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"Lu Yuan, I don't want to repeat myself. This has nothing to do with me."

"Where you bought it is where you return it. Don't keep annoying me by hanging around."

The sharp, biting voice pricked his eardrums like steel needles.

Lu Yuan looked up, the dazzling sunlight making him squint slightly, and what met his eyes was a face full of mockery and disdain.

Zhao Feng.

His so-called "good brother" from the past now stood with his arms crossed, looking at him askance, a thinly veiled sneer on his lips.

Students in small groups nearby, hearing the commotion, all turned their gazes towards them, filled with curiosity, pity, and more often, schadenfreude.

This was the entrance to Qingteng High School's training ground, bustling with people, making it the most conspicuous spot.

Lu Yuan clenched his fists, his nails digging into his palms, bringing a sharp pain.

He could feel the lingering despair of this body, and even more, the surging anger from the depths of his soul.

He was no longer the original Lu Yuan.

Just a few hours ago, that innocent, even somewhat timid, young man had been tricked by Zhao Feng, spending all his hard-earned savings and even taking on a high-interest campus loan, only to receive not the promised blue one-star saber-toothed turtle card, but a nearly worthless, almost shattered gray one-star Green Water Turtle card.

There was no avenue for complaint, and no hope for a refund.

The immense blow and guilt towards his parents led the young man to jump from the rooftop.

Then, Lu Yuan from Earth took over this body, also named Lu Yuan.

"What, cat got your tongue?" Zhao Feng saw Lu Yuan wasn't speaking, and his mockery intensified. "You've got some nerve, kid, daring to borrow money to buy a card? Tsk tsk, all for this thing?"

He pointed at the dull gray card in Lu Yuan's hand.

On the card's surface, a small Green Water Turtle pattern faintly appeared, and tiny cracks had even formed along the card's edge, emitting an almost negligible energy fluctuation.

This was the "treasure" that cost a full ten thousand star coins, plus five thousand in loans.

A waste card among waste cards!

Even the lowest-grade gray card contained more stable energy than this one.

"Zhao Feng, give me back the money." Lu Yuan's voice was hoarse, carrying a coldness that didn't belong to his age.

Having merged with the original owner's memories, the anger of being deceived also affected his mood.

"Give back the money?" Zhao Feng laughed as if he'd heard the biggest joke. "Lu Yuan, did you hit your head? I'm just a middleman, understand? A willing transaction, what's it got to do with me?"

"What about that saber-toothed turtle?"

"What saber-toothed turtle? I said it was this Green Water Turtle from the start!"

Zhao Feng spread his hands, looking innocent. "You were just blind and misread the card information. Now you want to renege?"

The few hangers-on behind him also burst into laughter.

"Exactly, a pauper trying to play with cards? Go take a piss and look at yourself!"

"Fifteen thousand for a waste card, what a fool of the year!"

"If you don't have money, go home, don't be an eyesore here!"

The surrounding discussions grew louder, like countless fine needles piercing Lu Yuan.

This is how the original owner, amidst endless humiliation and despair, walked towards destruction.

Why?

Just because your family is better off? Just because you know a few people outside of school?

Lu Yuan stared intently at Zhao Feng's disgusting face, the anger in his chest burning hotter and hotter.

He wished he could rush up now and smash that face to bits!

But he couldn't.

The original owner was only a Card Master Apprentice 6-star, with 67 Source Power points, and didn't even have a decent combat card (it had been sold for money).

Zhao Feng, on the other hand, was an 8-star apprentice, close to 9-star, and had at least one usable blue beast taming card.

Rushing up would only bring self-humiliation.

Could he just let it go?

Burdened with heavy debt, holding a waste card that could shatter at any moment, ridiculed by everyone, and then, like the original owner, sink into despair?

Then what was the point of transmigrating? Another desperate start to a new life?

No!

Absolutely not!

Intense indignation and unwillingness surged through his soul, intertwining and colliding with the original owner's lingering resentment.

Just then, a violent dizziness struck, as if his soul was being forcibly torn apart.

"Ding--!"

A cold, mechanical, yet heavenly voice sounded directly in the depths of his mind!

"Detecting host's strong mental fluctuations, activating conditions met..."

"Unique Talent System binding..."

"Binding successful!"

"Congratulations to host Lu Yuan, for awakening the unique talent: Guaranteed Gold Drop!"

The dizziness instantly vanished.

A light blue, translucent screen abruptly appeared in front of Lu Yuan's vision, visible only to himself.

"Name: Lu Yuan"

"Race: Huaxia Human"

"Level: Card Master Apprentice (6-star)"

"Source Power: 67 points"

"Talent: Guaranteed Gold Drop (Unique · Evolvable)"

"Identity: Card Continent Citizen / Earth Human (Hidden)"

"Origin Card Slots: 0 / 2 (Currently available: 2)"

Lu Yuan's pupils suddenly constricted, his heart pounding!

A system!

It was actually a system!

The standard golden finger for transmigrators had truly arrived!

His gaze was fixed on the "Talent" and "Origin Card Slots" sections.

"Talent: Guaranteed Gold Drop (Unique · Evolvable): A mysterious power from ancient East Earth, all who obtain it are filled with regret yet relief. Everyone gambles on luck, but not everyone is lucky. Only the mighty God of Guaranteed Drops consistently fulfills the desires of the world, yet to His disappointment, compared to the Goddess of Luck and the Emperor of Europe, no one has ever truly respected Him or prayed to Him! No, never... Before gambling on cards or drawing cards, silently chant 'God of Guaranteed Drops, bless me!', and the quality of the obtained card can be unconditionally upgraded to 'Wow! gold Legend!' (Guaranteed gold card quality, with a chance to obtain higher quality). Cooldown: 7 days, can evolve under specific conditions."

Guaranteed... gold Drop?!

Lu Yuan's breathing instantly quickened.

In this world where cards determined destiny, card quality was everything!

Gray, White, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, gold, Red, Rainbow!

The higher the quality, the greater the potential, and the more astronomically different the value!

A gold card, even if it was just a one-star gold card, its value alone was enough to drive countless people mad! Enough to make Qingteng High School, and even all high schools in Jiangcheng, scramble to get it!

And his talent was actually Guaranteed Gold Drop?!

This was simply defying the heavens!

And the "Origin Card Slots"!

0 / 2?

He remembered clearly that the rules of this world were that a Card Master could only have one Origin Card Slot per rank! One for the first rank, two for the second, and so on.

Origin Card Slots were crucial; cards placed within them would become Origin Cards, gaining massive boosts and infinite potential. If a beast taming card became an Origin Card, it could even revive within the slot if it died in battle!

Ordinary people, at the first-rank Card Master Apprentice stage, only had one Origin Card Slot!

Yet he had two!

This meant his starting point was twice as high as others!

A huge surprise swept over him like a tsunami, and Lu Yuan almost couldn't help but burst out laughing!

"Damn it, he's not going crazy, is he? Hey! Lu Yuan! What are you standing there for? Did you hear me, hurry up and get lost!" Zhao Feng, seeing Lu Yuan hadn't reacted for a long time, just stood there with his expression constantly changing, impatiently pushed him.

Lu Yuan stumbled, the gray Green Water Turtle card in his hand almost slipping.

It was this push that startled him out of his ecstasy.

Right!

Now was not the time to be happy!

Revenge for grudges, retribution for wrongs!

What belonged to the original owner must be reclaimed!