103: 【Red Knife Princess】Star Up

"Each BOSS only has 200 HP, but a damage reduction of 50."

"My Character Card needs to have over 50 Attack Power to deal effective damage."

"This BOSS has a very clear and strict output threshold, but as long as the speed of clearing monsters is greater than its summoning speed, victory can be achieved."

"It can summon 3 replicas in 3 rounds, and in 6 rounds, it becomes 12, so it can only be suppressed before the first wave of replication."

"That is to say, within 3 rounds, no, within 2 rounds, I need to clear 2 monsters to have a chance to win."

After a brief analysis of the final BOSS, Shi Li immediately started refreshing.

According to this situation, it's equivalent to needing to assemble a deck of 10 Character Cards with a total Attack Power of 700 points.

On average, each card has 70 Attack Power, and after deducting 50 points of damage reduction, it can deal 20 HP to small monsters.

In 2 rounds, 10 cards can deal 400 HP.

Counting the 40 points of Fixed Damage from the Red Blade Maiden, this standard can be slightly lowered.

But even so, the requirement for Attack Power is too high; after all, the base Attack Power of 9+1 is only 330 points.

Now it needs to be more than double that.

"The total Attack Power I gathered in the last game was only 450 points, still a long way off."

"This means that during the mission, I cannot miss any Attack Power-increasing entries or items."

"I still need to explore."

A new round of strategy began, and Shi Li chose option B this time, allowing Lin to join the consortium.

But half an hour later, the strategy failed again.

"Unfortunately, this mission failed."

"Do you want to reset this mission for 10000 cubic coins? Yes/No."

"Again."

"Insufficient Mental Power detected. Please try refreshing again in 11 hours."

"Uh…"

After only 2 refreshes, the prompt appeared.

It seems that the Mental Power consumed for Platinum 2 to Platinum 3 refresh is much greater than for Platinum 1 to Platinum 2.

However, the good news is that his Mental Power recovery speed has also increased; previously, the prompt said he needed 12 hours of rest, but now 11 hours is enough, shortening it by 1 hour.

He couldn't hunt during his rest period, and furthermore, given his current situation, hunting in the Monster Training Ground was no longer sufficient.

So Shi Li's choice was to open the capsule and enter the cubic pod.

Inside, he would learn new knowledge while waiting for his Mental Power to recover.

Mental Power recovered, strategy began.

Mental Power exhausted, rest began.

This cycle continued, and on the 5th day, during his 10th refresh, he finally defeated the BOSS.

"You have completed this simulation, with a completion rate of 60%."

"You can obtain Character Card: Red Blade Maiden (Three Stars) x1."

"Do you want to reset this mission for 10000 cubic coins? Yes/No."

"Even after defeating the BOSS, the completion rate is only 60%?"

Shi Li was very surprised by this result.

He previewed the changes to the card face; no new entries were added.

It merely gained 1 additional slot for a transferable entry, and an increase in the Abundant entry.

"Abundant - Passive: Red Blade Maiden's maximum HP +20 → 30"

"So, upgrading a star can also come with entry enhancements."

Shi Li sighed, but still pressed "Yes."

During this process, there must have been some details he missed.

Since the virtual library was right there, he immediately entered the cubic pod to search for information.

The advantage of the virtual library was its AI search engine.

"Why is the completion rate only 60% after perfectly defeating the final BOSS in a simulation mission?"

After he entered his question, the AI search engine immediately popped up "Deep Thinking."

"The user asks why the simulation mission completion rate is only 60%, indicating he is currently undertaking a simulation mission…"

"He also mentioned 'perfectly defeated,' expressing his confusion."

"There may be several reasons:"

"1. The user's self-proclaimed 'perfect defeat' is not actually perfect."

"A 'perfect defeat' in a simulation mission usually refers to…"

"2. The user obtained a token card, which might be an incomplete 'Fragmented Token Card' (refer to Reference ①)."

"One needs to find other token card puzzle pieces, and then…"

"3. The completion rate being stuck at 60% might be due to missing an Event (refer to Reference ②)."

"The user might be undertaking a high-difficulty mission such as a Unique Character Card simulation mission."

"Usually, in high-difficulty simulation missions, there is a chance of some important node Events…"

"So that's how it is."

Shi Li admitted that merely 10 refreshes were not enough for him to explore all branching paths.

According to the current progress, he might have only explored about 65% to 70%.

Fortunately, he still had 80,000 cubic coins.

That should be enough for him to explore all routes.

So, another 3 days passed.

"Crack, crack, la…"

As the last stone statue collapsed, Shi Li let out a long sigh of relief.

"Finally!"

He slumped into the chair, feeling like his head had been spinning from all the refreshing these past few days.

Actually, during the 12th attempt, he had discovered the missing Event.

This so-called Event was Lin rescuing a lost Horned Race boy in the Horned Dragon Secret Realm.

However, this rescued boy turned out to be ungrateful, joining his deck and having to occupy 1 card slot!

This guy had 30 HP but 0 Attack, and didn't accept any Attack Power-boosting buffs.

This caused immense output pressure on Shi Li's deck, and it took him a long time to gather enough output again.

He had attempted the strategy 16 times, refreshed 15 times, spending 150,000 cubic coins.

If it weren't for the "Dimensional Retrospection" given by the principal, Shi Li estimated that the refresh cost would have increased, perhaps even 180,000 wouldn't have been enough.

"Fortunately, I finally achieved full completion."

Shi Li looked at the text that popped up before him, feeling relieved.

"You have completed this simulation, with a completion rate of 100%."

"You can obtain Character Card: Red Blade Maiden (Three Stars) x1."

"You can obtain Hand Card: Healing (LV2) x1, Healing (LV2) x1, Recovery (LV2) x1."

"You can obtain Item Card: Embrace of Fury x1, Crimson Trial: Extreme x1."

"Do you want to reset this mission for 10000 cubic coins? Yes/No."

"Awesome."

Shi Li clicked "Yes" without hesitation.

Oh, no.

He clicked "No"; he almost made a mistake.

The moment he received the card, Shi Li saw a Platinum light emanating from his entire body.

The light flowed over his body, more intensely than any previous upgrade.

From his skin to his internal organs, every inch was nourished by the light.

Both his mental will and physical strength ascended a great step.

It is said that the physical feedback brought by a major tier leap, such as from Gold to Platinum, is even greater than the feedback from leveling up within the Platinum tier.

Moreover, the amount of improvement depends on the card player's current stats.

Shi Li's panel had quietly changed at this moment.

"Tier: Gold 8 → Platinum 1"

"Stamina: 131 / 131 (2.6 ↑) → 201 / 201 (3.1 ↑)"

"Energy: 152 / 152 (1.6 ↑) → 222 / 222 (1.8 ↑)"

However, what he cared about most now was not these, but the Red Blade Maiden's card face.

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