[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh":3,"chapter-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-49":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2248898,4388,"Chapter 49: Ruins","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-49",49,"\u003Cp>Early the next morning, You Xuan departed from the dojo with the students, embarking on the journey to visit the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, You Xuan was quite interested in the stone slabs within the ruins before they were turned into cards, especially after learning that the ruins contained more than just slabs capable of becoming cards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But such is the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! Far more than just stone slabs can be made into cards; gems can become cards, swords can become cards, and sometimes even living people can be turned into cards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or rather, turning stone slabs into card forms is not truly \"card creation,\" but merely simple \"transplantation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the slabs were cards already crafted by ancients thousands of years ago; what Pegasus did back then was merely transplant those ancient cards onto a modern, new medium. The process by which the ancients created the slabs was the true process of those cards' creation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ruins were located in the city suburbs. You Xuan disembarked and, after walking only a short distance, arrived near the excavation site, where he encountered Uncle Saito, the best friend of Director Takeuchi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yo, you're here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Saito came forward enthusiastically to greet them, casting an extra glance or two at You Xuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young brother, your duel yesterday was quite magnificent; I suppose the rewards were substantial?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad.\" You Xuan smiled. \"Thank you, Uncle, for bringing us on this tour.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Saito waved a hand. \"It's nothing. In truth, I'm just bringing you to see it a few days early. It seems the team has decided that if no new discoveries are made, this ruin will be opened to Duelists of Level 4 and above in two days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leading the group inside, Uncle Saito explained simultaneously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must have heard the rumors, yes? That sometimes spirits choose their own Duelists?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We have,\" everyone nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan also remembered that in the original work, the most representative example was the Crystal Beasts. After Pegasus created the Crystal Beast deck, he happened to be watching contestant Johan Andersen's match at a certain duel tournament when, unexpectedly, the deck inside its box suddenly began to glow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Pegasus subsequently gifted the Crystal Beast deck to Johan, and because of this, Johan shared a bond with his deck that ordinary Duelists could not compare to. So often, it is not the Duelist choosing the card; the spirit also chooses the Duelist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Takeuchi mentioned it too,\" a dojo student recalled. \"He said that a Duelist rejected by the cards cannot unleash the deck's true power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening, You Xuan pondered internally: What does it mean to be unable to unleash the deck's power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that if a spirit dislikes you, it desperately stuffs useless pieces into your hand, causing hand accidents until you doubt your very existence?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy crap, that's actually quite terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, some ruins are like that too. Sometimes research on certain ruins makes no progress at all, until a specific Duelist arrives, and suddenly the ruin exhibits strange phenomena that weren't there before, as if that person had been chosen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But as for the specific criteria for selection, I'm not clear on that myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Saito smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, I'm just an old brick-mover here; I've simply heard people talk about it a lot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sato Koji asked, \"So can you tell us now what ruin this is today? Master said it's impressive, yet he was so mysterious and refused to give details.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uncle Saito smiled mysteriously. \"You'll naturally know once you enter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the artificially excavated path, they soon arrived in a vast space. Towering stone walls surrounded them, carved with intricate patterns and mysterious symbols that, though seemingly thousands of years old, remained clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the center of the ruins stood a massive stone platform, upon which rose a yellow-brown stone slab of unknown age. Painted in the middle of the slab was a warrior holding a sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the ancients' artistic style was highly abstract, everyone immediately recognized this figure, and many students even cried out in surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Chaos Soldier!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some archaeological myths recorded it quite exaggeratedly, claiming he was the strongest warrior since the creation of heaven and earth, who split the chaos with his sword, creating light on one side and darkness on the other, opening heaven and earth and giving birth to all things. Of course, because this account was so absurd, it was currently treated merely as mythological background lore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was also one of the famous ace monsters once held by Yugi Muto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Chaos Soldier. A legendary monster. Since the appearance of 'The Envoy of the Beginning,' he has become a key research topic for many teams. Unfortunately, although 'Chaos Soldier – The Envoy of the Beginning' caused a shock in the Dueling world upon his emergence, that simultaneously became a research bottleneck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Many years have passed without any team achieving a breakthrough. Some expert teams have even declared that they believe 'The Envoy of the Beginning' represents the full potential of Chaos Soldier, with no possibility for further evolution...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having such thoughts seemed normal. Chaos Soldier – The Envoy of the Beginning possessed extremely simple summoning conditions, 3000 Attack Points, and powerful abilities to banish one monster on the opponent's field and attack twice within a single turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was so powerful that in reality, he was banned by Konami in 2005; in the environment of this era, his strength was indeed very high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, as a person from the future, You Xuan knew clearly that this was not the limit; there were still many undeveloped series cards for Chaos Soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at this stone slab, his thoughts began to stir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, even without subsequent new card support, The Envoy of the Beginning alone was strong enough in the early days. Speaking of which, in reality, after the [Hand Destruction] deck he used previously, the World Champions for the next two consecutive years were both Chaos-themed decks, with The Envoy of the Beginning as the main force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Chaos archetype of those years already felt somewhat like the super-meta of later generations, delivering a dimension-crushing blow to almost all other decks in that era's environment. Even until Big Open was locked away in the little black room, the following year the so-called Little Open, \"Chaos Sorcerer,\" barely took his place, yet that year's World Champion deck was a [Call of the Haunted Chaos] build, still Chaos-themed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan pondered that if he could somehow obtain a Big Open, perhaps he could consider building another champion deck to try out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then isn't excavating this related ruin exactly helpful for new research?\" a student asked strangely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't fully understand the specifics either,\" Uncle Saito said. \"But I seem to have heard the experts from the research team say no. Because the stone slab found in this ruin corresponds only to the Ritual Monster 'Chaos Soldier,' which was already created many years ago in our existing cards.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems no clues were discovered here that could enable the monster to evolve further.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ritual Monster \"Chaos Soldier\" was the original form Yugi had summoned back during the Duelist Kingdom arc. A Ritual Normal Monster with 3000 Attack Points and no effects, although he bore the title of \"Legendary Monster,\" he had long since fallen behind the current meta.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan: \"?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to hear someone speaking beside him, but turning to look along the sound, he saw no one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The students were all in the opposite direction, excitedly discussing topics regarding Chaos Soldier and Yugi Muto, the King of Duels from back then. People came and went in the main hall of the ruins, yet no one stood in the direction from which the voice came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Auditory hallucination?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking around blankly, he truly could find no other explanation. Yet just as he turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That voice again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan turned to look once more. That direction was still empty, nor did it seem like anyone capable of speaking to him was present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was going on? Telepathy? Sound transmission?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then his gaze locked onto that direction, onto another stone slab excavated from the ruins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the Chaos Soldier slab surrounded by everyone, this was a blank stone slab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be... this blank board?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if possessed by a whim, he approached it and slowly raised his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if he were under some invisible pull.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, among the researchers in the ruin camp, someone suddenly exclaimed in alarm: \"Team Leader!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Team Leader, wearing a white lab coat bearing the KC logo, hurried over to that person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Energy! The Duel Energy readings are suddenly skyrocketing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at the instrument readings, the Team Leader was also instantly shocked: \"Is this a spirit reaction? But this intensity value... how is it possible?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression was one of disbelief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their previous tests had clearly detected no monster spirit reactions from this ruin, yet within just one second, the instrument readings had suddenly surged like crazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, if this truly was a spirit manifesting, with such exaggerated energy values...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wouldn't that make it as strong as 'Blue-Eyes White Dragon'?\" the Research Team Leader asked in astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, ruins were excavated yearly all over the world by the dozens, so they were nothing rare. However, spirits equivalent to the level of Blue-Eyes White Dragon were still as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment his fingertips touched the stone slab, You Xuan suddenly felt a powerful suction force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Caught off guard, he felt his feet leave the ground; his entire body seemed to merge into a massive vortex, being sucked toward another world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1626,"2026-06-19T08:58:34.393Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","79038828bc283542c23c587d0f37571fca06cd6a4d15097770b92dd6be0500ed","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-50","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-48",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwho-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-cover.jpg"]