The Card Apprentice Chapter 324

After completing his annotations, Chen Mu finally settled on the new scheme . He called his method of training the snow pit method . Even such a person as Jiang Liang was pretty indifferent toward that name .

Chen Mu didn't care about the name . The results were what mattered .

He planned to promote the snow pit method when Borna and his group completed their project . Jiang Liang was its first beneficiary; his perception had already been restored to its prior level . That was when everyone discovered that his original perceptual ability had reached the top of the fourth level, only a notch below the fifth level . Thinking about it, Jiang Liang's injury was several years ago, which meant he had such an ability that long ago . Such a talent would be considered a gem anywhere .

Seeing his rapid advancement, the rest of the card artisans were red-eyed with jealousy . Excellent methods for training perception had always been the never-disseminated secrets of well-known academies, and only truly core talents would ever touch them .

Only talents who had demonstrated excellence would have the opportunity to follow those methods, according to the school administration's arrangements . The talent of the card artisans under Chen Mu was perfectly ordinary . How could they have the chance to even come close to such excellent training methods?

No wonder they were so jealous . But apart from being envious, no one would dare to even hope for it . Jiang Liang had already stood out to the captains for his extraordinary talent . Although he didn't say much, he did have a lot of prestige .

The rest of the card artisans worked on their training even harder, hoping to more quickly improve their own perception .

Borna's engineering project was incredibly huge . From considerations of safety, after completing the base's ice houses, they put all of their energy into building the defenses . For example, there were the Starfish Fortifications, which had outstanding power and were especially suited to the stationary battle tactics of the card set . In an abundance of caution, however, Chen Mu specified to Borna that he be sure the appearance of the Starfish Fortifications was camouflaged .

Borna cleverly put them on two mountain peaks and piled the upper sections with layers of disguises, on top of which snow was piled . It looked no different than an ordinary mountaintop from a distance .

"Chief! Chief!" Xiaobo was shouting as soon as he got back .

Chen Mu raised his head in irritation from his discussions with Jiang Liang . He took a glance at Xiaobo before throwing himself back into the discussion . Xiaobo immediately crumpled after that mere glimpse from Chen Mu and just sat down with a look of frustration . He was still pretty wary of that chief . On the one hand, he was his boss; on the other, the boss's fists that day had made a deep impression on him . Once that boss of his got angry, he would make use of his fists! When he thought of that day, he felt pain all over his body .

After more than ten minutes, Chen Mu finished his discussion with Jiang Liang . He then walked over to Xiaobo to ask, "What is it?"

Xiaobo rushed to stand . With a face full of excitement, he said, "We encountered an ambush on the road, Boss . I wiped them all out . I also seized their cards . Right, this Field of Snowflakes is quite interesting . It can make the speed of energy bodies that enter its range of control drop to an outrageous extent . I nearly bit it . Luckily, I'm handsome and formidable, very decisive…"

Chen Mu wasn't paying attention to Xiaobo's prattling on . He opened his communications device, directly calling Bogner over .

"What's up, Boss?" Bogner was huffing and puffing from running over .

Chen Mu pointed to Xiaobo . "He was ambushed on the road . "

Bogner's expression shifted, and his gaze turned dark . "It looks like someone can't wait . "

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The Downstream Alliance was composed of 35 small forts—the biggest power in the Pascal Region . The second was the House of Qiao, composed of 27 small forts . There were another five or six powers that had more than ten small forts .

"What?" Wen Zuofu's expression had turned ugly . His unhappy gaze was fixed on Yi Song in front of him, who was drenched in sweat . "His eminence of Western Guard was killed?"

"Yes, sir!" The sweat on Yi Song's brow was dripping uncontrollably as he responded in a trembling voice . "I sent Western Guard along with five card artisans with level-five perception to do a little probing, big brother . I never thought they would be killed as soon as they showed their faces . " He then cautiously raised his head . A glimpse of the chief's steely expression made Yi Song scared to breathe, but he knew he needed to present the chief with all the intelligence he had . So, he hardened himself to say, "Western Guard's chief's corpse was never found . All that was left was his arm, while the other five were wounded in their throats with a single fatal blow . In addition, they…" Yi Song hesitated, not knowing whether he should say what he was about to say .

"What about them?" Wen Zuofu's tone had deepened .

"They… They…" Meeting the chief's dark gaze, Yi Song shivered before unconsciously letting loose the words, "Everything was stripped from their bodies . "

Pow!

"A**hole!" In his rage, Wen Zuofu had dashed his most cherished tea pot to the ground . Shards hit Yi Song in the face, which really hurt, but he didn't dare to flinch from the pain as he lowered his head in respect .

Wen Zuofu's expression was terrible, and his cheeks were quivering, his eyes about to spit fire . Yi Song was too scared to budge .

After a full half hour, Wen Zuofu had gradually calmed .

"I never thought some awesome character would actually come here . Humph . Who could have thought there would be one or two aces who might try to make an enemy of me? They've really underestimated Wen Zuofu . Pick ten from the Dark Fog Group . Remember that your goal is to harass them, and if you have a chance, wipe them out . If you don't, make them nervous, so they all feel insecure . Humph . Once they can't resupply around here, I don't think they'll be able to survive!" For Wen Zuofu to be able to occupy that geography, of course he didn't waste anything . Within an instant, he had thought of something crafty .

He'd previously run into quite a few such adversaries, who often had one or two aces watching over them, with the whole group having some power as well . But such adversaries had all been put under his foot already . There was nothing new about it, and he was utterly effective with that peculiar sort of adversary .

I want you to count staying alive as worse than death! Already short one ace, there was a ferocious glare in Wen Zuofu's eyes as he ground his teeth .

Yi Song was happy . "Big brother is a wise and great tactician, after all! Once we do this, they'll have a hard time resisting, and they will end up worshipping at your feet!"

The chief had been bloodied that time . There were only a few dozen in the Dark Fog Group, of which big brother had pulled out ten, paying special attention to that small gang . Every member of the Dark Fog Group was at a skill level not below that of Western Guard . Moreover, they had received the strictest guerilla training, and none were more suited to that action .

Encouraged by Yi Song, Wen Zuofu felt a lot better . He had overcome quite a few adversaries by virtue of that play . They were a long way from any city, and resupply was no simple matter . Once they were harassed that way, it would be easy for some accident to happen .

Yi Song's sucking up hit the right spot . Wen Zuofu had already started to fantasize about leaving that damned gang of card artisans no place to go and finally creeping in front of him to beg for mercy .

Good lord, what could be more wonderful than that?

* * *

Borna was rubbing his hands, a little proud of himself . "Honorable Boss, your eminence, we have already completed the engineering project . I believe you might be pleased . Under your magnificent radiance, Borna has certainly been able to build the most outstanding structure in human history!" In the end, Borna still hadn't forgotten to kiss some a** .

Xiaobo was looking at Borna with derision, evidently having forgotten his own sickening a**-kissing .

Chen Mu had none of the manner of an inspector, and he nodded at Borna . "Thank you for your diligence . " Then, he turned to Bogner and said, "Station everything inside, and pay attention to the defenses . "

"Yes, sir, Boss!" Given that the boss had personally ordered something, he naturally didn't dare to be careless . Since Xiaobo's ambush, everyone clearly understood it wasn't safe there!

In the ravine was a group of spherical buildings like bird's nests, which were the results of Borna and his team . He called it the Valley Nest . It could hold about 5,000 people to live and train . On the cliffs on both sides was a continuous fortress, all hidden under a thick layer of snow . The cliffs had undergone hardening for safety, so any explosion like the one they feared last time wouldn't cause the whole mountainous area to collapse .

The completion of the Valley Nest allowed Chen Mu to breathe a sigh of relief . That also meant they would have complete defensive capabilities . By relying on the mountains and the Starfish Fortifications, they had greatly increased their security .

It had come time to carry out his plan!

All the card artisans were in front of Chen Mu . They watched their boss with a lot of curiosity . He would seldom give orders personally to their gathering unless Bogner wasn't present . They liked to call Bogner the head and Chen Mu the boss .

But no one dared to break the silence to say a thing to Bogner, who was among them, not like the one in charge of life and death as he normally was . The boss seldom managed things, but that didn't mean he lacked for prestige in their minds .

The mysterious boss and his mysterious power had always enabled them to bring about miracles . That feeling wasn't like the daunting feeling of Bogner, who was also beloved . This was a kind of subconscious obedience, even despite the fact that the boss was so young .

Looking at Jiang Liang respectfully standing to the boss's side, some among the gang of card artisans had already faintly guessed the gist . Many of them were exhibiting uncontrollable excitement, though having already been branded to their bones with discipline, kept themselves orderly .

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