Twenty-Six Consecutive Draws

Inside a private warehouse in the outer district.

Kyle approached the neatly arranged pile of high-tech items. With a sweep of his gaze, hundreds of uniform blue cards immediately appeared before him.

"Not bad. I really didn’t misjudge her." Kyle smiled faintly. Anli worked quickly and efficiently, and the goods she delivered had not been watered down in the slightest. She had indeed selected and purchased the items according to his list, all in pristine condition. Damaged items had a high chance of dropping in grade, making their quality difficult to gauge precisely.

His shopping list had included everything from Charged Laser Guns for alien combat to everyday necessities like holographic projection communicators. What the recovered goods were did not matter; what mattered was that the items themselves were of sufficient grade.

Fortunately, as a Cosmic Junkyard, Planet Sakaar regularly received massive shipments of garbage from highly advanced planets within the Galactic Alliance. The overall grade of its goods far surpassed that of Earth, which was still stuck in the twentieth century.

On Earth, blue-grade items were cutting-edge technological products. Here, blue-grade items were practically standard-issue junk found everywhere!

"Time to draw cards!" With a thought, Kyle converted the warehouse items into Item Cards at a rate of one every three seconds, storing them all in Card Space.

Ever since World War II on Earth, the Material Card section had not received any new cards for a long time. This time, it was finally rain after a long drought.

More than ten minutes later.

Kyle had emptied the warehouse completely. Closing his eyes, he let his consciousness sink into Card Space.

Within the boundless white space, white, green, and blue cards were divided into four or five sections according to their categories and uses. Like fireflies, they glimmered as they floated and circled through the air.

"It looks a little too shabby." Kyle shook his head with a sigh. Cards above blue grade, such as the Space Primordial Stone and the gigantic ancient dragon turtle, were not on him. There was not even a trace of purple light in Card Space.

Even among the rare blue-grade cards, Venom was gone and Blue Eagle was dead. Only the Super Soldier Ability Card remained permanently, but under the burden of the Gene Disease countdown, even that card had grown increasingly dim.

Come to think of it, he really did feel a little like a lonely old man.

Kyle’s consciousness avatar gave a self-mocking smile and arrived at the Material Card section. The alien Item Cards from earlier were all floating in the air in neat rows, awaiting his processing.

Blue Item Cards, total count: 268!

"It’s time to trade for some new cards. My luck has been bad enough already. Could you let me be lucky just once?" Kyle gritted his teeth. With a thought, more than two hundred blue Item Cards shot into the sky.

Sacrifice Draw, blue grade, twenty-six consecutive draws—

That was right, consecutive draws. It was all about the thrill!

As Kyle waited anxiously, his hopeful gaze fixed ahead, all the cards in the Material Card section evaporated and disappeared.

'You sacrificed Low-Pressure Laser Pistol, Space Suit, Infant Care Assistant Machine, Implantable Mechanical Eyeball...'

'Draw successful! Congratulations, you have obtained Add Life...'

The moment Kyle heard the first line from the Card Draw System, the corner of his mouth twitched. "I’m practically dying already. Add life my ass!"

Add Life Cards increased natural lifespan. Any unnatural death, illness, or injury fell outside their scope. Rather than adding life, they were more like extending one’s years, completely useless to him right now.

Still, the first Add Life Card made Kyle widen his eyes. A deep purple glow flashed and illuminated all of Card Space.

It was actually a purple rare Add Life Card!

Add Life: Increases the user's natural lifespan by three hundred years. Purple rare Ability Card.

Current status: Can be used on others.

Fine. White gave three months, green gave three years, blue gave thirty years, and purple simply jumped straight to three hundred.

Kyle could not help clutching his chest. It hurt! Without the Gene Disease, he could have borrowed another five hundred years from heaven!

Ignoring his frustration, the consecutive draws began with the Add Life Card:

'Blue rare Add Life ×5, Small Rocket Backpack, Vacuum Portable Toilet, Black Flame Horse, Senzu Bean...'

Wait, a vacuum toilet? What kind of random nonsense had gotten mixed in this time?

But when the familiar Senzu Bean appeared halfway through, Kyle knew this batch was not a loss. It was a massive profit!

Senzu Beans could treat all near-fatal injuries. As long as someone still had a breath left, eating one would instantly restore them to peak condition. They could serve as a trump card for saving one’s life!

Unfortunately, Senzu Beans only worked on physical wounds. Serious illnesses were not included. Otherwise, Son Goku would never have worried over something as trivial as heart disease back then.

That was getting off track. The card draws continued.

'Interstellar Communicator, High-Tech Flight Suit, sweeping machine, Kryptonian Poet Oil Painting, Sodium-Carbon Steel metal block...'

'Mastery of Ancient Divine Language, Electronic Energy Shield, bronze tripod, A Faint Spark...'

The twenty-six consecutive draws came to an end. Twenty-six brand-new cards were created from nothing and floated quietly within Card Space.

Kyle’s consciousness avatar licked his lips and impatiently examined the new cards, first removing the ordinary and unremarkable ones.

After excluding the Add Life Card series, this draw had actually produced three additional rare blue-grade cards!

His luck had truly exploded!

With a wave of his hand, the three cards flew into his grasp. The Senzu Bean was naturally one of them. The other two were the Black Flame Horse and A Faint Spark.

Black Flame Horse: A horse-like creature capable of moderately controlling the flames within its body. Blue rare Creature Card.

A horse-like creature with genes from an ancient alien species. It was individually large and powerful, dark crimson all over, and its tough hide could ignore ordinary blade and gun attacks. It could run through the air at altitudes below one thousand meters.

Its top running speed on the ground could reach twice the speed of sound, halved in the air. It possessed a unique energy source within its body, and its hooves constantly released black high temperature flames. When it ran, it instinctively trod upon flames.

It was violent and untamable, refused discipline, possessed considerable offensive capability, and would not allow any creature other than its acknowledged master to ride it.

Current status: Can be summoned.

"Another top-tier mount."

Kyle murmured to himself. From this Black Flame Horse Creature Card, he vaguely saw the shadow of Blue Eagle from the past.

Of course, although both were mount-type creatures, they were fundamentally different. Blue Eagle was more functional and excelled at high-altitude surveillance and enemy detection. The Black Flame Horse leaned toward combat, and its flame-treading ability was far too eye-catching.

"This doesn’t really fit my low-profile principles." Kyle stroked his chin, finding it hard to imagine what kind of situation would call for a Flame-Treading Horse.

If he rode this creature outside, he would undoubtedly become the visual focus of every living thing on the planet in an instant.

"I’ll set it aside for now." Kyle spoke to himself as he stored the card in the Creature Card section. Only then did he slowly turn toward the third rare blue card.

"A Faint Spark?" The instant Kyle saw the card’s name, he smiled. The name was strange and interesting, not much different from Weird Egg.

However, when his gaze fell upon the card description, his breathing suddenly quickened. His eyes lit up, brimming with surprise.