Third Floor Vertex, the Great Beast Chamber.
Zhong Yi glanced at the three of them.
Along the way, everyone had developed smoothly.
Zhou Qiaoling went without saying—as the wealthiest member of the team, she had an endless stream of overpowered artifacts, capable of dealing damage even with random plays.
With Zhong Yi’s help, Mu Yawen had built her deck around the classic fully automatic combo of 【Hell Raider】 and 【Panic Escape】; her health was solid, and she often helped the others set up defenses.
As for Zhou Yue...
"What are you staring at... I’m booting up! I’ll be up and running any second now!!"
Zhou Yue glared back with a dark expression.
"Haha, okay, okay, okay!"
Zhong Yi couldn’t stop laughing. After another round of the experiment subject’s frenzied attacks, it was their turn again.
When he saw the new hand of cards, Zhong Yi’s pupils contracted and his breath quickened.
The key card 【Add Fuel】 was there, while the rest were just transitional cards!
Without a second thought, Zhong Yi played 【Add Fuel】.
The upgraded 【Add Fuel】 didn’t consume spiritual energy, but instead "consumed" all the cards in his hand and drew an equal number of new ones.
This move instantly stunned the others.
"Damn... Old Zhong, are you out of your mind? Those are all great cards!!"
Zhou Yue was utterly baffled.
Consumed cards wouldn’t return to the deck, meaning they were gone for the entire game.
And the cards Zhong Yi had just burned were the very power cards that had carried the team through the first two floors!
Burning one or two was one thing—Zhong Yi had been burning cards with 【Brand】 all along—but torching four at once was truly shocking.
"Heh heh, you’ll understand soon enough..."
Zhong Yi chuckled, his grin widening as he saw the newly drawn 【Brand】 in his hand.
"Heaven is helping me!"
With that, he tossed out 【Brand】, burning another card.
Now his deck had only eight cards left.
Burning two more would perfect his "Infinite Loop" strategy.
Imagining the scene of unlimited card plays and the shocked expressions of his teammates, Zhong Yi couldn’t help but feel like striking a proud pose.
"You’re about to witness the—uh?"
Mid-sentence, Zhong Yi froze as a card suddenly appeared in his hand: 【Sovereign’s Sword】. His mind stalled for a moment.
He glanced sideways and saw Zhou Qiaoling just play an ability card, 【Hammer Time】.
Its effect was to hand out swords to teammates.
Zhong Yi’s mouth twitched violently.
Alright, looks like he’d need to burn three more cards instead of two...
"Junior Sister Qiaoling, please don’t—"
Before he could finish, another brand-new card was played.
【Generous Donation】.
As a special card in team mode, Zhong Yi had a vague memory of it.
It seemed to give cards to teammates...
Oh no!
Zhong Yi’s face fell in panic. He tried to shout, "Don’t give it to me—"
But it was too late.
The target of that 【Generous Donation】 was none other than Zhong Yi himself.
Zhong Yi could only weep in frustration.
He’d thought burning two cards would do it, but first it became three, and now it was four...
That was what he assumed.
But when a full six colorless cards came flying toward him, Zhong Yi felt as if the sky were falling.
"Why SIX?!!!!!"
Zhong Yi nearly spat blood.
He looked closely and saw a buff beneath that 【Generous Donation】:
【Replay x6】
"Huh?"
Zhou Qiaoling blinked, looking utterly innocent.
"I don’t know... The replay from those two 【Unmined Gems】 might have landed on it?"
Zhong Yi tore at his hair in despair:
"Ah!!!"
"Just kill me now!!!!"
...
...
Zhong Yi went silent.
Zhou Yue was thoroughly amused.
Though he had no idea what strategy Zhong Yi was cooking up, it was clearly taking too long to pull off.
Watching the growing number of orbs hovering above his head, Zhou Yue felt a surge of smugness.
He’d already unlocked eight orb slots, and once he filled them all, he’d be a one-man army capable of soloing the boss!
Just then, it was the experiment subject’s third-phase defensive turn.
With the intangible buff in effect, every attack it took dealt only 1 point of damage!
Invincibility, in a way.
"Hahaha, Old Zhong... I’ll be booting up next turn, you know? Let me show you the power of my Faulty Spirit Puppet!"
Zhou Yue was brimming with pride.
The experiment subject currently had a full 900 health—more than enough to showcase his damage output!
"Oh? You say you’re about to boot up?"
Zhong Yi suddenly smiled.
After relentless card removal, his own strategy was now perfected.
"Then wait until we fight the Architect to boot up... haha!"
With that, his mentor and commentator persona instantly took over.
"I’ve been telling you all along, card removal trumps everything, card removal trumps everything..."
"But have you ever wondered..."
"What kind of marvel can you achieve if your deck is trimmed to the extreme?"
At these words, the other three suddenly noticed that Zhong Yi was holding five cards in his hand.
The discard pile was empty, and the draw pile had only one card left.
In other words...
He only had six cards in total!
"You’re cycling back and forth with those few cards?"
Zhou Yue blurted out.
"That’s right."
Zhong Yi smiled as he played a hand card, 【Resentment】.
Its effect was to deal 9 damage; if he had lost any health during the turn, it also granted a card draw.
And Zhong Yi wore a 【Scarlet Cloak】 above his head, which automatically drained 1 health each turn to gain block.
This meant the card draw effect of 【Resentment】 triggered 100% of the time!
"Normally, this kind of play needs 2 draw cards and 1 energy recovery card..."
"But this time, I don’t even need energy recovery to make it work."
Zhong Yi narrated with a grin, simultaneously drawing the last card from his deck—
Another 【Resentment】.
The first 【Resentment】 entered the discard pile, while the second entered his hand.
Zhou Yue suddenly grasped Zhong Yi’s intention.
"When your deck is streamlined to the limit, you can achieve this—"
"Draw, regain energy, draw again, regain energy..."
"Repeat the cycle, endless and infinite."
Zhong Yi straightened his back, unconsciously placing his hands on his hips and puffing out his chest.
His arrogance was unmistakable.
"I call this—"
"The Infinite Loop!!"
With that, he played another 【Resentment】, and another 【Resentment】 entered his hand.
He played yet another 【Resentment】, and yet another found its way back to his hand...
...
On the experiment subject’s forehead, a steady stream of 【-1】 appeared.
At first, the other three watched in awe, but as time dragged on, their expressions gradually shifted.
"Damn!! Stop for a second—let me take a turn first, will you?!"
【-1】
【-1】...
"This thing has 900 health—by the time you’re done, it’ll be dark!!"
【-1】
【-1】...
"Stop, just stop!"
【-1】
【-1】...
"Senior brother, I’m getting sleepy..."
【-1】
【-1】...
"SON OF A BITCH!! IF YOU KEEP PLAYING THOSE LITTLE COMBOS, I’LL COME OVER AND BEAT YOU RIGHT NOW!!!!"
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
e, Immortal Body, Transmigration, System, Progression Fantasy, Academy Setting, Third-Person Perspective. Alternate Title: Transmigrating into a High Martial World and Reading Live Comments. Bad news: I transmigrated. This is a terrifying high-martial world, and my original, pathetically weak body fell into a coma and never woke up. Good news: I got a Popularity Points system upon arrival. I can see live comments and even create an unkillable alternate identity. Starting out, the alternate identity has all stats at 1. The system tells me that to grow stronger, I must participate in the plot, gain popularity points to allocate stats and grow stronger, and ultimately awaken my original body. And so, carrying my original body on my back, I officially entered Huaqing Academy, where the story's protagonist resides. From that moment on, Chen Guan kicked the original plot to pieces. Live Comments: [Doesn't anyone find this mysterious coffin guy creepy? He can summon indescribable grey misty hands.] [Is this guy a hero or a villain? What kind of onion became a spirit?] [By the way, does anyone know who's in the coffin? Shouldn't the debt for saving his life be repaid by now?] [According to unofficial histories, the person in the coffin was Chen Guan's first love. Their love was once passionate and earth-shattering, but they were separated by life and death due to worldly circumstances. What a star-crossed pair.] ... Years later, the world knew of a demon god born from a coffin, shrouded in grey mist, impossible to gaze upon directly. His foremost divine emissary often wielded a scythe, reaping lives like the god of death. As war approached, facing former friends and a boundless sea of enemies, Chen Guan merely raised his scythe. "Would you like to dance as well?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
and couldn't return to the real world. Finally, I gave up and decided to go with the flow, only to discover that writing a diary could make me stronger. Since no one could read it, Su Luo wrote freely, daring to pen anything and everything. Female Lead #1: "Not bad. This diary helped me steal all the protagonist's opportunities. I just want to get stronger." Female Lead #2: "I don’t care about reaching the peak of the cultivation world. Right now, I just want to enjoy the chaos." Female Lead #3: "What? Everyone around me is a spy? I’m the Joker Demon Lord?" ... It’s so strange. Why is the plot completely off track, yet the ending remains the same? Are you all just messing with me?!
