Chapter 107: Chapter 107: Hidden Card Pool

The ticket-seller clown was the reward itself.

Only after triggering the "Maze Rampage" event and successfully clearing it would it reveal its true form as a Card Pool.

Wang Xi had only noticed a hint of this because its description was so different from the others.

All the Mechanical Doll monsters in the theater had a "Corrupted" tag, but this clown Mechanical Doll did not; it had remained a neutral Yellow color the entire time.

"So this thing was the hidden reward!"

Bai Qimeng said in surprise.

"Ooh, a hidden Card Pool!"

Hidden Card Pools were a type of Maze Card Pool, but they often required extremely stringent conditions to unlock.

As their recent encounter had just demonstrated.

Lin Xin’Er clutched her leather pouch, her face full of anticipation. Inside was her evenly split share of the spoils—a full 3780 grams of Magic Stones.

Combined with the Magic Stones she hadn’t used in the Iron Cage Theater, she had almost enough for 50 pulls.

This was a rare hidden Card Pool, where the probability of getting Limited Cards and top-tier cards was extremely high.

"Haha! It’s fate! This is fate!"

Bai Qimeng clutched her own leather pouch, an excited look on her face as she strode directly toward the rainbow-colored clown.

’I’ll definitely get something good this time!’

"..."

Wang Xi and Lin Xin’Er exchanged a look.

They didn’t say anything, just quietly followed her.

"Miss Bai, do you want me to do some warm-up pulls for you again?"

Seeing as Bai Qimeng had contributed a Blue Card, Wang Xi asked kindly.

"Absolutely not!" Bai Qimeng waved her hands repeatedly. "Luck is on my side this time, and I can’t let you guys suck it all away!"

"Alright then," Wang Xi chuckled.

Bai Qimeng looked at the motionless clown Mechanical Doll, which was emanating a seven-colored halo, and directly pulled out about a kilogram of Magic Stones from her pouch, stuffing them into its mouth.

"Mali-mali—Baby-hon!"

As if performing a ritual, Bai Qimeng made intricate hand gestures and struck several poses that were difficult for an ordinary person to comprehend.

After swallowing the Magic Stones, the clown Card Pool raised its little trumpet and began to play. DOOT DOO-DOO DOOT.

The girl and the Mechanical Doll began to dance.

Somehow, it looked strangely harmonious.

And this very scene was captured perfectly by Liu Wenjie, who had just caught up—

"What the hell? A dance!"

"I’m Big Fire Bear, and my bear is huge!"

"Is this a ’try not to laugh’ challenge?"

"It’s actually a hidden Card Pool."

"To clear the Maze despite a ’Maze Rampage’ event... that’s amazing."

"I wonder what they’ll get?"

"Whatever they get, it has nothing to do with the streamer. He’s just a camera-holding tool."

"Idiot streamer."

Liu Wenjie was already immune to the bullet comments. He endured the pain shooting through his body and silently kept his distance, about ten meters away, filming the scene for the audience in his stream.

He had to rely on the current stream traffic to cover his companion’s medical bills and the losses from this expedition.

PHUT PHUT PHUT—

Just then, columns of light shot out from the Brass Trumpet that the clown Mechanical Doll was playing.

White, white, white, green, white, green...

Deep Green!

Ten pulls in a row: seven white, two green, and one Deep Green!

The drop rate was really high!

Bai Qimeng’s karmic luck had finally exploded. She hit the jackpot on her very first ten-pull!

The whole livestream chat exploded!

"Holy crap! Did she find the correct way to use the Card Pool?!"

"AUGH, MY EYES! I CAN’T WATCH!"

"That’s ridiculous, two green and a deep green..."

"Hidden Card Pools are the best!"

"She’d better enjoy a good meal. Her days are numbered after using up all that luck."

"The old me would’ve scoffed. The new me is studying this frame by frame."

"Record it! Learn this dance! Perfect every movement, every pose, every expression, and everyone can hit the jackpot!"

"I think I’m witnessing humanity prospering because of this dance."

Meanwhile,

Bai Qimeng, the person in question, stared at the ten Cards floating before her. She was stunned for a moment, then overcome with ecstasy.

"YES! Perfect!"

Bai Qimeng danced and waved her arms, clapping and laughing loudly.

"I won! I won!!"

Just when Wang Xi thought Bai Qimeng might go mad and faint from joy, she had already gathered the Cards and was meticulously scanning them with her Monitoring Wristwatch.

A constant BEEP BEEP could be heard.

"It’s here!!!"

Bai Qimeng suddenly shrieked.

Her cheeks were flushed with excitement, and she clutched the Deep Green Quality Card tightly in her hand.

Wang Xi focused his gaze on it.

—[Ranger Cat (Follower Card/Deep Green One Star)]

With no lingering attachment to the hidden Card Pool, Bai Qimeng immediately activated the Follower Card in her hand.

A flash of deep green light.

"Ah-ha—"

A crisp, young boy’s voice rang out.

"Which lovely young lady has summoned me?"

Immediately, a glossy, jet-black cat did a somersault in mid-air and landed before Bai Qimeng, standing like a human.

It put one paw on its hip, tilted its head up, and looked at its new master with a smile in its emerald-green, vertical-pupiled eyes.

"Wow! So cute!"

Bai Qimeng scooped up the black cat in a hug.

The black cat didn’t struggle. It was very docile, letting her pet and squeeze it, and even cooperated by meowing.

"You’re very cute too, Master."

"Ohoho, am I now—"

Bai Qimeng was clearly enjoying this, and she let out a couple of strange laughs.

"From now on, I’ll call you ’Night Messenger·Coal Ball’. How about that?"

"MROW!"

The black cat instantly shuddered, its fur standing on end.

"You don’t like it, huh." Seeing its reaction, Bai Qimeng racked her brain for another idea, then said, "You’re right, the name ’Coal Ball’ isn’t cool enough."

"Okay, then I’ll call you ’Night King’!"

Bai Qimeng put the black cat down, extended a hand like a Queen, and said with great solemnity:

"I am the last Knight of the new era. You may call me ’Rabbit Face’. From this day forward, would you be interested in joining me to judge evil in the name of justice?"

"Oh, great Lord Rabbit-Faced, your most faithful follower, Night King, is willing to accompany you to the ends of the earth and eradicate every evil in existence."

The black cat placed a paw over its chest in a knightly salute and replied respectfully.

[Follower Cat · Night King (Friendly/Three Stars)]

Wang Xi was quite surprised as he looked at the black cat’s description. The power of a Whiteboard Three Stars was a little weak for a Deep Green Quality Card.

But.

It could do backflips and make small talk to relieve boredom.

What more could you ask for?

Besides, a Follower Cat’s special trait was that it could equip three Equipment Cards at once. Its power ceiling was largely determined by the ceiling of its Equipment Cards.

In a sense, this was a Follower Card with growth potential.

"Good, good, good!"

Bai Qimeng praised it repeatedly, clearly very satisfied with her cat.

She couldn’t wait to take out three Green Cards she had already prepared and presented them to Night King. Among them were the [Wind-Seeking Boots] she had bought from Wang Xi.

"Thank you for your gift, Lord Rabbit-Faced."

Night King said respectfully, accepting the Cards with both paws.

There was a flash of green light.

The once-bare black cat was now fully equipped.

On its feet was a pair of exquisite, magnificent leather boots, with faint patches of pale green light glowing on the sides. A Silver-Plated Firearm and a Patterned Stabbing Sword were slung at its waist, giving it a heroic air.

Wang Xi looked again, and its description had changed:

[Follower Cat · Night King (Friendly/Four Stars)]

It went from a Whiteboard Three Stars to a Four Stars.

Clothes make the man, a saddle makes the horse, and a rich girl makes the kitty strong.

"Aha! Night King is ready for orders at any time!"

The black cat leaped nimbly and landed on Bai Qimeng’s shoulder.

The girl and the cat struck a cool pose in perfect sync.

"..."

Wang Xi ignored the pair of clowns.

He walked up on his own and tried depositing Magic Stones into the rainbow clown’s mouth.

This was his first time encountering a hidden Card Pool, so he had to at least try a few pulls to test the waters.

♪ DOO-DEE-DOO—

The clown swallowed a kilogram of Magic Stones, raised its Brass Trumpet, and started to play.

Soon, columns of light shot out of the trumpet.

PHUT PHUT PHUT—

Wang Xi took one look, and his heart sank.

A ten-pull of pure white.

’So much for the high drop rates in a hidden Card Pool.’

’Where are the Limited Cards and high-tier cards?’

Unwilling to give up, he grabbed them and took a look.

Good heavens.

It was all junk. There was even a card for a [Nut Covered in Unknown Liquid], which was strangely terrifying...

Bai Qimeng placed her right hand on her hip and burst out laughing. Night King, on her shoulder, mimicked its master by putting its left paw on its hip and laughing along.

"See? I told you so,"

she said smugly.

"Good thing I didn’t let you do my warm-up pulls, or you would’ve stolen all my luck. Give up, handsome. You don’t have a chance!"

Wang Xi glanced at the master and servant, then silently tossed another kilogram of Magic Stones in.

’If I don’t get anything in these next ten pulls, I’m done,’ he thought to himself.

Amidst Bai Qimeng’s jeers, the rainbow clown once again began to play its trumpet.

♪ DOO-DEE-DAH—

PHUT PHUT PHUT!

A series of white lights shot out.

Wang Xi’s heart sank completely.

He seriously suspected that Bai Qimeng had pulled all the good stuff from this hidden Card Pool, leaving nothing but junk behind.

But just as the ninth white light flew out, the clown took a deep breath, blew with all its might, and let out a resounding blare—

BANG!!

A brilliant blue light shot out!

"?!"

Bai Qimeng, Lin Xin’Er, Liu Wenjie, and even the hundreds of thousands of viewers in the livestream were all stunned.

"A Blue Card?!"

Bai Qimeng’s beautiful eyes went wide.

Wang Xi was also taken aback.

He had been ready to pack up the junk and leave, but ended up hitting the jackpot at the last second.

THWAP.

Wang Xi snatched the Blue Card floating in front of him.

[Encouragement Meow (Follower Card)]

[Quality: Blue One Star (Upgradeable)]

[A walking cat that excels at encouragement. It recognizes only one master in its lifetime and will offer loving encouragement whenever its master is unhappy or frustrated, reigniting their fighting spirit.]

[Upon use, you will own it. You may equip it with three Equipment Cards to enhance its strength. If the follower dies, the Card will disappear.]

"Let me see!"

Bai Qimeng strode forward and scanned it with her Monitoring Wristwatch.

BEEP BEEP.

"Huh? You got a Follower Cat too?!"

she exclaimed.

She had thought she was lucky enough to get a Deep Green Follower Card, but she never expected Wang Xi’s luck to be even better.

"Sigh." Bai Qimeng’s excitement suddenly vanished. She sighed and handed the Card back. "Congratulations."

Wang Xi was baffled by her emotional rollercoaster and couldn’t help but ask:

"What’s wrong? Feeling crushed?"

"It’s not that I’m crushed." Bai Qimeng shook her head, raised a hand to pat the little head of Night King on her shoulder, and lamented, "It’s just that it pains me to think that a friend I just met doesn’t have long to live."

"..."

Wang Xi rolled his eyes.

He didn’t rise to the bait and simply activated the Blue Card.

VWOOM—

"Meeow."

A delicate, gentle meow sounded out.

In the blue light, a small, adorable calico cat somersaulted and landed on the ground. It looked up timidly, fixing its heterochromatic blue and green eyes on Wang Xi, and spoke:

"Hey handsome, are you my Master?"

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