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Why does the Alliance have privileges? Because the Alliance has obligations. Unless they are bandits, who kidnap a town, the bandits have only privileges and no obligations. The people of that town can only serve them like beasts, and if they disobey, they get killed. There were similar City-States in the past that never considered the thoughts of the populace and did not allow them to voice opposition. What happened to them later is unknown; Cui Ming, having read little, truly does not know, only aware that those bandits no longer exist.
"What else are you dissatisfied with?" Cui Ming asked.
"I'm bored." Zhao Wei poured wine for Cui Ming and took a big gulp himself. "I came to find you for another matter; Eva is currently in the Eastern Continent." The leaders of the City-State and the special police department have dedicated communication equipment, referred to as Buoys in the Eternal Sphere. Simply put, Buoys are base stations that transmit information between the City-State, the Eternity Alliance, and the special police department through telegrams and other means. Most of these base stations are at sea, hence the name Buoy. Although land routes should connect communications, due to Force Beasts and natural factors, even in the Eastern Continent, dual communication has not yet been achieved; currently, global trade still relies on maritime transport.
This was good news. Cui Ming said, "Thank you."
The two chatted about the Thieves Guild and gangs, mutually disdainful and argumentative. After six bottles of wine, as they were about to part ways, Cui Ming used Zhao Wei's position as a Law Enforcement Officer as an excuse to call a taxi since he couldn't drive after drinking. Six bottles of wine hardly affected Zhao Wei, but he acknowledged Cui Ming's point about restraint and boundaries and did not refuse. Before leaving, he told Cui Ming that they should go to a bar on the weekend; drinking like this was too unsatisfying.
Cui Ming lay down when he got back. Li Qing asked languidly, "Did you not get killed?"
"I should have known Zhao Wei had a traditional gang personality." Traditional gangs are a product passed down from ancient times; they have certain core values formed by early heroes who despised bullying the weak. However, in modern times, extortion from the weak has become one of the gang's sources of livelihood, completely distorting their nature. From Zhao Wei's words, it seemed he had lost his sense of self because of this; thus when Evelyn extended an invitation, he readily switched careers. Thinking this way felt somewhat off; Cui Ming asked, "Is it that energy systems or magic systems can't compete with enhancement systems?"
Li Qing replied, "No. Junior Brother, your biggest problem now isn't escaping. Look at Ding Ze; if he used teleportation to escape and consumed lightning energy to exhaust his pursuers, theoretically no one could catch him. Mi Xiaonan becomes a lightning ball after transformation; his speed is incredibly fast and his body small like a rapidly running mouse. Even before transforming, he was very agile and quick. Mi Xiaolu may not run fast or teleport but can grow large and use strong shields for protection; her defensive capability is not inferior to enhancement systems."
Li Qing continued, "You should be able to predict things like consecutive Yellow Cards locking people down or drawing lines to trap them or closing doors to catch thieves. However, you cannot guarantee those two cards will appear. I've recently conducted some research on your predictions; I believe controlling distance based on predictions is impossible unless luck is extraordinarily good."
Cui Ming pondered for a long time: "Do you remember Mott Stone Golem? When he attacked me, I was asleep—really asleep. In my dream appeared a white card; when I flipped it over, it was a skeleton. I thought it was just a dream at the time but now recall that card seemed to be warning me of impending death."
"Dream?" Li Qing pondered for a moment. "The strategies are all rather baffling. I don't know what will happen; you need to comprehend it yourself. However, if you have a natural talent in this area, it means that the White Card is not a useless card. Or rather, you could say that the White Card is the Fate Card, while the Gold, Yellow, and Black Cards can only be considered Card Plays. Hmm... Junior Brother, since you broke through the color classification cards, have you not drawn a White Card?"
"I have drawn one. I tested the validity period of drawing a Card Play. Once a Card Play disappears... according to mathematical calculations, for example, if a Black Card lasts four seconds, then after four seconds doubled, I can only draw a Card Play after eight seconds."
Li Qing said, "So eight seconds is the true useless card period."
"Exactly."
"Now draw a useless card."
Cui Ming pinched with two fingers and obtained a White Card, staring at it for several seconds. "Interesting."
"What’s interesting?"
"This White Card shows four bright spots."
Li Qing contemplated for a moment. "Let's try again later." He opened the window and climbed out.
After ten seconds, the White Card disappeared. Cui Ming waited twenty seconds before drawing another White Card, which now only had three bright spots remaining. When Li Qing returned and heard about it, he clapped his hands. "Good stuff! Your White Card can sense nearby practitioners. However, the distance is a bit short; I was less than one hundred fifty meters away, and you couldn't sense me."
They continued experimenting, but the results were average. Cui Ming's White Card could only detect practitioners within eighty meters. Nevertheless, Li Qing was still quite satisfied. "I think your fortune-telling should be renamed and split up."
"Renamed to what?"
"One is for strategy, and one is for fate."
Cui Ming asked with a smile, "Why is it called fate?"
"Everything is within our control," Li Qing replied. "Junior Brother, you are still focusing on the enhancement aspect; you need to concentrate your cultivation on Strategy."
White Card's surprise for Cui Ming did not end there. After more than ten days of seclusion, Cui Ming's understanding of distance perception had increased, and the highlights on White Card had also changed in various ways. For instance, Li Qing's highlight leaned towards white light, Ding Ze's highlight had a hint of blue, and Beiyue's highlight showed slight ripples. Unfortunately, it was only a two-dimensional representation, not three-dimensional. Nevertheless, Cui Ming had gained the ability to identify friends and foes in any environment.
The mysterious person who had guided him was correct; after two years of study, he had drawn the right conclusions about cultivating Strategy. It was just unfortunate that there was a small error in the sequence of steps. Whether it was Fate Card or Card Play, these were the results of five years of confinement. Like a dam holding back water for five years, once the gates opened, it would flow uncontrollably. Cui Ming believed there was still potential to be tapped; this was not mere reasoning but a feeling. It felt like picking apples from an apple tree, and the feeling told Cui Ming that he had not yet finished picking; there were still apples to be found ahead.
At the same time, Cui Ming understood that Fate Card and Card Play belonged to the first breakthrough. Although he had not yet discovered Fate Card, it already existed as a fact. Now he needed to familiarize himself with Card Play and Fate Card before facing the second bottleneck.
Despite many coincidences, those coincidences only pertained to discovering his own abilities; before that discovery, he already possessed those abilities. The cultivation of Six Elements was the main reason for breaking through the first bottleneck. What would be needed to break through the second bottleneck? Perhaps only someone named Crow from across the continent could answer that question for Cui Ming. He thought to himself that Crow likely figured it out through exploration as well; if that were the case, why couldn't he explore it himself? Moreover, Crow's method of breakthrough might be entirely different from his own.
Only now did Cui Ming truly enter the realm of Six Elements because the final element of Six Elements was manifestation. The understanding of manifestation required personal insight; others could not provide much help. Some individuals have high comprehension and can understand their characteristics and direction within one or two months, deriving their unique abilities. Others might spend four or five years without significant breakthroughs. Cui Ming did not consider himself too dull; he grasped his unique ability in five months. The abilities of cultivators cannot be replicated; at most, one can learn from others' successful experiences but cannot clone their success.
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