the Soul-Capturing Sail, Lu Cheng was quite delighted....And Lu Cheng felt that this card was absolutely core. If a "Ghost Warship" and a "Soul Stealing Sail" were placed in a card pack, most players.........

You obtained [Strange Blood], [Fig Wasp Eggs (Special)], and [Two-Bladed Chitinous Seed].

Strange blood is not actually strange. The main force of the psychic race relies on plagiarism, which can be understood as energy liquid, that is, energy.

The new generation of weaponry did pique Lu Cheng's interest.

This thing's armor-piercing capability doesn't resemble anything humans possess.... It seems like they acquired and plagiarized components from elsewhere, making it highly valuable for research.

If one were interested in mantis shrimp, fig wasps would be... well, hard to grasp.

Treat planets as fruits, enter them to lay eggs and decompose, transforming into a source of energy.

Spooky, but the handiwork of nature is awe-inspiring.

The key point is that there are indeed such mechanisms in nature.

For Lu Cheng himself, the card 【Fig Wasp Egg (Special)】 is useless....

The main labels for one's own ethnicity are: Human, Han Chinese.

Human cities have mechanisms like morale and happiness that would be ill-suited to an organic planet with a queen core parasite.

Is this card worthless

No.

Lu Cheng rarely appears with a sixth sense....... As the guardian of Heaven's Gate, a 1-star celestial immortal, he can directly sense heaven and earth.

But this time, as he looked at the card, he felt something was off, but...he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

This card was placed on the top of the 【Luoyang】 card.

(Your city card [Luoyang] is currently executing a card appraisal task, and hidden descriptions may appear.)

Let me know if you need anything else translated!

I hope that the scholarly gentlemen of Luoyang, known for their rich cultural heritage, can offer some insights.

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Noodle Incident -- The Dark Forest Theory:

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The Three Stars of Yujing attract each other, but there are no large stars around them. The surface temperature remains below zero year-round.

However, this winter in Luoyang is "bustling with activity".

The rising vapors warm this colossal city of machinery like the spring.

News of the great victory at Mount Hai Guan spread throughout the city, with many strange tales circulating about the battle.

Blades of wind, Ripper, Nine Dragons Divine Fire Shield....... already captured planetary lifeforms - fig wasps.

After dinner, people had a lot to talk about because the wartime curfew was lifted. Even at midnight, there were still lights everywhere.

Three or two workers of the spiritual furnace gathered together to discuss the geisha in the tavern, while a worker responsible for energy did not participate in his colleagues' discussions. He was busy writing furiously.

His ideal is to be a storyteller, but for now he needs to save up some stories.

The Battle of Mount Hai Pass just gave him inspiration.

He wrote:

“The entire universe is black, pitch black. Civilizations cannot see each other, nor can they discern the connections between planets. It’s like a dark forest here... and every planet is like a bountiful fruit growing in the forest.”

...The worker put down his pen and shook his head, seemingly not particularly satisfied.

This passage focuses on the forest and doesn't describe the real protagonists, the hunters in the forest. This book seems like it should be written that way.

The vast universe is like a huge dark forest, and in this vast dark forest, every civilization is a hunter carrying weapons.

They lurk in the forest like ghosts, and these hunters must live with utmost care, for there are many such hunters in this woods. Once any sign of other life is discovered, the only thing to do is: eliminate it immediately. In this forest, any sign of life will be quickly extinguished.

Three-Body Problem: Dark Forest Theory

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Lu Cheng saw the excerpt "Dark Forest" on the card introduction of 【Fig Bee Egg】.

My doubts deepened.

The fig wasp is just a spiritual species used to simulate the scene of insects in nature parasitizing fruit trees. It is a card based on reality, used to quickly build energy factories and extract planetary resources.

Because of such scenarios, storytellers naturally tend to imagine the universe as a "forest" filled with various types of hunters (civilizations) who shoot at each other... all wanting to survive as the protagonist of this forest.

But, what exactly is strange about it

The storyteller's tale, is just a story.

The universe is the universe, a vast expanse of stars. From any dimension, it doesn't look like a forest at all.

However, in the current extraordinary world, only the Muddy Realm is tangible. The imaginative card worlds are all based on "stories," so Lu Cheng also kept a slight watchfulness.

Just because I can't think of it now, doesn't mean I won't need it later. Write it down, remind myself.

"The pipa, the unison, the scorpion needle.... I'll carve a character."

Lu Cheng carved a line on the back of the card: "Universe Forest"

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Lu Cheng didn't dwell much on the suspicious nature of the spoils.

Even with time resources, we shouldn't waste them carelessly because there are still too many urgent problems that need to be solved.

Even if Shanhaiguan wins, it doesn't decide anything.

The old problem persists. Now that energy prices have risen, there is more money available each round, but we are facing a shortage of raw materials again.

The Steamworks is constantly producing "Mountains," and the Sand Domain's sixty years worth of rock output has been consumed in three days by the tu dragons of Sha Hai Guan.

And the construction of four sword formations at Xiongnu's east, west, south and north gates further strained resources. Relying solely on the Whale Clan and Shayu for materials was clearly insufficient to meet the demand.

We need to explore outwards and expand, finding resource planets.

But...the victory on the land front merely frustrated the enemy's raid, it did not have a decisive effect.

The starry ocean is at a disadvantage and remains the biggest obstacle to expansion.

Lu Cheng carefully compared the combat effectiveness and star ranks of both navies.

In the previous generation, both sides' top-tier main battle units should have been Red 1-star level, with our side even having two. However, the other side had one 10-star deputy flagship behemoth.

From a position standpoint, our side has the advantage.

But due to a shortage of energy materials, the Xianzhou lacked any auxiliary equipment. The Seafarers also lacked combat experience, so they were unable to engage in a fair fight.

And after entering the spiritual steam era, thanks to Kunlun Mountain's ability to operate at high power, the enemy's main fleet no longer had limitations in energy, and has already reached 1-star full combat capability. Therefore, it can be considered using a real naval battle to drive out the [Hundred Eyes] destroyer.

If successful, then both in terms of rules and table level, our side should be able to gain an advantage, and usher in a period of true development.

But the problem is that, currently, the main ships cannot be equipped with mythical accessories.

Energy is sufficient, and production capacity is overflowing, but the output of materials per turn is insufficient, so the fleet battle can only be postponed....waiting for card draw.

"Round End."

(You ended your turn, the end phase is happening. An event is occurring.)

Abundant Foliage: (When this card is on the table, you may draw an extra Wood card each turn.)

Well...

Lu Cheng was surprised.

Isn't it just to give a pillow when you have the urge to sleep

Just said they were short on materials, and now this is a direct result.... Luck is really on my side today.

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Table Tennis Incident -- Psychic Rainstorm

"The mist rises like clouds, the dream merges with the swamp... what comes next"

"My lord, it is... the tremors of Mount Yangcheng." The woman whispered to the shadow.

Original Empire.

Since the dawn of creation, it has been rooted at its origin, a corpse.

Therefore, they call themselves the primordial and refer to the unseen, truly magnificent universe of the microcosm as the macrocosm.

The denizens of the macro world generally don't appear directly in the micro world.

And the microcosm also cannot perceive the truth of the macrocosm. At least, when ten thousand races discovered something was wrong and established the supreme treaty, they had only discovered a sliver of the iceberg.

When everyone sat down to play cards, and the atmosphere became heated with competition, flushed faces betraying their intensity, no one pondered why the card table had to be made of wood.

However, the vast expanse of the universe is nearly all cast in shadow by their production. The chlorophyll factories absorb sunlight, and the remaining shadows create pathways that allow their consciousness to travel freely on both a macroscopic and microscopic scale.

Each civilization's expansion pack has its own unique, accompanying flora. However, these things are seen as lowly by the indigenous peoples, nothing more than parasitic growths clinging to their original fruits (planets)!

However, they can still use the energy and rules at their disposal to promote the growth of these lowly beings, providing funds for war to all races in order to complete the grand plan.

My Lord, is actually just the leader of the Eastern Branch of the original Empire. However, on this branch of his, there are 160 billion eternal fruits (stars).

Before the grand plan is complete, it's boring... It can only watch the microorganisms fight each other on leaves, flowers, and fruits every day.

Just as humans cannot completely defeat insects and bacteria, in reality... for the supremely powerful primordial empires, these microorganisms (massive civilizations) growing on the fruit, though weak, are... also dangerous.

But the master did not think so....

But, have some fun, give these little microbes a tiny bit of help as humans, and then gather the psychic species as a slave race to help the primordial empire trim its branches........

That sounds pretty good.

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(Term analysis: )

The Supreme Covenant: Tens of thousands of years ago, countless races battled for supremacy. Billions of stars went dark, affecting thirty-six galaxies. The universe burned brightly... At this time, almost all races simultaneously experienced a surge in energy and materials. The scale of the war suddenly escalated. Light and darkness were about to merge, and heaven and earth were returning to the chaos of creation. The leaders of all races sobered up from the frenzy of war and built the nearly-third-level Law Card Supreme Covenant to regulate the game, seeking development through limited warfare and selecting a new king in ten thousand years to avoid world destruction.

Flower Leaf Disease: After the first outbreak of Flower Leaf Disease, the original Empire was threatened by billions of microorganisms in the micro world. Over trillions of eternal fruits withered and more than thirty-six branches of the dark area were destroyed.... As the empire fell ill, the parliament decided to expose the macro world and declare war on all races in the micro world to solve the epidemic.

However, the thirteenth Primordial Eternal Emperor vetoed this resolution. On paper, once the Macro World descended, although the armies of the primordial empire could easily wipe out most micro-organisms, they would definitely not be able to defeat the united forces of all races in the Micro World.... All expansions complement each other, and what they produce is unimaginable!

Therefore, the Great Emperor devised a cunning scheme, not only refraining from war but also ordering the Empire to secretly supply functional energy sources to all races. As the primary empire's continuous stream of energy and organic materials began to flow out, the epidemic further expanded.

The Emperor's avatar performed a long, elegant dance with his sleeves flowing, setting up false objectives that sparked fierce infighting amongst the microbial species... soon, chaos will reign and solve everything once and for all.

However, the grand plan has only succeeded halfway so far. The self-restriction imposed by the microcosm treaty temporarily averted destruction, and the pandemic in the macrocosm has come to an end....

And the second wave of flowering leaf epidemic has already begun........After millennia of slumber, the Everlasting Fruit is once again aglow, and the other half of the grand plan is progressing smoothly.

Soon, the Original Empire will be completely free from the scourge of Flower Leaf Disease, becoming the...only one above the Origin.) Hounds] squarely. They turned to bone dust and scattered across the ground, while the nearby skeletal beasts were knocked unconscious by the shockwave.But the Holy Maiden was a temporary fix, its fir...