When Boss Rabbit announced that moment, the scene heated up at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the urging sounds merged into a continuous buzz.

This was their first card, determining whether their beginning would be smooth.

"Alright! It's starting! Please everyone, look at the card drawing interface!" Boss Rabbit raised its hands, fireworks bursting behind it.

Accompanied by the sound of a bell ringing.

Clang——!

In an instant, a huge screen appeared in front of everyone.

...

[Luowasha Plane · "Old Stories Like New" Permanent Card Pool is now open.]

[Creator, welcome to the Luowasha Plane! I am the God of Covenant, Nalandos (the one who governs law, covenant, and fairness). Whenever you obtain a "Space-Time Summoning Ticket," you can entrust me to summon cards for you. The summoned cards will become your companions to accompany you through the upcoming adventure!]

[This card pool is permanently open. The more times you draw cards, the higher the probability of high-quality cards. No guarantee (meaning: no matter how many times you draw, you're not guaranteed anything).]

[Card levels from high to low: UR (Gold Level), SSR (Purple Level), SR (Red Level), R (Blue Level), N (Green Level), Fragments (White Level)]

[Card drawing rewards are as follows:]

[Draw 10 times: obtain a custom avatar*1. Draw 20 times: obtain "World Tree's Favor"*1. Draw 30 times: obtain avatar frame*1. Draw 40 times: obtain a random "Fixed Trajectory Prop"*1. Draw 50 times: obtain three minutes of stay in the "Space-Time Hall."]

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[The Luowasha Plane is in its second season, Creator. When you complete the basic card team formation, you can participate in the "Positional Rank Competition."]

[In the "Positional Rank Competition," you will be matched with opponents of equal strength for confrontation. When you win, your "Positional Rank" will rise. As long as you continue to win, you will elevate from low-level life to high-level life step by step!]

[The "Positional Rank Competition" has no post-match segment. If angry, please curse directly during the battle to avoid harming your health.]

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[Since this is a pre-card drawing phase, the "Luo Washa Store" run by the God of Trade, Youli, is not yet open. You cannot temporarily perform operations like "buying skins," "buying favor gifts," "buying World Tree's Favor," etc. Please stay tuned.]

[For more information, please consult the great God Kasadia... damn it, isn't that the Fun Demon's name? When did this guy tamper with my lines? Truly omnipresent... Alright, correction, please continue to consult the God of Covenant Nalandos for more information. The God of Covenant will eternally serve the great covenant summoning cause!]

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The center of the screen features several black silhouettes, the permanent characters in the card pool. The background is a vast grand tree, with a galaxy as its base, and silver-blue leaves hanging from its branches.

With a bow and a knock, the pilgrims arrive at the other end of the world, making obeisance to the Lord of Life, the Original Father, the World's Origin—the World Tree.

Although it's just an animation, it imbues a sense of divine immersion.

Below are two buttons: [Draw 1 time] and [Draw 10 times].

People, gripped by the sense of divinity, remain silent for a moment, quietly gazing at the World Tree on the panel.

Until someone snapped out of it:

"Damn! No guarantees! You... meow..."

"In a real-world game, you'd definitely get sprayed and have to apologize on your knees, but alas, can't be sprayed here."

"This is normal, fundamentally, this isn't a card drawing game, it's a bona fide summoning ceremony; it just uses the card drawing game format for ease of understanding, much like the Dream Chase game in the Tenth World. Since it's a proper covenant summoning, there clearly wouldn't be any guarantees."

Under Boss Rabbit's announcement, people began drawing cards.

Suddenly, the scene filled with flashes of white and green light continually flashing in the arena, each person's face glowed with a green and white brilliance. 95% of people only drew a few fragments, not even a complete character.

...

[You have drawn SR Fragment*2 (the more fragments you have, the higher the probability of drawing an SR)]

[You have drawn N Fragment*3 (the more fragments you have, the higher the probability of drawing an N)]

[You have drawn the Fixed Trajectory Prop "Brown-Black Martin Boots" of "R·Pharmacist Guild's Head·Marcius."]

[You have drawn "Fun Demon's Discarded Trash."]

...

Su Ming'an quietly watched people draw cards.

The scene was a microcosm of the human condition; some were relentlessly knocking a wooden fish, some burning incense praying to Buddha, and others swallowing various luck potions, clearly well prepared.

Only about 5% of individuals summoned characters, most were green lights (N cards) and blue lights (R cards). In their fury, they clawed at the ground, cursing furiously with cries of woe filling the air.

"I'm about to cause trouble! I'm really going to make a fuss! What the hell are character fragments?"

"The planner would seriously get in trouble... oh, the planner is a god, never mind then."

The drawn characters could only be seen by oneself; others could only see blurry silhouettes. Su Ming'an couldn't see what characters others drew, but most weren't humanoid, instead appearing as all sorts of bizarre animal forms, even gaseous and liquid forms, spilling all over upon being summoned.

"Yamada, aren't you going to draw?" Lu looked at Yamada Machiichi.

"You go first." Yamada Machiichi was full of tension.

Lu smiled, then clicked to draw cards.

Immediately, a burst of red light shone brightly, dazzling the eyes of those around.

Amongst the tens of millions of white and green lights, a striking red light suddenly appeared, truly eye-catching. In an instant, countless gazes swiftly turned towards it.

"Wow! Lu's luck is amazing, right! This is the first person to draw an SR, isn't it!"

"Top-ranked players really are different..."

Amidst the red glow, a figure with flowing golden hair emerged from the summoning array, her long hair scattering halos, resembling a walking sun. Its gender was unknown, unlike any human race, more like a congealed form of light element.

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[Player (Lu Likalpos), your summoned covenant object is——]

[SR·Dawn Angel Prance's Agent·Radiant Light]

[The high-class race adhering to the Dawn Angel Prance order—Angel Prance, the intelligent light element spirit personally endowed. Named Radiant Light. She participated in the War of Eden twice, slaughtering 291,829 evil faction entities and exterminated 28 evil races, witnessing the turnover of three epochs.]

["—In accordance with the order of Angel Prance, eradicate the conveyer of worldly evils."]

...

Lu's eyes shone, and immediately went to communicate with Radiant Light.

Yamada Machiichi's eyes turned red, restless with anticipation. He had prepared a summoning chant for a long time; compared to Lu's direct card drawing, he would certainly draw something better.

He took a deep breath, extended his hand, hovering over the card drawing interface, and shouted:

"Proclaim."

"Thy body shall be under mine,"

"Follow the orders of the Holy Grail and summon..."

Su Ming'an watched as Yamada Machiichi recited the mixed chant. A bunch of others also fixedly watched Yamada Machiichi chant, with some even chanting along, learning from the top-ranked players.

"Overflow, overflow, overflow."

"...O guardian of balance!"

Yamada Machiichi decisively pointed down, a look of heroic sacrifice on his face——

In an instant, light burst forth!

"I'm drawing it!" Yamada Machiichi's heart almost jumped out: "Soul of the two-dimensional world, descend! Let me see what remarkable UR——!"

...

[Player (Yamada Machiichi), your summoned covenant object is——]

[N·Turtle from the Market·Nuonuo]

[Class: Shield Sword (Frontline)]

[A turtle that ate vegetable leaves in the market, experienced an awakening from Goddess of Life Lotasha, and became a turtle demon of the 'snake' gender. (In Luowasha Plane, due to the sheer variety of races, human gender and age recognition is not universally applicable.)]

["——Hungry, hungry, I want to eat cabbage."]

…

Yamada Machiichi stared silently for a long time at the young man with greenish hair stepping out of the summoning circle.

A half-cracked turtle shell draped over the young man's back, and his fair palms bore traces of tortoise shell. His strange green eyes were fixed on him.

Yet even so, Yamada Machiichi had to grit his teeth and finish speaking—

"Hello, I am your master…"

"Do you have cabbage?" The young man interrupted, reaching out: "Give me some, I want to eat it."

The young man looked quite foolish, befitting his turtle transformation.

Yamada Machiichi closed his eyes in pain, feeling on the verge of breaking.

Su Ming'an shifted his gaze to Lv Shu.

Lv Shu met Su Ming'an's eyes and extended his hand to tap on card drawing.

Instantly, a red light burst forth—

"Swish!"

A bizarre-headed figure in a red dance dress emerged. Above its neck was a bright red rose with blood-like dew drops. Thorny green vines formed its torso and limbs, while a red dance dress trailed below, silk flowing, the rose-shaped diamonds on the dress shimmering brilliantly.

Even though it had no head, its posture was exceedingly graceful. Blood-like dew continuously dripped from its neck, forming rings of red ribbons that floated over the red dance dress, undulating and flowing.

…

[Player (Lv Shu). The contract entity you summoned is——]

[SR·Avenger·Modesty]

[Class: Burst (High Platform)]

[Originating from the Twilight Realm's Eternal Night Rose, it once signed a Pact of Hatred with a demon, becoming the third empress of the Ancient Empire, ruling the Qing Zhu Clan for two hundred and three years. When she mercilessly pushed her master into the abyss, the chains entwined around her for so long finally broke——]

["——From the ashes of the old dynasty, a new legend will be born."]

…

Su Ming'an moved his gaze to Mizushima Kawa Sora.

She must have used the fixed trajectory item "Mr. Noland's Ferris Wheel Fragment," summoning a blonde SR card, but Su Ming'an couldn't see clearly and didn't know what kind of Noland it was.

So far, most have already finished drawing cards. Two people drew SSR cards, both not very well-known players. Forty-eight drew SR cards, the rest were R cards, N cards, and fragments.

Su Ming'an pulled up the curtains, blocking everyone's view.

The Lucky Koi sat on his left shoulder, the black cat sat on his right shoulder. He took a deep breath, pinched the white cat's paw, and pressed the card drawing button—

Purple light.

Purple light appeared.

He concentrated intently.

Could it be some deity…?

…

[Player (Su Ming'an). The contract entity you summoned is——]

[SSR·Mirror·Su Ming'an]

[Class: Chanter (Backrow)]

[If there were a mirror in this world, we always live on the "light side," enjoying sunshine, warmth, and flowers—have you ever wondered what we on the starkly opposite "dark side" would be like?]

["——Destruction surpasses redemption, death overcomes creation, sin and evil walk together, and goodness and beauty fade away."]

…

A young man with black hair and black eyes stepped out from the summoning circle, his cold gaze lingering on Su Ming'an.

Su Ming'an was surprised, what he summoned… was a completely opposite version of himself?

He opened the card details:

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[Card Name: SSR·Mirror·Su Ming'an]

[Class: Chanter (Backrow)]

[Belief God: None]

[Personality Alignment: Neutral Evil]

[Darkening Value: 78 points]

[Level: lv.59]

[Positional Rank: 0 stars]

[Glimpse of the Divine: None]

[World Tree's Favor: None]

[Equipment: None]

[Recollection Rework (You can enter the memories of this character to unlock related storylines, perfect the incomplete causal chains of the character, thereby enhancing your and the character's combat power.):

Story 01: The Birth Causality of The Abyss of Netherworld (Not Entered)

Story 02: (Not Unlocked)]

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"Level" is 59, corresponding to Fifth Rank Ninth Level power, which is somewhat stronger than Su Ming'an.

"Positional Rank" signifies star upgrade, meaning Su Ming'an only needs to draw cards with the suffix "Su Ming'an," like "High School Student Su Ming'an," "Pianist Su Ming'an," to allow "Mirror Su Ming'an" to devour them and increase strength. But Su Ming'an isn't considering star upgrade for now, because it means killing low-level cards.

"Glimpse of the Divine" is an enhancement for "Belief God." In the Luowasha Plane, everyone believes in a deity, such as Radiant Mother God, God of Chaos, Demon Mother God, etc., supposedly totaling 27 deities. If Su Ming'an obtained "Glimpse of the Divine: Radiant Mother God," then all his cards that believe in "Radiant Mother God" would be strengthened, and so on.

"World Tree's Favor" is well understood, it's a unique blessing for each character, equivalent to Su Ming'an's "Spatial Vibration," Noel's "Puppet Threads," Lv Shu's "Beast Control Technique." Having this makes the character stronger.

"Not too complex." Su Ming'an murmured to himself.

But the 78 points darkening value… is somewhat high. If it reaches 100 points, something terrifying might happen. Seems I need to fulfill this person's wishes as soon as possible.

"I just won't call you Su Ming'an, otherwise it's easy to confuse." Su Ming'an temporarily didn't know the origins of this Su Ming'an, didn't know if it was a copy or a possibility.

"Do I not deserve to be called Su Ming'an?" The other responded faintly, with intense aggression.

Su Ming'an rarely met someone so unkind to himself, as if the SS charm was ineffective.

"Then will you keep being called Su Ming'an, and I pick a new name?" Su Ming'an raised an eyebrow.

"…," The other smiled faintly: "No need, you pick one, Lord."

Su Ming'an thought for a moment.

Little Su… no, it's taken. Little An… no, that's also taken.

"Alright, you will be called…" Su Ming'an began:

"Xiao Ming."

Anger surged on the other's face, evidently unsatisfied with the name. However, at this moment, the door was pushed open.

"—Time's up." A blonde, blue-eyed young man stood at the doorway:

"Come here, Su Ming'an."

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