Chapter 1: Global Magic Card Era: I Can See System Prompts!

Jiangcheng No. 3 High School, school library.

"Tomorrow is the awakening test. I wonder what level my talent will actually be!"

Su Yu closed the book in his hands and looked across the library toward the direction of the third-floor Magic Card class.

He felt a bit worried.

This Blue Star world was extremely similar to the Earth of his past life.

The historical timeline had deviated a thousand years ago.

"A thousand years ago, Source Energy began to recover on the Blue Star plane. Within a mere hundred years, all species on Blue Star embarked on the path of the extraordinary."

"And Blue Star, having ascended from a magic-less plane to an extraordinary one, was naturally sensed by powerful beings of alien races from the multiverse."

"With ferocious beasts invading from within and alien races eyeing them covetously from without."

"The human race of Blue Star once fell into a state of near-extinction."

Regarding the development history of Card Masters over the past millennium.

Su Yu, who had scored full marks in all six theoretical subjects, already knew it by heart.

"Fortunately, at this critical moment of crisis, the extraordinary profession unique to the human race of Blue Star finally appeared!"

"Using Source Energy as a guide, and based on the various rare materials rich in Source Energy that appeared on Blue Star under the influence of that energy."

"They constructed Magic Cards containing all sorts of miraculous effects to assist their Life-Bound Magic Cards in battle."

"This is known as... a Card Master!"

As a transmigrator.

Su Yu had extremely high requirements for his own sense of security!

To describe this world as being fraught with crises.

Would absolutely not be an exaggeration!

Ferocious beasts eyeing them covetously.

Alien races from beyond Blue Star.

If one does not become a powerhouse, there is simply no future to speak of!

It’s just that.

"If I want to become a high-level Card Master, I must get into a Card Master university that aims to cultivate elite Card Masters!"

"And for a real Card Master university, even the lowest-tier third-rate institution has an annual admission cutoff score of Silver 1-Star or higher!"

Having lived two lives, the only things that followed Su Yu, besides this handsome face that could be called a disaster, were poverty.

But as it happens.

The cultivation of a Card Master begins at the Bronze rank, passing through Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Apocalypse...

Every increase in rank requires not only the Card Master's own diligent cultivation.

It also requires a massive investment of resources!

As a top student who scored full marks in all six Magic Card theory courses.

Su Yu naturally understood this point!

"Magic Cards are the foundation of a Card Master's combat power."

"But the materials for constructing Magic Cards, even entry-level materials, are incredibly expensive for ordinary people!"

Su Yu sighed.

Although the school would provide relevant subsidies to impoverished students.

Those subsidies.

At most, they would allow an impoverished student to become a Bronze 1-Star or 2-Star Card Master after graduating from high school.

They could then enter some vocational colleges to learn skills to make a living, that’s all.

To count on this bit of subsidy.

To achieve the Silver-rank Card Master status required to get into a Card Master university?

It was simply impossible!

Of course.

Su Yu was not entirely without a path forward.

"According to the regulations of the Jiuzhou Card Master Association."

"Every school has one full scholarship quota before the start of the third year of high school."

A Card Master student who receives the full scholarship.

Can apply for Source Energy materials with a total value of up to five million per semester to use for Magic Card construction!

Five million per semester.

Ten million per academic year!

If one could obtain the full scholarship.

Never mind advancing to Silver.

Even advancing oneself to Silver 9-Star.

Might not be impossible!

But while the full scholarship is good.

The conditions are also quite harsh.

"The first condition: excellent grades during school!"

This condition.

Su Yu, who had spent two years studying theory courses, had already achieved it.

What gave him a headache.

Was the second condition!

"Card Master talent must reach A-grade or higher!"

Under the influence of Source Energy.

In this world, all newborns, after reaching a certain age, will awaken different Card Master talents!

These talents have various effects, but their grades differ in quality!

"According to the standards of the Card Master Association, as long as a Card Master talent reaches D-grade or higher, one can awaken a talent ability!"

"But a D-grade talent is only the passing line; its potential is capped at achieving a Bronze-rank Card Master at best!"

The full scholarship.

Is not even worth thinking about!

And this was exactly the point that gave Su Yu a headache!

He sighed with no small amount of frustration, his gaze falling on the book he had just closed in front of him.

A moment later.

Lines of data information emerged.

[《One Thousand Basic Magic Card Illustrations》]

[Type: Book]

[Quality: Common]

[Effect: After reading, increases the reader's basic Magic Card theoretical knowledge by 10 points]

That's right.

This was Su Yu's talent ability.

From the time he was five years old.

Su Yu discovered that as long as he focused his mental energy on a certain object.

He could obtain information similar to the system prompts in the games of his past life!

At first, Su Yu was quite thrilled about this for a while!

But after Su Yu grew older and understood the specific situation of this world.

Su Yu felt numb.

"A normal Card Master's talent either boosts the combat power of a certain type of Magic Card or improves the Card Master's Source Energy recovery effect... In short, they all provide a significant boost to a Card Master's combat power."

When it came to him.

It was just a prompt bar?

If such a talent could be rated as C-grade, Su Yu would thank the heavens.

Just then!

The system prompt in front of Su Yu quietly faded away.

Before Su Yu could recover his senses.

Those lines of system prompts reappeared.

And they instantly attracted Su Yu's attention!

[Age requirement met]

[Full functionality unlocked]

[Personal attribute bar unlocked]

[Calculating...]

[Calculation complete!]

The moment the final "Calculation complete" prompt text.

Dissipated.

A brand-new prompt box appeared in front of Su Yu!

It was his own unique personal attribute bar!

[Name: Su Yu]

[Rank: Card Master Student]

[Life-Bound Magic Card: Not Awakened]

[Auxiliary Magic Card: None]

[Talent: Eye of Omniscience]

[Talent Grade: SSS]!!!