Chapter 1 + Chapter 2
Lin Dong died, to be precise, Lin Dong's body died, turning into a pile of coke. It started raining in the middle of the night. Soon the rain washed away Lin Dong's traces in this world, and the road surface was restored to clean.
When the sun rose the next day, Lin Dong could no longer be found on the earth, as if he had never existed.
But his soul turned into a beam of light, and at the moment of his death came to the body of a stranger.
It happened that this fifteen-year-old boy was also named Lin Dong.
There are two countries in the Double Moon Continent. Although there are tribes with strange names living in the west of the mainland, in the eyes of the Double Moon people, those tribes are not large enough, with sparse populations, and without gorgeous buildings, so they can be called countries at all.
Of course, the pride of the two moon people is still qualified because they are the people of the Qiuyue Empire and the Dongyue Empire. These two super empires are like two ostrich eggs placed in a chicken coop, occupying 80% of the land on the entire continent.
There is no force in the Bimoon Continent that can compete with these two empires. Whether it is economic or military power, even women are more handsome in the Bimoon Empire.
The Winter Moon Empire occupies the north of the continent, and the Autumn Moon Empire echoes it across a river called Coriana. To the east of the two behemoths is the magnificent Adriatic Sea.
No one knows how big the Adriatic Sea is. No adventurer has ever reached the end of the sea. However, the stubborn bimoon people always believe that even if there are continents and human life on the other side of the sea, it must be some desolate small places. There are only two countries on this planet, and there can only be two countries, namely the Winter Moon Empire and the Autumn Moon Empire.
In short, the Bimoon Continent is a magical place, although there are no gods and gods here.
The vast majority of mainland residents are firm atheists. If you want to persuade a bimonthly person to believe in the truth, it is not difficult, but if you want to persuade him to join the Truth Church, you will definitely be greatly disappointed, because bimonthly person believes that there is no more magical thing in the world than a card.
Assuming that if there is a card teaching on the mainland, they will definitely join without hesitation. As for the so-called gods, I’m sorry, please queue up quietly behind the cards.
Let us give an example to illustrate the degree of fanaticism of the bimoon people about cards. Four hundred and thirty years ago, King Richard Seventy-ninth of the Autumn Moon Empire had a particularly favored concubine named Marilyn. In order to make the beauty smile, this suave king gave the last nine-level card in the world treasured by the royal family. Unexpectedly, this precious phantom beast card was lost by the careless Marilyn.
This is an extraordinary thing in the Bimonth Continent. Two thousand years ago, Ian Karim, the founder of card technology, made eight cards at his peak. These eight cards are the only level nine cards in the history of the mainland. In the thousands of years after his death, no matter how hard the later generations tried, they would never be able to make cards of the same level again.
After more than ten years of war, Ian Karim and his cousin Richard Theron completed the unification of the continent and established two empires with the Coriana River as the boundary. Due to the eight top cards that fought for years, only the last Five Cloud Thunder Dragon Card was left. For some reason, Karim gave this precious card to his cousin, Emperor Richard I of the Qiuyue Empire, but did not pass it to his children. Since then, this card has been kept by the Qiuyue royal family.
According to unofficial historical records, Karim and Theron are not only cousins, but also friends with broken backs. Both of them love each other deeply, so Karim gave the large area of land south of the Coriana River to Theron, and even the only remaining ninth-level card was generous.
The royal family of the Qiuyue Empire never believed this story. They believed that their ancestor, Emperor Richard I, built the Qiuyue Empire with his invincible courage, was definitely not because of the ridiculous statement that he contributed chrysanthemum to Karim.
Unofficial history may not be true, but it is true that the two empires have been together for thousands of years but have been peaceful.
Now that this precious card that symbolizes the friendship between the two empires and the great achievements of the card inventor Karim is lost, how can the Bimoon people who worship the card not be excited?
For a time, the entire continent was angry and there were endless calls for strife. Not only the Qiuyue Empire, but also the Dongyue Empire joined the ranks of denunciation of the king and concubines. The Ian family of the Dongyue Empire even threatened to launch a full-scale war against the Qiuyue Empire, which blasphemed the sacred card.
You should know that this is the only real war alarm in the history of the two empires over two thousand years. Although the two empires have always had small frictions, there has never been a real war. This time it is only one centimeter away from the war.
The expeditionary force of the Dongyue Empire was about to cross the Coriana River. Richard Seventy-Nine finally understood how big a mistake he had made. He ate the devil fruits with his concubines and thanked the world for his death.
The storm of card loss that caused a turbulent whole continent finally came to an end. Since the person involved was dead, the Dongyue Empire had not killed the Coriana River. After a long time, the two empires gradually returned to peace.
However, the aftermath of this incident had a far-reaching impact. The upper-class families of the Dongyue Empire believed that these aristocratic families of the Qiuyue Empire ignored the precious treasures left by their ancestors and were a bunch of ungrateful wolves. The powerful families of the Qiuyue Empire believed that the Dongyue Empire, despite the thousands of years of friendship between the two sides, actually forced each other with force, which really greatly damaged the face of the royal family and the major families, which was so hateful.
Although we did not tear our faces apart, the friendly atmosphere between the two empires was gone. Both sides set up heavy troops on the Coriana River and were guarding against each other. In secret, you kick me, and I punch you happen from time to time. But this is all secret matters, and the politeness in the open is for the people to see.
The royal family attaches great importance to cards, and ordinary people pay no attention to cards. Because this small card has already penetrated into all aspects of human life. If there is no freezer card, the food in the refrigerator will be broken, and without energy card, the freezer card is just a decoration. If you want to listen to Lulu Jessica's concert, you must have a sound amplification card, otherwise even the beautiful Miss Lulu will not be able to let the listeners sitting in the back row hear her wonderful singing voice.
If you want to send a greeting to your relatives in the distance and the communication card of the Communications Telecommunications Company cannot operate, you have to send a letter through the post office. If there is no aerodynamic card, you can only deliver the letter in the original way of horses. You must know that from the southernmost end of the mainland to the northernmost section, even the fastest horse will run for two months. If it is not exhausted yet, what? Do you want to transport forty tons of ore to the foam swamp? Well, first you have to prepare eighty carriages and stay in the carriage for half a year before you arrive.
It can be said that cards have completely dominated the lives of humans on the Bimonth Continent. In the Bimonth Continent, there is no more noble profession than card making masters. Even His Majesty the Emperor dares not easily offend a card making master, let alone the powerful card making master union.
There is a saying in Bimonthly Continent: "If you can't become a card maker, then you should work hard to become a card restorator. If you can't become a card restorator, then you should work hard towards the material maker. If you don't even have the talent of a material maker, at least you should become a qualified card warrior. If you can't become a qualified card warrior, then go and be his servant."
Although this passage is somewhat exaggerated, it actually shows how respected the profession of card makers is in the bimonthly continent.
To become a qualified card maker, you need abundant spiritual power. Not everyone has this talent. According to the folk survey of Leo Card Academy, in the bimonthly continent, every newborn baby will have more or less spiritual perception. In the twelve years after their birth, 99% of children will completely lose their spiritual power before the age of twelve. These people are destined to never become card makers in their lifetime. The remaining one percent will lose most of their spiritual power between the ages of twelve and sixteen, and can only become card warriors. Among the remaining five percent, they will eventually become card makers no more than 40%.
Simply put, theoretically, within an average of every 10,000 people, at most two card makers, three card repairers or material makers, and ninety-five card warriors will be generated.
The elimination rate is astonishing. Even being lucky enough to be one of the five in ten thousand does not mean that one can definitely become a respected cardmaker, because there is another problem in front of you, that is, the talent for painting.
As we all know, first-level cards have two graphic structures, which means that two complex and detailed graphics need to be completed on the card. There cannot be any mistakes in between. Any minor error will lead to abnormalities or even scrapping of the card.
To complete another more complex figure on one complex and independent figure, it cannot touch the precision of each other's structural precision. The difficulty can be imagined, not to mention that the second-level card with four-layer structure and six-layer structure three-level card is required. Without tough perseverance, keen insight and skillful techniques, such complex figure production will never be possible.
The mental, mental and spiritual power required to make a card is unimaginable to ordinary people, and only real card makers know the difficulty.
Therefore, although in theory, there is a theoretical possibility of becoming a card maker, the actual number is much lower than that.
Fortunately, after thousands of years of development, all first-level cards and a small number of second-level cards can now be mass-produced through complex machinery, and even third-level energy cards have been partially mass-produced. Ordinary people can finally use low-priced and powerful cards. Now, the bimonthly continent has some technological society, and the memories of men farming and women weaving have been gradually forgotten by people, and replaced by a brand new continental life.
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"Is this what you painted?" Lin Yuanshan held Lin Dong's masterpiece in his hand and watched it with his eyes intently. There seemed to be a light flash in his eyes. It's not that Lin Dong's painting is not good. After all, Lin Dong also attended the Academy of Fine Arts in his previous life. It is impossible for him to not even draw a mouse with more than ten years of art.
However, Lin Dong's brushwork is too sharp, with lines as sharp as a blade. This brushwork is very good to draw combat cards, but it is quite outrageous to draw fantasy beast cards. The things drawn are quite evil, and they have a bit of the smell of strange monsters.
"Well, of course I drew it. Does the teacher still like it?" Lin Dong replied with a smile.
"Hmph! I asked you to draw a mouse, but you drew a hedgehog! I punished you to draw ten pictures of hundreds of beasts and hand them over tomorrow morning!"
Chapter completed!