Chapter 44 [Willow Catkins Fluttering], New College Entrance Examination Regulations

Gu Ye was very curious about the origins of [The Second Meal] and [the last meal]:

"Hey, Little Willow, where did these things come from?"

"How would I know? They aren't my things." The [Human Armor Willow Crab] clamped a potato chip with its claw, enjoyed putting it into its mouth, and halfway through eating, it looked at Gu Ye with a gloomy face:

"What did you just call me?"

"Little Willow!"

"Screw you, who told you to give me a random name."

"It sounds great. Your name has 'Willow' in it, so calling you Little Willow is perfectly normal," Gu Ye chuckled.

"Call me Master Liu!"

"Not gonna."

"Damn it!" The [Human Armor Willow Crab] leaped, its crab leg kicking toward Gu Ye, who hurriedly blocked:

"You dare attack me!"

"What does This Great One not dare to do? Today I must teach you a lesson and let you know that your elder is still your elder."

The two tangled on the sofa, and in the end, the [Human Armor Willow Crab] hung up the white flag, and Gu Ye won this battle.

"Little Willow, do you submit?" Gu Ye had a black eye, one side of his face was swollen, and he kept rubbing his face with one hand.

"You fight dirty."

"Aren't you just as dirty? My crab leg..." The [Human Armor Willow Crab] limped over to the sofa and lay down, its eyes turning as it said:

"Kid, do you want a Card Master skill?"

Gu Ye looked skeptical: "You have one?"

"Heh~ This Great One actually does." A book suddenly appeared in the [Human Armor Willow Crab]'s claw, and it showed the cover.

Gu Ye indeed saw the name on it, and it was a movement-type Card Master skill. His eyes were fixed on the book in the [Human Armor Willow Crab]'s claw.

The [Human Armor Willow Crab]'s seductive voice came: "Do you want it?"

Gu Ye nodded affirmatively. "Call me Master Liu!"

"Master Liu~~~" Gu Ye's voice made the [Human Armor Willow Crab] get goosebumps all over.

The [Human Armor Willow Crab] said irritably: "Be normal."

"Okay, Master Liu."

"Call it a few more times for me to hear."

"Master Liu, Master Liu..."

The [Human Armor Willow Crab] threw the book in its claw to him. "Call me that from now on, remember! If This Great One is happy, I can reward you with a few more."

Gu Ye asked in surprise: "You have more?!"

The Willow Crab glanced at him sideways. "This Great One has plenty of books like this."

"Where did you get them?"

"I don't know how long this restaurant has existed; its owners have changed several times. As for the Card Masters who entered, I don't remember how many there were; anyway, there were many, and not a single one who came in could leave." The Willow Crab looked reminiscent, recounting the restaurant's history.

"So you're an old antique then."

"How is that possible? If I could live that long, would I only be Bronze rank? I would have long since surpassed Night Dwelling Phoenix and suppressed her."

As soon as the Willow Crab finished speaking, a strong electric current swept through its entire body, and Gu Ye immediately heard its screams.

"Ah~ Ah~, I was wrong, Master, I was wrong..." The current lasted for three minutes before ending.

Gu Ye could vaguely smell the scent of meat from the side and gloated: "Haha, serves you right... talking bad about people and getting heard by the person involved."

The Willow Crab looked at him with resentful eyes, and Gu Ye gave an awkward laugh and quickly shut up. The Willow Crab's injuries were basically superficial, just painful, and it quickly recovered. It continued from the previous segment:

"I was born on the seabed of the restaurant one hundred years after Night... the Master incorporated the restaurant into the [Borderless Frontier]. Later, I awakened an ancient exotic bloodline and needed energy, so I ate all the creatures on the seabed."

"As for these things from Card Masters, they were all piled up in the utility room and nobody wanted them."

"I've said so much, This Great One is tired. That's it, I'm going to sleep, don't disturb This Great One."

Understanding this information, Gu Ye was still very grateful to the Willow Crab for the Card Master skill it gave. Given his background, the Card Master skills he could come into contact with were likely just some mass-market goods and what the school could teach.

Seeing this, Gu Ye flipped through the book in his hand. Card Master skills are different from cards; they require the Card Master to learn and understand them personally. If your comprehension is too poor, even if you are given a Mythical-grade Card Master skill, you won't be able to learn it.

However, Gu Ye felt that his comprehension was decent. In his hand was a Bronze-grade Card Master skill, [Willow Catkin Flutter]. Once mastered, when facing an attack, after casting it, his body could be as soft as a willow catkin, dodging attacks at will. The disadvantage was that he could only stand while facing attacks, unlike running-type movement techniques where one moves to avoid danger.

After reading it, Gu Ye took a deep breath: "My comprehension can barely learn this Card Master skill; Silver-grade Card Master skills might be hopeless. It seems I need to add searching for cards that can improve comprehension to my plan."

"After card crafting is finished, I'll start learning!"

Gu Ye was just preparing to adjust his mindset and start his great cause of card crafting.

"The vast horizon is my love..."

The sudden ringtone made him open his eyes. After answering the phone, Chu Ling's voice came through:

"Old Gu, this year's new College Entrance Examination regulations are out. Things might be bad."

"What's going on?"

"See for yourself! I'm hanging up, I'm going to notify Xuan'er."

Gu Ye opened Feixin. There was a red dot on Chu Ling's avatar. He clicked in, and it was a document he had sent. Gu Ye opened it and browsed through it, his expression instantly becoming a bit grave. The general content was as follows:

"# This year's five major federations' unified College Entrance Examination: the five major federations will engage in a death confrontation with the five major Evil God Cults—the Black Sheep Cult, Zhu Ren Sect, Eclipse Alliance, Remnant Ghost Cult, and Demon Refining Society—within the [Tianding Mountain] Card Domain. The confrontation will only end when all members of seven of the factions are dead. Remember, this is not a drill, not a drill... Wishing all the thousands of students success in surviving.#"

After reading this message, Gu Ye's pupils constricted. He realized that this year's College Entrance Examination would be a bloodbath. If he also participated in this College Entrance Examination, he didn't even know if he could survive himself.

Gu Ye flipped to the Yunlin Second High School Sprint Class 1 he had joined; it was now in an uproar.

Zhong Yuan: "Is the Federation planning to abandon all students in this year's College Entrance Examination?"

Wang Shuo: "Who knows!"

"I'm planning to give up; this year's College Entrance Examination is not for humans to attend."

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Li Jie: "Ordinary commoners, it's good if they quit. Only those of us who are noble aristocrats can lead the Federation to glory!"

Chu Ling: "Li Jie, if you don't know how to speak, shut up!"

# Li Jie has been muted for two hours by group owner Yan Shuangling #

Yang Haochen: "..."

Yue Daoyu: "Nowadays, after thousands of years of development, the Federation's population is no longer like the Dark Age. If our generation dies out, there's still the next generation; students are the least scarce resource."

"..."

Gu Ye silently lurked. He also wanted to give up a bit, after all, there was real danger to his life in this College Entrance Examination, but the Federation didn't allow any students to retake it, and everyone only had one chance at the College Entrance Examination in their life.

"No, I must participate in this College Entrance Examination. Only the resources of those universities can allow me to develop."