Lin Qun's expression turned strange.
The content of this card leaned toward cartoonish, with a central figure who was a red-and-blue clad guy wearing overalls, with a big nose.
No matter what angle you looked at it from, this seemed to be Mario, the plumber who rescued the princess?!
Sure enough...
【Name: Mario（Mario）-Vertical Leap Skill Card】
【Type: Skill Card（Innate Type）】
【Description: Using this skill card grants the jump ability of the character Mario from Super Mario.】
【Special remarks: This card is one of the Mario Deck. Collecting the Mario Jump Skill Card, Mario Strength Skill Card, Mario Speed Skill Card, and Mario's Carelessness Card allows you to synthesize the Super Mario character card, granting all of Mario's abilities and unlocking the skill "Cartoon Power".】
This...
Lin Qun immediately thought of the way Mario was controlled to jump wildly around in Super Mario, but as he read further, his eyes lit up even more.
There were even Set Cards and Decks?
After synthesis, not only could he unlock all of Mario's abilities, he could even gain "Cartoon Power"?
This was an extremely special ability of Mario's.
His Cartoon Power could break through the wall between dimensions!
"This... doesn't that mean I could go to the two-dimensional world and hug a wife?"
Lin Qun grew a little excited.
He wished he could draw a hundred more times and collect the entire Mario Deck right away!
But this time, the card type was still a Skill Card. He wondered what other categories there might be.
He immediately chose to load the ability. This card quickly disappeared, and right after, on Lin Qun's Personal Panel, beneath the original Headshot Girl Skill, another row of description immediately appeared.
【Skills:】
【1. "Bang"（Skill Level: 1）: Within a 10-meter radius centered on yourself, fix your gaze on a target, and you can use this skill to precisely destroy any part of a carbon-based lifeform's Body.】
【Current Physique cap for direct target Detonation: 22（When used on enemies whose Physique exceeds this value, the effect will be diminished）】
【2. Mario（Mario）-Vertical Leap Skill Card（Skill Level: 1）: In any state, you can use momentum to leap, even breaking certain Laws of physics, jumping up to a height four times your own height.】
【This skill's usage count is limited only by stamina.】
This meant that as long as Lin Qun had enough stamina, he could jump indefinitely!
His height was nearly one meter eighty, so four times that height meant a single jump could reach over seven meters!
The height of two stories.
This was simply a life-saving Godly Skill!
Can't run away on the road? I can just jump away!
Moreover, this skill could also level up.
What Buff would leveling up bring?
Could he jump even higher multiples...
Or...
Could he achieve a mid-air double jump?
Thinking of this, Lin Qun grew somewhat expectant.
He was itching to try it, preparing to test it out right there in the room.
The ceiling height of his small room was 2.8 meters.
That didn't reach seven meters, but he didn't need to jump seven meters high all at once.
Just a small test.
Lin Qun activated the skill, gently pushing off the ground with one foot.
There was a "bang".
Along with a scream of pain.
Lin Qun fell to the ground.
Seeing stars.
His jump had already been very light, but he still hadn't controlled it well, slamming his head into the ceiling, leaving him dizzy.
But a look of joy appeared on his face.
Using this skill still required practice, but this was still a good thing.
Combined with the Headshot Girl Skill, this skill could even let him snipe from mid-air and retreat at high speed—one Combo, and others might not even catch a glimpse of him.
The sneakiest of sneaks.
Lin Qun made up his mind.
He would become the number one master of stealthy development!
Still, he was a bit curious how many Contribution Points it would take to level up this skill.
Lin Qun sat on the ground, in no hurry to get up, and immediately checked.
He found that leveling up the Mario skill only required fifty Contribution Points.
That was half of what it took to level up the Headshot Girl Skill.
A look of anticipation flickered in Lin Qun's eyes.
Perhaps... he would soon be able to achieve the mid-air double jump!
Excited as he was, Lin Qun also understood the current situation. Having gained some new abilities, he quickly stood up and went to observe the outside from the seventh floor.
The sky had already brightened fully.
Last night's battle between the Military and the main force of the Bakatan people had taken place at the far end of the City. Those giant "sailing ships" were still in that spot, but they had not been defeated. The massive Fleet was rising from the edge of view, bathed in sunlight, giving off a sacred, almost Apocalypse-like beauty.
Under daylight, the crack in the sky was no longer as clearly visible, but batches of Bakatan people were still entering Blue Star through the crack aboard all sorts of strange Aircraft, sweeping across Modu, and a few even flew right over the top of Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area.
They might have had other missions, or perhaps from the air, Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area—now littered with Human corpses and rivers of blood, seemingly already massacred clean—simply didn't warrant much attention, so they sped past without paying much heed, without searching, without landing, roaring by and vanishing into the sky in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, most people in Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area were hiding inside the buildings, not daring to poke their heads out, each one terrified, yet none daring to leave either—no one knew what it was like outside. And within the Residential Community, there was at least one "expert" present: Li Xinghe, who had single-handedly killed a dozen or so Bakatan people, had already become the star figure of the entire community, personally escorted back to Building 5 by Fan Wenchuan and his men, and provided with good food and drink.
The woman named Chu Youwei was also being courted by quite a few people, but unfortunately, she seemed to be a cold, indifferent person, not even opening her door.
Meanwhile, throughout the City, near and far, dense gunshots and explosions continually rang out.
As far as the eye could see, thick smoke billowed everywhere. In the distance, Lin Qun could make out a fifty-some-story high-rise snapped clean in half.
He wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but there seemed to be a Bakatan person hovering at High Altitude without the aid of any Equipment.
They too had their own unbelievable Top-tier Experts.
The once-bustling Modu had turned into a horrifying Battlefield.
Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area, in this moment, held an eerie tranquility, like an isolated island forgotten by the world.
The main force of the Bakatan people was suspected to be exchanging fire with the Military, fighting for control of the Urban area of the Main City. Here, two squads had been completely wiped out, amounting to no more than a dozen or so Bakatan people—nothing significant enough to draw their attention.
And the Federal Military was still nowhere to be seen.
Dragon City Imperial Scenery Residential Area fell into a brief, strange peace.
But for Lin Qun, this was actually a good thing.
He needed some time to recover, to restore his Energy.
He heard faint sounds of movement within the building.
It seemed some Survivors were searching for a place to stay.
With Li Xinghe presiding over Building 5, Building 5 had become the place everyone flocked to. Everyone was crowding in there, as if being closer to Li Xinghe meant being a little safer. They'd find an empty room, not minding even if a dozen or so people were crammed together.
Lin Qun took a glance through the peephole, double-locked the security door, then went into the bedroom, intending to get some sleep.
This was the best and fastest way he could think of to restore his Energy.
For Humans, sleep was the best form of rest.
And Lin Qun was indeed somewhat exhausted. He lay down on the bed and soon drifted into a deep sleep.
Until he was startled awake by a soft knocking sound.
Someone had come to his door!
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