calendar officially became the standard on Dixin.

A new era, accompanied by new technological civilization, officially began!

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"The body is the capital of revolution, and only with a strong physique can one凝聚出卡能, which is the key to becoming a card master."

"Even if you can't become a card master in the future, as long as your card energy reaches a certain standard, you can still become a card maker and have a good future."

In Jiangbei City, Xicheng No. 1 High School, Card Disciple Mentor Sun Yiyun stood on the podium, emphasizing this point.

Her gaze suddenly locked onto a student with a flat head who was clearly distracted in the fourth row on the right side.

"Tang Jian!"

She called out sharply.

Instantly, many eyes in the class turned to where Tang Jian was sitting.

"Hey! Scumbag! Hey!"

His desk partner, Yang Mao, quickly nudged the still distracted Tang Jian with his elbow.

Tang Jian snapped back to reality, glanced at his desk partner, and then quickly turned his gaze to the front of the class where Sun Yiyun was looking at him with a stern expression.

The next moment,

He quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Teacher, I stayed up too late reviewing my lessons last night and didn't get enough rest, so I was a bit distracted just now."

This statement immediately drew surprised looks from many classmates.

To be called out by the teacher and then immediately admit fault and apologize—such an example was truly rare. Tang Jian's awareness was quite high, wasn't it?

Sun Yiyun, who had originally intended to criticize him, couldn't say anything more upon hearing Tang Jian's explanation.

With the college entrance exam approaching, these were all teenagers around 17 or 18 years old. If they admitted their mistakes, further criticism might hurt their self-esteem.

Thinking about this, Sun Yiyun's tone softened, but she still said, "It's good to admit your mistakes, but don't put too much pressure on yourself. Since you studied so hard last night, you must have made some progress. Teacher will ask you a question: How are card types classified?"

This information about card types was something the students had already memorized. By asking this question, Sun Yiyun could reinforce the knowledge for all the students and also give Tang Jian a way to save face.

Tang Jian, upon being asked, immediately recalled the information, his eyes slightly distant, and said, "Card types are: auxiliary, combat, pet, and equipment.

Each type is further divided into many detailed categories.

For example, auxiliary cards are divided into—reconnaissance, medical, movement, and enhancement.

Combat cards are divided into—attack and defense, which are further divided into mental, physical, supernatural, magic, fairy, divine, and primordial.

Pet cards are divided into..."

These were basic pieces of information taught in the nine-year compulsory education during junior high school. As a high school student, Tang Jian naturally remembered them clearly.

After Sun Yiyun nodded in satisfaction and let him sit down,

Tang Jian observed the surroundings discreetly, noticing some motivational quotes on the classroom walls.

"A card disciple who doesn't want to become a card master is not a good card disciple. —Card God Li Zhong."

"Studying only card energy books is also not good. In the past, card enthusiasts often disliked mathematics, physics, chemistry, history, geography, and biology, thinking these were unimportant, but later they became ignorant of even common knowledge. —Card God Mentor Lu Xu."

"Still the same classroom, still the same cute classmates..." Tang Jian looked around, feeling nostalgic.

"Hey, scumbag, you were really scummy just now, admitting fault and apologizing as soon as you stood up. Your tricks are endless."

Yang Mao's teasing voice came from the side.

Tang Jian instantly lost his thoughts about the cute classmates, turned to look at Yang Mao, and said in a low voice, "What's the date today?"

Based on what Teacher Sun said about the college entrance exam, it should be the year 203 of the Federation Calendar, 205 years after Dixin Federation began interacting with space forces. However, Tang Jian didn't know the exact date.

"How should I know? I've been busy with card studies and have forgotten the time." Yang Mao said, immediately lowering his head to continue flipping through his book.

Tang Jian glanced at the book he was reading and realized he was telling the truth.

Yang Mao, his desk partner, had great potential but disliked being a card master and preferred being a card maker.

As he put it, becoming a card master might involve fighting and killing monsters.

But as a card maker, he only needed to make cards and trade them to card masters, earning money and watching others fight small monsters, a much more relaxed and comfortable life.

Monsters indeed existed in this world.

Monsters were just what the Federation called them; in the universe, they were known as space monsters, alien races, and so on. These beings might even be hidden in human society.

When the old countries began interacting with space forces, space monsters and some special alien races started invading Dixin, causing significant harm.

Even to this day, some regions on Dixin still have terrifying radiation zones left from the destruction of space monsters.

That tragic era was called the Great Catastrophe Period, a transitional period between the old countries and the Federation system.

During this period, the appearance of cards gradually changed Dixin's dire situation.

Dixin people found that cards were a more suitable tool than nuclear weapons for dealing with monsters, and the profession of card master began to emerge.

The reason everyone wanted to become a card master was because of their high social status.

Human society needed strong card masters to maintain social order, world peace, and stable development.

In his previous life, Tang Jian was a three-star card master who graduated from a second-tier university in an elite base city on Dixin, considered a pillar of Dixin.

However, now, Tang Jian had determined that he had been reborn in a rather absurd way.

The surroundings did not seem fake.

It didn't seem like a high-level mental card master had used a hypnotic card to trigger his past memories.

In his memory, he encountered danger after obtaining a peculiar red card.

The red card was originally hidden in a very ordinary white three-star energy card, which was installed in a new degree instrument he had bought.

Tang Jian remembered that when he was checking the energy card in the degree instrument, he noticed the thickness was different and discovered the red card through a corner of the broken energy card.

When he extracted the red card from the energy card's hidden layer, the card, with its ancient and intricate design, immediately caught his interest.

However, a few days after obtaining the red card, he was ambushed.

The ambusher was also a three-star card master. Tang Jian barely escaped with severe injuries, losing his most valuable blue three-star magic card "Hundred Li Teleportation" in the process.

After losing his most precious card, Tang Jian was targeted by the Federation's apprehension bureau.

That time, with his then three-star card master strength, he had no way to escape and almost faced a life-or-death situation, enduring inhuman torture.

However, at the most critical moment, the hidden red card burst with a powerful destructive card energy, killing all the apprehension bureau members and destroying everything around him.

Tang Jian originally thought he had died.

Now, it seemed he had been reborn after death.

"I've been reborn... but where is that red card?"

Tang Jian frowned.

"Ring, ring, ring—"

At this moment, the class bell rang.

Yang Mao started packing up the card he had just sketched, put it in his stationery box, and turned to Tang Jian, who was searching his body, saying, "Hey, let's go, school's out."

"Yang Mao, have you seen a... a red card?"

Tang Jian searched his entire body but couldn't find the red card, hesitantly asking Yang Mao.

"What red card? Cards can be red? That's fake, Tang Jian. You must have been studying too hard. Card levels from low to high are only white, green, blue, purple, orange, gold, and black." Yang Mao said, picking up his backpack and smiling.

This was basic knowledge.

Seeing that Yang Mao didn't seem to be lying, Tang Jian felt puzzled and disappointed but still picked up his backpack and walked out of the classroom with Yang Mao.

"Perhaps, the function of the red card is rebirth? If I've been reborn, will those apprehension bureau people also be reborn?"

As he walked, Tang Jian pondered, feeling a sense of crisis again.

If the apprehension bureau people were also reborn, it would be bad.

Those people were at least three-star card masters, and in his previous life, he could only barely deal with them.

Now, after being reborn, with his family's conditions and current strength, it would be even harder to deal with them.

Even if those people might also have been reborn and lost their strength, their starting points and backgrounds might still be better than his, a high school student from a small county...

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