73: Chapter 73 The Calm Su Bai

[Jinghai Card Creator Union Forum · General Discussion Area]

"Beast God Armament — The Miracle of the New Century, the Ultimate Answer to Transformation-Type Cards"

It took a full twenty minutes to finish reading this post.

It wasn't because the text was long.

It was because after reading every paragraph, one had to pause for ten seconds to digest the sheer value of the content.

Behind the poster's ID hung a glittering verification badge — [Gate of the Underworld · Chief Card Creator Consultant].

The post detailed the core technology of the Beast God Armament from seven dimensions: Space Folding framework, causality anchoring logic, sword path meridian fusion rate, mana conduction limit, customizable modules for transformation forms, customization schemes from Rank 1 to Rank 8, and the Truth Sanctuary appraisal report that silenced everyone.

Each dimension was accompanied by dynamic charts.

Below each chart, [comparative data] with Su Bai's Kyubey Card was marked.

The wording was extremely restrained.

From beginning to end, the four words [Magical Girl] did not appear.

But everyone understood.

[Animal-type transformation, this is the orthodox path!]

[Silver-white battle armor! Beast bone shoulder pads! Barbed armor! This is what you call an armament! Awesome!]

[The key is that they can be customized from Rank 1 to Rank 8! Magical Girl is only Rank 1! Although the status of the Magical Girl Rank 1 Rainbow Card is indeed unshakable... It's a pity it was born at the wrong time.]

[The Truth Sanctuary appraisal report has been posted, Rank 8 SS-level, extremely high safety rating, with the autographed signatures of Master Qi Yuan and Master Armored Mage Emperor Lu Chen, could this be fake?]

[On sale in three days! I've already got my wallet ready!]

[Calm down, the person above, I'm afraid the price of a Rank 8 SS will be over a hundred million...]

[Custom version! A Rank 1 Beast God Armament is said to cost only a few hundred thousand! Cheaper than the Kyubey Card!]

[And you don't have to change your gender!!!!]

[The "don't have to change your gender" point just killed the competition.]

[Hahahaha, that kid Su Bai is probably crying in his dorm right now; he finally made a Rainbow Card only to have it snatched away.]

[Don't laugh, he is at least a direct disciple of a 9th-tier Supreme.]

[What's the use of being a direct disciple? If the card doesn't sell, it doesn't sell.]

The post's popularity surged to number one on the entire platform within just two hours.

The number of reposts exceeded eight million.

The comment section was filled with [Orthodox Transformation], [Masculine Power], and [This is the path a Card Creator should take].

Occasionally, there were a few comments speaking up for Su Bai —

[Are you all ignoring the independent casting system of the Magical Girl? Are you all disregarding the Time Stop?]

Then they were downvoted to the very bottom.

[No matter how strong Time Stop is, have you ever seen it? That's only theoretical.]

[Who says? I heard that the card's creator, Su Bai himself, awakened a Time-type ability!]

[Heh, you believe in Card Creator marketing? The Truth Sanctuary used to say that people could awaken Rule-type abilities using their cards, but in the end, it was a massive failure.]

The internet was in an uproar. The marketing for the Beast God Armament was extremely powerful, especially with the recent appearance of various versions of experimental cards, along with various streamers' reviews, causing the series of cards to be extremely popular for a time, with everyone basically discussing it.

Although some accused the Beast God Armament of plagiarism, it was quickly drowned out by other voices, especially under the propaganda from the Beast God Armament claiming that their Chief Card Creator was in "closed-door creation," that it was "just a coincidence," and so on, leading to a large number of distorted comments.

...

Su Bai's dorm.

Zhao Dahai slammed his phone onto the table.

"This is going too far!"

His fat hand slapped the table so hard that the blank drafting paper on the card creation desk flew up. "What is 'Orthodox Transformation'? What is 'Masculine Power'? Su Bai, that cat card of yours is clearly ten thousand times better than his! Time Stop! soul gem! Independent casting! Which one of them isn't crushing him? Why can he flip public opinion just by getting a Truth Sanctuary appraisal?!"

Lin Xiao was sitting by the window.

She didn't slap the table.

She was just scrolling through the forum pages at a speed that made one's spine chill, scrolling faster and faster, until finally, she locked the screen and threw the phone onto the sofa.

"That post, every piece of comparative data was carefully selected."

Her voice was very low, like she was conducting an analysis of the enemy situation. "They specifically picked the areas where the Beast God Armament is stronger than the Kyubey Card to amplify, while hiding all the weaknesses. For example, the Space Folding stability rate; your Rank 1 Kyubey is an unknown, the universal balance is a question mark. His Rank 8 Beast God is ninety-one percent. He placed these two sets of data side by side and added a line of small text below — 'Data Source: Truth Sanctuary Appraisal Report'."

Lin Xiao took a deep breath.

"This isn't called a comparison; this is called using the Truth Sanctuary's credibility to endorse his knockoff product. And the math is calculated very precisely — get the Truth Sanctuary's appraisal, then use that appraisal to attack the product of the Truth Sanctuary's own direct disciple. Using your spear to pierce your own shield."

"That's so underhanded!" Zhao Dahai punched his own thigh, grimacing in pain. "This has to be the Abyss playing tricks! After that Shadow Demon was caught before, they changed their strategy!"

"Whatever strategy they changed to isn't important."

Lin Xiao raised her head and looked at the only person in the room who hadn't spoken yet. "What's important is Su Bai, why aren't you anxious at all?"

Su Bai leaned back in his card creation chair.

He was holding a cup of instant coffee that had already gone cold.

His expression.

Was extremely calm.

So calm that Zhao Dahai wanted to punch him.

"Because being anxious is useless." Su Bai took a sip of coffee.

"Then we just do nothing?!" Zhao Dahai's voice went up at least three octaves. "They are going on sale in three days! Number one in popularity on the entire internet! How many cards has your shop sold so far?!"

"Seven."

"Seven!! Listen to that number!! Seven!! You are an SSS Rainbow Card!!"

"Fatty's data is inaccurate." Lin Xiao corrected, "It's eight. At three o'clock last night, there was an anonymous order for a Rank 1 version. The IP address was in the Northern Sanatorium area. The delivery address was, too."

Su Bai's eyebrows twitched.

"...Anonymous?"

"Yes. And after placing the order, they canceled it. Twenty minutes after canceling, they placed the order again. Then canceled it again. This happened four times. After the last cancellation, they placed the order again half an hour later — this time they didn't cancel, but there was a line of text in the remarks."

"What text?"

Lin Xiao looked down and scrolled through her phone. "'The box must be sealed with opaque tape, there must not be any pink-related elements on the outer packaging, write "Office Supplies" as the sender on the shipping label, this old man —'"

She paused.

"The rest was deleted. The traces of typing and deleting are very obvious."

Su Bai placed the coffee cup on the table.

The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

"...Stubborn, old senior."

"What did you say?"

"Nothing." Su Bai waved his hand. "Continue. You just said the Beast God Armament goes on sale in three days, right?"

"Yes! Three days! You don't even have a promotional plan right now!" Zhao Dahai said, heartbroken. "Your master opened a Truth Sanctuary shop for you, but you haven't even made a homepage banner! You haven't even written a promotional copy! Do you know that Lin Weiwei's mass-produced version is almost off the production line? A hundred cards are piled up in the warehouse with no one to buy them!"

"How is the quality over at Lin Weiwei's side?"

"Passed full inspection. The replication precision of the Seven-Axis Circuit template is 0.3 percentage points higher than expected." When Lin Xiao mentioned this topic, her voice finally returned to its usual composure. "My dad said if this batch of cards doesn't sell, he will personally lead the way and transform into a Magical Girl."

Su Bai was silent for a beat.

"...Your dad really wants to wear a skirt, doesn't he."

"I think so too." Lin Xiao said with a straight face.

Zhao Dahai pulled at his hair and squatted on the ground.

"What the hell are you two being so calm about!! The enemy is launching a full-scale attack in three days!! We haven't even built our defensive fortifications!! The commander is still discussing whether our ally wants to cross-dress!!"

"Fatty."

Su Bai stood up, walked over to Zhao Dahai, and said, "I'll show you something."