Chapter 8: Friend System
"It's a surprise to be contacted by her!"
This was the familiar [No. 29 – Lucky Cat Doll], the one who issued most of the missions Yan Youhuan completed.
Seeing the friend request, Yan Youhuan hesitated.
He always stayed cautious, never easily trusting anyone in this world.
"Since I can see the ID number, I shouldn't just take tasks from one person." Yan Youhuan tapped his temple and closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, he used his mental power to accept the friend request.
[Friend request accepted.]
A notification popped up, and a familiar chat interface appeared before him.
[Lucky Cat Doll: Hello Master, sorry to disturb you, and thank you for accepting my friend request.]
Are they always using the Dream Garden system, or do they have some way to get notified? They messaged right after I accepted the request.
Seeing the message from [No. 29], Yan Youhuan replied directly.
[Contrary Chef: What do you need?]
[Lucky Cat Doll: Master, the effects you provided have been verified as accurate. Thank you for helping me and my family.]
As expected, anyone with a numbered card isn't ordinary.
Seeing [No. 29]'s reply, Yan Youhuan's gaze lingered on the word "family." He thought for a few seconds before replying.
[Contrary Chef: Is there anything else?]
The more he said, the more he revealed. Yan Youhuan just wanted to know the purpose of this person.
A few seconds later, a new message appeared.
[Lucky Cat Doll: Judging from the tasks you've submitted, you seem to lack contribution points.]
[Lucky Cat Doll: I believe your knowledge and abilities are much greater than that. If possible, I'd like to invite you to join my family.]
[Lucky Cat Doll: My family is the Yang Clan of Fairy Tale City in the southern region. We need talents like you.]
What?
Seeing this reply, Yan Youhuan was stunned.
Revealing their true identity like this? Aren't they afraid I'm a bad person?
Or is she giving false information to mislead me?
Yan Youhuan only knew that there was such a city, quite a distance from Diyazhen.
After some thought, Yan Youhuan closed the chat interface with [No. 29] and switched to the [Exchange] module.
After searching for a while, he found a post:
[Understand the power struggles in Fairy Tale City in five minutes: Backgrounds and characteristics of various factions!]
...The title feels a bit strange.
Yan Youhuan clicked the post and found the information he wanted:
[...In Fairy Tale City, the Yang Clan leader, Yang Li, is a cruel and ruthless person. Even if it requires sacrifices, he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals...]
[According to reports, Yang Li's mental power level is 8-star, and he uses powerful card decks known as [War God] and [War God Artifact]...]
Yan Youhuan saw responses to the post.
[Lucky Cat Doll: Who are you? Why are you slandering the Yang Clan?]
The poster replied.
The poster's ID was [No. 56], representing the [No. 56 – Gold Mouse], a 1-star light attribute monster.
[Gold Mouse: In a hurry? Is he your dad?]
[Lucky Cat Doll: Knowing that, shouldn't you apologize and delete the post?]
Yan Youhuan reopened the [Friends] module and focused on his only friend.
[Friend 29 deleted.]
A notification popped up. Yan Youhuan didn't think about that naive person anymore and switched back to the [Exchange] module.
For people like [No. 29], trading on the Dream Garden system was still fine. At least there's no worry of being taken advantage of.
But adding friends is another story.
He worried that talking too much might reveal personal information, which [No. 29] could spread on Dream Garden.
However, the [Exchange] module had caught Yan Youhuan's interest.
He had always enjoyed browsing forums in his past life.
Re-entering the [Exchange] module, Yan Youhuan found the post again and opened the personal information of poster [No. 56].
He didn't rush to check the tasks or items [No. 56] was selling on Dream Garden but searched through their post history.
This person felt like an intelligence dealer, and Yan Youhuan urgently needed card-related information.
"Over 1000 posts, seems like an old-timer!"
"No search function, looking through one by one is too troublesome!"
After a while, amid Yan Youhuan's complaints, he found what he wanted:
[Essential benefits for low-level mental duelists: Treasures in low-threat monster realms revealed!]
Low-level referred to 1-star to 4-star mental duelists, and low-threat monster realms meant areas without spirit beasts below 4 stars.
Yan Youhuan clicked the post, and as he read, a smile spread across his face.
[...Southern Region East Territory:...]
[Roar Warrior: 4-star Earth attribute Warrior-type monster, amazing power of peculiar weapons!]
[In the monster realm at the border of the Gravel Camp and Gravel Valley, you might occasionally encounter shirtless humanoid monsters wielding peculiar weapons in the early morning. They lack intelligence, and after a mental duel, were found to be 4-star Earth attribute Warrior-type monsters with powerful effects.]
[For card recipes, add me as a friend for transactions.]
[...]
"This is too easy!" Yan Youhuan was delighted and rewarded the post with 5 contribution points.
For others, after reading this post, they would need to buy the card recipe from [No. 56] to obtain the power.
But Yan Youhuan already knew the effects of [Roar Warrior], he just needed to know where to find the [Roar Warrior] monster to make the corresponding cards from its remains!
[Roar Warrior] isn't the name of a single monster but a series of monsters!
Previously, Yan Youhuan had already made the [Wild Warrior] card from the remains of the [Newcomer Warrior].
The main material for the [Roar Warrior] series monsters should be the same.
Moreover, the highest level of the [Roar Warrior] series monsters is 8-star!
The only issue left was the quantity of the main material.
Card making has a failure rate, and without knowing the quantity of the main material, the failure rate increases.
So, he needed a lot of materials to experiment and determine the right amount.
"If [Roar Warrior] only appears in the early morning and is a 4-star monster with effects, can I handle it with my current 3-star cards?"
He had some materials obtained from the Gravel Camp, maybe he could try to derive some other 4-star card recipes.
Besides, as a substitute family elder, he could request heavy weapons and a guard team from the family, though the yield might not be much. It might not be enough for his use.
Thinking it over, Yan Youhuan looked at the screen again, opened [No. 56]'s personal information, and sent a friend request.
[Hello, may I know the price for Roar Warrior's card recipe and main material?]