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8: Permanent multiplier effect
Lin Yu’s blood began to boil as he looked at the “X4” symbol.
He picked up the last Ghost Card in his hand.
Use!
“Please select the cards to be copied.”
The panel popped up.
This time, a nearly insane smile appeared on Lin Yu’s face.
He selected four cards simultaneously.
Ghost Card.
Multiplication Card.
Multiplication Card.
Multiplication Card.
“Copy complete.”
The moment the system prompt appeared, the last old Ghost Card in Lin Yu’s hand dissolved into points of light.
In its place, four brand new, tangible, permanent cards quietly floated before him.
One Ghost Card, three Multiplication Cards.
It’s done!
This crazy, almost impossible theoretical closed loop, conceived five years ago, was finally completed at this moment.
He consumed one Ghost Card and two Multiplication Cards.
Ultimately, he obtained four new cards.
His “capital” not only did not decrease but increased instead.
From this second on, he possessed almost infinite resources!
Lin Yu had never smiled as brightly as he did today.
He opened his mouth, laughing silently, his body trembling violently from uncontrollable excitement, almost curling up on the ground.
Five years.
He could finally stop living that dark, endless life of drudgery.
He leaned against the wall, forcing himself to stand straight.
This was just the beginning.
He took the three newly acquired Multiplication Cards in his hand.
Use consecutively!
The first one integrated into his body.
The second one integrated into his body.
The third one integrated into his body.
The status icon on the professional panel flashed wildly, and the numbers doubled consecutively.
Amplification X2!
Amplification X4!
Amplification X8!
Eight times!
He picked up the new Ghost Card and activated it without hesitation.
“Please select the cards to be copied.”
Lin Yu’s thoughts rapidly scanned the panel.
He chose one Ghost Card and seven Multiplication Cards!
“Copy complete.”
Light flashed, and eight brand new permanent cards appeared before him, neatly stacked in a small pile.
He now possessed one Ghost Card and seven Multiplication Cards.
He could… Lin Yu’s movements did not pause in the slightest; he picked up all seven Multiplication Cards.
Use!
Use!
Use!
...Seven times in a row, the deep blue light continuously merged into his body.
Beneath the clothes on his chest, it was as if a blue sun was rising.
The status icon on the professional panel had transformed into a terrifying number.
Amplification X128!
One hundred and twenty-eight times!
Lin Yu’s breathing became heavy, and he could feel sharp pains in his brain, a sign of his mental power being rapidly drained.
His body also began to protest... The 128x amplification effect was a bit too much for his extremely weak body to handle... But he didn’t care.
He picked up the last Ghost Card in his hand.
Use!
“Please select the cards to be copied.”
This time, he wanted to copy one Ghost Card and one hundred and twenty-seven Multiplication Cards!
If successful, he would possess hundreds of Multiplication Cards!
By then, let alone Amplification X128, even Amplification X1024 or Amplification X8192 would be a mere flick of his fingers!
However, the very next second after he made his selection.
Buzz!
A sharp hum exploded deep within his mind.
Lin Yu’s vision went black, and he swayed, almost collapsing to the ground.
His mental power... began to collapse.
In the air before him, the phantom images of over a hundred cards were rapidly condensing.
But these cards were no longer stable.
Dozens of deep blue Multiplication Cards, just as they formed, began to tremble violently, and spiderweb-like cracks appeared on their edges.
Snap!
The first Multiplication Card shattered, dissolving into blue light particles.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
A chain reaction began.
One Multiplication Card after another crumbled before his eyes, like a brief yet dazzling blue fireworks display.
Lin Yu endured the needle-like pain in his head, staring intently at the constantly disappearing cards.
He did not try to stop it.
Because he couldn’t stop it.
This was the limit his current mental power capacity could bear.
The shattering process lasted for over ten seconds.
Ultimately, out of the phantom images of one hundred and twenty-seven Multiplication Cards, only ten remained, trembling as they stabilized and materialized.
Adding the Ghost Card he copied, there were a total of eleven new cards.
Lin Yu let out a long breath, his body leaning against the cold container wall, slowly sliding to the ground.
It’s fine, these are all minor issues.
Insufficient mental power capacity was something he had anticipated.
As long as the core circulation engine was still running, there were plenty of ways to improve mental power.
The cards he now held were one Ghost Card and ten Multiplication Cards.
That was enough.
Lin Yu did not immediately begin the next round of frantic proliferation.
He did something very cautious.
From the pile of cards, he separated one Ghost Card and two Multiplication Cards, carefully placing them into his close-fitting pocket.
This was his “starting capital.”
He was genuinely afraid that he might accidentally overdo it in the subsequent experiments and use up this infinitely looping starter deck.
Then his five years of suffering would truly have been in vain.
He wished he could eat these three cards to feel at ease.
After doing all this, Lin Yu finally relaxed completely.
He stood up, surveying the small space that had been his companion for five years.
It was time to verify the true power of this card deck.
He walked to the corner and casually picked up a pigeon-egg-sized A Small Pebble from the pile of scrap.
Energy flowed.
A gray card formed in his palm.
Item Card: A Small Pebble
He held this most basic, most trashy card and walked back to the workbench.
Then, he used the remaining eight Multiplication Cards, one by one.
Amplification X2!
Amplification X4!
Amplification X8!
...Amplification X256!
A 256x amplification effect!
Lin Yu placed the gray A Small Pebble card on the table.
He extended a finger and lightly tapped the card.
Use.
Whoosh! —
The next moment, a harsh grinding and clattering sound suddenly erupted inside the container.
A torrent of pebbles, appearing out of thin air, gushed forth from where the card had vanished.
They didn’t appear one by one, but rather in piles, in sheets!
In less than a second, countless pigeon-egg-sized pebbles filled the entire workbench, then spilled down, rapidly accumulating on the floor.
The terrifying torrent of pebbles finally stopped only when the Amplification X256 status icon on the professional panel extinguished.
Lin Yu waved his hand, pushing aside the pebbles in front of him, and with difficulty walked to his simple bed, made of a few wooden planks.