Chapter 1

In the city of Xia, the moonlit night was approaching.

Gu Yu pushed open the dormitory door; his roommate was not there, and he was delighted. He took out a card from his inner pocket.

The back of the card was a starry sky, and the front depicted a white-haired girl covered in knife wounds, her body blanketed in snow.

【Injured Snow Clan Girl】

Level: Star Gray

Race: Snow Clan

Abilities:

【Frost Body: Immune to some ice-based negative effects.】

Card Description: A girl who nearly died while seeking revenge, seemingly with a mysterious past.

Card World: Accessible

Gu Yu lightly touched the card, and a transparent shadow appeared in the air.

It was a dilapidated thatched hut, with snow and ice howling. The white-haired girl's wounds were frozen, but she gritted her teeth and continued to punch, oblivious to the blood flowing from her arms.

Below, a row of text appeared.

【Evolution Path 1】: In a Snow Clan internal conflict, the girl was ambushed by an assassin sent by her brother. She fled for three days and three nights, nearly losing her life. If not treated in time, she would likely freeze to death, and it was unknown whether the goddess of fortune would favor her.

Evolution Difficulty: One Star

【Evolution Path 2】: In the northern ice plains, there seems to be a snow lotus. Giving the snow lotus to the girl would yield unexpected results.

Evolution Difficulty: Ten Stars

"There are two evolution paths..."

Without much thought, Gu Yu directly chose 【Evolution Path 1】.

He opened his phone and clicked on an app with a priestess icon, the Holy Association app, which sold all kinds of medicines.

He bought several bottles of healing agents and scar removal ointments. While waiting for the delivery, Gu Yu continued to browse city news.

"Several succubi have escaped from the city's demon plane. Please, all male residents, return home promptly after work to avoid danger."

"The completion rate for the new batch of Starry Sky cards is 95%. The Starry Sky Chamber is offering high prices for the remaining cards, with no limit on quantity."

"The annual plane hunting is about to begin, where death and glory coexist!"

This was a world dominated by cards—the Starry Sky Plane. People used cards obtained from the starry sky for battles, life, and entertainment.

After being nourished by the cards, as long as one had sufficient talent, they could become a card master, with the ability to protect themselves in the chaotic plane wars.

"404, Gu Yu, you have a delivery!"

A deafening shout came from downstairs, and Gu Yu's eardrums vibrated. This was the dormitory aunt using a megaphone card to notify him.

Gu Yu retrieved the delivery, organized the gauze, healing agents, and scar removal ointments, and then took out the card. The girl's image appeared in the air again.

This was his new ability from yesterday, allowing him to enter the card world and evolve the card after selecting the panel information.

On the first day of class, the teacher had said that cards could not be evolved, which left Gu Yu speechless, fearing he would be dissected like a lab rat.

【Injured Snow Clan Girl】 was a reward card for the final exam. Due to Gu Yu's low scores, he only received a secondary Star Gray level card.

Star Gray level, as the name suggests, had only a faint gray stream flowing in the starry sky on the back, almost incapable of fighting.

It was the lowest level card.

With a thought, Gu Yu lightly touched the image, selected 【Enter Card World】, and his figure and the card disappeared from the spot.

"It's so cold..."

Under the ice and snow, Gu Yu shivered. The first time he came, he was frozen out of the world instantly. This time, even with a down jacket, it was still cold.

Not far away was a thatched hut with no roof, the girl's residence.

Walking to the front of the hut, there was no door.

Getting closer, Gu Yu clearly saw the girl's wounds, dozens of them, a sight too gruesome to bear.

On the straw bed, the white-haired girl, who had been napping, suddenly opened her eyes. Her blood-stained red eyes flashed with caution.

"Are you here to kill me?"

The girl tried to raise her hands, but had no energy. After several attempts, she gave up in frustration.

Gu Yu took a step forward, gently supporting the girl's arm, and said softly, "I'm here to save you."

The girl was already at the end of her strength, unable to move. Gu Yu took off his coat and wrapped her in it.

The girl shivered, her body curling up, but she did not refuse Gu Yu's kindness.

Gu Yu opened the healing agent and applied the white ointment to her wounds.

"Ouch..."

The girl's eyebrows furrowed, the healing agent causing intense pain. The next moment, a strange taste filled her mouth.

Looking up, she saw Gu Yu smiling as he placed a candy in her mouth.

"Eat some candy. The healing agent is painful but very effective."

The girl did not speak, curling up in the warm coat, her red eyes flashing with confusion... Why was he being so kind to her?

But this candy... was so bitter, ugh.

The girl's face twitched, enduring the double pain.

After applying the ointment and wrapping the wounds with gauze, the girl, with her numerous injuries, looked like a small mummy with white hair and red eyes.

Leaving some snacks and ointments, Gu Yu carried the girl, still wrapped in the coat, to the straw bed. "Survive to have a chance for revenge. If you die, you lose everything."

The girl wrapped herself in the coat and weakly said, "I won't die. My goal hasn't been achieved."

Gu Yu nodded, his figure becoming increasingly blurry.

...

In the real world, Gu Yu immediately dove into his bed, having almost frozen to death while pretending in front of the girl.

Leaning against the bed, Gu Yu picked up the card.

【Evolving...】

In the image, the girl was tugging at her sleeve, sleeping peacefully.

Gu Yu clicked on the time flow speed at the bottom of the card and chose to accelerate the evolution.

This was his unique ability to adjust the speed, usable only when he was not in the card world.

A day later, the girl's injuries had healed, and her scars had disappeared. She wore a white down jacket and continued to move forward on the ice plains.

She came to a small hill, drew a blue ice sword from a hidden spot, and continued toward the depths of the ice plains.

Finally, she stopped at the entrance of a cave, where a burly man was eating meat and drinking.

The man was surprised to see the girl, not expecting her to survive.

In a direct battle, the girl killed the man with a few strikes. In fact, if not for the ambush, she would have killed any such scum easily.

Two days later, after killing the remaining assassins, the girl broke through to the Star Dust level and returned to the Snow Clan tribe.

Her brother, seeing her alive, was angry but could not act directly, as the Snow Clan competition was about to begin, and everything had to be put on hold.

【Evolution Complete】

On the card, the girl had white hair and red eyes, leaning against a hill with an ice sword on her leg, exuding a formidable aura, completely different from before.

【Ice Sword Attendant—Shuang'er】

Level: Star Dust

Race: Snow Clan

Abilities:

【Snow Body】: Innate skill, immune to all ice-based negative attributes, significantly enhancing ice-based abilities.

【Snowflake Thrust】: Transform into a snowflake, with one flake being Shuang'er's true form. The snowflake can perform piercing attacks, causing significant damage.

【Snow Array】: Form a field-like skill through rapid movement, significantly enhancing ice-based abilities (can stack with field-type card effects).

【Snowfall】: Change the weather to create a snowy scene, significantly enhancing ice-based abilities.

【Control Level】: 100%

Card Description: Shuang'er is working hard to become stronger, waiting for her benefactor and to kill her brother...

"Star Dust level card!"

Gu Yu flipped to the back of the card, where a stream of dust-like gray mist flowed in the starry sky, emitting a significantly stronger aura than the Star Gray level.

A surge of energy instantly flooded Gu Yu's body, and he understood that this was the card's nourishment.

Card nourishment could return a certain amount of the card's abilities to the host.

In this world, the level of cards was fixed, but the level of card masters was not.

Only by fully mastering the current level card could one advance to the next level.

Gu Yu's control over Shuang'er was 100%.

Others could only build a connection with the card during summoning, which was a slow process, but Gu Yu could directly enter the card world to interact with the card...

However, the 100% control was earned by Gu Yu's timely help when Shuang'er was in her greatest need. In other scenarios, it might not be so high.

At this moment.

Gu Yu's mind was a vast universe.

He and Shuang'er's shadows slowly embraced in the void—this was a necessary process for perfect control, a resonance of hearts.

Then, in this universe, streams of dust-like energy surged, and a powerful energy burst forth. One of the streams, a Star Dust, was particularly brilliant, indicating the card master's evolution to the Star Dust level.

"I... can finally graduate!"

Gu Yu was in tears.