"Cough, cough."

With an awkward cough, Li Fan pointed at the nearest red-headed mushroom.

"Do you see that mushroom?"

"I see it... hmm?!"

Before Li Pu could finish his sentence, a lightning-fast shadow shot out.

This wasn't a metaphor; the shadow was literally surrounded by lightning.

Splat!

The lightning shadow pierced right through the red-headed mushroom and returned.

For Li Pu, this all happened in a matter of seconds.

By the time he realized, Li Fan was already standing in front of him again.

The electric glow, like a snake made of lightning, was still crackling around him.

With a smile on his face, Li Fan thought his show-off had been a success.

"So, is it different from the 'Sprint' you imagined?"

He asked his student.

The upgraded version of 'Sprint,' as far as he knew, was unique in the entire league.

"Didn't getting shocked by electricity numb your body?"

Li Pu, however, reached out to touch the electric glow that was gradually subsiding.

Zap!

A spark jumped, and it was quite painful.

"..."

This reaction was completely different from what Li Fan had imagined.

He realized teaching a student was harder than he thought.

"Teacher Li, what's that thing in your hand?"

But in the end, he achieved his aim.

Li Pu's gaze was quickly drawn to the card that appeared in Li Fan's hand.

Although it was just a shadow, he roughly made out his actions.

He picked it up from the ground after the red-headed mushroom shattered.

"Here, take a look."

Li Fan smoothly handed over the card.

Li Pu actually knew about cube cards.

A summoner's exclusive pastime, at least in his understanding.

Compared to the dazzling battles between summoners, which ordinary people couldn't see or understand, cube card duels were more interesting to the public.

There were even TV channels dedicated to broadcasting cube card tournaments and related content daily.

Rumor has it that some people become summoners not for the beasts, but purely to play cards.

Li Pu was never really interested in it.

So he had little contact with it, and didn't even know the rules well.

But since Li Fan handed it over, he decided to take a look anyway.

As soon as he received the card, a tiny holographic red-headed mushroom jumped out from the card face.

"Mushroom good! Mushroom great!"

Besides being smaller and semi-transparent, it was identical to the real thing.

The related information of the card also appeared along with it.

"Red-headed Mushroom" -6 points

Attack 3, Defense 3, Range 1

"Mushroom Good": Red-headed Mushroom is immune to fungal toxin attacks

"Mushroom Great": Red-headed Mushroom takes 2 less damage from fungal attacks

"Mushroom Headbutt": Red-headed Mushroom initiates a charge, Attack -1, Range +1

Li Pu understood some of the cube card rules, so he could roughly understand the data.

"What does cube card mean to you?"

This was Li Fan's question to him.

"Uh... a summoner's exclusive board game?"

"A great companion to pass the time?"

"The best choice for slacking off?"

Li Pu gave several answers in a row.

Of course, these were all things he had heard.

"Not completely wrong, but not completely right either."

Originally, Li Fan wanted to say it was completely wrong but changed his mind halfway.

Because even he had to admit Li Pu had a point.

"However, the true meaning of cube cards is something most people would never guess."

The next second, he put on a divine and solemn expression.

"In fact, cube cards are a bridge to communicate with alternate dimension deities."

"What?"

This statement left Li Pu dumbfounded.

First, he didn't know what alternate dimension deities were.

Second, he had never heard of cube cards being described this way.

"Surprised?"

Li Fan was quite pleased with his student's reaction and continued with a smile.

"In our world, deities are just an elusive concept."

"But since the Great Transformation, pioneers have accidentally discovered that in an alternate dimension, deities are indeed real."

"Of course, what exactly 'deities' are there remains unclear, as the concepts are not the same; perhaps they're just an honorific."

"Every once in a rather long while, a small link forms between our world and the alternate dimension."

"At that time, the divine beings momentarily descend."

Unknowingly, Li Pu started listening very attentively.

But so far, he was still skeptical of Li Fan's words.

After all, it was too unfamiliar; he had never heard anything like this before.

"It's normal that you're unaware."

"In fact, this is no secret; if you reach a certain level within the card community, you'll naturally know."

Seeing his student's expression, Li Fan guessed his thoughts.

"What do those otherworldly deities do when they come here?"

At this point, Li Pu asked curiously.

"Play cards."

The answer Li Fan gave left him in a wordless silence.

Li Pu: "..."

He couldn't help but feel that these so-called "deities" seemed somewhat unreliable.

It sounded like they went through much trouble to descend, only to play cards?

Shouldn't they come for more grand, presentable reasons like gathering followers or world destruction, like in stories?

"You have no idea, actually only a handful of players are eligible to play cards with the deities."

Then, Li Fan explained further.

Only the top-tier players in the cube card community have the honor of playing cards with deities.

And playing cards with deities is not merely for fun.

Long ago, the pioneers made an agreement with them.

If you can beat a deity at cards, you can ask them any question.

It's important to know that a portion of the rapid advancement in new technology since the Great Transformation is thanks to cube cards.

In the face of these unknown and new phenomena, traditional scientific knowledge couldn't explain or analyze them.

Researchers were tackling challenges of unprecedented difficulty.

No matter how intelligent they were, it seemed as if they'd been thrown back to the primitive era overnight.

Due to a lack of relevant knowledge reserves, the progress of new technology was exceptionally slow.

Hence, the help from the otherworld deities became particularly crucial.

Many key technical difficulties in research projects were resolved with their hints.

"Is that really the case..."

After hearing this, Li Pu's expression unconsciously grew serious.

If what Teacher Li says is true, then cube cards are indeed quite important.

"So, are you willing to become a card player?"

At this moment, Li Fan asked.

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